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Contrasting her approach with Labour's unfunded spending splurge, the Prime Minister said she would not shy away from making hard choices to make the country a 'great meritocracy'. 'It will not be easy,' she warned. Launching the Conservative plans backed by the slogan 'forward together', Mrs May said in future no elderly people with wealth of less than £100,000 would have to pay for care. There will also be no need to sell properties to fund care during people's lifetimes, with charges taken out of estates after death. Significantly more funding will be pumped into the NHS. But in order to sustain the system and ensure 'fairness' for the younger generation hundreds of thousands of elderly who receive care at home will have to contribute to the costs in future. In a seismic shift away from the David Cameron years, the 'triple lock' on state pensions - which means they rise by the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5 per cent - will be scrapped after experts warned the spiralling bill threatens to bankrupt the country.

Jeffrey Wiltshire and Rosalin Baker, of east London, concocted a 'devious' plan to get away with the horrific abuse of 16-week-old Imani which culminated in her death in September last year. CCTV captured former music producer Wiltshire kissing Baker goodbye and giving her a 'thumbs up' hand gesture as she hopped on the busy bus with her already-dead baby. Baker claimed Wiltshire had caused their child's horrific injuries, something he denied. The pair were acquitted of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child.

The Queen was pictured arriving at The Ivy restaurant on London's West Street on Thursday night in order to celebrate a friend's birthday. Arriving too this evening was Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams (inset) who is part responsible for deciding what act will be put before the Queen at the Royal Variety Show later this year. The restaurant was closed to the public this evening but Walliams was one of the lucky few to secure an invitation.

Rick Hunt, from Cambridgeshire, spent just £3,600 on the disused bus plus a further £15,000 on turning it into a nifty, three-bedroom family home specially adapted for his disabled wife Amanda. The couple, parents to James and Caitlin, ploughed all their savings into the ambitious project with the finished product boasting a spacious master bedroom plus two smaller rooms for the children, a seating area (bottom right), solar panels, a retractable ramp and a 'monorail' track for Amanda to move around in her chair (top right). The family appeared on Channel 4's How to Live Mortgage Free with architect Damion Burrows, property expert Sarah Beeny and designer Max McMurd (left).

Ramsgate residents adopted a completely subterranean life at the height of the Second World War, after 500 Nazi bombs were dropped on the town in just five minutes on August 24, 1940, destroying their homes and businesses. Some 300 families took to living in the tunnels on a permanent basis. Life underground became their norm with street signs, canteens, shops and other services operating in the tunnels. The elaborate labyrinth also hosted concerts and there was even an underground hospital.

EXCLUSIVE: In the one-minute clip, dated 3:24pm on Sunday, a man wearing a hoodie is seen trying to remove a racing bike from the back of a car as it is travels down Tower Bridge Road in central London. But time is against him. As the lights change, the car speeds off, leaving him struggling to keep up. The footage was captured by Musa, 24, who had been travelling back home from a bike ride when the thief decided to target him.

A safari park is challenging viewers to spot the 10ft-long, 500lb tigers 'hiding' in a recent snap of their enclosure. Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, says Genghis, 19, and Bella, 14, (inset) are not quite as easy to pick out as their immense size would suggest. The Amur tigers' markings are designed to provide camouflage in situations of light and shade in the wild. Genghis is pretty easy to spot but the safari park has had to help many of its followers on social media pick out Bella.

There is little in life more uplifting to the heart than the sight of Love's Young Dream. So it is with the wedding on Saturday between Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, and James Matthews. And yet, reading the newspapers over the past few days, it has been impossible not to register some qualms about the extreme lavishness of the nuptials. Whether they like it or not - and there is strong evidence that they do - Pippa Middleton and James Matthews are closely associated with the Royal Family. So there is a risk that an extravaganza that might seem more in keeping with a Russian oligarch who has more money than taste will end up damaging the royal brand.

Rosehall Estate in Lairg, Scotland, was once the secret bolt hole for the legendary fashion designer (inset) and her lover the Earl of Grosvenor during their whirlwind affair in the 1920s. The ramshackle mansion was originally on the market for £3 million, but after failing to sell for two years it is now being offered with a price cut of almost 17 per cent. It boasts 12-bedrooms, has planning permission to be converted into a hotel, and many of the rooms (bottom left) were designed by Chanel and modelled on her own Parisian apartment. While recovering from an illness, Winston Churchill also stayed on the estate in 1928. The mansion also comes with 550 acres of land, including a loch (bottom right) that can be stocked for fishing, acres of gardens and hunting rights.

Around 40 police officers used armadillo shields to protect them from further attacks as they edged closer to the address in Burnopfield, County Durham, at around 11.30am today. The entire street was evacuated and it took officers, dressed in riot gear, around ten minutes to smash their way through the door with battering rams after a near 24-hour stand-off. When they eventually gained access the man fled to the loft and special extendable ladders were rushed to the scene. Durham Constabulary have now confirmed that they have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of threats to kill and criminal damage.

The second episode of Three Girls, the dramatisation of the Rochdale abuse scandal, featured an explosive first meeting between Sara Rowbotham and police officer DC Oliver. Sara, shown right, and inset played by Maxine Peake, delivers a dramatic speech to DC Maggie Oliver, shown left and inset played by Lesley Sharp, after she is told the police are reopening the investigations into abuse in Rochdale. Sara refuses to hand over documents immediately, telling her the girls have continued to be abused while she was powerless to do anything. It mirrors the real-life frustration felt by Sara, who was unable to convince police to prosecute for several years.

After celebrating his sixth birthday in his hospital bed, brave young cancer fighter Bradley Lowery has thanked supporters for all his birthday wishes. His battle with the rare childhood cancer neuroblastoma has left Bradley in great pain lately but that didn't stop him beaming as he gave a thumbs-up and thanked people around the world for his birthday messages. There will be a party in the youngster's home in Blackhall, County Durham tomorrow where he will be joined by his best friend, England striker Jermain Defoe. Bradley's mother posted the heartwarming video online, adding Bradley was able to make it despite not feeling very well. Last Saturday Bradley led out his beloved Sunderland for their final home match of the season against Swansea, just a day after his parents announced that his cancer is spreading.

After being left to her own devices all day, bored Natalie Weaver (right), from Castleford in Yorkshire, plotted vengeance on her boyfriend and decided to ensure he really did get his 'beauty sleep'. Stephen Hall (pictured) was blissfully unaware during his transformation, as Ms Weaver applies a full face of make-up including foundation, highlighter, eyeshadow, false lashes, lipstick as well as eyebrow make-up, all finished off with false nails. The plumber only woke up by accidentally scratching himself with his long nails and despite initially being confused at his own reflection, he admits he 'made a pretty woman'.

Gut-wrenching footage shows a cyclist riding through Islington, north London, during rush hour when a motorist flings his door open. The quick movement catches the poor cyclist off-guard and sends him flying into the road. He narrowly avoids being crushed by the car behind him. Video of the crash was released today to highlight the dangers cyclists face from motorists who open their car doors without looking.

The enormous mound of rubble (left and bottom right) dumped close to Wat Tyler Country Park near Basildon, Essex, will cost the taxpayer more than £20,000 to remove. Council workers (top right) are currently trawling through the 300ft-long mass of waste to find traces of those responsible before the clean-up can begin. Kevin Blake, deputy leader of Basildon Council, said: 'Only complete and utter scum would do something like this. Not only is it an obscene thing to do but it's putting lives at risk because there is disturbed asbestos among the rubble. What if a child came into contact with it?' Wat Tyler Country Park (inset) is known for its 125 acres of country walks and wildlife.

The 25-year-old blackmailer, identified as Huseyin B. (pictured, inset), demanded a 'small donation' and warned 'a lot of accidents' happen in Formula 4, where Schumacher's son Mick (right) is a driver. The criminal was caught after sending an email containing his bank account details to Schumacher's wife, Corinna (left, with her husband before his 2013 ski accident, from which he has not fully recovered).