this really is the bowels of liverpool street.. yeah, right here. that's better. you can actually hear the old tube trains kind of going down so we must be at that level. the station mirrors its counterpart on the central line just above us. itjust lacks that nice tiling and polish. hello, is it ray? yeah, it is. hi, how are you. i am henry. nice to meet you. it's amazing, isn't it. it's almost like stepping back in time, isn't it? it's pretty much how it was when we shut in 2003. nothing much has changed. ray's worked down here ever since it was decommissioned. he is one of three making sure the tunnels are dry and safe. how would it all work? after a letter is received at a sorting office if it needed to be transferred to the railways or another sorting office it would be bagged up and sent down to us and our trains ran it from east london at white chapel to paddington in the west and it was a loop and we would send trains round and they go continuously go around 22 hours a day with a six—minute gap between trains. to the depths

and on tfl rail there's a planned closure between liverpool street and shenfield with a bus replacementuntil early tomorrow morning. traffic is coping well on the approach. hayes, a312 parkway is now clear after and earlier closure at the m4 because of a crash. finally in hither green, the south circular is closed between verdant lane and baring road. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. good morning. well, it may be the first day of may but it looks like we're holding onto those april showers for a little bit longer. today, sunny spells and scattered showers from the word go really, those showers do have the potential to be quite happy during the afternoon, the further west you are could contain the odd rumble of thunder, fairly breezy with a south—westerly wind direction and highs of around 13 celsius. in any sunshine, though, feeling quite warm. as we move through this evening then again the chance of seeing a few scattered showers but all becoming increasingly dry as we move through tonight, some clearer spells in the mix as well but our temperatures not falling t

i've been told to come to liverpool street station, the capital's a week to the east of england, to see really is the bowels of the street. i think there are another set of stairs i need to go down. yes. hira. —— here. you can actually hear the odd tube train going down as well so we must be at that level. the station mirrors its counterpart on the central line just above us. itjust lacks nice tiling and polish. hello? higher. how are you? nice to meet you. amazing. it is almost like stepping back in time. it is how it was when they closed in 2003. this man has worked down here ever since it was decommissioned. he is one of three making sure that the tunnels are dry and save. how would it work? after a letter is received, if it needed to be transferred to the ra i lwa ys needed to be transferred to the railways are another officer would be banked up and sent down to us. ourtrains ran on be banked up and sent down to us. our trains ran on to paddington in the west to whitechapel. we would send trains around continuously 22 hours again with a six—hour gap between trains. into the depths w

this really is the bowels of liverpool street.rs its counterpart on the central line just above us. itjust lacks that nice tiling and polish. hello, is it ray? yeah, it is. hi, how are you. i am henry. nice to meet you. it's amazing, isn't it. it's almost like stepping back in time, isn't it? it's pretty much how it was when we shut in 2003. nothing much has changed. ray's worked down here ever since it was decommissioned. he is one of three making sure the tunnels are dry and safe. how would it all work? after a letter is received at a sorting office if it needed to be transferred to the railways or another sorting office it would be bagged up and sent down to us and our trains ran it from east london at white chapel to paddington in the west and it was a loop and we would send trains round and they go continuously go around 22 hours a day with a six—minute gap between trains. well, the whole railway is six—and—a—half miles long but there's 22 miles of track laid because it's double track and sidings. it was dug by hand. these ar

signal problem is causing disruption to greater anglia trains between southend victoria and liverpool streetslow from the woolwich road flyover. to the west of marble arch, bayswater road is still closed between lancaster terrace and clarendon place. there's work taking place on the cycle superhighway. it's slow on the m4, eastbound towards the elevated section atjunction 2 for brentford. and remember the tour series cycle race comes to croydon today. there are various events starting at midday and ending in the evening. plenty of road closures in the town centre. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. it is a vast lee improved date compare to yesterday, certainly for a good deal of the first half of the day when we are generally dry until late this afternoon —— vastly. some sunshine as well, particularly out towards the west of london. a bit of an east—west split where there is cloud to the east. in the best of the sunshine temperatures will do quite nicely today, up in the high teens, 19- 20 nicely today, up in the high teens, 19— 20 degrees to the east with the risk of a sho

the overground has minor delays between liverpool street and chingford. cheshunt and enfield town.on the petersfield and guildford line, it's some emergency track work taking place. this is how the blackwall tunnel looks, northbound traffic is building from blackwall lane as usual. in erith, a water main's burst— west street is closed at lower road— and traffic is being diverted. and in central london— we still have closures for roadworks on the bayswater road near lancaster gate station— there's no access into hyde park via victoria gate. now from travel problems to weather— and that's looking good— here's elizabeth rizzini. yesterday was the warmest day of the year with temperatures over 26. todayit year with temperatures over 26. today it is likely to be warmer still, lots more blue sky and sunshine and a very mild and muggy start to the day, temperatures in the low to mid teens at the moment. early risers may have seen a bit of fog around but it's all gone now. plenty more sunshine about for the rest of the day, a bit more cloud for the afternoon but nothing of note. the south—

a reduced service to and from liverpool street. the problems continue for ba.g place later. roads around westminster and the city will be closed from 8am until 2pm. looking quiet at the moment and the m25 has two lanes closed clockwise between junction 7 and junction 8. it'st it's time for the weather. hello. it wouldn't be a bank holiday monday without some rain around. we've had some hefty showers overnight and some rumbles of thunder and still the chance of seeing some thundery showers through the course of the bank holiday monday. a warm and humid feel. in the short—term, a lot of dry weather around. a lot of cloud. so limited sunshine and as the afternoon wears on the chance of seeing these showers pushing up from the south. a yellow warning from the met office for the heavier rain, a rumble of thunder and some hailstones. highs between 21 and 23 celsius. it could get up to 26 or 27 celsius. still some showers around through this evening and at first tonight. they will fade and then the night becomes mainly dry and there will be clear spells, a slightly fr

a two—year—old girl is in a serious condition in liverpool after she was bitten by dogs in cockburn streeth area. a man has been arrested. and in meet the author i will be speaking to the author david baldacci about his latest novel, fur fix. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow, a lot of one particular story, tim stanley, columnist at the daily telegraph, joins me with benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at france 24. the financial times headlines emmanuel macron's win in the french presidential election saying his win is a phenomenal achievement. the metro calls him big mac after he took over 65% of the vote in the second round. the guardian says mr macron must now reunite it if fans after the far right marine le pen received over 11 million votes. the times receives that emmanuel macron received a landslide victory as fans elect its youngest leaders and is napoleon. the telegraph warns that the election of the europhile could have an effect on brexit negotiations with the european union. and the daily mail leads with an exclusive in which it says

liverpool. the former retail sector boss andy street won a tight contest with labour for the west midlands area birmingham. he says he hopes the government will continue to invest in the region. the good news is that in the deal between the west midlands and central government to set up the major role team that combined the authorities, we did get substantial new money. we can make a good start with the money we have already won. another thing the mayor has got to doa another thing the mayor has got to do a champion this region and say there is a brilliant case for central government continuing to invest in the west midlands. of course i will be talking to the prime about that. —— prime minister. labour's national campaign coordinator, ian lavery, has admitted the general election will be "challenging" but says the party will be talking and listening to people. and speaking on the today programme he rejected the idea that the new mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, had snubbed jeremy corbyn by not appearing with him at a rally in manchester. jeremy did exactly what was expected of him. b

street heroin. jim axelrod spoke with the officer where this all happened in east liverpool.morning. >> reporter: officer chris green came in contact with fentanyl while helping to arrest a couple of drug suspects during a traffic stop. how powerful and deadly fentanyl is should hear his story. >> right about here you start to feel a little funny? >> yeah. as i walked to the door i was almost pulled back by an alert officer. he said, what's this white powder. that's when i came back. >> you're standing right here. >> yeah. >> officer green was arresting two men on alleged drug charges. some of the powder got on his sweatshirt but when it ended up on his fingertips, that's all it took. >> fall backwards, trying to hold onto anything i can grasp. >> luckily emts were there. he was given one dose and rushed to the hospital where he received three more doses. >> so a total or four n norcan. >> for simply touching and inhaling. >> am i being a little overdramatic to say you could have died? >> i don't believe sew. >> stacy birch knows e has dangerous diop but worries more about bu

liverpool. they are the best results labour has had in any of this. if you look elsewhere, in the west midlands, and the streetdlands, and the street the conservative just managed to win. that was a close race. and third tees valley, the conservatives 1—dayer, and that wasn't much predicted. if you stand back from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these cities in the north we will see a new kind of politics for the labour party and even for the conservatives, who knows. tony, thank you very much, as ever. tony, thank you very much, as ever. well, as we've heard, labour have suffered poor results in the elections. they have lost a number of key strongholds, including lancashire, derbyshire and bridgend. but they have taken two of the metro mayoral contests in manchester and liverpool, from where our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. are you fit to lead the labour party? he does not look happy, even a bit tense, defeats and setbacks in the north and the midlands hard to take. and then, you would almost believe that labour was having a good day. almost. we have

streets preying on young children. two of the nine are out of prison now. jon tonge is professor of politics at the university of liverpool tax backlash. it has affected the polls. the mail on sunday and the sunday express, pro—conservative, are hostile about it. why is it called the dementia tax? it is unfair that people get free treatment for years potentially on the nhs, but those who need social care, more and more of us as we live longer and longer, will have to pay. conservatives launched this asa to pay. conservatives launched this as a vote winner policy. they argued eve ryo ne as a vote winner policy. they argued everyone will have to pay towards the cost of social care but everyone can keep at least £100,000. in other words, you will not be forced before your life and is, after your death, to sell your house. labour tried something similar in 2010 and it was called a death tax. we need to do more about social care. we put money into the nhs, but the biggest cost at the moment for any government, no matter who, is the spiralling cost of social care. something has to be done. the conservatives thought this was the

streets around manchester have become a ghost town. they've fallen silent. >> i understand, we talked to one person who was trying to get to liverpool, wechbt nt on soci media. people are trying to help each other get rides. even local taxis turned off meters to give rides to people. >> yes. because the cordon is so big, it's quite hard to get in and out of the city at the moment. so, yes, taxi drivers are picking people up and hotels, as you said, they're picking up children. they're picking up families. they're just trying to get people safe because after that controlled explosion, as i mentioned earlier, it doesn't feel safe around here yet. so po so people are trying to get as far away from here as possible. >> amy, i appreciate your reporting for us tonight. thank you very much. be careful out there. here back obviously monitoring events with paul cruickshank, with michael weiss, tom fuentes, phil mudd as well. paul, in terms of the resources that the british have compared to what we have seen in france, and the problems we've seen in france, the problems we've seen in belgium, it seems like the british intelligence forces an also law

streets with their head low so finally today, they sing, the scarves, it is nice for them! that will while the gunners fa ns them! that will while the gunners fans a little bit. liverpooleague champions blackburn rovers will be league one side next season after a nailbiting final day in the championship. all the drama was down at the bottom with one big club guaranteed to go down. it was between rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest for the final relegation spot and all of them won, rover‘s 3—1win against brentford not enough to stop them slipping into the third tier of english football. they finished level on points with forest but go down on goal difference. manager tony mowbray says he would like to stay and help rovers try and get back up next season the automatic promotion spots to the premier league had already been settled but it was newcastle united who clinched the championship title on the final day. a three—nil win over barnsley was enough to clinch the trophy after rivals brighton conceded a late equaliser at aston villa. reading, sheffield wednesday, huddersfield and fulham will contest the final premier league place through the play—offs. remember