this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 3pm: a gruelling day for the prime minister at the tory party conference as she struggles through her keynote speech. theresa may battled through repeated coughing fits. and the chancellor came to her rescue with a cough sweet. i hope you notice that, ladies and gentlemen, the chancellor giving something away free! laughter her speech was also interrupted by a prankster emerging from the audience to hand her a sheet of paper marked p45. security arrangements are being reviewed. in her speech, the prime minister promised a cap on energy bills, new council homes and apologised for not delivering an election victory.

i hold my hands up for that. i take responsibility. i led the campaign andi responsibility. i led the campaign and i am sorry. the other main news this hour, video of the moment police reacted to first reports of a gunman in las vegas — and the first responder who knew his daughter was only yards away. i cannot describe it as anything, but carnage. there were bodies laying on the ground and there were people running around that were shot. the european commission says it's time to talk as spain's political crisis deepens — catalonia's regional leader tells the bbc he will declare independence in a matter of days. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

theresa may got a standing ovation from tory activists after struggling through her speech to conservative party conference, in which she vowed to "renew the british dream". the prime minister suffered coughing fits throughout the speech, repeatedly struggling with her voice. it was not the only difficulty for mrs may — who was interrupted by a well—known prankster who handed her a piece of paper marked p45. the conservative party and police are now reviewing security arrangements after it emerged that he had been accredited to attend the conference. in her speech, the prime minister apologised for her party's performance in this year's general election, saying the campaign had been "too scripted, too presidential." she promised to build a new generation of council houses

by investing £2 billion in affordable housing as well as imposing a price cap on the domestic energy market. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. some thought she might not make it to this point. this proved to be a tricky speech. the prime minister's address wasn't a victory cry, but a recognition of the challenge the conservatives face and the choices she made and for the election result, an apology. we did not get the victory we wanted because our national campaign fell short. it was too scripted. too presidential. and it allowed the labour party to paint us as it allowed the labour party to paint us as the voice of continuity when the public wanted to hear a message of change. i hold my hands up for

that. i take responsibility. of change. i hold my hands up for that. itake responsibility. i of change. i hold my hands up for that. i take responsibility. i led the campaign. and i am sorry. applause mrs may defended her party's record in government, but said they must set ideas for the next generation. she suggested a change in approach to organ donation, a review of mental health policy and said labour didn't have a monopoly on compassion. and the agenda that i laid out on day one as prime minister still holds. it burns inside mejust the minister still holds. it burns inside me just the same. because at its core it's about sweeping away injustice. the barriers that means for some, the british dream is increasingly out of reach. about saying what matters is not where you are from or who your parents are, the colour of your skin, whether you area the colour of your skin, whether you are a man or a woman, rich or poor, from the inner city or an affluent suburb, how far you go in life

should depend on you and your hard work. applause then, an interruption from a prank ter. he was bundled out of the conference hall, leaving the prime minister to try to pick up...|j conference hall, leaving the prime minister to try to pick up... i was about to talk about somebody i'd like to give a pas and that'sjeremy corbyn. next, she was plagued by a persistent cough prompting the chancellor to give her a sweet while the audience watched her struggle on addressing brexit next. the audience watched her struggle on addressing brexit nextlj the audience watched her struggle on addressing brexit next. i believe it is in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, but i know that some are worried whether we are prepared in the evvent that they do not. it is our responsibility as a government to prepare for every eventualality and let me assure eve ryo ne eventualality and let me assure everyone in this hall that's exactly what we are doing. battling problems with her voice, the prime minister made a personal promise to help communities that feel left behind. there will be draft legislation to

cap energy prices and on housing, an extra £2 billion for affordable homes to help fix what she calls a broken market. getting government back into the business of building houses, a new generation of council houses, a new generation of council houses to help fix our broken housing market. so whether you're trying to buy your own home, renting privately and looking for more security or have been waiting for yea rs security or have been waiting for years on a council list, help is on the way. despite losing a letter from the slogan, mrs may eventually made it to the end, fittingly with a pledge not to give up when things get tough and a plea to the party to ditch infighting and division and shape up. let us fulfil our duty to the british people. let us fulfil oui’ the british people. let us fulfil our duty to our country. let us fulfil our duty to britain. and let us renew fulfil our duty to britain. and let us renew the british dream. thank you. applause the welcome here was warm. but this

speech was far from smooth. the prime minister's vision for the country, again overshadowed by unplanned events. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in manchester. live 8s she battled her way through it? that's what cabinet ministers are saying about it. i mean, you couldn't have thought it could go any worse. losing your voice. you're under pressure and you're making this big, everyone is saying it is a make or break speech, you have the protestor which must have been alarming, getting to close to the prime minister like that and ministers and people who were in the audience saying they were amazed how long he was able to stand there and get that close to the prime minister, you know, real security issue to deal with there and then at the end of the set behind her starts fall apart. if you are sitting there as one of her people you mustjust

have wa nted as one of her people you mustjust have wanted it tond. cabinet ministers are putting a brave face on it saying it showed the prime minister at the top of her game. ruth davidson called it a metaphor for battling through adversity. i spoke tojeremy for battling through adversity. i spoke to jeremy hunt. for battling through adversity. i spoke to jeremy hunt. it is the ultimate tough gig. people watching at home have gone to work with coughs and colds, but to do it with every broadcaster in the country zooming a every broadcaster in the country zooming a camera every broadcaster in the country zooming a camera at in you is challenging, but she battled on, and what people will take away from that is that sense of duty, she has not had a tough day, but a tough few months not getting the election result she wanted and it is that sense of duty that kept her on the road and the sense of wanting to do the right thing for the country came across strongly in between the coughs. i think in terms of the substance, what is significant about today, she was basically saying if you're a student who may have

supported jeremy corbyn, if you are someone supported jeremy corbyn, if you are someone trying to get on the housing ladder who may have switched to labour, if you are worried about the cost of living, we want to earn back your support. and these are measures that we'll make a significant difference, but we're saying you can't solve these things overnight. there is a lot of promises being made from jeremy corbyn, for you know, instant solving of problems, but m reality it took us seven years to put the economy back on its feet and create the jobs and we are in a position where we can spend money on these things and people will see it isa these things and people will see it is a conservative party that's not complacent. that we're going after every single vote and we have listened to the electorate and the messages they were sending us. well, the prime minister's supporters as you would expect trying to see the positives in all this. they say, you know, it shows her humanity, the fact that she reacted with some jokes when she was handed that cough sweet, from the chancellor, saying you know for once you're getting something for free

from the chancellor, people like that and they hope that the public will think, that must have been really difficult, she handled it very well and we have in the last hour had a tweet from the prime minister, again, showing a sense of humour where she has got her prime ministerial red box, surrounded by cough remedies. she is clearly trying to move on interest all of this and see the positive side. there is no doubt it must have been an incredibly difficult experience for her. let's discuss this more, i'm joined by the conservative mp george freeman. sitting there watching t it was hard at times to watching t it was hard at times to watch because it was a struggle. there was things going wrong, the security lapse which is serious and the fact that she was struggling to get through it at all? it was every politician's worse nightmare. we live on our voice, your voice goes, it isa live on our voice, your voice goes, it is a set piece speech and there isa it is a set piece speech and there is a heckler and the set collapses. it was an extraordinary moment when the prime minister reversed the

impression of the election which she herself has accepted communicated the very worst actually. she showed today real humour, an ability to deal with adversity, she showed personal and physical frailty and turned it into a speech. by the end of that speech you could feel in the room a ground as well of respect for a woman who puts her country before herself, who lives, literally, lives the values that she believes in. i was so the values that she believes in. i was so inspired to hear her show her deep commitment to get through this very difficult period in british politics for the next generation. i thought that was a loud message and when she said a great sadness in her life was not to have children, she was communicating public service is her way of putting something back and it was inspiring and moving. let's look at the policies. tuition fees, the energy cap, something we have heard a lot about. it was in the manifesto. people thought maybe

the manifesto. people thought maybe the conservative party was rowing back from that. this is an ed miliband policy, isn't it? how is it going to work? the prime minister has signalled that although she got more votes than any conservative leader since 1983, we didn't really win this election. and jeremy corbyn has harnessed grievances. he doesn't have solutions, but he has harnessed grievances and we respect them. for a generation struggling to get by, markets aren't working well enough for them and the conservative party, we believe in markets, but markets that work for people. we don't believe that people should be working for markets, she set out a big commitment to some bold policies, for example, £2 billion to rebuild council housing, social housing, affordable housing for a generation that are really struggling to get a home and house overtheir struggling to get a home and house over their head. people want to see a conservative party that st capable of yes, delivering brexit, but if we don't make this a moment we redouble or effort to domestic, we will

alienate a generation who didn't vote for brexit. we have to make it a generation that has hope. do you think the party can do that? week has been change. there wasn't a lot of enthusiasm around throughout the week. borisjohnson, of enthusiasm around throughout the week. boris johnson, you of enthusiasm around throughout the week. borisjohnson, you know, with his own things going on, you know, that seemed to distract from the main message. it does feel a little bit shambolic. i saw two parties, the cabinet on the maj stage going through the routine of announcing policies and introducing their team and setting out what they're doing. the cabinet is gripping a massive negotiation with europe. they can't say publicly where they are in that negotiation and there are some conversations that should go on within cabinet and only within cabinet, not in the newspapers. i saw a separate and very vivid conversation on the fringe. meetings packed for four days, mps, conversation on the fringe. meetings packed forfour days, mps, thinkers, working to frame a conservatism for

the 21st century. this party is thinking like never before. myjob is to convene and shape the ideas and feed them into the pm this. is a party that's not seeding the intellectual ground to jeremy corbyn. rewpt the grievances he has harnessed. people come into politics to make a difference. we are determined to shape the policies that tackle the problems that he has identified. and me my cough, my voice has gone. it must be catching. poor you, vicki. go and get some of the prime minister's throat lozenges! the prime minister also said they're be a cap on what she called "rip—off energy bills" saying draft legislation will be published next week. we will always take on monopolies and vested interests when they are holding people back. and one of the greatest exa m ples holding people back. and one of the greatest examples in britain today is the broken energy market. because

the energy market punishes loyalty with higher prices. and the most loyal customers, the most loyal customers, are often those with lower incomes, the elderly, people with lower qualifications and people who rent their homes. those who for whatever reason are unable to find the time to shop around. that's why next week, this government will publish a draft bill to put a price cap on energy bills. meeting our ma nifesto cap on energy bills. meeting our manifesto promise and bring an end to rip off energy prices once and for all. i'm joined from our westminster studio by the conservative mp john penrose, who has been campaigning for lower energy bills. this was a policy propose add few yea rs this was a policy propose add few years ago by ed miliband, wasn't it? did you support ed miliband when he proposed this? his version was

slight delivrn to begin with. he was proposing a price freeze. he changed his mind and modified it later on andi his mind and modified it later on and i think we're talking about now is something different interest that, but you are right to say that in fact it was in notjust the conservative election manifesto, at the last general election, it was also in both the lane labour ma nifesto also in both the lane labour manifesto and the snp manifesto. so there is a really good cross party level of support for what i hope will be the pm's thrill oomph. when ed miliband proposed it, yourformer leader david cameron said it was evidence that he wanted to live in a marxist universe? he was proposing a freeze. it is different from a cap and there are many different kinds of cap as you can appreciate. you can frame the cap in a way which makes sure we have competition and ultimately what we have got to as the prime minister pointed out, fix the prime minister pointed out, fix the injustice, short—term you have got to have a cap to protect people who are being ripped off off, but you have got to make sure that the market works for customers making

the customer king and that's something that's going to take a while. you have had opposition to this already from your friends in business, from the crib, for example, who say —— cbi, who said that market—wide price caps are not the best answer. the british chambers of commerce say businesses will be confused by the prime minister's commitment to free markets and her intention to intervene in the energy market on the other? they would have a point if we weren't trying to do the two things i mentioned before. we have to make sure that customers are king and you and i get the same choices and you and i get the same choices and the same power that we take for granted when we buy cornflakes or coffee in the supermarket. you fix that at the same time and then the cbi will understand that we're trying to make sure that as george freeman was saying now that markets work for people rather than people working for markets. you need a

price cap in the short—term to prevent people being ripped off while the changes are being put through. so the energy companies are ripping off the consumers? yes, certainly the big six are. i'm not the only person to say that. the competition and markets authority said that the rip off is about £1.a billion a year. it is notjust me, it is plenty of other people too. billion a year. it is notjust me, it is plenty of other people toom asa it is plenty of other people toom as a result of privatisation? 0h, good lord no. if you looked at what happened in the last few years the level of investment in the energy market and the way that companies responded has been a huge success, but we have got this large chunk of the market which isn't competitive and we have got a0 or so rival companies, smaller scale competitors, challenger brands, who are doing a greatjob, and they snapping at the heels of big six, they are forcing them to shape up and to shaking them up as well,and that's the stuff which will put you and me and your viewers in the driving seat and as i said, make the

customer king. that's what we expect in every other walk of life and that's what we should expect here. word on the prime minister's speech, very difficult, a coughing fit, a p rotesto r, very difficult, a coughing fit, a protestor, the set falling apart, what did you make of it?|j protestor, the set falling apart, what did you make of it? i think at least it shows that she is not a lwa ys least it shows that she is not always too scripted, doesn't it? it shows as one or two of your previous clips were saying, that she is made of tough stuff. she is pretty steely... not a metaphor for weak leadership? not at all. if anything, i think it shows that she is extremely hard to throw off her game and you know that's what the country is going to need over the course of the next 28 months, two years of brexit negotiations to for a start. john penrose, thank you. one of the key parts of that speech by the prime minister — a plan for a major programme of council house building. andy moore has been to leeds to meet social housing tenants in one development there. mehdi and his family have been in their new home with the housing association for seven months.

but they were looking for a roof over their heads for three years. every week we are looking, just maybe one or two houses and lots of people in the queue in front of us. the council said lots of people are waiting. they have no houses. actually it is nice to be doing some new houses because lots of people out there have no houses to live. many people homeless. in leicestershire, the first two people's houses are ready... harold macmillan was the last senior tory politician to spearhead a programme of public house—building. his task as housing minister was to deliver hundreds of thousands of new council homes every year. but in the 1980s, many of those same houses were sold off to their tenants under the premiership of mrs thatcher. the stock of public housing has been going down ever since. the housing charity shelter has welcomed today's announcement. we need some serious money behind this.

we need policy change to support it and we also need theresa may to hold her nerve because not everybody is going to love this. research shows housing is an issue for the millions of people who cannot afford to buy their own homes. at the last general election there was a big swing to labour amongst those private tenants who turned out to vote. this is a small development being built in leeds. theresa may says many more homes are needed. we have seen a positive announcements from the prime minister and the chancellor about help to buy scheme and supporting that further, to help more first—time buyers on to the ladder. but there is a whole load of people who will not benefit from that and this today shows there is something for them as well. these will be homes next year for around a dozen families. the pace of construction will need to rise rapidly if mrs may's vision

is to become a reality. you will have seen polly neate in that report by andy moore and i'm glad to say the chief executive of the homelessness charity shelter is with me now. first of all, the prime minister said, you know, whether you're trying to buy on your own, buy your own place, whether you're renting privately and looking for more security or whether you have been waiting for years on a council list, help is on the way. that was her message. help is on the way. do you believe her? do you welcome that message? well, i think one can't help, but welcome that message. 0bviously, help, but welcome that message. obviously, it's brilliant. iam happy to see a shift that at last affordable housing means something more than affordable to buy. it actually means affordable for ordinary people to rent. because that's a kind of massive issue that we see day in and day out. there are

1.2 million households on the council house waiting list and that represents an enormous amount of human suffering. £2 billion is not going to go very far towards sorting out that waiting list. how much more would you say needs to be spent? these are tough times economically, what would you expect the government to be spending on the housing crisis? well, we estimate that for 100,000 new social homes over ten yea rs, 100,000 new social homes over ten years, you would need to invest £60 billion. now, that also includes the fa ct billion. now, that also includes the fact though that local authorities would be able to borrow against the money they would get back in rents so that doesn't all need to be new money. but the scale of the investment needed is really, really significant. that isn't to say that isn't important. as i say, this is the start, we hope, of a conversation and there are lots of other things that need to line up

behind this announcement. so land needs to be made cheaper for councils to buy. we need to see a kind of continued emphasis on affordability for people on lower incomes and that is absolutely critical. help to buy is not going to solve the housing crisis. this could be the start of the conversation that will solve it. as far as the conservative party is concerned, is this a sort of shift away from the right to buy that we heard so much about under margaret thatcher? yes. one thing that will need to be rethought is the use of the proceeds from the sale of council homes that happens through right to buy. so we can't build you had council homes to see them disappearing to the private sector not to be replaced. so that needs to be look at as well. it does represent a significant shift and it is one that i think a lot of people in the country will welcome. thank you for being with us. that's

the chief executive of shelter. thank you for coming into the studio. police in las vegas say they are no nearerfinding a motive for the attack. 0vernight the girlfriend of the gunman, returned to the united states. reports say the woman who was in the philippines a the time of the shootings is being questioned by the fbi as a person of interest. body cam footage from officers who were on among the first on the scene has been released as laura bicker reports from las vegas. go that way! get out of here, there's gunshots coming from over there. go that way. gunshots. amid the chaos and confusion, the officer keeps his instructions clear. this way, this way. go, go, go. that way, that way. he ushers others to safety as he runs towards a hail of bullets. everybody stay down, stay down. police desperately try to find out

where the shots are coming from as the barrage of gunfire rains down on concert crowds for over nine minutes. the mandalay bay, it's coming out of the window. among those trying to stay alive was trainee paramedic kaitlyn rogers. first she ran to the medical tent to help. then she called her dad. i don't remember saying it, but supposedly i said, "daddy, they're shooting at us". the emergency crews already present were employed by kaitlyn's dad brian. now his staff and his daughter were being shot at and he had to help. he rushed to the scene. i cannot describe it as anything but carnage. yesterday... i don't think any hour went by that i was awake that i didn't cry. i've been doing this a long time and thought i'd seen everything. but i have to say, i'm one of the lucky dads. because there was 59 other people

and then multiple people in the hospital that their lives are changed forever. and my heart goes out to all of them. all of them. because i do know i'm one of the lucky ones. i really do. it could have very well been her in a heartbeat. in such a tragic situation you see people come together. and if that's what we did on a day—to—day basis, our world would be different. so far police have failed to find a motive for the massacre. bearing in mind that the investigation is dynamic, ongoing, continuing, i don't have a lot of answers for you yet. and clearly understanding that nobody wants answers to why more than the police and the victims' families. we have a responsibility to get it right and so that's why it's going to take time and that's why we're going to take that time. america is once again grieving the victims of another mass shooting. president donald trump will visit the city later today amid calls for stricter gun laws.

he says now is not the time for that discussion. but others here ask if not now, then when? and president trump is on his way to las vegas. this is what he had to say before leaving. it isa it is a very sad thingment we are going to pay our respects and to see the police who have done a fantastic job ina the police who have done a fantastic job in a very short time and they are learning a lot more and that will be announced at the appropriate time. it's a very, very sad day for me personally, thank you. it's spain's biggest crisis for a

generation and it is getting worse. in his first interview since the disputed vote on sunday which saw violent scenes and pretests, the prime minister said his government would act, but spain's king accused the vote's organisers of putting themselves outside the law. let's get the latest on this story from our correspondent gavin lee, who is in calella, a seaside city northeast of barcelona. let's talk about calella. it is a town on the coast of north—east of barcelona and here on sunday night, it was a fascinating development. we may have heard less about compared to the other big events in barcelona. but there were violence at the ballot boxes here and so much so that people came out on the

streets in mass numbers. there is lots of footage where this hotel behind me, up here, we had about people staying in the rooms. they claim the police were spitting down from the balcony. some were urinating from the balcony. these are the border police. we haven't heard from the border police. the hotel management told them to leave and many people, irish tourists and british tourists, watched the police officers leaving this place and it gives you a sense, some of these places are divided. 0n gives you a sense, some of these places are divided. on this small street, a section of shops here, i have spoken to people who are for independence and others who are saying no. some said i don't want to speak to you because we might lose business. these are difficult times. where we go next. month is the key

date. the catalan president saying that's when they will have an extraordinary meeting and they will declare unilateral independence and the spanish government may take over using legal means the catalan government. we have a few days of political lull before potential thri comes to a pressurised point on monday and here as you can see around me, it is quiet. it is a tourist town, but one example of the difficult divide in the days ahead. gav, n, thank you very much. gavin lee there. time for a look at the weather. wet and windy sums it up nicely this evening. the rain is already settling into northern ireland, southern and western parts of scotland. more patchy across northern england and wales, but it will intensify this evening and overnight as this area of low

pressure slides across the country. there will be persistent heavy rain and gale is for a time, particularly through the bristol channel, wales and east anglia. so a blustery night, but a and east anglia. so a blustery night, buta milder one. and east anglia. so a blustery night, but a milder one. there could be travel disruption due to the strength of the winds tomorrow morning. behind the wind and rain, there will be styles of sunshine, but the brisk north—westerly wind may feed in a shower and it will feel quite cool. a chilly start of the day on friday, because the winds eased down and we will have clearer skies. for much of the country on friday, we end the week with spells of sunshine. it will cloud over ahead of a weather front on saturday. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: theresa may has promised

to fix britain's housing crisis in her closing speech at the conservative party conference. the prime minister promised to invest an extra £2 billion to fund new council houses and announced plans to cap energy prices. police in las vegas say they're no closer to finding a motive behind sunday night's attack on a concert which left 58 dead and hundreds injured. the girlfriend of the gunman, marilou danley, has returned to the united states and is being questioned by the fbi. the european commissioner in charge of the rule of law has urged politicians in spain and catalonia to move from confrontation to dialogue to find a solution to the crisis of the battle over the region's disputed independence referendum. a homeless man who murdered a mother and son who'd tried to help him has been jailed for at least 30 years. 2a—year—old aaron barley pleaded guilty to stabbing tracy wilkinson and her teenage son pierce at their home in stourbridge in march.

let me show you the scene in washington at the state department. we are waiting for a news conference from the us secretary of state rex tillerson. we don't have a firm idea of what he's going to say, but there has been speculation that he could be about to resign. there have been reports in the us media that the vice president mike pence and other officials had to intervene to persuade mr tillotson not to resign over the summer because of tensions between mr tillerson and president trump. so there are reports that the vice president had to persuade him not to resign over the summer. we

will see what he has to say in the next few minutes. time for a check on the sport. premier league clubs have been meeting to discuss how to share out money from future international broadcasting rights. no agreement has been reached despite pressure from the leading teams. the league's executive chairman richard scudamore has proposed ending the 25 years of the equal sharing of that income. the so—called big six want their greater global appeal to be reflected in the division and have more money awarded for higher placed finishes in the table. harry kane says captaining england won't affect his performance on the pitch. the tottenham striker will lead the team out in the world cup qualifier against slovenia tomorrow night at wembley.

kane — who has 13 goals for club and country so far this season — has captained his country twice already. england manager gareth southgate has yet to appoint a permanent captain since the international retirement of wayne rooney. england need just two points to qualify for the 2018 world cup in russia. i don't think having an armband on your arm makes a difference to how your arm makes a difference to how you play or if you score goals or not. we have plenty of leaders in the team. whoever wears that armband, there are plenty of us who will speak up and try and help each other on the pitch. and when things get tough, we are each other. so for me, it is another game to try and score my goals and hopefully qualify for the world cup. leicester city's appeal to register sporting lisbon midfielder adrien silva has been rejected by fifa. the foxes and the football association had asked fifa to ratify

the midfielder‘s transfer after the paperwork for the £22 million deadline day move was submitted 1a seconds late. but it's been denied and silva, who helped portugal win euro 2016, will not be registered to play for leicester until january. the former england batsman marcus trescothick says it will be a huge blow for the side if ben stokes does not travel to australia for the ashes. the test vice captain will be withdrawn from the squad if he remains under police investigation when the tour begins. stokes was arrested following an incident outside a bristol nightclub last month. no charges have yet been brought, with police putting no timescale on the inquiry. the team flies out to australia on 28th october. ben is such a key player. it makes such a difference to 18 when you have that genuine all—round position. ben has been that for

england for a couple of years now. i think it will be very tricky to go down there and win the ashes, but you never know. you can't rely on one person to win the ashes or any competition, but they go a long way because of the role they play. so it would be a big loss. stokes' darren ‘s team—mate jack burnham has been banned for a year after a positive drugs test. the 20 year—old — who'd been likely to feature in the england development squad this coming winter — failed the test after providing a hair sample in september. durham say burnham will receive their support in tandem with the professional cricketers' association and ecb. former two—weight world champion carl frampton has named the opponent for his comeback bout next month. he'll face mexican horacio garcia in belfast. the fight will be frampton's first contest since moving from away from long—time manager barry mcguigan to join promoter frank warren and first since losing his world featherweight title back injanuary. great britain's women have

given strong performances to leave them well—placed to secure finals spots at the world gymnastics championships in montreal. 0lympic floor bronze medallist amy tinkler only recently returned to training after injury, but the 17—year—old looks likely to make the all—around final. claudia fragapane scored well on the floor, while georgia—mae fenton performed well on uneven bars. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on theresa may's speech at the conservative party conference in manchester. the prime minister apologised for the pa rty‘s performance in the general election, saying the conservatives had not got the victory they wanted. throughout her speech theresa may was forced to pause — due to a sore throat. she clears throat so... excuse me we will never hesitate to act

where businesses are not operating as they should. let this party celebrate the wealth creators, the risk—ta ke rs, the innovators and entrepreneurs. applause she clears throat cheering and applause thank you. she clears throat applause i hope you noticed that, the chancellor giving something away free. theresa may has also tweeted pictures of struggles and other

thread medication is next to her prime ministerial box. we've been getting reaction from delegates following theresa may's speech to see whether she had their support. she was very good. she got back to some basic values of conservatism, appealing to the masses. we have to knuckle down and get on with the job. she should have gone after the election result. it was great. we we re election result. it was great. we were expecting it to be inspiring. the mood or which has been that everyone is behind her. there were loads of inspiring speeches. we were all behind theresa may. what was amazing was when there was a little uncertainty with the speech, or eve ryo ne uncertainty with the speech, or everyone got up. everyone was behind her, because it is theresa may all the way. it was an excellent speech.

she coped well with the awful cough. i felt so sorry for her. and the stuntman trying to give the pas. but the crucial message is about looking after young people, about house—building and homes for the future. i have two daughters aged 24 and 26. i want to see them getting onto the housing market, and this offers the opportunity to the young. so good on you, theresa, keep going. serve the country well. earlier my colleague spoke with the conservative and times columnist lord finkelstein. he said may's advisers would likely be disappointed with how the speech went. it takes so long to produce these speeches and obviously, you don't want to have scenes that can be used as a metaphorfor decline. what happened with the stage set,

there will be angry about that. the cough, what can you do? the prankster, there will be a security question there, but the lettering on the conference stage, they will be angry. they will also be thinking, we got the content of this right. we got the attitude right. there is a chance that if you do those things, you might shift the dial. so they will be feeling happy about that and very disappointed, because i think most people thought about halfway through the speech, it was going very well. her delivery was confident and strong, and then you had this series of mishaps. obviously, you don't want that. there are things you can say — it humanised her. she showed good spontaneity in responding to it. but if you ask the question, would you want those if you could plan it, you would say no. the tories will of course be irritated. they will not want to see the speech spoiled by things that are out of her control. 0n the other hand, if you laugh when ed miliband eats a sandwich

or trips over the stage, if you give it out, you have got to take it. how will she be feeling? it hasn't been the easiest of weeks or indeed months. and for that to happen, it is hard to keep going. she talked about a sense of duty and why she's in it. you must be thinking, why am i in this? she is good at keeping going. she will feel she found her voice. speaking for myself, because i would call myself a liberal conservative in my outlook, for me this was a congenial turn in her speech. it was quite outward looking and moderate. i felt there was an understanding that the conservative party had to implement brexit and must not tip over the economy while it was doing it. so for me, it was encouraging. she will feel she got that right. i know her quite well and she will of course be feeling a sense of frustration and she will be wondering whether there was anything she could have done to avoid that. but she is a very experienced politician and these things happen and you move on from them. does it really matter?

actually, of course they do a bit. insofar as people pay attention, they do act as a metaphor. it is not good. people do remember these weird things almost more than the rhetoric. but in the end, what will settle the conservative party's fortunes and hers is what they do on brexit, on housing and other things. inevitably, the theatre of this, because this is a theatrical event anyway, you can't complain that it is covered in that way, because that is what it is with the set and the music. inevitably, that will be covered. but was it the right message? and will this put the conservative party in with a chance of trying to respond to a national feeling? lord finkelstein never. a homeless man has beenjailed for life for a minimum of 30 years for murdering a mother and son who had helped him. 2a—year—old aaron barley admitted

murdering tracey wilkinson and her 13—year—old son pierce. ben ando reports. flowers outside the home of a woman murdered by the homeless man she had tried to help. tracey wilkinson, aged 50, and her 13—year—old son pierce were knifed to death in march. the killer, aaron barley, who she had seen sleeping in stourbridge. with the help of home—cooked meals, cash and kindness, he got back on his feet, but earlier this year, things went wrong. he'd lost his job and been thrown out of his flat, we believe. he might have been back on the streets and he decided to come and take his misfortune out on the people who tried to give him a lift in life. cctv at the family home showed barley in dark

clothing and a balaclava lurking in the garden. when mr wilkinson left to walk the dog, he went inside. afterwards, he stole the family car in an attempt to get away. their daughter lydia was away at college. they were such givers in life, they were helping people, they loved people. the fact that they've now gone and at the age of 19,, i'll never get to see my mum or my little brother again, is heartbreaking, it's indescribable pain. aaron barley has a borderline personality disorder and his parents, who died when he was very young, were related to each other as uncle and niece. but the judge was told there were no grounds for a plea of diminished responsibility. 0nly aaron barley knows why he launched such a ruthless attack. he was sent to prison for at least 30 years and after that time if still considered a risk to the public, he may never be freed. a comfort, perhaps, to those who feel they've lost

everything at the hands of a man they tried to help when he had nothing. an army fitness instructor has been accused of trying to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute. victoria cilliers almost died when both her main and reserve parachute failed to open when she made a jump over salisbury plain. the prosecution also claims her husband, emile cilliers, tried to kill her on another occasion by tampering with a gas fixture at their home. duncan kennedy reports. sergeant emile cilliers, on the left, works for the army. the prosecution say he is someone who tried to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute. leading to an accident that nearly killed her. the court heard emile cilliers and his wife victoria were experienced skydivers. victoria was a parachute instructor. but the prosecution say he wanted to leave her for another woman. they said that in april 2015 he encouraged victoria to take part in a skydive at this military base in wiltshire.

but when she jumped out of the plane, both her main parachute and reserve parachute failed to open. the court heard that she spiralled to the ground and suffered multiple injuries. it was later discovered that two pieces of equipment linking the harness to the parachute were missing. the prosecution say emile cilliers had deliberately tried to kill his wife. they also say that just one week earlier, he had made another attempt on her life by tampering with a gas fixture at their family home. they say he was £20,000 in debt and believed he would inherit £120,000 in the event of victoria's death. this area is extremely popular with parachutists, who come from all over the country to jump over salisbury plain. the prosecution said that emile cilliers deliberately tried to kill victoria here and that it was

miraculous she did not die. he denies all the charges against him. duncan kennedy, bbc news, winchester crown court. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: theresa may outlined plans for a cap on energy bills, and apologised for the failings of the general election campaign at the tory party conference. her speech was interrupted by a prank and marred by a persistent coughing fit. president trump is travelling to las vegas, where he is to meet the families of 58 people killed in sunday's mass shooting. and the eu calls for dialogue between the spanish government after the catalan president said he would make a declaration of independence in coming days. in the business news...

shares in energy companies have been falling after theresa may promised a cap on energy prices. annual bills have doubled over the past decade to an average of about £1,200. mrs may said the energy market was "broken". the european commision has ordered amazon to pay about 250 million euros in back taxes to luxembourg. the eu says luxembourg gave amazon a sweetheart deal which meant it didn't pay tax on three quarters of its profits. profits at tesco soared in the first half of the year. that figure came in at £760 million — a rise of more than 20%. it's also paying dividends for the first time in two years. how much tax should big companies pay? well, the eu thinks some tech giants just aren't paying enough. it's ruled that luxembourg gave amazon illegal tax breaks worth around 250 million euros.

amazon says it's paid all the money it legally owes. let's hear from the competition commissioner. a tax ruling granted by luxembourg has reduced amazon's tax bill in more than eight years between may 2006 and june 201a. it was notjustified. amazon now has to repay the tax benefit worth around 250 million euros. the company has said in a statement: the prime minister says she's planning a cap on energy prices.

she says she's determined to end what she—called "rip off prices. that's really hit the the share price of big energy companies. economist samuel tombs joins me economist samuel tombsjoins me now. he is coming up. what impact will this have on the company ‘s? he is coming up. what impact will this have on the company 's?m he is coming up. what impact will this have on the company 's? it will lead to a squeeze on their profit margins and we have already seen a reactor in the markets in response to the news from the conservatives. that will ease the pressure on household budgets. energy bills have been rising at twice the rate of earnings and this will deliver some welcome relief if the cap is put in place. what will be the extent of the squeeze on the energy companies? well, profit margins are relatively

tight in the energy sector as a whole and they need to retain some profits to invest more in the extra capacity that the energy sector needs going forward. so the government has to be careful not to clamp down on profits too much and shift the benefits towards the consumers. but there is scope for profit margins to be squeezed a little bit and yet for the energy sector to maintain investment going forwards. we still have to get the details of these proposals, but who would be the main beneficiaries in terms of customer 's? it seems as if the energy price cap will be targeted at the standard rates that most households fall onto. so it is designed to benefit people who do not switch that often. although energy prices have been increasing by s% energy prices have been increasing by 5% over the last year, it is just 396 by 5% over the last year, it is just 3% of households' overall energy budgets that they spend on energy. the inflation in energy this year

reflects sterli ng's the inflation in energy this year reflects sterling's depreciation more than energy price increases. so this is some help for households, but it will not alleviate the overall squeeze we are saying at the moment. ander capa to go through parliament approval process, so we will not sit introduce until next year. but the shareholders are also already punishing the companies. yes, they are treating this as bad news already. the general direction of travel from all political parties at the moment is towards an increase in regulation, so utilities are generally under performing at the moment. samuel tombs, generally under performing at the moment. samueltombs, thank you. a quick look at what the markets are doing. tesco's shares have been falling despite those healthy results. and oil companies have been a drag — that's because the price of crude has been on the slide. shares in centrica —

the owner of british gas — have also been on the slide after the prime minister's pledge to cap energy prices. and it's been similar story for sse. that's all the business news now i look at the weather. sharp contrasts across the country today. some of us managed to hang onto sunshine, particularly across southern coast counties, with a pleasa nt southern coast counties, with a pleasant afternoon in weymouth. but further north, it is a different picture. we have had more rain piling in across northern ireland, western and southern parts of scotla nd western and southern parts of scotland and that is now getting into scotland and parts of north wales. this process continues this evening and overnight. to the north, it is dry, bright and breezy. further south, dry for a time. it is dry, bright and breezy. furthersouth, dry fora time. but the range it is falling through this evening's rush hour. it will be a

wet rush hour across parts of scotla nd wet rush hour across parts of scotland and northern ireland, where we could see 30 millimetres of rain by the end of the night. and a wet rush—hour against the north—western parts of england, the rain extending into parts of north wales and northern parts of the midlands. but by and large, the further south you are, it should stay mainly dry, but much more cloud around and a strengthening breeze. the wind continues to strengthen this evening asa continues to strengthen this evening as a low pressure slides across the central part of the country for a time. it will bring more rain, but also gales. so a blustery end to the night, but a mother night than the onejust gone. the night, but a mother night than the one just gone. the strength of the wind gives us some cause for concern during the early hours of tomorrow morning, particularly through wales, the midlands and east anglia. you could see some branches down off the trees. finally, that rain clears away southwards and behind it, plenty of sunshine. but there will

bea plenty of sunshine. but there will be a few blustery showers blowing through on that brisk north—westerly wind. that wind will take the edge off highs. but the winds do slowly ease overnight. for much of the country, we will see clearer skies. with lighter winds and clearer skies, it will be a chilly night, perhaps a touch of frost in rural spots. certainly a nip in the air wherever you on friday morning. the cloud will build from the west later the afternoon. this weather front topples its way across the country on saturday. it will be quite an u nsettled on saturday. it will be quite an unsettled day. there will be outbreaks of rain on and off. nowhere will be reliably dry, i'm afraid. if you are making plans for the weekend, sunday is probably the drier day. maybe a few showers further west and in the sunshine, it should feel pleasantly warm. we arejust going

we are just going to the us secretary of state rex tillerson in washington. president trump's foreign policy goals break the mould of what people traditionally think is achievable on the half of our country. we are finding new ways to govern that deliver new victories. 0urjob is now to achieve results on behalf of america, and we are doing that. we have created international unity around our peaceful pressure campaign against north korea, including influencing china to exert unprecedented economic influence on north korea. the president rallied muslim majority nation is to assume new responsibilities for stopping terrorism. nato members are now contributing more to shared security, and our approach to south asia and specifically afghanistan means building upon our relationships with india and

pakistan to stamp out terrorism and support the afghan government in providing security for their own people. and ices's fraudulent caliphate in iraq and syria is on the brink of being completely extinguished —— isis are on the bridge of being extinguished thanks toa bridge of being extinguished thanks to a strategy from the president. what we have accomplished, we have done as a team. similarly, we have levied economic sections on north korea and related entities. countries must increasingly decide whether they will do business with north korea or with the community of peace—loving nations. ambassador hayley has spearheaded and achieved enormous success passing the toughest un sanctions to date on north korea. general mattis and i communicate virtually every day and we agree that there must be the highest level of coordination between our diplomatic efforts and