He was standing down as an mp. Well have the latest on the campaign, which is still not formally under way, as parliament is due to rise tomorrow. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The senior conservative Jacob Rees Mogg apologises for saying that residents of Grenfell Tower should have used common sense and left the building, instead of listening to fire brigade advice. And the South African springboks get a heroes welcome as they return home following their victory in the rugby world cup. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the launch of the liberal democrats Election Campaign, claiming to be the only Party Standing to stop brexit, and that staying in the European Union would produce a £50 billion so called remain bonus over five years. The party leaderjo swinson say this could then be spent on Public Services. For labour, Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour Government would get a brexit deal done in six months, promising to secure a better agreement with the eu, and then put it to the p
Hello. Tonight were in monmouthshire in wales to talk to the people of this proud area about what their lives are like and what they want to hearfrom politicians in this election year. Does it feel like the economy has turned a corner as the Prime Minister claimed today . Good evening and welcome to abergavenny. Applause. According to the sunday times yesterday, this is the best place to live in the whole of wales. Were here for one of our outside broadcasts where we gauge the mood of people who live and work here in the run up to an election later this year. Were broadcasting live tonight from a brand new constituency of monmouthshire in South East Wales. Its the successor to the seat of monmouth which has voted conservative since 2005. And we are in the stunning st marys priory which has served the people of abergavenny and the surrounding area for a thousand years. Weve invited people from all walks of life, all political colours, broadly representative of how people voted at the la
The benefits of that. Obviously it is the only way realistically to get tariff free access. It is really important for our manufacturing base. And nobody can answer the question of how to keep a commitment to no hard border in Northern Ireland without a Customs Union. Staying in a Customs Union means britain continued to trade freely with other eu countries. Circular says this would be best. But it would limit our ability to strike new trade deals outside of europe. Brexit supporting labour mps say staying so closely tied to the eu does not keep to the spirit of the referendum results. What is wrong with it is the country voted to leave. While it is really important we negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with europe, the European Union is a bankrupt organisation, it has never had its accounts signed off, it needs our money. The conservatives have been warned it is now crunch time for theresa may, the pro eu mps could defeat the government when parliament votes on the times of the final de
Browse. The police s. W. A. T. Unit. Police entered his second floor apartment, saying that gosher tried to run. He spun and fired a round striking the officer in the stomach with a. 40 caliber so many eye automatic weapon. The officer was treated at the hospital and has gone home to his family. The suspect died a short time after he was shot. Police say he killed a pregnant woman last september. Megan was an innocent bystander and was shot in the stomach. This is the second time the Police Officer was shot. When a suspect fired through a wall the officer was also saved at that time by his body armor. Neighbors shot this morning awoke to the sound of gun fire. At the same time have you to have a sense of calmness. It didnt get out of hand. Ridiculous you look outside of your window. Its a really scary experience. A very close call, for a lucky cop that can go home to his wife and two children. Rick thank you again. The konkts of this story continues online we have more on the officer a
About how many Interest Rate increases they are predict and. All three major averages are higher, ounce around a little bit. Withlooked at the s p 500 s p 500 versus oil prices. Oil prices went south and it comingike both of them back. Oil has been in focus with inventory reports showing a fourth weekly decline, though not as big a drop as anticipated. Factory production pulled back by. 4 , double what was estimated. That also seems to have affected the bond market. We have the two and the 10 here and yields going lower and took a turn lower after we got Factory Production date of. Going into the commentary from the fed. And ahead of the fed, it is worth checking on w. A. R. P. Ive change this to look at the swaps market to see what they are protecting. We have a 50 chance of an interest increase not until february of next year. Checking on the u. S. Dollar, weve seen a decline in the dollar going in the same direction as rates. Talked about pound ballot pound volatility because of the