hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2.00pm: two men are convicted of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. north korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site. a couple are facing jail for murdering their french au pair, sophie lionnet, and burning her body in their garden. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh ferris. england are taking on pakistan in first test of the summer. england's winter in test cricket was certainly testing with no wins in either australia or new zealand, so this summer represents a chance to make amends. it's day one of the first test against pakistan. 84-3 84—3 england currently. all the details later. thanks, hugh and helen willets

has all the weather. warm, but not necessarily dry. that said in a nutshell. we have some rain in the site today. the best of the sunshine looks likely to be in the north over the bank holiday weekend. thanks, helen. also coming up: the mother of a severely disabled boy is suing a cornish theme park for not providing suitable toilet facilities for him. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. two men have been found guilty of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. zac bolland and david worrall were found guilty of murdering demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson in walkden in greater manchester

in december last year. courtney brierley was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. our correspondentjudith moritz reports from manchester crown court. there were gasps and sobs in the public gallery from the wider pearson family when those verdicts came ina pearson family when those verdicts came in a short time ago. two men found guilty of murders, temp one and his friend temp two, who threw petrol bombs through the pearson family's kitchen window in the night, killing four children aged between 15 and three years old. zac bolland's robben, courtney brierley, was with them that night and she has been convicted of manslaughter. danny savage lilacs at the background to this case. danny savage lilacs at the background to this case. footage from a fire engine responding to a house fire in greater manchester in the dead of night last december. first sight of the scene

is horrifying, a house ablaze from top to bottom. the final frame captures the panic in the street from helpless neighbours who will be left traumatised by what they saw. brandon and lacie pearson, two of the four children who were in that fierce fire, who were murdered. their home was petrol bombed by two men who had fallen out with the children's older brother. a fire which took hold so quickly, neighbours and family could do nothing to help. i remember going down the street and then just being surrounded by police officers, and i'm screaming at them. you just wanted to go in and help and you couldn't. the two men who started the fire, zac bolland and david worrall, denied the main charges at their trial. the court heard they believed the house was empty and that the pearson family had been taken into police protection after a row involving the defendants a few hours earlier. on the night of the fire,

zac bolland and david worrall were dropped here at the end of the street where the pearson family lived. armed with petrol bombs, an axe and a machete, they were clear about what they were going to do. they had spent the previous few hours planning the attack. here at the back of the house, they took out a fence panel and then used the axe to smash the kitchen window. each of them then threw a petrol bomb into the home before running away. bolland later described how he heard the whoosh 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 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 but i think her friends will definitely remember demi as being someone that was independent and someone that was always there for her friends whenever they needed. demi's younger siblings, brandon and lacie were murdered that night too. three—year—old lia pearson died of her injuries a few days later. their mother michelle was in a coma for months and was only told about the deaths of her four children last month. they've gone. i can't even turn round and say one has gone. all her young ones, all her babies have gone. bolland and worrall now face long jail terms for murdering four children in the most horrific circumstances. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. zac bolland was also convicted of attempting to murder the three surviving members of the family and david worrall convicted of attempted

grievous bodily harm. the three defendants will all be sentenced later. the court has just been told more about michelle pearson's condition, the children's mother. we are told she is doing well but still very purdy and has been told about the fact that children have died. it is questionable how much she understands at this stage. in the last hour, an army sergeant has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute and sabotaging a gas valve at their home. duncan kennedy is at winchester crown court. in what is an extraordinary case, here we have an army fitness instructor, emile cilliers, who tried to kill his wife victoria not once but twice in the space of six days. first by tampering with the gas fixture at their home in order

to make an explosion and blew her up. the home, incidentally, that had their own children in. six days later he tried to sabotage the parish ofjune was going to make a jump parish ofjune was going to make a jump with. he pulled at the main chords of the shoot, twisted those, then opened up the life—saving reserve parachute and cut out two of those, nylon ties called slinks. according to the british parachute association, in the past ten years there have been 2.3 millionjumps in britain and these have never broken. that was the breakthrough for the police. and they investigated her accident they find that two of those we re accident they find that two of those were missing on her parachute and that led them to their investigation that led them to their investigation that pointed their way to emile cilliers. today he has been found guilty of two counts of attempted murder. emile and victoria cilliers, husband and wife, but a couple where he wanted her to die.

an experienced skydiver who'd made 2,500 jumps, this was victoria during one of herflights. a flight exactly like this one, over the same airfield in wiltshire where she had her accident. but victoria cilliers plummeted to the ground when her main and reserve chutes failed to open. as she fell, she blacked out. she only lived because she landed in a newly ploughed field. the police were called in when it became clear the slinks like this,

which connect the harness to the canopy, had been deliberately taken off. detectives went to the airbase near salisbury and discovered that emile cilliers was the last to handle the parachute the day before the accident. it was in this toilet that emile cilliers brought victoria cillers‘ parachute to tamper with. he removed strings on the main parachute and cut pieces off the reserve parachute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was that when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration to see if there was time and space for a parachute to be

sabotaged in the cubicle. it soon became clear that it was possible to tangled the chords of the main shirt and remove the nylon slinks from the reserve and crucially it could be done in the five minutes or so that victoria said her husband was in the toilet. to reinforce the point, the same tampering demonstration was repeated to more times for the court by these parachute experts. in each case the parachutes were sabotaged in around five minutes. i have known him in the past, however i certainly would never have thought he would be capable of doing something like this. jeff montgomery from the british parachute association knows emile cilliers and says he still can't believe what cillers did. nobody would want to believe that somebody could do that to somebody else because we are all bonded by the sport together.

i just don't think people would want to believe that, but... but why would emile cilliers want to kill victoria? police but why would emile cilliers want to kill victoria 7 police discovered but why would emile cilliers want to kill victoria? police discovered he was leading a double life, having six with his former wife and an affair with this woman. they exchanged thousands of explicit text, including some on the very night that victoria was taken to hospital after her parachute accident. emile cilliers was £20,000 in debtand accident. emile cilliers was £20,000 in debt and believed he would get out £120,000 pay—out from an insurance policy if victoria died. when she was told all this, she was devastated. all her suspicions that

husband was having an affair were confirmed, and that her husband was under suspicion of murdering her. but incredibly, emile cilliers had gone further. six days before the parachute sabotage, emile cilliers tampered with this gas pipe at his home in amesbury in another attempt to try to kill victoria. to try to kill victoria. he turned a nut to create a leak, hoping for an explosion. police found the teeth on his set of mole grips were identical to marks on the nut. victoria cilliers had no idea what her husband was trying to do to her in their kitchen or here over the fields of wiltshire. six days, two attempted murders, and one woman who survived. when those guilty verdicts came back

there was no reaction whatsoever from emile cilliers in the dock and that plays directly into the narrative set out by the prosecution in this case that he is a cold, calculating individual. the prosecutor once said that he thought emile cilliers might be a psychopath. the judge said emile cilliers might be a psychopath. thejudge said he is now going to ask victoria if she wants to make an impact statement in court during the sentencing of emile cilliers, and that sentencing will come at a later date. cilliers, and that sentencing will come at a later date. north korea says it has started to destroy the tunnels it uses to carry out nuclear tests. it had offered to put the site out of use as a gesture, before a planned summit between its leader, kimjong—un, and president trump next month. the regime tookjournalists to the site to witness the controlled explosions in the last few hours. clearly independently verified all

of this, laura? no one. and i think thatis of this, laura? no one. and i think that is one of the reasons that a nalysts a re that is one of the reasons that analysts are slightly concerned. these were hand—picked group of journalists, broadcastjournalist is, he were taken with their cameras. this is a show that north korea wanted to put on. they even told them when the explosions would ta ke told them when the explosions would take place and asked them to have their cameras rolling. this is a technical step, something they announced, it is a promise made and one kept. i have spoken to experts today who are worried for two reasons. first of that wanted to look inside these tunnels see what kind of nuclear tests they've worked carrying night. there were also worried that this could be reversible, that these tunnels could be used again per nuclear tests in the future. what difference would it make to north korea's supposed nuclear capability? these are where

all six nuclear tests took place. this is their main nuclear site, there are no other known nuclear sites in north korea. they say this isa grand sites in north korea. they say this is a grand gesture they are making towards denuclearisation. they did do this ten years ago, blowing up a cooling tower in front of cameras, and then reneged on denuclearisation promises. there are a couple of signs that things this time to be different. first of all, kim jong—un in his new year's speech said that this state is now a nuclear state, we now have the nuclear capability. he now wants a singular focus for north korea and that is the economy. that is what is different this time round, this focus to the economy and announcing he is coming from this position of strength he now has the

nuclear weapons they had work towards. that might make this time a little bit different. as a gesture it is significant. how certain is this meeting in june it is significant. how certain is this meeting injune that it will go ahead? well...! when it this meeting injune that it will go ahead? well. . .! when it comes to that meeting, there are a number of reporters that are of making sure their tickets are flexible to singapore on the 12th ofjune. president trump has sent within the last few hours that he is preparing for it, but he is hopeful it will go ahead. here in south korea they are optimistic, and they are preparing for it to go ahead. in the last 12 hours a statement from north korea criticised mike pence, describing him as ignorant and stupid for comments that he made comparing libya to north korea. north korea feel that this comparison is not to be made and it angers them, so the issue this blistering statement threatening once again to walk away

from the summit. it looked like the rhetoric was ramping up and many we re rhetoric was ramping up and many were wondering whether this testing facility would be dismantled at all, but it has been. the north koreans say they look forward towards denuclearisation of the world and working with the peace—loving people. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: two men have been convicted of murdering four children — after throwing petrol bombs into their home when the family was asleep an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife — by tampering with her parachute. north korea appears to have blown up tunnels at a nuclear test site, in advance of a planned meeting between kim jong—un and president trump. in sport, joan root traces the bat first but doesn't last long himself. england trying to recover from a shaky england trying to recover from a s ha ky start england trying to recover from a shaky start on day one of the first test against pakistan at lord's. it is noted three.

liverpool fans leave for the long journey to kiev for the champions league final against real madrid on saturday. the biggest win of cameron norrie's career brings him into the first semifinal of his career on the atp to, beating john isner. apple have more on those stories just after 2:30 pm. taxes will have to rise to pay for the nhs if the uk is to avoid ‘a decade of misery‘ in which older and more vulnerable people are let down. that's the conclusion of a report by two think tanks, which says the health service will require the equivalent of two thousand pounds a year from every british household for more than a decade. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. the prime minister has promised a long—term funding plan for the nhs in england which is expected in weeks, but there's high—level wrangling across whitehall over how much more money will be required. today, two leading think tanks have come up with proposals.

their report says significant funding increases will be needed because of our ageing population, and that will 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 the increase in the entire population under 65. average uk health spending increases between 2014 and 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% a year. if paid for by higher tax, that could add £2,000 to household bills in 15 years' time. health and social care spending is easily the biggest thing that government does. 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.

but raising taxes comes with a level of political risk, so would voters support paying more for the health service? how can you cut back on things that people need? desperately need, sometimes. so at the end of the day, why not? it's for us. they've got to tighten their safety nets a little bit more before i think they should start increasing the tax on it. i've travelled abroad and they don't have the health service, and the medical situation is dire so, yes, definitely, more tax for the nhs. the body that represents health service trusts, the nhs confederation, commissioned this report and said it was now time for a wider public debate to try and avoid a decade of misery for the old, the sick and vulnerable. the consequences if we don't fund our health care system is really a process of managed decline. it will mean more organisations are in deficit. the government's commitment to a long—term funding plan for the health service in england

has been welcomed. today's report highlights that tough choices lie ahead, but in essence they boil down to tax more — or accept the nhs will have to do less. dominic hughes, bbc news. the mother of a severely disabled boy is suing a theme park forfailing to provide adequate toilet facilities. adam george, who is 11, is one of an estimated 250,000 people in the uk who require what are known as ‘changing places', toilets which have extra equipment and space. his mother, rachel, claims flambards theme park in cornwall discriminated against her son by not making reasonable adjustments for him, but the company says the cost of the facilities could lead to job losses. our legal affairs 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. i need the toilet.

mum, i really need the toilet again! in order to use the toilet, adam needs a hoist, a changing table and more space than you'd find in a standard disabled toilet. adam loves going to flambards theme park, but it doesn't have a toilet with changing facilities suitable for his needs. so when the family visit, they need to hire a mobiloo, which can cost hundreds of pounds. adam's mother, rachel, is part of changing places, a group aiming to increase access for an estimated 250,000 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 late in the evening, stay late 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? this is a fixed changing place,

it's big with a powerful hoist that is fit for adam. under the equality act, all service providers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for those 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 obviously is important for us. we have to bear in mind that there is an overall cost to putting in a full—on changing places unit, and we have been quoted, for the building and equipment, in excess of £110,000. 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. clive coleman, bbc news. chris fry is the george family's solicitor and is with me in the studio. how important is this as a test case? it is really important, not just because it is the first time that these kind of facilities are being tested, the changing places facilities being tested in the context of the code of practice. even though that could practice came in in 2010 satellite where are fixed hoists facility and changing platform would be necessary. this is the first time it has come through the first time it has come through the court. it is important the impact that is going to make and the awareness it is going to bring to theissue awareness it is going to bring to the issue for a quarter of a million people that need these facilities that are currently excluded from

places like theme park and leisure centres. what sympathy do you have for flambards, who say it will cost them £40,000, that could causejob losses, they are not a big business? this is about the kind of world we wa nt to this is about the kind of world we want to build. 0ur flambards really saying, because don't think they are, that disabled people shouldn't be included in their service? that is not what they said, they say they wa nt to is not what they said, they say they want to be inclusive. but they are saying is that they are taking steps to provide these interim measures, so to provide these interim measures, soi to provide these interim measures, so i have sympathy if the advice that they have received has been bold enough, but what we want to see is then used like this being made fully accessible. but not all venues, surely. small businesses couldn't possibly bear the cost. absolutely right. the code of practice, supported by the wording of the equality act, what is

necessary is a reasonable adjustment. for a large business where the code of practice is important regards to changing places, large businesses open to the public with heavy football, like sports venues, entertainment centres, leisure centres and theme parks, should have been taking these steps. it wouldn't be reasonable to expect a fixed changing place facility to be available at every high street shop. clearly, that is not of the equality act would require. that is the interesting bit about this case, what will be defined from this case as reasonable. yes, that's right. we say it is fairly obvious that if you area say it is fairly obvious that if you are a theme park with a large balance sheet, relying on the code of practice, that this kind of facilities should have already been in place. the equality act overlays this with what is called anticipate tory duty, which is on every service provider, to anticipate that there

will be disabled customers come in to their premises and to make adjustments which allowed them to enjoy these services in the same way that those without disabilities can. you know the george family, how much difference would to them? the film footage shows just how much adam enjoys being there and engaging in these sort of activities. it is great for him, great for their family and it is notjust about adam and rachel and their family, family and it is notjust about adam and rachel and theirfamily, it is about hundreds of thousands of other families, many of whom who have contacted us, sharing their support with this kind of change. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. three distinct types of weather today. it is all change in the south with the rain, sea mist on the north sea coast, but for some of us there are still plenty of sunshine, for example here in cumbria. what a

beautiful afternoon it is at the moment. in contrast, here we have the muggy puddles in bucks. and there is some rain. it will turn a bit thundery. we have more storms waiting to cross the channel. you can see the sea mist near the north sea coast. that will return through this evening. lovely and warm even under the rain this evening. lovely and warm even underthe rain in this evening. lovely and warm even under the rain in the south. the cold est under the rain in the south. the coldest places under the rain in the south. the cold est places a re under the rain in the south. the coldest places are where we have the cloud on the north sea coast. temperatures will dip away overnight across scotland and northern ireland into single figures. a fresh light here, but given all the cloud and the increasing humidity in the south, it will be a warm and mike the knight for some of us here with the knight for some of us here with the potential for more the knight for some of us here with the potentialfor more rain. that is because our plume of moisture is heading further northwards, pitching into the high pressure, so the high pressure keeps things fine and dry over the north of the country, but

poor northern england and northern rail de boer be a different complexion with more cloud, more rain and it could potentially be quite thundery. there may even be some mist and fog in southern and eastern areas given that we have had the moisture today and things will be still overnight. lovely sunshine to come from northern ireland again. the cold, misty weather will have spread inland and will take a few hours to clear back to the coast. the rain looks a little bit more dominant tomorrow, particularly for northern england, parts of wales and the midlands. if it does clear up over southern and eastern areas we will see some he'd bringing in some home—grown showers. there will be some lively storms around. they will ease for a time through friday night. in the saturday, and misty start. the best of the sunshine in parts of scotland, but the more showers and thunderstorms brewing up, crossing the channel as we go through the day. 24, possibly 25

degrees, so temperatures rising through the weekend. that could be some nasty storms at this state as we move into sunday so we will watch out with those, torrential downpours. still lots of dry, warm, sunny weather for the bulk of scotland, northern ireland, northern england not too bad, either. for the bank holiday, the warm, muggy air moving up from the south, that is where we likely to see the scattered thunderstorms. the best sunshine should be in the north. i will keep you posted. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... two men have been found guilty of murdering four children — aged between three and 15 — in an arson attack in greater manchester last december. zac bolland used a petrol bomb to set fire to the house in walkden. he was convicted of murder along with david worrall. army sergeant emile cilliers has been found guilty at winchester crown court of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries after falling 4000 feet. north korea says its carried out

the demolition of its punggye—ri nuclear test site. north korea offered to put the site out of use as a gesture ahead of a planned summit between its leader, kimjong—un, and president trump next month. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their 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. sport now on afternoon live with hugh ferris. england have begun their summer of cricket, but how important is this series against pakistan bearing in mind how difficult their winter was? crucial for the team and the sport — test cricket worried about losing fans — england being successful will not only help them get over

the difficult winter. they have big test support. it will also help to keep the longer format that the forefront of the game. they are trying to make amends after stretching their one away from home toa stretching their one away from home to a record 13 tests without a win. let's remind you of some of what has happened. the ashes was a 4—0 win. new zealand beat england for the first time since 1999 including 58 all out, the six worst score england have had. disciplinary problems off the field. ben stokes is now the tea m the field. ben stokes is now the team —— the team. ben duckett not evenin team —— the team. ben duckett not even in the england team, suspended

because he poured a pint of a team—mate. it has been a difficult time for england. they are hoping very much to turn over a new leaf this summer. how have they got started ? this summer. how have they got started? they were recovering. they won the toss and batted this morning. they have not been very much for three and that is what happened today. 43—3 after mark stoneman was bowled in only the fourth over. joe root followed not long after. dawid malan was also out before lunch. alastair cook has been playing well in his half—century withjohnny playing well in his half—century with johnny burstow playing well in his half—century withjohnny burstow is the fourth wicket to go, bowled for 27. 100—4. england hoping to recoverfrom another difficult start. some liverpool fans have already started the journey to kiev for saturday night's champions league final against real madrid. this group of around 200 boarded coaches near anfield before 7am this morning for what's certain to be

an exhausting journey to ukraine. it'll take them through belgium, germany and poland, before arriving some time on saturday morning, so a trip of around 48 hours, hence the stock of supplies being taken on board. now, maybe this is a good omen for liverpool. if you like those sorts of things. they go further six champions league, european cup win on saturday. the side of the fifth when the stadium in istanbul has been chosen to host the 2020 final. former arsenal midfielder robert pires believes arsene wenger‘s philosophy will live on under the club's new manager. unai emery has taken over after wenger‘s near—22—year reign. and pires claims the spaniard likes to play the same kind of football. and he's also happy to help him do that as one of his coaching staff, if asked. ican i can propose may help because i

know the guys, i know the group, i know the guys, i know the group, i know the guys, i know the group, i know the squad. i think i can help the new manager and i can help arsenal because i have a very good feeling with the players, so of course if you want to work together i will say yes, i am ready, of course. cameron norrie has reached his first atp tour semifinal, claiming the biggest win of his career so far to do it. the british player is ranked number 102 in the world and beat americanjohn isner to make the last four of the lyon 0pen, where he'll play kazakhstan's mikhail kukushkin or frenchman gilles simon. norrie only played his first professional match on red clay in february this year. that is all the sport for now. thank you. taxes will have to rise to pay for the nhs —

if the uk is to avoid ‘a decade of misery‘ in which older and more vulnerable people are let down. that‘s the conclusion of a report by two think tanks, which says the health service will require the equivalent of £2000 a year from every british household for more than a decade. their assessment comes as ministers consider the future funding of the nhs. niall dickson is with me — he‘s the chief executive of the nhs confederation, which represents health organisations in the uk. thank you for coming in. the treasury is reckoned to want to keep increases to 2% a year. what would that mean for the nhs? that would mean the decade of misery i have to say, we need to go back and this report is very clear, it is way we commissioned it because we wanted an objective analysis of what was needed. the suggestion is that we revert back to a rate of increase which actually is the historic one. if you look at the first 60 years of the nhs the average was 4% a year on

top of inflation. but we are suggesting this report is suggesting is we should revert back to that. i think it is unrealistic frankly to suggest that we could do 2% a year over the next five or ten years without seeing a further deterioration in the services that are offered. the reality is we are facing not just an are offered. the reality is we are facing notjust an increase again in the number of old people, but a huge increase in the number of very old people, many of whom will have complex conditions and that means that the service will not cope if it is deluged with that kind of demand and does not have the resources to meet it. it is an enormous enterprise don‘t come nhs. it has a massive budget. —— doesn‘t it, the nhs? where is the scope for cutting of efficiency savings which must exist? i think there is scope for efficiency and our members know that and there is commitment to doing that. it is also something about the

way in which we organise and deliver services that are than we do now and the data is organised at the moment is very much on a 20th—century model, which is pretty hospital orientated. a lot of the investment has gone in there and they are under enormous strain because we haven‘t had enough money into the community services to help people keep at home who have got this long—term conditions instead of them ending up piling into the hospitals and putting them under enormous pressure so we have to change the way we deliver and of course we have to deal with waste and tried to reduce variation around the nhs, but do all that and this report is clear about that, it will not done its own solve the problem, you need to put in recent funding. even to change the services you need to put in some money, capital funds and the services you need to put in some money, capitalfunds and the rest, to try and make it work more effectively. if that were to be funded by tax increases how hard a cell is that with the electorate? they think the evidence it is that

more people are coming round to that. we have a petition at the moment so anyone can go on nhs confederation and support us in moving towards a long—term deal for the health service. the evidence from the british social attitudes survey is more people are willing to pay more tax and they don‘t think anybody wants to pay more tax but they recognise and they think this report underlines that you do need to invest more in the health service if we want to look after especially this growing number of elderly people. how appealing and realistic is it to try to depoliticise health in this country, given that it can bea in this country, given that it can be a political football, in this country, given that it can be a politicalfootball, there in this country, given that it can be a political football, there are massive party divisions, maybe that is the thing that gets in the way of planning long—term funding project? a think it is one of the obstacles though to the then minister and health secretary they have talked about creating a long—term plan for the health service and we have been

calling for that for some time and are delighted that moment so coupling. the question is will be a bit able to persuade their treasury collea g u es bit able to persuade their treasury colleagues and others within the party to move towards a higher figure than some of the figures that have been talked about at the moment. to be honest, if we don‘t give something in you that 4% we are looking at a service that will be in effect managed decline over that period with more and more people not get the care and support they need. 0rdo we get the care and support they need. or do we have to lower our expectations of what the nhs can deliver for free at the point of receipt? that is a perfectly legitimate compensation for assault to have but i don‘t think many others would accept the idea that when a relative or friend who is in their mid—80s who need support at home should be simply left on their own without any kind of support at all, except that the last minute when the ambulance blue lights them into a hospital, that is not a good way to run a system. we have to

start thinking about how we reoriented services and support them with good health and with good social care. niall dickson, chief executive of the nhs confederation, thank you. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their 21—year—old french au pair and burning her body in their garden — after holding her prisoner at their home in wimbledon in london. 0uissem medouni had told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouidair, had becomejealous of sophie lionnet. in the weeks leading up to the au pair‘s death last september, the couple beat and starved her. sophie long reports from the old bailey. after the jury delivered the guilty verdict a statement was read out in court on behalf of sophie lionnet‘s mother. she said the couple were monsters who starred and tortured the daughter and took away her dignity and she struggled to take her terrifying breath in the bud. both blamed murder and blamed each

other and woke to find the other had killed her. 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. the metropolitan police said they would never know the true extent of the horror she had to endure. i‘m satisfied that today the verdict has brought some justice for sophie but of course it will never bring her back. i believe that we are sophie‘s voice, telling of the torment, abuse and torture she suffered and today she has finally been heard. 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 an on—off relationship ever since. but kouider had other boyfriends too. 0ne she became obsessed with. mark walton, a former member

of the band boyzone. she made many false — the prosecution said — preposterous accusations against him. she claimed sophie was helping him. she even went into the local newsagent telling people he was harassing herfamily. she said, "have you seen this person?" and she showed me a photo of a blonde—haired man on the phone. i questioned her, what is it with this person, and she said he‘s a very dangerous person. "why didn‘t your nanny do anything about it?" and she said the nanny was complicit with mark walton. i didn‘t know his name at the time, but she said with him. mark walton and sophie lionnet had never met but the couple wouldn‘t let her 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 head under water in the bath,

they threatened her with prison, with rape, with further violence if she didn‘t confess to crimes 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. kouider was at the trampolining centre while medouni when shopping. he bought patio cleaner and a pizza, less than an hour before he set light to sophie‘s body. the toxic combination of kouider and medouni created an 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. mark walton has offered his deepest sympathies to sophie‘s parents today

and he had been deeply hurt by the tissue of lies that had been told about him. he said he hoped the prison sentence would give her time to reflect on the pain that was caused. sentencing will take place later this month. some breaking news regarding this summit that is supposed to happen injune between kimjong—un and supposed to happen injune between kim jong—un and president trump. mr trump says the summit planned for singapore will not take place. there had been some suggestions that this much vaunted summit might not occur. this coming after the north koreans have blown up these nuclear test tunnels in north korea as a gesture signalling that they were serious about these talks. not verified of course by any independent witnesses,

and big broadcast journalist course by any independent witnesses, and big broadcastjournalist with the camera crews who were invited to punggye—ri to see those explosions took place today. but a gesture not enough at the moment to save those talks and mrtrump enough at the moment to save those talks and mr trump saying that the summit with mr kimjong—un in singapore will not take place. there is time of course for them to set that up again. but we will keep an eye on it and see how it develops. the home secretary says legislation has been introduced to enable the government to begin processing citizenship applications for the windrush generation. some windrush migrants, who arrived between the 1940s and 1970s mainly from the caribbean, have been threatened with deportation in recent years. people applying for citizenship will need to meet good character requirements, but will not be tested on their knowledge of english or life in the uk. another piece of breaking news from

leeds crown court, where two teenage boys have been convicted of conspiracy to murder. they were accused of plotting what was described as a columbine inspired shooting at their school in northallerton in north yorkshire. we will get more details from our reporter very shortly to teenage boys of convicted of conspiracy to murder after putting a columbine style shooting at their school. in a moment the business news but first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. two men have been convicted of murdering four children — after throwing petrol bombs into their home when the family was asleep. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife — by tampering with her parachute. president trump has written to north korea‘s leader to say it is inappropriate to have a summit at the moment. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live.

uk 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 7,000 as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs and boost profits. the bank said that it will lose up to 25% of staff in its equities and trading businesses. and 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. that is why we will start. this idea

of the united states, that car imports goods that in international security? this is what the reviewers looking into. president trump has ordered the review which could lead to new tariffs, charging a levy that on cars that are imported. he says the us car industry is critical to the us car industry is critical to the us‘s strength as a nation and he has ordered the department of commerce to investigate this. it all rests on a law that goes back decades to the 1960s which allows the president to put resections on import if they threaten national security. it is the same legislation that allowed him to put on tariffs in steel and that allowed him to put on tariffs in steeland aluminium that allowed him to put on tariffs in steel and aluminium imports earlier in the year and this is part of the narrative. it is the latest move in mrtrump‘s of the narrative. it is the latest move in mr trump‘s america first trade agenda. the president tweeted earlier on wednesday about big news for car manufacturers, some of them in america will be delighted. for car manufacturers, some of them in america will be delightedm

for car manufacturers, some of them in america will be delighted. it is important to remember that there will be many who feel that car imports into the us from abroad which now account for half of us car sales, according to official stats, are undercutting car—makers and wages, threatening american jobs, are undercutting car—makers and wages, threatening americanjobs, so many will rarely support this review, of course that the us does impose car import tariffs the question is what if other countries respond in kind? could that do even more harm? more on this from our north america business correspondent. good to see you. this will be particularly worrying, wanted, for mexico and canada, a lot of those cars come from there, but president trump is also warned the eu it could apply for them if import ta riffs eu it could apply for them if import tariffs are introduced. yes, indeed. donald trump has long been beating the drum about imported cars. he has been threatening to do this, to investigate tariffs and eventually impose tariffs on imported cars are quite wild. but what is different

about this investigation compared to the steel and aluminium investigation is although it uses the same national security law which you were mentioning earlier it is a very different case for a few reasons. number one, while the steel industry is suffering in the united states there is no evidence the card industry is suffering, it is booming. we had a representative of the us car industry, penn state yesterday who said they hadn't asked for protection of tariffs on imported cars. the second is this is a much bigger industry dance duo and alanine, worth 180 billion a year, it would have a much bigger impact than steel and aluminium tariffs especially on germany, mexico and canada and national security justification, it is easier to make that case when it comes to steel and aluminium to say that there was a very important to the us defence syste m very important to the us defence system that they need to be made in the united states, it is less obvious what the security justification would be for banning imported cars that regular people drive on regular roads. we are yet

to see whether this actually becomes law and if these tariffs get put into place, but it has certainly scared car— makers around into place, but it has certainly scared car—makers around the world. you alluded to it there, but while international companies and those who support global free trade will be worried about this, there will be many within the carmaking sector in the us cheering this review and saying, yes, something needs to be done because wages are undercut and jobs are threatened if these imports continue. in a sense, although the idea that such a thing as a us car manufacturer as opposed to a german car car manufacturer is a little bit muddled because for bmw's volkswagen, mercedes, a lot of them are made here in the us with us workers ewing us materials, sold to us customers and many for example general motors cars are made abroad. where did these tariffs applied? 0f you but then on to affect? that will be worrying even supposedly fully

american car companies like general motors and ford, they were worried about how this affects their supply chain and how it affects their international business and also worried about retaliatory tariffs. a lot of companies are relying on growth in china and other parts of the world for their business in the next decade or two and they could out of those markets or increasingly shut out from those markets, that is a big problem for them. thank you. a deadline is approaching for the introduction of new data protection laws keeping a lot of companies busy, however getting on? some better than others. a new law tightens up how companies gather personal data and about how they use it. the new rules bring in lots of changes including the need for genuine consent, a positive opt in, hence all of those e—mails i am sure like me you have been deluged with, asking you to consent to further contact. i have lost count. the

rules introduced such tough penalties for penalties that companies are not compliant. several tech firms have opted to block residents in the eu from using their services because those firms say they just can‘t services because those firms say theyjust can‘t be compliant in time and don‘t want to face the risk penalties. those firms, interest, instead paper, it is a temporary move which will restore access soon. stardust, the tv and movie up and says it is removed from google play and the apple app store. some video game companies are blocked, from using older versions. bad news if you are a fan of some older games. that is me. should we look at the markets, i might understand there was a little more. the ftse 100,

was a little more. the ftse100, down slightly in early afternoon trading. better than expected retail sales figures have given the pound bid to the bruised but that puts pressure on the ftse 100. bid to the bruised but that puts pressure on the ftse100. a lot of firms work internationally, and the work back into pounds they get less profits and the mismatch between stirling and the performance of the busy. paddy power up, passenger numbers up and... thank you. see you later. let‘s return to this letter from the white house to kim jong—un saying it is inappropriate at this time to have the planned summit that was going to take place injune, in singapore. it says... this was a statement issued by north

korea only yesterday in which vice president mike pence was called a political dummy for comparing north korea to libya were colonel gaddafi you will recall gave up his unfinished nuclear development programme. but greer had said it has to be underlined that if we are not to be underlined that if we are not to follow in libya‘s footsteps and we have paid a heavy price to build up we have paid a heavy price to build up powerful and reliable strength that we can defend ourselves and ensure peace and security and that korea peninsula. clearly president trump taking exception of the insults of his vice president and not liking this kind of like wit and

perceived threat. for the moment that summit in singapore is not going to be king place. more on an are gathering here on busi news but now let‘s take a look at the weather with helen. it is another lovely warm afternoon especially in the sunshine but even without the sunshine but even without the sunshine it has been warned today. this picture was sent down from the highlands earlier today. herefordshire had some rain. it has been a little disappointing. all the cloud we had earlier. here is the low cloud from the north sea shrinking back to the coast. as temperatures follow way that will creep back in london. more showery rain to come across a southern half of the uk. towards northern lingen through the night. warm and increasingly humid. misty and murky in southern and eastern areas and the north sea coast. 0r moisture is pushing a little further north through the day. moore is waiting in

the wings at the weekend. although it looks warm and it will be warm through the weekend it will be complicated by some thundery rain. through the rush hour we could have some mist and fog in the morning where we have had the moisture to today and tonight and there will be further rain to come and a lot of grabbers. that easterly breeze will have brought the low cloud and across many eastern parts of northern england and scotland and the east of northern ireland but by and large it will be northern ireland, north and west of scotland that will have the best sunshine. it does brighten up across southern and eastern areas and we will have some home—grown storms, big thunderstorms into the evening potentially. a north—south split with the east coast still quite chilly. 11 or 12. 2223 in the sunshine. similarly so in the south —— 22 or 23. those storms start to ease away but were coming in. the devil in the detail in the coming through days. they

wa nt in the coming through days. they want is there. the humidity is there and there is the potential particularly in southern and western areas on saturday night for some big showers to form and possibly torrential downpours into sunday. again it looks like the best sunshine will be across scotland and northern ireland with fewer showers here. the east coast mist and marked the content with but some big thunderstorms potentially further south. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m martine croxall. today at 3.00pm: donald trump calls off his summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un, saying it‘s inappropriate to meet given the country‘s "tremendous anger and open hostility". two men are convicted of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. how are england doing against

pakistan in the first test of the summer? ben stokes is back at the crease for england in test cricket for the first time since last summer. he‘s there because his team have already lost four wickets on day one of the first test against pakistan. they are currently 120—4 at lord‘s. helen has all the weather. it is still looking warm for most of us this weekend. in the side, there is the chance of some thundery rain. details and happen hour. thanks, helen. also coming up: the mother of a severely disabled boy is suing a cornish theme park for not providing suitable toilet facilities for him. hello everyone.

this is afternoon live. in the past few minutes, president trump has announced the cancellation of his planned summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un. in a statement, the president said it was a "missed opportunity and truly a sad moment in history". he blamed what he called kim‘s "tremendous anger and open hositility" in kim‘s most recent statement. the summit was expected to take place in singapore next month. our world affairs correspondent jonathan marcusjoins me now. the jonathan marcusjoins me now. white house have i that the white house have issued a letter that we have all my cena copy, addressed to the dear chairman. that we have all my cena copy, addressed to the dear chairmanm is bizarre, vintage trump. it sets out very clearly, it is polite in its opening, he says he appreciates

kim jong—un‘s time and patience and effort with respect to the recent google seasons but he says clearly that based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most and open hostility displayed in your m ost rece nt and open hostility displayed in your most recent statements, they think that a reference to the vice foreign minister in north korea, who called the vice president as a political dummy. because of that, donald trump has decided to pull the plug on these talks. they weren‘t going terribly well anyway. there was growing doubts about this. despite this rather polite tone, there is this rather polite tone, there is this explicit threat. donald trump said stood kim jong—un and you talk about your nuclear capabilities that are total mass of an powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used. we are almost back to the little rocket man days, the exchanging of thompson around their respective nuclear programmes. it is

a dismal programme to what appeared to be at one stage quite an optimistic diplomatic encounter. yet earlier today we were reporting that north korea in our gesture ahead of this summit had destroyed some test tunnels. yes, it claims to have done this. the broader set ofjournalists to oversee the process from a distance. this is not the same as a verified investigation by inspectors to ensure what is being done. that was always being seen as a bit of showboating and the gesture. it was a nice gesture to appoint publicity don‘t know if north korea has alternative testing facilities. we don‘t know if at the moment the north koreans believe there nuclear programme is sufficiently mature that they don‘t need to carry out any further tests in the immediate future. it is a very curious dance that we have been seeing over the

last few weeks. the whole debate about the timing of the sum of com isa about the timing of the sum of com is a potential location, what would be talked about. there will be many season diplomatic observers who say that this was kind of inevitable, in pa rt that this was kind of inevitable, in part because it seemed so fantastic that north korea would be willing to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, but also because this was simply approached in completely the wrong way. the traditional approach in diplomacy is to sound out if there is an opportunity, then to do patient leg work, perhaps for months, even years working out the deliverables, what can be agreed, what comes next, what process can be set in train, then finally to a night, yes, you‘re going to have the summit, which point the leaders sign on the dotted lines, you have the photo opportunities for people like us, and so on. this summit was approached in the opposite way, they

decided they were going to have it, it was all very bizarre. from the american side they don‘t seem to have considered what precisely they we re have considered what precisely they were going to expect or demand from the north koreans beyond the vaguest terms. the key question is what happens next. if you think back to before the winter olympics and the rhetoric between north korea and washington was advertised, there we re washington was advertised, there were serious experts talking about 50-50 were serious experts talking about 50—50 chance of war between the and north korea in the not too distant future. that was mitigated by the goodwill surrounding the winter 0lympics. goodwill surrounding the winter olympics. the north korean stop doing nuclear tests. they seemingly have suspended ballistic missile tests for a period. will they go back to launching ballistic missile is? if they do, what is the american

response going to be? thank you. thank you. let‘s speak to our washington correspondent gary 0‘donoghue. gary, they weren‘t taken in by this gesture to blow up the tunnels, the meeting is off, the moment? yes, and it is an extraordinary development because just a few hours ago the president was sounding a lot more positive than this personal letter represents, talking about anger and open hostility. there is a caveat in here that says that the meeting is off for the time being, effectively. the result of an extraordinary threat. as i can we do this paragraph, i donald trump said you talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so much more massive and powerful that i pray god they will never have to be used, which is a straightforward military threat, a warning to the north korean stop to

restart a programme, not to start developing again that intercontinental ballistic missile capability. perhaps to try and bring them back to the table that way. it will go down well. i know that those threats don‘t work well in north korea and we will have to see what their reaction is. this is a huge, ina sense, their reaction is. this is a huge, in a sense, this could‘ve been a big foreign—policy windfall of the donald trump administration to some sort of meeting like that, to get dialogue and process under way. yesterday there was a lot of scepticism around about its potential to go anywhere in the future, but just to potential to go anywhere in the future, butjust to get potential to go anywhere in the future, but just to get to potential to go anywhere in the future, butjust to get to that point in time would have been something of an achievement when, as jonathan was saying, war was being talked about in very clear terms previously. this is a big setback. insults dogwood are particularly

well against your vice president supposedly in washington, dc. no, they don‘t. in this sense, both sides in this have done theirfair share of that. we have had rocket man from this side, with had all sorts of other insults coming from the north as well. in the sense they kind of cancel themselves out a little bit. but, yes, it has become personalised in a way that isn‘t necessarily best for those who would push the diplomatic process forward. there is a big question for mike pompeo, the new secretary of state, he has been there twice don‘t forget in preparation for this summit, secretly on the first occasion, not secretly on the first occasion, not secretly on the second occasion. as things stand, it looks like this is for the foreseeable, but we will see

exactly who moves first next to put something else on the table, if they do at all. how much of this is about each side trying to wrong—foot the other? well, there is a lot of guessing what goes on. don‘t forget, it is quite hard for the us and indeed its allies to read north korea at times. it is a very close society. the us openly admits that it doesn‘t really have that kind of level of intelligence and information that you would typically be able to get in order to judge another side very carefully and very closely. that has been a very difficult thing. perhaps the speed of the desire for denuclearisation has crept up on the north koreans a little bit, the expectation of how quickly things would happen, what they would get in return. we don‘t

know what has been said in private sessions. they may have been looking for a lot more than the us were prepared to give. we don‘t know what leveraged china has played here, whether there are are concerns that have been raised in beijing about the speed at which this was happening. they have a security concern, if you like. north korea is a buffer zone in effect between china and a substantial american highlight in asia. there are lots of factors that could have gone into this. there will be some pressure to try and salvage something from this because before we got to this point of the discussion of the summit and the negotiations, before that point in time, we were at a point when there was a serious risk of military conflict am aware the north korean seemed to be getting to a point where they have the ballistic missile capability and the ability

to stick nuclear weapons on that missile and get some close to the west coast of america and that for this administration and the previous one, it was right up there in terms of foreign policy priorities. the summit was supposed to have taken place on the 12th ofjune in singapore. what would be to happen from the united states perspective for it to be back on again? well... i think that the time being this one is. there is a small caveat in this letter that allows for a future of over something to change. there are no demands particularly in this letter, so there is no clear indication from the president as to what would change his mind. i think it would have to be a substantial step, but we will see. i think mike pompeo will have a big job on his hands to try and reconstruct some kind of lines of communication, to see if there are is any room for manoeuvre and to perhaps schedule it for later on. for the moment,

manoeuvre and to perhaps schedule it for later on. forthe moment, i think you would be wasting your money if you bettered on this actually transparent on the 12th of june. gary, thank you very much. we can speak to our seoul correspondent laura bicker. this was always somewhat in the balance. how will this be received in south korea ? with huge, great disappointment. this those scenes at couple of months ago when the president of china and kim jong—un months ago when the president of china and kimjong—un met at months ago when the president of china and kim jong—un met at the border, shook hands, held hands. north korea signed a deal on denuclearisation. an hour ago i was speaking to you about the dismantling of north korea‘s largest nuclear site. that site is whether carried out the last six nuclear

tests. now we have this. however, north korea has ramped up the rhetoric over the last week. they are angry over a number of things. first of all there is this libya model. it was always going to be a word that when angered north korea. firstly, because they look at the libya model and see what happened to that state. the leader, colonel gaddafi, was eventually killed by opponents. not the best example dolled up to a state that has nuclear weapons for its own survival. plus, north korea has announced it is a nuclear state. they believe they have worked hard at great personal cost to create this nuclear arsenal. they believe they deserve respect from the united states can‘t believe they have not been saying that over the last few weeks with comments from the staff of the us president, from john bolton and mike pence. that is why

they are angry and those statements we re they are angry and those statements were sent out of the last day. they may have misjudged it. i said earlier today that they had not attacked resident tramp because perhaps they felt they wanted to keep the door open for this summit. if they were trying to call president hollande‘s bluff or push the gs for concessions, they are not going to get it. it looks like president trump has said we are having none of this. he has left it openin having none of this. he has left it open in the letter, saying we will meet if kim jong—un open in the letter, saying we will meet if kimjong—un is prepared to stop these hostile words. i ever, it does look likely right now that we will be flying to singapore for that big summit. how much influence can north korea‘s neighbours have, not just of course south korea but china, to? china could have a huge influence. when it comes to trades,

90% of all trade with north korea comes from china and kimjong—un has visited beijing twice. two visits to china in the last few months. considering he is a leader that has not left since he took power in 2011, that shows how important china is to north korea. there was this suggestion, certainly by donald trump, but china might have been influencing. when it comes to china, kim jong—un would have felt, hang on a second, someone has my back. here in south korea, the president here has been taking very careful diplomatic steps. they have been doing everything to try to appease north korea, to stop this kind of rhetoric coming from the north. president moon saw the opportunity in kim jong—un‘s new year speech and

thought he might be open to engagement. remember, this is a president that came to power from a population that was hoping he would engage with the north, and it looked likely. he brought them to the winter olympic games, they marched under a unified flag into the arena. since then, it is being this careful diplomatic process. while it has been careful between north and south korea, it has not been careful between north korea and the united states. the senate foreign relations committee is holding a hearing on north korea and other matters, with testimony from secretary of state, mike pompeo. a few moments ago he spoke about the decision to cancel the summit. the president as that i begin this hearing today by reading the letter that the state department richard lee translated to kim jong—un north korea. the letter is to the chairman kim jong—un. it reads as follows.

dear kim jong—un. it reads as follows. deaerchairman, we kim jong—un. it reads as follows. dear mr chairman, we appreciate your time and effort with respect to our recent negotiations fell to do sum of both long sought by both parties. we were informed that the meeting was requested by north korea, but that to us is totally irrelevant. i was very that to us is totally irrelevant. i was very much looking forward to being there with you. sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your recent communication, i believe it is inappropriate that this time to have this long planned meeting. ifeel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting. therefore, please let this letter served to represent that the singapore summit, for the good of both parties but to the detriment of the world, will not take place. you talk about your nuclear capabilities, but are just too

massive and powerful that they prayed to god they will never have to be used. ifelt prayed to god they will never have to be used. i felt that wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me and ultimately it is only that dialogue that matters. some day i‘d very much look forward to meeting you. in the meantime i want to thank you for the release of the hostages that not home with their families. that was a beautiful gesture and very much appreciated. if you change your mind, please do not hesitate to call me or write. the world and north korea in particular has got a great opportunity for a lasting peace and great prosperity and wealth. this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history. sincerely yours, donaldj moment in history. sincerely yours, donald j trump, president moment in history. sincerely yours, donaldj trump, president of the united states of america. mike pompeo they‘re speaking in front of the senate foreign relations committee. two men have been found guilty of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. zac bolland and david worrall were found guilty of murdering demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson

in walkden in greater manchester in december last year. courtney brierley was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz reports from manchester crown court. there were gasps and sobs in the public gallery here from the wider pearson family when those verdicts came in a short time ago. two men found guilty of murders, zac bolland and his friend david worrall, who threw petrol bombs through the pearson family‘s kitchen window in the night, killing four children aged between 15 and just three—years—old. zac bolland‘s girlfriend, courtney brierley, was with them that night and she has been convicted of manslaughter. my colleague danny savage now looks at the background to this case. the final frame captures the panic in the street from helpless

neighbours who will be left traumatised by what they saw. brandon and lacie pearson, two of the four children who were in that fierce fire, who were murdered. their home was petrol bombed by two men who had fallen out with the children‘s older brother. a fire which took hold so quickly, neighbours and family could do nothing to help. i remember going down the street and then just being surrounded by police officers, and i‘m screaming at them. you just wanted to go in and help and you couldn't. the two men who started the fire, zac bolland and david worrall, denied the main charges at their trial. the court heard they believed the house was empty and that the pearson family had been taken into police protection

they had spent the previous few hours planning the attack. here at the back of the house, they took out a fence panel and then used the axe to smash the kitchen window. each of them then threw a petrol bomb into the home before running away. bolland later described how he heard the whoosh 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 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 but i think her friends will definitely remember demi as being someone that was independent and someone that was always there for her friends whatever they needed. demi‘s younger siblings, brandon and lacie were murdered that night too. three—year—old lia pearson died of her injuries a few days later. their mother michelle was in a coma for months and was only told about the deaths of her four children last month. they‘ve gone. i can‘t even turn round and say one has gone. all her young ones, all her babies have gone. bolland and worrall now face long jail terms for murdering four children in the most horrific circumstances. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. bolland was also convicted of attempting to murder the three surviving members of the family and worrall convicted of attempted grievous bodily harm. the three defendants will all be sentenced later. the court has also just been

told a little bit more about michelle pearson‘s condition, the children‘s mother. we are told she is doing well, but she‘s still very poorly and she has been told about the fact that her children have died, but it‘s questionable how much she understands at this stage. an army sergeant has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute and sabotaging a gas valve at their home. emile and victoria cilliers, husband and wife, but a couple

where he wanted her to die. mrs cilliers plummeted to the ground, spinning wildly and violently, she said, and then blacked out. she landed just a few feet from this road and only lived because it was a newly—ploughed field of relatively soft soil. detectives went to the airbase near salisbury and discovered that emile cilliers was the last to handle the parachute the day before the accident. it was in this toilet that emile cilliers brought victoria cillers‘ parachute to tamper with. he removed strings on the main parachute and cut pieces off the reserve parachute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was that when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration to see if there was time and space for a parachute to be sabotaged in the cubicle. there was. i have known him in the past, however i certainly would never have thought he would be capable of doing something like this. jeff montgomery from the british parachute association

knows emile cilliers and says he still can‘t believe what cillers did. nobody would want to believe that somebody could do that to somebody else because we are all bonded by the sport together. i just don‘t think people would want to believe that, but... but incredibly, emile cilliers had gone further. a week before the parachute incident he‘d tampered with this gas pipe at his home in amesbury in another attempt to try to kill victoria. he turned a nut to create a leak, hoping for an explosion. police found the teeth on his set of mole grips were identical to marks on the nut. but why would emile cilliers want to kill victoria ? police discovered he was having sex with his former wife and an affair with this woman, stefanie goller. they exchanged thousands of texts, including some on the very night victoria was taken to hospital after her parachute accident. he also hoped to get a massive insurance pay—out if victoria died. victoria cilliers had no idea what her husband was trying to do to her in their kitchen or here over the fields of wiltshire. six days, two attempted murders, and one woman who survived.

now the weather with helen willetts. it has been far cloudier in southern and western parts of the uk compared to yesterday, but we have again seen a lot of sunshine. 20 more of that sunshine to end the day. it did diminish across east anglia to the afternoon with more showers coming in here. the showers, which could be thundery, develop more widely this evening and overnight. temperatures hanging" was overnight. the low cloud returned to cross many eastern parts of the northern half of the country. further west we have the sunshine. heading through friday morning, there is quite a lot of cloud again across england and

wales. it looks more widespread, with thundery rain. there could be potentially some intense storms in the evening in the side. still warm in the sunshine in the north and west, but the cloud hangs around on the east coast. for the bank holiday weekend, it will be warm, muggy at times but the risk of scattered thunderstorms, as well. thunderstorms potentially further south. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... president trump has called off his planned summit next month with the north korean leader kim jong—un. in a letter to kim, the president blamed what he called "the tremendous anger and open hostility" of north korea‘s recent statements. secretary of state mike pompeo read the letter to a senate committee. the world and north korea in particular has lost a great opportunity for a lasting peace and greater prosperity and wealth. this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history. two men have been found guilty of murdering four children — aged between three and 15 —

in an arson attack in greater manchester last december. zac bolland used a petrol bomb to set fire to the house in walkden. he was convicted of murder along with david worrall. army sergeant emile cilliers has been found guilty at winchester crown court of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries after falling 4000 feet. and 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. sports now on afternoon live. with hugh ferris. england taking on pakistan. the first test of the summer. how important is this test going to be given the trials and tribulations of the winter? a big moment for the test team but also

the sport in this particular form. test cricket is worried about losing found all over the world. need to be playing well to try and retain that support, which they haven‘t been. they are trying to make amends after a tough winter during which they stretched their run away from home to 13 tests without a win. here are some of the headlines of the moment of doom for them over the winter. you will remember the ashes. it was that the whitewash but pretty nearly. a 4—0 ashes win in that series for australia. then a defeat to new zealand, the first time they had lost this test series to ease even since 1999, including 58 all out in auckland, one of the worst score as they have managed to rack up. then the disciplinary problems. ben stokes not involved because of his arrest in september. ben duckett is well involved johnny bairstow got himself into a bit of bother with

cameron bancroft, even though he wasn‘t part of the squad. very important for the team and the sport that this summer goes a little better than the winter did. how are england getting numb? after that build—up not particularly well. they have had a habit of not starting series of matches well. three down for not many many is how things have progressed over the past four or five years. that has continued today at lord‘s. they were three down for 43 earlier this morning. they had something of a revival but the man who was leading at alastair cook has just lost his wicket. add 470. ben stokes and jos buttler at the crease at the moment. 160—5. interesting for both of them because ben stokes hasn‘t been in the test team since last summer and jos buttler upon his

recall as well has made a bad start. 11 not out. some liverpool fans have already started the journey to kiev for saturday night‘s champions league final against real madrid. this group of around 200 boarded coaches near anfield before seven o‘clock this morning for what‘s certain to be an exhausting journey to ukraine. it‘ll take them through belgium, germany and poland, before arriving some time on saturday morning, so a trip of around 48 hours. meanwhile as liverpool attempt to win their sixth european cup on saturday, the site of their fifth will once again host the champions league final. istanbul‘s attaturk stadium has been awarded the event for 2020. it was the scene for liverpool‘s incredible comeback and victory over ac milan in 2005. meanwhile back in kiev this afternoon, it‘s the women‘s champions league final. no english teams involved. but an english player. lucy bronzejoined lyon from manchester city last summer and is trying to help the french club retain the title against wolfsburg.

this report from john curry. the best seats in the house. lyon are the favourites. wood have won it twice but not since 2014. both teams beat inglot opposition in the semifinals. wolfsburg overcame chelsea. lyon beat manchester city 1-0 chelsea. lyon beat manchester city 1—0 thanks to this goal against her former club. obviously got the decisive goal in the end. i think i shot my team—mates and myself by scoring it. —— shocked. i can to render much of the rest of the game. i remember the goal definitely. what a fantastic week it could become for lucy bronze. she can become the first british woman in 11 years to

be crowned european champion. if you wa nt to be crowned european champion. if you want to follow how lucy and the two teams get on you can watch it on the bbc sport centre it, on the app and conjure connected tv. kick off at ibm. -- conjure connected tv. kick off at ibm. —— 5pm. that is all the sport. more coming up up in the next hour. let‘s return now to our main story, donald trump has said a planned summit with north korea‘s leader next month in singapore has been cancelled. the us president said the decision had been based on the "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent north korean statement. let mejust let me just tell you about a couple of lines coming out from the white house. an official there saying that the north korean condemnation yesterday of the us vice president mike pence was the last straw that led to this summit being cancelled. mr pence was described by north korea as a political dummy.

meanwhile us house speaker paul ryan says the us must continue to work with allies towards a peaceful resolution with north korea. that speak to a senior research fellow with the asia—pacific programme at chatham house. thank you forjoining us. how precarious was this summit anyway? this comes as a big surprise. i think most analysts myself included expected that despite all the public noises recently both these were committed to having a meeting on the 12th of june. it was back on the 8th of march that president trump announced he was preparing to meet kimjong—un and many expected because of president trump‘s personal interest in seeing the meeting happened, his ego and desire to be seen as peacemaker and to get the win ahead of the mid—term elections in november and because of the north korean ‘s desire to have meetings to happen. we heard from the south

korean government as recently as yesterday, but it was 90% likely it would go ahead. so this is a big surprise and i can only speculate that it was in fact those public expressions of anger of the vice president of america that has made president trump decide to back away from this meeting. it will raise very interesting questions about what happens next. white house official saying via the reuters news agency there is still hope for peace with north korea. how would we get there? how could this be back on the table? this is an important question. weeks have been spent trying to plan for this summit. the north koreans will feel they must face as —— lost face after this cancellation and it was relatively recently the north koreans released three american citizens. many of us thought that was part of the implicit deal to get this summit of the ground and i think there will be a great deal of distrust and the

text of the president‘s letter which mentions the size of american‘s nuclear arsenal and president trump‘s fervent wish that this arsenal not be used, might be interpreted by the north koreans as a pretty clear threat about the possibility of military force being back on the table. it is difficult to see at this point had the talks will resume. south koreans i speculate will be trying to make work behind the scenes to see if they can get the two parties back together but negotiations i think are very together but negotiations i think are very much of the table at the moment. how much of a factor is it that the idea of this summit came together very quickly as opposed to ticking years and years of quiet backroom discussions?” ticking years and years of quiet backroom discussions? i think it is a huge factor. many people felt president trump overreached by promising a summit, by giving up his political capital so easily by meeting with this north korean

counterpart. and there was a great deal of uncertainty about the key issue of denuclearisation is and what it meant to the two sides. as a requisite of the meeting it became very clear —— got closer to the meeting, the north korea idea of denuclearisation was different to verifiable and irreversible denuclearised edition of america and that has been a sticking point. the north koreans expecting to disappoint resident trap by not giving up assets may be a factor as to why this has been cancelled. i think it will be a difficult gap to bridge. mike pompeo is currently speaking in front of a foreign affair as senate committee. another line that has come out of that. he says he has seen no evidence that china has relaxed any sanctions on north korea. how much there in the

last point to the importance of china in getting things back on track? china of course is very important. those two meetings first in beijing. some had speculated that the chinese had been trying to encourage the north koreans to take a tougher position and that public statement making it clear that north korea was not about to give up its nuclear weapons, preferring a more phased approach, some people thought the chinese might have been a spoiler in this context. emphasising that those sanctions remained tight and firmly supported by the chinese is perhaps an effort by the americans to offset that impression and make it clear the international community is still united, but building back and creating the momentum on the part of the united

states and its la is to keep pressure on north korea will be hugely important but of course the wild card in all this is south korea. their president back to the historic meeting with his north korean counterpart has signalled a relaxation intentions and i think the south koreans will be bitterly disappointed and as i said trying behind the scenes to see if there is a way in which washington and pyongyang can be put back together. thank you very much for your time. pleasure. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has heard how a mother and young daughter died in each other‘s arms, alongside a cousin who was just a visitor on the night of the disaster. 72 people died. the lives of 12 people are being commemorated today. our news correspondent tom burridgejoins us now from the inquiry in west london. yet another very personal story being told. we heard a very long brave tribute from someone who lost

both his parents. both of his brothers, and his younger sister. he said he was proud of his brothers and sisters because they hadn‘t tried to get out of the building on their own, they stayed with their pa rents their own, they stayed with their parents who had mobility issues and paid the ultimate price. we also heard about victoria king originally from australia who died along side her daughter in flat 172. we heard about the teacher who was described as someone who also always had a house full of visitors. we also heard about a man and wife and their three—year—old daughter. her aunt paid tribute to her and described her as cheeky and smart and infectious laugh. you can see her personality form more and more and we would get so excited by what an amazing team human being she was

going to go up 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 suit her to sleep. i would hold her tightjust like that suit her to sleep. i would hold her tight just like he that suit her to sleep. i would hold her tightjust like he did when i was a kid and that is how they work when they were being burnt alive, holding each other so take, trying to squeeze the nightmare away. take yourtime, to squeeze the nightmare away. take your time, there is to squeeze the nightmare away. take yourtime, there is no to squeeze the nightmare away. take your time, there is no rush. to this day and for the rest of my life i will never accept that they have gone. and that i will never see them again andl gone. and that i will never see them again and i will never be able to field their warmth, their kind and loving hearts. what she would be doing today, tomorrow, her tenth

birthday, her 18th, her doing today, tomorrow, her tenth birthday, her18th, her21st and doing today, tomorrow, her tenth birthday, her 18th, her 21st and the re st of birthday, her 18th, her 21st and the rest of her life. we all miss them so rest of her life. we all miss them so much. thank you. applause demand you saw clubbing is a retired former high court judge demand you saw clubbing is a retired former high courtjudge who was leading the public inquiry into g re nfell leading the public inquiry into grenfell fire. the team has a long way to go. it will consider hundreds of witnesses, there will be several reports from technical experts but these two weeks set aside for the tributes to the victims are about setting the tone and remembering the victims and hearing personal

stories, family holidays, childhoods and futures cut tragically short. thatin and futures cut tragically short. that in turn reminds us why the public enquiry is happening and why it is establishing the truth, so important. thank you. two teenage boys have been found guilty of plotting to murder pupils and staff at a school in north yorkshire. the pair, who are both 15, said they were inspired by the columbine school massacre in the united states. during the three—week trial at leeds crown court, jurors heard how the boys had prepared a "hit list" of people they wanted to kill. in the last half an hour north yorkshire police have given this statement. . this case has reached its conclusion, we acknowledge that many people have been deeply affected and that it has has a significant impact on the small rural town and the small school community. the local community has shown great resilience throughout this unsettling time and we thank everyone for their support and helping us work together as

safeguarding agencies to deliver the best possible support in a timely manner to those who really need us. we wa nt manner to those who really need us. we want to reassure the school community and the wider public that the health and well—being of young people and their families will remain at the top of our agenda. safeguarding of children, young people and their families is a priority for all agencies in north yorkshire. we will continue to work together to deliver the support of all those affected by this event in the weeks and months to come. this isa the weeks and months to come. this is a strong community which is committed to people and we know we will help them move on with confidence from these difficult times. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their 21—year—old french au pair and burning her body in their garden — after holding her prisoner at their home in wimbledon in london. 0uissem medouni had told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouidair, had becomejealous of sophie lionnet. in the weeks leading up to the au pair‘s death last september, the couple beat and starved her.

sophie long reports from the old bailey. after the jury delivered the guilty verdict a statement was read out in court on behalf of sophie lionnet‘s mother. she said the couple were monsters who starved and tortured the daughter and took away her dignity and she struggled to take her terrified breath in the bath. both blamed murder and blamed each other and woke to find the other had killed her. 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. the metropolitan police said they would never know the true extent of the horror she had to endure. i‘m satisfied that today the verdict has brought some justice for sophie but of course it will never bring her back.

i believe that we are sophie‘s voice, telling of the torment, abuse and torture she suffered and today she has finally been heard. 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 an on—off relationship ever since. but kouider had other boyfriends too. 0ne she became obsessed with. mark walton, a former member of the band boyzone. she made many false — the prosecution said — preposterous accusations against him. she claimed sophie was helping him. she even went into the local newsagent telling people he was harassing herfamily. she said, "have you seen this person?" and she showed me a photo of a blonde—haired man on the phone. i questioned her, what is it with this person, and she said he‘s a very dangerous person.

"why didn‘t your nanny do anything about it?" and she said the nanny was complicit with mark walton. i didn‘t know his name at the time, but she said with him. mark walton and sophie lionnet had never met but the couple wouldn‘t let her 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 head under water in the bath, they threatened her with prison, with rape, with further violence if she didn‘t confess to crimes 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. kouider was at the trampolining centre while medouni when shopping. he bought patio cleaner and a pizza, less than an hour before he set light to sophie‘s body.

the toxic combination of kouider and medouni created an 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. mark walton has offered his deepest sympathies to sophie‘s parents today and said he was deeply hurt by the tissue of lies that had been told about him by sabrina kruger. the sentencing will take place here next month. in a moment the business news but first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. president trump has said that next month‘s planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, will not

now take place. two men have been convicted of murdering four children — after throwing petrol bombs into their home when the family was asleep. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife — by tampering with her parachute. here are your business headlines. an uber self—driving car that hit and killed a woman in arizona failed to identify her as a pedestrian — and the brakes only activated 1.3 seconds before impact. those are the findings of investigators. they say the system spotted her six seconds before the crash — but didn‘t immediately classify her as a pedestrian. uber suspended its self—driving test programme in arizona — but will continue testing elsewhere. uk 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 7,000 as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs and boost profits. the bank said that it will lose up to 25% of staff in its equities and trading businesses. the beast from the east seems like a distant memory now — but its shadow looms over latest sales figures from b&q? yes. that cold weather snap we had in march might seem like a distant memory. i was away but they saw all the photos. i know where you were as well, somewhere a lot warmer. the photos. i know where you were as well, somewhere a lot warmerlj well, somewhere a lot warmer.” shared it through all the photos. i am sure what many people did was put off all the nonessential trips to the shops and diy can be put off. this has been reflected in sales figures for kingfisher the parent

company of bm). the two months to the end of march, like—for—like sales have ta ken the end of march, like—for—like sales have taken a tumble of 9% in the uk and ireland. the chief executive said it was a challenging start of the year but with the exceptionally harsh weather across europe coupled with weak consumer demand. let‘s go down to this a little bit more with the chief market strategist. the figures, not all that encouraging. this comes on top of b80 having closed 65 scorers and cut around 3000 jobs over two yea rs. and cut around 3000 jobs over two years. is it working order they still need to go further? it will be very tough for kingfisher and b and q. the market was bracing for bad numbers. we knew that the beast and the east would impact the first—quarter performance but the group like—for—like was down 4%, market was expecting 2.8. b80 down

996, market was expecting 2.8. b80 down 9%, market was expecting 7%. real world we get something of a bounce in the current quarter. april sales figures for instance. if you look at the diy market overall it is at best treading water. the housing market in the uk is treading water. renovation budgets probably still in negative territory. a lot has gone from diy to do it for me it is one of the reasons why kingfisher group has tried to pivot towards screw fix, the more traditional end of the market. travis hagans pushing back. it is tough out there. there might bea it is tough out there. there might be a bit of respite because there is this other big player homebase, wesfarmers broth at. they lost over a quarter billion pounds over the la st a quarter billion pounds over the last few years and they are looking

to pull out. very difficult for b80 because they got a lot of pricing. maybe the new owners of homebase will start to bring a bid for pricing discipline into the market and rebuild margins but they are long way go. do it for me, the ism, not quite as catchy as diy. the share price for kingfisher was down this morning, it is now upon the day, if are facing these pressures, why is the share price up? it is difficult to do it day on day because only a couple of days away from the 5000 having an all—time high and if you look at the kingfisher share price it hasn't done much in the last year and it is hovering at the multi—year low so maybe there was april sales figures you mentioned are coming out and gave a bit of the boost to some of the retail names in general which have been battered recently. we make a change of ownership in homebase

which might give them some relief going forward. outside of that the next date in the diary is a strategy presentation that kingfisher management will give on the 7th of june and maybe a little more colour on all of that. for now at least shareholders who have been taking a view that we have seen the share price already beaten up, maybe a little overdone. good to get your thoughts. mike ingram from w h ireland. the markets... the ftse 100 ireland. the markets... the ftse100 down this afternoon. hovering near record high levels. a couple of specific chairs. paddy power, but there completed a deal with the us business to try and tap into the soon—to—be opened up us sports betting market. kingfisher, the b80 owner, share price up, sometimes the shares did the opposite of what you expect. counter intuitive. you don‘t need time here for that.

it has been far cloudier across southern and western parts of the king compared with yesterday. low cloud for the east coast. we have seen a lot of sunshine. this was taken earlier in the day in highland scotland. it diminished across east anglia through the afternoon. more showers here. the showers which could be done to be developed more widely the seeming and overnight. quite close across the southern half of the country. temperatures hanging around in double figures and increased moisture and humidity year. increased moisture and humidity yea r. low increased moisture and humidity year. low cloud returns across many eastern parts of the northern half of the country. further west we have the sunshine. as we had through friday morning you can see a lot of cloud again across england and wales. more widespread. it might brighten up later in the south but that will trigger some intense storms potentially towards the evening. still warm in the sunshine in the north and west but the low cloud hangs around on the east coast. for the bank holiday weekend

it stays warm and monday at times but the risk of some scattered thunderstorms as well. hello, you are watching afternoon live. donald trump calls off his summit with the north korean leader — kimjong un — the us says it‘s inappropriate to meet given the country‘s "tremendous anger and open hostility." the world and north korea in particular has lost a great opportunity for lasting peace and great prosperity and wealth. this is a truly sad moment in history. two men are convicted of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack — as they slept in their beds. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. resuming after tea with 165—5. i

will tell you how they are getting on, if they are still there, in around half an hour. think you very much, how is it looking, helen? it is beautiful for some looking, helen? it is beautifulfor some but looking, helen? it is beautiful for some but we have the east coast mist and the rain in the east coast mist and the rain in the south so some around for the cricket potentially later on and thatis cricket potentially later on and that is the story as we head into the bank holiday weekend, north south split but one for all of us. also coming up — the mother of a severely disabled boy is suing a cornish theme park for not providing suitable toilet facilities for him. president trump has called off next month‘s planned summit with north korea‘s leader,

kim jong un. he said the meeting was inappropriate at the moment because of what he described as mr kim‘s "tremendous anger and outright hostility". mr trump added that the world — and north korea — had lost a great opportunity for a lasting peace. his announcement in a letter to mr kim came hours after north korea said it had destroyed its main nuclear test site. senate foreign relations committee is holding a hearing on north korea and other matters, with testimony from secretary of state mike pompeo. a few moments ago he spoke about the decision to cancel the summit. we put preparation teams together to begin to work together for the summitand we begin to work together for the summit and we received no response. it's summit and we received no response. it‘s also the case... i disagree with what you said in your opening statement, i think we are rocking, we are ready. we are prepared for this meeting. resident trump is prepared for this meeting. we were fully engaged over the past weeks to prepare so i disagree with your assessment the americans are not ready. mike pompeo. our world affairs correspondent jonathan marcusjoins me now. it seems like this decision has

caught quite a few people on the hop. certainly the timing of it, there seems to have been an escalating war of words between pyongyang and washington and the vice president was described as a political dummy. he said the americans could meet them toe to toe as it were and that didn‘t help but what‘s interesting from mike pompeo‘s comments is it seems that behind the scenes the americans were going through the kind of diplomatic hoops to set up working parties to try and get the drafting of whatever might have been deliverable at this summitarranged, and might have been deliverable at this summit arranged, and as you heard them say, they weren‘t getting much ofa them say, they weren‘t getting much of a response from the north koreans soi of a response from the north koreans so i think it is that as much as the rhetoric, the combination of the two, behind mrtrump rhetoric, the combination of the two, behind mr trump pulling the plug. the way this summit came about, it was pretty hasty by

diplomatic standards. it was, and approached in rather the wrong way. clearly a lot of people said even having a summit between the north korean leader and president trump was an extraordinary mark of the elevation of the north korean leadership, a concession to them if you like, something which they would wa nt to you like, something which they would want to bank and play to their narrative is it were. behind the scenes there is work that could go on for months, even years, various things to be agreed and discussed, drafting is done, issues that are difficult are hedged around or words are found to deal with those, then you announced there will be a summit and principles turn up, there‘s a lot of razzmatazz, press and cameras. they sign on the dotted line and hopefully the process

continues. this was done completely the other way round. the decision was to have a summit, then they set about scrambling to try and figure out what they would get from it. time is very short, the north korean regime is very difficult set of people i think in many ways to deal with. i think there‘s a amount of inexperience and unreal is on the trump administration side so i think the fact it has all collapsed at this stage is not that surprising. perhaps driven by a desire by the trump administration to chalk up a foreign policy wing of some magnitude. mr trump regards himself as the great negotiator, the great deal—maker, and we have heard this all along. with iran it was i can get you a better deal, so far he has achieved the opposite. they have largely jettisoned the achieved the opposite. they have largelyjettisoned the existing deal but there doesn‘t seem to be much else to replace it. with north korea

he seemed to be saying in effect i can geta he seemed to be saying in effect i can get a deal with the north koreans where all my predecessors have failed. for the moment at least that doesn‘t seem to be working out either. the big question is what now. is there going to be an escalating war of words, are the koreans going to go back to testing long—range ballistic missile is. is there any possibility of keeping the door ajar, of keeping some kind of diplomatic process going and crucially i think for the people on the korean peninsular, is there any way in which the much warmer relations between north and south korea can be insulated in any way if relations between pyongyang and washington go back into the freezer. it's washington go back into the freezer. it‘s going to be very difficult. thank you. laura bicker is in seoul and joins me now. just reading that the south korean

president is meeting aides after that decision to cancel the summit. the scratching of heads by a lot of people in the region. it seems to have taken them completely by surprise, they have been blindsided. remember the president a few days ago was beside president trump trying to get this summit on track. he arrived back and all the messages i was getting from the presidential palace in seoul was optimism, that they felt sure things would get back contract and yet here we are today donald trump has called this summit of. we have to go back to the reason for this, north korea issued a blistering attack for a reason. they are angry with the trump administration for comparing north korea with libya. it is the libya model they are not happy with and it‘s charted withjohn bolton,

donald trump‘s national security adviser who at the time compared the denuclearisation with libya. the libyan leader lost his life and regime, and when it comes to models, that‘s not want they feel is appropriate. secondly north korea at great personal cost has spent decades building up a nuclear arsenalfor decades building up a nuclear arsenal for one decades building up a nuclear arsenalfor one reason, its survival. if you are going to point toa regime survival. if you are going to point to a regime that did not survive, it is not a good model. they are worlds apart from libya and they feel that respect from president trump‘s aids has not been forthcoming. there is something i said earlier today when i first saw that statements, the attacks that have come from north korea have been aimed at president trump‘s aides. not at president trump‘s aides. not at president trump himself and i think perhaps we can only guess with north korea that might have been a way of trying to

keep the door open, of not making it personal. if that were the case if they were pushing for concessions from the united states, they didn‘t get it. in fact they got cancelled summit instead. it makes it look like this was paper—thin, we are now back to name—calling. like this was paper—thin, we are now back to name-calling. it looked all so real to people here. people had high hopes about peace, they have marches and people have been going toa marches and people have been going to a fake replica. kim jong—un‘s popularity here has shot up. and now everybody is left wondering what happens next. and what happens, what kind of deal can the south make with the north? remember there is that hot line on the president‘s desk so

that he can talk to kim jong—un directly. thank you. let's speak to our washington correspondent, and they are not taken in by this gesture ahead of the summit? no, the response from the white house this morning was much more in response to north korea‘s statements about their nuclear arsenal, their personal swipes at mike pence and if there is one thing we know about donald trump heap pays attention to language and rhetoric, and if someone attacks him verbally he pushes back. he built himself as a counterpuncher so when you saw this letter coming out of

the white house, in the first paragraph, it talks about the nuclear arsenal of the us being strong and powerful and how he prays he doesn‘t have to use it. that is the donald trump we heard last year when north korea was doing some sabre rattling and donald trump said he would respond with fire and fury the likes the world has never seen. this is definitely in keeping with his personality, and his style and what he‘s trying to do on the world stage. yes, and nuclear one—upmanship, so what would it take from the trump administration‘s point of view to get this summit back on track, if not in time for june the 12th sometime later?“ back on track, if not in time for june the 12th sometime later? if the president is looking to language and responding to language from today, it could be a change in tone, a change in language from north korea

will start as laura mentioned, both sides have different priorities and different goals from these negotiations. the united states calling for total denuclearisation of the korean peninsular well north korea appears to want to keep some portion of their nuclear arsenal. i think the us would have to see more progress on the part of north korea. but right now i think this is a stinging blow for donald trump. he was entertaining the notion of the nobel peace prize just a week ago saying people were talking about it but that this would be good for world peace. he was putting a lot of emphasis on some sort of successful negotiation and you could sense in the closing of the letter today a sort of wistfulness that this was a missed opportunity not just sort of wistfulness that this was a missed opportunity notjust for him personally to show his style in diplomacy can work but also for the world as a whole. anthony, thank you very much. two men have been found guilty

of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. zac bolland and david worrall were found guilty of murdering demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson in walkden in greater manchester in december last year. courtney brierley was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. our correspondent danny savage reports. footage from a fire engine responding to a house fire in greater manchester in the dead of night last december. first sight of the scene is horrifying, a house ablaze from top to bottom. the final frame captures the panic in the street from helpless neighbours who will be left traumatised by what they saw. brandon and lacie pearson, two of the four children who were in that fierce fire, who were murdered. their home was petrol bombed by two men who had fallen out with the children‘s older brother. a fire which took hold so quickly, neighbours and family could do nothing to help.

i remember going down the street and then just being surrounded by police officers, and i‘m screaming at them. you just wanted to go in and help and you couldn't. the two men who started the fire, zac bolland and david worrall, denied the main charges at their trial. the court heard they believed the house was empty and that the pearson family had been taken into police protection after a row involving the defendants a few hours earlier. on the night of the fire, zac bolland and david worrall were dropped here at the end of the street where the pearson family lived. armed with petrol bombs, an axe and a machete, they were clear about what they were going to do. they had spent the previous few hours planning the attack. here at the back of the house, they took out a fence panel and then used the axe to smash the kitchen window. each of them then threw a petrol bomb into the home before running away. bolland later described how he heard the whoosh 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 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 but i think her friends will definitely remember demi as being someone that was independent and someone that was always there for her friends whenever they needed. demi‘s younger siblings, brandon and lacie were murdered that night too. three—year—old lia pearson died of her injuries a few days later. their mother michelle was in a coma for months and was only told about the deaths of her four children last month. they‘ve gone. i can‘t even turn round and say one has gone. all her young ones, all her babies have gone.

bolland and worrall now face long jail terms for murdering four children in the most horrific circumstances. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... president trump has said that next month‘s planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, will not now take place. two men have been convicted of murdering four children after throwing petrol bombs into their home in walkden, greater manchester, when the family was asleep. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. ince ought alistair cooke‘s wicked isa ince ought alistair cooke‘s wicked is a crucial one to fall at lord‘s as england try to keep their head above water. ben stokes and jos buttler fell within the space of

three balls leaving england 168—7. can the england defender ‘s club reta ke can the england defender ‘s club retake the champions league trophy? it kicks off in kiev in under an hour. and morrissey of argentina signed a five—year contract with top man and will stay until 2023. —— mauricio pochettino will stay with totte n ha m. an army sergeant has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute and sabotaging a gas valve at their home. duncan kennedy was at winchester crown court. emile and victoria cilliers, husband and wife, but a couple where he wanted her to die. an experienced skydiver who‘d made 2,500 jumps, this was victoria cilliers during one of herflights. a flight exactly like this one, over the same airfield in wiltshire where she had her accident.

but victoria cilliers plummeted to the ground when her main and reserve chutes failed to open. as she fell, she blacked out. she only lived because she landed in a newly ploughed field. the police were called in when it became clear the slinks, like this, which connect the harness to the canopy, had been deliberately taken off. detectives went to the airbase near salisbury and discovered that emile cilliers was the last to handle the parachute the day before the accident. it was in this toilet that emile cilliers brought victoria cillers‘ parachute to tamper with. he removed strings on the main parachute and cut pieces off the reserve parachute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was that when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration to see if there was time and space for a parachute to be sabotaged in the cubicle.

there was. i have known him in the past, however i certainly would never have thought he would be capable of doing something like this. jeff montgomery from the british parachute association knows emile cilliers and says he still can‘t believe what cillers did. nobody would want to believe that somebody could do that to somebody else because we are all bonded by the sport together. i just don‘t think people would want to believe that, but... but incredibly, emile cilliers had gone further. a week before the parachute incident he‘d tampered with this gas pipe at his home in amesbury in another attempt to try to kill victoria. he turned a nut to create a leak, hoping for an explosion. police found the teeth on his set of mole grips were identical to marks on the nut.

but why would emile cilliers want to kill victoria ? police discovered he was having sex with his former wife and an affair with this woman, stefanie goller. they exchanged thousands of texts, including some on the very night victoria was taken to hospital after her parachute accident. he also hoped to get a massive insurance pay—out if victoria died. victoria cilliers had no idea what her husband was trying to do to her in their kitchen or here over the fields of wiltshire. six days, two attempted murders, and one woman who survived. duncan kennedy reporting. let‘s return now to our main story, donald trump‘s decision to cancel his planned summit with north korea‘s leader kimjong—un in singapore next month. the president said the decision had been based on the "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent

north korean statement. i‘m joined now byjohn everard, former uk ambassador to north korea. thank you for coming in. a lot for you to comment on the moment with regard to north korea. how predictable was it that this summit was not going to take place? ?m wasn‘t entirely predictable although it was clear from some time ago both kim jong—un it was clear from some time ago both kimjong—un and it was clear from some time ago both kim jong—un and president trump indicated if it didn‘t go well they would pull out of it. you have read president trump‘s that and it seems yes, to he; ' f yes, to he; been talking yes, it seems to have been talking cheerfully about the prospects of summit until recently. the summit until recently. it appears donald trump wrote this letter himself without consulting anybody. how flimsy men was the apparent thawing of relations between north korea ?

apparent thawing of relations between north korea? the summit that seems to have come somewhat out of the blue in diplomatic terms. how flimsy was it? i think a month ago perhaps it was quite genuine and there was a real chance of a summit. i think the wheels started coming off last weekend when donald trump realised just how dangerous this summit could be. let‘s not kid ourselves the summit was anything to do with the fate of the korean people, this was donald trump‘s attempt to get the nobel peace prize like obama did his term. he realised it wouldn‘t be a big bang summit and he might come out of it looking stupid. there was an invited audience ofjournalists, levelling up audience ofjournalists, levelling up —— apparently blowing up the

nuclear test tunnels which was regarded as a gesture, you weren‘t taken in by that? i think it was a genuine gesture, not a question of being taken in. i think the north koreans were signalling there was a lot resolved between them and the united states and they were very annoyed i repeated references to the libya model which they hated but nevertheless they are prepared to go ahead. one wonders if cynically donald trump timed his letter to follow immediately the demolition of the tunnels rather than risking the north koreans not knocking the tunnels down before he sent his letter. how likely is it the summit can be rescheduled? what needs to happen to enable that to happen?- the end of his letter, trump indicates that if kim jong—un writes to him or phones him, they can discuss reinstating the summit though that is one possibility but otherwise i think the prospects in the immediate future are not great. how dangerous the situation are we

i . how dangerous the situation are we in again? it is dangerous. we are not quite back to the situation we we re not quite back to the situation we were in in september 2017 but it doesn‘t look as if diplomacy will go ahead. the maximum pressure obviously that donald trump had been pursuing up to this summit is going to be difficult to reinstate because it is now most unlikely that china will enforce sanctions against north korea and i have a sinking feeling that before long people will talk again about strikes. mike pompeo this afternoon said there was no evidence at the moment china was easing off its sanctions against north korea but i suppose now the landscape is rather different. yes, particularly since kim jong—un‘s second meeting a few weeks ago with jae—in. you do not enforce sanctions

on your blood brother. always good to talk to you, thank you. two teenage boys have been found guilty of plotting to murder pupils and staff at a school in north yorkshire. the pair, who are both 15, were inspired by the columbine school massacre in the united states. during the three—week trial at leeds crown court, jurors heard how the boys had prepared a "hit list" of people they wanted to kill. in the last hour north yorkshire police have given this statement. although this case has reached its conclusion, we acknowledge that many people have been deeply affected and it has had a significant impact, tifiughw. , ,i§ uhswe,,,ihq jitie an, thank tifiughw. , ,i§ uhswe,,,ihq fine en, thank everybody for their , tifiughw. , ,i§ uhswe,,,ihq fine en, thank everybody q their support! we thank everybody for their support and helping us work together as safeguarding agencies to deliver the best possible support in a timely manner to those who really need it

us. we want to reassure the schools immunity and the wider public that the health and wellbeing of young people and their families will remain at the top of our agenda. safeguarding of children, young people and their families is a priority for all agencies in north yorkshire. we will continue to work together to deliver the support of all those affected by this event in the weeks and months to come. this isa the weeks and months to come. this is a strong community which is committed to its young people and we know we can pull together to help them move on with confidence on these difficult times. let's take a look at the weather forecast now. here‘s helen willetts. and we are going to begin in yemen and omagh where they are having some extreme weather? yes, these are some pictures or videos sent in from a little island setting off the coast

of the arabian sea so it‘s already given a lot of rain and destruction, and it is still intensifying. as we go through the next 36 hours it will get more powerful. you can see it on the satellite picture and it envelo ps the satellite picture and it envelops a huge volume of ocean. it is expected to make landfall on the yemen oman border and if it intensifies as it is expected to it could be a category two hurricane. that would be the most powerful to hit the arabian peninsular. we are talking about rainfall amounts of 400-500 talking about rainfall amounts of 400—500 millilitres, the average is 100 for the whole year and this will happen in the space of a couple of days. so that is the extreme, but quite widely probably 200 millilitres of rain will fall. certainly worth watching that

system. bank holiday here know how all going to do? we are looking one, start with the positive! i thought we would take a look at the cricket first because they have done well to stay dry so far today, but over the coming few days it will be dodging the showers and that is what we have to contend with. we have the warmth of the coming few days but in the south at least there will be an increasing risk of thunderstorms. we already have some rain around today. as you can see on the charts, more storms moving into east anglia, these passing bike close to london at the moment sale at lord‘s we could have bad light. it‘s mostly the south where we are seeing that rain actually so we have seen sunshine galore in the north, this one from buckinghamshire where we have had a lot of rain. the rain continues this evening and overnight to affect mainly southern parts of the uk but it is creeping further

north into southern parts of northern england so it will be a warm and monkey —— muggy night. with high pressure sitting across the north, actually it‘s looking set fairfor north, actually it‘s looking set fair for the next 45 days for the most part. most of the rain, and it could be thundering, is sitting across the southern half of the uk so tomorrow‘s rush—hour looks damp again into wales and the midlands, it could actually be quite murky with mist and fog around too. further north initially starting quite pleasant but i think the cloud will come in here and mostly fine and dryfor will come in here and mostly fine and dry for northern ireland. temperatures are barely ten or 11 degrees. in the sunshine further inland, 22 or23 degrees. in the sunshine further inland, 22 or 23 and that is the same contrast we will see tomorrow with the rain meandering around the low pressure. we will get some

home—grown showers or thunderstorms and it could feel warm and increasingly muggy. some uncomfortable nights as we move through the weekend, more potential storms imported across the channel there. further north lots of lovely warm sunshine to come with temperatures creeping up a degree each day. very similar picture as we go through saturday night into sunday. the concern for sunday is we could see something more torrential storm wise in this out as the energy is starting to build, the heat getting into those storms and the atmosphere. bank holiday monday continues the same. the sunniest weather in the warm, it is warm and the risk of storms in the south. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: president trump has called off his planned summit next month with the north korean leader,

kim jong—un. in a letter, the president blamed what he called "the tremendous anger and open hostility" of north korea‘s recent statements. army sergeant emile cilliers has been found guilty at winchester crown court of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries after falling 4,000 feet. 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 the toilet would cost more than £40,000. breaking news regarding the sentencing of 23—year—old zac bolland, who was facing murder charges following the death of four children at a home and walked in, greater manchester last december. zak bolland, 23, has been

given four life sentences at manchester crown court and told he must serve a minimum of 40 years for the murders of four children in a petrol bomb attack on a house in walkden, greater manchester. we are also waiting for sentences for the other man who has been found guilty of murder, david worrall, and a third person who was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter is part of that same incident. we are still waiting for those sentences. sport now on afternoon live with hugh ferris. no, that is amy garcia who wouldn‘t ashun wu will be talking to later. ashun wu will be talking to later. as far as ashun wu will be talking to later. as farasi ashun wu will be talking to later. as far as i know, i ashun wu will be talking to later. as faras i know, iam here, but! was not their good afternoon. i said the next hour would be fun.

jos buttler and ben stokes two exciting players, but it lasted 11 minutes. two wickets fell to wipe out england‘s big hitting middle order. leaves them languishing on 280—9. earlier, joe root won the toss and decided to bat — probably wondering why. alistair cook the man who lastest the longest, before he was bowled for 70 by mohammed amir. debutant dom bess has just gone as well. he might be bowling soon, at this rate. there‘s no english team in the men‘s game on saturday —

there is, sorry, but no english team for the women‘s a player so significant she was named the bbc women‘s footballer of the year earlier this week. lucy bronze plays for lyon againast wolfsburg later — jo currie is in kiev. leon taking shots behind me, they arrived as favourites and they are going for theirfifth arrived as favourites and they are going for their fifth title, their third consecutive title and that has never been done before. wolfsburg have completed the german league and cup double. two—time winners, but not since 2014 is it is the best teams in europe fighting this out and they both had to meet english opposition in the semifinals,

wolfburg got past chelsea co mforta ble wolfburg got past chelsea comfortable and lyon beat manchester city 1—0 across two legs thanks to the spectacular goal from lucy bronze against her former club. such an occasion, the champions league final, the biggest game of the year domestically. it definitely has a different feel and i have never played in a champions league final. a lot of the lyon girls have, and a lot of the wolfburg girls so it isa and a lot of the wolfburg girls so it is a little bit different. like i said, i thrive from these opportunities and look to thrive from this. i want my hands on the trophy, it is the reason i came here. i don‘t want to go home without it. what a fantastic week it could be for england defender lucy bronze. she was named bbc women‘s footballer of the year a couple of days ago and if she wins tonight, she will be the first in which woman in 11 years to be crowned european champion. if you wa nt to be crowned european champion. if you want to follow how lucy and lyon and

wolfburg get on this evening, you can do, we will bring you the match on the bbc sport website. kick—off is at 5pm uk time. enjoy the game, thank you from kiev. simon yates‘ hopes of becoming the first male british rider to win the giro d‘italia have taken a knock — he‘s lost half his lead on stage 18. a group including chris froome and second—placed rider tom dumoulin left yates behind on the final climb of the day, and managed to pull out a gap of almost half a minute. the briton, who‘s looked so strong for the last two and a half weeks, suddenly seemed vulnerable — he made it across the line 28 seconds behind dumoulin. so his lead is down to 28 seconds, with three stages to go. froome is still fourth overall. hundreds of liverpool fans have had their flights to kiev cancelled. possibly leaving them stranded, with the champions league final just over 48 hours away. travel company world choice sports say they haven‘t been given landing times by the airport in ukraine. meanwhile, this group of around 200 boarded coaches near anfield

before seven o‘clock this morning, for what‘s certain to be an exhausting journey to kiev. it‘ll take them through belgium, germany and poland, before arriving some time on saturday morning, so a trip of around 48 hours. mauricio pochettino has signed a new five—year contract with tottenham. the new deal will keep him at the club until 2023. pochettino joined tottenham in may 2014 and has secured back—to—back top—three finishes in the last two seasons. time to show you the final wicket at lord‘s, england all—out for 184, time to show you the final wicket at lord‘s, england all—out for184, it has not been a good first day of the english cricketing summer. that‘s all the sport for now. lizzie greenwood hughes will be with you in the next hour. thank you very much. let me just move thank you very much. let me just m ove over thank you very much. let me just move over here, we have problems with the cameras. just hearing more about the of a second person charged

with murder following the deaths of four children at a house in greater manchester just before christmas four children at a house in greater manchesterjust before christmas in december. we are hearing that david worrall has been sentenced to life in prison with a recommendation of serving a minimum of 37 years for his part in the petrol bombing of the pet —— of the pearson home in walkden in greater manchester well the family were asleep. 23—year—old zac bolland has been given a four life sentences and he is to serve a minimum of 40 years for his part in the petrol bombing in that attack. four children died. demi, brandon, lacey and lee pearson, aged between three and 15, died. their mother is still very ill after that attack. there is a third person, courtney b rea rley, there is a third person, courtney brea rley, yet to there is a third person, courtney brearley, yet to be sentenced. found

not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. we will keep an eye on those sentences from manchester crown court. the mother of a severely disabled boy is suing a theme park forfailing to provide adequate toilet facilities. adam george, who‘s 11, is one of an estimated 250 thousand people in the uk who require what are known as changing places — toilets which have extra equipment and space. his mother, rachel, claims flambards theme park in cornwall discriminated against her son by not making reasonable adjustments for him, but the company says the cost of the facilities could lead to job losses. our legal affairs 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. i need the toilet. mum, i really need the toilet again! in order to use the toilet, adam needs a hoist, a changing table

and more space than you‘d find in a standard disabled toilet. adam loves going to flambards theme park, but it doesn‘t have a toilet with changing facilities suitable for his needs. so when the family visit, they need to hire a mobiloo, which can cost hundreds of pounds. adam‘s mother, rachel, is part of changing places, a group aiming to increase access for an estimated 250,000 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 late in the evening, stay late 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? this is a fixed changing place — it‘s big, with a powerful hoist

that is fit for adam. under the equality act, all service providers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for those 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 obviously is important for us. we have to bear in mind that there is an overall cost to putting in a full—on changing places unit, and we have been quoted, for the building and equipment, 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. clive coleman, bbc news. now on afternoon live,

let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. camera five is really not doing as it is told today! in nottingham, dominic heale is here with detailed figures seen by east midlands today revealing a steep rise in the number of people being stabbed and injured, and robbed at knife—point. and in leeds, amy garcia is here with the story of shadow the dog, who is helping children to improve their reading and speaking skills byjoining them in their classroom. that is one patient puppy! it is. first, dominic. what do the statistics tell us? well, they make grim reading. the

numbers appear to be heading in one direction, despite a major continuing effort by the police, community groups and former gang members to try to educate people about the dangers of carrying and using knives. let‘s look at those figures from the office of national statistics. in the east midlands, since 2014, dozens of people have been killed. there were 18 deaths in derbyshire, nottinghamshire saw 15 fake. things, 11 in leicestershire and since 2014, eight people were killed by knives in lincolnshire. it is not just deaths. killed by knives in lincolnshire. it is notjust deaths. this week, there have been extra police patrols in the meadows area of nottingham, in the meadows area of nottingham, in the inner city, after several people we re the inner city, after several people were injured by knives. police forces recorded more than 1,200 novatek swear somebody was injured last year, that is 26 people stopped

every week —— more than 1,200 incidents where somebody was injured. in leicestershire, the number doubled. and more people are being threatened in the region with plates. this is footage of a knife robbery on tuesday, the victim had her handbag snatched on a street in mrand her handbag snatched on a street in mr and police are trying to identify two suspects who were caught on camera. so, what are the police saying? should people be worried? the east midlands does not have a particular problem with knife crime compared to other regions. it is certainly on the increase, but that‘s true of large swathes of the uk. to put this into context, police here say many of the victims of knife crime note that attackers. having said all that, of course tackling knife crime is a major priority. police have said they can‘t simply arrest their way out of this problem and it comes down to education and awareness. the young

people, and it is predominantly young people, they wanted they carry a knife for protection, they are more likely to become a victim —— they have been warned if they carry a knife. that is an important message for parents to get across as well. thank you very much. let's go to leeds, shadow of the golden retriever is waiting very patiently and he is going to steal the show, with amy garcia. a dog in a classroom, why? shadow has been sat patiently for the last 20 minutes, he has been a really good boy. he is not your ave rage he has been a really good boy. he is not your average teaching assistant but he is a regular at peel park. he goes to listen to children reading. his owner, tom, noticed shadow listening to his children at bedtime reading then stories and he noticed how the children reacted to shadow. so he decided to take shadow into the school to see how the children would react.

i was inspired by the way shadow was listening to my three beautiful daughters at home during story time just before bed and he listened intently. i was just so, just before bed and he listened intently. i wasjust so, ijust thought that he has got purpose. i feel like working in primary schools for about nine or 10—year is, ijust thought he has a purpose to help and inspire these children and what more than bringing a lovable character and a good listener like shadow into school and the children love it and it has made a huge impact. so the children obviously love shadow, but how does he help with reading? the uk department for education published a report a couple of years ago and that highlighted the link between children who read extensively having greater academic success. so getting children engage in reading is the key. and a dog like shadow creates an environment that immediately feels more relaxed and more welcoming. reading can be a

really solitary activity, which some people love, and also it can be really fun and children struggling benefit from that simple pleasure of reading to a loyal and living —— and loving listener and shadow is because he has been sat listening to me for the last few minutes and has not moved. my daughter loves reading to begina not moved. my daughter loves reading to begin a pixel anything that helps children engage early on is worth a go. yes, i wonder if he will stay and listen to you read the news tonight! amy garcia in leeds and dominic in nottingham, thank you both for taking as nationwide on afternoon live. to see more on those stories, you can find them on the bbc iplayer. and we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm on afternoon live. it all worked out in the end!

it will all go smoothly from now! in a moment, the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. president trump has said that next month‘s planned summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, will not now take place. zak bolland and david worrall have been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of four children in a petrol bomb attack on a house in walkden, greater manchester. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife — by tampering with her parachute. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: an uber self—driving car that hit and killed a woman in arizona failed to identify her as a pedestrian, and the brakes only activated 1.3 seconds before impact. those are the findings of investigators. they say the system spotted her six seconds before the crash, but didn‘t immediately classify her as a pedestrian. uber suspended its self—driving test programme in arizona, but will continue testing elsewhere. uk 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. only 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 7,000, as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs and boost profits. the bank said that it will lose up to 25% of staff in its equities and trading businesses. what we know about the job cuts at deutsche bank? it is germany‘s biggest lender and it will reduce global staffing levels from over 97,000, to well below 90,000. the bank employs 8,500

people in the uk and it has 66,000 people in the uk and it has 66,000 people in the uk and it has 66,000 people in europe and the rest in asia and north america, we don‘t know which countries the job cuts will affect. the bank says they are necessary because the big losses last year, not .5 billion euros and even big losses in the two years before that —— 0.5 billion. president trump has ordered a review that could bring new levies on cars. he says the us car industry is so critical to their strength as a nation and has ordered the department of commerce to investigate. the law is from the 19605 investigate. the law is from the 1960s which allows a president to put restrictions on an import if there is a threat to national security. there will be many who feel us car imports threaten american manufacturing jobs and undercut wages so there will be some support for his move at home.

let‘s look at retail sales, not so bad in april, which is music to the yea rs of bad in april, which is music to the years of a bully good sector. yes, indeed, if they looked at april alone because compared to march, there were better than expected, 1.6%. consumers resume spending after unseasonably cold weather. not unseasonably because it was winter, but incredibly cold weather! it didn‘t help! exactly. but the warning is, don‘t get overexcited, the office for national statistics saying things can be volatile, in the longer period of a quarter and three months, to the end of april, the rise was syrup 1%. nothing to get too excited about. let‘s dig into this. joining us now is michael hewson, chief executive of cmc markets. it is good to have you with us. deutsche bank job cuts. share price down sharply. does that suggest investors feel

even this big move is not enough? i think it is a bit the lord mayor is show. this has been rumbling on for quite some time. go back to 2015 whenjohn for quite some time. go back to 2015 when john crane took for quite some time. go back to 2015 whenjohn crane took over the bank in the wake of the 6.2 billion euros loss, he announced 20,000 job cuts. the big problem is they have not even got halfway from those job cuts he announced. that was one of the reasons he was pushed out of the door in april. there is awful —— also a lot of uncertainty about the direction the bank is taking. there was a lot of speculation in april that deutsche were looking at bill winters, an investment banker, that did not pan out and they put in place a retail bank. it is a lot of uncertainty about the direction they are going, they have focused more on

the domestic market. but the domestic market is very low margin and competitive and it will be very difficult to turn the bank around at such a late stage in the business cycle. ubs, credits list, us banks are all further along the line and deutsche bank is playing catch—up andi deutsche bank is playing catch—up and i really don‘t think investors have a great deal of confidence in the chairman. michael, just your thoughts on this probe by the us into car imports. it is causing jitters for car—makers, shares, not just is causing jitters for car—makers, shares, notjust in north america and mexico, but all around the world. yes, every auto maker who exports into the united states of america. this is straight out of the trump playbook. you may have heard from the 1940s when tell you is about speaking softly and carrying a big stick, this is president trump speaking loudly and occasionally

hitting people with it. and i think this is part and parcel of his strategy with respect to trying to get a better trade deal with china, with the european union and with japan. michael, thank you very much indeed. let‘s go the white house now, where donald trump is taking part in a bill signing ceremony — his first appearance since the announcement that the north korea summit has been cancelled. let‘s listen in. powerful anywhere in the world. it has been greatly enhanced recently, as you well know, is ready, if necessary. likewise, i have spoken south korea and japan. and they are not only ready should foolish or reckless acts be taken by north korea, but they are willing to shoulder much of the cost of any

financial burden, any of the costs associated by the united states in operations, it such an unfortunate situation is forced upon us. hopefully, positive things will be taking place with respect to the future of north korea. but if they don‘t, we are more ready than we have ever been before. north korea has the opportunity to end decades of poverty and oppression by following the path of denuclearisation and joining the community of nations. and i hope that kim jong—un will ultimately do what is right not only for himself, but perhaps, most importantly, what

is right for his people who are suffering greatly and needlessly. all of the korean people, north and south, deserve to be able to live together in harmony, prosperity and peace. that bright and beautiful future can only happen when the threat of nuclear weapons is removed. no way it can happen otherwise. if and when kim jong—un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions, i am waiting. in the meantime, our very strong sanctions, by far the stronger sanctions, by far the stronger sanctions ever imposed, and maximum pressure campaign will continue, as it has been continuing. but no

matter what happens, and what we do, we will never, ever compromise the safety a nd we will never, ever compromise the safety and security of the united states of america. i want to make that statement. i feel very, states of america. i want to make that statement. ifeel very, very strongly about it. our military, as you know, has been greatly enhanced and it will soon be at a level that it has never been before. our approval of $700 billion this year and $716 billion next year, largely due to the help of a lot of people with me today and standing right here, we appreciate. but we had to do that for our military and we have done it and hopefully everything is going to work out well with north korea. and a lot of things can

happen. including the fact that perhaps in one way, it is possible that the existing summit could take place, or a that the existing summit could take place, ora summit that the existing summit could take place, or a summit at some later date. nobody should be anxious, we have to get it right. ok, with that being said, we have something else which i have to tell you, all of you chairman, mike and everybody, was a big deal until this came up! congratulations, you did a great job, but it doesn‘t seem so important now. but it is important, it and it‘s incredibly done it... donald trump saying he hopes that north korea‘s leader will do what is right for his people so that they can get their relationship back on track. more now from my colleague with further assessments of the

decision by donald trump to pull out of the summit. steve, incredible job. john kennedy, thank you very much. heidi, thank you. david purdue, where is david? oh, i love david. what a great guy he is. jim, thank you, what a great lawyer. i learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, i should... learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, ishould... i learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, i should... i think i have to use them. tim scott? tim, thank you, great job. have to use them. tim scott? tim, thank you, greatjob. a great achievement, and pat toomey, who really does know the financial world, i can