And well speak to a woman who says she was sexually harassed by the former fox news star bill oreilly. Hello. Welcome to cornwall. We are pretty much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the much in the middle of the county, and we arejust off the high and we are just off the high street, in the main square, a small, pretty square. We are talking to all sorts of people here ahead of the General Election. We are asking about the things they care about with 30 days to go. A lot of people say they dont have a great deal of time for politicians. They feel pretty forgotten, actually. Geographically, they are 300 miles away from westminster. We will hear from pledge of them this morning in detail. Wherever you are, get in touch. What issues do you care most about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from about ahead of this General Election . We will hearfrom more about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from more of you after the news. Our top story today, th
Representation in parliament are all on the list. We will speak to them injusta on the list. We will speak to them injust a moment. The former american soldier, Chelsea Manning, who passed thousands of confidential documents to wikileaks, will be released from a Military Prison today. Well speak to someone who campaigned for her release. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Are you fat and fit . The bad news is there may be no such thing. Some doctors now reckon its impossible to be overweight without increasing your risk of future health problems. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. In a moment well get the latest on Election Campaign here. First, though to the us, where the white house is denying reports that donald trump asked former fbi Directorjames Comey to stop an investigation into alleged links between an advisor and russia. Mr c
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
I dont know, i think there is something in that. Im sure the people in labour hq are looking at john majors soapbox talk, i think it isa john majors soapbox talk, i think it is a backlash against the slickness. The trouble is there comes a point when in Dearing Dottie Nature becomes an image of incompetence. Tuesday night we were waiting for him and all his mps to attend a meeting of the plp, very important, do talk about the election, and he was an hour late because he was stuck on a train coming back from a constituency. You might say it shows hes a man of the people. Know, being late is tardy, whether you are left, right, whatever. On the front page of the telegraph we have theresa may in a similar sort of setting. She has gone to her constituency and she is surrounded by the party faithful. The criticism of her could be that this is her comfort zone and that she, for instance, doesnt want to be on she, for instance, doesnt want to beona she, for instance, doesnt want to be onatv sh
On theological matters. Sir elton john cancels a number of us shows. Hes recovering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection. Ivanka trump takes to the international stage, defending herfathers record on womens rights at a summit in berlin. And, Ten Years After Natascha Kampusch fled to freedom, we talk to the austrian woman who spent over eight years in captivity as a schoolgirl. Its 5pm. Our main story is that theresa may has taken her conservative campaign to the heart of south wales, one of labours traditional strongholds, and shes urged welsh voters to drop what she calls the tribal politics of the past and to back the conservatives ahead of the brexit process. Its the Prime Ministers first visit to wales since she called the election, and she claimed that an alliance between labour and plaid cymru could undermine the brexit negotiations. Well be talking to the First Minister, labours ca rwyn jones, a little later. But first, for the latest on theresa mays visit lets join our