30/05/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten - Jeremy Corbyn apologises after being unable

to come up with the cost of Labour's key childcare policy.

Extending free childcare in England was the manifesto pledge

he was campaigning on today, yet he struggled badly

I will give you the figure in a moment.

Meanwhile, Theresa May returns to her main election message -

saying only the Conservatives can be trusted

to win a good Brexit deal in Brussels.

Launching the SNP manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon says victory

in Scotland would "further reinforce" the mandate for

And the political leaders in Wales take to the stage

Also on the programme tonight: The singer Ariana Grande announces

she's returning to perform in Manchester less than two weeks

after the bombing that left 22 people dead.

I personally don't think it's showing a great deal of respect. It

is not giving them a chance to show respect to their loved ones.

The former military leader of Panama, General Manuel Noriega has

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: It's Wenger In -

as Arsene signs a new two-year contract to extend

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has apologised for not knowing

the cost of one of Labour's key election pledges on childcare.

It was a policy he was out campaigning on today -

but during a BBC interview this morning he struggled to come up

with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend

The Conservatives called it a car-crash interview.

Here's our deputy political editor John Pienaar.

Got to keep up, can't fall too far behind.

More free childcare might play well with voters.

Jeremy Corbyn knows what looks and sounds good.

Look at these wonderful children here, they all need a nursery place

and a chance to grow up and learn together, so ours is a universal

provision so every child gets a place in nursery of 30 hours

Playtime over, onto Woman's Hour - what could go wrong?

How much will it cost to provide un-means tested childcare

It will cost...it will obviously cost a lot to do so.

I will give you the figures in a moment.

You've announced a major policy and you don't know

Can I give you the exact figure in a moment please.

Is this not exactly the issue with people and the Labour Party

which came up under Gordon Brown, that we cannot trust you

Our manifesto is fully costed and examined.

You are holding your manifesto, you're flicking through it,

you've got an iPad there, you've had a phone call

and you don't know how much it's going to cost.

Can we come back to that in a moment?

I think what is important for the voters to understand

is if we don't invest in our children and invest

in them for the future, they do less well in primary school,

less well in secondary school and less well in the future.

At a rally in Watford, he was amongst friends.

A much better tomorrow for everybody in this country.

Mr Corbyn, you are Labour's choice of next Prime Minister,

yet this morning you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy

How do you answer the suggestion that this showed a lack

I didn't have the exact figure in front to me so I was unable

to answer that question, for which, obviously, I apologise.

But I don't apologise for what is in the manifesto.

There's always a queue to see Jeremy Corbyn.

But whether you are a convert to the cause or not,

who doesn't want more for childcare, hospitals and schools,

and more tax those who can afford it?

Believing Labour can deliver without borrowing and taxing more

than the party is admitting, that's another question.

And seeing Jeremy Corbyn as not just well-meaning but prime ministerial,

a lot of people remain to be convinced.

I want to know how he will pay for it all.

He comes across very well with the youngsters

but he hasn't got all his facts and figures correct.

I think he is one of the most honest politicians we have seen

in the last 15 years, to be honest.

I've seen him on a couple of things recently and he gives honest

answers, which is more than I can say for other members

If you don't try something, you don't know how good it is.

As far as I'm concerned I have a lot of faith in him.

On the BBC's One Show tonight he was happy to accept

he never expected to be here, Labour's one hope.

Did I ever set out in life to become Prime Minister?

I set out in life to try and change things

and try and bring about greater justice in our society.

I am honoured and proud to lead the party

and I am giving it everything I can to win this election.

He wants the job now but getting it will take trust

You can find details of all the party's policies

on childcare on the bbc website - bbc.co.uk/election2017.

For the Conservatives it was not Labour's policies but the competence

of its leader that was the focus of their fire today.

In a speech about Brexit, the Prime Minister questioned

Jeremy Corbyn's fitness to conduct talks with the EU.

But Labour says Mrs May's negotiating position so far had made

Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

It's on all our streets and on the doors where elections

Has a shakier few days for Theresa May made much difference?

I just wish she'd make her mind up and stick to it.

I mean, I know it's a woman's privilege...

But they shouldn't do it in politics.

Turned against pensioners, hasn't she?

But on plenty of doorsteps, the perceptions of the two leaders

Well, everything she does is so proficient.

I don't like that Mr Corbyn to be the head

of the Labour Party, if they get in.

I can't see them getting in, can you?

I like Theresa May, I think she's good.

Theresa May wants to drive her hoped-for contrast home,

so after a tricky few days, a top up of her main message -

To try to get away from accusations of indecision.

Her number one target - the Labour leader.

With his position on Brexit, he will find himself alone and naked

in the negotiating chamber of the European Union.

With the Brexit negotiations due to begin only 11 days

after polling day, he is not prepared

Prepared to take the difficult decisions that leadership demands.

I'm ready to go, Jeremy Corbyn is not.

Prime Minister, election campaigns test our leaders, don't they?

Isn't the emerging truth of this campaign that it's showing

you as a leader to be weaker rather than stronger?

Laura, let me tell you what I think strong and stable

Strong and stable leadership is about being open with the

British people about the challenges that we face, and that's what we've

done in the manifesto that we've set out.

Strong and stable leadership is about being open about the hard

choices that lie ahead in order to build that stronger Britain.

But despite the Tories' recent troubles, a new scepticism

It is a case of Labour trying to cling on in areas like this,

One senior source told me the fundamentals of the campaign

Questions in voters' minds about Jeremy Corbyn, the Tories

Negotiations in Brussels seem pretty remote from the hard graft

of this election campaign, but Theresa May wants to make

the choice all about her authority to carry them out.

But the Tory wobble has been noticed on the doorstep,

and it's here that her party has to make their case.

And house by house and street by street, for both sides,

Both Conservatives and Labour returning to their main messages

today but a bumpy ride for Jeremy Corbyn? It has not been an easy day

for the Labour leader. He had to apologise for the confusion caused

by not having his numbers. We are at that stage where it has the faint

jangling of Tory nerves and the faint jangling of Labour

opportunity, it is double or quits time. Both parties will be doubling

down on their main messages. Theresa May is saying again and again, trust

me on Brexit. Just in case you hadn't realised, trust me, not him.

For Jeremy Corbyn the messages, give me a chance. Think about public

services and the strain there under, but give me a chance because I could

be different. Clearly, there has been a bit of a shift. We have seen

since the sky-high Tory poll leads, there has been a shift. On the

doorstep it suggests it too. People are less forgiving of Theresa May. I

think there is less sceptics is towards her. It turns of the broad

picture, I think neither the most pessimistic person in Tory

headquarters nor the most optimistic person in Labour headquarters would

be willing to bet very much on anything other than some form of a

Tory win. Things have shifted in the last ten days and they may yet shift

again. The parties are going back to their basic messages, they're safe

territory, but what voters will make of that, of course, it is up to

them. Thank you. The Scottish National Party has

launched its election manifesto pledging to promote

fairness and opportunity. The party's leader, Nicola Sturgeon,

said Labour was in disarray and the only way to keep

the Conservatives in check She also said that an SNP victory

in Scotland would "further reinforce" the mandate for a second

referendum on independence. Our Scotland editor,

Sarah Smith, is in Perth. Sophie, this is a bit of a tricky

election for the SNP. In some eyes they are the victims of their own

success. They did so well in 2015 when they won all but three of the

seats in Scotland. It is almost impossible for them to do any better

than that. But if they lose any seats, their opponents will seize on

that and say that shows support for another referendum on Scottish

independence is in decline. So the SNP are very keen that this election

does not become a referendum on whether or

not to have another referendum. Instead today they were trying to

focus on Brexit, under plans for increased public spending and an end

to Social Security cuts instead. Nicola Sturgeon knows she won't be

walking into Number Ten The SNP can't form a UK

Government, so her pitch? They are the only

effective opposition. Now, more than ever,

it is vital to have strong SNP voices standing up

for Scotland at Westminster. A vote for the SNP on June 8th

will strengthen Scotland's It will strengthen Scotland's hand

against an extreme Brexit, and it will strengthen Scotland's

right to make our own decisions. The SNP also advocate an additional

?118 billion in public spending, raising the minimum wage to over

?10, and raising the top rate Nicola Sturgeon had much less to say

about a second referendum At the end of the Brexit process,

not now, but at the end of that process, I think Scotland should

have a choice over our own future. But I've also said that,

in this election, there's a more immediate opportunity

and that is to strengthen Scotland's You've even changed your language

about independence, you talk about Scotland have a choice,

we almost never hear you actually saying a second

referendum on independence, whilst your opponents

are putting that front It's as though you're almost a bit

embarrassed about it? I've got opponents, yes, saying I'm

talking about nothing else, when - as you've just said -

that's not true. But they want to talk

about nothing else because they, particularly the Tories,

are embarrassed about their record and about the policies that

are in their manifesto. Right on cue, a Tory

protest promising to block You say more SNP MPs will be able

to stand up to the Tories, you have just about every MP

in Scotland with 56 of them. What real material difference did

any of them make to the lives of any Scottish voters in two

years in Westminster? We're seeing, almost with every week

that passes right now that this Prime Minister is not so much

the Iron Lady than she is Therefore, the stronger the SNP

and Scotland's voice is, then the more we can effect change

to Tory positions that The SNP's biggest challenge

is holding onto all those MPs. It'll be difficult to hold onto 56

seats, nobody seriously But I'd be surprised if they lose

more than half a dozen. But if they lose even

jsut two or three seats, it'll be said their vote

is going backwards and that they've lost momentum towards another

independence referendum. It will certainly be spun that way

by the other parties. With so many seats to defend,

there's not a moment to lose. Less than two weeks

after the suicide bomb at Manchester Arena,

that left 22 people dead, the American singer Ariana Grande

has announced she'll perform in the city on Sunday

at a benefit concert She'll be joined by other musicians

including Justin Bieber, But some of those affected say

they think it is too soon. Our correspondent, Danny Savage,

is in Manchester now. Sophie, there's been big public

events here in Manchester since last week's atrocity. The performer,

whose concert was bombed, is returning this weekend. Everybody at

the arena last week has been invited along on Sunday to come along for

free. Lots of people are thrilled that some of the most famous

performers in the world are coming to Manchester in a few days' time.

There are those who say this is just too soon.

She's the global superstar who the victims of the Manchester

After the attack, Ariana Grande quickly returned to her home

in the States, saying her heart was broken.

But tonight she announced this - the One Love Manchester Benefit

Free tickets will be offered to those who were at

She won't be performing alone, Justin Bieber is also joining her.

Other famous names include Take That, who donated the proceeds

from their Liverpool concert to the victims.

# Turn it up, it's your favourite song #.

And Katy Perry, who broke down in tears last week as she talked

This is where the concert will take place, the cricket

It has a capacity of about 50,000 people who, for speed of entry,

are being asked not to bring bags, but that's down to security,

too which will be upper most in people's minds.

The concert occurs on the same day as a testimonal match

The police chief here says he's confident his force will be able

You will see a significant police presence around

both of those events, both with unarmed

You know, we'll continue to review intelligence as it comes in to make

sure, as much as we can, that everybody's absolutely safe

and can go and enjoy both of those events.

Police have been speaking to families who were at the original

arena concert, most say they are happy, but some are not.

I, personally, don't think it's showing a great

It's not giving them a chance to show their respects

to their loved ones or for the individuals in hospital

But, in the quiet dignity of St Ann's Square, in

Manchester City centre, there's broad support

I think it's amazing that she's coming back.

I think it's something that should be commended, really.

It's something that, yeah, it's definitely needed.

I think it'll just be a message to them, you know,

You shouldn't be ashamed of who you are.

The concert will undoubtedly sell out quickly.

Ariana Grande says she hopes it will help heal the city.

Greater Manchester Police have released an update on the

investigation. They say three men have been released without charge

this evening. That still leaves 11 others in custody. The In a

statement they said, "what is becoming apparent is that many of

Salman Abedi's movements and actions had been carried out alone during

the four days from him landing in the country before the attack and

committing the atrocity." They say, "it's vital we make sure he's not

part of a wider network and we cannot rule this out yet." Still a

lot going on behind-the-scenes with this major investigation. Sophie.

Danny Savage, in Manchester, thank you.

A breast surgeon accused of playing God and carrying out completely

unnecessary operations on patients will be sentenced tomorrow

for intentionally wounding nine women and one man.

Lawyers say it's possible that hundreds of Paterson's patients

could have undergone surgery quite needlessly.

As Jeremy Cooke reports, some victims are calling for him

to be given the maximum punishment - of life.

A broken bond of trust between a doctor and his patients.

He told them he'd cut them free of life-threatening cancer - he lied.

I had no need to be there and he had no reason to cut bits off me.

It was mass betrayal in the operating theatre.

Ian Paterson removed lumps, performed entire mastectomies,

deliberate mutilation, for no medical reason.

My flesh was black and rotten, the stuff was just oozing out,

Judy Conduit suffered a catastrophic infection following Paterson's phony

diagnosis that both her breasts must be removed.

It was an act, yeah, and he duped everybody, including doctors,

I hate him now. I hate him with a vengeance.

John Ingram was among the ten former patients chosen

to testify against Paterson at his nine week trial.

As a man, his case was not typical, but in every other aspect

He persuaded me to undergo a double mastectomy.

A massively invasive procedure and the lumps in John's chest

Paterson exploited me as a person for his own ends both as a cash cow,

being paid to operate needlessly on me, to satisfy whatever bit

of twisted logic is in his head and also he exploited me

I thought it was cowardly and pathetic that he tried

to rationalise the way he victimised me, the way he hurt

me, both physically and mentally, and then tried to defend himself

using the same vulnerability he had exploited to get me under

Solicitors believe Ian Paterson's victims run to the hundreds,

quite possibly the thousands, and for every face here the same

Perhaps he liked the adoration of the patient.

I mean, if you tell someone they're going to die of breast cancer,

but if you let me operate on you, you're not.

Then tell them afterwards that the pathology showed that, yes,

if I hadn't operated on you, you were going to get breast cancer,

even though it's untrue, then that patient is grateful

to you and likes you and indeed all the patients, before they found

out that he had actually misled them, thought he was

Ian Paterson had always denied deliberately causing harm,

but his patients, his victims, have seen him convicted

and tomorrow will see him sentenced for his crimes.

This guy potentially has a history of offending that spans 15

years or more maybe, and that has got to be addressed.

The sentence has got to be significant enough so that society

In my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence,

I hope they throw away the key and he never comes out.

Never to do this to anybody else again.

Paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence

The maximum punishment is life in prison.

Police in Cambridge say they've completed their investigation

into the death of a zookeeper, who was killed after

34-year-old Rosa King had worked at Hamerton Zoo,

The local council will now consider whether to investigate any potential

British Airways says its IT systems are now operating normally again

after a massive computer failure grounded flights over the weekend.

75,000 passengers were caught up in the chaos.

The airline says it is now running a full schedule of flights,

but it will take time for passengers and their luggage to be reunited.

The disgraced television star Rolf Harris will not face a further

retrial on indecent assault allegations after a jury

The 87-year-old left court today without comment but said,

through his solicitor, he felt "no sense of

He'd been accused of groping three teenage girls in the 1970s and '80s.

Political leaders in Wales have been debating in a live TV debate this

evening in Cardiff where the issue of how Wales would fair outside

of the European Union dominated the debate.

Well my colleague, Huw Edwards, was chairing the debate

Sophie, thank you very much. Well, I think I can say it was lively. It

was polite for the most part. You are quite right, the main focus was

on Brexit. The likely impact, if you like, of the Brexit process on the

Welsh economy, on Welsh public spending. On the future of Wales in

the years ahead. Another dimension to that Brexit debate about the

Welsh voice, if you like, the Welsh perspective. To what extent will

that be properly represented in those talks at the highest level,

led by Theresa May and David Davis and others? Concerns about the

extent to which Welsh problems will be properly represented. Ben Wright

was listening to the exchanges. This is his report. Five parties, vying

to speak for Wales at Westminster. For years Labour has ruled the roost

here, more than half of the parliamentary constituencies are

currently red and this evening it was the First Minister of Wales

arguing Labour's case. He was asked early on about the causes of

terrorism. I don't agree with you that this would not have happened if

it wasn't, if British foreign policy had been different. The gentleman

made the point correctly about Sweden. This is a war, as they see

it, against all those who don't believe as they believe. Turkey has

been on the receiving end of these attacks. On to Brexit. More than

half the voters in Wales backed leave in the EU referendum. There's

a Welsh MP in the Brexit department, as a minister, actively articulating

the case for Wales. David Jones. It's really important that we get

this right. This will set the scene for future generations. I have to

say, I've got no confidence whatsoever that having Jeremy Corbyn

doing those negotiations is going to deliver the right result for Wales.

Mr Millar is a member of the Welsh Assembly, the Tory leader in Wales

was away celebrating his wedding anniversary. A fact not lost on

Plaid Cymru's leader. Redistribution of wealth from the EU and we can't

guarantee that same redistribution of wealth will happen through the

Westminster Government. My concerns are that the Tories will try to grab

that money for themselves and we will lose out. That's what we have

to guard against. That's what we have to get guarantees from the

Tories about. Although their leader has gone on holiday. Their main

election slog is to defend in This is the way forward for

Wales. Thank you very much. Neil, tax havens have no health service

and poor spending on education. Each and every one of them... Next week's

election will be the Fifth time in over two years. Everyone in Wales

has been able to go to the polls. An election that will test Labour's

defences and their opponents lines of attack. Ben Wright, BBC News.

Let's stay with one of the points that Ben picked up in the debate.

The process of devolving more power to the Welsh Government and to the

National Assembly of Wales. There is a very important Brexit context to

all of that. What happens to all the powers that come back from boroughs

thaels are repatriated as we say at the end of that Brexit process? It's

absolutely a crucial part in it debate. How many of those powers

will come to Cardiff? How many will stop, if you like, at Westminster?

There is a lot of uncertainty around this. I have to say, although we

touched on it briefly in the debate, this is really, for me, one of the

key questions about the years ahead. It's really one of the key questions

about how Wales performs in the years ahead. So a very, very

important Brexit context over and above the debate that is taking

place in this election campaign. Huw, thank you Sophie. .

After months of speculation the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger,

has agreed a new two-year contract with the club.

Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League this season,

the first time they've finished outside the top four

But on Saturday, Arsenal beat Chelsea to win the FA Cup.

The former military leader of Panama, General Manuel Noriega,

He was seen as the last strongman of Latin America.

A key ally to the United States in the 1980s, Noriega was helpful

in Washington's battle against the spread of Communism

before being toppled when American troops invaded.

Our world affairs editor, John Simpson, looks back at his life.

American politicians used to say of leaders like Manuel Noriega -

he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

They selected him, trained him, encouraged him to be

a bulwark against communism, but Noriega went too far.

The CIA used him to get information about Fidel Castro in Cuba,

then found he was giving information about the CIA to Castro.

They decided not to turn a blind eye to his large scale

drug dealing any more, especially when he started

"I say to the North Americans, stop threatening because I'm

By 1989, President George H W Bush had had enough.

General Noriega's reckless threats and attacks upon Americans in Panama

created an imminent danger to the 35,000 American

Noriega hid in the Vatican Embassy in Panama City, but the US Army

bombarded the building with heavy metal music at unbearable levels.

In 1990, he was flown to Miami and charged with drug-trafficking,

and although the defence argued that the CIA had known

all about this, he was sentenced to 40 years jail in 1992.

Pineapple Face, as he was known from his acne scars,

At home the crowds rejoiced, some waved teddy bears because,

weirdly, Noriega used to collect them.

He spent the rest of his life in prison in the US,

Two years ago he asked for forgiveness from all

His death draws a line under the old Latin America of corrupt,

military dictators, and under one of America's worse policy

Tonight, a special election debate from Newsnight and Newsbeat

An audience of under-30s and over-60s will challenge each