thank you, thank you for that. and to end, ourfinal song of the day in liverpool's williamson tunnels. this lot wouldn't be here singing if not for eurovision. no, it was the catalyst for bringing them all back together again. so it's really, it's become a really big thing and it probably wouldn't have happened were it not for eurovision. eurovision, it's already had quite an effect. david sillito, bbc news. cheering what about the eurovision weather for liverpool? here's darren bett. it looks an amazing venue but the

weather can't make its mind up. we will eventually get something drier and warmer with more sunshine, but the chance of rain in liverpool before then. that sums it up for the whole uk over the next couple of days, a mixture of sunshine and showers developing more widely and the met office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening in this area where we will get the really heavy downpours, hail, thunder and light rain, 20 or 30 millimetres of rain in that area too. —— thunder and lightning. downpours hedging from the midlands to the south—east, turning drier in north—west scotland, north—west england and eventually northern wales, heavy showers elsewhere, temperatures peaking at 17 or 18. downpours arriving widely over the next few hours, continuing in the evening in the south—east and east anglia, they will fade away but there is more cloud from the

atlantic into northern ireland and western scotland bringing more showers, clearer skies and temperatures down to seven or eight ahead of that. the east of the country generally dry start tomorrow, showers developing more widely through the day tomorrow, some heavy, the risk of thunder down the eastern side of england, temperatures could reach 18 degrees before the downpours arrive but it will be cooler than today in western scotland and northern ireland with more cloud and frequent showers, thatis more cloud and frequent showers, that is down to the area of low pressure that will just wander down and set over the uk by the time we get into thursday, breezy in the far south—west, otherwise winds are light, so as we generate more heavy showers they will be quite slow moving, drier in the north—east of scotland where it will be grey and chilly, drier in northern ireland but we should get some sunshine, typical temperatures around 16

degrees. looking further ahead, typical temperatures around 16 degrees. looking furtherahead, i mentioned drier weather in liverpool, drierfor much mentioned drier weather in liverpool, drier for much of the uk because high pressure will build, we still have a big area of low pressure into europe so we are on the edge of that as far as east anglia and the south—east is concerned is that we could have more showers on friday. lots of cloud on a chilly wind off the north sea so the best sunshine on friday will be across more western parts of the country, it should be warmer by then with temperatures up to 18 celsius. thank you, darren. 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. we heard a clip of your music video,

the song bridges. what are you saying with the song? this the song bridges. what are you saying with the song? this song is about building _ saying with the song? this song is about building bridges. _ we hearfrom british shooter amber rutter, who recalls her heartbreak after a positive covid—19 test ruled her out of the tokyo olympics on the eve of the games. insta ntly your instantly your heart sinks. like, there is no words for it. i dropped to the floor, burst into tears. what a night ahead we have in the spanish capital, as manchester city make the trip to the bernebeu to take on real madrid in the first leg of their champions league semifinal. city are top of the premier league, have an fa cup final to come and are three games away from lifting the only trophy that's so far eluded pep guardiola during his time at the etihad. olly foster's in madrid for us. set the scene for us ahead of a game that the world will be watching. haw

that the world will be watching. how man will that the world will be watching. how many will be — that the world will be watching. firm" many will be watching that the world will be watching. firm many will be watching this? from the last three weeks, when real madrid, they got past chelsea pretty easily and manchester city got past bayern munich. this whole city has been building towards this first leg of the semifinal in the champions league, in what is a rematch. they met at this stage last season, real madrid prevailing and one of the most extraordinary matches. such a shame that they burn about stadium is still at reduced capacity, 60,000, only 18,000 manchester city supporters will be there this evening and many supporters there last year. we were here for bbc news as well, city absolutely cruising towards the final until two late goals from rodrigo force them to extra time and it was there that

karim benzema scored such a crucial goal for the 1a karim benzema scored such a crucial goalfor the 1a time karim benzema scored such a crucial goal for the 1a time champions. what has changed 12 months on? not a lot apart from that man there, hurling haaland. 51 goals and counting. headline writers dream here in spain. many saying it is the magician against the machine. a monumental battle coming up for us this evening in the first leg. why are some of the real madrid fans here outside the club, outside the stadium, aren't they frightened off haaland? we stadium, aren't they frightened off haaland? ~ ., ., ., ., ., haaland? we are not afraid of haaland. haaland? we are not afraid of haaland- i _ haaland? we are not afraid of haaland. i wish _ haaland? we are not afraid of haaland. i wish haaland - haaland? we are not afraid of| haaland. i wish haaland played haaland? we are not afraid of - haaland. i wish haaland played for real madrid _ haaland. i wish haaland played for real madrid not _ haaland. i wish haaland played for real madrid not manchester - haaland. i wish haaland played for real madrid not manchester city! i j real madrid not manchester city! i am real madrid not manchester city!

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the locals after announcing that he and his footballer wife kealia had bought a stake in the club. i have been interested in football for a very long time, especially premier league football. promotion, the highs and lows, it's incredible. we knew once we found the right opportunity we would go all in, so we took our time. burnley checked every single box. been around since 1982, top people who are so passionate and loving of their club. vincent kompany and his vision, what they want to do, it's perfect. the history, tradition, supporters, it's all about respecting and honouring that. you never want to come in and try and do something that isn't true to who the club is and that is the thing we are trying to do, show people what real burnley is about. i did a pub crawl yesterday on my way

to the stadium. just getting to know the supporters, ijust to the stadium. just getting to know the supporters, i just want to and their trust. what we have learned from talking to people and it is fascinating being in burnley, they want people to understand how special the place is and they want somebody to help tell their story, they want the world to know burnley is a special place and we are here to help tell that story. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. lionel messi and his world cup—winning argentina team were named sportsman and team of the year at the laureus world sports awards. messi captained the side as they lifted the 2022 world cup in qatar in december. jamaican sprinter shelly—ann fraser—pryce was named sportswoman of the year after she won the 100 meter world title, 13 years after her first. the 36—year—old has more world sprint titles than any other athlete. scotland head coach gregor townsend has signed a contract extension until 2026. he's been in charge for five years and led scotland to a third place finish in the six nations

and to their highest place of fifth in the world rankings. another frustrating injury blow for england fast bowlerjofra archer who's returned home early from the ipljust five weeks before the ashes gets under way. archer's been suffering with a long—term elbow injury and has made just five appearances for mumbai indians this year. the ecb say archer will have have "period of rest and rehabilitation". the first test against australia starts at edgbaston on the 16th ofjune. british shooter amber rutter missed the tokyo olympics after testing positive for covid—19 on the eve of the games, leaving her struggling with anxiety and battling depression. she was ranked world number one at the time and strongly considered quitting the sport. she's told nick hope that despite qualifying a place for the next olympics, she is now prioritising her mental health. you broke the mould of what was expected of a shooter.—

you broke the mould of what was expected of a shooter. shooting is a male dominated _ expected of a shooter. shooting is a male dominated sport, _ expected of a shooter. shooting is a male dominated sport, it's - expected of a shooter. shooting is a male dominated sport, it's very - expected of a shooter. shooting is a l male dominated sport, it's very much a stereotype of being a farmer but for me it was completely the opposite. i am from act and i am a proper girly girl, i love my hair and make—up. iwould proper girly girl, i love my hair and make—up. i would turn up and i would be head to toe in a pink jacket, sparkly gun but it was just getting my personality across and doing what i love in a male dominated sport.— doing what i love in a male dominated sport. you have many medals. dominated sport. you have many medals- tell— dominated sport. you have many medals. tell me _ dominated sport. you have many medals. tell me about _ dominated sport. you have many medals. tell me about tokyo. i dominated sport. you have many . medals. tell me about tokyo. tokyo was the hardest _ medals. tell me about tokyo. tokyo was the hardest time _ medals. tell me about tokyo. tokyo was the hardest time of _ medals. tell me about tokyo. tokyo was the hardest time of my - medals. tell me about tokyo. tokyo was the hardest time of my life. - was the hardest time of my life. british shooter amber hill has withdrawn from the olympics after testing _ withdrawn from the olympics after testing positive for coronavirus before — testing positive for coronavirus before her departure for the games. i before her departure for the games. iwas _ before her departure for the games. i was probably one of the favourites to win the olympics and it was the last test i had to do to be able to get on that plane and get out to tokyo and that was the one where the

faintest line showed up. i drop to the floor, burst into tears telling my family that this journey for me was over with my bags all packed, waiting at the door to go at six o'clock the next morning to the airport. it was the worst moment of my life. in those coming months i probably started to take a dive with my mental health. i got myself into a bad place. iwas my mental health. i got myself into a bad place. i was crying every day. the anxiety i was feeling, i wouldn't sleep well. i wanted to quit shooting altogether. i resented everything to do with the sport. it was just a tough time and a lot of sadness and depression. help? wasjust a tough time and a lot of sadness and depression.- wasjust a tough time and a lot of sadness and depression. how did you work through — sadness and depression. how did you work through the _ sadness and depression. how did you work through the worst _ sadness and depression. how did you work through the worst moment - sadness and depression. how did you work through the worst moment in i work through the worst moment in your life? it’s work through the worst moment in our life? �* , , work through the worst moment in our life? �*, , ., ., work through the worst moment in ourlife? ., ., ,, your life? it's been a long process to work through. _ your life? it's been a long process to work through. but _ your life? it's been a long process to work through. but what - your life? it's been a long process to work through. but what you - your life? it's been a long process| to work through. but what you can your life? it's been a long process . to work through. but what you can do is keep looking to the future and i feel like it has really given me a reality check. feel like it has really given me a reality check-— reality check. what have you learned? _ reality check. what have you learned? the _ reality check. what have you learned? the idea _ reality check. what have you learned? the idea of- reality check. what have you | learned? the idea of winning reality check. what have you i learned? the idea of winning an

ol mic learned? the idea of winning an olympic medal _ learned? the idea of winning an olympic medal has _ learned? the idea of winning an olympic medal has changed - learned? the idea of winning an olympic medal has changed for| learned? the idea of winning an - olympic medal has changed for me. i would be lying to say it was everything i wanted to achieve because right now it is not. i am really happy with the idea of starting a family and getting married. i am starting a family and getting married. iam really starting a family and getting married. i am really putting my happiness and my family and things i want to do with my life first and if the olympics fits into that, then it will fit into that.— will fit into that. best of luck to amber. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. this is bbc news. tesco's chairman, john allen, has strongly denied claims that he touched women inappropriately on two separate occasions. a report in the guardian newspaper

alleges that mr allen touched a tesco employee at the supermarket giant's shareholder meeting last year. it also claims mr allen — who is the former president of the confederation of british industry — "grabbed" a woman at one of its events in 2019. mr allen said that the claims are "simply untrue" and tesco said it has not received any complaints. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. just to sayjohn allen is one of the most senior, well—known businessman in the uk. as you say he was president of the cbi, one of the uk's leading business groups between 2018 and 2020, and he is currently the chair of tesco, the biggest supermarket and retailer in the uk. this morning, the guardian published a report about allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour by mr allen. they are that

firstly he allegedly touched the bottom of a senior member of tesco staff at their agm lastjune. it also alleged he touch the bottom of also alleged he touch the bottom of a female member of staff at the cbi. mr allen has strongly denied inappropriate touching. tesco said inappropriate touching. tesco said in a statement it had received no complaints informally or formally about mr allen's to conduct, including through its confidential protect online service. it said it had noted mr allen's strong denial and that he had never been the subject of a complaint during his tenure at tesco. there are also claims of several inappropriate remarks being made at the cbi. mr allen has admitted to making a comment to a female cbi worker in 2019 about a dress suiting her figure. a spokesman for mr allen

said in regard to that claim, he was