Charged with murder. Thejodie chesney murder two teenagers are found guilty at the old bailey. This is what it looks like when youre trying to beat the land speed record we join the Bloodhound Team on a practice run. And coming up on bbc news, on day one of the para athletics championships, british medal hope kadeena cox is back from injury and talks to us about her Mental Health issues. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Both labour and the conservatives have been setting out their plans for the Economy Today and one thing seems clear whichever party is in charge after the election, theres going to be a lot more borrowing and spending than weve seen for a very long time. Labour have pledged to invest an extra £55 billion a year on infrastructure like housing and schools as well as environmental projects. Thats roughly double what the conservatives are offering an extra £20 to £25 billion a year. So is this going to be the battle of the big spenders . Heres our economi
The areas of the country that need them the most. Last year in birmingham, iannounced them the most. Last year in birmingham, i announced the first six Opportunity Areas. These are the places that are facing some of the Biggest Challenges for young people growing up. Where we are working inside and also outside of our schools with local communities and charities, and with employers like edf energy in west somerset. Grant thornton in norwich. Royals race in derby. Not just to thornton in norwich. Royals race in derby. Notjust to raise education i attainment in the School System but also to raise sights and broaden horizons for those young people through men touring and work experience. And since then, i have doubled the number of Opportunity Areas that we are working in. Because i am determined that we will apply the lessons that we are learning from them and on what works to boost opportunity for young people in other parts of the country. But there are other children missing out as we
Service and cultural bodies claimed to be uk institutions that they must be present across our whole united kingdom. To move more of the infrastructure, the people and the administration of our country, out of the capital and into the nation. And it is happening to degree already. More seven serversjobs going to my constituency in central edinburgh. The fantastic new museum in dundee. Ready to show the best of scottish and british design. And here in manchester, the northern powerhouse, now showing the way ahead. But i want to see more. We need to see more. This governments industrial strategy is designed to boost grooves and places across all four nations of our united kingdom. It is reviewing various agencies based in london to see which ones could be ready to move. I want us to seize the opportunity to ensure that more of them come to scotland. And, conference, here is the bottom line. The success of our union cannot and should not be measured by the fact that the alternative has fa
News. Theresa may has announced a series of measures ahead of the conservative Party Conference which she is hoping will appeal to younger voters. Theres to be a freeze on tuition fees and students wont have to start paying back loans until they re earning over twenty five thousand pounds a year. The Prime Minister says these are the first steps in a wider review of university funding. Labour which has promised to abolish tuition fees has called the proposals desperate. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Bruce davidson has told delegates to unite and fight for the country, in the past hour. The first day of conference, a big day for the Prime Minister. Reporter happy birthday, Prime Minister she has not had much to celebrate lately. Theresa may knows she has a lot to prove, to her party and voters. Her first pitch is to the younger generation, with the promise to look again at how tuition fees work. When we set the policy, what we expected would happen would be a range,
World and those joining us welcome to our viewers around the world and thosejoining us in the uk. It is at 6am in singapore, 11 in london and he died in russell s weather Central Station was evacuated and train lines suspended after an explosion. Only the suspect was heard. This is what prosecutors said. At about a 30, there has been a small explosion at the Central Station in brussels. The suspect has been neutralised by the military present at the scene immediately after the explosion. We do not know if the man is still alive or that hes dead. There were no other victims. It is considered a Terrorist Attack. Workers at the Central Station describe seeing an explosion and said the suspect was wearing an explosive belt. Translation i went down the stairs to go back to the platform and i heard someone shouting at one point heard someone shouting at one point he shouted allahu akbar and blew up. All right, more from Adam Flemings in brussels. What more can you tell us about the incident