and the conservatives can t be trusted. we have not rewritten the manifesto, the principles upon which it is written remain the same, we need to ensure that we have long term sustainability and social care, we need to be able to ensure that we can fund social care for the future, we are doing the honest thing in putting a proposal to the british people. how is it honest to reject a cap in your manifesto and four days later say, we are going to have a cap, what is honest about that?! what we set out in the manifesto was a series of principles, to say to people, first of all, this is a big issue, we need to address it and we are being honest that we must fix it, and that is what i want to do, i am not going to play politics with it, very my head in the sand, that is whatjeremy corbyn does with it. no, you arejust going to change or mind on it, apparently. this woman is already doing another u turn! she decided it wasn t parliament that decided it wasn t parliament that decided
honour those affected by recent tragedies in london and manchester. a group of schoolboys who wore skirts in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts in the heatwave, will now be able to wear them from next year. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the cladding and insulation on grenfell tower has failed initial fire safety tests according to the police. they say they are now looking at criminal offences including manslaughter and documents and materials have been seized from a number of organisations. at least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze at the tower block last week. the nationwide hunt for high rise buildings with flammable cladding continues. the government says 15 buildings across nine local authorities in england have the potentially dangerous cladding, none in wales or scotland, one building is being checked in northern ireland. tom symonds reports. in the first horrifying minutes of the disaster, a resident of grenfell tower escapes
the piece hall in halifax has re opened today following a £19 million transformation. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. british gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% in september, a move which will affect more than three million customers. its parent company centrica said the price rise is a because of the increasing cost of transmitting energy to people s homes, and government environmental policies. the government has indicated that it may still legislate to impose a cap on energy prices. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. british gas likes to say it is putting its customers in control. but even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariffs will see their bills going up. after the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, electricity and gas, provided by british gas, will be going up. it will now cost £1120 a year, an increase of £76 compared to last year. it is not the cheapest among the big
between living near major traffic and getting dementia. lets spend a few minutes looking at the relationship between donald trump and the intelligence community in washington, dc, brought into focus by a senate hearing, in which we heard from the director of national intelligence and others. we have an update on this story. we now know that the current director, james clapper, we knew that he would be leaving and was going to be replaced, this is also interesting, theresa may, we understand, from the prime minister s office, will be visiting donald trump in the spring. that is a story separate from the intelligence but it has come up and is worth passing to you, the prime minister s office says that the uk prime minister will visit donald trump in the spring, we will keep you posted when we get more dates on that. mentioning james clapper, his briefing on alleged russian hacking, he will meet donald trump tomorrow. here is one exchange during today s senate hearing for you. t
our main story: in the past few minutes, theresa may has arrived at the white house to hold talks with donald trump. she is the first foreign leader to visit since mr trump became president. here are the pictures of the prime minister meeting mr trump. here are the pictures of the prime minister meeting mr trump. global security and a trade deal after brexit are high on the agenda. the prime minister will be holding a joint press conference with the us president in around an hour s time, at 6.00pm this evening. in a speech to us republicans yesterday, mrs may said the uk and united states could not return to failed military interventions to try to remake the world. her visit comes amid the continuing controversy over president trump s support for waterboarding terror suspects and his war of words with mexico over the building of a border wall. here s our correspondent richard lister. the prime minister began her day in the chill winter sunshine of arlington national cemet