find out how these poly tunnels are making sure we do not go short this summer. in sport, england are heading to the t20 world cup on a high. they will begin their title defence next week on the back of a 2—0 series win over pakistan. and the weather looks pretty cloudy in kent this morning but many of us have some sunshine and a dry day, eating areas with a little bit of rain. all the details shortly. it's friday the 31st may. donald trump has been found guilty of 3a charges at his trial in new york, making him the first us president, former or serving, to be convicted of a crime. the offences relate to hush—money payments made to the adult film star, stormy daniels. mrtrump claims the trial was rigged. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. in a nearby park, his opponents celebrated. trump is guilty! while inside the court, the former president was walking into history. as the first ever to be convicted of a crime. this was a disgrace, this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial, a disgrace. but it was a jury who convicted him on the evidence. 3a counts of falsifying business records to disguise hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels, for the purpose, prosecutors said, of keeping her claim that they'd had sex from the american publicjust ahead of the 2016 election. the verdict brought only gloom to mr trump's supporters who were left repeating those claims of political persecution. and they are afraid of a much more popular opponent because they know it will defeat them. this was a decision made by 12 ordinary new yorkers, your fellow citizens, there is nothing political about that, is there? i'm not going to say that the jury was tainted, but who knows? who knows? so despite the sense of despondency amongst the trump supporters, it's all pretty good—natured here although, as you can see, there is a pretty large police presence just in case. the bigger question, though, is what the reaction is going to be longer term, with america now in uncharted territory. you know, you can't even see the back, there's so many people here. what effect will it have on his election chances? will it put those crucial undecided voters off, or draw others to him? and what about the impact of his attacks on america's institutions, already intensifying in the wake of the verdict? the man who brought the case insisted the result was a sign the justice system is working. although this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict, in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts, and the law, and doing so without fear or favour. millions will agree with him, and millions won't. sentencing will be in earlyjuly. mr trump is unlikely, legal experts say, to go to jail, but either way, one half of the divided country now has a convicted criminal as its candidate. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. our correspondentjohn sudworth joins us now from new york. good joins us now from new york. morning, john. this i! extraordinary good morning, john. this is an extraordinary trial. we now have the verdict. there is so much to consider, on a practical affront as to what happens to mr trump in relation to the guilty verdict, and then the wider question of the impact on the upcoming election. that's right. it was a moment of high tension and drama, when the jury, the lawyers, and mr trump himself were called back into the courtroom after weeks of evidence, more than 20 witnesses, and told by the judge that he had more than 20 witnesses, and told by thejudge that he had been more than 20 witnesses, and told by the judge that he had been sent a note from thejurors. the judge that he had been sent a note from the jurors. we have a verdict, it said. and then you could almost have cut the atmosphere with almost have cut the atmosphere with a knife, as 12 ordinary new yorkers stood injudgment of a knife, as 12 ordinary new yorkers stood in judgment of one of the world's most powerful figures, stood in judgment of one of the world's most powerfulfigures, and read those verdicts, one by one, guilty, guilty, guilty, 3a times. there is no doubting the legal significance of what happened today but you are right, the big question is what will the political ramifications be? for many americans, of course, they didn't need to wait that verdict to know what they think of mr trump, their minds are already made up. but there is some polling evidence to suggest that a small minority of trump supporters, at least, may decide that voting for a convicted felon is a step too far, and that of course might also be an effect which is even greater amongst those crucial few undecided voters on who the election will depend. very difficult to read what this is all going to mean. 0ne to read what this is all going to mean. one other thing to mention, of course, is that for mr trump now, this bid for the white house might bejust as much this bid for the white house might be just as much a personal project as it is a political project. with all those other legal charges stacking up, winning the white house may be one of his only ways to find some sort of salvation from that legal jeopardy. some sort of salvation from that legaljeopardy. 0ne some sort of salvation from that legaljeopardy. one thing we can say with absolute certainty, charlie and naga, is that in a very, very divisive atmosphere, six months out from this election, this is going to be a hard and bitter campaign. mr trump already promising vengeance. it's going to be a very interesting ride. , ., ., ., ., ~ ride. john, for the moment, thank ou ve ride. john, for the moment, thank you very much- — ride. john, for the moment, thank you very much. seven _ ride. john, for the moment, thank you very much. seven minutes - ride. john, for the moment, thank l you very much. seven minutes past six, let's focus on the general election campaign here. we are following the party leaders as they crisscross the nation across the nations and the issues change day by day, don't they? yes, the agenda changes all the focus changes all day. every day. and we are tracking all of the leaders across the country. sir keir starmer will launch labour's energy plans in scotland today pledging to set up a publicly—owned company to invest in clean power. the snp and conservatives say the move will cost thousands of jobs. 0ur chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, joins us now. henry, it feels like a slightly calmer day—to—day, and actually may be what the parties want to talk about, we may actually hear above the noise. . v . . , about, we may actually hear above the noise. . �*, . ., , ,, the noise. that's certainly sir keir starmer's hope, _ the noise. that's certainly sir keir starmer's hope, naga. _ the noise. that's certainly sir keir starmer's hope, naga. he - the noise. that's certainly sir keir starmer's hope, naga. he is - the noise. that's certainly sir keir starmer's hope, naga. he is in i starmer's hope, naga. he is in scotland launching the scottish general election campaign but in particular talking about gb energy, theirflagship energy particular talking about gb energy, their flagship energy policy. a publicly owned clean energy company, investing in clean power in britain, which labour say will be operational within months if they win the general election onjuly four, and general election on july four, and it general election onjuly four, and it would be headquartered in scotland, that is why keir starmer is talking about it there. interestingly the plan has been endorsed this morning by sir patrick van and some of the chief scientific adviser to the government during covid, spoke a lot at the downing street podium with borisjohnson and chris whitty. he says he doesn't believe the move to clean power is currently happening under the currently happening under the current government in the wake he thinks it needs to. he's not endorsing labour se, thinks it needs to. he's not endorsing labourse, but thinks it needs to. he's not endorsing labour se, but this particular policy. the vast majority of scotland's westminster seats are taken by the snp who say this is a scheme is a con trick which will divert billions of pounds of scotland's energy resources to fund projects such as nuclear power in england. the conservatives say that the labour plan to stop granting oil and gas licenses in the north—east would putjobs in scotland at risk. the conservatives have their own announcement today, a crackdown on low—level anti—social behaviour. they say that repeat fly—tippers could faced points on their driving licences as punishment, and they want to tackle tenants. the conservative government say that —— the lib dems say the conservative governments have legalised littering and the labour government say this is —— the labour party say these are just empty words. officials in washington say president biden has given ukraine permission to use us—supplied weapons to strike within russian territory. the relaxation on restrictions would be specifically to help defend the kharkiv region, as the russian offensive against ukraine's second—largest city has intensified in recent weeks. thames water has asked more than 600 homes in a surrey village not to drink their tap water, after tests raised concerns over its quality. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam is there this morning. good morning, louisa. not drinking the tap water, there is a lot of logistics involved in that, even if it is just 600 homes. logistics involved in that, even if it isjust 600 homes.— it isjust 600 homes. yeah, definitely. _ it isjust 600 homes. yeah, definitely, naga. _ it isjust 600 homes. yeah, definitely, naga. there - it isjust 600 homes. yeah, definitely, naga. there are| definitely, naga. there are logistics going on here at the moment. just out of shot there are thames water staff who have been compiling these bottled water supplies behind the green tarpaulin, there are lots of bottles of water. they are therefore more than 600 hazards —— they are there for more than 600 households who have been told not to drink tap water. that will cause problem because people are getting up for work, they have got children and they have been told that they cannot drink it, prepare food or cook with the water, they cannot brush their teeth, they can't use it in any capacity like that. they shouldn't even use it even after boiling. that is a very important point. you can use the water to wash with, and to have a shower and flush the loo, that kind of thing. thames water are saying this is just a of thing. thames water are saying this isjust a precaution, they also say that this could be connected to hydrocarbons which do include petrol, and this has come about because residents here have been complaining about a petrol station just around the corner from here which they say could have caused some kind of leakage and that has contaminated the water. thames water say that this isn't anything to worry about, and it'sjust say that this isn't anything to worry about, and it's just a precaution, and they have lots of information on their website for you. information on their website for ou. ., , information on their website for oh. ., , ., " information on their website for ou. ., , ., ~ ,, information on their website for ou. ., , . ~' i., , information on their website for ou. .,, ., , . . you. louise, thank you very much. we will talk to you — you. louise, thank you very much. we will talk to you throughout _ you. louise, thank you very much. we will talk to you throughout the - will talk to you throughout the morning. a nine—year—old girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being shot during an attack in east london. the victim was having dinner with her family at a restaurant in dalston on wednesday evening, when shots were fired by someone on a motorbike. three men sitting outside were also injured. no arrests have been made. a crashed car lay undiscovered for days with two people inside after a failure in police call handling procedures, an inquiry has found. lamara bell and john yuill died after their vehicle left the m9 near stirling in 2015. police scotland said that significant improvements have been made. more than 500 border force staff at heathrow airport will stage a three—day strike from today in a dispute over rosters. the home office said it was disappointed with the decision but remained open to finding a resolution. here's simon with a look at this morning's weather. i think it is brightening up, tell me i am right. it certainly is. as we head towards the longest day on the 21st ofjune, there is already a lot of sunshine out there. this is the scene in staffordshire, just some cloud in the distance. many of us have a sunny start but eastern areas have some cloud, coming in on this weather front some cloud, coming in on this weatherfront coming of some cloud, coming in on this weather front coming of the north sea, bringing some outbreaks of rain to parts of east yorkshire, lincolnshire and down towards the south—east of england. that will continue through the course of the day, a brisk northerly wind as well making it feel rather chilly. further west we will see the best of the dry and sunny weather, plenty of sunny spells expected across scotland. we could see the odd isolated shower towards northern and western scotland, 16 degrees in aberdeen, a bit of fair cloud moving in from the north sea. sunshine across northern ireland, wales and the south west, one or two showers cannot be ruled out but further east cloud and outbreaks of rain. in the best of the sunshine, 18 degrees. we lose the rain from the south—east tonight, many of us have a dry night with clear skies, overnight temperatures down to eight to 11 degrees meaning we start the weekend on a dry note. as we go through the weekend for many of us it is looking largely fine and dry. a lot of sunshine around. tomorrow as well is the start of the meteorological summer. it is the reason why we have got the fine weather, high pressure sticking around over the weekend. we will have some some cloud moving around from time to time so not completely sunny all the time is going to the weekend that most of it will be dry with sunshine and on saturday, sunny spells for most of us and temperatures into the mid high teens. thousands of cancer patients across england will be invited to take part in trials of a new treatment using personalised vaccines. the scheme will match nhs patients with suitable studies across the country. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has the story. elliot was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year and has already had surgery and chemotherapy. but tests show he still has fragments of cancerous dna in his blood, putting him at increased risk of his cancer coming back. so he signed up to a trial at birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital of a new type of treatment, a cancer vaccine. i feel excited, you know? i did a bit of research about the treatment trial itself. and if it's successful, then it's a medical breakthrough. the time of reckoning! and this is the key moment when elliot receives his vaccine, tailor—made in germany by pharma company biontech to fight his cancer. he'll get up to 15 doses during the trial. so how does it work? elliot's personalised vaccine uses the same mrna technology as found in current covid jabs. a sample of elliot's tumour was analysed, and proteins unique to his cancer were identified. the mrna vaccine instructs his cells to produce these rogue proteins. the hope is this will stimulate elliot's immune system to recognise and kill any remaining traces of cancer. how are you? elliot is the first patient in the uk to get the bowel cancer vaccine. he's had only mild side effects but will be carefully monitored like more than 200 other participants in the international trial. i think it's really exciting. i think this is sort of a new era. the science behind this makes sense, this is one thing about this. my hope is that this will become standard of care. itjust makes sense that we can have something that can actually help in addition to help patients reduce their risk of cancer recurrence. there is huge anticipation about the potential of personalised vaccines to treat cancer, but it all depends on the outcome of trials like elliot's, with thousands more nhs patients across england expected to be recruited to similar studies targeting lung, breast and other tumour types. fergus walsh, bbc news. we will talk to fergus to get more detail about that later in the programme. let's have a look at today's papers. and many front pages carry the guilty verdict in donald trump's hush money. the times says opinion polls have suggested a criminal conviction could put off some voters, but some political strategists doubt whether it will have any effect in the us election later this year. "trump guilty", is the mirror's headline. the paper's entire front page is dedicated to the verdict, which it describes as "historic". back to uk politics, the daily express reports that labour's angela rayner has challenged sir keir starmer to allow veteran mp diane abbott to stand at the general election, exposing divisions among the party's senior ranks. the daily mail features the story that thousands of nhs patients will get personalised cancer vaccines over the next year, in a "landmark" breakthrough. it says the nhs is launching a "world—leading" scheme which will "match—make" patients with clinical trials. asi as i said, we will talk to fergus a little later on in the programme and get more details. you little later on in the programme and get more details.— get more details. you never know what advice _ get more details. you never know what advice what _ get more details. you never know what advice what people - get more details. you never know what advice what people might i get more details. you never know i what advice what people might need watching this programme so it reports out today that killer whales in the giant oceans are playing with yachts much more than they ever did, and there is a very simple reason, it's because they are bored, they say. because they are not hunting so much, there are many more tuna for them to eat, so they want things to do. lo and behold a yacht stand up and they want to play. so we have had over 600 incidents of boats being attacked is the wrong word, they say that it would it look like but actually... they say that it would it look like but actually. . ._ they say that it would it look like but actually... because they body slam them. _ but actually... because they body slam them, don't _ but actually... because they body slam them, don't they? - but actually... because they body slam them, don't they? they i but actually... because they body slam them, don't they? they are | slam them, don't they? they are t in: to slam them, don't they? they are trying to play. — slam them, don't they? they are trying to play. but _ slam them, don't they? they are trying to play, but the _ slam them, don't they? they are trying to play, but the rudder, i slam them, don't they? they are j trying to play, but the rudder, all part of the fun if it is bitten, but not so much fun if you are in a small boat and orcas punch the rudder and break the hull because they want to play. if you need the advice in the likely invent you are setting off to the —— unlikely event that you are going to the oceans, the advice is play dead, switch off your engines, leaving the area it also says, trying to mile or two between you, but basically don't bring attention to yourself. fir between you, but basically don't bring attention to yourself. or you could talk to _ bring attention to yourself. or you could talk to the _