the school district in uvalde has suspended its entire police force responsible for campus security. at ten o clock, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s chris in the streets in south london. james cook, scotland editor, here in the studio. and it s alex forsyth, also in the studio. so, chris, you are currently in a street, but you ve just come back from the labour and conservative conferences. i m amazed you re still standing, albeit in a street. i mean, how were they? what was your take on the whole thing? it s a little smidgeon, alex, of domestic kind of decompression between two of the conferences, labour and conservative, and then the snp, which i m heading to tomorrow. and then there s still the tuc, the trades union congress, rearranged after the mourning period to come, a little after that. how were they? they were both extraordinary and for completely opposite reasons. so,
Genuinely think that most reasonable, tolerant people in this country, that is the vast majority, do want to see their chances, their familys chances, their communitys chances, they want to see their country move forward. This change labour party is a party for you. This project of National Renewal is a project for you. Thank you so much. Applause ijust wanted applause i just wanted to follow up on Applause Ijust wanted to follow up on beths Question Ijust wanted to follow up on beths question about ambition and i wanted to ask question about ambition and i wanted to ask you question about ambition and i wanted to ask you about your Economic Mission to ask you about your Economic Mission. You have confirmed theyre sort of mission. You have confirmed theyre sort of that mission. You have confirmed theyre sort of that you aim to get the fastest sort of that you aim to get the fastest growth in the g7. Sort of that you aim to get the fastest growth in the 67. If you dont fastest growth in
How, why, can someone wielding a sword run amok in a North East London suburb, killing a 14 year old reportedly on his way to school . Well talk to this mum, whose16 year old son was killed by teenagers who bought swords and a machete on the internet. Shes campaigning for a ban on the online sale of them. Also tonight who will win the battle for the West Midlands mayoralty . Polls suggest its soooo close between the conservatives and labour. How will the outcome affect the fortunes of the Prime Minister and labour leader over the coming months . On newsnight tonight, we have polling guru professor sirjohn curtice, claire ainslie, who was keir starmer s policy director, and Ben Riley Smith from the telegraph, who knows about the plotting going on in the tory party. Plus, rememberthis from two years ago . The brexit Opportuities Minister explaining why he had delayed bringing in post brexit checks here in the uk. This would have been an Act Of Self Harm if we had gone ahead with it. It w
56 hours until the polls open with a leader is campaigning for every single one of your votes, but what is really going on behind the scenes? welcome to newsnight, for your nightly interviews and insight. and we will bring both to you on the week when you decide who s going to run our country for the next five years. tonight, we have the man who compiles the exit poll which you will see at 10pm this thursday on the bbc one election programme, professor sirjohn curtice. that should give you us, we hope the first accurate forecast of the election result. we also we have harriet harman, former labour minister, former labour deputy leader and an mp for over a0 years, standing down this time. and we have sir craig oliver, former director of communications for prime minister david cameron. welcome. and nick is here as always. cards on the table, i m after numbers, sir craig oliver, what would be a best and worst case scenario for the conservatives politically this thursday? the
slovakia in their first knockout match at the european trip championships in germany. the knee right game kicks off in the next 30 minutes. now on bbc news newscast: electioncast. hi everybody. so, rishi sunak is still fighting for votes and he is still fighting for hisjob, because it is not over yet and rule number one of journalism is, never assume. but he was on with us this morning and it was quite a big moment, ithink. i think it was maybe the last big moment that he will have during this election campaign and that s what makes it so big. because, look, there s lots of polls day by day you can t move for polls, and publicly, rishi sunak says, he said to you, in fact, he still thinks he will be prime minister on friday after the general election. privately, i can tell you, the conservative campaign believe the polls and the labour campaign believe the polls. and, so, they need rishi sunak needs something to change and this was perhaps his big last opportunity t