that is what is the inspiration and ouraim at uk that is what is the inspiration and our aim at uk sport is to invest in medal success in order to inspire the nation. tracey neville says she is feeling that netball have a noose around their neck regarding funding, that's worrying many women winning that's worrying many women winning that amazing gold was one of the game highlights. i have heard that from netball. the relationship between england netball is with sport england and not uk sport, they are not a gb squad, they are not gb athletes. their performances were outstanding, so resources are critically important and i know they are working hard and in partnership in terms of franchising their super league and getting more commercial income in. that's all from sportsday, you can relive many of those commonwealth games smolment on the bbc sport website, also lots of analysis on there to our top story this evening. lots more throughourt the rest of the evening on bbc news but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, that's all for now. the government has admitted terrible m ista kes the

uk, how are they going to be treated post-brexit?e with wide implications and it's an issue that seems to be at the forefront in many around europe, being debated this week in the french parliament, some of emmanuel macron‘s own new ideas are being seen as being very controversial in france and across europe with the elections in the last 12 months, it's been the key issue. this rising nationalism is global, notjust here, and this has to be discussed more openly and candidly. which leads us neatly onto our next story, and exclusive the independent has which says black student applicants in the uk are 21 times more likely to be scrutinised for admissions —— an exclusive. what have they found? we heard in the previous summary of the about the stephen lawrence memorial day on the 22nd of april, you will remember the metropolitan police in london was branded as institutionally racist then and the independent use that phrase here against the university application system in the uk, ucas. it seems the figures are really quite shocking. if

during that time, the uk will be able to negotiate its own trading while eu citizens moving to the ukthe same rights as those who arrived before brexit. but there is still no agreement on how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. and anger that the deal will see the uk effectively remain in the eu's controversial fishing policy until the end of 2020. a concession which led to the former leader of the uk independence party, nigel farage, staging a unusual protest, throwing dead fish into the river. the mood in fishing communities is honest, palpable anger, this is not what they were promised. if they can let us down like this over the deal for a transitional period, how do we know that they will not do it again when it comes to the final deal? as someone whose father was a fish merchant and his grandparents went to sea to fish, i understand how the communities feel about the situation at the moment. no way i can sell this deal in the transitional period as a success to fishing committees. they will never ever be trusted ever again by the scottish fishe

during that time the uk will be able to negotiate its own trading while you citizens moving to the ukill enjoy the same rights as those who arrived before brexit. but there is still no agreement on how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. and anger that the deal will see the uk effectively remain haddock into the thames. the mood in fishing communities is one of palpable anger. this is not what they were promised. if they can let us down like this over the deal for a transitional period, how do we know that they will not do it again when it comes to the final deal? i know, as someone whose father was a fish merchant. the first thing i will happily acknowledge is that there is disappointment in fishing communities, i know, as someone whose father was a fish merchant and his grandparents went to see you to finish, i understand how the communities feel about the situation at the moment. they will never ever be trusted ever again by the scottish fishermen. can he save us the time and say what they can expect from his government? the tories are treating t

for many other parts of the uk, it was rather dull and misty.s england, pushing into wales, and that will continue to work its way northwards. and for most of us, disappointing temperatures this week. a lot of cloud, some rain at times. easterly winds are setting up, so it's always going to be better towards more western parts of the uk. at the moment, our weather map is dominated by a large area of low pressure. that's not really going anywhere at all, picking rain up from iberia and pushing it across france and heading it towards our shores. so the rain that's been developing continues to work its way northwards through the day, away eventually from northern england, up into scotland apart from the far north—west. some wetter weather later for northern ireland. some cloud following on behind that, and still rather misty, especially in the hills, as it brightens up across southern parts of england. and as we get some sunshine, it will get a bit warmer but it could trigger some heavy showers around too and will continue into the evening. 0vernig

the uk believe russia was to blame.ry after the attack, theresa may set up the evidence. based on the positive identification of this chemical agent by world leading experts at the defence science and technology laboratory, given in the past that russia has reproduced this agent and still would be capable of doing so, russia positive record of conducting state—sponsored assassinations and our assessment that russia views some defectors as legitimate targets for assassinations. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against sergei and yulia skripal. jeremy corbyn began by condemning the attack and calling for continued dialogue not for the casting of all content. it his later comments on party funding provoked heckling from conservatives and disagreement from his own side. we are all familiar with the way huge fortunes often acquired in the most dubious circumstances in russia sometimes connected with criminal elements have ended up sheltering in london and trying to

in the uk. further does this leave the pound?n, notjust regarding interest rates but for the outcome on brexit as we will talk about later. a lot of uncertainty. it's about dollar weakness as well, isn't it? dollar weakness has been the story, the interest rates continuing to go higher in the us, i think you'll get more reason to buy dollars this week. we shall watch this space, simon, good to have you here, you will talk more about brexit later and you will talk about michael bloomberg riding a very large cheque, we reveal more of that later. still to come. an appetite for analytics. later in the programme we'll speak to the founder of a company providing data to some of our best known restaurant chains. you're with business live from bbc news. let's discuss any little bit more detail what we were discussing. the bank of england could raise interest rates twice this year as wage growth picks up while inflation subsides. that's according to forecaster ey, which suggests the uk economy will grow 1.6% in 2018. their chief economist

and that opened up to include that he is not on the uk's side.bour mps, some of whom feel that while the domestic platform that jeremy corbyn setup be ambitious, it shows him side of being popular, perhaps his foreign affairs instincts are much less so. chris, thank you for coming onto the programme. finally, there has been much controversy over the role of social media in our in recent months. and secretary of state traditional culture and media support has certainly embraced the digital part of his brief but watching his very own smartphone app. the matt hancock app features pictures and videos of him and allows users to sign up as friends and chat to each other. but there have been concerns about the apps privacy policy and whether it complies with the data protection act. the shadow culture minister wanted action. the general public need protecting, mr speaker, from their privacy being invaded by matt hancock. their personal information been shared of course the app does comply. but more importantly, i think we should use digital communicatio

there's a lot of backstabbing going on in the uk.ce. there are reports and i am hearing those also here in russell ‘s of warfare between the department of exiting the eu and number ten downing st. the sense is that so better is the civil war within the conservative party and within theresa may's party that each week there is a different target. this week the target appears to be 0llie robbins, chief european adviser. he is the chief negotiator in terms of the technical behind—the—scenes negotiations. david davis is the political negotiator, i guess, david davis is the political negotiator, iguess, but david davis is the political negotiator, i guess, but there appears to be a real division between david davis and ollie robbins and yet my understanding is that 0llie robbins has the ear of the prime minister, theresa may, and if you attack 0llie robbins, then by extension, you're criticising theresa may herself and theresa may's policy on breakfast. apart from the politics surrounding this issue, what about people on the ground of both

uk lenders reported the largest drop in availability of lending to consumers in q1 uk lenders expect unchanged availability of unsecured lending to consumers over the next three months jonathan stumps joins me, equity strategist from citi we've been seeing mixed messages around the economic conditions with brexit. what does that mean for stocks at this point? >> mixed is the optimal word there. mixed and modest uk growth story before the brexit referendum was strong strongest growth in g7 since then, we had more headwinds coming in. so we had softer consumer, softer investment. so uk gdp growth has come down from 2, 2 plus to high 1s. that's where we are now. we see challenges for the consumer, despite some positive news on real wages as we go through a period of falling inflation. overall the uk macro back drop remains sluggish >> if uk lenders are expecting a rebound in mortgage demand, that suggests the consumer is somewhat confident of employment prospects, their ability to spend and buy some household items, also scaling up to a large financial commitment that's a positive sign,

but they think the uk will lose most of all.dy is a loser, but some lose more than others. that is very much the uk. but i do have to point out that they are realists. so this sort of conspiracy idea that the eu is plotting to have another referendum is not something that you come across. you know, they say, you know, emmanuel macron, "any chance you could change your mind, the door is open." and no, we won't sing abba right now. but they really believe it is happening and is continuing. and as we go into this next stage of negotiations, you have both sides looking for a fair brexit. we should have a card for that, that is the new one, "fair brexit" or "pragmatic brexit". but of course, both sides, and very much the eu, will look after their side first. and what is your perspective when you talk to your mates about what they say about that sense of not having had a say in this huge decision that has been taken that will have ramifications for a long time, and you guys didn't get a say? a lot of my friends would have voted to rem

yes, and it is a big regional tax in the uk.es are you take public transport, because you take public transport, because you can't drive to work. outside of london, you drive to sheffield because you haven't got the same public transport options. so it is a real straight tax on consumers when it does bike. and it is notjust oil prices that impact on inflation. global inflation will be impacted. if you look at what has happened in aluminium, it has been very spiky, it has had up to a 40% move up but it has had up to a 40% move up but it did come off yesterday when president trump tweeted things. that is the cost of everything you are manufacturing, and you are going to see pressure upwards across a whole range of commodities, and that has indications for what is going to happen for central banks and inflation in the rest of the year. thank you, george. we will see you again later, we will mention a story about oil in more detail, and also facebook, our twitter question today. are those advertisements that target you annoying or h

not even the uk knows.in these brexit talks over gibraltar, and british and spanish negotiators are now meeting weekly to discuss a solution. add the spanish side say they are not seeking to reclaim the rock as part of these talks. but they do have specific demands. in madrid earlier this month, spain's foreign minister spelt out to me exactly what is at stake. what we want is to solve some of the irritants that have plagued relations in the last few years, such as lack of transparency in the tax systems in gibraltar, questions having to do with the controls at the border. gibraltar can be as big an issue if it comes to a deal—breaker. gibraltar‘s chief minister is also involved in the talks. how much of a say does he have in the matter? without gibraltar's representation in the room it would not be possible for gibraltar agreements to be done to the satisfaction of the people of gibraltar. there is a legend in gibraltar, that while the macaque monkeys which dot the top of the rock remain, gibraltar will st

would that be good for the uk?ng, more than they have now? well, if the eu doesn't collapse, it will be in a format anyway. weather it gets ever closer not is up to the eu. the eu is going to struggle without because lots of people heard jean—claude juncker speaking about increased federalisation and eu armies and the rest of it, not least funnily enough, ireland, who are not sure they want to contribute to an eu army, indeed, they are neutral and only have 5000 troops on their own soil. so some of these plans are opposed by people within the eu. so doesn't rarely matter what the uk says. what about the phenomenon of a new centrist party here in the uk? can the trick that emmanuel macron pulled off work you? admittedly, it isa pulled off work you? admittedly, it is a different system, not residential, but lots of talk about it. nobody can break to our system. it is utterly rigid and keeps newcomers out. look at ukip. you can do well but be slaughtered by the first past the post electoral system. it is jolly first p

necessarily gaining preferential access for uk exports to such countries.ly, we would need the eu to negotiate with third countries on the uk's behalf. this would leave us with less influence over our international trade policy than we do now, and would not, my lords, and our humble assertion, be in the best interests of uk businesses. by leaving the customs union, by establishing a new and ambitious customs arrangement with the eu, we will be able to forge new trade relationship with our partners around the world, and maintain as frictionless trade as possible between the uk and the eu, providing a positive voice for free trade across the globe. lord paladin speaking before the government. theresa may told the commons that the windrush generation of caribbean immigrants, some of who were wrongly threatened with eportation was taken by a labour government in 2009. the children of commonwealth citizens who arrived in the uk with their parents up until the early 1970s, were automatically granted leave to remain. but some have recently lost theirjobs and acces

between the uk and russia?he truth. i am quite sure that surrogate and euler skripal will also like to know what happened to them, and —— that sergei skripal and yulia skripal will want to know the truth. we need to investigate, but the time being, no investigation is happening. that is why is going to be me... it could be anybody from the russian side. we want to establish the truth, and i think, since at least what we hear, that yulia is in good health now, she will probably... she could probably a nswer will probably... she could probably answer some questions on her side, on the questions that we put to the foreign office, that there are something like, so basically, these are the questions that we want to hear. but, from a personal point of view, we are really sorry for them. and this is our people, and i am going to meet personally with victoria skripal, in order to have a good conversation with her, and offer her any help that we can make. to offer her anything. so, that is at least my goal. louder pleas

all of that is being measured up by the americans, the uk and france. this feeling, when you read there is this feeling, when you read the diplomatic discussions, that something must be done by president assad —— something must be done about president assad's regime. let's get more analysis of the syria crisis. with me is aylina kilic, who is a freelance journalist covering the syrian conflict. we heard there the british prime minister and president trump speaking. of course, they want to be seen to be doing something, not this kind of talk and then stepping back, what kind of message does that send to president assad? well, i think that the message obviously stands... which is being sent is that obviously the united states and its allies want to be sure that a chemical attack took place in douma, and obviously not to be so quick for military intervention, and actually have enough evidence to back up this. so obviously, in a way, the syrian regime has said that it will hold the west responsible if the chemical weapons watchdog is not put inside douma fo

with a bit of sunshine in the south and east of the uk.e will fade for a while, but cloud amounts increasing from the west, sunny spells to the east, turning grey. northern ireland, occasional rain through the afternoon, spreading into western scotland, the isle of man and western parts of wales too. like sunday, temperatures around 10—14 degrees. further east than what we are seeing, but 15—18 celsius still pleasant enough with sunny spells overhead, and that for late april. sunshine quickly dissipates during the evening as cloud increases from the west, occasional rain spreading across most parts of the uk, linked into this weather system, the bulk of which would have gotten out of the way on tuesday, but leaving a trailing front of the north of scotland and across southern counties of england. these are the two zones, start the day on tuesday cloudy, brighter for northern ireland and england, showers developing through the day but whilst we will see a few breaks in the cloud in the south, later on, it rethickens and turns grey, misty an

i'm not sure when i came to the uk. be killed. and i knew it wasn'tjust words, i knew they would do it, probably in front of me. as a mother, how could i ever forgive myself if i saw my children killed? i just thought, "do whatever you want, but don't touch my children." so, for years, sara did what she was told, while her children grew up without her in their home country. her husband was there, too, setting up jobs for her to do and collecting the rewards for himself. i was made to work in several places in the uk, but i ended up working as a cleaner in a college. my day normally started at 3am, sometimes we finished at 11 at night. we mopped and hoovered, we cleaned the toilets, washed dishes, gardened in the snow and rain. there were no breaks, ijust tried to rest when i could. i developed arthritis, my feet were swollen and bloody. i was constantly tired and depressed. but i couldn't sleep properly because i would have nightmares. when you were in the college, why did you never call out for help? i couldn't speak t

he also wrote that 28 countries had been so convinced by the uk's case that they had expeued by the uk'sy had expelled russians in contrast to the poor circuit terry said thatjeremy corbyn chooses to side with the russian spin machine. and i think it is the support from the international community that the government is being very quick to highlight tonight. we have heard that in the hague come at the emergency meeting of the international chemical weapons watchdog, that russia's request for a newjoint inquiry into what happened in salisbury, that has been rejected. and in the last hour or so, the foreign secretary has responded to that, saying that russia once again is trying to undermine the independence, impartial work of the chemical weapons watchdog, it is trying to obscure the truth and confused the public. so, guess that has been a buddy and of the waters today, but at the end of the day, the international community is standing behind the uk government. at its assessment that russia was behind the attack. so i think the fundamentals have not changed up white thank you. —— have not

she wa nts to regards to the uk's involvement. a strong ally to the united states, especially given the us response following the salisbury chemical attack, and yet, does she need to go to parliament? this is interesting. like you say, this story has taken the uk's perspective. since 2003 and 2004, parliament has voted on most military actions that have been taken. and this is what the paper is saying. does she need to wait for parliament or not? a lot of people say no. it is interesting that the daily mail is taking this point of view, because if we look through the rest of the international press, there is a lot of emphasis, really, on the vote in the security council. this paper refers to that as a fast and also donald trump's reaction, as well. because you need to remember that in the un security council yesterday russia warned of grave repercussions if the us was to take military action against them. repercussions if the us was to take military action against themm depends on the action. we get the impression it could be immi

the mv empire windrush arrived in the uk in 1948 with 492 windrush arrived in the uk in 1948 with a92ple on windrush arrived in the uk in i9a8 with a92 people on board. over half a million people from the caribbean we re a million people from the caribbean were invited by the british government to help build the post—war economy. changes to immigration rolls in 1971 meant that those settled in the uk were granted indefinite right to remain, but thought up to 50,000 commonwealth born people may not have registered to prove their right to stay in the uk. the 1999 immigration act safeguarded the windrush generation against the forced removal. but in 201a, these assurances were removed under theresa may as home secretary. the home office says it's looking at nearly 50 cases relating to windrush migrants asa nearly 50 cases relating to windrush migrants as a result of calls received today, and has admitted it destroyed landing cards back in 2010 belonging to this group. but insisted they were not seen as reliable evidence in immigration cases. with all eyes now on how the home office handl

plenty of try and a bright weather across the uk.because this area of low pressure, you can see the weather front associated with it, sticking with you across the far east of england. further north and west, something drier and brighter. atrocious conditions towards the south—east, localised flooding possible, strong winds in coastal areas, in particular some coastal overtopping, further west, some sunny spells toward south—west england and across west wales as well, really with all the cloud and rain, temperatures no better than about 5—7dc. further north and west the temperatures up into double figures, sunny spells in north—west england, scotland, northern ireland, the odd shower in the north—west of scotland, temperatures between 9—14d. these sort of temperatures pretty disappointing for the time of year, bearin disappointing for the time of year, bear in mind we are in may. as we go through tonight, this area of rain clearing, it might linger across parts of norfolk and suffolk into the early morning, otherwise, clear skies, goi

that the uk is top of the agenda?first cab off the rank in the sense that they are negotiating brexit obviously, we as a mandate for the eu is coming up in may. —— less likely. it may be that one perceives the other but we see both is critical. there you are watching television, and he found out i'm going to leave this country. yes, that's right. how was that? it was, yeah, it was quite an overwhelming moment because unlike on election night we have quite a big buildup and you can see where the numbers are going, it was just ban. i was standing in my office surrounded by my team, my partner was there trying to capture the moment. i had my hands on my face for most of it i think, probably, and nervous anticipation. it was extraordinary that went straight from there intermediate stand—up, planning forfinalising negotiations, we literally took four days between then and swearing the government in. it was a fast and so by the time i got home at 11 o'clock that night, i celebrated with a pot of needles in my flat. yeah, th

we've had some enormous contrasts in the weather across the uk during the day.many north—western areas there has been a lot of dry weather. the scottish highlands were bathed in sunshine earlier on today and you can see the extent of the sunny skies across northern and western areas whether you cannot help but notice this area of cloud across eastern parts of england. the pressure close by hirst has been feeding in this band of rain all day across east anglia and the south east of england with a strong winds as well. that has led to these great gloomy skies, rough seas out and about as well and the combination of strong winds and the rain has kept temperatures very low at the time of year. it has been a very cold day. tonight ‘s area of low pressure will move away into the north sea. the weather will become drier but staying quite windy. lighter winds across the northern half of the uk will allow temperatures to dip down to freezing orjust below will allow temperatures to dip down to freezing or just below are will allow temperatures to dip down to freezing orju

and at the un, russia insisted again that the uk has no real evidence.denies even producing novichok, the nerve agent used. it was meant to muddy the waters, to distort and distracts, to put out alternative possibilities, to put the united kingdom on the defensive. to suggest that there are holes in the evidence and testimony the united kingdom is putting out there. amid what has become a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a television played a recording of a television called alleged to be between it yulia skripal antepartum. both she and her father still recovering in salisbury. —— and her cousin. work to to decontaminate parts of the city is yet to get under way, but this will leave lasting damage to russia's relationship with the uk and much of the world. shortly, a court in seoul will sentence the former south korean president, park geun—hye, for her part in a corruption scandal which led to her being removed from office. she faces 18 charges, including bribery, abuse of power and coercion. the bbc‘s laura bicker joins us no

that is the difficulty, france and the uk we re is the difficulty, france and the uk were at pains to regime change, it is about preventing a humanitarian crisis popular it has to be some sort of a un guided thing in syria need something along the lines of a marshall plan to be rebuilt, because if you have unemployed youth roaming the rubble, you will never build a sta ble the rubble, you will never build a stable society. moving on very quickly, many papers as well saying that the uk has this concern about a cyber attack from russia or the russian regime, that is the thought about what might happen in retaliation. a cyber war being launched in the uk, we have got to move on. yeah, we have got to move on but this is all speculation, it is all speculation. the front page of the arab news, we had this for you to talk about. you write for the arab news and operate in the middle east a lot. thejerusalem summit, at the renaming of what is actually the arab league meeting, how symbolic and significant is this? it is very significant, it is in saudi arabia and that is very significant, it re

we are now seeing a huge prevalence across the whole of the uk of pop—up brothel. of the uk of pop—ups in large towns, larger cities, but also market towns and in rural settings as well. the all—party parliamentary group on prostitution has been investigating the growth of pop—up brothels. this is very much a trade that goes on in the shadows and in the darkness and so for that reason, i think it's important that we have really sensitive policing of brothel keeping, but also actually that the law changes as well. at the minute, it sends no clear signals about what we believe prostitution to be. it's thought there will be calls for more resources in a statement, a spokesperson for the home office says: in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but, first, the headlines on bbc news. canadian police question the suspected driver of a van which ploughed into a crowd of people in toronto, killing ten and injuring 15. the boss of tsb apologises after it issues mean some customers are still locked out of their accounts. jeremy corbyn will meetjewish leaders to discuss how he's ad

gentlemen that the northern ireland secretary is committed to working positively with partners, the uk government, o e progress the city deal. >> andrew bowie. >> thank you very much. yesterday the welsh government reached an agreement with her majesty's government on the withdrawal. does the prime minister agree with me that's it's in the interest of scottish people that the scottish national leadership should do the same and reach a similar agreement as soon as possible? >> can i say to my honorable forehand, i'm pleased we're making progress with regard to the withdrawal bill. that's been acknowledged by all sides. after many months of negotiation and i pay tribute to my friends the chancellor and dutch of lancaster. we have reached agreement with the welsh government. it's a significant achievement. it will provide legal certainty, increased the power of devolved governments and respect the devolution settlements. we've made consider changes to reflect issues. it's indeed disappointing that the scottish government have not yet felt able to add their agreement to the new amendments

misinformation campaigns and certainly the real shocking attack, the chemical attack in the uk on ukoil. i think did not escape anybody's notice. and it's a fascinating thing to see the three of them come together. if you think about this, the united nations security council has been unable to do anything to stop the crimes going on in against civilians inside syria. russia has blocked 12 resolutions in the united nations security council. so you do see here i think what you haven't seen in the u.n. which is a block of allied nations that are taking action in concert successfully. >> rick, do you see these strikes moving any of the dominos, the regional dominos in a way perhaps the u.s. hadn't foreseen? you were using the word trip wire earlier. iran, for instance, is saying this is going to have regional consequences. and russia also was saying we cabinet let this go unanswered. >> i'm chalking that up to what they're supposed to say. i think everybody right now is breathing a sigh of relief. that this was a limited strike, there didn't seem to be any reaction on the part of the rus

he decided to leave, the uk, no problem.everal years in prison, then he is like any other citizen, he is here, thatis like any other citizen, he is here, that is it. for us, they arejust russian citizens, and we are here to defend the rights of those citizens. no sound, please. could you help with the microphone? yes, please. what is your understanding of mr skripal's activities before that? was he working for the united states or... no idea. he lived as a private citizen. we didn't have any information. i've learned about him only after this trip. we cannot say anything. but we will ask those questions, we will put those questions. you keep talking about evidence, evidence, then when it came to talking about what the british people thought, you referred to a twitter poll, and on the 18th of march you said in the absence of evidence we definitely need... you are giggling now. do you think it is really helpful that the russian ambassador is trolling the uk in the circumstances, online? we are not trolling. we need the investi

it is something that at one stage was eradicated here in the uk but other countries around the uk butlogies that had an £8 billion investment and shows the confidence that overseas industries have in our tech industry? i think that might be a bit of a detour but i support industry? i think that might be a bit of a de tour but i support what my honourable friend is saying about the importance of high—tech businesses and the importance of companies like imagination technologies on the work they are doing. cardigan bay has sustained communities on beauty and bouncy but lifeboat station has protected people for many years but from twe nty20 people for many years but from twenty20 it is possible that ceredigion will no longer have an all—weather lifeboat. the bible work of the rnli serves as the fourth emergency service so it is important that ceredigion has access to the service whatever the weather. obviously search and rescue at sea is provided by an number of organisations. of course, the coast guard and rnli but they do have a proud tradition at the rnli and we should be very grateful

this is a big story in the uk, isn't it?this is this process of how is the economy going to continue adapting to changes were seenin to continue adapting to changes were seen in the past few years. earlier we spoke about the cost pressures these companies face as food, clothing, electronics, a lot of the things they sell have become more expensive as the pound has weakened. at the same time it's still a competitive market. even though the market share may appear small, the german discount retailers like aldi and lidl are having a downward paul on prices and so i think as a group two and sainsbury are trying to adapt to that. how will it change the two supermarket brands, as it were? are you think customers will notice the difference, or not?” don't think we have insight on that yet and it will depend on how they maintain them, whether they are two separate brands trying to appeal to different segments of the market or maybe combine some of their technological capability on the back end that the customer does not see, oi’ end

but the uk is top of the agenda? first cab off the rank, in the sense that they are negotiating brexit, obviously, whereas our mandate for the eu fta is coming up in may. it may be that one precedes the other, but we see both as critical. so there you were watching television, and you found out i'm going to lad this country. yes, that's right. how was that? what happened inside? it was — yeah, it was quite an overwhelming moment. because unlike on election night, where you've quite a big buildup, you can see where the numbers are going, it wasjust bam. i was standing in my office, surrounded by my team. my partner was there trying to capture the moment. i had my hands on my face for most of it, i think, probably in nervous anticipation. but it was extraordinary. and we went straight from there into media stand—up, planning for finalising negotiations. we literally took four days between then and swearing in the government, and it was very fast. and so by the time i got home at 11:00pm that night, i celebrated with a

so a strong day for the dollar so far it's also very exciting day for uk we can look at some uk inflationbers. they have just popped across the wires here the sterling is dropping after that data coming out it looks like the cpi numbers have come out. they're up 3.4% for march, that's year-on-year, slight increase month-on-month as well. that's for rpi core cpi, that's up 2.5% year-on-year that was against expectations of 2.7% i'm joined to talk more about this with oliver harvey. you heard those numbers. slightly lore thawer than expecn cpi. does it matter >> to be perfectly honest, it doesn't matter what matters for the bank of england policy outlook is not the month for month cpi prints but the inflation forecast two, three years out. there they have cpi overshooting their forecast, the target of 2% what they're looking at as the relevant driver is not the month on month cpi print it's no surprise cpi is beginning to fall or rather cpi growth is beginning to slow down that's because there's less of an impact from a weaker sterling into inflation numbers over a two and three-year basis

the uk automotive industry employs 18,000 jobs across the uk, vitally important part of the economy,onfidence in the economy so that we can create demand so that exports can continue unhindered, to global markets, across the world, and so that we can continue to meet high demand for cars in the uk. and so that we can continue to meet high demand for cars in the uki touched on the idea of bad weather affecting car—makers, really, is that not just an affecting car—makers, really, is that notjust an easy affecting car—makers, really, is that not just an easy sleaze? affecting car—makers, really, is that notjust an easy sleaze? how does bad weather affect making a car? we saw some disturbance at pla nts car? we saw some disturbance at plants in the uk, a couple of plants, that impacted both staff getting to work but also, the continuous supply of parts and components, as you will know, the automotive industry works just in time, many factories havejust around dirty minutes parts supplies in theirfactories, around dirty minutes parts supplies in their factories, which around dirty minutes

a big statement that we don't have enough people in the uk to keep the uk safe. a worrying conclusion from the joint committee. finally, just in case you haven't heard, there's a new addition to the royal family. there was fevered excitement outside a london hospital as the duchess of cambridge emerged carrying the little bundle. the boy will be fifth in line to the throne and the queen's sixth great—grandchild. well, not long after the new baby was welcomed into the world the news was relayed almost simultaneously to both house of parliament, giving politicians the chance for a bit of hear—hearing. opening of the day in commons, the commons speaker rattled through it. i'm sure that the whole house would want tojoin me in sending their royal highnesses, the duke and duchess of cambridge, our warmest congratulations on the birth of their son. lord fowler was a little bit more ponderous. i'm sure that all sides of the house willjoin me in congratulating their royal highnesses on this most happy of occasions. all: hear, hear! and that happy note brings us to the end

back here in the uk... this was outside parliament today.inst the military action. inside parliament, some opposition mps criticised theresa may for not consulting parliament before authorising the strikes. here's labour leaderjeremy corbyn. i believe that the action was legally questionable, and on saturday the united nations secretary general antenna guevara said as much colour reiterating that all countries —— antonio guterres. which states action must be in self defence, or be authorised by the united nations security council. the prime minister has assured us that the attorney general had given clear legal advice approving the action. i hope the premise to will now publish this advice in full today. there have also been small protests in new york against american involvement. this was new york earlier, and these people are objecting to those american air strikes, and encouraging president trump not to repeat them. judging by this tweet following america's air strikes, it seems the president was very happy with them. the french president

western areas of the uk. approaching western areas of the uk.rs, that means strengthening winds. strengthening winds. here are the wins coming out of the southwest. wins coming out of the southwest. southwestern scotland, the western isles. isles. east and south, the weather will be dried tonight. dried tonight. tomorrow, and the weather is looking again... again... that rain tends to fizzle out there in the course of the day. in the course of the day. anglia in the salvation of possibly around 19. venter warmer nationwide.

the u.s., france, uk united whereas in previous times both the uk and france have balance bei balked in joining the ugs. what does this represent? >> i think it is a recommend nation that the use of chemical weapons reflects a long standing history of these uses. if there is sort of a lack of unity before, the repetition, the repeated use of chemical weapons has sort of brought france, the uk and u.s. into line. and there is a sense that there is unity because this is a time limited oneoff strike, a relatively small deployment of military forces, the risk is relatively lotiw, so a point of agreement between all three governments and they can all in a time when they are having trouble finding common purpose on iran and on a few other issues, this is something that they can all agree on. i think there is a broad political purpose there. >> this based on the allegation that the syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people, some question why chemical weapon s were even use gic given success of that regime. but the greater question here, is this a situation where it will even

tesco is the big one from the uk perspective, a major constituent of the ftse 100, the uk perspectiveers look pretty respectable. a raised dividend, profit up, and this is a fantastic combination for shareholders to reassure them that after a terrible two or three years for the company, accounting scandals, poor performance, that it is back on track, and whilst £3.7 million, not a small amount of money, the reception is mixed. probably good for dave lewis expressing further confidence of that, setting out —— achieving what they said today. confidence of that, setting out —— achieving what they said todaylj fli ppa ntly achieving what they said todaylj flippantly said production and manufacturing data is a bit boring, but clearly it is an important part of the economy. put this into context. this market is so interlinked with the fortunes of mainland europe and the uk. the uk export numbers have slowed down because the pound has gone up, this very clear trend post—referendum, pound down, stock market up, but now that payback is going back in the stock market is having second thoughts a

car industry, or oui’ throughout the uk car industry, or our customers throughout the uk car industrynd businesses simply hedging their bets? —— is a chill spreading. the new car market is almost 16% smaller than it was a year ago. leading that decline has been diesel sales, they are down 37% on last year. although electric and hybrid vehicles are gaining in popularity, there's nowhere near enough to offset diesel‘s decline. you'll then it started with the emission scandal, since then we've had the government saying they want to phase out nonelectronic cars by 2040, to phase out nonelectronic cars by 20110, then we have had a committee talking about the fact it will be 2030, so it all reduces confidence in diesel. meanwhile the used car market is getting younger. in the fast five yea rs getting younger. in the fast five years the number of used cars under four years old listed for sale has increased by a third. drivers have more choice of better second—hand models to choose from. the second—hand market has been really buoyant. the last three years the job has definitely gone on an upw

chilly in most of the uk this morning.ost, sunny and showers, the most heavy and prolific will be in scotland and northern ireland. more details in 15 minutes. carol, thank you. good morning. first our main story. bosses at alder hey hospital in liverpool say staff have endured a barrage of abuse since the decision to withdraw life support from the seriously ill toddler, alfie evans. supporters of the boy's family have been protesting outside the hospital. last night, appeal court judges rejected a further legal bid to allow alfie's parents to take him abroad for treatment. keith doyle reports. at the centre of this long protracted legal battle is little alfie evans, doctors withdrew life—support from him on monday. since then his parents have tried but failed to overturn a court ruling preventing them from moving him toa ruling preventing them from moving him to a children's hospital in italy. there doctors offered to continue his care, although they agree with medical teams and the courts hear that his condition cannot b

there's no way i can sell this deal as anything like the success for the uk.audible] they are treating this industry. [inaudible] they talk about revival but industry can't revive based on the status quo they have delivered. do they understand why my constituents think we will see this as a total sellout. >> what do we get in return? >> it allows us to compare, as a country, for all the benefits brexit will bring. >> they are in hot water over the fishing deal. the eu withdrawal bill puts all eu law into uk law to stop a black opening up before christmas. parliaments revised second chamber and appeared to begin their detailed scrutiny of the plan. at the end of january they held the debate on the principles of the bill. we need to scrutinize, amend, and if need be, reject unacceptable parts of this bill. >> the more we argue, the weaker we make the negotiating position for the government. should we not be implementing the people's vote, pulling together and presenting a united front and by all means improve the bill before us but let us not frustrated. >> the

it stops a legislative black hole opening up after brexit by moving eu law into uk law.has already taken up hundreds of hours of debating time in the lords as peers have pored over its details. but the first votes on wednesday brought the first defeats. peers began by backing an amendment requiring the government to report back on what steps it had taken to negotiate a continued eu—uk customs union. if in the end we do leave, it should be in a way that limits the damage to the country's well—being and the future our children. and that's why i believe it makes sense for the government to be asked to explore the customs union. but while the amendment has support across the house, there was strong opposition too. this is a political argument dressed up as a trade argument. and the trade argument bares no substance whatsoever. and therefore, i urge the house to reject what is in a sense, in essence, a wrecking amendment. have a care with what we are doing. we are an unelected house. we are not an elected house and this amendment and the other amendments are part of a campaig

that is wednesday. 0n least across northern parts of the uk. that is wednesday.. this is the high pressure across central parts of europe pushing them very warm airfrom parts of europe pushing them very warm air from germany parts of europe pushing them very warm airfrom germany and france into the uk and it's going to be a sunny day as well in the north or the south of those temperatures in many areas exceeding 20 degrees and probably as high as 26 celsius in the cell. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: the government admits terrible mistakes in the treatment of caribbean migrants threatened with deportation after decades in the uk. a home office task force will help those who can't prove their immigration status. the prime minister insists she was right to approve military action before consulting with parliament against the assad regime in syria. but in an emergency debate in the commons, opposition mps say the government must come up with a plan for peace. mps are still debating in the commons. they have been there all evening. the government say

and with the uk claiming and france.ion on the ground and one which in fact, if you look at the reason why assad used those chemical weapons, too clear that remaining rebel stronghold of douma, he‘s been very successful in doing that and it has come at the cost of a lot of civilian lives. thank you for joining us. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the prime ministerfaces questions from mps later over the uk‘s involvement in air strikes in syria. the prime minister says she will meet caribbean counterparts over concerns that thousands of people from the windrush generation are facing deportation from the uk. tv presenter ant mcpartlin pleads guilty to drink—driving after a car crash in london last month. newly crowned premier league champions manchester city look to break more records before the season is finished. they equalled an enlist top—flight record by winning the title with five games to play. dan evansis title with five games to play. dan evans is ready to return from a one—year drugs ban a

we have been in an income squeeze in the uk for about a year 110w. squeeze in the uk for about a year you remember, after the referendum on brexit, the value of the pound fell quite sharply. that means that inflation, prices, rose because we import a lot of our food and fuel to this country. if we import those things, if the pound is weaker, the cost of those imports increases, meaning prices went up. at the same time, our earnings growth only went up very slowly, so that created this income squeezed where our wages that created this income squeezed where oui’ wages are that created this income squeezed where our wages are not going up as fast as prices. very unusual situation for people to find themselves in. slightly poorer at themselves in. slightly poorer at the end of the year than they were at the beginning. today we've had some betterfigures on incomes. in comes at the moment are rising at around 2.8% per year. inflation for february was 2.7%. inflation on prices. on that measure, it is correct that the income squeeze is coming to an end but we need to be careful. if we take a

good morning to you there in the uk. we‘ll have the latest from there on the velodrome shortly. beach volleyball has been making its commonwealth games debut and the aussies have been loving it. beach, sport, fun! australia is going to win! aussie, aussie, aussie! i'm here to see my granddaughter. she's going to play in there? absolutely. i'm over the moon. we felt the love from all the aussies behind us and it is so much fun playing in front of such an energetic crowd. you get djs and bongos. this is our office every week so we love it. we just met your grandmother. what was it like playing in front of her? if it's anything like the olympics i'm sure she was loving life! i travel all over the world so it's nice to be home for them. what a wonderful atmosphere. getting into the groove there. it has been raining at the swimming pool and australia have set their sights tonight on overtaken england at the top of the early medals table. plenty ofjewels to come in the velodrome in gymnastics hall. england, scotland and wales