They thrash kilmarnock to seal the Scottish Premiership in style. Some mist and fog around first thing this morning but for many of us a dry start, rain on the way it parts of england and wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland, sunshine and showers. Im afraid this is corked. Ijust uncorked it, didnt you see me . And almost 50 years after it first appeared on our screens Fawlty Towers is back, this time on the west end stage. Its thursday the 16th may. The bbc can reveal that the firm run by a man dubbed britains kindest plumber faked stories of helping Vulnerable People including one woman who had already died as it raised millions of pounds in donations. Depher, a burnley based social enterprise, used photos of individuals on social media, without their consent as founder James Anderson spent company cash on a house and car. Mr anderson denied some of the bbc� s allegations but admitted he had made mistakes. Our special correspondent, ed thomas has the story. Now, you wont meet people more remarkable than the plumberJames Anderson. James andersons acts of kindness moved the nation. His name isJames Anderson. Hesa plumber. And we put a shout out on social media. Weve analysed those social media accounts. Hes helped over two Million People across the country. Uncovering misleading false posts, allegations Vulnerable People have been exploited. The most shocking was this injune 2022. A lady covered with an emoji, upset and desperate. It says, when i got there, she had a noose ready to commit suicide. The truth is that her name wasjoyce, and she died years before the story ofJames Anderson saving her life. We tracked down joyces daughter, andrea. Joyces kitchen. She had no idea her mothers image was used by depher. When i got there, she had a noose ready to commit suicide. How do you describe that post . A lie, its a complete lie. Some of the images were linked to Fundraising Appeals. How do you sleep at night . Its like Vulnerable People like my mother is their moneymaking machine. James anderson has helped many Vulnerable People. But we found multiple examples of misleading posts. This one claims the woman with the hidden face died from Carbon Monoxide. We later learned the story was fake. Hey, you all right . Hi, ed from bbc news. James anderson agreed to speak to us about his companys use of social media. Really appreciate you speaking to us. Starting with this Story Aboutjoyce and thoughts of suicide. I didnt put that on. Thats from depher� s account. Is that post true . That post is not true, no. The family has said that is a lie. What do you want to say to that family . Ive just said i apologise to the family, but i will have to look further into that, thats an old account. And the Carbon Monoxide death story. Its depher� s post but how it got onto depher� s account, i dont know. That is a disgusting miseading misleading postand i. I apologise from the bottom of my heart. Is that a lie . That is a lie whoever put that on there, yeah. We spent over £3 million, 0k . Is £3 million, correct, yes or no . I dont know. You dont know . I dont know. Weve helped over two Million People. 2,150,000, to be exact. Thats exact . Thats. Are they made up figures, are they guesstimates . Theyre guesstimates, yeah, guessitmates. James anderson said hed been a victim of online trolls, but also apologised for any mistakes. Theres lessons to be learned, they will be learned. If i have to shut depher down tomorrow, i will shut depher down tomorrow and youll never see it again. Ed thomas, bbc news. Our special correspondent ed thomas will be here just after ten past eight with more on that story. And you can see more in britains hero plumber exposed over on the bbc iplayer now. Coming up to six minutes past six, nina had an update on the events in slovakia. The Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico, is fighting the Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico, remains in hospital after being shot multiple times in what officials are calling an assassination attempt. Mr fico, whose condition is said to have improved had been attending a Government Meeting in the central town of handlova when he was shot up to five times whilst speaking to crowds. A 71 year old man has been detained by police. 0ur Eastern Europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has more. Robert fico strode out to meet supporters as he likes to do. But as he reached out to shake hands, a man in the crowd reached for a gun. Gunshots. Five shots rang out and the slovak Prime Minister tumbled to the ground. Too late, his Security Guards leapt on the gunman. The Prime Minister was first dragged and then rushed to emergency care. Too badly hurt to get back to bratislava, he was airlifted to a nearby hospital. We were told hed been shot in the stomach and arm and his condition was critical. Translation i heard three shots. It was quick, one by one, like if you throw firecrackers on the ground. I saw a scratch on the Prime Ministers head and then he fell next to the barrier. Its a nightmare. Robert fico has plenty of opponents. Slovakia is a small country thats deeply divided politically. But no one saw this coming and all have lined up to condemn it. Translation i am shocked. We are all shocked by the terrible and vicious attack on Prime Minister robert fico. A physical attack on the Prime Minister is, first of all, an attack on a person, but it is also an attack on democracy. Hateful rhetoric which we can see in Society Leads to hateful actions. Please stop it. The suspected gunman was captured at the scene. We think hes in his 70s, but we dont know yet what drove him. In a video thats doing the rounds, he says he didnt like government policy, but its just a few seconds out of context. Moments before the shooting, robert fico was at this press conference. He made a political comeback last year, elected on a pro russian platform. No more arms to ukraine, a push for peace talks and a veto on ukraine joining nato. Hes since made moves against the public media that worry the opposition here and the eu. His team are calling the shooting a political attack, blaming the opposition and press for portraying him as a monster. But the Prime Minister himself is confrontational, his language inflammatory. His team say hes now off the critical list after a long operation. But slovakia is stunned, not quite sure yet what to make of all this. Sarah rainsford, bbc news in bratislava. Our correspondent bethany bell is outside the Prime Ministers office in slovakia. Good morning, bethany. We held in that report that mr fico is off the critical list, what would we know about his condition . The critical list, what would we know about his condition . About his condition . The deputy Prime Minister about his condition . The deputy Prime Minister of about his condition . The deputy Prime Minister of slovakia about his condition . The deputy Prime Minister of slovakia told i about his condition . The deputy i Prime Minister of slovakia told the bbc last night that he was no longer in danger of his life. We are waiting to hear this morning the more official confirmation of his condition today. We understand he had this operation which went on for several hours after being shot at very close range. The deputy Prime Minister told us that he had been Shotin Minister told us that he had been shot in the stomach and in the joint. There will be an enormous concern here about what has gone on, people are really at a state of shock. 0ne people are really at a state of shock. One person i spoke to yesterday night said that things like this dont happen in slovakia. And there has been these various accusations as we had in sarahs report of this being what some politicians are calling a politically motivated attack. The president has called for everybody to wait for the results of the investigation and she has said that this is an attack on democracy and what matters is that mr fico gets better. �. ,. , better. Bethany, with the latest from bratislava, better. Bethany, with the latest from bratislava, thank better. Bethany, with the latest from bratislava, thank you. Junior doctors in england have entered Mediation Talks with the government aimed at ending their long running dispute over pay and conditions. There have been no formal discussions between the parties since negotiations collapsed in december. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. What do we want . Fair pay when do we want it . Now its been a bitter and prolonged pay dispute with ten rounds of strikes by Junior Doctors. Adding together all the walk outs by Health Unions in england, more than 1. 4 million Hospital Appointments and operations were cancelled. There have been few signs before now of any possible resolution of the dispute between the government and Junior Doctors. But the fact that both sides are prepared to sit down for talks with an independent mediator suggests a willingness to consider compromise. The doctors union, the bma, called for a 35 pay rise phased in over a few years. Ministers awarded an average ofjust under 9 for the last Financial Year and suggested anything higher would be unaffordable. The process will not involve the Conciliation Service acas and the outcome will not be binding on either side. But the bma, which still has a mandate to stage further walk outs, said an independent mediator could help break the logjam. The health secretary, victoria atkins, said she was pleased that mediation would take place and it was a significant step forward which could see an end to strike action. Last month, consultants in england agreed to a deal to end their pay dispute with the government. In a separate dispute, the Welsh Government is in talks over pay with Junior Doctor representatives and in Northern Ireland a 48 hour strike byJunior Doctors is planned next week. Hugh pym, bbc news. Labour leader, sir keir starmer, will outline his partys Core Messages for a general election in a speech later today. He will set out what he calls his first steps for government. Werejoined now by our chief Political Correspondent henry zeffman. Morning to you. Labour have been big on ideas, lacking in detail, will we get some today . On ideas, lacking in detail, will we get some today . Morning. As far as labour are concerned, get some today . Morning. As far as labour are concerned, this get some today . Morning. As far as labour are concerned, this is get some today . Morning. As far as labour are concerned, this is it, labour are concerned, this is it, this is the programme on which they hope to persuade the British Public to put them in government at some point this year when that general election comes. What they are calling this six first steps or change. Those who remember tony blairs pledge card in 1997 will think this is pretty similar because you will see labour relentlessly hammered these six pledges again and again and again until The General Election. So what are they . The first is economic stability, the second is to cut nhs waiting times, the third is to set up a publicly owned Energy Company, Great British energy, fourth, crackdown on Anti Social Behaviour, fifth, recruit 6500 teachers. Those will sound familiar because they are based on the five missions that keir starmer has been talking about for some time. He has added a sixth, because of the concern about small boats, the Party Proposal to build a new Border Security commands that keir starmer was talking about last week. None of this is a new policy or detail but this is the new framing. This is how labour want to sell themselves to the public. You will hear these six pledges again and again. What you will also hear the conservative response again and again, they conservative Party ChairmanRichard Holden said this will not amount to a hill of beans. For all the questions about when The General Election is going to come, it is clear we are now in pre election mode. It is clear we are now in preelection mode. It is clear we are now in reelection mode. ~ ,. , causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless cycling is set to become an offence after the government backed a change in the law. The proposed amendment could see cyclists facing up to 1a years in prison if convicted. Cycling uk said incidents were rare and those who had caused deaths had been held to account. A number of Hollywood Stars are campaigning for kevin spacey to resume his Acting Career after whats been described as seven years of exile. Sharon stone, liam neeson and stephen fry are among the names speaking up for the oscar winner who is facing new allegations of sexual abuse, which he denies. Russias president , Vladimir Putin has been holding talks in beijing with chinas leader, xi jinping. The kremlin says the pair will discuss the most pressing international and regional issues. 0ur china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, joins us now from the capital. Good morning. High profile visit, what are they hoping to tell us by it . ,. ,. , it . The crucial thing about this meetin it . The crucial thing about this meeting is it . The crucial thing about this meeting is that it . The crucial thing about this meeting is that the it . The crucial thing about this meeting is that the biden meeting is that the Biden Administration has already accused the Chinese Government of directly supporting Vladimir Putins invasion of ukraine. We are talking about material support, of ukraine. We are talking about materialsupport, equipment, goods, material support, equipment, goods, which materialsupport, equipment, goods, which seem to have civilian application, but are really being used to keep the war going there. This trip also provides moral support for Vladimir Putin. Why moral support . Support for Vladimir Putin. Why moralsupport . Russias support for Vladimir Putin. Why moral support . Russias leader is quite isolated on the world stage, he cannot use it many countries for fear of being arrested and sent to the International Criminal court. Here in beijing, there he is at the Great Hall Of The People and he can show these images, this footage of the own visit to his own people and betray his portray himself as a leader rather than a great pariah. And china cant stay, we are neutral players here china can say, we are neutral players here. But you have to see how not neutral the Chinese Government is if you look at tv coverage of the ukraine war here, it is clearly backing Vladimir Putin. This trip will be heavy on images and rhetoric, but not any sort of big deals or anything i would expect to come from it. Thank ou, would expect to come from it. Thank you. Stephen the green party will lead Bristol City Council after it celebrated a breakthrough at the local elections, it now has 3a of the 70 seats. Labour had been in power in the city since 2016. Its now the second Largest Party with 21 councillors. Residents across south devon are being told to boil tap water following an outbreak of sickness and diarrhoea. More than 20 cases have been confirmed, with officials investigating a further 70. South west water said it was confident boiled water was safe and had issued the advice as a precaution. 17 minutes past six. Lets have a chat with carol about the weather, how is it looking, good morning. Good morning. It is looking changeable, but on the whole it will be sunny and warm in the next few days but there will still be some heavy showers. Some of those could prove to be thunder