the wheelchair marathon. we ll have all the latest live from birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. we start with breaking news in the past few minutes, lincolnshire police have confirmed they ve arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder, following the death of nine year old lilia valutyte in boston. we ll be hearing from officers shortly. they from officers shortly. will be holding a press conference they will be holding a press conference where we ll be getting more details about the investigation and the arrest, following the death of lilia valutyte. this is what we are waiting for, this is where the officers should appear. earlier, the force had been circulating photographs of a man that officers want to speak to in connection with lilia s desk and we now know that a 22 year old man has been detained in boston in lincolnshire, today, previously two people had been arrested without charge. we listen in. ., ., ., arrested without charge. w
good evening. there s yet more disruption on britain s railways this weekend as train drivers who are members of the aslef union walk out, in a row over pay. drivers from seven rail companies are involved in the strike. it s the second this week affecting passengers, with more strikes scheduled for dates in august. our correspondent, judith moritz, reports on the scale of the disruption. folkestone station this morning was a gateway to nowhere. no southeastern trains running and passengers who didn t know about today s strike caught by surprise. so we were planning to go to brighton and now we ll have to find an alternative. probably we ll have to take the bus or something. not right, because i don t go to london very often and i ve got a lunch date with my daughter and a friend. but not all stations are closed. though around 5,000 train drivers at seven companies have walked out over pay on a busy sporting weekend, not all lines are affected. at leeds station, northern rail
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My guests political commentator jo phillips and times columnist iain martin. Lets bring you up to date with the latest developments on the Campaign Trail today. Theresa may returns to her central message that only the conservatives offer stable government and warns that the election could be on a knife edge. If we lose just six seats then the government loses its majority. And if we lose just six seats we could seejeremy if we lose just six seats we could see Jeremy Corbyn if we lose just six seats we could seeJeremy Corbyn in number ten downing st. Diane abbott looking after our national security. John mcdonnell at the treasury with our economy. And the strings being pulled by Nicola Sturgeon. Jeremy corbyn remains hopeful he can win. He says hes attracted thousands of people to back labour because it offers hope and campaigned on a positive manifesto. We are nearly at the end of this campaign and we have done dozens of events all over the country and you know what, everywhere we go t
Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev