welcome to yorkshire. this is showcased yorkshire.ng. yes, it has. you can see from the thousands of people who have turned out, it has been absolutely splendid. i would echo what rob has said. the partners have worked together, it has been a challenge, but they have pulled it off and it has been very popular. talking to the managing director of virgin east coast, he said this can happen again, but there will be demand. there is huge demand. we will do something like this again very soofi, will do something like this again very soon, don't worry about it. will do something like this again very soon, don't worry about itm may have to be slightly different, but it draws people together. may have to be slightly different, but it draws people together]! there a sense of yorkshire pride. it galvanises communities, it brings together and in five days' time, we have the world's biggest bike race. you will see millions of people turnover that again, we do big events in yorkshire and redo them really well. thanks for allowing us on the platfor

cycling's tour de yorkshire has started this morning in bridlington.01a. large crowds lined the roads back then and similar scenes are expected over this bank holiday weekend. our correspondent phil bodmer is on the course in pocklington. let's ta ke let's take a look, how is the move, looks like a good turnout already! yes, it is, decent turnout... cheering the crowds are lining the marketplace, we will see harmony people have come out to enjoy this spectacle. they left bridlington less tha n spectacle. they left bridlington less than one hour ago, in the next few minutes they are expected through this main marketplace. the route will take them in through pocklington, into north walk meat yorkshire, and along the route, some witty evil climbs as well, including a notorious climb up on the north york moors, they will go into whitby and then head down, by the coast road, and into scarborough's north bay, and at a:a5pm this afternoon they will get there. this racing to get bigger every year, 2 million people turned out last year, and this year, in the wa

west yorkshire police have told us they believe both deaths are related to class a drugs. on friday, and south yorkshire police said those may be linked to heroin use. both police forces have issued a warning to users of class a drugs. there are concerns about the strength and content of heroin being used in the region. two men have been arrested by the south yorkshire force on suspicion of drugs offences, and they have been released under investigation. special services have been held around the world to celebrate easter sunday. here, the queen and prince philip attended a service in windsor castle, accompanied by several members of the royal family, including the duke and duchess of cambridge. meanwhile, religious and political leaders have been speaking out about the need to alleviate global suffering, and protect religious freedom. 0ur religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir reports. st peter's square was resplendent as pope francis celebrated mass and delivered the fifth easter sermon of his papacy, but his message was sober, pleading for an end to what he call

gary from welcome to yorkshire. business yorkshire at its best.urned out to watch it. it really has been absolutely splendid. all the partners who have been involved and worked closely on this, it's been a real challenge for all our teams, but they've pulled it off and it's been a really popular thing. i was stalking to the managing director of virgin east coast and he said it could never happen again. we'll do something like this very soon again, don't you worry about that. this draws people together and that says of yorkshire pride. yes, it galvanises communities, it brings communities together. in five days' time, we have the world's biggest bike race happening. you'll see millions of people turn over that again. we do big events in yorkshire and we do them really well now. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience with you. i will have to go home now and wipe the soot off. time for a look at the weather with tomasz. it looks like we'll have to get the sick calls out again. notjust the second. look at the beautiful we

it's a sense of yorkshire pride.rld's biggest bike race. you will see millions of people turnover that again, we do big events in yorkshire and redo them really well. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience. i'll have to go home and wipe the soot off, but it's been a great day in york. you can see by the turnout of people who have come to witness a once—in—a—lifetime event, but let's hope we get to do it again sometime soon. what a lovely morning he had there. it could be a case of making the most of today. most of us getting to see some relatively pleasant springlike weather today. make the most of it because the week ahead brings a big change. much colder weather, wintry showers, frosty night. what a shock. the rest of today, across england and wales, sunny spells with a small chance of showers. northern ireland and scotland, outbreaks of rain and heavy rain northern scotland. is strengthening here as well. through this evening at night, a band of what weather sinking south across scotl

that sense of yorkshire pride.est bike race. you will see millions of people turning out there that. we do big events here in yorkshire and we do them really well. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience with you. i will go home and wipe the suit off now. it's been and wipe the suit off now. it's been a great morning at

the breeze will pick up for those going to yorkshire. it will be dry with some sunny to yorkshire. the forecast for the outdoor boxing at wembley stadium on saturday night, and the rain will not stop the fight, because there will be dry weather continuing with clear skies. low will form. there will be a few timing differences and where we see the rain in sunday, it looks like it'll push across south—west england and wales. not raining all day any means. breezy with reasonably sunny weather but by the end of the day, the rain may reach london, birmingham and belfast. we could see some welcome rain across the south but for most, it will be by night. pushing northwards into the bank day monday weekend before it fizzles away and then sunshine and showers for england and wales. dry conditions in scotland where it could stay dry throughout the weekend. temperatures above where we have seen this week. bye—bye for now. a breast surgeon — ian paterson — has been convicted of intentionally wounding patients by performing unnecessary operations. the police say that they have foiled a potentia

the geordie yorkshire has started in brislington.ge crowds lined the roads then. similar scenes are expected this again. correspondent has been to market down. the market town has really embraced the microwave. you can see how many people have lined the marketplace today. it set off at 12:35am. it is dated just over an hour to reach this time. this is the convoy that follows the tour. you can see that it is quite extensive. the riders will be travelling 103 —— imagines them to few colleges. it taken some have declines. they go on and north yorkshire. —— they have some big declines. they will take a steep climb. they never gone to whitby and climb. they never gone to whitby and climb up out of robin hood's day before arriving in scarborough. that'll be for 40 5pm tonight. my goodness, what a welcome they will get. thousands of people have been lining the route throughout yorkshire today. this is day one. there are two more stages of tobacco to begin. the weather has been set fair today. ideal cycling conditions. last year it was won b

west yorkshire police have told us they believe both deaths are related to class a drugs.ked to heroin use. both police forces have issued a warning to users of class a drugs. there are concerns about the strength and content of heroin being used in the region. two people have been arrested by the south yorkshire force on suspicion of drugs offences, and they have been released under investigation. police in guinea have raided two illegal zoos to arrest alleged wildlife traffickers. it's part of an investigation targeting influential and powerful people in the west african state — including a high ranking member of the army who'd planned to sell the animals in an increasingly lucrative international market. russell trott reports. locked up, lonely and unloved, one of dozens of endangered animals kept illegally in zoos in the west african state of guinea. the 33 animals rescued included chimpanzees, a baboon and ostriches from mali, as well as several turtles, crocodiles and even parrots. most are endangered and protected. some were discovered in small, cramped, rusty cages

tour de yorkshire continuing today. particular. that is all courtesy of an area of low pressure moving in from the atlantic on bringing this weather front and fairly breezy conditions towards the north on the east of that frontal system. here is the radar showing where we already have rain sweeping across the aisle of scilly, cornwall and devon, and that rain will nudge slowly north—east was. it will nudge in the south wales later in the day as well. towards the north and east of that area of cloud and rain, it is looking quieter. we have windy conditions with the odd rumble of thunder across the south—west of england, south wales as well. a few light showers creeping in up towards the midlands as we head towards the latter pa rt the midlands as we head towards the latter part of the afternoon, but for much of northern and eastern england and for northern ireland scotland, lots of dry weather set to continue. and those temperatures doing relatively well, up to around 17 degrees across the north—west of scotland. some of

now the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the finished yards to go on the 107 mile stage. the crash brought down several other riders including 22—year—old briton tao geoghegan—hart, who's in his first season as a professional rider with team sky. dutchman dylan groene—wegen won the stage, all those caught up in the crash will be given the same time. team sky's elia viviani has won stage three of the tour de romandie in switzerland. the italian was guided to the sprint finish by team leader chris froome. the briton remains 29 seconds off the overall lead. 1a—year—old maisie summer—newton won bronze in the two hundred metre individual medley at the british para—swimming international meet 2017 in sheffield. 1a—year—old summer—newton swimming on the top of your screen competes in the sm6 category and scored 911 points to grab a place on the podium. she competes in the sm6 category — the same as five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds — who wasn't racing at this meet. summer—newton's time was a personal best and would've been enough i

we are proud in yorkshire that the flying scotsman i5a yorkshire that the flying scotsman is a yorkshirecome in. of course, being built in the north east, again we will keep that regional connection that has run all the way from when the flying scotsman was built at doncaster. people often complain about higher rail fares, people often complain about higher railfares, but is people often complain about higher rail fares, but is that as a result of this investment, that we are finally seeing on british railways? ye5, finally seeing on british railways? yes, the exciting thing as well is that azuma will give us more 5eat5, 5o that azuma will give us more 5eat5, so more cheap fares on this line when they come into service. it is good news for passengers. lot5 when they come into service. it is good news for passengers. lots of investment, and it will replace the tired train5, some of which have done 10 million miles in the last 40 years, so they are due a rest. done 10 million miles in the last 40 years, so they are due a restlj would imagine today, it has been a huge success, but is there

most popular races, the tour de yorkshire.ers are just beginning to set up the grand arch that will mark the ceremonial start that will mark the ceremonial start that riders will go through at 12:35am today. —— 12:35 p.m.. this road is closed and preparations are under way. it is the third year of the tour de yorkshire, and it is there much cemented as a big cycling event. it will cover 300 miles over the next three days. there are 18 teams competing, but one of those thatis teams competing, but one of those that is not here is team wiggins. they missed out, and bradley wiggins is not here, because it is such a popular event. team gb are here, but they will be looking to put behind recent controversies like the allegations about living and sexism in british cycling last year. —— bullying and sexism. they will be focusing on the 107 miles they have to do today. lots of people decorate and lined the route, it is not necessarily about the quick seconds whether cyclists whizz past, but about the whole event and a bit of yorkshire

that sense of yorkshire pride.es, it brings communities together is and in five days' time, we have the world's biggest bike race. you will see millions of people turning out there that. we do big events here in yorkshire and we do them really well. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience with you. i will go home and wipe the suit off now. it's been and wipe the suit off now. it's been a great morning at the station this morning, as you can see from the turnout of people who have come to witness what they cold a once—in—a—lifetime event. let's hope we get the opportunity to do it again soon. we certainly picked the right day for it, because i'm afraid the good times might be over. ben has more. the week ahead brings a big change in the weather with colder air and quite a shock to the system. the rest of the day will bring sunny spells, is more chance of a shower. northern ireland and scotland more cloud with outbreaks of rain, and heavy rain across northern scotland with strengthening w

here is the scene in north yorkshire. some buying conditions.or some places, particularly in the south—west of england and south wales as well. this is where we have the weather front which has been moving in from the atlantic. there are some windy conditions ahead of that. this is the satellite image you can see the rain that has already been working in across the south—west of the country. we will continue to see wet and windy weather into the afternoon across the south—west of england, nudging slowly north eastwards. if we ta ke nudging slowly north eastwards. if we take a look around the country at four o'clock, some of the showers will be heavy across the south—west of thing with thunder possible. some brighter and drier spells across the afternoon as well. a few spots of light rain in the south—east of england. eastern england and northern england and northern ireland still staying dry and bright. it will not be wall—to—wall sunshine. some relatively warm weather across scotland where wilsey temperatures reaching 17 degrees in the northwes

and yorkshire producing patchy rain, not amounting to much.ly start here. even here cloud is going to increase, just leaving by the afternoon limited sunny spells, southern england, east anglia. a few brighter breaks into sappy scotland, north—east england, is wales, west midlands and eastern parts of northern ireland but on the whole a good deal of cloud around, patchy rain in north and west in scotland, rain in north and west in scotland, rain at times into northern ireland and north—west england but many places will stay dry. breaking out in the sunshine it will feel warmer, 15, 16 or 17. in the sunshine it will feel warmer, 15,16 or17. going in the sunshine it will feel warmer, 15,16 or 17. going through in the sunshine it will feel warmer, 15, 16 or 17. going through thursday night we will keep a good deal of cloud around, pepping up the rain in northern scotland with a strengthening breeze but for many it will look like a mild start to friday morning. on friday we are going to take this rain southwards across scotland are eventually reac

but for16 through yorkshire and cumbria. line reopened and hundreds of people came along to see the celebratory service and breathe a sigh of relief. it is absolutely wonderful because it is my lifeline to get up to carlisle. i don't drive but i love to escape to the shops at least once a month. although this wonderful old locomotive is attracting all the headlines today, the big issue for the more remote communities along this line is they got their main transport link back and that means a return of visitors and that means a return of visitors and business. £23 million has been spent repairing the line. it's the biggest fixed network rail has ever undertaken, which is why it took so long. built in the 1870s, threatened with closure in the 1980s, this old—fashioned but with closure in the 1980s, this old —fashioned but much with closure in the 1980s, this old—fashioned but much loved railway route is open again. a new era celebrated old style. some beautiful scenery. a reminder of our top story: president of the in council

solidarity. 0ver 100 yellow cars driving through the cotswolds, coming from as far afield as north yorkshirearlier this year had parked his love and yellow car outside his home. until, that is, someone vandalised it. it was apparently spoiling the view of the picture postcard village. it was a sad moment for him. he got up early in the morning and find the car with rock and windows and scratches. peter is not a man to make a fuss, so he sold his car and replaced it with a grey one, one that blends in with a grey one, one that blends in with a grey one, one that blends in with a background of this famous view. but other indignant yellow ca rd view. but other indignant yellow card drivers took up the fight on his behalf. quite simply, when i saw that his car had been vandalised, and it is so angry and upset. because of the reasons why and they said was a blot on the landscape. and the five years of pensioner, i felt something had to be done. i just had a little idea and i put forward to a few friends and has mushroomed from there. and it clearly made peter's day. how do you like yellow cars? l

north are putting the finishing touches to a recording which will invoke the essence of one of yorkshire'ssights of the humber river. but this unique project is hoping to inspire people to walk along its mile—long length and get lost in incredible sounds. 0pera north is working with norwegian composers jan bang and arve henriksen to create this musical guided walk. it's a fantastic construction and it's so much bigger than i expected. it's been interesting to walk across the bridge and to actually hear the sound of the bridge. meanwhile, the opera north orchestra is recording its part. it's a truly beautiful sound produced by top—class musicians. how can we blend different instruments into that and then build things on top of chords and sounds? the music just felt like it was natural blood running through your veins. some of these musicians are using their instruments in a very unusual way. the opera north chorus also has a part to play in creating the soundscape. it's very atmospheric. part of the problem is that we only know our bits and there are at least seven other layers, as far as w

some decent sunny spells and yorkshire. that has been a story through the day today.e keep this quiet theme go through the night and for the first half of the bank holiday weekend. 0vernight, a future ours but they will be few and far between. tempter is not falling very far, it will stay frost free for most of us with temperatures sitting around 5—9dc. a mild start with a southerly breeze and sunny spells. not a bad day in prospect. any showers will be reasonably isolated, you catch one 01’ reasonably isolated, you catch one or two if you're unlucky. bees by the end of the day started to pick up the end of the day started to pick up the further west you are, but the wind is coming from a southerly direction is only one will see mid to high teens. 17 celsius, heading off to the tour of yorkshire, perfect conditions for both spectators and cyclists. tempter is around the mid teens. it is unusual to have a graphic for boxing, but if you're heading to wembley, it will be outdoors, and it will be a dry affair to. we will see the potential for some change in the middle hal

that was west yorkshire earlier in the day.ales, where richard stay dry. on the coast, temperatures about 12 or 13 degrees. a little bit of sunshine breaking through the cloud but also the breeze coming in from the north—west. temperatures generally around 10—13. perhaps one or two rogue showers for the midlands and north west england, and also for fermanagh and londonderry, a bit of patchy rain. a few showers across scotla nd patchy rain. a few showers across scotland drifting from west to east. aberdeenshire should keep hold of a bit of sunshine through the day. this evening and overnight, the cloud gradually increases from the west. this is a weak front moving in. we will see patchy rain across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england and wales. to the south, relatively mild, seven or eight, clearer further north. through easter weekend, we will keep the fairly cool feel to the weather and there will be a mix of some sunshine, a bit of rain, not all of us seeing it, during good friday, the areas likel

some breaks in the cloud particularly to the east and we have some decent sunshine in east yorkshire. well. 0vernight, a a few showers but rather few and far between. temperatures do not fall too far, staying frost free for most. a light southerly breeze and sunny spells to greet us on saturday. not a bad the prospect, any showers will be reasonably isolated. the breeze by the end of the date will pick up the further west you are. at least the wind is coming from the south so we see temperatures into the high teens. off to the tour of yorkshire today, —— this weekend, perfect conditions for cyclists and spectators. and if you're heading to wembley for the boxing it will be a dry affair, too. the potential for change in boxing it will be a dry affair, too. the potentialfor change in the middle half of the weekend with an area of low pressure forming that could bring some heavy rain in the south west and wales but as it pushes further north and east it will weaken and it might stay dry in north—eastern areas but as it spills steadily north and east it me weaken and not produce much rain

and lizzie deignan wins the women‘s tour de yorkshire in her home county. then. it‘s emerged that one of the six people arrested in a counter terrorism operation in north london on thursday night had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria to join so called islamic state. mohamed amoudi, who is 21, was deported back to the uk. june kelly reports. it has emerged that mohamed amoudi had come to the attention of authorities in 2015. he travelled to turkey with two 17—year—old boys and it was believed they were then planning to try to get across the border into syria and join up with is fighters. in fact, they were stopped in turkey, deported back to the uk, questioned by the authorities and released without charge. do we know if a watch had been kept on him since? that is not clear but clearly this man is one of those in custody and six people in total are detained and the woman in hospital, of course, she is injured and cannot be questioned or arrested until she is well enough. certainly, it is interesting that this man clearly was at one point on the

the south, lots of bright weather and we could see temperatures up to 23 in london and even across yorkshiredaughter out of school for an unauthorised holiday has lost his case at the supreme court. to attend regularly no longer means to attend frequently. it now means to attend on all the days and at all the times that the school requires it. the syrian government has spoken for the first time since the gas attack that killed 70 people, and denied ever using chemical weapons amid international condemnation. jeremy corbyn says a labour government would add vat to private school fees and use the money to pay for free school meals for primary pupils in england. welsh assembly member mark reckless quits ukip and rejoins the conservatives. i'm

this has howcased yorkshire that its best this morning. yes, it has.ould echo what rob has said. the partners have worked together, it has been a challenge, but they have pulled it off and it has been very popular. talking to the managing director of virgin east coast, he said this can't happen again, but there will be demand. there is huge demand. we will do something like this again very soon, don't worry about it. it may have to be slightly different, but it draws people together. it galvanises communities, it brings together and in five days' time, we have the world's biggest bike race. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience. i'll have to go home and wipe the soot off, but it's been a great day in york. you can see by the turnout of people who have come to witness a once—in—a—lifetime event, but let's hope we get to do it again sometime soon. the sun was certainly shining bearer. the going to head over to the weather. a good day in york today. what is lying ahead? from what you have been saying, a warning that it's not

pretty chilly in yorkshire, northwards. the chance of a bit of grass frost, but that's it.these showers and it will change completely on sunday. high pressure builds and stopped the showers from forming. so we are forecasting a mostly sunny day for nippy in the morning, sunny, very light winds. we are in this nice speu light winds. we are in this nice spell of weather. temperatures of about 17 in london. for most of us, about 17 in london. for most of us, about 13— 1a. two very different days this weekend. today we have april showers. chilly tonight, days this weekend. today we have aprilshowers. chilly tonight, once the showers clear away, and sunday is looking absolutely fine. that's it. thank you very much. absolutely fine, that's good to know! shall we have a look at some of the front pages of the newspapers? the times have a story about google and corporation tax. inland revenue will be hit with a big bill, from google. so they've agreed to repay that money despite the government saying they will call more cash from internat giant. —— internet. and there is a story of

during friday there was some glimpses of sunshine, this was the view taken in south yorkshire by onehers, and through the weekend there will also be a bit of sunshine, and things will be mostly dry. but temperatures still on the cool side, not quite as cold and frosty as it was earlier on in the week. during saturday we've got this weather front working its way slowly south across parts of england and wales. so that is going to introduce a bit of cloud, perhaps the odd spot of light rain here. northern ireland also seeing some cloud and some drizzle. and then, through the day, some showers pushing into the north of scotland, but elsewhere, actually quite a good deal of dry weather. this is at ii:00pm on saturday afternoon. fairly cloudy for a time in central and southern parts of england, perhaps the odd light shower and temperatures up to 15 or so. sunshine in east anglia, the midlands, parts of north wales, mostly cloudy for northern ireland but there could be some brighter spells. and for scotland and northern england, some sunshine, but i think towards the north of scotland we'll

it should remain dry for stacey of the two at the yorkshire. —— stage three of the tour de yorkshire.s of rain from northern ireland. tomorrow there will be rain across england and wales further north it will be quite a fresh start to the day in parts of scotland. during bank holiday monday scotland and northern ireland should see the driest and brightest of weather. it will become around the east coast. england and wales will continue to see scattered showers. the dry theme continues into tuesday much of the rest of the week. with the cool easterly breeze there will be a few shows in the east and the warmer and brighter weather will be further to the west. president trump was in a defiant mood last night at a rally in the us state of pennsylvania saying he's kept "one promise after another" during his first 100 days in office. he missed the white house correspondents' dinner to address thousands of supporters and took the opportunity to dismiss criticism of him as "fake news." so what have those achievements been? joining us now from norwich is professor of political science, todd la

if you went to the launch of the tour de yorkshire, this was the story.re for a few showers which have yet to drift away steadily eastward. they will do so overnight and, as we move into saturday, you can see that we keep the theme. there were different wedding in the wings to arrive for sunday, but let's not bring about that yet. two groups posting on saturday, these will be the temperatures, five to nine celsius. a frost free skype. lots of sunshine coming through from the word go. this of showers likely. south—west scotland, northern ireland, into the la ke scotland, northern ireland, into the lake district will be nice. it largely quiet day with some sunshine and a southerly breeze, temperatures will climb to a high of 17 degrees. if you are going to the geordie yorkshire for the weekend, it looks as though the weather is set fair. the breeze on sunday it mightjust ta ke the breeze on sunday it mightjust take the edge off the field of things a little bit. if you are looking enough to have tickets for wembley for the boxing, it looks as though it will

should be dry for stage three of the tour de yorkshire.twards. so quite unsettled, breezy, showery sort of night across the southern half of the country. further north, clear and dry but it should be frost free for almost everywhere first thing tomorrow morning. perhaps just a touch of frost across parts of scotland. during your bank holiday monday we will keep the chance of some heavy showers across southern parts of england. later, patchy at rain further north, and scotland and northern ireland should have the driest of the weather. by the time we get the tuesday we will start to see this easterly breeze developing, so see this easterly breeze developing, so fairly cool with a few showers towards eastern parts of england. further west it is looking a little bit warmer and sunnier, and that theme continues through the week ahead. lots of dry weather still on the cards, some warm sunshine especially in the west, but cooler at times in the east. and importantly, bank holiday monday not a washout. brilliant news. famous last words. the news

for every young person in yorkshire, is in the dream always to be england captain? play against other teams and might be able to show what they can do, and maybe try to get the next england captain. it could be you! yes. one step at a time. joe wilson, bbc news. british number three dan evans is through to the third round of the barcelona 0pen. he beat germany's mischa zverev in straight sets to set up a last—16 match against dominic thiem. thiem earlier knocked out kyle edmund. super league leaders castleford tigers will host st helens in the sixth round of the challenge cup. this evening's draw also sees holders hull fc take on catalans dragons, while last year's losing finalists warrington wolves are at home to widnes vikings. matches will be played over the weekend of 13th—14th may. ronnie 0'sullivan is up against it in his world snooker quarterfinal against ding junhui — the chinese number one leads by ten frames to six. they resumed at 4—1! this evening and 0'sullivan spent a lot of it sitting down. ding, who was the beaten finalist last year, won five frames

let's go back to the yorkshire museum. can you hear me? good evening, welcome. iam you hear me?am delighted to hear your voice. the second attempt is always more worrying than the first!” the second attempt is always more worrying than the first! i though is the eggs in question? yes, we have got two eggs from the 1920s. iam i am sorry, richard, but sadly the first few words were as clear as a bell and the next few were not audible at all. we might have to try and repair that and go back to it. the lines have not been working very well for us in the last few minutes. but at least we have seen the eggs. theresa may stepped in to represent the queen today at the sobran's parade at the royal military academy. as she inspected the troops at sandhurst, the military band played star wars. it has gone viral across social media. it has gone viral across social media. time for a look at the weather with tomasz. the weather is looking fairly quiet out there for most of us this evening. we have had a little bit of sunshine but for many of us, it is pretty cloudy and a little on the cool si

the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the finish lineh less than 200 yards to go on the 107 mile stage. the crash brought down several other riders, including 22 year old briton tao geoghegan—hart, who's in his first season as a professional rider with team sky. dutchman dylan groene—wegen won the stage, all those caught up in the crash will be given the same time. there were two games in rugby union's premiership. harlequins beat top of the table wasps, who could've secured a home semi in the play—offs. quins had to manage without their captain danny care for most of the game, the england scrum—half went off with a stomach muscle injury. it was a fitting send off for team mate nick evans, who kicked 22 points in his last game at the stoop before retiring at the end of the season. joe marchant‘s late try sealed a 32—13 win for harlequins. that means they could still qualify for the champions cup. but so could newcastle, after they beat worcester in tonight's other match. in the pro 12 a last—minute try from captain grant gilchrist gave e

thank you very much for that wonderful welcome and it's great to be here in yorkshire, great to be inof england's great cities. leeds is a great financial centre, its cultural centre, as i say, it's a modern, thriving, diverse city, university city, it represents so much of what is good in our country today. i am here this evening to celebrate that. but also to make a simple pledge. that if you vote for me, to strengthen my hand at the negotiating table in brussels, i will do everything i can to represent the interests of every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great country. applause and i know that this is a city, a place where people perhaps might call a traditional labour area. but here and in constituencies across the country, although it may say labour on the ballot, it will be jeremy corbyn who gets the vote. and there are only two people who it is possible to beat prime minister on june nine, only two people who can possibly represent britain in europe. and the choice is between five years

the risk of showers into lincolnshire and east yorkshire, but as we head further north again, dry, someof showers into the far north and west of scotland, some heavy from time to time. by the end of the afternoon, more organised rain will push into the far north—west with a weather front arriving through the night. the isobars open up, the winds fall light, a chilly start to tuesday with a touch of frost in sheltered areas. but we will continue to see a good deal of dry, sunny weather in the offing through much of england and wales. wet and windy weather to the extreme north—west, top temperatures, 9—16, where they should be for this time of year. moving out of tuesday into wednesday, the isoba rs moving out of tuesday into wednesday, the isobars will squeeze together and swing around to a north—westerly, a cold source yet again, a windierfeel to the day, gail is likely to exposed coasts. a lot of dry weather wednesday into thursday but feeling much fresher. moving into easter weekend, not much change it has to be said. we keep the dry theme, sunshine with a few isolated showers but the

a band of thicker cloud into the midlands, wales and yorkshire producing patchy rain, not amounting toere. even here cloud is going to increase, just leaving by the afternoon limited sunny spells, southern england, east anglia. a few brighter breaks into south—east scotland, north—east england, east wales, west midlands and eastern parts of northern ireland but on the whole a good deal of cloud around, patchy rain in north and west in scotland, maybe at times into northern ireland and north—west england but many places will stay dry. breaking out in the sunshine it will feel warmer, maybe 15, 16 or 17. going through thursday night we're going to keep a good deal of cloud around, pepping up the rain in northern scotland with a strengthening breeze but for many it looks like a mild start to friday morning. on friday we are going to take this rain southwards across scotland eventually reaching into parts of northern ireland. colder air following this, maybe a few wintry showers in shetland during friday. to the south of that for much of england and wales, a good deal of cloud around, some

sunday's weather in the south—east, with a risk of a few showers in parts of lincolnshire and east yorkshireof a few showers here, but also some lengthy spells of sunshine. by the end of the afternoon, though, cloud and more organised rain starts to gather into the western isles, and this will be a weather front toppling over that high pressure, and start to push into the far north of scotland. high pressure really just exerting its influence still. across england and wales, here things will stay relatively quiet. chilly start to tuesday morning, a touch of frost in more sheltered, prone spots, but clearer skies will lead to good spells of sunshine. breezy up into the far north and there will be some showery outbreaks of rain continuing here as well. as we move into wednesday, we see more of a stronger north—westerly wind starting to pick up, gales not out of the question. but again, the best of the drier weather will always be further south, but there is going to be a fair amount of cloud around, i suspect, on wednesday, and on exposed coasts it will feel just that little bit colder. little

sunday's weather in the south—east with a risk of a few showers in parts of lincolnshire and east yorkshiresunshine. by the end of the afternoon, though, cloud and more organised rain starts to gather into the western isles and this will be a weather front toppling over that high pressure and it will start to push into the far north of scotland. high pressure really just exerting its influence still, across england and wales, here things will stay relatively quiet. chilly start to tuesday morning, a touch of frost in more sheltered prone spots, but clearer skies will lead to more good spells of sunshine. breezy into the far north and showery outbreaks of rain continuing here as well. as we move into wednesday, we see more of a stronger north—westerly wind starting to pick up, gales not out of the question but again the best of the drier weather will always be further south but a fair amount of cloud around i suspect on wednesday and on exposed coasts it will feel that little bit colder. little change on thursday. what's in store for the easter weekend? the dry theme's set to continue, sunsh

but for every young person in yorkshire the dream is always to be england captain. we might be able to show what we can do and try to get the next england captain. it could be you. yeah. 0ne england captain. it could be you. yeah. one day at a time. as captain often say. the big challenge for english cricket is to find this primary school in every part of the country. now 16 teams remain with the dream of the challenge cup. so to find out about the draw let's go to find out about the draw let's go to dave. 16 teams in the bowl for this sixth round challenge cup draw. including the top eight teams from super league last year. this is when the big guns really get involved. and we have a couple of special guests and we have a couple of special gu ests to and we have a couple of special guests to help us with the draw today. keith senior, winner in one of the most memorable challenge cup finals of all when sheffield eagles had a shock win over wigan in 1998. he has not aged a day. and chris joynt of course of st helens, four times a winner with st helens including this

temperatures around eight or nine celsius, it feels fine and central areas, wales, the midlands, into yorkshirei think a little more cloud, maybe spots of rain and generally speaking the rest of the country moving northwards, a fair bit of cloud through the course of thursday morning. and into the afternoon we will see some of that cloud sinking southwards, so not quite so sunny tomorrow. we will see more cloud than blue sky on thursday, temperatures more or less the same, perhaps a little higher across northern areas. then on friday a subtle difference in the north, a bit of a change, we are expecting some rain moving into the western isles, but not so much across eastern parts of scotland, dribs and drabs in the far north—west, and to the size of that, thick cloud for most of us, temperatures getting up to 17 degrees potentially. high—pressure establish is itself at the weekend, it doesn't mean clear blue skies but it doesn't mean clear blue skies but it doesn't mean clear blue skies but it does mean settled weather, light winds and even if the cloud breaks up, it should feel fairly pleasant.

and showers up into yorkshire. good deal of sunshine. the main focus for showers through wednesday will be central and eastern parts of england. some of those could be happy with some help mixed in. across western areas are pretty reasonable day with goods of the sunshine. only eight or 9 degrees in scotland and northern ireland. through the evening still some showers for the first part of the evening but they become fewer and further between before fading away. but the crowd gathering in the north and west with some outbreaks of rain. —— to the crowd. behind that we have some less cold or even milder air. temperatures rising by a degree or so milder air. temperatures rising by a degree oi’ so across degree or so across england and wales, the effect much more noticeable in scotland and northern ireland with temperatures rising by a good two or three degrees. glasgow and belfast up to 11 or 12 degrees. this is bbc news, i‘m julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may says she wants a mandate from every part

the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the finish line cort nielsen fell with less than two hundred yards to go on the 107 mile stage. the crash brought down several other riders including 22—year—old briton tao geoghegan—hart, who's in his first season as a professional rider with team sky. dutchman dylan groene—wegen won the stage, all those caught up in the crash will be given the same time. there were two games in rugby union's premiership, harlequins beat top of the table wasps who could've secured a home semi in the play—offs. wasps had been on a five match winning run but were well beaten by 6th placed quins even without their captain danny care for most of the game after the england scrum half was forced off with a stomach muscle injury. it was a fitting send—off though for nick evans who kicked 22 points in his last game at the stoop before retiring at the end of the season. 32—13 the score also tonight newcastle beat. a last—minute try from captain grant gilchrist gave edinburgh a 24—20 win over newport gwent dragons in the pro

that was good news for those who headed off for the first day of the tour de yorkshire.onditions as you can see from the weather watchers picture. temperatures were pleasant around the mid teens and it looks as though it would be a similar story as we move into the rikan. if you are heading that it will be fine and dry. more of the breeze through the latter stages of the weekend. for the here and now it stays quiet. some can't run overnight and temperatures will not fall very far at all. the breeze will pick up to the west and it will strengthen as we go through saturday but these temperatures first thing on saturday morning, five to 9 degrees. frost free and there should be some sunshine coming through right across the country. showers, favourite spots will be in northern ireland, south—west scotland, perhaps close to the lake district has begun into the afternoon but temperatures will pick up with a southerly breeze, highs of 17 degrees north out of the question. the wind will strengthen in the sunday and i understand there isa in the sunday and i understand there is a

minister is that this is the first time she has beenin that this is the first time she has been in yorkshirebecame prime minister. why is she coming up now? that was put there as well but i think we can expect is a more high—profile visits from high profile politicians in a county which has lots of marginal seats, expect many more weeks of this yet. thank you, danny savage. many same—sex couples in australia are choosing to get married using uk law — but without the need to travel halfway across the world. same—sex couples can't get married under australian legislation, but despite this, hundreds of weddings have taken place with the help of the british high commission. from canberra, hywel griffith reports. # i never thought i'd miss you... walking down the aisle and into married life, ben and simon have come to exchange vows and rings all with the help of a diplomatic loophole. marrying at the british high commissioner's residence in canberra means they will be legally wed in britain, but not australia. as i'm sure you're all aware, this ceremony is taking place under uk law... it can only

fast bowler liam plunkett has signed a contract extension to stay with yorkshire until the end of nextom the successful one—day tour to the west indies with england, has won two county championship titles at headingley. he also won two titles with durham. about this time last night the masters was building towards a thrilling climax. sergio garcia and justin rose going head to head down the back nine at augusta for the green jacket. the back nine at augusta for the greenjacket. the spaniard coming out on top at the first extra hole play—off against the englishman. some flash photography coming up. sergio garcia only needed one putt. the third spaniard to win at augusta on what would've been seve ballesteros60th birthday. social media went potty last night with the great and good of golf and beyond, congratulating the spaniard. garcia is used to the attention, espcially from super fan markjohnson, a postman from peterborough who had bombarded. he asked him if he could caddie for him. garcia finally relented back in january. .. johnson will caddy for garcia in sepetmeber at the british m

my mum's yorkshire puddings are famously flat, she wouldn't be the one for him! but having watched i know it is to do with the heat of the oil! it is all in the timing! danny willett kicking off the masters with the best type of yorkshire preparation. i think your 0k at the moment, your name. i've got catherine middleton you see. moment, your name. i've got catherine middleton you seem moment, your name. i've got catherine middleton you see. is it with a k ora c? catherine middleton you see. is it with a k or a c? with a c. i'm 0k for now because it is so popular! south sudan is in the grip of a devastating famine, with more than five million people in desperate need of food. as civil war rages in the world's youngest country, the humanitarian crisis continues to escalate. it's a place where people now endure a daily stuggle with starvation. and as anna foster reports, south sudan's only children's hospital is struggling to cope. a blown up tank lies abandoned in a field. children whosejob it is a blown up tank lies abandoned in a field. children whose job it is

central areas, wales and the midlands into yorkshire and lincolnshire, i think a little bit more cloutgenerally speaking the rest of the country moving northwards, a fair bit of cloud through thursday morning. the rest of thursday morning. the rest of thursday morning and into the afternoon, we will see some of that loud thinking southwards, so not quite so sunny here tomorrow. we will see more clout than blue sky on thursday, anton rodgers will be more or less the same. perhaps a little higher across some of these northern areas, 14 or 15 celsius. on friday a subtle difference in the north, a bit of a change and then some rain moving into the western isles, but not so much of across eastern parts of scotland. dribs and drabs in the far north—west and to the south of that, in cloud from most of us. temperatures getting up to 17 degrees potentially. in the weekend, high pressure will establish itself across the uk. that doesn't mean we will see clear blue skies but it does mean settled weather, light winds and even if the clouds do break up, it should feel fairly pleasant. however, the

and two of the oldest known uneaten easter eggs have gone on show at a north yorkshire museum. but what makes the chocolate treats so special? that's all ahead on bbc news now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: chris latham lands another medalfor great britain at the world track cycling championships. jose mourinho wants manchester united to go through an "open door" to win the europa league ahead of their quarterfinal first leg at anderlecht. and jenson button will return to formula one for one race only, replacing fernando alonso who's headed to the states for the indy 500. hello again. two days, two medals at the world track cycling championships in hong kong. and chris latham is the latest of the younger generation of british cyclists who's proved he can deliver on the global stage after elinor barker picked up a silver in the scratch race yesterday. latham has won a bronze in the men's event. he's just 23 and timed his finish to perfection to win a bunch sprint to cross the line in third. many of the

this was the scene taken on friday in south yorkshire by one of our weather watchers, we'll see similare and there and things remaining mostly dry but still chilly for the time of year, a cold front slowly slipping south on saturday bringing a bit of cloud in parts of england and wales and introducing this cold northerly airflow, particularly for parts of north—east scotland and north—east england. this is the rest of tonight, most places fairly cloudy so on tonight, most places fairly cloudy so on the whole not as cold as during recent nights. but we could still get a touch of frost in places, particularly in parts of scotland, chilly here first thing saturday, and to the south—west it could be quite a nippy start. through saturday we've got that bulk of cloud in england and wales bringing with it perhaps one or two spots of drizzle, more in the way of sunshine breaking through in the afternoon. this is for p.m., quite cloudy for the likes of south wales to the south—east of england. to the north of london, a bit more in the way of sunshine, parts of northern england and southern scotl