Are we now . Its been a busy few hours. Where are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from the far this afternoon is from the capital, london, where sadiq khan is in a really good place. Let me show you the latest up to date numbers, which show that the incumbent is on 560,000 votes, just about. Susan hall, the conservative, is on 386,000, thats about half the constituencies having counted. That is a big lead. I should say that the areas weve had in, some of them are very proud labour. But the thing that really matters here, that makes us think it is a slam dunk for sadiq khan is this. The swing that we are seeing across london from the conservatives to labour. Its been slightly different in different parts of the city, but overall, the average at the moment, 3. 7 swing from conservative to labour.
Mising nineyearold Charlotte Sena found alive hidden in a cabinet that belongs to the man who abducted her while she was camping with her family on saturday. Youre watching fox and friends first, im todd piro. Carley good morning, todd, im carley shimkus. The details are incredible. Here is how it played out. Charlotte was last seen 6 p. M. Saturday night when she was bike riding with friends in the park. Her parents called 911 after finding her bike abandoned in the woods. Todd Police Issued an amber alert the next morning. Things got interesting. Next day around 4 20 in the morning, the suspect in the case showed up at the familys house to drop a ransom note in the mailbox. Police lifted a fingerprint in the note and traced it and found her in hiding in a cabinet. The first 48 hours after somebody specifically, particularly a child goes mising is the most crucial period and what is so stunning about this case is the amazing response of Law Enforcement and how Everything Coalesced to
Here are tonights headlines. Everything was perfect. There was no crime. Norah . Norah donald trump and his son eric and her a manhattan courtroom fighting a more than 250 million lawsuit. Could he lose control of some of his high profile property is like trump tower . No matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Congress did the unexpected. Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill over the weekend avoiding a government shutdown. But there is a new political crisis developing. The push to remove Health Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Its becoming increasingly clear who the speaker the house already works for and its not the republicans. The fbi joining a search for a 9yearold girl who banished from a park while riding a bicycle. Was abducted and is in danger. Its been on the Largest Health care workers strike in history looms as Union Workers across Industries Hit the picket line. What are their demands . The details tonight. Student Loan Payments are back for millions o
youngsters are actually some of the most economically active in the developed world. waving goodbye to the french open for what is likely to be the last time. the record 1a time champion in paris rafael nadal is knocked out in the opening round. good morning. rain is coming in from the south west pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine but some scattered showers. all of the details later. it s tuesday, the 28th of may. the conservatives have promised to raise the tax free pension allowance if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by 2030. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, has the details. what do you love about it? there s one particular reason politicians like to present t
thanks forjoining us on bbc news. uk inflation has hit the bank of england s target of 2% for the first time in almost three years. the figure which tells us the rate at which prices are rising hit the target in may, coming down from 2.3% in april. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. he now has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught between soaring costs over the last few years and customers with lean budgets looking for value. but things are easing. the price is probably 10 15% more than they were at the beginning of covid, but the actual price of the product is pretty much stationary now. well, we hope it s stationary. it would be nice if it would come down, but i can t see that, not in the foreseeable future anyway. it s global food and energy costs, which triggered the rise in inflation to ii% in 2022, which have also helped it fall to the 2% target, along with the rate rises over the last