And two metal detectorists are found guilty of stealing and concealing a viking hoard of coins and jewellery worth millions of pounds much of which is still missing. Jeremy corbyn has unveiled labours general election manifesto and vowed to transform the United Kingdom if they win. He unveiled the wide ranging plans in birmingham promising what he called a green transformation of the economy and a manifesto for hope. A Labour Government would nationalise rail, mail, water and energy companies. They would build at least 150,000 new council and social homes every year until 2025. And mr corybn said thered be a one off windfall tax on Oil Companies to pay back the damage done to the climate. Thered be big tax increases on higher earners and companies to pay for the plans. A leading Economist Says the scale of the proposals is enormous. Heres our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg and a warning her report contains flash photography. Is it time . Time for a much bigger state . Time for a go
He has been writing over the last three orfour years, including he has been writing over the last three or four years, including this big long epic he published last year, the river in the sky, and the shorter poems, like japanese maple, the expert from, that gave my title. Excerpt. Almost all of that stuff is to do with mortality and looking back on a life and comparing what the life well lived would be like compared with the pragmatic words in life that he had lived. So, his subject had been for a long time, i was obviously with the family, we went back to clydes home after the funeral this afternoon, and everyone is very sad, but one of the things that has brought greatjoy to everybody involved is that clive, right up untila everybody involved is that clive, right up until a couple of weeks ago was working on the last details of a book, which will be published next year, which is going to be fantastic. It has 80 poems that he had learned by heart, and his commentary is, his comments
Could win the election he was saying the tories are going to lose, i was saying the same, joshing as old friends do. He has only gone and put it on a website and selectively leaked it, and i thought he was a friend. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in court to defend her country over accusations of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. And the sport. Some rain and blustery wind, but nothing as turbulent as in iceland over the next couple of days. People are told to stay indoors, two metres of snow, and strong winds to come. I will have all the details just before half past. Two bens for the price of one. And the latest banksy street art gets protection after its reindeer are given red noses. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Six people are now known to have died and eight people missing presumed dead after yesterdays volcanic eruption in new zealand. 31 people are being treated in hospital, among them two british women. Almost all of the injured have at least 30 burns t
Hands, and calls for a second independence referendum next year. Tata steel says it expects to cut 1,000 jobs across the uk as part of the compa nys restructuring plans. A warning from councils that social Care Services wont be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. Vue cinemas will restart showing the london gang film blue story after banning the screenings due to a mass brawl in birmingham the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james, one of the most familiar faces on British Television for many years, has died at the age of 80. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking another in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, Torcuil Crichton and sam lister. Stay with us for that. Good evening. We start with one of the key issues in this election campaign, the future of the nhs, and labours allegation that the Health Service is at risk or even for sale to american firms in a trade deal after britain leaves the eu. Jeremy corbyn claims he has proof, in the form o
About allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgement. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. At issue, which of these two people is telling the truth . Andrew or Virginia Roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken . Groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. Even the photo is contentious. Andrew says he has no memory of it. Tramp, a nightclub in central london. Virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. She says they later had sex. Andrew says he was with his family. And he told the bbcs emily maitlis, theres a medical reason why ms robertss allegation cannot be true. She was very specific about that night. She described dancing with you. No. And you profusely sweating, and that she went on to have. Theres a slight problem with the sweating, because i. I have a peculiar medical condition which is that i dont sweat or that i didnt sweat at the time. Is it possible that you me