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I was going to say, you are trying to take myjob it does look pretty wet and we have a headline today, hail and we have a headline today, Hail And Thunder as well. Some pretty volatile clouds out there today. You can see them on the Satellite Picture Streaming in from the north on the current of air coming in from the arctic so it feels pretty chilly and these showers and storms are driven by the Cold Air. The sun is powerful and when you get Cold Air it is the perfect ingredients to build toll clouds through the atmosphere and currents of Air Circling to produce these hail showers. Not everywhere. There is Plenty Sunshine around. Showers travel through these corridors as they align themselves with the wind. You can see the wind prevailing from the north. By The End of the afternoon it looks as if there will be plenty of showers across eastern and South Eastern Areas but also lots of them in scotland. Notice the northerly wind. That white is snow which is following across the hills of scotland and with temperatures below freezing there could be some ice around. It is may and we are still talking about frost, but it is what it is this year. It is a very cold spring. This is what we have tomorrow, when trainers across scotland. In between the weather is not looking bad across northern england. Some sellers in northern ireland. The afternoon based in the south and the south west, cardiff and for the folks most Wei But Further Showers expected tomorrow across northern and eastern areas. On Friday Showers are expected in the east of the country, to do the air currents collide, and we see them forming on east, whereas in the west we are looking at sunshine. A big change in the atmosphere come the weekend. This time we have a weather front, the weekend. This time we have a weatherfront, low the weekend. This time we have a weather front, low pressure swings in, subtropical air. We weather front, low pressure swings in, subtropicalair. We are weather front, low pressure swings in, subtropical air. We are not talking about arctic. Do not get your hopes up, it will not be desperately worried about the temperatures are going to rise into the Mid Teens on a warm and relatively wet day On Saturday and on Sunday Temperatures in some parts of the East And South east of england could hit 20 degrees or more. We havent seen that for quite some time. Todayjust dodge those hail showers. Thats all from the Bbc News at one so its goodbye from me and on Bbc One we nowjoin the bbc� s news teams where you are. Hello, im here with the latest from the Bbc Sport Centre this lunchtime. Fans will be permitted into grounds to watch the final two rounds of matches of the Premier League season, but tickets will be limited to home fans only, subject to the governments easing of lockdown restrictions. Organisers last week confirmed matches had been moved to give every club the chance to stage at least one Home Game in front of supporters with fans expected to be able to return to from 17 May in a reduced capacity. In a statement, the pl said matches will not be open to away supporters due to varying operational challenges across the league and the need to deliver a consistent approach. � with Manchester City having booked their place in the Champions League final, Uefa Have confirmed their intention to host the final in istanbul and expect a limited number orfans to be admitted to watch. Theyve been assured the temporary lockdown in turkey in force until 17th May shouldnt have any impact on the match. We remain on course for an all english final. Chelsea will be hoping to join city after pep Guardiolas Side beat Paris St Germain 4 1 on aggregate last night. Thomas tuchel� s side face the 13 time champions real Madrid Tonight at Stamford Bridge with their Semi Final evenly poised at 1 1. Forget the first result, its not as important as anybody out there thinks and there is zero importance in the preparation of a match and zero influence in the talk that we get to our players. We will encourage them, we will demand from them and we will be strong with one big goal to overcome real madrid. And this will only happen if we bring our best level to the pitch, and the best level means that we fight to win. Mikel arteta says he has no problem with arsenal fans protesting as long as its done in the right way. More than 1,000 supporters gathered outside the Emirates Stadium before last Months Game against everton in protest against Owner Stan Kroenkes Role in the failed european super league. The Gunners Trail 2 1 heading into their Europa League semifinal second leg tomorrow night. I think that they have to be able to express themselves, and if it is donein express themselves, and if it is done in a pacific way, they have the right to do it. We will try to play the game the best way possible, i would not like to use any excuses if something happens with that. I know that the only purpose of the fans is to defend the club and they want the best for the team. And we will try to do the same. 8 of the 11 england players involved in the indian Premier League have arrived back home. Their departure follows the Continuing Covid 19 crisis with india now the second country to register over 20 Million infections. The players were on an overnight flight that landed at heathrow this morning. Theyll now begin 10 Days Quarantine in government approved hotels. The three that remain are eoin morgan, Chris Jordan and dawid malan. They should leave india within the next 48 hours. Romain grosjean will drive a Formula One Carfor the first time since suffering severe burns in last Years Crash at the bahrain grand prix. Remarkably, grosjean was pulled to safety after his Haas Car exploded into flames, escaping with only burns to his hands. But will step into lewis Hamiltons World Championship winning car at a sepcially arranged Test Event for mercedes ahead of the french grand prix injune. He told Sally Nugent this morning what was behind his miraculous escape. It was my kids, i could not imagine them growing up, my three kids, i cannot imagine them growing up without a doubt. And that is what gave me that last thought to jump out of the car when i thought it was all over, because obviously i tried to escape many times and i was stuck in there. And then i thought it was going to be The End, but thinking about my three kids and thinking they would not have a dad to grow up, itjust give me that extra of Power And Energy tojump up, itjust give me that extra of Power And Energy to jump out. You can read more you can read more on you can read more on his escape and his thoughts on that terrible crash last year on the Bbc Sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport thats all for me, ill be back with an update little later. Thank you very much indeed. More now on one of our main Stories Today it is the final day of campaigning in elections across great britain. In scotland, voters are electing the holyrood parliament. The result could have a bearing on Whether there is another independence referendum. The leader of the Liberal Democrats, willie rennie, says his party will focus on recovering from the pandemic. Liberal democrats want to put recovery first, and if you want to do that to cut mental health weights, to get the nhs back up and running, for education, work for people, then vote for Liberal Democrats in every Corner Scotland because that will make sure the next platform is focused on recovery, not independence. In september, we brought you the story of jake ogborne, who was campaigning to be given access to the Drug Spinraza for treatment of the rare, muscle wasting disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He, and many others, originally understood they would get the life changing drug which had been approved for use in the uk but they were then told they werent eligible. We can hear from jake, whos 20, in a moment, but first, lets listen to him and his mum speaking last year. Its just, the main thing that gets to me the most is as i have seen my friends grow and become more independent and turn into adults, pretty much, ive become less independent and less like an adult and needed more help with things. I havent been able to get out as much. As a mother, to see the decline in your own child is horrendous. The last two and a half years since he has come off his feet has hit him so badly and so quickly. He needs it, yeah. Hes running out of time. Its just. Its heavy and it kind of destroys me because i see my friends growing where are you now in terms of the impact of Spinal Muscular Atrophy on your Daily Life . Your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be able your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be able to your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be able to walk your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be able to walk and your Daily Life . Well, previously i used to be able to walk and do i your Daily Life . Well, previously i i used to be able to walk and do most things myself, for a much everything myself, and now its down to sitting up myself, and now its down to sitting up in bed, i need help cutting my food, im now in a powered wheelchair, getting changed is hard, putting socks on it is hard, swallowing, coughing, its taken a real toll on my life and my independence. But the drug has come just in time. find independence. But the drug has come ust in time. �. Independence. But the drug has come just in time just in time. And since september when ou just in time. And since september when you went just in time. And since september when you went on just in time. And since september when you went on that just in time. And since september when you went on that roller when you went on that roller coaster, have you deteriorated in that period . Coaster, have you deteriorated in that period . Yes, i have definitely rotten that period . Yes, i have definitely gotten weaker. That period . Yes, i have definitely gotten weaker, i that period . Yes, i have definitely gotten weaker, i have that period . Yes, i have definitely gotten weaker, i have felt that period . Yes, i have definitely gotten weaker, i have felt my that period . Yes, i have definitely| gotten weaker, i have felt my Hand Strength and Finger Dexterity has gone over the last six months as they have been doing this sort of decision. And just energy levels, really, as i get less muscle, i have less energy. So things like that. How hard it hit you when you were told you could not get it . Because you have been campaigning to have access to the drug for so long, and when you thought you were going to get it back then, there were celebrations. Yeah, so, when we were first told 18 months ago that i would get it, we were so happy then, we had a Party And Everything to celebrate. Looking back now, i can kind of see the humour of it, we were all so happy, like, yes, this is going to be so great. And two weeks later, we were just punched in the face with this taking back that thing that they have said about spinraza. It was very painful, but we are here now, which is the main thing. And how is your mum . Because we saw her in that little clip and it has obviously been tough for her too. Yeah, shes so happy, so, so happy. She was just crying so much, just so overwhelmed, hasnt really stopped smiling, its amazing. We are all so happy. In the clip that we played, you were talking so movingly about the difficulty for you of seeing your friends develop on a different path from you. How do you see that now, now that you do have the prospect of getting this drug and the hope that that can give you . Over the last year, since i was last talking on it in that clip, i have realised i have my own path, i dont have to go on my friends path, i dont have to do the things they do. I have these genetics for a reason and ive got to live the life that i want to live and the suffering from sma has allowed me to come to terms with that and realise that. So im not really too worried about that, as much as i was back in that clip. What is the life you want to live . What do you want to do . I want to live a life in touch with nature and thinking about the universe, hopefully. That is the life i want to live. Jake awkward talking to Diana Jake awkward talking to Diana Jake speaking to diana earlier on. India accounted for nearly half of the worlds reported covid cases last week according to the world health organization. The Countrys Coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 2a hours. Well, the International Community has been stepping up efforts to help india as the country suffers critical Oxygen Shortages amid this devastating surge in cases. This morning, my colleague Annita Mcveigh spoke to the former World Boxing Champion amir khan, who has launched an emergency appeal. We are in the month of ramadan at the moment and ive been doing a lot of work in india, i have been travelling there, back and forth, for the last couple of years. We have a Boxing League over there which we help upcoming fighters in there fighting and every time i have gone to india, it has been an amazing experience, i have been welcomed, ive been looked after, and the people have been nothing but amazing. Obviously coming from a neighbouring country im from pakistan just recently when Imran Khan offered to give oxygen to india, obviously there was news that it was refused. So, you know, when you think about a matter like this, you cannot get political about it. You have to think about the people. This is where Narendra Modi needs to remember that, whatever issues he has with pakistan or other nations out there, he should take the aid from them, regardless if he likes them or not, because this is about saving peoples lives. But, yeah, my experience in india has been fine, i have been there numerous times and i enjoy all the time i go there. But hearing the stories and seeing pictures of whats going on in india, it does really hurt you. You think, wow, you know, we feel very fortunate, living in a country like england, where we are safe. Recently i heard there was a huge, massive festival happening in india. Now, who is to blame . You would think the prime minisiter Narendra Modi should know better instead of having a huge parade or an event there for some celebration, allowing people to go out into these huge pools. I mean, that is probably one of the issues that has probably happened, so i think he should have known better than anybody, you know, from running the country. But we are in this position now and we have to make sure that we deal with it and we all help. Former World Boxing Champion there. So some sad news, we havejust former World Boxing Champion there. So some sad news, we have just heard that the Model And Singer Nick Kaman has died according to a friend of the family, he was from essex and was in the levis 501 advert, filmed in 1985. And also, not only a model, but a singer, his Music Career Peak to the following year in 1986 with the top five hit, each time you break my heart, and Boy George has led the Tribute Today describing Nick Kaman as the most beautiful and sweetest man. President Emmanuel Macron will lay a wreath at the tomb of napoleon later to mark 200 years since the death of frances best known military leader. At a time when france like other countries has been questioning the impact of its historical figures and their place in the national Story Lucy Williamson has been looking at how napoleon is remembered. How do you commemorate an emperor in the 21st century . A man who threatened much of europe and reversed a ban on slavery, but also laid the foundations of the modern french state. Translation i tried to make him as i think he was. Very tormented, internal, never satisfied, always looking for power and a place in history. I didnt want to make him a conqueror but rather someone very lonely, who died alone. This new statue of napoleon is destined for the town of montauban near toulouse, Made A Regional Capital by the emperor in 1808. But is he still a hero here . Translation i dont understand why we are now putting up statues of napoleon, when weve had such a fuss about removing statues of men because of their racist past. Napoleon reinstated slavery, so i think its bizarre. Translation i think its a great idea. Even with his shortcomings, he will still a great man. Whether we like it or not. Montauban City Council was also initially divided over the statue. Translation as with any | historical figure, some spots are darker than others, but of course, if you take just one element, its very easy to condemn anyone. Today, were in a dictatorship of the politically correct and im among those who want to fight it. Napoleon was a man who knew the power of public image. At his former home outside paris, theyre preparing for a new exhibition looking at his many different faces. This room tells the story of napoleons careful creation of his image from busts in the style of Roman Emperors to this painting, which shows him leading an army across the Alps Reimagined to replace the mule he was actually travelling on with a magnificent horse. Napoleon reportedly loved this painting so much he ordered several copies of it to use as propaganda. 200 years on, the story of Frances Past is more balanced, more complicated, more controversial. Some believe that President Macron Shouldnt be commemorating this anniversary at all. Translation i think the current president s use of Napoleon Bonaparte to suggest he is the heir to Napoleons Greatness is a mistake, and worrying, when there is doubt about democracy, and when some french people perhaps even hope for an authoritarian strongman. What clearer sign of napoleons complex relation to france than this . A man who died in exile after the shame of military defeat, laid to rest in honour under a golden dome. Lucy williamson, Bbc News, paris. If youve been out cycling recently, theres every chance youve been overtaken by Someone Pedalling pretty slowly, but travelling pretty fast. Sales of Electric Bikes have boomed during the pandemic but theyre not a new invention, as our Reporter Danjohnson has been finding out. Asjeremy clarkson three rickety wheels. Two wobbly pedals. And the electrifying force of 2a volts. That is a replica of an 1881 trouve electric vehicle. Gustave trouve was a frenchman who married an English Tricycle with his own battery and motor, thereby creating what we think is the first ever rechargeable electric vehicle. Its very rickety to ride. Its a steel frame, hard, solid, rubber wheels and tyres. From just a picture, the original E Bike has been carefully recreated. Why, jeremy, why . Because i think a lot of people realise that electric vehicles are the future. Weve been told that thats the only type of vehicle youre going to be able to buy after 2030. But theyre not new. And this one is 140 years old. Because it is rechargeable and because it was 140 years ago this week that trouve ran it, its a story. Electric bikes are getting more popular. So i took a more modern model for a ride. All you do is use a couple of buttons to just change the level of assistance youre going to get. But then if you suddenly come to a steep hill, you can press the button, suddenly youll get more assistance and you can get up pretty much any hill. Ill let you lead the way then, john. So this is making me look and feel like a better cyclist than i am, really. Am i being lazy . Well, i dont think so. Were not racing anybody. Were just having a nice day out in the country. And i think anything that gets more people more active and gets more people cycling can only be a good thing for them and for the planet. It certainly makes the hills feel easier. And theyre on City Streets as well, especially as more deliveries are being made on two wheels. So, we at Cycling Uk think that E Bikes are a real Game Changer in the cycling world. We think they can encourage people who wouldnt usually think of themselves as cyclists to get out on bikes and try that. Theyre particularly good for perhaps older people, people who are less fit. And people who live in really hilly areas of the uk, because it really flattens those hills. So what about the cost . Dutch style city bike, at around about £2000. The folding high performance Electric Bike here at around £3000. And the bentley, Rolls Royce of the Electric Bike here, at around £8,000. Certainly over the last 12 to 18 months, weve seen an explosion in Popularity And Demand for Electric Bikes. Driven primarily by technological advances in the products, batteries getting lighter and better, the products are getting more durable. Thats both consumers, but also businesses who are moving from more traditional Fossil Fuel vehicles to Electric Cargo Bikes to deliver their goods. Lam, of course, a picture of parisian elegance, and i need a ride home, so this is it. Thats for steering. The power is here. And the brake is, er. A bit of leather that rubs on the wheel. Wish me luck here we go. All right, well, it moves, hey up its like rubbing your head and patting your stomach or whatever. Crikey more Pedal Power is coming with a jolt of electricity. Ooh La La but the E Trike looks truly unique. Watch out for the ditch danjohnson, Bbc News, surrey. Laughter bit of a dangerous pursuit here, and heres another one. Look away now if you have no head for heights. This is the worlds longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge and it has now opened in portugal. 516 metres wide with the middle of the bridge, 175 metres clear of the Paiva River that lies below. Its taken 2 years to build and cost 2. 3 million euros. Some of the first people to visit the bridge said it was a little scary, but that the experience was extraordinary. Ill be giving it a miss. Now its time for a look at the weather with tomasz. Another day of showers, and as the word suggests, they can be on and off, fleeting, some of them cold, some of them bringing Hail And Thunder as well. Of course, where the hail falls, its pretty dramatic, but hailstorms tend to be pretty local. They might be a mile across or so, so further down the road, there could be nothing at all. This is the pattern on the satellite picture, you can see the Speckled Cloud here, that is the current of Cold Air coming in from the north. These are arctic winds, its the story of the last few weeks, we just keep getting these shots of cold from the north. And through the course of today, this current of Cold Air is driving these showers, and if you combine that with strong may sunshine, you get these Big Cumulus Clouds forming. And they are pretty deep, pretty tall clouds, and within them, all these currents of air form the hailstorms. But as i say, they are very hit and miss and most of us actually in for a pretty bright day. Now, the cold current of air is with us through the course of this evening, and actually, what is perhaps a little more unusual is the fact that we will see some snow falling across the hills and possibly even down to lower levels across parts of scotland through tonight and into tomorrow. You can see temperatures are close to freezing, so there could be a little dusting of snow here and there and some icy patches as well. Elsewhere tomorrow, there could be a bit of cloud and some spots of Rain Flirting with the southern counties, but the afternoon is looking much brighter. I think the day tomorrow, the afternoon, is pretty good across wales and the southwest of the country, but certainly some northern and eastern areas are in forfurther showers, and again, Hail And Thunder. Very hit and miss, though, but dramatic where it falls. So here is fridays weather forecast, further showers across some northern and eastern areas of the country, but elsewhere, i think its a pretty decent day. And then towards The End of the week and into the weekend, were starting to see a shift in the wind pattern. It starts to blow out of the southwest, Weather Fronts arrive as well. Now, that spells rain, but also with this rain comes this subtropical air, so we are going to cut off that current of Cold Air from the arctic and things are going to warm up a little bit. So it is going to be warm and wet i think for many of us On Saturday, then briefly on sunday, warm also. Bye bye. Its the last day of campaigning in a series of elections across england, scotland and wales millions of people will head to the Polls Tomorrow for the biggest set of local and national elections in 50 years. The other main Stories Today. A Covid Scare hits the G7 Summit in london, with the entire indian Delegation Self isolating after two of its Members Test positive for coronavirus. The government prepares for a Booster Vaccination Campaign in the autumn. The latest figures suggest that rates of depression in england, scotland and wales are now more than double their pre pandemic levels. And the Worlds Coral reefs, in danger from overfishing and Climate Change now theres a multibillion Pound Project to save them