Welcome to the programme. We will start with russia. President ial Election Results give six more years of Vladimir Putin and there has been plenty of reaction. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. In the indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. We will look at where russia goes from here. First here is Stephen Rosenberg in russia. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin event. After all, a president who claims to have won 87 of the vote needs a decent audience. Western leaders have dism
We will now fund the cost of their training in full. This will cut costs for businesses and Training Providers and support thousands more young people to start an apprentice. Make uks Chief Operating Officer is ben fletcher. A little earlier he told me why his members were still quite optimistic, despite a difficult outlook,. A lot of this comes from the fact that manufacturers are an extremely hardy bunch. They are, by definition, problem solvers. They are about how you take a problem and fix it and get through it. Our members have always been resilient and optimistic and positive, and they have a great deal of faith in they have a great deal of faith in the work they do in the sector. I think the challenges, for a variety of reasons, loss of our markets and the integrated supply chain is that we are part of a cross europe, they are depressed because economy in all of our Major Trading partners are not strong at the moment. There are some significant and ongoing issues with Energy Pri
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
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