week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
week s election to find out what locals here want from the politicians. in sport, two more years for arsene wenger. he will extend his 21 year spell as arsenal manager with an official announcement to be made today. as ariana grande announces she and some of the biggest names in pop will hold a benefit concert for the victims of the manchester bombing, we ll speak to the man who had to organise it all injust four days. and carol has the weather. good morning. to date will be cloudy gci’oss good morning. to date will be cloudy across the southern half of the uk, but equally, brightness, polyanskiy share across the north of the country with pleasant sunshine. more details in 15 minutes. carol, thank you. first, our main story. police say a dangerous prisoner believed to be armed with a razor blade is on the run after escaping from officers in wiltshire. the man had been taken to hospital with a head injury, before escaping from guards yesterday evening. let s get more on
and the actor roy barraclough, best known for his role in coronation street, has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit will become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, as the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all hold events to outline their position on the eu. earlier, theresa may, who was in teeside, said the uk will be more prosperous once it leaves. in the next hour, labour leader jeremy corbyn is expected to warn that mrs may s approach to brexit is reckless and could harm jobs. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night s debate no show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great thin
won t be allowed to shape government policy. labour urges the prime minister to make way for it to form a government. some mps who d opposed jeremy corbyn‘s leadership have urged colleagues to get behind him. i m reeta chakrabati. the other headlines: police reveal the london bridge terror attackers tried to hire a 7.5 ton lorry, but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use. police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. a rescue operation is underway in the mid atlantic involving the queen mary 2 cruise ship after the crew of a transatlantic yacht got into difficulty. and harry kane will be the new england captain as they take on scotland in the world cup qualifier at hampden park. good afternoon from westminster. theresa may s top two downing street aides have resigned in the wake of thursday s conservative election failure to get a working majority in the house of commons. their departure comes af
its leader, arlene foster, says nothing is finalised on reaching a deal. labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says the tories are in chaos and he expects to fight another election soon. we are quite ready and able to put forward a serious programme, which obviously has massive support in this country. i m shaun ley, with the rest of the day s news : police release new images of the manchester arena bomb and say they are now sure he did act alone. three british men are detained after a passenger plane made an unplanned landing in germany after the pilot was alerted to a suspicious conversation on board. and rafael nadal wins a record tenth french open title, beating the swiss player stan wawrinka in straight sets. good afternoon, and welcome back to westminster where it s been an exceptionally busy afternoon, as the fallout from the election continues. in the last two hours we ve had most of the details of theresa may s cabinet reshuffle, with ministers in and out of downing street,