this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. he took everything from me and up until today this has been going on now since the 90s and only today i've gotjustice. he took away my youth. 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the afghan capital, kabul, after a massive car bomb near the german embassy. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a televised bbc debate this evening and challenges the prime minister, theresa may, to do the same. i'm annita mcveigh, also in the next hour, preparations are in full swing for the benefit concert in manchester on sunday. ariana grande will headline the one love manchester concert at old trafford cricket ground. one marathon man and his dog. we talk to dion leonard about his new companion and their run through the gobi desert.

arsene wenger signs on the dotted line and says he wants to win next season's premier league title. hello, good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding — in a case involving ten private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 year jail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed

arrived in court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, mrjustice jeremy baker, said paterson carried out unnecessary breast surgery which had a profound physical and psychological effect, leaving his patients feeling violated and vulnerable. i just want to say thank you to the judge, at last today we have got justice. we waited years for this and finally mr paterson has been stopped. over four years of trauma and stress. trying to bring this man to account. no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and others have gone through. the number of victims harmed is said by their lawyers to run into the hundreds, possibly even thousands. but mr paterson's motives remain a mystery... perhaps he likes the adoration from the patient? if you tell someone they are going to die of breast cancer but if you let me operate i am not,

and afterwards if the pathology shows you were going to get breast cancer but it is untrue, that patient is grateful and likes you, and the patients, before they found out that he had actually misled them, thought he was a wonderful doctor. a high court action for damages against nhs hospitals and private trusts where he worked, and paterson himself, is set to begin in the autumn. we can talk to our correspondent phil mackie about the story who is outside nottingham crown court. listening to some of those patients earlier the thing that struck me was the fact they said ian paterson did not seem to show any remorse in court which added insult to injury. in fact, occasionally he shook his head as some of the evidence was gone through again in terms of sentencing today. there were no tea rs, sentencing today. there were no tears, nothing really, just

genuinely sat looking down and occasionally shook his head. what they have always wanted from him was some kind of apology and explanation, why did he do what he did? we have never really got to the bottom of that. the police suggested it was maybe purely for financial gain. the charge for the surgery he carried out, and in some cases there was evidence he charged more than he should have done. and also this idea that he had a god complex and was playing with their lives and got a kick out of carrying out the surgery telling people that their lives were at risk and that he'd managed to save their lives, we just will never know. now he's going to serve 15 yea rs know. now he's going to serve 15 years in prison and could be eligible for parole much earlier than that, of course. the feeling i get speaking to many of the victims who have been outside court here for the last couple of hours is that is at the lower end of their expectations. most of them hoped he would be sent to prison for longer than 15 years. but of course today the sentencing isn't the end of the search for justice, is

the sentencing isn't the end of the search forjustice, is it? there are lots of other angles, there is a compensation claim for civil action, we understand there are 1650 patients involved in that. that has gone up considerably since the conviction and is likely to go up again in the light of sentencing today and that is a case that will last for around a month and be heard at the crown court at the end of october. there are calls from the patients and their lawyers representatives for a public inquiry in to what went wrong in this case. the parties in this election campaign that is underway have indicated they would support an inquiry, whether it is a public inquiry, whether it is a public inquiry or something slightly different will have to wait to see whoever wins the election to see what they decide to do later on. there are serious questions to be a nswered there are serious questions to be answered about the way the nhs is run, because he had nhs patients as well as a private hospital to run. they do not seem the subject to the same regulations as doctors working in the nhs, and also there is a sense that people knew or had

suspicions about the kind of surgery he was carrying out and the kind of man he was, a man prepared to mutilate patients for his own game and yet they will not listen to or brushed under the carpet. —— for his own gain. phil mackie, in nottingham, thank you. jeremy corbyn has made a surprise entry into my‘s leaders debate and has called on theresa may to join the debate. with just over a week until the general election, the parties want to return to their core messages in campaigning. our political correspondent chris mason has been looking at what the parties are saying — and what they're not — about immigration. it is the issue that was seen as crucial to many in last year's eu referendum. immigration. whoever wins next week's general election will decide how high or low it is after we leave the eu, and the government has full control of it. but what do we know about what the parties plan? and, what the consequences may be?

jeremy corbyn has previously said immigration would probably come down, if he was prime minister. this morning, he said... we have a skills shortage, because this government has not invested enough in training and education. and, that skills shortage has to be met from somewhere. if we did not have migrant workers either from outside of europe or within europe working in our national health service, it would be in an even worse state than it is at the present time. likewise, the thousands who teach in our schools and help our children. let's take a look at net migration to the uk, the number coming here minus the number leaving. in 2014, it was 313,000, in 2015 it was 332,000. last year it was 248,000. the independent economic forecaster, the office for budget responsibility has predicted a fall in immigration could hit the economy and force

the government to borrow more money. in other words, while cutting immigration may be popular, it could come at a cost. the prime minister, campaigning in plymouth today, remains committed to getting net migration into the tens of thousands. a promise the conservatives have repeatedly made, but repeatedly broken. i want to ensure that we are controlling migration because too high and uncontrolled migration has put pressure on public services and it also lowers wages at the lower end of the income scale. i want to ensure that we control migration. jeremy corbyn and the labour party want uncontrolled migration. enter next the proudly pro—eu liberal democratss, keen to warn liberal democrats, keen to warn about what they see as potential dangers of brexit. we are the only party that is trying daily to say that there are big questions here, not only on immigration but the impact on the nhs, schools, people's livelihoods,

on how we go about brexit. the liberal democrats. the snp want immigration powers to be devolved to the scottish parliament. ukip say they want to cut net migration to zero. a one in, one out policy. for all of the rows about immigration and the uncertainties about what the next government may do, one thing is very clear. very soon, they will have direct responsibility for it, and so be directly accountable too. chris mason, bbc news. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a seven—way bbc general election debate this evening. theresa may has refused to take part in any debates, so home secretary amber rudd will be representing the tories. this is what the labour leader had to say about his decision to take part. it's very odd you have an election campaign where we go out and talk to people all the time and the prime minister seems to have difficulty meeting anyone or having a debate. so there is a debate in

cambridge tonight. i don't know what she's doing this evening but it's not far from she's doing this evening but it's not farfrom london. she's doing this evening but it's not far from london. i she's doing this evening but it's not farfrom london. i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate her record, debate their plans, debate their proposals, and let the public make up their mind. you can see the bbc election debate 2017 live with mishal hussein at 7:30pm on bbc one and on the bbc news channel. a car bomb has exploded in the diplomatic quarter of the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 300. the country's president has called it was a cowardly attack on innocent civilians. a warning that tom burridge's report contains distressing images from the start. makeshift ambulances brought them in this morning, as kabul‘s hospitals were overwhelmed. at least 80 people killed when a huge truck bomb

exploded during rush hour. several hundred people were injured. it is one of the worst bomb attacks in afghanistan in years. translation: i heard a terrible sound and became unconscious. i opened my eyes and found myself under the desk. blood was coming out of my shoulder. it was a dreadful explosion. this video taken miles from the blast shows how powerful it was. the bbc‘s reporter has been at the scene. it was a water tanker or lorry full of explosives that hit the strategic location right in the heart of kabul. it is very close to the german embassy, indian embassy, french and british embassies. the explosion only a short distance from afg hanistan‘s presidential palace. this is the german embassy today, badly damaged. germany's foreign minister said the unimaginable death toll

was proof that terror continues to target western institutions, but also local people. a bbc team were in the area and hit by the blast, killing driver mohammed nazir. the bbc described him as a popular colleague, with a young family. nato and some british troops are still based in afghanistan, but the fact that militants were able to get such a large bomb into the city's heavily guarded political zone shows how fragile afg hanistan‘s security picture has become. the taleb and condemned the attack saying it wasn't responsible. there has been no word from the so—called islamic state in afghanistan. attacks in kabul are not unusual. but this was a bombing on another scale and among the dead, women and children. tom burridge, bbc news. preparations are underway for the

one love manchester concert on sunday. american singer ariana grande will return to the city for the first time since the bombing. old trafford cricket ground is being prepared for the concert, which will also feature coldplay, justin bieber, katy perry and take that. and last night, liam gallagher gave an emotional performance in manchester, his home city, telling the crowd that ‘normal service has resumed'. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson was there. # and there's no easy way out... liam gallagher, back in manchester, back on stage, and looking back to last week's events. 22 candles were lined up in front of the drum kit, one for each person killed in the terrorist attack. and it didn't take him long to issue a defiant statement. normal business has resumed! what made this gig different was the singing between the songs. the audience on numerous occasions spontaneously bursting into chants of "stand up for the 22". stand up for the 22!

this was one of manchester's biggest music stars returning home to deliver a set including oasis classics like live forever, rock and roll star. one song noticeable by its absence, the one which has become an anthem to unity here over the last week, don't look back in anger. but then, it was noel who sang that one. liam didn't sing it, but his fans did. staying behind inside the venue long after the show ended. # but don't look back in anger, i heard you say. it's amazing. you could feel the hearts of the people for the 22, you know. it was dead good. the atmosphere inside was emotional. i honestly felt that this was exactly what manchester needed this week. an oasis reunion was

always highly unlikely. but it has surprised many that noel gallagher is not in the line—up for ariana grande's all—star fundraising show in manchester this sunday. could he be a surprise on the day? or perhaps join coldplay for a version of the song which has become a soundtrack to a city trying to move on? colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. our correspondent fiona trott is at the old trafford stadium in manchester, where the concert will take place. as we can see behind you preparations are well underway now. that is right and they have only had about eight days to get it all done. you can see the stage behind me, that was already in place because of a concert last weekend so that can stay set up. on the ground, though, you've got staff working around the clock, not just you've got staff working around the clock, notjust protecting the wicket but also trying to protect the rest of the pitch here laying

down plastic flooring in preparation for that concert on sunday. one of the organisers of the event told us earlier on it was probably the ha rd est earlier on it was probably the hardest task he's ever had to undertake trying to get everything ready in such a short space of time. he's praised everybody working here and said everyone has been pulling together and it's been absolutely incredible, a huge logistical task for them, a huge task for the police as well because some 50,000 fans are expected here on sunday. also, 60,000 people are expected at manchester united's ground as well on the same day for michael carrick‘s testimonial match so what greater manchester police have done over the last couple of days is work with both teams to make sure they can stage both events on the same day and that's why the testimonial match will be kicking off early on sunday. free tickets are being given to people who were at ariana

grande's concert last monday. some of them, though, are telling us they are finding it difficult to register for those because they bought their tickets from a resale site. but ticketmaster, which is in charge of sales said it is working hard to try and solve that problem. £2 million is expected to be raised from ticket sales for the families affected by the bomb attack last monday. there is an important addition to this concert on sunday too. we have heard that a special centre is being set up that a special centre is being set up at trafford council nearby, so if anybody who was at the concert last week finds the experience here difficult at the weekend they can go to that centre and get help and support. it is live on bbc television. that's right, live on bbc television, 6pm on sunday. we understand that programmes on itv have also been moved to accommodate

that. while that is happening, also, of course, this huge police investigation is still ongoing. you will remember earlier on greater manchester police told us one of the things that really concerned them about whether or not salman abedi was part of a wider network was the question they had was why did he continue to go back to wilmslow road and the rush home area. i can tell you right now a house is being searched in that area by the police and it is cordoned off. greater manchester police are asking people to avoid the area. that aside they believe that salman abedi bought bomb—making equipment himself. many of the actions he carried out work by himself too but they say they can't rule out he was part of a wider network. thank you, fiona trott, at the old trafford cricket

ground. the time is approaching 2:20pm. the headlines on bbc news. breast surgeon who carried out a series of needless operations is jailed for 15 years. ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three cou nts wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding. jeremy corbyn announces he will appear into night's tv debates, debate tonight on bbc one with representatives of six major parties. the afghan president describes the car bomb in afghan‘s diplomatic quarter which killed at least 18 people as an inhuman act. and in sport arsenal confirm arsene wenger has signed a new two—year contact donna contract. in a statement the club said that club is committed to mounting a leaked challenge next season. petra kvitova has been knocked out of the french open by american bethanie mattek—sands. the czech player lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round.

and they face a gruelling schedule over the next few weeks but british and irish lions coach warren gatland says his squad can't afford to be negative as they begin their tour of new zealand. i'll be back with more on those stories just after 2:30pm. bullying in the online gaming world is a growing problem, according to new research. half the gamers questioned by the anti—bullying charity, ditch the label, said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was getting a hard time at school. he enjoys pitting his skills against other players online. but what he doesn't like is the abuse he sometimes gets while playing. he first experienced bullying in games when he was ten. and it is not getting any better. if i'm playing a game and i score a goal, i have literally been told to kill myself. if you are being bullied at school, you come home and you play computer and you're just getting more abuse thrown at you.

it is just going to put you off doing anything social. the charity ditch the label surveyed 2500 young gamers. 57% said they had been subjected to hate speech in an online game. 47% had received threats and 40% had had unwanted sexual contact. what has changed over the last decade is that more and more games are played online. and that means young gamers are encountering anonymous people from around the world. and chatting with them. that can of course be very positive but it also lays them open to the kind of dangers we have seen elsewhere in the online world. the anti—bullying charity worked with the online game habbo hotel to research young gamers‘ experiences and was disturbed by what it found. i think first and foremost it shows the true extent of the problem. when we talk about bullying, we usually talk about cyber bullying on social media or traditional bullying off—line. and we very seldom talk about it in game environments. and as a result of this research we have found that the majority of gamers have at some point experienced bullying.

and i think what is so shocking is the fact that it is normalised behaviour. we had gamers telling us that this was just part of playing games online, which is incredibly shocking because it can have very real and devastating impacts upon those who are subjected to it. bailey says he has now learned not to let abuse get to him. he wants the games companies to do more to watch over what happens online and to act to stop the bullies. rory cellanjones, bbc news. several us media outlets are reporting donald trump's administration is poised to announce its withdrawal from the paris climate agreement. according to some reports quoting senior officials, president trump has reached a decision to pull out of the landmark climate deal, and he is expected to announce the decision once the details have been worked out. in the past few minutes he has tweeted he will announce his decision over the next few days. with me is our

correspondent, paul adams. we have been talking about this for awhile and expected this announcement to come, but i guess climate change falls under the category of fake news for donald trump, he called it a hoax. he called it a hoax during his campaign, he said he would withdraw from paris climate accord, and he said over the weekend while he was in europe that he would make this announcement in the coming days. it is fairly typical of him to do this in this kind of game show style, you know, watch this space, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming. at some people most people assume that he's going to make an announcement, which on the face of it with dhahmaan will withdraw the united states from that accord. i noticed one agency said in the last few minutes there may be caveats to his announcement and it will be important to see the wording of this. is hejust will be important to see the wording of this. is he just withdrawing from the paris climate change accord? a big deal which would take many, many

yea rs. big deal which would take many, many years. or is he withdrawing from the entire un framework on climate change, which would be something that could be done more quickly but would be a much, much bigger and more serious gesture to the international community. it will be interesting to see exactly what he is going to withdraw from. clearly this is going to increase the rift with some us allies abroad. how is this move playing at home in the us? to his base its very popular. there are many people who are delighted that he is taking off what they see as the shackles imposed by the obama administration on the pursuit of a carbon economy, of coal in particular. he has plenty of supporters on his side but he also has some important people urging him to be very careful. his daughter is thought to be one of those saying,

be careful. rex tillerson, secretary of state, saying during his confirmation hearings that he thought it was important for the united states to maintain a seat at the table. i think that is the area ina way the table. i think that is the area in a way that is the most important here. the united states in all sorts of ways can meet its obligations. cities and states have said they will continue to pursue low emissions. but diplomats and many officials from the previous administration, the obama administration, the obama administration, are very worried that the united states will simply abandon any sense of leadership on this, leaving it to others, notably china, to make the running. this, leaving it to others, notably china, to make the runningm this, leaving it to others, notably china, to make the running. it will be interesting to see what those caveats are be interesting to see what those caveats a re if be interesting to see what those caveats are if they come. as he's said in his tweet, make america great again. he's not said that before! you're watching bbc news. theresa may has been campaigning in the easter bingo and, to our chief political

correspondent vicki young in bath. —— the east of england. a change of tone, because she said if i lose my six seats i lose my majority and then you getjeremy corbyn. is she genuinely frightened by this change of apparent sense out there?|j genuinely frightened by this change of apparent sense out there? i think they are concerned about complacency. if you remember back to when she called this general election campaign the polls, whether you believe them or not, suggest she was ahead by a good margin. i think they're concerned was people would feel there was no point in going to vote and she is trying to get people to focus their minds on who is going be prime minister. here in an area where they voted to leave the european union, she is saying to people i am the only one who can get a good deal. they took every seat from the liberal democrats in the south—west but here there is a big majority in favour of remainer the

referendum. she is taking questions from people. she's not taking part in the bbc debate tonight. public scrutiny is a very important pa rt of public scrutiny is a very important part of any election campaign. he is i'iow part of any election campaign. he is now up fora part of any election campaign. he is now up for a head—to—head debate. doesn't it suggest you are frightened of taking him on directly if you don't go too? first of all, i've been taking onjeremy if you don't go too? first of all, i've been taking on jeremy corbyn directly week in and week out in prime minister's questions. secondly, actually, yes, public scrutiny is for an election campaign but that's why taking questions from members of the public who are going to be voting on the 8th ofjune is so to be voting on the 8th ofjune is so important. that is what i enjoy doing during the campaigns and i think that's really important. that's why i've been doing that up and around the country. the other interesting question is i feel sorry for itv, why didn't he do their debate? apologies for the sound

earlier when we were hearing from vicki young. a 30—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and two children were found dead in a flat in liverpool. police were called to the address near toxteth yesterday evening — they say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. you're watching bbc news, we will have the main story is coming up soon and a full round—up of the sport but first we can catch up with the weather with tomasz schafernaker. has promised, quite a nice day around most of the uk, it will be warming up tomorrow, but there are a few showers in the forecast but not many. if they do occur they will fall across southern parts of the uk, the midlands, southern wales perhaps, but for most northern areas you can see on the satellite picture a stunning start of the day and early afternoon. 23 in london, not

far off 20 degrees in sunny scotland and a beautiful evening on the way with light winds. tonight some areas turned cloudy, misty and murky in places and you can't miss the weather front approaching from the west, that will arrive in northern ireland and western parts of scotla nd ireland and western parts of scotland by a roundabout dawn. there will be some wet weather pushing through north—western areas, but ahead of that southerly winds drawing up the warmth out of france and temperatures will rise and we could hit 26 in london and 21 across yorkshire and newcastle around 19 or 20. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: a breast surgeon — who carried out a series of needless operations — is jailed for 15 years. ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding. in the last short whilejeremy corbyn has just announced

he will appear in tonight's tv debate on bbc one with representatives of the six other major parties. the labour leader has repeatedly challenged theresa may to a debate but she has ruled out taking part. the afghan president has described a car bomb, which killed at least 80 people in kabul, as an inhuman act. more than 300 people were wounded, and several embassies were damaged, in the attack on the city's diplomatic quarter. as preparations for saturday's benefit concert in manchester get underway, police investigating last week's attack now believe the suicide bomber bought most of the components for the bomb himself, but haven't ruled out a wider network. police hunting for a prisoner on the run say his escape from a hospital in salisbury could have been "pre—planned". michal kisier, who's thought to be armed with a razor blade, overpowered his guards at the hospital last night. and now the sport. it was the news there we were

waiting for. —— that we were waiting for. arsene wenger says he's committed to sustaining a challenge for the premier league title having signed a two year contract extension with arsenal. the club's released a statement. arsene wenger has also released a statement, saying that he loves this clu b statement, saying that he loves this club and is looking forward to the future with optimism and excitement and says they are committed to sustaining a league challenge and that will be their focus this summer and next. ivan gazidis, the chief executive, says that their goal is to compete for trophies and they will be working hard on and off the pitch to improve and make a strong challenge next season. laters a day

we will speak to our correspondent who will have more on that story —— later today. wolves have appointed the former porto coach nuno espirito santo as their new manager. he replaces paul lambert who was sacked yesterday. the portuguese is wolves‘ fourth manager in the last ten months. elsewhere wigan have named paul cook as manager on a three year deal. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of new zealand will be tough. the lions flew into auckland overnight just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult the schedule is, and i don't want people to talk about this now. it seems a bit ironic because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't change it. so if you let

negativity in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitiva had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. the czech lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's renso oleevo, ranked 91 in the world. olivo was leading two sets to one when the match was halted last night but he came back this morning to break the tsonga serve — knocking out the 12th seed and earning himself a second round match against britain's kyle edmund tomorrow. back to our top story. arsenal have

confirmed arsene wenger will be returning for another two years. we can go to our correspondent who is just outside the emirates. we knew that this was coming, and the statement confirms that arsene wenger does have the backing of the board. that is very interesting. i will go straight to that part of the statement, it comes from stan kroenke, the owner, the most powerful man at arsenal, he says their ambition is to win the premier league and other major trophies in europe. it is what the fans, players and manager and staff expect and we won't rest until that is achieved, he says. he says arsene wenger has a fantastic track record and our full backing. my understanding is that he didn't have the complete backing of the board, but he remains as the manager because stan kroenke is the most important person at the club.

thanks forjoining us. we will have more reaction to that throughout the day. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. back to our main story, did breast surgeon ian paterson has beenjailed for 15 years, he was convicted of 17 cou nts for 15 years, he was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding at a trial last month. he had exaggerated 01’ trial last month. he had exaggerated or invested the risk of cancer to convince his victims of the need for surgery. one of those victims gave her reaction to the sentence. today's sentencing brings to an end overfour today's sentencing brings to an end over four years of trauma and stress. in trying to bring this man to account, no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through. let us not forget the people who were involved and some of whom are not with us now. we

may never know the reason why he acted in such an evil way, and throughout the trial he has made no attempt to show any remorse for his actions. and maybe revealing his true character rather than the charming professional man we all thought he was. thankfully the jury we re thought he was. thankfully the jury were able to see what actually was the truth. and gave the verdict we we re the truth. and gave the verdict we were all hoping for. the judge has recognised the severity of his actions in the sentence given. it will never fully recommend so what i gone through but i feel thatjustice has been done. —— for the recompense. the crown prosecution service has commended the bravery of the victims. from the unnecessary distress of undergoing procedures they did not need, to the scars that will always serve as a physical reminder of what their doctor ian paterson did to them. the victim ‘s

courage in coming forward to give evidence in able the cps to secure his conviction and i hope that today's prison sentence provides them with a sense ofjustice having been done. in the past hour the private health care trust which oversees some of the hospitals where ian paterson carried out some of those operations has released a statement apologising to the victims. one of the private health ca re victims. one of the private health care trusts says what ian paterson did absolutely should not have happened. police hunting for a prisoner who escaped from a hospital in salisbury in wiltshire, say the escape may have been pre—planned and he may have received help. michal kisier, who's thought to be

armed with a razor blade, overpowered his guards at the hospital last night. police say he is dangerous, and that members of the public should not approach him. they're urging anyone who sees a man matching his description to contact police immediately. our correspondentjon kay is at salisbury hospital for us now. we are getting a picture of how he got out. yes. we understand michael kisier was an inmate at hms erlesto ke kisier was an inmate at hms erlestoke and he was found in his cell with an apparent head injury and the advice was he should be brought to this hospital, salisbury hospital, to receive medical attention, and while he was here being treated, police say he overpowered the guards who were with him and he managed to escape and it is understood he has a razor blade or had won with him when he left this place, salisbury hospital, 1.5 miles from the centre of the city.

the police have been searching and using search dogs and we understand a helicopter has been up and also a drone. police displayed trying to find anybody who might have seen him and might have seen anything —— desperately trying. they believe he did not have any change of clothes and did not have a mobile phone and no money so they are receiving he can't have got far. but the suggestion is that they are now investigating whether it might have been preplanned —— so they are assuming he can't have got far. they are wondering if he has got some assistance for this escape. the police are keeping their minds are open about where he might have gone but warning people to beware and not to approach him. there is a big search operation underway? yes, there is. some police activity close to the hospital in the immediate vicinity,1.5 miles out of to the hospital in the immediate vicinity, 1.5 miles out of the centre of salisbury, but we know the

main transport routes were looked at almost immediately and beyond, there we re almost immediately and beyond, there were some suggestions of a sighting ina were some suggestions of a sighting in a neighbouring county, but we are not sure what that county was. we understand michael kisier is originally from the bedfordshire area so there will be an effort going on there, as well. the police seem to be taking this very seriously. this is the description that has been released. he is 30, white, five feet six inches tall, medium build. this is what he was wearing when he was last seen, grey tracksuit bottoms, black t—shirt, blue trainers, and we understand he has tattoos on his body that were quite prominent. 30, white, five tall, medium build. grey tracksuit and black t—shirt. we also have this photograph. thanks forjoining us. for the first time, a british police

force is to recruit people directly to become detectives — without making them first work in uniform on the beat. the metropolitan police hopes the move will fill some of its 600 detective vacancies. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. for decades there has only been one way to become a detective. start as an officer in uniform, and then join cid. it was seen as the pinnacle of policing, everyone wanted to crack crimes. but not any longer. detective work is not thejob it used to be. there are more cases to handle, there is more pressure to get results. the independent inspectorate has described it as a national crisis because there are so many unfilled vacancies. now the metropolitan police is trying to do something about it. something that has never been done before. they're starting a recruitment campaign for people with no experience of policing. unlike other recruits they will not have to spend time in uniform, doing street patrol and response work.

this is about offering people a direct pathway into a different type of career in policing. and we know from research we did last year, quite extensively in london, that this was really appealing. because actually the uniform attraction is attractive to some and a barrier to others. to join the metropolitan police as a detective recruits must have a degree level qualification. they will be given 18 weeks training and have to pass an exam after 12 months. the trainees will investigate crimes like burglary, robbery and car theft, before moving on to more serious offences after two years. but former detective barry phillips has doubts about the idea. he started out in uniform over a0 years ago. you cannot bring people in who cannot walk the walk, talk the talk. that is what's required. a cid officer needs a good grounding in police work, that is gained through coming through the normal channels. but scotland yard is likely to extend its recruitment drive, it is initially taking 80 detectives and other forces may follow suit. danny shaw, bbc news.

in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: a breast surgeon who carried out a series of needless operations is jailed for 15 years. ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding. jeremy corbyn announces that he will appear on tonight's tv debate on bbc one with the representatives of the six other major parties. the afghan president describes the car bomb in kabul‘s diplomatic quarter, which killed at least 80 people as an inhuman act. in the business news: the price of paying a mortgage may have fallen to new lows, but mortgage approvals have also fallen to their lowest level since september.

there were 64,645 mortgage approvals for house purchases in april, the bank of england said, a 2% fall on the previous month. despite the low rates on offer. sales at aldi and lidl have grown at their fastest rate in more than two years as the discounters opened new stores and passed on price rises to consumers. research from ka ntar world panel shows the two retailers‘ combined sales rose almost 20% in the 12 weeks to 21 may compared with the same period last year as 1.1 million more households shopped at either store and inflation pushed up prices. and staying with supermarkets as food prices are rising at the fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium. at the same time, the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. those exports rose by 8.3% over the year to £4.9 billion — the largest first quarter figure on record. that‘s down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. a chinese activist has been detained while investigating alleged workers‘ rights abuses at a supplier for ivanka trump‘s shoe brand.

the activist was working undercover for the us—based china labor watch, which said he had witnessed examples of forced overtime and wage violations. michelle fleury is in new york. what more can you tell us? we understand that this man has been detained, because his wife spoke to the associated press and said her husband had been arrested. she hasn‘t heard from him and there were a couple of colleagues who have also not heard from the chinese activist. we understand their job not heard from the chinese activist. we understand theirjob was to investigate a chinese supplier who makes shoes for the ivanka trump brand and they were looking at things like labour and violations relating to wages and student labour, over time, and relating to wages and student labour, overtime, and at relating to wages and student labour, over time, and at this point this is the extent of the knowledge

we have, the authorities are not saying very much. china labour watch saying very much. china labour watch say three of their staff have gone missing. this muddies the water for ivanka trump and her brand. it is not the first brand to have problems with suppliers from china, but given the profile it will raise questions. give us background on ivanka trump and her business practices. this is and her business practices. this is a conversation we keep coming back to, the trump family brand, their businesses, what happens when you have someone that successful in the white house, and there is no exception to the ivanka trump brand, even though at the time when donald trump took office, she did not have an official role in the white house, there were questions. a big department store in america actually dropped the chain and they did not say politics was the reason, they said it was a case of bad science, that the shoes were not that

popular. —— bad sales. but there is a perception that some of that has to do with politics, maybe a case of people who are not fans of her father no supporting her brand. it goes back to this idea, though, of how complex it is to run a business when you are also in charge of so many rules and regulations and essentially are part of a family governing the country. what kind of impact will this have on the presidency? if it was found that if anger —— if it was found at her brand was engaging in practices which were seen to be violating workers‘ rights. which were seen to be violating workers' rights. at this point, you have to look at other cases, if you think back to app and how they change their relationship with one supplier —— apple. you would assume

they would have two uphold human rights laws in the contract, otherwise that could cause trouble. again, it will depend on how they react. the key thing, this is an u nwa nted react. the key thing, this is an unwanted spotlight on the family business and there have been many questions about how this influences their decision—making and that will be the big issue in some ways, that this case raises for them. thanks for joining this case raises for them. thanks forjoining us. in other business news: shares in online retail giant amazon have risen above the $1,000 mark for the first time. back in 1997, the firm listed its shares forjust $18 each. the rise in share price now values amazon at $478bn, more than twice the value of wal—mart. amazon is now the fourth—largest us company, behind apple, google and microsoft. uber has fired the engineer accused of stealing secrets from google‘s parent company alphabet after he failed to assist with an investigation.

anthony levandowski, previously worked on self—driving car technology at waymo, owned by alphabet. he is accused of downloading 14,000 confidential files before leaving the company in 2016. uber denies it is using stolen technology. and manchester united is the most valuable football club in europe, valued at $3.3 billion. according to figures from kpmg it puts it ahead of spanish giants real madrid and barcelona. the study looked at broadcasting rights, profitability, popularity, sporting potential and stadium ownership. in the study of 32 teams, english clubs dominate, filling six of the top 10 places. let‘s take a quick look at the markets. the ftse is up half a percent. when it opens this morning, sterling fell by half a percent to a six—week low against the dollar. after a poll suggesting that the general election could potentially not lead to a huge majority for the conservatives and we saw the pound falling.

it has gone back up slightly. the ftse is up just half a percent. the oil prices are down. brent crude is down more than 3% today and that is over concerned that even any cuts in supplies are not going to shift the huge glut in oil that we have at the moment, keeping those prices down at $50 a barrel. that‘s all the business news. their story had already captured hearts across the world — the marathon runner and the stray dog that stuck by his side through a gruelling desert race in china. dion leonard and gobi became inseparable during the 250 kilometre marathon — prompting the athlete to adopt him. but before he could bring the dog home to edinburgh — the dog disappeared. after a global online campaign — and days of searching — the pair were reunited in august last year. with me is dion and his

border terrier, gobi. it is lovely to meet you. we have a lot of story here. tell us about the first time you came across gobi?|j was running a race across the gobi desert, self—sufficiency races and you have to carry all the food and survive the week. gobi decided to start running with me, and that day we ran 25 miles over the mountain range and into the gobi desert and she stayed with me for the whole journey and a couple of days afterwards. so by the third day you had started to think that this dog is becoming a fixture, i guess. on the third day i had to make a decision to go back and pick her up and take her over a huge river crossing and the bond was formed. and their two compete in races and not pick up a little dog, but i

realised she meant much more to me ——iam realised she meant much more to me —— i am there to compete in races. so you thought you had to bring her back to edinburgh? it started then. there was a lot of my past childhood, i had a difficult childhood, i had a difficult childhood and i could see that gobi needed my help and i could see similarities in my own use and i thought i needed to change her life and that is when i started to have these thoughts —— similarities in my youth. you have so much time to think about things out there, and i started to think about getting her backin started to think about getting her back in the uk. you have written a book about your experience, did you feel that you had a kindred spirit with gobi? you recognised another soul who had a tough beginning. with gobi? you recognised another soulwho had a tough beginning. yes. i flew back to the uk and set up a crowdfunding page and tried work out how i would get her back and then she went missing in a city of 3 million people, she was missing for more than ten days and i set up a huge search team and i went back and

put together a big team to find her. we have the whole cities searching for her and it was a roller—coaster ride. —— we had the whole city searching for her. when we found her, it was obviously meant to happen, we will always meant to be together. she is adorable. she has been ever so good. getting used to these media appearances. yes. what has life been like back in edinburgh? is she a star? we can't go out with someone recognising her, eve ryo ne go out with someone recognising her, everyone is amazed at her sacrifices and dedication, that i‘ve also put into this little dog. you can see that we have this bond which has been unbreakable and she is very portable. i love having her back with me in edinburgh —— she is very important. not sure about her breed? we think she is a mix between a ship

between a couple of breeds, which is quite usualfor between a couple of breeds, which is quite usual for that part of china. she was very fit, to run that part of the race, that was incredible. she chose the right person. we have been on a phenomenaljourney and for her to be back in the uk, that is great. had you owned a dog before? st bernard, when i was in my early 20s. st bernard, when i was in my early 205. i st bernard, when i was in my early 20s. i only have a small space in edinburgh, and so i was thinking of getting a small dog, and gobi has made the decision for us. the level of interest is amazing, there is a film in the offing, as well. what is it about this relationship that has so captured people‘s‘s imaginations? over the last year, and recent

incidents, such bad news and such site is, people have been looking for a lovely story and they have been able to see this —— such sadness. people have supported us and followed us and that has brought people together and sharing the lovely human nature and side of people which is beautiful. we definitely need a heart—warming story. are you sure it is the right dog? absolutely. shejumped into my arms and she was so excited and i was in tears. i knew immediately it was in tears. i knew immediately it was her. we had a few false alarms, but it was great that it was her. was her. we had a few false alarms, but it was great that it was henm has been a pleasure to meet you and of course the lovely gobi, who has been ever so well behaved. thanks very much. difficult to follow that. time for a look at the weather.

we have some nice weather out there right now and it will stay pretty warm for most of us today. lots of dry weather, not completely dry, but as predicted it was quite cloudy this morning in the south, the south of wales, where you have this cloud, there might be some showers developing in the afternoon, but mostly light. you can‘t guarantee that, but there won‘t be many of them. you can see some stretching from wales into southern parts of england and the south—east but north of that it will be a lovely sunny afternoon, temperature reaching 20 degrees. and a lovely day across the lowla nds degrees. and a lovely day across the lowlands of scotland and the heart of scotland, as well. those light showers might continue for a time this evening but for most of us it isa dry this evening but for most of us it is a dry night, some murky weather, you can‘t miss the area of rain approaching from the north west.

that will move across northern ireland and into scotland. it is linked to this area of low pressure which will first of all bring the wetter weather to north—western areas but at the same time it will draw the warmth from france, two things happening on thursday, wetter conditions in belfast and the lowla nds conditions in belfast and the lowlands of scotland, but warmer weather, warming up across england, 26 in london, 21 in yorkshire, newcastle not far off 20, but the weather front will be slow—moving. rain through the afternoon across northern ireland and some parts of western and south—western scotland especially. on friday, the weather front is over the western areas, very front is over the western areas, very warm, front is over the western areas, very warm, and a chance of some thunderstorms across south—eastern and southern areas on friday. those storms will be rumbling through on saturday, so not far away, but probably staying just towards the

east of us. the weekend overall, is looking relatively fresh and you can see the temperature not so high in the south—east, down to around 22. some fine weather, lots of sunny spells. a few scattered showers, but feeling a bit fresher. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations, after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. he took everything away from me and i‘m still... up until today, this has been going on now since the 90s, and only today i‘ve gotjustice. he took away my youth. 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the afghan capital, kabul, after a massive car bomb near the german embassy. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a televised bbc debate this evening and challenges the prime minister,

theresa may, to do the same. i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate to record, debate their plans, debate their proposals, and let... and let the public make up their mind. well, i'm interested, you know, in the fact jeremy corbyn seems