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begins in an hour. we will look at that in some detail. and we will take a closer look as more and more journalists arrive. the bbc has learned that the conservative party's director of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura sanders — who is the party's candidate in bristol north west — are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the la...

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the scottish national party puts independence and the nhs at the centre of its general election promises to voters. one of the snp's key pledges today — one that you will not hear from any other party — were scotland independent then they would "rejoin the eu". and the first minister was not mincing words. brexit he said has been "a disaster for scotland" has wiped billions of pounds from the scottish economy, has pushed up food prices starved our public services of cash and talent. in scotland of course where ...

shareholders are in favour. welcome to business today. i'm sally bundock. we start in the us where the cost of borrowing will be staying higher for a while longer. the us federal reserve left its key interest rate unchanged on wednesday at its highest in more than two—decades and signalled it only expects to make one cut this year. the fed though is predicting four more cuts in 2025. the decision came just hours after some encouraging news on its battle to control inflation. america's official consumer price index showed prices rising at an annual rate of 3.3% in may. that was down...

fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has ...

welcome to this bbc news coronavirus special programme. ministers have sought to reassure people about the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine amid a reduction in supply which means most people in their 40s will now have to wait till may for a jab. the government insists it will still offer all adults their first dose by the end ofjuly, but in the commons earlier today the health secretary confirmed supplies would become tighter in the weeks ahead. the bbc understands a delay in the delivery of 5 million doses of the oxford—astrazeneca jab from in india is one factor. but matt hanc...