doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors.cessarily tell us much about how people might vote in a national contest, but as the results come in on friday party leaders will move on anything that suggests they have momentum heading into the general election onjune the eighth. just time to tell you that the royal mint has confirmed some new £1 coins will enter circulation. it says such variants were always likely due to the volume of queens being made at speed. lots more on our website. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: juventus on the verge of the champions league final after a 2—0 victory away to monaco in their semi—final first leg. bertrand traore scores twice for ajax, as they win their europa league semi—final first leg 4—1 against lyon. and illie nastase won't be invited to wimbledon this year following his recent fed cup behaviour. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the footballing news thatjuventus are

doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors.ocal elections won't necessarily tell us much about how people might vote in a national contest, but as the results come in on friday, party leaders will seize on anything that suggests they have momentum heading into the general election on the 8thjune. thank you very much, again. looking forward to the local elections tomorrow. it's the most prominent arts prize in britain and for years it's been the preserve of young british artists. but this year, for the first time since 1991, the turner prize has scrapped the age limit and two artists over 50 have made it to the shortlist. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been speaking to one of them. you certainly didn't expect this? no, not at all. not at all. not at all! i mean, it does make me laugh. it's been a strange day for lubaina himid. she's painted for more than 35 years and today, at the age of 62, is on the turner prize shortlist. her paintings bring black lives and faces to often very white art galleries, and this is perh

doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors. much about how people might vote in a national contest, but as the results come in on friday, party leaders will seize on anything that suggests they have momentum, heading into the general election on june 8th. george. thank you. it's the most high profile arts prize in britain, and for years it's been the preserve of young british artists. this year, for the first time since 1991, the turner prize has scrapped its age limit and two artists over 50 have made it to the shortlist. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito reports. you certainly did not expect this? no, not at all. not at all. not at all! i mean it does make me laugh. it has been a strange day for lubaina himid. she has painted for more than 35 years and today at the age of 62 she is on the turner prize short list. her paintings bring black lives and faces too often very white art galleries. this is perhaps the signature work, 100 life—size portraits made when... you were 50. i was. did you think that national recognition wa

doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors. might vote in a national contest, but as the results come in on friday, party leaders will seize on anything that suggests they have momentum heading into the general election on the 8thjune.

doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors.day, party leaders will seize on anything that suggests that they have momentum heading into the general election onjune the 8th. facebook is hiring 3000 people to monitor hate speech, child abuse himself from being broadcast on the website. the chief executive, mark zuckerberg, said the new team would help people respond quickly when videos of people hurting themselves and others appear on the website. a man was killed in a video streamed live on facebook and another killed his baby daughter and then himself ina his baby daughter and then himself in a live stream. there are just eight of them left in the waters around the uk — and now there are serious concerns about the future of britain's last remaining killer whales after one of the pod was found dead on the coast of west scotland last year. scientists say it had been contaminated with "shocking" levels of a toxic chemical banned in the 1970s. 0ur science correspondent, rebecca morelle reports. they are the uk's last killer whales.

in north tyneside, a lot of low cloud and a little bit of drizzle. nd you can see sheltered northern and western areas seeing beautiful spells of sunshine. subtle differences with the story today because the wind direction is changed and we are starting to see some call they are pushing down from the north. gail is likely into the northern isles and that means the warmest of the weather today just that little bit further south. there will be some lovely spells of sunshine, and despite temperatures not quite as impressive in the western half of scotland, still a beautiful day and we could see 16 to 18 degrees. cold and windy into the far north and east. a beautiful afternoon in prospect for much of northern ireland, north—west england and wales as well, with some sunshine and a bit of shelter it will feel very pleasant indeed only the east coast staying rather cloudy and a little bit disappointing, i'm afraid. 0ut into the south—west, although it is cloudy with patchy mist and fog around at the moment, you could see temperatures in the. where we see th

labour have held on in north tyneside. ends up as prime minister does so with the strongest possible mandate. now jeremy corbyn has been leader of his labour party for longer than theresa may has been leader of the conservative party. this is the first electoral test that they've both faced as leaders of their party. i think the results are beginning, very early days, speak for themselves. i agree with dianne. we can't be complacent. but for different reasons. i think the risk onjune 8 ofjeremy different reasons. i think the risk on june 8 ofjeremy corbyn as prime minister as too great. for the lib dems, we will clearly be fighting in the strong holds, places like eastleigh, cheltenham, the south—west. there will be an intense battle in the seats where we are conservative facing, where there is now a very stark choice between a conservative party which i think has gone off onto the hard right, in terms of adopting a hard brexit position. where i think liberal democrats supporters and labour vote rs democrats supporters and

but they have won three mayoral contests — in liverpool, north tyneside and doncaster. 100 seats, most of them in england. the party has been wiped out on consuls like cambridge, northamptonshire and essex. most of that going to the conservatives. in scotland — the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotland's biggest city for themselves. but elsewhere in scotland — the snp have lost some seats. coming up — all eyes are on birmingham this afternoon for the west midlands mayoral race. it's set to be a tight contest between labour and the tories — we'll bring you the result as soon as we have it. it has been created under the devolution strategy of the government. big budgetjobs, big spending jobs, where the new mayor will be in charge of housing and transport in some areas, too. conservative andy street is a fraction ahead on the first round. we'll bring the result as soon as we have it. and we'll be in manchester — to see if labour's andy burnham can win the regional mayoral co