Electric. I have been in 14 and were live in leeds constituencies already, and the a city with five universities, numbers of people coming out to work so were here this morning talking to students about their concerns in and support and campaign for labour the run up to next months election. Is already much greater than it was the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british at the start of the 2017 election. Backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. 0ur party and our members are so up for this fight, so up for this trying to break the world battle, we are going to win this land speed record the british team say theyre feeling confident. Election and we are going to win it because we offer something very different. I dont suppose there are too many people in this audience that we the daily telegraph. Its all right if you do it in private, i good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Understand it had a bizar
As shes seen embracing the man who stands accused of her murder. A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of retired footballer Dalian Atkinson who died after being tasered. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Good afternoon simon. The former england captain, Dylan Hartley has announced his retirement from professional rugby. Northampton saints where hes played at for m years say the hooker had been unable to recoverfrom a knee injury. And you have the weather at your fingertips. Persistent rain across england with the risk of flooding. We were also the casting our eyes towards india we have a couple of cyclones to look at. Also coming up would you pay £5 99 a month to be able to binge on british classic Television Series . The Election Campaign has turned attention onto the economy with both labour and the conservatives setting our their spending priorities. And they re planning a big spending spree. With the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell, setting out plans to bor
Here in the north of england. We are the city of leeds. Well bring you all the latest on the general election race. The other main stories on bbc news at five two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering Jodie Chesney in a park in east london. Two others have been cleared. A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of retired footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tasered. Would you pay £5. 99 a month to be able to binge on british classic Television Series . The uk streaming Service Britbox has now officially launched. Its 5pm. Our top story. The Election Campaign has turned its focus onto the economy, with the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, setting out plans to borrow £150 billion over five years to replace, update and expand schools, hospitals, housing and care homes. Mr mcdonnell said the investment would be on a scale never seen outside london and the south east. The chancellor sajid javid says the conservatives would increase borrowing to pay for new i
Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
Enough times. Weve heard them enough times, they werent true then and they arent true now. The majority of economists have always agreed that there was another approach the government could have taken, rather than austerity, and we always argued, and we were right, that austerity was a political choice, not an economic necessity. As recently as march, the Party Opposite ploughed on, saying there was no alternative. To look at them how was no alternative. To look at them now suddenly proclaiming an end to austerity after 125,000 excess deaths as a result, after 100 billion taken out of the economy, after the worst decade for wage growth since the 19th century, just because there may be what . An election round the corner. And after all that, after all that, to deliver what is a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment. Itsjust adding insult to injury. A government not just callous and uncaring, but hypocritical as well. This isnt a government, its a rack