hugh pym, bbc news. much more on the enquiry on our website. now it is time for sport.day, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: lionel messi and barcelona take a huge step towards making the champions league final, after a convincing win over liverpool at the nou camp. what now for caster semenya following a landmark ruling? and the semi final line up at the world snooker championship is complete. welcome to the programme. liverpool's quest to reach a second successive champions league final took a massive blow on wednesday night as barcelona won 3—0 at the nou camp. the result means liverpool have huge task in the return leg at anfield on tuesday. andy swiss was watching the action for us. liverpool find had come here with such high hopes but they came to meet a lionel messi masterclass. luis suarez gave them the lead. liverpool had plenty of chances and they feel on another day, had they taken them, they could have been in front but they did not take them in barcelona really blew them away in the last half

hugh pym, bbc news. now on bbc news, sport today.ay, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a moment to remember on the opening day of the cricket world cup. ben stokes propels the host, england, off to a winning start. world number one naomi 0saka is given a scare on the way to sealing a place in the third round of the french open. and liverpool's virgil van dijk tells the bbc how much he would be prepared to sacrifice to win the champions league final. welcome to the programme. to the cricket world cup first, where england beat south africa by 104 runs in the opening match of the tournament at the oval in london. the hosts are under a bit of pressure to do well. they are on home turf and are favourites, and they didn't disappoint. patrick gearey was watching. world cup ‘s always begin with ceremony and choreography, but you can't plan everything. who could foresee south africa opening the bowling with aao —year—old leg spinner, nor this happening second bowl. jonny bairstow, zero. jason roy, one of england's b

thank you very much, hugh pym, our health editor.of sussex have been showing their newborn baby boy to the world for the first time. and they've announced their choice of name. the seventh in line to the throne is called archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. he's the queen's eighth great—grandchild. harry and meghan say he's very calm with the "sweetest temperament". 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the story. the first of many royal photocalls. and having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud parents to show him off. it's magic. it's pretty amazing. and, you know, i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. yeah, it's great. i mean, parenting is amazing. it's only been, what, two and a half, three days. yeah. but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy. nestled in his father's arms, getting a close—up view of the baby's face was tricky, so who does the seventh in line to the throne take after? we are still trying to figure that out. well, ever

hugh pym, bbc news. now it's time for the travel show., on the travel show: it's ladies‘ night in the atlas mountains. wejoin the historic cavalcade of pancho villa. and i'm stepping up to the plate in new york. i don't know if i'm going to be able to hit it that hard, but i'm going to give it my best shot. no pressure at all. well, there's a little bit of pressure. we're starting this week by heading off to morocco tojoin a high country that's on trend. around the world, some tour companies have reported that bookings for women's—only adventure trips are up by a whopping a0%, so we sent cat moh to the atlas mountains to join a trekking group that's run solely for and by women. the berber tribes have lived in the atlas mountains for thousands of years in villages and towns dotted across the slopes and valleys. so i've been to morocco before, but this is the first time i'm actually making it out into the mountains, and i'm super excited about it. but it's also the first time that i'm going to take part in a women's—only expedition, so let'

hugh pym, bbc news. champions will be crowned this weekend, but will it be manchester city or liverpool? the two clubs are just one point apart in the tightest race in years. well, we'll find out on sunday, and all this at the end of a remarkable week for english clubs in european competitions. here's dan roan. wijnaldum! oh, it's three! it was a week when english football hit new heights, of drama and dominance. never before has one country supplied all four finalists in europe's two major club competitions. but while the fans are still celebrating, there is also mounting concern atjust how much it will cost to follow their teams to the two host cities. i think with madrid it makes it expensive, that's clear, unbelievably expensive, but at least it's not another part of the world like going to baku in the europa league final, that's really funny i think. 0bviously these guys who make the decisions, i don't know what they have for breakfast. the stadium for the champions league final in madrid has a 68,0

hugh pym, bbc news.htwater valley theme park in north yorkshire this afternoon. he was flown to hospital by airambulance, but his condition is not believed to be life threatening. 0ur correspondent judith moritz reports. lying below the tracks of the twister rollercoaster, this photo was taken moments after a small boy fell from the ride. park visitors watched it all happen. we just looked up at the carriages, it was about 15 off the floor and there was guy and the lad was hanging backwards outside of the actual carriage and somehow he'd got out of actual restrainer and was hanging out backwards from the carriage, with his head kind of backwards over this way. a few seconds after that, he actually flew out the carriage and landed on the floor. the yorkshire air ambulance landed as families looked on, police and paramedics racing to help the little boy. the six—year—old was treated at the scene and then flown to hospital in leeds. his condition is not said to be life—threatening. this footage was filmed l

hugh pym, bbc news.ld medallist caster semenya has lost her appeal against regulations restricting testosterone levels in female runners. the 28—year—old, who will have to take medication to reduce her naturally high testosterone if she's to continue competing, says the policy of athletics' governing body is discriminatory but she won't let it hold her back. our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from south africa. south africa's golden girl has never been a big talker. and here comes caster semenya. but every step she's taken in quiet defiance has led her here... and caster semenya blows them away. ..to a decision that could have changed women's sport forever. athletics' governing body believes women with dsd — differences of sexual development — enjoy a performance advantage and should take drugs to lower their testosterone. semenya's lawyers called these rules discriminatory and the court actually agreed, but said the rules are needed. such discrimination is a necessary, reasonable and proport

hugh pym, bbc news, north wales.ur to discuss the prime minister's leadership. it's the latest attempt from within the party to oust her from office. but downing street has made it clear that the prime minister has already said that she will leave only when she has seen through a brexit withdrawal deal. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is at westminster tonight. i don't know if this meeting has finished, laura, but what are you hearing? the meeting has broken up in the last half hour also and, surprise surprise, without much resolution. lots of tory mps eight theresa may's deal, they hate the way she's handled it and that they are distraught at the party's terrible set of local election in england. but the prime minister has bought herself a bit more time by offering to come and talk to the committee, the executive committee of tory backbenchers, next week. whether or not she will give them a firm date, which some mps desire of her departure, is an open question, i think. it's very clear from downing street th

hugh pym, bbc news, belfast.motorists prepared to do so in the next five years. a new study suggests they're worried about how long the battery lasts and access to charging points. but in norway, drivers are embracing electric vehicles — our transport correspondent tom burridge reports from there. we chose a petrol one because it just fitted our needs. electric cars do seem to be a little bit more expensive. definitely felt a little bit guilty. i wanted to support the green cause but, for us, i think it was really the range and the anxiety of getting stuck somewhere. john is typical of uk consumers. research from the independent transport research laboratory suggests most of us wouldn't buy an electric as our main car in the next five years. in norway, they've cracked the electric transition because nearly half of new cars bought here so far this year are electric. it's been a bit crazy, actually, the change that we've had in norway so far. we have a system where we tax cars we don't want, meaning petrol and dies

hugh pym, bbc news. capsized in the hungarian capital budapest last night. new cctv footage released by police appears to show the moment that the mermaid collided with a much larger vessel. dozens of south korean tourists were on board. the captain of the larger boat has been arrested. president donald trump has launched a fierce personal attack on former special counsel robert mueller, describing him as "totally conflicted." he said the man who led the inquiry into alleged russian interference in the 2016 us election had "wanted to be the fbi director, and i said no." president trump made the comments to reporters at the white house. there wasn't much change. it was to me the same as the report. there is no obstruction, you see what we are saying, there is no collusion, nothing. nothing but a witch—hunt. witch—hunt by the media and the democrats, they are partners and it keeps going, i thought it was finished when the report was relieved but it goes on and to me it was the same frankly as the report, a

hugh pym, bbc news, belfast.be a test of the popularity of several nationalist movements across europe, for whom a key issue is immigration. the model for many of these groups has been hungary, where the prime minister, victor 0rban, has enforced a strong anti—immigrant policy, in defiance of eu criticism. at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, he ordered the construction of a fence along the southern border with serbia and croatia, to prevent migrants getting in. jean mackenzie reports. the gabor family have two passion5, swimming and their prime minister. viktor 0rban has won popular support here in hungary, partly by giving financial help to large families. an ardent nationalist, 0rban has waged war on migrant5. hungary wa5 hungary was at the forefront of the refugee cri5i5. although most people we re refugee cri5i5. although most people were just passing through, within week5 were just passing through, within weeks he had built a fence to keep them out. now giant eu election billboards tell people to su

hugh pym, bbc news.the show had booked the change uk leader, heidi allen. in a tweet, the show apologised to viewers and said that the programme would not air at 9pm this evening. in a statement, the bbc says it has... but the bbc says it will look to broadcast the episode at a later date. school children in england have up to an hour less for break time, compared with 20 years ago. researchers at university college london say more lessons are being packed into the school day, leaving less time for children to play. the study says it means children are missing out on exercise, and the chance to learn vital social skills. it comes as a class of primary school pupils are to miss their sat tests after their parents chose to boycott the exams, parents of children in year 2 at bealings school, near woodbridge, said over—testing was ruining the pupils‘ education. here‘s our education correspondent, frankie mccamley. we‘re going into the forest, right there! an extra playtime on fridays for these pupils. they g

hugh pym, bbc news.caster semenya has lost a legal challenge which means she will now be forced to lower her naturally increased testosterone levels if she wants to compete in her preferred events. the 28—year—old double olympic gold medallist has a condition which means she has much higher testosterone levels than most women. she was challenging new rules from the athletics governing body — the iaaf — to ensure a level playing field. 0ur sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports from south africa. south africa's golden girl has never been a big talker. here comes caster semenya! but every step she has taken in quiet defiance has let her here. to a decision that could have changed women's sport forever. in a statement, she said, i know that the iaaf regulations have always targeted me specifically. for a decade, the iaaf has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me down, but this has actually made me stronger. the decision will not hold me back. the governing body has a lwa ys hold me back

hugh pym, bbc news. capsized in the hungarian capital, budapest, last night. new cctv footage released by police appears to show the moment that the mermaid collided with a much larger vessel. dozens of south korean tourists were on board. rescuers say there is little chance of finding any more survivors. the proportion of workers on low pay in britain has fallen to its lowest levels since 1980, according to a new report. 17% of the workforce was on low pay last year. the chancellor philip hammond says he wants to end low pay altogether and is "naturally attracted" to setting the main minimum wage at two—thirds of average earnings. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. at the moment, i've £13 in the bank... this is minimum wage britain — craig in lancashire works unpredictable hours in a supermarket. even with the national living wage, the minimum for over—255, he struggles to pay his bills. i'm averaging maybe £90—100 a week. my universal credit is making it up to about 560 a month.

hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:12. our top story this evening...suspended over comments about the israeli embassy. a first major exhibition for the artist frank bowling has opened in london. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, neil lennon has been named as celtic‘s permanent manager on a i2—month rolling contract. it comes after he guided them to a historic treble treble at the weekend. thousands of football fans are arriving in madrid ahead of tomorrow's champions league final between liverpool and tottenham. it's more than ten years since the final of this competition has been contested by two english teams and comes after both staged dramatic comebacks in the semi finals. clive myrie is in madrid now. yes, those tottenham and liverpool fa ns yes, those tottenham and liverpool fans have by hook or by crook managed to get here. it hasn't been easy. the chance of flights, the bookings have gone from —— through the roof, they have been expensive and some fans have actually hired private jets to get here to madrid. but there is a warning for those wh

hugh pym, bbc news, north wales.in the london bridge attacks were warned that they would see distressing cctv images as the inquest into the deaths continues. they heard how the police kept shooting the attackers because they thought they were wearing explosive vests. in all, eight people were killed in the attacks injune 2017. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. two minutes before he was hit by the van, xavier thomas was walking along london bridge with his girlfriend, christine. with the footage slowed down, this was the van, 2.5 tons of it, just before youssef zaghba began driving it deliberately at large groups of pedestrians on the bridge. this is the same footage at its original speed. ten seconds later, it hit xavier thomas at 27 miles an hour. his girlfriend, still recovering from her injuries, was in court with his parents today, and wept as the footage was played to the inquest. next, the van hit christine archibald, dragging her along the road. her fiance tyler ferguson can be seen on c

hugh pym, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... williamson has been sacked over a leak of information from a national security council meeting. other stories from around the bbc news room right now... the united nations says that around 1a0,000 people in north—western syria have been displaced by fighting in the past three months. hundreds more have been fleeing hama and idlib provinces as a government air and artillery offensive backed by russia has escalated. more on that story on bbc arabic. riot police in kazakhstan have used batons to break up protesters demanding a presidential election boycott and the release of political prisoners. dozens of people were detained near almaty‘s central park where they had gathered for may day. several people have been injured by a tornado in romania. this footage was taken from a dashboard camera. the tornado narrowly missed a village but ten buildings lost their roofs. the freak weather early on tuesday evening was a result of a cold front from bulgaria. more on that story on bbc.com. heavy

hugh pym, bbc news, north wales.orth london and chair of the british medical association council. thank you for being with us. we spoke before about this issue of numbers but in essence this gives it a concrete set of figures to work. what strikes you most? first of all let's not forget that it is this government's policy to increase gp numbers by 5000. it was a repeated pledge because the government recognise that in order to provide services that met the needs of the population, we did need several thousand more gps. so it is actually quite worrying that far from an increase we have seen a reduction of maybe 2000 plus gps in this time. and that is partly because gps are retiring earlier and younger doctors aren't necessarily going for the general practise option. absolutely, so we general practise option. absolutely, so we have seen a drop in the past decade in doctors wanted to become gps and an increase in numbers retiring. but added to that, we are seeing increasing numbers of gps reducing their clinical session

hugh pym, bbc news.us in the last couple of moments from the metropolitan police. scotland yard saying that a 34—year—old has been charged with two counts of preventing a lawful burial, following the discovery of the bodies of two women in a freezer in an east london flat on friday. you may remember that police investigation focusing on that flat in canning town, and the force appealing for anyone who has visited that flat in the past year or knows anyone who has to come forward while they continue their investigations. but the development this evening is that he has been charged with two cou nts that he has been charged with two counts of preventing a lawful burial. the south african double olympic gold—medallist caster semenya has lost her appeal against regulations regulating testosterone levels in female athletes. she will have to take medication to reduce her naturally higher testosterone if she is to continue competing. she says the policy of athletics‘ governing body is this commentary but she won

growing number of gp practices have closed — 138 last year alone across the uk. 0ur health editor hugh pymnew her back and neck problem wasn't urgent but she got a shock when she was told how long it would take to get an appointment at her local practice. i was told that there was no appointments available and the earliest appointment i could get, this was back in march, would be june. however, the books were not open, the appointments weren't actually open yet forjune and i'd have to phone back in another month's time and, of course, you know what happens, is that you phone back in another month's time and theen all of the slots are taken again. patient numbers are growing — more of them are elderly with complex conditions. there's a tighter squeeze on the whole system. so what are the pressures on general practice? well, recent research showed there were falling gp numbers across the country relative to the size of the population. a new report says there has been an increase in the number of practices closing over the last five years and doctors' leaders say that pension tax rule changes

our health editor hugh pym is with me now. explain the relevance of this and what is happening.rought in over the last couple of yea rs brought in over the last couple of years which mean if you earn more than £110,000 a year, for every extra pound you are earning you start losing tax relief on your pensions. what is happening is doctors are finding they are getting unexplained tax bills they were not expecting and if they are being asked to work extra shifts, effectively the whole thing is eaten up effectively the whole thing is eaten up by effectively the whole thing is eaten up by tax. you may say they are highly paid, this is what the rules are therefore, to stop people putting a lot of extra money into pensions. but it is affecting hospitals and we have heard from nhs providers that there are more reports of operations being cancelled because doctors do not wa nt to cancelled because doctors do not want to do the extra hours to bring down the waiting lists. the british medical association is saying a problem with gp retention and recruitment is some are leaving early becaus

our health editor hugh pym is here. these are highly addictive, aren't they?increase? yes, sophie, opioid painkiller addiction is a serious addiction and overdoses can be fatal. that is the background to this report from the oecd, which is saying a crisis first highlighted in the usa and canada is now a threat to other economies, including the uk. let's look at some of the figures from the oecd. first, over three years in the uk, the availability of opioid painkillers, prescription and over—the—counter, and for research, legally available, was up 68%, the third biggest of any of the countries surveyed. and then deaths caused by opioid abuse, it looks at figures for england and wales — they weren't available for the rest of the uk — up 43% over a five year period, up there with other economies such as canada, the us and sweden. according to the oecd, countries need to wake up to this and do something about it. the supervision of all offenders on probation in england and wales, is being brought back under public control after a major government u—turn. the proba

0ur health editor, hugh pym reports.'s what policymakers are grappling with as they search for new measures. encouraging exercise is one thing but what are billed as bold proposals on diet are now being considered. these include a new tax on high—calorie, high—sugar food, with england's chief medical officer telling me she would look seriously with experts at how it might work. if you provide a healthy product on supermarket shelves, that will come in cheap. if it's unhealthy, there is a levy put on top of it, which is equivalent to tax, so parents are then nudged by the healthy version because it's cheaper and they can see it's healthy. if adopted, the levy would take in what are known as ultra—processed foods, products with multiple ingredients which have been through industrial processing. and today two studies highlighted again the health risks of eating them, including heart disease. a top tip for reducing the amount of ultra—processed foods in your diet and making it more healthy for your cardiovascular system is t

hugh pym, bbc news.lmost a year since his last trip to the uk. barriers have already gone up in regent's park around the us ambassador's residence, and police are braced for further la rge—scale anti—trump protests. katharine carpenter reports. in regent's park, a sense of deja vu. nearly a year since the president's last visit, the protective barriers around the us ambassador‘s residents are back, with one local celebrity describing it as trump's wall. we hate it because we use it for our powerwalks. it is exercise interrupted for us. we are very peeved. last year, the president used winfield house as his base, its garden — a helicopter pad. but one of the most senior us diplomats who helped oversee that trip says the pomp of this state visit comes with added security challenges. having him on the streets in london makes it a much more complex security operation. both from the perspective of the british metropolitan police and from the american security side. the secret service and the military is very

2011, there has also been a surge in deaths related to opioid—based medicines. 0ur health editor hugh pymgure over three years is over—the—counter medication, and prescribed medication, that was one of the fastest rates of growth in any of these countries apart from israel and slovakia. in terms of availability of opioid painkillers, the uk is above the 0ecd average but still behind in terms of total availability of the us and germany. what are the guidelines for the prescription of these painkillers, given their addictive nature? it is down to the gp in terms of prescriptions, or the hospital after surgery, to make the appropriate prescription. this report shows there is a problem with over—prescription by doctors, it says it may be influenced by pharmaceutical companies with marketing, doctors are too ready to prescribe. this is a problem across all different health care systems particularly the ones mentioned. there are going to be in england new warnings on the packaging in terms of prescribed medication and over—the—counter to people receiving them, that it can be addictive. will the