we had to examine the blood in the car. >> lord stevens' team presents that are findings to the highad been driven too fast. the driver had been drinking, lost control of that car, going down the ramp, and that was our conclusions. >> did you find any indication whatsoever that the princess and d doddi were murdered? >> no. no evidence whatsoever. >> no evidence of murder or any involvement of mi-5, mi-6, or the royal family. what about reports that the princess was pregnant? >> of course we brought the car back from paris, analyzed the blood by the latest techniques of that time, and found out that she was not pregnant. >> what is the truth behind the reports that dodi had bought a ring in paris? >> we don't know what he was going to do with that ring and neither does anyone else. >> stevens also investigates the role of the pap aarazpaparazzi. >> we didn't know whether they actually played a part in the deaths of the people in the car. it's difficult to say. >> it would be speculation. >> we don't get into speculation. we deal with the evidence. >> you think they were a link in the

. >> lord john stevens was commissioner of the metropolitan police. >> the allegation that was made by5 and mi-6, security services of the united kingdom, had conspired together to kill dodi al fayed and princess diana, that the french inquest that had taken place was flawed. >> so this was extraordinarily delicate? >> it was very delicate indeed. >> lord stevens' team investigates all of al fayed's claims, that diana was pregnant, that diana and dodi were soon to be engaged, and that the royal family would not accept a muslim stepfather to the future king. >> if diana had married dodi, if they'd had a couple of children, who would the press be focusing on in this country today? >> michael cole was mohammed al fayed's longtime spokesman. >> they would be focusing on what princess diana was doing and in effect you would have had an alternative royal family in this country. >> the murder theory is farfetched to some, but a real fear for diana, one she shared with her butler, paul burrell. >> i have a letter that says, the next few months are the most difficult of my life. i fear i'm goin

the commons an opportunity to have a vote on membership of the single market. in a way that the lord stevensernment have actually given the commons the ability to do so so far. but if we stay in the single market, we are really staying in the european union, i think that is the problem with what people are calling sabotaged. yes, but the amendment that has been made so far, that doesn't mean that the amendment will stay in the bill. so, the bill goes back to the commons, once it has finished its reading in the lords, which will be on the 16th of may. and the commons will have an opportunity to consider those amendments. in that case, the commons can vote against the amendment the lords have made, and again, the lords have signalled that they will listen to the commons on this. they are just trying to give the commons the opportunity to debate and discuss membership of the single market and, yes, if the commons opposed that amendment, i expect the lords will listen to them. what do you see happening now when it comes back to the commons? will the commons send things back to the lords and the

steven gerrard's appointment as his replacement still being discussed. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the international trade secretary liam fox has accused the house of lordsk the will of the people — after it voted last night to ensure mps have to give their backing to any brexit deal. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said parliament should have the final say on the terms of the uk leaving the european union. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. in downing street this morning, the cabinet arrived for its regular meeting... are the lords trying to block brexit? ..the day after the house of lords gave the government another bloody nose over brexit. are the lords trying to scupper brexit? they didn't say much, but one minister was prepared to express a view about the peers' actions. i think there is an attempt by a group in the house of lords who were very strong on the remain side to thwart our exit from the european union and that cannot be acceptable. my lords, they have voted. contents 335, not contents 244. it was this vote yesterday that provoked reaction. the lords agreed that if mps reject the brexit deal the government negotiates,

football and lord knows they needed after another season in which celtic have run away with the league for the seventh year in a row. they did it by thrashing rangers 5—0 at the weekend. stevenol for three yea rs. his manager at liverpool for three years. you will want assurances they will back him financially because that has been something lacking at rangers. they went into administration and liquidation in 2012. they have had to work their way back to this point. a lot of expectation on steven gerrard. he has lived with that all his life but he will find out, just likejohn barnes before him, about the pressures of political football in glasgow. to sum it up, sam allardyce today, the everton boss, said, good luck with his whip was nice to come. —— with the sleepless nights to come. thank you. the tour of italy, one of cycling's three big distance—races, starts shortly. but it will start injerusalem. the race has proved controversial, with the organisers having to insist they will not clamp down on pro—palestinian protesters. british cyclist chris froome hopes to win a third grand tour in a row, though he is still under investigation by cycling authorities after an adverse