i always tried to mention middlesbrough and breakfast but i have a legitimate reason, he was from middlesbroughh opened up the pacific and also had some negative effects with the imperial legacy there. it meant that before captain cook nobody knew what was there in the pacific. you've got gulliver ‘s travels where people imagine things but he really brought that knowledge back. thank you for coming in. that is all we've got time for this morning. we'll be back here on bbc one tomorrow from 6:00. until then, whatever you do, have a good day. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10am. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. his father said in a tweet ‘my gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings. absolutely heartbroken.‘ cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd. she says she didn't see a memo copied to her office which detailed home office targets for deporting illegal immigrants. the home secretary has apologised saying that she should have seen it, but she cannot be held accountable or responsible for

belfast also 1a celsius and you have that rain from new castle, middlesbrough down into manchester andhe afternoon across the southwestern areas. still 16 celsius in london. apart from the blog of rain would you be sleeping this part of the country here it is actually not that bad —— sweeping. many of us will have bright, dry weather. on sunday the weather front still across, the weather at this stage still coming in from the south so we have these southerly winds and again on sunday that thinking is there'll be quite a lot of cloud across the uk. probably another spell of rain moving across almost the same area from the south, through the midland into yorkshire and again relatively mild, 15 degrees in london around 13 degrees in edinburgh and a quick look at the weather early next week. not an awful lot changes. still unclear bit of cloud and rain from time to time. -- still of cloud and rain from time to time. —— still a of cloud and rain from time to time. —— stillafair of cloud and rain from time to time. —— still a fair bit of cloud. this is bbc world news today. our top stories:

middlesbrough got a late equaliser at burton. it was also a draw between ipswich and millwall.k rangers and sheffield wednesday. queens park rangers scored for mac against norwich. tomorrow a mouthwatering first leg between juventus and real madrid. this is a rematch of last season's champions league final where real madrid beat juventus by former goals— to one. now, they are trailing much anyway, barcelona, and that is what makes the champions league all the more important for the zinedine zidane. real madrid remain a formidable opponent. he became the first player to ever score in each of the sexy group games of the champions league campaign. he also scored in each leg of the last 16 as well. they are up against a juventus team that have got a very good home record. they have only lost one of their last 25 home games in european competitions, but this is a big one. they are up against real madrid. no team since buying munich in the 1970s has ever won the competition three years in a i’ow. “— won the competition three years in a row. —— since bayer munich. cricket now and engl

rainbow newcastle and middlesbrough, down and manchester, and trying out there in the second half ofis block of rain, which will be speaking best pa rt rain, which will be speaking best part of the country here, it is actually not that bad. many others will have bright, dry weather. sunday, a weather front still part of the uk. at this stage, still coming in from the south. southerly winds, and again on sunday the thinking is that there will be a lot of cloud across the uk, another speu of cloud across the uk, another spell of rain moving across the same area from the south through the midlands and into yorkshire. relatively mild, 15 celsius in london, 13 in edinburgh. early next week, not a lot changing, a fair bit of cloud and some rain from time to time. . doctors in britain today former russians by said that he is improving rapidly and is no longer in the critical condition. sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned by at nerve agent a month ago. facebook says it is tightening up ago. facebook says it is tightening up procedures for people wanting to place issue —based advert

middlesbrough got a late equaliser at burton. it was also a draw between ipswich and millwall.sunderland are 5 points from safety after defeat to sheffield wednesday. 0ne game taking place in the mum, sheffield united have just 0ne game taking place in the mum, sheffield united havejust taken 0ne game taking place in the mum, sheffield united have just taken the lead against cardiff city. super league continues with a full programme of fixtures. st helens scored within the opening ten minutes in there again following a brilliant kick from ben barba. saints pulled away again in the second gap to score a further three tries. the final score 28—6. wigan remain behind st helens with their victory of the whole kingston rovers. warrington also took a win as did catalans dragons. in beijing running 0'sullivan is bidding for a record sixth ranking event title in the china open. he is currently on five that the campaign, victory would see him surpass the record set by mark selby and stephen hendry. he has not actually won this tournament since 2000. £225,000 is the top prize. and joinin

leeds and sunderland drew while middlesbrough, millwall and reading all won. behind second placed cardiff now after a one—nil win at sheffield wednesday. rangers have lea pfrogged aberdeen to go second in the scottish premiership after a four—nil victory over dundee at ibrox. aberdeen lost two nil away at hearts. stuart findlay scored for kilmarnock as they beat partick one zero, ross county drew one all with hibs and stjohnstone motherwell ended goaless. leaders celtic are at hamilton tomorrow. let's head down under now to the commonwealth games where there were more golds for england, scotland and wales on the third day of competition on the gold coast. england's swimmer adam peaty, a double olympic champion and world record holder, was in final action for the first time. joe lynskey reports. adam peaty successfully defended his title in the 100 metres breaststroke. world record—holder was not happy with his time but he is now unbeaten in the events for four years. adam peaty is england's rock star swimmer. in breaststroke he deals in domination. to get his

also in the championship wins for burton, sheffield wednesday, middlesbrough, cardiff, nottingham forest motherwell fa ns empty now but it was the motherwell fans who were celebrating earlier and no wonder, a comprehensive 3—0 win over aberdeen. it was the dons who had the better start, but they we re who had the better start, but they were behind after 20 minutes, suggestions of handball but were aberdeen defending and curtis main gave motherwell the perfect start. defending would haunt aberdeen all afternoon, this was goal number two, ryan boyle minute this taking advantage. adam rooney... aberdeen we re advantage. adam rooney... aberdeen were just huffing and puffing. and then the third, a nightmare again for the dons defence. mean it still had a lot to do but he showed fantastic composure. motherwell through to the scottish cup final and will face either celtic or rangers who play here tomorrow. just the one game in the scottish premiership today, it went the way of coalminer who won 2—1 at hamilton. saint mirren claimed the scottish championship title today. it's scottish championsh

will be tried, some showers in the north, aberdeen 1a, you've got that rain from newcastle and middlesbroughhis blob of rain which will be sweeping this part of the country, it's not that bad, many of us will have bright dry weather. on sunday remember the weather at this stage, still coming in from the south and we have southerly winds, again on sunday the thinking is that they will be cloud across the uk, probably more rain moving across almost the same area from the south through the midlands into yorkshire as well. again a relatively mild, 15 degrees in london, 13 degrees in edinburgh and a quick look at the weather early next week, not a lot changes, still a fair bit of cloud and some rain from time to time. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: richard osborn—brooks, arrested on suspicion of murdering a suspected burglar, has been released without charge. sergei skripal, the former russian spy, is no longer in a critical condition and is responding well to treatment. the foreign office has refused his niece a visa to come to the uk and visit her relatives in hospital. the met police

middlesbrough have booked their place in the play—offs with a win against millwall.ach half to take the victory, m illwa ll in each half to take the victory, millwall are three points off the top six and almost certainly missing out the season. let us look at all of the scorers. cardiff are back in second place after a 2—0 win at hull. big wins at the bottom for barnsley and burton. preston gave their play off hopes a boost with victory at sheffield united. let's have a look at the table. so cardiff are ahead of fulham, and know that a win in their final match will take them back to the premier league. derby, who drew at aston villa, will be looking anxiously over their shoulders as they try to hold onto a play off spot. at the bottom it was a terrible afternoon for bolton, beaten by burton. barnsley are now out of the relegation places. reading and birmingham are not safe. some ups and downs have been confirmed in leagues one and two as well today. this is wycombe wanderers celebrating their promotion from league two back up to the third tier. they'll play the likes

a girl i know from middlesbrough, aimee willmott, got a gold. absolutely cracking. of london, after six people were killed in the city over the past seven days. thousands of holidaymakers are being defrauded, with booking scams on the increase. people lost almost £7 million on fake airline tickets and accommodation last year. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. it has been quite nice. it has been mild. what is going on? that is an ominous picture behind you. it is. i am in my studio. this is from one of our weather watchers in redcar. what a beautiful start to the day it was here. blue skies and sunshine. a little bit ominous with some clouds on the horizon. it is a mixture of whether this weekend. sunny skies at times but cloudy ones. cloud across parts of wales is pretty thick. it is producing outbreaks of rain. it will remain mild. still feeling like spring but not always looking like it. there will be some sunshine but rain at times as well. this is the view from space. the satellite picture. a pipeline of cloud streaming from the south. along this

she is a middlesbrough last. there have been some surprises. it is brilliant for amy?a lwa ys hannah. she had her moment. amy has always had the potential. she has a lwa ys always had the potential. she has always just fallen short. i'm really pleased for her. disappointment that scotla nd pleased for her. disappointment that scotland and hannah didn't win but england pick up a gold model. —— medal. the same with ross murdoch. he didn't do it. he didn't swim badly. james stepped up. we have such breast stroke in depth that he died as opportunity. this is actually why these games are so important. they are a brilliant eventin important. they are a brilliant event in and as themselves, and winning a medal is still an incredible achievement. but the exposure to top—quality competition away from the olympics and the world championships? james wilbury, for the last four years he didn't make the last four years he didn't make the team because of the strength in depth. now he has qualified. australia is a very strong nation. in world swimming usa rules, outside of that austra

when i was young i always thought the word tret was a real word because in middlesbrough you would sayen at 4am this morning. you are at a swimming pool you will enjoy later on, i understand. yes. it is lovely. scorchers here this morning. temperatures are slowly rising. the day it will be a beautiful day for most of us. the pool temperature here at hampden is 28. london could reach 28, way above average for this stage in april. the weather, sunny and warm. that is the forecast for most of the uk today. the pollen level will be high across the board, except northern scotland. uv levels will be high as well. you can see we have cloud. some of it is quite low. most of it will go away. showers in north—west scotland. some on and off through the day. fairly isolated. east of that, back into the sunshine. blue skies from the word go. beautiful. you would not believe it is only the 19th of april. as we had gone through the course of the day generally, looking at cloud melt away. some mixed on the coastline of premature, devon and cornwall. —— mist. inland, sunny and dry and warm. 20 around t