today at 5. the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more health funding. theresa may said the 20 billion a year cash boost for the nhs in england would allow it to move forward with confidence. so, across the nation, taxpayers will have to contribute a bit more, in a fair and balanced way to support the nhs we all use. we'll be examining theresa may's claim that money will also come from a brexit dividend.... the other main stories on bbc news at 5... three people have been killed after being struck by a train — police are investigating whether they were graffiti artists. after 12—year—old billy caldwell is released from hospital — ministers announce they're setting up an expert panel to look at the health benefits of medicinal cannabis. excitement is building — ahead of england's world cup opener against tunisia — we'll be hearing from fans. and the duchess of sussex‘s father thanks prince charles for walking meghan down the aisle. our main story at five.

theresa may has said the nhs is the government's ‘number one‘ spending priority — and confirmed that taxpayers will have to pay more for it. she announced a new long—term funding plan for the nhs, saying it will be given an extra 20 billion pounds a year by 2023. there's been controversy over her claim that the extra spending could be paid for, in part, by what she called a ‘brexit dividend'. labour has called it "not credible," and the health secretary has also admitted that any savings from brexit would not be ‘anything like enough.‘ our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. i‘m going to introduce my team. nice to meet you. under pressure at work. her, as well as them.

the prime minister met nhs staff in london this morning before delivering the news they have been waiting to hear. the government will put more money into the health service long term. more money is needed to keep pace with the growing pressures on the nhs. but it is notjust a question of more money this year or next. to meet these pressures and deliver the world—class care that we all want and accept, the nhs needs to be able to plan for the future with ambition and confidence. theresa may has announced that the nhs in england will get an extra £20 billion a year by 2023. over the next five years, there will be an average increase in funding of 3.4%. so, where is the money coming from? remember this? the prime minister claims the money saved by leaving the eu will, in part, fund her cash boost for the nhs. that has made brexit supporters in her own party, very happy. as the prime minister has rightly said, it is a down payment on future receipts that will come to this country as a result of discontinuing

payments to brussels. but critics say in the short—term, there will be less to spend after brexit, not more. some in theresa may‘s own party. they say talk of a brexit dividend is misleading. the government are deciding to bring back this referendum, very toxic, divisive debate back into the nhs proposals. ijust do not see why they are doing it. certainly, to my mind, the figures do not stack up. is the brexit dividend real? the health secretary and other cabinet ministers called into number 10 this morning, knowing that to pay for this plan, the government will have to raise taxes. that is politically sensitive for a conservative government. difficult decisions put off for another day. whatjeremy hunt, theresa may and the chancellor have to do is level with the british people and tell us which taxes are going up to pay for the nhs changes. theresa may has taken a gamble.

by linking her nhs funding announcement to the controversial claim that money will be saved as a result of brexit, she has handed the brexiteers victory. but with key votes in parliament this week and tough negotiations coming in brussels, she may well be expecting concessions from them in return. more money for the nhs will nearly always be a popular move, raising taxes to pay for it could be a harder sell. but one way or another, the government will have to find the money, now theresa may has put her name to this promise. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. health secretaryjeremy hunt is giving a statement in the house of commons on the long—term plan for the nhs — let‘s listen in... we will also publish a long term workforce plan, recognising the camino transformation without the right number of staff in the right settings and with the right skills. this applies to both new and existing staff. as part of this we

will consider a multi—funding plan for clinical training to support the same. we know that capital funding is critical for same. we know that capital funding is criticalfor building nhs services of the future and we will consider proposals from the nhs for a multi—year capital plan to support the transformation plans outlined in the transformation plans outlined in the long—term plan. given the national economic situation, yesterday‘s announcement is bold and ambitious. for the first time, national leaders of the nhs will develop a plan for the next decade which is clinically led, listens to the views of patience and the public and is backed by five years of core funding. we want to give the nhs this space, certainty and funds to deliver a comprehensive, long—term plan to transform health and care and ensure that our children and grandchildren benefit from the same ground—breaking health service in the next 70 years as we all have in the next 70 years as we all have in

the first 70. that is the government‘s commitment to our nhs andi government‘s commitment to our nhs and i commend this statement and house. jonathan ashworth. the announcement today is the clearest admission that eight years of cuts of the tightest financial squeeze in as history of privatisation has pushed the nhs to the brink. and isn‘t the announcement of new potential legislation, the clearest admission that the health and social ca re admission that the health and social care act has been out wasteful mess and should never have been introduced in the first place? with waiting lace at 4 million, with winters in our nhs so severe they we re winters in our nhs so severe they were branded a humanitarian crisis, with 26,000 cancer patients waiting word than 60 days for treatment, tory mps should be apologising today for what they have done to the nhs. we have called for a sustainable funding plan for the we have called for a sustainable funding plan forthe nhs we have called for a sustainable funding plan for the nhs and we have called for a sustainable funding plan forthe nhs and i

noticed the secretary of state did noticed the secretary of state did not use the words brexit dividend. it does he know and for the benefit of his own backbenchers, there is no such thing? that is why the iff said, over the period, such thing? that is why the iff said, overthe period, there is literally zero available ? said, overthe period, there is literally zero available? if he disagrees that back, will he confirm the old government forecast that there is no brexit dividend of four public finances? this package will be paid for by extra borrowing and higher taxation and the prime minister should level with the british public and not take them for fools. he was graceful enough to concede that higher taxation is on the way but to the british public not deserve to know how much extra they will be paying? will vat go up? will the basic rate of income tax go 7 will the basic rate of income tax go it will the basic rate of income tax go up? it is not good enough for him to say these are matters the chancellor, these are matters for the cabinet and a member. given he is putting up tax and borrowing,

every pound it should be spent wisely. can he guarantee that not a penny these will be siphoned off further into poor into poor quality, poor value privatisation? three years ago, he told us the nhs with £522 billion worth of efficiency savings. how much of them came to fruition? how much will be nhs spend an fruition? how much will be nhs spend c fruition? how much will be nhs spend an agency work and low, doctors? staffing gaps have led to clinical negligence claims. how much of this money will go to further claims? the nhs spends 39 million a year on consultancy cars, will they increase? with consultancy cars, will they increase ? with hospital trusts consultancy cars, will they increase? with hospital trusts in deficits, can he guarantee that they will break even next year? isn't the truth, as experts have said, this settlement is not good enough to deliver the improvements needed? that is why the prime minister could not even confirm when asked a basic

question today whether this funding would deliver the constitutional standards on treatments and waiting times. can he tell us, this time next year, will the waiting list for nhs treatment be higher or lower order that today? can he tell us this time next year, will there be more patients waiting word than 60 days for cancer treatment or fewer? will be more than two and a half million people waiting longer than four hours in casualty? if he cannot give usa four hours in casualty? if he cannot give us a basic answers to these questions, that exposes the inadequacy of the settlement and why doesn't he tell us what was left out? we have a childhood obesity crisis we have seen cuts to services, health visitor numbers are falling and there is no new money for public health. we have a 5 billion repair bill facing the nhs and outdated equipment and there is fio and outdated equipment and there is no new money for capital. instead we are told to wait. 0n social care, we

have had 7 billion in cuts, 400,000 losing care support. the social green paper is delayed again. isn't ita green paper is delayed again. isn't it a total abdication of responsibility to have left social ca re responsibility to have left social care out of this settlement. this is not a credible long—term funding plan. it is a standstill settlement for the nhs and the reality is, the nhs under this plan will remain understaffed, underequipped, underfunded, it needs to be under new management. it was a valiant effort. but basically, he could not get away from the truth in british politics that when it comes to the nhs, labour write the speeches, conservatives write checks. now, he said... he said... he said and he

gamely managed to avoid smiling when he said this, but he said it was not enough. he said it yesterday. let me just remind him. at the last election, his party was promising not the 3.4% annual increase as we offered today, but to point to present and what today he says was not enough, what he said in the election... we will leave that debate going on about health spending. jeremy hunt they‘re responding to a feisty intervention by his labour opposite number, jonathan ashworth. joining us from our westminster studio is lord prior, a former conservative health minister and deputy chair of the lord darzi review for the institute for public policy research — which looks at the future of the nhs. thank you forjoining us here. you may have heard some of the labour‘s

spokesperson‘s points there about how these plans are going to be financed. will it be a income tax or vat? how do you think these changes should be paid for? this is a remarkable settlement for the nhs. a very significant increase in resources for the next five years. i think the prime minister made it clear that some of that or a large pa rt clear that some of that or a large part of that money will come from an increase in taxation. i think what is clear to me is that most people do not like paying more taxes, but they are prepared to pay more taxes for the national health service and i‘m hoping that when the budget comes out later in the year, but a large part of the increase in taxes will be put specifically for the nhs. meaning that it should be paid for by an increase in national insurance? i personally think the national insurance is probably the right way to go and i think it would

not be difficult to describe that increase as for the nhs and i think on the whole, most people want to have a properly funded health care system that can deliver world—class health care. and this would be a way of ringfencing that money, if you like, in order to be able to tell people that that extra tax would be going to was the nhs?” people that that extra tax would be going to was the nhs? i think so. most people feel very strongly that health care should be free for everyone, that it is a central part of the fairness in our society and they are prepared to pay a bit more to ensure that we get that.|j they are prepared to pay a bit more to ensure that we get that. i think it is the right way to do it. i suppose the big question is how to spend the money effectively. the arguments are going on about how the money will be raised, but how to spend it effectively. history is that when large amounts of money coming to the nhs, it is spent

badly. that has been history going back 40 years. it is important that we do notjust have great dollops of cash coming in, but that we spread this over a long period of time so that hospitals, gps, people who provide mental health can plan for the future and they can spread that resorts over five years. five years gives you a chance to plan properly and to eliminate waste, to start reducing the variation that we see our in system. i would say, in reading the papers today, you might think that the nhs was one of the most inefficient health care systems in the world but it is arguably the most efficient health care system in the world and the truth is, delivering health care for a population like ours, and increasingly elderly population, is incredibly difficult and sometimes we do not give the nhs enough credit for what it does. point taken. that said, what sort of reform is needed for the money to be spent

effectively? i think we need integration, if there is one word that describes what should be the future of health care, it is the integration of health care and social care. i think the plan is that the end it shares will come forward with over the next six months will have integration rather than fragmentation right at the heart —— the nhs. than fragmentation right at the heart -- the nhs. we will have to live there. thank you your time. it‘s understood that spray cans were found near the bodies of three people who died after being struck by a train in south london. the bodies were discovered this morning near loughborough junction, an area popular with graffiti artists. detectives are trying to identify them, but they‘re all understood to be men in their 20s. 0ur correspondent amanda akass is in brixton. amanda, what are the police saying? so, the police have told us that they were called at 730 this morning to find the bodies of these three

young men lying on the tracks near loughborough junction station. it young men lying on the tracks near loughborouthunction station. it is believed they may have been hit by a train overnight and it is thought the bodies could have been lying there undiscovered for some time. we understand that the three were not railway workers and one line of enquiry being looked at is the possibility the men could have been a graffiti artist, they were all in their 20s and a number of cans of spray paint were found near their bodies, which were taken away by the police in evidence bags. they were seen police in evidence bags. they were seen taking photographs of some of the graffiti tags on the tracks as well. the police are keen to tell us that this is just one line of enquiry, but they have stressed that anyone who is going up on the tracks, whether a graffiti artist or anyone else, they are taking their life into their hands. that section of track is very exposed, there is no refuge areas where you can go if a train is coming. it is thought that they may have been hit by a

train in the early hours of the morning, potentially a freight train that uses one of these lines, but the police say it is important for them to establish exactly which drain it was that hit them. the police have identified does one of those three young men at present and they say they have informed the families of that one young man. the other two are still as yet unidentified and the police have told us it is their priority to try and work out who they were. amanda, thank you very much. the grenfell tower inquiry has been told the "stay put" policy — to keep residents in theirflats in the event of a fire — has been the main safety strategy for the design of tower blocks for decades. london fire brigade has been criticised for not evacuating residents sooner. but a fire safety expert explained to the inquiry how the "stay put" plan — relying on containment — was undermined by changes to the building which meant it did not meet current fire standards. 0ur correspondent tom symonds

is at the inquiry in central london. it stayed put is going to be central to this enquiry. put bluntly, in the first half an hour of this fire, if more residents had left the building, then there would be more people alive today. it simply became impossible to leave as the fire took hold. today we heard from doctor barbara layne, a fire safety expert and she discussed with the enquiry the interaction between that policy and the design of grant holt are its self. when residents died at the emergency services they were told to stay put, not a fire brigade policy, but a golden rule for nearly 60 yea rs but a golden rule for nearly 60 years based on the way that tower blocks are designed. a rule now being closely scrutinise. the statutory guidance makes no provision within the building for anything other than a stay put strategy. consider it that strategy to have failed at 1:26am and that

all events after that time occurred in the context of the total loss of the only safety condition provided for. the enquiry was shown this animation, fire starts in a corner flat. the main concrete walls of the flat. the main concrete walls of the flat here in green and the external walls and windows should contain the smoke and flames, preventing them from spreading around the outside of the building. and, the inside, the flats occu pa nts ca n the building. and, the inside, the flats occupants can get out but no one else has to. they can stay put, safely in their flats. that is the theory, it catastrophically failed at grenfell. the new windows and cladding that were added in the refurbishment work combustible, allowing the flames to spread and today we heard that there were no detailed regulations for abandoning the stay put policy once it had failed. the enquiry may consider demanding changes in that area. the expert laid out a long list of

problems she found, crevices filled with flammable materials, the wrong components installed, the right components, the wrong way up, gaps between the cladding panels exposing them to the flames. of course, it is not just grenfell, them to the flames. of course, it is notjust grenfell, thousands of residents in similar and save blocks are paying for fire wardens and facing huge bills for cladding replacement. later this week, firefighters will begin describing their horrifying experiences that night and the harrowing decisions they were forced to make. something else today, the government has been saying since the fire, a specific section of the building regulations says that the cladding of this building, grenfell tower, was illegal, but it had been effectively banned. that section says that any materials with a certain filler materials with a certain filler material have to be able to be said that they do not burn or that they

are of limited combustibility. this expert today said that she felt that that section did not apply to the cladding because it is not a filler material. the government is consulting now on banning all of this combustible cladding and it has really said today, in a statement alongside the publication of the consultation document for that, that the rules need —— need to be made clearer. thank you. in less that two hours time, england‘s world cup campaign will finally get underway — when they take on tunisia in volgograd in the far south of russia. gareth southgate says his young squad has a ‘hunger‘ and ‘desire‘ for success and is looking forward to getting going. for the fans it‘s been a long wait — but that has only served to build up the excitement. 0ur correspondent, natalie pirks, is in volgograd — and has sent this report. from day one, it's got to be the whole nation together. your country needs you. players have called on england fans to roar them on tonight, be it at home orfrom inside the volgograd arena.

more than 2,000 fans have made the journey by planes, sleeper trains or on two wheels. jamie and mitch have cycled the 2,400 miles from england to volgograd in aid of the bobby moore fund. they‘ve battled punctures and sunburn as they rode 100 miles a day across europe. i have ridden a bike before, but that‘s about the stretch of it. recently, we‘ve done no exceptional training. it was literally just a case of getting on the bike and heading east until we got to russia. we‘re just proving that you ain‘t got to be superman to do it. just two average guys who like going down the pub. 0n the banks of the volga river, the midges are out in force, despite the city being blanket sprayed with insecticide. but england‘s bigger issue is that they haven‘t won an opening match of the world cup since 2006. cristiano ronaldo set the tone with a captain‘s hat trick for portugal. harry kane would love to follow suit.

well, yeah, he‘s put me under a bit of pressure, for sure. hopefully, i can score a hat—trick and we‘ll both be level, but it‘s not something i will think about too much until hopefully towards the end of the tournament. wreaths were laid today to pay respect to the millions who fought and died here in world war ii. many england fans have flocked to the motherland statue, the epic focal point of the war memorial, an emotional moment for supporters fast learning that the russia they are experiencing is far different from the one they expected. ijust think it‘s important to show respect to people who gave their lives for their country. the city has been welcoming, the people have been welcoming. lots of english have been entertained by russians. all we are hearing is positive stories. for me, it's been a real eye—opener and i have had a fantastic time. i hope england stay in this tournament as long as possible so i can stay out here for a very long time. commentator: lampard!

frank lampard believes they might. the former midfielder knows exactly how the players are feeling with hours to go. i hope it‘s the fearlessness of youth. they haven‘t suffered before at the world cup. hopefully, they are using it in the right ways and they will go out and play because we have a lot of young talent in the team. but it‘s thought tunisian fans will outnumber england tonight, and they are equally confident. natalie pirks, bbc news, volgograd. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in volgograd. devil leave the crowd here at the volgograd arena have been building as we get closer to kick off at this brand—new stadium and those we were hearing there, there are a lot more tunisian fans here than england fans. about 2000 from england have made it to volgograd for the game but we have found a few of them,

four brothers from manchester and they have come a long way for this game. what is the atmosphere like? fantastic. great. warm and friendly. everything we had hoped for. is it what you expected? it is. it is really good. love it. you have come a long way, you came from australia. icame a long way, you came from australia. i came back tojoin my brothers. a long way, you came from australia. i came back to join my brothers. was it worth it, for england? once—in—a—lifetime. great atmosphere, great day. we are going all the way. i was going to ask you for your predictions? 2-0 3-1. certainly some positives there. england fans here in the minority, this is a large stadium, most people in there will be russian fans, many of them are supporting england, but

also many supporting tunisia. a lively crowd gathering. the tunisians have been making a lot of noise today, lighting fireworks, flares, singing and dancing. the english have been quieter, but they are starting to build up the now and the shuttleworth brothers will be there in the crowd. thank you very much, we will all be watching. and we‘ll be back with more on the build up to england‘s match at half past five — 0lly foster will be joining us live from moscow. the government has confirmed that it will introduce a bill to make so—called "upskirting" a criminal offence. there was widespread criticism when a private members bill seeking to outlaw the practise was blocked by the conservative mp, sir christopher chope. the move was announced in the commons a short while ago. mr speaker, because upskirting is an invasion of privacy, which leaves victims feeling humiliated, we will be bringing in legislation before this house, in government time, to ensure that this practice becomes an offence. hear, hear.

we will be introducing it in the house of commons on thursday, with a second reading before recess. hear, hear! the leadership that the honourable member for bath has shown and the outstanding campaign of gina martin had shown how it is possible for individuals to make a difference. the news comes as sir christopher chope — the mp who last week blocked the bill to make upskirting illegal — said he welcomed the news and had only objected on a procedural basis. i‘m delighted that we have now got to the end of it. and the government has actually said that they are going to legislate for this matter, rather than leave it to the private members procedure and that is what i have been arguing for and i am delighted i have achieved my objective. any regrets? the only regrets are that other people have so cruelly misunderstood what i did and since i spoke to gina martin who is behind all of this, immediately after the events in the house of commons on friday, she fully understood my motives and what i was doing and my bona fides and i find it intolerable that

so many other people seem to have ascribed to me motives that i never had. time for a look at the weather... here‘s darren bett..... good evening. more cloud coming the west of the uk today. it has been warmer and sunnier on the east of thing and and we have seen temperatures getting into the mid—20s or so. 0ver temperatures getting into the mid—20s or so. over the next few days, big differences across the uk but through this evening and overnight, more of the cloud spelling further east and england and wales. clear skies arriving in northern ireland and scotland and for the far north of england. cooler and fresh air, temperatures are eight or 9 degrees. further north, a bit of drizzle, temperatures higher, quite uncomfortable with all that

humidity. differences north and south either side of that weather front. 0n the weather front, producing cloud, also rain as well. that will set in across northern ireland through the afternoon and into scotland during the evening. for england and wales, drizzle around the western hills, fredericks, dry and brightening up, not much sunshine, to get temperatures into the mid—20s. further north, cooler especially as the rain arrives. this is bbc news — the headlines. theresa may‘s confirmed that taxes

will have to be increased to pay for the extra £20 billion funding for the nhs. she said taxpayers would contribute "a bit more" in a "fair and balanced" way. british transport police have confirmed they are investigating whether three men who were killed by a train near brixton in south london this morning, were graffiti artists. the grenfell tower inquiry has been told the "stay put" policy to keep residents in theirflats in the event of a fire has been the main safety strategy for the design of tower blocks for decades. after 12—year—old billy caldwell is released from hospital, ministers announce they‘re setting up an expert panel to look at the health benefits of medicinal cannabis. the government is to establish an expert panel

of clinicians to advise ministers on the health benefits of medicinal cannabis. the move comes after ministers intervened to allow 12—year—old billy caldwell, who has epilepsy, to be treated with oil which had been confiscated from his mother by officials at heathrow a week ago. he‘s now been released from hospital. his mother, charlotte caldwell, says the treatment must be offered to other families. i will share with them my experience which no matter what anyone says cannot possibly be imagined by anybody else. i will ask them to urgently implement a programme that now provides immediate access to the medications that billy so desperately needs and now, more urgently than ever. many other children and families are also affected by this historic development. home office minister nick hurd said the billy caldwell case had "shone a light" on the use of medicinal cannabis,

and that the government will be appointing a panel of medical experts to explore it further. as a first step, i can announce today. mr speaker, that the government is establishing an expert panel of clinicians to advise ministers on any individual applications to prescribe cannabis—based medicines. this is consistent with the principle that a clinician must be at the heart of the process. and i‘ve asked dame sally davies if she will take forward this important work. with me in the studio is val curran, a professor of psychopharmocology at university college london who specialises in the effects of cannabis on medical conditions. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. for people who don‘t know about cannabis and its health benefits when it comes to these conditions, just talk us through it? i think the term medical cannabis is a bit misleading because really

cannabis contains over 100 unique ingredients. the two most prominent of these, one of them is the stuff that makes you won‘t, which is why people use it recreationally, but the other one is emergency is a very important medicine and it is called cbd. in things like cannabis oil or whatever there are different proportions of those two things. so, the medicine that billy brought at 2.6 million g —— milligrams thc, a very small amount. not enough to make you...? not very small amount. not enough to make you. . . ? not enough to make you won‘t at all, you would not want to make a child stand. but 50 times that level of cbd. so that combination, a very tiny amount of thc and a very large amount of cbd, which seems to be working fully billy. and it is the combination which is important, is it? well, be

don‘t know, there is not enough research. but we know that what is important is a very very large amount of cbd which doesn‘t make you won‘t, doesn‘t make you change your way of thinking. are their worries about the use of medicinal cannabis in this way, because we know that some studies have linked cannabis to becoming psychotic, for example? yeah, ithink becoming psychotic, for example? yeah, i think becoming psychotic or addicted to cannabis is associated with levels of thc. cbd if anything has the opposite effect. so really we are talking about very, very low levels of thc and that is a lot better and you are not going to get these problems. so it eggs the question as to why it is illegal in this country? actually cbd is not illegal in this country, it is thc which is illegal. and that has created all the problems for parents of children with severe epilepsy. if

this country, it many other countries, would just recognise that cannabis, depending on the type and combination of cannabinoids can have benefits as well as harms, then we could move cannabis, to solve the problem we could move it from schedule one in the medicines regulations at the moment, which says it has no medical use, if into schedule two which would mean doctors could prescribe more to children. and there is a panel of experts who will make a decision on that? indie. thank you very much for coming in. over to natalie pirks with the sport in moscow. england are out on the pitch here at the volgograd arena, 45,000 seats,

42,500 seats sold so around 3000 empty. 0nly 42,500 seats sold so around 3000 empty. only 2000 and a bit england fans, so the england end behind us is going to be rammed with locals, it could make for an interesting atmosphere. we understand that the team, the big decisions have been made, a couple of days ago gareth southgate told his players and we understand that maguire will start at left back over cahill, henderson preferred to eric dier and ashley young will start ahead of danny rose in that left wingback position. they we re in that left wingback position. they were the three main talking points. they‘re just heading off now as you can see. and of course this is the youngest and least experienced side at this world cup of all 32 teens. england tend to make shakib starts to world cups, they have not won an opening match since 2006. gareth southgate was asked about that last night and he said his young side are bold, fearless and attacking, they don‘t worry about what has gone on

and the failures of the past, they just want to see what is going to happen and go on and do something for themselves and make a future for themselves. hopefully now we can hear a little bit about what he had to say last night. the future is all ahead of them and they‘ve got to be thinking about what‘s possible. the players of the past and the opportunities of the past are gone. this team is looking at things in a different way, trying to play in a different way, trying to play in a different way. they have a hunger and desire, we‘ve got better technical players than we‘ve had in the past coming through our academies. so, there‘s a real enthusiasm and they‘re looking forward to getting going. tunisia are the highest ranked african side in this tournament, nine places below england in the fifa world rankings. they are organised and importantly they are confident as well. all their fans really believe that england is like a leader and defensively england are there for the taking. we shall see, it‘s

getting very close now, the england fa ns getting very close now, the england fans starting to filter in and the atmosphere is ramping up. natalie pirks, many thanks. america‘s first lady melania trump has taken the rare step of publicly expressing concern about a controversial policy pursued by her husband, the president. donald trump‘s administration is prosecuting adults who illegally enter the country. it‘s led to hundreds of children and babies being separated from their parents, and housed in detention centres. the united nations calls it an unconscionable policy — and the first lady‘s intervention has strengthened calls for it to end. chris buckler reports from washington. this border is a gateway into the united states, and, some families believe, a new life. but when they cross over from mexico into america, they are now, as a matter of routine, being split apart. every adult without papers is being detained and prosecuted, put in prison while their children are taken away to detention centres, like this one in a converted supermarket in texas. they are being cared for here, but separating

parents and their children is causing obvious distress. translation: it was hard, the hardest day for me. i felt like i was losing my son. that‘s what i thought. i was going to lose my son. among the families are people trying to escape poverty and violence. in the past, many would be freed, while they waited for a court to hear their case. but president trump has got rid of what was known as "catch and release" and replaced it with a zero—tolerance policy. that means everybody is now being held in custody and prosecuted, to try to tackle the rising numbers of undocumented families attempting to enter america. when you prosecute, when you detain and when you return people to their country, that trend changes and that is the intent of zero tolerance, to make sure that this trend does not go unabated and become some other crisis. but there also appears to be unease

inside the white house. a spokeswoman for the first lady, melania trump, says she hates to see children separated from theirfamilies. and, pointedly, herstatement goes on to say that she believes that america needs notjust to be a country that follows all laws, but a country that governs with heart. mrs trump called for democrats and republicans to work together on immigration reform. but her husband‘s political opponents, who have been visiting facilities at the border, say the president must take responsibility. when you have a mother tell you, directly, that she is in fear that she will never see her child again and when the united nations human rights commission indicates the trump administration is violating human rights, then you know that what we are saying today is, "president trump, cease and desist". cease and desist." voices against the current policy appear to be growing louder. as america‘s border with mexico divides this country, again. chris buchler, bbc news, washington.

the clydesdale and yorkshire bank is to take over virgin money. the deal will result in the uk‘s sixth largest bank, with about six million customers. the combined group will have more than 9,000 employees, but around 1,500 people are expected to lose theirjobs. political tensions in germany over how to deal with asylum seekers are threatening to tear apart angela merkel‘s government. the leader of her coalition partner, the csu, says migrants should be turned away at the german border if they have already registered in another european union country. mrs merkel has been battling to contain disagreement on how to handle migration among eu states. the foster carers of the parsons green bomber, ahmed hassan, have told the bbc that if surrey county council had alerted them to his claim that he‘d been "trained to kill" by so—called islamic state, they would

never have taken him in. ron and pennyjones also said that two weeks after his bomb partially exploded on a tube train, surrey asked them to be trained on the government‘s anti—radicalisation programme. today, details have emerged of a series of failings in the government‘s prevent programme in hassan‘s case. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. there‘s the card he sent me for my birthday. ron and pennyjones with the birthday card sent to them by ahmed hassan, the young man they fostered and who made a bomb on their kitchen table designed to kill and maim innocent commuters. not only would it have taken these out, it would have damaged the houses opposite, and you can see i‘ve got houses behind me, it would have damaged those as well. over 40 years the couple fostered 269 children and received an mbe for their work. but what were they told by surrey county council social services about ahmed hassan? i was told that he had been captured at the age of 11 by isis, and he‘d witnessed people

being killed and then he‘d got away. and that he was frightened of them. ahmed had told immigration officials that he had been trained to kill by isis — if you‘d known that, what would you have done? no, he wouldn‘t have come here. no way. i can‘t put my family at risk, my grandchildren. i‘ve got seven... we‘ve got seven children between us, i could not have put any of those at risk, and i wouldn‘t. were there any warning signs? he was going to the wrong mosque, and i reported the fact that he wasn‘t going to the big mosque in hounslow, he was going to a small mosque, which the police had pointed out to me several times was a mosque that they had found radicalisation in. he seemed to have a lot of phones? oh, yeah, he‘s always changing his phone. "you had an iphone yesterday, what was wrong with...?" oh, the battery don‘t last on that so i‘ve got rid of it. and in the bedroom where ahmed hassan slept and hung out, danger. high explosives just under the bed.

yeah. that's about the only place he would have kept it. after the event, i was phoned up at my son‘s house and said, "there‘s a programme tomorrow in croydon, at nine o‘clock, for prevent — you‘re on it. can you get yourself there?" no! so this was surrey county council calling you ? yep. but this was after the bomb... yeah, two weeks after the bomb. ..had partially gone off. yeah. why do you think it was that two weeks after the bomb had partially exploded, surrey county council is asking you to be trained for the prevent programme? because they needed to cover their back, and they could use me to cover their back. and that is all there is in it. i‘m the one that‘s going to carry the can for them. because i was supposedly trained. but you hadn‘t been trained beforehand. i hadn‘t, no, i hadn‘t

been trained beforehand. but nobody would look at that, would they? so you were talking about a level of cynicism here that people will find very troubling. we‘ve been troubled. we‘ve been troubled ever since this happened. we‘ve had nights where we don‘t sleep. surrey county council have come to the conclusion that you two are now no longer fit to be foster carers. i feel betrayed by surrey county council. totally betrayed. and we are now in a situation that we‘re getting ourselves into debt because we can‘t pay our bills. we intended to see the two lads that we had through to the end, which would have been three or four years. we had put money away, but where the money came to a stop just like that, we‘ve used what savings we‘ve got to try and keep our head above water. in a statement, surrey

county council said... "we fully acknowledge that our work with other agencies in this case wasn‘t as good as it should have been and we‘re sorry for that. "we knew before the incident at parsons green that we needed to make changes to improve our services for children at risk of radicalisation and we had already begun to do so. "since then we have made further improvements and continue to focus on ensuring our work is as good as it can be." this is bbc news at five — the headlines... the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more health funding. three people have been killed after being struck by a train — police are investigating whether they were graffiti artists. after 12—year—old billy caldwell is released from hospital, ministers announce they‘re setting up an expert panel to look at the health benefits of medicinal cannabis.

addiction to electronic games has been formally recognised as a medical disorder by the world health organisation. the change means sufferers will be eligible for treatment on the nhs. to be diagnosed, players will have to demonstrate that the addiction has significantly impaired their lives for at least a year. zoe kleinman reports. for plenty of people, young and old, video gaming is fun, an exciting escape from reality that gives you the opportunity to do things that you wouldn‘t dream of doing in real life. the good thing about fortnight is the graphics and, like, how you can play with people, your friends, online and people around the world. my favourite computer game is probably fifa because i spend the most time on it, now. most of my friends play that, now. but, for some, there‘s a darker side, when gaming becomes something you simply can‘t stop doing. it‘s beyond frightening watching your own child deteriorate

like that, at such a rate. he was hospitalised at christmas. and couldn‘t function. so, he wasn‘t washing, eating, so, yes, by the time it got to that... and then because he wasn‘t going out, he became too frightened to go to school. a recent study by oxford university found that gaming was less addictive than gambling, but if you do have a problem, currently, you might find it difficult to get help. there are no designated treatment providers at the moment in the nhs, dealing with gaming disorder. my wish for the future is that these centres do get set up, in order for parents, for families, who are beginning to struggle with their children, in order for them to receive the education and support they need. the uk games industry is critical of the latest report. it means treatment will now have

to be made available on the nhs, with private consultants already seeing increased demand. when was the last time you paid for something with cash? according to one industry body, more than three million of us have now all but abandoned notes and coins, preferring to pay by card. in fact, the number of payments made by debit cards overtook those made in cash for the first time last year. the change is being driven by the rising popularity of contactless payments, as rob young reports. cash, cheque, card, mobile phone. there are so many different ways to pay, these days. there‘s been a big change in the way we buy goods and services. it‘s not the tills that are ringing, but the card machines.

cash is no longer king, for the first time. often, i find myself with no cash at all. so yeah, i really do use cards a lot more now, especially with the apps as well. i use cash payments more so i can draw out what i'm getting for the week and then monitor it that way. about 85% of the business is card payments now. it's ok. contactless is very popular now. in 2017, we made more transactions using debit cards than we did with notes and coins. we used them 13.2 billion times, last year. that‘s a big increase on the previous year, whereas the number of payments made with cash fell sharply to 13.1 billion. what we‘ve seen over the past ten years is that people value the convenience of a debit card. they don‘t have to go somewhere else to take out cash, they can just use the card that‘s in their pocket. i also think that contactless has really sped up the process at the till and people find it very useful to be able to just tap and go.

0nline shopping is another reason people are paying more often with their plastic. new technology means the decline of cheques has continued. they are increasingly rare. there are now more transactions made using mobile phones and online services like paypal. despite talk of an increasingly cashless society, notes and coins are likely to be with us for a long time yet. banks predict that they will still account for one in six transactions in a decade‘s time. rob young, bbc news. an independent train company has started running services on a railway line in cumbria where northern rail trains have been suspended for a month. there was widespread anger from businesses and residents in the lake district when trains between 0xenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports. the train arriving at platform three is the unexpected service to windermere. passengers had resigned themselves to no trains on this line for most of this month.

but campaigners took matters into their own hands and found a local private operator to provide a service. northern rail have failed to maintain their deal with the public and the taxpayer to run trains on this line. the bus services are fine and all good and they continue. but what you have here is a fare—free service between 0xenholme and windermere which just gives people confidence in this line that maybe they‘d lost. on board, passengers seemed delighted that the rail replacement bus service had been changed to a bus replacement rail service. a good thing? a really good thing, yeah. quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus as well, which we didn't really want to do in the first place. and yeah, it's a nice old train. everybody seemed to appreciate a ride through the countryside behind a heritage diesel. well, this is good as far as we‘re concerned because we‘re offering back a public service to the people of the lakes who have been

without it, you know? for me it is a bit of an honour to be able to do that. this new train service basically only runs during core hours in the day from say, ten in the morning to six at night. so, running alongside it is a rail replacement bus service, the signs are here for it. so you basically have a choice on this now very well—resourced line — train or bus. campaigners have been assured that the department for transport will pick up the bill for this temporary service, which is expected to be running for several days yet. the duchess of sussex‘s father has given an interview in which he shares insights into the royal couple‘s relationship and their wedding. thomas markle said he was sure meghan cried when he told her he could not attend the ceremony. and, despite having not met prince harry face—to— face, he revealed they‘d held conversations about donald trump‘s presidency and brexit. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports.

she was the bride who memorably walked up the aisle without her father. thomas markle pulled out of meghan‘s wedding. health problems were given as the reason for his absence. his place was taken for the last part of meghan‘s walk to the altar by the prince of wales. now, in an interview on itv‘s good morning britain, mr markle has expressed his gratitude. i can‘t think of a better replacement than someone like prince charles. he looked very handsome, and my daughter looked beautiful with him. i was jealous. i wish i had been there. i wish it had been me. but thank god he was there, and thank him for that. mr markle said meghan had wept when he told her he couldn‘t attend the wedding, and he had wept as he watched the service on television in california. and he spoke about the moment harry had phoned him to ask his permission to marry his daughter. harry got on the phone with meghan

and they called me together and harry asked for her hand over the phone, and i said, "you‘re a gentleman. promise me you will never raise your hand against my daughter, and of course i give you my permission". they also apparently talked about american politics and president trump. 0ur conversation was, i was complaining that i didn‘t like donald trump. he said, "give donald trump a chance." i sort of disagreed with that, but... i still like harry. that was his politics, i have my politics. harry, said mr markle, was an interesting guy who‘d made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he‘s looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with darren bett.

hello, good afternoon. it has been quite a muggy feel across the south—east of the uk today but a band of cloud which is out in the atlantic is going to come into play in the next couple of days and that will bring some rain but work will mostly be across the northern half of the uk, very little arriving in the south—east, perhaps where the rain is needed most of all. we have seen more cloud coming in today across western areas of the sunshine further east and that has reduced the temperatures compared with the weekend. through this evening and overnight we‘re going to find more cloud spilling its way further east across england and wales. we will see clearer skies arriving in northern ireland for a while but continuing in scotland and across the far north of england, we‘ve got cooler and fresher air. much warmerfurther we‘ve got cooler and fresher air. much warmer further south. we‘ve got

this weather front on the scene we saw the big band of cloud earlier on. either side of the weather front, differences in how the weather feels. along the front we will find the cloud thickening and some rain moving in. it will it and settle in across northern ireland in the afternoon, scotland through the evening. there will be some rain across the western hills but further towards the south east it should be drier and eventually brighter. much cooler as the rain sets in across northern ireland and scotland. here, we‘ve got cooler, fresher air with a north—westerly airflow whereas further south it is a warmer and more humid air flow further south it is a warmer and more humid airflow originating further south it is a warmer and more humid air flow originating from the south. either side of the weather front, which will move southwards, dragging down the cooler and fresher air through the last pa rt and fresher air through the last part of wednesday into thursday. by the time we get to wednesday there is not much rain left. the worst of it is moving away into scandinavia.

more broken cloud and sunny spells in the north. quite a few showers in the north—west. still some heat in the north—west. still some heat in the south—east and east anglia, was be higher than 25 or 26. with high pressure building in during the latter pa rt pressure building in during the latter part of this week, it will be feeling cooler and fresher and dry with some sun. # overcame i every obstacle that was ever placed. tax rises to pay for a boost in nhs spending in england — as the prime minister promises an extra 20 billion a year. theresa may said tax rises would be fair and balanced and vowed to end a sticking plaster approach to health funding.

three men have died after being hit by a train in south london — police are investigating whether they were graffiti artists. and england expects — fans arrive at the stadium in volgograd as the team‘s world cup campaign begins. coming up in sportsday from moscow later in the hour on bbc news, we will have a full round—up of all the day‘s action at the world cup.