The chance discovery of some rare 500 year old printed pages from William Caxton which were stuck in another book. Strictly has a new head judge find out more about the queen of latin later in the programme. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news a lucky escpae for chris froome the Tour De France champion was unhurt after getting knocked off his bike by a hit and run driver. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister says britains Energy Market isnt working and has vowed to end what she described as rip off bills. Theresa may has confirmed that the conservative Party Manifesto will propose a cap on Energy Prices for anyone on a standard variable tarriff. The party says this would benefit 17 million households. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Cook our lunch, making a brew, heating our home we have all got to do it, but its not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. The key thing is that people are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. Too many ordinary working families, too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people, find themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying and thats why we are taking action. For the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the Labour Ma Nifesto ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. The conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the Cabinet Table thought it was too crude. But we know rewind and the tories didnt like the idea. We would love to live in a marxist universe. But he needs a basic lesson in economics. Little wonder the former Labour Leader raises an eyebrow. No guarantee rises wont rise under tory policy, he asked the energy secretary. Asking for a friend. Labours Shadow Energy secretary said. It is not a tory policy. It is scandalous they have stolen a Labour Policy. But they have not gone far enough. Stolen a Labour Policy. But they have not gone far enoughlj stolen a Labour Policy. But they have not gone far enough. I asked the Liberal Democrats about it. Have not gone far enough. I asked the Liberal Democrats about itm is good politics, it sounds great, because it is rubbish policy because it would harm and damage the people that its supposed to be helping. On a visit to scotland, the snp were scathing about the conservative plan. The record of the Tories On Fuel Poverty has been poor so, this announcement has nothing to do with dealing with the poorest in society and everything with trying to win a general election and outflank the labour party. What is clear is the conservatives desire to be seen to be putting themselves on the side of the consumer than the Energy Companies. What is rather less clear is what if any difference it would make. The Energy Sector has always criticised any move to cap prices, saying such a policy could in fact lead to higher prices. So what could it mean for the consumer . Our industry Correspondentjohn Moylan investigates. Every three months, adam and margaret from eccles near manchester take a trip to their local bank. They are on a standard tariff, theyve been with the same Energy Suppliers for 30 years and when the quarterly bill arrives in the post, they like to pay it in full. I wont have direct debits, im not confident with online, its a minefield, so after two hours ploughing through, i gave up and thought, the better the devil i know, get a bill, pay it at the bank. I know ive payed it, use less electric and gas, thats the only way were going to save. They arent alone, the two year Competition Investigation found the Energy Market wasnt working for the two thirds of households on standard tariffs. It proposed a price cap for households in prepaid meters and consumer groups say it should go further. The Energy Market clearly isnt working, too many people stuck on standard variable tariffs playing up to £300 a year more than they need to for their energy. One of the things weve called for is a price cap to protect the most vulnerable, on low incomes who can least afford to pay too much for their energy. Many People Choose their Energy Supplier using one of these, a Price Comparison website. There are more than 50 Energy Suppliers in the fixed price deals to more expensive standard tariffs and those standard variable tariffs, so called default tariffs, which are being targeted by this Energy Price Cap. The conservatives claimed that could save 17 million households around £100 a year. The Energy Companies say it could also damage competition. Weve seen fantastic numbers coming through switching. Last month, 14 increase, half a million, the rest of this intervention is that you destroy that confidence, that engagement just when we are making real progress. The Energy Price Cap will require legislation, so its unlikely to help people like margaret and adam this winter. It is also a major intervention in the Energy Market that could have ramifications for years to come. 0ur Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier is in york where theresa may has been speaking. Give us your assessment of what we have heard so far today from the Prime Minister. Well theresa mays been rallying the troops in york, but i think what has been really striking about this policy from the Prime Minister and the conservatives todayisit Prime Minister and the conservatives today is it is not really a conventional conservative policy. You would expect the tories to back the open market and not State Intervention. Last year theresa may said she would intervene in dysfunctional markets and this approach is a policy that is standing up to that. Now, she is doing what tory leaders before have not done so much, saying State Intervention can be a force for good and she is trying to appeal to so called ordinary voters, perhaps people who might traditionally vote labour. There will be some tory True Believers who wont be so co mforta ble believers who wont be so comfortable with this. But it shows theresa may wants to reach beyond the typical tory tribe and try and widen that net. In doing this, yes, she will be trying to sweep up the extra voters, but she is also showing that she is prepared to take Ona Labour Showing that she is prepared to take on a Labour Policy, because ed miliband, announced a similar policy a few years ago. The detail was different, but the intention was similar. So we are seeing an old Labour Policy being put forward by the now tory Prime Minister. It will ruffle some feathers in the Conservative Party, but theresa may is trying to ensure they fight it not as the Conservative Party per se, but as theresa mays party. Thank you. The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has attacked the conservatives as the party of the tax cheats, press barons and greedy bankers. Speaking at labours election launch, he said there would be a reckoning if his party wins onjune 8th, as he would stand up to what he called the elite, who he said were determined to hijack brexit and pay even less tax. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in manchester. Thank you. I have been to a few Campaign Launches and i have to say this was an unconventional one. We did get big new Policy Announcements oi did get big new Policy Announcements or much on the big issues like brexit and there were not many lines for the media. Instead we gotJeremy Corbyn, the man. Unvarnished. Unleashed. Authentic Jeremy Corbyn setting out the radical views he has had for 30 years. Believing below the radar, his sincerity could cut through. They may love him, but what about the wider electorate . Team corbyn remain convinced the Labour Leader is a vote winner for them. People, they believe, just need to see more of the realJeremy Corbyn. And just listen to some of the rousing support for the Labour Leader. WhenJeremy Corbyn became leader of the party 18 months ago, i can honestly say that in my adult life i had never felt as excited and exhilarated by party politics. So today and for the rest of the campaign, mr corbyns beliefs, his views, his character are going to be centrestage. The economy is still rigged in favour of the rich and powerful. When labour wins, there will be a reckoning for those who thought they could get away with asset stripping out could get away with asset stripping our economy, could get away with asset stripping our economy, and ripping off workers and consumers. Many labour mps would shy away from such language, but Jeremy Corbyns supporters believe the electorate are tire offend politics as tired of politics as usual. Dont want to hear people giving out catch phrases, i want something different. That resonates to me and you knowJeremy Corbyn is a kind man and he is a decent and principled man. Jeremy corbyn also sought to clarify his partys position on brexit, a subject the Labour Leader has little about and where labour have struggled to explain where they stand. The question now is what sort of brexit we want and what sort of country do we want and what sort of country do we want and what sort of country do we want britain to be after that. Labour wants a jobs first brexit. A brexit that safeguards the future of britains vital industries. Many labour mps however fear from being the answer to labours difficulties, mr corbyn is the problem. The fear while he may energise his supporters, he fails to connect with the wider electorate. I dont think one should underestimate how big a gamble has been taken here today by Jeremy Corbyns colleagues, basically banking everything on him. This at a time when the polls suggest he lags behind theresa may when it comes to credibility and leadership and when he had the battering in the local elections with many labour candidates saying he came up time and time again on the doorstep and many of his own candidates just not wanting him to be on their leaflets. In that climate, conventional politics would be to pull back your leader and focus on the Shadow Cabinet and policy and not the individual leader. Jeremy corbyns team have decided to do exactly the opposite. The reason, in part yes, it is to do with his character. Burr they believe we are in a new era of politics and people of weary of conventional sound bite politicians. But make no mistake, this is a huge risk. But where labour are in the polls, they may take the view they have got to start taking risks. Thank you. Liberal democrat leader tim farron has been out campagining in the south west this morning. Mr farron warned that a conservative government with a large majority would take people for granted. The Liberal Democrats have promised a second referendum on any brexit deal. The nhs is the focus of the green party today as they continue their campaign on the isle of wight. The partys co leader Caroline Lucas has accused the government of putting the our nhs through a cruel form of shock therapy. Her party have pledged to give the Health System a cash injection. And a reminder you can keep up to date with all the developments throughout the campaign and live events on the bbc news website thats at bbc. Co. Uk news. And if youre on the move, just follow the election via the bbc news app. Alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan, has given bbc news his First Television interview since he was released, following an appeal. The former sergeant whos been dismissed from the marines was interviewed with his wife claire, who organised the campaign to free him. Theyve been speaking to our correspondent clinton rogers. Dont know why exactly i did it. Still, a moment of madness is the best description i can give. Not exactly the proudest moment of my life. In the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. Today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. His actions, captured on helmet camera. If you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing. Its a five minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. To be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. Unless you were actually there you dont know the full story. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Especially whats happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. If we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. You lost a lot of colleagues and friends. Its hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you dont get to give a lot of good news to people when youre out there. Someones died in an incident. What would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, youre giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but hes going to live. Blackmans conviction for murder led to protests, his wife clare leading the campaign for his release but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away from their marriage. I said, if she didnt want to stick around and part company, at that point, or at any point through the process, its something i would understand and i would wish her well for the rest of her life. You were basically offering her the chance to walk away . Yes. Never crossed my mind, never once. Wouldnt have done anything differently. I know sometimes people said to me, how are you doing this, how do you keep going . I dont really have an answer. It wasnt an option to do anything else. Its only 11 days since he was released from prison. Now they both say that they need time to readjust to life as a couple. In seven years of marriage, theyve been apart more than theyve been together. Clinton rogers, bbc news, somerset. A british doctor and his fiancee have been murdered in an apparent burglary at their Penthouse Flat in boston in the united states. A man has been charged with the murder of dr Richard Field and lina bolanos, the man was arrested at the scene, after being shot by the police. Andy moore has the latest. An extraordinary televised Court Session held around the hospital bed of the man accused of killing two doctors. Bampumim teixeira, who is 30, was shot when police officers, alerted by text message, found him inside the doctors apartment. He was already on bail for a previous offence. After brief details of the case were heard thejudge ordered a remand. By agreement, with no objection by counsel, i will allow the commonwealths motion to impound. Order of impound will last for 90 days. British born Richard Field and his american fiance, lina bolanos, were found dead at their apartment in boston on friday night. 45 minutes before he died, dr field had texted a friend, saying there was a serious situation with a gunman in his home. That alert was passed on to the police and they entered the apartment using keys they had found on the floor in the hallway outside. They saw Teixeira Inside and thought he was about to open fire. He was shot three times in the hand, stomach and leg. There is no evidence whatsoever at this stage to conclude that this defendant had a personal relationship with dr bolanos, or dr field. Nor is there currently any evidence to explain why he would attack them so viciously in theirown home. The couple were reportedly tied up before they were killed. An investigation is under way into how the intruder managed to get through supposedly tight security at the luxury apartments. Andy moore, bbc news. Our top story this lunchtime. The conservatives promise to cap Energy Tariffs the election. They say it would save money for Industry Figures have criticised the plan saying it could lead to higher prices. And still to come. The suns former editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, is to leave the paper because of offensive remarks in his column last month. In the sport, Arsene Wenger still wont talk about his arsenal future but it definitely wont involve a director of football. The bbc has announced who will replace Len Goodman On Strictly Come Dancing the newjudge is Shirley Ballas. Shes known as the queen of latin, and although not widely known to uk audiences, she frequently appears on the american version of the show, dancing with the stars. She will take up her position as head judge when the show returns this autumn. 0ur Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones reports. She is nicknamed the queen of latin. Shirley ballas is one of the worlds most successful professional dancers. A former world champion, during a long career she has won numerous titles and praise from the man shes going to replace. When i first saw her i was absolutely gobsmacked, the best feet ever, one of my favourite latin Women Dancers of my favourite latin Women Dancers of all time. Please welcome the fantastic Shirley Ballas after she retired she appeared on the strict li spin off programme, it takes to come in 2009 to talk about a routine she had choreographed. What was quite surprising is that theyve only had a few days together with this celebrity, so when i walked into the room, nobody knew anything, they hadnt got used to the partner. Her partner is pretty good at dancing and her son, her partner is pretty good at dancing and herson, mark her partner is pretty good at dancing and her son, mark ballas is a professional dancer and has won the american version of strict li twice. Shirley ballas tweeted that she was over the moon to be joining the show which returns in the autumn. By taking over as head judge, not only will she have the casting vote in the dance off, but a high profile role in one of the most successful programmes on british television. Rebecca jones, bbc news. The russian president , vladimir putin, has commemorated the end of World War Two by telling a Victory Parade in red square that the country will never be defeated. He said the defeat of nazi germany had cost the soviet Union Millions of lives, but he said there would never be a power that would conquer russia. Jonny dymond reports from moscow. It is the biggest ceremony of the year to remember the biggest victory in russias history. 72 years to the day, nazi germany surrendered to the soviet and allied armies. The soviet military had at enormous cost thrown out the invading nazis and chased them back to berlin. Today, the servicemen and women took centre stage. President putin, who has poured money into modernising the armed forces, said the russian people could never be defeated. And he spoke to the veterans of what russia calls the great patriotic war. You will never, he told them, be ashamed of us. Watching the parade one of those veterans, 93 years old now, today is a celebration, he said, because of the way russia responded to the war. Translation peoples spirit turned out to be so powerful, their faith in the justice of what they were fighting for meant it was possible to turn the tide of the war. Red square has heard these sounds and seen these sights before, of course, but repetition does not diminish the power of this occasion. A celebration of victory, the remembrance of sacrifice and a reminder of russias military might. Now, a confident russia sends its military to foreign wars in syria and ukraine. But here, today, it commemorated a long past day of victory when a terrible war came to an end. Jonny diamond, bbc news, moscow. The sun columnist, and former editor, Kelvin Mackenzie is leaving the paper because of controversial remarks he made about the everton footballer, ross barkley. Kelvin mackenzie was suspended last month after comparing the player to a gorilla. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports. Kelvin mackenzie is a giant of british tabloids. A brash and brutal editor editor who was a close confidant of his patron, Rupert Murdoch. But this time he went too far. A column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorilla. Mackenzie claimed not to know about the heritage but his column, published on the anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster that he so notoriously misrepresented, prompted everton to ban the sun from its stadium. Newspaper columnists are meant to provoke strong feelings and over nearly five decades in fleet street, Kelvin Mackenzie certainly did that. But this time was different for two reasons. First because his column threatened to further alienate the suns readers in the north west and second because theres a huge scandal is erupting at Rupert Murdochs fox news over in new york. What Rupert Murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. You are about to enter the no spin zone. Murdochs bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, 0fcom. There is concern within murdochs company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the Phone Hacking Scandal derailed their last bid for sky. I was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that no one took a closer look at the column. I cant believe that kelvins column is so sacrosanct that lawyers and editors, it was good friday, so the Top Tier Team may not have been there, but even so it seems to be a systemic failure, not just involving kolbe mackenzie. It remains to be seen if mackenzie has cut ties with murdochs company completely. Amal rajan, bbc news. Exit polls in south koreas president ial election indicate that human rights lawyer moon jae in is on course to win. He is expected to change course on north korea and increase contact with the rogue regime, despite recent Missile Tests there. Steve evans reports from seoul. The last rallies before the big events. The election hype, nearly over, the 13 candidates trying to become the leader of south korea. This is one of a clutch of candidates trailing the leader in the pre election opinion polls. And so to the day of decision. The issues for these voters, the economy, of course. Young people are worried about jobs and economy, of course. Young people are worried aboutjobs and whether to confront or talk to north korea. As a person whos going to the Military Inafew a person whos going to the military in a few years i dont want to live ina in a few years i dont want to live in a country where it is at risk of breaking out in a war or me actually having to go into the war with north korea. I think im not that much different from most people, for me, National Security is the main point of concern. When the main president ial candidate says he wants to resume talks with the north, that isa to resume talks with the north, that is a concern to a lot of us. All the indications are that turnout is very high in the election, people have been galvanised by politics with the sacking of the previous president. And the issues are so big. This is not a country that is fed up with democracy. Voting has now finished. A short time ago the exit polls projected that this man will win. Moonjae in. He projected that this man will win. Moon jae in. He wants projected that this man will win. Moonjae in. He wants to talk to north korea and he doesnt like the new American Anti Missile System on south korean soil. His softer approach might not please washington. Stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. Two pages of medieval text which, for centuries, Lay Hidden Inside Another Book have been identified as the work of William Caxton, who introduced printing to england in the 1470s. There are no copies of the pages anywhere else in the world, as Duncan Kennedy reports. It was in the rolling book shelves of the University Library that erica was carrying out some research. She picked up this box and made her extraordinary discovery. This is the box i found it in. And here it is. It isa box i found it in. And here it is. It is a page of a medieval letter printed by William Caxton in 1 77, a year or so after the first ever british book came off the Printing Press. What was your reaction when you realised what this document was . I was absolutely amazed. This is the sort of thing you hope you will find one day in your career as a librarian, so it was an extraordinary moment to realise we have this early caxton. William caxton was a merchant who was the first to bring printing to britain in 1476. His newly discovered page isa in 1476. His newly discovered page is a kind of instruction manualfor priests. It lay hidden in Reading University for 20 years and had previously been pasted to another book to strengthen its spine. Experts say that it takes us back to the very origins of Printing British books. Letters, going crazy for caxton and if this ever came on the market i would have an estimate of 20,000, 50,000, expecting it to do better. Up to perhaps 100,000. The university has the kind of Printing Press that caxton used
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