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 pay tribute to him. the police say it was a targeted attack. lucky to be alive, the surfer

rescued from the irish sea after drifting for more than 30 hours clinging to his board. he was described by the aircraft crew as being very cold and suffering from hypothermia and being out overnight and all of that following day in the water. he was in surprisingly good condition. the german chancellor, angela merkel, holds talks with president putin, in the black sea resort of sochi. they've discussed the conflict in ukraine which has strained relations between moscow and berlin and the war in syria. and paula radcliffe says she feels "hurt" by proposals which could see top athletes losing their world records. 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 extra 10,000 police officers on the streets. mr 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. anti—social 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've corrected the figure and it will be absolutely clear now, today and in the manifesto. i'm 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. and as you will know, i did seven interviews that morning and that was the seventh 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. but 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. let's cross live now to westminster, where the lib dem spokesperson on brexit and former party leader, nick clegg, is setting out his party's position on the uk's departure from the eu ahead of the general election. with average earnings growth set to stall later in year, consumers are inevitably going to feel the brexit squeeze. inevitably going to feel the brexit squeeze. take food, for example, around half of the food we eat is imported which means the prices on the supermarket shelves are going up. the ifs thinks they will rise by 396 up. the ifs thinks they will rise by 3% asa up. the ifs thinks they will rise by 3% as a direct result of this devaluation. price rises have also

hit energy bills and petrol, oil and gas is bought on the international market in dollars as well as clothes, wine, electronics, and even tea. if you're spending money abroad, the impact of devaluation will be unmissable. if you're going on holiday to spain this summer, everything you pay for in euros from accommodation to ice cream will be 17% more expensive than it was two yea rs 17% more expensive than it was two years ago. if you're going to florida this summer, it will feel like a 23% hike. when prices go up, and wages do not, that can only mean one thing — millions of people are going to be poorer. 0ur one thing — millions of people are going to be poorer. our standard of living will be lower. putting all of this together, the brexit squeeze means the average household is likely to be £500 or worse off in

2017 compared to 2016 and that's even before the brexit negotiations have started in earnest. more worryingly still the impact of the referendum on public services can already be seen in the independent economic forecasts which under pin the government's own spending plans. even according to the cautious, cautious, estimates, from the office for budget responsibility, a triple whammy of higher inflation, lower business investment and lower net migration means that gdp is likely to be 2.4% lower in 2021 than it would have been without the referendum. having forsaken that potential growth we have to accept that fewer taxes will be collected, widening the gap between the government revenues and government expenditure. a the chancellor revealed in november that he will have to borrow around £15 billion a

year more than he expected starting next year just to fill the gap specifically caused by brexit. he was also forced to abandon his target of balancing the budget by the end of the parliament. this means that brexit will have dented the public finances by £59 billion over a five year period. let's be very clear about this — this has serious consequences for the nhs, for social care and for schools at a time when vital public services are desperately in need of additional funding, the conservatives are pouring billions into the brexit black hole instead. money that could have been used to cut waiting times in a&e, keep beds open and pay for vital medicines. money that could have been used to ease the intense pressure on local care services for oui’ pressure on local care services for ourablinging pressure on local care services for our ablinging population. money that could have been used to stop the

shameful cuts to our schools. to put this in context, the nhs needs to find at least £22 billion a year by 2020 to meet the shortfall that has been identified by the head of nhs england sir simon stevens. the social care system requires an extra £2.6 billion, far more than local authorities can afford. and our schools need an extra £3 billion by 2020. a recent survey found that three—quarters of headteachers believe that school budgets will be unsustainable in two years' time. in other words, the money that is being lost to brexit could have been used to plug around half the gap in our core public services over the next five years. that's the liberal democrats spokesman on europe, nick clegg and farmer party leader talking about what he sees as the costs that are involved, the risks of the costs for all of us if a hard brexit policy is

pursued. a speech in which he also attacks theresa may's stance to the whole matter of negotiating with the european union. we are staying with all the election cal paining today. the prime minister, theresa may, is in the south—west today which was until 2015 a heartland of the liberal democrat vote. the prime minister is hoping that as vast swathe of the west cou ntry hoping that as vast swathe of the west country voted for brexit, people will vote for her as the leader to negotiate the exit and secure funding for the region. we've acted as a government to provide some certainty for people, forfarmers for provide some certainty for people, for farmers for example, in terms of common agricultural payments from the period 2020. we've already done the period 2020. we've already done the same in relation to the structural funds and indeed, the same in relation to the structuralfunds and indeed, said that if people have funding that is signed up before we leave the eu, if it matches, if it is good value for money and matches our strategic priorities then we will guarantee

that money. beyond that, we have an opportunity to ensure that what we're doing is providing support for those parts of the country that need it, but doing so in the best possible way, but it's notjust about the issue of funding. it's about the issue of funding. it's about our modern industrial strategy. it's about ensuring that we are promoting and encouraging the growth of the economy across the whole of the united kingdom including cornwall. downing street is making it clear mrs may remains confident of getting a successful deal over brexit in spite of disagreen belts with brussels. senior officials say the government is on senior officials say the government isona senior officials say the government is on a different wavelength. alex salmond is not impressed. actually the talks and on brexit are threatening to breakdown even before

they start which indicates that the prime minister has started this campaign where she is refusing to a nswer campaign where she is refusing to answer questions on a false prospectus. you can't say you're the person to be in charge of negotiations when it seals the negotiations when it seals the negotiations are crippled even before they begin. alex salmond for the snp. 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. if anything they should be paying us. that was the ukip leader, paul nuttall. the green party has also announced its strategy for brexit. speaking this morning, the party's co—leader, caroline lucas said people should have a chance to ratify the final deal of any brexit negotiations. although my party fought hard to try to ensure that britain stayed in the eu andi to ensure that britain stayed in the eu and i voted against the unconditional triggering of article 50, we accept, of course, that the referendum was an instruction to the government to begin brexit negotiations. we do not accept however that the decision should be irreversible. the referendum should be the start, not the end of the

democratic process. and it is therefore right that people themselves should have the right to have a say on the final deal ina right to have a say on the final deal in a ratification referendum with the option to remain in the eu finally there on the ballot paper the now, those who will say this is against the will of the people. but the claim that the referendum produced an irreversible verdict is a sham. at a general election, voters obviously have the right to revisit the choice of government that they made at a previous election and it would be ludicrous to suggest that people couldn't change their minds about which way to vote as facts change, as their experiences deepen. and in the same way, of course, it makes sense for people to have the right to revisit a referendum result as long as the parties are clear about what is on the table. 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.

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. theresa may campaigns in cornwall as senior conservatives dismiss reports of tension with the european commission over how brexit talks will proceed. 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. paula radcliffe and other british world record holders are collateral damage aid cording to a task that force that recommended wiping them out in the wake of the doping scandal. suzy rodgers announced her retirement from swimming saying she wa nts to retirement from swimming saying she wants to leave at the top.

injuries are bound for both real and atletico as the madrid clubs meet in the champions league again. i'll have more after 3.30pm. 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 the death of guy hedger, a marketing executive. they say it was a "targeted attack". the men, who wore balaclavas, stole jewellery including designer watches before fleeing the house near ringwood. duncan kennedy reports. the centre of the police operation 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's believed that a number of designer watches were taken during the raid.

mr hedger was 61 and a director of an education trust. in a statement today his family said: "guy was a caring and compassionate partner, son, brother and uncle who lived life to its full and enriched the lives of all those who knew him. we are devastated that guy's life has been cut short in this way. guy will be sorely missed but he will live in our hearts forever". those tributes have been shared by mr hedger‘s work colleagues who say he helped transform the lives of thousands of children through his educational work. police say that his partner, who is believed to have witnessed the shooting, has been left deeply affected by what happened. and is now a key witness in their investigation. this is an area of dorset where home prices run into the millions. and the shooting is still leaving many here unsettled. well, it's obviously very distressing. we live in an area where you never think anything like this

is going to happen. so, it's distressing from that point of view but the police have also been very good. they've got a large presence in the area so we feel very safe. well, we're pleased that obviously, you know, there's so much of the police involvement around us and supporting us all. it's a really quiet area and nobody normally expects anything, everyone has high security around here. so you wouldn't expect anything to happen around here. police say they think the raid was planned in advance and are working to find out why guy hedger‘s home was targeted with such tragic consequences. 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 has been giving us the latest from the antrim coast. matthew bryce went surfing at a beach near campbell town before lunch time on sunday. at that stage, he went out in very windy conditions. he wasn't found until the next day. and when he was discovered, it was miles out to sea, beyond rathlin island which 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 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,

but when he was rescued on the monday evening he was closer to northern ireland than scotland. the 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 i can't thank those enough who rescued and cared for me and describes them as heroes. the german chancellor angela merkel has begun talks with president putin in the black sea resort of sochi this afternoon. its the first time the two have met since 2015, and the conflicts in both syria and ukraine were on the table. ties between russia and germany have worsened since russia's 2014 annexation of crimea in ukraine, with germany being a driving force behind the eu sanctions imposed in response. at a joint news conference a short

time ago, president putin condemned the use of chemical weapons used in syria, last month april, in which at least 70 people were killed. he said that the attack should be thoroughly investigated. translation: the solution for this syrian conflict can only be peaceful. thorough and comprehensive investigation of the 11th april incident needs to be under taken. we denounce the use of chemical weapons, but as i say, the culprits can be identified only as a result of thorough and objective investigations. 0ur talks are always

frank, open, and business—like. 0ver the post—war decades, russia and germany have gone through a long and difficult part of mutual respect. you should not lose the gains for the sake of peace and co—operation in europe. meanwhile, angela merkel has been discussing the on—going situation in ukraine, saying that russia needed to commit to the minsk peace agreement before there could be any sanctions lifted translation: we keep reminding ourselves of the zero point 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 and the exchange of captive people and i can say for the german federal government and for our foreign minister that we will not shy away from any effort, even if it is very ha rd to from any effort, even if it is very hard to continue in this format, but we will continue to contribute. angela merkel urged vladimir putin to do more to protect the rights of 93v to do more to protect the rights of gay people in chechnya because activists say that police have abducted and tortured large numbers of particularly gay men there in chechnya in an antigay crackdown and angela merkel was speaking about that as well. we can go to westminster and nick

clegg has been outlining his party's position on brexit ahead of the general election. he is warning that leaving the european union will hit living standards for millions of people. eleanor garnier has been listening to that speech. a lot of detail, he gave, i think onjust how people are going to be affected and how they're going to be hit in the pocket? that's right, nick clegg speaking in this building behind me. he isjust coming to speaking in this building behind me. he is just coming to the end of his speech now, but the gist of what he has been saying and what the lib dems are saying is that brexit and specifically the type of brexit that theresa may, the prime minister, is pursuing is going to hit people in their pockets the he says it's going to put a £59 billion black hole in britain's economy. and he says for insta nce britain's economy. and he says for instance if you go on holiday to spain this summer, it is going to hurt you. if you go to florida, it's going to hurt you. wherever you go

in the world because of what he says has happened to the pound since the vote to leave the european union, it's going to feel like you're paying a lot more for your holiday the we know the liberal democrats in this general election their core campaign message is that they are the party for those people who voted remain and in fact what nick clegg revealed this afternoon is two points that are going to be in the lib dem party manifesto. he says that they will promise to in his words keep the government's feet to the fire and fight all the way to make sure that the government retains as many of the benefits of being in the eu as possible. and secondly, the lib dems will put in their manifesto that they will promise a second referendum with two choices for voters. the first will be to stay in the european union, the second to leave it on the terms that theresa may has done in a deal with the european union. so, it's a

clear message from the liberal democrats. if you voted remain, then they think you should be voting for them, but of course, there are many constituencies in the south—west where they lost in the 2015 general election where they're trying to ta ke election where they're trying to take those seats back from the conservatives, when in actualfact voters there voted to leave the european union. so, it's not going to bea european union. so, it's not going to be a simple fight for the liberal democrats indeed, we know general elections are never a simple affair! indeed, that's true. thank you. a man from cardiff who used james bond—style cufflinks — which had hidden usb memory sticks in them containing extremist data — has been jailed for eight years. 34—year—old samata ullah pleaded guilty to five offences including membership of so—called islamic state. the police said ullah had created a one stop shop for terrorists from his bedroom and stored information useful to terrorists

data in his cufflinks. he operated this from his bedroom and stored information useful to he terrorists in his cuff links. a viscount has pleaded not guilty to sending a racially aggravated message to the businesswoman and brexit campaigner gina miller. rhodri philipps, the fourth viscount st davids is accused of writing a threatening message on facebook just days after gina miller won a landmark high court challenge against the government over article 50 last year. 0ur legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, gave us the latest from westminster magistrates' court. the man who appeared in the dock was asked by the court clerk if his name was mr davies. he said it was not his name of the his name was lord davies. three charges were put to him. they were similar in character. offences under the communications act and it was put to him that he had sent messages in the form of

facebook postings that were both menacing in character and also rationally aggravated. the first of the messages it is alleged was sent to gina miller the businesswoman, and sent days after she won her initial ruling in the high court, she had challenged the government saying the government didn't have the right lawfully to trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty without going to parliament for a vote in parliament because parliament was sovereign. that case went to the supreme court where she w011 went to the supreme court where she won it. the other two charges related again to facebook postings, but they were made earlier in september of last year, and concerned other individuals. the three charges are put and he pleaded not guilty to all three. a date for a trial was fixedment that will take place on 10thjuly of this year and he was then released from court on conditional bail. two conditionsment one is that he doesn't contact directly or indirectly gina miller

and the other that he doesn't publish on any social media platform whatsoever until the trial date of 10thjuly. much more coming up in the next half an hour, but we're going to catch up with the weather. louise lear has those. it is all going according to plan, west the best and temperatures climbing now. a little more cloud coming in off the north sea, the story so far today, and from that a few isolated showers to this evening, but generally those temperatures a little fresher and on the east coast, warmer. through this evening the continued threat of a few showers drifting south and west. here on more cloud and clearer skies further north, a little bit of patchy mist and fog likely, and temperatures perhaps in sheltered rural scotland in the glens, they

are, down to —2 sort touch of light frost knocked out of the question first thing. it will be dry and sunny after that, not perhaps as warm as the last couple of days but certainly the best of the weather. in the far south—east we keep the cloud thick enough with that breeze off the north sea it will always feel a bit fresher for the off the north sea it will always feel a bit fresherfor the east. little change as we go through thursday and friday. those exposed east coast it will be fresher and sunny the further west that you are. hello. this is bbc news, with nicholas owen and jane hill. the headlines atjust after 3.30pm: shadow home secretary diane abbott insists she can be trusted on her figures after she says she "mis—spoke" during a radio interview on labour's plan to recruit an extra ten thousand thousand police officers in england and wales. i do know my figures, and as you will know,

i did seven interviews that morning, and that was the seventh, and i misspoke, but i do know my figures. 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 urged president putin to help protect gay rights in chechnya as she visited russia for the first time in two years. main talking points between the leaders also included the conflicts in ukraine and syria. we will look at the sports news in a

moment laughter but first we will go to our correspondentjudith mauritz but first we will go to our correspondent judith mauritz because i case has concluded into the story ofa i case has concluded into the story of a severely anorexic girl who stepped onto the path of a train five days after being released from a psychiatric hospital. we will hear the latest from the coroner's court. yes, this is an inquest into the death of 15—year—old pippa, and this court has been listening over the last week or so to the evidence of what happened to pip, as she was known, and she was a victim, as he said of anorexia, having suffered that from the age of 12. she was hospitalised backin the age of 12. she was hospitalised back in 2014 and the priory in cheshire, the hospital treating her,

they have told this inquest she was they have told this inquest she was the most severe case of anorexia that they had ever seen and she spent more than a year in that hospital. she eventually reached her target weight and in december 2015 she was allowed to go home. she went back home on the 4th of december and five days later, on the ninth, she ran away from home after a row with herfamily ran away from home after a row with her family because the anorexia still continued to torment her. she was obsessive about going to the gym. she had a row with her parents about that excessive general use and shouted she was going to kill herself, run away from home and jumped in front of a train at the local station. the jury here jumped in front of a train at the local station. thejury here have just come back into court and have recorded firstly the conclusion that her death was suicide, but also went into the factors around that, and have said that that suicide was probably contributed to by several

factors, one of which was that the family had insufficient support, that when pip was allowed to go home there was not an adequate care package for them to cope properly, that they had not been given enough information about the fact that statistically patients like pip released from long—term psychiatric ca re are released from long—term psychiatric care are at an increased risk of suicide. her parents were not all that and were not given any back—up 01’ that and were not given any back—up or support. thejury that and were not given any back—up or support. the jury has that and were not given any back—up or support. thejury has gone through all of these reasons and given their opinion on that. the coroner in court also went on to say he will now be writing to some of the agencies involved, because his feeling is that none of them. they we re feeling is that none of them. they were working in parallel, but not joined up, and his point is that in order to prevent future deaths that this case should be looked at as an example of how not to do it, that a recommendation should be made to agencies involved here so that that

thinking and that care plan in future can be made in a morejoined up future can be made in a morejoined up with. all right, judith, many thanks. judith mauritz there in stockport. you're watching bbc news. time to catch up with the sport with hugh ferris. hello, 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 griffith joyner‘s and marita cox. 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. 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. manchester united have confirmed that zlatan ibrahimovic 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. mark selby admits it'll be difficult to match stephen hendry‘s record of seven world snooker titles. he won his third 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 says the scot‘s mark will be hard to reach, he insists he has never performed this well before... i am enjoying my snooker as much as ever 110w, probably at the peak of my career, probably i can honestly say that. 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 over a period of time will be very difficult.

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." that is all the sport for you know. will perry will be back in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. as we we re hour. thank you very much indeed. as we were hearing in that sports section... some of the most famous athletics records could be rewritten, following proposals put forward by the governing body of european athletics to address concerns over doping. the plans would mean that in future world records would only stand if test samples were stored for ten years. but critics say it would mean clean athletes being penalised. joining me now from newcastle is steve cram, a former world, olympic, european and commonwealth medallist as well as three—time world record holder.

good afternoon to you, steve. this is an extraordinary business really. what do you make of it? well, yes. i kind of understand the sentiment around trying i guess to restore confidence in the sport, all sport, including athletics, which it had a really difficult time particularly with drugs is used in past years, and perhaps with credibility with the public in terms of what they are watching, but the scenes are very heavy—handed and clumsy approach, almost trying to have a clean slate and move forward. the truth of the matter is the european athletics association this forward, the iaaf, in the past, and they did not police oui’ in the past, and they did not police our sport properly. for those of us innocently went out and broke records against perhaps people who are cheating in the past, and we didn't necessarily know, but we are being lumped with all of those who may have been cheating in the past just so they can kind of move forward theoretically and restore public credibility, with a new set of criteria about how records are

gratified and, as i said, ijust think it is a clumsy approach and i don't think it is really tackling the basic issue of drugs in our sport and drugs in sport. i don't think it. any cheats in the future and, as! think it. any cheats in the future and, as i said, there are a lot of innocents for now the world record holders who will no longer be so. but is that right? we are talking about roger bannister, going back to the 1950s, then people like yourself and paula radcliffe and so on. your records will stand. people will not turn around and say, ah, i bet they're all cheating, really? that is the inference, in some ways. if thatis is the inference, in some ways. if that is not the case then why are they doing this? i do understand it is because they see theoretically people are saying, there are some records on the books that may have been done by people who were cheating. to be honest, that has a lwa ys cheating. to be honest, that has always been the case. there were 100 meter records broken back on the 20s

and 30s when they didn't have a proper wind gauge, there were certainly no drug testing in the 60s and 70s, so the criteria have changed, of course they have, and i am supportive of their being more strenuous criteria around a record being ratified, but we can'tjust kind of throw away all of the history of the sport, particularly for current record holders. one of the ways in which i broadcast the event, with the bbc and people around the world watching, when we are at the indoor championships next year we would normally show colin jackson breaking the world record at the indoor championships, we would showjonathan the indoor championships, we would show jonathan edwards the indoor championships, we would showjonathan edwards jumping the indoor championships, we would show jonathan edwards jumping well over 80 metres in 95 in the championships. please have to know somehow find a cupboard to put their men. what do we call them? great performances from the past? i don't know. then somehow measure performances which are not of that extent as new records going forward andi extent as new records going forward and i think for young people that

must be very confusing. indeed, but talking about what should happen now, you are in favour of, i don't know, every major track event and athlete taking part will have to go through drug tests, what, the night before, the day of the event? get to the stage where the event itself is somehow overwhelmed by the preparations? well, yes. to some extent, except the criteria now are fairly strict, and i am very happy with that. any record now can only be done by an athlete who is being tested regularly, and the samples collected from that athlete can be tested ten years into the future, and that is fine because it is where we are now. you can't then say, because we can't apply those criteria to 2002 or 1983 that somehow those performances are not as valid. yes, there is stricter criteria now but it does not guarantee people will not continue to cheat and try to beat the new

criteria going forward, so what will we do ten years from now? have another set of records, draw another line every 5—10 years? because new ways of testing are coming out and we are finding new cheats? i am not sure it grapples with the problem. i think there are more things we could be doing rather than just redrawing the records. as ever, steve cram, from newcastle, thank you very much. it lets today more about one of today's political issues. the shadow home secretary, diane abbott is denying her credibility is in question after repeatedly getting her sums wrong over a key labour election policy. in a radio interview this morning, she said plans to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the

streets would cost £300,000 rather than £300 million. she later said she has, in her words, "mis—spoke" and did know herfigures. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here with a reality check on labour's figures. what do we know dominic? yes, these figures exclude scotland and northern ireland which have their own devolved budgets of these things. those figures began to fall when the coalition government, the then college in government, began to cut police spending and it went down by about a fifth. in 2016, in september, this was the last time we had the most recent figures. 122,000

-- 120 2859 had the most recent figures. 122,000 —— 120 2859 police officers, and labour are saying broadly about 20,000 officers, give them the thousand on this, so a cut of about 1496. thousand on this, so a cut of about 14%. the verdict is police numbers have fallen by 19,000 since around 2010. the bigger trend is a bit more confusing because actually in reality what has been happening is since the mid—1980s police numbers have incrementally gone up. there have incrementally gone up. there have been dips along the way and in fa ct have been dips along the way and in fact the first three years of tony blair's labour government in 1997 the numbers went down but then they rocketed again in the middle of his term, but the long—term trend has been for the numbers to go up. they have been going down a bit recently and that is where labour had their attack today. ok. one of the other elements to this i suppose is whatever the numbers, however many we may or may not want, how much do we may or may not want, how much do we know what do we know about correlation between the number of policemen and women in this country

and the rates of crime? this is the biggest question in criminology around the world. the brutal answer is there is no proven link between the number of police and the rate of crime. since... basically for 25 yea rs now crime. since... basically for 25 years now all across the industrialised western world crime has been broadly speaking following. there are discrepancies in that and it isa there are discrepancies in that and it is a very complicated subject but it is a very complicated subject but it does not matter what you do to police figures, crime has been following. when you look to when police numbers went up, crying was going up over the same period, so it is very confusing what is going on. when our crime began to come down, our police numbers at the same time we re our police numbers at the same time were also coming down, so it is very confusing what is going on. what we have seen since 2010 as police numbers have actually fallen under the coalition government and then under this government, is crime continuing to go down as well. so fewer officers on the street but less crime at the same time. the reasons for this are really argued

over, some are economic, but the number of people in work, some are to do with cars and houses, more difficult to break into those as it was 25 years ago, and some are to do with prison. one radical theory is it is to do with bored young men sitting at home playing xboxs now rather than being on the streets, lots of conjugated things going on. what we know from recent statistics is crime seems to be inching up again... —— lots of complicated things going on. the thing is it is not about the numbers of police, it is what you do with them. thank you for that. let's go to the coroner's court

where the family of pippa mcmanus is speaking, the 15—year—old anorexic patient who killed herself in front ofa train... we patient who killed herself in front of a train... we do not want her life and suffering to have been in vain. whenever she was able she tried to help others with similar conditions. we are planning to continue her good work through the pip foundation. we want to create a dedicated intervention centre called pip's place, two when she will never be forgotten and her memory will live on. —— through which pip will never be forgotten and her memory will live on. you want your daughter home, so it

was partly a relief, but instantly getting back into the struggle of the illness, not able to take full control and putting the family under quite a lot of pressure to get through what you would call a normal day's living. the jury were quite clear... about the support you might have expected, and how do you feel about that? i feel over the three years of the illness will experience there were a lot more failings than injust the last build—up there were a lot more failings than in just the last build—up to this. from start to finish, we had many hurdles which we thought we were failed on. questions inaudible

yes, without a doubt. some of the treatment we witnessed. before priory, it was quite disturbing. we we re priory, it was quite disturbing. we were not pleased about that at all. and, yes, pip was failed terribly. do you think they went far enough in terms of the criticisms of those bodies? it was not a comfortable ride as parents either. along the way. it is a hard one, because on her physical appearance she looked like the pip we always had, but inside it was a different person.

which could come and go, and leave her ina which could come and go, and leave her in a terrible depressed state, so her in a terrible depressed state, so it isa her in a terrible depressed state, so it is a tough one. we wanted her home, as parents. she had been in hospital 15 months. we wanted to get some form of family life back together. we were exhausted, and financially, emotionally, physically. we were just hopefully trying to get back on track again. when pip came home we heard a bit about it. was she still in the grip of the disease, wasn't she? can you explain about that too us... three years of that now, to get a grip on it. it was quite... how can i word that? it was quite deflating, to see all the hard goodwill to build her weight back up, she desperately wanted to get her life back on track, and her illness would

suddenly at the flick of a finger pull her back down to earth again. it wasn't pleasant at all. studio: they are the parents of pippa mcmanus, who was 15 years old, and she was anorexic, very severely anorexic, and an inquestjury today decided she committed suicide by going in front of the train near her home in stockport, but they heard there, their history, herfamily extremely concerned she had not received the support she needed from the authorities and the coroner is writing to various agencies involved to get some answers to the questions her parents were raising there. and we will talk more about that issue after four o'clock. also, of we will talk more about that issue afterfour o'clock. also, of course, in the next little while we will have the latest business news. first

a reminder of the day's headlines... the shadow home secretary diane abbott said she "misspoke" when she got confused about the cost of labour's pledge for 10,000 extra police officers for england and wales. theresa may campaigns in cornwall as senior conservatives dismiss reports of tension with the european commission about how brexit talks will proceed. i'm rachel horne. in the business news: 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 $1.4 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 company said its flight schedule will operate as planned. albert einstein, sir richard branson, steve jobs, and darcey bussell. what do they they all have in common? yes, they're all high achievers — and all have dyslexia in common. so why is it, despite so many dyslexic people being great problem—solvers, many still find it difficult to get work? it's thought there are around 6 million people with the condition in the uk and today a new charity — made by dyslexia — has been launched to raise awareness and point to the potential for the business community. the founder of made by dyslexia, kate griggs, joins us from the newsroom. kate griggs, firstly, what is dyslexia? dyslexia is really a different way of thinking. scientifically, it is a different wiring of the brain and it leads to a pattern of huge strengths as well as huge difficulties, and it is the difficulties we know about more than the strengths, which is why we founded made by dyslexia. what other misconceptions, the barriers that people with dyslexia face when they

apply for work? i think all of the things we measure at school, whether spelling, maths, comprehension, they are all things that dyslexics can struggle with, and how we grade and rate whether children are doing well at school or not, and the things dyslexics tend to be very good at, thinking outside of the box, creativity, lateral thinking, communication skills, they are all very valuable assets in the workplace, but not really recognised and tested at all in education, so there is a real mismatch of recognising dyslexics' abilities. what evidence do you have that people with dyslexia struggle to find work? i think there is a correlation between people who are unemployed and dyslexia. i don't know exactly what the statistics are. it would be interesting to actually do some research around that, because part of the problem is that, because part of the problem is that over half of dyslexic people are not being identified in school

in the first place, so the figures with an appointment could be a lot higher than we probably already recognised. ok, kate griggs, founder of made by dyslexia, thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. that is all the business news we have time for. see you in the next hour. thank you, rachel. let's cross the newsroom for the weather prospects from nick miller. good afternoon. yes, glorious in scotland, hitting 2o yes, glorious in scotland, hitting 20 celsius but the big contrast on the yorkshire coast, all to do with this north sea breeze, keeping those coastal areas quite cool. there are showers towards parts of south east england, some in kent in the south there. for some of us late in the night and ended tomorrow, it will turn out to be quite chilly, especially in the scottish glens. into tomorrow, cloud increases across a large part of england and wales and with one or two showers

here, but for northern ireland and england, and the northern counties, plenty of sunshine again and the highest temperatures again into north—west scotland, perhaps not as high as today, colour on this north sea coast. this is the picture tomorrow evening. lots of cloud for england and wales, thursday is a similar picture but northern england will have some sunshine and further sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm: 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. £300,000? sorry. for 10,000 believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry. for10,000 police officers. what are you paying them? 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. an inquestjury finds a teenager suffering from anorexia committed