this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm. borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied during the eu referendum campaign. he stands accused of lying about the uk giving the eu £350 milllion a week. the man who investigated donald trump over alleged collusion with russia again refuses to exonerate him for obstructing justice. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. alice's show is much less is being spent on social care in england.

they don't listen to us. how is the feature going to evolve? an inquest hears the london bridge attackers used 12 inch kitchen knives bought from a supermarket weeks earlier. moving a banksy mural — how do you transport an artwork that's been painted on the side of a garage? chanting. and the all—english europa league final is under way with chelsea and arsenal going head to head in azerbaijan. there's been a dramatic twist in the contest for the tory leadership with a summons for borisjohnson to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the uk

gave the eu £350 million a week. mrjohnson who is the current front runner in the leadership contest to succeed theresa may as prime minister stands accused of misconduct in public office after making the claim during the 2016 eu referendum campaign. mrjohnson‘s lawyers have described the case as a political stunt. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar has the latest. cheering. he's always loved attention, just not this kind. borisjohnson, the official leave campaign's far from secret weapon is being hauled into court to face accusations he lied to the public about brexit. no one campaigns like him, but it's the claim about how much britain sent to the eu which he echoed as an mp, that triggered a private prosecution and the even more real

——rare outcome of a top politician being summoned to a criminal court. his accusers in court papers say he repeatedly lied and misled the british public as to the cost of eu membership, expressly stating, endorsing or inferring that the cost of eu membership was £350 million a week. businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards in public office. mr ball who stood with me today considered that politicians have made, said things that are untrue and he wants to ensure there is a better standard in politics and currently is the case. but borisjohnson, flag carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he might even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said this prosecution is nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush

the will of the people. if the case is allowed to proceed the state rather than the public will be put in charge of determining the strengths of argument at elections. this runs counter to centuries of british political tradition and risks undermining our democracy. the dispute centres on campaign claims of how much britain pays the eu against the rebate which comes back, some say it's a matter of principle. generally speaking i would prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the general public are incredibly discerning. the case will be a political spectacle. borisjohnson denies wrongdoing and today's ruling was no finding of guilt. but the verdict could have an impact on politics and campaigning in britain. john pienaar, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoins me now. what more can you tell me about how this legal action will proceed and why it's just

against borisjohnson and not other politicians who featured prominently in the leave campaign? the campaigners who crowd funded this appealfor the campaigners who crowd funded this appeal for money to launch the private prosecution looked at other campaigners for brexit who made similarclaims and campaigners for brexit who made similar claims and felt boris johnson had been so highly covered by the media and had made these points are so many times, that there was enough evidence to press ahead and taken to court. they said that wasn't the case in other potential targets. it is a serious allegation. misconduct in public office has a maximum life sentence because it can cover everything up to high—level corruption. the district judge cover everything up to high—level corruption. the districtjudge has decided today that there is a case to a nswer decided today that there is a case to answer but asjohn said, she hasn't decided if the allegations are true. to prove he's guilty, the prosecution will have to show that he was a public official who seriously neglected his public

position, abused his public position and that there was no really good reason for that. the key issue is going to be public position. was he ina public going to be public position. was he in a public position when he made these statements? he was mayor of london and believed in brexit and had it almost as a official policy, signing a letter saying he believed in brexit. but his argument is he was politically campaigning, nothing to do with the dayjob of running london. he says this is a vexatious allegation. how is this likely to proceed now? this is a private prosecution, they are becoming more common but still rare. anybody can prosecute in the british courts. you don't have to tell the police or cps but the cps has the right to move in and say we don't think this should continue and legally that would stop

the case. i've spoken to some experienced defence lawyers and they say they don't think that will happen because the magistrates' court has decided there is a case to answer. it's more likely we'll see a prolonged battle in the courts, possibly the court of appeal. and inside the crown court to try to prevent this trial going ahead, boris johnson's legal team prevent this trial going ahead, borisjohnson‘s legal team will say the court is abusing its position. his aim would be to make sure he never goes in front of a cheery. do we have any sense of the timings? —— jury. as you say, boris johnson is running for leadership of the conservative party, running potentially to be prime minister and he could be prime minister with this all continuing. thank you. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered

in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are writer and broadcaster mihir bose and former pensions minister ros altmann. the us special counsel robert mueller has reaffirmed the findings of his russia investigation, in his first public comments since the inquiry started in 2017. he pointedly refused to exonerate the president over obstruction of justice and said he had been prevented from charging him by the constitution. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. the introduction to volume two of our report explains that decision. it explains that under long—standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while in office. that is unconstitutional.

evenif even if the charges kept under seal and hidden from public view, that is also prohibited. the special council's office is part of the department ofjustice council's office is part of the department of justice and council's office is part of the department ofjustice and it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge. that was just eight department policy. those with the principles under which we operated and from them we concluded we would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the president committed a crime. i will reiterate the central allegation of our indictments. they were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. that allegation

deserves the attention of every american. thank you for being here today. well, a short while after the statement from robert mueller, president trump took to twitter in response, re affirming his view on the outcome of the investigation. he wrote: "nothing changes from the mueller report. there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent. the case is closed! thank you." we can now speak to jaqueline thomsen, a reporterfor the hill, who has been following the mueller report. i know there wasn't anything hugely new in this statement today but what stood out? for me, it personally stood out? for me, it personally stood out? for me, it personally stood out that miller was severe in not exonerating the president. he reiterated the message in his report already when he said we don't have enough evidence —— mueller. 0r already when he said we don't have enough evidence —— mueller. or that we arejust enough evidence —— mueller. or that we are just not going to say whether the president committed a crime. he also seemed to be giving congress a bit of a green light saying maybe i

can bring charges against the president but it's possible you could if he wanted the opportunity. so, ithink could if he wanted the opportunity. so, i think that's something that also stood out, that a lot of democrats are seizing on to. and yet the president himself said the case is closed. the american public aren't desperately gripped and electrified by this going on any longer, is it a risk for the democrats to perceive this in terms of congressional hearings? definitely. there are a lot of progressives within the house of representatives that are pushing for impeachment proceedings. they say there is evidence of wrongdoing by there is evidence of wrongdoing by the president, that the attorney general reviewed the evidence and decided not to pursue a charge against president trump and was biased, and that there is more than enough evidence to bring forward such a charge. it's very possible we

will see the democrats start ringing an impeachment proceeding against president trump, although the leadership doesn't seem to. in terms of new evidence to throw into the story, that's it, we had done, now that we have the mueller report, he said this is his testimony and he doesn't need to go before congress in his view and there is nothing more to add. i wouldn't say there is nothing more to add. there's always the possibility that house democrats can subpoena him for the committees. today he announced he would be resigning from the department of justice which means he no longer has to report to the agency and they can't step in and say you can't go to congress. it seems clear he doesn't want to speak out much more about this. on the other hand, the senate is still conducting its own investigation into russian

interference and that means any contacts between the trump campaign and russia. this definitely isn't a done deal yet. thank you. footage of the london bridge attackers, preparing in the days and hours before they killed eight people, has been played at the inquests into those who died. the court was shown images of rachid redouane buying pink ceramic kitchen knives from a shop in east london, which were used in the attacks two years ago. daniel sandford reports. three weeks before the london bridge attack, and rachid redouane, the father of a little girl, is in lidl buying knives, the first sign of preparations. they were the same pink ceramic knives used to stab six people to death during the attack. less than a week before the attack, all three killers were seen meeting outside a gym they used. rachid redouane was seen dumping his phonejust before the men start talking, presumably as a counter—surveillance measure, to make sure they weren't being bugged.

at the end of the meeting, they shook hands and hugged. the next day, rachid redouane was back in lidl, this time buying wine, to use the bottles for making petrol bombs. 0n the saturday of the attack itself, their leader, khuram butt, spent the morning with his wife and children — domestic scenes that the coroner's barrister said could not be more different from the events of the night that would follow. by late afternoon, the three attackers were together in a red corsa car along with redouane's little daughter. khuram butt was making calls to hire a van, after the lorry hire they'd planned fell through. the cctv footage gives the impression that the three killers were improvising their attack as they went along. just six hours before they arrived here at london bridge, they still hadn't found a van and, on the sat nav on one of the men's phones, the destination was set at oxford street, not london bridge, suggesting that may have been the target until quite late

in the day. the men drove to b&q with redouane's daughter still in the back. there, they picked up a hire van, loaded with 29 bags of gravel to make it heavier. afterfinally dropping off the little girl, they loaded some chairs into the van at khuram butt‘s flat to make it look like they were moving house, then set off for central london with their knives, petrol bombs and fake suicide belts. the van itself was also a weapon. after getting lost in the city, they found their way onto london bridge for one last reconnaissance run. within the next 20 minutes, they killed eight people and were themselves shot dead by armed police. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson is boris johnson is ordered borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied during the eu referendum campaign. he stands accused of lying about the uk

giving the eu £350 million a week. a man who investigated donald trump over alleged collusion with russia again refuses to exonerate him over obstructed justice. new analysis shows much less is being spent on social care per head in england than in wales and scotland. sport now — and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. what's going on? that is the focus, we are around 15 minutes into the all english europa league final between arsenal and chelsea in baku. arsenal will be hoping their manager's100% record in his three previous europa league final to continue. so far there's been no chances. no clear—cut opportunities

as yet. you can listen to the match on bbc radio 5 live and follow on the bbc sport website and app. west ham have confirmed andy carroll, samir nasri aren't a tree and will leave the club. —— and adrian. andy carroll scored 3a goals in 142 carroll scored 34 goals in 142 appearances over seven seasons while goalkeeper adrian was at the club for six years. samir nasri made six appearances after joining in december. kevin pietersen believes england have the qualities needed to lift the cricket world cup. the competition begins tomorrow when england face south africa at the 0val. if training is anything to go by, pace bowler mark wood may not feature. liam plunkett and sam curran could be in the frame to play instead. eoin morgan should recover from a fractured finger as well. kevin pietersen was asked who he thinks will win. i don't know who will win. i want england to win,

desperate for them to win because they are ranked number one in the world. the way they've changed the dynamics of play and having played in australia and played for the last four seasons, and the way the australians talk about the way the english play one—day cricket, they are ticking all the boxes. johanna konta survived a bruising encounter with wild card lauren davis to reach the third round of the french open for the first time in her career. johanna konta hasn't been keen on clay but this season she's reached the finals in the moroccan and italian opens and took the first set 6-3. the italian opens and took the first set 6—3. the american responded moving up 6—3. the american responded moving upa 6—3. the american responded moving up a gear 6—3. the american responded moving upa gearand 6—3. the american responded moving up a gear and raced through the second set winning by 6—1. johanna konta recovered to move into a 5—0 lead in the final set. although lauren davis then snatched three games, johanna konta regained her composure to seal the match 6—3. she

will play kuzmova next. roger federer is playing for the first time infouryears federer is playing for the first time in four years at roland garros. he's beaten germany's 0tte to move into round three. also through its raff and adele, aiming for a record extending 12th men's singles title. he swept the german qualifier maden aside in straight sets. caster semenya is appealing the court of arbitration for sports ruling that she must artificially reduce her testosterone. she has filed the appeal with the federal supreme court of switzerland. it means women with higher than normal levels of the hormone can only run events from the hormone can only run events from the 400 metres up to the mile by taking medication. anthonyjoshua

says his world heavyweight title challenger andy rivett will be more dangerous than taking on deontay wilder —— andy ruiz. they meet at madison square garden in new york on saturday. why would i fight talent who have the potential to beat me when i could fight deontay wilder who is talented and has what i want. i would rather take the wilder opportunity. i want to go straight to the big fights. that is all the support for now but keep up—to—date with everything going on in azerbaijan in the europa league final on the sport website. new research has revealed how funding for social care per person in england is a third less in england than it is in wales, and more than a third less than it is in scotland.

politicians agree that pressure caused by longer life expectancy and more complex needs mean a new strategy is needed. but the government's plans for social care have been delayed five times, and are long overdue. 0ur correspondent alison holt looks at the struggle to provide social care in somerset. martine evans is 37, and has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. ah! her husband david has to do nearly everything for her. thank you. they also have triplets. we first met the family last summer as they asked for help from somerset county council. i fell through the system. unfortunately, it happens, because it's so busy. you know, there are so many people that need help, which is why i was worried. i didn't want to take care away from other people. but we needed it for david. he's just so tired, i just couldn't watch that any more. sweetheart. yeah?

i need some help, please. getting enough care from the cash—strapped council is difficult, but david is caring for martine and the boys day and night. thank you. drinks, painkillers, toilet, trying to make them comfortable. but i could do that four or five times in an hour one night. constantly tired, really. just keep going for the things that you love, really, i suppose, isn't it? but the last year has been one of the toughest their county council has faced, as it came close to going bust. it blames cuts to government grants, and growing demand. she has got a package of care at the moment, 2.5 hours a day, so that's 15 hours per week. it means difficult decisions for the social work teams. the support they put in for martine at home cost more than £600 a week. that is above the cost of a residential home place and does not include night care.

he needs support, otherwise if he crashes... yeah, absolutely. right, can you explain to me the thinking on martine's case? it's never our decision to say somebody has to go into residential placement. what we say is, "this is the personal budget we can give you," and it is of course for them as a family up to them to make a decision how they spend that money. but we'd have to say, "this is a matter of money we can help you with," and that is it. in the last year, the director of adult care services in somerset has had to cut £9 million from his budget of nearly £140 million. we are into territory i had not planned for, not considered, so we are in a really difficult position. that sounds really tough. it is on the verge of impossible. where are you? i'm only here. we're going to go this way now. all right? why? i want to be here. one of the cuts is to the dementia day centre

where rachel blackford's mother, barbara, spends two days a week. the council says it's outdated, but for rachel, it's a vital break. will you take me, please? i'm helping you, come on. no, you're strangling me. i'm desperate. and i'm not the only one. you know, lifelines being cut. you just think, if they don't listen to our pleas, how is the future going to evolve? they are offered sessions at local residential homes, but rachel is upset that they are losing something that works. "help, cried the witch flying down to the ground. "she looked all around, but no help could be found." it's a system where the need for help keeps rising. the cost of martine's care eventually increases to nearly £1,000 a week. the government has promised to reform the funding of care at the earliest opportunity, but for many, the pressures are here now.

alison holt, bbc news. we will have more on this in the next half an hour with a closer look at the figures. let's talk more now about the tory leadership election — enough candidates now to make up a football team. with me is henry hill, assistant editor of the website conservative home. and also i'm joined by the conservative councillor carolyn webster from bridgend town council. thank you forjoining us from our cardiff office. i mentioned the football team, is that a good thing? are you looking forward to having lots to choose from? we won't have lots to choose from? we won't have lots of people to choose from by the time the membership have chosen we will be left with two. it's up to the parliamentary party to whittle it down first. as you watch the process going on, do you feel there

isa process going on, do you feel there is a lot of stamina in your local members for observing, listening, discussing, playing them off against each other? is it a source of fascination? yes, people are fascinated by it and it's great to hear a lot of people who aren't party members contribute to that debate as well. but i think we want to get on and she a leader now and be able to deliver brexit and have a strong prime ministerfor the be able to deliver brexit and have a strong prime minister for the future —— choose a leader. strong prime minister for the future -- choose a leader. you have, interestingly, on conservative home, you take a panel of members from across the country. what are they saying to you about who they want to see go down to the last two? boris johnson is back on top although he spent a couple of years out of the top billing. second is michael gove.

we would expect, based on the balance of opinion within the parliamentary party that we will have a remainder or soft brexiteer in the final two so i think it's unlikely they will be in the final. at present the party membership strongly favours boris johnson on the question is whether mps allow him to go through to the final two. in terms of the process, can you talk us through it? now that there are so many candidates for the leadership race, how is it going to work? while we still have the foot ball work? while we still have the football team plus may be more candidates, they are first whittled down by conservative mps. they knock out candidates one at a time and then they vote again. i can take quite a long time. can they do it in one day? theoretically the logistics of organising that many ballots get quite difficult. now they have so many i think they will try and do it ina few many i think they will try and do it in a few days because there is a

very, very strong preference among party members and quite a few experts that we need the new prime minister in place by the summer so they have time to shape the brexit position. caroline, do you agree with that perspective that the new prime minister needs time? do you feel you need a proper long look at the two candidates who come to the membership for the final election?” don't think we need a long look, the candidates that have come forward have all got vast experience serving in cabinetand have all got vast experience serving in cabinet and parliament. their history is on record as to how they have performed as mps and as leaders within theirfield. so, i don't think we need to have a long process in this. when they... coming back to

the content, what is it that conservatives in bridgend would like to see in the person selected? from the people i've spoken to, and of course i'm not speaking on their behalf, a lot of people would like to see a long—standing brexiteer to be able to deliver for what the majority of people voted for in the referendum, and the results we saw from the eu referendum as well. i personally would support a brexiteer. when you say support a brexiteer, of course, that is party policy and most of the candidates say they are brexiteers. the division comes on whether they are determined brexiteer is at the expense of no deal possibly, or not. theirs having the confidence and the vision to deliver what could end up asa vision to deliver what could end up as a no—deal brexit. so, if you have the passion that requires you to

deliver on that, looking towards the open ocean view, then i think that would be a very positive thing for this country. i'mjust would be a very positive thing for this country. i'm just going to come back to henry for a take on that from the people accessing your website. do you get the same sense it's that robust, let's get out and do this confidence members are looking for? certainly. the conservative grassroots is overwhelmingly pro—brexit. conservative grassroots is overwhelmingly pro— brexit. that should weigh on the calculations of mps because no matter their personal views, if they put forward a candidate who is insufficiently tough they are pretty much handing victory to the other candidate. i think we'll get a battle between the eventual front runners to try and come up with someone like dominic raab or esther mcvey, and then somebody trying to leave with a deal. the problem that candidate will face is given the parliamentary arithmetic doesn't allow for a deal

and candidates like michael gove say they don't want a general election until they've left the eu, what do they do if they can't get it through? that will bedevil every pro deal candidate in this process. and what other members are saying about the message from business, the concerns about a no—deal, the expense of preparing for it, the uncertainty hanging over the economy? 0ne normally thinks of quite a significant proportion of conservative members being business orientated. are they not listening to that? it has actually started to reshape both the major political parties coalitions. with the conservative party, whilst it has been making inroads in working—class constituencies in the north and losing ground in the south, i think that trend is also reflected in the panel, because as a share of the members responding, the number saying we should put business interests first extraordinarily

small. thank you so much. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. after a reasonable start to the day, with some morning sunshine, the cloud has been thickening and threatening. in the afternoon we had some damp weather pushing into wales — that was the scene in denbighshire as those grey skies worked in. and the cloud continues to be extensive at the moment as well, with outbreaks of rain. now, during the second half of the night the rain will tend to become confined mainly to western coasts and hills, where it will stay quite damp and a bit misty. the westerly wind picks up and it's going to be blowing in some mild air. by the end of the night, 15 degrees in london. still some cooler conditions, though, for the far north of scotland. but it is here where we'll have the best of the day's sunshine, in shetland, on thursday. but despite the sunshine, northerly winds keeping temperatures pegged back at about ten. elsewhere, cloudy but a mild start to the day with a little bit of dampness around, particularly across western areas. through the afternoon, some more general rain will spread into northern ireland,

scotland and north—west england — with that rain setting in it will turn heavier as we go through the afternoon. where cloud breaks across eastern england, it will become quite warm. that's your weather. hello, this is bbc news — the headlines: borisjohnson is boris johnson is ordered borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied during the eu referendum campaign. he is accused of lying about the uk giving the eu £350 million a week. robert mueller, us special counsel, says charging donald trump with a crime was never an option. new analysis shows much less is being spent on social care per head in england than in wales and

scotland. an inquest hears the london bridge attackers used 12 inch kitchen knives bought from a supermarket weeks earlier. coming up, it is always a trick, moving a valuable work of art. but how about when it is painted on a garage? as we've been reporting new research has revealed how funding for social care per person in england is a third less in england than it is in wales, and more than a third less than it is in scotland. so how much are councils spending on social care, and why is the picture worse in england than in scotland and wales? our home editor mark easton has been looking at the numbers. how we look after our elderly is the wicked issue we keep ignoring. the good news is we are generally living longer. the bad news is that our adult social care needs are increasing and becoming more complex as the costs of care go up and the money to pay for it all has not kept pace.

there have been a number of short—term ring—fenced funding schemes for social care in england, but local councils reckon there is still a £1 billion funding gap this year, rising to £3.6 billion by 2025. and that's why councils are cutting services by limiting the numbers eligible for smaller care packages and reducing the prices paid to providers. the human cost is all too clear, particularly in england where spending on social care is much lower than elsewhere in the uk. scotland spends £445 a head, wales £414 a head. in england is it is just £310 per head. some councils are using money from emergency reserves to cover day to day costs. northamptonshire, somerset whose plight we sawjust now, and rotherham have seen their reserve budgets reduce by over

60% in three years — putting pressure on services elsewhere. new research suggests that even if council tax kept increasing at the current rate, by 2035 the rising cost of care would gobble up more than half of all local authority revenue and mean cuts to almost everything else — housing, roads and transport, planning and leisure. no—one thinks we can just keep on muddling through but the government's long—awaited plans for social care have been delayed for the fifth time — now at least two years later than promised. we have been talking about how we can sustainably fund social care for decades. someone is going to have to pay but, as things stand, no—one seems prepared to pick up the bill. mark easton, bbc news. in edinburgh for us this evening is age scotland's head of policy.

also i'm joined by ian hudspeth, a conservative councillor from the local government association. thank you both for talking to us. adam, to you first. how are you managing to sort this in scotland? ina way managing to sort this in scotland? in a way that england is struggling to do. it appears it is mostly down to do. it appears it is mostly down to political will. in 2000 to the scottish parliament and scottish executive introduced free personal nursing care for the elderly, which isa nursing care for the elderly, which is a revolutionary policy which has meant social care is free at the point of need for scotland's older people. it is about political will and investment, and there are significant challenges in developing their were delivering it. ian, when you hear adam talk like that does it make you jealous? the thing is we all acknowledge as we heard in your report we are all growing older,

there is pressure on the system, and there is pressure on the system, and there are precious in scotland, in england, but it is how people deal with those pressures. the green paper will hopefully produce the answer to how we solve the problem of funding in england, because at the moment it relies on local councils and as everyone knows they have to make very difficult decisions. i pay tribute to mister fothergill in somerset by being open about the county council they are on theissues about the county council they are on the issues they are going through to deliver the services they are delivering. do you feel very frustrated then with the delays to the green paper? yes, it is very frustrating because we were promised in 2017... we actually made sure we used our own paper for the local

government association, which we challenged it and found the answers to the funding. it is going to be difficult but we do need to resolve the funding issues. when you say that, what is your preferred solution? there isn't a preferred solution. should it be national taxation? should there be a hypothecated tax and national insurance to make sure it goes only for social care? what we need is a clear resolution from government because they've just put £20.5 billion into the health service long—term plan. that can only be sustainable if there is a sustainable if there is a sustainable social care system and we should use some of the funding to make sure social care is sustainable. otherwise it won't assess the long—term plan. sustainable. otherwise it won't assess the long-term plan. adam, when you hear ian say that, is there anything in what he has just said that you would disagree with from your experience in scotland? as i

said, a lot of this is about political will and wishing the very best for older people in your country. i know with our ageing population there will be significant challenges, i don't disagree with anything he is saying but there is a big challenge ahead for all nations in the uk to get to grips with the challenge ahead. we have an ageing population, in scotland the biggest group in expansion will be the over 75 is. almost an 80% increase in these people in the next 20 years. and a 50% increase of people living with dementia in the next 20 years. although scotland has arguably the best social care system in the uk, it is by no means perfect. 0ther nations can certainly look to scotla nd nations can certainly look to scotland for an improvement. so do you feel that the political will is there in scotland to deal with the challenges that you see coming down the line? yes. there is not a single

political party in scotland wishing to see the end of free personal nursing care, and it is clear the scottish government are investing money in social care. all political parties are committed to doing so. the real challenge is, is there enough? is there enough for an ageing population, for local councils to do this? this week we released a report demonstrating almost four in ten old people who need critical or substantial care are waiting quite a long term to receive it. while the will is there there is still a lot to be done. but no one will take their foot off the gas in this one. coming back to your problems, ian, how much longer do you feel you will have to wait? obviously, we have the problem of brexit hanging over the political class here and confusing everyone putt well on a of issues.” class here and confusing everyone putt well on a of issues. i think thatis putt well on a of issues. i think that is very true and we have to acce pt that is very true and we have to accept that fact. but we are putting pressure on for the release of the green paper. so we can have the serious conversation about how

social care is going to be funded. because without that conversation we can't then deliver what is needed. successive governments have pushed the can down the road but it is getting to the situation where there will be a funding gap of many billions of pounds. that puts loads of pressure on local governments and delivering all the services. ian and adam, thank you both forjoining us. the scottish government has published legislation that could pave the way for a new vote on scottish independence if the westminster government allows it. the bill contains no details on when a referendum could be held or what the question would be but first minister nicola sturgeon says the legislation would give people in scotland the "opportunity to choose a better future".

0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. most of these young people couldn't vote in the last scottish referendum five years ago. nicola sturgeon wants to give them and the rest of scotland a say on independence again next year. her problem is she needs the authorisation of the uk government in westminster. what is the point of trying to legislate for a referendum, that you know it's extremely unlikely any westminster prime minister's ever going to allow you to hold? well, that is a democratic outrage to suggest that that is the case. it's perfectly legitimate for the westminster government to oppose independence. it is not democratically legitimate for them to stand in the way of the people of scotland having the right to choose. what do you all think about having another independence referendum? i think it's important. i think it's only fair that things have changed between then and now and we should get another opportunity to have a say. how would you vote, if there was another independence referendum? i would make sure that i was looking into any further

details into whether to go independent or not. today's legislation in the scottish parliament sets the rules for any future referendum. it doesn't set the date. contenders for the tory leadership have taken to twitter today to say they will refuse to allow another referendum. any candidate who wants the support of scottish conservative members will have to rule it out. i'll stand full square again, since the people of scotland don't want it, i'll encourage any prime minister to say no to it, and nicola has let the cat out of the bag here. she says that, even if brexit was reversed, she'd still be pushing through with this. scottish voters are divided on whether they want to be independent, and they don't agree on when or whether there should be another referendum either. ruth davidson says there is no appetite. there is an appetite for it. what about another vote next year? independence? no. why not? we had one, she lost. if nicola sturgeon knows

it is highly unlikely that she'll be able to have an independence referendum next year, why is she preparing for one? well, what she hopes is that, by arguing scotland is being denied a democratic choice, that may help build support for independence itself. the snp will keep insisting that scotland is being ignored by westminster, and hope that ups the pressure for another vote on scotland's future. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson is boris johnson is ordered borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied an eu referendum campaign. he stands accused of lying about the uk giving the eu £350 million a week. the man who investigated donald trump over alleged collusion with russia again refuses to exonerate him over eggs obstructing justice. new analysis shows much less is spent in social care per head in england than in wales and scotland. an update on the market numbers for you here's how london's

and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. 15 people are now known to have died, as dozens of tornados continue to bring disruption to large parts of the united states. there have been at least eight tornadoes every day for 11 consecutive days that matches the previous us record. nimesh thacker reports. in brookville, 0hio, sue counts the cost of the tornado that destroyed her home. trapped beneath a fallen wall, she's lucky to be alive. i was screaming, "lord help me, lord help me." i heard him say, "sue, we're coming, we're coming." and i saw the flashlight. and the neighbour on both sides helped get me out. across eight states, dozens of tornadoes pulverised homes and businesses. uprooting lives, destroying entire communities.

in ohio, an 81—year—old man was killed when a twister picked up his car and smashed it into his home. it sounded like a jet engine, just landing right on top of your house. then the whole house started shaking and vibrating, and you just heard a big explosion. that was the glass through all the house getting blown out. mankind is no match against mother nature. tens of thousands of people have been left without power, as authorities deal with gas leaks and search for people still trapped by debris. more severe weather is forecast and, while the tornadoes may have stopped for the moment, their impact will never go away. nimesh thaker, bbc news. we can now speak to jesse risley a storm chaser, who has been following the tornado through kansas. thank you for talking to us. you are welcome. glad to be on board. tell

us what you saw. we've been out for about five days. yesterday was probably by far the most intense. we intercepted a storm south of lawrence, kansas, that was tornado warned, and it has a history of producing some funnels, and when we got on it we were able to see a tornado that was wrapped in rain. it skirted the south side of lawrence, kansas and went on to hit a small town just east of lawrence. and when we backtracked, this isjust west town just east of lawrence. and when we backtracked, this is just west of kansas city, by the way, so west of the state of missouri, we got back into the town and there was fairly extensive damage when we got on the scene. so that answer raises so many questions. let's take them one by one. you said you intercepted a tornado, how do you do that? basically, it's a matter of figuring

out which way the storm is travelling, positioning yourself at a safe distance from the storm, to be able to observe the features such asa be able to observe the features such as a tornado or damaging straight—line winds, and keeping yourself and those with you safe while doing so. well, that sounds very sensible. and how do you do that while chasing a tornado, how do you determine the safe distance and how to keep yourself safe? try to keep may be at least a mile or more of distance and be cognizant of the way the storm is travelling. it is eyes and ears first, and then after that you usually have radar so we can look at the storm's movement, and we are also using road map softwa re and we are also using road map software to be able to determine that there are other roads to get you further away from the storm if you further away from the storm if you need to be, kind of like an escape route, so you have an ability to get further away from the storm

as needed if it changes direction, because as we know, the atmosphere can be volatile and it does not play by any particular rules. you talked about the final, and a tornado wrapped in rain, can you explain that? certain types of super cell thunderstorm is, the most common types to produce tornadoes, there are three types, low precipitation, classic and hyper separation. because of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere and the winds at higher levels, these particular types of high precipitation super cells tend to have the core of the thunderstorm which is shrouded in heavy rain, so oftentimes the tornado is hidden or obscured by the rain, so the person in the path, the only thing they will see is what looks like a wall or curtain of rain coming at them. the tornado them their wet itself may not be visible

u nless their wet itself may not be visible unless at certain points when the storm is moving a certain direction and the dynamics of the storm are interacting, you may get a glimpse ofa interacting, you may get a glimpse of a tornado but it is usually brief. thank you for explaining all that. in the introduction to the story i said these are getting more frequent, is that your experience as someone who follows them?m frequent, is that your experience as someone who follows them? it is hard to tell. i haven't looked at the data, climate and logically. i know thatis data, climate and logically. i know that is quite a complex topic. it seems like certain patterns are getting more entrenched, particularly in the great plains. i do know some of the scientific data may be skewed because with social media and people reporting more we are finding out about these more and they are getting reported more. but it does seem like patterns do seem to be emerging, yes, that certain types of violent weather seem to be more commonly occurring in the same

orsimilar more commonly occurring in the same or similar areas. i need to move on because we have other news, but can i ask quickly, just to be nosy, how long have you been doing this and why do you do it? i've been doing this for 20 years. since 1998, 1999, going on 21 years. when i was a small child we had a major tornado in illinois, and i saw the damage from that and i have been fascinated by natural hazards and severe weather ever since. it is kind of a childhood fascination and hobby of mine. it has been very interesting talking to you. thank you for joining us. a mural by the artist banksy, which was painted on the walls of a garage in port talbot, has been moved, with some trepidation and very carefully, to its new home. the artwork called seasons greetings was cut out of the wall and loaded onto a lorry. it'll now be displayed

at a museum in the town centre. we can speak now to the man who bought it. john brandler, who runs a gallery in essex, joins us now. thank you for talking to us. congratulations on moving your treasure safely. thank you. it was quite stressful. but it got there in one piece. are you happy about that? absolutely delighted. it has been moved where it will be protected, but at the same time where the locals and anyone else can go and look at it quite easily. so it was halfway up a mountain. everything is halfway up a mountain. everything is halfway up a mountain. everything is halfway up a mountain in wales! but it was halfway up a mountain, and now it is within 40 yards of an internationally connected railway station. so you're not sorry it didn't self—destruct on the way like the one that shredded itself at the auction house? i think you would need quite a big shredder! do you

think lots of people will come to your new museum as it opens in port albert? the museum hasn't opened yet. the banksy is there in like a huge shop window, and it is on its own in the old police station in port talbot. i'm trying to persuade the council and the welsh assembly to work with me, which is difficult for politicians, to create a national, and international level of museum of street art. there are five other ones in the world. new york, paris, berlin, munich and amsterdam. even when it was halfway up a hill there were thousands of people coming to look at it, so put it somewhere accessible and you will get even more people. it would be nice to have other artists, pure

evil, damien hirst, banksy, altogether and keep it where people can see it. i want to have an area for children to make stencils. we will give them the stencils because we don't think it is a good idea to give them scalpels. but i need the locals to want to make it happen. give them scalpels. but i need the locals to want to make it happenm sounds like a brilliant idea! but have you ever tried to dealing with politicians? i'm not going to answer that. next question to you, you have a lot of banksy is, so will you move some, if you get this art museum for street art started well you move some there? we will put about 20 ba nksys some there? we will put about 20 banksys in. we want to put in pure evil‘s sherlock, a lot of others. we

wa nt to evil‘s sherlock, a lot of others. we want to put some really... we don't wa nt want to put some really... we don't want it to be a welsh museum of international art. we want it to be an international art museum that happens to be in wales. and that has been one of the stumbling blocks. 0ne been one of the stumbling blocks. one of the officials we were talking to said they can't help us because ba nksy to said they can't help us because banksy isn't welsh. they surely have to get over that. could you get ba nksy to get over that. could you get ba n ksy to to get over that. could you get banksy to do some more in wales, without help? would you? if that is the response from the people in a town, that they like the one piece they've got but they won't work with anybody because banksy isn't welsh, would you go back? i'm not answering these questions. i'll get in trouble. other people in the town have arranged for an artist to go

and paint there. the idea was that visitors... we were looking at 150,000 visitors a year into port talbot. the idea was that people go to the museum, come out of the museum with a map of the town, and the map would be where the other artwork is, and of course then if people are wondering around the town they were by a bear, a coffee, a sticky bun, they will spend money in the town. you don't have to sell it to me, i'm already sold! i am coming to me, i'm already sold! i am coming to port talbot and i will buy a coffee and a sticky bun. thank you for talking to us. there's a new way for people to experience the parisian landmark, the effiel tower. to mark its 130th birthday, visitors are being offered the chance to take a free trip ona zip line from the top of the tower. riders will be able to jump from 150 metres in the air and people who wa nt to metres in the air and people who want to have a go have to apply on

social media in a random draw on the perrier instagram page. now it's time for a look at the weather after a reasonable start to the day, with some morning sunshine, the cloud has been thickening and threatening. in the afternoon we had some damp weather pushing into wales — that was the scene in denbighshire as those grey skies worked in. and the cloud continues to be extensive at the moment as well, with outbreaks of rain. now, during the second half of the night the rain will tend to become confined mainly to western coasts and hills, where it will stay quite damp and a bit misty. the westerly wind picks up and it's going to be blowing in some mild air. by the end of the night, 15 degrees in london. still some cooler conditions, though, for the far north of scotland. but it is here where we'll have the best of the day's sunshine, in shetland, on thursday. but despite the sunshine, northerly winds keeping temperatures pegged back at about ten. elsewhere, cloudy but a mild start to the day with a little bit of dampness around, particularly across western areas. through the afternoon, some more general rain will spread into northern ireland, scotland and north—west england — with that rain setting in it

will turn heavier as we go through the afternoon. where cloud breaks across eastern england, it will become quite warm. that's your weather.

hello, i'm karin giannone, this is 0utside source. bob mueller breaks his silence. in a surprise press conference, the man who investigated donald trump for two years refuses to clear the president of obstruction ofjustice. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. president trump and his press secretary are quick to respond — they say its case closed. he completed his investigation, now he's closed his office and it's time for everybody to move on. he's going back to his private life and we think everybody else should too. borisjohnson — the leading candidate to replace british prime minister theresa may — is ordered to appear in court over claims he misled voters during the brexit campaign.