First muslim to be appointed to the Scottish Government, he worked as a political adviser before becoming scottish justice political adviser before becoming scottishjustice secretary. Mp political adviser before becoming scottish justice secretary. Mp for nine years, elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2016 and party leader a year ago when he set out a path to achieving welsh independence, the leader of plaid cymru, adam price. Jonathan bartley, co leader of the green party in england and wales, co founder of a christian think tank had co founder of a christian think tank ha d rece ntly co founder of a christian think tank had recently arrested during the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in the city of london. And city trader, former leader of ukip, mep for 20 years, he led the campaign for 20 years, he led the campaign for a referendum on the uks bishop of the eu, leader and founder of the brexit party, nigel farage. The uks membership of the eu. There are only three days to go, and s
To the exit door as arsenal lose in the Europa League, to extend their longest winless run in more than 25 years. Good morning, and its a cold, frosty start for many of us but at least there is sunshine and at last, a drier spell of weather for the next few days. More details throughout this morning. Its friday the 29th of november. Our top story. A major row has broken out between channel four and the conservative party, following last nights Leaders Debate on Climate Change. The tories have accused the broadcaster of bias and have complained to the regulator ofcom after a block of melting ice was used in place of the Prime Minister, who had declined to take part. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, has more. Good evening. It is the Biggest Issue on the planet. A big debate on Climate Change with some notable absences and replacements. We kept the invitation is open to the leaders of the conservative party and the brexit party. They have not taken up their places yet. Instead
Pretty much up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, electioncast. We are in this election because of brexit. We want to be getting out and buying our christmas presents. If anyone comes up to you and say they know what is going to happen, smile politely and turn your back. Its adam at westminster. Its chris at westminster. And laura at westminster. Its nice to be altogether. Yeah. And were going to celebrate this momentous moment by looking back at some of the manifestos that have been published that we havent covered in previous episodes, for various logistical reasons. Very good. 0h i made it sound so boring oh, well, never mind. Right. We are going to be poring over the competing, compelling visions for the nation. Is that better . Yeah, let us make it more fun. So, laura, what did you do yesterday, at the weekend . There we go, that is more fun already i went to telford. Because . Because there was the tory manifesto launch in the International Centre in telford. Paint the pi
The greens will become the first party to launch its manifesto later, with a pledge to reach net zero Carbon Emissions in the uk by 2030. Ahead of the general election bbc news is in southampton today, looking at the issues concerning voters there, with a focus on education. Renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so i think its very encouraging. Coming up in sport, a big day for wales. If they beat hungary tonighttheyll qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our lo
Al blackman was known as marine a he served more than three years in prison for shooting the taliban fighter in the chest at close range, and is here to tell us how hes now helping other ex Service Personnel. Huddersfield University Students tell Prince Andrew to quit as their chancellor. And the hollywood actor whos made allegations of abuse against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, rose mcgowan, tells us she doesnt believe prince annrew. My my response to the interview Prince Andrew gave is one, like many, of shock and dismay, but also disbelief in my opinion. And facebook Vice President Nicola Mendelsohn defends the social media platforms decision not to ban political adverts. In elections, as you know, theres always been scrutiny about what politicians put out and discuss and debate. We think thats important, we think thats healthy. And we think freedom of expression is a very important part of what facebook is. In a democracy, we dont think its right that a private company should make