He was standing down as an mp. Well have the latest on the campaign, which is still not formally under way, as parliament is due to rise tomorrow. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The senior conservative Jacob Rees Mogg apologises for saying that residents of Grenfell Tower should have used common sense and left the building, instead of listening to fire brigade advice. And the South African springboks get a heroes welcome as they return home following their victory in the rugby world cup. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the launch of the liberal democrats Election Campaign, claiming to be the only Party Standing to stop brexit, and that staying in the European Union would produce a £50 billion so called remain bonus over five years. The party leaderjo swinson say this could then be spent on Public Services. For labour, Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour Government would get a brexit deal done in six months, promising to secure a better agreement with the eu, and then put it to the p
So if you are just tuning in a slightly different look for a saturday morning, dont worry, it is saturday. I know normally in on a monday, but few people off sick and various other staffing issues. Weve stepped into the breach, havent we, martin . Yes. Delightful to be back here with you. Likewise. Well, our top story this morning. Were leading with the economy. Its good news. Its grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone. And that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for tax cuts over the next few months. And this comes after the former labour leader, lord kinnock, has claimed that voters in britain are not in love with sir keir starmer, with some concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election. Yeah, if you recall, back in 1992, neil kinnock was thought to have lost an election that was deemed unusable. Was deemed unusable. Well, joining us now is political commentator peter spencen political commentator
The duty of humanity. Thats the message from pope francis as he calls on europe the welcome migrants. And we travel deep into moroccos remote Atlas Mountains to see how a Small Community is coping 2 weeks after devastating earthquake. And on far as smart with the sports, the 19th agent games is now officially underway. And there was plenty of spectacle at the Opening Ceremony as attorneys to be of tiny show is hosting a record right to the number of leads for the continents biggest multi sport the is just past 1500 gmc and we start with developing news out of somalia. Where police say a truck bomb has killed at least 10 people. This happened at an Army Check Point in the central town of billy dwayne a more than a dozen others, including soldiers and civilians were injured. And that dental is expected to rise. Of the bosco says theres been another attack on its black sea port to Sylvester Paul in the russian controlled crimea. Ferry traffic was temporarily suspended, but as no resume si
Stocks and the stories making headlines on this thursday. Alix steel follows the latest Earnings Report from conagra. We begin with our senior markets correspondent julie hyman, and alibaba announcing plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Julie, good afternoon. Good afternoon. There has been a heated battle between the nasdaq and nyse to win this prestigious listing which might be the largest ipo ever and certainly would be one of the largest tech listings on either of these exchanges. Click the New York Stock Exchange has indeed won this. It is now owned by intercontinentalexchange, or ice. At 160e is estimated billion. It would be behind ipm and oracle among Tech Companies listed on the nyse. There is a lot of talk about the importance to either of these exchanges in winning this listing. It is more of a wrist each idea here. If you look at actual revenue it isisting fees to ice, a relatively small part of its overall revenue. So it is more of a question of braggin
Process is well under way, whether the Trump Administration acknowledges his projected election victory or not. Mr biden told reporters that Donald Trumps refusal to concede was an embarrassment. Mr biden was speaking as the Us Supreme Court began hearing a case which could overturn obamacare. The president elect promised to dramatically ramp up healthcare protection once he assumes Power Building on presideint obamas Affordable Care act. A vatican report has found that two popes ignored allegations of serial sex abuse by a now disgraced former us Cardinal Theodore mccarrick. The report found that popes benedict and john paul ii chose to believe the cardinals denials. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the brexit editor of the telegraph, dia chakravarty and the chief executive of the left leaning cross party think tank, demos, polly mackenzie. Welcome back both of you. A few more front pages have come in, lets have a look th