this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday... as the final few days of campaigning get under way, the conservatives promise to introduce an australian—style points—based immigration system to control unskilled migration. first violinists, nuclear physicists, prima ballerinas, whatever, they are going to come in. what we want to do is bear down on migration, particularly of unskilled workers who have no job to come to. meanwhile labour sets out its plans for social care if it wins the election, by offering free personal care for older people in england and an additional £10 billion of funds. part of the reason why our nhs is under such intense pressure is, yes, ten years of cutbacks across health services, but we've had these savage cuts to social care budgets. a man has been arrested in connection with allegations of racist abuse directed at players

during the man city, man united game yesterday a huge blaze breaks out in a factory in delhi. indian police say at least 43 people have been killed. redemption for anthonyjoshua, as the british boxer reclaims the world heavyweight titles with victory over andy ruinr in saudi arabia. dame helen mirrenjoins crowds in trafalgar square, as thousands of people in cities around the world camp out overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. and coming up in half an hour, click looks into the world of social media and the abuse mps are suffering during this so—called "outrage election". with less than a week

to go until polls open, the main political party leaders are continuing to push their election pledges to voters. conservative leader borisjohnson says thursday's poll is "historic" and a choice to "move forwards" after brexit. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he has "the most ambitious plan to transform our country in decades". one key policy area that the prime minister is focussing on in the final few days of the campaign is the conservative promise to introduce an australian—style points—based immigration system. speaking earlier to sky news's sophy ridge , boris johnson said immigration numbers would come down and that a tory government would control unskilled migration. lets hear from the lets hearfrom the prime minister himself who was speaking at a campaign event in london. good morning all, and thank you very much

for coming. this is when the horses can still change places in this race. i would say we were in the 25... we are still not quite there yet. do not forget what happened in 2017. we remember that it is a close fought election, isn't it everybody? we have to drive now, drive even more formally —— firmly. we are going to get that, only if we work hard. you know what it is, we have been so foolish as to let the government of this country is the most left—wing representative of the labour party that they have produced in the last century, a guy who would be an economic catastrophe for the

country, anti—semite to some condoning, ira supporting, jeremy corbyn. he would with a sledgehammer dissed troy our economy. he would put up taxes across the country. across the country, people and £20,000 per year. he would wreck our economy. it is worse than that, because he wouldn't get brexit done. he we would have another year after their own delay. we are a party who is going to get brexit done by january the 31st. we have a deal thatis january the 31st. we have a deal that is ready to go. it is an absolutely fantastic deal, isn't it? how many conservative leaders could support ideal? how many labour candidates supportjeremy call

been‘s deal? nobody knows. not even he supports it. not only would he wreck our economy, we would have a year or two more years of dither and delay. let's. .. as year or two more years of dither and delay. let's... as it is up and ready. slum it in. get brexit done. we get it out by christmas, we are out of the eu, and then we can get on with our fantastic agenda. everybody knows what we are doing. how many hospital upgrades? 20 hospital upgrades and a0 new hospitals. how much are we spending on education? lutz. 1a billion more in education. lifting of every school and primary school. a huge investment in our country, the biggest infrastructure we've seen in the century. the biggest investment

in the nhs in modern memory, and we could only do it because we are a dynamic, one nation conservative government. that is the choice this country faces in four days' time. it is an absolutely critical choice. we can go forward with a one nation conservative government, or we can go backwards with a drift, dither and delay and despair division under jeremy corbyn and nicola sturgeon, with not one but two referenda. she has made clear her place that her price for supporting jeremy corbyn is another referenda for scotland. is that what we want next year? no, it's not. thank you very much. go forward and let see if we can get this thing done on thursday. vote

conservative on thursday. thank you very much. thank you everybody. keep going. keep the ball firmly at the back of the scrum and drive the line, if you know what i mean. thank you all. right back borisjohnson in central london with campaign supporters enthusiastically supporting his policy ideas. i don't think they have been entirely schooled in the response is required, but he obviously is delivering it with great gusto. required, but he obviously is delivering it with great gustom is quite a contrast to theresa may. although she was very sincere and getting her message across, it did not ever have this year has spare that you associate with boris johnson on the stump. he is clearly enjoying some of the other aspects of some of the other... he is very

good at his alliteration and his use of analogies. some of them hit and some of the miss, but at least he tries to get that energy across in the campaign. it is an important few days for him. he has to prove that he isa days for him. he has to prove that he is a vote winner, because that is the win —— reason many tory mps backed him in the leadership contest. jeremy corbyn has been out campaigning this weekend. we will be hearing from him this afternoon, as hearing from him this afternoon, as he delivers for his supporters as beach and a reminder of what they're going for in the last four days. let's now hear from let's now hearfrom nige let's now hear from nige authority. he has been calling for a points based immigration system for a very long time and acknowledged that the conservative party immigration policy is now getting closely alligned to his own...

i have been saying for many years, that we should not have been discriminating on people coming into the country because of the european union. we should be doing it on a skills —based... union. we should be doing it on a skills —based. .. the union. we should be doing it on a skills —based... the problem is that they will make no real commitment to cutting the numbers coming in. this is the fourth conservative manifesto ina row is the fourth conservative manifesto in a row promising to reduce numbers. he guaranteed to reduce numbers. he guaranteed to reduce numbers when i sat down with him. do you believe him. he called for mass amnesties for legal in immigrants. earlier i spoke to satbir singh, the chief executive of the joint council for the welfare of immigrants who gave his take on the conservative policy. there is no doubt that we need a more fairand humane there is no doubt that we need a more fair and humane system, but spitting out unworkable and politically charged down bates four days before an election that are

scant on detail, and where we do have detail we are afraid that this will lead to increasing amounts of exploitation and potentially trafficking and harsh conditions for workers. how do you come to that conclusion?. any system where you thai workers to an employer, or you put them on a seasonal visa, leads to exploitation. that is just an effect that happens in any country that tries it. the prime minister should know that, or at least i hope he knows it. what we are looking at here is a system in which somehow we are going to attract only the best and brightest, the prime minister says. but even for those people who fall into those categories, there is really no settlement. and no attempt to deal with the problems in the system. labour is today focussing on its social care manifesto pledge — which it says means that no one will have to pay anything for the care that they get in their home.

here's the shadow health secretary — jon ashworth part of the reason why our nhs is under such intense pressure is, yes, ten years of cutbacks across health services, but we've had these savage cuts to social care budgets. this is the support that elderly people get in the community to stay in their home. so we're going to put more support in, we're going to fund it properly, £10 billion extra, and we're going to introduce free personal care because i don't want have people languishing on trolleys in hospital corridors for hours on end. what does that mean, "free personal care"? does that mean no—one will have to pay anything for their care? it means that nobody will have to pay for anything for the care that they get in their home — support getting out of bed, support cleaning... no matter how wealthy they are? this is about ensuring fairness in the system. the liberal democrats are concentrating on their plan to spend fifty billion pounds on infrastructure projects outside london and the south—east of england. the party also says it will revoke article 50 if elected —

a decision their leader — jo swinson — defended this morning. jo swinson — defended 0ur position is that we want to remain in the european union and some people will think that is an extreme position, but i think it is about the kind of future that we want to se for our country. but doing it without a referendum is what some would see as extreme. well, it's doing it through an election. so it is only in the circumstances where we win a majority, which would be a democratic event which i think many people would recognise would be an electoral earthquake, therefore would have democratic legitimacy. i recognise there are people who criticise this policy, but generally, they're people who want to leave the european union. while the snp‘s leader — nicola sturgeon says she is not asking labour to support the idea of another independence referendum — but to "respect the principle". nicola sturgeon outlined her position on the andrew marr show. labour, in order to get a queen's speech and a budget through, if they are in a minority position, need the support of another party. if scotland votes for the snp, in a hung parliament, giving scotland enormous leverage,

then i will exercise that, firstly, in line with scotland's interests, but also, you know, we are talking here about an independence referendum. i want to make sure there's a real end to austerity, an end to the welfare cuts that have caused so much misery. we'll put forward progressive policies that i think are good for people across the uk. throughout the election we've been travelling around the country to hear from voters. and tomorrow, the last stop on our election roadtrip sees us roll into the sidings in crewe — historically a railway town at the heart of the uk's train travel infastructure. we'll hear from voters there about what matters to them in this election. a man has been arrested after a video posted on social media showed a supporter making racist gestures at the manchester city v manchester united match at the etihad stadium yesterday. our news correspondent, andy moore, is with us in the studio. might back andy, let's talk about what we know about this and what has

happened. this was a heated derby between manchester city and manchester united. in the second half, the brazilian midfielder fred stepped up to take a corner. he was a p pa re ntly stepped up to take a corner. he was apparently greeted by monkey gestures from at least one fan in the crowd, who won social media, at least, was recognisable. objects we re least, was recognisable. objects were thrown at him. a water bottle, it seems, lighters. you can see him flinching. that was the incident yesterday. the objects that were thrown you can see a water bottle there. we have been blowing out the images of people who may or may not have been involved. clearly, distressing for the man himself. the police say they were called at about

6:55 pm last night to investigate these investigations, and a a1—year—old man has been arrested. on social media he was widely named. he was clearly recognisable and he was named. there are details about his past, and hisjob, and his employer was encouraged to sack him. we have their statement from superintendent chris hill. he said column that suggest maybe they are investigating the objects that were thrown as well. thank you very much

let's talk to the chairman of the football anti—racism campaign kick it out, sa njay bhandari. thank you for speaking to us. you must have been very disappointed that the match was over shouted —— overshadowed by somebody in the crowd. how effective have measures in clubs been in at least trying to reduce the numbers of people who say this kind of stuff, or eliminate them from the supporters altogether? good afternoon. obviously, it is massive challenge, and it is not just a football challenge it is a massive societal challenge in football has its part to play. as we saw last night, manchester united have acted very swiftly, and we applaud that. the supporters acted swiftly we were inundated last night with information which we passed on. i think football is taking action. it is difficult to say if we are really effective as an entire

industry because we keep on having incidents, but it also reflects the fa ct incidents, but it also reflects the fact that we keep on having discriminatory incidents in society at large. it is on the lower —— it is on the rise in society and so it is on the rise in society and so it is on the rise in football. we have had a series of incidents, one a year ago now which was a very serious incident. some are questioning whether the language is enough. there are condemnations from clu bs enough. there are condemnations from clubs and threats to expel fans for good, and yet the incidents keep happening. what is the mismatch between the ambition of the clubs and what is being carried out on the ground? and what is being carried out on the ground ? after and what is being carried out on the ground? after all, these are very successful clu bs. ground? after all, these are very successful clubs. in the case of the big clubs. they have the resources and capacity to take action. what the clubs can do is deal with things that happen inside the ground, when somebody buys a ticket that is a

contract between you and the club and you agree to abide by the rules of the club. if they want to ban that support for life, that is something that they can do. but this isa something that they can do. but this is a much broader social challenge. it is not just is a much broader social challenge. it is notjust a football challenge, and so we have to look at that broader social context. i don't think that football on its own can make all of the changes that are necessary and all of the cultural change that is necessary to make our society better and know that this discriminatory behaviour is unacceptable, but we can try to make football a zero tolerance place. it requires education running throughout the system. i'm pleased that you mentioned education because one of the players that was quoted at the words quoted what he called the ignorance of the person alleged to have made these noises and all

the rest of it. in terms of the effect on players themselves, how deep does it go? i suppose you would have to ask the players themselves, but i suspect... every time i see something like that, it has an effect on me and every time that i have been abused personally. so of course it has an effect. it must have some effect on the players, as it would anyone who is receiving —— on the receiving end of discriminatory incidents. there may be is people who are able to bridge that our fans and people will take it more to heart. thank you very much for talking to us about that this lunchtime. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster.

good afternoon. anthonyjoshua is world champion again, six months after losing his three heavyweight belts to andy ruinunior. he won them back with a clinical victory against the mexican american in saudi arabia. joshua was stopped in the seventh round back injune, but he was far more cautious in the rematch. using his jab to great effect, though, it wasn't as dramatic as the first fight between the two and went the full 12 rounds. the judges were unanimous in awarding the bout tojoshua. there was times that i looked in andy's eyes and i wanted to put my fist through his head, but then i thought to myself, this is boxing, you know,i need to win for myself, i need to show people that this is the sweet science of the sport as well. so i had to box my game plan. and my coaches, they devised a great strategy and i trusted in them and ifollowed it through. i don't want to say that the three months of partying that i had, celebrating it affected me, but to tell the truth it kind of did.

what can i say? just learn from this mistake. i'm glad that i learned. and now that i am still young, this isjust the beginning for me. there are a lot more fights coming soon. aston villa will pay tribute to one of their greatest managers ron saunders who died yesterday at the age of 87. the players will wear black armbands and there'll be a period of applause before the match against leicester city this afternoon. the foxes are second in the table and their manager has just signed a new contract to take him through to 2025 there is so much scope and so much room to develop the football club, andi room to develop the football club, and i think we have tried to do it since we have come in to identify players that get results, but investing the facility and the grace of the stadium here and see if we

can establish ourselves at the top end of the table in the next coming yea rs. that match kicks off at two o clock and is one of four matches in the premier league today. wolves could go fifth with a win at brighton, that match is a a:30pm kick off. it's the league cup final in scotland today celtic and rangers facing each other at hampden park. after three domestic trebles in a row, victory for celtic would see them lift a tenth consecutive domestic trophy. not for me. it's for the team and the players, really. if anything, it ticks another box for my career, which would be nice, but the whole focus is on the team, the players, you know, and putting on a performance to get over the line. the uk snooker championship final starts in the nexrt hour at the york barbican scotland's stephen maguire takes on china's ding junhui maguire, the 200a champion, didn't give northen ireland's mark allen a look—in as he thrashed him 6—0 in their semifinal.

ding junhui is looking to win the uk title for third time starts at one o' clock. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. indian police say at least a3 people have been killed in a huge factory fire in delhi. it's thought that many of those who died were asleep in the building. the blaze in the old quarter of new delhi broke out in the early hours of the morning. about 50 people have been rescued and taken to hospital. john mcmanus reports. the fire began in one of delhi's many factories, sweeping through a six—story building in a congested residential area. local media say the building was packed with handbags and other material, all of which helped the fire to grow in strength. as well as retail goods, the emergency services say some labourers were also sleeping inside the building, a common occurrence for india's many poor migrant workers.

dozens of fire appliances rushed to the scene to help extinguish the blaze, though the district's narrow streets made access very difficult. translation: we received a call at 5:22am and we had initially sent four vehicles to the spot. a total of 35 tenders have been sent until now. 150 people have been deployed. the rescued people have been sent to different hospitals. the exact number of dead and alive will be available from the hospital. emergency workers are now combing through the building to check nobody else is trapped. so far, the cause of the fire is unknown, but the state government says it will launch an investigation. around 60,000 people took part in a charity sleep—out last night to highlight the issue of homelessness. organisers of the world's big sleep out, which began on a small scale in edinburgh three years ago, said 52 cities participated

in this year's event. our reporter chi chi izundu has more. the idea is simple — sleep rough and raise money for the homeless. that's what hundreds did last night in london's trafalgar square. an estimated 1,800 people had signed up, but in 50 cities around the world more than 60,000 people were expected to sleep rough. at this time of year, as the temperature dropped and the entertainment came to an end, there was a gentle coaxing into bed by dame helen mirren. i'm your bedtime story. they don't have a home. there's no roof. sleeping out in this cold weather, and i have like a million thermals on, is actually quite upsetting. i don't have the change to give them something every day. it's doing something like this that almost makes you feel like you can help in some way or another. this is the fourth year sir chris hoy has taken part. you get through it. it's not much fun. it's a pretty grim experience,

but that's one night. only one night, and you get to go home to a warm shower, a warm house, get some food. so it's almost impossible to imagine how life must be on the streets. for 20—year—old j cocoa, this event mean so much. she used to sleep on buses and in takeaway restaurants when she was homeless as a teenager. it wasn't a comfortable stage of my life. it wasn't a place that i wanted to be in. nobody wants to be homeless, nobody wants to not know what their next move is — in a bad way. and it's a very vulnerable place to be in, you know, just having nowhere to stay. even though it was just one night, those who took part are hoping their efforts can help end homelessness for some forever. chi chi izundu, bbc news. i've been speaking to the organiser, josh littlejohn, who started the sleep out in edinburgh four years ago. he told me what it has been like to camp out overnight in new york's time square.

we have closed down for places in times square. it is very surreal to open your eyes and see all these crazy billboards. i can imagine you would get much sleep in times square, even if you were born. the fresh print story for a bedtime story, so very surreal. hopefully, the important thing is that we've generally be able to create sense of awareness about issue. it is about 630 in the morning where you are. and 1130 in the morning here. it has obviously been a terrific success, fourth year running. did you have any idea that when you started this in edinburgh that were it would take off in this way. are you in anyway depressed that it has because it tells us something not very good about our society that there are people who have to do this for real

every night of week? obviously, i could have never expected anything like this. ferrous, ate a number of yea rs like this. ferrous, ate a number of years ago we opened a little cafe and a homeless man asked if he could have a job. we started organising these sleep—out events in 2016. we had 270 people take part in a little square in edinburgh. so, to see 60,000 people all over the world is really crazy. as you say, that is not necessarily cause for celebration, because that is because ofa celebration, because that is because of a symptom of how the public and everybody is feeling about the severity of this issue. historically i have knowledge in scotland of this issue, but this event took me to london to new york in the west coast of america. the more you get to travel, you see there are really global trends with this issue, and hopefully this event is about

drawing awareness so that and raise money, and hit the pause button on these trends and look at ourselves asa these trends and look at ourselves as a society and demand our political leaders prioritise this issue and start to reverse those trends. just little john talking littlejohn talking to me from new york. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, stormy times ahead through the rest of today and on into tomorrow morning. but for tuesday as well, another deep area of low pressure set to roll across the uk, bringing widespread gales and heavy rain. here is today's low, lots of isobars, that's what is driving the strong winds, that big squeeze around this area of low pressure. they're also going to feed some more persistent rain into western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon but showers getting driven a good way eastwards through the central belt. england and wales, the showers drifting eastwards as well, some sharper ones for the south—east through the afternoon. and the wind, gusting up to 60 mph around the irish sea coast around the afternoon, but peaking potentially at 80 mph as this band of squally showers

dives through overnight. by monday, we start to see high pressure building from the west. that will calm things slightly but still gales, this time for the north sea coast. some showers in the east early on but things should become brighter later in the day, a chillier feel for monday. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... as the final few days of campaigning get underway — the conservatives promise to introduce an australian—style points—based immigration system to control unskilled migration. meanwhile, labour has set out its plans for social care if it wins the election — by offering more funding and free personal care for older people in england. a man has been arrested in connection with allegations of racist abuse directed at players during the man city, man united game yesterday. a factory fire in the indian capital, delhi, which broke out