this is bbc news — the headlines at 2pm. confusion over the figures — labour launches a key policing policy, but the shadow home secretary trips up over the detail — of how much thousands of new officers would cost. if we recruit the 10,000 police men and women over a four—year period, we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000 for 10,000 police officers? how much are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? we've corrected the figure and it will be absolutely clear now, today and in the manifesto. i'm not embarrassed in the slightest. downing street say they're approaching brexit talks "with huge amounts of goodwill" after reports of tension ahead of negotiations with the eu. lucky to be alive. the surfer rescued from the irish sea after drifting for more than 30 hours clinging to his surfboard. he was described by the aircraft crew as being very cold, suffering

from hypothermia, obviously, you know, been out overnight and all that following day in the water. he was in surprisingly good condition. the family of the man shot by intruders at his home in dorset pay tribute to him — police say it was a targeted attack. in the next hour the german chancellor, angela merkel, begins talks with president putin, in the black sea resort of sochi. we expect a news conference within the hour. it is two leaders have been discussing the conflict in ukraine, which are strained relations between the countries. and also the war in syria. and paula radcliffe's marathon world record set in 2003 — we will be hearing why new proposals to tackle doping could mean it's all rewritten. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party's plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. jeremy corbyn insisted he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott's difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. the gaffe has overshadowed the launch of labour's policing policy for england and wales. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. antisocial behaviour... 0n the beat this morning in southampton jeremy corbyn promising money for 10,000 more police officers in england and wales. labour wants to put police on the streets embedded in

local communities. do we continue cutting police numbers or do we put police back on the streets? do we support pcsos or continue to see them reduced? the party says it would reverse cuts to capital gains tax to fund the policy but in an interview this morning the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, struggled to explain how much it would cost. we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry. for 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? no, i mean... sorry. how much will they cost? they will cost... they will — it will cost... um... about... about £80 million. despite the awkward stumble, jeremy corbyn defended his close colleague. we have corrected the figure and it will be absolutely clear now, today and in the manifesto. i am not embarrassed in the slightest. but diane abbott's number trouble had already been pounced on. she later tried to

play down her morning performance. i do know my figures. as you will know, i did seven interviews that morning and that was the 7th that i misspoke. but i do know my figures. the conservatives in coalition cut funding for police forces and the number of officers is down almost 20,000 since 2010. budget were then protected in 2015 in real terms, although not all forces felt the reprieve. at the same time, crime has generally fallen although violent offences are thought to be up. the truth is we have reduced the number of policemen on the street from 2010. because the police have been spending that money wisely, and because we have worked with them on reform, there's been a reduction in crime of nearly a third since 2010. we believe you can protect funding and also reduce crime. this is not the first time that a politician has floundered when grilled about the detail of a proposal and it certainly won't be the last.

but labour has been putting policy at the centre of its election campaign so far, and after seven years out of power the party needs to convince voters of its credibility to get back into government. leila ma'afu, bbc news, westminster. we are going to hear more about that but next we are going to go to sochi to hear from angela but next we are going to go to sochi to hearfrom angela merkel and vladimir putin, we have interpreters. translation: political difficulties and volatility of geopolitical situation. germany becomes a leading partnerfor our country. talking about the situation in trade we have stated that the growth of trade in january in trade we have stated that the growth of trade injanuary and february increased 43%. we have marked that germany remains the

biggest consumer of russian gas supplies. supplies from russia cover nearly 35% of the german internal market. germany is the leading investor into the russian economy, more than $60 billion. german business uses the opportunities and privileges of the russian market. we have about 5000 joint ventures or businesses with german capital and the capital exceeds $50 billion. the working group on strategic operations in economies and finances has resumed its work. it resolves issues between businesspeople of two countries and facilitates the

realisation of the joint project. representatives of german business circles will take part in st petersburg international economic forum. we have of course touched the issues of humanitarian cooperation, scientific educational context and cultural ties. however, the biggest attention was the international agenda as to the issues of preparation for the upcoming g20 summit that we will discuss at a working breakfast after this meeting with you. russia and germany cooperate within the g20 format against terrorism, money—laundering and tax evasion and corruption. russia is prepared to facilitate german legislature so that the g20

summit is productive. we will discuss the issues of the world economy and finances. at the current meeting we have talked about the current situation in ukraine which raises serious concerns. week, with mrs merkel, are in constant contact, as well as with other members. as you know the latest conversation was on the 17th of april. we should continue to be actively involved in the regulation of the ukrainian crisis and we will talk about this after the presidential election in france. we have reiterated our commitment to the fulfilment of the minsk agreement. the most important

task is uniting all the forces in the conflict which will bring a ceasefire. the special status of regions need to be confirmed. it is oui’ regions need to be confirmed. it is our opinion that the stipulation in the conflict is the special monitoring operation of osce and the explosion of the osce vehicle undermines these efforts. we need impartial investigation on what happened. as you may remember, exactly three years ago, and i can't remember this, ukrainian nationalists drove defenceless people into the trade union building

in odessa and they were burnt alive. the culprits have not been identified for brought to account. this should not be repeated. we also exchanged opinions on syria about the astana and geneva format. we're convinced the solution for the syrian conflict can be only peaceful on the un agenda. thorough and comprehensive investigation of the 11th of april incident needs to be undertaken. we denounce all of the use of chemical weapons. but as i say the culprits can't be identified until there has been a thorough and objective investigation. our talks

are always frank, open and businesslike. over the postwar decades russia and germany have gone through long and difficult path of mutual rapprochement. we should not lose the gains for the sake of peace and cooperation in europe. translation: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, i believe it is a very good opportunity here to have these talks and, thank you very much for the invitation to sochi. we have had a very intense first part of our talks. i believe that the second part, which will deal with the 620 presidency and other international questions, will be very constructive as well. thank you for being a

constructive partner for the organisation of 620 in hamburg. the events in the world show that multilateral cooperation is more needed than ever today and in this spirit we want to prepare for the 620 summit. we started on the bilateral relations. we have some very pleasing developments in our cooperation. maybe we will come to a point where the sanctions will be able to be used at some point —— east donaghy east at some point. we have a lot of cooperation in the economic sphere, in the scientific areas, and between youth groups. the

70th anniversary of the second world war, iwant 70th anniversary of the second world war, i want to remind ourselves of out war, i want to remind ourselves of our common history in those 70 years since the sacrifices that the soviet union also made. i also want to mention the war graves, the care for those war graves is very much a usual thing. this means a lot for the lives of many people who were affected by the second world war. we spoke about the petersburg dialogue which has become a forum where critical issues can be aired. we

believe in an exchange, even if there are differences of opinion. we spoke about the rights and the possibilities of civil society here in russia. i spoke about the german— russian house in colin ingram and i believe thousands good developments if we can conclude on this case. —— kaliningrad. though right to protest is important and i've highlighted the role of n60s. we receive negative reports on the way that homosexuals are dealt with in chechnya in particular, and i ask president putin to use his influence to ease the way homosexuals and also

jehovah's witnesses are approached in the country. i think this dialogue is important because we agreed to continue on the process after the presidential election in france. we do have setbacks from time to time. i support what was said just now. the work of the monitors by the osce, i want to highlight it is even more sad when people who are working for those rights are in danger and i think the central point where we have very little success where we keep reminding ourselves of the minsk

agreement, which was that we need a ceasefire. we have now started working in parallel politically but the ceasefire is of essential importance. the exchange of captive people. i can say for the german federal government and for our foreign minister that we will not shy away from any decision even if it is hard to continue in this format. but we will continue to contribute as the german chancellor i made clear that we want to do everything to support a ceasefire and help people who are in acute need. i think the concept of a security zone is one that could work

and we could work on it more. we could talk about other challenges as well. we are united in the fight against international terrorism. russia and germany could work more closely here but we have a coalition to work on islamist terrorism and we are of one opinion with russia in this field. we have had very extensive talks and we can continue those as well. there are differences of opinion but i believe international politics always means seeking the conversation, seeking new talks and on the 72nd anniversary of the end of the second world war we should really work towards solutions where many people i'iow towards solutions where many people now believe that many things have

deteriorated badly. writers. —— reuters. translation: chancellor, you spoke about ukraine. is it more realistic ifa about ukraine. is it more realistic if a post minsk accord is concluded because the ruble has been introduced soap passports have been recognised. so, what do you think of monitors, maybe even with the use of weapons instead of the osce? mr

putin, there have been some... studio: there we are, this is the news co nfe re nce studio: there we are, this is the news conference going on following talks between angela merkel, the german chancellor and vladimir putin, the russian leader, covering a very wide range of topics, it must be said. reasonably warm words spoken on both sides. particularly mr putin, talking of the situation in ukraine being of serious concern. he did also talk about syria condemning decisively, he said, any use of chemical weapons and urged the people in europe not to lose recent gains incorporation for the sake of the future piece of the continent. as for angela merkel, she also said that she was pleased that there was some cooperation and did talk about the possibility that sanctions on russia could be used at some stage. she also urged the russian leader to use his influence to protect gay people in places like chechnya. ——

sanctions on russia could be eased. we are leaving sochi but we will talk to one of our correspondence later to sum up what has been said. more on that to come. with the time at 2:20pm we will return to politics, a broad cross—section of politics, a broad cross—section of politics to discuss today, we talked earlier about labour and its policy on policing. there is also another story very much dominating the political agenda surrounding britain's departure from the eu as well because a senior conservative source has said the government won't get involved in a briefing war about those brexit negotiations and this all follows on from reports that there were serious disagreements between theresa may and the eu presidentjean—claude juncker at downing street dinner. let's discuss what is going on in relation to all of that with the snp's alex salmond because he is europe's spokesperson for the party and is in aberdeen this afternoon, good afternoon. good

afternoon. according to amber rudd this was quite a lot of tittle tattle. what do you make of it?|j think it's a lot more than that but it is worth reflecting on your last item, it seems journalists it is worth reflecting on your last item, it seemsjournalists have more ability to ask vladimir putin and angela merkel questions in sochi than generalists in this country have to ask the prime minister questions in cornwall or aberdeenshire as she tries to fight the most cosseted, protected, stage—managed campaign in history, which is an affront to democracy. it is worth reflecting on that point. therefore, while she tries to dismiss what happened last week as tittle tattle and gossip, actually it was of fundamental importance. it was an indication of the very detailed briefing we have seen the german newspapers repeated here, that actually the talks on brexit are threatening to break down even before they start, which indicates that the prime minister has started this campaign where she is refusing

to a nswer this campaign where she is refusing to answer questions on a totally false prospectus. you can't say you are the best at being in charge of the negotiations when it seems these negotiations are crippled before they even begin. do we know just they even begin. do we knowjust from this, though, that things are breaking down really? it is early days in what will be at least a two—year process, if not longer. surely european countries who don't want britain to leave are going to make things tricky because they don't want other countries to follow britain's example. yes, but we can see that the 27, let's call them that, the other countries, are setting the context other countries, are setting the co ntext a nd other countries, are setting the context and the pace of negotiations. there was to be no talking until article 50 has been triggered, article 50 has been triggered, article 50 has been triggered and there is to be no substantive negotiations until the bills have been settled and that will have to fall into line as well. it seems from the detail that

neither the prime minister and more surprisingly david davis, seemed to accept surprisingly david davis, seemed to a cce pt if surprisingly david davis, seemed to accept if you want to be part of visible marketplace and have untrammelled access that the conservative government have been boasting about, then of course there has to be the jurisdiction of the court, the european court of justice, to make sure that happens. this is abc stuff and therefore the briefings which indicate that the prime minister is in a different universe seem to be accurate. if the best that could be said was we are drifting towards the iceberg of a ha rd drifting towards the iceberg of a hard brexit out of the single market, and it doesn't seem there is anybody substantial at the downing street teller. if you were in theresa may or david davis's position how would you handle it differently? none of us really know what is being said in these rooms, do we? as they say in ireland i think i wouldn't have started from here. for a start i wouldn't have triggered article 50, that is a

position of weakness because you set the context and timescale to the negotiations which puts the initiative and negotiating hams to the other party. it had to be triggered at some point, didn't it? the uk's correct decision was to say we are still in the single market, we are still in the single market, we are still in the single market, we are staying in it and show is the detail of it. didn't give away your substantial cards and find yourself begging to get back in, which is effectively where the uk government is now. all of this stuff about, i am going to be a much stronger than jeremy corbyn because i will show these other europeans what's what, that doesn't stand up to examination if all the cards are in the hands of the other 27. and right now they are united and determined with their negotiating strategy and the united kingdom government is all over the place fighting an election on a totally false prospectus. 0k. place fighting an election on a totally false prospectus. ok. you said you wouldn't start from here. but again, if you were theresa may 01’ but again, if you were theresa may or david davis, what would you say

to the british public are now? how would you be portraying your approach to these negotiations? what would you be doing that you feel they are not doing at the moment? firstly, let's try and get negotiations into some sort of good faith and some sort of reasonable basis. i would faith and some sort of reasonable basis. iwould make faith and some sort of reasonable basis. i would make a unilateral gesture towards the european citizens in this country, the several million people in great jeopardy at the present moment, a good taxpaying ha rd—working jeopardy at the present moment, a good taxpaying hard—working people, pa rt good taxpaying hard—working people, part of the communities up—and—down the country, who know at the end of the country, who know at the end of the day their rights will be protected anyway, i would unilaterally says we are guaranteeing their rights and try and get the whole negotiating framework onto a position of goodwill, as opposed to trying to measure your toughness and success are your ability to disagree, trying to formulate an agreement with our european partners. because, at the end of the day the negotiating key cars, the ace cards, are currently in their hands. alex salmond, thank you for now, thank you forjoining

us from aberdeen. my pleasure, thank you. the ukip leader has accused the european commission of "playing hard—ball" at the start of brexit negotiations. speaking during campaigning in dudley, paul nuttall also said he had no confidence in theresa may's ability to deliver the best deal for britain. he said ukip mps were needed because mrs may "would begin to back—slide" in negotiations. i think it is the european commission playing hardball at the beginning of these negotiations. what is clear is that they won't be able to bully britain and nor should they. we have a huge trading deficit with the european union, there are millions ofjobs on the continent which are dependent on british trade. there will be a trade deal at the end of these negotiations but what theresa may must do is hold firm. we must not pay any divorce bill whatsoever. since 1973 when we joined the eec, we've put into this organisation over £180 billion net in membership fee alone. we shouldn't be paying a divorce bill. a divorce bill. if anything they

should be paying us. paul nuttall, the ukip bleeder. and you can find out more about today's election pledges, and the latest on the campaign, on our website — that's bbc.co.uk/news. let's look at some of the other main stories today. a surfer who survived for more than 30 hours clinging to his board in the irish sea has been described as ‘extremely lucky‘ by the belfast coastguard who saved him. 22—year—old matthew bryce was reported missing when he failed to return from a trip off the argyll coast on sunday. he was eventually spotted by a helicopter 13 miles off shore. our correspondent chris buckler is on the antrim coast. it is an extraordinary tale. thank goodness he is all right, but it's extraordinary, chris. it certainly is, matthew bryce went surfing at a beach near campbeltown on sunday afternoon just before lunchtime he

went into the water. at that stage he went out in very windy conditions, he wasn't found until the next day. where he was discovered it was miles out to see beyond a raffle island you can see behind me, somewhere between northern ireland and scotland. that was after a major rescue operation involving coastguard teams, lifeboat teams, they finally found him after a coastguard helicopter spotted him fonvieille. —— spotted him from the air. after more than a day drifting in the water, matthew bryce was found by the coastguard, floating miles from land. he was still by the surfboard he left the argyll coast on on sunday morning and when he was rescued on the monday evening he was closer to northern ireland than scotland. waters around the uk at this time of year are near enough at their coldest. if you go in the water this time of year, just on the beach,

how long you would want to spend on it, then if you think about 32 hours in these conditions then it would extremely debilitating. search and rescue teams from both sides of the irish sea worked together in an effort to find matthew bryce who is from glasgow but is now being treated in hospital in belfast. the waves in the water make both the scottish and northern irish coasts a popular destination for surfers. the coastguard say matthew was lucky but he was also prepared, wearing a wet suit that may well have saved his life. he was also able to stay close to his surfboard. when he was plucked from the sea, he was hypothermic but conscious, rescued just as evening was approaching. and in the coastguard's own words, "extremely lucky to have been found." after so long in the water he is

being treated at ulster hospital where he said to be exhausted. he has asked for privacy but has released a statement. he said i'm so grateful i'm receiving treatment in hospital and cart thank those enough who rescued and cared for me and describes them as heroes. —— and ca rt describes them as heroes. —— and cart thank those enough. chris buckler, thank you. the government strategy to tackle air pollution will be published this week after the government decided not to appeal against a high court bid to say should be published. downing street plans to publish before me the neither imposed by judge last week. with me is our environment correspondent roger harrabin. this is a curious business. fill in the background. the government has been trying to delay its air pollution strategy for yea rs, firstly delay its air pollution strategy for years, firstly saying it is too expensive then too impractical. eventually it was told by a judge you have to publish and this was the

deadline, last monday, then at the very last moment the government said, there is another reason we cannot publish, because of the rules regarding sensitive issues leading up regarding sensitive issues leading up to the election. it was brought back to court by a judge had to look at the case. the government wanted to leave it until after the local election and after the general election, and the judge gave leave for them to publish just after the local election but that then means they have to publish no in front of they have to publish no in front of the general election which they did not want to do. this is rather more than just about diesel, which has been the big story over the last month so? yes, is very broad. to tackle air pollution we have to tackle air pollution we have to tackle everything. in london, for example, one of the biggest causes is emissions from gas for burning to heat our homes and offices, and wood—burning stoves, increasingly fashionable, they do contribute a little bit, but the main focus will

be on diesel vehicles, the principal problem in terms of air pollution in cities. firstly, the buses and lorries. we concentrate on cars because of the political sensitivity but the really big hit will be with buses and lorries and then there is the delicate matter about what to do with people who have bought diesel ca rs with people who have bought diesel cars thinking they were cleaner and then were told they were not. and clues as to what may be suggested? all those things we have just spoken about, i think they will all probably have to be touched on in some way. from the government's point of view, the previously said they would probably appeal this judgment but decided not to and i suspect that was because if they did not publish before the general election it would have left their opponents a free hand to attack the government and say, we think air pollution is really important and we wa nt to pollution is really important and we want to speak about it with you, the electors, but the government will not share their view, and politically they probably decided it was too much of a risk to take. as

ever, roger harrigan, thank you very much. much more to come. a busy afternoon, but we will catch up with the weather prospects for now with louise. hello. warm in the west but not in east because of the breeze off the sea which will be the story pretty much through the week. the clothes thick enough for a few isolated showers, not many around at the moment but we are expecting a few at the end of the way then to just steadily west. dutiful son over here, highs of 19 degrees are across parts of north—west scotland —— it is beautiful over here. through this evening bishara is drifting steadily south west, a little cloud kept across england and wales and in the north—west we keep the clearer skies. in rural spots, there could be temperatures just below freezing, a touch of light frost and maybe some mist and fog patches, but decent up here, lovely spells of

sunshine yet again, which extends into north wales and northern ireland. always along the exposed north sea coast with the breeze coming in it will feel a bit fresher, a scattering of showers likely down through the essex and kent coast. on and off through the day, so top temperatures of around 10-15 day, so top temperatures of around 10—15 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. with nicholas owen and jane hill. the headlines at 2.30pm: labours shadow cabinet member insists she can be trusted on her figures after she says she "misspoke. or during a radio

interview on labour's plan to recruit an extra 10,000 police officers in england and wales.|j misspoke but, yes, i can be trusted. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he's "not embarrassed in the slightest" after his shadow home secretary diane abbott stumbled —— a senior conservative source says the government won't get involved in a ‘briefing war‘ about brexit negotiations following reports there were serious disagreements between theresa may and eu presidentjean—claude juncker at a downing street dinner. a surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has been described as "extremely lucky be alive." he was found conscious by the belfast coastguard and is being treated in hospital for hypothermia. german chancellor angela merkel meets russian president putin in sochi to discuss the conflict in ukraine and the need for more active talks on syria. but before we look at all that... time to catch up with all the sport at the bbc sports centre. good afternoon to you both. paula radcliffe has reacted angrily to new plans that could see some of athletics' most famous world records rewritten, including her own for the marathon set in 2003. the proposals from european athletics are an attempt to address

concerns over doping. andy swiss reports. commentator: the crowd anticipating something special once again from jonathan edwards of great britain. august, 1995, and forjonathan edwards, a leap into history. oh, it is a tough act to follow, but he has done it again! i don't believe it! it remains the triple jump world record to this day but for how much longer? under a new proposal, all world records set before 2005 would be erased, including paula radcliffe's marathon mark from 2003, because the drug testing back then did not match today's standards. the plan aims to restore faith in athletics, but those set to lose their records despite doing nothing wrong are unimpressed. very disappointed, obviously. this is a broad, sweeping solution which they are just trying to push in which yet again sees clean athletes suffering for the actions of cheats. european athletics believes record should now only stand if the athlete's samples are stored

for retesting and that has only happened since 2005. some records have stood since the 1980s such as florence griffithjoyner‘s. they never failed drugs tests but no one has ever come close to them. after the recent russian doping scandal, some believe it is time to rewrite the history books. i have to say i feel great sympathy for clean athletes like paula radcliffe and jonathan edwards. it is about convincing the public that what they are watching is real. athletics' governing body the iaaf will consider the idea in august. lord coe says he likes it. but it will prove hugely contentious. will famous old world records like roger bannister‘s four—minute mile still be recognised? it seems the sport's rich history could soon be history itself. elsewhere this afternoon paralympic

champion susie rodgers has announced her retirement from swimming after a six—year international career. the 33—year—old won gold in the s7 50 metres butterfly in rio, four years on from taking three bronze medals at the london paralympics. she also won two bronzes in rio, and was awarded an mbe in the new year's honours. rodgers won 30 medals in all, and says she wants to leave at the top after what she's described as a "journey of learning, challenges and ultimately immense happiness." manchester united have confirmed that zlatan ibramhimovic has had successful knee surgery in the united states. his agent believes the injury is not career—threatening, and the swede will make a full recovery. meanwhile united left—back luke shaw will see a specialist to determine the extent of his foot injury. he has ligament damage and left the field after nine minutes of sunday's premier league draw against swansea

at old trafford. after meeting in two of the last three champions league finals... this time real madrid play neighbours atletico in the competition's semi—finals. and it's the first leg tonight at the bernabeu. cristiano ronaldo and team—mates will be without gareth bale who misses out with a calf problem. but atleti have their own injury problems too. real won both of those previous finals, including last year's on penalties. mark selby admits it'll be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s record of 7 world snooker titles. he won his third (00v) at the crucible last night... beating john higgins to also become only the fourth player in the modern era to retain his title. hendry also managed that.... but even though selby sez the scot‘s mark will be hard to reach... he insists he has never performed this well before... iam i am enjoying my snooker no, probably at the peak of my career, but trying to dominate the game at this era is very difficult. you could argue i have done at the

season but to continue doing it will be very difficult. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on political campaiging around the country today — and all the party leaders are out and about — theresa may is in the south west — which was until the 2015 general election a heartland of the liberal democrat vote. vicki young is in plymouth for us now. it looks very nice there. good afternoon. i am actually a bit further west than that at the moment. theresa may started in the constituency of st ives today and, as you say, the whole of cornwall was really seen as a liberal democrat stronghold but then at the last 2015 general election the liberal democrats were swept away in a tide of blue, and what theresa may is doing is coming to the county really to make sure she can keep and hold onto those seats. an article and the local newspaper says the seats won by the tories in the south—west where the difference between an unstable coalition, as she saw it, or is strong conservative government so this was her message to the voters of cornwall... her message to the voters of

cornwall. . . we her message to the voters of cornwall... we have already acted as a government to provide some certainty for people, farmers, for example in terms of common agricultural payments, and through the period 2020 we have already done the period 2020 we have already done the same in relation to the structural funds, and indeed said that if people have funding signed up that if people have funding signed up to before we leave the eu, if it matches and is good value for money, if it matches our strategic priorities, then we will guarantee that money. beyond that, we have an opportunity to ensure that what we are doing is providing support for those parts of the country that need it but doing so in the best possible way. it is notjust about the issue of funding but is about our modern industrial strategy, about ensuring we are promoting and encouraging the growth of the economy across the whole of the united kingdom including cornwall. cornwall is similarto including cornwall. cornwall is similar to other parts of the country the prime minister has visited in that there was a vote to leave the european union here. there

was a sizeable ukip bought from the last general election and the conservatives are very keen to encourage those ukip voters over to them and that is what is making them confident of keeping many of the seats here and stopping any kind of liberal democrat comeback. the prime minister met privately with fishermen here and i spoke to some of them afterwards, they were looking for reassurances that the fishing industry would not be used asa bargaining fishing industry would not be used as a bargaining chip in those negotiations. they said she was very positive about the industry but when i asked if she reassured them, they said, ina i asked if she reassured them, they said, in a politician's kind of way. she walked around and had some gypsy, she walked around and had some gypsy, spoke she walked around and had some gypsy, spoke to members of the public, one of them saying to her, there are much more important issues than brexit —— she walked around and had some chips here and spoke to members of the public. one woman asked about what had been happening and said the european union negotiations shows we need a strong pro—minister to stand up and deliver what the people voted for, so i

think brexit will be an issue at this general election and it could well make it harder for the this general election and it could well make it harderfor the liberal democrats to stage any kind of full—scale revival in this part of the country. vicki jung there, thank you very much. the family of a man who was shot dead in his home by intruders in the early hours of sunday morning have paid tribute to him, saying they are devastated. dorset police are searching for at least two people following death of guy hedger, a marketing executive. they say it was a targeted attack. the men, who wore baraclavas, stole jewellery including designer watches before fleeing the house near ringwood. duncan kennedy reports. the centre of the police operations remains the house where guy hedger was shot. detectives say he was killed on sunday morning after at least two intruders entered his home. it is believed a number of designer watches were ta ken home. it is believed a number of designer watches were taken during the raid. mr hedger was 61 and the

director of an education trust. any statement today, his family said guy was a compassionate caring partner, son, brother and uncle, who lived life to its full and enrich the lives of all those who knew him. it said, "we are devastated his life has been cut short in this way. the will be sorely missed but will live in our hearts forever." those tributes have been shared by his work colleagues, who say he helped transform the lives of thousands of children through his educational work. police say his partner, who is believed to have witnessed the shooting, has been left deeply affected by what happened and is now affected by what happened and is now a key witness in their investigation. this is an area of dorset were home prices run into the millions. the shooting is still leaving many here unsettled. well, it is obviously very distressing. we live in an area where you never think anything like this will happen, so it is distressing from

that point of view, but the police have also been very good. they have a large presence in the area so we feel very safe. we are pleased that obviously, you know, there is so much police involvement around us and sort of supporting us all. much police involvement around us and sort of supporting us allm much police involvement around us and sort of supporting us all. it is really quiet area and no one expects anything. everyone has high security around here so you would not expect anything to happen around here. police say they think the raid was planned in advance and they are working out —— working hard to find out why guy hedger‘s home was targeted with such tragic consequences. let's turn to financial matters. a new study out today suggests lending by family new study out today suggests lending byfamily and new study out today suggests lending by family and friends to fund the property purchasers will exceed £6.5 billion this year, 30% more than last year, according to new

research. legal and general, which compiled the figures, said the so—called ‘bank of mum and dad' was now equivalent to the ninth biggest mortgage lender in the uk. that is quite a shift. we can discuss this all with sally francis, senior writer with money—saving expert. where to start? test tells us an awful lot about how incredibly difficult it is for younger people in particular, and it is often slightly younger people, to get on the property ladder in this country. absolutely, it is expensive. if pa rents absolutely, it is expensive. if pa re nts ca n absolutely, it is expensive. if parents can help out it is not surprising they are. mortgages are difficult to get and to get a deposit, even 10%, we are talking about a lot of money, especially in the south where property prices are incredibly high. versus what we're talking about, because the mortgage rates, you know, there are quite good rates out there but you need

such a big deposit. it makes us all reflect on when we made our first group of experts and fruit and fruit and just managed to get a deposit, but now if you're in your 20s —— when we made our first tentative steps and we saved and saved and just managed to get a deposit. steps and we saved and saved and just managed to get a depositlj think just managed to get a deposit.” think it is a question of whether the parents are able to do it. if they have that cash available so they have that cash available so they are not having to remortgage their house or get themselves into debt, then why not? but one thing to consider, not a very nice topic, but if something were to happen to those pa rents, if something were to happen to those parents, within seven years of them giving quite a substantial gift to their child, it would form part of their child, it would form part of their estate and potentially be subject to inheritance tax, so there is that consideration. not something people want to think about but it could be a complication further down the line. absolutely, then if that money is tied up in the property,

worst—case scenario, the person who has bought the flat or whatever could have a bill to pay? i suppose, is that saying, whatever you do, if pa rents is that saying, whatever you do, if parents or grandparents or whoever get involved in this way, absolutely ta ke get involved in this way, absolutely take legal advice? if you are quite knowledgeable person you might not feel the need to do it but i think you need to make sure, whether through advice or doing your own research, that you are aware of the risks of it. if you are borrowing any more money to give to your child, you have those debt risks and the risks you're taking on there, so it is just about making sure you are well informed before you do it with everything that you could —— every thing that could happen before giving that money to your child. there are lots of interesting statistics out today in relation to the survey, and in terms of first—time buyers, it is interesting, when you look at the average age of first—time buyer, despite property prices going so out of control, it hasn't changed too much, still 29—30, but the big difference is a massive increase in the number of young people having to buy with somebody else. so

individuals cannot afford to buy. so again we have quite a shift in the property market and the implications of that? yes, and the bank of mum and dad, whether buying with a friend, brother and sister, these are all options as to how people are getting on the property ladder, and as you said the age people are doing this it is not perhaps changing but the way people are doing it are. it is incredibly difficult to do on of people are looking at other options to get themselves on the property ladder which is something a lot of people are aspiring to do. sally, thank you very much. not the last time we will be discussing this, i am quite sure, but from money—saving expert, sally francis, thank you for coming in. soon we will have a summary of the business news this hour but no, just coming up to 2:50pm, the headlines on bbc news... the shadow home secretary diane

abbott says she "misspoke" when she got confused over the cost of labour's pledge for 10,000 extra police officers for england and wales. downing street says it is approaching brexit talks with "huge amounts of goodwill", following reports of tension between the prime minister and the president of the european commission. a surfer who went missing off the coast of argyll is recovering in hospital in belfast after spending more than 30 hours clinging to his board. in the business news this afternoon... back in the black — oil giant bp is making profits again after two years of heavy losses thanks to higher oil prices and production. profit for the first quarter of the year came in at $1.1l billion, a healthy improvement on the $485 million loss it made in the same quarter last year. greece and its foreign creditors have reached a deal on reforms

in return for bailout funding. the greek finance minister says the deal means further rescue funds can now be delivered. it includes labour and energy reforms as well as pension cuts and tax rises. italy's troubled flagship airline alitalia will formally request to enter bankruptcy proceedings, after workers rejected a restructuring plan. the company said its flight schedule will operate as planned, while administrators examine if the firm can be turned around. the carrier has received more than almost £6 billion from the italian government over the last decade. 0k, ok, first we are going to the us, where president trump said he is considering breaking up the big wall street banks, by splitting their high—street businesses looking after retail customers wanting current and savings accounts, and mortgages from their investment operations, where they could be speculating on the financial markets. shares in the big us banks initially fell but then recovered. we are joined us banks initially fell but then recovered. we arejoined by us banks initially fell but then recovered. we are joined by samira hussain, from the floor of the new york stock exchange. thank you for

joining us the shares fell but then recovered, which makes us think that banks do not think this is actually happening? it is not going to happen any time soon. remember there are lots of things on president trump's legislative agenda. there is health care, and we see the budget as well. lots of things the president has to consider before he can get anywhere near doing any kind of bank reform or even trying to break up the big banks. there was certainly some initial shock within the banking stocks when they first heard the president float the idea of breaking up president float the idea of breaking up the big banks, something that was said on the campaign trail, but as we know it is very different to say something as a candidate compared to saying something as the president, but there are just so many other things he has to accomplish that this is definitely not something they will talk about again until about the next year. just explain the context behind this, with the glass steagall act. some argue that had not been repealed back in 1999,

the financial crisis may never have happened? this force them to keep their consumer banking separate. consumer banking is things like you andi consumer banking is things like you and i would do, go to the bank, have checking or savings accounts, but when it comes to investment banking, these are much bigger investments, lots more money. they are also a lot more risky. especially considering consumer banking, not very risky. but investment banking is much more risky. once the us had repealed that act it allowed the banks to combine so one bank to do both consumer lending and consumer banking and could also do investment banking and that's really allowed for these big banks to grow to the size that they are. for example jp morgan banks to grow to the size that they are. for examplejp morgan is a bank that really benefits from the repeal of the glass steagall. samira, we will have to leave it there. thanks

very much for explaining that to us. in other business news this afternoon... the steel company, liberty house, is to create an extra 300 steel jobs liberty house, is to create an extra 300 steeljobs in south yorkshire. the new jobs 300 steeljobs in south yorkshire. the newjobs come on top of the 1,700 it said it would create in february. the move comes as the firm com pletes february. the move comes as the firm completes its purchase of tata steel's speciality steels division for £100 million. online delivery firm just eat says sales rose a6%t to almost £120 million in the three months to march 31, with uk orders up 17%. the figure would have been higher except for an early easter and one day less of trading because of the leap year. housebuilder bovis homes says it's made "clear progress" in addressing customer complaints over the poor quality of its properties. the kent—based firm has had a challenging year — its been subject to two failed takeover bids from redrow and galliford try. before we go, let's take a quick look at the markets. i mentioned bp backin look at the markets. i mentioned bp back in profit and you can see the impact on the share price, up almost

296, impact on the share price, up almost 2%, pushing up the ftse 100. impact on the share price, up almost 2%, pushing up the ftse100. bp is obviously a key component of that index. the ftse 100 obviously a key component of that index. the ftse100 up over half a percent. and i mentioned the ocado, up percent. and i mentioned the ocado, up by percent. and i mentioned the ocado, up by almost 9% this morning, on the back of rumours they may do a deal with marks & spencer. so if marks & spencer introduced an online food delivery service, ocado may be the ones to handle it. and brent crude, that ties into bp. it slipped slightly, and one of the reason their profits were back—up is this time last year you were seeing oil prices there and know they are at almost $52 per barrel. thanks, rachel. now it is time to take a look at the weather prospects for the next few days and i think it will be drier, to drive for the gardeners, and a little warmer. can we have the details, louise? —— too dry for the

gardeners. stop giving everyone the punch line! yes, the gardens are starting to get a little desperate now. some lovely spells of sunshine. just look at that west highlands, it will be a great week out there. where i would like to be. not quite as warm but the warmest place across the country yesterday. through the middle of the week, mid—teens and then back up to the low 20s for the weekend. western scotland will see the best of the sunshine but it has been very dry. in actual fact it has been very dry. in actual fact it has been the driest april on record, only four millimetres of rain. although these are not the full figures in terms of rainfall for april, you can see the darker brown denoting rainfall below average. it is fairly average across the country where it has been this is bbc news.

the headlines at 3pm: confusion over the figures — labour launches a key policing policy, but the shadow home secretary trips up over the detail — of how much thousands of new officers would cost. if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four year period we believe it will be about £300,000. reporter: £300,000 for 10,000 police officers. what are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? we've corrected the figure and it will be clear now, today and in the manifesto. i'm not embarrassed in the slightest. theresa may campaigns in cornwall as senior conservatives dismiss reports of tension with eu negotiators ahead of brexit talks. the family of the man shot by intruders at his home in dorset