and hundreds line the streets in southend to pay tribute to the conservative mp sir david amess, who was stabbed to death last month. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel... back in the frame. is mauricio pochettino the long—term answer for manchester united and will he leave psg mid—season? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has defended his plans for reforming social care in england, as mps prepare to vote on his proposals tonight. borisjohnson called his plan "incredibly generous" and said it would help tackle what he calls a "long—standing social injustice" over cost. the government unveiled its proposals in september, which include an £86,000 cap on personal care costs. but an amendment to the plan said support payments from councils will not count towards the cap. charities have warned it will mean some of the less well off will be unfairly hit. it's thought some backbench tory mps could rebel when they vote later. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a mother's care for her daughter. decades on, romo�*s daughter helps care for her. the 83—year—old, who has dementia, had to sell the family home to pay for the full—time care she now needs. she home to pay for the full-time care she now needs.— home to pay for the full-time care she now needs. she worked night and da to have she now needs. she worked night and day to have her _ she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own _ she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own home. _ she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own home. i- she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own home. i mean, i she now needs. she worked night and i day to have her own home. i mean, my mum would have been the tory poster girl. she never took a penny in benefits, she worked, she must have paid income tax for 50 years and everything she worked for has gone, because she has been ill. and that is just wrong. the because she has been ill. and that is just wrong-— isjust wrong. the prime minister claims the _ isjust wrong. the prime minister claims the new _ isjust wrong. the prime minister claims the new system _ isjust wrong. the prime minister claims the new system will - isjust wrong. the prime minister. claims the new system will protect families just like lorraine's from enormous bills those who need intensive care can face if they need to contribute, but there is a fear the wealthiest will benefit the most. if somebody has a house worth £120,000, they will still have to pay £86,000 himself, even though they qualify that some council help and they will be left with just over and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. but look at this, if an individual has a house worth £500,000, they will have to pay the £86,000 but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. some of borisjohnson�*s own mps fear his big platform plan for social care is unfair.— his 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world. an _ i went, as we all must, to peppa pig world. �* . ,, ., ., . i went, as we all must, to peppa pig world. �* ., ., . ., i went, as we all must, to peppa pig world; ., .. ., .,�* world. an appearance today won't have calmed _ world. an appearance today won't have calmed those _ world. an appearance today won't have calmed those nerves, - world. an appearance today won't have calmed those nerves, or- world. an appearance today won'tl have calmed those nerves, or fears about the proposals that mps will vote on tonight.— vote on tonight. they are much better than _ vote on tonight. they are much better than the _ vote on tonight. they are much better than the existing - vote on tonight. they are muchj better than the existing system because, — better than the existing system because, under— better than the existing system because, under the _ better than the existing system because, under the existing - better than the existing system - because, under the existing system, nobody— because, under the existing system, nobody gets— because, under the existing system, nobody gets any _ because, under the existing system, nobody gets any support _ because, under the existing system, nobody gets any support if _ because, under the existing system, nobody gets any support if they- because, under the existing system, j nobody gets any support if they have assets _ nobody gets any support if they have assets of _ nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 _ nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or— nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or more. - nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or more. no - nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or more. no youl assets of £23,000 or more. no you .et assets of £23,000 or more. no you get support— assets of £23,000 or more. no you get support if— assets of £23,000 or more. no you get support if you — assets of £23,000 or more. no you get support if you have _ assets of £23,000 or more. no you get support if you have £100,000 i assets of £23,000 or more. no youl get support if you have £100,000 or less. �* ., .,, , get support if you have £100,000 or less. �* ., , , less. but after losing his place, he was later asked? _ less. but after losing his place, he was later asked? frankly, - less. but after losing his place, he was later asked? frankly, is - was later asked? frankly, is everything _ was later asked? frankly, is everything 0k? _ was later asked? frankly, is everything ok? i— was later asked? frankly, is everything ok? i think - was later asked? frankly, is everything ok? | thinkthatl was later asked? frankly, is - everything ok? i think that people not the everything ok? i think that people got the vast _ everything ok? i think that people got the vast majority _ everything ok? i think that people got the vast majority of _ everything ok? i think that people got the vast majority of the - everything ok? i think that people got the vast majority of the points| got the vast majority of the points i got the vast majority of the points i wanted _ got the vast majority of the points i wanted to— got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make _ got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make and _ got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make and i— got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make and i thought. got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make and i thought it| i wanted to make and i thought it went— i wanted to make and i thought it went over— i wanted to make and i thought it went over well. _ i wanted to make and i thought it went over well. the _ i wanted to make and i thought it went over well.— i wanted to make and i thought it went over well. the social care plan follows years _ went over well. the social care plan follows years of _ went over well. the social care plan follows years of governments - went over well. the social care plan follows years of governments to - went over well. the social care plan i follows years of governments to make changes and overall it should mean billions of extra care in england, with people receiving help towards the cost. the former health secretary will back the reform, even with a heavy heart. it is with a heavy heart. it is disappointing _ with a heavy heart. it is disappointing that - with a heavy heart. it is disappointing that the l with a heavy heart. it is disappointing that the way the cap is going _ disappointing that the way the cap is going to be calculated is going to he _ is going to be calculated is going to be changed, which means that it is going _ to be changed, which means that it is going to — to be changed, which means that it is going to be a less progressive measure — is going to be a less progressive measure than was hoped for. the opposition _ measure than was hoped for. the opposition is _ measure than was hoped for. tue; opposition is trying measure than was hoped for. tte; opposition is trying to persuade opposition is trying to persuade more tories tojoin opposition is trying to persuade more tories to join with them to reject the plan in the commons later. ~ ., ., ., , later. we now learn that people will have to sell — later. we now learn that people will have to sell their— later. we now learn that people will have to sell their homes _ later. we now learn that people will have to sell their homes so - later. we now learn that people will have to sell their homes so it - later. we now learn that people will have to sell their homes so it is - have to sell their homes so it is another broken promise. worse than that, it is the people who aren't so well off who will have to sell their homes because, of course, many families won't have £86,000 to hand. the plan seemed likely to pass the first hurdle in parliament tonight, but borisjohnson's claimed that his plan will fix social care could well cause some political damage that needs fixing itself. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. business leaders have been told that economic growth must be evenly spread around the uk rather than concentrated in south—east england. the boss of the cbi business group, tony danker, said that "levelling up" could not be left to the free market. speaking at the cbi annual conference in south shields, the prime minister said levelling up was still his "moral mission" and an "economic imperative". from south shields, here's our business editor, simonjack. economic prosperity has not been shared equally over the last a0 years. the government has promised new tory voters in the north that will change and he came to the port of tyne to ask business leaders to help him do it. in the end, it is you, it is business peoplej who will fix this problem. unusually for a conservative leader, borisjohnson has never been that comfortable in front of a business audience. uh... and at times today, he lost his thread and his usual swagger. remember, this relationship has faced recent strains. this government has imposed tens of billions in new business the conference was held over eight venues. in birmingham, keir starmertried to reset labour's ties with business after the nationalisation plans of the corbyn era. sometimes, if i may say so, our party has come across as thinking that business is to be tolerated in some way but not to be celebrated as a good in itself, and i think that mindset has changed under my leadership. the government's asking a lot of the private sector. it wants it to do the lion's share of levelling up and decarbonising, which is a tall order for firms emerging into a post—covid, post—brexit world and facing higher taxes on profits and wages. little wonder, then, that that crucial business investment is still way down on where it was before the pandemic. chris ford was there to hear the prime minister's pitch. his family's engineering business has been based near the port for over 100 years, but, right now, he remains cautious. i think smaller businesses would like to invest but it's still uncertain, when prices are rising across the board. so we are seeing material prices, raw material prices, increase, labour costs and energy pricing going up across the board, so we are really, you know, a little bit uncertain about where we're going, so we are possibly not quite ready to make those investmentsjust yet. levelling up will take a generation of investment in equipment and skills, but the younger generation is confident it can work here. funding from the government into local companies would be advantageous, but i definitely don't think it's seen its day, the future is there. the north—east is definitely going places. if kelsey is to be proved right, business and government will need each other to make levelling up an economic reality, rather than a political slogan. simonjack, bbc news, south shields. let's speak to our political editor, laura kuenssberg, in westminster. so certainly some raised eyebrows about the prime minister �*s performance today. about the prime minister 's performance today.- about the prime minister 's performance today. about the prime minister 's erformance toda . ., ., performance today. there were and of course everyone _ performance today. there were and of course everyone is _ performance today. there were and of course everyone is entitled _ performance today. there were and of course everyone is entitled to - performance today. there were and of course everyone is entitled to a - performance today. there were and of course everyone is entitled to a bad i course everyone is entitled to a bad day at the office, but i think the danger of a downing street right now is it is really looking like the prime minister is having a bad few weeks. whether that is the mechanics of what went wrong on the platform today or more importantly whether it is how the government handled a couple of weeks of allegations about sleaze, how they had a really serious backlash to their plans for rail last week or the kind of criticisms they might get from their own camp on the conservative benches over this social care plan tonight. and i think the reality is that people are, inside the tory party, concerned about a lot of things at the moment. 0ne ally of boris johnson, a former cabinet minister, said to me today that at downing street they just keep said to me today that at downing street theyjust keep getting things wrong and, inside downing street, there are concerns about the atmosphere as well. this is our core is still a government with an 80 seat majority and downing street might say they are trying to do important and complicated reforms! this is of course. and of course there are going to be bumps along there are going to be bumps along the way but it does seem right now that the prime minister's list of problems is getting longer and his party's confidence in his ability to fix them is going the other way. laura kuenssberg, thank you. the energy company bulb has become the largest casualty of the increase in wholesale gas prices — announcing to its 1.7 million customers that it's calling in administrators. billpayers are advised not to take any action. they'll be contacted about any next steps required. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. bulb is the biggest - green energy company... bulb has been in trouble for a while. they admitted a few months ago that they were on the hunt for extra finance, but things got worse and now they have finally announced that the company will be put in administration. bulb has more than 1.5 million customers, which is way more than any of the other energy companies we have seen go bust over the last couple of months, so the regulator had decided that is simply too many customers to just pass on to another provider, and, this time, they're going to do something different. an administrator is going to be appointed by the courts to run the company behind the scenes, but customers shouldn't see any change. they should keep paying their bills to bulb, bulb staff will still be able to answer calls and any credit is protected. but that doesn't mean customers aren't disappointed. i anticipate that, at some point, that we will be bounced over to one of the big six, because that's what's left now, pretty much, and i'm not comfortable with that. i've had experience of dealing with some of the bigger players before and i don't feel that their customer service is good at all. it's an administrator's job to read through the finances and decide what to do next — try to find a buyer or pass customers to other suppliers. none of the options will be easy in the current climate. we produce over 50% of our gas from our own sources but we have to import almost 50% from europe, and they are suffering the same sort of supply and demand pressures that we are. when you break it down to the amount of profit that an energy company makes, it's a few percent at most, and, so, if you have a temporary situation where you need some cash flow to cover some extreme fluctuating costs, of course, the smaller providers can't pick that up necessarily. nearly 4 million customers have now seen their supplier topple this autumn, so there is even more pressure from the industry to get the price cap raised significantly next april. that would protect more providers but hit customers hard again. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. herpes is a common, usually mild virus — it is very rarely fatal. so the discovery that two women in kent who'd just given birth both died of herpes, just weeks apart, prompted our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan to investigate further. he discovered that both women had been given caesarean sections by the same surgeon in 2018. when he contacted their families this summer, they had no idea the deaths were linked. east kent hospitals trust has said it cannot identify the source of the herpes infection and the surgeon had no history of the virus. these two women, both new mothers, died 44 days apart. their families were led to believe their deaths were not linked. until now. she was a real fun—loving girl. great personality, had lots and lots of friends. in may 2018, kim sampson gave birth to a son, her second child. she was a brilliant barber and an absolutely brilliant mummy. the 29—year—old had undergone an emergency caesarean delivery. but complications set in, the hospital didn't know why and she died ten days after giving birth. we kept getting told that everything was going to be ok. after she had the first operation. but, from then, and then she had a further operation after that because she was bleeding out from lots of places and there was nothing they could do with it. the trust told the family that kim had died of herpes, a common, usually mild infection that is rarely fatal. but they couldn't see how she had been infected. they didn't really give us an explanation other than she might have come into close contact with someone who had a cold sore. following kim sampson's death the trust say they told all maternity staff to take precautions against herpes infections. butjust seven weeks later another woman became similarly ill. they went on their honeymoon and i think she fell pregnantjust after they got back. and she wanted a child? oh yeah, definitely. they always talked about having three children. samantha mulcahy gave birth by caesarean section to a daughter injuly 2018. the 32—year—old again quickly deteriorated, baffling medics and died eight days after giving birth. i can remember right - at the very end, even then, they said they were basically at a loss _ they didn't know what was wrong. the hospital said samantha too had died of herpes. two rare deaths but seemingly no link. we were told there was no connection at all with the deaths. _ that turned out not to be the case. the trust quickly discovered the same surgeon had operated on both women. documents we've seen show that just two weeks after the second death, they were told it does look like surgical contamination. public health england concluded the strain of the virus the women died of was rare and may be epidemiologically linked. it certainly is very unusual cases, very rare indeed. we shared the documents with peter greenhouse, a world—renowned expert on herpes infection. the only common source here would be the surgeon who performed the operations. but if you think of the speed at which these women became unwell and the location of their infection, which was inside the abdomen, it does seem very much more likely, very much more biologically plausible that that was the original site of the infection. peter greenhouse says the strongest likelihood is that the surgeon had a herpetic whitlow, a small often unnoticeable sore on his finger and that he unwittingly shared the herpes virus. even though he was wearing surgical gloves, a study of caesarean sections found the gloves tear in more than 50% of operations. potentially allowing the virus to infect the women. we showed both families the expert's opinion. does that make sense? yes. i feel sick listening to that. it makes me think even more that there is a problem. in a statement, east kent hospitals trust said following detailed analysis, there was insufficient evidence the infection originated from the same source. they added that the surgeon that told them that he had no hand lesion or history of the virus. the women's babies both survived, their families now want inquests into the deaths. michael buchanan, bbc news, now for the latest government coronavirus figures. in the last 2a hours, there have been nearly 16,000 new infections recorded, that's just over 5,000 more than this time last week. on average, there were nearly 42,000 new cases reported per day in the past week. 45 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average, in the past week, 147 related deaths were recorded every day. and on vaccinations, 15.3 million people have now had their booster injection. the time is coming up to 6:20 pm. our top story this evening... mps prepare to vote on the prime minister's social care plans. labour calls them "daylight robbery". still to come... we'll be in wisconsin, where police are questioning the driver of an suv which ploughed into a christmas parade, killing five people. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel: we're going to hear from the british trampolinst briony paige, who's capped a brilliant year by becoming world champion for the first time. a private investigator has been describing the lengths he says he went to around 15 years ago to get information about prince harry and his then—girlfriend chelsy davy. speaking for the first time, gavin burrows has told the bbc that he targeted her voicemails for a newspaper. prince harry is part of a group involved in ongoing legal action against the news of the world and the sun that could culminate in a trial. the private investigator is a witness in the legal case. his claims have yet to be heard in court and are strongly disputed by the publisher of both papers. news group newspapers has, though, previously accepted that some unlawful activity did occur at the news of the world, but denies wrongdoing at the sun. here's our media editor, amol rajan. and a warning — his report contains some flashing images. what's interminably referred to as the "invisible contract", behind closed doors, between the institution and the tabloids. the duke of sussex regularly speaks out about what he sees as the ills of modern media. his difficult relationship with the press goes back to his youth and the culture of tabloids in the mid—2000s, when subjects of interest to them included his then—girlfriend chelsy davy. harry had basically become the new diana. this private investigator is a witness in legal cases against the news of the world and the sun — brought by prince harry and others — which claim harry became a victim of media intrusion from his teens. the duke is also taking legal action against mirror group newspapers. gavin burrows says he targeted davy for the news of the world. there was a lot of voicemail hacking going on. there was a lot of surveillance went on on chelsy davy. on her phones, on her comms. chelsy would brag to her friends when she was going to see him. and so, her life became an object of obsession for you guys as well? yeah. medical records. had she had an abortion? sexual diseases. ex—boyfriends. vet 'em, check 'em. i basically was part of a group of people that robbed him of his normal teenage years. good to meet you, how are you? the lawyer representing the group of litigants which include prince harry says that while most victims of hacking have settled, some have not. certain claimants want to have their day in court and want to see there be a trial, so that newspapers are held to account for what they did. meghan markle's privacy case against the mail on sunday has generated plenty of recent headlines, but her husband's ongoing legal battle could be an even bigger moment. how big a moment in british public life do you think it could be, if prince harry gets his day in court, as he seems to want? i think it will be massive. because it's very striking, i isn't it, that he keeps going? all the other people, - up until now, have settled, a financial settlement, with no admission - of guilt on any side. over a thousand people have settled. over a thousand people have settled, and there's a few who haven't, and prince harry's one of those. yeah, he doesn't want to be a thousand and one. - prince harry says he wants reform of the media. this ongoing case, which could culminate in a trial, shows he intends to use the law as one tool to achieve his ends. amol rajan, bbc news. the princes and the press will be on bbc two at 9pm tonight and available on the bbc iplayer. police in the us state of wisconsin are holding the driver of a vehicle which ploughed into a christmas parade, killing at least five people and injuring dozens more. the vehicle drove through the back of a marching band — the local hospital says it has treated 18 children among the injured. let's speak to our correspondent barbara plett usher, who's in waukesha for us. with the latest. we are expecting a police update shortly, sophie, but the suspect has been named. he is darrell brooks, 39 years old, an african—american man who appears to have a lengthy criminal history. an online court document shows he had recently been charged on several counts of reckless endangerment and had been released on bail on friday, or at least, a man with the same name and birth date as darrell brooks. he also appears to have been an aspiring rap artist and had posted on his twitter feed a rap video which included what looks like an image of the red sports utility vehicle used in the hit—and—run. we still don't know what the motive was, although us media suggest it may have been linked to a previous altercation with a knife. but the victims were elderly, children, ten of them are still in critical care. here on main street, the police just in the last hour removed the barriers, but businesses are closed, schools are closed, the community is still really absorbing the shock and the loss. ~ ., , the loss. with the latest there, thank you. _ the loss. with the latest there, thank you, barbara _ the loss. with the latest there, thank you, barbara plett - the loss. with the latest there, | thank you, barbara plett usher. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, and the leader of the scottish conservatives have held a joint visit to a drugs recovery group — in a "united effort" to tackle scotland's substance abuse death toll. the most recent figures show a record number of drug—related deaths in scotland for the seventh year in a row. more than 1,300 people died. scotland has by far the highest drug death rate recorded by any country in europe. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. drug abuse is killing more than 25 people a week in scotland and ruining the lives of many, many more. the figures are the worst in europe. were you worried ryan would end up in a long prison spell? yes, aye. prison is life... john's son struggled with life—threatening drug addiction for years, in trouble with the law, yet the family couldn't access rehab treatment until a charity, the amy winehouse foundation, volunteered to pay for it. i was begging for help. it was really frustrating. i was trying to break it down to them and say, surely it costs less to put somebody into treatment than it does in prison? if they're in treatment, they might have a chance to come to life a bit. ryan is now in recovery and has a full—time job. the dire drugs problem has united the first minister and the scottish conservative leader at a drug recovery facility. but cross—party cooperation isn't easy. meeting with former addicts, douglas ross and nicola sturgeon agree urgent action is required. in a policy u—turn, the tory leader says he may now support an official consumption facility that would allow people to use illegal class a drugs, under supervision. there is a united effort to deal with this national scandal. the fact that so many lives are being lost means no—one has got the monopoly on the solutions to this. we can come together from different political sides to come up with a solution that can make a difference. drugs charities have long advocated that there should be a right to recovery. now the scottish tories are proposing a new law that would give a legal right to treatment to any addicts who need it. nicola sturgeon says she is open to all ideas, including those proposals from the conservatives, but she admits the problem is drastic. i think the drugs death toll is unacceptable, . i think it is shameful, - i think we've got to turn it around, so i am choosing not to be defensive about this, _ i am choosing to be candid and say, we have got to do much better. - i have got to do much better, - my government has got to do much better, and there is a serious determination to do that. - boxing lessons are part of the recovery programme at this community centre. it's what all parties say they want to see more of. and may be prepared to set aside the usual political punch—ups to try and make it happen. sarah smith, bbc news. concerns were raised after colin pitchfork repeatedly approached young women in the street and it is understood he tried to cheat and lie detector tests he had to take as part of his parole conditions. his recall is understood to have been as a preventative measure. the biggest award ceremony in british music of the brits, has decided to scrap categories for different genders. it will no longer give out prizes for best male or best female, but instead choose one artist of the year. the brit award—winning singer sam smith, who identifies as non—binary, has campaigned for the change. he says he felt unable to enter last year because of the gender based nature of the categories. hundreds of people... hundreds of people have lined the streets of southend in essex to pay their respects to the local mp sir david amess, who was stabbed to death last month. a memorial service was held today ahead of his funeral at westminster cathedral tomorrow. from southend, here's daniela relph. he died working for the people he served. today, they came to say goodbye. sir david amess's coffin was borne by southend firefighters. the streets were filled with his constituents. and local sea scouts lined the path into church. as the place he'd deserved for almost a0 years said farewell. my son's actually in the 3rd chalkwell bay sea scouts. he's one of the sea scouts outside? that have come to represent. so, yeah, it'sjust a really sad day. it's touched a lot of people, whether they're into the same politics or not. took my grandson out of school today, this afternoon, - so that he could also come and pay respects as well. i everything felt local. the sound of the church service was broadcast on bbc radio essex. and friend and former conservative mp ann widdecombe spoke on behalf of sir david's wife and children. as a family, we are trying to understand why this awful thing has occurred. nobody should die in that way. please let some good come from this tragedy. his final journey through southend took him past his constituency office and the civic centre. the funeral mass will be in the grandeur of westminster cathedral tomorrow. but as it so often did for sir david amess, essex came first. daniela relph, bbc news, southend. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. it felt chilly today, but there was plenty blue sky, giving a glorious sunset today. but get ready for a couple of cloudy days. looking at the satellite picture, we have already seen the cloud filtering in across scotland and northern ireland so far today and it is about to move its way further south. it is coming around an area of high pressure. dry weather for the next couple of days, less chilly air coming in with the cloud, but it won't feel too different because we exchange the sunshine for the cloudy skies. with the cloud tonight in scotland and northern ireland, we are avoiding a frost and in north—west england and north wales, the cloud also increases and you could see light rain and drizzle. clearer skies elsewhere in england and south wales allow for another thrust into the morning and there could be mist and fog patches around as we start the day. so it is going to be a cloudy day. so it is going to be a cloudy day tomorrow. and from that cloud across northern and western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and north wales, you could encounter like rain or drizzle. the odd shower clipping the north sea coast, into the channel islands. still some sunny spells in south wales and southern england and on the whole, a lot of dry weather with temperatures close to average for the time of year. even more cloud overnight and into wednesday so we don't expect much frost to start wednesday morning. notice the band of wet weather towards the far north—west. that is the weather front moving south across scotland and northern ireland on wednesday with rain, clear southwards going into thursday, we are back into the cold air at this stage, but then again, it is going to be a drier,