this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may has denied a u—turn on social care, as the conservatives change a key manifesto pledge. we have not rewritten the manifesto. the principles on which we have based our social care policy remain absolutely... opposition parties have accused the prime minister of a climb—down, saying there's no mention of a cap in the tory manifesto. they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're going to get in the future. this is a government in chaos and confusion. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn, if he becomes prime minister. president trump has visited the holiest site injudaism, the western wall injerusalem, on a visit to hold talks with both israeli and palestinian leaders. in the next hour, we'll

join a very special visitor for a preview of the chelsea flower show. royal guests have been touring the gardens today, before thousands of members of the public arrive tomorrow. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has refused to put a figure on the upper limit people will have to pay towards the cost of social care, saying it will be subject to consultation. the prime minister has denied going back on her manifesto plan to make people in england pay for their care, up to the last £100,000 of their assets. after mounting criticism, she said today she would consider a cap. questioned by the bbc‘s andrew neil this evening, mrs may declined to say what the cap might be. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is in westminster.

what more did the prime minister have to say about this to andrew neil? theresa may has been saying, when she was asked byjournalists this morning and then to andrew neil, that there was no change in policy but she has moved from what was in the manifesto a few days ago, now suggesting there will be a consultation on an upper limit on what people paid toward social care. she said she is sticking to the principles of the manifesto but opponents accused her of backtracking, of changing her mind in the face of pressure. the questions now are focused on what that cap may be. people say they need that to decide whether they will back the prime minister and her

proposals. andrew neil asked the prime minister to set some idea of that limit but she didn't do so. what i've done today is i've seen the scaremongering, frankly, that we've seen over the weekend. i've seen the way that jeremy corbyn wants to sneak into number 10 by playing on the fears of older and vulnerable people, and i've clarified what we would be putting in the green paper, which i set out in the manifesto. sojeremy corbyn is now rewriting your manifesto? no, not at all! well, that's what it sounds like, you've reacted to him. no, we haven't. .. andrew, we have not rewritten the manifesto. the principles on which we have based our social care policy remain absolutely the same. this must be the first time in modern history that a party's actually broken a manifesto policy before the election. what we have done, andrew, i set out in my manifesto the challenges that we need to address as a government, and i've been very clear with people. you know, there are two ways that you can approach this issue. you can say to people, we have an ageing society,

our system will collapse unless we do something about it, that's what i'm saying. you can ignore it, you can put your head in the sand, or you can try and play politics with it. i think it's only fair to people to say, this is a problem and we need to fix it now. that's what i want to do. i want to fix it. now that you're in favour of a cap, can you give us an idea of what the cap might be? the amount we'll have to pay for social care? what we're going to do, as we said in our manifesto, is publish... we refer to a green paper. of course a green paper, many people may not realise a green paper is a consultation. so we want to take people's views, the views of charities and the views of others on how the system should be operating. what i've said today is that we will have... so you don't know what the size of the cap is? we will have within that consultation, that concept of an absolute limit on the costs that people have to pay. so we're protecting people for the future. we're providing a system that provides sustainability in our social care for the future, and we've got an ageing population, we need to do this.

otherwise our system will collapse. why did you not put the consultation on a cap in your manifesto? instead, your manifesto rejects a cap. what we've put in the manifesto is that we will have a consultation and the principles on which our social care policy will be based. that i think was the right thing to do. now, we will have, if we're re—elected, we will have that consultation. theresa may insisting that there was no u—turn, no change in position, she is sticking to the principles of her manifesto that this is not where the conservatives wanted to be at this stage in the campaign, just to wind a half weeks before the election. theresa may has so much about her leadership, what she sees as her strength and ability to make decisions, but this lowers her political opponents to say she is susceptible to pressure and willing

to change her mind. thank you, alex forsyth at westminster. labour says it would bring forward its pledge to scrap tuition fees to include students starting university in england this autumn — that's if it wins the election. the party also says that students who are part—way through their courses would not have to pay for the remaining years. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has the story. in what used to be hull's old fruit and veg market, jeremy corbyn upped his sales pitch to students. labour had already promised to scrap tuition fees for english students studying at english universities from next year, now he says student starting this year will be free of fees. surely, we should be investing in our future. somebody who doesn't achieve the profession they want — nursing, teaching, medicine in some otherform, engineering, whatever it happens to be, they lose out, but we as a society lose out because we've lost a qualified person. from this autumn, universities in england can charge up to £9,250 a yearfor undergraduate courses, but labour says new students, and those partway

through courses, would have free tuition from this autumn. the party claims this policy would cost the taxpayer £9.5 billion a year. but the tories, lib dems and those studying the numbers said the policy would benefit better—off graduates most of all. if you are a relatively low earner, you will never pay back anything like what you've borrowed, and the whole thing gets written off after 30 years. it's only the higher earners who pay it all back, so if you get rid of the tuition fees, it is the highest earners who benefit the most. actually, the very lowest earners do not benefit much at all. education is a devolved issue, and scottish students at scottish universities, for instance, already pay no fees. at the university of hull, students weighed up the latest inducement from labour. i think it's a great thing in principle, but i'm concerned about how it will be funded. also concerned aboutjeremy corbyn

on policies like trident, and unsure about him so i will not be voting labour again. it is going to go down well with students, labour policies are historically pretty popular with students, i think this will be absolutely no exception. but while jeremy corbyn wheeled out this big hitter to take his party's message to hull's young voters, it was his own political past causing him difficulty. jeremy corbyn has been in hull talking about the future of young people, but he's also been fending off questions about his own past, in particular his support for sinn fein during the troubles in northern ireland and his refusal over the weekend to single out the ira for condemnation. he was today asked again to unequivocally condemn the actions during the troubles. i condemn all acts of violence in northern ireland, from wherever they came. i spent the whole of the 1980s representing a constituency with a large number of irish people in it. we wanted peace, justice, a solution. and thenjeremy corbyn was on to his next rally in scarborough,

a seat with a big tory majority for labour to overturn, but his supporters here, young and old, do not doubt him. the leader of the liberal democrats has said the worst thing that could happen to the conservatives as a landslide victory. in the last hour he predicted a margaret thatcher style landslide would lead to a badly divided nation. sensible prime minister trying to bring the country together might try to find some kind of consensus. she might take us out of the eu but you try to find a balance by keeping us in the single market and rasmus, keeping us close to our single neighbours, so she has taken that extreme virgin of brexit and has sold that as the will of the people,

i'd argue it is not the will of the majority and it is right for us to continue to put the alternative view and give people hope the risk an alternative outcome, but also to repeat, she called the selection for a purpose and that is to be held to account for something that has not happened yet is not possible, so she wa nts a happened yet is not possible, so she wants a mandate to do a whole bunch of things that she will then not be held to account for. this is anti—democratic and a strong opposition that disagrees with on the biggest issue of the day is to democracy, and let's make a bit of a hypothesis here, as i've become a political nerd for a second, and forgive me if you don't know history, i argue that theresa may is heading for a margaret thatcher style landslide and she will within

nine months become a combination of norman lamont and john major, and it is getting that strength of unmandated followed by obvious shambolic incompetence and an inability to deliver on the things you said you would do, it is impossible in my view, and that is why there needs to be the strongest position to challenge her, that is quite if you are a programme and a member of the tory party, the worst thing for britain, even for the tories is a colossal tory landslide. the green party has called for bold action on the environment, education, welfare and brexit at the launch of its manifesto. the party's co—leader, caroline lucas, said they had "very distinct" plans for a universal basic income and a shorter working week, aiming for a "confident and caring" nation. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, of 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. sinn fein have also launched their election manifesto, which proposed a referendum on irish unity within five years. the party is also calling for northern ireland to be given a special status within the european union and says it's working to re—establish the stormont power—sharing executive which collapsed injanuary. so this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup again, in the strongest possible terms, that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits on our freedom of movement, we reject barriers to trade and agriculture, and we absolutely reject tory cuts. that we stand for, rights, for equality, and for irish unity. so what will tomorrow morning's

front pages make of all the top stories? we will tell you tonight at 10:40pm. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are pauljohnson, deputy editor of the guardian, and the former conservative mp and director of bell pottinger, tim collins. let's move away from the election now. donald trump has arrived in israel on the second leg of his tour of the middle east and europe. he's meeting with israeli leaders today, and said there was a rare opportunity for peace. tomorrow he's due to meet the palestinian leader in bethlehem. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has been travelling with the president and sent this report. even with his arrival on air force one, a small piece of history was made — the first—ever direct flight between saudi arabia and israel. the two countries have no diplomatic relations. but the self—proclaimed deal—maker has his eye on a much bigger prize — the ultimate deal, he calls it, peace between israelis and palestinians. we have before us a rare opportunity

to bring security and 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. after the warmth of his reception in saudi arabia, it seemed the whole israeli ruling class had decamped to ben gurion airport to make a public display of appreciation towards this country's most important ally. it was then on tojerusalem, a still—divided city whose future status will be hotly contested in any peace agreement. and for all the delight there is to welcome president trump, there is also unease. when donald trump was a candidate, he vowed that the us embassy would be moving — from tel aviv to jerusalem. now, under pressure from the palestinians, that seems increasingly unlikely.

as a candidate, he had nothing to say about settlement building in the west bank. now that he's president, he's urging israelis to be cautious. it seems that the candidate and the president can be two different people. but symbols can be as important as words, and it won't have been lost on israelis that donald trump became the first sitting us president to visit the western wall, one ofjudaism's holiest sites. he paused and put a note into a crevice between the stones in a tradition going back centuries. he also went to the church of the holy sepulchre in the old city, where it's believed thatjesus was buried and resurrected. the trump mission — to bring together the three great religions of christianity, judaism and islam. but in the west bank, talk of peace and new beginnings seemed as far away as ever, as israeli soldiers clashed with palestinian protesters, some clearly unhappy about the president's visit. speaking injerusalem in a joint

news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, donald trump suggested there was a rare opportunity to move forward with the israeli—palestinian peace process. america welcomes the action and support of any nation willing to do the hard but vital work in eradicating the violent ideologies that have caused so much needless bloodshed and killing here and all over the world. we are willing to work together. i believe that a new level of partnership is possible and will happen. one that will bring greater safety to this region, greater security to the united states and greater prosperity to the world. this includes a renewed effort at peace between the israelis and the palestinians and i thank the prime minister

for his commitment to pursuing the peace process. he's working very hard at it. it's not easy. i've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all, but i have a feeling that we are going to get there eventually, i hope. president trump and binyamin netanyahu president trump and binyamin neta nyahu there. the president trump and binyamin netanyahu there. the headlines here on bbc news... theresa may has denied a u—turn on social care as the conservatives change a key ma nifesto the conservatives change a key manifesto pledge. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn, if he becomes prime minister. president trump has visited the holiest site injudaism, the western wall injerusalem, on a visit to hold talks with both israeli and palestinian leaders. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.

hugh has all the details. good evening, clive. david moyes has resigned as the manager of sunderland after one season in the job. the former manchester united and everton boss led the team to a bottom place finish in the premier league this term. relegation to the championship ended their ten—year stay in the top flight. here's richard conway. sunderland we re here's richard conway. sunderland were seen as here's richard conway. sunderland were seen as a good here's richard conway. sunderland were seen as a good fit for him, a chance to resurrect his career and revive their fortunes. they narrowly avoided relegation this season before but were essayed by sam and advice. david moyes came in but his tone was negative from the start, talking about the relegation fight they would be in and that proved to be the case and this close over

david moyes about whether he would continue thejob has pursued david moyes about whether he would continue the job has pursued for a couple weeks. he spoke to allow short, sunderland's american owner, and david moyes has walked away with ellis short saying he has done so without any compensation. the former moto gp champion nicky hayden has died in hospital following injuries sustained in a bike crash in italy last week. the american world superbike rider suffered severe head and chest injuries following a collision with a car near the seaside resort of rimini. nick parrott reports. a life on two wheels was nicky hayden's destiny. nicknamed the kentucky kid, he was riding from the age of three and racing from five. his journey led to the pinnacle of two wheeled motor sport, beating valentino rossi to be crowned moto

gp champion in 2006. he reached the top tier of the final time in australia and 2016. that same year he finished fifth with honda in the world superbike championship, winning one race in malaysia. last wednesday, he was hit by a car while training ona wednesday, he was hit by a car while training on a bicycle. he suffered head and chest injuries that left them ina head and chest injuries that left them in a critical condition. a statement from the hospital said he died on monday afternoon. he was 35. nick parrott reporting on the death of the former moto gp champion nicky hayden. 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 its practices by early september.

i think the thing is that we have already stated today that we haven't seen already stated today that we haven't seen sufficient progress for them to be reinstated, so the consequence if they are not reinstated, they would not be there, so it's a very serious moment. the british and irish land head coach warren gatland says he is disappointed to lose his star player billy vunipola but thanks to squad must look forward. the saracen and pagan number eight will miss the tour to new zealand for treatment to a shoulder injury. i tried to persuade him to come over and be an assessed that he was adamant that he wasn't right and if someone is not 100% right, he is a big loss to us but i understand and respect the

decision that has been made. that's all sport for now. i will be back with more at 9:30pm. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the news today. rolf harris has appeared for the first time at his trial at southwark crown court. the former television presenter faces four allegations of indecent assault against three teenage girls between 1971 and 1983. he denies all the charges. 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 insists that the safety of its users is a priority. michael barrymore's lawyer has told the high court he should get substantial damages for being wrongfully arrested in 2007. the entertainer is suing essex police for £2.5 million, saying his arrest, in connection

with the death of stuart lubbock, destroyed his career. mr lubbock‘s body was found floating in michael barrymore's swimming pool in 2001. today is deadline day for voter registration — the more people that sign up, the higher the turnout is likely to be — at least, that's the theory. at the last election, middlesbrough had one of the lowest voter turnouts in the country. why was that? as part of a series of reports every day this week, we've travelled across the country to find out what voters think. 0ur political editor in the north east, richard moss, has this report. middlesbrough. labourfor decades. but a town where turnout has barely reached 50% in the last five elections. the blue wall upstairs, that's my son's bedroom... this is gresham, yards from middlesbrough's bustling town centre. kay shows us the house where she grew up. right, we're in his front room.

his telly would have been there... after a decade of decline, there is a plan to redevelop and move students in. but kay mourns the loss of her community. in the summer months, we'd all be sat out front, the kids would be playing. and we had the shop. now, it'sjust all... it's just all...gone, isn't it? just derelict. you've got a chance, you've got an election coming up — will you vote? nah. why not, you want something to happen? yeah, well... vote for somebody to make it happen. they just do what they want to do, don't they, they get elected and then they just do what they want to do. they don't listen to the voters anyway. # everyone keeps telling me that i should vote labout, but i... at least local busker alex can muster some form of protest song — but will he vote? some people i know vote tory, some people i know vote labour, some people i know vote liberal democrats. but for me, none of them offer what i'm looking for, so why would i vote for any of them, you know? # ..it's really something new. it's not that nothing's happening here, we've seen demolition, there is a plan.

but actually, when you talk to local people, they've got no faith it's going to amount to very much. they've certainly got no faith that their vote is going to make any difference. are you still going to vote for them? yeah, i will, i will vote labour. i don't know why, ijust... i don't think anything will ever change, i think the conservatives will be in for ever. have you lived here a while? yeah, i've lived here... my nanny used to live around the corner as well. and she was happy in her house, and they've knocked it down, and made a car park on top of it, it's disgusting. election coming up, could it make a difference? i doubt it. change could be in the area here, though. saltburn is in neighbouring middlesbrough south — labour majority, just 2,000. away from crashing waves we find crocheting women, with politicians' fates in their hands. i think we need a fairer, more equal society. and i think the only that we can get that is to vote labour. there's people who have voted one way always, like my husband... "i've never, ever voted anything other than labour, but this time i might just vote conservative." so, i think this is probably a game changer.

and on the seafront, more signs of the tide turning. my mother and father have voted labour, and all the family, so we've all voted labour all our lives. when you sit down and have a think about it properly, no, labour's gone. labour is struggling to hold on. some loyalty remains, but ties are looser. the conservatives are increasingly confident they are the future here now. # everybody's telling me that i should vote labour... 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 its gates to the public tomorrow. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley was allowed in before the gates open to the public. her majesty the queen taken off for a tour to see what the annual show has to offer, which includes ian price's mind trap garden. he suffered from mental ill—health

but is using his gardening skills 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. 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. but what they can do within their 23 by 23 foot plot is amazing. that is sort of a testament to what we could do at home. it was an emotional morning for dame judi dench, who had a shropshire apricot rose named after her. caring for nearly 2 million

more dead this year, the commonwealth war graves commission is celebrating 100 years. coming to pay his respects and a chance to compare medals, a war hero himself. although we celebrate here today with this garden, the past first and second world wars, we cannot forget the present because we're putting our lives on the line for a better tomorrow. the show is smaller this year, but with the royals out in force it continues to bring the joy of gardening to millions. a diamond ring bought at a car—boot sale in the 1980s has been valued by auctioneers to be worth around £500,000. -- £350,000. its owner, who paid £10 for it, had thought it was an imitation when she bought it in west london.

she wore it while doing the washing up. unaware it was a 26—carat cushion—shaped white diamond from the 19th century, she wore it daily for decades. the stone goes under the hammer at sotheby‘s injuly. what a nice surprise, and the weather is quite nice too. it will get warmer over the weekend. today the heat was largely confined to the south—east, and further north we have had more cloud and a few showery bands, most of the wet weather affecting scotland and edits the north, then clearer skies behind but we will see more cloud in wales, the south west, quite low cloud, a little misty and chilly overnight in scotla nd little misty and chilly overnight in scotland in rural areas but sunshine on the way. cloud coming and going, a fine day for the most part but a different look to the weather across south wales and south—west england,

more cloud and cooler and some of that cloud pushing in across the midlands, so temperatures not quite as high as today for some areas but up as high as today for some areas but up to 21, then more sunshine and that will lift the temperatures even higher. hello, this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines: it is exactly a 30 pm. theresa may has denied performing a u—turn over a manifesto pledge on social care. she says she will consider capping the amount people would have to pay in old age. we have not re—written the manifesto. the principles on which we base our social care policy remain absolutely the same. 0pposition parties have accused the prime minister of a climb—down, saying there's no mention of a cap in the tory manifesto. they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're

going to get in the future. this is a government in chaos and confusion. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn if he becomes if he becomes prime minister. donald trump has been speaking of his hopes for peace between israel and the palestinians, as he becomes the first us president to pray at the holiest site injudaism, the western wall. and, there's a sneak preview for a very special guest as this year's chelsea flower show, as organisers prepare to welcome the crowds from tomorrow. a prison psychiatrist has told bbc news that safety improvements weren't made after a spate of suicides at woodhill prison in milton keynes. elizabeth van horn, who worked at the prison until last month, says there weren't enough staff to make changes. campaigners will learn tomorrow if high courtjudges will order the government to make the prison safer. the ministry ofjustice said it couldn't comment

ahead of the ruling. michael buchanan reports. this is england's deadliestjail. 18 prisoners have killed themselves at woodhill since 2013. levels of assault and violence are also rising. the prison is chronically understaffed. inmates can be locked up for 23 hours per day. what does that do to you, to be locked up for that amount of time? well, it has a big impact on you, mentally. it can give you serious mental health issues. i must‘ve got some of them myself. jamie blyde has been in and out of woodhill for the past 12 years. everyone can break, and has a breaking point, like. and obviously my brother hit that point, and now he's gone. his brother, daniel, who was 35, killed himself in prison last summer. an inquest jury found neglect by woodhill staff contributed to his suicide, and failed to learn from previous deaths. jamie was in a neighbouring cell block at the time. he has known seven of the 18

prisoners who've died here. we're getting the wrong type of staff. we ain't got like the way we used to get all the ex—forces and that, guys that were, you know, could be annoying and, you know, and hard to be around, but they were straight and you knew where you stand with them. they're getting a lot of people that i don't think meant for the job. campaigners will learn tomorrow ifjudges are willing to order improvements at woodhill. they argued before the high court last month that the prison had failed to fulfil previous promises to make the jail safer. the concerns about woodhill, amid record levels of prison suicide across the country. since 2012, the number of prison officers in england and wales has fallen by more than 4000. during the same period, the number of prison suicides has virtually doubled. if your resources are cut and you've got recruitment problems, there's only so much you can do to rectify that. elizabeth van horn worked

as a psychiatrist at woodhill for one year, until last month. she resigned frustrated, and confirms that little was done at the prison after each death. the number of inquests after suicides saying that things have to change, did anything actually change? no, not really. you can only get things done if you've got the workforce to do it. so was the prison regime itself creating mental health problems? 0h, definitely, yeah. particularly for people with pre—existing mental—health problems. that's a sort of added burden that they really cannot cope with. and i think when they complain about it, they are often seen to be attention seeking. but in fact they can't cope, they cannot cope with that degree of isolation. nearly £1 billion has been taken out of the prisons and probation budget in recent years. but in an acknowledgement of the problems that has caused, ministers now say they are looking to recruit 2500 new prison officers.

prison suicides don't elicit widespread sympathy. although each one leaves another family bereft. and each avoidable death also blunts the argument that prison works for both public and prisoners. michael buchanan, bbc news, woodhill prison in buckinghamshire. more now on the election campaign. chris morris and the bbc‘s reality check team have been taking a look at the conservatives' social care proposals. u—turns, climb—downs, what's all this about? well, social care was always going to be a big issue in this election. now it's front and centre in a big political row. last week, the conservative manifesto proposed that anyone receiving long—term social care in england would be allowed to keep £100,000 of their assets, including the value of their home. and that nobody 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 that first £100,000 had been taken into consideration. in other words, if you had a house worth, say, £300,000, you, or those who inherited your estate, could, in theory, under those proposals, have to contribute £200,000. now, a major report on social care written by this man, sir andrew dilnot, and published in 2011, suggested there should be a cap on how much anyone should be asked to pay for care. and in 2015, the tory manifesto supported the idea of a cap, which at that point was set to be £72,000. but when asked about the proposed cap now in 2017, here's what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, told the bbc last thursday. not only are we dropping it, but we're dropping it ahead of a general election and we're being completely explicit in our manifesto that we're dropping it. and we're dropping it because we've 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", she said today, "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's no indication of the level at which that cap might be set. another election issue that's key for many voters is immigration. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, looks now at how calls for tighter controls are raising complex questions for businesses, which politicians might not be able to answer. fast, efficient business is good business. this is the packing plant for kingston technology. it makes memory sticks in asia, ships them to the uk and distributes them to europe, africa and the middle east. it deliberately located here as a gateway to global trade. the company's growth tells the story of economic immigration.

it's a story of workers from around the world. my name is... a multilingual sales and support team keep kingston competitive. staff from 35 countries selling to customers in at least 20 languages. i don't think that immigration means that people like me are taking jobs away from uk people. myjob requires me to have french as my mother tongue and speak several other languages, which make it easierfor a person from another country. kingston says it struggles to find multilingual brits because many emigrate. so is it worried about what's likely to be the end of free movement following brexit? once you have made an investment decision like we did 20 years ago and you have a committed workforce

here, it's very difficult to make a decision to move away. however, there are always new businesses being set up and companies who today make that decision might decide to to it in berlin or in france or somewhere else. net migration has been running around 2.5 times the prime minister's target. with new figures coming later this week. labour won't put a figure on its ideal level. campaigners for controls say it's time for change. the high levels of migration frankly are a relatively recent development of a recent phenomenon. and that's something that we can address perfectly well, bring in the skills that we need, bring in the people that we need and indeed bring numbers down to manageable levels. many experts say that while people have strong views on immigration, there's a lack of debate about the complex choices ahead for the type of nation we want to be. 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. 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 ordered, removing features 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 coroner's 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. ben's, since 2000, ben's death, that's17 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? and you can watch the full 12—minute report on the victoria derbyshire programme page at bbc.co.uk/victoria. president trump, who's on a visit to israel, has demanded that iran stop supporting what he called terrorists and militias. earlier 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet spoke to retired israeli brigadier general michael herzog. she asked him if he was concerned about the aggressive rhetoric towards iran coming from the united states

and the israeli government. well, we should judge the us and the trump administration not by what they say, but by what they do. i understand that now within the process of examining their policies towards iran they did not decide to upgrade the deal. however, they are concerned, as israel is, about iran's destabilising policies in the region. and we just have to wait and see what specific decisions they are going to take. recently, the administration extended the wave of sanctions. —— the waiver on some of the sanctions. at the same time, it added some sanctions. so, the file is open, we just have to wait and see. and what other options would be on the table? as you know, it is when you were in government at the time, it was said by the prime minister that the military option was on the table. would that be even more on the table now with president trump in the white house, showing he is ready to use military force if necessary? not necessarily at this moment. i mean, we're talking about the nuclear deal. before the nuclear deal was reached

between the parties, both israel and the us were worried about iran reaching a critical break—out point. and then the military option was on the table. for now, there is a deal, it doesn't solve the problem, it buys time. i think that dilemma will re—emerge in maybe ten years, when most restrictions are lifted and the iranians can go back on track and reach that threshold. for now, i think the focus is on iran's regional policies. in syria, iraq, yemen? in syria, iraq, the sectarian war that they are playing, the fact that they have designs to build a land corridor stretching from iran, through iraq and syria to the mediterranean. what tools are there to tackle that? israel and america are known to have been involved in cyber attacks in iran many years ago. could that be one of the weapons that could be used?

i think we're talking about a regional picture. so in the regional picture you have to look at potential regional allies, building coalitions, deterring and so on. i think if you look at syria, the us carried out two strikes already in syria, and i think that sent a deterrent message to bashar al—assad and to those who support him, including iran. there are ways going about it, and not all of them are militarily. yes, indeed there is dialogue. today the french have come out and said, not coincidentally of this timing, that they believe in dialogue with iran. and certainly that's the view from the european union, which played a key role in negotiating the nuclear deal. could there be another way around instead of these more aggressive policies? dialogue is a tall. -- it is —— it isa —— it is a tool. but the question is,

what's behind that tool? if there is a dialogue and there is also a deterrent for iran, that's one thing. if you carry a dialogue with no deterrence, then the results belong to all of us, we have seen it. if you were a betting man, the possibilities of the risk of confrontation, 50—50 ? i don't think that's currently the issue, whether or not there will be a confrontation. as i said, there are many ways of deterring iran without sliding into war. it's not a black and white picture. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has denied a u—turn on social care, as the conservatives change a key manifesto pledge. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn if labour wins the election. president trump has visited the holiest site injudaism, the western wall injerusalem, on a visit to hold talks with both israeli and palestinian leaders. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. a mixed bag, not that much of a

change. the dow and nasdaq are coming up to the closing bell in new york, both up. in a moment... we'll get a preview of the world's most famous gardening show, as members of the royal family visit chelsea. financial figures to nhs trusts show a narrow deficit. the department of health has told the nhs that figures should not be released under the whitehall convention, which restricts government announcements during election campaigns. hugh pym is with me. this news hasjust come out. just explain the background? well, clive, this is the set of figures which everyone has been waiting forfor figures which everyone has been waiting for for the financial year ending in march, the 2016—17 year,

showing the total amount of deficit of nhs trusts in england, hospital trusts, community health, mental health, ambulance services and so on. they were due to be published this month, but nhs improvement, the regulator, in discussions with the whitehall department of health, decided they couldn't put them up because a bike or conventions. they said they were disappointed but they'd effectively been told by the department of criticism last week when i broke the story. now, one organisation, an important organisation, an important organisation representing hospital trusts, nhs providers, has come up with its own estimate, more less sane, well, you can't have it officially but i'm told this is very well informed. it shows a deficit of between £750 million for that financial year. on the face of it, down considerably from the previous year when it was 2.45 billion. they say that improvements have been made

in cutting costs. to add in more convocation, if you add in £1.8 billion which has been pledged by the nhs to support hospitals, in effect the position is broadly similarto effect the position is broadly similar to the previous year, with spending outweighing the income coming in by about £2.5 billion. this is an estimate, even after the official figures have been this is an estimate, even after the officialfigures have been held back. the whitehall convention is simply to stop these kind of figures potentially swaying voters in the election. yes, it was originally designed to protect civil servants from coming under pressure from politicians on the election trail to put things out which might suit them. some would say it's rather being overinterpreted now, that nothing at all is coming up from whitehall, and it was argued, when i put the story out there last week, these are reported figures, they are nothing to do with the government policy announcement, these are figures which have been obtained and collated by the regulator from hospitals, and they should be published as normal. well, now they

have,in published as normal. well, now they have, ina published as normal. well, now they have, in a slightly condensed form from an important nhs organisation so now from an important nhs organisation so now they have come out. they have been supported by a journal which does its own research. we are in the absurd situation of a figure which is authoritative, but the official one is apparently not coming up for a few weeks yet. thanks, hugh pym. in nepal, there's confusion over whether the world's highest mountain, everest, has changed shape. the iconic hillary step — the vertical 12—metre ledge before the summit — was reported to have collapsed and disappeared. that report came from one climber who'd just returned from the top of everest. british mountaineer tim mosedale told the bbc the loss of the step was "the end of an era". but that's been contradicted today by two sherpas. the climbers said the near—vertical outcrop was intact but under heavy snow.

experts say that if it has gone, it may make the everest climb safer as it'll remove a dangerous bottleneck. now, the world's most famous gardening event, the chelsea flower show, is opening its gates to the public tomorrow. but some lucky visitors have been given a preview of the show‘s highlights, which include a tasty garden collaboration between dj chris evans and cooking guru mary berry. 0ur reporter sara smith went to meet them. amongst the rhubarb, the lettuces, the beans of radio 2's — one of their five feel—good gardens. it's all part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. now, this is one of the gardens, there'sjo wiley‘s scent garden, there's zoe ball's listening garden. this is the chris evans taste garden. now, he has spent the morning here, broadcasting his breakfast show, and he's here today to tell us a bit more about it, along with somebody who definitely knows what to do with the produce of this garden, mary berry. chris, first, tell us a bit about this garden. well, as you say, it's one of our five feel—good gardens. ours is taste. so, to be honest, i'm a bit of a fraud, the first time i saw it was this morning.

mary's been much more involved in it than i have. but it's marvellous. the thing that i was most surprised by is i thought amongst the show gardens ours might get lost, but the creators of the gardens have really gone for it, and they really hold their own, so we can only be grateful to those guys. but mary has been involved in this. so, fair to say you haven't been down on your hands and knees creating this? no, i was willing but i never got the call — quite wisely, i imagine. but, mary, you do love gardening, don't you? i do, and this is making use of a very small plot. i'd like this as my front garden. it's all the sort of vegetables that i like. and they're all absolutely at their prime. wonderful tomatoes. and unusual things, like a little miniature mulberry tree, that would fit into anybody's garden. but once you get out into a garden like this you feel better, you know? all those aches and pains go, and for children too, get them out and get them gardening. and what's extraordinary is that they bring it all to fruition all at the same time, everything here looks perfect. that's skill. john wheatley has done that. how he's done it, i really don't know. even celeriac, he's got there.

and courgettes, beans, all sorts of things. he's worked hard. do you hope that it might encourage people, even with a very small space, to grow something that they can eat themselves? i always say, first of all, grow what you like to eat or your family like to eat. and get the children planting a row of carrots. they'll all love carrots, and then they put them in their lunchbox can say, "i grew it". they're proud, it is something that everybody can do. has it inspired you, chris? no, i love gardening, my wife's very keen gardener — it's just that i've not been involved in this one. i didn't want to pretend, cos you always get found out in the end! and mary's quite right, what she says about the show itself, is that it's only 11 acres. you don't realise that until you get here, because 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 then what every individual exhibitor does within their 23—by—23—foot plot,

is amazing, and that is sort of a testament to what we can do at home. and you talk about what you can achieve — there is a guy who specialises in indoor gardens for people who haven't even got a garden. and he's got this living orchid shower curtain! i mean, that's worth coming for on its own, isn't it? there are some extraordinary things here. i hope you get the chance to get out and have a good look around. now, this is one of 28 gardens. there are hundreds more floral displays, plant displays. today is a preview, so we are getting a sneak preview today, but from tomorrow this will be packed with people coming in, admiring everything that's going on here. lucky sarah smith getting a sneak preview their!. 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 sealion 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 to safety. both were unhurt.

the sea lion appeared to have been drawn to the dock by people who were throwing bread crumbs into the water. that was a lucky escape. darren bett has all the weather news. hello, clive. good news i suppose if you are looking for dry weather, someone and sunshine, because that's essentially what we've got heading our way essentially what we've got heading ourway —— essentially what we've got heading our way —— some warmth and sunshine. instead of the low pressure and rain we had last week, it is high—pressure that is going to dominate our weather, building up in the south—west, pushing await the week where the front in northern parts of the uk. little to no rain in the forecast. the position of the high is crucial. it's doors to drift towards the east, allowing us to draw airfrom the near towards the east, allowing us to draw air from the near continent, seeing high temperatures heading our way. temperatures peaked at 25 degrees or so in the south—east of england. lovely blue skies that we had in west berkshire. some

buttercups, but this time grey skies in belfast, where we had some showers earlier on today, those have gone now. as we head through the latter pa rt gone now. as we head through the latter part of this evening and overnight, most of the rain is heading up towards the north—east of scotla nd heading up towards the north—east of scotland and out into the northern isles. clearer skies following behind, low cloud coming in from the south—west approach and wales, the south—west approach and wales, the south—west of england, bringing with it helpful and drivel. —— drizzle. a different look to the weather to earlier on in the day for much of wales, the south—west, quite grey, fed its way into the channel islands, some cloud in east anglia. the south—east may start dry and sunny. northern england, northwards, this is where we will stop sonny after the chilly scott, soon warming up. most places will be dry. 0vernight rain clearing away from shetland on tuesday morning. 0ne 0vernight rain clearing away from shetland on tuesday morning. one or two showers developing in the far north of scotland and the west of

northern ireland later on. the cloud coming and going to a certain extent. cloudy skies in south wales and the south—west, keeping temperatures lower. head further inland, with some sunshine at times, not a bad day. warm sunshine, temperatures high teens into low 20s. wednesday, we start to see a bit more cloud around, at least to begin the day. i'm hopeful that it will break up, particularly across the east. warm with not much breeze around, with high—pressure building in across the uk it is going to be dry, probably more sunshine later on in the week. temperatures will climb even higher. very warm if not hot weather on the way. this is saturday with the warmer air coming in from the neocons and, temperatures could be as high as 30 degrees in the south—east of the uk. so go from the near continent. donald trump is in israel, greeted by benjamin netanyahu and have this message. we have before us a rare

opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region and to its people. later he became the first sitting us president to visit the western wall and a little later he had this warning for iran. iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, never ever. and must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists. list is debt is in jerusalem, we will hear about his tour so far that would lyse doucet is injerusalem. tour so far that would lyse doucet is in jerusalem. we tour so far that would lyse doucet is injerusalem. we also live