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The red arrows flew over central london, and there were flypasts in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. Music a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square by vera lynn i may be right i may be wrong but im perfectly willing to swear. And, ahead of a special evening of celebration, well speak to the welsh soprano, katherinejenkins, who has performed a medley of wartime favourites to an empty Royal Albert Hall. In other news, theres to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales. At 5 00, well bring t...

And in sport, aston villa end a run of three Successive Premier League defeats as they beat Newcastle United 2 0 to spoil steve bruces return to villa park. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Britains most seniorjewish leader the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis has intervened in the general Election Campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leaderships failure to deal with anti semitism and questioning ifJeremy Corbyn is fit to lead the country. Writing in todays times newspaper...

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 k...

Southeast. There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, new connections, and opportunities for every part of our great nation. As the uk Election Campaigns kicks into gear both parties set out their economic plans today and well talk about that in a minute. But first the Opposition Labour Party has again faced allegations of anti semitism even a former labour cabinet minister calling for voters to back boris johnson. But labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has sought to keep his camp...

Silenced. Im also delighted to let you know that this program is being filmed by cspan to be aired at a later date, so if you enjoy tonights program and would like to see it again or if you think your friends would like to see it, you should check periodically over the next few weeks to cspan. Org and see if its up. Sometimes it takes a couple of weeks for them to run a show and other times it can be one or two months. So its worth checking periodically. It is my pleasure to introduce our speake...

This morning across kent. But blue skies in york, a Beautiful Day here and sunshine across these central portions of the british isles. Then add to the north west we have cloud and rain moving across scotland and Northern Ireland with a strengthening wind. Where the temperatures with a maximum of ii degrees. This evening with the clear skies it is going to get chilly quite quickly through the evening then patchy rain moving south and east and by the end of the night telling chilly again across n...

Also this hour who ewe looking at . How sheep can be trained to recognise a familiar face from a photo including barak 0bama and the bbcs fiona bruce. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The future of the International Development secretary, priti patel, is in doubt after details emerged of further undisclosed meetings she had with israeli politicians. Ms patel is currently flying back from africa, after being ordered to return to the uk by the Prime Minister. She apologised to theresa m...

I mean he says what he wants to say and he doesnt care. He may make some people mad but i like what hes doing. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. beyond one hundred days hello and welcome im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. There is nothing strong or stable about the current british government. The Prime Minister lost her defence secretary last week, tonight mrs may may be forced to sack another cabinet collegue, the International Development secretary, priti patel. M...

Xijinping are likely to be dominated by tensions over north korea. And theyre not as stupid as you might think new Research Suggests sheep are capable of facial recognition. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, priti patel has resigned from her post in the government as International Development secretary. Last friday the bbc revealed that ms patel had held several unauthorised meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday in the country this summer. She apologised for th...

Under intense pressure. This was not so long ago. This isntjust about one minister its about the stability of the government, and about brexit. Priti patel is a big supporter of brexit. This began with priti patel Holding Meetings with senior israeli officials during what was supposed to be a Summer Holiday and we were told by downing street that she hadnt told the Prime Minister. That breaks the ministerial code. Then we had an apology from priti patel. It seems theresa may accepted. Then last ...