to government ministers are expected to do reams of interviews. this was a major policy announcement for you by your own words. you want to make this a cornerstone of your ma nifesto. this a cornerstone of your manifesto. you did not know the figures. i did know my figures and if you had listened... why did you not say them. as you heard i misspoke if lost. ifi not say them. as you heard i misspoke if lost. if i did not know my figures i would not have been able to repeat them correctly in six other interviews. i listen to one interview and you did not mention the figures at all, you said it would be in the manifesto. the figures at all, you said it would be in the manifestolj the figures at all, you said it would be in the manifesto. i did six other interviews. but you did not mention the figures. these are basic figures. £300,000 which as was said would have meant £30 per police officer, that is embarrassing. you are then struggling to correct that figure. did you not know them at all and you guessing when asked about it on airorwhat is and you guessing when asked about it on air or what is your explanation? i knew the figures. i repeated them many times. i had not heard you

repeat them. i can repeat them now and i'm concerned you do not want to talk about policing which is something the public is concerned about. you want to go over and over this. but that is your fault, you wa nt to this. but that is your fault, you want to talk about the issue and we are prepared to talk about the issue of policing and the claims that you're making that the police forces have been underfunded and you want to recruit more officers but by going on airon to recruit more officers but by going on air on a major interview where you just completely fluffed the figures, whether you knew them oi’ the figures, whether you knew them or chose not to say them could not remember them, actually does your cause no good. the public will understand that you are not willing to talk about the real issues and the real issues are that we have lost 20,000 police officers since 2010. and we are seeing a rise in violent crime. you want to be home secretary, how do you think an interview like that, we could not find the figures by the way in a

press release so find the figures by the way in a press release so i dispute you claiming you did know those figures. if you did not know them how can you claim to want to be home secretary in charge of the police forces of england and wales, do you think you have instilled confidence in those police forces or the voters restau ra nt police forces or the voters restaurant people that listen to any interviews i gave this morning with the exception of the lbc interview will know i do know the figures. the head of the driver vehicle standards agency has been looking into whether driving instructors should be made to publish their ratings to show their number of successes or failures. the dvsa won't comment on the story because of the looming general election. recent figures suggest that less than half of tests are passed, with learner drivers taking up to 39 attempts to gain their licence — leading to long waiting lists in some areas. well we can speak now to rebecca ashton, who's head of driving behaviour for iam roadsmart, which used to be know as institute of advanced motorists. shejoins us from our cardiff studio. thank you for being with us. does

this sound like a good idea to you, to have a rating for driving instructors ? to have a rating for driving instructors? driving instructors are already tested through the standard tests a nd already tested through the standard tests and you have two types, grey day or grade b instructors. they go through quite a rigorous test to get their marking so they are already tested. but this would be for the public to be able to see that this person is actually pretty good, this person is actually pretty good, this person has only had one third, 30% success rate and so on. person has only had one third, 30% success rate and so on. the public would be able to see this. i think on the website you're able to see instructors in your area and able to see whether they comply with the code of conduct, whether they have done a cpd. and you're also able to see their recent scores if the instructor publishes it. driving instructors to publish their test results and pass rates and very

often you can ask an instructor what the pass rate is. so i think we have to be careful about ordering all driving instructors to publish because you do have those who perhaps deal with people who need some extra time to be able to pass, who are feeling a bit anxious, although, or those bouts with learning difficulties. both instructors of that deal with those people are actually going to have to ta ke people are actually going to have to take that little bit longer and may not pass quite so quickly. recent figures suggest that less than half of tests are past, is that because we are all lousy learner drivers or because some of the instructors are lousy themselves? i do not think the figures have altered much over the yea rs figures have altered much over the years looking back statistically, it stayed about the same. there are a lwa ys stayed about the same. there are always good instructors and will also —— always find some bad ones. i recommend speaking to other people who are learning to drive and find

out who they are learning with and what they think of them. you must remember it is notjust an instructor, there must be a relationship between the instructor and pupil, a good coaching relationship for the people to progress. you said the figures have not really changed so what's the average then for the number of tests that someone usually takes to pass? if you look at the average tests, i believe the pass rate is around 45% across the country. they recommend that people have around a0 lessons to be able to pass their tests which is around a0 hours. which is really expensive. it is expensive. but it isa expensive. it is expensive. but it is a skill that you have for life and s gilbert you are investing in. so you do not necessarily want the cheapest instructor out there but the best. and the one that is going to teach you to drive safely for life. do you think this is a policy that should come in? research on that should come in? research on

that i'm not quite so sure, i think maybe we want to make sure we look at other avenues before forcing instructors to publish their past rates. an instructor should never be worried about putting their password are bad because it is something you should be proud of, the same as the grade you are given from the devious they. so what are these other avenues? i think codes of conduct, to show people have agreed to a code of conduct, that they're doing cpd because... cpd? continued professional development. so to make sure they're up with their latest skills. thank you very much. bird watchers are flocking to the island of north ronaldsay on 0rkney to grab a glimpse of the rare red—winged blackbird. the birds are native to the americas and this is the first time one has been spotted in europe. twitchers desperate to see the bird are hiring boats and chartering planes to reach the island which is usually served but a weekly ferry.

let's get more on this rare sighting. larissa simulik is assistant warden at the north ronaldsay bird 0bservatory, and shejoins us now via webcam from 0rkney. good to see you and thank you for being with us. a lot of people heading your way to see this rare sight. it has been crazy, planes going constantly to and from the island. 0n crazy, planes going constantly to and from the island. on sunday charter planes coming in, private planes coming in. the same with monday. it down a bit today but i feel if the bird lingers closer to the weekend people will come again. and this is an incredibly rare

sighting. how come this bird has ended up here? so pretty much for the past two weeks we have had strong wind coming from the west and north—west. potentially what is going on in north america now is that birds are moving north to their breeding grounds and if they get stuck in one of these weather patterns they can be blown straight across the atlantic. so this bird is rare and should not be here. will it get back and how will it get back? should it go back? that is a good question. the question many people ask is how long it will be on the island. currently right now the habitat it is in is appropriate. i'm from canada so i'm used to this bird. will it get back, it may or

may not. it seems like it has a tendency to leave and a spear and no one ever sees them again. is it then possible with the weather patterns that have been occurring in that area that more of these birds could end up here? as of now what has happened is the wind has switched to east and currently we are going to get more stuff coming from southern europe and from the southern uk. we had a bird here yesterday from the mediterranean. it is also lost. thank you forjoining us. well nightingales are under threat

of extinction. a nightingale festival is being held in southern england in the woodlands to highlight their plight. we are here in green farm in kent. we are gathered in anticipation of being led into the forest at dark to go and listen to the nightingales sing. sam lee, the man who is tonight taking us into the woods, notjust to listen to 19 nightingales, but also to sing with them, in a cold, damp, dark thicket. and this nocturnal concert is one of many taking place across the country, an attempt to reconnect us with what used to be the sound of spring. it is amazing. the nightingale is unparalleled in its virtuosity and the vocal range. and it is in sharp decline?

it is dying out? nightingales have declined 62% in the last 25 years. of course, the idea of playing music with the nightingale is not new. beatrice harrison's live duets on the bbc were in the 1920s a sensation. but 90 years on, i was worried. the woods sounded very quiet. actually, as we get closer, you will start to hear the song growing and growing, getting louder and louder. oh, please let it be true! this is. . .without nightingales. if you cup your ears to focus your hearing. bird song. they are so loud, aren't they? i didn't really believe you. we are several metres away. it doesn't feel odd,

middle of the night, sitting in a forest? no, not at all. it seems quite natural and quite perfect. # the nightingale. ..# i think it is important to remember that once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our spring around every fire, around every homestead. we would have just gone out and listened to the nightingales. so, that little, damp thicket, an oasis of song. david sillito, bbc news, ashford, in kent. a full hour of news coming up now but time for a look at the weather. nick miller. most of us enjoyed a fine evening and we picked up some

showers to end the day initially across parts of england. just drifting a little bit further west. a lot of cloud overnight in east anglia towards the south—east. it is clearer to the north and west of the uk, colder in the countryside. some frost possible in those colder spots especially in the scottish glen. plenty of sunshine to come tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland, but cloud increasing end england and wales. —— in england and wales. still quite cool along the north sea coasts and that continues into thursday and friday. 0n coasts and that continues into thursday and friday. on thursday quite a bit of cloud for england and wales and the odd shower around. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may promises to live up to her reputation as a "bloody difficult woman" during tough

negotiations over brexit with eu chiefs. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman". i said, at the time that, the next person to find that out would be jean claude juncker. jeremy corbyn defends his shadow home secretary who came unstuck in a radio interview over the cost of the party's plans for more police in england and wales. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? a failure to support the family of anorexic teenager pippa mcmanus, when she left hospital, is found to be a factor in her taking her own life.