this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11:00: a government—commissioned review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year with grants for poorer students reinstated. my my view is very clear. removing maintenance can at — mcgrath has not worked, and i believe it is time to bring them back. the cbi warns conservative leadership candidates that a no—deal brexit would cause "severe" damage to british business. and tonight, another candidate enters the race — mark harper is the 12th to declare he's running for the next conservative leader. a 6—year—old boy is airlifted to hospital after falling from a roller—coaster

at a theme park in north yorkshire. and howzat for a catch?! that moment from ben stokes helps england to victory on the first day of the cricket world cup. and at 11:30, we'll be taking another look at the papers with author and journalist rachel shabi and the women's editor at the telegraph, claire cohen. good evening. a major review commissioned by government has recommended a significant cut in university tuition fees in england and a boost in funding

for further education. the review by the banker philip augar says tuition fees, currently set at a maximum of £9,250 a year, should be reduced to £7,500 a year. the review also says student loan repayments should start at the lower salary level of £23,000, but the repayment period should be longer. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been in warwickshire to see what students make of the recommendations. the biggest student protests in a generation provoked when tuition fees hit £9,000. nearly a decade later, with fees even higher, there's still a burning political issue. universities in england have had their boom years. today, a call to stop and think — the first report to ask if too many study for a degree at too high a cost.

so, i asked college students — one an apprentice, the other‘s off to university — if lower fees would make a difference. when you're accruing so much debt, an extra, what, 6,000 reduction doesn't seem like a lot, it really doesn't. i'll be paying this back until i'm way into my 605. but a lifelong learning loan is more popular. that that opportunity is there, i think, will encourage a lot more people to do more with their life and try out different careers and things like that. for those heading to university, this report suggests tuition fees of £7,500 from 2021, those loans to be repaid over a0 years while working. that's ten years longer than now. £3,000 grants for living costs for the poorest students. for vocational routes,

it calls for a lifelong learning loan for higher qualifications to the same value as the cost of a degree. but it could be dipped into throughout your life. and for the first time, £3,000 living grants for low—income college students. we welcome that kind of levelling between universities and colleges and the recognition that one isn't better than the other. they are in fact both of equal value and both brilliant opportunities. for years, there's been a real push to get more and more young people to go to university. today's report is something of a turning point, because it suggests that could have gone too far. not all graduates go on to earn a lot of money and some might be better off coming to a college like this. researchers looked at graduate earnings at age 29. women are better off with a degree. but... around a third of men are attending

courses where the returns to going to university are negative or zero. ie, they're earning about the same or less than they would have done had they not gone to university at all. she knows the cost of university is still a battle of ideas. labour is promising to scrap fees. so, today, a plea to her successor not to ignore this report. nobody should feel they have to go to university — and that applies to children from middle class backgrounds just as much as anyone — but nor should anybody feel that because of who they are or where they're from, the world of he is one that is not open to them because it will cost too much. universities like warwick say fees have been invested. they want the government to top up if they're cut. scotland, with no fees, and wales with fees just raised, will be watching closely. the great tuition fee debate

is farfrom over in england. earlier, our deputy political editor john pienaar explained the importance of theresa may's backing despite her imminent departure from number 10. we saw the prime minister who is almost through the exit door at downing street try to invest what thatis downing street try to invest what that is left of her political capital in the mission she set herself the moment she became prime minister, to try and tilt the odds, even opportunity and help those who are even opportunity and help those who a re less even opportunity and help those who are less privileged. across government you will hear the student numbers have gone up, including numbers have gone up, including numbers of poorer students. remember, mrs may is now concerned about the burden of debt including the psychological burden on students, and politically, there is a promise to abolish tuition fees from jeremy corbyn, and that could be coming sooner than many people imagine, and that could be the policy that wins the argument for

many voters. it will be up in the airuntilthe many voters. it will be up in the air until the next prime minister decides. the treasury considers the policy will cost many times more than the numbers bandied about as the cost of these sets of proposals. another thing that worries the treasury is during this coming leadership contest, they could see contender after contender making bigger and bigger promises. when it comes to the spending review and the may throwing her weight behind these proposals might make them becoming policy in the end a little more likely. in a letter, the cbi urged the next leader to secure a brexit deal that protects the economy, jobs and living standards. they warn shirt — short—term disruption will

be severe if we leave without one. i also urge the next prime minister to build their brexit approach from the bottom up. based on clear detailed evidence of firms on the ground managing the day—to—day implications forjobs, only then will britain have a world beating economy. in the tory leadership contest, mark harper has become the 12th mp to launch a bid to be prime minister. he told the telegraph that the same faces have been saying the same things for three years, adding that watching the other candidates over the last week convinced him to run. mr harper, who is the mp for the forest of dean, was a minister in the home office and department for work and pensions during the 2010—2015 coalition government and is a former chief whip. jo swinson has this evening confirmed her bid to become leader of the liberal democrats. speaking on the bbc's question time, she said the country is "crying out" for a movement

"to challenge the forces of nationalism and populism." she'll be up against ed davey, who confirmed his own leadership bid earlier today, in the bid to succeed sir vince cable this summer. a 6—year—old boy fell from a roller—coaster at lightwater valley theme park in north yorkshire this afternoon. he was flown to hospital by air ambulance, but his condition is not believed to be life threatening. judith moritz reports. lying below the tracks of the twister roller—coaster, this photo was taken moments after a small boy fell from the ride. park visitors watched it all happen. we just looked up at the carriages, it was about 15 foot off the floor and there was guy and the lad was hanging backwards outside of the actual carriage and somehow he'd got out of actual restrainer and was hanging out backwards from the carriage, his head kind of backwards over this way. a few seconds after that, he actually flew out the carriage and landed on the floor. the yorkshire air ambulance landed as families looked on, police and paramedics racing to help the little boy.

the 6—year—old was treated at the scene and then flown to hospital in leeds. his condition is not said to be life—threatening. this footage was filmed last weekend of the twister roller—coaster, which is a spinning waltzer. this morning the lightwater valley website described the ride as "full of seriously tight turns and a constant source of tension for parents." it's since been changed. the park's operators say they take the health and safety of visitors very seriously and they're cooperating with investigators. they also say they're committed to providing support for the little boy's family. but it's not the first time there's been a problem with the same roller—coaster. in 2001, 20—year—old gemma savage died after two cars collided on it. the theme park's owner, the ride manufacturers and an electrician were all later fined for health and safety breaches. today, although the twister was closed, the rest of the park remained open. the park operator said the ride will remain out of operation

until a full investigation has been completed. the chief medical officer for england has told bbc news that she's in favour of a tax on foods that are high in sugar and calories with the proceeds being used to subsidise healthier foods. professor dame sally davies has begun a new review to examine ways of tackling rising levels of childhood obesity. she's been meeting health experts and food industry leaders to discuss options and will report back to ministers in september as our health editor hugh pym reports. how do you give children every chance of leading a healthy life? that's what policy—makers are grappling with as they search for new measures. encouraging exercise is one thing, but what are billed as bold proposals on diet are now being considered. these include a new tax on high—calorie, high—sugar food, with england's chief medical officer

telling me she'd look seriously with experts at how it might work. if you provide a healthy product on the supermarket shelves, that will come in cheap. if it's unhealthy, there's a levy put on top of it, which is equivalent to a tax. so, parents are then nudged to buy the healthy version, because it's cheaper and they can see it's healthy. she's been asked to report to ministers on new policy ideas and dame sally says her 3—month review will take a very broad approach to the problem. perhaps we should talk less about obesity, because people find that stigmatising, and talk much more about how do we change our environment to be healthy? we had to change our environment about smoking, we had to change it about road traffic accidents. what are we going to deliver to society to make it that our children are healthy? but in recent years, there have been a string of government obesity strategies published.

moves to crackdown on advertising of unhealthy food were announced last year, but haven't yet been implemented. there have been delays in the rollout of various obesity strategies. to what extent do you take responsibility for those delays? i should have chivvied harder in order to get us there faster, but this is a political system and a democracy and so we have to move at the pace that the politicians and the democratic process of consulting allows. i, as an independent advisor, do wish we could do things faster. the scottish government is also planning restrictions on the marketing of unhealthy food in supermarkets and close to schools. tackling obesity is a tough challenge. that's why bold and brave measures to shift people towards healthier diets have been called for today. hugh pym, bbc news. seven people have died and more than 20 are still missing after a tour boat capsized in the hungarian capital budapest last night.

new cctv footage released by police appears to show the moment that the mermaid collided with a much larger vessel. dozens of south korean tourists were on board. the captain of the larger boat has been arrested. president donald trump has launched a fierce personal attack on former special counsel robert mueller, describing him as "totally conflicted." he said the man who led the inquiry into alleged russian interference in the 2016 us election had "wanted to be the fbi director, and i said no." president trump made the comments to reporters at the white house. there wasn't much change. it was to me the same as the report. there is no obstruction, you see what we are saying, there is no collusion, nothing. nothing but a witch—hunt. witch—hunt by the media and the

democrats, they are partners and it keeps going, i thought it was finished when the report was relieved but it goes on and to me it was the same frankly as the report, and he said basically it was the same as the report. i think he is totally conflicted because he wanted totally conflicted because he wanted to be the fbi director and i said no. i had a business dispute with him after he left the pi, we had a business dispute. not a nice one. he wasn't happy with what i did. i don't blame him but i had to do it because that was the right to do but i had because that was the right to do but ihada because that was the right to do but i had a business dispute, and he loves combing. you look at the relationship with those two. whether it is love or not, he said he was conflicted —— comey. he should never have been chosen because he wanted the pi job and he didn't get it in the pi job and he didn't get it in the next day he was picked as special counsel —— fbi. the president also had a few words

about the british politicians he supports ahead of next week's state visit. nigel farage is a friend of mine, boris is a friend of mine. they're two very good guys, very impressive people. nigel‘s had a big victory. he's picked up 32% of the vote, starting from nothing. i think they're big powers over there, they're doing a good job. a mother whose three—year—old son was crushed to death when she put him in the footwell of an audi convertible has been jailed for two years and nine months. adrian hoare, on the right, who is from kent, was convicted of child cruelty. her boyfriend stephen waterson, who was accused of squashing alfie lamb by reversing his car seat into him, now faces a retrial. the headlines on bbc news: a government—commissioned review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year, with grants for poorer students reinstated. the confederation of

british industry warns conservative leadership candidates that a no—deal brexit would cause severe damage to british business. a six—year—old boy is airlifted to hospital after falling from a roller—coaster at a theme park in north yorkshire. thousands of disabled children and theirfamilies have been protesting across england calling for the government to end what they call a national crisis in special educational needs funding. there were rallies in 28 towns and cities, and a petition was handed in to downing street. 0rganisers warn funding is failing to keep pace with demand, but the government says an extra £350 million has been provided. the former head of the british army has described as preposterous the claims that there was a cover—up over the fatal shootings of ten people in belfast in 1971. general sir mike jackson has been giving evidence to a new inquest

into the incident in ballymurphy. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has more from belfast. well, the ballymurphy killings have a lwa ys well, the ballymurphy killings have always been regarded as one of the most notorious incidents of the troubles. ten people shot dead over three days on a mainly catholic housing estate, and the families of those killed have always claimed that it was the parachute regiment who opened fire on innocent civilians. now, today, general sir mike jackson, he insisted it was the ira who had fired soldiers with a machine—gun. and part of his role at the time had been briefing the press. now, he was asked about a newspaper article that appeared at the time in which two of those killed had been called gunman, when they had later been found to have no weapons on them. and now, sir mike jackson said it was likely him who had given this briefing and he said

in hindsight he should have said alleged gunman. he was also pressed on why there was no investigation into what happened, why the soldiers we re into what happened, why the soldiers were not asked who they had shot at and why have they had been shooting, he responded to this saying it was probably an oversight, but he said we don't do conspiracies, and that comment was met with laughter from the public gallery. but sir mike jackson said any suggestion that there was a cover—up was preposterous. he said what happened that ballymurphy was a truly reg retta ble that ballymurphy was a truly regrettable tragedy. now, the evidence in this inquest is drawing toa evidence in this inquest is drawing to a close over the next few weeks. it is an inquest that families have campaigned for decades for, for them, it is a search for truth, and attempt to get recognition of what happened on that day, really and attempt to address one of the deepest scars of northern ireland's past. the united nations is warning that tens of thousands of children are at immediate risk of being killed or forced to flee for their lives because of intense fighting in northern syria, where presidents assad's army is closing in on the last stronghold of opposition forces.

the un says civilians are facing indiscriminate bombing and shelling, acts which could amount to war crimes. it is estimated that as many as 500,000 people have lost their lives since syria collapsed into civil war eight years ago. syrian government troops, backed by russian air power, are attacking idlib province, where rebel fighters are making a last stand. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. this is life and death in idlib, the last province in syria controlled by rebels. civil defence workers the white helmets are digging the victims out of buildings, destroyed, it seems certain, by attacks from the regime side. this boy survived. his three siblings did not. unicef, the un children's agency,

says tens of thousands of children are in danger as once again syria's war escalates. this should be no surprise to the world. syria's slow death follows a pattern. in january 2017, i walked through the ruins of al-quds hospital, in east aleppo, the rebel enclave that had just fallen to the regime and its russian and iranian allies. thousands of casualties were treated here during the siege. the medics had left in a hurry after shells hit the building. this whole area is damaged. hospitals, civilian buildings, are protected under international humanitarian law, so there are major questions to be answered about whether war crimes were committed. wars are less chaotic than they appear. pain and death are inflicted on someone's orders.

and wars have laws. some are supposed to protect civilians. in syria, they've mostly been ignored. hamza al khataeb, one of the doctors, says he witnessed war crimes every day, that killed and maimed civilians. two years on, in london, he'd like to see the perpetrators in court. the syrian regime and the russians. no—one else has the aeroplanes to make the sky rain cluster bombs, explosive barrels and chlorine gas. no—one else can do that. what would you like to have happen to them? justice, just justice. syria's war has destroyed a country, killed perhaps 500,000 people, and let overwhelming evidence of war crimes by all sides, according

to un investigators. all the countries involved in syria's multi—layered war have questions to answer. this is raqqa, once the beating heart of the jihadist islamic state. the americans, helped by the british, levelled it. amnesty, the human rights group, condemned them for not acknowledging how many civilians they'd killed. rebels, now mainlyjihadist extremists, continue their fight out of idlib. but the president's side has almost won the war. was this recent regime airstrikea warcrime? possibly. it buried this child and killed another. but turning evidence into prosecutions is difficult. syria's wounds would have a better chance to heal if war criminals faced the law. but victors‘ justice tends to apply when the fighting stops,

so it looks as if the regime and its allies, for now at least, will be safe. jeremy bowen, bbc news. narendra modi has been sworn in as india's prime minister for a second term, after winning a landslide majority in the general election. mr modi took oath at a ceremony held in new delhi attended by thousands of people, including leaders across the political spectrum and from neighbouring countries, but pakistan was not invited. mr modi made promises in his victory speech about development and inclusiveness, but critics say he faces several economic and foreign policy challenges ahead. the uk's first 5g mobile data network has been launched by the operator ee. it has been described as a revolutionary technological moment, but concerns have also been raised about the safety of the equipment being used and the possibility of foreign states getting access to data. our technology correspondent

rory cellan—jones has the story. the centre of birmingham, one of the very few places accelerating away into the 5g future, on the first day of this communications revolution. so let's put it through its paces. three, two, one, download. we're downloading an hour—long programme. 0n 5g, it is there in just 16 seconds — done. 0n ag, we're waiting for more than two minutes. now, the truth is that these kind of download speeds are only available in a very small number of places, to the tiny number of people who have actually got a 5g handset. but the vision of 5g is that eventually millions of things, as well as people, will be connected to the mobile internet, and that will make our cities a lot smarter. how will 5g help us get round a city... birmingham lobbied to have early access to 5g, believing a faster network would make all sorts of new services possible. endless opportunities, you know? we're talking about advances in life sciences.

we're talking about advances in manufacturing, autonomous vehicles. so one example would be connected ambulances, so having paramedics receive real—time information from consultants to actually help patients on the ground. that's life—saving, and life—changing. but 5g is launching with a cloud over it called huawei. equipment from the controversial chinese firm is key to the ee network, and there is concern about the threat to such vital infrastructure. if the 5g network went down, an entire neighbourhood or even city could go down. we're talking businesses, we're talking hospitals, we're talking public transport — all of it, down. meanwhile, less than 20 miles from birmingham, the village of meriden dreams not of 5g, but of getting even the most basic mobile connection. just can't get a signal inside the house. some places can get 56. you'd at least expect 46 in every area now, wouldn't you, in this day and age. the 5g revolution has started, but it could take three years or more to reach beyond the cities to everyone.

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham. a pet cat that was stuck on a railway bridge for six days, sparking a major rescue operation, has walked home. five—year—old hatty got trapped on the 30—foot section of the royal albert bridge, which connects plymouth and saltash, on friday. firefighters spent hours trying to rescue her while network rail planned to close the line to help save her. hatty‘s owner, kirsty howden, described the moment her pet finally returned home. it was such a shock to hear her meow, and answer the door, and in she trots. so yes, overjoyed. i know when the firemen left her, they blocked off the gap she was in so she could no longer walk out onto the parapet, the ledge of the bridge. so i'm hoping that kind of maybe forced her to jump up

through a hole, and she's run back across the tracks. now it's time for the weather, with chris fawkes. we have seen some warmer weather in most parts of the uk in the last 2a hours, but the differences in the weather we have seen from place to place has been huge. some good sunshine across parts of england, but closer to these weather fronts it has been a different story, with cloud and rain. and indeed, because the air is humid, there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. that has been pouring out of the skies in the north—west. we got more of that rain to come as well through friday. across northern ireland, the far north of england in particular scotland, we are going to have a weather front wriggling and writhing around over the course of friday, ringing quitea around over the course of friday, ringing quite a lot of wet weather. enough cold in scotland and rain to bring some localised flooding issues, big puddles building up on the road as the day goes by. away from the weather fronts, the air will be humid, and we start off with some mist and fog patches around,

especially around the coast, but we should brighten up with some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud. in that sunshine it will feel quite close and quite humid with temperatures peaking at 23 or 2a degrees. it never gets quite that one further north because there is no sunshine and it is pouring down with rain. friday evening and overnight we will see that rain easing off for a time. but notice we do still have the weather front with us, it isjust do still have the weather front with us, it is just that the pressure has built and so that front as weakened significantly, just into a lump of cloud, a few spots of rain and some murkiness over the hills of wales to watch out for as well. it will be another mild night and another mild start to the day on saturday. to the south of the weather front we will have the best of the sunshine, so southern wales and a good chunk of england will see some sunshine. it will feel warm and humid, but at the same time we will have some patchy outbreaks of rain on our weather front as it pushes northwards, interspersed by brighter spells, so the weather a little bit cheerier

across scotland and northern ireland, but across eastern england we will have the weather heating up with highs of up to 27 degrees. the second half of the weekend, we have an area of low pressure that's going to be pushing its way in. a cold front will be bringing fresher and cooler air. 0utbreaks front will be bringing fresher and cooler air. 0utbrea ks of front will be bringing fresher and cooler air. outbreaks of rain, then, for many of us sunday, at the front itself, this line of rain you can see here pushing eastwards, doesn't reach east anglia and east england until quite late in the day. so it is here we could see temperatures in the range of 2a to 26 degrees, depending on how quickly that front of zen. further west, depending on how quickly that front of zen. furtherwest, ifresherfeel to the weather. 0n into monday's forecast, low pressure will be in charge across scott and, brisk westerly wind bringing a number of showers across western parts —— across scotland. probably across eastern areas we will have the best of the day's sunshine, particularly in the morning, before a bit more cloud bubbles up, threatening a few showers in the afternoon. it will feel fresher nationwide, we're looking at temperatures for most us between 16 and 20 celsius. looking at the rest of the week, we've got

quite a high amplitude pattern. that is,