this is bbc news. the headlines at 3... a major climbdown by the conservatives on social care. now the prime minister says costs will be capped. we have not changed the principles of the policy we set out in our manifesto. those policies... those policies remain the same. labour says students starting university in england this autumn won't have to pay tuition fees if it wins the election. the electoral commission says seven million people haven't yet registered to vote — tonight is the deadline for registration. and in the next hour... trump's in israel. he has become the first sitting president to visit the western wall. he says countries must work together for a peaceful future in he says countries must work together for a peacefulfuture in the region. we have before us a rare opportunity

to bring stability and peace to this region and to its people. facebook faces more questions over moderating content, after leaked documents appear to show it tolerates some violent threats. and the sun smiles on chelsea, as we get a sneak preview of the world's most famous flower show. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. we will have news from all the campaigns this afternoon for the jeremy corbyn is campaigning in yorkshire. he is in scarborough at the moment for the peers being introduced byjohn the moment for the peers being introduced by john prescott. he said, iwant introduced by john prescott. he said, i want to talk about politics

and want to talk about pensions. that is what we are about. that is what the future is about. i have great pleasure, here we havejeremy corbyn. cheering and applause thank you. thank you very much. i come to scarborough bearing a gift. the gift is eric, for scarborough and whitby. thank you very much the jeremy. this is the manifest that will putjeremy jeremy. this is the manifest that will put jeremy in jeremy. this is the manifest that will putjeremy in parliament and be

out will putjeremy in parliament and be our next prime minister, as was said, for the many, our next prime minister, as was said, forthe many, not the our next prime minister, as was said, for the many, not the few. thank you. thank you all for being here today. what a fantastic crowd. you know what with this, i think, is the 52nd event i had done since the election began. each rally gets bigger than the last. i can't imagine why that would be. it is the fine weather and it is obviously the great menu. i can't understand why not all people are summing. —— more people are swimming. this is a constituency we want to win and that is why we are here. thank you very much. we will win it. is that the greed? eric is the man to do it.

that is why we are here and we are travelling all over the country doing these speeches and rallies because we want to put our message out to everybody in every single pa rt out to everybody in every single part of the country what the choices are in this election. the choices need to be discussed. choices need to be put under scrutiny. i have no problem with that. unfortunately, the leader of the party whose name she cannot recall, who is also the prime minister, continues to decline going into any debate or taking any questions from the public as a whole. i think that is wrong in an election. it should be about choice. today they have presented something as if it were a u—turn, which i am interesting because yesterday i suggest they either do a handbrake oi’ suggest they either do a handbrake

or u—turn or something usable on social care. so, it is a triumph of spin over reality when you are announcing you are doing a u—turn, you read what she said and it was the same as they said last week that they are pretending it is something different. the reality is this. there arei million people in this country, many of them very frail, older people, many with disabilities and difficulties who need social care. and there is a million waiting for it. because it is not there, because it is inadequate, many cannot be discharged from hospital because there is nowhere for them to go. too often, families have to make enormous sacrifices and it is u nfortu nately enormous sacrifices and it is unfortunately usually the women who end up giving up work in order to ca re end up giving up work in order to care for people who ought to be cared for by all of us. and so...

applause we are not making false promises. what we are doing is putting in £2 million to plug the funding gap in the current crisis for social care. so that those in desperate need do get the care they need and deserve. that is what we will do straightaway. and then we will build an nhs, and social care, mental health services. they are fit for the needs of the people of this country. they have been reduced to the idea of a corridor nurse in the hospital. we are going through a mental health crisis in this country. a quarter of us will go through some kind of mental health crisis during our lifetimes. being told to wait six months before you getan told to wait six months before you get an appointment to an expert also money can get you some therapy while 6000 mental health nurses have lost

theirjobs in the nhs. you are looking at a government that has its priorities totally and completely wrong in comparison to the needs of the people of our society. applause and so, whilst they would rather further reduce corporate taxation, further reduce corporate taxation, further reduce corporate taxation, further reduce the tax burden on the very wealthiest in our society, we have a different approach, a totally different approach. that is not to place tax costs on 95% on the people but to place the tax cost where it should always have been, on the biggest corporations and the wealthiest within our society. and then, they have the temerity to say,

well, it's all the fault of the young people, or it's all the fault of the old people. it is always somebody else both mac fault. we are not getting into the game of blaming generations. i am not blaming not getting into the game of blaming generations. iam not blaming began for being young, i'm not blaming the old for being old. i am saying to the older generation, you make a fantastic contribution to our society. you don't deserve the injustice they have been through, you don't deserve to have uncertainty about social care or the national health service, and you don't deserve to be leading a lonely life because society is apparently passing you by. what we have to develop is an inclusive approach to our society, where we do fund and guarantee pensions and social care for those who need it. but we also look at the younger generation. is

it the fault of children now going to school that there is insufficient money being paid by the government towards their schools? is it their fault there was a crisis in 2008? why should they have to collect money from parents in order to sustain the school budget? that is simply wrong. too many of our children are in super—sized classes. too many of our children are living a life of poverty. too many of our children are not achieving what they should in primary schools and therefore they don't go on to achieve in secondary, and therefore they don't achieve their ambitions in life. when a child does not achieve their ambitions in life does not become the doctor, the engineer, the teacher, the nurse, whatever they want to achieve, they obviously

lose out individually, of course. you know what? we all lose. we don't have that doctor, that engineer, that nurse, that teacher. i see spending on education, spending on preschool, spending on secondary... labour leaderjeremy corbyn addressing the crowds on the beach side, one could say, in scarborough. a lovely, sunny day in talking about a totally different approach that labour would take, putting the biggest burden on the wealthiest in society and the biggest corporations. the conservatives have performed a rapid climbdown over their central manifesto pledge on social care. theresa may, in a campaign speech in wrexham, said their plans include a consultation on a cap — or in her words an "absolute limit" on the money people will need to pay. it's unclear what that cap will be. the conservatives had proposed that those needing care would have to meet the costs by forfeiting all but the last £100,000 of their assets, including the value of their property. our political correspondent

chris mason reports. huge bills and a big question. who should pick up the tab and when four hour care in old age? last thursday, the conservatives suggested a major overhaul of the social care system in england. opposition parties and others piled in to criticise a plan that did not include a limit on how much it could cost families. now, just four days on, a change. we are proposing the right funding model for social care. we will make sure nobody has to sell their family home to pay to pay for the care. we'll make sure there is a limit on what people have to pay and you will never go below £100,000 of your savings, so you will always have something

to pass on to your family. currently, in england, you pay to care if you have assets more than £23,250. under new plans, the prime minister says that will go up to £100,000. so nobody with assets less than that will have to pay. the new calculation will include the value of your house, even if you are cared for at home. now a significant shift from what is in here, the conservative manifesto. there will be an upper limit on the bills families can face. but, and this is a huge but, theresa may will not say what the upper limit will be. has she done another u—turn, jeremy? apparently. in hull, labour leader jeremy corbyn says... at tory u—turn on social care would be extremely welcome. i want this country to face up to its responsibilities, to those who need care, eitherfrail, elderly, those those with special needs,

severe disabilities or learning difficulties. from the liberal democrats... this is theresa may's manifesto meltdown. it leaves millions of people up and down the country in a state huge uncertainty. we know the dementia tax will happen and there will be some changes. people will have to pay more money and sell homes but they do not know where and how. here is an insight into conservative jitters about their social care policy. and advert paid by the tories and linking to their website, putting their side of the story. critics have called this the dementia tax. are you embarrassed by the u—turn, prime minister? the colossal challenge of how to pay for our old age has provoked a big shift in policy right in the middle of the election campaign. norman smith is in westminster. a

change of mindful when it was put to theresa may that far from being strong and stable she was being weak and wobbly, she did not like it. strong and stable she was being weak and wobbly, she did not like itm is the first time in this campaign when theresa may rivulet on the defensive, on the back foot, and a pretty hostile questioning. you could say with good reason for that this social care package was at the centre of the manifesto. it was meant as an amber matic policy to show that theresa may was prepared to co nfro nt show that theresa may was prepared to confront the difficult decisions and put forward huge plans to refashion social care which, within a few days, have now had to be fundamentally recast on the back of widespread disquiet within her own party and growing backlash it seems amongst many conservatives supporting newspapers. the outright

opposition are pretty much every charity and pensioners group involved in long—term care. it matters at the number of different levels. very obviously because it suggests indecision. it suggests being blown around by the sort of backlash over the policy once it became clearer, the implications. it matters because there is a gaping financial hole in her plans for reforming social care. if you impose a cap, that will be expensive, or if you put the cap. it is an ongoing generational cost which will go on from generation to generation. it will have to be factored in without any will have to be factored in without a ny clear will have to be factored in without any clear understanding of how it will be paid for. also because, although the prime minister insists they have not retreated from fundamental principles, i would suggest that mrs may has been forced to do that. at the heart of this

controversy is her decision to scrap david cameron's proposals for a cap. we were told at the manifesto that she viewed the cap as wrong, regressive, unfair to younger taxpayers. now she is having to concede that there may have to be a cap. have a listen to whatjeremy hunt said when he was pressed by the idea of a cap on manifesto day. we are dropping it because we have looked at this proposal and we do not think it is fair. the reason for thatis not think it is fair. the reason for that is because you could have a situation where somebody owns a house, £1 million, £2 million, has expensive care costs of £100,000, £200,000, ends up under that proposal and not having to pay the costs because they are capped. proposal and not having to pay the costs because they are cappedm proposal and not having to pay the costs because they are capped. it is all a bit awkward. what happened at

the start of the campaign? it was about theresa may being the leader the country can trust and it was about wrecks it. why has she decided to do this? -- brexit. they want another policy to —. radical reform of social care was part of the leadership pitch. theresa may was willing to confront these very delicate issues. it has blown up in herface. part of delicate issues. it has blown up in her face. part of the criticism which will be cited against mrs may, this seems to be a policy that was largely drawn up within her immediate entourage. there seems to have been little consultation with key ministers and those involved in the social care issues. if there is any blame to be attached to this climb—down, it has to be attached to

theresa may and her inner circle. tonight, as part of his ongoing series of interviews with all the main party leaders, andrew neil will be interviewing theresa may. that's on bbc one at 7 o'clock. now the headlines. theresa may denies u—turn over plans for social ca re denies u—turn over plans for social care changes in the conservative ma nifesto care changes in the conservative manifesto and says putting a cap on costs will be an option. labour says stu d e nts students starting at university in england this autumn won't have to pay tuition fees if they win the election. president trump arrives in israel and becomes the first sitting us president to visit the western wall. in sport, a stark warning from the international pa ralympic committee, russia will be banned from the next championships unless it improves its doping controls. who would have thought john it improves its doping controls. who would have thoughtjohn terry would

leave like this? one bookmaker admits three punters have been paid out after betting on his 27 minute substitution. he has been named the most valuable player in the indian premier league. ben stokes says he wa nts to premier league. ben stokes says he wants to return to the ipl next year but with a few more english players as well. more on those stories at 3:30 p.m.. president trump has become the first sitting president to visit the western wall. it is the holiest site where jews can pray. western wall. it is the holiest site wherejews can pray. he is meeting leaders in the middle east. he says there is a rare opportunity to bring peace and stability to the region by working together. direct from riyadh, president trump took the first official flight from saudi arabia to arrive in israel. two countries with no diplomatic relations.

he wants to project the idea that he's ready to do things in his own way. with a fanfare, israel's leaders turned out to greet their country's greatest ally. president trump is going to spend just one day here, but he's come in pursuit of what he's called the toughest deal to make between israel and the palestinians. he is hoping that his experience as a businessman could help him succeed where so many others have failed. we have before us a rare opportunity to bring security, stability and peace to this region, and to its people. defeating terrorism, and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. but we can only get there working together. there is no other way. mr trump has already disappointed many israelis. he promised to move the us embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem, his next stop.

however, all the signs are that won't happen now. with a warning that recognising israeli sovereignty over the city would inflame tensions with the palestinians. but one american israeli close to mr trump remains positive. the relationship with israel has been repaired. again, eight years of obama, the american—israel relationship was described as putting daylight between the united states and israel. there is no daylight any more, we are together as we should be. in ramallah, palestinians want mr trump to show commitment to the idea of creating a palestinian state. to move forward in a two—state solution, it starts with recognising the state of palestine and getting the boot of occupation off of our neck. that's something the us could pressure israel into doing, if they would be serious about holding israel accountable. on this brief trip, president trump is meeting israeli and palestinian leaders. while an immediate return to peace

talks isn't expected, there should soon be a clearer sense of how this white house believes a future deal could take shape. our correspondent lyse doucet is in jerusalem. the president has some grand ambitions. when we will get more concrete sense of what he has in mind? very brave of president trump and overwhelming optimism that suddenly he can make what he has called the ultimate deal, the very elusive peace between israelis and palestinians. to talk about as soon as his feet touched the tarmac in tel aviv. expectations are very high for those on all sides. and beyond this region. they would like to see a cornerstone for peace and stability in this region. i spoke to

some of president trump's advisers andi some of president trump's advisers and i was told there looking at about ten or 12 different areas in what has been a long and the legal process. the white house did ask the israelis to bring about some confidence building measures. the cabinet approved measures to ease some of the pressure on the crossing the palestinians have to go through to leave the occupied west bank and come into israel. small steps. there have to be a lot of big steps before they get to the point where there is a genuine peace process, much less a peace deal. where do you think are likely to be the key sticking points? what you see behind me, jerusalem. the israelis, as you heard in that report, many were hoping this would be the moment on the 50th anniversary of what the israelis call the liberation of jerusalem on the west bank. palestinians call it the occupation. they answer would come for the first

time from an american president. it would send a huge signal. it is such an interesting example of the transition from campaign to president. after he met king abdullah ofjordan, the palestinian leader, and when his aides took advice, they realised the move would be very explosive. it is on hold for now that they are listening and weighing up the issues over what steps to take and what steps to wait. facebook‘s internal rules for regulating what its nearly two billion users can and can't post on the site have been leaked. the documents appear to show

that the company tolerates certain violent threats, forms of bullying, and live videos of self—harm. facebook says its recruiting an extra 3000 people to its operations team to help moderate the site. earlier our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones explained how significant the leak was. there are nearly 2 billion people on facebook and our sharing all kinds of material. the company is struggling to keep up with the volume of material and the volume of complaints. they say they get 6 million complaints about fake accou nts million complaints about fake accounts per week. that is one tiny aspect of what it does. this is basically a training manual which has been leaked, given to the moderators in charge of this. it lays out some of the principles. some of them will strike people as strange will stop some will strike people as obvious. videos of violent death to be marked as disturbing. they don't always have to be deleted because they can create awareness. photos of animal abuse can be shared as long as they are marked, disturbing, again for that you can say certain things about ordinary

people. you can say, i want to kill my boyfriend and they will decide thatis my boyfriend and they will decide that is not a credible threat. if you say it about a world leader like donald trump, that would be deleted. i think facebook has moved into a world where, and it has been slow to act set this, it is essentially a media organisations and it is publishing vast amounts of content. it has been too lax looking at the content. it is beginning to gear up. it will face a constant argument. there are two macro sides from all of these issues. last year, they deleted the famous photograph of a naked vietnamese girl running down the street, having been involved in a napalm attack. that was deemed offensive. there was an outcry and that was restored. there are fine lines to be drawn. as journalists, we know about the fine lines that we have to make those decisions every

day. sometimes it is gratifying to see facebook facing the same pressures . the green party has outlined 10 key election pledges in its manifesto — saying it will offer a "message of hope" to voters. the party says it plans to "roll back privatisation of the nhs" and give people a referendum on the terms of a brexit deal. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. the greens are a party with notjust one but two leaders. in central london today, they set out what they called big and bold ideas which they insisted were possible. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, cooperation. it's about our promise that a confident and caring future is possible. if we work together, if we do politics differently, and if we dare to be more ambitious. the party's policies include holding a second referendum on the terms of any brexit deal. they want to explore having a universal basic income

and a shorter working week, plus they've got a long—term aim to scrap university tuition fees in england and all existing student loan debt. they're defending one seat, but hoping to win over voters in places such as bristol west. i feel like a lot of green supporters are now maybe going more labour because labour maybe have more of a chance but i'm still a green supporter. i wouldn't personally vote for the green party, but i can see them becoming a force in the future with labour taking a back seat. the greens say they're standing up for young people and the environment, but they've stood aside in more constituencies than they're likely to win in the hope it will help labour and the liberal democrats. pushing for a progressive alliance has led to criticism they'll end up in a coalition of chaos. they want to transform politics — to do that, they first need to get elected. eleanor garnier, bbc news. now for the weather. it is turning

sagna and hotter across much of the uk. some parts are having some warm sunshine but not everywhere. heavy showers in parts of scotland. the rain showers will sweep through, particularly north of scotland and the eastern side in the next few hours, pushing across the northern isles. it is looking dry overnight with clear spells all round. it will be chilly in parts of scotland and northern ireland as we go through the night. some spots will dip into single figures. into tomorrow, passing shower in the north west of scotland. the majority will have a dry day full stop increasing cloud in northern ireland in the afternoon. some cloud lingering from the low cloud round the coast.

variable cloud and sunny spells and elsewhere. temperatures may be a degree or two down compared with today. quite a lot of cloud around. more sunshine and more heat. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.30pm: theresa may is being accused of a "major u—turn" on her pledge to change social care funding. she says her plans will now include the option of a limit on the amount people would be charged for care at home. last week the party ruled out a cap in their manifesto labour out a cap in their manifesto. labour says it will scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this september, if it wins the election. the party says those part—way through their studies would not have to pay for the remaining years. president donald trump has became the first sitting us president to visit the western wall, the holiest site injudaism. at a news conference earlier, he warned that iran "must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon".

facebook is being urged to answer questions about how it moderates online posts, after a leak to the guardian revealed how the internet giant decides if posts are too violent, sexual, or supported terrorism. facebook insists that the safety of its users is a priority. how does that happen? something with your brain. let's get the sport now. we'lljoin holly who has got the details. russia's paralympic team have been given a final warning to improve their doping controls or face a ban from the winter games next year. south korea hosts the event next march. the russians were banned from the summer games in rio last year after concerns about state sponsored doping. and that ban will continue to pyeongchang 2018 unless the russian paralympic committee proves it has changed its practices. this afternoon, the international paralympic committee said they want that evidence by early september. it was the long goodbye that left fans baffled but it has emerged

three punters have received payouts following john terry's 26th minute substitution yesterday. terry revealed afterwards, his exit and guard of honour was pre—planned, his final game with chelsea, of course. but one bookmaker has revealed it was accepting bets on the specific time of his first—half substitution with odds of 100—1. arsenal majority shareholder stan kroenke says his shares "are not and have never been, for sale". the american insisted he was still committed to the club in response to the recent £1 billion pound bid by alisher usmanov, who already owns a 30% per stake. usmanov said kroenke should bear huge responsibility for arsenal's failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 20 years. gordon strachan has called up brighton strikerjamie murphy and aberdeen duo kenny mclean and mark reynolds to the scotland squad for their world cup qualifier against england on 10th june. murphy helped brighton to promotion to the premier league this season — he's been in previous squads

but never won a cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mclean has one to his name. wicketkeeper sarah taylor's been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. she rejoined the camp last month after taking a year—long break to deal with anxiety problems. heather knight has been named as captain. england's first match is against india on 24thjune and taylor needs to be back to full fitness to make the side. it has been a long journey for her, an incredible year. she will have learned a lot about herself, a lot of battles. the first one is sometimes getting out of bed and going downstairs. she has done really, really well. she feels confident enough to put herself forward for selection. we've got a bit of time to go yet for her to keep doing what we call a graduated return, and that is what she has done. she has done each stage at a time, each day at a time, and she has managed to conquer most

of her battles at the moment. the england men's team are now preparing for the icc champions trophy which begins on friday. one of their star players, ben stokes, was voted the 2017 indian premier league's most valuable player earlier, and speaking to our reporter patrick gearey, he says he wants to return to the ipl next year, but with a few more england players too. it would be great in the future if maybe the whole england team could possibly be out there. you know, it's notjust the fact of playing in the tournament, it's just the exposure that you get as a player. you know, playing in high—pressure situations, against all of the best players in the world. whether you've guys bowling 150 or guys knocking it out of the park. if you don't hit the areas you want to bowl. so a great experience and i think everyone who goes out there becomes a better player. the union of rugby players in england has rejected plans to extend the premiership season, saying they would have a "seriously detrimental"

effect on player welfare. premiership rugby announced that the 2019—2020 season would start in early september and finish in latejune, making it ten months long or 11 months for players involved in international summer tours. the rugby players' association said the proposal was "not viable". that's all sport for now. there's more in the next hour. more now on the election campaign. chris morris and the bbc‘s reality check team have been taking a look at how the conservatives have changed their proposals on social care. u—turns, climbdowns, what's this about? social care was always going to bea about? social care was always going to be a big issue, now it is front and centre in a big political row. last week the conservative manifesto proposed anyone receiving long—term social care in england would be able to keep £100,000 of their assets including the value of that i home and no one would have to sell their family home to pay for care in their

lifetime. that hasn't changed, but last week the conservatives also ruled out introducing any cap or maximum amount that anyone would be asked to pay for their social care once the first £100,000 had been taken into consideration. in other words, if you had a house worth £300,000, you or those who inherited your estate could, in theory, under the proposals have to contribute £200,000. now, a major report on social care written by sir andrew dilnot and published in 2011 suggested there should be a cap on how much anyone should be asked to pay for care. in 2015 the tory ma nifesto pay for care. in 2015 the tory manifesto supported the idea of a cap which was set to be £72,000, but when asked about a proposed cap now, in 2017, here is what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, told the bbc last thursday. not only are we dropping it, but we are dropping ahead of a general election and we are being completely explicit in our

ma nifesto are being completely explicit in our manifesto that we're dropping it and we're dropping it because we looked again at this proposal and we don't think it's fair. cue several days of awkward conversations on the doorsteps for conservative candidates. and just four days later a rather different message from the prime minister, "we will make sure there will be an absolute limit on what people will need to pay for their care". in other words there will be a cap, but there is no indication of the level at which that cap might be set. theoretically, if they went back to their previous policy of a cap of £72,000 that would mean, taking our example of a house worth £300,000, you'd pay a maximum of 72 and keep the rest. you'd pay a maximum of 72 but if you had a house worth £150,000 you'd pay 50, then the new £100,000 guarantee would kick in and you'd keep that. confused? does it make sense to have a £100,000 floor and a cap in the same policy? well, the prime minister says all of this will be debated in future consultations and

"nothing has changed". not so, say all the other parties. this is a u—turn. but there is one thing that hasn't changed and that is that voters still cannot be sure, under these proposals, how much they might have to pay for social care in the future. sinn fein's leader claims the party is heading for another "ground—breaking" election next month. launching its manifesto in dungannon, michelle o'neill said "the new certainties are gone and a new political era is opening up in irish politics." joining me now from belfast is the sinn fein politician john o'dowd, who was minister for education in the stormont executive from 2011 to 2016 and the member of the northern ireland assembly for upper bann. thank you forjoining us. 0f thank you forjoining us. of course, in northern ireland particularly, there are so many unique issues, but in what way do you feel that this is a ground—breaking campaign? you feel that this is a ground-breaking campaign? well, the assembly election which was called

in march set a new agenda in politics in this part of the island. at the centre of it was corruption at the heart of government, but in the background was brexit and as we enter this westminster election, brexit remains at the heart of politics here because it is probably the biggest constitutional change on the biggest constitutional change on the island of ireland since partition. and how would you see or how would you propose that that border, the only border, of course, between the uk and the european union, how that would work? well, we've had much talk in recent times of soft borders, hard borders, frictionless borders, but the fact remains if brexit takes place as envisaged by theresa may in terms of leaving the european single market and the custom union we will have an economic border on the island in ireland for the first time in over 25 years which will be a disaster for the economy across the island of ireland. it will cause difficulties

for our agri food industry and for trade of all types. what we're saying clearly, if brexit wishes to ta ke saying clearly, if brexit wishes to take place in britain, we have no say in that, but we should have a say in that, but we should have a say in that, but we should have a say in terms of remaining within the european union through special designated status because the majority of people here voted to remain within the european union during the eu referendum. but obviously you accept that brexit is upon us and if there are deals that can be done that's part of the negotiation ahead, isn't it? well, let's see what brexit actually is. we have a prime minister who is flip—flopping in terms of her own social and economic policies in terms of this manifesto. there is a long way to go in terms of the negotiations around brexit. we're calling on, not only the british government, but in terms of the irish government, i have been engaging with other european states as well to protect the rights and entitlements of citizens who live in the island of ireland, to protect our unique status and also to protect our peace process. so,

theresa may has said a lot of things around brexit, but she has said a lot of things about her manifesto which she has changed her mind on. so we will be concentrating our views and our attention on the british and irish governments in the weeks and the months ahead. the electorate might have a bigger eye on stormont and wanting to get that up on stormont and wanting to get that up and running again. that maybe the priority for many more than perhaps you're thinking? well, it's a priority for us as well. the assembly elections in march changed the political dynamics here. once unionist majority has now gone. we wa nt to unionist majority has now gone. we want to see progressive politics leading from here on in. we as a party don't seek domination, we seek liberation both in terms of irish unity but in terms of the rights for all our citizens. the concentration in getting the assembly back up, we are focussed on that, many of the electorate will be coming out this time to reendorse the message that corruption at the heart of government is not acceptable. that we wa nt government is not acceptable. that we want to see equality for all our citizens and we want to see rights protected in law. john o'dowd, thank

you very much. we will be talking to the other northern ireland parties when they launch their manifestos as well. if we asked you to picture marlon munro you will probably picture her wearing that dress. 80 million photographs from the getty archive are being stored in one location. graham satchell has been given exclusive access. they are some of the most remarkable, memorable and culturally significant photographs ever taken. and they all belong to the picture agency getty. this is their new home, it is now the largest commercial archive of physical photos anywhere in the world. so, matt, how many pictures have you got here? there's about 80 million images on—site. 80 million? yeah, 80, eight zero. it's a bit like an iceberg, so if you go to our website, for every one image on the website,

there's 200 prints in the files that aren't on the website. and for every one of those prints, there's about 200 negatives that have never been printed or seen before. there are pictures here going back to the birth of photography in the 1830s. these are from the general election in 1914. this lady, on her cart, speaking to a massive audience, of two. the archive covers everything. sport, celebrity, mystery. one of the most remarkable images in the getty collection was taken here in 193a. it's a picture of a monster, and is perhaps the most famous example of fake news. the loch ness monster. this here is what was in the daily mail on april 21st 193a. why i think it's become iconic is because it then informs people as to what the loch ness monster should look like. so when they came here looking for nessie, this is what they were looking for. this sets the image forever?

yes. today, the nessie legend brings in around £30 million a year to the local tourist economy, but the photo that started it all is fake. it was taken by man called marmaduke wetherell, using a toy submarine bought from woolworth‘s. back in the bowels of the getty archive, experts are repairing and restoring images like this 1957 shot of lauren bacall. over time, hundreds of thousands of negatives will be scanned, digitised and put online for anyone to view. i thought the loch ness monster was real! you'll have to bear with simon. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: theresa may denies a u—turn over plans for social care changes in the conservative manifesto and says putting a cap on costs will be an option.

labour says students starting university in england this autumn won't have to pay tuition fees if it wins the election. president trump arrives in israel and becomes the first sitting us president to visit the western wall, the holiest site injudaism. i'm ben bland. in the business news: legal action brought by 9,000 investors who are seeking compensation from royal bank of scotland has been adjourned for a day. investors say they lost money on shares after being misled over the bank's financial health in the run—up to its near—collapse and £115 billion government bailout in 2008. they are demanding £520 million from the bank and four former directors who deny any wrongdoing. the claimants are considering a new compensation dealfrom rbs — double its previous offer. the value of the pound has

dropped — at times today it's been below $1.30. that's after a strong performance last week. some analysts say the weakening pound is down to the wobbly opinion polls and tough headlines over the weekend for theresa may who is the city's preferred choice in the election. others point to a strengthening dollar which rose after donald trump's performance at the start of his middle east tour. a cheaper pound has led to a surge in american tourists coming to the uk. the travel website, expedia, says summer bookings from across the atlantic rose 80% betweenjanuary and march compared to the same period last year. the uk's biggest pub companies saw their turnover rise by 3.3% last year with the top ten biggest groups doing significantly better than the rest of the industry. the research was done by funding options, an online business finance supermarket. it says that the uk's top 50 pub companies turned over £10.6 billion in the last year, up

from £10.2 billion a year earlier. joining me now is richard leader, director at funding options. what is it then that the bigger pub chains are doing better? good afternoon, ben. it seems that what the big chains are doing is investing to grow. that seems to be the truth of it. so if we look at the truth of it. so if we look at the top 50 overall, we're looking at a 3.3% rise in revenues, but if you look at the top ten, they're driving that growth so about 3.5% growth in revenue from the top ten pub chains. the next a0 just grew revenues by 2% in the last financial year. and it's really underpinned by board ocean, if you look at the amount that these of those companies is borrowing and has outstanding as board ocean that

tells a significant and interesting story. so those top ten companies have outstanding borrowings of £11 billion: the smaller companies, the next a0 down, have outstanding borrowings of £1.25 billion. those companies are finding it harder to find bank finance to help them grow. it's interesting you talk about the borrowing and the financing side of it because my question to you is can we read into this anything that tells us anything about our drinking habits and where we choose to go and or choose not to go? the positive thing. as somebody who occasionally frequents a bar, the positive thing for me is that revenues are growing across the sector and that's, you know, that's a good story given the decline in revenues that we have seen since the credit crunch in the last five or six years, we have seen a real decline. so i think people are choosing to go back to the pub and there is growth in those more

independent chains, the smaller companies, but they‘ re independent chains, the smaller companies, but they're still struggling to invest to grow. before you g richard. i want to ask you what you think are the biggest pressures on pubs? being innovative and being able to renovate premises and being able to renovate premises and to restore them and refurbish them. that's the sort of thing that discerning drinkers are looking for isa discerning drinkers are looking for is a nice environment to sit—in and that costs money. richard, thank you very much. almost half of company managers want the next government to prioritise access to the european single market and freedom of movement of people during the talks about leaving the eu. nearly half of managers surveyed by the chartered management institute think a deal that secures those two things would be the best outcome of the upcoming brexit negotiations. the research also found that managers' top priorities include securing trade deals with non—eu countries, and maintaining access to eu talent by guaranteeing the rights of existing eu residents already in the uk. ann francke, the chief executive of the chartered management institute explained more.

we looked into the questions of what boosts productivity. we know that access to the right skills is a critical factor in that. we also know that access to free trade is important. so, not surprisingly, those were the two key priorities for our managers and leaders that we survey. equally important, on the third place, was investment in our infrastructure, as well as in boosting britain's skills. these are the things that managers want to see growth in the british economy and to raise productivity. here are some other stories we're looking at. ford has just named jim hackett as its new president and chief executive replacing mark fields, as the company faces declining sales in the us and chinese markets. leaked documents have revealed the ethical policies of the social

media giant facebook. according to the uk's guardian newspaper, the company does not instruct employees to remove content showing "violent death", abortion and self—harm. the news comes amid calls for facebook to play a bigger role in censoring content which some users may find offensive. airbus, the plane—maker, has appointed a panel of independent consultants to try and stop corruption at the aerospace firm. it follows a series of investigations including uk regulators launching a bribery investigation at the company's jet division. the panel will be given access to "all levels of the company". the ftse 100 is up. it is doing better than the other european markets today. it is partly thanks to the fall in value of the pound. it's down against the dollar and the euro. that helps ftse100 companies that sell abroad — they get more pounds

when they convert their earnings back into sterling. the price of oil is higher and so are metal prices. us stock markets have opened higher, getting a boost from higher oil prices and shares in defence companies after a $110 billion arms deal between the united states and saudi arabia. that's all the business news this hour. i will be back in about an hour. it's been fifteen months in the planning — and it's taken hundreds of people more than a month to build and create the stunning displays. the chelsea flower show opens to the public tomorrow, and 160,000 visitors from around the world are expected to come over the next five days. frankie mccamley has been given a sneak preview. ian price suffered from mental ill—health. a garden designer for over 20 years, he decided to turn a negative into a positive using his skills. this is the mind trap garden which hopes to raise awareness of the issue.

in this central area, the bubbling pool is to represent the fact that when you look into that you don't get a true reflection of yourself when you're at your lowest point, when you're suffering at your most. the views that you have from the central seat show you that there is a brighter world beyond. you can't see it all, you can't see how to get out, but you know there's something better than what you're in at the minute. ian is one of more than 500 exhibitors within the grounds of the royal hospital chelsea. bbc radio 2 feel—good gardens are exploring the five senses. this is chris evans' taste garden. the thing that i was most surprised by is that i thought, amongst the show gardens, ours might get lost. it sounds so big, and it is so big. it's such a big deal, it's the biggest most famous garden show in the world. but what they can do within 11 acres, and what every individual exhibit does within their 23 by 23 foot plot is amazing. that is sort of a testament to what we could do at home. with her majesty the queen

and members of the royalfamily expected later today, this morning was a chance for television royalty to take the limelight. an apricot rose, named after dame judi dench. for the first time in the show‘s 10a year history, visitors will see a garden with an urban landscape, focusing on greening urban areas. and there's no shortage of something that catches the eye, bringing the joy of gardening to millions and hoping to inspire the next generation. in a moment the weather, but first i want to show you these extraordinary pictures of the moment a young girl was grabbed by a large sea lion in british columbia. the girl was sitting on a dock in richmond near vancouver watching the animal in the water before it grabbed her dress and pulled her into the water. a relative jumped in and lifted her out to safety. neither were unhurt.

the sea lion appeared to have been drawn to the dock by people who were throwing breadcrumbs into the water. fortu nately, fortunately, nobody was hurt and all was well. now the weather. thank you, simon. it looks great weather for the chelsea flower show this week. it's going to get warmer and sunnier. now the pressure pattern tells the tale of the week ahead. apart from some pretty weak weather fronts brushing the north of the uk in the next day or two, it's going to be dry and we will find high pressure building in across the uk as well. so probably a good daefl sunshine for most of us over the week ahead. now the wind direction is going to be crucial a the moment. we have got a southerly wind hence the warmth. we will get a westerly through tuesday and wednesday and then the wind come back in again from the near continent and temperatures really do start to rise later on in the week. now today we

have seen highs around 25 celsius, probably just to the west of have seen highs around 25 celsius, probablyjust to the west of london. this was the lovely scene in west berkshire. again, we've got buttercu ps berkshire. again, we've got buttercups this time in belfast, but a very different looking sky, much greyer here and we've got a few drizzly showers coming into northern ireland. most of the wet weather moving eastwards across scotland late this afternoon and into the evening and behind that, dry, clear skies for many of us, but a lot of low cloud coming into wales and the south—west of england and beginning to run into the english channel. not as cold as last night further south, but a greyer start actually across the south—west of england. some low cloud and hill fog and there could be one or two spots of drizzle. the south east, the east midlands and east anglia bright and sunny, a bit more cloud for a while, but back northwards, we're back into the sunshine and back into rising temperatures quickly in the morning. overnight rain beginning to nudge away finally from shetland. so a lot

of dry weather to come on tuesday. we might squeeze a shower out across northern parts of scotland and then we've got this cloud low enough, thick enough to give us drizzle in the south—west. so a cooler, greyer looking day here. some of that cloud will wander through the midlands towards the south east of england at times. not as warm as today, but not far off. for most of us, it's a decent day with sunshine and temperatures into the high teens. wednesday, we've got that gentle westerly drift across the uk. so more cloud around. again, some sunshine. again it's dry and again, those temperatures are higher than average for the time of year and through the rest of the week, the end of the week, it remains dry. probably more in the way of sunshine arriving and that will continue to lift the temperatures as we draw in the feed of air from the near continent so 30 celsius is possible across the south east of the uk by the time we head into the bank holiday weekend and uncertainties after that. there maybe showers and thundery ones coming in from the

west later on. this is bbc news. the headlines at a... the conservatives are accused of a major climb—down on social care. we have not changed the principles of the policy we set out in our manifesto. those policies... those policies remain the same. labour says students starting university in england this autumn won't have to pay tuition fees if it wins the election. the electoral commission says seven million people haven't yet registered to vote — tonight is the deadline for registration. and in the next hour... trump's in israel. he has become the first sitting us president to visit the western wall. he says countries must work together for a peacefulfuture in the region.