this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7:00: america's trade war with china intensifies as president trump more than doubles tariffs on many imported goods from furniture to car parts. the uk economy gets a boost from stockpiling ahead of brexit with gdp figures showing a rise of 0.5% in the first quarter. the inquest into the london bridge attacks hears the scene was like a war zone. tyler ferguson lost his fiance christine archibald after she was struck by the van. huber was floated on the stock exchange. how students are in lessons and more than 20 hours more

than 20 years ago. and news watch, complaints that coverage of the new royal baby was over excessive. that evening and welcome to bbc news. the trade war between the us and china has intensified as president trump has put a tax on more than $250 billion of chinese goods. the us had already levied a 10% tariff on chinese goods last september but today that rose to 25% and beijing has vowed to retaliate.

a bell can signify celebration, but it also can ring out a warning and today it felt like the latter after donald trump imposed much higher tariffs on chinese goods coming into the us. and fired out a warning to the world's second biggest economy that he is digging in for the long haul. he tweeted. .. "talks with china continue in a very congenial manner. there is absolutely no need to rush as tariffs are now being paid to the united states by china of 25% on $250 billion worth of goods and products". president trump said yesterday that he'd received another good letterfrom president xi. he has a strong relationship. we believe a deal is possible. what president trump has made clear is we think we are in a very strong position either way. the chinese are in washington in the hope of concluding a deal. their lead negotiator said increasing tariffs hurts everyone. translation: i came here with sincerity in these

special circumstances, to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us side. of course china believes raising tariffs in the current situation is not a solution to the problem. it will be harmful to china, the united states, and to the whole world. donald trump has often been accused of being too trigger—happy when it comes to tariffs, too keen to start a trade war. but on this, significantly, the democrats are behind him, they are urging him to remain tough. when it comes to trade and china, there is a feeling here that they have been allowed to get away with too much for too long. until a few days ago, all the mood music was positive. president xi would come to the us and sign a deal. the two sides were close to an agreement but last weekend, the president accused beijing of ratting on a deal to open up their market to us goods. in the middle of this are us farmers whose products have been hit by retaliatory tariffs and they are desperate for a trade deal as soon as possible.

we have almost waited almost too long, so the only thing that is really going to help us is if he makes a deal and china comes in and they guarantee to buy x amount of bushels. and us consumers, who are now going to find a range of imports costing way more in the shops. and if this carries on, it will be the global economy that will suffer. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. 0ur correspondent in beijing has more reaction. china is following further retaliation. we don't know what form that is going to take it but make no mistake about it, these ta riffs offered but make no mistake about it, these tariffs offered the truth that donald trump, from beijing's point of view is ripping up the royal book and turning a a0 year policy of further engagement with china into one of open hostility. china does have some cards up its sleeve. don't forget these tariffs will hit

american consumers just as much as they hit chinese suppliers. it will make a whole range of goods, things like chinese made furniture, electronic goods, vacuum cleaners, things like that, more expensive for your average trump voting american. don't forget that china doesn't have to worry about the electoral cycle. donald trump does have to worry about that. you could argue he needs about that. you could argue he needs a deal and quicker and needs a deal more quickly than china needs a deal. this is a seismic recalibration of one of the most important trading and political relations of our time. it will take about two weeks for these tariffs to really kick in because at the moment they only apply to goods that haven't left port. there is a glimmer of hope that there is a two—week period in which negotiators on both sides can get together now and try to step back from the brink. joining us via webcam is george

magnus from oxford university's china centre. thank you forjoining us on china centre. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. how have we ended up then with this increase in tariffs by the americans when the mood music coming out of the talks seem to be relatively positive? it is a good question actually. we are trying to figure out what the answer might be. the americans will have charged that the chinese have reneged on commitments, which they thought had been agreed. which of course the chinese deny. there is a bit of colour on this which is interesting for people to hear, which is historically actually, this is not an uncommon phenomenon in high—level negotiations with china. it happened over the hong kong handover as well. what you think you have agreed, turns out at the 11th hour, not to have been agreed. sometimes it is a question of lost in translation of

language. sometimes it is a question of china pulling up the drawbridge at the last moment to achieve negotiating advantage. we don't know really what this is all about. but what the americans were looking for is much more solid commitments and we will get round to doing this in due course. they want it reflected in some of these commitments or law and regulations. ithink in some of these commitments or law and regulations. i think what the speculation is, the chinese said we are not going to go for this, you cannot tell us how to write our own rules. if you have two of these incredible powers slugging it out, what is the impact going to be on the global economy, who wins? what is the impact going to be on the global economy, who winfim what is the impact going to be on the global economy, who wins? it is no good. president trump has a narrative, is that tariffs are good for the united states. tariffs are not good for anybody. nobody wins in a trade war. consumers on both sides will end up paying the higher tariffs, so that's not good for

them. you end up with a contraction in the volume of trade between the two countries which will spill over to the rest of asia and the global economy. we will all suffer as a consequence and trade has multiple effects on investment and on business confidence and so on. so it's not good that they should be happening. but it is the reality of a chasm that is opening up really, in the commercial and technological relationships between the two biggest powers in the world. they are going to have to talk again, what will the focus of those talks are likely to be and how difficult might they be? it is still possible. trump, being trump, the imposition of these tariffs came into effect at midnight last night and they could be lifted or suspended again pending negotiations if there is a turn—up for the good in these discussions. but actually, if the break down

altogether then i think there won't really be much of a negotiation taking place for a considerable period of time. i am not saying they will never talk together and we have defined, the americans and the chinese have to find a way of engaging with each other despite the fa ct engaging with each other despite the fact they will not agree about the fundamentals underlying this trade war. the trade war is not about trade as such, it's not about soya beans, aircraft, natural gas or cars, it is about industrial policy in china and about technology policy. that is the sticking point, not trade specifically. finally, if president xi sticks with this policy, how will that affect the growth of china? that is a good question. it is notjust president xi's approach to trade with the

letter is the government's approach to trading altogether. china's private sector, which has been the bellwether of china's economic eruption over the last 30 or a0 yea rs, eruption over the last 30 or a0 years, the private sector is flagging. because the government is prioritising and giving primacy to the role of state enterprises and to the role of state enterprises and to the role of the party in pretty much everything. the party has to be at the centre of pretty much everything in commerce and economic and social life. if these tariffs stay in situ and president trump extends them to the other imports that have not yet been subjected to tariffs, both sides lose, as i said before that china has more to lose because its economy is only just china has more to lose because its economy is onlyjust stabilising after quite a serious downturn over the winter. it can ill afford the

consequences of broken supply chains and lost exports. george magnus from 0xford university's china centre, thank you for talking to us. the uk economy had a boost in the first three months of this year as it grew by 0.5% — up from 0.2% in the previous quarter. the office for national statistics said the increase was partly driven by businesses stockpiling ahead of the expected brexit date. manufacturers saw their fastest expansion since the 1980s. 0ur economics correspondent dharshini david reports. production lines at this manufacturer that supplies the car industry have gone into overdrive since the start of the year. they have stockpiled both raw materials and finished goods to protect against disruption in the event of an no—deal brexit in march. against disruption in the event of an no-deal brexit in march. normally holding sort of a weak‘s stock,

somewhere in that region. we are holding much more than that, three, four or 56 weeks of stock, which isn't healthy for any business. but at least we have the confidence that if anything were to happen with the borders, we can continue to supply. he is not alone. this type of contingency planning meant a manufacturing activity grew at its fastest rate for over three decades by 3.2% in the first three months of 2019. add in consumer spending and gdp was up by 0.5% betweenjanuary and march. a decent performance, but and march. a decent performance, but a different type of growth than had been expected just a few months ago. that was the past, what of the future? this cutting edge, rocket engine plant is a taste of what britain could be, thanks to an injection of private and public money. we need businesses up and down the country to invest more to ensure the economy flourishes in the

long term, creating even morejobs and ensuring higher wages. but, as the chancellor told me here, that kind of investment is still being held back by brexit uncertainty. business investment is much lower than we would like it to be. investment in infrastructure, investment in skills. we have to do that if we want to ensure the prosperity of future generations. tomorrow's technology may be dazzling, but the chancellor knows our current performance is underpowered. the boost from stockpiling was temporary, the payback may be weaker growth ahead. at least until brexit is cleared up. and we'll find out how this story and many others

are covered in tomorrow's front pages at around 10:a0. our guests joining me tonight are the deputy editor of the daily express, michael booker and the author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown a canadian tourist whose fiance was killed in the london bridge attacks two years ago has described the chaos and mayhem that ensued and said the scene was like a war zone. tyler ferguson told the inquests at the old bailey that he'd been walking across the bridge with his 30 year old girlfriend christine archibald when she was struck by the van. he said moments before she was hit, they'd swapped places on the pavement. in court some of the people who tried to save her life broke down in tears as they described what happened. daniel sandford reports. chrissie archibald and her fiance tyler ferguson, walking on london bridge on a summer's night. canadian tourists who had just enjoyed dinner. two minutes after the cctv images, they stopped, kissed and swapped sides, but chrissie closer to the road. today, tyler ferguson told her inquest, i then noticed a relatively large, white transit van on the pavement hurtling towards chrissie and i. it was clear to me

this was a deliberate act of violence. the van's driver's wing mirror brushed past my left shoulder. i looked for chrissie and she was no longer next to me. i realised she had been struck by the van. chrissie was dragged along the road at speed and over the central reservation and cctv shows her fiance rushing to help her. there was a desperate effort to revive chrissie archibald, which involved an off duty lifeguard, police officers, ambulance men and doctors but she had almost certainly died straightaway. tyler ferguson said the scene on london bridge was chaos and mayhem. it was, he said, a war zone. this afternoon, it emerged that amidst the chaos, a team of firearms officers were among the first place on the scene, but they left their main guns in the vehicle to ca re left their main guns in the vehicle to care for the injured on the bridge, unaware that people were being stabbed in nearby borough

market. chrissie archibald's parents have come from canada for the inquest and today had this to say through their lawyer. we are here to stand with other families who lost loved ones and with those who were injured on that horrific day. our heartfelt thanks go to all those who we re heartfelt thanks go to all those who were on the bridge that night, who worked so hard to save chrissie. we we re worked so hard to save chrissie. we were blessed that so many brave people rushed to help her and tyler. next week, the coroner will hear evidence of the second phase of the murderous night when the attackers left their van and killed six more people with knives. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the 0ld daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the headlines on bbc news... america's trade war with china intensifies as president trump more than doubles tariffs on many imported goods —

from furniture to car parts. the uk economy gets a boost from stockpiling ahead of brexit — with gdp figures showing a rise of 0.5% in the first quarter. tyler ferguson and christine archibald from canada were visiting london when she was struck by the van — her parents' thanked those who tried to save her life. shares in the ride—hailing app uber got off to a rocky start on its first day of trading on wall street, falling in value by almost 9% compared to the listing price. uber‘s flotation on the stock exchange was the most eagerly anticipated since the debut of facebook in 2012. 0ur north america techonology correspondentjoins us from san francisco. why did you buy price the shares so cautiously? it is the unease about

the future of hubei's business. they lost $1 billion in the first three months so has a long way to go before it can turn those numbers around. this is a huge company, operates all over the world but currently heavily subsidises each trip it offers to customers. so that is why it is losing money hand over fist. i think investors are also slightly concerned that one of uber‘s rivals, a company called lift had a shaky start to their stock market debian a few weeks ago. so while this, as you mentioned is the hottest property since facebook went public, i think there hasn't been the optimism we might expect from a new technology stock. usually when these tech stocks start, their value shoots up. we haven't seen that with uberand shoots up. we haven't seen that with uber and there could be repercussions across the entire tech

industry as a result. what are you buying into in terms of uber‘s plans, it's likely future if on paper it doesn't look that good a deal? it is not unusual for a tech company to not be making any money when it goes public. facebook wasn't making a profit when it made its stock market debian. the investors are getting on board and hoping that uber, which has disrupted the transport industry so dramatically, they hopefully can use that to eventually make a profit down the line. where a company like uber differs from facebook, is when facebook first went public there was a sense of the direction it could go in order to make a profit. with uber it is less clear so they are having to diversify their business. as well as picking up people in cars, they are offering bikes, they have a food delivery service. whether those smaller parts of its business will help make up the difference, it

remains to be seen. also one other factor, eventually many people think that uber will have driverless cars are running their fleets. that uber will have driverless cars are running theirfleets. that that uber will have driverless cars are running their fleets. that would remove the most expensive part of uber‘s operation which is paying human drivers. but most experts will tell you that self driving cars are a long way away yet and uber will have to do more before that day to make sure investors stay happy. dave, thank you very much from san francisco. two former police detectives have been jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations. the old bailey heard sharon patterson and lee pollard forged documents and misled supervisors at essex police, in order to shut down inquiries and "avoid doing the work". patterson was sentenced to 18 months, while pollard was jailed for two years. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw gave us this update from the old bailey. this was an unusual case for two officers working for the essex

police. they falsified paperwork and forged documents to bring criminal cases they were investigating to an end. thejudge told lee pollard and sharon patterson that they had shut down cases to avoid doing the work. he said they had failed the victims and they had committed multiple acts of dishonesty. pollard was jailed for two years and patterson for 18 months. they will serve half of their sentences in prison before being released on licence. the details of the alleged offending where amounted to very high harm, according to thejudge. in pollard's case he destroyed photographs taken from the home of a suspect which could have been crucial evidence in a potential cross of prosecution. in effect, what they had done is they try to bring the cases to an end. there was no monetary gain and it was to avoid doing the work, to cut corners and to short—circuit these investigations. there were strong mitigation pot and behalf of sharon

patterson. to the effect that she should be given a suspended prison term, she has three children and she has lost herjob, as has pollard. but in the end the judge believed the offending was so serious he had to impose terms of imprisonment for both of the former detectives. danny shaw at the old bailey. a haemophiliac infected with hiv during treatment as a child has told the infected blood inquiry that his parents were "bullied" into signing a waiver saying they wouldnt take the government back to court. andy evans said his parents signed

the document during litigation against the department of health in 1991. they were told "nobody would receive anything" otherwise . thousands of patients were infected with hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s. a coroner has said that a schoolboy who flicked cheese at another pupil, despite being told he was allergic, was not intending to cause serious harm. 13—year—old karanbir cheema died after having a severe reaction at his school in london last year, when the cheese landed on his neck. the coroner said there was a "missed opportunity" at william perkin school, in greenford, to inform pupils about how severe his allergies were. ayshea buksh reports. 13—year—old karanbir cheema had learned to manage his many allergies. he knew how to avoid nuts, soya and dairy products. two years ago, while at school in greenford, west london, a fellow pupil flicked at him a small piece of cheese. it went down his collar, his skin reacted badly and he went into anaphylactic shock. he later died in hospital.

today, at the conclusion of the inquest into his death, his mother spoke of her loss. he was my only son, my only child. the whole family, his grandad, his uncles, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunties, they all loved him. he was the star of the show. the inquest heard how karanbir went to the medical room and was given his asthma inhaler and antihistamines. when he became breathless and his scratching drew blood, his epipen was administered. it later transpired the adrenaline drug was out of date and it was not given soon enough. a narrative verdict was recorded by the coroner, who also criticised the school's health care provision. the coroner concluded that karanbir‘s fatal allergic reaction was extraordinarily rare. she said the boy who threw the cheese had carried out a thoughtless act, but she believed it was not

calculated to cause harm. she said there were many other contributing factors such as his poorly controlled asthma, and she criticised the school for his inadequate care plan and said they were ineffective in educating other pupils around the dangers of allergies. we believe parents should be confident that children who have severe allergies will be safe at school. care plans need to be more than a token gesture. we would expect schools to have an emergency plan in place, so that when a child attends the medical room and says they have been exposed to a known allergen, the first aid team know what to do and how to react. in response, the head teacher said there was a very good general awareness of his allergies, but there was working with children who have severe allergies hope lessons will be learned. there needs to be much more consistency around the way that schools manage emergency situations. so education of staff around dealing with and recognising anaphylaxis and the key thing about getting

the adrenaline used early. we, like the coroner, would like to see adrenaline pens wherever there are defibrillators, and that there is a general knowledge among the population so they know how to use that adrenaline and how to recognise if somebody is having a severe allergic reaction. karanbir‘s parents say they hope the coroner recommendations are implemented, so no one else will have to suffer the way they have. they are also considering legal action. could we refreeze the north pole, as a way of repairing the damage done by climate change? it's just one of the ideas being examined by a new research centre at cambridge university. scientists there fear simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions won't be enough to stop irreversible damage to the environment. the project, the first of its kind, will examine new ideas, as well as those that have been dismissed in the past as too far—fetched.

a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. there'll be more flooding and all the coral has gone. that's what we're headed for, unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions on its own won't be enough. the man who's led efforts at the heart of government to combat climate change for 20 years is helping to set up a new research centre to develop ways of repairing the damage that's already been done. the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. so we've got to pull out the stack of greenhouse gases that's already in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, each year.

with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth's poles, the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. one idea is to have boats spray sea water into the clouds above the ice, to reflect sunlight away from them. another is to develop forests of artificial trees to absorb carbon dioxide — just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs into space might act as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. in the past, these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. but now, scientists say we're running out of time and options to prevent damaging and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says that net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050, to avoid some of the worst scenarios. this at a time when chinese and indian industries need much more energy,

as their nations grow. this is a global problem that we have to solve. we can't fail. it's our duty to future generations that we succeed in this task that has been put upon us. and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions can be made today that will last generations into the future. the scientists here believe that the earth's climate can be repaired, but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next ten years, otherwise it may be too late. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. we have had storms in the last few

hours. it will be drier but there will be some showers around on saturday. not too many, hopefully. this is the forecast through the night so a lot of clear weather and some showers around across eastern counties, lincolnshire and egypt to east anglia. there will be a touch of grass frost around northern areas outside of town and chilly in the south, only 5 degrees in cardiff first thing. tomorrow start of sunny in many areas and then the club will bubble up and then we expect showers from north—eastern england and parts of north yorkshire and down towards the midlands. but not as many compared to what we had today. 17 the high in cardiff. the temperatures will gradually rise through the course of the weekend and next week we could see temperatures in the high teens widely across the uk. hello this is bbc news with. the headlines: america's trade war with china intensifies as president trump more than doubles tariffs on many

imported goods — from furniture to car parts. the uk economy gets a boost from stockpiling ahead of brexit — with gdp figures showing a rise of 0.5% in the first quarter. the inquest into the london bridge attacks hears the scene was like a war zone. tyler ferguson lost his fiance christine archibald after she was struck by the van uber has floated on the new york stock exchange — but — shares fell in early trading. school children in england have up to an hour less for break time, compared with 20 years ago. researchers at university college london say more lessons are being packed into the school day, leaving less time for children to play. the study says it means children are missing out on exercise, and the chance to learn vital social skills. it comes as a class of primary school pupils are to miss their sat tests after their parents chose

to boycott the exams , parents of children in year 2 at bealings school near woodbridge said over—testing was ruining the pupils' education. here's our education correspondent frankie mccamley. we're going into the forest, right there! an extra playtime on fridays for these pupils. they go to the local park to run around and play outside. i have learned making some pictures with things outside. sticks, leaves, flowers, we found ants and worms i hadn't seen before. then it's back to school in the afternoon. why is it so important to get these children out and about? we know most of these children don't have gardens they can run around in. they're working together as a team, working independently, which raises their self—esteem and self—confidence.

research has found school break times in england have been getting shorter. just 1% of secondary schools now have afternoon breaks, compared to a1% 25 years ago. in the same time frame, pupils aged 5—7 were found to have a5 minutes less break time per week, and 11—16—year—olds have 65 minutes less. education is broader than just academic learning. this is where these children are building friendships, they're learning the skills to be part of society. at a time when we are really worried about the amount of time they spend on screens, i think we need to give them as much opportunity for this as possible. government guidance states pupils should be given an appropriate break, so head teachers have the final say on the structure of the day. there is pressure on every head teacher and every school in the country to make sure children are performing academically. we've go those tables that say this school has done this well, but at the same time we need to prioritise outside time. school break times vary across the country,

and that can often depend on where a school is located. that can be restrictive for some schools. for others, it could mean lunchtime on the beach or running around in open fields. for this school in east london, it means this. 0besity campaigners are calling for more rigid break time guidelines to make sure all children get daily exercise and, of course, have some fun in between. frankie mccamley, bbc news. i'm joined now by madeleine holt, co—founder of the group rescue our schools. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. what concerns do you have on these breaks which appear to be shorter than they were 20 years ago? i share the concerns of the teachers that you heard in that report. kids need to be able to run around and be free and not be sitting at desks and told they need to absorb facts all the time.

u nfortu nately to absorb facts all the time. unfortunately the trend in education over the last few years particularly with the reforms from michael gove when he was education secretary, there is a huge pressure on schools to get children to deliver academically and get schools to deliver academically because they arejudged on those results deliver academically because they are judged on those results through 0fsted. what that has meant is that schools are just desperately trying to get across this massively enlarged curriculum and exams which are now two yea rs enlarged curriculum and exams which are now two years harder develop mentally than they were. they have to spend more time doing that and extra things like sport or exercise or trips are squeezed. what can pa rents or trips are squeezed. what can parents or schools for that matter do to mitigate against the lack of free time? that is a really good question because there is a minority of schools who are showing real courage and saying that they are not going to be beholden to the results culture and the league table culture and they are not going to obsess

about being outstanding by 0fsted. they have decided to ensure that their curriculum and experience for children is not dominated by these pressures but it takes real courage to do that. you have to be very sure that the parents will back you and you probably have to be in an area where the children are from a more advantaged backgrounds because research shows that they generally do better in these tests. how do you measure progress if you are not going to test children with things like stats at the end of primary school? we have so many high-stakes tests. every country has sats is a view which is held but it is just not true. america has lots of them but in new zealand they have just got rid of sats. finland doesn't have any high—sta kes got rid of sats. finland doesn't

have any high—stakes test until 18. they trust teachers, they pay them really well, give them a lot of freedom and focus on teacher assessments. so they track students, encourage them in their own areas of potential and boost in areas where they are left strong. —— less strong. you get those records from teachers moderated by other schools so they are checked against a norm. in addition to that, in finland and new zealand, they have a single national sampling where they will pick schools randomly and pick a certain number of students to put them through a test which they cannot prepare for, so you don't get the teaching to testing like we have here, and they will use those results to get a level and a general average standard across schools. there is lots of different ways of doing it. you can do portfolios of work and present. it doesn'tjust

have to be about high—stakes testing. but giving that that would bea testing. but giving that that would be a massive cultural and not least political shift for this country to embrace, how likely is it that pa rents would embrace, how likely is it that parents would then complain if their children weren't being tested because that is what we are used to? i think this is changing because pa rents a re i think this is changing because parents are wielded by the system now. from my experience, i have a child who is about to do gcses next week, he has 25 exam is over five weeks. all the parents i speak to, whatever their backgrounds, are literally saying, "what is going on?" parents are really starting to question it and in answer to your question it and in answer to your question about political landscapes, thatis question about political landscapes, that is changing as well. the lib dems and the greens have a very enlightened manifesto on this. they both came out against sats quite a

while ago. the labour party are saying that they would get rid of sats of they were in power. even the conservative chair of the select committee came out a few weeks ago saying that we should get rid of gcses. things are really shifting because we have been going on the wrong direction for the last few yea rs into a wrong direction for the last few years into a victorian high—stakes punitive system and yet if you look at countries like, even america, singapore, china, korea, they are all investing in much deeper and creative curriculum is because they are saying, we will have robots in a few years so we need to focus on human skills and all the things that robots can't do. my son is trying to memorise heaps of facts and regurgitate them and i don't think that will prepare him for the future. thank you for talking to us tonight.

care homes in england are to work more closely with doctors and pharmacists in a new scheme to try to reduce hospital admissions among the elderly. under the plans, gps will visit homes more regularly, allowing them to keep a closer watch on each resident's health, and ensure they have the right medication. it's hoped the plans will improve wellbeing, as well as cutting costs for the health service. rob sissons reports. it's a simple idea. it's been tested at this care home in derbyshire house, in nottinghamshire, and has reduced hospital admissions and cut the drugs bill. a gp practice buddies up with a care home, so residence' health can be checked with a doctor more. rachel visits every two weeks. is there anything urgent that we need to deal with, initially? yeah. and what began as an experiment here in nottinghamshire is now being rolled out across england's care homes. the major benefit is that the patients here get continuity of care, which we know is a problem, across the nhs. we get to know the patients more, we get to know their families more, we can get more involved in understanding what they would want to happen, should

they become acutely unwell. across england, around a00,000 people live in 17,000 care homes. on average, residents take seven medicines a day. for many, it's more than ten a day. charities have voiced concerns for years that some residents may be on too much medication, criticising an over reliance on anti—psychotic medication for dementia patients as chemical cosh. the key thing, from our perspective, is to make sure that the right drugs are given, at the right time. that people don't have drugs, unnecessarily, because we know that that is not good for their health. well, since they have the extra support from the gp here, they say it's made a dramatic difference. improving the confidence of the staff and they're calling ambulances out less often. most of the residents here want to avoid going into hospital. so, it has helped them stay here and be able to be treated here at their home. vic, who is 92, and his friends at the home, seem to like it. it enables treatment to be given,

where necessary, much more quickly. and, generally, i think it gives the patient more confidence. i don't want to be on tablets. i prefer not to have any at all. now, nhs england's long—term plan involves recruiting thousands more clinical pharmacists. the aim — for every care home to have access to one. trying to make sure that where medicines are used, they're the right medicines at the right doses, for the right people. and we're making sure that everything's appropriate. it's all part of a shake—up in how medicines are managed. and it's hitting the right note here, an example how health and social care are working closer together. rob sissons, bbc news, nottinghamshire. tributes have been paid to the comedian, freddie starr, who has died at the age of 76. the entertainer who was born on merseyside rose to national prominence in the early 1970s after appearing on the tv talent show, opportunity knocks. it's understood he was found at his

home on spain's costa del sol. david sillito looks back at his life. freddie starr! 1970, the royal variety show and for a young freddie starr, it was his moment. # it's not unusual to be loved by anyone... it was all there, the impersonations, the manic energy, and a touch of danger. muhammad ali came along, yet the white people, the white promoters, they didn't want to know black people, they kept them to one side. how do you know? shut up, i'm talking! not many people would have done that with muhammad ali. the success that followed bought him a lifestyle of helicopters and horses.

miinnehoma won the national. in the world of northern comedians, there was a touch of rock and roll about him. he's a lunatic, yes, an absolute lunatic! but everyone loved him. but he was a lunatic, wasn't he? you wouldn't know what freddie starr was going to do when he came into a room. you wouldn't know. he would probably pick a television up ready to throw it out the window and put it back down again. he would have you on your nerves all the time, you'd be like that! and when the sun ran the fictitious headline freddie starr ate my hamster, it was almost believable. it used to be difficult, you were known as a difficult man... he may not have eaten any hamsters but there were four turbulent marriages, six children, none of whom would by the end speak to him. of course, his own father had been violent, he said he had broken his leg but when freddie starr

was accused, but never charged, of sexual assault, he looked a broken man. and when he sued his accuser for libel, he lost. the manic, wealthy funnyman of the 70s died alone in a small flat in spain. freddie starr who has died at the age of 76. now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. this week, was there just too much about the royal baby on bbc news? hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. a cause for celebration for the duke and duchess of sussex, but the queue for complaints from some. that bbc coverage of the new baby was excessive and sycophantic. and did bbc news give too much currency to the tweet sent by danny baker which resulted in his being sacked

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