this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. a couple are found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french au—pair sophie lionnet. sophie lionnet were tortured and killed after the pair developed a bizarre obsession legends potting against them with a pop star. a warning that taxes will need to rise significantly if the nhs is to be maintained and modernised. we're going into see almost a doubling of the number of people over 85 in the next 15—20 years. they will be big sufferers, we will not have the services in place particularly to stop them going in and out of hospital, as we're seeing at the moment. a mum is suing a cornish theme park for not providing suitable toilet facilities for her severely disabled son. north korea says it will not beg for dialogue and warns of a nuclear showdown if diplomacy fails. also, the thousands of people being extorted online.

there's been a sharp rise in the number of people being blackmailed, after being tricked into performing intimate acts while being secretly recorded. and a butterfly which became extinct in england more than a0 years ago is being reintroduced at a secret location in in northamptonshire. good morning, it's thursday the 24th of may. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in the last half hour, a couple have been found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french nanny. sabrina kouider and ouissem medouni tortured and killed sophie lionnet after accusing her of colluding with former boyzone band member mark walton, with whom kouider had

previously had a relationship. afterwards, the old bailey was told that they disposed of her body on a bonfire in the garden of their two—bedroom flat near wimbledon in southwest london. our correspondent, sophie long, is at the old bailey. an absolutely horrific murder and disposal of this young hope our‘s body. tell us what has been happening in the last short while? there had been a emotional scenes as you can imagine ad court six in the old bailey this morning. sophie lionnet‘s mother sat braced for the verdict. sophie kouider entered the dark and her partner ouissem medouni stood in less head bowed as both by then been found guilty of murder. sophie kouider cried audibly and

repeaters, i didn't do it. it was, the prosecution said, one most bizarre cases to reach the old bailey that a backer sub in the past nine weeks, thejury bailey that a backer sub in the past nine weeks, the jury has sat and listened as they heard how the tortured and threatened and found four, trying to get to confess to crimes that she never committed. the judge inelastic star moments said to serve the‘s parents, i want you to know there was absolutely no true to the allegations of defendants made against your daughter. vitamin impact sectors are being read out in court. sophie's parents described the defendants as monsters who tortured and broke her daughter who took away her dignity and finally i like that backer a statement from her father said that what they did was beyond, retention and unforgettable. i went to wear sophie

lionnet spent the last year and a half of her life. sophie lionnet shy, unworthy but happy woman. she left home in france just a security days after her 20th birthday to work for a french couple in wimbledon. family would never see her again. when sophie stepped through the door of 164 wimbledon park road, she entered the obsessive and twisted world of sabrina kouider and twisted world of sabrina kouider and ouissem medouni. the couple met 18 years ago and have had on an off relationship ever since. but kouider at other boyfriends too, once she became obsessed with. mark walton, a former member of the band boyzone. she made many false, the prosecution said the postures allegations against him. she claims of it was helping him, she went as a local

newsagent saying people were harassing my family. she said, have you seen this person, and showed me a picture of a man on her phone. i questioned her, what is it with this person? she said he is a very dangerous person. why didn't your nanny do anything about it? she said the nanny was an accomplice with mark walton. i didn't know his name at the time, she said with him. mark walton and sophie lionnet had never met, but the couple would let go home until she admitted she was colluding with him. surface than the last hours of her life a prisoner here. the couple films as they tortured, they held her under water ina tortured, they held her under water in a bath threatened her with prison, with rate, whether of violence issued an confess to crimes that she hadn't committed. finally, she died. the burned her body in the garden. in the hours after they

killed sophie, the couple went about their daily business. ‘s was at centre while ouissem medouni went shopping. he bought patio cleaner and a pizza less than an hour after he set light to sophie's body. michael was thinking about going into business with the couple. in the months before her death, he got to know sophie. he fed her and try to know sophie. he fed her and try to help. she came in and i offered her chips. you can see, the way she eats, she is ravaged, she is not being fed at home. i said, i'll buy your tickets, when you get paid out your tickets, when you get paid out you can give minimise back, which was not expecting. toxic combination of the couple created a toxic world separate from reality. entering it unknowingly stepped kind, harmless sophie. behind her and ultimately

killed her in the most inhumane way. ashok heard, the couple were motivated by an obsession with mark walton of the band boyzone. he came to the court today voluntarily and gave evidence. the court heard he had not met sophie lionnet coming and not even heard of ends of the police carted them after her death. he said he had not travelled to the uk at all in 2017. mark walton has issued a statement of the bbc saying he sent his deepest condolences to sophie's parents. he went on to to say he has been deeply hurt by the tissue of lies told by sabrina kouider in court. this is only both emotionally and professionally. hopefully the prison sentences will give them time to reflect on how much pain and misery they have

caused by their actions. we have been told by the judge here that sentencing will take place on the 26th ofjune. we are expecting so because my parents a little later and a statement from the metropolitan police. gunge all to you on bbc news. thank you very much. a major report by two leading think tanks has warned that taxes may have to rise to historically high levels over the next 15 years just to maintain current standards of health and social care in the uk. they say nhs spending will need to be increased by an average of 3—4% a year because of a growing and ageing population. our health editor, hugh pym reports. the prime minister has promised a long—term funding plan for the nhs. it's expected within weeks, but there's high—level wrangling across whitehall over how much more money will be required. today, two leading think tanks, working with the nhs federation, have come up with proposals. their report says a significant funding increases will be needed because a democratic funding

increases will be needed because of demographic factors, and that'll probably mean higher taxes. the number of people aged over 85 will go up by 1.3 million over 15 years, almost as much as increase in the entire population under 65. average uk health spending increases between 2014—2016 were 2.3% per year. but the report says 3.3% per year will be needed over the next 15 years just to sustain current levels of care. even slight improvements will need increases of 4% per year. if paid for by higher taxes, that could add £2000 to household bills in 15 years' time. the real challenge here is that health and social care spending is easily biggest thing that government does and, over time, we have spent more on it. looking forward, we have more older people, increase costs, we're going to need to spend more over the next 10—15 years. if we increase the biggest bit of government spending, that's very costly, and in the long

run, that must mean higher taxes to pay for it. because it's very hard to see what else you could cut. the nhs federation said it was time for honesty and a wider public debate to try to avoid a decade of misery for the old, the sick and the vulnerable. in a moment, we'll talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is at westminster, but first lets cross to our health correspondent dominic hughes who is in salford in greater manchester. without a certain level of funding, we could be looking at a different health service, clearly there is a choice to be made? there is. the context is that there is huge growth expected in our ageing population. so you mention the figure of 1.3

million people aged over 85. also 4.4 million people over the age of 65 and also the number of people suffering from long—term, chronic illnesses are expected to rise as well. this report talked about hospital activity increasing by 40% in the next 15 years. that's the background, what it would actually mean if we were to just maintain services as they are, that would meana 3.3% services as they are, that would mean a 3.3% increase each year to maintain services and to make those small improvements, for% increase in the budget of the nhs. that could be between £1200—2000 per year in extra taxes. everyone except more money is needed for the nhs, but wearers that money going to come from? is it going to come from tax rises? there are agencies that could be made, that's ignites too, but the nhs has

been making efficiencies for the last ten years, and people acknowledge there isn't that much fat left to trim. was reaction have you been hearing this morning to this report and issues raised by it? the nhs confederation, which commissioned this report, has said this is a nettle that needs to be grassed. they are talking about a decade of misery for the old, the frail, the sick, unless politicians actually do make a decision on extra funding and fund the nhs properly over becoming years. thank you very much. crossing now typically young in westminster. speaking of choices, there is a political, economic and financial choice for the government to make. don't really hear the thoughts of the conservative government on taxes rising to

historically high—level cine same breath? and that is what is causing issues among cabinet ministers. you wa nt to issues among cabinet ministers. you want to make a big investment to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the nhs, but the question is how much does the nhs needs and how do you find it? who pays for it? and with all those other pressures and the public purse, he was going to lose out, or is ita purse, he was going to lose out, or is it a matter of higher taxes for everyone? i am joined is it a matter of higher taxes for everyone? iam joined by is it a matter of higher taxes for everyone? i am joined by the former liberal democrat health minister. do you think the politics of the idea ofa you think the politics of the idea of a different kind of nhs is not being discussed, even amongst conservatives? the idea we may have to restrict some forms of treatment? i don't think it is credible for the government guide on that road. there are people in the conservative party wa nt are people in the conservative party want to change away from the nhs model, but there is no appetite for it, they won't get support for it. that reads us with this conundrum

that the conservatives seem to be committed to sticking with the nhs model but aren't prepared to make the financial investment to make it viable and to deliver a modernised, efficient and effective nhs care system. i think the great thing about this analysis is that it's the most credible and robust analysis we've hands, and incense, set a benchmark against which we can judge what the government comes up with. in the government comes up with less with this, it might be enough. mps said the public is willing to pay more for the nhs, but a year ago this week the government tried to put forward higher taxes to pay for social care, do you think people aren't willing to pay those taxes? they weren't proposing that, they we re they weren't proposing that, they

were proposing a flawed model. and your point is a good one, any party that tries to do this on its own terms to get slaughtered by other parties, that's why it came to the conclusion ages ago that you can't do that using the normal, partisan politics. you have to work together to create a process that binds people across the political spectrum to create a national consensus. it's 1948 when the nhs was established, we need a renewal of that now. as opposed point they're making in this analysis is that we've come at the point where we have to make a choice as an asian. everyone to maintain it, we have to invest in it. do have any indication from jeremy hunt and theresa may, i know that you and some backbenchers working together, it needs to be at a higher level? they are nervous about

subcontracting any responsibility for cash to people outside governments, but in a way this is a national endeavour. if we are to establish a consensus amongst the public. simon stephens, when he raised the issue of the £350 million on that famous bus during the referendum campaign, it is the funding of the health service and the struggles be got out of it that is one of the things that make people angry about why britain isn't working as it should do. we need to confront this, and after the solution has to more money. thank you very much indeed. some difficult conversation starter be between the chancellor, who is pivotal anywhere public money goes, and the health secretary and prime minister. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: a couple from south london are found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french au—pair over a bizarre obsession involving a former pop star. leading economists have warned of the need for "substantial" tax

rises in the next 15 years to safeguard nhs funding. the mother of a severely disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park in cornwall, claiming it hasn't provided toilet facilities which are suitable for his needs. and in sports, the first test match of the summer is under way at lord's, england playing pakistan, and they've made a pretty get start, but they have just lost mark stone in the last minute or so, bowled out. this tour is 16—1 in the first test match. team please later, but the had started. a coach journey through europe to kiev for the champions league final against real madrid. simon eastwood defend his pinkjersey at the giro d'italia.

survive them, and he will become the first british rider to win the race. tens of thousands of people are being blackmailed online after being tricked into performing sex acts which are secretly filmed. figures from the national crime agency show reported cases of so—called sextortion have more than tripled in the past three years, although the real number of victims is thought to be higher. radio 1's newsbeat‘s dan whitworth has been looking into this and joins us now. just chatting to you a moment ago, i was asking you who was behind this, is it individuals blackmailing individuals, but you said it was likely gangs? you speak about who is behind this, largely belonged to

international, criminal gangs. there are based in places like the philippines, ivory coast, morocco, and the way this works they will trawl open social media channels, social media available to the public, looking for stereotypically young men in their teens and early 20s who they think might be vulnerable to exploitation and extortion. 0nce they've find this potential victims, they will engage with them in private channels, things like sky, they will use a female gang members to get intimate with that potential victim and persuade that potential victim to perform intimate acts on webcam. the issue here is that person doesn't know they're being secretly recorded by the gang. as soon as they have that footage, the gang had their blackmail tool. they are then able to hack into the data and details of the victim and say, you don't pay

us, we will send this footage to your friends, your us, we will send this footage to yourfriends, yourfamily, us, we will send this footage to your friends, your family, your work colleagues, your fellow students. and the pressure on those victims, sometimes very young men, can be intense. has serious, consequences be? as serious as it gets. the national crime agency says it knows of at least by instances where young men, 117, in particular, were so desperate they other was no other way out and they take their own lives. that has repercussions on families and kim unities who are devastated by this. those are the most extreme cases. we spoke to one person in his mid—20s, so perhaps a bit more mature and able to deal with the pressure, he did end up paying several hundred pounds in two insta nces, paying several hundred pounds in two instances, but eventually found the courage to go to the police. basically, what happened was the screen i was looking

at flipped and i was watching myself back on a short loop. as soon as i saw the screen flip, i thought, i know what's coming, because i know this type of thing happens, but ijust never expected it to happen to me, you never do. they said, we want 600 quid or we're going to share this to all your friends and family. it certainly felt almost sinister at that point. at that point, it felt more real than just a scam, where someone's trying to rip you off. at that point, it became serious. i said, i can't pay 600, don't have 600, i've not had 600 for a long time. and there's no way i'm going to be able to get that for you. they said, fine, 500. i said, no, i've not got that either. the most i can give you is 150. and they gave me their name and details of where to send it and the country, which in this case happened to be the philippines, and i sent the 150. but then they did ask for the same, they tried to ask more after that on a second occasion via the same way. and that was it, ijust send another 150. so since, i've been

struggling for moeny, trying to get rid of stuff, sell things, that kind of stuff. have there been any prosecutions of this type of crime? numbers on that according to the nca are difficult to come by because of the international nature of the gangs behind it. there been successful prosecutions in places like poland. the nca is a they're working well with authorities in places like morocco to try and cut down on it. what is the advice from police is someone what is the advice from police is someone falls victim to these gangs? resample message, don't panic, don't pay, call the police. the mother of a disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park forfailing to provide an appropriate disabled toilet for her son. rachel george claims flambards theme park in cornwall failed to make reasonable adjustments for her son adam because it did not provide a specialised changing places toilet. but the park's manager says installing such a facility would be unreasonably expensive. our legal correspondent

clive coleman reports. three, two, one, go! adam george was born with a genetic condition that affects his muscles, voice and make some a full—time wheelchair user. he also has autism, but it hasn't held him back. in orderto also has autism, but it hasn't held him back. in order to use the toilet, and needs a hoist, a changing table and more space than you'd find any standard disabled toilet. adam loves going to flambards theme park, but it doesn't have a toilet and changing facilities for his needs. so when a family visit, they need to hire a mobile toilet which can cost hundreds of pounds. adam's mother is pa rt hundreds of pounds. adam's mother is part of changing places a group looking to provide access for

disabled people in the uk who need this kind of equipment and space to use the toilet safely. i think a place like flambards, a theme park where they expect people to arrive in the morning, stay all day, eat, drink, stay in the evening, stay for the fireworks, i think, per se, drink, stay in the evening, stay for the fireworks, ithink, per se, with expected reasonable i can use a toilet when i go there, so why shouldn't adam ? why toilet when i go there, so why shouldn't adam? why shouldn't all disabled people have their targeting needs met with dignity and safety? this is a fixed changing plays, big with a powerful voice, but it's fit for adam. under the equality act, all is a risk as riders are expected to make reasonable provisions for people with abilities. so, is expecting a business to provide something on the scale reasonable? flambards says it isn't and is defending the legal action brought by rachel george. is causality is --

includes a day is important to us. have to bear in mind there is an overall cost to put in a full on changing places units, and we have been told it would cost in excess of £40,000. that would have an effect onjobs, possibly. £40,000. that would have an effect on jobs, possibly. what £40,000. that would have an effect onjobs, possibly. what we have done as an interim stage is but in a mobile hoist and a changing bed. adam just wants to spend days out with his friends, but that depends in part on what the law decides is reasonable for others to provide in making sure he can use the toilet. the number of people living in the uk who were born overseas increased by 200,000 last year. the office for national statistics says the rise was mainly due to an increase in eu nationals. the largest increase for an individual country between 2016 and 2017 was seen for those born in romania, and those with romanian nationality. we can speak to our

correspondent danny shaw. take us through the latest points? the correlation of the uk is increasing, that is perhaps no surprise. it is gone up to an estimated 65,100,000 in the last year, in increase of 200,000. according to the 0ns, most of that is included in the increase of eu national is coming to live in britain. in particular, we have seen a large number of romanian nationals arriving. people with romanian nationality have now moved into second place in the table of foreign citizens behind poland, 1 million people with polish nationality, romeu was next with 411,000 in britain, followed by the republic of ireland. in the context of brexit,

it is interesting the number of applications for british citizenship? what we can see quite clearly is the brexit affects. people from the eu living in britain wa nt people from the eu living in britain want the certainty they are going to be able to live here after britain leaves the eu. then rub applications by eu nationals or british citizenship has almost doubled, going up by 18,000 2/40 thousand in the 12 months to the end of march. almost the number of people who want those permanent residence cards has also gone up at historically high levels. around 168,000 cards were issued in the calendar year 2017. still very high levels there. again, people from the eu wanting to prove they can lead in britain permanently. this isn'tjust looking at people moving to the uk, this is

the population increasing through bursts as well, how is that looking? births increasing as well, but most of the increase is due to migration. 0ne of the increase is due to migration. one of the districts we haven't got is the net migration figure. the government's target to get it below 100,000, we don't have that figure because of a problem with the collection of statistics. i think will have to wait another couple of months before we get the latest net migration figure and see in the government's any closer to achieving sustainable levels of net migration. thank you. it's at 1130 and let's get the weather forecast. more warm sunshine in the weather coming up. saw thunderstorms last night across southern parts of england, but for

the time being, here and are at least, sunny spells and for much of northern england, scotland and northern ireland away from the north sea coast, where it is going to rain, quite cloudy and cool into the afternoon. show was likely for wales and southern england, particularly the south west where the show was good and heavy and thundery. up into the midlands, dry and bright weather with temperatures up into the high teens and low 20s. into tonight, further showers spreading into england and wales. a game, could be heavy and thundery. during friday, we will see those thundery showers affecting eastern england, the midlands, wales and northern ireland. either side of that, some sunshine. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... a french couple have been found guilty of murdering their 21—year—old au pair

sophie lionnet, after holding her prisoner for months at their home in south—west london. 0uissem medouni told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouider had become jealous of her. leading economists say "substa ntial" tax increases will be needed to safeguard the future funding of the nhs. the institute for fiscal studies and the health foundation say the average uk household will need to pay an extra twelve—hundred pounds a yearjust to maintain current levels of care. the mother of a severely disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park in cornwall, claiming it hasn't provided toilet facilities which are suitable for his needs. the theme park says inclusivity is important, but the toilet would cost more than £40,000. and north korea has called the us vice—president, mike pence, ignorant and stupid, and said a planned summit between the two countries is now at risk. pyongyang has reacted angrily

to an interview given by mr pence in which he said north korea could end up like libya if it doesn't make a deal with washington. now sport with hugh. and is an early wicket against pakistan. they decided to bat, but mark stoneman bowled by mohammed abbasi. just the fourth odour of the day —— fourth over of the day. joe root has moved himself up a place in the order and is currently 22 forewarned. the first morning for england. some of the ball fans have started the journey to kiev for the champions league final against real madrid. coaches were boarded near anfield at seven o'clock this morning for what will be an exhausting germany. they will go

through belgium and germany before arriving sometime on saturday morning, a trip of around 48 hours. the team believes to kiev later today, a little later than the fans, and adam alanna says liverpool head to the final as a team moulded in their manager's image. they are hoping to play after an injury plagued season and said if they win against real madrid, it will be what jurgen klopp dissolves salt —— deserves. what he has had on this group of lads this season and especially in the champions league, it builds the atmosphere up in anfield and the atmosphere is absolutely remarkable. it will be more of the same of it in a kiev, liverpool fans from everywhere it has been great to have him at the

front of our team and how we perform on the pitch illustrates what he is asa on the pitch illustrates what he is as a manager. there is no english tea m as a manager. there is no english team involved, but there is a star english player in today's women's champions league final. she plays for the french club lyon if you are the defending champions. you can also watch that on the red button of fired the bbc sport website. robert peres says arsene wenger‘s philosophy will live on under the club's a new manager. he is taking over after his reign and he says he likes to play the same kind of football. he's also happy to help him do that as one of his coaching staff if he is asked i can propose my staff if he is asked i can propose l staff if he is asked i can propose my help because i know the guys, the squad and i think i can help the new manager and i can help arsenal

because i have a very good feeling with the players. so if he wants to work together, i will say yes. no problem, i am ready, of course. leeds united could follow in the footsteps of arsenal and manchester united in doing a deal to sell part of the club to american investors who also own and nfl franchise. they have bought a minority stake for £10 million with the majority owner. it is for the partnership will allow the club to have extra funds for tra nsfers the club to have extra funds for transfers was they could play matches at the 49ers levi stadium. simon yates will defend his lead at the giro d'italia. there is only one further stage after that as he attem pts further stage after that as he atte m pts to further stage after that as he attempts to become the first briton to win the race. he finished in the main bunch in a wet stage and faces

a tough challenge today. that is be spoiled for now. thank you very much, see you later. let's get more now on the claim this morning that taxes will need to rise significantly to fund the nhs in coming years. two leading think tanks project that taxes would have to be go up to historically high levels just to keep the level of care we have at the moment. but what could this mean for the devolved nations? 0wain clarke is the bbc wales health correspondent. we can speak to him now. he is in cardiff. good morning. health spending forms a huge chunk of the overall welsh budget, so bring us up—to—date with the state of play. yes, the welsh government every year spends around £7 billion on health and care. that is a big number, but it is particularly significant because that figure of £7 billion befafe that fae ef e? bibs}?! ~ , ~ , ,,, , ,

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up taxes? up until now, the welsh government hands has had its hands tied. it has had a budget from westminster, it could not until then raise its own income. that is changing, the welsh government has been given some limited powers to raise its own taxes. but in future might see them raise a levy on social care to fund social care, but i think it is fair to say a lot of the decisions in wales have had to be made in the context of how much money the uk government invests in public services. if taxes do go up across the uk, that would give the welsh government more freedom to choose, perhaps, to invest more in health and care, although all the analysis suggest there needs to be a significant injection of moneyjust to stand still. thank you very much. we're going over to belfast now

where the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has made a speech about brexit and the future border between northern ireland and the repubic of ireland — he's now answering questions — let's listen in but have a listen to this. we are playing our role in calling for a yes vote in the south of ireland as they have a referendum. this year i think it is fair to say, for the union and our many students, it has been a challenge in terms of lobbying politicians for the political change and social change we want to see and fighting for that socialjustice, issues like lgbt, equal marriage. i am delighted one of the mp5 has sponsored that

private members' bill to introduce equal marriage which has unfortunately been locked at the moment. also, brexit. my question to you, talking of the helpful message for the future year, but in terms of the message to political parties, where do see students coming into that conversation, what role do you see students and the union is happening, how can they issue the conversation to build a future for a better northern ireland for everyone? we can take a couple of questions. professor at ulster university, delighted to hear you reiterate no return to hardboard, but i suppose my question will be, is it not possible and preferable to simply remain within the customs union and the single market rather than go through a long, protracted negotiation where we don't know what the outcome would be.

applause yellow mac journey? thank you for your questions. well done on your work of president as the students union. it was great to meet you earlier on and you are quite right about the work done on a civil rights in this university. when you think about it, any conflict anywhere in the world sta rts conflict anywhere in the world starts with an abuse of human rights, starts with age and i love basic rights, a closing off of the democratic process and the work that has been done in weems is iconic in changing all of that. this bill is one week strongly support, i'm not sure i give you much optimism of it getting through in its current form in parliament because of the status of the bill itself, but the

principle behind it is one we absolutely support and support the campaign to bring it about. a similar bill is being introduced in the lords as well. with the student influence, i think last year it was shown that not so much young people and students were not interested in politics but that bat for a very long time, politics had not been interested in young people or stu d e nts interested in young people or students and ignored them. hence we have had a process all over britain of increasing university fees, less funding to support individual stu d e nts funding to support individual students into further and higher education, and we put forward a proposal to completely change that in our manifesto for the many not the few, where we would end fees at universities and colleges and we would give real parity of esteem to those undertaking vocational qualifications as much as academic ones. societies need lawyers,

engineers, they also need a electrician ‘s, electronic engineers and planners and carpenters. you cannot work without all of those, all of those skill sets. how can you influence politics? by what you are doing, by speaking up, by supporting rights for students and the contribution you are making to political debate as a whole. so that the message has to be we want the re—establishment of the political agreement install mod so that annan and can be re—established. it is not credible to go one for so long with impasse and nothing happened and civil servants... a flavour of what the labour leader is saying at the speech and q and a session at queen's university in belfast. talking about the body, saying the labour party will not support any deal that returns a hardboard between the two countries. an international team

investigating the shooting down of malaysia airlines flight mh17 over ukraine four years ago have named the russian army unit that supplied the buk missile. thejoint investigation team said it came from the russian army's 53rd anti—aircraft missile brigade in kursk. all 298 people on board the flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur were killed. the official conclusion, announced by wilbert paulissen, the head of the national criminal investigation service of the national police of the netherlands and he confirmed that russian military missiles were involved. translation: we are convinced that our findings confirm the conclusion that the missile that was used originated from the 53rd brigade of the russian federation. you will now see the animation of our findings. it contains several images made along the way, the long way, that this missile travelled on the 23rd, 24th and 25th ofjune 2014.

the images shot during the route allowed the team to compare those images to those of 17 and 18july 2014 and the so—called fingerprint of the missile. eventually, this led to the match. jon donnisonjoins me now. he has been following this story for rose. top we have learnt a lot from that and there were gasps from the media and others as this missile was displayed at the news conference. it was up on the table and podium and they pulled the podium and there was part of this missile. this is a joint investigation led by the dutch, some two thirds of the passengers were from the netherlands. we have also many other nations involved. what is new today, this investigation has said it was

russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine who shot down this plane. what we have heard today is they have named the russian military unit from where they say the missile came. they said it was the 53rd anti—aircraft missile brigade just over the border in ukraine in kursk. that is the first time we have heard director russian military involvement. has there been any response to that specifically? not yet, no, and russia has long denied any involvement, it has said that this plane was shot down either by ukrainian forces on the ground by the ukrainian air force. by ukrainian forces on the ground by the ukrainian airforce. russia has refused to take part in any kind of international investigation, but this of course is a criminal investigation that is taking place in the netherlands, this is the largest criminal investigation in dutch history and they are looking to bring people to court and they have said that they will do that

evenin have said that they will do that even in absentia and even if they cannot extradite people from ukraine onrush of. thank you very much. civil have a summary of the business news. a couple from south london are found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french au—pair over a bizarre obsession involving a former pop star. leading economists have warned of the need for "substantial" tax rises in the next 15 years to safeguard nhs funding. the mother of a severely disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park in cornwall, claiming it hasn't provided toilet facilities which are suitable for his needs. hello, iam ben hello, i am ben thomson. retail sales rose by more than expected last month — up by 1.6% as consumers resumed spending after the cold weather earlier in the year.

0nly department stores reported a fall in sales — down 0.9%. experts say the rise is due to a weak start to the year, rather than a rebound in consumer spending. deutsche bank has said it will slash its global workforce by 7000 as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs and boost profits. the bank said that it lose up to 25% of staff in its equities and trading businesses. global trade tensions could be about to shift up a gear. the trump administration has launched an investigation into car and truck imports. it could lead to new us tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminium back in march. president trump says the imports could threaten national security. more on that bounce back in retail sales — up by 1.6% last month. the rise was much better than forecast, but is largely due to the cold weather earlier in the year that put off shoppers

rather than a boost to overall spending. joining us now isjohn stevenson, a retail analyst, at the independent corporate broking, advisory and trading house, peel hunt. good morning. better than expected, but we have to be clear, the figures earlier were so terrible because of the cold weather. these are things getting a bit more back to normal. that is right. march was terrible, one of the biggest for the reasons for the pick—up was for petrol. it is nothing to get excited about that. as the weather is getting better, there are a few signs of shoots coming through. we are seeing inflation coming available but, will displays —— disposable income starting to come up. it is easy for retailers and for us to criticise them with blaming the weather, but it is so important to

get things in the stars at the right time, and with an early easter this year it meant a slight change of when they can get their products out on the shelves. easter last year was late and the weather was good so it was perfect conditions and it gets you off to a great start to spring summer. it ta kes great start to spring summer. it takes the pressure off in terms of stock levels as the season goes on. now starting rate and with clothing sales not getting going until may, it means there is a bit more pressure, maybe some more discount activity to get stuff shifted before summer. good to talk to you. thank you for explaining that. straight to the old bailey. this is the detective. i believe that we are sophie's forest talking of the abuse and torture seizure suffered and today she is finally being heard. this has been a harrowing case, both sabrina

kouider and 0uissem medouni. .. sophie was systematically abused, humiliated and tortured, but we will never know the full extent of the horrors sophie had to endure as not all the interrogations were recorded full stop even in death, the torture, abuse and humiliation continued by placing her body into a suitcase with no regards for burial before taking the decision to burn her in an attempt to hide the murderous act. during the trial, the abuse at you malaysia sobhi continued as sabrina patroclus are to be the victim and made wild accusations against sophie and her mother. it was clear together they made the decision to torture so big and then callously blamed each other. they were determined to do whatever they could to get what they wa nted whatever they could to get what they wanted and neither one took any helps to help sophie. it was always about them. i cannot imagine what

files were going to sophie's mind whilst being a prisoner in the days leading up to her death, but from the harrowing images, it shows a scared, broken, tortured and emaciated young girl who probably knew she was shortly facing death. by knew she was shortly facing death. by burning her body to such an extent they deprived her family saying goodbye. no one has the right to ta ke saying goodbye. no one has the right to take that away, no one. it shows their cruel nature that they would ta ke their cruel nature that they would take any their cruel nature that they would ta ke a ny steps their cruel nature that they would take any steps to save themselves. there were no boundaries for these two, no humanity or compassion. i cannot praise sophie's family enough throughout the trial. i have seen their suffering as they sat listening to the abuse and torture their daughter endured at the hands of them. listening to her prize, hearing the fear in her voice meant she was alone with no one to help her. watching the videos of sophie's

interrogation not recognising a bad jobs are due to her emaciated state. her parents are the one serving a life sentence. i would like to thank the french and seeing consulate along with those involved in the prosecution of the case and highlight the excellent work of my investigation team in their commitment in getting justice for sophie. that was the detective inspector outlining the horrific final months of yellow pear sophie lionnet saying she had been systematically abused, humiliated and tortured, some of which was recorded by the couple found guilty today of her murder in death, that abuse continued with the disposal of her body and the detective inspector said the abuse continued during the trial with the wild allegations made

against the young oh pair. she said there were no boundaries to the two, no humanity and no compassion. she reflected that the young au pair, just 21 years old had been tortured and was in and emaciated state at the time at the time of her death. they had robbed her of her life, robbed herfamily they had robbed her of her life, robbed her family and friends of the chance to ever see her again and by burning her body, had also further robbed them of a chance to say goodbye to her. so that is the statement from police at the end of that horrific murder trial. north korea is once again threatening to reconsider taking part in a summit with president trump next month.

a close aide to kim jong—un said it is entirely up to the us to decide whether to meet at a table or engage in a nuclear showdown. in a sharply—worded statement, pyongyang said it would not beg for a dialogue with the us and dismissed vice—president mike pence for his "dumb and stupid" comments, likening north korea's situation to that of libya as a country which gave up its nuclear capability. 0ur correspondent in seoul — rupert wingfield hayes — explained what appeared to be the root of the problem — and whether this is a really a backward step. it does feel like we are going back to the situation at the end of last year when the us government and the north korean regime where throwing very strongly worded and choice words at each other. i think this is, there is something particular about this in that north korea is expressing very clearly that it will never accept a libya deal and that

the trump administration and its officials should stop talking about the libya model. and i think that is what this statement is doing, stop using the word libya, we will never ever agree to anything like a libya deal and we are not libya, we are a nuclear power. a bank in northern ireland is putting a new spin on bank notes. ulster bank is issuing vertical five and ten pound notes from next year. the bank is replacing its older paper notes with polymer ones and when they're released they'll be the only upright sterling notes in circulation. utterly distinctive! and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. this is quite a special moment for a couple of one—year—old armenian bear cubs. they're being released into the wild after being rescued when their mother was killed a year ago.

it's the work of an international animal rescue charity based here in britain. they've been fitted with gps collars, so the charity can track their movements. the charity is hoping to release around 80 caged bears into the wild. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather. (05) thank you. we have sunshine at the moment across northern parts of the uk, further south, a bit cloudy this morning. 0utbreaks uk, further south, a bit cloudy this morning. outbreaks of rain, showers, thunderstorms. beautiful scene in cumbria rat the moment. a different story along the north sea coast, like the last few days, low cloud here in scarborough at the moment. a bit of cloud towards southern parts. we will see showers developing

across wales, down to the south—east, some showers on the habits side, perhaps some thunder as they drift their way further westward into the afternoon. further north, plenty of sunshine away from the north sea coast where it will remain cloudy and misty and bezzecchi and quite cruel, temperatures in the low teens. elsewhere, sunshine and temperatures up elsewhere, sunshine and temperatures up to the low 20s, but a muggy feel for the southern areas with the cloud and showers. tonight, showers becoming more extensive, across parts of england and wales. but see, mist and fog plagues the eastern code, drifting a bit more inland again. 0vernight temperatures down to 12-14 again. 0vernight temperatures down to 12—14 agrees in the south. during friday, you can see the showers which will be heavy, perhaps thundery, parts of the midlands and wales with those. should stay dry in scotla nd wales with those. should stay dry in scotland and northern ireland, way from the north sea coast and late in

the day, sunny spells developing across southern parts. again, the temperatures getting into the high teens. into the weekend, it will turn one, willaircoming teens. into the weekend, it will turn one, will air coming from the continent will bring temperatures up to 28 celsius, even across scotland there are temperatures in the midge 20s. there are temperatures in the midge 205. with there are temperatures in the midge 20s. with the heat, increased moisture from the weather fronts also coming in from the south, that will kick off some of thunderstorms. this is saturday's forecast, storms likely towards south—west england, south wales, one or two further north. for many of us on saturday, it will be sunny, even the coast, we lose the mist and fog, so the temperatures up. elsewhere, the temperatures up. elsewhere, the temperatures up. elsewhere, the temperatures up to to the mid—20s atop the temperatures continue to rise into sunday, but the risk of some thundery showers. bank holiday monday, it is working fine with sunshine and the temperatures up to around 23—27. bye—bye.

this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. a couple from south london are found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french au pair sophie lionnet. sophie lionnet was tortured and killed after the couple developed a bizarre obsession that she was plotting against them with a former pop star. it was clear that, together, they made the decision to torture we will never know the full extent of the horrors of had to ensure. a warning that taxes will need to rise significantly if the nhs is to be maintained and modernised. we're going to see almost a doubling of the number of people over 85 in the next 15—20 years. they will be big sufferers, we will not have the services in place particularly to stop them going in and out of hospital, as we're seeing at the moment. a mum is suing a cornish

theme park for not providing suitable toilet facilities for her severely disabled son. if you've got a room with a toilet and basic quality there, you can get hoists fitted and a changing table m, hoists fitted and a changing table in, it isn't difficult. also, more details about the shooting down of flight mh17 in 2014. investigators say the missile that downed the malaysia airlines flight over eastern ukraine belonged to a russian brigade. and a butterfly which became extinct in england more than 40 years ago is being reintroduced at a secret location in northamptonshire. good afternoon.

it's thursday the 24th of may. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a couple has been found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french aupair. sabrina koudier and 0uissem medouni tortured and killed sophie lionnet after accusing her of colluding with former boyzone band member mark walton, with whom koudier had previously had a relationship. the old bailey was told that they disposed of her body on a bonfire in the garden of their flat in southwest london. 0ur correspondent, sophie long, is at the old bailey. police saying there were no boundaries to these two, no humanity, no compassion as they acted against the young au pair, an absolutely horrible case? yes, throughout this nine—week trial we

have heard how the couple treated there au pair, sophie lionnet, who was only 21, as less than human. immediately after the jury delivered their verdict, thejudge immediately after the jury delivered their verdict, the judge asked the defendant to remain quiet was they hired from sophie's parents. they had sat through much of a trial and listen to some harrowing evidence. sophie's mother sat quietly as she listened to evidence about the couple torturing her daughter. her mother said, those monsters repeatedly beat sophie, they start, tortured her until she could no longerfight. it tortured her until she could no longer fight. it took away her dignity and finally her life painfully ebbed away and also the struggle to take her final, terrified breath in the bath. we also heard from herfather, he said sophie was my pride and joy. he encouraged sophie to come to england asaau encouraged sophie to come to england as a au pair, you have the experience would help it become more

independent, mature and confident. if you knew what would happen to her, that she would undergo such physical and mental torture, he would never encourage her to leave and he would still have his little girl. i went to wear sophie spent the last 18 months of her life. sophie lionnet, a shy, unworldly but happy young woman. she left her home in france just a few days after her 20th birthday to work as an au pair for a french couple in wimbledon. herfamily would never see her again. when sophie stepped through the door of 164 wimbledon park road, she entered the obsessive and twisted world of sabrina kouider and 0uissem medouni. the couple met 18 years ago and have had on—off relationship ever since. but kouider had other boyfriends too, one she became obsessed with. mark walton, a former member of the band boyzone. she made many false, the prosecution said preposterous

allegations against him. she claimed sophie was helping him, she even went in the local newsagent, saying people he was harassing herfamily. she said, have you seen this person, and showed me a picture of a man on her phone. i questioned her, what is it with this person? she said he is a very dangerous person. why didn't your nanny do anything about it? she said the nanny was complicit with mark walton. i didn't know his name at the time, she said with him. mark walton and sophie lionnet had never met, but the couple wouldn't let sophie go home until she admitted she was colluding with him. sophie spent the last hours of her life a prisoner here. the couple filmed her as they tortured her, they held her under water in a bath and threatened her with prison, with rape, with further violence if she didn't confess to crimes that she hadn't committed.

finally, she died. they burned her body in the garden. in the hours after they killed sophie, the couple went about their daily business. koudier was at a trampolining centre while medouni went shopping. he bought patio cleaner and a pizza less than an hour before he set light to sophie's body. michael was thinking about going into business with the couple. in the months before her death, he got to know sophie. he fed her and tried to help. she came in and i offered her chips. you can see, the way she eats, two things — either she has to rush back home, or she is not being fed. she has no food, the way she eats it. i said, i'll buy your ticket, when you get paid, you can give give me the money back, which i was not expecting. the toxic combination of the koudier and medouni created a unhealthy and dangerous world,

quite separate from reality. into it unknowingly stepped kind, harmless sophie. they harmed her and ultimately killed her in the most inhumane way. in the last few moments we have heard from the metropolitan police who talked about what an extremely harrowing and tragic case this was. they said we would never know how much torture sophie actually enjoyed. —— endurance. as the chief officer in this case, i am satisfied the verdict has brought somejustice to sophie, am satisfied the verdict has brought some justice to sophie, but can never bring her back. i believe we are sophie's voice telling of the torture she suffered and today she is finally being heard. this has been a harrowing case. both sabrina

kouider and 0uissem medouni robert sophie lionnet of a promising life and took from a family and friends who will never get to see a beloved daughter, sister and friends. she was systematically abused committee related and tortured, but will never fully know the extent of the horrors she had to ensure as not all the tortures were recorded. even in death, the torture, human nation and abuse continued by placing her partially clothed body into a suitcase, before taking the callous decision to ban her in an attempt to hide their murderous act. again, during the trial, the abuse of sophie continued as sabrina portrayed herself to be the victim and made wild accusations against sophie and her mother. it was clear that together they made the decision to torture sophie and then currently blamed each other for her death. they were determined to do whatever it took to get what they wanted, and neither wanted any steps to help

sophie. it was always about them. i cannot imagine what thoughts were going through sophie's mind are being held a prisoner in those ten days going up to her death, but from the images obtained with so scared, tortured and emaciated young girl he probably knew she was shortly facing death. they have denied sophie's family the proper ability to say their goodbyes. no—one should take that from a father, no—one. ages the cruelty that kouider and 0uissem medouni would take. they displayed no compassion. sophie's family have maintained dignity throughout the trial, they sat listening to the abuse and torture that their daughters suffered. listening to her cries, hearing the fear in her voice, knowing she was alone with no to help our. watching the videos of

sophie's interrogation, not recognising their own daughter, due to have emaciated she had become. these memories will live with them forever and they are the ones really serving a life sentence. i would also like to thank the french embassy and consulate further assistance in the prosecution of this case and also highlight the excellent work of my investigation tea m excellent work of my investigation team and a commitment to getting justice for sophie. thank you. the court heard the couple remote of eight or by what the prosecution called a truly preposterous aggregations against sabrina kouider‘s former boyfriend mark walton. mark watt offered their statements, offering his deepest condolences to sophie's parents and family. he said i had been deeply hurt about the tissue of lies... sentencing will now take place on

the 26th june. thank you very much. the mother of a disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park forfailing to provide an appropriate disabled toilet for her son. rachel george claims flambards theme park in cornwall failed to make reasonable adjustments for her son adam because it did not provide a specialised changing places toilet. but the park's manager says installing such a facility would be unreasonably expensive. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. three, two, one, go! adam george was born with a genetic condition that weakens his muscles, affects his voice and makes him a full—time wheelchair user. he also has autism, but it hasn't held him back. in order to use the toilet, adam needs a hoist, a changing table and more space than you'd find any

standard disabled toilet. adam loves going to flambards theme park, but it doesn't have a toilet and changing facilities suitable for his needs. so when the family visit, they need to hire a mobile toilet which can cost hundreds of pounds. adam's mother is part of changing places, a group looking to increase access for 250,000 disabled people in the uk in the uk who need this kind of equipment and space to use the toilet safely. i think a place like flambards, a theme park where they expect people to arrive in the morning, stay all day, eat, drink, stay in the evening, stay for the fireworks, i think, i personally would expect it reasonable i could use a toilet when i go there, so why shouldn't adam? why shouldn't all disabled people have their toileting needs met with dignity and safety?

this is a fixed changing place, big with a powerful hoist, that is fit for adam. under the equality act, all service providers are under a duty to make reasonable provisions for people with disabilities. so, question, is requiring a business to provide something on this scale reasonable? flambards says it isn't and is defending the legal action brought by rachel george. inclusivity is important to us to ensure everyone has access to our park and the rides. you have to bear in mind there is an overall cost to putting in a full—on changing places unit, and we have been quoted it would cost in excess of £40,000. that would have an effect onjobs, possibly. what we have done as an interim stage is put in a mobile hoist and a changing bed.

adam just wants to spend days out with his friends, but that depends in part on what the law decides is reasonable for others to provide in making sure he can use the toilet. joining me now is robert meadowcroft, he's from the changing places consortium, which campaigns for increase access for those who need extra space, hoists and changing tables provided in toilet facilities. he's also the chief executive of muscular dystrophy uk. thank you for coming along. you're talking about the equality act and saying it's only when we see cases such as the georges fighting for these changing places toilets we get a more precise into traditional law, which you believe is needed? we are grateful that the equality act has

been passed, now we need to make sure it is fully implemented, including everyone in society, removing barriers. this case is highlighting those issues. and you wa nt to highlighting those issues. and you want to see building regulations change? we want all new buildings to be fully accessible with a checking places facility. it cannot be extended to make it a requirement that larger facilities, like this theme park, should have a changing places facility. obviously, if these can be included right from the outset, it is cheaper, rather than changing after—the—fact. without getting into too much detail, do you think it's down to the fault of the law as it stands and building regulations as they stand rather than individual premises or businesses? aping businesses on the whole would find in the best for all their customers. the cost is not

prohibitive, the average cost of an adaptation is between 12 and five and 50,000. but there is a business case too. the cost of not making the change, and the —— £12—15,000. there isa change, and the —— £12—15,000. there is a dignity question as well, the cost of not doing this is the impact on families and people with the need for those facilities. how big a problem is this? how many more of these changing places facilities are needed? substantially more. some parts of the country are better served than others. we've now got 1100, so it's the right direction of travel. but this bead of travel needs to be accelerated, let's put it that way. thank you very much. breaking news from north korea,

south korean journalists in breaking news from north korea, south koreanjournalists in north korea have confirmed that the north korean state has dismantled its nuclear test site, according to a local news agency. because they are saying north korea blew up its only known nuclear test site on thursday the 24th of may, taking an initial step towards demutualisation. what i've seen is that some tunnels have been blown up, and the statement says the north dynamited the northern underground tunnel at this test site in a remote, northeast pa rt test site in a remote, northeast part of north korea at around 11am local time. south korean journalists amongst foreign media invited to look at other tunnels destroyed, followed by the explosion of barracks and other facilities on the grounds. so, these are part of the

steps towards a potential summit, the planned summit between donald trump and kimjong—un, although, as you are trump and kimjong—un, although, as you a re left trump and kimjong—un, although, as you are left heard today, pyongyang hasissued you are left heard today, pyongyang has issued a rather stern statement about those comments made by the us vice president mike pence when he was comparing north korea to libya. weekend night to our corresponded in seoul, what are you hearing about the steps taken towards the dismantling of test site facilities at this location in north korea? this is where all six nuclear blasts from north korea took place somewhere in the last few years. a group of hand—picked journalists we re group of hand—picked journalists were allowed to witness it, we believe there on their way back. what we are being told is that was a series of explosions, first in the afternoon, to blow up the tunnels around this nuclear site. the

nuclear tests a re around this nuclear site. the nuclear tests are carried out in a series of tunnels, right deep in the mountains in the northeast part of north korea. this is a site that is very remote, it takes a long time to get to, which is why the news is taking so long to filter through. as you mentioned, when it comes to the step, this was something announced by north korea last month, before kim jong—un had even by north korea last month, before kimjong—un had even gone to meet residents moon at the historic summit at the border between the two careers. before president trump had agreed to meet the north korean leader. so when it comes to the steps it's taking, north korea is saying it is doing all it can to show it is willing to remove nuclear weapons and take part in a peace process. this is part of what the deal they were offering. however, when you speak to analysts and experts, they say this site may have been badly damaged during previous

blasts anyway. also, some believe that because it was not taken part, the exposure is gone in front of experts, they could be reversible. there are a few worries about whether or not this process is legitimate, that the site itself has been fully dismantled. however, north korea was a it's doing all it can to show good well ahead of any meeting with president trump. we're seeing a different facets of this process , seeing a different facets of this process, that news coming in from north korea, also though, pyongyang saying it is unhappy with comments from the us vice president mike pence. you kind of wonder how this pathway towards a summit is balanced, whether it's going to work out? those comments from kim jong—nam and, one who has closest

aides, in describing mike pence a stupid and ignorant about his comments about libya were bound to anger the north. when it comes to the warning, the issued a warning last week to the united states after john bolton did exactly the same on a sunday morning programme. the issued a warning and said if this was a comparison that continues, they would no longer take part in they would no longer take part in the summit, and then mike pence went and did it again. now, careful diplomacy requires careful messaging, and north korea currently believes, in regards to the statements, that the discipline of diplomacy is not being showing by the united states. it will feel that it is taking all the necessary steps and still not getting what it needs, the reassurance it needs, from the united states. when it comes to the issue of removing nuclear weapons, the huge gap is and what the two

sides believe. the us wanted done quickly, and then north korea gets rewards. was career once a phased approach, step—by—step. they hand over some weapons, they get rewards along the way. they wanted to be a longer—term process. because of the gap between this two views of the process , gap between this two views of the process, it is going to be difficult for them to get together and do a deal in singapore. degassing we do understand that both sides in south korea remain optimistic it will go ahead. thank you very much for that donald trump has been appearing on fox & friends this is what he had to say. will you be in singapore on june 12? we'll see what happens, they have certain conditions. there isa they have certain conditions. there is a good chance it will be a great thing for north korea. 0f is a good chance it will be a great thing for north korea. of it happens, it will be a great thing. it will be a great thing for the

world, we'll see what happens. and you get with a phase in it that is what is required? physically, a phase in maybe a little necessary, it would have to be rapid, but like to see it done. just checking donald trump smacked into account no comment from him as yet on this news from north korea that is nuclear test site in the remote north east of the country that some destruction of the country that some destruction of the country that some destruction of the facilities there has been going on this morning, but we will look for any reaction from the president. a major report by two leading think tanks has warned that taxes may have to rise to historically high levels over the next 15 years just to maintain current standards of health and social care in the uk. they say nhs spending will need to be increased by an average of 3—4% a year, because of a growing and ageing population. 0ur health editor, hugh pym reports. the prime minister has promised a long—term

funding plan for the nhs. it's expected within weeks, but there's high—level wrangling across whitehall over how much more money will be required. today, two leading think tanks, working with the nhs confederation, have come up with proposals. their report says a significant funding increases will be needed because a democratic funding increases will be needed because of demographic factors, and that'll probably mean higher taxes. the number of people aged over 85 will go up by 1.3 million over 15 years, almost as much as increase in the entire population under 65. average uk health spending increases between 2014—2016 were 2.3% per year. but the report says 3.3% per year will be needed over the next 15 years just to sustain current levels of care. even slight improvements will need increases of 4% per year. if paid for by higher taxes, that could add £2000 to household bills in 15 years' time. the real challenge here is that

health and social care spending is easily biggest thing that government does and, over time, we have spent more on it. looking forward, we have more older people, increase costs, we're going to need to spend more over the next 10—15 years. if you increase the biggest bit of government spending, that's very costly, and in the long run, that must mean higher taxes to pay for it. because it's very hard to see what else you could cut. the nhs confederation said it was time for honesty and a wider public debate to try to avoid a decade of misery for the old, the sick and the vulnerable. there was a jump in retail sales in april, the biggest rise in 18 months. official figures show that sales volumes were up by 1.6%, which was higher than expected. the increase followed a sharp fall of1.1% in march, when the uk was in the grip of unusually cold weather. however, the office for national statistics says the big picture remains one of subdued spending with sales broadly

unchanged over the past six months. and there'll be more on this in our business news in about half an hour. police are questioning a 19—year—old man on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. he was arrested last night in bishop's stortford in hertfordshire, where a property has been searched by officers. scotland yard said their enquiries were linked to two further arrests in london last week. more than 13,000 calls have been made to a home office taskforce set up to handle enquiries following the scandal that revealed commonwealth citizens who had settled in the uk were at risk of losing their right to stay in the country, with more than 5000 of those being identified as windrush cases. the details were revealed as the home secretary announced that last month it emerged that many migrants from commonwealth countries who were legally in the country but could not prove their status were unable to return to the uk and in some cases were deported following a policy by the home office to create a hostile environment for illegal immigrants.

the details revealed today as the home secretary revealed that legislation has been introduced to bring forward a package of measures to help those caught up in the situation. customised by the home secretary and i have made it clear how personally sorry we are that this has happened to the windrush generation to whom we owe so much. it's important we get their status settles. we are also opening a compensation scheme for those for whom there have been wrong is done and we have pointed martin forward to meet that process. wheel representations to explain to us how they have been impacted. hundreds of schools across england have not been inspected for more than ten years according to a study by the national audit office. it follows a decision by the government in 2012 that schools previously rated as outstanding don't require routine inspections. the report also found a drop of 52% in government spending

on inspections since the year 2000. 0fsted said it gets the balance right in allocating dwindling resources by focusing on poor—performing schools. a butterfly which became extinct in england more than 40 years ago is being reintroduced. chequered skipper butterflies are being released at a secret location in rockingham forest, in northamptonshire. it's hoped they will mate and lay the foundations for a new english population. hopefully, lots of sonny weather for those butterflies. here's helen. a little sunshine arounds, but also down later on. a subtle change today, sunshine remaining from the north and west, however piled around the southern half of the country. we will keep that going, showers across

central areas and thunderstorms in the south east anglia drifting westward overnight. the low clouds will turn inland in north areas tonight, but still cool and fresh, becoming increasingly muggy in the south. tomorrow does look more widely wet across england, wales, the north redlands. brightening up and sunshine returning to the selfies, but still thunder showers. bessemer sunshine brother north. it stays quite warm edit muggy but with more scattered thunderstorms. this is bbc newsroom live. our latest headlines... a couple have been found guilty of murdering their young au pair, after holding her prisoner for months at their home in south—west london. 0uissem medouni told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouider, had becomejealous of their 21—year—old french au

pair, sophie lionnet leading economists say "substa ntial" tax increases will be needed to safeguard future funding of the nhs. the institute for fiscal studies and the health foundation say the average uk household needs to pay an extra £1200 a yearjust to maintain current levels of care. north korea has carried out what it says is the demolition of its punggye—ri nuclear test site. north korea offered to put the site out of use as a gesture and president trump next month. the mother of a severely disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park in cornwall, claiming it hasn't provided suitable toilet facilities. the theme park says inclusivity is important, but the toilet would cost more than £40,000. investigators say they have identified a russian army unit that supplied a missile used to shoot down a malaysia airlines plane over ukraine four years ago. all 298 people on board the mh17

flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur were killed. coming up later... surfing...with a twist. been continuing to hear tributes fa faa ctr" af faa fi'a f-aaifa~ ~ . , ~ , claimed the lives of 72 people. the lives of 12 people are being commemorated today. our news correspondent, tom burridge, joins us now from the inquiry in west london. tell us about these latest commemorations. it has been a very touching morning again, anita. it has been moving at times, some real personal stories again because these two weeks are

set aside to set the tone for the public enquiry, the idea is that we will hear very personal details, personal stories about the family history of those 72 people whose deaths are attributed to the fire. so when the enquiry continues, they will remain the victims at the forefront of the work of the public enquiry. it has been the turn of one of the victims and his wife and their daughter who was just three yea rs their daughter who was just three years old. we have heard some very touching tributes, touching one, a sister of amal ahmedin. here is some of what she had to say. you could see some of her personality forming more and more and we would get excited into what an amazing human being she would group to be. whenever i would take her to sleep, she would lay so close and rob and scratch your neck as that was the

only thing that suited her to sleep. i would hold her tight only thing that suited her to sleep. iwould hold her tightjust only thing that suited her to sleep. i would hold her tightjust like amal marketed to me. they were holding each other so tired trying to squeeze the nightmare away —— so tight. take yourtime, tight. take your time, there tight. take yourtime, there is tight. take your time, there is no rush. until this day until the rest of my life i will never accept that they are gone and i will never see them again or feel their warmth, kind loving hearts. iwill continue planning amaya's life, what she would be doing today, tomorrow, her tenth birthday, her 18th, would be doing today, tomorrow, her tenth birthday, her18th, her215t and the rest of her life. we all

miss them so much. thank you. she was the sister of amal ahmedin. they were in flat 116 on the night of the fire. we have been hurling from the relatives of another victim, a husband—and—wife. they lost their lives along with their two sons and their daughter. it has been a touching morning, again it has been full of emotion, but you heard about round of applause, there has been a sense of solidarity, they have become close friends, the victims, over the course of the last

of the months —— 11 months. the emotion, the personal stories, that they have been sharing with the public enquiry, the underlying anger has sometimes come out, perhaps not this morning, but over the last couple of days that have been moments where the families have alluded to their bewilderment over what happened at grenfell tower, all of the allegations and the questions about the building materials used in the refurbishment of the tower so shortly before the fire started and spread so rapidly throughout the building killing so many people. we will have several more days, perhaps well into next week, tributes to more of the people who lost their lives so the public enquiry can continue to think about the victims as much as possible once it gets into the technical details about the materials on the building during the refurbishment and why the fire

spread so quickly. thank you very much. an international team investigating the shooting down of malaysia airlines flight mh17 over ukraine four years ago has named the russian army unit which supplied the missile. thejoint investigation team said it came from the russian army's 53rd anti—aircraft missile brigade in kursk. all 298 people on board the flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur were killed. the official conclusion, was announced by wilbert paulissen, the head of the national criminal investigation service of the netherlands police. he confirmed that russian military missiles were involved. translation: we are convinced that ourfindings translation: we are convinced that our findings confirm the conclusion that a missile that was used originated from the 53rd grade of the russian federation. you are now see the animation of our findings.

it contains several images made along the way, the long wait that this missile travelled on the 23rd, 24th and 25th ofjune 2014. the images shot during the route allowed the team to compare these images to those of 17th and 18th ofjuly 2014 and the so—called fingerprint of the missile, eventually this led to the match. earlier our news correspondent jon donnison gave us this update on the news conference. this is a joint investigation, led by the dutch, two thirds of the passengers on that plane were from the netherlands, also people from ukraine, malaysia involved. what is new today in the investigation has long said it was russian backed separatist in ukraine who shot down this plane. what we have heard today is that they have named the russian

military unit from where they say the missile cables that they said it was the 53rd anti—aircraft missile upgrade based in the russian city of kurskjust over upgrade based in the russian city of kursk just over the upgrade based in the russian city of kurskjust over the border from ukraine. that is the first time we have heard the redirect russian military involvement. has there been any responses to that specifically? not yet, and russia has long denied any involvement. it has said that this plane was shot down either by ukrainian forces on the ground by the ukrainian air force. ukrainian forces on the ground by the ukrainian airforce. russia has refused to take part in any sort of international investigation, but this of course is a criminal investigation that is taking place in the netherlands, this is the largest criminal investigation, i think, in dutch history, and they are looking for bringing people to court and they think they will do that even in absentia and even if they can't manage to extradite people, be it from ukraine russia.

breaking news coming from the courts. two men have been filmed guilty of murdering four children in an arson attack in greater manchester in december last year. this was in the walkden area. you may well remember this case. they we re may well remember this case. they were found guilty of murdering denny, brandon and laci. a third man was found not guilty but guilty of manslaughter and zach boland was found guilty of three counts of the attempted murder of the children's mother, their older brother and his friend. david worrell was found guilty of attempting to cause gbh with intent. this happened at around 5am on december 11 last year when two petrol bombs were tossed inside the family home, one exploded near

the family home, one exploded near the stairs, blocking the only exit to the ground floor and trapping the victims of stairs. —— upstairs. we will bring you more on this verdict very soon. the number of people living in the uk who were born overseas increased by 200,000 last year. the office for national statistics says the rise was mainly due to an increase in eu nationals. the largest increase for an individual country between 2016 and 2017 was seen for those born in romania, and those with romanian nationality. our home affairs correspondent has more detail on the figures. we have seen a large rise in people from romania, up 80,000 for almost 400,000. in fact, from romania, up 80,000 for almost 400,000. infact, people from romania, up 80,000 for almost 400,000. in fact, people with romanian nationality have now moved into second place in the table of foreign citizens are hanged poland,

1 million people with polish nationality, romania is next, 411,000 in britain, followed by the republic of ireland. what is interesting in the context of brexit is the number of applications for british citizenship. what we can see quite clearly is the brexit effect, people from the eu living in britain won the certainty they will be able to live here after britain leaves the eu. so the number of applications ie you national is far citizenship has almost doubled, going up by 18,000 to over 40,000. that is in the 12 months to the end of march. also the number of people who want those permanent residence cards. many cards were issued in the calendar year 2017, so still very high levels there as well. people

from the eu wanting to be able to prove that they can live in britain permanently. and this is notjust looking at people moving to the uk, it is looking at the population increasing through births as well. births are still increasing, that is accounting for some of the increase, but most of it dues to migration patterns. 0ne but most of it dues to migration patterns. one of the interesting statistics we do not have is that net migration figure. the government's tied to get it below 100,000, we do not have that figure because of some problem with the collection of the statistics, so i think we will have to wait another couple of months before we get the latest net migration figure deceive the government is any closer to achieving sustainable levels of net migration in the tens of thousands. and offer you on the verdict in the walkden fire. two men found guilty of killing four children in in as attack —— arson attack. 0ne

of killing four children in in as attack —— arson attack. one of the petrol bombs blocked the exit from the home. here is the background to the home. here is the background to the case. footage from a fire engine responding to a house fire in greater manchester in the dead of night last december. first sight at the scene is horrifying, a house ablaze from top to bottom. the final frame catches the panic in the street from helpless neighbours who will be left traumatised by what they saw. brandon and laci pearson. two of the four children who were on that fierce fire who were murdered. the home was petrol bombed by two men who had fallen out with the older brother, a fire which took hold so quickly know one could do anything to help. i remember going down the street and just being surrounded by police officers and i was screaming at them.

you just wanted to go in and help and you could not. the two men who started the fire, zak bolland and david worrell denied the main charges that their trial. they believe the house was empty and the family had been taken into police protection after a row involving the defendants if you are was earlier. 0n the night of the fire, zak bolland and david worrell we re fire, zak bolland and david worrell were dropped here where the family lived, and with petrol bombs, an axe and a machete, they would clear on what they would do. they spent the previous few hours planning the attack. at the back of the house, they took out a panel and used the axe to smash the kitchen window. each then threw a petrol bomb into the home before running away. zak bolland described how he heard the wash of the flames as the fire took hold at the foot of the stairs. cctv from nearby shows them lifting out the panel. moments later, it records

the panel. moments later, it records the flash of the first petrol bomb and then the even bigger flash of the second. the intense blaze killed 15—year—old demi pearson who was last seen at her bedroom window waving the torch on her mobile phone for help. demi will always be remembered as a big character, fun loving, extremely popular in school and i would say she was popular outside of school as well. they will remember her as being independent and someone who was there for her friends. demi's younger siblings were murdered that night too. lee pearson died of her injuries a few days later. their mother was in a coma for months and was only told about the deaths of her children last month. they have gone. i cannot save one has gone first ball of her babies are gone. they now face long jail terms for

murdering four children in the most horrific circumstances. the headlines on bbc newsroom live... a couple from south london are found guilty at the old bailey of murdering their french au—pair over a bizarre obsession involving a former pop star. leading economists have warned of the need for "substantial" tax rises in the next 15 years to safeguard nhs funding. the mother of a severely disabled 11—year—old boy is suing a theme park in cornwall, claiming it hasn't provided toilet facilities which are suitable for his needs. tens of thousands of people are being blackmailed online after being tricked into performing sex acts which are secretly filmed. figures from the national crime agency show reported cases of so—called "sextortion" have more than tripled in the past three years,

although the real number of victims is thought to be higher. 0ur newsbeat reporter dan whitworth has been investigating this, and earlier told us about the people who are behind this criminal activity. they belong to international organised criminal gangs, they are based in places like the philippines, the ivory coast, morocco and the way this works is they will trawl open social media channels, available to the public, looking for stereotypical young man, men in their teens and early 20s, who they think might be vulnerable to expire station and extortion. 0nce to expire station and extortion. once they have found those potential victims, they will do private video calls, things like skype, they will use a female can remember to get internet with that potential victim and they will persuade them to perform intimate sexual acts on webcam. the issue we hear is that

person does not know they are being secretly recorded by the gang. as soon as secretly recorded by the gang. as soon as they have that footage that has been recorded, the gang have their blackmail tool, they can then hack into the data and details of the victims say if they do not pay us. we will send this footage to your friends, us. we will send this footage to yourfriends, family, us. we will send this footage to your friends, family, work us. we will send this footage to yourfriends, family, work queue lea ks —— yourfriends, family, work queue leaks —— colleagues, and the pressure on the victims, sometimes very men pressure on the victims, sometimes very men can pressure on the victims, sometimes very men can be very intense. how series can the consequences of this be? it is as serious as it gets. the crime agency says it knows of five insta nces crime agency says it knows of five instances where victims, young men, men in their teens, 117—year—olds in particular, where they were so desperate they felt there was no other way out than taking their own lives. that is happened to five people. that is five communities and families that have been devastated by this. they are the most extreme cases. we have spoken to one victim

in his mid—20s, a bit more mature and perhaps able to deal with the pressure, he ended up paying several hundreds of pounds in two instances but he did find the courage to go to police. what happened was the screen i was looking at full it and i was watching myself back on a short sleep. when i saw the screen flip i knew what was coming. i knew this happened but i did not expect it to happened but i did not expect it to happen to me. they said we want to £600 or we are going to share the story of friends and family. it felt more sinister at that point. it felt more sinister at that point. it felt more real as opposed to being a scam. at that point it became serious. i said, scam. at that point it became serious. isaid, i scam. at that point it became serious. i said, i cannot pay 600, i do not have it. there is no way i can get about for you. they said, 500. isaid, no, i

can get about for you. they said, 500. isaid, no, lam can get about for you. they said, 500. i said, no, lam not doing that either. i said i would give them 150. they gave me their details and where to send it and the country, which was the philippines. i send their 150 but then they did ask for their 150 but then they did ask for the same, they asked for more after that a second occasion, via the same way. that was it, i sent another 150. since then, i have been struggling for money, trying to get rid of stuff, sell things. have there been any prosecutions of this type of crime? numbers on that are difficult to come by because of the international nature of the gangs behind it. there have been successful prosecutions in places like poland and the nca would say they are working well with the authorities in places like morocco to cut down on it. what is the advice from police if people are rape victim to these gangs? do not panic, do not pay, called the police. the labour leader jeremy corbyn has said that the party will not support any brexit deal that includes a return to a hard border in ireland.

mr corbyn was speaking in belfast, on his first visit to northern ireland since he was elected as labour leader three years ago. he said maintaining an open border was not just about avoiding customs tariffs, but served as a symbol of peace. during his speech, jeremy corbyn also urged political leaders to renew efforts to restore powersharing. labour is as committed to the good friday agreement as we've ever been. it has served us well for 20 years, with commitment and determination to provide us with the framework for the next 20. with that in mind, i want to make a plea to all parties and all sides — we must do all we can to make power—sharing work again in the stormont. we need all sides to come together and make devolution work again. mr corbyn also accused theresa may's government of being too weak to get a good brexit deal. the british government is frankly making a mess of these negotiations.

week after week, it becomes clearer and clearer that they're too divided to make the right choices and too weak to get a good brexit deal. they're negotiating with themselves, not the european union. driven by free—market fantasies within their ranks, the reckless conservative approach to brexit is a very real threat to jobs and living standards here in northern ireland and risks undermining and destabilising the cooperation and relative harmony of recent years. just as surfing becomes an olympic sport, it could be facing a radical change. because a new type of surfboard has been developed. it's called a foilboard, built on principles of air flight. russel trott has the story. in this workshop in a small town, a kind of sporting revolution is taking place. dave and his colleagues are

perfecting a new kind of surfboard. somewhere along the line, i took my engineering talents, coupled them with the surfboard, and stand—up paddleboard design work i was doing and we came up with the hydrofoil surfboard, stand—up paddleboard, like you see in the background here. high—tech, computer designed, but needs testing on the waves. cue the beach boys. of course, technically, it's not surfboarding, it's foilboarding. either way, it's quite a ride. you feel like a little kid, you know? you're having so much fun. like, today, went out and it's probably the worst conditions and we had a blast. the board works like a hydrofoil. the wing under the water helps it rise up into the air as it gains speed.

and because there's less drag, it can travel much faster, even on the smallest of waves. just a lot of left, you are literally feeling like what an aeroplane wing would do when you lift up, you fill it in your body and your feet. the foilboard is by no means perfect, you'll still fall off every so often. and it's probably a little more awkward to carry home. a bank in northern ireland is putting a new spin on bank notes. ulster bank is issuing vertical five and ten pound notes from next year. the bank is replacing its older paper notes with polymer ones and when they're released they'll be the only upright sterling notes in circulation. ina

in a moment, the news that one with jane hell. now a look at the weather forecast. it has been another lovely warm afternoon, especially in the sunshine. this picture, beautiful, sentin sunshine. this picture, beautiful, sent in from the highlands. herefordshire had some of the rain. welcome for the gardens, but it has been disappointing. you see all the cloud earlier in the day. here is the low cloud plaguing the north sea. it tricks back to the coast. the temperatures fall away, it will creep back inland and we have more showery rain coming from the southern half of the uk. it creeps towards northern england through the night. it will be one, increasingly humoured. —— humoured. moore is waiting in the wings for the weekend. although it looks warm and

it will be warm and on friday to, it will be compensated by thundering rain. looking at the rush hour tomorrow morning, we could have missed and fog where we had the moisture today and night. the easterly breeze will bring the low cloud and across many eastern parts of northern england and scotland, perhaps the north—east of northern ireland, but it will be northern ireland, but it will be northern ireland, scotland which will see the best of the sunshine. it will cloud over a cross best of the sunshine. it will cloud over across cumbria on friday. it does brighten up in eastern areas, home—grown storms here as we go into the evening. it is a north—south split. 11—12d here and up to 22 in the sunshine. friday night and on saturday, storms slowly ease away, we get another polls coming in. the devil will be in the detail where these storms occur, but you can see

these storms occur, but you can see the warmth, the humidity and there is the potential, particularly in the southern and western areas through saturday for big showers to farm and some potentially large showers. again, looks like the best sunshine will be across scotland and northern ireland with fewer showers. we have the east coast, misty murky weather to crawl with —— to contend with. and burning her body in their garden. 0uissem medouni and sabrina kouider blamed each other for the death of the 21—year—old at their home in wimbledon in london. sophie lionnet was starved by the couple, and beaten so badly she had five broken ribs at the time of her death. sophie was systematically abused, humiliated and tortured, but we will never know the full extent of the horrors sophie had to endure. we'll have the latest

from the old bailey. also this lunchtime... in the last few minutes, two men have been found guilty of the murder of four children after fire bombing their home in walkden in greater manchester. north korea says it's started destroying the tunnels it uses to carry out nuclear tests in advance of a planned meeting between kim jong—un and president trump.