Into an unusually high rate of Infant Deaths at a hospital in chester. Rolf harris will be out of prison on bail tomorrow, and will attend his latest trial, on charges of Indecent Assault. And we report on the worst examples of Packaging Waste and why theyre difficult to recycle. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that theresa may has launched the conservative manifesto. She says politicians need to be upfront and straight about the challenges ahead. The Prime Minister chose to unveil the manifesto in halifax in west yorkshire, and warned that if the next government failed to negotiate a good deal on brexit, the consequences for britain would be dire. Among the policies is Sweeping Change to the way social care will be funded in england. For the first time, the value of someones property would be included in the means test for care at home. There would be a so called double lock to protect the State Pension, replacing the triple lock which expires in 2020. And new measures to curb immigra
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
And power and ardent remainer, you should now be happy, that we have a president who looks optimistic and positively at the path that we are set on. You may dislike donald trump oi set on. You may dislike donald trump or many other reasons and those reasons may be valid but on this it is good fry country that it happened, and went the way that we did. Do you see this as some British Press sees it, as a danger that a Prime Minister gets too close to an american president. It was said that tony blair got too close to george bush and that lead us into the mess of iraq . When i watch the Press Conference, i thought the Prime Minister came out of that exceptionally well and if you think about anyone whos policy positions changed, it was trump, not may. One week ago he was saying that nato was obsolete, with encouragement of theresa may it is now 100 relevant and he supports it. And maybe general matias two. He said that he would step back, and support the general s position. In the same way
A warning for patients in england about the risk of getting medication online. It isa it is a stitch up, stab victims pay vets to mend their wounds to avoid the police getting involved. Also. Votes are being counted following yesterdays Assembly Elections in Northern Ireland. Im any to mcveigh at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in belfast. With the future of the devolved government at state, signs that tyner with the future of the devolved government state, signs that turnout is up as much as 10 in some constituencies. And celebrating the centenary for the Imperial War Museum, founded when the First World War was still being fought. Good morning. Its friday, the 3rd of march. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has strongly attacked the snp, saying it was obsessed with independence regardless of fact and reality. Speaking at the scottish conservative conference in glasgow, the Prime Minister accused the snp of neglecting and mismanaging Public Services in scotland
4-2. hello again. as we head towards the middle and end of this working week, it looks like things are going to warm up. however, it s not going to last terribly long because, overnight thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps across us, bringing rain and fresher conditions. today, we ve got a high pressure across us. weather fronts waiting in the wings to come our way a bit later on in the day, more particularly to wales and the south west. so there s a fair bit of sunshine, a lot of dry weather around this afternoon. some scattered showers, the odd sharp one, the heaviest of which will be across the north of scotland. you can see the cloud thickening up with some patchy light rain and drizzle coming into south west england and south west wales. top temperatures about 21. the cloud and rain will push in through the course of this evening and overnight, heading northwards and eastwards. there will be quite a bit of fog as well along the coast and hills/ to the north of that, for north