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also this hour, how climate change is transforming the british garden. they will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. and looking for love online one rhino‘s search for a partner on the dating app tinder. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour party has switched its election campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins the general election. labour says it would scrap tuition fees and restore bursaries for student nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. the party says it would end the current 1% cap on wage increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, overworked and underpaid by the government. labour says. and it says its policies would be paid for by reversing corporation tax cuts. the party says a labour government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that staffing levels in hospitals are safe. the shadow health secretary, jon ashwort ....
well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st anne s square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright manchester sun here, who said well done, manchester. and then the applause broke out again. and absolutely baking hot day in st anne s square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i can t even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. here, at the manchester arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. really lovely to meet you. i know you work fairly near here. explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence? we live and work in the city. you don t really know what to do in this situation. if you can doa what to do in this situation. if you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contrib ....
and we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. they are, for the conservatives. representing the labour party, said area champion. the scottish national party. ukip, the liberal democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. also, give them applause. applause . also, jonathan blake is working with bbc reality check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. and it is going through comments we have been getting all day on #bbcdebate. first, tonight, after two devastating terror attacks in two weeks, including in manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20 ....
dedicated to ideas that never took off. the museum of failure. good morning. it s june 8th. iam i am annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. they ll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. police say there ll be increased security at some polling stations with armed officers in some areas. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent alicia mccarthy. and intensive seven week campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. we have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. we are electing 650 mps. we have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. t ....
police investigating the london terror attack have made three more arrests following raids involving armed officers in east london. five people remain in custody in connection with saturday s attack. distressing cctv images have emerged showing the moment armed police gunned down the three killers responsible for the deaths of eight people. other separate footage shows all three men together, laughing and joking outside a gym, five days before the attack. a warning that this report from richard lister contains distressing images. the final moments of saturday s attack, these images show an injured victim on the pavement. police raise their weapons as three men wielding knives reveal themselves. seconds later, all three have been shot down. the fate of the injured victim is not clear. this footage has emerged too the three killers laughing and joking outside an east london fitness centre five days before their attack. police are slowly building the profile of who they ....