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good afternoon. winds of more than a hundred miles an hour have been battering jersey, as storm ciaran hits the channel islands and much of southern england. major incidents have been declared on the isle of wight and in hampshire. hundreds of schools are closed in southern england. in some areas people are being urged to stay indoors. the latest from the south coast in a moment, but first graham satchell on the situation injersey. storm ciaran hit the channel islands with a bang, thunder and lightning and massive hailstones. the power of the storm, remarkable. winds reached more tha...

officers are being scrutinised. welcome to newsnight for your weeknightly interviews and insight. let me introduce you to our political panel for this evening — claire ainsley, former head of policy for sir keir starmer, and henry hill, who is the acting editor of the tory website conservative home, plus dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, and nick is here as always. nick, the betting scandal has widened today — and here at newsnight we have new revelations to bring to our audience this evening. i have been looking at this. well, i have been lookin...

sir keir starmer says labour will put growth and wealth creation at the heart of its plans for government. he was launching the party's election manifesto in manchester and ruled out increases to the rates of income tax, national insurance and vat. he also made a pitch for business, saying that a "plan for growth" would be at at the heart of his government, leading to a "decade of national renewal". our political correspondent iain watson has the details. let's start with a spoiler alert. stability, not surprises, was the watchword of the labour manifesto. so much so they even unveil...

rishi sunak had apologised to veterans and to the public. our political correspondent helen catt has this report. seven representatives of the seven biggest parties in great return. missing from the stage for the two men who were vying to be the next prime minister, but they went missing from the debate itself. within minutes nigel farage had raised rishi sunak absence from part of those there's d—day celebrations. respect of veterans, including those with an average age of 100 who were deserted by the prime minister in normandy yesterday, which i think was a complete and utter dis...

the regional governor vadym filashkin said the situation there continued to deteriorate. greek police are searching for the bbc presenter and author michael mosley, who's gone missing on the island of symi. doctor mosley was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone. he presents a range of programmes on health that often see him experiment on himself. the first crewed flight of the boeing starliner spacecraft has developed two small leaks of helium, but is due to dock with the international space station today as planned. nasa said the affected helium valv...