a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online breaking news in football.ational team coach. he succeeded simon grayson at the stadium of light in november, but he could not stop sunderland being relegated. he was only in charge for five months. being relegated. he was only in charge forfive months. he has now been sacked. a statement on the website says that sunderland afc announced that chris coleman has been released from his contract. they want to put on record their thanks for their tireless efforts in what has been a hugely disappointing season. the club's not commenting further at the moment. chris coleman sacked after sunderland got relegated from the championship. a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews despite official warnings three years ago that they needed to be curbed. the competitions and markets authority has estimated that around £23 billions spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. earlier i spoke to 5 live investigates presenter adrian goldberg, who told me more about theirfindings.

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hour for a special edition of the bbc podcast recorded in front of a live studio audience at the bbc radiore. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england could see this year's winter pressures extend into the summer, according to a prediction by the british medical association. the doctors union said difficulties normally only experienced during the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase by 2020. andy moore reports. hospitals in the uk experienced one of their most demanding winters ever this year. nhs england said there was a perfect storm of bad weather, fluid emissions, and a spike in norovirus. normally those problems ease as the warmer weather approaches, but the bma says that may not be the case this year. using data from nhs england, the organisation says the worst case scenario could see pressure on health services this summer similar to those experienced in the winter of 2016. even in the best case scenario, 5.89 million people

bayern munich against real madrid and we have commentary on bbc radio foyle flight tonight, kick offt 7:45pm. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the danish inventor peter madsen has been sentenced to life in prison, for murdering and dismembering the swedish journalist kim wall. she died aboard his self—built submarine, last august. a court in copenhagen found he'd had fantasies about murdering and torturing a woman, and invited several on board last year. madsen says, he will appeal. from copenhagen, maddy savage reports. in sentencing peter madsen to life, the judge described the killing as cynically planned and of a brutal nature. he also suggested that peter madsen had shown little concern or remorse for kim wall, even texting his wife just minutes after he killed her. he suggested it was something of a random killing — he had invited other women aboard his submarine that summer, but they had said no. thejudge said that the judge said that to some extent kim wall had been a random victim. he had invited other women on his submarine that summer, but

a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews — despite official warningsority has estimated that around £23 billions spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. earlier i spoke to 5 live investigates presenter adrian goldberg, who told me more about theirfindings. this is big business. we're talking about £23 billion worth of influence, £23 billion worth of goods that are bought following the reading of online reviews. as you said, three years ago the competition and markets authority said there needs to be a bit of a crackdown, so we decided to look atjust how successful the crackdown on the abuse of online reviews has been and we found, for example, that we could buy forjust $1.99 a positive review on ebay. so that's a review that we wrote which was then posted on the trust pilot website. we discovered, for example, that amazon, which in 2016 cracked down on free products in return for positive reviews, you could go on to closed facebook groups and if you go onto one of these closed facebook groups you'd be contacted by people who say to

. —— bbc local radio. in fa ct, channel. —— bbc local radio., with height, in the southern uplands we could have 5—15 seven metres of lying snow, at lower levels more likely to be a couple of centimetres but all of that could lead to disruption if you are travelling throughout the day. there that in mind. as we go through the afternoon, you can see how the snow gets a cross afternoon, you can see how the snow gets across the central lowlands, pushing towards the highlands, behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery, mild. ahead of it, still cold, sunshine, wintry showers. won't be long into the evening until the snow arrives across northern scotland at all arrives across northern scotland at a ll levels. arrives across northern scotland at all levels. behind it, the snow will be replaced by rain across northern ireland, england, wales and southern counties. showery at bricks of rain, very mild in the south, milder conditions as we go through into the rest of the week, starting to spread northwards, getting into the far nor

but if you cannot make it to london, we'll have full coverage of the match on bbc tv and across bbc radioback—to—back domestic trebles after thrashing old firm rivals rangers in the scottish cup semifinal. a little over 20 minutes had pased before the holders were in front at hampden park thanks to tom rogic, as celtic aimed to extend their unbeaten run against rangers to ten matches. they continued to dominate and callum mcgregor added a deserve a second before half—time. they added a third when moussa dembele tucked away a penalty. rangers were down to ten men at that stage, and then it was made for from 12 yards. the next face motherwell who beat in the late cup final in november. an historic final day at the commonwealth games with england's net bowlers pulling off their biggest win, shocking australia to take the title, and just as they did in the semifinal yesterday, victory came in the most dramatic fashion. with more on a momentous last morning, mike bushell. the closing ceremony may have finished, and the baton handed to birmingham for four years' time, but the party is still goi

keep tuned to the bbc radio and subsequent weather forecasts.as we head into the latter part of monday and into tuesday. one thing it will be doing is dragging up some very mild air from spain and from france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through tuesday. there is the remnants of the sleet and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spell

and we will keep you updated on the bbc news channel. —— bbc local radio. es of lying snow, at lower levels more likely to be a couple of centimetres but all of that could lead to disruption if you are travelling throughout the day. there that in mind. as we go through the afternoon, you can see how the snow gets a cross afternoon, you can see how the snow gets across the central lowlands, pushing towards the highlands, behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery, mild. ahead of it, still cold, sunshine, wintry showers. won't be long into the evening until the snow arrives across northern scotland at all arrives across northern scotland at a ll levels. arrives across northern scotland at all levels. behind it, the snow will be replaced by rain across northern ireland, england, wales and southern counties. showery at bricks of rain, very mild in the south, milder conditions as we go through into the rest of the week, starting to

the game will be live as well on bbc radio five live.alford to get the day's other sports news. he will be back with you in armament. —— in a moment. it's still only the first round at the world snooker championship... but ding junhui has already underlined his potential as a possible winner. he resumed 6—3 up against his chinese compatriot xiao guodong this morning. and the world number three rattled off the four frames required in just over an hour that sets up a second—round match with either anthony mcgill or ryan day. so far in sheffield we've seen the reigning champion mark selby knocked out and also the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan have first—round wobbles. ding looks in great form though. it is good to come back with the last important frame in third to ta ke last important frame in third to take the lead. after that, he is not so take the lead. after that, he is not so confident to play the rest of them. and this morning i played good safety, and it was some chance to play, but he did not make it that well. there were so

andy swiss, thank you, and you think your live coverage on that huge game on bbc radio five live.y, kick—off 7:45pm. you would struggle to get a contrast as far away from the champions league as sunderland's current predicament in the championship. the club are seven points from safety, with just five matches left, heather knight's home game against norwich. they are facing the real prospect of their first season in the third tier of english over 30 years. back in august, fresh out of the premier league, sunderland went to norwich and won 3—1. it was their first victory under new boss simon grayson, and it was supposed to be the start of a new era. fast forward eight months, and the black cats have had just five championship victories since then, and that is why they are steering at the prospect of back—to—back relegation. chris coleman has not managed to turn things around since revising simon grayson in november, but he has not given up hope yet. we need the result, we are desperate for the result, but we just have to go out and perform and give ourselves the chance. and you nev

full commentary of that one on bbc radio 5 live from half past four.an has been released from his contract as sunderland manager. coleman joined the club last november, but was unable to stop them going down to league one — a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an "international consortium of football investors". it's led by the eastleigh chairman stewart donald and will take over sunderland subject to efl approval. manchester city play lyon in the second leg of their women's champions league semi—final this afternoon. it's 0—0 on aggregate, largely thanks to this save from city's karen bardsley in the first leg. kick—off at 1:45. chelsea also play at four o'clock this afternoon, but they have it all to do against wolfsburg, having lost the first leg 3—1. day nine of the world snooker championship is underway. judd trump has been in second—round action. he was trailing 3—1, but came back to wind the final frame of the session to level at 4—4. on the other table there was a superb s

you can hear more on that story on bbc radio 4's money box, at midday.dia wasn't allowed inside the charity event, but our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was there as a fan — and afterwards asked the audience what they thought of it. that was brilliant. that was brilliant. i was doubled up laughing. absolutely hilarious. it romance , laughing. absolutely hilarious. it romance, laughter, dumora. absolutely fabulous. it was unbelievable. it achieved than anybody is going to imagine. fantastic. trust me. i don't know when it is going to be shown but you are in for some surprises, that's for sure. don't miss it. peter kay, the best. we thought it was rather good. how much did you laugh? quite a bit, actually. did you cry? i can't tell you that. it was absolutely hysterical. lots of layers, lots of slapstick, it was emotional. how much will you miss john and kaylee? so much. i have really and vested in them now. i love them. how funny was the last episode? it was on a par with the rest of the series, really. it was not a disappointment. the musi

do keep tuned to bbc local radio. this is bbc news. i'm vicky young. the headlines at 8pm.ers of north and south korea, as they promise complete denuclearisation‘. kim jong un and moonjay—in vow to end decades of conflict between the two countries. translation: we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. translation: we declare there will be no war in korea and a new age of peace has begun. also in the next hour. disappointing economic figures. the british economy grew at its slowest rate for more than five years, in the first three months of the year. the two young brothers killed in a hit and run crash in coventry,

bbc radio presenter janice long is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning, janice.hat is on the front pages. these were printed before the announcement that the coordinated air strike had taken place. the daily mail reporting on the build—up to tensions ahead of these strikes. it says tensions erupt, mrs may links the salisbury poisoning to the crisis in syria. it says boiling point. the daily telegraph's front page says the prime minister theresa may as to justify air strikes syria before parliament, although she did not go to parliament ahead of the air strikes, supposedly to get a vote but she will explain that after the easter break. the guardian saying the cold war is back with a vengeance. this is a quote from the un. we have heard from the un urging for stability now after this latest coordinated action. janice, you have chosen a piece here about chemical warfare, and that is what all of this seems to be coming back to? that is what people in syria are being killed by. it is all down to a german scientist who was absolutely brilliant but incredibly brutal. he

plenty more on our webiste and bbc radio london. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. reports of a shooting. a 16—year—old boy is also critically ill in hospital after being shot in a separate incident in walthamstow on the same night. police do not know if they're connected at this stage. ten new "one stop shops" to speed up cancer diagnosis are being introduced in england, in an effort to catch the disease earlier. the aim is to prevent patients being referred for separate tests for different forms of the illness, when they have non—specific symptoms. patients who have cancer develop with much more vague symptoms such as tiredness, abdominal pain, in those cases diagnosis can be more difficult and can take longer, and thatis difficult and can take longer, and that is not a good thing. so these new clinics are specifically aimed at targeting that group of patients, with the aim of making diagnosis a lot quicker than it is at the moment. the former health secretary, andrew lansley, has revealed he's being treated for bowel cancer. writing in the daily telegraph, lord l

brazilian emerson is expected to make his first premier league start. 7:45pm kick off, commentary on bbc radioager mark hughes is desperate for points for his side tonight. a win against leicester won't lift saints out of the bottom three but would see them within two points of safety with four games to play. you have to get them in a positive frame of mind, focus on what they need to do, and i have to say, the last two performances have been really good, we have made mistakes, clearly, and that has been prevalent previous to me coming here. but for the most part, the intention and the application of the group has been really good. it was one of the biggest moments of the commonwealth games — the netball final, where england beat host nation and favourites australia in the last second of the match. two members of that gold medal winning team came to visit us here at bbc sport. jade clarke and natalie haythornthwaite relived theirjourney to the top of the commonwealth podium. ina way, in a way, the semi was more nerve—wracking than the final, because if we won the semi, we had done something we

a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews — despite official warningstions and markets authority has estimated that around £23 billion spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. the 5 live investigates presenter, adrian goldberg, gave more details about theirfindings. this is big business. we are talking about £23 billion of influence, £23 billion worth of goods that are bought following the reading of online review stores. as you say, it was said that there needed to be a crackdown. we decided to look atjust how is excess full of crackdown has been. we found, for example, that we could buy forjust $1 99 a positive review on ebay. that is a review that we wrote, which was then posted on the trustpilot website. we discovered that amazon, which in 2016 cracked down on free products return for positive reviews, you can go onto closed facebook groups and if you go onto one of these groups you will be contacted by people who say to you, if you write us a positive review, we will refund what you paid for the product in the first place. althou

a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews — despite official warnings markets authority has estimated that around 23 billions pounds spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates is in our salford studio and can tell us more. explain a bit more about these fake reviews, because nowadays almost everybody goes by reviews from and for restaurants, holidays except. this is big business, £23 billion worth of influence, £23 billion worth of influence, £23 billion worth of influence, £23 billion worth of goods that are bought following the reading of online reviews. as you say, three years ago the competition and markets authority said there needed to be a crackdown, we decided to look at how successful the crackdown and the abuse of online in reviews has been and we found for example we could buy for a dollar 99 cents, a positive review on ebay. is a review that we wrote which was then posted on the trust pilot website. we discovered for example bad amazon which in 2016 cracked down on free products in re

you can he live commentary on bbc radio 5. you can get up—to—date with the golf as well.rt. thank you. a sugar tax in britain will come into effect on friday, aimed at tackling childhood obesity, which is a serious and growing health risk around the world. well, in amsterdam, health officials have come up with an anti obesity programme that brings together schools, doctors, and neighbourhood groups — and so far it's seen a 12% drop in the number of obese and overweight children. jeremy cooke reports for us now from amsterdam. meet tyrell — a typical nine—year—old but struggling with weight, caught up in the global childhood obesity crisis. with one in five of its children overweight, amsterdam is determined to help kids like tyrell. you want to feel fit, and your condition has to be ok, so i try to make him aware already, like just think about your health. the amsterdam initiative means every child is put through their paces — weighed but also tested for strength, endurance and balance — to see who needs help. for tyrell, that means regular home visits from dieticians adv

keep tuned to the bbc radio and subsequent weather forecasts.k as we head into the latter part of monday and into tuesday. one thing it will be doing is dragging up some very mild air from spain and from france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through tuesday. there is the remnants of the sleet and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spe

keep tuned to the bbc radio and subsequent weather forecasts.uesday. one thing it will be doing is dragging up some very mild air from spain and from france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through tuesday. there is the remnants of the sleet and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spells. again, feeling quite mild, temperatures in double

the go, don't forget our sister programme, today in parliament, is available as a download via the bbc radioas criticised the government's decision to try out voter identification schemes in five areas at the local elections in england next week. at the moment, voters don't have to prove who they are when they arrive at a polling station, but under the pilot schemes, electors will be required to produce id — for example, passports or bank cards. the government says it's part of its investigation into ways to combat electoral fraud. in the commons, labour secured an urgent question on the trials. the party accused ministers of trying to suppress votes. this we already ask that people prove who they are in order to claim we already ask that people prove who they are in order to claim benefits or rent a car or even collect a parcel from the post—office, so this is a proportionate and reasonable approach. democracy is precious and we believe it is right to take that more robust approach to protect the integrity of the electoral process. nobody will need to buy identification documents to be able

bbc radio 5 live's anna foster has been to visit one school where that is already a reality. sheriff to keep the peace, this school is taking the law into its own hands. the nearest police station is 18 miles away, so here they have signed up to what is called the guardian programme, where some specially trained teachers carry concealed weapons in the classroom. our goal is for this programme to never be used. we want to throw our money away on this programme, and hope this programme never is used. but, should the case arise, these are individuals that can look themselves in the mirror and know that they are doing what is right. around 170 school districts in texas have adopted this idea, with backing from president trump, who has floated a plan to arm more teachers. it is concealed. so this crazy man who walked in and wouldn't even know who it is that hazard. that is good. that's not bad, that is good. and the teacher would have shut the hell out of him before he knew happened. there are 38 people working at this school. everything from teachers to dinner staff to the ca ret

keep tuned to the bbc radio and subsequent weather forecasts.the latter part of monday and into tuesday. one thing it will be doing is dragging up some very mild air from spain and from france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through tuesday. there is the remnants of the sleet and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spells. again, feelin

well bbc radio 5 live's anna foster has been to visit one school in texas which is already doing justal sheriff to keep the peace, this school is taking the law into its own hands. up to what's called the guardian programme, where some specially—trained teachers carry concealed weapons in the classroom. our goal is for this programme to never be used. we want to throw our monies away on this programme and hope that this programme never is used! but should the case arise, these are individuals that can look themselves in the mirror and know that they're doing what's right. around 170 school districts in texas have adopted this idea, with backing from president trump, who's floated a plan to arm more teachers. it's concealed, so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good — that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. there are 38 people working at this school, everything from teachers to dinner staff to the caretaker. what's really important in all this is that nobody knows how many o

bbc local radio will keep you up to date. there you can see the extent of it. a little bit of sleetiness across the higher ground and the midlands. seven, eight, nine degrees or so. a bit drier and brighter further north. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: president trump welcomes the historic koreas summit, but he warned the us will maintain pressure on north korea until the peninsula is free of nuclear weapons. a former policeman accused of being the so—called golden state killer, and on the run since the ‘70s, makes his first appearance in a california court. more than 35,000 people a day are fleeing the economic crisis in venezuela, say charities who warn the numbers could reach levels seen in syria if nothing is done. # you can down and

you can hear more on that story on money box, at midday on bbc radio 4.cloudy one, which is about the forecast for the weekend. so i have cheered up since then. but it does not alter the forecast. we have had a succession of glorious pictures coming off the back of some glorious weather, thanks to that area of high pressure. keep an eye on that weather front because it will become a player as early as this afternoon for the western isles of scotland. elsewhere it is a dry and fine day. already we are looking into the western channel and we have got some hefty showers showing up already. they will drift up across mid and central southern england, wales and the west midlands as the day goes on. still a very warm day. maybe not as hot as it has been, but temperatures above the seasonal norm. some areas will miss the showers altogether. that does not look like that in eastern england as we get on into the small hours of sunday. it will be a pretty close night. we have still got the influence of this system on the western side of britain to start sunday and th

and crossing divides continues all this week on bbc tv, radio, and online.would like to tweet about anything you have seen, use the hashtag #crossingdivides. let's get the news, travel and weather from where you are on this monday morning. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. so record temperatures for yesterday's london marathon, with over 38,000 runners crossing the finishing line. a group of them were london brigade firefighters who tackled the grenfell fire last year, who raised tens of thousands of pounds for a centre to help children and families affected by the blaze. it was so warm yesterday that on average every runner drank 4.5 litres of water, which is more than any other mass—participation event in the world. but organisers say they will learn lessons after some water stations ran dry. a chef at one of london's leading restaurants has left herjob to work in a school kitchen in hackney. nicole pisani now prepares lunch for 500 schoolchildren on a budget of less than £1 each a day. food being served up includes sweet potato and spinach dahl and salmon gou

he speck oke to bbc radio.so close to the chapel he could roll down the hill. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> we end tonight in rome. audiences are lining up to see one of the all time greatest works of art, michaelangelo's sistine chapel brought to life. seth doane and the spectacle taking the eternal city by storm. >>> lasers, lights, and a thunderous sound system. add distinctly modern dimension to a story that is roughly 500 years old. michaelangelo painting the sistine chapel. images filled the theater. it is an experience that creative director has a hard time describing. >> it is easier to say what it not. there is ballet. not a ballet. a lot of beautiful music, but not a musical. it is a very technological show. >> he treated him as the a sort of super hero. whose frescos in digital form turned rome's former symphony hall into a second sistine chapel. >> what did you think? >> bellisimo. >> bellisimo. >> he let us peek back stage to see how the show works. >> i don't know that i need

just keep tuned to bbc local radio and to all of the weather forecasts.very mild air from the south or south—west. plenty of heavy april showers. some sunny spells in between. some of them may contain some thunder, in fact. wet weather continuing across the north and west of scotland. but notice the temperatures, ten to maybe 1a or 15 degrees. low pressure still with us as we head on into the middle of part of the week, so it does remain unsettled. a lot of rain at times too, but i think we are looking at heavy showers on wednesday. some will merge together to produce longer spells of rain. there could even be the odd thundery one for central, southern and eastern areas as again, it will feel very mild again in south—westerly winds. given some sunshine, we could be looking at highs 01:14 or 15 celsius, and even quite mild across the northern parts as well. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nken ifejika. our top stories — heading home — russian diplomats begin leaving washington in the latest tit

nasa's top female scientists and astronauts have been speaking to bbc radio 5 live about their work,ce, but say they can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women train for science and technology careers. 5 live's anna foster reports. mission control in houston. they are monitoring the international space station. in this mock—up, astronauts train for the rigours of space. except you would be floating in, not walking. of course. we are on the ground, for starters. but for the women here, there is a new frontier. my director is a woman, my former division chief is a woman. we have female astronauts. we haven't put a woman on the moon yet and i think that perhaps the first person to step on mars should be a woman. for a long time now, nasa has tried hard to celebrate the achievements of its female engineers and scientists. 2018 marks a0 years since the first women were picked to go into space, the total workforce here is now one third female, and in 2016, nasa selected its first—ever gender—balanced class of astronauts. but there's still one place that only men have ever set

vanessa feltz will have her breakfast show on bbc radio london between 7 and 10.n walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. we'll be hearing the remarkable story of one of the so—called windrush generation, who's onlyjust been told she's free to stay in britain, despite having lived here for 50 years. it was the london marathon moment that caught worldwide attention when matt rees helped fellow runner david wyeth to cross the finish line last year. the pair will run it again this sunday, we'll be chatting to them after 8. and we're at the woodberry wetlands nature reserve near finsbury park this morning, where we'll talk to chris packham who's launching a campaign to highlight the wildlife that's under threat. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may will seek to reassure caribbean leaders that the windrush generation, who came to britain between 1948 up before parliament. that the windrush generation, who came to britain between 1948 up before parliament. that the windrush gen

he also hosted several other hit shows including bbc radio 2's pick of the pops, the national lotteryday night programme, hole in the wall. andy moore reports, and here's the star of the show, dale winton! thank you, thank you so much! supermarket sweep was the show that made dale winton. but with his trademark tan and flamboyant style, he presented many other programmes for itv and the bbc, including pets win prizes. this is ringo, john and paul. so paul is a flying beetle, obviously, because he has wings. fellow stars have been paying tribute: thank you, thank you — now stop! dale winton's agent said he died at home, no further details were given. two years ago, he said he had had a bad break—up, depression and health issues. dale winton hadn't been on our screens so much lately, but he'll be remembered as a consummate entertainer and game—show host. dale winton, who has died at the age of 62. president trump and the prime minister of japan, have said that maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. the two leaders were speakin

any trouble plans, keep this snow in mind, it is likely to cause disruption, so keep tuned to bbc local radios. as we head on into tuesday, a very different feel. much milder southerly winds and a typical mixture of sunshine and heavy april showers across england and wales. some heavy downpours there across northern ireland too. but notice the temperatures range from nine to around 11! or 15 celsius. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: heading home. russian diplomats begin leaving washington in the latest tit—for—tat expulsions over the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy in britain. sorrow and anger in gaza. palestinians mourn the protesters killed in clashes with israeli troops. two men accused of taking part in islamic state beheadings, complain they won't get a fair trial after losing their uk citizenship. hundreds pay their respects at the funeral of the world—renowned physicist, professor stephen hawking. and on a collision course. the out—of—control chinese space station expected to land back on

a bbc radio 5 live investigation has found that fake reviews are being traded openly on social media, claims and complaints site, resolver. good morning to you both. adrian, this is pretty damning. we rely on reviews to work out whether businesses are good and products by buying a new found that some of the reviews are up. one of our reporters was able to go onto ebay for $1 99 right a report which was then submitted by the reviewer who he contacted on ebay and uploaded to the trust pilot website. it was a glowing review, but it was a paid review. the name trust pilot, the whole point of a company like that is that you trust what they said. that's right. it's difficult for all of the sites we rely on. for example, amazon had a real problem a few years ago where people will be offered by companies free goods in return for positive reviews. amazon understood it undermined their website and crackdown on it, but we have found evidence that since 2016 when the ban came into place, people have moved underground. they go too closed facebook accounts. people will then contact you and say if y

so bbc local radio will keep you all over it. there you can see the extent of it.lands. seven, eight, or nine degrees or so. perhaps a bit drier and brighter further north. hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and steph mcgovern. amber rudd admits she should have known about targets for deporting illegal immigrants. the home secretary denies reading a memo sent to her office telling her about them. labour says she should resign. good morning, it's saturday, 28 april. also this morning: victims of crime will be able to challenge the release of prisoners more easily, under sweeping changes to the parole system. friends for now — a new era for peace between north and south korea, but president trump warns the us will maintain pressure until the north gets rid of its nuclear weapons.

nasa's top female scientists and astronauts have been speaking to bbc radio 5 live about their work,or a gender balanced workforce, but they say they can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women train for science and technology careers. 5 live's anna foster reports. mission control in houston. they are monitoring the international space station. in this mock—up, astronauts train for the rigours of space. except you would be floating in, not walking. of course. we are on the ground, for starters. but for the women here, there is a new frontier. my director is a woman, my former division chief is a woman. we have female astronauts. we haven't put a woman on the moon yet and i think that perhaps the first person to step on mars should be a woman. for a long time now, nasa has tried hard to celebrate the achievements of its female engineers and scientists. 2018 marks a0 years since the first women were picked to go into space, the total workforce here is now one third female, and in 2016, nasa selected its first—ever gender—balanced class of astronauts. but there's still one p

bbc local radio will keep you up to date. e historic summit between north and south korea — in which the countries leaders set out a peace plan and called off their conflict. but mr trump made it clear that the us will continue to put pressure on north korea until the regime gives up its nuclear weapons. a former policeman suspected of being the so—called golden state killer, and on the run since the 70s, has made his first appearance in a california court. joseph deangelo's accused of multiple murders and rapes. police say they traced deangelo by using dna ancestry websites. the swedish pop stars abba have recorded two new songs, their first for about 35 years. the group said they were an unexpected consequence of their recent decision to put together a "virtual reality" tour. it's not yet known when the tracks will be released. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.

bbc radio 5 live's anna foster has been to visit one school in texas which is already doing just thatng the law into its own hands. the nearest police station is 18 miles away, so here they've signed up to what's called the guardian programme, where some specially—trained teachers carry concealed weapons in the classroom. our goal is for this programme to never be used. we want to throw our monies away on this programme and hope that this programme never is used! but should the case arise, these are individuals that can look themselves in the mirror and know that they're doing what's right. around 170 school districts in texas have adopted this idea, with backing from president trump, who's floated a plan to arm more teachers. it's concealed, so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good — that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. there are 38 people working at this school, everything from teachers to dinner staff to the caretaker. what's really important in all this is that nobo

just keep tuned to bbc local radio and to all of the weather forecasts.th—west. plenty of heavy april showers. some sunny spells in between. some of them may contain some thunder, in fact. wet weather continuing across the north and west of scotland. but notice the temperatures, ten to maybe 1a or 15 degrees. low pressure still with us as we head on into the middle of part of the week, so it does remain unsettled. a lot of rain at times too, but i think we are looking at heavy showers on wednesday. some will merge together to produce longer spells of rain. there could even be the odd thundery one for central, southern and eastern areas as again, it will feel very mild again in south—westerly winds. given some sunshine, we could be looking at highs of 1a or 15 celsius, and even quite mild across the northern parts as well. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nken ifejika. our top stories: moscow bound — russian diplomats begin leaving the us in the latest tit for tat expulsions over the nerve agent

bbc local radio will keep you up to date. there you can see the extent of it.. seven, eight, nine degrees or so. this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: no more war. world powers welcome the promise of peace by north and south korea as their leaders conclude historic talks. donald trump says the summit‘s a good thing, but adds there'll be no letup on pyongyang yet. maximum pressure will continue until denuclearisation occurs. i look forward to our meeting. it should be quite something. kim jong—un and moonjae—in produce a peace plan and a promise to rid their countries of nuclear weapons. there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much, but now we stand together.

bbc local radio will keep you up to date. there you can see the extent of it. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america on pbs and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: president trump welcomes the historic koreas summit, but he warned the us will maintain pressure on north korea until the peninsula is free of nuclear weapons. a former policeman accused of being the so—called golden state killer, and on the run since the 70s, makes his first appearance in a california court. more than 35,000 people a day are fleeing the economic crisis in venezuela, say charities who warn the numbers could reach levels seen in syria if nothing is done. and having the time of their lives — pop group abba record their first

just keep tuned to bbc local radio and to all of the weather forecasts.contain some thunder, in fact. wet weather continuing across the north and west of scotland. but notice the temperatures, ten to maybe 1a or 15 degrees. low pressure still with us as we head on into the middle of part of the week, so it does remain unsettled. a lot of rain at times too, but i think we are looking at heavy showers on wednesday. some will merge together to produce longer spells of rain. there could even be the odd thundery one for central, southern and eastern areas as again, it will feel very mild again in south—westerly winds. given some sunshine, we could be looking at highs 01:14 or 15 celsius, and even quite mild across the northern parts as well. this is bbc news. the headlines: russian diplomats expelled by the united states over the poisoning of a former double agent in britain have begun leaving washington. earlier, russia told britain it must reduce its diplomatic presence byjust over fifty people. palestinians are observing a day of national mourning for at le

bbc local radio will keep you up—to—date. there you can see the extent of it.d further north. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has welcomed the successful summit between north and south korea. but he made it clear that us will continue to put pressure on north korea until the pyongyang regime gives up its nuclear weapons. after meeting donald trump at the white house, the german chancellor, angela merkel, said she would continue to be in very close talks with the us as president trump took a decision on the nuclear deal with iran. the gaza health ministry says israeli forces have shot dead three palestinian protesters during mass demonstrations on the border with israel that have been held for the fifth friday in a row. hundreds more protesters were injured. the swedish pop stars abba have recorded two new songs, their first since the 80s. the group said the new material was a consequence of their recent decision to put together a "virtual reality" tour. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.