this is bbc news. the headlines at four. jeremy corbyn refuses to categorically say whether he would take britain out of the eu if he's elected as prime minister. we win the election, we get a good deal with europe, a good deal that will ensure what the large number of manufacturing jobs in britain that rely on trade with europe won't suddenly find themselves under world health organisation trade rules where there'll be a tariff wall immediately put up around this country. the conservatives promise to cap tariffs for energy prices, saying it will save money for millions of households. too many vulnerable people find themselves on ta riffs vulnerable people find themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying, that's why we are taking action. a british man suspected of being in an islamic state cell which beheaded hostages is convicted of terrorism in turkey. the owner of the dogs that attacked a two—year—old girl in liverpool at the weekend pleads guilty

to being in charge of dangerously out of control dogs. in the next hour, a librarian discovers a previously unknown 15th century text. two 500—year—old pages from william caxton who brought printing to england in the moo's are found by chance, inside another book. and, the queen of latin, shirley ballas, will be the new head judge on strictly come dancing taking overfrom len goodman. good afternoon. jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, has declined to confirm that he would definitely take the uk out of the eu, if he's elected onjune the eighth.

mr corbyn was speaking exclusively to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg, for the launch of the party's official general election campaign. earlier he was in manchester — and he told supporters labour was offering a real alternative to what he called a "rigged system" under the conservatives. afterwards, in his bbc interview, he was asked repeatedly whether he'd categorically leave the european union — whatever the deal on the table at the end of negotiations turned out to be. there is a clear vote in the referendum a year ago, but there is now the negotiations which have already begun. i congratulated andy burnham last night on his election and set out in broad terms what our aims are in these negotiations, to have good relations with europe, secondly to make sure there is a trade access, a tariff—free trade

access to european markets. on that specific point, if you say brexit is settled, whatever happens in the negotiations, however well or badly they go, we'd be leaving if you were prime minister? we'll go into the negotiations with a durham nation to achieve what i've just outlined —— a determination to outline what i've just mentioned. that is not quite my question, my question is, if you are prime minister we'll leave come hell oi’ prime minister we'll leave come hell or high water whatever is on the table at the end of the elections? we win the election, we'll get a good deal with europe that will ensure what the very large number of manufacturing jobs in britain that rely on trade with europe won't suddenly find themselves under world health organisation rules where there'll be a tariff wall put up immediately around this country. there'll be a tariff wall put up immediately around this countrym your speech today you said the country has four weeks what does

that mean? tax avoidance with a great increase in the wealth with the richest, the reference to the sunday times rich list today. i think we have to have a taxation system that means that those who have the broadest shoulders and some are very broad indeed, should pay a little bit more. we need to understand the anger that many people feel in this country. six million earning less than the living wage, a million on zero hours contracts. many on short—term jobs and short—term working in communities that have seen pressure little investment for 30 years. so using that anger is part of your election strategy? you have to recognise when people are angry and do something about it. are you angry? yes. i do get angry about poverty, i get angry about injustice and inequality. when you use language like promising a reckoning, talking about people taking back their wealth, to some voters, to

some of our viewers, that sounds the politics of envy? not at all. what i'm saying is that we all benefit when we all do better. we are a very rich country. unfortunately, the riches are not fairly spread around. what is it that makes you think this time the general election could be one from the left. ed miliband tried to do this by moving the party a tiny bit further to the left, you wa nt to tiny bit further to the left, you want to move it further to the left, what is it that makes you think now is yourtime? what is it that makes you think now is your time? do we want social justice or inequality in britain. isn't it a great tradition that we try to look after everybody. we are offering a sensible and rational, much more secure and harmonious society. let's speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth. a thought about the eu and brexit

and what was going on there i guess that he was asked about that so many times. what is quite striking about thatis times. what is quite striking about that is that labour started off the day trying to clarify its position on brexit because the party has been accused to some extent of having a muddled message, not being absolutely clear what it stood for when it came to the brexit deal. so this morning wa we heard was that from labour's perspective, this was not an election about brexit, it was about the kind of brexit the country wa nted about the kind of brexit the country wanted and the kind of country it wa nted wanted and the kind of country it wanted to be beyond that. but then we heard from jeremy corbyn where he wouldn't definitively say that we wouldn't definitively say that we would definitely leave the european union no matter what if he became the prime minister. we are led to believe that he just didn't want to believe that he just didn't want to be drawn into a hypothetical situation answering questions about situations that don't exist and we are told that the issue is settled from labour's pers pecktive and their focus now will be on trying to

achieve the kind of brexit that labour thinks is needed, that is about protecting jobs, environmental regulations and rights. still on a day when they've set out trying to make their position very clear, it has perhaps ended up slightly confused. while we are talking to you, we are confused. while we are talking to you, we are seeing confused. while we are talking to you, we are seeing pictures from the rally in manchester earlier earlier today. a huge reception for him, a lot of enthusiasm. is that again people preaching to the converted to some extent? i appreciate politicians from all parties are quite capable of doing that, but is that what we were seeing in manchester? it's not surprise that at the campaign launch you see a room packed full of supporters but the content of his speech was interesting because this wasjeremy corbyn true to his core. the message he was using, the rhetoric and language he used about a rigged system and greedy bankers and about

a corruption and the rich taking what they want and the rest getting left behind, this is truejeremy corbyn and that will speak to his supporters, and that is what he wa nted supporters, and that is what he wanted it to do. he wants to pitch this election between labour as the party of the antiestablishment and the tories, as he sees it, as the party of the elites. he thinks by doing that he can win real people round to he easy way of thinking. we heard lots of promises, hints of what might be in the manifesto about infrastructure and skills and the end of privatisation, all of this stuff which is real overminute core message. the big question for him is whether or not that can cut through to the wider electorate beyond his supporters. the situation in drayton manor theme park in tamworth. we are hearing a ride has been closed after reports of someone falling in the water. west midlands ambulance saying it was called to reports of a patron in the water at the theme park at 2. 18

this afternoon. the twitter page for drayton manor announces that splash canyon has been closed following what they are describing as an incident this afternoon. emergency services saying that they are assisting with the incident. the splash canyon ride closed. the ambulance service confirming they were called to reports of a patient in the water. no more details at this stage. it appears certainly at this stage that it's just that one specific ride that is closed as well, splash ca nyon ride that is closed as well, splash canyon where this happened. no suggestion the park as a whole has been closed. there are many, many rides in of course. you get a sense of the scale of the attraction there in staffordshire if you look at the website. that has been shut and the ambulance service was called very nearly two hours ago now. we will wait for a further update

from the operators of that theme park. the prime minister says britain's energy market isn't working and has vowed to end what she described as rip—off bills. theresa may has confirmed that the conservative party manifesto will propose a cap on energy prices for anyone on a standard variable tarriff. the party says this would benefit 17 million households. our political correspondent chris mason reports. cooking our lunch, making a brew, heating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. we would introduce a cap. people say to me, that doesn't sound conservative. my response actually is that when it comes to looking at

supporting working people, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is doing what we believe to be right. for the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. the conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the cabinet table thought it was too crude. but we know, rewind and the tories didn't like the idea. we would love to live in a marxist universe. but he needs a basic lesson in economics. little wonder the former labour leader raises an eyebrow. labour's shadow energy secretary said. it is not a tory policy.

it is scandalous they have stolen a labour policy. but they have not gone far enough. i asked the liberal democrats about it. it is good politics, it sounds great, but it is rubbish policy because it would harm and damage the people that it's supposed to be helping. on a visit to scotland, the snp were scathing about the conservative plan. the record of the tories on fuel poverty has been poor so, this announcement has nothing to do with dealing with the poorest in society and everything with trying to win a general election and outflank the labour party. what is clear is the conservatives desire to be seen to be putting themselves on the side of the consumer than the energy companies. what is rather less clear is what if any difference it would

make. we'll talk about energy prices in a moment. we'll talk to the liberal democrats and the green party but we are going to break away from that for a moment to bring you more details about what is happening at that theme park in staffordshire this afternoon. we have had a statement from staffordshire police, saying that they were called a little before 2. 30 this afternoon to reports that a child had fallen from the water ride. this is the ride called splash canyon that we have been talking about. the police say a child had fallen and it is believed to be an 11—year—old girl. described as being from the leicester area, she's been airlifted to birmingham children's hospital, her parents have been informed and are being supported by officers. we are being supported by officers. we are hearing the health and safety executive has been informed of the

incident. we have no information from the hospital, birmingham children's hospital, as to the girl's condition. you can see that helicopter ambulance attending the scene. the crews we re ambulance attending the scene. the crews were called at 2. 18 to reports of a patient in the water on the splash canyon ride and it's been closed since that incident took place. this is a still photo obviously that has been sent to us bya obviously that has been sent to us by a viewer in the last little while as well. at this stage it's just that one ride that's closed. the theme park as a whole, last we heard, was still open. splash canyon is the ride in question. the

ambulance service saying that they we re ambulance service saying that they were called a little after 2. 15 and the police saying they were called at 2. 25. an 11—year—old girl, the police are telling us, airlifted to hospital. we'll keep you up—to—date with anything further that we hear there from that ride and from that theme park in staffordshire. we'll return to the political story dominating here today. the latest lines on the general election campaign. particularly we are talking of course about energy prices. theresa may has prompt issed a capfor prices. theresa may has prompt issed a cap for those on a standard variable tar river —— promised a cap for those on a standard tariff. the energy sector has always criticised any move to cap prices, saying such a policy could in fact lead to higher prices. so what could it mean for the consumer? our industry correspondentjohn

moylan investigates. every three months, alan and margaret from eccles near manchester take a trip to their local bank. they are on a standard tariff, they've been with the same energy suppliers for 30 years and when the quarterly bill arrives in the post, they like to pay it in full. i won't have direct debits, i'm not confident with online, it's a minefield, so after two hours ploughing through, i gave up and thought, the better the devil i know, get a bill, pay it at the bank. i know i've paid it, use less electric and gas, that's the only way we're going to save. they aren't alone, the two—year competition investigation found the energy market wasn't working for the two thirds of households on standard tariffs. it proposed a price cap for households in prepaid meters and consumer groups say it should go further. the energy market clearly isn't working, too many people stuck on standard variable tariffs paying

up to £300 a year more than they need to for their energy. one of the things we've called for is a price cap to protect the most vulnerable, on low incomes who can least afford to pay too much for their energy. many people choose their energy supplier using one of these, a price comparison website. there are more than 50 energy suppliers in the market offering a range of tariffs from cheaper fixed—price deals to more expensive standard tariffs and those standard variable tariffs, so—called default tariffs, which are being targeted by this energy price cap. the conservatives claimed that could save 17 million households around £100 a year. the energy companies say it could also damage competition. we've seen fantastic numbers coming through switching. last month, 14% increase, half a million, the rest of this half a million, the risk of this intervention is that you destroy

that confidence, that engagementjust when we are making real progress. the energy price cap will require legislation, so it's unlikely to help people like margaret and adam this winter. it is also a major intervention in the energy market that could have ramifications for years to come. jonathan barclay, co—leader of the lib dem partyjoins me now. is it a goodidea? lib dem partyjoins me now. is it a good idea? it's a step in the right direction. you have six companies that were privatised, we now know they are making very large profits, £1 billion for example in 2015, that is pushing up prices. we need a revolution, not the big six energy companies but 600, 6,000 community energy companies much like they have in other countries in the world like germany where you have other countries taking control of their

own supplies, providing good, clean renewable energy which they can create for communities or sell back on to others. that is the thing that will really bring down prices, cut out the big monopolies, the people sucking out the profits from the system and get the energy to the people that need it to the price they want to pay. that is how they do it in other countries, but until we can have that sort of system in this country, how will people this year, next year or the year after set up. the set—up is as it is and we know this is a nation where however many times we are told about two thirds of the population still doesn't switch and is still therefore paying too much? you know what, we can do it now. there are community energy companies setting up community energy companies setting up right here in bristol. there's bristol energy where i live in south london there,'s brixton solar. the problem is that we have a government that's pulled the rug from underneath the renewable energy markets and the feeding tariffs and continues to subsidise dirty fuel with £6 billion a year going into

fossil fuels, entirely the wrong thing to do. then it's centralising with a £30 billion for hinkley which is locking us into a deal which is more expensive than wind and solar is already according to analysts like bloomberg. we have heard in your report, this isn't going to sort out the winter payments this winterfor anyone. sort out the winter payments this winter for anyone. it's going to need a better direction. it's going to make us fit for the 21 it's. going to bring down the bills and be perpetuity let's look to the next five, ten 15 years, simply capping things won't provide a long—term solution in any shape or form.|j appreciate you want to change the system fundamentally. viewers will understand that, but in terms of where we are today, if a cap was imposed and did go through, you've heard what the energy company say, they said there will be less investment for one thing, that's presumably not a positive is it?

what could be done? no. when they are taking out £1 billion a year in profit, you know there is enough money to go back in and invest. what is going on here is clearly six companies covering one another‘s backs, knowing they're doing very well thank you and not wanting to face up to the real costs of what is going on. privatisation's been a bad dealfor the consumer, going on. privatisation's been a bad deal for the consumer, having six people control an energy market is a bad dealfor the people control an energy market is a bad deal for the consumer and people control an energy market is a bad dealfor the consumer and we need the political will to change the system. that's the fundamental thing. price caps might bring down bills slightly in the short—term, in the long—term it's not going to really tackle the wholesale market and prices which is the crucial thing. when the price goes up the prices come down and so this is not a long—term fix. we need to head in a long—term fix. we need to head in a different direction to make the energy supply fit for the 21st century. thank you very much. thank you very much. with me is sir ed davey, the former liberal democrat secretary of state for energy and climate change

in the coalition government. he is also a candidate in next month's election. theresa may wants to reduce the pressure on people's cost—of—living. to reduce the pressure on people's cost-of-living. we do need to help people with energy bills. the lib dems have ideas for that. but this plan is the wrong plan. you don't have to believe me. that is what the conservatives themselves said two yea rs conservatives themselves said two years ago when i was sitting around the cabinet table with theresa may, greg clark and the other ministers pushing this today. they were deeply opposed to this. they said ed miliband's plan was in fact dangerous, would hit investment and push up energy bills. they were right there and they are wrong to do this now. did theresa may actually say that at the cabinet table? well, she was silent but went along with the policy and didn't speak out against it which she had the opportunity to do so. what the liberal democrats are concerned about is, this plan will push up energy bills. what we achieved in the government was to increase competition. there are now 50 suppliers. we saw five million

people switch energy suppliers last year, that is improving. we need to doa year, that is improving. we need to do a lot more, we need to help the people who aren't switching. that is the way to give them not £100 but £200 or £300 off and make the market work for everyone. doesn't putting a cap on give an incentive to companies to watch what they are doing though? no. a lot of their costs co m e doing though? no. a lot of their costs come from the wholesale global markets which neither the government nor they control. the irony of this cap is, you could put a cap and then global prices go down so people will pay higher bills for months. that is why the conservatives rejected it two years ago. i can't understand why they don't understand basic economics two years later. what do you think‘s brought this on? populism. we have seen in america build a wall that'll make you more secure, narnling here, it's all the immigrants' fault —— nigel farage here, it's all the immigrants' fault. there is no easy answer. you

have to reform the market, help people switch easily. we could go to a situation where, just like you every year have to change your insurance policy or are asked whether you want to change your policy, we could go into a position where you are asked if you want to change your supplier every year, that would help the many, many people who don't switch now and it would help them get the benefits of the confirm tiltionth fission because the big six are being hit rightly by the small suppliers who're offering great deals now. pop list or popular? we are in an election campaign. what would the liberal democrats offer? well, we'd really help people with energy bills, particularly through efficiency. one of the best says to save money is not to use energy in the first place by having a warmer better insulated home. we'd invest in renewables. wind and solar are free in terms of the cost of sunshine, it doesn't cost any money. they are now pushing prices down and the conservatives are having to push

bills up through investing in things like gas. so my view is, if you have a green approach with more energy efficiency with green energy and with proper competition, you can help people in a really secure way to get the energy bills down. so this is a u—turn? to get the energy bills down. so this is a u-turn? total u-turn. they criticised ed miliband and are now doing the same thing. sir david, thank you for coming in. thank you. the owner of the dogs that attacked a two year old girl in liverpool at the weekend has appeared in court and pleaded guilty. andrew mcgowan, 35, admitted being in charge of dangerously out of control dogs and was remanded on bail. the toddler was playing in the garden of her home in the dingle area of the city when she was set upon by a number of dogs, thought to be of the "american bully" breed. she's in hospital being treated for serious head and body injuries. another woman received minor injuries as she fought off the dogs and carried the child away, while neighbours ran to help. our correspondentjudith moritz has

been following this. explain what's happened there today? as you said, andrew mcgowan, who is 35 and lives ina andrew mcgowan, who is 35 and lives in a neighbouring house to where the little girl was hurt, has pleaded guilty today to being in charge of school dogs that were daning us russly out of control. he'll be sentenced on 8thjune —— dangerously out of control. the two—year—old girl whose name hasn't been released, was playing in the garden when several animals came through a broken fence panel, got into the garden and set upon her, that her aunt who was looking after two other children as well at the same time fought off the dogs and managed to get the little girl away and the child we are told is in a stable

condition in hospital but in a serious way. her serious injuries to her body and head. her aunt received minor injuries. in terms of the dogs, we understand, and it was said in court, that a number of dogs were being kept in cages in the back of the property belonging to andrew mcgowan but that the pen that was supposed to be holding those animals was ina supposed to be holding those animals was in a state of poor repair. the dogs concerned here aren't from a banned breed, they‘ re dogs concerned here aren't from a banned breed, they're from a breed called the american bully—type, which is a cross between the american pitbull and american staffordshi re american pitbull and american staffordshire terrier. merseyside police say that they seized, after this attack, in total, 11 dogs and two of those have been destroyed. back to court today it was a case of andrew mcgowan pleading guilty to being in charge of four animals involved in this attack, four

animals that were dangerously out of control and so he will be sentenced at liverpool crown court next month. many thanks. daniel sandford has been following the trial in istanbul of an is member. he was captured in november in 2015 ina he was captured in november in 2015 in a seaside town just outside istanbul on the sea of marmara. he was captured in a luxury seaside villa along with a jordanian and palestinian man. they've been sitting in prison awaiting trial. today we got the verdict in that trial and all three men including aine davis have been found guilty of being members of a terrorist organisation namely islamic state. during the case, aine davis was

asked about his association with jihadi john asked about his association with jihadijohn and asked about his association with jihadi john and whether he asked about his association with jihadijohn and whether he had been involved in the beheading cell in syria. he denied that. western intelligence agencies are absolutely clear that they believe that aine davis was one of the beatles, nicknamed the beatles by those western journalists and aid workers who they de—tyned and many of them had their heads cut off byjihadi john —— detained. he's starting a seven and a half year sentence which he'll serve in turkey while the british and american authorities decide whether they want to extradite him to one of those countries to serve trial for his role in that beatles detention cell. daniel, his wife has beenjailed in connection with terrorism offences already? that is correct. his wife was actually jailed already? that is correct. his wife was actuallyjailed at the old bailey for sending him money or trying to send him money while he was in syria. she's actually served her sentence and is now out of

prison but she actually, while he was still on the run, as it were, served a substantial prison sentence in the uk for trying to send him money. aine davis was a low—level drug dealer in west london who served time for possession of a firearm but in 2013, he travelled out to syria, travelled into the area controlled by so—called islamic state and only a few months later the first stories started coming back from western journalists being detained there of the way that they we re detained there of the way that they were being treated. one hostage who survived has described graphically howjihadijohn survived has described graphically howjihadi john threatened to cut off his head with an antique sword, held a gun against his head, pretended to open fire and the gun was in fact empty. he was of course one of the lucky ones, he was released, negotiators ensured he was

set free. two british hostages, for those, it didn't end like that at all and the gruesome beheading videos followed in the summer of 2014. aine davis is behind bars. jihadi onwas killed in a drone strike. two named by the us state department this year are still believed to be alive and at large in syria. alexander kote and al—shafy—al sheikh. it seems all four men knew each other in south—west london before separately travelled out and being united in syria. we will just we willjust pause and catch up with the weather prospects. tomasz schafernaker has those. there is still cloud here and there

and what you'll find over the next 24 hours or so, we'll lose what's left over. that big area of cloud that's sitting across eastern parts of the country, that's all going to fizzle away and we're going to be left with a sunny, sunny day tomorrow. so, still some cloud around across lincolnshire and east anglia, but the cloud shrinking and then we're left with starry, starry skies across most of the uk, not everywhere, because northern parts of scotla nd everywhere, because northern parts of scotland here, a different story. the clouds will increase and there will be spots of rain and this is where it will stay damp, through the course of the day tomorrow. orkney and shetland, but look at that, from glasgow southwards it is a cracker jack of a day. temperatures 18 celsius in london. it will be in the mid—teens in northern areas. as we head into thursday, possibly increasing cloud in the south. friday could bring some big clouds, a bit like these here on the picture and possibly some thunderstorms as well. that's it. hello.

this is bbc news with simon mccoy and jane hill. the headlines at 4.33pm: as he launches his party's election campaign, jeremy corbyn refuses to say whether he would take britain out of the eu if he's elected prime minister. if we win the election we'll get a good deal with europe. a good deal with europe that will ensure the jobs that rely on trade with europe won't suddenly find themselves under world trade organisation rules where there will be a tariff wall put up immediately around this country. the conservatives have outlined a plan to allow the energy regulator to set a cap on standard variable tariffs for gas and electricity if they win the election. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people find themselves on tariffs that are above that they should be paying and that's why we're taking action. an 11—year—old girl

is airlifted to hospital after falling from a water ride at drayton manor theme park. a british man suspected of being in an islamic state cell has been convicted of terrorism in turkey. the owner of the dogs that attacked a two—year—old girl in liverpool at the weekend pleads guilty to being in charge of dangerously out of control dogs. we'll talk more about those stories, but we'll catch up with the sports news before that. hugh ferris has the latest. as maria sharapova continues her comeback from a doping ban, she'll be offered a wildcard to the tournament in birmingham next month. having been beaten in madrid yesterday by eugenie bouchard who called sharapova a cheater . the lawn tennis association could also face criticisim as some players are unhappy at the ease with which she has received wildcards to major tournaments. here's our tennis

correspondent russell fuller. it does seem that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it has taken, i'm sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that's been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at these in the cold light of day and the grand slam are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that's normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don't think we will get confirmation, the lta won't make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while training

near his home in monaco. the british rider who was unhurt posted this picture on social media writing, "just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! thankfully i'm okay. bike totalled. driver kept going!" he has reported the incident to local police. there have also been some thrills and spills on today's fourth stage of the giro d'italia. the first involved another team sky rider, diego rosa, who appeared to be on the receiving end of something approaching road rage from javier moreno. then with just 11 miles to go fernando gaviria might have turned as pink as his leader's jersey with embarrassment after misjudging his speed at a corner and taking a number of riders the wrong way with him. the stage was eventually won by jan polanc. britain's geraint thomas finished third with adam yates eighth, moving them up to second and third in the overall standings. jamie roberts will captain wales in next month's tests against tonga and samoa. roberts, who has been capped 91 times by his country, missed out on a third tour

with the lions and started every six nations match on the bench. but he'll lead a 32—man squad which includes 13 uncapped players. they take on tonga in auckland on 16th june. and samoa a week later in the capital apia. i'm excited for everyone involved. it will be two tough games. the game at eden park will be special. plenty for the all blacks and samoa are a tough team to beat. so, two very tough team to beat. so, two very tough games as robin alluded to. and so, it's a huge challenge and i can't wait to get stuck in with the group of players involved. arsene wenger still won't reveal what he's planning to do at the end of the season but the arsenal manager has responded to the reports that the board are thinking about restructuring the coaching set up and introducing a director of football. a directedor of football

i don't know what he means. is it somebody who stands on the road and directs play right and left. i don't understand. i never could understand what it means. i'm not prepared to talk about that. i think i'm manager of arsenal football club and as long as i'm manager of arsenal football club i will decide what happens on the technical front and that's it. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you, hugh. the conservatives have outlined a plan to allow the energy regulator to set a cap on standard variable tariffs for gas and electricity if they win the election. the party says it would reduce bills for millions of households. joining me now is callum mccaig, the snp energy and climate change spokesperson. hello. good evening. hello there,

how are you? would this be good for consumer, a cap? ithink it's progress in terms of consumers and it's progress in terms of consumers and its welcome that we have seen this u—turn from the tories in terms of recognising, but we need to look at things in the round and this will be cold comfort thor those facing wage caps and benefit caps and cuts to their pensions so whilst it might be good for consumers, it will do very little to address fuel poverty in the round. energy companies themselves say it's not good for could be sumers because actually in the long run, it would put prices up and it would reduce the amount that they spent on investment? the investment is actually critical. we're ina investment is actually critical. we're in a position now in the uk where energy margins are the tightest they have been in a generation and we need to see new capacity. if we're going to do this, and cap the fees that we paid to people in terms of their bills, we're going to have to do something

about how we generate our lek trigs. the tories are pursuing a policy of nuclear, we have seen hinkley point come on and if we're going to see a new generation of nuclear power‘ not going to be able to do it in a way that‘s affordable. some of the things we‘re doing in scotland is investing in things like energy efficiency and making sure our homes are properly unsull lated so we don‘t need as much energy in the first place. that‘s something the tories haven‘t done. that‘s a real way of addressing fuel poverty and we need to invest in the cheaper form of renewables. the tories have an obsession against on shore wind. they seem to be opposed to solar energy. we have cheap, clean sources of energy that we are banning from the stel and by doing so, they‘re putting expensive things on to the system. if you cap it on one side, it means the gun ration capacity is more expensive in the long—term the energy companies are right, this

will provide a short—term gain, but the long—term costs will fall on consumers. so what we need is a coherent energy policy, one that joins up the signs, itjoins up the security of supply issues and deals with energy efficiency which is huge and it also deals with the consumer side of things and making sure that consumers have a fair deal. there is more that needs to be done. pre—payment meters are a scourge on too many people, they should be addressed far more forcibly and the best deal that you can possibly get is if you shop around. i get a decent deal because i shop around andi decent deal because i shop around and i would urge those watching to shop around rather than sitting on the standard variable tariff. thank you for your time. an investigation into problems with blood tests used in criminal cases — that could lead to scores of convictions being overturned — has now been extended to more than 6,000 samples since 2014. the national police chiefs council says the vast majority of samples are from drug—driving cases, but they also include serious crimes such as rape and murder.

earlier i spoke to deputy chief constable james vaughn from the national police chiefs‘ council who expressed his concern and asked him what work was being carried out to discover what happened. we‘re very concerned. we were alerted injanuary to a problem at a laboratory in manchester where blood samples that had been taken by police and other law enforcement agencies have been submitted for analysis. it would appear staff at that lab have criminally corrupted or manipulated data in the results from some of those searches. how many? in january we were alerted to just under 500 cases. and a the investigation has progressed greater manchester police, the forensic regulator, have been working with us closely and the scale has moved to more than 6,000 cases that are no longer

considered to be safe. 6,000 cases. now, of those, how many would you get a sense may have reasons to either quash or have another test done to verify? so, we believe there is around 6,000 cases in the national space. fortunately in 90% of those cases a sample is held. we‘re prioritising more serious cases and cases that are live and that work is under way. how many samples haven‘t been retained particularly when we‘re talking about serious crimes? it‘s too early to speculate on how many samples have not been retained for serious crime. we‘re working on that. we think we have 90% of the original

samples available for retesting. the job for me now is to ensure that there is a national co—ordinated approach to get those retests done quickly so we can understand how much damage has been done by this criminal manipulation. you talk about criminal manipulation. i know two people have been arrested. we need to be careful about how we approach this. but are we talking about over estimates on some of these samples, presumably some people may have been under—estimated and if they appeal, you may not be able to prove one way or the other? it doesn‘t matter if it‘s under or over. the integrity of forensic science is crucial in criminaljustice. we have taken a very cautious approach. we‘ve looked at the entire cohort of cases that have come through this lab. we‘re going to retest everything that‘s available for retesting because the public must have confidence in forensic science and it served criminaljustice system. but that confidence

will be knocked by this? confidence will be knocked by this. we‘re very concerned in policing as is the regulator and the home office and the crown prosecution service which is why we‘ve come together as a senior team. we‘ve placed resources around this and we‘ve taken a national lead to retest cases and understand the impact of these. i‘m working very closely with senior colleagues from those agencies. no doubt you are expecting a lot of calls from solicitors representing some people? my advice and guidance to those solicitors would be that provided guidance to chief co nsta bles across the country on how they can manage their cases and their samples. the cps have also given me advice which i‘ve shared with chief constables on how we should deal with cases that have been through the courts and convictions held. the cps have given us clear guidance on how disclosure packs and information can be provided to defendants going forward. exit polls in south korea‘s presidential election suggest that

voters have overwhelmingly chosen the liberal candidate moon jae—in as their next president. he is expected to change course on north korea and increase contact with the regime, despite recent missile tests there. the former president was impeached and arrested over fraud allegations. joining me now via webcam is dr seung—young kim, senior lecturer in korean studies at the university of sheffield. what do we know about him? he is a former human rights lawyer. he knows how to run the government and lead. he‘s more progressive and liberal than his predecessor. it is not a great line. if i could

just ask you about the early predictions which suggest a lot of young people have come out and voted. does he appeal particularly to young people? yes, younger people is more liberal and more willing to engage with north korea. north korea has been engaging in the nuclear weapons programme. he believes it is more important to engage with dialogue and co—operation with north korea. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much. let‘s get an update on the accident at that theme park in staffordshire. reports according to police and the ambulance service that a girl, a young girl, had been thrown into the

water on one of the rides there at the drayton manor theme park in tamworth in staffordshire. let‘s talk tojodie tamworth in staffordshire. let‘s talk to jodie who joins tamworth in staffordshire. let‘s talk tojodie who joins me on the phone who was at the theme park when this happened. thank you very much for talking to us here on the bbc. explain where you were and what you saw this afternoon. we were in the 4 d cinema and a number of ambulances went racing past. inaudible a number of police in the area. it is very, very tense. i‘m sorry, it is really good that you tried to talk to usment i think

you‘re probably on your mobile and the signal is quite poor. perhaps we will see if we can re—establish the linement i heard you say there was a lot of police in the area, but it was hard to make out some of the other things you saw and were trying to explain to us, but the police and the ambulance service are saying they were called at around about 2.15pm and the emergency services telling us that an 11—year—old girl was airlifted to hospital. that explains some of the pictures you we re explains some of the pictures you were seeing there of the helicopter. so an 11—year—old girl was airlifted to hospital. we are still waiting to hear more from the theme park itself. but as soon as it puts out another statement we will bring that to you. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: theresa may says it is right to protect people against sudden energy price rises as she pledges to cap gas and electricity bills if the conservatives win the election. jeremy corbyn refuses to categorically say whether he would take britain out

of the european union if he becomes prime minister. an 11—year—old girl is airlifted to hospital after falling from a water ride at drayton manor theme park. hello. i m rachel horne. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. the markets are feeling pretty safe and settled right now. they are all in the green. wall street‘s volatility index closed at its lowest level since 1993. investors are calmed by emmanuel macron‘s victory in the french presidential election. we had

strong corporate results. sse and british gas owner centrica, two of the uk‘s big six energy suppliers, were heavy fallers at the start of trade as the conservatives confirmed that they will pursue an energy price cap if re—elected. at the start of trading centrica was down 4%, they pulled that back to 1.5%. sse saw a drop of 3%. they pulled it back to 1%. good news from the uk high street — retail sales jumped in april thanks to higher spending over easter, although the figures from the british retail consortium and kpmg suggest tougher times may be ahead. book—maker william hill has seen a 16% surge in online betting revenues since the start of the year thanks to a concerted push that included the launch of a new app and website overhaul. their share price up 0.7%. let‘s chat about this with richard jeffrey,

chief investment officer at cazenove capital management. we saw major movement both of the sse and the centrica share price, but the idea of a price cap, it is not a surprise. why did we see a big reaction on the markets?|j not a surprise. why did we see a big reaction on the markets? i think it was an early knee jerk reaction and when the markets settled down we got a much more muted response. as you say, it was not a surprise. investors had been thinking about the possibility of this and also i think that probably the general view is although the impact of a price cap is unknown, it probably won‘t impinbling on the dividend pavement profile of the companies and that‘s why investment hold the stocks. retail figures, these figures for april, they look good, is it a blip because of the timing of easter? well, the fact that the growth looks so strong was down to the timing of easter. it is often very difficult

to read the underlying pattern at this time of year. we know that retail sales spending has slowed down slightly in the first quarter, but funnily enough, i think the figures are reassuring and they probably say, well, yes, maybe things are softer than they were, but actually, retail spending is still growing and the households are going to still support growth in the wider economy. now, let‘s talk about william hill. they saw an 11% rise in online betting. the share price ticked up. how are investors feeling? well, there is mixed signals coming out, but overall the picture looks reasonable and it was reassuring for investors. the online business is doing much better than the high street business and there maybe a hint of concern about the high street business. and there is a review into some parts of that business taking place at the moment. the other side that was reasonably strong was the overseas divisions. 0k,

strong was the overseas divisions. ok, richard jeffrey, thank you very much for your time this afternoon. on wall street, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq indexes hit record intraday highs for the second day in a row on tuesday — tomorrow in the uk we have full year results from snap. the uk, we have full year results from talktalk. see you tomorrow. we are going to try and talk to the person we were speaking to before we got the business news and get the latest on what‘s happening at drayton manor. i hope we might be

able to hear each other better. you we re able to hear each other better. you were trying to explain to us where you are and what you saw this afternoon? yes, does it sound better now? it does sound a little bit better. we‘re crossing ourfingers. 0k, better. we‘re crossing ourfingers. ok, no, likei better. we‘re crossing ourfingers. ok, no, like i said, we werejust leaving the 4d cinema when we saw the ambulances come racing past. at first nobody knew what was going on andi first nobody knew what was going on and i think there was a panic as to why the police were there. then we got told somebody had fell out of the rapids, the splash canyon and into the water. i‘m not sure how serious it was, but many of the staff members were very upset and even as we left about 20 minutes ago, they were still very, very upset. had you been on that ride yourself today or had any of your friends been on it or been near it? no, we had been on thomasland first to let

the kids have their go and then we we re the kids have their go and then we were going to go on the adult rides so we didn‘t make it there. and you‘ve described the staff being very upset. what about the public generally? how busy was it? and what did the police do, where they trying to move people away? what were the emergency services doing? well, people were understandably concerned about what the commotion was and we we re about what the commotion was and we were told that the rides wouldn‘t be reopened today. the emergency services were brilliant. they kept the scene calm and they kept people moving along. but the theme park, as a whole, remained open, did it? yeah, it remained open, but the area that the accident happened, that stayed closed. all right, thank you very much for trying again. thank you very much indeed for talking to us you very much indeed for talking to us and thank you for persisting. so

one person who was on the children‘s rides at the theme park the health and safety executive telling us in the last few moments that it is aware of an incident and is making initial inquiries. more coming up at 5pm. now the weather. tomasz schafernaker has the forecast. great weather across the country right now. the cloud, this is from earlier on, you can see how thick it was across the midlands and eastern areas, notice how the cloud is shrinking back to the coastline, more and more of us are getting the clear blue skies. this was a picture from wales and another one, scarborough here from north yorkshire. just like yesterday, it was cloudy. i think tomorrow, more and more of us will have that sunshine right from morning onwards. so really a stunning day on the way and feeling asa stunning day on the way and feeling as a result warmer and the sunshine is so powerful it will feel pleasant and the winds will be light too.

this is what we‘ve got tonight, clearing skies and light winds and no sunshine, of course, but the temperatures in rural areas will dip down to two or three celsius. that‘s low enough for some grass frost. so we start on a beautiful sunny note apart from the far north there across the northern isles, orkney and shetland, spots of rain getting into lerwick later on in the afternoon, but from central scotland southwards, not really a lot to say. it's southwards, not really a lot to say. it‘s just a beautiful sunny afternoon. you can see throughout yorkshire temperatures getting up into the high teens. 17 celsius if not higher there in london as well. a little bit fresh around the coasts, but the winds are light, the sun is strong and just a reminder you may burn because, of course, it is very strong may sunshine. so tomorrow evening, it‘ll change. clear skies. now, let‘s so tomorrow evening, it‘ll change. clearskies. now, let‘s look so tomorrow evening, it‘ll change. clear skies. now, let‘s look at the weather towards the end of the week because things will be changing. one area of low pressure starts to edge ina area of low pressure starts to edge in a little bit closer and basically

what that means is increasing cloud and the threat of some showers across southern areas during the course of thursday. by the time we get to thursday night more and more of the thicker clouds and showers will be moving towards the north. northern areas there, sunnier and temperatures of around about 18 celsius. and then come friday, it looks as though warm and humid air will push in from the south with thunderstorms around and there could be some hefty ones, even a touch of flash flooding in some areas. 19 celsius in the south. a little bit fresher across northern areas. let‘s summarise that, breezy and warm this weekend with some showers and some sunny spells. that‘s it. today at 5pm:

jeremy corbyn launches labour‘s election campaign, but refuses to confirm he‘d take the uk out of the european union. in a bbc interview, he was asked five times what he‘d do as prime minister if brussels offered a bad deal on brexit... you‘ve said brexit is settled. does that mean, if you become prime minister, come hell or high water, we will be leaving the eu? look, there was a clear vote in the referendum a year ago, but now there are the negotiations which have already begun. but a little later, mr corbyn‘s aides said britain would leave the eu under a labour government. we‘ll have the latest on the day‘s developments live from westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: the conservatives promise to cap energy tariffs if they win the election. they say it would save money for millions of households.