this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. theresa may signals the conservatives might drop their commitment to the pensions triple lock but rules out cuts to the uk foreign aid budget. what we need to do, though, is look at how that money is spent and make sure that we are able to spend that money in the most effective way. paris prosecutor names the gunman who shot dead a policeman on the champs elysees as karim cheurfi, a convicted criminal. the nhs trust under investigation for the deaths of babies was told it needed to improve ten years ago. jeremy corbyn ally len mccluskey is re—elected as the leader of britain's biggest union, unite. and in the next hour, a warning teenagers are slipping into a life of cyber—crime. the national crime agency reveals the average internet hacker is just 17. the duke and duchess of cambridge

make a surprise visit to radio 1 as part of a their campaign to raise awareness about mental health. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister and the chancellor have given theirfirst hints of what will and what may not be in the conservative manifesto ahead of the election onjune 8. theresa may says she'll keep the current spending on foreign aid, despite pressure from within her own party to cut it. but she would not commit to keep the so—called triple lock on pensions, which guarantees they rise by inflation, average earnings or 2.5% each year, whichever is highest. labour has said it will.

and the chancellor, philip hammond, has hinted that he would like to end the party's promise not to increase taxes. our first report tonight is from our deputy political editor, john pienaar. trust me, i'm a politician. no leader stays popular forever but theresa may clearly feels that she is well liked enough for now to make promises that some might like but others wilmot. —— others won't. she looks confident, and the message is one we have heard before and will again. what drives me, the passion that i have in politics, is to make the united kingdom a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few. that meant sticking to britain's target spending on foreign aid, which some right—wingers want cut. we need to look at how it is spent and make sure we are able to spend the money in the most effective way. clear enough. what about the other costly pledge, keeping up the value of pensions? today, you are telling the country you are a leader people can trust.

can pensioners trust you to go on raising their state pensions and year by year, just as your party and your government does now? what i would say to pensioners is, look what the conservatives in government have done. pensioners today are £1250 a year better off as a result of action that has been taken. we were clear about the need to make sure we support people in old age and that is what we have done. that was not a yes, but here in berkshire, and a lot of places, plenty of people like the idea of looking after pensioners. they have worked and paid national insurance and taxes, so i think they deserve it as much as anyone else. if you can't look after the elderly, what can you do. if it can be done, stop it for them, they don't need it. many of them put it straight in the bank. theresa may may be about to upset an awful lot of voters. even thinking about dropping the tory

promise to pensioners takes a leader very confident about this election, especially now she is protecting overseas spending at the same time. a big lead in the polls comes in handy if you are about to annoy pensioners. a big majority in the commons, even more so. if she then gets on and does it. that deserves a hug, jeremy corbyn campaigning his way, to small crowds and big ones. no talk of saving on benefits here. the corbyn way sounds like this. theresa may seems incapable of answering any question about the protection of the triple lock on the state pension. well, i give you that commitment now. labour will maintain the triple lock. standing by the triple lock, pensions up every year by inflation or average earnings, or 2.5%. sorry, i am not quite sure where i am going. nor does anyone know for sure. the campaign has barely started.

the lib dems look perky, sure that this election will be better than last time. we are the only clear opposition to the conservatives, opposing a hard brexit, exit from the single market, and being an effective opposition on every level. and on they go. pollsters and pundits might think they know how this ends but there are 50 days to go. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said he would prefer the government to have more "flexibility" on taxes. speaking to the bbc, he hinted that he would like the conservative's 2015 manifesto promise not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance to be amended. he was talking to our economics editor kamal ahmed in washington. it was the solemn pledge tweeted to the voter by david cameron before the election of 2015 — no increases in tax, vat or national insurance. will it be repeated before this election? today the chancellor,

visiting washington for a meeting of leading industrialised nations, hinted maybe not. i came into politics not to see taxes rising but to see the burden of taxation falling as our economy grows, and that remains my very clear political ambition. but you do not support specific tax pledges not to raise income tax, national insurance and vat, because it would tie your hands? all chancellors would prefer to have more flexibility in how they manage the economy and how they manage the overall tax burden down than to have their hands constrained. the problem with pledges — they tend to come unstuck. here is the chancellor on budget day, announcing an increase to national insurance payments for the self—employed. there then followed a screeching u—turn after critics pointed out mr hammond had broken that 2015 pledge. the chancellor is here in washington to talk about the global economy,

but, frankly, his mind is on matters rather more domestic. in his interview with me, i think he went as far as he feels able to, given that the manifesto is not yet finalised. he is no fan of constraining promises, particularly on tax. he used one word over and over again — "flexibility". mr hammond has opened up a flank, and labour attacked. i think he's recognising that he's got problems with the economy, he's got problems in the budgeting that he's done, and as a result of that there will be tax rises under a conservative government if they get re—elected. this is quite a tax bombshell. as always, the big test in any election — the economy — and today's poor retail sales figures suggested that the increase in inflation is starting to bite and consumers are feeling the strain. some might say you've called this election to get a mandate

before the economy truly turns sour. we've called the election because it will strengthen the prime minister's hand in the negotiations to get the right brexit deal for britain. but in terms of the economic data, it has been remarkably resilient over the last nine months. just this week, the imf revised up its forecast for britain's economy this year to 2%. the chancellor will return from his us trip at the weekend, back to an election battle where the promises the parties make two voters will be key. as far as mr hammond is concerned, the fewer, it would seem, the better. kamal ahmed, bbc news, washington. len mccluskey, leader of britain's biggest trade union, unite, has been re—elected as its general secretary following a ballot of members. mr mccluskey fought off a challenge from his more moderate rival, gerard coyne, who was suspended from his post yesterday pending an investigation. but only 12% of unite's million plus members voted. let's go to westminster and speak to

oui’ let's go to westminster and speak to our political correspondent. what's the significance then of len mccluskey holding onto hisjob?” suppose it's significant for those million—plus members that you mentioned in unite. a wider political significance too. it was a really derisory turnout, 12%, lower than the 14% that got him located last time round —— elected last time round. by having him in place, this is good news forjeremy corbyn and his leadership of the labour party, not only is the unite union been the biggest funder of the labour party over the years, it's donated generously to jeremy corbyn's leadership campaign. we know there's a lot of chat at westminster amongst labour mps about what might happen after the election if it's a disappointing result, what will happen afterjeremy corbyn, now he has a key ally, with very deep pockets, back in position as the leader of britain's biggest union. those labour mps backing jeremy

coyne have failed to boost the turnout, failed to get the moderate members of the union turning out to oust len mccluskey. this week we heard about this snap election. ma nifestos heard about this snap election. manifestos weren't ready in time. what might we see from the parties next week as they really gear up for theircampaigns? next week as they really gear up for their campaigns? i think we're going to see them campaigning across the country. jeremy corbyn the labour leader wants to meet as many people as possible. could be perhaps doing as possible. could be perhaps doing as many as three visits in different parts of the country at any one time. theresa may will want to be seen to be doing that too. we are in the hiatus between the campaign beginning and having the detail of what the parties will set out. i don't think we'll get the manifestos until the following week. what we will see are two things: first of all, some of the key messages being repeated, possibly ad nauseum. secondly some individual policies being floated as well. we're being promised a range of policies from labour that we're yet to see. so

far, jeremy corbyn picking up on theresa may's rather ambivalent a nswe rs theresa may's rather ambivalent a nswers to theresa may's rather ambivalent answers to our correspondent earlier on the triple lock on mentions. —— pensions. he said labourare committed to the triple lock. again, there's a firm commitment from the labour party. theresa may has been pushed on issues such as international aid and she's said, leaving herself some wriggle room about how it's defined, the existing target, bequeathed to her by david cameron will stay. we will see more detail about where the parties are going. at the end of the ten—day period, with the manifestos, it is a snap election, so i think it's very possible that you might have less detail in the manifestos than perhaps in previous years. you might get more about the direction of travel, the country that the various parties want britain to be rather than perhaps the very specific pledges, which have certainly on tax, for example, on national

insurance, have caused the conservatives some trouble and from labour's point of view, i think jeremy corbyn wants to set himself up jeremy corbyn wants to set himself up as an insurgent, somebody playing outside the rules. he doesn't want necessarily to have a range of unconnected retail offers to the electorate. it will be about mood and campaigning as well as specifics. thank you very much. a pro—brexit campaign group is being investigated by the election watchdog over its finances in the run up to the referendum last year. the electoral commission says there are reasonable grounds to suspect the leave.eu group broke the law over donations it received during the campaign and is investigating whether their spending return was complete. the group was originally set up by businessman arron banks, who said they would be vigorously defending the allegations. and we'll looking back at the first week of election campaigning with jack blanchard, political editor and the daily mirror and tim stanley, political editor of the sunday times at 8.30 here on the bbc news channel. and we'll find out how this story —

and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages: the french authorities have revealed that the man who shot and killed a police officer in paris last night had attacked the police previously. karim cheurfi, who was 39, had beenjailed in 2001 forfiring at police officers. 0ur correspondent christian fraser is in paris for us.... it's a beautiful evening here in paris. we have just it's a beautiful evening here in paris. we havejust a it's a beautiful evening here in paris. we have just a few hours of the campaign to go until it closes at midnight, ahead of that vote on monday. the whole day overshadowed by the events on the champs elysees last night. we are learning so much

more about the gunman that was involved in this attack. he had been in and out of prison all his life. he'd probably spent 15 years in jail all tolled for violence, aggravated violence, theft. there was even a charge of attempted murder of three policemen, all the way back in 2001. the prosecutor, who has spoken tonight, said that as far as they're aware, at the moment, there is no history of radicalisation, though they did find a letter in his pocket in which he'd sworn allegiance to so—called islamic state. all the detailfrom lucy so—called islamic state. all the detail from lucy williamson. in this election, not everyone fighting for influence is a politician. last night, a lone attacker with an automatic weapon brought chaos to the capital's well—guarded heart. his target — french police, patrolling a country on the cusp of an election after two years on high alert. this mobile phone footage shows

the moment he killed a policeman and injured two others, before being shot dead on france's most famous street. the policeman he killed was identified today as xavierjugele, dead for doing his duty, the interior minister said. the group calling itself islamic state has claimed responsibility. the gunman named as 39—year—old frenchman karim cheurfi. he had already served years in prison for attacking the police. 0fficers today searched his family house east of paris. three of those living there are now being questioned. neighbours told us they didn't see the family very often. one man said he read about the attack in this morning's paper and discovered that karim cheurfi had been living on his street. today, another house, another neighbourhood rebranded as part of the story of france's terrorist attacks. with thousands of people from ordinary areas listed

as potential threats, the security services here are stretched to breaking point. this election was always seen as a target for terrorism. 50,000 security forces have been brought in to secure the vote. the leading candidates have promised thousands more police posts if they're elected. and when it comes to being tough on terrorism, it's sometimes hard to tell their policies apart. translation: we want to take back control of our borders from the eu schengen treaty. translation: i'll raise the level of protection on our borders by re—negotiating the schengen treaty. translation: preachers of hatred must be expelled and islamist mosques closed. translation: no imam in any mosque will be able to preach against the values of the republic. the liberal newcomer, emmanuel macron, said that unity was the key. translation: at heart, it's our democracy that's

being targeted, our unity. i say don't give in to fear, division or intimidation. france is locked in a debate over how to stop attacks like this. even harder perhaps to stop them influencing its democratic transition of power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's now speak to gilles keppell, author of the book terror in france. it will seem extraordinary to people that a man like this, in and out of prison all his life, was not on a terror watch list and couldn't be stopped. well, because he was not identified as a jihadist. he was identified as a jihadist. he was identified as a criminal, someone who wanted to kill policemen. he was out of prison after 12 years. this isa out of prison after 12 years. this is a big issue not only for france, but for the whole of europe. what we do with our prison system, which has

become, over the last decades, the major incubatorfor become, over the last decades, the major incubator forjihadism. become, over the last decades, the major incubator for jihadism. you have those petty criminals who go to jailand have those petty criminals who go to jail and then you have those jihadists who tell the guys, you know, the reason you're injail is not because you did anything really bad, because the whole european society is racist, islamphobe or whatever. the only way to be redeemed is to fight forjihad. you know, this is spreading. this is not a debate that's unique to france. we've had a debate in the uk about whether we should have a super max prison for militants, do you keep them all together? do you put them in the prison population? as europeans, we don't seem to know what to do best really. the same happen with this tunisian guy, who did this attack, who performed this attack in berlin in december. he had spent, you know he was not a jihadist at all. he was recognised, became a jihadist jihadist at all. he was recognised,

becameajihadist in jihadist at all. he was recognised, became a jihadist in an italian prison. i believe one of the priorities of the new french president, whoever he or she will be, is to invest in the judiciary. we have to build more prisons. we have to deal with those issues. we have to deal with those issues. we have to deal with those issues. we have to train prosecutors to be able to understand, to decipher what the problem is. the last two attacks we had in france, the stabbing when the policeman and his wife were stabbed to death by a jihadi — policeman and his wife were stabbed to death by a jihadi - this their home. yeah, in june. the guyjust got out ofjail. he was a trained jihadi. then in july, got out ofjail. he was a trained jihadi. then injuly, when this priest was stabbed in normandy, also bya priest was stabbed in normandy, also by a guy who just got out of prison. he didn't know arabic before he was in jail. he didn't know arabic before he was injail. he was brain he didn't know arabic before he was in jail. he was brain washed he didn't know arabic before he was injail. he was brain washed in he didn't know arabic before he was in jail. he was brain washed in the prison system. this is a major issue. not everybody has gone through the prison track, but it's a very important issue. what are you saying? because i was talking to the former europe minister last night,

who is writing the terror legislation. he told me about this famous list, this counterintelligence file, the s file, 15,000 names on it. that seems to me impossible. you can't monitor 15,000 people. you're talking about people who aren't even on that list. well, some of them — when you get on the s files as we call them in france, when it became obvious to the security groups that you expressed pro—jihad feelings or whatever. this guy, whojust expressed pro—jihad feelings or whatever. this guy, who just killed the policeman last night, supposedly had never made it explicit. he probably got in touch with those islamist, jihadi ideology on the internet. we don't know that yet. therefore, there is no reason in terms of administration to put him on the list. but nevertheless, he

was extremely dangerous. and the problem is that it's not an issue of police. because you know, french police. because you know, french police and french intelligence has been able to deter any attack over the last nine months. they've done a decentjob. the last nine months. they've done a decent job. yeah, everybody was panic stricken at the idea that the french election would be hostage to the isis agenda, which was not the case. a, because isis has other things to do because they're under threat in mosul and in raqqa. and b, because french intelligence was able to break the codes of the telegram networks and they had a number of pre—emptive arrests which actually nipped the issue in the bud. just one last question, if i may, you've talked about the soft underbelly of europe. is this soft underbelly of europe. is this soft underbelly of europe the open borders? can you really police these kind of people when they can just drift across borders through the schengen zone?

do they need to start looking at, you no e, i know the european union isn't talking about closing its borders and they want freedom of movement, can you really deal with a problem like this with open borders? this is not a brexit issue.|j problem like this with open borders? this is not a brexit issue. i know, but there are plenty of people who ask the question. no, because many of them are born in europe, they are british citizens or subjects, or french citizens or german or italian citizens. definitely the borders are an issue, but it's not only the borders. it's the fact that because of the ideology, a number of people here do not believe in european values. they're here do not believe in european values. they‘ re europeans here do not believe in european values. they're europeans or brits whatever by pat port only. but they —— passport only. they do not share in the values. they see their compatriots as infidels who do not deserve to live. this is something we have to do. it's notjust the issue of the police, of the judiciary, it's an issue of

education and it's an issue of access to the job market. so there's access to the job market. so there's a lot to do. so many flex issues. it's —— complex issues. it's good to talk to you. thank you for coming in to share your thoughts there. president hollande summoned all his top security officials this morning for a crisis meeting at the elysee palace. the prime minister who emerged from that meeting said nothing would be allowed to get in the way of the vote. they have mobilised the full force of the security services today. and of course they know how to respond. yesterday's events were a long list in french terror attacks. france is hardly alone in the struggle against homegrown islamic extremism. but in recent years it has suffered a disproportionate number of attacks. in 2014, militants attacked the offices of the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, killing 12. days later, a gunman stormed a jewish grocery store, killing four. later that year, 130 were killed in

the attacks on paris and the bata cla n the attacks on paris and the bataclan theatre. and on bastille day lastjuly, france's national holiday, a truck was driven through a crowd of people on the nice promenade. 86 people died. but behind those major terrorist incidents, persistent low level attacks, many of them aimed at the security forces. last year, a police officer and his wife were stabbed to death in their home by anjihadist linked to so—called islamic state. weeks later, two terrorists attacked a church in normandy, killing an 86—year—old priest. more recently, a policeman was stabbed and injured in a suburb of paris before the attacker appeared at 0rly airport, where he was shot dead. translation: over the past few months the government has been calling on national security forces to ensure the safety of our citizens throughout the country. over the next few days, more than 50,000 police officers and military police will be deployed to guarantee the smooth running of the elections. since the attack on the bataclan, the state of emergency

here in france has been extended five times. the police now carry their weapons off duty for their own safety, and they have sweeping new powers to put suspects under house arrest — they can search apartments and computers without judicial warrants. but the list of people they're following is enormous. 0ne mp who worked on the terror legislation told me there are 15,000 names on the list that documents that most dangerous. in marseille this week, police say they foiled an imminent attack involving two men — again, one linked to belgium. in the raids that took place, they recovered a haul of semi automatic weapons and bomb making equipment. europe is awash with weapons. they've come in from the balkans. easy to source, cheap to buy. if you needed any evidence of that, just listen to paris prosecutor,

telling us today that in the boot of that car that carried the attacker to the scene at the champs elysees, they found a pump action shot gun, knives and he used a kalashnikov rifle to shoot the policeman. there area rifle to shoot the policeman. there are a few hours left of the campaign. it's a frustration to journalists like me that we can't talk very much about the polls or theissues talk very much about the polls or the issues tomorrow. such is the rules here in france. but we will be back on sunday night at 7pm uk time, that's when we should get a first exit poll in this fascinating election. four candidates at the top of the polls. any one of them, or any of the polls. any one of them, or a ny two of the polls. any one of them, or any two of them, could go through to the second round. join us for that. plenty of analysis and guests here on the balcony. we'll take you through the count in the late hours of that evening. do join us for that. for the moment, that is the story from here in paris. back to the studio. thank you very much. police in germany have arrested a man suspected of attacking

the borussia dortmund team bus and say the motive was financial and not terror—related. prosecutors say the 28—year—old man, who has dual german and russian nationality, was a markets trader hoping to make money if the price of shares in the team fell. three explosive devices went off near the bus last week, as the team were heading for a champions league quarter—final match against monaco. one player was injured in the attack. 0ur correspondent, damien mcguinness is in berlin. this is a very peculiar tale, tell us more. this is a very peculiar tale, tell us more. yeah, it creates a lot of confusion here. because we saw over the last few days, there have been all sorts of allegations as to what was behind the attack. initially, police assumed it was terror related. that was because a number of letters claiming responsibility had been found near the attack. so, we had a letter claiming

responsibility for so—called islamic state, right—wing extremists letter, a letter saying it was a left—wing extremist attack. a lot of confusion about the motive. it transpires it was a financial — the motivation was to earn money. what this young man is alleged to have done. he putuma options, that —— he bought put options, that —— he bought put options, so he could invest or bet on their value going down. his calculation was that if he attacked the coach and injured, possibly even killed some of the team members, the share price would slump and he would wina share price would slump and he would win a lot of money. so it's created a lot of shock here in germany. even though it's not a terror attack, it's tbing seen as —— it's being seen as a repugnant way of earning money on the stock market by targeting a football team. there's a certain amount of relief that the perpetrator has been found. until we

knew today that this was the alleged perpetrator behind the attack, there was, there was a lot of confusion about what might have been behind the attack. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. good evening. it will be a chillier weekend with nighttime ground frosts. for most of us it looks like a decent weekend. we might have cloudy skies at times, as in north wales today. you can see how extensive the cloud was. we have got some sunshine returning to the north, but it's here where we've got the chilly air establishing itself. behind that, the air travels southwards through the night. not much rain on the weather front, just a lot of cloud. in the north we could see the ground frost developing towards dawn. further south, temperatures hold youinging up south, temperatures hold youinging up bet —— holding up better. bright, breezy and chilly to start in the north. hope there that sunshine gets to work quickly. a peppering of

showers, wintry over the hills. still on the whole quite a bit of cloud. sunshine coming through elsewhere and if you're in light winds and sunshine, it will feel pleasa nt winds and sunshine, it will feel pleasant enough. sunshine coming and going on sunday. again, largely dry for most of us. hello, this is bbc news with me, martine croxall.

the headlines at 7:30pm: labour and the conservatives have set out opposing policies on pensions ahead of the election — the prime minister's signalled pension rate increases could change. the paris prosecutor says the gunman who shot dead a policeman on the champs elysees was known to the authorities, but had shown no signs of radicalisation. len mccluskey has been re—elected as the general secretary of the uk's biggest trade union, unite. the national crime agency reveals the average internet hacker is just 17. with polls in the french elections opening on sunday morning, some of the candidates for the presidency cancelled campaign events today as a mark of respect following last night's attack in the capital. 0pinion polls suggest the relative newcomer,

centrist candidate emmanuel macron has a narrow lead over the far right‘s marine le pen, with the centre right francois fillon and the far left candidatejean luc melenchon close behind. joining me now from paris is the political correspondent of le monde newspaper helene bekmezian... thank you so much forjoining us. the opinion polls, how much have they changed in the last few months? and what impact, if we can tell, has the terror attack had on the opinion of voters ? the terror attack had on the opinion of voters? the polls have been very different in the last month, a lot of have happened. francois fillon, that candidate, nobody expected ben while to won, and out of three or

four last week, it has always been the same. they say the pen could run as well, but what the polls said for brexit, and what they said for the us elections, we don't know what will happen. for the terror attack, ido will happen. for the terror attack, i do not think it is going to have a big impact on the election, in france we already have... we are frightened by what is happening, we are ina frightened by what is happening, we are in a state of emergency, so it is not really a big change of the situation. i do not think it will have a big impact on the election. believe this is the first election to ta ke believe this is the first election to take place in france with a state of emergency in place. how could it affect turnout? if people feel fea rful affect turnout? if people feel fearful about going out in public? it's difficult to say, if people will go less voting because they are afraid. the security has been

reinforced. 50,000 policemen around the country just for the reinforced. 50,000 policemen around the countryjust for the pole station. it is maximum security —— the polling stations. people are frightened to go and vote, it is difficult to say. there has been criticism of two candidates in particular. francois fillon and marine le pen, in making political capital out of the security situation. how may it play with voters ? situation. how may it play with voters? it is difficult to say. the thing is, as i said earlier, it isn't new. each time there has been a small terror attack or a terror attack that had been prevented like attack that had been prevented like a few days ago, it's always the same. marine le pen will say that not everything is made to protect the french people. francois fillon will say the same. they say the same thing again and again for several weeks. it's difficult to say, if

this last attack from yesterday is going to impact will not. how important is this particular presidential election, france, first of all? and then for the wider european union? it is the most unexpected election that we have, we have had four people who may go to round two. and we don't know which two of them will go and run. some of them are really different. if it is greener pen it will be an enormous change for france, —— if it is le pen. for france and the entire world. if it is the files left candidate, it will be a big change. —— far left candidate. for the others, things may stay more or less the same. if it is ugo -- if it is —— if it is le pen it could be very

different for the world. or if it is jean—luc melenchon. different for the world. or if it is jean-luc melenchon. thank you. the health trust facing an investigation into the avoidable deaths of babies was told by regulators a decade ago that its maternity services needed to improve. the health care commission told the shrewsbury and telford trust that its monitoring of babies' heart rates during labour wasn't good enough and that its training of staff was inadequate. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. she was very dependent on me. my life went round a clock. i had to give her medication at certain times, make sure herfeed was running 0k. i was more of a nurse and a carer than a mum. abbey was born in 2004 with brain injuries, including severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. staff at the royal shrewsbury hospital failed to promptly deliver her, despite foetal heart traces indicating abbey was in distress. the errors led to abbey dying aged just 17 months. her heart rate went down, down and down.

they didn't intervene. 0bviously they tried to move me to see if they could find a trace. there wasn't anything there. if they would have done theirjob and got me into theatre when she was dropping, as in her heart rate dropping, then i might still have her now. following abbey's death in 2007, the bbc‘s panorama programme learned the nhs regulator wrote to the trust urging them to improve maternity services. the healthcare commission said they should keep a record of foetal heart monitor traces, staff training needed updating and learning from clinical incidents had to improve. two days ago, we asked the trust to lay out the actions they'd taken following the healthcare commission's advice. this afternoon they responded. they failed to provide evidence that any changes had, in fact, been made. instead, they say that every baby's death is investigated to ensure that lessons are learned and again, repeated their unreserved apologies to the families. we were prepared to have a child,

to change our lives completely. and that didn't happen. kai hall should still be alive. staff at the trust failed to properly monitor his heart rate and missed that he was in distress. his heart—broken parents are astonished the trust was told a decade ago to improve its maternity care. it makes me angry, but it makes me sad as well, to think of all the people that have lost their children because theyjust haven't done anything, they haven't acted. it's horrible. you feel robbed. this memory bear is katie and matt's lasting link to kai. years after the trust was told to improve care, their son is one of several babies who need not have died. michael buchanan, bbc news, shropshire.

a court has heard how a teenage computer hacker unleashed nearly two million cyber attacks on websites around the world using a programme designed in his bedroom. adam mudd, who is now 20, admitted creating the programme and selling it to criminals. the case comes as a new report by the national crime agency warns that the average hacker is just 17 as angus crawford reports. simple, effective, illegal. in german: die website, titaniumstresser. net. the titanium stresser, a cyber weapon designed to shut down websites unless their owners paid a ransom. it bombarded targets with data, using ddos, or distributed denial of service, attacks, and it was created by adam mudd when he wasjust 16. internationally, this tool caused

a considerable amount of damage... mudd sold it to other criminals, making hundreds of thousands of pounds. but after a massive attack in the us, the software was traced to his home in hertfordshire. at one point, seven million ddoss, making nearly $100,000 — that's not innocent, that is like an industrial scale for the purposes of cybercrime. this site is a hack forum... but are there other adam mudds out there, teenage boys dabbling in hacking? an online investigator shows us forums where they meet. look, here, young people are openly discussing how to use illegal software. so "all—in—one virus toolkit". how young are the youngest people on here? i've seen youngsters from the age of12,13,14. we find a user who says he's 15 and is happy to talk. ijust asked him, by text, what age he started,

and he said about 12 or 13. do you make much money? he says, "a lot, actually." spends almost on his computer! the average age of cybercrime suspects is just 17, and police are so concerned they've launched this video. told us he robbed a bank! and they've helped put together this tech competition. here, teenagers learn how to hack and stay on the right side of the law. if you know what you're doing, you'll probably find the bad side a bit more interesting, more challenging maybe. it does seem quite easy, like hints of what we got to do. you've got in? we've just got in. there can be a fine line between hacker and criminal. after today, they should all know the difference. angus crawford, bbc news.

some breaking news to bring you from san francisco. we are hearing that 87,000 people in the downtown part of the city are currently without power. according to reuters news agency it is because there has been agency it is because there has been a fire at a substation in that part of the city. a huge number of people without power at the moment. 87,000 in total, we will bring you more details as we get them. at least 20 children have been killed when their mini bus collided with a truck in south africa. the accident happened near the capital, pretoria. one report said the bus exploded into a ball of flame on impact. nomsa maseko has been following developments from johannesburg: we know from authorities that the minibus in which these children were travelling in were coming from school. they were being taken home when it collided head—on with a truck and it then burst into flames.

many of these children were trapped inside but some were able to be pulled out and rescued and officials who were at the scene say that a number of those who are debt could increase and the provincial education minister also visited the scene and expressed condolences to the family —— those who are dead. this comes hours after the transport department released statistics from this last weekend, the easter weekend, saying more than 230 people we re weekend, saying more than 230 people were killed this weekend over the easter period, meaning 50% more people have died. south africa has one of the most deadliest roads, especially over the holiday period. if you look at the easter weekend, most people, holiday—makers, they are making their way to different destinations. also those who travel over easter and the public holidays

in december. authorities attribute this to fatigue more than drunk driving. they say people force themselves to drive even though they are tired. 0ver themselves to drive even though they are tired. over the last week, statistics once again, more than 6000 motorists were given traffic fines for various offences. a ban on sugary drinks in hospitals in england is being proposed, unless suppliers cut their sales over the next year. nhs england say it must set a healthy example to help combat obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, but the soft drinks industry says it shouldn't be singled out. simonjones reports. it is said that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down but the country's sweet tooth is having a devastating impact on public health, according to nhs england, which insists suppliers must cut the sales of sugary drinks in hospital shops, restaurants and vending machines over the next year to under 10% of total drink sales. many retailers including wh smith and marks & spencer have signed up.

nhs england say if all don't come on board then a ban will be introduced. as a nation we are consuming too much sugar which means more people are overweight, putting them at greater risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and common forms of cancer. so this is the nhs taking a lead on an important health issue. to fight obesity the who recommends a maximum of six teaspoons of sugar day. just one can of drink can take you over that limit. the idea of making hospitals healthier is aimed notjust at patients and their visitors, it is also sending a message out to staff. the nhs employs 1.3 million people but it is believed 700,000 of them are overweight or obese. in scotland, 70% of drinks must be sugarfree in hospital shops. wales and northern ireland have introduced their own eating

and drinking initiatives. but the british soft drinks association says while it makes sense to promote sales of healthy options, soft rinks should not be sense to promote sales of healthy options, soft drinks should not be singled out for a potential ban especially when companies have made great efforts to reduce calories. tributes from players and managers have been paid to the former england and aston villa defender ugo ehiogu who's died at the age of 1m. he collapsed yesterday while coaching at tottenham's training ground and died of cardiac arrest in hospital. as sports correspondent joe wilson reports. ugo ehiogu was a rock, a central defender as strong and imposing as any in football. he stopped goals, and sometimes he scored them. now, at the age of 44, he has died. his passing was felt most poignantly at aston villa,

where he played for nearly a decade. well, we're all shocked and we are all shocked and devastated by the news that somebody so young who making his way was making his way as a talented coach he was an he was an football world will be shocked and saddened. ugo ehiogu was making his name as a coach with tottenham. he barely looks like he had aged since his playing days. he suffered cardiac arrest at tottenham's training ground yesterday. one man stood alongside him through his career, gareth southgate, defensive partners at aston villa and then and middlesbrough, southgate is now the england manager. his friend, gone. all of the football world will be shocked and saddened. he was married with two children.

for football, the death of a dedicated professional at the age of 44 carries the sadness that simply does not make sense. the footballer ugo ehiogu, who has died at the age of 1m. olympic gold medallist, dame katherine grainger has been named as the new chair of uk sport. great britain's most decorated female 0lympian will succeed rod carr as head of the funding agency for elite sport. the 41—year—old retired from rowing after winning her fifth 0lympic medal at last year's summer games in rio. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn pledges that labour will protect the triple lock guarantee on increases to the state pension, but theresa may refuses to say whether she will maintain it.

paris prosecutors say that the gunmen who shot dead a policeman on the champs—elysees had long been known to authorities but was not on a terror watch list. the nhs trust under investigation over the deaths of babies was told it needed to improve ten years ago. an update on the market numbers... this is how london and frankfurt ended the day. the duke and duchess of cambridge made an unannounced visit to radio 1 earlier, to talk about the mental health campaign that they are supporting ahead of sunday's london marathon. they surprised presenter adele roberts, who is one of those running in the event, and revealed to dj scott mills that they are keen fans of the station... i think we can all agree that there has not been

a more powerful mental health campaign ever. thank you for that. we will also have young people listening, who feel they might not be able to share what they feel, because what their friends might think, or other people might not understand. we also have people that are young parents listening, that are finding it overwhelming. what would you say to them? personally, a huge thanks to people like adele and everybody else that have taken on the baton. raising awareness for mental health, and for heads together, particularly. it has been really eye opening for us. seeing how much this issue of mental health is brimming under the surface of public consciousness. it is like a boiling pan of soup, with the lid on, we have taken the lid off and people are taking on the challenge, taking on the baton, saying, i know somebody who has been through this, i been to this myself. it is having a conversation, realising that emotions are not

a bad thing and we all have them. and the power of a simple conversation. i met a young mother who said that for her it was like medicine. it shows you, moments like this, how powerful it is, starting to talk to people. adele, are you a bit calmer? i'm freaking out right now! you need to check my heart rate! i honestly thought you knew, you didn't? someone from around here told me you were nervous about being on radio 1? i don't know what you are talking about! this is the face of calm! is a true that you listen? occasionally. and you text in? under a different name? i sent a text into adele's show recently. i was driving to work for the ambulance shift, she is the only one brave enough to be up at that time. what are you doing,

texting in your car? i have not done it while driving, that would be illegal. i don't want to ask what name you used, but did you get a shout out? yes, i got one from adele, and one from sara cox. i don't think it matters who you are, a shout out on radio one is great. i felt very privileged. we can now say that it is the official station of the royal family. i am probably at the edge of your age group, i am probably meant to go over to radio two. it's fine, come on in. radio one by royal appointment. it was a rather unusual sight on the streets of hull last summer — thousands of naked people, painted blue. now they're getting the chance to see the results for the first time in a new art exhibition to mark hull as this year's city of culture. the photographs were taken around the city's landmarks with people posing for the artist spencer

tunick. 0ur arts correspondent colin paterson reports from hull. what makes 3200 people strip off their clothes and paint themselves blue? that is me... laura dykes is a support worker, hull resident and now hanging in a gallery!|j support worker, hull resident and now hanging in a gallery! i really wa nted now hanging in a gallery! i really wanted to be in some art in a gallery. i have a little boy who is eight years old and i wanted to come into a gallery and say that is me! injuly last year, into a gallery and say that is me! in july last year, people into a gallery and say that is me! injuly last year, people came from as far as injuly last year, people came from as farasjapan injuly last year, people came from as far asjapan and injuly last year, people came from as far as japan and australia to ta ke as far as japan and australia to take part in artist spencer tunick‘s latest photographic extravaganza, sea of hull. featuring four shades of blue body paint. i wanted to bring some of the sea back to remark. it worked. from a distance,

it looks like a gigantic smurf nudist colony but with so many people from hull taking part in lead to some awkward moments. people from hull taking part in lead to some awkward momentslj people from hull taking part in lead to some awkward moments. i bumped into someone from work which was awkward... but not really, everyone was there to do the same. everyone was there to do the same. everyone was in the same situation and got their kit off. it was fine. how did that conversation go? it was very much i tuwai! everything was kept above the neckline! all of the participants have been invited to the launch this evening to find out which parts of them have made the final photos... i was way off down there. you would think there might be some nervousness or awkwardness, you had to ask strangers to do the bits you couldn't reach. but everyone was in the same situation. i will always look back on it fondly. the day that hull turned blue is now making a lot of people happy. colin paterson, bbc news. an update for you on a suspected

acid attack at a nightclub in hackney that we have been reported on, metropolitan police say second man has been arrested as detectives continue to investigate after a noxious substance was sprayed inside a nightclub in hackney. a 24—year—old man was arrested in north london today on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and earlier a 21—year—old man was arrested again in north london on suspicion of the same offence. they both remain in custody and were sought by police after analysis of cctv from inside the nightclub. police say enquiries are continuing to try and find arthur collins, 25 years old and from hertfordshire, he is also wa nted from hertfordshire, he is also wanted for questioning by detectives. the queen celebrates her 91st birthday today and there was two gun salutes performed. in hyde park, a volley of 41 shots was fired

by the king's troop royal horse artillery. an hour later, the honourable artillery company fired a 62—gun salute at the tower of london. and at the changing of the guard ceremony at buckingham palace, the band of the irish guards performed happy birthday with thousands of tourists watching the spectacle — and some of them joining in. band plays ‘happy birthday' a very sedate pace that they play it

at! lets have a look at the weather now with helen... it is coming, i promise! good evening. it looks like many of us will have a shock to the system next week as winter returns but for the weekend it should be mostly dry and will feel warm in the sunshine, in spite of chilly nights with ground frost around. we've had a bit of sunshine today but on the whole, cloud is building up as the day goes on. this is up in lancashire and the best of the sunshine to end the day has been in the north behind our weatherfront. the hole has filled in the cloud in the south—west of england. but here, while we had 19 yesterday we have had 11 degrees through the day to day. chilly air means we could have ground frost in northern england and scotland. where we have a weather fronts nearby, in central areas, this keeps

temperatures higher and is a mist and fog lightly in dawn time. some beautiful sunshine in the north, on the chilly side but showers get going quickly. they will be wintry over the hills. in the south, a lot of dry and reasonably bright weather. the odd shower left on that weather. the odd shower left on that weather front. a good weather. the odd shower left on that weatherfront. a good chance weather. the odd shower left on that weather front. a good chance of some holes in the cloud, even for some time in northern ireland. that weather front is never far away and will make inroads back into northern ireland through the day. showers are wintry in nature in northern scotla nd wintry in nature in northern scotland and the northern ireland is with a bracing wind. sunshine blown between those showers as well. with clearing skies on saturday night, a cold night. things turn more and settled on sunday in the north and fall of those marathon runners and spectators it is going to be age early start on sunday morning. i'm hoping to see some sunshine, it will

warm up. better with cloud on balance, that is good running weather. sunshine around for many on sunday and where we see that sunshine, 111—15 on the cards, feeling warm. this low—pressure that we've been watching the week is approaching, some gales and heavy rain at risk. it moves to scandinavia and after that we get an icy blast of arctic air, wintry showers if possible about anywhere. this is bbc news. theresa may signals the conservatives might drop their commitment to the rate at which state pensions increase —— but the prime minister rules out cuts to the uk's foreign aid budget. melo what we need to do is look at how that money is spent and make sure that we're able to spend that money in the most way. in paris —— prosecutors says the gunman who shot dead a policeman on the champs elysees was a convicted criminal with a history of violence. the nhs trust —— under investigation over the deaths of babies —— was told it needed to improve ten years ago. jeremy corbyn's ally len mccluskey

is re—elected as the leader of britain's biggest union, unite. melo and hanging on in there. and the duke and duchess of cambridge make a surprise visit