conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspended fro
campaigning in wales today, but his efforts to promote the conservative s welsh manifesto were overshadowed by questions about tory insiders allegedly gambling on the date of the election. the prime minister insisted multiple independent investigations were under way and that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. lets take a listen: there are full investigations that are currently happening. it s right that those investigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent. they are necessarily confidential, as you will appreciate. there s also a criminal investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those. you ll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there s not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, i will ensure that they are booted out of t
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In sport still in the title race. Tottenham beat Crystal Palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. A boom for books as the Publishing Industry has a surge in sales and a record year. And carol has the weather. A chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. But here weve got early sunshine. Most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. More in about 15 minutes. Thank you amcu bend. See you then. Tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its Nuclear Weapons programmes. Last night, President Trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. But washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. The us is piling on the pressure. This is a Military Exercise just north of the north korean border. A message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. This is how