In a botched burglary. And Scientists Say they found shocking levels of a toxic chemical in the body of one of the uks few Killer Whales. Good morning, imjane hill reporting live from westminster on the day the general Election Campaign officially gets underway. At midnight last Night Parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today onwards every seat in the House Commons is up for grabs. Lets bring you up to date with some of the key stories this morning. The eus Chief Negotiator on brexit, Michel Barnier, says britain must honour its obligations as it leaves the eu and warns departure will not be quick or painless. Later today the Prime Minister theresa may will visit the queen at Buckingham Palace to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. And labour and conservatives have clashed on their tax plans. In the last hour, the European Commissions lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been setting out his guidelines for the discussions on britains departure. It comes amid r
Well, you can argue about who started it, but there has been a decided deterioration in the governments relationship with the eu in the last few days. The Prime Minister thinks there are people in brussels not from all the other Member States but brussels itself whove been stirring things up, and in the process, interfering in our election. If that was the case, the effect has probably been to help her. But for the europeans, the point is simply that they have now agreed their shared negotiating position that was over the weekend and if it appears tough well, thats not their doing, thats brexit. You might say this is alljust the dynamics of nationalism one side asserts itself, then so does the other. But has it poisoned the atmosphere for the real negotiation about to hit us . Well hear eu and uk perspectives, but first heres nick watt. Dont know why theres no sun up in the sky, stormy weather. The outlook for theresa may in this election has so far been pretty benign but an ill wind l
With me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and the broadcaster and campaigner, henry bonsu. Tomorrows front pages. They are both going to respect each others opinion and not talk over each other at all laughter the telegraph leads with the duke of edinburgh who is retiring who is retiring from public duties this autumn. The daily mail pays tribute to the prince with a salute from the nation. The sun has totted up a total of over 22,000 personal engagements made by Prince Philip. That is a very accurate number. The same story is on the front off the i the paper estimates that the duke has made 5,000 speeches. The times claims that the queens consort decided to retire to avoid growing frail in public. The mirror says the bbc claims that Sir Cliff Richard has spent an unreasonable amount on legal fees after taking action over coverage of a police raid on his home. The guardians main story is a warning from donald tusk for theresa may to show respect during brexit talks. And t
With me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and the broadcaster and campaigner, henry bonsu. Tomorrows front pages. They are both going to respect each others opinion and not talk over each other at all laughter the telegraph leads with the duke of edinburgh who is retiring who is retiring from public duties this autumn. The daily mail pays tribute to the prince with a salute from the nation. The sun has totted up a total of over 22,000 personal engagements made by Prince Philip. That is a very accurate number. The same story is on the front off the i the paper estimates that the duke has made 5,000 speeches. The times claims that the queens consort decided to retire to avoid growing frail in public. The mirror says the bbc claims that Sir Cliff Richard has spent an unreasonable amount on legal fees after taking action over coverage of a police raid on his home. The guardians main story is a warning from donald tusk for theresa may to show respect during brexit talks. And t