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. 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. the conservatives have performed a rapid climb—down over their central ma nifesto rapid climb—down over their central manifesto pledge on social care. 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. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. huge bills and a big question. who should pick up the tab and when for our care in old age? last thursday, the conservatives suggested a major overhaul of the social care system in england. 0pposition 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 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 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. in 2015 the tory manifesto supported the idea of a cap. here is what jeremy hunt told the bbc last thursday. we are dropping it because we have looked again at this proposal and we don't think it is fair. that is because she could have a situation where someone who owns a house, £1 million, £2 million, has expensive care costs of perhaps £100,000, £200,000. ends up under that proposal not having to pay the ca re costs that proposal not having to pay the ca re costs because that proposal not having to pay the care costs because they are capped. iamjoined by care costs because they are capped. i am joined by the chair of the care funding commission. what do you make of what to reason may do today?”

funding commission. what do you make of what to reason may do today? i am delighted. i was very disappointed with the proposals put forward last week. they address the problem of what we do about the means tested system. they did nothing for the population as a whole. there was no way of planning for this enormous concern. now they have gone back to what was legislated for in the last government. they are putting a cap in place. it is a form of social insurance. we want to know what they will mean. it is a u-turn in most people's language. it follows criticism after the manifesto launch. i think there was a great deal of understandable concern that the conservatives, who said they

would produce some proposals to work in the medium—term, short—term and long—term, did not come out. i welcome the fact that what had been proposed was not acceptable or adequate and now something very different had been proposed. it is not something i welcome. there will still be anxiety because there is no level for that cap. if you were advising theresa may right now, where would you pitch it?|j advising theresa may right now, where would you pitch it? i think what i would say is, the government of which you were apart in 2015, legislated for a cap of 2016, of just over £2000. that seems like the natural place to start. there has been inflation since 2016 to might been inflation since 2016 to might bea been inflation since 2016 to might be a level slightly higher than that. that seems the obvious place to start. if you set the cat much higher than that then those who are less well off will not get the

protection they need. to set a lower will become significantly more expensive. the level that had been agreed by parliament in the run—up to the last election seems the right one. what you have been grappling with is the fact we have an ageing population and these costs will get bigger and bigger and you cannot rely on the new generation, a young generation, to basically pick them out of that difficulty. generation, to basically pick them out of that difficultylj generation, to basically pick them out of that difficulty. i think that is an entirely reasonable point. it seems to me entirely reasonable that we should look to pensioners to pay at least a large part of the cost of these proposals. that is things like these proposals. that is things like the winter fuel allowance, which will be means tested. also things like the triple lock which will move toa like the triple lock which will move to a double lock. that seems reasonable. pensioners will receive less support from government in some

areas where it seems less essential but more support in areas like social care where it is essential. the plain fact is the private sector will not offer insurance in this area because there is too much uncertainty about what social care might cost. this is a classic example of market failure, the kind of failure where mrs may says she wa nts of failure where mrs may says she wants government to step in and resolve of the bid is reasonable for the funding to come from pensioners at least in part. the amounts of money are not very large compared with the overall cost of government spending. 0verall with the overall cost of government spending. overall it is £700 billion. the cost of the cap would be £2 billion. the cost of the winter fuel allowance at the moment is more than that. there are ways of rearranging, reorganising spending thatis rearranging, reorganising spending that is going on at the moment largely due to funding this cap. you have worked around politicians for a long time to stop what you make of

the decision by therese a saying it was not a change —— therese me saying it was not a change question why not say, we have been listening and why —— we have changed our minds. i'm concerned about the change in policy. you want it to a lwa ys change in policy. you want it to always be carefully considered. what we have seen is recognition of behalf of the conservative party proposals they came up with last week did not add up to a coherent package. i want to celebrate the fa ct package. i want to celebrate the fact there is change and congratulate the conservative party on changing this will stub is important to celebrate what we have 110w important to celebrate what we have now than spend too much time looking into the detail on how we got here. thank you for your time. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in wrexham for us. sir andrew dillon not very

diplomatic —— diplomatically sidestepping the politics. opponents of theresa may set was a badly thought through policy and she has been forced into a u—turn. the fact is there are many conservative candidates out there. this is an election. there are on the doorsteps every single day and night. you did not need an opinion poll to say how the policy was going down. tory candidates all around the country feeding back that people were pretty alarmed about it, for the very fact they did not know how much they would have to cough up for their own care. i suppose from the point of view of theresa may, it is whether people think conducting a u—turn like this is a sign of weakness or whether people think she was listening to that response. she has decided to change it because people we re decided to change it because people were not happy. the baffling part was where she said there was no

change. if you look at the ma nifesto, change. if you look at the manifesto, it goes into some detail about the fact they would allow people to keep £100,000 of their assets. there was detail never absolutely no mention of a cap. if you are talking about this policy, surely, if you are considering one, you would member to put it into the ma nifesto. you would member to put it into the manifesto. she is going to take a lot of flak for changing the policy. they are probably hoping it is better to get through that, ditch the unpopular elements and hope it reassures people. it will be asked time and again where the cap will be. andrew dillon not said that £72,000 will cost about £2 billion. she will need to say whether b and how she will pay for it. on twitter and elsewhere, people making much of the fact that when you google the whole issue of social care and you come across the conservatives web page, there have been a few changes in the last 2a hours.

page, there have been a few changes in the last 24 hours. i think this is the problem may have got. they sent out cabinet ministers just yesterday to talk about the policy, to defend it. as we heard, we had people like damian green and germany had specifically saying they did not like the idea of a cap. the reason for that is the idea is to make those who have the assets, the money, the wealth in their property, ina money, the wealth in their property, in a house crack to make them pay for their care rather than the burden falling on the taxpayer and potentially on poorer people. if you bring ina potentially on poorer people. if you bring in a cap, it changes the whole dynamic of the policy. there will be a cost to this. the conservatives are also being criticised were not costing the manifesto. they will come under pressure to say what this change must be. for theresa may personally, you can see how uncomfortable she was. she sounded angry at times, pretty rattled. this is quite a big test bowler. she has

not had that grilling and questioning up till now. —— test for her. she did not feel very happy about this. 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. 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. 0ur 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. you are watching bbc news. theresa may denies a u—turn over plans for social care changes in the conservative manifesto and putting a cap on costs will be an option. labour says student starting university in england in the alton will not have to payjewish and fees if it wins the election. president trump arrives in israel becomes the first sitting president to visit the western wall. in sport, russia has been warned its athletes will be excluded from next year's winter paralympics excluded from next year's winter pa ralympics unless it excluded from next year's winter paralympics unless it can improve its doping controls. 0ne bookmaker admits it has paid out thousands of

pounds to those who gambled onjohn terry's substitution in his final match for chelsea. after being named the indian premier league most valuable player, ben stokes wants to return next but with more england players alongside him in the future. more on those stories just half past. 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. joining me now is a former policy managerfor facebook. joining me now is a former policy manager for facebook. thank you for coming in. what to make of this leak? how significant is it? interesting from two perspectives.

facebook has historically kept the rule book fairly secret. the reason is they do not want people to know exactly how they police things. people may now be looking at ways to try to sneak their harmful or hateful speech through the senses. 0n the other hand, it may demonstrate to people who are often very critical of the company that actually there are a lot of thoughtful people who have, over many years, tried to come up with something to solve the rul is over what is access to ball or not. some of these big companies take criticism about free speech and so one. from your experience, how seriously do think it takes moderation? very seriously. every week for the last ten years you can properly find an article about someone properly find an article about someone who is upset about content that was taken down or is not taken

down. there are always grey areas which provoke the debate internally. sometimes there are big debates requiring engagement from the top of the company and sometimes it is less high profile. i can tell you, particularly at the moment, with the way that certain groups have started to use social media, more hateful people have become more media savvy. they say they will get an extra 3000 moderators. how do they work on a day—to—day basis? how can they access the staff? there are several channels they may receive content from. it could be from user reporting. it could be that some algorithm or artificial intelligence

has identified some keywords or images that have been identified previously as coming back up. remember, an image in one context may be newsworthy, in another context it may be harmful. in another context it may be ambiguous. the context around each image is important as well. they'll be sitting at the terminal and receiving these images and being asked to make these decisions. typically, because we are all human, we make mistakes. most of those images are reviewed by two people as well. when we look more broadly, we are speaking about facebook but with twitter and some of the other social media sites, where do they stand on moderation? are we seeing a move to being more proactive audience think some will still resist the idea of being stuck in? each platform has its own way of handling things, of course. generally, the rule is they

will be post—facto reviewing content that has been reported by the community. the idea of platforms prescreening all content is difficult. from upriver seed perspective, it would be illegal. we have the right to be able to communicate either one—to—one or a small group or the public without being moderated in some way. there does have to be a shared responsibility between the users of the platform, the company ‘s. in fa ct the platform, the company ‘s. in fact there are from partnerships behind the scenes they do not talk about with rule enforcement and regulators. 0ften about with rule enforcement and regulators. often because they are sensitive tissues and sensitive cases. “ sensitive tissues and sensitive cases. -- issues. president trump has become the first sitting president to visit the western wall. it is the holiest site where jews can pray. he said there was 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 0bama, 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. 0ur correspondent lyse doucet is in jerusalem. in the last few moments a meeting with benjamin neta nyahu. in the last few moments a meeting with benjamin netanyahu. that relationship will be crucial. they we re relationship will be crucial. they were hoping he will be the same donald trump as he was before he became president. and as hearsay make israel great again. playing on the slogan of president trump during his campaign to make america great

again. he hasjust come out his campaign to make america great again. he has just come out of this meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. i had to say, since i covered the visit to riyadh, how much more relaxed he looks here. they have given him more opportunity to go off script and speak off—the—cuff. he took opportunity to go off script and speak off—the- realler took 5; z 2 se 7 7 777 iran. nevet """” $225.22.” ..,-,,--,..,. "ii" ii‘i‘i‘ii ”77 thatiranis"" 'its gqfifi rm i n i t! -. mag; ,.,f:.-."u1i!!; is? in curbs c president nuclear programme. president trump’i nuclear programme. president truman" é should nuclear programme. president trump’i é should never, ever have a: a a; ~ we; 7%77 mw 7777 he said the iranians should done. he said the iranians should thank the americans and not tried to create even more problems. he's certainly got an echo from prime minister netanyahu on that. they are the two big issues. what to do with

iran and what about the promise from donald trump? as soon as his foot touched the tarmac here in israel at the airport, he talked about making peace between the israelis and the palestinians. it takes courage and optimism to do that. he does look remarkably relaxed. he looks like the deal—maker before he became president. this is the deal of all deals if he could bring some sort of peace in this region. notjust deals. he made his money and reputation in the real estate business. behind me you see the most difficult piece of real estate in the world, and that is the old city ofjerusalem. it is one of the most hotly disputed issues in the peace process. many israelis were hoping president trump would come here today, the 24th isjerusalem day, and announce at long last the united

states would move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. he listened to others. he talked to the jordanian king and spoke to the palestinian president. they say he listens to the last person he spoke to. he understands, as he said about other things, it is not as easy as he looks —— it lurks. the peace process was stuck will stop if he finds a new way to do it, everyone would welcome that. what matters is results and that is a different thing. people who want to vote have until midnight today to register. with me isa

midnight today to register. with me is a member of a movement to empower young citizens. thank you for coming in. we were saying 7 million people are not registered. what is holding people back? different reasons for different people. some people have lost faith in the system. 0thers have not been educated. 0thers lost faith in the system. 0thers have not been educated. others have felt they have not been empowered to do so. we are inspiring our citizens and also registering to vote. when it comes to young people, what is your understanding of the young people who vote in 2015? estimates are 43% of young people did vote. for me, personally, we feel that the brexit result showed a small increase. it showed young people trying to get more involved. it is about empowering them, inspiring

them, and giving them the tools necessary to cast their ballot.l lot of people of all ages would find a long, general election campaign tiresome and dahl and would not get inspired. howdy you reach out to young people? you go to the platforms they are already on. they are targeting ngos and big tech companies like twitter and facebook, to try and bring the message to young people and show the issues you ca re young people and show the issues you care about our political. we were speaking to someone earlier he was saying that for a lot of younger people it is single issues which get them excited. we agree with that. if you can show a young person the difference between international politics as well as local politics and wide travel costs so much and tuition fees are going up. if you can break it down, they will more likely talk about politics in

westminster. where do you think the party leaders and the party machines stand on this? i think all parties can do more. it is a halfway street. artist need to get rid of the language and the barriers. —— parties need. we need to stop the narrative. they need to actively pursue and give them a reason to chase them. it will be interesting to see what the figures are. we will be taking a closer look at that diamond ring bought for £10 at a car—boot sale. it goes under the hammer at sotheby‘s later. a sparkling person all of his own, let's get the weather now with darren. thank you, rachel. there is a lot of

dry weather over the rest of this week. sunshine too and it's going to get very warm for many parts of the country. today, we've hit 25 celsius around londonjust country. today, we've hit 25 celsius around london just to the west of london. further north, we have seen these bands of cloud, producing showery bands as well. one or two showers for northern england and some clearing away from northern ireland. most of the rain into this evening will be across scotland. that will work its way up to the northern isles. the skies will clear for many of us, but we will see low cloud coming into wales and the south—west of england to give us hill fog as well. milder and warmer across southern hill fog as well. milder and warmer across southern areas hill fog as well. milder and warmer across southern areas than it was last night, but chilly in rural parts of scotland, but sunshine on the way here. patchy cloud bubbling up the way here. patchy cloud bubbling up here and there. most of the cloud affecting wales in the morning and the south—west of england and some of it pushing through the channel into southern and south—eastern areas of england as well. not as sunny areas of england as well. not as sunny as areas of england as well. not as sunny as today towards the south, but another warm day in the sunshine elsewhere and temperatures into the high teens and as we head towards

the end of the week, it remains dry. there will be more in the way of sunshine to come and it's going to get warm, if not hot, temperatures by the end of the week not far away from 30 celsius. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4.32pm: 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 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 wouldn't have to pay for the remaining years. president 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. let's turn our attention to the sports news now. we can cross to the bbc sports centre and hugh has all the details. good afternoon. 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 team was banned from the summer games in rio last year after a state sponsored doping scandal. that ban will continue to pyeongchang unless the russian paralympic committee proves it has changed it's practices by early september.

i think the thing is we have already stated today that we haven't seen sufficient progress for them to be reinstated. therefore, the consequence of that, if they're not reinstated, they wouldn't be there. so it's very, very serious moment time wise. it has emerged three lucky punters have received payouts following john terry's 26th minute substitution at stamford bridge yesterday. terry revealed afterwards that his exit and guard of honour were pre—arranged in what was his final home game with chelsea. 0ne bookmaker revealed it had accepted bets on the specific time of his substitution with odds of 100—1. 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 has been in previous squads, but never won a cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mclean has one to his name. after taking an "indefinite break

from cricket" to deal with problems with her anxiety, sarah taylor has been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. the wicketkeeper rejoined the camp last month following almost a year away. england's first match is against india on 24thjune. 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. ben stokes has been voted the indian

league's most valuable player. he says he wants to return to the ipl next year but with a few more england players alongside him. 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 whacking 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. rolf harris has appeared at

southwark crown court. richard lister is outside the court. the first time he has appeared in court in person, is the point, isn't it? yes, it is, simon. yes, the proceedings opened last monday and so, mr harris has been following the events in court via video lunning, but today he came to southwark crown court for the first time in person. he was in the dock throughout. he was very he was in the dock throughout. he was very attentive as we heard from the third and final witness, the third woman of three who alleges that as teenagers they were molested by rolf harris between 1971 and 1983. the woman who we heard from

today says that in 1983 when she was 13 she had been to the filming of a bbc kids tv programme called saturday superstore she says after the filming was finished she was this the green room and alleges that mr harris put his arm around her and touched her breasts and said, "do you often get molested on a saturday morning?" she didn't report this to police until 2014. she was asked why she waited so long? she said i spent 30 odd years not being believed and ididn't 30 odd years not being believed and i didn't think they would believe me and she added, "i didn't think they would see it as a serious offence." we haven't seen any sign of rolf harris, but we believe he's getting ready to go. his car hasn't yet appeared. the victim, the alleged victim that we heard from today was asked whether she had seen on the day she made her report to police a newspaper report that said some

victims of molestation were being awarded £200,000 in compensation. she said she hadn't seen that report and she went on to say that she wouldn't be claiming compensation herself because she said, it's not about that. it has been about vindication and justice and sheds went on to say to the court, "i can't understand how anyone would wa nt to can't understand how anyone would want to profit from something like this. it has been for rend dus. an awful experience." the jury has been told that the prosecution case is almost over. we will be hearing from the defence team almost certainly tomorrow. rolf harris is facing four allegations of indecent assault against three women who were teenagers between 1971 and 1983 and he denies all the charges against him. richard u we will pull away. do you want to check? we don't want to miss him as he leaves. not yet. he came down in the lifts and he was getting ready to go, but his car hasn't arrived so it maybe a little while yet. ok, we'll talk to you later. richard lister, thank you.

the liberal democrat leader, tim farron has described the conservatives' u—turn in social care policy as a "frankly shambolic display" and says their so called "dementia tax" may target nine out of ten homes in the country. let's speak to our correspondent sima kotecha. what more did tim farron have to say? well, we're in the constituency of richmond park. this was a liberal democrat constituency. it was won in a by—election, you may recall, zac goldsmith resigned in protest of a third runway being built at heathrow airport. so tim farron and the liberal democrats came here today. he came with his team. he was visiting a small business and i had a chat with him a while ago when i asked him what he made of what theresa may had said today on putting a limit in terms of what people had to pay back in terms of social care funding and this is what

he said. she has not changed her mind. the dementia tax is alive and well. the british people's intelligence is being inis theed by a woman who started this morning being cruel and added chaos to that some people are calling it a u—turn. she is saying it's not a u—turn, what are you calling with it? it's not a u—turn. she is clearly carrying on with the dementia tax. people out there, millions of people, who run the risk of being victims of this dementia tax and not just people who care for people with dementia or motor neurone disease, it looks like nine in ten houses of those families in this country are now at risk from theresa may's ongoing dementia tax. she will give no clarity over whatsoever. so we have it. that was his response to what theresa may has said today. i also spoke to him about what he makes of the company that he has been visiting today. he was at

graph. it's a company that produces nutty treats for people, healthy, it claims to be healthy. he was here it talk about remaining in the single market and it coincides with a letter printed in some of the papers today saying more than 50 business leaders said that the liberal democrats are the party to vote for because they want to remain in the single market and he said that that is kind of the centre at the centre of his campaign, but i also spoke to him about the polling figures that we have been seeing in the papers. remember there are about eight or nine percent over the weekend and he keeps saying the same thing over and over again when i asked him about the polling figures he says, "hang ona the polling figures he says, "hang on a minute. we have time to go. we still have time to make a difference." thank you very much indeed. sima kotecha there. the bbc has learned that a police inquiry into an nhs—run mental health unit in essex is investigating up to 20 deaths.

it follows fresh investigations into the death of matthew leahy, who was found hanged at linden centre in 2012. matthew was 20 when he died. his mother, melanie leahy, said her talks with essex police suggested the cases had taken place in the last 17 years. 0ur reporter simon cox has been investigating for the victoria derbyshire programme. sweet, kind, mischievous. little rascal at times. my entire world. matthew leahy, a bright, sporty student. in his teens, he began smoking cannabis and having hallucinations. by 2012, his mental health had spiralled. matthew was a patient at the linden centre, run by the north essex partnership trust. a week after being admitted, the centre phoned his mum. and the doctor... just said, er... "matthew's been found hanging, it doesn't look good." i couldn't breathe, ifell to the floor on my knees. just 20 when he died, at his inquest the jury

recorded an open verdict. each patient supposedly has a care plan, and it came to light that matthew had no care plan, he had no key worker, no—one knew, for two days there wasn't even any observation sheets, so where was he? the police report says, "matthew was taken to a place of safety." it was the most unsafe place he could have been. i remember him texting me, "mum, please let me come home, i'm in hell here." the inquestjury said matthew had been subjected to a series of multiple failings and missed opportunities over a long period of time. after the inquest, the coroner suggested that the trust told a public inquiry into matthew's death, but they said it would be too expensive and it would take money away from frontline services. we've learned essex police have launched an investigation into deaths at the linden centre going back to the year 2000. now, the police won't say exactly how many cases they're looking at, but one source has told us that it could be as many as 20

deaths being investigated. the trust said it was improving systems to ensure investigations are carried out rigorously and thoroughly, and that learning shared across the entire organisation. they are also undertaking a full ligature audit, removing items that could be used by patients to take their own lives. that's what melanie leahy‘s trying to ensure, by supporting other families going through the same trauma she faced. at the coroners' court, she's meeting another member of the club, lisa morris, whose son ben hung himself in the linden centre in 2008. i do believe ben's death is one of the 20—odd that they are looking into and that makes me angry as well. since 2000, ben's death, that's 17 years ago. 17 years.

why have they left it 17 years? can the police inquiries into deaths at the linden centre restore trust for the grieving families, whose relatives died in the place they were supposed to be safe? you can watch the full 12 minute report on the victoria derbyshire programme page at: bbc.co.uk/victoria in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, 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. hello.

i'm ben bland. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. the ftse 100 is up, doing better than the other european markets today. that is partly thanks to the fall in value of the pound. it is 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. oil prices are up, bolstered by confidence that top exporters will this week agree to carry on with supply cuts for longer. there are even suggestions the cuts could be deepened. members of 0pec, the organisation of petroleum exporting countries,

are meeting on wednesday. as well as the oil price rising, metal prices are up too. that's helped to lift the shares of mining companies like anglo american, rio tinto and fresnillo. they are big players on the ftse100 and so their rise helps lift the share index overall. another factor helping steer the ftse higher is the fact the pound has weakened. it has been flirting around the $1.30 mark today and at times dipping below that. and it was below one euro 16, the lowest it's been against the single european currency since march. let's get detailed analysis of all those stories. michael hewson, chief market analyst, cmc markets. let's start with sterling. more significant is the fall against the euro? this weekend's headlines haven't helped with respect to the

social care for that was affecting the conservative party. so i think the conservative party. so i think the u—turn there speaks more to weak and wobbly than strong and stable and wobbly than strong and stable and the pound sell—off has reflected that. that being said there has been angela merkel, the german chancellor, suggested the euro is too low and that's really pushed the euro up particularly against the pound, but also against the dollar toa pound, but also against the dollar to a six month high. there is sterling weakness there, but i think some of that was wal overdue given the gains that we have seen against the gains that we have seen against the dollar in the past couple of weeks. the trend we tend to see is when sterling falls, the ftse100, the share index goes up, it goes the other way because of the number of big international multinational companies that benefit from a weaker pound? that certainly has held, but if you look at the ftse100 and how it has performed and the ftse 250 which has hit another record high this year, the pound is up 5%

against the dollar this year as is the ftse100, so while that helps on the ftse100, so while that helps on the margins also i think a much better than expected economic recovery in europe is helping as is the us economy, that's still ticking along nicely and what these companies are benefiting from is an economic upswing particularly in europe and i don't think they were expecting a much bigger slowdown than we actually got in the uk economy and we've got the latest gdp numbers out later this week for q1. you mentioned things happening later this week. one of the things that investors, analyst will be watching closely is when the oil producing companies meet later, middle of the week. the supply cuts that they had agreed expire. it seems that if you look at price of oil today, it's going up. that suggests there are expectations that a new deal will be done. what is your reading of it? yes, i think, done. what is your reading of it? yes, ithink, i'm done. what is your reading of it? yes, i think, i'm a little bit cynical about it ben, simply because

no agreement as to whether or not it will be six months or nine months. i think saudi arabia and russia want nine months and that's what they have been briefing the market and that's what is explaining the upspring, but iraq want something in the rejn of six months and they actually haven't been meeting their quotas since the end of november simply because they need the money for theirfight against simply because they need the money for their fight against isis. michael, thank you very much. the ftse100 is up, doing better than the other european markets today. partly thanks to the fall in value of the pound, but also the higher price of oil and metal prices. that's how the us markets look as they approach lunchtime in new york. more online at: bbc.co.uk/business and on the app. that's all from me.

it's been 15 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. sara smith is there for us. there is so much to see at chelsea whether you have come to be inspired for your own garden orjust to see what the experts have done. people come from around the globe and the ideas come from around the globe as well. this is royal bank of canada's garden. toit it is inspired by the huge memorialforest in canada. you designed this garden. you went along to the forest as part of your research? i this had incredible

trip. if it is one way to kick off your chelsea garden is to take a trip into the wilderness and travel and hike and travel by boat and canoe because that's the only way to get around. there is lakes and forests a nd get around. there is lakes and forests and it was magnificent. so you're in this landscape and then how do you think i'm going to fit this into this small patch at chelsea flower show? you can't cram an epic landscape like that into a show garden and i don't think anyone would to or be able to. what i wa nted would to or be able to. what i wanted to do was bring elements that would evoke it. using granite because that's the stone you find there, which is the canadian shield, using cooper which you see behind you in the pavilion because that's pa rt you in the pavilion because that's part of the rich mineral mix and using characterful jack part of the rich mineral mix and using characterfuljack pines, the three of them preside over the

garden and then a planting which is 50%, 60% canadian natives where we have been able to source them or close. you say it is your first chelsea? i have planted a cull of gardens on main avenue, but this is my first garden as lead designer. how was it? there were moments of sheer terror because chelsea is the greatest flower show on earth, but it was an amazing process. it has taken ten months to come to reality. i have had a fantastic team and it would never happen without that team. it is never the output of one person. from the contractors to specialists, to volunteers, to the nursery people, so it has been incredible. it has been an incredible. it has been an incredible experience and a great privilege to be here at chelsea. incredible experience and a great privilege to be here at chelseam looks beautiful. thank you. it is one of 28 gardens here. there are hundreds more displays on offer and it opens to the rhs members and the public from tomorrow.

that was sara smith there at the chelsea flower show. 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 crumbs into the water. he got a bad press. everybody is fine. let's look at the weather and joining us is darren. summer weather is on the way. it seems to be arriving early this summer seems to be arriving early this summer sunshine, but more fine weather to come through the rest of this week. the pressure pattern

tells a story. we have got weak weather fronts brushing the north—west of the uk. perhaps tomorrow, but it will be dry with high pressure building right the way across the uk. that tends to slide away out towards the west. it draws in some airfrom away out towards the west. it draws in some air from the near continent. whilst it will be very warm this week especially when you get the sunshine, it is later on in the week, maybe into saturday, we draw in the warm airfrom the near continent and it could get hot. temperatures not far off the record for this time of year. we have had more cloud across northern ireland, some drizzly showers too. we've got one or two showers across the far north of england. most of the wet weather is in scotland. there could bea weather is in scotland. there could be a few heavy bursts as well that will work its way up towards the northern isles. the skies will clear for most of us, but we've got low cloud coming into southern ireland and through wales and the english channel. not as chilly as last night

in southern parts, but chilly in rural parts of scotland. head into the morning though and a dimp look to the weather in the south—west of england. the low cloud here, maybe some hill fog, a few spots of drizzle that will be working its way towards the channel islands into wales, perhaps the west midlands. east midlands and east anglia and the south east, dry and sunny. northern england sunny and northern ireland sunny. so too across a good pa rt ireland sunny. so too across a good part of scotland and that rain does clear away from shetland. it will warm up in the sunshine. we will see cloud bubbling up here and there and perhaps more cloud later in northern ireland and north—west scotland to give us one or to showers. most of the cloud will break up as it works its way towards the south east of england, but not quite as sunny as today across southern england and south wales. temperatures not as high in the south—west, but generally it's a nice day. temperatures into the high teens at the very least. 0n temperatures into the high teens at the very least. on to wednesday, and probably a bit more cloud around on wednesday at least to begin the day. some holes being punched into that

and still warm as well, temperatures above average for the time of year. maximums tend to be 18 celsius. as we head into the rest of the week, towards the end of the week, it looks like with the high pressure building in, it will be dry. there will be a good deal more sunshine around as well and those temperatures will continue to rise, possibly as high as 30 celsius by the end of the week and into saturday. and that's not far off the maximum, the best temperature we've ever had during the whole of may. today at five, theresa may changes a key election pledge on social care, after disquiet within her own party. she will now consider capping the amount anyone has to pay, but denies, it's a major u—turn. nothing has changed. we are offering a long—term solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. but there was no mention of a cap in

the manifesto. we'll be talking to the former pensions minister steve webb. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: jeremy corbyn promises to scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn. the numbers of working—class youngsters going to