today at one, the conservatives launch their manifesto ahead of the general election. they're promising cuts to national insurance and help on housing, but rishi sunak acknowledges some voter frustrationhe hasn't got everything right. i'm not blind to the fact that people are frustrated i'm not blind to the fact that people are frustrated with policy and with me. things have not always been easy and we have not put everything right. a ban on selling highly—caffeinated energy drinks to under—16s — labour sets out its proposals to improve children's health. also on the programme... uk unemployment sees a surprise rise, to its highest rate in more than two years. and football fakery. fans are warned not to buy counterfeit shirts in the run—up to the euros.

and coming up on bbc news... keeley hodgkinson cruises into tomorrow night's 800m final in rome as she hopes to defend her european championship title. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has promised to scrap the main rate of national insurance for the self—employed over five years, end stamp duty payments for most first—time buyers, and recruit thousands more police officers if the conservatives are re—elected to power next month. the prime minister launched the party's manifesto this morning at silverstone — home of the british grand prix — hoping to pull voters minds back to policies after recent setbacks on the campaign trail. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports.

he needs this to be the moment his campaign motored ahead. rishi sunak knows that after a series of missteps, he now needs to get on the front foot. today, his chance to set out what five further years of conservative government would bring. but amid the promises of the future, a nod to recent setbacks. i’m but amid the promises of the future, a nod to recent setbacks.— a nod to recent setbacks. i'm not blind to the _ a nod to recent setbacks. i'm not blind to the fact _ a nod to recent setbacks. i'm not blind to the fact that _ a nod to recent setbacks. i'm not blind to the fact that people - blind to the fact that people are frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with me. things have not always been easy and we have not got everything right. but we are the only party in this election with the big idea is to make our country a better place to live. the conservatives _ better place to live. the conservatives are - better place to live. the conservatives are betting on tax cuts to entice voters. at a cost of £17 billion by the end of next parliament. we £17 billion by the end of next parliament.— £17 billion by the end of next parliament. ~ . . ., , ., parliament. we are cutting taxes for workers, parliament. we are cutting taxes for workers. for — parliament. we are cutting taxes for workers, for parents, _ parliament. we are cutting taxes for workers, for parents, workers - parliament. we are cutting taxes for workers, for parents, workers and i workers, for parents, workers and pensioners. we are the party of margaret thatcher and nigel lawson.

a party, unlike labour, that believes in sound money. today's plans, and you would expect nothing less from jeremy and me, are fully funded. we will pay for permanent reductions in taxation by controlling the unsustainable rise in working age welfare that has taken off since the pandemic. rishi sunak made _ taken off since the pandemic. rishi sunak made a _ taken off since the pandemic. rishi sunak made a big _ taken off since the pandemic. rishi sunak made a big commitment on house—building. in sunak made a big commitment on house-building.— house-building. in the last five ears, house-building. in the last five years. we _ house-building. in the last five years. we have _ house-building. in the last five years, we have delivered - house-building. in the last five years, we have delivered 1 - house-building. in the last five i years, we have delivered1 million years, we have delivered 1 million new homes. in the next parliament, we will go even further. delivering 1.6 million new homes by speeding up planning on brownfield land in our inner cities and by scrapping defective eu laws. applause the conservative manifesto pledges a further 2p cut to employee national insurance. on housing, a cut to stamp duty for some first—time buyers and a new government backed help to buy scheme. a rise in the tax—free allowance for pensioners,

to allow high earners to give more child benefit, a year of national service for 18—year—olds and a promise to cut immigration by introducing an annual cap on visas granted. with 76 pages of policies, can he satisfy those on his own side, energise voters and when the country pop support? fiur side, energise voters and when the country pep sumo?— side, energise voters and when the country pop support? our entry needs bold action, _ country pop support? our entry needs bold action. a — country pop support? our entry needs bold action, a secure _ country pop support? our entry needs bold action, a secure future, - country pop support? our entry needs bold action, a secure future, and - country pop support? our entry needs bold action, a secure future, and it. bold action, a secure future, and it is this conservative manifesto that will deliver it.— will deliver it. with 'ust over three weeks h will deliver it. with 'ust over three weeks to _ will deliver it. with 'ust over three weeks to go _ will deliver it. with just over three weeks to go until- will deliver it. with just over i three weeks to go until polling will deliver it. with just over - three weeks to go until polling day, we will soon find out if voters agree. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us now from silverstone. henry, the conservative electoral campaign has been a bumpy ride so far. will today's launch help to put them back on track? d—day was not mentioned once at this event, i'm sure as far as the conservative campaign are concerned, thatis conservative campaign are concerned, that is progress. we will hear from all the main parties over the coming

days as they launch their manifestos. today was the conservatives turn. there are all sorts of policies in this document. not a lot that will have surprised people, though. there was a new announcement that the self—employed rate of national insurance will be abolished over the next parliament if the conservatives win. but all of the other policies were generally ones we have heard over the course of this general election campaign. that's partly perhaps the result of a tactical decision to front—load the campaign with policies. that was designed to seize the momentum, get the campaign on the front foot. it didn't necessarily turn out that way. one other thing worth noting, i think there will be some frustration from rishi sunak�*s internal critics on the right of the conservative party that tax cuts were focused on national insurance, rather than things like inheritance tax, which some wanted to see abolished, and also that he has not hardened his position on the european convention on human rights. this is a distinctively sunakian document, if you can turn the election around,

watch as he gets the credit. if he doesn't, watch how the tory opponents he has a pile all the blame on him. the conservatives are claiming the manifesto contains tax cuts worth £17 billion before the final year of the next parliament. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has been looking at the numbers. dharshini, where are these proposed cuts coming from? well, that choice of venue, silverstone, was no accident, clearly intended to remind the public that the conservatives like to say they have turned the corner on the economy. also that they are going to be the tax—cutting party. you had those cuts proposed to national insurance, also the self—employed national insurance contribution as well, plans to abolish that too. also stamp duty, raising the tax—free allowance for pensioners, for example. all of those things, add them up, £17 billion by 2030, per year. two questions we need to ask, how are

they funding that, but also, are these really tax cuts for the population as a whole? on the first of those, there are all sorts of measures in there, largely savings to the welfare bill. they are hoping to the welfare bill. they are hoping to save £12 billion by 2030, compared to the welfare bill expected, by transforming the system. it is easier said than done. if you talk to specialists, they say that previous attempts to bring down those bills have not been successful, particularly looking at things like disability. we have new figures showing that long—term sickness is at a new record high. and cutting down on the number of people who are underpaying their tax, that too is pretty hard. alongside that, in the background, on that second point, we have the rise of thresholds which have been frozen, which means more and more people are paying more tax on their incomes. that is set to continue for the next three years. while this might look like tax—cutting plans, there are tax rises still baked in

in the background, and that is the sting in the tail. labour says it will stop children under the age of 16 from buying highly caffeinated energy drinks, if it wins the election. the party says the idea — which would apply to drinks with more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per litre — was created in consultation with parents and teachers. in terms of the enforcement of this measure, which is a ban on sales to under—16, trading standards will enforce that in the way they do with things like underage sales of alcohol or tobacco. so if retailers are caught selling to children, then they will face fines. if they end up in front of a magistrate court, they could end up with even heftier fines than a fixed penalty notice. and, of course, if people flout the law then they can lose their licenses, too. so we are taking this seriously. is there any safe measure of

caffeine that seniors can bring? it is brands like rock star, monster, red bull, there were plans under theresa may's government to do exactly this. they didn't survive. the snp tried to introduce this after consultation and drop the plans last year. it is not as simple as it seems. labour says it will take action in england only, because it is a devolved power, and they have heard concerns from parents, teachers, health professionals, about the effect of these drinks have on sleep, on concentration levels and behaviour in schools. we have heard wes streeting describing children turning up at school wired, because they have so much caffeine coursing around their bodies. but it's notjust caffeine in drinks, people are very concerned about sugar. we heard from the lib dems, they want to extend the soft drink levy to fruit —based and milk —based drinks that contain lots of sugar, and the snp have also announced back

in february that they want to try to ban the sale of fizzy drinks as part of supermarket meal deals. there is lots of concerns about fizzy drinks and highly caffeinated drinks. interesting, thank you. the liberal democrats are calling for a new fund to support doctors' surgeries in rural and remote areas of the country. they say it forms part of their £1 billion package to improve services and give patients a legal right to see a gp within a week. nigel farage has posted a video on social media in which a man appears to throw objects at his campaign bus in barnsley. mr farage thanked south yorkshire police after they arrested a 28—year—old man. the leader of the reform party said he will "not be bullied or cowed". the snp's westminster leader has said any new drilling licenses for oil and gas need to meet a climate test, contribute to energy security and allow net zero goals to be met. stephen flynn went on to say that labour don't believe in new licenses and that the conservatives had adopted a climate denial position.

later in the programme the bbc verify team will be taking a look at some of the figures behind those conservative pledges. and the leaders of five scottish parties will take part in a televised debate this evening. you can watch it on bbc one scotland at eight o'clock, and it'll be available on the bbc iplayer. the us secretary of state antony blinken has repeated his calls for hamas to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal in gaza. the plan — proposed by president biden — would see more hostages released, and was backed last night by the united nations security council. mr blinken was speaking on a visit to israel after meeting relatives of some of the us hostages still being held. everyone's vote is in except for one vote, and that's hamas. and that's what we wait for. it is on hamas to move forward with this proposal or not.

our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, what's the likelihood of all parties agreeing to the deal? imean, i mean, diplomatically what we can say in the past 2a hours is that there has been progress on that. but we are still a long way away from a breakthrough. antony blinken, when he was referring to a hamas statement that was put out welcoming the un security council vote, he said that was a hopeful sign. but the onus was really on a hamas leader he described as hiding ten stories underground in gaza. and what hamas are continuing to demand our really guarantees that any deal they sign up to will lead to a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza, will lead to a full end to the war. as much as this is really being presented by the americans as an israeli initiative, you can't ignore the fact that when the israeli prime

minister, benjamin netanyahu, talks about it, he sounds publicly very sceptical. you got a lot of the israeli media this lunchtime quoting an unnamed senior political source who says clearly that israel will not end the war in gaza until its objectives are met, reiterating that those are to eliminate hamas militarily and governmentally in gaza, to bring home the hostages to remove what sees as the threat towards it. all of that leaves a lot of work still to be done for international diplomacy. the former pop star gary glitter has been ordered to pay more than £500,000 to a woman he sexually abused when she was 12 years old. the woman brought her claim after glitter — whose real name is paul gadd — was convicted of abusing her and two other young people between 1975 and 1980. singapore airlines has offered compensation to passengers who were injured on a flight

from london that encountered severe turbulence over myanmar last month. the firm will payjust under £8,000 to those with minor injuries and nearly £20,000 for passengers who were more seriously hurt. the technology giant apple has announced plans to upgrade its iphone and mac systems using the artificial intelligence model chatgpt. the firm says the new partnership will help users navigate their devices and apps more seamlessly, and create a chattier version of the voice assistant siri. the uk's unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest level for two and a half years. the office for national statistics puts the figure at a.4% for february to april this year — which is slightly up from the previous three months. our correspondent andy verityjoins us from the london newsroom. andy, most experts weren't expecting that figure to go up, were they? no, they were expecting it to stay the same. they were expecting

earnings, wage inflation to rise a little, but not unemployment. up to 4.4%, still quite low by historic standards. if you look at what has happened over the last ten or 15 years, there was a big jump in unemployment after the financial crisis of 2008. it subsided and kept subsiding, and it is then rose in the pandemic, and has been subsiding ever since. this is an uptick, a very modest uptick, but it does show that we are no longer adding jobs. that is backed up, if you look at the payroll data. the payroll data records what employees that employers are employing, and vacancies were also down. quite a few signs of a slowdown. earnings held steady at 6.0%. it might make some of the people on the bank of england monetary policy commission worried about wage inflation relax a little bit, so they will go ahead with an interest rate cut sometime this summer.

the time is 1:15pm. our top story this afternoon... the conservatives launch their election manifesto, with pledges on national insurance and stamp duty. and football fakery. fans are warned not buy counterfeit shirts in the run—up to the euros. coming up on bbc news, withjust 45 days to go until the start of the olympic games in paris, we hearfrom one of team gb�*s best medal hopes, breath shriver, who looks to defend her bmx gold. —— beth. the parents of a student who went missing after a night out in bristol 100 days ago have lodged a formal complaint over the police's handling of the case. jack o'sullivan�*s family say they've lost all faith in officers at the avon and somerset force. it said its staff are determined to do everything they possibly can. laura jones reports. it is hell. it's, you know, daily it's a challenge to get up and get through the day.

another morning without jack. we have to somehow keep going and find the strength to... to get to the bottom of this. it's now 100 days since the bristol student went out to a party and didn't come home. despite frantic efforts to find him, there's no trace, and jack's parents and older brother ben now say they've lost all faith in those tasked with investigating his disappearance. i wouldn't want anyone on earth to be faced with what we've dealt with in the last hundred days, because it is horrific. you're saying that the police have made it worse. that's what i feel. jack's family say they believe mistakes were made early on in the search for their son. they say cctv footage of jack was originally missed by the police and only spotted whenjack�*s mum, catherine, asked to view the footage for herself. to have footage of my son

in their possession the day after he was missing, and for someone not to see that is...is just ludicrous. the family was also shocked to find out recently that an error meant jack hadn't been added to a national missing person's register until he'd been gone for two months. the family say that that, on top of everything else, was the final straw, and has resulted in them submitting this four—page formal complaint to the police. but they say despite handing this in nearly two weeks ago, they've still had no response. in a statement, avon and somerset police say the family's complaint has been recorded, and will now be thoroughly assessed by a trained investigator. they say detectives have carried out an extensive investigation over the past 100 days, but that, sadly, they haven't been able to find jack. forjack�*s family, though, the anguish about where he is and what's happened to him goes on. laura jones, bbc news, in bristol.

the bbc has announced it will air a special tribute programme to michael mosley on friday evening. the tv presenter�*s body was found on the greek island of symi on sunday — four days after he went missing. an initial postmortem concluded he died of natural causes. a us jury will continue its deliberations today over president biden�*s son, who is facing gun charges. hunter biden is accused of lying about his drug use on a federal form while buying a weapon in 2018, and of illegally possessing a firearm while he was allegedly a drug user. the 54—year—old didn't testify but his defence team said he was in recovery — and not using drugs at the time. if convicted, he could face up 25 years in prison. the pressure on public services is a key election issue — and to understand the challenges authorities are facing, we've been looking at the town of telford.

today, we're focusing on social care, as demand for support has soared in recent years, particularly from people under the age of 65. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. club 17 is a group for people with disabilities and support needs to meet and mingle. or maybe something more. you'vejust got engaged! yes, i have. so when are you going to get married? er, i don't know yet. how did you propose to her? i got down on one knee. did you? yeah. fantastic. and she said yes. yeah, she did. the room is full of the hopes and fears of any young people — though, in their cases, the struggles can be greater. well, i had to leave the town that i was born and grew up in because there was no supported accommodation provision. abby has a condition that causes herjoints to dislocate, leaving her in pain. after a battle, she now has the care she needs. i spent two years in emergency accommodation,

in a shared homeless shelter, because there was disagreements over what care and support i actually needed. so we really had to fight the council to get my care package put in place. in another room, the parents of some of the young people who are struggling to be heard. we just want them to live fulfilled lives. we don't want to be a burden on anybody, but we want them to be treated with equity. and the problem is, our options are so limited. a constant problem is the lack of supported accommodation. elsa's son is due to finish college next month. i didn't want him to have to come home where he's going to be set back in his development. er... but that's probably what's going to happen because at the moment i still don't have any ideas of where he could move to. when you have a wheelchair and you have mobility issues, you can't, obviously, get up the stairs in a house, so it would need to be accessible. i know a couple of young people that have had to go to south wales

because they haven't got the housing or the support staff, which is — for them parents and that young person that's lived in telford all their lives, having to go all the way there at the weekend is actually a tragedy. around 70% of the council budget in telford is spent on social care. demand for support from people under the age of 65 increased by close to 300% in the five years to 2022—23 — the latest figures. it's far greater than the increase for england as a whole — delivered in part, say the council, by the area's attractiveness. because of some of the really positive services in certain things like special educational needs services, people are attracted to coming in, which means that there's another pressure of people, younger people coming in with high complex needs. but people will need to move into adult social care at some point to maintain their independence going forward. adding to the pressures is poor lifestyle. care homes say they're seeing people needing support in their 50s

due to problems linked to smoking and alcoholism. most of the residents, however, are still the elderly — though the care they are having to provide is changing, and more expensive. people in residential services probably look more like the old nursing threshold used to be, and that people in nursing homes mirror much more of a hospice situation — people tend to come in now at the latter part of their life, so for end—of—life care, or where they have extremely advanced complex nursing and dementia needs. telford — like britain — is both growing and ageing. it's a combination that is increasingly stretching public finances — particularly social care. michael buchanan, bbc news, telford. football fans are being warned not to buy counterfeit shirts in the run—up to the euro 2a, which starts on friday. the consumer group, which, says fake kits may be cheaper —

but buying them supports crime and may help to fund terrorism and child exploitation. jess lane has the story. with the euros kicking off on friday, expect to see a lot more football shirts in the next few weeks. but how many will be official replicas and how many fakes? one fan says his family will be totally kitted out in counterfeit goods. i can get basically shirts for all four of my children for the cost of one shirt legitimately. there are children who are demanding, and parents are under a lot of pressure. i'm fortunate to be in a position where i can even afford the copies. i know there are people now who unfortunately are probably struggling even to buy those because money is so tight. research shows that trade in counterfeit strips cost nike, who make the england kit almost £3 billion in revenue each year. so why are people turning to fakes? the official replica scotland shirt

costs £75 and it's £85 for the england top. consumer group, which says it's understandable that people want to save money, but they warn it's notjust the multi—million pound clothing companies which are affected if we buy fakes. so, it is incredibly tempting to buy counterfeit products, fake products, purely because of how cheap they often are. but actually to do so, you could very well be funding crime like terrorism or slavery. it's illegal to sell these items in this country. so buying anything that is counterfeit means you are buying from a criminal. so how can you tell that this is real? so first off, i would look for the labels inside, but also the swing tag. even a swing tag can be an indicator. but some say there are other considerations, too.

would you buy and wear a fake shirt? i personally wouldn't buy a fake shirt because i'm all about the quality and i'm a bit of a perfectionist, shall we say. so there is always a slight difference. they might not be visible, but there will always be a slight difference. as fans get ready to head to the euros, many will be in their brand new shirt. but whether they're real or fake might not be clear. jessica lane, bbc news. well, the euros kick off on friday evening. in a moment we'll speak to andy swiss as england prepare to face serbia in their first game on sunday but first let's talk to jane dougall, who's in bavaria as scotland ready themselves for the opening match against the hosts. jane, a huge moment for scotland.... yes, the eyes of the world will be on scotland as they play germany on friday, and many in the scotland camp mightargue friday, and many in the scotland camp might argue that the pressure is firmly on the hosts because, on

paper, they are favourites to win this match, and they are going to have the home crowd behind them as well, but don't forget scotland's qualifying campaign to get there was particularly impressive, beating both norway and spain in the process. however, since then they've had a bit of a dip in form, and crucially, they have lost some key players to injury. speaking of which, there was a bit of a scare yesterday because on the very first day of training at their base camp, the captain and liverpool defender andy robertson limped off the pitch and took no further part in training and took no further part in training and there were a few concerned faces. however, he did take part in the full training session earlier today and we have been reassured by the assistant scotland managerjohn carver that it was purely as a precaution and he did not take any part in yesterday's training but had taken a knock, so quite a relief. you can understand why the training staff and coaching staff are taking these precautions. just a few days

before they take on the four—time world cup winners and three—time euros winners, germany. scotland have settled into the base camp here, particularly because and may be because of the typically scottish conditions, it's been quite chilly and the mountain range is waived in cloud in south germany, and let's cross to east germany where andy swiss is following the england team. yes, england are training here this afternoon — yes, england are training here this afternoon about half an hours drive from _ afternoon about half an hours drive from the _ afternoon about half an hours drive from the england team hotel and they should _ from the england team hotel and they should have a bit of a crowd watching _ should have a bit of a crowd watching them this afternoon because about 500 _ watching them this afternoon because about 500 local schoolchildren have been invited to watch them train. england _ been invited to watch them train. england still have five days until their— england still have five days until their opening match against serbia but their opening match against serbia hut they— their opening match against serbia but they still have plenty of questions to answer, especially after— questions to answer, especially after that— questions to answer, especially after that disappointing defeat to iceland _ after that disappointing defeat to iceland in their final warm up game

on friday — iceland in their final warm up game on friday. firstly, there are still questions — on friday. firstly, there are still questions about fitness. defender john stones had to be replaced at half-time — john stones had to be replaced at half—time against iceland after he picked _ half—time against iceland after he picked up — half—time against iceland after he picked up a knock, so it will be interesting to see how he is. and secondly— interesting to see how he is. and secondly there are still questions about— secondly there are still questions about england's starting line—up, especially— about england's starting line—up, especially in midfield. could liverpool's trent alexander—arnold the on _ liverpool's trent alexander—arnold the on line — liverpool's trent alexander—arnold the on line for a place in the starting _ the on line for a place in the starting xi, especially after his impressive performances last week, or how— impressive performances last week, or how about mainoo, at 19, the youngest— or how about mainoo, at 19, the youngest player in the squad, so plenty— youngest player in the squad, so plenty of— youngest player in the squad, so plenty of permutations for gareth southgate to consider before the opening — southgate to consider before the opening england match against serbia on sunday~ _ opening england match against serbia on sunda . �* , ., ~ opening england match against serbia onsunda . �* , ., ~ a new study has found that elephants call out to each other using individual names. researchers from colorado state university analysed the sounds made by two herds of wild african elephants — and found that they make up and use specific names.

we found we could identify, using a machine learning model, who an elephant call was addressed to just based on the sound properties of the call itself. and then we found that when we played those calls back to the elephants, they would respond more strongly to a call that was originally addressed to them than to a call from the same caller that was originally addressed to someone else. so that meant that not only do the calls have some properties in them that identify the intended recipient, like a name, but the elephants can perceive this and they can tell if a call was meant for them just by hearing that call. a young taylor swift fan bagged the ultimate "money—can't—buy" souvenir during one of her edinburgh shows which kicked off the uk—leg of the eras tour. swift always gives away her hat during the song "22" — and ten—year—old pippa was lucky enough to catch her eye. she's been speaking to catriona renton. ifelt like i was in a dream. i said to my mum, "is this a dream? "is this real?"

i was just in complete disbelief. pippa's mum got two tickets last minute, and even though he's a swiftie too, pippa's little brother luca said his sister should go to the concert. before pippa knew it, she and her mum were at the front of the stage. she did a dance routine and then she came down and she hugged me, and we had a little conversation, and she gave me the hat. tell me, what did taylor say to you? so i said, "oh, my goodness, thank you so much!" and she said, "you're welcome." and then she said, "do you want a hug?" and i was like, "absolutely!" and then i hugged her and i said, "i love you so much." she said, "i love you too." taylor has given away her hat at all of her shows in the eras tour so far, meaning pippa is one ofjust 99 people in the world to own this valuable piece of memorabilia. are you ever going to take that hat off? no, i will never take it off. laughter. fantastic.

a reminder of our top headline this afternoon the conservatives have launched their manifesto ahead of the general election. and we'll meet the mothers vying to compete at the paris olympics and paralympics, as great britain sends more mums than ever to the games. we'll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's elizabeth. thank you. it isjune, but it is cold and it was particularly chilly last night with some of our temperatures dropping back to low single figures, justi degrees in central scotland and two in oxfordshire and tonight it will be every bit as chilly as it was last night. we are stepped —— set to stay in the chilly f the next couple of days on the good news is the sunshine is nice and strong and it's all change from thursday and all the details later. as we've been hearing,

the conservatives have launched their election manifesto today, with a promise to cut taxes and increase spending on areas like defence. ben chu, from the bbc verify team, has been analysing the pledges and seeing if the numbers add up. what's in the conservative 2024 general election manifesto, and do their costings add up? this is the big picture. around £18 billion per year of pledged tax cuts and spending pledges in the next parliament, and among the tax cuts there is that additional 2p cut to national insurance and abolishing self employed national insurance which cost about £13 million and raising the income tax personal allowance, the point at which you start paying the tax for pensioners which gusts around £2.4 billion. these are figures per year, by the way and then the spending pledges including the use of national service scheme with a £1 billion

price tag, 100,000 new apprenticeships costing around 1 billion as well and taking defence spending to 2.5% of gdp. we are told it is fully costed, so how will these things be paid for? this is where there are some questions. the two proposed revenue raisers are clamping down on tax avoidance, which is projected by the party to raise £6 million, and welfare reform is slated to save £12 billion. tax experts say the tax avoidance figure does not look and reasonable provided hmrc is given extra resources and is well directed. though they stress how much in pounds and pence and avoidance clampdown would raise is highly uncertain. bigger problems attend the £12 billion welfare saving figure, according to public finance experts. the institute for fiscal studies told us that raising the figure in saving looks difficult in the extreme, and there's an even bigger issue. the conservative

manifesto does not address, under the current official spending predictions which the manifesto accents, unprotected departments like justice, accents, unprotected departments likejustice, environmentand accents, unprotected departments like justice, environment and the home office are pencilled in to collectively take cuts adding up to between ten or £20 billion by the end of the next parliament. many experts are extremely doubtful that those are achievable and suspect the department budgets would inevitably have to be topped up by billions of pounds to prevent the cuts from happening. if this is right, it's another reason for a dose of scepticism about the extent to which these numbers presented today by the pm in the conservative manifesto truly add up. still to come on today's programme(. the rugby union player ed slater explains how his friendship with the late rob burrow has helped him to face his own future

hello and welcome to sportsday. andy robertson takes part in training as scotland step up their preparations ahead of their first euro 2024 match against hosts germany on friday. keely hodgkinson is the fastest qualifier as she cruises into the final of the women's 800 metres final at the european athletics championships. and we hear how one of team gb�*s stars hopes to put injury behind her in time to defend her bmx gold medal at the olympics in paris. hello and welcome to the programme, i'm sarah mulkerrins. ahead of scotland's opener against germany on friday at euro 2024, there's been some positive news for their fans steve clarke's

news for their fans — steve clarke's side trained this morning and the news is liverpool full—back andy robertson took part, after going off early in training yesterday. lawrence shankland was also involved, as were kenny mclean and stuart armstrong. a lot of eyes around the world will be watching the games, will be watching your every move for the next three or four weeks. and you have to enjoy that and you have to embrace it as well. so, we have done amazingly well to get to back—to—back tournaments. this one, obviously a lot more busy in terms of the experience that we had a few years ago, but it's something we have to enjoy scotland but it's something we have to enjoy have an opene england's first match is against serbia on sunday. gareth southgate is generally acknowledged to have picked an attacking squad, and there's already been plenty of speculation about how they'll line up in gelsenkirchen, with plenty of this mornings newspapers suggesting that liverpool's trent alexander— arnold will start in midfield. well, for more on that

here's our reporter alex howell. the england side arrived in germany at their luxury base in weimar last night, and today gareth southgate's side will train for the first time publicly here in germany. they will be taking on a session in the stadium in front of 500 local children, and all eyes will be on the players on the pitch. as usual, there are a number of selection dilemmas and talking points. one of the big ones is around trent alexander—arnold and whether he will play in midfield with the likely pairing of declan rice and jude bellingham. the biggest indication is that alexander—arnold has been given the number eight shirt, the numberfor a starting centre midfielder. in other talking point at the moment is around arsenal forward bukayo sa ka. he has had his own fitness issues and missed his last game of the premier league season. the first warm up game that england played against bosnia and herzegovina, and then he only played

25 minutes in the defeat to iceland. the reaction to that defeat has been criticised in the way that bukayo saka was highlighted by organisations such as kick it out. and the black footballers partnership. england play their first game against serbia on sunday, and manager gareth southgate has spoken to german media and said that he is unlikely to stay unless england win the tournament. to the european athletics championships now, where keeley hodgkinson cruised through to tomorrow night's 800m final as she hopes to defend her title(tx hodgkinson, to defend her title. hodgkinson, who is the fastest in the world this year over the distance, controlled the race from the off before pulling away from the field in the closing stages. the olympic silver medallist will be britain's only representative in the final as erin wallace and alexandra bell failed to progress. great britain's men qualified fastest for the 4x400m final on sunday, producing a season's best time. that performance came without individual 400 metre silver medalist charlie dobson. gb are the defending champions, having taken gold in munich.

the men's 4x100m relay team won't defend their title however, after they finished last. a poor final baton change between richard kilty and romell glave saw their hopes of a fifth straight title disappear. no such problem for the women's team. the quartet of asha philip, amy hunt, individual champion dina asher—smith and desiree henry, brought the baton home in a european leading time of 42.25 seconds to qualify fastest for tomorrow's final. the european championships are proving helpfulfor some in the lead up to the olympic games. but one young british sprinter has used the college circuit in the usa for his preparation. last friday in oregon louis hinchliffe became the first european athlete to win the men's100 metres title, at the ncaa championships — that's the top college event in america. he won in a time of 9.95 seconds — making him the sixth—fastest briton. hinchliffe's rapid rise has coincided with him receiving

guidance from one of the all time great olympians — nine—time gold medallist carl lewis. fast people start fast so i have to give a lot of credit to his parents who gave us a very talented young man. and he is a great character, i think the fact he has competed in different sports, golf and other things, gave him a perspective, notjust concentrating on athletics because he was able to focus. when you play golf it is really infuriating because there are so many things that are small. i think the biggest thing in his progression is the fact he is able to listen and internalise. it is difficult to run the 100 metres correctly, difficult to learn how to understand the patience of being behind, coming from behind. he had all those qualities, it is tremendous.

i've had all types of kids, the greatest, kids i didn't want on the team, he is definitely one of the great kids. what is exciting to me is he is enjoying it, learning, a great system, ifeel like i am more of a teacher than a coach, teaching persistant and teaching an ideology of how it is to run fast, stay consistent and how you present yourself. away from athletics one of team gb�*s best hopes for paris, is bmx cyclist beth schriever who'll be looking to defend her gold medalfrom tokyo. just last month though schriever crashed out in her semifinal at the world championships in south carolina fracturing her collarbone. she's been speaking to the bbc this morning about her race to be fit for the games. it all happened very quickly. i think i was quite desperate, i was scrambling to try and make up positions, and i was not in the qualifying position. and i hit that last straight and think faster than i had ever hit it, and it was just too quick for my brain, so before i knew

it i was on the floor. hit my head a little bit, and everyone was helping me. instant reaction, i was like, i'm all right, i'm all right. my shoulder hurts, but it's not too bad. then i went and sat down, and it was like, something's not right here. when you have broken bones before, you kind ofjust no. so i had a physio there who has worked with me before. i don't think many people know that before tokyo i dislocated my shoulder four months out. i think because my collarbone was quite straightforward, and it is way more straightforward than dislocation. i came back on the sunday from that race and i was already having surgery on the wednesday, so it is just waiting until the bone is almost healed, which is six weeks, and i think i've only got another two or three weeks left, so i think may be a lot of people have ruled me out, and for me myself, it has kind of taken the pressure off, because even now i am just getting better, i'm just not focusing on the games as such.

i'm going to be fine by then, but i'm just taking each week as it comes and getting better. so it's kind of been like a healthy distraction if you like, because everything's not, like, it's the games, it's the games. it is just, let's get better, let's get there, and then whatever shape i'm in, let's just give it everything. at the end of the day, i've just got to line up on that start hill. england head coach steve borthwick said the decision to pick to curry in his 36—man squad for the summer tour to japan and new zealand was straightforward. curry, a former england captain, has played just 30 minutes of rugby since last year's world cup, but he impressed on his return in sale's premiership final loss to northampton. watching him in training last week, energetic, refreshed. fast, powerful. that's the way he was last week. and i think out of everything, most importantly, as i see, get the medical report to say

he is good to go, the snc report to say he's good to go. i watch him, he looks good to go. those were my conversations with him, and i see a man, i hear a man, who isjust desperate to be part of the team, wants to go. so no hesitation in naming him in the squad. finally, the nottingham open continues today with britains's emma raducanu due on court shortly. she's taking onjapan's ena shibahara in the first round. you can watch that match on the bbc sport website or app the winner of that match will face ukrainian daria snigur in the last 16 after she produced an upset to beat second seed and compatriot marta kostyuk in straight sets 6—3, 6—3. that's all the sport for now. you can get all the latest on the bbc sport website and app, and we'll have more for you throughout the day. murray in stuttgart,

norrie in nottingham — follow on the website. wasn't allowed to participate — but the rules have been changed, and that's now been scrapped. our europe correspondent nick beake has this report. singing. proud tradition echoes through the hills of andalusia. it was here flamenco first stormed onto the stage more than 200 years ago. a land of distinctive rhythm, and hues of a landscape just made for postcards. and it's long enchanted british visitors, so taken by it all they decided to stay. jill retired to spain in 1998, but once she'd been here 15 years, she lost the right to vote in uk general elections. the recent law change means she can

vote once again next month. i'm very pleased to have some sort of stake in what goes on in the uk again, albeitjust one vote. and having been very frustrated and actually distressed not to have had a vote when the brexit referendum happened, i'm very pleased that things have changed now. and number one from this round is this one. intro plays: africa by toto. at the weekly quiz at chema's bar, the vast majority of participants are british. 10% of the population of mijas municipality are from the uk. at the end of the day, i'm british through and through. so therefore i do really like to see what's going on at home. my son lives there, my mother, my family are all in the uk, so it is nice to know what's happening there and it's nice to be able to participate, possibly, to have our opinions. i used to be a teacher and i'm very keen on seeing that teachers' rights are protected,

and the conditions in schools, and also the welfare in the national health. i mean, one day i may go back. and of course, hospitals are very important. there are about 9,000 brits living in mijas. many have been here for 15 years or more. they now will be able to cast their ballot at the uk general election. but some expats say, even though they have this right, they won't be voting. a good lot of grapes this year, they're very small at the moment. bill anderson, a retired lecturer, has been in spain 22 years, and says he feels much more invested here. election in the uk, july 4th. will you be voting in that? no, i won't be voting in it, because i've kind of left the uk behind. spain, mijas, is my home now. i don't even know if i feel i have the right to try to influence what's happening in the uk when i don't live there any more, and i don't pay taxes there any more.

all eligible british expats have until the 18th ofjune to register to vote so that, from afar, they can help shape the british political landscape. nick beake, bbc news, on the costa del sol. when the olympics and paralympics begin in paris in around seven weeks' time, there'll be more mothers representing great britain than ever before. new pregnancy guidance for funded athletes — which means they can keep training — have made a difference. our sports news correspondent laura scott has been meeting some of the mums hoping to be selected for team gb. they're too young to understand, but there's a thread linking these boys — and their toys. their mums are all elite athletes vying for selection for the olympics and paralympics this summer. these four are part of a growing number trying to do both. you stop it! but when hockey playerjo pinner became the first in the gb

squad to have a baby, she set about forming an athlete mums group chat, which now has 15 members. we're all different sports, and we've all had different pregnancies, different experiences, and i thinkjust that awareness that we're, like, we're not alone. what we've been quite good at is telling each other if there are inconsistencies in how we're being treated, or the benefits or support we're receiving. despite steps to make it easier for athletes to return after having children — like continuing their funding during pregnancy — challenges remain. i don't feel like it's offensive any more. i don't feel like you're going to not be supported. i just don't necessarily think that we've thought of all the right ways in which to support mothers. how have you found that return and how you view your body and how your body has responded to getting back to top—level sport? it's a journey, isn't it? laughter. i wouldn't say i'm back to where i would want to be, and i thought that i would be back by now.

but, again, i think it's one of those things that is so unknown, like, you don't know how your body is going to react. and i didn't know how my body was going to react with having a disability, as well. some feel they've become even better athletes. so i'm actually faster than i was before. really?! amazing! i've actually pb�*d all my lifts and most of my tests this year. i certainly came to respect myself in ways where i probably wouldn't have before. so what's the one area they think needs even more focus? pelvic floor is the go—to for me with that question. 24 months postpartum... you still need to be... ..like, if you get a cold and you're coughing loads, you probably will wet yourself and it's like — it sounds awful, but it's a normal thing, and i know there's so many mums — not athletes — out there that just think they have to keep quiet about it, and you shouldn't. they hope that by highlighting shortcomings in what they experienced, things will be better for the next generation of mothers. the biggest thing for me was making sure that, if i was going to be the guinea pig,

no—one else had to go through this same journey and these same issues, which i think british rowing have dealt with really well, like maternity policies coming out. i'm really excited for that to come out, and for other people to also try and do the same journey and see how many mums we end up with on the team. while sporting success still drives them, having their children to come home to has given them a new perspective, and an acceptance that not everything goes to plan. laura scott, bbc news. the former rugby union player ed slater, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago, has described the strength and support he received from rob burrow. the rugby league legend died ten days ago, leaving a legacy of hope for mnd sufferers. and ed says the friendship the two forged has been a personal inspiration to him too. he's been talking to sally nugent.

0k? there we are. former rugby union player ed slater was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago. he became friends with rob burrow.

there we go.

i love that we still congratulate each other every time we do that. that was former rugby union player ed slater paying his respects

to the late rob burrow. now the weather with elizabeth. the air might be cold but the sunshine is as strong as it is every june, and there has been a lot of it around today and in the best of that it does feel pleasantly warm but the air is chilly and there have been a few showers around as well, particularly down north sea facing coasts through wales and the midlands and it's the same sort of story as we head through the rest of the afternoon with sunshine and showers and some rather chilly air with a brisk north—westerly wind, and it is that allowing all of the cold arctic air to flood down from the north. the wind is brisk for the eastern tasting coast but high pressure from the west means out towards the west there will be fewer showers for the rest of the day. one or two isolated showers are possible across scotland and northern ireland but lots of dry weather here. bright

and sunny spells but variable cloud and sunny spells but variable cloud and the chance of a heavier shower towards parts of eastern england. temperatures are disappointing for the time of year, between 11 and 17 degrees and the highest values to the south and tonight it will be every bit as cold as it was last night for many of us. this skies will largely be clear and the showers fade away on the winds are lightening and although we show temperatures between five and nine celsius, some spots could get as low as one or two celsius again, so another cold start to the day tomorrow. tomorrow that ridge of high pressure starts to build in more, so lots of dry weather tomorrow and the driest looking day of the week but still showers that used in england in places and out towards the north and west, largely dry wood sunshine, variable cloud and temperatures improving by perhaps a degree or so. but they will come up for the rest of the week but careful what you wish for. this is thursday and we look to the atlantic and it will be a wet start

for northern ireland and the irish sea facing coast, windy here as well and the rain taking its time to spread east are not reaching eastern england until the end of the day but temperatures rising across parts of scotland and northern ireland and we can look forward to some of my older nights as well. but it is very unsettled for the rest of the week —— some milder nights. low pressure is dominant, so showers, longer spells of rain, brisk south—westerly wind. here is the temperature outlook for some of the northern cities and as you can see the temperatures will recover more or less the seasonal average. sunny spells and showers as we head through the weekend and it is the same further south as well, so temperatures back up to the high teens and may be 20 degrees, but there will be showers and longer spells of rain to go with it. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy your afternoon. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. america's top diplomat says that if the latest peace plan for gaza, rishi sunak launches the conservative party manifesto. taste conservative party manifesto. we will kee- conservative party manifesto. - will keep cutting taxes and in the coming years, meaning by 2027 we will have half national insurance by 6%. that is a tax cut worth £1300 to the average worker. ibibfc 6%. that is a tax cut worth £1300 to the average worker.— the average worker. bbc verify will take a close _ the average worker. bbc verify will take a close look _ the average worker. bbc verify will take a close look at _ the average worker. bbc verify will take a close look at the _ take a close look at the conservative manifesto and check whether or not their costings add up. as campaigning continues across the country will have the latest from the other main parties from our correspondents on the campaign trail. america's top diplomat says that if the latest peace plan for gaza,