the final round of the ana inspiration took a dramatic turn midway through as leader lexi thompson was handed a four—shot penalty for a rule break in her third round. thompson was two shots clear on 17 under, having just bogeyed the 12th hole, when she got the news from tournament officials that she was being punished for incorrectly replacing a marked ball on the 17th green on saturday. it emerged that a television viewer spotted the offence and informed lpga officials, who reviewed the footage and sanctioned the american mid—round. i concur you that she has a lead. she is on 1a under. there are a couple behind her on 13 under. that is all for now, though. good morning. if you like your weather dry and sunny, you were very happy with the first couple of days of april. in fact, we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. just look at this picture from sunday in south—west scotland. a beautiful day here. similar story in the london area, as well, where you can enjoy the spring blossom. it was the warmest place in the country with 17.2 celsius in st james's park. now, our week

hello and welcome to the programme, where the fallout continues after lexi thompson was penalised four strokes mid way through her final round in the ana inspiration on sunday. the american was two shots clear in the first women's golf major of the year with six holes to play when she was told the news and eventually lost to south korea's so yeon ryu in a play—off. it comes after she incorrectly replaced her ball during saturday's third round. the sports rules are due to be simplified in 2019 and earlier our golf correspondent iain carter explained that this incident is typical of those that need to be addressed. the game is looking at the rules to bring ina the game is looking at the rules to bring in a new rulebook in 2019 and the minimum objective of that is to make the game fairer, easier to play and easier to understand. at the moment you have a situation where there are so many different ways of monitoring what is going on on the golf course. it's the responsibility of the playing partner to make sure that the rules are obeyed. there are trees on the course, there are referees

in the first of the singles rubbers, jordan thompson, ranked 79 in the world, plays jack sock, and that's followed by a showdown between the 6—foot10—inch john isner and nick kyrgios. the controversial australian is playing some of the best tennis of his career at the moment. he was asked about his ability to play a tough five—setter if needed. yes. i have come back from two sets to love twice, so i am used to playing five set matches. i have made the quarterfinals playing five set matches. i have made the quarter finals of two grand slam is playing best of fives sets. i think slam is playing best of fives sets. ithinki slam is playing best of fives sets. i think i will play well either way. i think i will play well either way. i think it is good for him to start. he played a great opponent so he has proved he can deal with pressure well. i am looking forward to playing tomorrow. yes, i have played him three times. of course, in my opinion, i think he isa of course, in my opinion, i think he is a lot more mature now. i think right now a lot of people could argue that he is maybe pla

american golfer lexi thompson says she did not intend to break tournament rules that the first major of the year. she was penalised for macro strokes and missed out on the title, after a television viewer spotted an infringement. roger federer plans to take a short break after beating rafa nadal the win the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to numberfour in the naomi —— miami 0pen. he has moved up to number four in the world but says he is unlikely to play again until the french open at the end of may. i will be back just the french open at the end of may. i will be backjust after half 11 with more on. significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in england and wales come into force today. the amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases. the decision is in response to concerns that people were being left in limbo for months or even years. but police have questioned the move, as our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. famous faces who'

i'm ben thompson. this is your business news. energy firm, edf is to raise the price of electricity for the second time this year for its customers on standard tariffs. from the 21st ofjune, edf customers was the electricity prices rise by 996 was the electricity prices rise by 9% and gas prices will go up by 5.5%. tesco has reported a fall in full—year pre—tax profit after it was fined for overstating its profits in 2014. the supermarket giant says a charge of £235m and other costs associated with closing stores and paying redundancy pushed profits down nearly 30%. without those charges, the supermarket‘s underlying profit was up 30%. unemployment in the uk remained unchanged at 4.7% in the last three months. but rising inflation is wiping out any growth in wages. inflation statistics released yesterday showed inflation was running at 2.3 per cent, just above the bank of england's 2% target. there are so many percentages to get through there! let's start with tesco. its profits are up despite having to pay a big fine. sup

my colleague ben thompson has been out and about in devon looking at how we could be working smarter to boost economic output. welcome to devon. we are talking about how the uk can solve what is known as the productivity puzzle. how do we get businesses here to be more productive without simply asking workers to do a bit more, work order? it is about getting them to work a bit smarter, too. this is exactly what they have been doing at this plant. barry is the boss, good morning. how do you improve productivity? we are surrounded by a lot of people here, but also machines. is it about buying robots to do the job? buying robots helps, but it takes time. it is about doing things differently. automation, robot loading is one thing. new software programming, as you have seen on some software programming, as you have seen on some of the bigger machines, reduces cycle time. it's about, how do we do things quicker? rather than all of that time being used up doing relatively mundane tasks like loading machines, you can now deploy the staff to do betterjobs that will add more value to the busi