doncaster went into the game knowing a win would give them an outside chance of winning the league.ion soon after when he sealed the win that — at the time — meant hartlepool were safe. however, newport county grabbed an 89th minute winner against notts county to turn the atmosphere at victoria park decidedly sour. the game also had significance at the top of the table, as doncaster‘s defeat coupled with a draw for plymouth meant that portsmouth, who were 6—1winners against cheltenham, took the title. tranmere rovers are 90 minutes away from rejoining the football league after a two—year exile, thanks to their national league play—off semi—final win against aldershot town. having won the first leg 3—0, tranmere were always in control of the tie and a late strike from james norwood gave them a 2—2 draw on the day — a 5—2 win on aggregate. the play—off final is at wembley next sunday. tranmere will face either forest green or dagenham, who are tied at 1—1 going into tomorrow‘s second leg. inverness caledonian thistle are still fighting to stay in the scottish premiership. the bottom c

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

rosjones re—elected for doncaster.r results that will come in the coming hours, because that post already existed. she was re—elected to it, rather than being the first incumbent of that post at this particular election. so, yes, labour will point to that and say they have managed to get a victory. there are still plenty of people winning to listen to labour's message, but the picture so far i should emphasise so far because there are many results still to come suggests that it will be a tough day for the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. all right. thank you very much indeed. much more, of course, on the bbc website at any time. now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. south africa's anc was once seen as an inspirational model for africa. now it's becoming a watchword for infighting, cronyism, corruption and the dangers of one—party rule. president jacob zuma stands accused of abusing his power notjust

a quick word on doncaster, emily? boom. all to do with the fact that we as labour and doncaster have done a good job, locally —— i saw an interesting quote from ros jones. was clear about a local campaign. is that fair? this is what local elections are meant to be about, we have strong local candidates putting out strong local messages, of course that is what local council elections will be about. it is confused when a general election is called the local election, it is difficult to know if people are voting nationally or locally. as we heard from the lib dem for wales, the labour votes in wales has solidified. her interpretation is that in the last couple of weeks and people have been thinking, you know, if there is going to be a conservative or labour government, we're not going anywhere other than labour. but listen, we have to work really hard, we have a few weeks left before the general election and we had to make sure that people understand there is a choice, it does not have to be this way, it does not have to be a

labour's candidate has won the election in doncaster. with me isjohn won the election in doncaster.caster. with me isjohn curtis, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde. welcome. what do you think? the truth is that the expectations generated by the opinion polls over the last couple of weeks look like they will largely be confirmed by rhythm —— by the results and we have gotten most of the results. the only results we have seen overnight, a strong swing to the conservatives, averaging around seven percentage points. that's enough to mean that the conservatives are well ahead of labour nationally, given where we we re labour nationally, given where we were back in 2013 for baby to one point of doubt is where —— is exactly how far the conservatives are head. certainly the best results for the conservatives for maybe 25 yea rs. for the conservatives for maybe 25 years. conversely, at the other end of the spectrum, ukip, who did so well in these elections four years ago, devotees falling away. —— there vote is falling. so far they have lost every single one of the seats

at the moment, doncaster heading for the title. their national league play—off semifinal win against aldershot town. having won the first leg 3—0, tranmere were always in control of the tie and a late strike from james norwood gave them a 2—2 draw on the day — a 5—2 win on aggregate. the play—off final is at wembley next sunday. tranmere will face either forest green or dagenham, who are tied at 1—1 going into tomorrow's second leg. in theirfinal warm—up match before the rugby league world cup in october england beat samao 30 points to ten in sydney. -- 30-10. samoa had their moments in the second half but overall it was an encouraging performance from england as joe lynskey reports. they have come half way around the world, in the middle of the season, but little sentiment is geared for england on these shores. in sydney, this was also samoa's chance in the spotlight and the working to make an impact. but the visitors arrived with their own agenda, with just one test before the world cup, every minute matters. ryan gave them the l

labour will be hoping to keep doncaster. ukip had a big presence in doncaster.yoral elections in the past. the big story is whether labour can the past. the big story is whether labourcan win and the past. the big story is whether labour can win and how far ukip can steal votes. we expect being in the turnout to around 30%, as it was last time. this election at this time slightly overshadowed by the general election. we should have a result at around 2—3 o'clock in the morning. in essex, the conservatives and looking to keep control of the cou nty and looking to keep control of the county council. essex is the only place in the county voting. conservatives are hoping to make gains here. in the run—up to this election they have been expecting 50 of the 75 seat up for grabs. elsewhere in suffolk and norfolk the conservatives are also hoping to make gains. they run both county councils but they do not have a majority, they are a couple of seat short. they are hoping to make gains from ukip. there are many more marginal seats —40, a 10% swing could change the politi

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

it finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor's job. doncaster — they held on to the mayor'sjob. it is in lincolnshire that this man, ukip leader paul nuttall, will fight for a westminster seat next month. overnight his party was wiped out on the local authority. and it has been a patchy night for the liberal democrats. cheers here in hampshire but no huge breakthroughs overall. at least, yet. and chrisjoins us now. morning to you. morning. how are you feeling? a little tired. in your detailed analysis of the results that have been coming in, what can you tell us about what it means? important to emphasise at the moment there is a lot of results to come. the final result to be declared is the summit of the mountain and we setting off from sealevel, so we are on the beach with flip—flops on. the trend is clear. conservatives will be cheering. the reason they will be thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified thinking if this carries on like this, iwasjustified in thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified in calli

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.ed ending their 96—year stay in the football league. wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. saracens finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens t

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.ed top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. saracens finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership as well as a home time to play—offs. wasps in the saracens had a chance of both. even more fitting the christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th drive the season equalling the record. there only line, elliot bailey, will hope to feast against your blacks next month. —— against the all blacks. 35— 15 to score. wasps top, saracens third. in between them, exeter, they defeated gloucester to secure second is the second successive season while the final play—off spot went to leicester. they got over the line at worcester but the celebrations can not last long. the play—offs come next and the surge to the top team in engla

the party was also victorious in doncaster, where its candidate rosjones, the labour mayor was re—electedread too much into what these reuslts say about next month's general election. these are disappointing results. i wouldn't say anything different. but i think we have to be careful from extrapolating from local elections to the general. the turnout is much lower. in many cases people vote on specifically local issues. but i'm not pretending that these aren't disappointing results. the results have been disappointing for ukip. the party only managed to win one of the the seats it contested — losing 88 previously held council seats. ukip says it still has sitting councillors in the country, although those positions were not up for election this time. the results have been mixed for the liberal democrats. a short time ago the party had lost 37 council seats. the lib dems also failed to retake somerset council from the conservatives, although the tory leaderjohn osman was ousted by lib dem former mp tessa munt. despite the overall picture of the conservatives performing well, some electora

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.all league. wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. exeter also secured a home semifinal. wasps ran in five tries against saracens. patrick was scored in the wind. scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand. he's staying in england to be with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. and finally, motogp riders are often some of the toughest sportspeople around, racing with broken bones and all sorts of injuries. turns out they have an achilles heel. wasps. cal crutchlow qualified third for today's spanish grand prix but on his cool down lap — something gets into his leathers and he doesn't like it one bit. he even pulls over and tries to get the insect out. crutchlow said he'd been stung about five or six times. that does look nasty. i could not understand how the wasp got in there? could it get in through the helmet? it coul

but we had welcome victories in mantis to guide of wool, wales, doncaster and elsewhere.tic councillors who work tirelessly for their communities lost their seats. we face a huge challenge in the next four and we face a huge challenge in the next fourand a bit we face a huge challenge in the next four and a bit weeks. this general election campaign is also an opportunity, a chance to breakfree, to create a society in which people are no longer held back by a system thatis are no longer held back by a system that is wreaked for the rich. a chance to rebuild britain for the many and not the few. applause there is also a huge danger that the tories them angry and spin machine will make some people settle for less tha n will make some people settle for less than they should, resigned themselves to things the way they are. underestimating just how many more burdens the tories could impose is their mission to break the system for the rich is not halted by us. the stakes are— stop we know from the election results yesterday that the election results yesterday that the gap betwee

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.

similarly so in doncaster, a bit more cloud around. once again today could see just over 20 celsius. for northern ireland, another lovely day for you if you like it dry and sunny and warm. for wales, similar story, the cloud melting away, sunny spells coming through though at times you will see areas of cloud as you will across south—west england. 0ne areas of cloud as you will across south—west england. one or two brea ks south—west england. one or two breaks developing. the cloud will be thick enough of the odd shower as we move thick enough of the odd shower as we m ove a cross thick enough of the odd shower as we move across southern thick enough of the odd shower as we move across southern counties. having said that, the showers will be hit and miss and having said that, the showers will be hitand miss and many having said that, the showers will be hit and miss and many of us will miss them all together. through the evening and overnight, we still have this onshore breeze, gusty winds across the pennines. and a fair bit of cloud a

further south, well, only down to doncaster way, at least dry enough to get a cut of sigh alan there,oud and it has had enough about it. come this afternoon there are isolated showers to be had in the southern counties. 0ut towards the west, you might see 818,19, counties. 0ut towards the west, you might see 818, 19, something of that order. 0vernight not a great deal change, looking further north under clearly skies it will be as ferocity as it was this morning then we are off and running. i have changed the day. the weather hasn't. similar sort of fare there, dry in the south, cloudy, cool on the coast in the east. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11:30. the duke of edinburgh, prince philip, will stand down from royal duties in the autumn, buckingham palace says. the decision was made by prince philip himself and is supported by the queen. the palace says the prince, who turns 96 next month, "will no longer play an active role by attending engagements" and will only attend previously scheduled engagements between now and august. voters are heading to the polls today for l

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