Important dont know the questions. First, the leader of the Conservative Party, the Prime Minister, theresa may. Applause. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good evening Prime Minister, yourfirst is from abigail. Why should the public trust you when you have a known track record of broken promises and backtracking during your time as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . Thank you david and thank you. Applause. Thank you for you coming to be an audience tonight, which is an important part of campaign. Let me tell you about some of the things i did as Home Secretary. I said i would ensure we we re secretary. I said i would ensure we were dealing with extremist hate preachers and excluded more than any other before me. I said i would do something about stop and search, i dont think anybody should be stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin. I said i would be tough on crime and ensure our police and Security Services had the powers they need to do theirjob and i gav
On the day the queen came to westminster for the State Opening of parliament. Her majesty set out the bills the government wants to pass, in a speech dominated by brexit. My government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with the european allies. And to forge new Trading Relationships across the globe. Labour dismissed the programme as thin gruel. But theresa may said her government would build a stronger and safer country that worked for everyone. The lords too give their first verdict on the speech, while back in the Commons A Conservative mp uses his big moment to speak up for the over 40s. May i wish to reassure members, may i reassure the Prime Minister, lam still young. Laughter still thrusting. But lets begin at the start of the day. This was a rather unusual State Opening. Because no one was expecting a general election at the start ofjune, there was no time to prepare for the traditional pomp and ceremony with coaches, horses and mass ranks of guardsmen. And s
Monday in parliament. The main news from westminster after the 620 summit, the Prime Minister is confident about the uks position in the world but dismayed at americas position on climate change. I spoke personally to President Trump to encourage them to rejoin the Paris Agreement and i continue to hope that is exactly what he will do. Theresa may is reaching out to other parties on Big Policy Issues Labour says her government has run out of steam. If the Prime Minister would like it i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto, or better still an early election so that the people of this country can decide. Also on the programme the Falkland Islander who travelled 8,000 miles to raise concerns about brexit. We may well lose the support of the rest of europe and may well see spain and possibly other members of europe giving greater support to argentina over its mistaken and a legal claim to the falkland islands. When the leaders of the 620 countries the worlds l
England women continue their impressive Euro 2017 Run by beating france, 1 0, in the netherlands. England will play the hosts on thursday and in half an hour, well be looking some more of tomorrows front pages with Caroline Frost and journalist tony grew. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Ceremonies have taken place in belgium to mark the centenary of the Battle Of Passchendaele one of the bloodiest of the First World War. Half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing injust three months of fighting. This evening, the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge joined the prime minister, theresa may here as two days of commemorations to mark the start of the battle got underway, as robert hall reports. This is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance. The firemen of ypres have sounded the last post for the missing in the heat of summer and the snows of winter, as the decades rolled by. Around them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000
England women continue their impressive Euro 2017 Run by beating france, 1 0, in the netherlands. England will play the hosts on thursday and in half an hour, well be looking some more of tomorrows front pages with Caroline Frost and journalist tony grew. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Ceremonies have taken place in belgium to mark the centenary of the Battle Of Passchendaele one of the bloodiest of the First World War. Half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing injust three months of fighting. This evening, the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge joined the prime minister, theresa may here as two days of commemorations to mark the start of the battle got underway, as robert hall reports. This is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance. The firemen of ypres have sounded the last post for the missing in the heat of summer and the snows of winter, as the decades rolled by. Around them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000