mark selby needs just one more frame for a victory.sion of the snooker on bbc two. liverpool have boosted their chances of securing a champions league place next season by beating watford i—o in the premier league this evening. a spectacular overhead kick by emre can ensured liverpool remain in third place in the table and move three points clear of manchester city in the race for automatic qualification. and, with a month to go until the champions trophy, england's ben stokes returned from injury to hit a century in cricket's indian premier league. the england all rounder missed the two previous games with a shoulder problem, but came back and beat off cramp to score an unbeaten 103 offjust 61 balls. stokes' innings helped lead his side rising pune supergiant to victory over gujarat lions with one ball to spare. that's all from me, stay with us on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. you can see more you can see more on you can see more on all stories on the bbc news channel. good night. this is bbc news. there might be vita

mark selby successfully defended his title. it was a strong challenge.e tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to build better government housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting for for so long. it was 7 o'clock in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has said he would be honoured to meet and talk with the north korean leader kim jong—un if the circumstances are right. the venezuelan president has proposed a new body to rewrite the constitution, a move which would s

the manually king at there, mark selby, has lost the first two frames.6—14 in favour of mark selby. he needs to get a team to win this. he started the day at 10—7 down, at one point he was 10—4 down. it is a rematch from ten years ago, it was 2007 when mark selby loss tojohn higgins. it is the latest ever final for a crucible final that time. john higgins, at this stage, is coming back into it. i remember watching snooker as a child. those days are gone now, this is a global event. snooker as a child. those days are gone now, this is a global eventm certainly is. there are 400 million people watching the game worldwide today, that is an incredible amount of people. when you look at the total reach of this in china, it is 200 million. that is a huge audience. a chinese player was knocked out in the semifinals. there isa knocked out in the semifinals. there is a chinese academy over there that is a chinese academy over there that is working well and there is potential for this famous theatre, is 40th anniversary this year, for a world final to be played in

mark selby soared again, picking up the next two frames to move within two victory. champion was far from done but he won three frames to fall back contention. selby‘s back was against the wall. he responded to pressure and moved within a frame. this time, no mistake and the man he called the jester from leicester, no mistake and the man he called the jesterfrom leicester, kicked his nerve to win his third world championship. he has also been world number one for two years. just a fantastic feeling. when i got the chance of the yen at 17— just a fantastic feeling. when i got the chance of the yen at i7— 15, i thought to myself, if i get a chance, to try extra hard on every single shot. there was no way in the world, i told myself at the end, but put myself into it. i know you said that you would be happy with one or two but now it is three. you seem quite blase when you get your hands on the trophy? it's quite unbelievable. to win it once against ronnie, i was more than happy with that if it was only one time. to win two times and then three back—to—back, i still can

coming up on this programme: it's three world titles in four years as mark selby dazzles on snooker‘sn moves liverpool closer to champions league qualifcation. as ronaldo and real eye european club football's biggest prize. after 17 days of snooker we've witnessed a sensational finish to this years world snooker championship. the world number one mark selby proved why he's the world best as he successfully defended his title beating scotland'sjohn higgins by 18 frames to fifteen in the final at the crucible theatre in sheffield in england. a match watched byjim lumsden. the world number one began the second day of the final trailing 10-7 but second day of the final trailing 10—7 but needed to win the last three frames. selby was down on sunday after a gruelling semi—final but seemed a man reborn

mark selby, the new world snooker champion after retaining his title last night.e world of athletics and proposals from the european governing body of the sport to scrap some records as back as fare as 2005 as part of a bid to address concerns over doping. 0ur sports news correspondent andy swissjoins me. athletics has gone through a pretty torrid time lately but this is still a drastic idea coming from european athletics and what they want to do effectively is to rewrite the record books. they say on record since 2005 are reliable because that is when the authorities began to store samples for possible future retesti ng. samples for possible future retesting. so they say record set before that should no longer stand. that is a lot of records, dozens across track and field, some by british athletes, paula radcliffe and her record in the marathon set in 2003. today she described the idea as cowardly. alsojonathan edwards and his triple jump record from 1995. and colinjackson who still holds the indoor record in the hurdles, he along with the others affected by this

in sport: a third crucible crown for mark selby. he fights back to beatjohn higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. and carol has the weather. good morning. again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. there will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. there will be some sunny spells, the lion's share of which will be again gci’oss lion's share of which will be again across the north—west of the uk. i will have more details 15 minutes. —— inis minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there has been further fallout from last week's talks on brexit between theresa may and european commission president jean—claude juncker. senior eu sources have told the bbc that the uk government is on a completely different wavelength. they have also accused it of being ignorant of how brussels works, and misunderstanding the fundamentals of brexit negotiations. theresa may has already dismissed reports o

mark selby has joined a rarefied elite in snooker.becoming something of a comeback king too. selby had been trailing his opponent in the finaljohn higgins 10—4 at one point. but he dominated monday's play winning nine out of ten frames at one point to eventually triumph 18—15 at the crucible. very special. i mean, to get over those two wins and be sitting at three world titles out there on my own is unbelievable. to be one of only four players to defend it is something i can only dream of. 18-15, it something i can only dream of. 18—15, it wasn't that much of a comeback! liverpool's chances of qualifying for the champions league have been boosted by one of the goals of the season by emre can. the midfielder lit up a pretty uninspiring game with this incredible overhead kick at the end of the first half. we will see it again in slo mo, glorious balance, fantastic strike. watford rarely threatened but sebastian prodl missed a chance to snatch a point in stoppage time. he hit the bar. watford stay 13th in the league. liverpool are three

john higgins leads mark selby 10—7 after the first day of the world snooker championship final in sheffieldan away with four frames to lead 6—2 at the end of the first session. after that he moved on to an 8—3 lead before allowing selby back into the match with this mistake on the pink to make it 8—4. higgins then moved into a 10—4 lead, but defending champion selby hit straight back to win the last three frames of the day. they'll resume the best of 35 final on monday. there was a moment to remember for finland's valtteri bottas following his first formula i victory at the russian grand prix. it comes having joined mercedes at the start of the season, holding off both ferrari's including that of championship leader sebastien vettel. he finished ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton who was desperately short of pace. ben croucher reports. eyeing a maiden fi win, today was valtteri bottas‘s time to shine. with team—mate lewis hamilton off the pace this weekend, it was up to the finnish driver to take the fight to ferrari. he had two to get past on the grid and he dispatched them in two corne

only one place to start this bank holiday monday, and mark selby has shown real character to not onlyck into his world snooker championship final againstjohn higgins, but now lead by 13—11. it has been a magnificent afternoon. at one point, john higgins yesterday was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so be winning six of the seven sessions available on offer this afternoon. in the final ten years ago,john afternoon. in the final ten years ago, john higgins won the championship and finished at 12.50 4am. we could be heading for something like that tonight. it is the first 18, best of 35. selby is looking to become the fourth player to defend his title behind steve davis, stephen hendry and ronnie 0'sullivan. can he do it? this is the place where it is to happen. it will be happening in the next 15 minutes. with the premier league title run in a two horse race between leaders chelsea and second placed tottenham, attention turns to the race for champions league qualification. tonight, liverpool can move three points clear in third place — ahead of both

higgins, but now lead mark selby is of course a defending champion and world number one and well andction on june 8th, let's cast our mind back 20 years ago today, when tony blair led the labour party to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. but with the former prime minister today announcing his return to front line british politics, what is the legacy of tony blair, and what sort of impact can he make on the country in 2017? with me is chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. and also, i'm joined on webcam from north london by the author and journalist, owen jones. let's talk about a possible return for let's talk about a possible return foer blair. let's talk about a possible return for mr blair. john, what do you think? it's not going to happen! the only people who are obsessed with tony blair coming back to bush politics are jeremy tony blair coming back to bush politics arejeremy corbyn supporters, who have defined their entire politics as being whatever tony blairdid, entire politics as being whatever tony blair did, they are against it. the re

mark selby admits it'll be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s record of seven world snooker titles. to also become only the fourth player in the modern era to retain his title, and i asked him earlier whether he ever thought he'd reach this level when he was starting out in the game. my my goal was always to become world number one and to try and become world champion. i never thought it would be three times. you always keep believing that way, you are working hard and practising hard, and that is always your aim, to become world champion, the pinnacle of the sport. to manage to achieve it once was a fairy tale, really, but three times is unbelievable. playing john higgins in the world final, ten years after my first final, ten years after my first final, and i am playing john ten years on. to come out top this time was a tremendous occasion. john was saying that if anyone can try and match stephen hendry‘s record, he said it could be myself because of the age i am at and the standard of sticker i am playing at the moment. who knows? if i never win the world championship again i cou

mark selby joins revelations that have dogged it. e at the crucible. he becomes the fourth player to do so in the modern era after his comeback victory overjohn higgins. the overhead kick from carmack can helps liverpool into the top four. they are three points clear info but the government is replacing the outdated disability living allowance with the personal independence payments. 0fficialfigures with the personal independence payments. official figures suggest about 250,000 people have lost money in the switch and the number of tribe funerals over the independence payment has risen sharply over the last year. we have followed to my people as they go through the process of appealing. debbie neal was diagnosed ten years ago with a rare kidney disease. she takes dozens of pills to manage the symptoms. then five times a day, she does this, empties out excess fluid from a tube in her stomach and replaces it with new liquid from a bag. you can only live your life to a point. i can't even remember what it was like not ever doing it. debb

mark selby has retained the world snooker championship. he beatjohn higgins by 18 frames to 15. recovery. at one point in the match selby trailed higgins, also a former world champion, by io—a. it means selby has now won the snooker world championship three times in the last four years. back to our top story: after weeks of tough talk against the pyongyang regime, donald trump says he would be open to meeting with north korean leader kim jong—un under the right circumstances. at the same timejapan, has sent in its biggest warship to protect a us navy supply vessel. the 249—metre—long izumo, seen here departing from its base in yokosuka, south of tokyo, will escort a us supply vessel within japanese waters. it is the first time ever that japan has sent one of its warships to sea with the express purpose of protecting a foreign military vessel. let's get more from our correspondent in tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes. this move by japan, this move byjapan, is this a symbolic gesture, a step by mr abe away from pacifism? i think it is very much the latter. this is the first time that j

we start in sheffield where in the last ten minutes mark selby has been crowned world snooker championne was trailing 10—4 at one point but he dominated play today going into this evening's final session needing just five more frames to successfully defend his world title. and he did just that. selby takes home the trophy for a third time as well as a winners cheque for £375,000. when i was 10—4 down, i was missing everything and i e had nothing left. isaid to everything and i e had nothing left. i said to myself to come on, pull myself together. because if i was going to go down and lose, at least come down fighting. and, fortu nately, come down fighting. and, fortunately, john missed a few balls he would not expect him to miss and it gave me a chance to get back in the match. liverpool have boosted their chances of securing a champions league place next season by beating watford 1—0 in the premier league this evening and it was a spectacular goal that secured the win forjurgen klopp's side, as patrick gearey reports. just when you think liverpool are strolling towards the champion's

higgins in a dramatic world snooker championship final, we'll be speaking to the world number one, mark selbya third time. some of the most famous records in athletics could be rewritten following proposals by the governing body of european athletics to address concerns over doping. the plans would mean that any athlete breaking a record before 2005 could lose their claim to it. paula radcliffe, who set a new marathon world record in 2003, condemned the plans, saying clean athletes were being penalised. here's our sports editor, dan roan. it's the pinnacle for every athlete, with a new world record comes a place in the history books. commentator: he's done it again. i don't believe it! or so he thought. these are some of the competitors who could now be stripped of that honour. after last year's russian state sponsored doping scandal, some 110w state sponsored doping scandal, some now want all world records set before 2005 erased because the drug testing back then didn't match today's standards. the man behind the idea told me the sport had no choice. desperate times call for desperate measur

mark selby admits it would be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s records. had an impressive comeback to become the the fourth player in the world to defend his title successfully. he admits he's never performed this well before. i enjoy it as much as ever now and it is showing on the table. i'm properly at the peak of my career i can honestly say. so, who knows? to dominate the game is difficult. you could probably argue that i'd done it this season but to continue to do it over a period of time is very difficult. that's all your sport for now. you can see more on our website. we will have more fear in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon. the time is 20 to two. the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, has come under pressure today after she stumbled several times during an interview and was unable to say how much labour's plan for 10,000 new police officers in england would cost. here is her response as she listened to the radio interview that caused all the trouble in the first place. how much will it cost? well, if we recruit the 10,

we'll start at the crucible, with the final of world snooker championship where defending champion mark selbyrailing 10—4 at one point, but fought back, winning five frames in a row — including the opening two of this session — to put himself just a single frame behind. but higgins, himself a winner here four times, responded, with a break of 78. and in the final frame before the mid—session interval, the longest so far in the match, selby fought back again — the gap now one frame, 11—10 the score now before they resume after the break. the final is the best of 35 frames. there's coverage on bbc two, the red button and the bbc sport website. england cricket captainjoe root was cut off in his prime in yorkshire's one—day cup group match with lancashire at headingley. root returned to form with an unbeaten 75, in his county's win yesterday and was going well on 21 before former south africa all rounder ryan mclaren had him caught. gary ballance, who's currently out of favour in the england set up, looked in good form hitting 85 as yorkshire set lancashire a target of 297 to win. lancashire have

he might be the reigning world snooker champion, but mark selby has work to do if he is to defend hisbut one of the last three frames to give himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominantform, himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominant form, topping the world rankings for two years but in higgins he faces a four—time world

mark selby has turned it around in the final of the world snooker championship at the crucible.4 at one point, but he's dominated play on the final day of this match, winning all but one frame this afternoon. he now needs just four more frames to successfully defend his world title. higgins has managed to stop the rot, though. he finally won a frame, his first for some time, to make it 14—12. but, in the last few minutes, selby showing his resiliance once again edging ahead and closer to the title with a 15—12 lead. these are live picture from the crucible and you can watch this match live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. the final is best of 35 frames, so first to 18 wins. selby three from getting his hands on the trophy in consecutive years. liverpool have the chance tonight to take another big step towards securing a champions league qualification place in the premier league. jurgen klopp's side are at watford this evening. five of liverpool's six defeats this season have come against teams currently in the bottom half of the table. mariappa comes in for watford, whi

he might be the reigning world snooker champion, but mark selby has work to do if he is to defend his. it was into the last day of the final trilling john higgins by 10—7. selby, they would number one, was down 10—4 but one of the last three frames to give himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominantform, himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominant form, topping the world rankings for two years but in higgins he faces a four—time world champion. the winner is the first to 18 frames. you can watch it live on bbc two from two o'clock. with the premier league title battle seemingly a two horse race between chelsea and tottenham, attention now turns to the race for champions league qualification. liverpool can move three points clear in third place ahead of both of the manchester sides with a win at watford. both united and city dropped points yesterday. united held to a 1—1 draw by swansea. city relied on this late equaliser to rescue a point against struggling... we have to fight for what we can fight for. that is a champions league spot. the champions league place. it is interesti

snooker and he might be the reigning world champion but mark selby has some work to do if he's to defendn higgins by 10—7. selby, the world number one, had been down 10—4 but won the last three frames of the day to give himself a lifeline. he's beenin day to give himself a lifeline. he's been in dominant form of late topping the world rankings for the past two years at in higgins he faces a four—time world champion, watch shall it on false light on bbc two from 2 pm. organisers of the tour of yorkshire say more than 2 million people turned out across the country over the weekend to see some of the world's top cyclists. the final stage of the men's race from bradford to near sheffield included some tough climbs and steep descent. a belgian rider won the stage yesterday to secure the first race win of his career. after his captivating victory over former undisputed heavyweight champion vladimir puchkov on saturday night anthonyjoshua has vladimir puchkov on saturday night anthony joshua has been vladimir puchkov on saturday night anthonyjoshua has been reflect on his success. and despite a

coming up in the sport on bbc news, world snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of hisers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party's plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott's difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. the gaffe has overshadowed the launch of labour's policing policy for england and wales. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. antisocial behaviour... on the beat this morning in southamptonjeremy corbyn promising money for 10,000 more police officers in england and wales. labour wants to put police on the streets embedded in local communities. do we continue cutting police numbers or do we put police back on the streets? do we support pcsos or continue to see them reduced? the party says it would r

snooker, and he might be the reigning world champion but mark selby has some work to do if he‘s to defendthe last three frames of the day to give himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominant form of late, topping the world rankings for the past two years, but in higgins he faces a four—time world champion. watch how it unfolds live on bbc 2 from 2 o‘clock. bath have kept alive their faint hopes of a premiership semi final, earning a bonus point win over gloucester welsh international talupe falatau scored a hattrick in a 411—20 win. bath must get a bonus point victory again next weekend and hope leicester lose if they are to finish in the top four. gloucester‘s champions cup ambitions now look over. a belgian rider won the last age of the tour of yorkshire, it wasn‘t such a good day for british riders. chris froome in subtle and finished well out of contention, simon yates 19 second advantage at the top of the standings was overhauled by richie port from australia. the second australian after cadell evans to win this race, yates finishing second. that‘s all for now. i‘ll have more in th

snooker, and he might be the reigning world champion but mark selby has some work to do if he's to defendelby, who's the world's number one player, had been 10—4 down but won the last three frames of the day to give himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominant form of late, topping the world rankings for the past two years, but in higgins he faces a four—time world champion. watch how it unfolds live on bbc two from two o'clock. after his captivating victory over former undisputed heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko on saturday night, anthonyjoshua has been reflecting on his success. and despite adding the wbo and ibo belts to his existing ibf title, here's how the briton responded to being described as a global sporting star. a global sporting star? i am going back to the same house, the same family... nothing changes. perception and reached changes and where ayatollah ali khamenei, the ground does not change. it is nice, it is amazing that i am still worried i am a fighter and i have to keep that mindset right now, keep my feet firmly on the ground. good to see it has not gone to

world number one mark selby will go into the last day of the world snooker championship final trailing of the men's race from bradford to fox valley near sheffield included some tough climbs and steep descents. belgian serge pauwels won yesterday's stage to secure the first race win of his career. and he's all over the papers this morning again. after his captivating victory over former undisputed heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko on saturday night, anthonyjoshua has been reflecting on his success. and despite adding the wbo and ibo belts to his existing ibf title, here's how the briton responded to being described as "a global sporting star"... so, global sporting star. do you know what it is, i am going back to the same house with the same family. you know, nothing changes. do you know what i mean? perception and reach changes, but the ground i am on does not change. so, it is nice. it is amazing. but i'm still a fighter. i have to keep that mindset right now and keep my feet firmly on the ground. feet firmly on the ground. but life is about to change, global sporting star is a

but even though selby sez the scot‘s mark will be hard to reach... dominate the game at this era is very difficult. you could argue i have done at the season but to continue doing it will be very difficult. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on political campaiging around the country today — and all the party leaders are out and about — theresa may is in the south west — which was until the 2015 general election a heartland of the liberal democrat vote. vicki young is in plymouth for us now. it looks very nice there. good afternoon. i am actually a bit further west than that at the moment. theresa may started in the constituency of st ives today and, as you say, the whole of cornwall was really seen as a liberal democrat stronghold but then at the last 2015 general election the liberal democrats were swept away in a tide of blue, and what theresa may is doing is coming to the county really to make sure she can keep and hold onto those seats. an article and the local newspaper says the seats won by the tories in the so

mark selby admits it'll be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s record of seven world snooker titles.n era to retain his title. hendry also managed that, but even though selby says the scot‘s mark will be hard to reach, he insists he has never performed this well before... i am enjoying my snooker as much as ever 110w, probably at the peak of my career, probably i can honestly say that. but trying to dominate the game at this era is very difficult. you could argue i have done at the season but to continue doing it over a period of time will be very difficult. elsewhere this afternoon paralympic champion susie rodgers has announced her retirement from swimming after a six—year international career. the 33—year—old won gold in the s7 50 metres butterfly in rio, four years on from taking three bronze medals at the london paralympics. she also won two bronzes in rio, and was awarded an mbe in the new year's honours. rodgers won 30 medals in all, and says she wants to leave at the top after what she's described as a "journey of learning, challenges and ultimately immense happiness." that i

mark selby admits it'll be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s record of 7 world snooker titles. in the modern era to retain his title. hendry also managed that. but even though selby says the scot‘s mark will be hard to reach he insists he has never performed this well before. i am enjoying my snooker as much as ever now, which is showing itself on the table. i'm probably at the peak of my career, i think i can honestly say that. but trying to dominate the game in this era is very difficult. you could argue i have done at the season but to continue doing it over a period of time will be very difficult. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. the family of a man who was shot dead in his home by intruders in the early hours of sunday morning have paid tribute to him saying they are devastated. dorset police are searching for at least two people following the death of guy hedger, a marketing executive. they say it was a ‘targeted attack‘. the men, who wore balaclavas, stole jewellery including designer watches before fleeing the house near ringwood.

mark selby is trying to defend his title against four—time champion john higgins.ion ten frames to seven down. selby has added two frames during this session. but the third has gone to higgins. let's ta ke but the third has gone to higgins. let's take a look at what is going on at the moment at the crucible. selby is into the 21st frame, at the table. it is currently 11 nine four higgins. it is the first 18 that will be the champion. —— 11—9 to higgins. new england captainjoe root was cut off in his prime in yorkshire's latest one day group match with lancashire at headingley. root returned to form with an unbeaten 75, in his county's win on saturday, and was going well on 21 before former south africa all rounder ryan mclaren had him caught. gary ballance — who's currently out of favour in the england set up — looked in good form, hitting 85 as yorkshire set lancashire a target of 297 to win. they are currently 42—1. england'sjoss buttler has been in action in the indian premier league. he hit a quick—fire 33 for the mumbai indians as they beat the royal challenge

snooker, and he might be the reigning world champion but mark selby has some work to do if he's to defend one player, had been 10—4 down but won the last three frames of the day to give himself a lifeline. selby has been in dominant form of late, topping the world rankings for the past two years, but in higgins he faces a four—time world champion. watch how it unfolds live on bbc two from two o'clock. belgian serge pauwels won yesterday's final stage of the tour de yorkshire to secure the first overall race win of his career. it wasn't such a good day for the british riders, though, at the tour de romandie in switzerland. chris froome finished well out of contention while simon yates' 19—second advantage at the top of the standings was overhauled by australia's richie porte. he's the second australian after cadel evans to win this race. yates finished second. after his captivating victory over former undisputed heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko on saturday night, anthonyjoshua has been reflecting on his success. and despite adding the wbo and ibo belts to his existing ibf title, her

also, if you watch snooker, mark selby once again is the snooker world champion.to. a £20,000 reward is on offer for information that leads to his arrest and prosecution. police say mubarick duat has many aliases and shouldn't be approached. lea adri—soejoko's body was found inside a lock—up store at allotments in collindale, in february. young people who are experiencing difficulties with their gender identity — are suffering "psychological torture" because they're having to wait up to two years for treatment. that's the view of a leading expert in the field. the number of under—eighteens being referred to england's only gender clinic for children in north london has gone up by 42% ina year. the tavistock and portman nhs foundation trust says it's taking on more staff and looking at ways to reduce the waiting list. there is a need to speed up the process for cases which are obviously urgent. that means doing assessment early on to ensure that those who need treatment will receive it swiftly. the metropolitan police say they will target schools, as they attempt to