challenges for customers to earn bonus points could be pushing people to spend more than they can afford. that s the warning from consumer groups. i ll be taking a look. in sport it s the start of a new adventure for emma hayes. we hear how she s settling in to her new manager role in the united states as she prepares to lead them into the olympics this summer. to lead them into the quite to lead them into the a cloudy start this morning. some quite a cloudy start this morning. some outbreaks of rain out there, but things should brighten up. a bit of sunshine developing in the afternoon. all of the details shortly. it s thursday 30th may. our main story. the conservatives and labour have both ruled out increasing vat if they are elected in five weeks time. the promises have raised questions about how the parties will fund their spending plans, and deliver on their commitments if they win the elction. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has this report. midnight
Who was so close to George Michael they described themselves as cousins at 9 15am. And well meet one of britains most prolific organ donors whos already donated a kidney, 16 eggs and 80 pints of blood to people shes never met and plans to do much, much more. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. We will bring you the latest news and stories throughout the day. What do you want to hear theresa may say in her Big Brexit Speech which is due at around 1145, you will see that on bbc news. If you have donated an organ, tell us if you have donated an organ, tell us what motivated you. If you have received a strangers organ, tell us about that as well. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story. The Prime Minister will this morning set out her vision for the terms of the uks departure from the European Union. Theresa may has a list of 12 demands fo
build 100 new gps but also free up millions of new appointments which they say could be done by expanding their existing so called pharmacy first scheme allowing people to go to pharmacies for certain treatments. this was already rolled out for accessing things like the contraceptive pill but the conservatives say they would expand it for conditions like chest infections or acne at pharmacies as well and they say they would fund this scheme which they estimate would cost about £1 billion per year ljy would cost about £1 billion per year by cutting nhs managers and consultancy services to pre pandemic levels. the lib dems are also looking at health, they say it is cheaper to look at preventative care rather than treating illnesses once they have occurred. so they say they would increase preventative services and health checkups particularly for people over the age of 40 but also infants, trying to diagnose
centres and also an existing plan that pharmacies can treat some patients, they re going to allow pharmacies to treat more patients, acne, chest infections and menopause symptoms for women which they say will help really improve access to treatment and alleviate pressure on hospitals because of course be no waiting lists, access to treatment is a huge issue. labour are saying look at the record of the conservatives on this issue and of course we have heard them talk about their plans to bring waiting lists down. the liberal democrats interestingly have a policy on sunday where they are talking about health as well, they say they would restore public health budgets, money to try and help people getting sick in the first place, they think that is really key in trying to alleviate pressure on the health service. there will be a little bit of health policy going round on sunday. also worth watching out that the snp are launching their official campaign on sunday as well so it is going to b
Runny nose, sneezing, cough, breathlessness, throat pain and diarrhoea have been majorly reported in patients. Some also reported low oxygen and shortness of breath due to which they have been hospitalised.