Cheering applause in this stage in the Election Campaign which is now over i dont think i will take any questions but i will talk briefly to the media. Thank you all very much, everybody. Borisjohnson there in sedgefield in the north east. Tony blairs former constituency. The ultimate political humiliation some might say to the labour party as borisjohnson repeats those messages that we saw outside downing street yesterday. Unite and level up being one of the key mantras there and talking about health care, education and police, all the factors we have seen him say in the election trail. We are still joined by tony blairs former political secretary. What did you make of that . It is masterful in a way to be able to say we are here and we have taken the north east . You can see the confidence that a massive majority has given him. It is his country and it will be his agenda. Unite, level up. Powerful m essa 9 es agenda. Unite, level up. Powerful messages because we are a divided country
As Fallon Sherrock becomes the first woman to beat a man at the pdc World Championship at ally pally. Why dennis the Shetland Pony is in the front line in the battle against loneliness this christmas. Good morning. We have some dense fog and icy patches to watch out for this morning. Generally speaking, eastern areas will be drier and brighter in the west, it will be wet and increasingly windy stop i will have more details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18 december. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled 500,000 appliances yesterday because of a fire risk, but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers as dan johnson reports. More than half a million of these washers are at risk of sparking a fire if a part in the door lock overheats. It has happened to 79 machines already. Th
Before the papers the sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres holly hamilton. Good morning. Liverpools dominance of the premier league continues. They now have a ten point gap at the top after making it 16 league wins out of 17 with a 2 0 victory over watford at anfield. While second placed leicester could only draw 1 1 at home to norwich. Ben croucher reports. Catch us if you can. If liverpools bond is tighter than ever, right now, the gap between them and everybody else is growing ever wider. Theyve played 17 games this season, and when mo salah can produce finishes like this, you can see why theyve won 16 of them. Hes left footed as well. That might have been the obvious option, when the ball landed at his feet in the last minute. Commentator the cheek of it the sheer cheek of it. This magician had the trick with the flick. Theyre disappearing into the distance at the top of the table. We need each point we can get, because its a tough and long season. You ca
These two leaders. Yesterday should not change any of that. You said three weeks to go, the last election, two years ago, it shifted in the last three weeks, largely due to an awful manifesto from the conservatives. So there is still something to play for, even though Jeremy Corbyn is really not doing well in the polls. Yes. And to the extent that Boris Johnson got through yesterday without a big problem, he will be happy about that. He has gotten through unscathed when you talk about theresa may a few years ago, the issue was that he made some horrendous mistakes. Not just issue was that he made some horrendous mistakes. Notjust when the manifesto came out was a strange policy but then she changed the policy but then she changed the policy and insisted she did not change it. The polls shifted as a result of an error that the front runner made. In this case, Boris Johnson is a long way ahead in the polls at the moment. He has a 17 point lead in some polls and as a result, 45 28 in one
Protesters in hong kong and beijing promises retaliation if it becomes law. Alibaba set to raise 11 billion in a second listing next week. It marks hong kongs biggest share sale since 2010. Coming from behind, Jeremy Corbyn holds his own against Boris Johnson in the first tv debate in the u. K. Election, a snap poll puts the leaders at almost even on the night. Good morning. Matt good morning. We are getting headlines that hsbc is going to replace its head of Investment Banking, so those of you working at the Investment Bank at hsbc, at least according to the financial times, looks set to get a new boss. The head will move to a nonexecutive role according to the f role ft and he will get a replacement. We will bring you the developments on this story as the new head of Investment Banking those into the Hong Kong Shanghai banking corporation. Less than half an hour from the european open and lets look quickly at what is going on in terms of the risk picture this morning, the treasury yi