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With me arejohn rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at the independent. He has told us that hes interested in politics, so im quite relieved. And ruth lea, economic adviser at Arbuthnot Banking group. And i hope shes interested in economics as well. So the front pages, starting with the Financial Times leads on the it chaos causing misery for ba customers and carries a photo of a rather happier looking german chancellor at a campaign event. The mail also leads with ba. It reports claims of Comp...

With me arejohn rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at the independent. He has told us that hes interested in politics, so im quite relieved. And ruth lea, economic adviser at Arbuthnot Banking group. And i hope shes interested in economics as well. So the front pages, starting with the Financial Times leads on the it chaos causing misery for ba customers and carries a photo of a rather happier looking german chancellor at a campaign event. The mail also leads with ba. It reports claims of Comp...

You look at the five Qualification Levels which are broadly equivalent to the standard grades in scotland. We have seen more young people achieve it, but weve seen the gap between rich and poor almost half. Weve also seen the number of poor people who leave school with no qualifications halve as well, so there has been progress made, but i make no bones about the fact we need to seek more progress, which is why we have a Major Programme of reform under way in Scottish Education. We have a Major ...

To dateline london. Im jane hill. A warm welcome after a difficult week for many. We will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. Well assess president trumps first overseas trip. And we look at the state of the general election camapaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. To discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman, Thomas Kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the su...

Party representatives. Well have more from huw in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at five. Jailed for 15 years the Breast Surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the West Midlands. He took everything away from me. Up until today its been going on since the 90s and only today ive got justice. He took away my youth. Preparations are underway at old trafford Cricket Ground for a concert honouring victims of the manchester bombing. And Arsene Wenger si...

Donald trump will announce today if hes Pulling America Out also coming up Pulling America Out of the paris Climate Change agreement, but chinese and eu leaders are preparing to pledge their support for the deal. Im at the biggest ago cultural show in england where farmers like will gather to show off their animals and talk about the biggest issues ahead of next week in their industry. England get their campaign started against bangladesh at the oval in a couple of hours time. Carol is going wil...

To still be here and were still fighting so while he is still fighting, we still fighting. Also, the latest in our collection blind date series, and this morning one labour and one conservative politicians sit down and took in. So for all our couples have got on but will politics get in the way . People are looking at me, talking about the community. I was in wilkinson is buying something about the other day and people said, i cant believe you are in wilkinson i said, i have to put things in my ...

Having been in control, they find that they have lost control and have unleashed forces out of their control, like macbeth, kingly and people like that. So when ted heath did it in 197a, people like that. So when ted heath did it in 1974, when he had quite a big majority, the election went wholly against what everyone assumed would happen, and the same in terms of the campaign has happened now. I am not saying the result will be the same, when ted heath lost, but all the assumptions that your pa...

But i also recognise, as someone who has been a Member Of Parliament for 20 years, that the people i represent also want to see their politicians dealing daily with the bread and butter issues. Is it a danger, as the question suggests, that this is seen as a referendum . I think it is notjust a danger, i think it is a wasted opportunity because people are voting in the election this thursday to choose people who can then go and represent them in westminster, be an effective voice their concerns ...

This includes looking at Police Numbers and fighting extremism. Also, brexit and how the uk negotiates leaving the eu. Talks with brussels will fundamentally change britains relationship with europe, and itll also affect the issue of eu and global migration. What will brexit mean for eu citizens living in the uk . Theres also the question of rules on work and benefits for immigrants. A major concern for voters is healthcare. Addressing funding for the National Health service, accident and emerge...