Talking therapy services. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson. Thank you, everton manager at marco silva is facing the sack this afternoon after another defeat, this time in the Merseyside Derby to liverpool. Thanksjohn, and ben rich has all the weather. As the saying goes, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning, we had some beautiful red sun rises this morning but the warning is for a lot of rain in places. It is turning milder but i will have full details just before half past. Thanks, ben. Also coming up. The christmas advert getting tens of thousands of views, and it only cost a hundred pounds to make. Hello, this is afternoon live. With one week to polling day, the Political Parties are beginning theirfinal push for votes. Boris johnson is promising to pass his brexit deal and bring a tax cutting budget within 100 days, if the conservatives win the election. Labour have outlined plans to recruit almost 20,000 extra teachers in england overfive years. Meanwhile, the liberal democrats have promised a £17 billion research and development fund, and the snp have said there is only one week to stop brexit. Heres our Political Correspondent tom barton and a warning that his report contains flash photography. They wont be able to vote for another few years. ButJeremy Corbyn hopes to persuade their parents. You have your hand up. Why do you want to be Prime Minister . Promising to recruit 20,000 more teachers and to keep class sizes below 30. But also attacking the conservatives record in government. Elect the tories you carry on with austerity, you carry on with increasing gaps between the richest and the poorest, you carry on with underfunded schools, oversized classes and increasing numbers of rough sleeping homelessness. We are very clear. We have a totally funded and costed manifesto. The only party that has in this election. And it will give real hope and opportunity to everyone in this country. Good morning. Good morning, philip, good morning, holly. 0n the this morning sofa, borisjohnson hoping his message on brexit will convince a daytime tv audience. If we get a working majority ofjust nine seats more we can be out on january the 30th. And how long will the trade deals take . Well. Years . No. We can get we can do many new deals with countries around the world. With the eu, we can build a new trade partnership by the end of next year. The snp telling voters in scotland theyve gotjust a week to stop borisjohnson and to stop brexit. The lib dems leader was stopped yesterday by Extinction Rebellion activists who surrounded jo swinsons campaign bus. But her supporters say the campaign is still on the move, fighting for the political middle ground. Do we want to have a moderating voice within our politics . Because i really dont think the british people like extremes, and the liberal democrats have always offered that centre path that helps to actually prevent some of those things happening. And as i say, our manifesto is really ambitious. I hope people will give it a look. This time next week, the polls will be open and so the parties have just a few days left to persuade you to give them your vote. And what you decide will determine how many mps each party gets to send here to westminster, and could ultimately shape this countrys politics for years to come. Tom barton, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is in westminster. As we said, a week to go and we have heard some pretty familiar messages from the main parties but what is their strategy now that we left . Do they keep hammering away at those messages . I think the honest answer is yes, and in some ways that has been the story of this Election Campaign. For three of the big parties, the conservatives, the lib dems, the snp, their big narrative has been around brexit and for the labour party, their big narrative has been around ending austerity and a moment of real change and i think you will see them keep hammering home on those messages. And if you look back on the past three or four weeks, the only time the election has sort of swerved off the course was when we have had unexpected events. For example, the floods, we had a moment when borisjohnson was suddenly on the defensive, it seems to be behind the curve in terms of responding to the floods. And getting a grip on the situation. And then of course we had the London Attack and again, that sort of provided a different narrative, the accusations between the parties over who was to blame for the release of usman khan. And then of course we had the nato summit which notjust sort of stopped campaigning for a couple of days but raised the whole issue of the nhs and possible trade deals with the us. Apart from those moments, this has been an extraordinarily controlled, focused campaign, iwould extraordinarily controlled, focused campaign, i would suggest, by all the main parties. And as a journalist looking at it, it has meant it is a very different sort of campaign, even the encounters between the political leaders and the public again had been much more constrained and we havent really had any of those moments which we have had in previous elections. That has meant, bluntly, it has been a rather dull and flat election and rather dull and flat election and rather one dimensional. But for the parties, i would guess they are rather pleased with the way it has gone because it has enabled them to just focus on their core messages, which they have hammered home again and again. And i guarantee you, in the last seven days or so, they will absolutely stick with those messages are not just because absolutely stick with those messages are notjust because that is their aim, because really there isnt time to change course and come up with a different narrative. More of the samei different narrative. More of the same i expect for the next week. Many thanks, norman. We can speak to ben wrightjoins many thanks, norman. We can speak to ben wright joins from many thanks, norman. We can speak to ben wrightjoins from derbyshire. Borisjohnson is ben wrightjoins from derbyshire. Boris johnson is on ben wrightjoins from derbyshire. Borisjohnson is on the campaign trail this afternoon making a visit toa trail this afternoon making a visit to a small factory in derbyshire and norman is right, the tactic for the tories is pretty much the same it has been for the last few weeks. Keep saying get brexit done and again and again until everybody is sick of it and there will be no change from that core message and im sure that is what the Prime Minister will be saying when he speaks later. As norman mentioned, their theme today is sketching out their theme today is sketching out the first hundred days of a majority borisjohnson government the first hundred days of a majority Boris Johnson government if the first hundred days of a majority borisjohnson government if that is indeed where we are next friday. Even though they are not announcing any new policies today, they are trying to give a sense of momentum and possibility, talking about a queens speech happening within a few days, beginning the process of bringing the Withdrawal Agreement bill back to parliament, saying they will have a budget which will include a small tax cut in february. Trying to get a sense that once this election is done and if Boris Johnson has a majority, it is full stea m johnson has a majority, it is full steam ahead. Critics of course will point out he has already been a Prime Ministerfor134 point out he has already been a Prime Minister for 134 days and, as norman said, the truth is that while we may be leaving on the 31st of january if Boris Johnson we may be leaving on the 31st of january if borisjohnson gets the Withdrawal Agreement bill through, the Prime Minister knows and his party know and people in parliament know that that is only the beginning of the second phase brexit. Complicate the negotiation with the eu, notjust on trade and aviation and defence and the rest, and the Prime Minister has said and is insisting that that negotiation will be done and dusted by the end of next year. There are many who think thatis next year. There are many who think that is simply an unrealistic timetable. The prime list it will be speaking here shortly and taking some questions. Thank you very much the Prime Minister. We will be back with you when we hear from the Prime Minister. Three members of the European Parliament have resigned from the brexit party and called on leave voters to back the conservatives in the election. Lance forman, lucy harris and Annunziata Rees mogg said the brexit party risked splitting the leave vote. They were joined at a News Conference in westminster by another mep, john longworth, who lost the brexit partys whip yesterday. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster where that event took place. 0ur Political Correspondent vicki young was at that News Conference earlier today. There was a lot of talk ahead of this general election about some kind of pact between the conservatives and Nigel Harriss brexit party but in the end he decided not to put up candidates against the 300 or so tories who won last time round nigel farage. He feels he has done his bit but these four dont think so, they think he should have gone much further. They 110w should have gone much further. They now fear that brexit could be being jeopardised because they say that by standing in all these other seats, these brexit candidates are taking more votes from the conservatives than from labour and they think that actually it means in the end that brexit itself might be at risk because it is splitting the leave folk. This is how one explained her decision. I find it absolutely unbelievable but tragic that the brexit party, with so many wonderful people at to a cause, are now the very party risking brexit. I only stood in may to fight for brexit. I am still determined to do so. They say that this is all about brexit and getting that delivered and getting Boris Johnsons deal delivered and they say that nigel farage himself, they have nothing against him personally and think he has the wrong strategy but they think he has done more than anyone to make sure brexit happens and they feel at this point that he should just take the win if you like, and to stand down and all of those seats but its too late for that. But that is not how nigel farage sees it a point of this is what he said earlier. One of them is a sister of a cabinet minister, another as a boyfriend working for that cabinet minister, faxed, and another is a personal friend boris. Theyre not smears, they are facts. Theyjoined the brexit party. And you paraded them. They joined the coalition i put together and clearly they were disaffected with mrs may leader. And i tell you something, i tell you something, borisjohnsons deal, unamended, is unacceptable. I would stand by that. Nigel harris has been very critical borisjohnsons deal, he does not regard it as a proper brexit nigel farage. He had said that he will spoil is ballot paper and not vote for on election day. That is the younger. With the election one week away, our Community Affairs correspondent Adina Campbell has been to luton to speak to young people from ethnic minority backgrounds about some of the issues they feel need more attention. Could these faces be the next generation of uk leaders . Here at bedfordshire university, meet ups and workshops are hosted by the National Charity uprising, which prides itself on diversity, inclusion and social mobility. They have a lot to say ahead of next weeks vote. Many people are calling this the brexit election. I started my politics degree three years ago, and i am sick to death about brexit. Ive graduated now, and i think right now people just want a solution. We still have issues such as tax, welfare, people dying from poverty, that kind of thing, and were not fixing it because were so busy talking about brexit. Ijust dont think people from bame backgrounds are really rated enough. Like, were really undervalued. Everyone just thinks council estates, like, not going to school, skiving off, smoking weed, doing this, doing that, but theres so much more to a bame person. So, racism is this still an issue in 2019 . Yeah, its savage out there. Racism is big. I face it a lot. If a party is being racist, if their leaders are being racist, we should be calling them out. Im not really sure whats going to happen with the economy, going to happen with jobs and that is, in itself, what scares us about brexit. I think the danger is if we talk too much about the economy and it being a disaster, we will get led into austerity again. The people voted, so we have to, innit . I really disagree with that. We are going to leave, but we are going to get like, a bad deal. A proper bad deal. Immigrants normally contribute more to the economy than they take away. Like everybodys just, 0h, they come here for the nhs and for the benefits, when in reality, british born people use those services more and immigrants disproportionally contribute to the economy theyre a net benefit. I think immigration has a lot to do with the racism aspect of brexit. And a lot of that has racist undertones of not wanting a particular looking group of people to come into this country. So, were very fortunate that we have technology that we can access to and do our own research, because we are the future leaders of tomorrow, so we are going to be the ones that have to educate ourselves. Adina campbell, bbc news. Some news coming in from washington, the us House Speaker nancy pelosi has confirmed that she has instructed the housejudiciary panel to d raft instructed the housejudiciary panel to draft articles of impeachment against president donald trump. The president s actions have seriously violated the constitution, according to nancy pelosi, in reference to those allegations of trying to persuade the Ukrainian Government to interfere in the American Election process. The us House Speaker nancy pelosi confirmed she has instructed the House Judiciary Panel to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. A long way to go in that process of course but we will bring you more details on that as they come in from the us. We can actually listen in to nancy pelosi as she made the announcement a short time ago. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act. Because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in abuse of power, undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders. And the oath of office that he takes, to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and our hearts full of love for america, today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. I commend our Committee Chairs and members for their sombre approach to actions which the president had not made necessary. That is nancy pelosi announcing that the push goes on to get donald trump impeached, saying that if we allow the president to be above the law, we do so at the peril of our republic. We can go to our washington correspondent in a few moments, Chris Buckler, but first we will bring you the latest headlines. With a week to go before the country goes to the polls, the Political Parties are out pushing their big election pledges. As we have heard, the us House Speaker nancy below sea asset impeachment proceedings will go ahead against president donald trump. French Police Fire Tear gas at protestors, as the biggest nationwide strike in years brings chaos. Moore from france now. Those strikes an clashes between police and demonstrators. Police have fired tear gas at protestors in the french city of nantes during the biggest strike in decades, which has brought large parts of the country to a standstill. Rail and Metro Services are deserted, flights have been grounded, and about half of Eurostar Services between paris and london have been cancelled. Many schools are also affected. The strike is against plans to create a universal retirement system, which unions say will force millions of people to retire later or live on a reduced pension. Alexandra mckenzie has the latest. Protesters gathered in the city of lunt, angus pulling over to the french president and his demands to reform pensions. Anger spilled over. They responded with tear gas. This is frances largest Public Sector strike in years. With more than 200 demonstrations expected across the country, others have been more peaceful. Transport workers, hospital staff and teachers are amongst those demanding that president macron abandon his plans to overhaul frances Pension System. He wants to introduce a simplified points based system but unions are strongly opposed. Translation universal system is all well and good apart from those who have problems in their careers and there is a lot of uncertainty, unemployment, part time, they will be paying les