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To get to that point where i thought i could kill myself, basically. And the chat app being blamed for encouraging bullying. Well be asking if simsimi should be banned. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. On the show this morning. Serena williams has revealed shes 20 weeks pregnant with her first child by sharing this close up of her growing bump on social media. The tennis star even managed to win the Australian Open injanuary when she was already about eight weeks pregnant. Pretty impressive but perhaps you can outdo her . Tell us what youve achieved while pregnant. And send us a picture does it annoy you if people think you cant do stuff because youre pregnant . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Jeremy corbyn will set out his pitch to voters this morning as he tries to become the next Prime Minister. In a speech the Labour Leader will say that hell stand up for the british people who are the true wealth creators, held back by a system rigged for wealth extractors. Last night on the campaign trail, theresa may said the public faced a choice between her strong and stable leadership or a coalition of chaos. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. The campaigning can start in earnest, now the election date has been set and the Party Leaders are wasting no time. Jeremy corbyns pitch is as the anti establishment party. Hell promise not to play by the rules, and say labour will stand up for british people in a system rigged to favour the rich a message he hinted at it in croydon yesterday. Are we going to be a country that works only to make the richest even richer . I know which side im on. You know which side youre on. This election is going to be fought on the streets of this country, up and down, in town halls, in streets, on beaches, on seafronts. Theresa may wants to exploit what she sees as mr corbyns weakness, choosing the labour held seat of bolton for her First Campaign visit. She said only the conservatives can deliver the security the country needs. Its a choice between strong and stable leadership under the conservatives, or weak and Unstable Coalition of chaos, led byJeremy Corbyn. Expect the Campaign Messages to come thick and fast from every party in the next seven weeks. The race is on, the battle lines drawn and they knowjust whats at stake not just their futures, but the whole countrys. Our political guru norman smith is in westminster. The thinking ofJeremy Corbyns team is, that this message worked pretty well in his leadership contests, and they think that maybe out in the electorate, there is a broader move where people just feel fed up with business as usual. They resent the fa ct business as usual. They resent the fact that nothing ever seems to change, that the wealthy carry on keeping all the money, and there is an appetite for upheaval, for doing things differently. In a way, you sense, he almost has to do this because the polls suggest mr corbyn is so far behind committee cant fight a conventional campaign, hes got to do things differently. The question is whether the rules of the game really have changed, as mr corbyn believes, and there is an appetite out there in the country for doing things very differently, four, in mr corbyns words, ripping up four, in mr corbyns words, ripping up the rules. We will have more from norman later. And also some mps as well. Annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. Scientists have discovered drugs which may be able to stop alzheimers, parkinsons and a wide range of degenerative brain diseases. One of them is already safely given to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned, but the findings so far have been described as exciting, important and potentially a major step forward. There would be a daily dose, basically. We would probably use trazodone first, which is already used with the elderly. We cannot cure these things, but if we can stop them in their tracks and change the way they progress, we can radically change the course of the Natural History of diseases like alzheimers and other dementias. Police may now have to shoot at terrorists who use cars as weapons, a Senior Officer has said. The National Lead for armed policing, simon chesterman, said the tactics of Armed Officers will have to change following a string of attacks involving vehicles. In the past, police have been told not to shoot drivers of moving vehicles because its too dangerous. The culture secretary, Karen Bradley, has strongly defended the conservatives commitment to aid spending. To foreign aid spending. Her comments come as microsoft founder bill gates urged the uk to retain its pledge to spend 0. 7 of gdp on international aid, saying it was proof of its goodwill and humanity. Theres been mounting speculation the pledge could be dropped in the tory manifesto, with the Prime Minister refusing to commit to it when pressed yesterday. But Karen Bradley said she was proud of the governments record. But Karen Bradley said she was proud of the governments recordlj but Karen Bradley said she was proud of the governments record. I am not here to speculate on what may or may not be in the manifesto. But i voted for the parliament which put the 0. 7 into legislation. I am very proud of the record of this government in delivering for those most in need across the world. Britain will be a leading force in that. Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten of its department stores. It is to close 11 of its warehouses, including one of its major distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people. Its part of a Turnaround Strategy announced by the new Chief Executive of the chain, which reported a 6. 4 fall in first half profit. A 17 year old formula 4 driver who was involved in a crash at Donington Park has had both his legs amputated. Billy monger ran into the back of another car which appeared to have stopped on the track during the race on sunday. The teenager had to be extracted from his vehicle and airlifted to hospital. Ajustgiving page set up to raise money for his care has reached more than £350,000. The american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has given a strong indication that america could walk away from the deal with iran to curb its nuclear programme. He accused tehran of Alarming Ongoing Provocations and said the deal ignored other serious threats posed by the country. Us and south korean troops are taking part in a Military Exercise involving Aircraft Carriers and fighter jets. The government in washington said the 11 day exercises were planned months ago. But tensions are especially high on the korean peninsula. Of course, that first round in the election on france is on sunday. Emmanuel macron believes in globalisation and the european union. His closest challenger is the far right Leader Marine Le Pen, whos promising a referendum on frances membership of the eu and says she will stop all immigration. One of the most high profile figures in American Television news, bill oreilly, has lost his job over allegations of sexual harassment. His employer, 21st century fox, which owns the Cable Channel fox news, said he would not be returning from a break. Mr oreilly called the allegations against him unfounded. Cycling to work could halve the risk of developing Heart Disease and cancer, according to new Research Published today in the british medicaljournal. Scientists at the University Of Glasgow, who analysed data from more than 250,000 people, said walking reduced the risk of the same conditions by a quarter. Our reporter Vishala Sri Pathma has more. The commute to work, for some, is the only exercise they get all day. Well, for those of us that cycle to the office, theres some good news. Experts from the University Of Glasgow say that it reduces the risk of developing cancer and Heart Disease. In fact, cycling to work is linked to a 45 lower risk of developing cancer, and a 46 lower threat of cardiovascular disease. That compares to driving, or even taking public transport. It also means youre less likely to die younger. Walking has its benefits, too, although its not as effective as cycling. You have to walk a total of two hours a week at an average speed of 3mph for the Health Benefits to kick in. So, we need to make it easier for people to cycle. So, we need to increase cycle lanes, we need to have cycle city hire schemes, subsidised bike schemes, have people have showers at work, so they dont feel sweaty when they get to work. Theres a whole host of things to make it easier for the average person to cycle. And if we can do that, we get more people on our bikes, and then were going to improve public health, just like places like amsterdam and copenhagen have done. Charities have welcomed the findings. Cancer research uk says its evidence that you dont need tojoin a gym or run the marathon, and that anything that gets you hot and out of breath can help make a difference. You have been getting in touch about Jeremy Corbyn. This one says, we dont deserveJeremy Corbyn, hes far too clean for politics, having spent decades standing up for ordinary people. This one says, that mans ego will give the tories another five years in power. Mans ego will give the tories anotherfive years in power. Let mans ego will give the tories another five years in power. Let us know your thoughts as we begin this seven week Election Campaign. What would you like to see in the different parties manifestos . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Lets catch up with the sport, with john. So, Serena Williams was eight weeks pregnant, it turns out, when she won the Australian Open . Absolutely. She put up this picture, with the caption, saying, 20 weeks. Everybody obviously thought that she was pregnant. It was not confirmed until last night from has bugs person, because she actually took that post down. Its going to be incredible for her, her first child. For tennis fans, a little bit of disappointment, because if you were hoping to see her play at wimbledon later this year, she wont be, and it is now likely that she will miss the next three grand slams. So, has she said when she thinks she might be back on the circuit . Yeah, you wonder, dont you . Incredible that she was possibly eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian Open earlier this year. Now, of course, shes going to miss the rest of the season. We wonder when she will be back. If it is seven months potentially after the birth of her first child, she could be back for the french open next year, in 2018. We think that is possible. Victoria aza renka we think that is possible. Victoria azarenka gave birth to herfirst child, another top player, in december, and she is targeting an end ofjuly return. So, the french open would be a possibility for serena. Under the ranking rules in tennis, as long as she plays in her first tournament within 12 months, she can retain her ranking . Yeah, its interesting the way it works. She is actually set to return to the top of the rankings, despite having not played since the Australian Open. She has been struggling with an injury. She is going to return to the top of the rankings, and yes, they will freeze that for a certain amount of time. It will be interesting to see. But certainly, Fantastic News for Serena Williams, and we will wait to see when she returns to the tour. What do you think . Have you achieved anything particularly notable when youve been pregnant, or does it annoy you when people think that you cant do stuff when youre pregnant . Please get in touch with us. Politicians are wasting no time trying to get your vote. The decision to hold an election will have taken many by surprise, and the relatively short time scale means the pressure is on to finalise policies and deliver a clear message to voters. Later in the programme well hear live from Jeremy Corbyn. He was giving his first speech of the Campaign At10 30am. First heres a look at some of the differences between the two Main Westminster parties. He will be giving his first speech of the campaign at 10 30am. It will come as no surprise that the big issues in the General Election will revolve around brexit. Prime minister theresa may will see it as a chance to cement her vision for the uk, while others will be delighted with the opportunity to challenge it. So, how could the main policy areas play out under brexit . Expect a revival of the debate over immigration. The conservatives believe, as part of brexit, the Current System, where eu citizens can move freely between countries, should be replaced so migration can be controlled. Labour also accept that the Current System has to go. They say the new one must work for businesses and communities. Ukip has said its committed to reducing net migration back to below a year. Back to below 50,000 a year. The biggest factor for the economy will be the deal any future Prime Minister can strike with the eu. Theresa may has made clear her view that the uk should withdraw from the Single Market and seek a new Customs Arrangement and Free Trade Agreement with the eu. Others question whether this could be done in a two year time frame and protect the interests of businesses. Labour say in any future deal the uk must retain the exact same benefits that membership of the Single Market currently brings. Nicola sturgeon wants scotland to be able to decide its own future and remain in the eu. Her calls for a second referendum have so far fallen on deaf ears, with theresa may ruling it out before brexit is completed. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he would be absolutely fine with a second independence referendum in scotland. An ageing population, Staff Shortages and claims of low morale amongst employees means the nhs will be a key area of debate. Opponents have claimed the system is in crisis and have called for much greater financial support. Mrs may, however, has rejected such claims. Donald trumps not afraid of hitting the headlines, and the uks relationship with the us president could be scrutinised in the coming weeks. Theresa may has previously invited President Trump here on a state visit, and was pictured Holding Hands with him. Opposition leaders, however, criticised her for her perceived inability to challenge President Trump on a number of issues. Theresa mays been keen to cut the welfare bill, with proposed changes to Disability Benefits being criticised. Other parties will say the most vulnerable in society should be protected from cuts. Conservatives will point to a falling unemployment rate, while labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has made it clear workers rights after brexit are a key priority. Labour and the lib dems will lead the Charge Campaigning against an Education System that they say is critically underfunded. Theresa may has made clear her wish for more grammar schools. Clearly, politicians have got their work cut out to put forward a strong case on all these issues, especially in just seven weeks. Well, lets get more from our political guru norman smith. Guess what i dug out of my ball control this morning, how sad is that . Control this morning, how sad is that . My bottom draw this morning. The manifestos of the four parties at the last election, giving details of everything from rubbish collection to nuclear war. They have not been written yet but we have some idea of what is likely to be in them. Here is my Hope Fico The Tide of what is likely to be in and out of what is likely to be in and out of the two main parties manifesto. Labour first, of the two main parties manifesto. Labourfirst, jeremy of the two main parties manifesto. Labour first, Jeremy Corbyn, i expect we can expect things on pensions, paid, Free School Meals. Let me go through that in a bit more detail, pensioners, Genomic Organ Has said he is going to keep the pension lot, which ensures that pensions go up by 2. 5 or earnings 01 pensions go up by 2. 5 or earnings or inflation, whichever is the greatest. On page, he has pledged to increase the living wage to £10 an hour, also talking about pay grades of companies so that the boss can only get paid summary times the lowest pa id only get paid summary times the lowest paid person and Free School Meals for all Family Schoolchildren to be paid for by ending the Vat Exemption on private school fees. But almost as important as what is ina but almost as important as what is in a manifesto is what is written out of manifestos. So lets just ta ke out of manifestos. So lets just take a look at what mr corbyn might choose the right out from his ma nifesto. Choose the right out from his manifesto. I think we need to look at immigration. Ed miliband was imposing various curbs on it, ensuring that migrants are to be here for two years to make sure they can claim. Mrcorbyn here for two years to make sure they can claim. Mr corbyn saying it is not labours aim to end free movement, so that might the bin. What else might . Private health care. Ed miliband was relaxed about that, he was happy for it to continue, mr corbyn much less so. He says he one cigarette of private health care from the National Health service that might too go in the bin. Those are the sort of ins and outs of the Jeremy Corbyn bin. Those are the sort of ins and outs of theJeremy Corbyn manifesto. What about theresa may. What might we expect her to put in her ma nifesto . We expect her to put in her manifesto . Things i expect to see in it, grammar schools, so called tea levels, and protecting the union. Grammar schools, mrs may has made no secret she believes there ought to be selection reintroduced for a new generation of youngsters, some one, and the union, she will want a t levels. And the union. However, there are certain key things that i think we can expect and we will be looking very closely to see if theresa may drugs, particularly things that David Cameron was pretty keen on. What are the areas that could go . Those pension benefits, such as Free Television licences, guaranteeing the winter fuel allowa nce, guaranteeing the winter fuel allowance, allowing pensioners free travel and looking at triple lock in deciding letters to expensive, because it is thought to cost around £6 billion a year. What else might you . The Budget Surplus and the deficit. In the chancellor has already pretty much waved goodbye to George Osbornes commitment of balancing the books by the end of this parliament and has not given us a fresh trade for balancing those books. Lastly, of course, age. One of the most contentious areas, David Cameron, a very high profile Policy Commitment to ensuring that suroor. 7 of our total earnings close towards overseas aid. They lot of conservatives are unhappy about that. Mrs may when pressed about that. Mrs may when pressed about that refused to confirm she would give that so the signs are certain key planks of the cameron agenda could be dropped by theresa may. The other interesting thing is that we expect these manifestos to be a lots of the previous ones. We now mrs may thought David Camerons manifesto was far too bulky. So she wants to slimming down. As for the other parties, they are in a rush. Theyre having to write their manifestos. Well, joining me now in the studio are two people who can tell us what to look out for. Sam tarry used to be a spokesman forJeremy Corbyn and is in regular contact with the Labour Leader. And mark wallace is Executive Editor of the influential tory grassroots website, conservative home. Thank you both forjoining us. When the parties are considering the ma nifestos, the parties are considering the manifestos, they will be mindful of the Brexit Backdrop and the question as to whether this will be an election fought on traditional Battle Grounds and Party Differences 01 Battle Grounds and Party Differences or whether remain and levers at the forefront of mines. What is your thoughts on how should tackle that one . I think clearly brexit will be a huge part of the election. Labours priority will be what this post Brexit Britain look like. If you compare what the tories are proposing under before Driving A Ha Rd Proposing Under before driving a hard brexit agenda, we dont want to crash out and have World Trade Organisation deals that mean workers get paid less. Talking about triple lock on pensionsjust get paid less. Talking about triple lock on pensions just a second ago. These sorts of things i think im real danger in a hard brexit. That was him to be careering towards. The fa ct was him to be careering towards. The fact that theresa may could not get a sealfrom a fact that theresa may could not get a seal from a single other european country over the past few weeks, in terms of that initial contact and engagement is pretty frightening. Just to get complete clarity on the ha rd just to get complete clarity on the hard Brexit Community not being part of the Single Market and prioritising freedom of movement. And i think as well that they have threatened to go for a low tax economy. They will essentially be a brexit that is not a peoples brexit, a brexit that benefit everybody global corporation, and i think that people in britain are a little bit fed up with that. It is about time ordinary people come first. Brexit is the factor without theresa may does the government would not have come into being, so pa rt of would not have come into being, so part of the challenge for Prime Ministers is that you have to fulfil the fact is in the power that you also have to make sure you have the opportunity to do similar things in between and remember David Cameron never wanted to be the austerity Prime Minister but the financial crisis was the backdrop to him becoming a minister. Theresa may was sitting out a very clear and swift message on exactly she will deliver brexit but that will also mean with this election it will give her another three years, if she wins, after fulfilling brexit to develop a wider agenda. She has said about not wanting her hands tied previously by what has happened in parliament, in terms of having to spell out the conservative government on brexit. Those that exactly what will happen now with her having to draw up a ma nifesto now with her having to draw up a manifesto and making clear what the red lines are. She has set out some red lines are. She has set out some red lines, since the conservative Party Conference back in october, and lancashire house, then when she declared the election, she said we should take back control of our money, our should take back control of our money, our borders and our laws. Those were the three central planks of the Vote Leave Campaign last year. The interesting thing is that none of that guarantees what you call a low tax brexit or whatever. What that guarantees is that the british people get from here on out every election how their country should be governed. If we stay in the Single Market, you dont have control of your immigration policy, you dont have full control of your laws because the European Court of justice stays in charge. She is re establishing our democracy. She is fulfilling brexit, not harder soft, just the only when there is. Sam,i soft, just the only when there is. Sam, i know you are in regular contact with Jeremy Corbyn, he says bring on this election, is he up the when you talk to him . He is actually pretty fired up. Jeremy is at his element when hes talking to people face to face on the doorsteps across written. He had a rough ride in the press. He is really up to this. He is saying, look, we have a crisis, so many elements, the nhs, it is like being back in the 90s, the fag end of the last tory government, the four lying in hospital trolleys, we have a situation of Crisis Funding in our schools. I came in today on the tube didnt have to get on southern rail. Another absolute disaster overseen by the tory government. Jeremy will say look, we cant just pretend that government. Jeremy will say look, we cantjust pretend that brexit is the only thing this election is about. It is about how do we deal with brexit but also the crisis in our country . If you have the policies that goldman has put forward just over the last couple of weeks over the easter weekend, very much focused on domestic policy. How do you help the 6 Million People that are carers at home, how do you actually put more money back into the exchequer by increasing the minimum wage question Jeremy Corbyn is right, isnt he . Those are the issues that matter to people on a daily basis, what is going on in the nhs, care, schools. Brexit, we have had the debate. It is undoubtedly true that of course all these issues matter, and whoever wins the General Election will be in charge, notjust for brexit, but for the whole governments of the nation. We will hear a lot about it. Jeremy corbyn certainly does have a tough time in the media that he is also giving the labour party a tough time on the doorstep, and The Big Question will be how important is theresa may youll feel. By what she called those burning injustices, and how radical can she be as a result of the fact they feel that labour is not too serious a challenge . Marksaeng thatJeremy Corbyn is a problem for labour on the doorstep, what are you say to that . Every election is about 650 seats, and a rossoblu factors. Some people are saying it is a Foregone Conclusion but i dont think that at all and i think there are an awful lot of things that will take place over the next 50 days. Jeremys policies are incredibly popular and when people actually go out and speak to people on the doorstep and say we are going to transform your lives, rather than just the broken promises of the tories. Real practical policies. We need a situation where if we are going into brexit, we need a serious plan for investment. Where is the Investment Programme for this government. Jeremy has a plan that says we will rebuild britain in the interests of ordinary people after brexit. I think that is something that has resonance with people. Thank you both very much. Keep your thoughts coming in, we have several weeks to go until the election. The bbc has been following ten runners with Mental Health issues who are taking part in the Big Race On Sunday for the Princes Charity Heads Together we will speak to some of them about how its changed their Lives Simsimi is one of the Fastest Growing apps for teenagers in the uk. But is it being used as a tool for bullying . Find out more, a little later on the programme. Heres annita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. Jeremy corbyn will use his first major speech of the Election Campaign to argue that he will stand up campaign to argue that he will stand Upfor Campaign to argue that he will stand up for the british people against what he calls a rigged the system. He will reject the idea that the outcome of the election is a Foregone Conclusion. You can watch that speech live on this channel at about half past ten this morning. The culture secretary Karen Bradley has strongly defended the conservatives commitment to foreign aid spending. Her comments come as the microsoft founder bill gates urged the uk to retain its pledge to spend 0. 7 of gdp on international aid, saying it was proof of its goodwill and humanity. There has been speculation the pledge could be dropped in the tory manifesto. Scientists have discovered drugs which may be able to stop alzheimers, parkinsons and a wide range of degenerative brain diseases. One of them is already safely given to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned, but the findings so far have been described as exciting, important and potentially a major step forward. There would be a daily dose, basically. We would probably use trazodone first, which is already used with the elderly. We cannot cure these things, but if we can stop them in their tracks and change the way they progress, we can radically change the course of the Natural History of diseases like alzheimers and other dementias. Cycling to work could halve the risk of developing Heart Disease and cancer, according to new Research Published today in the british medicaljournal. Scientists at the University Of Glasgow, who analysed data from more than 250,000 people, said walking reduced the risk of the same conditions by a quarter. Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten of its department stores. Its to close 11 of its warehouses including one of its major distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people. Its part of a Turnaround Strategy announced by the new Chief Executive of the chain, which reported a 6. 4 fall in first half profits. That is a summary of the news. More at ten oclock. Time for the sport, withjohn. Serena williams has revealed that shes pregnant with her first child. This is how she told the world posting a photograph on social media with the caption 20 weeks. That means she was pregnant when she won the Australian Open injanuary, a record 23rd grand slam title. Andy murray said he was still feeling a little rusty, his serve especially, after winning his first competitive match after a month out with an elbow injury. He beat Gilles Muller to reach the third round of the monte carlo masters. Lions head coach Warren Gatland has defended his Squad Selection for this summers tour to new zealand. He picked 16 english players, 12 welsh, 11 irish, but only two scottish players. Hes picked Sam Warburton as captain, but gatland insisted that nationality hadnt come into his thinking. Dylan hartley was left out of the lions squad, but hell captain england in their tour of argentina. The party also includes rugby league convert wing denny solomona. And barcelona are out of the Champions League. Hoping to overturn a 3 0 first leg deficit, it finished goalless withjuventus in last nights second leg. Thats all the sport for now. Prince harry said this week that his life spiralled into chaos after blocking out feelings about his mothers death for 20 years. And Prince William admitted he still lives with the shock of losing her. Their openness is all part of their Heads Together campaign, which is encouraging people to have conversations about Mental Health and this year theyre the official charity of the virgin money London Marathon. Tonight, a bbc programme follows a group of 10 runners affected by Mental Health issues as they prepare for sundays big race. Well be joined by some of them in a moment, but first, lets see a clip of Prince William talking about grief. I still feel, 20 years later, about my mother, i still have shock within me. People go, shock, it cant last that long, but it does. You never over it, it is such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you , big moment in your life that it never leaves you, you just learn to deal with it. Georgina is one of the runners in the bbc documentary. Heres a short clip of her talking to another runner, rhian. What do your parents think about you doing this . It took me awhile to tell them exactly what was going on. They knew i was off work but i guess they did not know the depth the reasons. After quite a significant incident, with me wanting to end my life by walking into the sea, i thought, ive got to tell them. I wa nted thought, ive got to tell them. I wanted to tell them how low and serious things were, for me to get to that point where i thought i could just easily kill myself, basically. Were joined now by four runners taking part in the virgin money London Marathon for Heads Together, Georgina Lloyd pugh, Leane Stevenson and paul and Norman Scates. Thank you all of you for coming in. Are you two heading off straightaway . Yeah, ready to go. Yesterday it was in the press, obviously, with her royal highness, it was a great experience. The royals are so fantastic, this is trailblazing, whats happening. Royals are so fantastic, this is trailblazing, whats happeningm was very moving to see Prince William talking to the mother who has been through a terrible time, her son died, her husband subsequently took his own life, and she asked him whether her kids would be ok. And it was such a personal response. Have you had these conversations with him as well the . Yeah, personally we met with the duke Last Yearjust before fathers day, about children in particular, andl day, about children in particular, and i spoke about the fact that i had a son who only lived for three weeks. The trauma of that nearly 40 years on, it has taken me a good 30 years on, it has taken me a good 30 years to get it out and realise how it affected me and he fully improvised with what i was saying. I know where hes coming from, without a doubt. What difference does it make when you have someone like that talking to you . Why was it that you didnt talk for such a very long time . I think probably the era that i grew time . I think probably the era that igrew up time . I think probably the era that i grew up through, people didnt talk about things are there wasnt the support me if that is becoming more common today. Im not saying it is easy to access all the time, but the profile that we now have, with the profile that we now have, with the royals coming on board, is going to lift this campaign dramatically. And services will be more available, theres so much more going on to get help. People will talk about it. Its a bit like years ago cancer, everybody just so, the its a bit like years ago cancer, everybodyjust so, the big sea. Now people talk about it more openly, it is normalised in its. We saw you in the clip, talking about going to work and saying how bad things had got for you, it must have been tough . That is the first time i have seen that clip, and watching it back, its quite hard to see where i was, the position i was in, trying to kill myself. But where i am at a now. I am a Police Officer, with the 909 service, there is a lot of stigma and barriers generally around Mental Health. And for me, no, its, really, important to say, yes, i am a Police Officer and i suffer from depression. That is what i want to do. People need to speak whatever they do, whoever they work for, to get help. And you had a conversation with william . Get help. And you had a conversation with william . I spoke with catherine. She was absolutely lovely, very down to earth, very, very supportive. What the royals have done around Mental Health, around Heads Together, is absolutely fantastic, and i echo what paul and Norman Scates have said. Fantastic, and i echo what paul and Norman Scates have saidlj fantastic, and i echo what paul and Norman Scates have said. I am the pa re nt Norman Scates have said. I am the parent of a daughter who suffers with psychosis. As a parent, your child is diagnosed with a Mental Illness, and i had no idea. Mental illness. . Illness, and i had no idea. Mental illness. . Where do i go, how do i get help, what is a Mental Illness. I felt helpless and i still do to this day, knowing how to help her, how to look forward, how to encourage her when things are so desperate, when she is so desperate and so no. Doing the marathon is all about talking about Mental Illness, but its also enabling people to know how to talk to people with a Mental Illness. My daughter. When you saw your daughter was struggling, how difficult was it to reach her, was she willing to talk . No. When we knew something was seriously wrong, she had actually stopped talking, so we couldnt talk to her. We had people coming in who we re to her. We had people coming in who were trained to talk to her, and it was were trained to talk to her, and it was only when she was admitted into hospital and we kind of got an understanding of what was going on, then we started trying to understand what she was experiencing, and still to this day, im still battling to try and get a complete grasp of living with what she lives with. The only way i can see all trying to make her life easier is to try and educate everybody, and myself around her, how to talk to her, how to make her, how to talk to her, how to make her life easier, because her life, and those with Mental Illness. Its hard, its really hard. It is easier to tell someone youre physically sick . And when you say Mental Illness, people think, im going to say the wrong thing, i dont know what to say. Actually, all people need who are suffering with Mental Illness is someone just to listen. Its the reassurance. What happened to you . I experienced psychosis aged nine. I had great paranoia are people going to kill me so i needed to kill myself before they killed me. It was all, related, i was abused as a child by a so called family friend, and its just spiralled. Thats why im so pleased with whats happening now, because ifi with whats happening now, because if i see whats going on now, i would have known about the trauma. I was saying yesterday to leane, we forget about the carers, the people that are around us. And theyre a massive resource. I that are around us. And theyre a massive resource. I always use the analogy of an oxygen mask, they a lwa ys analogy of an oxygen mask, they always say, put it on yourself first before you can help Somebody Else. I was talking to the duchess about this, we need to support about psychological interventions, medication is part of it but it does not teach skills, and i want to give people those skills. You have already said that you sort of went back to losing a baby a long time ago, but then being pulled through those difficult times, how did you do it . It is a double whammy, going through that, and then what my son we nt through that, and then what my son went through, and trying to lift him and bring him through and learning myself along the way, has been a massive learning curve, but its educating people. Im still learning myself at 67, trust me its clear, if you have been through a lot, and just talking about it, makes you feel emotional even now . Absolutely, you cant be the same, if you have any emotions, you cant not get emotional, because its so important, when you have a child, and youre dealing with that, and then you get faced with a second child with issues, and you couldnt help the first child, youre now going through it again, with the second, what can you do, how can you get them to open up . I tried lots of different avenues with paul to let him know, there is nothing you cannot talk about, i will not get irate, i will take cannot talk about, i will not get irate, iwill take it cannot talk about, i will not get irate, i will take it on the chin. And did you then find it easy . U Nfortu Nately and did you then find it easy . unfortunately did attempt to take my own life, and i broke my back, which is why the marathon for me is massive. Which really difficult, everything about you, and you just dont believe it. For me, i now realise, i just didnt dont believe it. For me, i now realise, ijust didnt know how to stop the pain. When i talk to them, i say, is it that you want to die, or is it that you want to stop the pain . They say, i want to stop the pain. And how do you deal with that . You process it, you look at strategies, lets be curious to try things, and lets work together. They say, i cant think about that. I say, they say, i cant think about that. Isay, ok, they say, i cant think about that. I say, ok, i understand that. I truly understand, it is unlawful, horrible place to be, but recovery is possible. In some cases, its inevitable. Its making sure we guide people with the support they need. You were at absolute rock bottom, werent you . Need. You were at absolute rock bottom, we rent you . |j need. You were at absolute rock bottom, werent you . I was, absolutely. Before you got to that stage, because i know you had had a succession of things, your relationship breaking down, ivf had failed, so you had an onslaught. Up until that point, had you ever questioned your mental resilience . Never saw it, never saw it until. By never saw it, never saw it until. By use those three events as my significant triggers. Its only when i look back at my life, through therapy and counselling, i can see that ive been suffering for many years. I have a fear of failure, and for me, i had three massive failures in12 for me, i had three massive failures in 12 months. It was the ivf, the relationship raked down and something id worked very, very hard for, i had been temporarily promoted to inspector, and i missed out on the process. But when i look back, im not surprised, because i was going through these things. For me, it is still a failure, but. Until i went to the gp with a physical ailment and broke down mentally, only then did i take time to digest and to think and to reflect on my life, to think, 0k, ive been suffering maybe since gcses, through college, through university. Ive always achieved and done very well andl always achieved and done very well and i dont want to sound big headed, but its been described as, its not a personality disorder, but its not a personality disorder, but it is my type of personality, and i cant adjust to certain situations. So if something wrong or something bad happens, ifind it very difficult to turn it around. Briton which i mean is pretty normal. We get used to our lives being one way, something changes. It sounds like a spoiled child analogy. No it doesnt, it sounds like you are normal it took me to stand on a beach in the middle of south wales to really understand what i was going to. I had to ring my own police force can something another thought i would ever do, for help. I didnt know the number, i had to google the number of my own police force, and i knew then the following day i had to come out to my parents, as it were, and say this is what has happened, this is where i have been a litter is where i am going. Thankfully i am still here, i am sitting here, i have got a marathon to run, which im kind of forgetting about on sunday, and i have support from family, friends, people through social media, people i work with, it is immense. Are you now completely opened up and be believe you have a problem to say, actually, im just believe you have a problem to say, actually, imjust struggling, nothing other than that. Yes, people kind of know me, and for a long time i stepped back, i isolated myself, i didnt want to go out, didnt want to speak to people, didnt want to go to speak to people, didnt want to go to coffee shops, just leave me alone. I didnt want answer the phone, didnt want to text, came off social media because i didnt want to see happy lives. Now i am on the road to recovery, and i am doing the Mind Ofa Road to recovery, and i am doing the mind of a Marathon Programme and doing tabb meeting remarkable people. Mind over marathon. Doing tabb meeting remarkable people. Mind over marathon. Would you like to be the case that everybody could be very straightforward about what they are going through, perhaps rather than blaming it on Something Else are not talking about it . Absolutely, and we have been campaigning for so long, having nhs practitioners working in schools. Like you have open surgeries, we cant expect a Geography Teacher to teach Mental Health, it is not their area of expertise will stop so having open surgeries where people can go and talk, and be guided. Than to have open surgeries for parents. When children go into services, sometimes they come back into school and the school are not guided as to how to bring their child back in and they have had time off and they have missed stuff. Like you talk about your physical health. Running saved my life, as it has for a lot of other people. I became forest gump, and while i was forest gump i didnt have to deal with the noise in my head and that is how i learn the skill of mindfulness. I could do the practical. And then i had to learn the breathing and stuff. Life is a box of chocolates. We dont know what we will get. Did you speak to the royals . I did come i was lucky enough to speak with prince harry when i went and did the training day backin when i went and did the training day back in march, and then i spoke with ca ke back in march, and then i spoke with cake yesterday, who was just lovely. What impact it using their involvement in this will have . M your daughter had heard them talking all the time ago dvd would have made all the time ago dvd would have made a difference . All the time ago dvd would have made a difference . It would have. They would have been 0k to say mum, i dont know what is going on in my head, i have got a voice, i dont know what to do because it would have been 0k to talk about it. She may not have taught me everything but i think she could have started the commerce session and i would have had a little bit of a heads up before it got so extreme. So the royals, i dont think you can actually quantify what they are doing with Heads Together. They have such a high standing within the world that what they do and what they represent, it gives a kudos on they represent, it gives a kudos on the right way. It has been an absolute pleasure. These are not fashion accessories. This is for you. I will put it on later. Thank you, everybody. It really has been a pleasure to have you in, good luck with it all. If you want to watch the documentary, it is on the night, well worth watching, mind over marathon, a 2 part series on bbc one at 9pm. Coming up, a General Election is looming, if you hadnt realised. It is the first full day of campaigning for the Party Leaders and we will speak to a batch of some of the new intake of empties tabb mps elected just two years ago to get their take on events at westminster for sabella have Pretty Healthy majority so maybe not so much to fear as some mps to. But we will be talking to them about what they want when they knock on doors. There have been calls for a chatbot app known as simsimi to be removed from app stores and banned in the uk. Campaigners say the automated app can be taught to respond with offensive and explicit comments when certain words are typed in and that children are using it to anonymously bully others online. The app was suspended in ireland last month. An online petition in the uk has nearly 50,000 signatures. We can speak now to liam hackett, ceo of anti bullying charity, ditch the label. And kayla gill, whos 17 years old and has experienced cyber bullying. Thank you very much for coming in. You had better explain first of all, liam, What Sim Simi is full stop it is not widely known or particularly widely used at the moment, is it . Is not widely known or particularly widely used at the moment, is mm started ten years ago and it is very big in asia. That is an apt that you download to your phone, it looks like an instant messenger but instead of a human being responding, it isa instead of a human being responding, it is a robot. What happens on the app other users decide what is said, based on keywords. A lot of people are using the app to be really defamatory. It is saying whatever Somebody Else has told to say. Defamatory. It is saying whatever Somebody Else has told to saym defamatory. It is saying whatever Somebody Else has told to say. It is a way of programming a blank canvas. When you say it is happening, how widespread . It is not a huge issue, i know ireland have banned it, but people are downloading it at quite an alarming pace. What is quite unique about this is the sense that they dont really have any sort of moderation. Radu much anyone can download this app and put whatever they want to say about anyone else on there. This is completely anonymous, and those comments arent moderated. I have been on the ten one quite a few times since i knew we would talking about it today, to put in some of the key phrase is being raised, such as i am being bullied, and there are claims that the ten one will report it will respond something pretty bad. Is it possible that the makers on top of this now. It is a random generation. We have searched suicide, for example, and some of the comments are supportive, saying you should get help, whereas others are encouraging that kind of behaviour, so it is a random generation based on what people have programmed. Some of it is positive, some of it is very graphic and sexual, not something 13 year old kids should be reading. We wanted banned. Think all the terms and conditions on things like the app store and who will play, it violates those terms and conditions. Id say it is over 17 is, though. But kids are using it, 13 plus. Kayla, you have experienced online bullying, not with sim simi, but tell us what happened to you. You are 17, arent you . Yeah, i have been bullied since i was a little kid, but it was up until i was about 11, it was the kind of thing that once you had gotten home, you could get over it. The weekend has come, you know, it is the end of the day, lam done you know, it is the end of the day, i am done with it now. But around the time i started secondary school, the time i started secondary school, the internet was becoming a lot more popular and a lot more accessible amongst people my age. So you cant get away from it. Things that started on the internet would spread into real life. So there was no escape for me anywhere. People who are not in that kind of team world of being immersed in social media teen world might think why not ignore it . How consuming as sitcom how difficult is it to just the way . I get that a lot sometimes, but it is not that simple. It is the way of communicating. It is a massive way of communicating, it is being in the Social Circle with your friends, because the internet can do a lot of good things. Like, i have friends that live in other countries that i only made very rarely in person, and yet i talk to them that way through the internet. Without it, the prices for overseas calling, it isjust not flexible. If i deleted all of my app today, im still left with the after effect of things that once you have been harassed or upset on the internet, it is still a lingering effect. Just because you are off into dozens of other people talking about you being on the internet and bleeding into real life. That is not as capable. What impact has the sad . Lam quite as capable. What impact has the sad . I am quite an anxious person now, which is a real shame, i am often worried when i go on the internet, i am much more cautious but not necessarily in a way. I get quite panicky, sometimes i have anxiety attacks, are my friends talking about me . I have not been online for about me . I have not been online for a few hours, maybe they decide that they hate me. Maybe i have had people where i thought i have been really close to them and they have started saying awful things behind my back that started on the internet asa my back that started on the internet as a private chat, but has then spread into pages that have spread into hashtags, that have spread into real life. And it hasjust made me much more scared of being able to communicate with people when in reality the internet is a good place to communicate. That isjust you need to be a bit more cautious about what you say, and how to deal with things. Have you found ways of managing it now . I have people i can talk to, which is helpful. I used to have a counsellor that they randomly got me a few months ago and they have not been able to contact us, which is a shame, because a lot of people need help with these things was people need help with these things was that that is not just people need help with these things was that that is notjust me experiencing it, i have had friends that have an awful things to themselves because of it, because of comments they have received. Because of online bullying . They have posted some very of online bullying . They have posted some very not very nice things about themselves, and plans to do to themselves, and plans to do to themselves, if that makes sense. And i have had people commenting, i have seen people commenting saying, do it, chicken, coward, you deserve it, and it is just it, chicken, coward, you deserve it, and it isjust awful. I think the issue with the internet is you will get people saying, it isjust a joke, leave the internet alone, it is going to happen, when in reality you need control and you need to know how to deal with these things yourself and a other people because otherwise you will just yourself and a other people because otherwise you willjust climb up because you think it is the internet, have to ignore it, but it it away at you. What is the answer . Huge pressures on kids. As kayla is saying, they will not step away because it is the way of communicating. How does this get addressed . It can be very overwhelming. At which the label we feel it is very important to try to understand the reasons why people are being so abusive and unkind. We have researched the show that kids who are going through stress or trauma at home are far more likely to billy another person. That is about understanding those root issues and looking at how we can ove rco m e issues and looking at how we can overcome those issues. But we keep kids access to this world of information from a very early age that they are not taught skills that they need, they are not taught digital citizenship at school and they should be. The internet is a big and fast place with an infinite amount of opportunity and threats and kids are not being taught how to navigate those properly. Latest news summary coming up in just a few moments. If you want to get in touch, hashtag Victoria Line tube now lets catch up with the weather with matt. A good variety of weather contrasts, sunshine captured in suffolk. Quite a chilly start in essex and a touch of frost. Plenty of cloud around. Parts of devon, cornwall, east anglia the south east. The sunshine will give way to something a bit cloudy. There will be brexit mcleod. The post of those breaks, the islands, Eastern Parts of Northern Ireland and to the east of scotland. We could see highs of around 16 or even 17 this afternoon. The west of scotla nd even 17 this afternoon. The West Of Scotland with stay cloudy. Not paid yesterday. The skies will brighten a touch across northern england. We have seen some drizzle across wales. It fragments into one or two showers across Southern England but they are few in number, mostly dry, staying a bit chilly in some spots across the south. Into tonight, the breeze continues to be a bit blurry without brea ks continues to be a bit blurry without breaks of rain, and a few showers. A fairamount of breaks of rain, and a few showers. A fair amount of cloud around, some mist patches. It will be a chilly start, debbie dan cole, in the hebrides and auckland and shetland. A better day across scotland, particularly to the west of higher ground. Showers into Northern Ireland and northern england. South of that thickening cloud, temperatures on the rise compared with today. 17, 18, maybe 19 degrees. That cold air works its way southwards across the uk through friday night into saturday, the start of the weekend, High Pressure in charge, and much rain around, only a few showers from the tail end. Sunny spells, the best of the sunshine in the west, and feeling a little bit more pleasant after a chilly start. Warmer in the sunday because the winds are still coming into the atlantic, especially in the south. A dry day for the London Marathon, temperatures in the mid teens but telling increasingly wet and windy across scotland through the day. As the wet and windy weather pushes into northern europe, cold air the next week, t shirt and shorts weather it certainly wont be. Welcome to the programme. Jeremy corbyn says hes going to rip up the rules, overturn a rigged system and win this election for the people. Regan to be a country which works only to make the richest even richer . I know which side im on, you know which side youre on. This election is going to be fought on the streets of this country. In about half an hours time well bring that to you live. And well be talking to politicians from all the main parties throughout the programme. French voters also face an election this year. With the far right Front National party polling strongly, some people are considering what a win for party Leader Marine Le Pen would mean for them. Theres actually somebody who doesnt want people like me in this country, even though i am french and born in france. Well be speaking to voters in france, ahead of a president ial debate on french tv this evening. Tennis star Serena Williams confirms she is pregnant and wont play again this year. She is promising it will not be the end of her career. More on that shortly. Heres Annita Mcveigh in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will use his first major speech of the Election Campaign to argue that he will stand up for the british people against what he calls a rigged system. Mr corbyn will reject the idea that the outcome of the election is a Foregone Conclusion. Culture secretary Karen Bradley has strongly defended the conservatives commitment to foreign aid spending. Her comments come as the microsoft founder bill gates urged the uk to retain its pledge to spend 0. 7 of gdp on international aid, saying it was proof of its goodwill and humanity. There has been speculation the pledge could be dropped in the tory manifesto, but ms bradley said she was proud of the governments record. The manifesto will be published in due course and we can debate what is in the manifesto at that point. I am not here to spec you late on what might be in the manifesto. But i voted for the active parliament which put the 0. 7 in the legislation. Im very proud of the record of this government in delivering for those most in need across the world, and britain will a lwa ys across the world, and britain will always be a leading force in that. And at 11. 30 well be answering your election 2017 questions with professor of Politichohn Curtice and bbc newsbeats Political Correspondent Eleanor Roper you can get in touch using the bbcaskthis. Scientists have discovered drugs which may be able to stop alzheimers, parkinsons and a wide range of degenerative brain diseases. One of them is already safely given to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned, but the findings so far have been described as exciting, important and potentially a major step forward. Cycling to work could halve the risk of developing Heart Disease and cancer according to new Research Published today in the british medicaljournal. Scientists at the University Of Glasgow, who analysed data from more than 250,000 people, said walking reduced the risk of the same conditions by a quarter. Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten of its department stores. Its to close 11 of its warehouses including one of its major distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people. Its part of a Turnaround Strategy announced by the new Chief Executive of the chain, which reported a 6. 4 fall in first half profits. A 17 year old formula 4 driver who was involved in a crash at Donington Park has had both his legs amputated. Ajustgiving page set up to raise money for billy mongers care has reached more than £350,000. The teenager ran into the back of another car which appeared to have stopped on the track during the race on sunday. More news at half past ten. We are expecting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn actually at half past ten his first speech of the Election Campaign. Let us know your thoughts on the election, seven weeks away. It was unexpected, of course, but here it is, two years after the election in 2015, were faced with another one. Time to catch up with the sport. As weve been hearing on the programme, Serena Williams has revealed that shes pregnant with her child. She told the world via social media, with the caption, 20 weeks. With the baby due in the autumn, she will be missing the next three grand slams, but could potentially return for the french open next year. That would be four months before her 37th birthday. No plans to retire, though. Andy murray says he was not fixed acting to serve quite so badly as he did at the start of his match against Gilles Muller in the monte carlo masters. He won what was his first competitive match after a month out with an elbow injury. He admitted he only started serving at full speed four or five days ago. Elsewhere, british number three kyle edmund pushed defending jumpy and rafa nadal to a deciding set on the clay, which is no mean feat, against the man who has got such an incredible record on the surface. The British And Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has named his squad for the tour to new zealand. The first match could see gatland Coming Up First Match could see gatland coming Up Againsta First Match could see gatland coming up against a familiarface, first match could see gatland coming up against a familiar face, his son, who has been picked in the provincial barbarians squad for the opening game of the tour. Gatlin senior played for a victorious new zealand side in the 1993 series against the lions. The beauty is that both him and myself will have played against the lions. The U Nfortu Nate played against the lions. The unfortunate thing is, only one of us will of won. So, look, if hes involved and hes playing, it is great for him. He wont get any special favours from me, great for him. He wont get any specialfavours from me, i can promise you that. But its going to be hard for him, because hes going to be playing against the lions, and the next day, is going to be putting the next day, is going to be putting the lions jersey the next day, is going to be putting the lionsjersey on the next day, is going to be putting the Lions Jersey On and supporting us. There was plenty to talk about regarding the selection for the squad. One of those missing out is dyla n squad. One of those missing out is dylan hartley, the england captain. He will nevertheless be captain england on their tour of argentina. Eddiejones has england on their tour of argentina. Eddie jones has named england on their tour of argentina. Eddiejones has named 15 uncapped players in the party, including denny solomona, who declared himself available for england last month after completing his three year residency period. He controversially left rug by residency period. He controversially left rugby league side castleford and switched codes to join sale in december. Barcelona forward neymar was reduced to tears after they were not out of the quarterfinals of the Champions League last night by juventus. This was the best of the action. Messi had the best chance of the game. They were attempting to overturn a 3 0 first leg visit. But if you thought it was all about the money these days, have a look at the expression there from the brazilian forward devastated, as his side exited the competition. And thats the sport for now. I will have another update for you at about half past ten. There is a caveat which we are expecting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn at half ten as well. So we may or may not have the sport at that time. Of course, a Snap Election has been called. How does that feel if you were just elected for the first time two years ago . We are joined for the first time two years ago . We arejoined now by for the first time two years ago . We are joined now by some of the mps who were just elect did in 2015, expecting to be there until 2020 because of the fixed term parliaments act. We can speak now to germansweek, mp for checquerbent. Reichelt, mp for melandri. Schoenfelder, mp for kretzschmar. And also by the president for the liberal democrats. Thank you joining us. Are you relishing the thought of going to the country again, two yea rs going to the country again, two years on . Well, ive already been out for reaching times in woodgrain and muswell hill, and all of over my constituency and i think people really do want to have a debate, not just about brexit but also about Public Services, the National Health service, the cuts to our schools, the first cuts in 30 years to our schools, cuts the councils, meaning that some of the basics we have already accepted from councils, like the roads and other things, we might actually be able to address some of those issues. What is top of the list when youre talking to people . There is a sense, that this is going to be about brexit . Well, i think the nhs is coming up a lot, actually. Older people are very worried about that. And younger people who might be carers for older people who might be carers for older people as well. Theyre worried about how Long Term Care will be funded. And also for families, about how Long Term Care will be funded. And also forfamilies, which we have a lot of, and worrying about schools and the first cuts to schools and the first cuts to schools in 30 years thats very, very worrying indeed. Oliver dowden, what do you think is a big priority . Firstly, we dont want to have an election for an elections sake, there is an important reason for holding this election. What has become clear, if you look at the course of the bill for the Prime Minister to invoke article 50, she needs a clearer mandate, she needs a direct mandate from the british people to achieve what she wants in the negotiations are. As far as youre concerned, brexit is absolutely the main consideration that people should be thinking about . No, actually i think it is wider than that. I think its about leadership, i think the Prime Minister has demonstrated the leadership this country needs, and she needs a mandate in parliament to deliver on that. But for somebody to get a clear mandate, there needs to be absolute clarity on what the party would do, how the party sees the country after brexit . And thats exactly what the Prime Minister has set out in her speech and in her white paper. In the election theres going to be contrast think between the Prime Minister putin shown that leadership, and the danger we have. The danger we heard just yesterday is that you have the liberal democrats, labour and the snp, ina liberal democrats, labour and the snp, in a so called progressive coalition, which will put the country at risk. Labour have said they wouldnt Talk About Being Part ofa they wouldnt Talk About Being Part of a coalition at this stage, they fell into that trap before. Lets bring in ian blackford, snp mp for ross, skye and lochaberfull so how do you feel about going out and having to get people to vote again, just two years on . I am looking forward to it. We have got a very popular Scottish Government in edinburgh. It is quite galling when you see the Prime Minister doing this from our own personal advantage, she knows the labour party are weak, it is about demonstrating her dominance over labour in england, calling an election at a time when she has said to the people in scotland, now is not the time for a scottish referendum. And thats a referendum which has been supported by the scottish parliament, which voted for that. This is about making sure that were actually not dragged out of europe against our will, and knowing that there is a real threat to the scottish economy. So, we want to make sure that we support what the Scottish Government has been doing, which is asking for a referendum on our future, which is asking for a referendum on ourfuture, which will which is asking for a referendum on our future, which will take which is asking for a referendum on ourfuture, which will take place after the brexit negotiations. Well be reinforcing that call over the course of this Election Campaign, andi course of this Election Campaign, and i certainly look forward to having that discussion with all the people of my constituency. Baroness brinton, president of the liberal democrats, are you hoping that either liberal democrats clearview about brexit, that there might be a resurgence for the party, who suffered terribly just two years ago . 2015 was not a good year for us at all. We recognise that. We are very clear already from the reception we have had on the streets, 5000 people havejoined the party since theresa may made that announcement, which is an astonishing number, we are very, very clear that we will continue to be the only uk wide party that is going to fight against a hard brexit. Oliver spoke about certain things, we know that a good. The red line on immigration . We absolutely want to avoid a hard brexit. We are very, very to avoid a hard brexit. We are very, very sure to avoid a hard brexit. We are very, very sure that there is well over 50 of people who want us to have a key role in the Single Market, so were going to be fighting for that. But we would also agree that the nhs remains a major issue. As to schools. Thats why we will be the party, through norman lamb in the house of commons, who will be fighting for an independent commission which the government refused to set up, to look at the future funding of the nhs. We believe we have to have more funding in this area. We saw massive cuts to social care, which was the beginning of the nhs crisis. I want to get from you, what you wantJeremy Corbyn to say on brexit. You campaigned to remain, your constituency, i right in saying, had the highest remained vote in the country . 81 , yes. The highest remained vote in the country . 8196, yes. I did not vote for the triggering of article 50. But i think that by voting labour, we get to have an opportunity to talk about fairness in society, firstly. Briton if you look at Labour Voters, seven out of ten Labour Voters, seven out of ten Labour Voters, seven out of ten Labour Voters in the referendum voted for remained. Jeremy corbyn tried to do more to. Labour was the only party then said we did not want the referendum. Mr cameron and mr osborne have come and gone. The referendum happened, but what he could do is offer another referendum. Would you like to do that . That has not been ruled out andl that . That has not been ruled out and i did myself vote for that possibility, but i think what matters is how could labour reset the agenda . Because regardless of what happens with brexit, what people care about is not the word brexit, they can about workers rights, environmental protections, they care about small business, the fa ct they care about small business, the fact that taxes paid by companies that sell into the online sale, and there is1. 5 that sell into the online sale, and there is 1. 5 billion tax pounds missing. That is the sort of thing people care about. Do we all have an opportunity here to have an Election Campaign, a condensed one, seven weeks, because we have and have the run up we would normally get, and have a really strongly fact based debate. When you look at the referendum campaign, you think it is fairfor referendum campaign, you think it is fair for voters to feel a bit scarred by some of what happened there . I wasnt happy with a lot of there . I wasnt happy with a lot of the way that the referendum was conducted. There were exaggerated claims on both sides, but i think we have moved beyond that and the real question for this election is, can we give the Prime Minister the mandate she needs in the National Interest to get the best possible deal . Catherine was talking about having a second referendum. I think that would be absolutely disastrous, not only because we would be saying to the british people with heart like the result we want to go back, but secondly in those negotiations the incentive would be for the commission, for the other countries, to get the worst possible deal to try and make brexit look awful for this country. I do not think that would be National Interest. This country. I do not think that would be National Interestlj this country. I do not think that would be National Interest. Ijust wanted to say it is very clear that labour is still completely split on the position about europe. Brexit is very important, there needs to be a strong opposition to what theresa may is proposing and the liberal democrats are more than happy to step up to the plate to deliver that. We will have plenty more time to revisit this over the next seven weeks. For now, thank you and s letters know your thoughts. What do you want to hear, what are the priorities as far as you are concerned . Is priorities as far as you are concerned . Is It Priorities as far as you are concerned . Is it still the issue of brexit at the front of your mind . Hashtag Victoria Line tube is the victoria live. The self proclaimed queen of rap, nicki minaj, is facing criticism after her recent music video includes pictures of her dancing on westminster bridge. It comes just weeks after five people were killed in a Terrorist Attack that started on the bridge. We are not the only ones having a General Election. France is also preparing for a new president. Centrist candidate emmanuel mayu ka is locked in a battle with the far right Leader Marine Le Pen at the top of the polls for the first round of voting. In a moment well speak to some french voters, but first, newsbeat has been talking to young people in paris including members from the Lgbt Community where Marine Le Pen is, surprisingly to some, gaining support. I cannot be like, oh, i dont care, im not going to vote this time around, because there is actually somebody on the bill who doesnt want people like me in this country. Even though i am french and born in france, they still refer to me as somebody who is not from here. And on top of that, you add my sexuality, being a gay man, here in france and standing in the way of fascism and racism is really, really, really ha rd. The reason i feel lgbt people are leaning towards the right side is because it is mostly white and so therefore they do not really care about black issues. Hello, im lionel, im 25, im from martinique and i have something to say about the problems in society in this electoral period. The first problem is the poverty. They have to fight that. If they want people to believe them, they have to fight the problem for the young people to find a job and they have to fight also the problem of the homeless, because every time i see a lot of homeless in the street, that breaks my heart, because we are all human, and that is inhuman. Some french voters talking to newsbeat. Lets speak to Anne Elisabeth moutet, a french citizen and journalist. As a citizen, she says shes horrified, but as a journalist, she says shes excited. Marina anca is a french writer born in romania. Shes lived in france for 30 years and is undecided on who to vote for, but is leaning towards right wing candidates. Thomas ricard is voting for Emmanuel Macron, but he says only as the lesser evil. And lola pattier, voting for far leftjean luc melenchon. Thank you very much forjoining us. Anne elisabeth, are we seeing a similar dynamic to the one we are seeing elsewhere, a breakdown of traditional political allegiances . Yes. Ina traditional political allegiances . Yes. In a french way of doing it, but yes, by and large we have the same way of doing we have the same way of doing we have the same problem, that winners and losers in a game of globalisation, and a constant unwillingness from the elite, who say this will be good for you, it will end up well in the end, to listen to vast swathes of the population who are disenfranchised, Losejobs The Population who are disenfranchised, lose jobs car cannot find jobs and their children. They are stuck in large areas of potential that they cant move because it is too expensive to move anywhere else, and to feel more and more battered. And they feel that nobody is talking to them. Marina, i think one in three french voters are undecided. You are one of them, why . Have you traditionally gone for one party or another and they know which way to turn now . Yes, i am undecided because i think that we all need to live in peace. I came to france 30 years ago to seek protection and freedom, including freedom of speech, and my issues are a little bit different from my fellow citizens, because i think very hard about what is going on in the world with putin and trump and the north korea leader, and i am scared of world war iii. And my issue is who will be the best man or woman, i dont know, to bring peace. We dont need another ego, we need a hero. I watched the nights show very carefully in order to decide which one would be my hero. Thomas, you are voting for Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate, the one who has suddenly come to the fore potentially as a front runner after Francois Fillon suffered difficulties during his campaign. What is it you like about him . Well, it is not really a question of liking, it is really a pragmatic choice. I am under no illusions that Emmanuel Macron will be fundamentally different from the president that has preceded him, if he is elected. It simply is that in the face of arriving far right, a rising far right, and the emergence of potentially a new political order, especially as we might end up with a melenchon Marine Le Pen second round, Francois Fillon is seen as the more safe choice. It is a question of lesser evil. I have no particular enthusiasm for him, but there isjust no other leading candidate that convinces me. You mentioned jean luc melenchon, the far left candidate, he says if he we re far left candidate, he says if he were to win he would want to see a referendum on frances membership of the eu, and lola, you are voting for him. That because youre not have that Referendum Question not yes, and so for me it is the only candidate with the speech of peace. It isa candidate with the speech of peace. It is a movement to want to create jobs for the people in france. And committing to the environment is a big project, and we need a lot of people to do it. And so now in the republic, we feel the president is too much stronger. If one day a person like Marine Le Pen becomes president , it can be very dangerous for the republic. And so we need to create a new parliament and have a referendum to create a new government and who seeks a republic with a committee. So you have the president ial debate tonight and we will be watching events in france, as we are always going to the polls. Thank you very much indeed, thank you. Let mejust remind you, we are expecting Jeremy Corbyn to start speaking shortly. He is physically the antiestablishment candidate. That is the platform he will be putting himself on. So we will have full coverage of his speech as soon as it starts. We will stay across those pictures so you wont miss a thing, but while we wait to go back to them, lets took a bit about the rapper, nicky maynard. She has been criticised after living and head together. There were reports she would cut scenes from her video of westminster bridge. It has been left in the final version. Why did she leave them in . Morning. My thing very few will forget westminster attack on 22nd march. The day it happened, nicki minaj sent out a tweet, saying they could protect eve ryo ne tweet, saying they could protect everyone in london, sending my condolences. She also said that the day before she had actually been filming on the bridge. Now, although there were reports that the footage would be left out of the final edit, these never came from nicki minaj or her people, but since the year was released last night, 5 Million People have watched and some people are calling it insensitive, others tasteless since the video was released. We can see the images right now, with the gates. I mean how much of a cat lash as they pin ofa how much of a cat lash as they pin of a backlash has now been . How much of a cat lash as they pin of a backlash has now been . There are other london landmarks in there, buckingham palace, there have probably been hundreds of comments, but from her fans as well which is something she might hurt nicki minaj. They are no the risley fanatical about her that some say she has overstepped the mark this time, given what happened. The paw people lost their lives and the four people who lost their lives. Will be. Listening to her music because of this . I cant see that happening. 5 million views already. Nicki minaj if not the biggest female rapper on the planet as well. Still to come. Jeremy corbyn sets out labours vision ahead of junes election. Well be bringing you the speech live, any minute now. With the news, heres annita in the bbc newsroom. The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will use his first major speech of the Election Campaign shortly, to argue that he will stand up for the british people against what he calls a rigged system. Mr corbyn will reject the idea that the outcome of the election is a Foregone Conclusion. Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten of its department stores. It is to close 11 of its warehouses including one of its major distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people. Its part of a Turnaround Strategy announced by the new Chief Executive of the chain, which reported a 6. 4 fall in first half profits. Scientists have discovered drugs which may be able to stop alzheimers, parkinsons and a wide range of degenerative brain diseases. One of them is already safely given to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned, but the findings so far have been described as exciting, important and potentially a major step forward. That is the news summary. And we can go straight to our political guru, norman smith, because the Labour Leader, jimmy corbyn, is due to make his First Official speech the campaign. And hes going to be talking about tearing up the rule book, norman . It is a big moment, joanna, because mr corbyn wants to frame this election, and he wants to present himself really as corbyn the rubble, the outsider, the anti establishment politician, taking on, as he sees it, the media establishment, what he calls the cartel at the top of society. In a way its sort of corbyn uncut, corbyn unleashed, Jeremy Corbyn being Jeremy Corbyn. Its not going to be the sort of buttoned up, conventional leader in an Election Campaign. He wants to fight a very different election. Thinking of his people is, this worked during the Labour Leadership contests, in both of which he was taking on fairly conventional candidates and trounced both of them by taking this anti establishment approach. The hope is that that will work in a General Election. Obviously, its a very different ball game, appealing to 200,000 like minded labour supporters, compared with appealing the millions in the General Election. Very, very different. But his people say, they think there is something going on out there. They think people are fed up with politics as normal, disenchanted and resentful of the fact that nothing ever seems to change, that the wealthy just seem to ever seems to change, that the wealthyjust seem to keep more money, and there is this feeling that people want things to be done differently, not just the that people want things to be done differently, notjust the same old politics. And they point for example to donald trump, to the french elections, the brexit, as examples ofa elections, the brexit, as examples of a mood of unhappiness. What mr corbyn i think hope to do is to be able to surf the wave, as he sees it, of this consent of discontent, a feeling that things have got to change. If you look at the polls, hes in a really difficult position, so we cantjust play it safe, hes got to try and shake up the election, and thats what hes trying to do. And they have all got to put out their ma nifestos, have all got to put out their manifestos, with clear commitments when are we going to get that clarity . I dont think well get it for possibly a couple of weeks yet, actually. On the labour side, they have got to be scribbling away rapidly, filling in all the gaps in their manifesto. They thought they would have a bit of time to put it together. I suspect at the end of the day, they may have to copy and paste a lot of ed milibands Old Ma Nifesto paste a lot of ed milibands old manifesto because there plea isnt time. But maybe for mr corbyn, this is going to be an election which he wa nts to is going to be an election which he wants to fight is going to be an election which he wa nts to fig ht less is going to be an election which he wants to fight less about specifics and more about, if i can put it this way, mood and tone. Hes always been an outsider i suppose in westminster terms, hes never really lead anything, never aspired to be a leader, a he finds himself in this position, and working now to try to play the role of a conventional leader, it would seem odd and false. Soi leader, it would seem odd and false. So i think his people think that its easierfor him just so i think his people think that its easier for him just to be authenticJeremy Corbyn. The risk, of course, is that theyve judged it wrongly, that actually, the world has not changed, and that politics is still won in the centre ground, you have to reassure your opponents and appeal to middle england, middle britain. And if team corbyn have called this wrong, then date could be infora called this wrong, then date could be in for a very, very difficult election indeed. The contrast, though, will be with the theresa may side, who seem to be going for the exact opposite. Mrs may the other day was stressing the need for the military and security those are the conventional messages which a would be Prime Minister would invariably try and put over. Feel her team will have a much more contained, controlled campaign, mrs may arriving at events, doing her speech, and trying to keep a tight grip on it, because theyve got that huge lead in the poles. Jeremy corbyns team want this to be the opposite, they want it to be unpredictable, because thats their only chance. Otherwise, looking at the polls, they are heading to defeat. How important is it for the parties to try to understand what it is that the people want out of brexit and to appeal to that and get a mandate . When you look at how votes broke down in the referendum, i think around seven in ten Labour Voters actually voted remain. Jeremy corbyn was criticised but when you look at the figures, in spite of how the constituencies took down, it seems the majority of Labour Voters we re seems the majority of Labour Voters were in favour of remain . And what i think we need to look out for in mr corbyns speech is brexit will he actually mention that word . At rallies and interviews hes done so far, he has kind of swerved around mentioning brexit, because he knows the labour, they re mentioning brexit, because he knows the labour, theyre like a punch bag when it comes to brexit. For their remain supporters, they take the view that mr corbyn really hasnt done enough to put up a fight against mrs mays version of brexit. And four brexit supporting labour folk, they take the view that mr corbyn seems a bit lukewarm on brexit so, theyre getting it from both sides on brexit. For that reason, they risk losing some of their remain supporters to the liberal democrats and some of their brexit supporters to the conservatives. And one interesting thing which mr corbyn might get arrest on today is the suggestion that maybe labour are going to have to come up with some kind of offer on brexit. They cantjust stand there taking the blows on brexit come theyre going to have to come up come theyre going to have to come up with a clearer line. There is a report that perhaps some in the party might be pressing mr corbyn to say that when there is a deal, it should be put to a second referendum. Thats not confirmed, it was just a report in the paper, referendum. Thats not confirmed, it wasjust a report in the paper, but it gives you a sense of the bunnies on this issue for labour. Vista corbyn does not want to talk about brexit anything but brexit. Thats partly why we have got this launch, all about whipping up the rules, he wa nts to all about whipping up the rules, he wants to change the narrative and move wants to change the narrative and m ove o nto wants to change the narrative and move onto other stories. Whereas theresa may, exactly the opposite, she wants to position herself as the brexit candidate. As so often in elections, it will probably hinge on who decides the terms of the election, who shapes the narrative and decides what it will be all about. Can jeremy and decides what it will be all about. CanJeremy Corbyn change the narrative and move it away from brexit, where mrs may wants it to be . Thank you, norman. We were expecting him around half past ten. Hes still not talking, so were going to go onto Something Else for now. Millions of people across the uk live with diseases such as alzheimers, parkinsons and multiple sclerosis without effective treatment or cure. But today, scientists are announcing a major breakthrough. Theyve discovered two drugs that could help slow down the disease, and one is already used for depression. The lead researcher, giovanna mallucci, says Clinical Trials could start imminently. There would be a daily dose, basically. Wed probably use trazodone first, which is already used with the elderly. Were not going to cure these disorders, but if we can stop them in their tracks and change the way they progress, we can radically change the course of the Natural History of diseases like alzheimers and other dementias. Because people will still be able to hold onto a meaningful quality of life and stay out of institutional care. Our correspondentjames gallagher joins me now. People will be saying, how significant could this be . First of all, there is no queue for any of these diseases, parkinsons, alzheimers. Now we can talk about why this is incredibly exciting. Because what this team have been able to do is to stop neurodegenerative diseases from killing brain cells, basically for the first time. So, if you have alzheimers disease, brain cells slowly die off, thats what causes the memory loss and the other changes and that is why ultimately it becomes fatal. Similar processes happen in lots of other diseases. So, if it stops the brain cells dying, does it need to be preventative, it is not going to reverse anything . Is not some kind of thing where youre going to be able to regenerate the brain and create new brain cells, but it is more like a pause button. So, the day you walk into your doctors surgery and they go, we think youve got early stages of dementia, and you can then start on this course of therapy, and it works, which hasnt been tested yet, then it would stop it getting worse. If you think, this could prevent you needing to going toa could prevent you needing to going to a care home, things like that. So it could be incredibly effective, even though its not going to reverse these diseases. And it would give you an incentive to go and find out, because at the moment there is no incentive at all, if you fear you might be heading down that path, and theres nothing to make it any better, what is the incentive in actually finding out . Thats right. A lot of people are scared of the diagnosis because they know there is nothing you can do about it. There is no drug which slows the cause of dementia. The other big problem, though, is that dementia starts probably at least a decade, maybe two, before the first symptoms appear. So youve already had several years appear. So youve already had several yea rs of appear. So youve already had several years of the disease before you start developing the thames, the brain is so good at adapting that it masks some of the symptoms. Developing the symptoms. So is the potential that you could even start much sooner, before the symptoms even appear. But that is all in the future. I thinkJeremy Corbyn is now just about ready to speak. We can go to our political guru norman smith, who is outside the building. Is he about to start speaking, do we think . I sincerely hope so. One thing ive learned from covering Jeremy Corbyn over many years, hes a lwa ys Jeremy Corbyn over many years, hes always late hopefully he will get to his feet soon, because this is his big moment. I think hes getting to his feet now. The party of privilege, and the richest versus the labour party. Applause contact the labour party thats standing upfor contact the labour party thats standing up for working people to improve the lives of all. Its the establishment versus the people. Its our historic duty to make sure the people prevail applause and as ian explained, a duty for all of us here today, the duty of every labourmp, a duty of us here today, the duty of every labour mp, a duty of our half a million members, including, and i welcome them, the 2500 who have joined in the last 24 hours. Applause much of the media and the establishment are saying, is election is a Foregone Conclusion. They think there are rules and politics which, if you dont follow by doffing your cap to the powerful people, accepting that things cant really change, then you cant win. But, of course, they do not want us to win because when we win, it is the people, not the powerful, who win applause the nurse, the teacher, the carer, the office worker, the student, the carer, we all win its the establishment that complains i dont play by the rules. By which they mean, their rules. Cant win, they say. We dont play their game. We dont fit in their cosy club. Were not obsessed with the tittle tattle of westminster or brussels. We dont acce pt of westminster or brussels. We dont accept that it is natural for britain to be governed by a ruling elite, the city and the tax dodgers. We dont accept that the british people. Applause we dont accept that the british people just have to take what theyre given, and that they dont deserve better. And, in a sense, the establishment and their followers in the media are quite right i dont play by their rules, and if a Labour Government is elected on the 8th of june, we wont play by their rules either. Applause they are yesterdays rules set by failed political and corporate elites. We should be consigning them to the past. It is these rules that have allowed a cosy cartel to rig the system in favour of a few powerful and wealthy individuals and corporations. It is a rigged system set up by the wealth extracted for the wealth extracted is. But things can and they will change. Applause britain needs a Labour Government thatis britain needs a Labour Government that is prepared to fight for people in every part of the country, towns, villages as well as big cities, a Labour Government that is not scared to take on the cosy cartels that are holding this countrys well for themselves. It needs a government that will use that wealth to invest in peoples lives in every community, to build a Better Future for every person who lives here. Because the conservatives, drunk on a failed ideology, are hell bent on cutting every Public Service they can get their hands on, and they will use all the divide and rule is di rule tactics of the Lynton Crosby trade to keep their of the they will use all the divide and rule tactics of the Lynton Crosby trade to keep their rules intact. Be angry, they whisper, at the migrant workerjust trying to make a better life. Dont be angry at government ministers running down our schools and hospitals, they tell us, be angry instead at the disabled woman or the unemployed man. Angry instead at the disabled woman orthe unemployed man. Its angry instead at the disabled woman or the unemployed man. Its the rigged economy the tories are protecting that labour is committed to challenging. Applause we will not let the elite extract wealth from the pockets of ordinary working people any longer. So many people in modern britain do what seems they like the right thing to do, they getjobs, they spend all day working hard, they save to buy their own home, they raise children, they look after elderly or sick relatives, and yet at the end of it they get almost nothing left over as a reward. Compare their lives with the Multinational Corporations and the Multinational Corporations and the gilded elites, who hide their money in the Cayman Islands because the conservatives are too morally bankrupt to take them on and collect the taxes. Applause labour will end this racket and make sure that everyone pays their taxes, which fund our Public Services. We will overturn the rigged system. For all theresa mays wrote words on the steps of downing street, the conservatives will never do any such thing. Seven years of break and broken promises show us that. Our schools, our environment. It was there wealthy friends in the city who crashed economy. How dare they ruin the economy with their recklessness and greed and then punish those who had nothing do with it . It was not pensioners, nurses, the lower average paid workers or ca re rs the lower average paid workers or carers who crashed the economy. You know who did that. The conservatives boast of record numbers ofjobs, but what good is it if people are working and getting poorer, and dont share in the profits of that economy, while conservatives look after the wealthy few . Our offer is to tackle elderly poverty and loneliness. Invest in our economy, National Health service and schools, to improve rights at work, and a £10 living wage for workers. Applause for all workers. Britain is the sixth richest economy in the world, and the people of britain must share in that wealth. If i were southern rail, or if i were philip green, id be worried about a Labour Government, i really would. Ifi we re government, i really would. Ifi were mike ashley, or the ceo of a tax avoiding Multinational Corporation i would want to see a tory victory, i really would. Why . Because they are the people monopolising the wealth that should be shared by each and every one of us in the whole country. Applause everyone, and i mean everyone, has a contribution to make, and a life to lead. Poverty and homelessness are a disaster for the individual, lead. Poverty and homelessness are a disasterforthe individual, but they are also a loss for all of us of that talent and that ambition that isnt fulfilled because of the poverty and deprivation from which people are living. This is wealth that should belong to the majority and not a tiny minority. Labour is the party that will put the interests of the majority first, while the tories only really care about those who already have so much. That is why we, yes, we, will prove the establishment experts wrong, and change the direction of this election, because the british people now that they are the true wealth creators, held back by a syste m wealth creators, held back by a system rigged for the wealth extractors. Theresa may will insist this is an election about brexit. She will try to downplay the issues that affect peoples lives every day. And, instead, turn the election into an ego trip about her own failing leadership, and the masoe nations of the coming negotiations the machinations of the coming negotiations in brussels. That is only labour that will focus on what kind of country we want to have after brexit. In the coming weeks, labour will lay out our promises to unlock opportunities for every Single Person in this country. We will focus on giving people real control over their own hives, and make sure overtheir own control over their own hives, and make sure over their own lives, and make sure everyone reaps a just reward for the work they do. We will no longer allow those at the top to leech off those who bust there gets on zero hours contracts, or those forced to make sacrifices to pay their mortgage to pay their rent. Instead of the countrys wealth being hidden in tax havens, we will put it in the hands of the people of britain, as they are the ones who earn it. In this election, labour will lead the movement to make that change. We will build a new economy worthy of the 21st century. And we will build a country for the many, not the few. Applause applause 0k, ok, thank you everyone. I dont want to stop the applause, honestly, i dont, but we are going to break with the tradition and get some questions in. Thank you all so much. My name is dawn butler and i am the member of parliament for brent central, and i have got someone from brent, ijust heard a shout over there, hello, mum laughter the fight is on, the fight is absolutely on. Here, here applause and i want to thank the leader of the labour party, Jeremy Corbyn for just telling it how it is and how we are going to take this fight to this current conservative government. We are going to take some questions now, we will break with tradition. We will take some questions from the media, and then hopefully we will have some chance the texan questions from the audience. I will try to get as many questions in as possible because we are on a limited time. I will take them in groups of three. If you can say who you are and where you are from, that would help me very much. If you canjust you are from, that would help me very much. If you can just raise your hand if you want to ask questions. Ok. Im going to go for it. Obviously i am going to go for the lady in red first to give a much, laura kuenssberg, bbc news. Mr corbyn, what is it that you hope to show the voters in the next seven weeks, beyond this one, that they havent seen in the last two years since you have been party leader . Thank you very much. And another one. I cant help but going to the women, im so sorry. Live davina, itv news. Mr corbyn, you say you wa nt itv news. Mr corbyn, you say you want to speak for the many, not the few, but your poll ratings suggest that only a very few people believe you, and you have attacked the elite. Arent you effectivelyjust pa rt of elite. Arent you effectivelyjust part ofan elite. Arent you effectivelyjust part of an islington believe that doesnt reflect the views of people around the country . Booing its all right, its all right, he can handle it. I will take a man with the tie. A very colourful tie. Andy bell, channel five news. With the tie. A very colourful tie. Andy bell, channelfive news. Mr corbyn, do you anticipate raising taxes for some people . I am corbyn, do you anticipate raising taxes for some people . Lam not talking about cracking down on tax evasion, but some people having to pay more taxes, not just the wealthy tax of orders, and can you say at what point do you think that will kick in . Who do you think is wealthy enough to pace attacks in this country . Great, thank you very much, over to the leader. , thanks very much fuller question and thank you for the other questions as well. This is an opportunity in the election to get our message out of hope and opportunity for people all around the country. To get a message out that there doesnt have to be people homeless. You dont have to be waiting forever for a hospital appointment or an operation, and you do have some chance of security when you get older. And so our policies will reach out to deal with the issues of social injustice and inequality within our society. And, in that reaching out, we will include a lot of people. We have set out some of our policies in the last ten days about the minimum wage, about the way in which Small Businesses are so badly treated by very big business, and how they deserve to be better treated. We have set out our policies on carers allowances. We have set out a policy to make sure that every child gets a Free School Meals every day, that they will lead together, so they grow up together, eating together, learning together. That is the basis ofa learning together. That is the basis of a Strong Community and a strong society. Our message is one of inclusion and socialjustice, and we will get that message out across the whole country. I am very confident of that. We started the campaign on the streets yesterday in croydon. We will be travelling the length and breadth of this country to get that message across. And our plans will be fully costed, and will be all accounted for, to be paid for when the manifesto is published. The plans we have set out so far are already costed, and, guess, at the very top end, the very, very top end, we want to be Cutting Corporation tax, which is what this country is doing. We went the handing £7 billion pack to the very wealthiest people in this country. we wealthiest people in this country. We wont be handing £7 billion pack. This country has got us into debt in all the other Labour Government in history. Allard Top Priorities are absolutely the other way round. Applause ourtop way round. Applause our Top Priorities. Way round. Applause our Top Priorities. As the very question about the elites, i am very proud to represent islington north in parliament. Cheering is true that our people in islington hubei and drink cappuccino every day. But its also true that it is true that there are people sleeping on the streets of rob burrow, as there are