celebrations in norwich this evening? yes, good evening.with a 2—1win over blackburn rovers. all they needed was a point to guarantee a top two finish and their return to the top flight next season. joe lynskey reports. the championship is one of football's unpredictable divisions and this is the feeling to depart it for the top but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up, they finished 14th last season, then sold their best players, but this time they have swept teams away. norwich have surged to the top through the ethos of their to co hic-htemo to co hih tem-o and the canaries to go high tempo and ta ke the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success , has been key to their recipe for success, i only needed a point against blackburn to guarantee promotion and although the away side pulled a goal back this was never a night of tension. a 201victory means the canaries take flight again after three years away and the premier league's riches await the side no one f

more goals in the norwich match than the celtic...d celtic were held to a goalless draw at hoem to stjonhstone. meanwhile there was a feisty edinburgh derby at tynecastle where hibernian came from behind to beat hearts and move into fifth in the scottish premiership. the result, though, was overshadowed by some troubling behaviour from the fans, as patrick gearey reports. it is the issue that is clouding scottish football. for the second time in a week, a flare is thrown onto the pitch in a scottish premiership match, delaying kick—off in the edinburgh derby. the scottish police federation says supporter behaviour is driving the game to a crisis and when peter haring headed hearts in front, the red mist descended once more. a similar incident happened after celtic scored against st mirren on wednesday. more followed. three minutes later, hibernian equalised. during daryl horgan‘s celebrations, another aberration. this time, a coconut was thrown onto the pitch, accompanied by yet more smoke. in the second half, those problems were exti

norwich rescue a draw in injury time to keep on course for promotion to the premier league. more controversy in boxing as anthony joshua's fight with jarell miller is called off after a second failed drugs test forjarell miller. the saints go marching on — in super league as leaders st helens beat wigan in the good friday derby. hello and welcome to sportsday. well the race for a place in the premier league certainly took some twists and turns today, the leaders norwich were given a fright by sheffield wednesday, needing a last—gasp equaliser to rescue a 2—2 draw at carrow road. they got off to the perfect start thanks to marco stiepermann in the 19th minute. but wednesday hit back with this incredible strike from fernando forestieri. and they took a controversial lead early in the second half when steven fletcher appeared to handle the ball. norwich didn't give up though and in the sevent minute of stoppage time mario vrancic snatched the draw which leaves them five points clear at the top. sheffield united moved up to 2nd with a vital 2—nil victory over nottingham forest.

norwich fans would like to think so. beating queens park rangers 4—0 today. norwich went 2 goals up within 12 minutes before top scorer teemu pukki added a third before half—time. then after the break, one of their scorers — emiliano buendia — was sent—off for a wreckless challenge. despite that, pukki scored again — his 26th league goal of the season and norwich‘s 8th straight win. they're now 7 points clear of sheffield united in second and qpr are hurtling towards the relegation places. let's have a look at the other chamber chip mac matches. —— championship matches. elsewhere, i mentioned sheffield united who are second and keeping the pressure on norwich with an important win at preston. but leeds are third — beaten at birmingham — and west brom also lost to strugglers millwall. aston villa are still firmly in the play off places after a comfortable win at sheffield wednesday and 6th placed bristol city drew. at the bottom end, ipswich won their first game in a very long time against bolton, who are just above them

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up.th last season then sold their two best players. this time they have swept teams away. norwich have surged to the top through the efforts of their german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league's riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not the dugout, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough t

norwich have been pegged back to 1—1 at the moment.s this afternoon. sheffield united are currently leading 3—0 at hull. so it looks like it will be a long afternoon for norwich fans. elsewhere, middlesbrough and bristol city both losing away from home. towards the bottom, rather have the lead against birmingham with them. relegation rivals reading and west brom are currently goalless. portsmouth bolstered their bid for an automatic promotion from league 1 coming from behind to beat coventry 2-1. it coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1. it has pushed them up to second for the time being. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their respective through pm kick—offs. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined £10,000 for biting david price during their old british heavyweight fight. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round in the bout last month in liverpool. he apologised after the fight saying his behaviour was not a true reflection of w

norwich city will have to postpone their premier league promotion party.only manage a 2—2 draw at stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee top flight next season and had to hope that other results went their way. sheffield united are nowjust three points behind norwich after a 3—0 win at hull. meanwhile leeds united's hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow this evening after they lost 2—0 away at brentford. neal maupay scored the opener in the first half. before sergi canos bundled their second home. leeds stay in third, three points behiond second—placed sheffield united. elsewhere, play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. it means derby are now into the play—off places after two late goals against qpr. towards the bottom, rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. aston villa's win over millwall was their 10th in a row, breaking a record more than a century old. reading should be safe now, they drew with west brom. so here's the top of the championship. norwich

championship's top scorer teemu pukki scored his 27th goal of the season to rescue a 1—1 draw for norwichof the table, seven points clear of third place sheffield united, with just four games to go. defending champions chelsea have been knocked out of the women's fa cup. they lost 1—0 to manchester city in the semi finals. a horrible moment for magdalena eriksson, who scored an own goal in the 92nd minute to gift city the win. 0bviously ecstatic that we have another opportunity to go up to wembley, it is one of the best years for playing in the fa cup final. but i think the game was pretty even as a whole, so it's a cruel ending. city will play west ham in the final, after they beat reading in the day's early kick off. reading took the lead just after half time. but west ham were leveljust eight minutes later, alisha lehmann with their equaliser. fara williams then missed a penalty for reading, so it finished 1—1 after 90 minutes. no goals in extra time, so it went to penalties. cho so hyun's spotkick securing a 11—3 victory for west ham. it means an fa cup final in their first season as

blackburn got one back but norwich hung on seal promotion.l be crowned champions — if they avoid defeat against aston villa next weekend. cardiff's premier league status hangs in the balance — after defeat at fulham and brighton's draw with newcastle. ryan babel with the only goal in that game. cardiff only have two games left and with a far inferior goal difference there will be some nervous faces in the welsh nervous faces in the welsh capital tonight. where not out of it yet,. i thought we could have been a bit more intense in the first half. probably a bit nervous but i can't fault the lads effort. it is one of those things. the one guy on the pitch he scores a goal like that is probably the one worth more money, or a premier league player. we've had five or six great chances, really. and we can't finish one them. spurs lost their first game at their new stadium — defeated 1—nil by west ham. wolves — who are 7th — got their revenge on watford, after that fa cup semi—final final defeat. they beat them 2—1, to go four points clear of watfor

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up.they have swept teams away. norwich have surged to the top through the efforts of their german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league's riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough times down here. after the celebrations it all starts again in the summer. for now the p

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich.he housing minister, kit malthouse, and asked him for his reaction to persimmon‘s announcement. first of all, i obviously welcome this news from persimmon, as a constituency mp, i've dealt with a significant number of problems with persimmon developments in my patch. and this comes off the back of them also being the first large household to introduce the idea of a retention, an amount of money that homeowners retain at the end, you know, a few thousand pounds to deal with any snags. gives them an incentive, if you like, to come back and do the work. so it's critical that we get the quality rate, and we are spending significant amounts of money on infrastructure across the board. whether it's roads, schools, hospitals, whatever it might be, and we are writing significant checks to local authorities across the country, who are showing housing ambition, and need infrastructure first. we've written carlisle, exeter, we've announced intramural come across the country to make sure we get it

norwich and sheffield united have been promoted from the championship after the weekend's games.ears away, but for sheffield united, 12 long years, during which they've suffered more than one relegation. and so for manager chris wilder, who's a former blades player too, it was special to be able to enjoy the moment with his team. we wa nted we wanted to be together when, or if, the results went our way. fortune before us, it did and the celebration is really started from there. winning the division, for us to go to the final game of the season, to go to the final game of the season, an to go to the final game of the season, an incredible achievement, what a group of players. we will be back to work tomorrow, the players ought to go out in style, i certainly would. visiting stoke with a positive performance on sunday, we have managed to turn it around three yea rs have managed to turn it around three years ago and put it in the right direction. to get out if the division is an incredible achievement. i'm just delighted for everybody, such an unbelievable, brilliant. the best divis

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich.rom kent, who imported medicinal cannabis into the uk from the netherlands for her daughter, knowing it was illegal to do so, has had it confiscated by officials at southend airport. emma appleby paid a pharmacy in the hague four thousand pounds for a three—month supply of the medicine for her daughter teagan, who has a rare form of epilepsy that leads to hundreds of seizures every day. jon hunt reports from southend airport. mrs appleby purchased a three—month supply of medicinal cannabis at a pharmacy in the hague yesterday for her daughter teagan. it cost her the equivalent of £4,000 — money raised through crowdfunding. as she prepared to board her plane back to the uk, she knew the home office had threatened to confiscate it. nervous, obviously. but ready. see what happens. if they take it i will fight to get it back. mrs appleby says she was forced to make this trip because doctors in the uk, while legally able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, are generally refusing to do so becau

really strong and gusty winds and temperatures gone on where they had been, maybe getting up to 20 in norwichn the teens and temperature is hot and further to follow as we head into the week and weekend, struggling in the double digits by saturday with wind and rain at times. you are watching beyond 100 days. so—called islamic state group says is responsible for the attack entry la nka is responsible for the attack entry lanka but the claim is not yet been verified. the turlington governments asa verified. the turlington governments as a syrian national has been detained, one of a0 people being questioned. funerals are now begun for the 321 people killed on easter sunday in the series of coordinated blasts. the president visits the queen. donald trump is been invited for a state visit to the uk injune and protesters are already making their plans. also on the programme, in other high—profile meeting as kim jong un travels to russia for talks with vladimir putin. an swedish teenager greta thunberg begins her climate change campaign. she

norwich city has won for the eighth time ina norwich city has won for the eighth time in a row.ki scored twice as they thrashed managerless qpr 4—0 at carrow road, to go 7 points clear at the top of the championship. 11 more points from theirfinal six matches would take them back to the premier league. two incidents of alleged racist abuse are being investigated in the championship. a brentford supporter was arrested after claims that he abused derby player duane holmes in the dugout during their 3—3 draw. and wigan say they're angered by an abusive message sent to defender nathan byrne on twitter after their draw with bristol city. they've reported it to police. celtic will have to wait at least another week to be crowned champions of scotland again. they were held to a goalless draw by livingston. meanwhile the edinburgh derby was marred by flares which delayed kick off and also caused delays during the match. hibs came from behind to beat hearts 2—1. the rugby union premiership‘s most decorated side, leicester tigers, are in real danger of relegation 110w after being thrashed

as thing stands, norwich city won't be crowned champion this afternoon.motion spot from league 1coming automatic promotion spot from league 1 coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1. it has pushed them up to second by the time being. ba rnsley to second by the time being. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their 3pm kick—offs. boxer ali has been banned and been signed for biting. he had his boxing licence suspended and his fight withdrawn after being disqualified in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight saying his behaviour was not a true reflection of who i am. and the first round of the world snooker championship is continuing in sheffield this afternoon. let's go live just now. in the afternoon session, it is a five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan taking onjames cahill. he is the first amateur player to reach the crucible and it was a 23 from black ball took the first frame. 0n the other table, john higgins starting his bid to reach the final. he started his campaign against mark davies. higgins leading. you can watch t

norwich city will have to postpone their premier league promotion party.t stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee top flight next season, and had to hope that other results went their way. sheffield united are nowjust three points behind norwich, after a 3—0 win at hull. meanwhile, leeds united's hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow this evening, after they lost 2—nil away at brentford. neal maupay scored the opener in the first half, before sergi canos bundled their second home. leeds stay in third, three points behind second—placed sheffield united. elsewhere, play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. it means derby are now into the play—off places, after two very late goals against qpr. towards the bottom, rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. reading gained a valuable point after their against west brom ended goalless. west brom secure their place in the playoffs. there's a shock in the making at the world snooker championship, in sheffield. 23—year—ol

norwich didn't give up though, and in the seventh minute of stoppage time, mario vrancic snatched thefference after a 2—nil win over nottingham forest. leeds missed out on regaining second spot as 10—man wigan came from a goal down to win 2—1 at elland road. bolton wanderers were relegated to league one after defeat to aston villa. footballers across england and wales are leading a 24—hour social media strike, which started at 9 o'clock this morning, in protest at how racism has been dealth with by football authorities and social media companies. among those taking part is tottenham defender danny rose, who was abused during england's euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro in march. the boycott kicks off the professional footballers' association's anti—racism campaign, entitled #enough. i think it is great that players are coming together to make a stand and a big statement as a group and i think that is a very powerful thing and hopefully that does change mindsets and beliefs. i'm not a great user of social media myself. i try to stay clear of all forms of it. that is just my own personal

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up.ir german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league‘s riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not the dugout, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough times down here. after the celebrations it all starts again in the summer. for now the players can enjoy the applause and prepare for english foo

after norwich went ahead, an incredible strike from fernando forestieri drew wednesday level.ute of stoppage time, mario vranchich, snatched the draw which leaves them five points clear at the top, ahead of sheffield united, who beat nottingham forest 2—nil. norwich are the masters of the last minute goal. sheffield united have a little bit of a lead now. it is in their hands. what every team needs is to have a player sent off. quite clearly, a lot of fans were playing against ten men, we are there so play some nice football. it can come back to bite you. thank you. but bolton are down, relegated to league one after a 2—nil defeat at home to aston villa. they have had nine wins on that short. it's been a troubled season for bolton, who've been plagued by a series of off—field problems. and in scotland, celtic could win the title for the eighth year in a row tomorrow, if they beat hibs, and rangers don't win at hearts today. the defending world snooker champion, mark williams claims the sport would rather not see, a ali—year—old, has—been, winning the tournament again. those we

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich.rt now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. £150 million are set to be bet on this year's grand national — and there is one horse that stands out in the a0 runners, and it's one that could make history. last year's winner tiger roll is favourite to complete back to back victories since red rum 45 years ago. his irish trainer gordon elliott, has a race—record ii runners. he is in good form, and he is well, but we are probably going to have ten or 12 runners in the race, but it would be a big ask to come back and win a national for the second time, but he is in good form and we couldn't be happier with him. he might not be one of the best horses i have ever trained, but he is definitely one of the favourites. he is a character and everyone likes him around the place, so we are very lucky to have him. our correspondent andy swiss is at aintree in what could be historic day. welcome to aintree. glorious conditions for the 70,000 fans here. all eyes will be on tiger

laura foster, bbc news, norwich.nd i firmly agree that plants have that effect. quite right, too. i'm encouraging us to have some in here. are you good with plants? no. it's 20 minutes past nine. let's have a look at the papers. our guest this morning as mike barton, chief co nsta ble of this morning as mike barton, chief constable of durham police. can you reflect for us at the moment on can you reflect for us at the moment o n eve nts unfolding with the protesters, because the polarised opinion is why did the police not steam straightaway, get them off the streets, open the bridge is up and get on with it? why were they treating them differently to other protesters ? o n treating them differently to other protesters? on the other hand, people were saying how lovely, police were taking what seemed like a more organic, calm approach. so tell us what the rules are. you sum it up perfectly, there are always opposing sides. when the police are involved, there will always be polarised opinion, and generally we have got t

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich. story, let's speak to paula higgins now, she is the chief executive and founder of the chief executive and founder of the homeowners alliance. thank for joining us. thank you for bringing this to our attention. as we heard there, it's not just this to our attention. as we heard there, it's notjust down to one developer, are you hoping that other developers are going to follow persimmon and start to look into how to make better homes more solid homes? yes, it's a problem across the industry, and for very much the reasons that were mentioned earlier. we think there is a real lack of consumer protection when you are buying a new home, you can't return it, there is very little time you can keep your money back. so we would like to see old developers thinking about putting in place this retention. i've never bought a new home, so i don't know this, there must be some kind of warranty, isn't there? when you buy a new home? there is a warranty, but for the first two years commits the develop

and norwich city will have to postpone their promotion party...naries needed a win to guarantee their move to the premier league next season. they also needed sheffield united to drop points at hull — instead they won 3—0. elsewhere play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. derby are into the play off places after a late win over qpr. towards the bottom rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. reading's game against west brom ended goalless. leeds hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow... they have it all to do in the second half at brentford, after neal maupay gave the home side the lead at half—time. leeds are currently three points behind sheffield united in third. so here's the top of the championship. norwich still out in fron but they'll have to wait for another chance to secure promotion. they're three points ahead of sheffield united after the blades' win today. leeds willjoin them on 85 points if they win at brentford. derby sneak into the play off play places aft

norwich and sheffield united are on the brink of reaching the premier.hampionship. amateur james caan hill leads world number one ronnie 0'sullivan five frames to fourin one ronnie 0'sullivan five frames to four in sheffield. —— amateurjames cahill. i will be back with those stories and the breaking news about the death of billy mcneill, including tributes to that great player, at 9:a0am. there's a warning that a lack of english classes for migrants will harm the integration of communities and fuel right—wing extremism after brexit. the muslim council of britain and the association of colleges have condemned a halving of funds over the last ten years. leigh milner reports. muna al—wadi from syria is one of 750,000 people in the uk that speaks little or no english. it's up to her 1a—year—old daughter to help her. when she has an appointment in the doctor or dentist or anything i go with her to help her because she doesn't know the language. and when she goes sometimes shopping i go to help her. the government is spending £50 million to help women like mun

top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.aking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stapleton and benedicte paviot. stay with us for that.

after norwich went ahead, an incredible strike from fernando forestieri drew wednesday level.f stoppage time, mario vrancic snatched the draw, which leaves them five points clear at the top, ahead of sheffield united who beat nottingham forest 2—0. but bolton are down, relegated to league one after a 2—0 defeat at home to aston villa. it's been a troubled season for bolton, who've been plagued by a series of off—field problems. it was a very good friday for super league leaders st helens. they beat bitter rivals wigan by 36 points to 10 at the dw stadium. regan grace scored the pick of saints' six tries, to secure the first hat—trick of his career. and there was a hat—trick forjack logan, as hull fc beat their city rivals hull kingston rovers in style, winning 56—12 and running in nine tries in the process — that's a record derby victory. the defending world snooker champion, mark williams, claims the sport would not be keen to see a 44—year—old has—been winning the tournament again. on the day he starts his title defence against martin gould he says, "they want a youngster co

temperatures may be up to 20 degrees in norwich, plenty of is a little bit more than that.reasingly cool atla ntic week, we bring in increasingly cool atlantic air. some longer spells of rain, drifting northwards on thursday. some of these could be thundery. quite a busy, if not windy day. temperatures at this stage of about 13 to 15 degrees and stop that rain continues through friday and into the weekend. those temperatures are significantly lower with some wind and rain at times. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 2.00pm. mass funerals for victims of the bomb attacks in sri lanka, as the death toll rises to 320. the country marks the atrocity with a day of national mourning. as cctv pictures are released of a suspected suicide bomber entering a church, the sri lankan prime minister says the police investigation is making good progress. all that we knew earlier there was further links and this would not have been done just locally. further links and this would not have been donejust locally. there has been a coordination we have not seen. a fu

championship's top scorer teemu pukki scored his 27th goal of the season to rescue a 1—1 draw for norwichour games to go. defending champions chelsea have been knocked out of the women's fa cup. they lost 1—0 to manchester city in the semi—finals. a horrible moment for magdalena eriksson, who scored an own goal in the 92nd minute to gift city the win. obviously ecstatic that we have another opportunity to go up to wembley, it is one of the best years for playing an fa cup final. but i think the game was easy as a whole, so it's a true ending. city will play west ham in the final after they beat reading in the day's early kick—off. reading took the lead just after half—time. but west ham were leveljust eight minutes later, alisha lehmann with their equaliser. fara williams then missed a penalty for reading, so it finished 1—1 after 90 minutes. no goals in extra time, so it went to penalties. cho so hyun's spotkick securing a 11—3 victory for west ham. it means an fa cup final in their first season as a professional team. what a performance, what a battle from start to finish. what a feelin

so the championship could be done and dusted this evening — with leaders norwich in action right nowe, rotherham united have been relegated after west brom came from behind to beat them 2—1 at the hawthorns. derby beat bristol city in the chase for a play off race. and bolton's game against brentford was postponed with the players on strike — gavin will have more on that story in just a moment. and yeovil town will be playing non—league next season after drawing two all with northampton today. notts county survive another week — after beating grimsby, but leyton orient are back in the english football league. their goalless draw against already—relegated braintree town confirmed them as champions of the national league. the 0's only needed a point to secure a return to the efl after two seasons in the fifth tier, but title rivals salford city were beaten 3—2 away at hartlepool united, while solihull were held to a draw at dagenham & redbridge. it's managerjustin edinburgh's second promotion to the efl, having guided newport county through the play—offs in 2013. you can tell we're app

further east, chilly, four newcastle, five in norwich.ut here are the best of the sunshine starts friday. but the cloud will gather in the west and showers will move in. rain for a time for the south—west and wales, improving as the day goes on and a wetter afternoon for northern england and southern scotland. friday evening, all eyes on the west. this is storm hanna and it will make for a different story for this weekend. this will bring damaging winds to some regions of the uk and heavy rain for a saturday. winds affecting southern counties, especially the south—west, and south wales. gusts of 60—70 mph. wet across england and wales, scotla nd wet across england and wales, scotland and northern ireland fearing slightly better. last weekend, mid 20s, but we will barely get 9—10 in some spots with the wet weather this saturday. on a positive note, the low pressure system moves away quickly. on sunday, some cloud, drizzly rain in the west but hopefully brighter spells as well. temperatures around average, 13—15. a much better story if you'

windows of opportunity and sunshine around the middle of the afternoon on thursday it looks clear in norwich occasional brief downpours and hail as well. the low pressure is showing signs of drifting away as we go towards the end of the week and into the weekend. by the second half of the weekend it looks as if temperatures in some parts of the country could be hitting 16, 17 degrees. with easterly winds on the north—east coast it will probably stay on the chilly side, so wrap up warm. a reminder of our top story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn had been holding talks to try and break the brexit deadlock. talks will continue tomorrow. that's all from the bbc news at 6. so it's goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s 00:29:02,521 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... theresa may and jeremy corbyn have been locked and talks. the prime minister's pressure from her own side for seeking compromise but that labour leader. some mps have condemned the move. they have also been talks today that there should been talks today that there

top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.

norwich rescue a draw in injury time to keep on course for promotion to the premier league.

colletta smith, bbc news, in norwich. workers will now see more of their wages automatically diverted into a pension, from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 3% to 5%. employers will also have to increase their contributions. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. this is a tale of two hairdressers. one, chloe, full—time and ready to have 5% clipped off her wage for her work pension after today's increase. i just think that a little bit of money that i don't see, you know, it goes straight out of my wages before i even see it, and ijust think, well, for the future you may need it. cos you won't be working. and you'll need to top up for your old age and enjoy doing things as you get older. and this is taneika, who's been blown out of the pension scheme after having a baby and coming back part—time. pensions are tricky for new parents to afford. i think once you've a baby you are kind of put to the side and that's how it is. you don't really have much say. it's like you've had a baby, you do

norwich city could be promoted to the premier league later today.ted to slip up at nottingham forest this lunchtime and then win themselves later in the day against sheffield wednesday to return to the top flight after a three—year absence. more than 720,000 tickets have been sold for the women's world cup in france, according to fifa. the opening match between the hosts and south korea in paris on 7thjune is sold out, along with the semi—finals and final, and some group matches. the sales are about 60,000 higher than at this stage four years ago, for the women's world cup in canada. castleford held off a comeback before winning their super league game against wakefield. they led by 22 points to 4 at half time but they let wakefield get to within two points and gave themselves a nail—biting final ten minutes or so. they won 28—26 to stay third in the table. elsewhere, catalan dragons trashed london broncos. jarrell miller, says he's "done nothing wrong" and will appeal the decision, to deny him a licence to face, anthonyjoshua at madison square gard

norwich are planning for life back in the premier league. (00v)they beat blackburn 2—1 last night tor their second an apt way to help secure promotion. they will be crowned champions if they avoid defeat against aston villa next weekend. and joining them there, sheffield united who all but secured promotion beating ipswich 2—0 — scott hogan with the pick — six points clear of third placed leeds, with two to play, they do have a vastly superior goal difference. hoping to avoid dropping into the championship are brighton, who took a huge step towards staying in the premier league after cardiff lost at fulham earlier in the day. they claimed a crucial point after coming from behind against newcastle. ayoze perez with the opening goal. they equalised through pascal gross with a huge goal, but they'll have to wait another week before their survival is confirmed. after livepool‘s win on friday, manchester city will attempt to move back on top with victory over burnley later. they'd be a point clear with two games to play. it's one of three fixtures today. and pep guardiola was quick to pay

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich. down to one developer, it is a problem across the industry. we think there is a real lack of consumer protection when you are buying a new home, you can‘t return it, there is very little time you can keep your money back. so we would like to see old developers thinking about putting in place this retention. i‘ve never bought a new home, so i don‘t know this — there must be some kind of warranty, isn‘t there? when you buy a new home? there is a warranty, but for the first two years it is the developer that‘s got to put it right. but to be honest, the reality can be that as soon as you hand over all your money, and the keys, it‘s very hard to get them back on site. there is a warranty that‘s for between 2—10 years, but that‘s for major structural issues, and sometimes it‘s very hard to engage with them. so you know, people are not being protected enough. in defence of the developers, could it not be a case that we‘re seeing an increase in complaints, because we‘re seeing an increase in

they beat yorkshire rivals sheffield wednesday 1—0 to move three points behind leaders norwich and threesheffield united, who drew 1—1 with millwall. police are investigating an alleged incident involving fleetwood manager joey barton in the tunnel after his side's defeat at barnsley in league one. barnsley striker cauley woodrow tweeted that manager daniel stendel had blood pouring from his face after a confrontation between the two — that tweet has since been deleted. nobody from either club carried out the usual post—match media interviews. barnsley say they are "assisting the police with its enquiries". hearts are through to the scottish cup final after a 3—0 win over inverness cally thistle. all the goals came in the second half at hampden, including this from john soutter. it will be hearts‘ 15th scottish cup final appearance. they'll take on the winners of this afternoon's other semifinal between aberdeen and the holders celtic. england international billy vunipola was booed after coming off the bench for saracens at bristol. it comes after he controversially defended an anti—gay

coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich.am joined by benjamin darbyshire, president of the royal institute of british architects, who is currently ona british architects, who is currently on a institute mission to china. are you surprised at the level of complaints, and this step persimmon is now taking? not particularly. we have said for some time there are systemic issues that give rise to these problems. how have these issues arisen? they are partly to do asi issues arisen? they are partly to do as i have heard on yourfeed so far with the lack of skilled resources available. incidentally, a problem that will get worse, very much worse, if we have a bad dealfor brexit, or worse, no worse, if we have a bad dealfor brexit, orworse, no dealfor brexit. is an ombudsman the right way to go? i was on the all-party parliamentary group that recommended we should have a housing ombudsman and moreover the proliferation of those ombudsman should be accessible to consumers via those ombudsman should be accessible to consumers via means

it does not make it to london or norwich for the morning rush—hour.and showers. those big april showers slow moving across scotla nd april showers slow moving across scotland and northern england. some could be heavy with some sleet mixed in. lots of sunshine in between. northern ireland, wales and the south waste with more wind. an overall cold day. eight to 10 celsius the highs. it is linked to this area of low pressure. winds being drawn in from the arctic. some more persistent rain. inland, a covering of snow is not out of the question. stay tuned to the forecast for that one. a feel showers moving through quite rapidly in the west. sunshine in between. temperatures of eight to 10 celsius. it will feel substantially colder and certainly a big change to what many of you have been used to. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy in westminster, as yet another critical week in the brexit process gets under way. a stinging attack from theresa may's chief whip over the government's handling of brexit — he also accuses ministers of trying

all eyes on norwich as they look to take a step closer to the premier league.relegation zone so a win is vital for them as well. but they do have a very good home record and are unbeaten in seven at the dw stadium. nearly 20 minutes gone and the score is still goalless it‘s the final day of the european gymnastics championships in poland. yesterday though it was all about max whitlock who claimed pommel gold. after a year of silver medals in 2018, the olympic champion once again took to the top spot on the podium with this outstanding routine. he claimed his second european pommel gold medal. coverage of the men‘s apparatus finals begins on bbc two from 12:30pm. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more in the next hour. holly, thank you and see you later on. how many times have you gone to work when you‘re not really up to it? a new study has found more than 40% of employees said their work a figure that‘s risen by a third over the last five years. here‘s our business correspondent, emma simpson. sarah‘s main job these days is looking after her children. a

sheffield united have done their bit, beating 10—man nottingham forest 2—0 to put the pressure on leaders norwichntage with that curling strike. blades fans had to wait until the last ten or so minutes for stephen to seal that win. it moves to sheffield united

in the efl, norwich city couldn't be any closer to going up.burn to be promoted to the premier league. sheffield united could join them if they win and leeds slip up against aston villa on sunday. rotherham united could be relegated as well. in league one, luton town could be on their way back to the second tier for the first time in 13 years — that would be a consectuive promotion if they seal it this weekend, while walsall could be relegated to league two. remarkable story at bury this season, who could go up this weekend despite massive financial problems, and this could be the weekend sol campbell seals safety against the odds for macclesfield town. if they win, then notts county and yeovil could both be relegated. a nervy weekend. indeed come and we have more football coming up but first, the stories of the day. the fa have welcomed uefa's decision to force montenegro to play their next home match behind closed doors after their home fans racially abused several england players last month in a euro 2020 qualifying game. england cricketer a

all eyes on norwich as they look to take a step closer to the premier league.relegation zone so a win is vital for them as well, and it's wigan who lead through reece james's first half penalty with about half an hourto go. it's semifinals day in the women's fa cup starting with two teams who've never reached this stage of the competition before as reading host west ham united. it's half time at the adams stadium, and the score is 0—0. west ham coming closest through fara williams. you can watch the second half via the red button. the winner here will face either holders manchester city or chelsea whose semifinal is at 3:30pm. it's the final day of the european gymnastics championships in poland with the finals in the men's apparatus already underway. we can go live to the azoty arena where great britain's courtney tulloch has been competing in the men's vault final. he hasn't done too well so far. gb‘s james hall is in the high bar final later and brinn bevan on the parallel bars. while claudia fragapane will be hoping to mark her return from injury with a med

it looks like norwich are on their way to confirming their promotion to the premier league. park. theyjust need a point to confirm they will be in the top flight next season. it also looks like sheffield united will bejoining them. they are all but promoted after they beat bottom side ipswich 2—0 thanks to goals from scott hogan and jack 0'connell. mathematically, leeds can still catch them, but united have far better goal difference. if they fail to beat aston villa tomorrow, the blades will be promoted. celtic are just point a point away from retaining the scottish premiership, their 8th in succession after a one nil win over kilmarnock — on an emotional day at celtic park. in the week of billy mcneill‘s passing, members of the famous lisbon lions team, who won the european cup in 1967 were present for a special tribute to theirformer captain before the game. and, rather poignantly, it was their current number 5 — jozo simunovic — who scored the winner, with ironically, 67 minutes on the clock. elsewhere, aaron mcgowan‘s last minute penalty secured a 3—3 draw for hamilton