mumbling david sillito, bbc news, bradford. 100 days next. first, a look at whether with matt.w the cloud in western scotland, similar images throughout the day we re similar images throughout the day were captured. we will see more sunshine. you can see weather cloud has been, chiefly north west scotland. this is where it is still raining, 2a hours worth of rain across the north west highlands. tonight, that rain will shift south. telling letter to the south—west of scotland, northern ireland later. blustery conditions across the uk around is that weather front. but we will see clearly scours and showers by night but cooler conditions in northern scotland and not as cold night across england and wales compared to last night. more cloud around, bright and sunny spells in the south in the day but billy ray in southern scotland and northern ireland clearing. wet morning in the pennines and cumbria, showers later on. the midlands and east anglia will be more great and here, some rain. temperatures at best 15 or 16, more general 11 or 12 across most parts of the uk. hello and welco

david sillito, bbc news.ecretary orders an investigation, after a cluster of avoidable baby deaths at an nhs trust in england. still to come, leicester city prepare to take on atletico madrid. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, double formula one world champion fernando alonso will miss the monaco grand prix next month so he can race in the indy 500, and the spaniard has the full support of his mclaren team. threats and abuse on social media need to stop, and the likes of facebook and twitter must do more to police what is posted online — that's what an mp said today, after a man was sentenced to four months in prison for posting messages on social media, threatening to kill her. mark sands pleaded guilty to sending the grossly offensive messages on facebook to the eastbourne mp, caroline ansell. she's the latest female mp to be singled out for abuse online, as alex forsyth reports. with a brazen hand gesture, mark sands arrived in court. never in trouble with police before, now injailfor threatening to kill

well, our media correspondent, david sillito, has been taking part in an experiment to understand whywers are having problems. we'll bring you the results. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: warburton worry. the man favourite to be named lions captain is ruled out for six weeks, but should still be fit to face to new zealand. we're down to the last eight in the champions league, and what better way to start than withjuventus and barcelona's meeting in turin tonight? and heather watson's path to paris is a little trickier. she fails to take the final chance to guarantee a place in the french open main draw after defeat in switzerland. hello again. lots to come, but we'll start with rugby union. and with just eight days to go until the lions squad for the tour to new zealand is announced, the man favourite to be captain has been ruled out for six weeks. our reporter chrisjones is with me in the studio. chris, what's happened to sam warburton? yes, as you say, he was heavy favouri

david sillito, bbc news.l mp on facebook. in the message, mark sands, who's 51, said he would stab caroline ansell to death in her home. the conservative mp said she hoped the case would be a deterrent, as her family had been affected by the ‘chilling threat‘: 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports with a brazen hand gesture, mark sands arrived in court. never in trouble with police before, now in jail for threatening to kill his local mp. when police found his facebook page, it was full of posts described as hateful and vitriolic, showing entrenched political views. he referred to himself as a trainee murderer. he wrote, end poverty, kill a tory now. and the one for which he was jailed, if you vote to take my money, that was aimed at caroline ansell. she received a call from police last year saying there was a credible threat against her life. seen it on the front page of your local newspaper, and then seeing it in every cafe in the town, supermarkets and newsagents. it was very powerful. i sat wit

mumbling david sillito, bbc news, bradford. i hope you can hear me say this...and, before helping herself to seconds from the duke of edinburgh. the royal couple were officially opening the zoo's new centre for elephant care, which will be home to a herd of nine. well—behaved as well! time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. across much of england and wales, and other fine spring across much of england and wales, and otherfine spring day across much of england and wales, and other fine spring day and across much of england and wales, and otherfine spring day and it almost looks like we had clear skies and it showed up nicely on the satellite imagery, more cloud further north and to the west of scotland, this was the view most have had for much of the day. with that, some rain, raining for nearly 24 hours across parts of the north west highlands and hebrides. rain continues into the first part of the night but that rain south towards glasgow, belfast, towards carlisle by first light. blustery winds around the weather front. further south, the breeze pi

david sillito, bbc news. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining me on outside source, i live also his russian counterpart in moscow. they all admit that russian and american relationships are at a low point. now, look who is throwing his hat back into the ring, he was around's president from 2000 and 52 2030 and he wants the job back, he president from 2000 and 52 2030 and he wants thejob back, he is registered to stand in may's election. look at one rainy and student described it... -- look at one students from around. around's supreme one students from around. around's supreme leader told him not to run. he clearly wasn't listening. people we re he clearly wasn't listening. people were visibly stunned as they processed ahmadinejad's paperwork. here's the reaction in the bbc persian newsroom. shock, iwould never expect ahmadinejad to decide to run. he had in doors to his deputy, who had registered to one. they hinted that by the supreme leader, he has done that before what it is still a shock. is it realistic that he could become president ain? that he could become president

number of programmes, including jamaica inn and the recent drama ss—gb. 0ur media correspondent david sillitoford, which assesses what viewers can and can't hear. they mumble. tv sound, why has it become such an issue? we have conducted an experiment, two actors, one scene, different styles, modern and naturalistic and something more old school. sort of, i am doing a little bit of unpaid work. i was not expecting to see you here, are you at college? what happens if you change the sound effects, the level of noise around us? and how about music? and the results?? nobody could agree. hearing is very subjective. did you get any of it? 0dd bits of it. subjective. did you get any of it? odd bits of it. quickly this diction was the elevator. it is either too quickly spoken or they do not speak clear enough. i only had about three words which were not quite clear and iam85 words which were not quite clear and iam 85in words which were not quite clear and i am 85 in may! i have been washing out my laura coles! even amongst our group of teenagers have struggled. some got every word. we tried different

our media correspondent david sillito has been to take part in an experiment at the science media museumdifferent styles. modern and naturalistic, and something a bit more old school. being unpaid work. i wasn't expecting to see you here, are you still at college. i took a break. what happens if you change the sound effect, the level of noise around us and how about music? can you still hear what i'm saying? really? and the results well, no—one could agree. hearing, it seems is very subjective. did you get any of it? no. odd bits of it. the clearest diction in there was the lift. it is either too quickly spoken or they don't speak clear enough. i could hear it. i think there were only about three words that weren't quite clear and i am 85 in may. been washing out my lug holes. even among our group been washing out my lug holes. even among ourgroup of been washing out my lug holes. even among our group of teenager, half struggled. some got every word. we tried different television, most didn't hear much difference at all but ina didn't hear much difference at all but in a choice between m

0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been trying to find out. they mumble. do you hear this? of. a little unpaid work. three options. clear diction, this is more mumbly, and finally, something regional. and also, what happens if you change the sound effects? the level of noise around us. how about music? can you still hear what i am saying? really? we then played the results at bradford's science and media museum. did you get any of it? no. odd bits. the clearest diction in there was the lift! it is either too quickly spoken or they do not speak clearly enough. but it was not the same for everyone. i could hear it, there were only three words that were not clear, and i am 85 in may. washing out my lugholes! the music bed is a lot higher than i would like it. watching all this was simon clark, a professional sound recordist. his conclusion, the big issue is diction. i would say there is too much mumbling. i come across it an awful lot. 0n set, all i can do is go up to my director and say, "i am not really sure what that person said, and i am reading it from a script at the sam

our arts correspondent david sillito has been trying to find out. is it a problem with technology or diction? we filmed our own little drama and out to add this acted it out in a variety of styles. sol acted it out in a variety of styles. so i suppose you were working. kind of. i so i suppose you were working. kind of. lam so i suppose you were working. kind of. i am doing a load of unpaid work. keen to do unpaid work, sort of. three options, beautiful clear diction. this is mumby. and finally what happens if you change the sound effects, the level of noise around them? how about music? we then played the results at a science media museum in bradford. did you understand any of that? just odd bits. the clearest diction was in the list. —— left. bits. the clearest diction was in the list. -- left. -- lift. there we re the list. -- left. -- lift. there were only around three words that we re were only around three words that were not quite clear and i am 85 in may. i have been clearing out my ears. that music level is higher than i would like it. and w