the miracle on merseyside?ming up in the programme... prince william delivers an important announcement and it wasn't the name of the royal baby. it gives me great pleasure to be able to announce that england's defensive rock and captain steph will be on the plane to france. steph, congratulations, i know you and that he will do the nation proud. and rain, rain... but did it go away long enough for england to make a winning start in their one—day series? hello. what a week it's been. after manchester city on monday, liverpool's heroics last night, is there more drama to come as tottenham go in search of a first champions league final in the club's history? they too need to overturn a first leg deficit — just the one goal compared to liverpool's three — we'll reflect on liverpool's titanic achievment in a moment. but first we head to amesterdam tojoin natalie pirks who is outside thejohan cruyff stadium ahead of tottenham's semi final second leg. it will be very difficult, they will have seen what liverpool did

a miracle on merseyside.al after beating barcelona 4—0 on a night of fantasy football at anfield. we can't believe it, can we? it was the best night ever. it was a team effort, all the way, the six champions league now. i'm proud, i'm really proud. a navy veteran whose medals were taken from him

it merseyside coming from a 3—0 down to 4—3. it was an extraordinary comeback. than the most die—hard supporters, it was all, they look like they had no chance but tonight, they got an early goal to make it and if even had barcelona scored, it would made it even more difficult for them to get through but that second half, they blew barcelona away and then they sought out a lot of supporters, and then they got through, there in the champions league final, we find out tomorrow night if they make it pass ajax, but they may should be barcelona a giant in the game. so to make it to the finalagain, in the game. so to make it to the final again, the chance of winning it for the second time. they must be exhausted but must boost their confidence to be ahead of such a weekend where they could win the premiership by probably won't. and many, to be more astonishing because it's still a manchester city's hands but all we can do is go out and went and hope that they managed to pull off an upset against manchester city. if i were to happen, it would be quite an incredible few

he kept working as an officer for merseyside police for years after the alleged attack.t can't get over, because if it was anyone else, and he'd breached bail, there would be consequences. debbie complained to merseyside police and they launched an internal investigation into misconduct. it found an officer had failed to adhere to force policy by not telling her what her legal rights were. the report also admitted police had taken more than two weeks to investigate the bail breach. but they said its officers had not tried to protect a colleague and there was no evidence of professional misconduct. he was never charged and merseyside police say the case is confidential, but they revealed he has since been dismissed for an unrelated matter. debbie is also now trying to sue the police force. i've never had any sort of apology from the police. nothing. i would just like to see this never happen to another woman in the future. let's speak now to dame vera baird. she's the labour police and crime commissioner the association of police and crime commissioners. thank you forjoin

uefa champions league centre stage on tuesday, liverpool looking for a miracle on merseyside, as theyme lionel messi to enfield for the second level leg of the semi—final. the hosts will have to ove i’co m e semi—final. the hosts will have to overcome a deficit without mo salah. 0ne one thing is for sure, it is not how you want to rescue a semi—final against one of the world's besides, mo salah out, roberto firmino suffering from a muscle industry. two of the world's best strikers are not in it for tomorrow night. we have to score four goals against bustle and to go through after 90 minutes. —— barcelona. it doesn't make life easier, but still, as long as we have 11 players on the pitch, we will try it, and everybody knows that. that is what we want to show. nothing else. barcelona promptly tweeted their sympathy, a magnanimous gesture from a side 3—0 up. so, shorn of mo salah and firmino, who is likely to fill their estimable boots? the semi—final stage beckons for new enfield stars to be born. we have two of our main goal scorers off, but it also presents an opportunity for some of

and finally their calling it the miracle on merseyside.nt pages. the paper says the reds produced the greatest night in anfield history to reach the champions league final after overcoming barcelona with a stunning second—leg fightback. we've heard some of our fans that are watching now and you are celebrating, which is great. with me is jeremy thomson—cook who's chief economist of the payments

until the merseyside derby in march. goodison park the venue. normally highly charged.ool won that game, they'd probably have been champions. sensing a theme of fine margins here, ben! city now in control but not playing their best? but still winning. in april they went to burnley. struggling. goalless until sergio aguero poked a ball towards goal. it was cleared off the line — but the ball made it over. those margins? three centimetres! and then we arrived at this time last week. up stepped vincent kompany with a 30—yard screamer. no shoot, vinny. no shoot, cried sergio aguero. it went in top bins, as the kids say. kept the title in city's hands. if any of these events hadn't gone their way, we'd be crowning liverpool champions for the first time in 29 years. a memorable season, record—breaking season. will the likes of tottenham, chelsea, arsenal or manchester united join the race next season? only 89 days until we do it all again. just 2a hours after brighton lost to manchester city, they have sacked their manager. chris hughton had been at the club forfour and a hal

finals of the champions league with a victory over barcelona missing two of their biggest stars the merseyside years had to overcome a three gold deficit from the first leg and they did two goals from devo already and two from georgina zero why not gave them a four nil victory for the ages they will play the winner of tottenham and i.x. that game is in. the marne. you're watching news on bridge golf business with today is up next after the break for cigarettes. when not here to join us but to eliminate prejudices. we're not here to change your opinion but to open some space for different points of view we're not here to speak on behalf of anybody but to let everybody speak for themselves. not here to give the right answers but to ask the right questions.

we are anticipating some rainfor uk, and we are anticipating some rain for parts of wales, maybe merseysided almost certainly some light rain in north—western scotland. a at least 26 in london, it will probably reach 28 in one or two spots. if you have any plans saturday evening it is looking dry across the majority of the country before this area of rain reaches us on sunday. sunday, a different picture. but high—pressure slips away towards the east and the south. and we get the low pressure off the atlantic. with that, and increasing breeze as well. you can see quite heavy rain there across western scotland. spells of rain elsewhere across western parts of the uk. the chance of one or two thunderstorms as well. and these quite fresh winds will load the warm weather towards eastern parts of the uk. so that does mean that still around, say, lincolnshire and east anglia and may be the southeast will hang onto that warmth, around the mid 20s. really, for most of us, it will be the high teens to around 20 degrees. that sets the trend for next week. low pressure is set to be in charge of the we

he's in our merseyside newsroom. thanks for being with us.sday night eve ryo ne understandably, after tuesday night everyone was delirious after seeing one of the best european cup performances ever and especially at anfield, that we get to enjoy so often but the next day is tainted quite a bit when you wake up to 900% increase on the place of flights, hotel bookings getting cancelled and relisted for many times the price. then we find out we only got 16,500 tickets and then the price of those tickets, it takes the shine off it somewhat. let's talk about the ticket allocation, 16,000 for each of the clu bs allocation, 16,000 for each of the clubs in the stadium of nearly 70,000 people, you wonder who are the other people getting tickets. i think uefa needs to be clear about where the tickets are going. i imagine many are going to uefa sponsors as well. given the sponsors wa nt to sponsors as well. given the sponsors want to be associated with football to access supporters and sell their products i think they need to consider the impact it has

a miracle on merseyside.iverpool are on their way to the champions league final after beating barcelona 4—0 on a night of fantasy football at anfield. we can't believe it, can we? it was the best night ever. it was a team effort, all the way, the six champions league now. i'm proud, i'm really proud. a navy veteran whose medals were taken from him because he was bisexual prepares to sue the ministry of defence for their return. good morning. putting the brakes on growth. amid falling car sales, we'll find out later how honda and toyota are faring — and what next for the thousands of staff they employ in the uk. the medicine you won't find at a chemist. how doing something creative could make you healthier. good morning. today we have got some heavy rain coming in from the south—west of england, pushing north—eastward through the day accompanied by gusty winds. it will remain cool and it will be cold until it warms up once again on sunday. they will have more in 15 minutes. it's wednesday, 8th may. our top sto

at liverpool's anfield stadium as the annual super league festival, the magic weekend, heads for merseysideu camp in barcalona to play catalans dragons in a bid to sell the game to a new audience. super league as an organisation is relatively new, the team we have here today is six or seven months in situ. it's one of those things we have to get to grips with, what's next after barcelona? where do we go after anfield? it's something we will do and what we have achieved has been terrific. we've grab peoples attention, we've introduced the sport to new people. we always say that when people see it they become fans and fall enough with it. it's hard to dislike super league because the game is so good. —— and fall in love with it. we have to join it together, a strategy of where it's taking us to and that's what needs to happen next, really. he spent 22 years at arsenal so it's understandable when arsene wenger says he left his heart at the club. despite that, he said had been happy to take a break but that he would return to football soon. i miss competition. i miss arsenal because i left my h

until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows and it has been surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it‘s like an alternative universe. # high fidelity. and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i am indelibly connected to it. we were a family. we worked 12 hours a day and when we went doing that we were in the studio. we were a family. for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby, i must say. and we‘ve kind of gone back to that age. back to being kids again. we definitely see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame, i‘m gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute rehearsals are taking place. back—up provided by the lma in liverpool. the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name. colin patterson, bbc news liverpool. (tx) now it

tributes are being paid to the merseyside comedian, freddie starr — after reports that he's died, aged jobs are at risk after the fashion retailer select went into administration. it's been struggling for some time and last year struck a deal with landlords to cut rents at its stores. select‘s 169 shops will continue to trade while options for its future are assessed. china says it's hopeful a deal cab be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states. today, washington dramatically increased tariffs on goods imported from china into the us, which will lead to higher prices for american buyers. but economists the world over are concerned about the impact of new trade barriers between the planet's two biggest economies. profits at iag, the company which owns british airways, have fallen sharply between january and march because of higherfuel costs and the impact of currency fluctuations. the timing of easter was also a factor. iag expects profits for the whole of this year to be the same as last year's. let's get more on those results from the british airways' parent, iag

until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity showsgrowing up. it was my dream and it has been surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity. and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i am indelibly connected to it. we were a family. we worked 12 hours a day and when we went doing that we were in the studio. we were a family. for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby, i must say. and we've kind of gone back to that age. back to being kids again. we definitely see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame, i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name.# last—minute rehearsals are taking place. back—up provided by the lma in liverpool. the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name. colin patterson, bbc

they eventually settled in merseyside. they had had five children, and he was sent there.ime to remember these men and their stories, and how it did affect their lives and their families. 100 years ago, the camp closed. poignant reminders of its legacy remain. in 1919, joseph left here for good. a century on, the ideas first formed in these manx fields are used by pilates enthusiasts in all four corners of the world. never knew that. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. hi there, good morning. it's going to be another cool day. in fact, it could be the coolest early may bank holiday in the records, since it first started in 1978. we've got some showery rain across northern ireland, for much of northern england, spreading southward into the north midlands and across east anglia. a few showers across scotland, where there will be some sunshine. a bit of sunshine towards southern parts, but with that northerly wind, it's still going to feel pretty chilly out there. temperatures about 7—9 celsius in the north—east. elsewhere, about 10—13 celsius. but if you

the entertainer, who was born on merseyside, rose to national prominence in the early 1970s, after appearinghe royal variety show and for a young freddie starr, it was his moment. # it‘s not unusual to be loved by anyone... it was all there, the impersonations, the manic energy, and a touch of danger. muhammad ali came along, yet the white people, the white promoters, they didn‘t want to know black people, they kept them to one side. how do you know? shut up, i‘m talking! not many people would have done that with muhammad ali. the success that followed bought him a lifestyle of helicopters and horses. miinnehoma won the national. in the world of northern comedians, there was a touch of rock and roll about him. he‘s a lunatic, yes, an absolute lunatic! but everyone loved him. but he was a lunatic, wasn‘t he? you wouldn‘t know what freddie starr was going to do when he came into a room. you wouldn‘t know. he would probably pick a television up ready to throw it out the window and put it back down again. he would have you on your nerves all the time, you‘d be like that! and when the sun ran the

they eventually settled in merseyside. they'd had five children, and he was sent to knockaloe. very fitting time to remember these men and their stories, and how it did affect their lives and their families. 100 years ago, the camp closed. poignant reminders of its legacy remain. in 1919, joseph left here for good. a century on, the ideas first formed in these manx fields are used by pilates enthusiasts in all four corners of the world. as you can see, joseph pilates' legacy lives on 100 years later in the very field where he was interned and released 100 years ago this year. but, of course, that isn't just a story aboutjoseph pilates but the other men interned here. we're joined but the other men interned here. we'rejoined by but the other men interned here. we're joined by charles, but the other men interned here. we'rejoined by charles, historian vosawai was the isle of man specifically selected as a place of internment? when the first world war broke out, there were about 60,000 german nationals in britain and they we re german nationals in britain and they were all immedia

according to reports in today's sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist and singer was the costa del sol in spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and ‘80s, as keith doyle reports. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour — freddie starr was a comedian, an impressionist, a singer and an actor. born in liverpool, he was an actor, singer, comedian and an impressionist. he was discovered on opportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. applause after that, his career took off. he is the king of all time. he is the king of all time. he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame, the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history when the sun newspaper history when the sun newspaper splashed freddie" starr ate my hamster". he denied it but it stayed with him. how would you li

the entertainer who was born on merseyside rose to national prominence in the early 1970s after appearinghe was found at his home on spain's costa del sol. david sillito looks back at his life. freddie starr! 1970, the royal variety show and for a young freddie starr, it was his moment. # it's not unusual to be loved by anyone... it was all there, the impersonations, the manic energy, and a touch of danger. muhammad ali came along, yet the white people from the white promoters, they didn't want to know black people, they kept them to one side. how do you know? shut up, i'm talking! many people would have done that with muhammad ali. —— not many people. the success that followed putting a lifestyle of helicopters and horses. miinnehoma won the national. in the world of northern comedians, there was a touch of rock and roll about him. he's a lunatic, yes, an absolute lunatic! but everybody loved him. but he was a lunatic! you wouldn't know what freddie starr was going to do when he came into the room. you wouldn't know. he would probably pick a television up ready to throw it out the window

they eventually settled in merseyside. they'd had five children, and he was sent to knockaloe.nd their stories, and how it did affect their lives and their families. 100 years ago, the camp closed. poignant reminders of its legacy remain. in 1919, joseph left here for good. a century on, the ideas first formed in these manx fields are used by pilates enthusiasts in all four corners of the world. now it's time for a look at the weather. some showery rain spreading south at the moment, across southern scotland and another thing, spreading into parts of north wales and the midlands and east anglia and to the north and southern england and south wales some sunny spells, cloud increasing across southern areas are later but a northerly wind making it another chilly day for all of us, temperatures between seven and nine in the north—east, up to 12 or 13 across southern in the north—east, up to 12 or 13 across southern areas. in the north—east, up to 12 or 13 across southern areas. tonight this showery band of rain will continue across northern parts of england, still further showers a

we think increasing amounts of rain across wales, merseyside, maybe northern england, a few spots ofr a time, and a fair bit of cloud, at least at times, in northern ireland and western scotland. here we have the yellow colour is comedy much fresher hour, well, i say fresh but it will still be quite muggy. 26 at least in london, it will probably reach 28 in one or two other spots. saturday evening, if you have any plans outdoors it is looking dry across much of england and wales. scotland, two, before this rain here arrives on sunday. so the high—pressure on sunday slips away towards the east and instead we get this low pressure diving in off the atlantic. that is when the change will start happening. sunday morning across western parts of the uk. the clouds roll in, the rain bearing clouds. the winds will increase as well. in some areas the rain will be quite happy and they might even be some thunder. through the day we will gradually see those clouds pushing through on the south—westerly wind, which will also squeeze the heat towards east anglia and the south—east. still very warm

all again but i will point out they will be one or two areas particularly around northern wales, merseysideland they will be thick cloud and outbreaks of rain in the highlands around murray and aberdeenshire. 0n in the highlands around murray and aberdeenshire. on thursday we are in between two weather systems, one in the north—east of scotland and one approaching northern ireland. much of the country will be in between so the weather looks quiet, dry, they will be a bit of cloud around here and there and increasing a of cloud as we go through the week, but the temperatures will be very decent come into the low 20s across the south of the country, the mid or high teens in the north and in the far north—east of scotland, it may be some spots of rain. the weather should hold into the weekend. next week looks a little more unsettled. we can enjoy it while it lasts. thank you. that's it. now on bbc one, we canjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. theresa may promises mps a vote on another referendum and essay on future customs arrangements if they pass

until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it's really quite surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity! and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i get to be with this group of people that i am indelibly connected to. i mean, we were a family. we worked a minimum of 12 hours a day and when we weren't doing that we were in the studio. if we weren't doing that, we were in dance rehearsal. we were a family, for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby, i have to say. being back, we've kind of gone back to that age. we're back to being kids again. we definitely, we see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame! # i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute dance rehearsals are taking place. vlma in liverpool are providing backup. there we go! ha, ha, ha, yes! the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it

liverpool were given the big sendoff from merseyside today as they prepared to fly to madrid and despitements and, yes, there is pressure, but i see it as an opportunity. when they arrive they will find fans in fine voice and for supporters of both clubs it was simple, theyjust had to be here. liverpool fans travel all over the world to support the team so why notjust go across the road to madrid. i've never had nothing like this, i've never witnessed it. to come here with your club and your colours, there is nothing more important. believe me. have you got a ticket? i'm working on it. he is far from the only one who has come with hope in his heart. the most expensive tickets the two clubs are selling are around £500 but some fans here have been offered them for thousands. but it‘s notjust the cost of tickets, merely getting here and staying here has cost fans a fortune with businesses accused of profiteering off passion. is it outrageous or merely supply and demand? i know friends of mine who have booked hotels and they have been cancelled, refunded and said booked again and pay five ti

barney the labrador exercised his democratic right this morning in wallasey, merseyside.at's probably most of them! darren says his dog woody the dachshund had fun voting in brighton. michi the japanese spitz was very happy to be out at the polls this morning. and poppy the chocolate labrador wore an impressive bandana to mark the occassion. we would all cheer up if we had dogs at polling stations everyday! but that would mean an election to often, for most. in a few moments, huw edwards will have a special programme on those local elections in england and northern ireland. before that, though, let's get some sport. good evening, here's your latest sports news: arsenal hold the advantage in their europa league semifinal first leg against valenica. ——first leg against valencia. two goals from striker alexandre lacazette and another from pierre—emerick aubameyang giving them a 3—1win at the emirates tonight, heading into second leg. joe wilson reports. arsenal's season comes down to this. two legs of a europa league semifinal and then the chance of a trophy. the club has my

according to today's sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist and singer was found deadin spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and 80s, as keith doyle reports. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour — freddie starr was a comedian, an impressionist, a singer and an actor. he was one of the biggest names in light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. born in liverpool, he was an actor, singer, comedian and an impressionist. he was discovered on opportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show in 1970. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. laughter. applause. after that, his career took off. he's the king of all time! he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame, the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history, when the sun newspaper splashed "freddie starr ate my hamster". he denied it, but it stayed with him

there could be a bit of cloud across northern wales, merseyside, the peak district, may bea merseysideely fine. still sort of in between weather systems. they are close by but there is one to the north east off the coast of scotland, another one approaching ireland. we are in between, but the bulk of the uk that is, so a decent day on thursday. when the winds are light, there is a lot of sunshine around and nothing is really happening in the atmosphere, nothing pushing through, no weather fronts moving in and weather fronts creep up moving in and weather fronts creep up by moving in and weather fronts creep up bya moving in and weather fronts creep up by a degree every day. but into the weekend and next week things will shift a bit. we will see weather fronts moving through the uk because of a jet stream. and the jet strea m because of a jet stream. and the jet stream is going to push a lot of cloud and possibly some rain to northern areas. this is next week, so northern areas. this is next week, so this is the long—term outlook. southern parts of the uk, as is quite typical, probably

according to reports in today's sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist and singer was del sol in spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and 80s, as keith doyle reports. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour, freddie starr was one of the biggest names in british light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. born in liverpool, he was an actor, a singer, a comedian and an impressionist. he was discovered on 0pportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show in 1970. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. laughter. applause. after that, his career took off. he's the king of all time! he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history when the sun newspaper splashed "freddie starr ate my hamster". he denied it, but it stayed with him. "freddie starr ate my hamster!" how woul

and fancy never thought they would see them live again full of until a detective inspector in the merseysideoved it since i was a kid, since i was 11. it was everything to me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it has been surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity and now her childhood hero reels are in liverpool. i am indelibly connected to it. we were a family. we worked 12 hours a day and when we went doing that we were in the studio. we we re doing that we were in the studio. we were a family. for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby. i must say. and with kind of gone back to that age. back to being kids again. we definitely ch other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame i'm gonna live for ever # a b remember my name last—minute rehearsals are taking place. backup provided by the ama in liverpool. the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we ha

tributes are being paid to the merseyside comedian freddie starr — after reports that he's died agedering radical new ways to reverse global warming. good morning, here are your sports headlines. it's another incredible night for english clubs in europe — arsenal and chelsea, set up a meeting in the final of the europa league. naomi 0saka said thinking about, hanging on to her world number one spot, was to blame for her defeat at the madrid 0pen — she lost to belinda bencic. and england's matthew jordan, breaks the course record with a round of 63, to lead after the first day of the british masters golf, at hillside in southport. i'll be back with more on those stories at around 9:40am. a new radio network for britain's emergency services is set to go over budget by more than £3 billion. that's according to the national audit office which also suggests the target date of 2022 for replacing the current system may not be met. ramzan karmali reports. siren wails the government wants to modernise the communication system used by our emergency services, but not only is it likely to be del

in sport, we will have more on the miracle of merseyside as liverpool beat barcelona 4—0 to book their a magical night at anfield. tonight is the turn of tottenham as they try to secure their place in they try to secure their place in the final. they are 1—0 down to ajax from the first leg. and are announcing their squad for the summer's women's welcome. it is being revealed in stages on social media. so far, steph houghton and duggan are on the plane to france. i will have more on those stories later. let's take you live to central london now where the green party are launching their european election campaign. we can hearfrom co—leaders, jonathan bartley and sian berry. the brexit project led by nigel farage has the brexit project led by nigel fa rage has capitalised the brexit project led by nigel farage has capitalised on the neglect of our communities and unleash the darkest elements onto oui’ unleash the darkest elements onto our nation, bringing them dangerously close to the mainstream. the far right are now a sickness in oui’ the far right are now a sickness in our politics, bu

merseyside police were called to a house in liverpool yesterday after the toddler was struck in whats admitted to hospital with a head injury. the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 19805 has been hearing more harrowing evidence from victims. stephen nicholl5 was part of a group of haemophiliac teenagers who formed a pact that whoever survived would find out what was killing them. speaking at the inquiry, during emotional testimony, he explained he was the only one left out of his friends with the condition who could try and find the answers to how it happened. there's four, five of us in the room and we realised that this is serious and this is killing u5, or killing haemophiliacs. and we said, this is going to happen to us, we can see it. and they said, right, we've stuck together right through our childhood. i said, if it happens and it kicks off, we're going to rely on the person still alive to pursue it and find out why and what went wrong. and i'm the only one left. that's tough. i think about that every day. time for a look at the weather, with

they eventually settled in merseyside. they had had five children, and he was sent there.ars ago, the camp closed. poigna nt families. 100 years ago, the camp closed. poignant reminders of its legacy remain. in 1919, joseph left here for good. a century on, the ideas first formed in these manx fields are used by pilates enthusiasts in all four corners of the world. so that was the story ofjoseph pilates, and just inside this marquee, there are lots of fit, strong, flexible looking people. there's a pilates class taking place. let's see if we can go and see is involved. 0ne place. let's see if we can go and see is involved. one of them is roberta. if we could take you aside for one second. you have come here from new york, you are an international pilates teacher and you actually teach pilates in a fascinating building. what can you tell me about that? yes, i do. i teachin tell me about that? yes, i do. i teach in the space where when joe pilates went to america, he opened this first studio. so he took it to new york in the very studio where you now teach. yes. we will come

tributes are being paid to the merseyside comedian freddie starr after reports that he's died aged 76d could hardly have been better as hazard sent his side to the europa league final. chelsea will face london rivals snow in that final at the end of may after they powered past valencia in spain with help from a hat—trick. and warm gatland has agreed a deal to be the head coach for the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. the third time the wales head coach has led the lions. english clubs have created european football history by taking all four final spots in the continent's two major competitions. arsenal won in valencia and chelsea beat eintracht frankfurt on thursday to reach the europa league final. that followed dramatic wins for liverpool over barcelona and tottenham against ajax in the champions league. it is the first time all four finalists in europe's top two competitions have come from one nation. joining me now is our football reporter, simon stone. where are you? there you are. it is a huge moment. what can possibly account for it? i think we wi

tonight's result, so in the case of broxbourne and hertfordshire, that is a conservative hold, hold on merseysideastle upon tyne, sunderland, wigan, all labour holds. this is going to sunderland because we had a look at this before, although it is a labour hold, they have held onto the council, they are still counting there. what was interesting was what was happening to the change in seats. let's have a look, let's try this again. so although it is a labour hold, labour have lost eight seats and they have been divided up between the conservatives, liberal democrats, ukip and one green and also interesting is the change in the share of the vote, so labour now down 16%, so the account is still going on in sunderland but the share of the vote for labour certainly has gone down quite strikingly. i want to show you one more. now, this is swindon. swindon was conservative and it is still being counted, it has not yet been declared, which is why it is in white. if we just go into it... so you can see there, the winning post is 29, there are still ten wards to declare and it is a straight fight between

a miracle on merseyside as liverpool beat barcelona 4—0 to book their place in the champions league finalical night at anfield. can tottenham join them— they'll be hoping for some inspiration of as they try to secure a place in a first champions legue final. they'll also need to come from behind, they're1—0 down to ajax from the first leg. and england are announcing their squad for this summer's women's world cup. it's being revealed in stgaes on socal media, so far captain steph houghton and toni duggan are amongst the names on the plane to france. more to come on all of those stories at around half past. inquests are continuing for a second day into the deaths of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks two years ago. they died when three men drove a van into pedestrians and then stabbed people before being shot dead by police. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey. what have you been hearing today, richard? we have got the first witness today. she began yesterday but continued today. she is a detective superintendent from the met counterte

barney the labrador "exercised his democratic right" this morning in wallasey, merseyside.this morning. poppy the chocolate labrador wore an impressive bandana to mark the occassion. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. that looks very serene. yes, serene, hot and sunny. we should have a bit of discussion about the bank holiday weekend. one year ago, these were at some scenes from our weather watchers. unbroken sunshine. this is seen watchers. unbroken sunshine. this is seen by the river thames in surrey. there aren't any dogs in these pictures! you can see people out on their t—shirts, shorts, weather. last may day bank holiday was a record high at 29 degrees. that is all very well, what about this coming one. this is what we are expecting next monday, highs of 12 or 13! this could be a record—breaking cool may day bank holiday, so a huge contrast, really. we continue to see these massive contrasts, very low temperatures, very high. it will not bea temperatures, very high. it will not be a complete write—off. yes, it will be cool, on the beaches you will be cool, o