to his board. police are searching for at least two people over the fatal shooting of a marketing executive who was killed in his dorset home. the german chancellor angela merkel will meet vladimir putin in her first visit to russia for two years. also this hour. dueting with britain s favourite songbird. as they return from migration, folk singers welcome them back in the first national nightingale festival. and why marathon runner paula radcliffe could lose her world record under new proposals by european athletics. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he is not posted offender the home secretary as she stated the wrong cost. this morning, diane abbott initially told lbc the policy would cost three hundred thousand pounds, before correcting herself to about 80 million . mr corbyn has said the policy will cost £300 million . following developments from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. todayis t
for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. the family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like paula radcliffe could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. ode to a nightingale. how singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. coming up in the sport on bbc news, world snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party s plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn t embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott s difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election
today, and in the manifesto, i will be absolutely clear, now, today, and in the manifesto, lam not embarrassed at all. it s been found that a failure to support the family of the anorexic teenager pippa mcmanus, when she left hospital, was factor in her suicide. he was pulled to safety, after 30 hours in the irish sea. we ll have the latest on the surfer, who s lucky to be alive. tributes have been paid to the businessman, shot dead by intruders at his dorset home. police say it was a targeted attack. and paula radcliffe says she feels hurt by the proposals of anti doping chiefs, which could see top athletes losing their world records. ina bbc in a bbc interview theresa may has said that she would be a bloody difficult woman in brexit negotiations and said she d already made clearjean claude juncker would discover that. after reports of a tense meeting between theresa may andjean tense meeting between theresa may and jean claude juncker, mrs tense meeting between theresa
repeat them. i can repeat them now and i m concerned you do not want to talk about policing which is something the public is concerned about. you want to go over and over this. but that is your fault, you wa nt to this. but that is your fault, you want to talk about the issue and we are prepared to talk about the issue of policing and the claims that you re making that the police forces have been underfunded and you want to recruit more officers but by going on airon to recruit more officers but by going on air on a major interview where you just completely fluffed the figures, whether you knew them oi’ the figures, whether you knew them or chose not to say them could not remember them, actually does your cause no good. the public will understand that you are not willing to talk about the real issues and the real issues are that we have lost 20,000 police officers since 2010. and we are seeing a rise in violent crime. you want to be home secretary, how do you think an inter
final round of the french presidential election, marine le pen delivers a speech that sounds a little familiar. the far right leader of the front national has been accused of plagerising her defeated rival, francoise fillon, in a spich she delivered on monday. how new proposals to stop doping could mean previous world records by clean athletes could no longer stand. and pulled to safety, after 30 hours in the irish sea. the surfer, who s lucky to be alive. good evening and welcome to bbc news. following the leaked account of a tense meeting between the prime minister and the head of the european commission last week, theresa may has told the bbc she will be a bloody difficult woman in brexit negotiations, and she s already made clearjean claude juncker will discover that. she told our political editor laura kuenssberg that the negotiations with the eu will be tough, and what matters in the coming election is making the right choice of leader to represent the uk s interests.