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For you on the ground. And the big question around mp safety. So the government have announced £31 billion of package to improve the safety, 31 million, 31 million. Did i say billion . Billion . I think i maybe, maybe, maybe my that would be the cost of hs2. So far. Um, no, not 31 billion. Thank you for Fact Checking me now im mixing myself as to whether or not no, £31 million. Its quite a lot of money. Nonetheless, its quite a lot of money and something quite cunous money and something quite ...

And the itv boss has blasted the bbc for outbidding them for the Meghan Markle drama. Skins is spending millions of pounds on a yank tv drama a right royal waste of licence payers money and thats all coming up between now and 6 00. Welcome to the show. Always an absolute delight to have your company. Show. Always an absolute delight to have your company. Please get to have your company. Please get in touch. Theres a new way to do so. You can do that by sending your views, views or posting your c...

Gb news. Very good morning. Its 930 on thursday. The 25th of april. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me. Bev turner. And today, ben. Leo. Very good morning to you, too. Labours railway overhaul. They pledged to renationalise the railways if elected, calling it, quote, the biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation. And wales school stabbing. A teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a teenage student were stabbed at a school in carmar...

But as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven year old girl. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. The forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. Young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwan...

Parliament. It is time now for one day in parliament. Monday. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme questions follow the liquidation of Construction Firm carillion. Can the house be told what the government knew about carillions Financial Health when the awarding of a £11; billion contract for hs2 quite recently. So where does the crisis at carillion leave the use of private companies to run Public Services . I...

Open more details at half past. Alina has all the weather. Is that the last of the snow . Maybe the last day for a while that i talk about snow, things turning milder but also wetter and windier. All the details later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. What could be better than one Royal Wedding in one year, well, two, of course. Buckingham palace announces prince andrews daughter Princess Eugenie is getting married. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Pressure is continuing to mount on t...

Tonight more questions about how the royal family invest their millions. The latest revelations from the Paradise Papers, the cache of leaked documents about tax havens, show that Prince Charless private estate, the duchy of cornwall, secretly invested in an offshore company in which a close friend was a director. That is perfectly legal, but he has been accused of a conflict of interest because he went on to campaign for International Rule changes that would have benefited the company. The prin...

There, where those signs are, a couple of hundred yards, its not an easy place forjournalists to go. Particularly when the subject of our investigation is the son of the president and someone very close to him. Hello. Accidents happen in government. People slip on banana skins. There are momentary lapses, or arguments that spill into the public domain. Events can catch cabinets by surprise. Thats normal. At a rate of one every few months. But then theres this government. Since the election knock...

An israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded palestinian Knife Attacker is found guilty of manslaughter. And dismantling a dinosaur, as Dippy The Diplodocus bids farewell to the National History museum ahead of a nationwide tour. Im a bit sad that hes going, but maybe i can see other dinosaurs, maybe. What do you think of dippy . He goes rahh. Its 5pm. Our top story. The European Commission has said it regrets the resignation of britains Eu Ambassador, saying sir ivan rogers was very knowledgeable...

To end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. As Syrian Television shows the aftermath, moscow strongly condemns the action, vowing to strengthen assads air defences. The romanian tourist injured in the westminster attacks two weeks ago has died Andrea Christea fell into the thames during the incident. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im jane hill. A lorry has driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the Swedish Capital, stockholm. Police say at least three people have been killed and many others inju...