And any ties to Trumps Campaign. The former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. The veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. Retail sales rose by 2. 3 last month defying Market Expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. Hello and good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Im sophie long, in West Yorkshire. Where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the Conservative Manifesto shortly. It has been delayed due to Travel Problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. Small protests at this stage. One to the side of the building and another to the entrance. Shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the Conservative Party plans for the election. Lets take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. The party is promising that no one will have
Funding for schools. Real Technical Education for young people. And, the first ever proper plan to pay for and provide social care. Strong Public Services do notjust provide security and enhance opportunity. They are vital institutions that bring us all together. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn will be absent as britains political leaders take pa rt britains political leaders take part ina britains political leaders take part in a prime time tv debate this evening. The itv event will see Liberal Democrat leader tim farron, Ukips Paul Nuttall and the snps Nicola Sturgeon lock horns. Plaid cymrus leanne wood and Green Co Leader Caroline Lucas will also take part in the two hour show being broadcast from salford at 8pm. The Prime Minister has refused to take part in tv debates and the Labour Leader said he would not participate without his main rival being there. Atv a tv debate must include the Prime Minister, the leader of the conservative party. That would be a proper debate. I made the
Bill cosby denies the charges against him. The conservatives have been warned that their chaltion to the social care in england could fail because of variations in how some councils administer the payments. Well bring you all the details. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. The green party launch their General Election manifesto at around 10. 30am. Well bring that to you live and well look at how internal facebook documents appear to show that in some cases its moderators tolerates violent threats, bullying and self harm. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Labour is promising english students who Start University courses in england this autumn wont have to pay tuition fees if the party wins the election. Labour has pledged to abolish fees from 2018, b
The Security Personnel across the country, we assess the cost of keeping britain safe. And balancing the books within a decade thats the promise from the Trump Administration as it reveals its Spending Plans for 2018. Hello and a very warm welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme the Credit Rating agency moodys downgrades china well have the details in a moment. We will be talking to rico hizon. As weve been hearing, britain is now on a Critical Terror Alert with the military set to bolster the police amid fears the manchester bomber, salman abedi, did not act alone. Earlier, Prime Minister theresa may raised the threat level to the highest possible, meaning that another attack could not be ruled out. So how well funded is britains Security Operation . Well, the uk has seen an increase in anti terror spending in recent years. Heres how things looked in the last Financial Year the uks annual Terrorism Policing Budget was i 594 million, thats around 770 m
And in other news. Jailed for 15 years the Breast Surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands. And coming up on Newsnight Fresh from the Election Debate spin room, Brexit Secretary david davis and shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry. And Fashion Campaigning in fife, snp leader nicola sturgeon. Fresh from campaigning. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. With just eight days to go until the election, one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken place in cambridge. There were seven Party Representatives involved, including labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whod announced earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending. The Prime Minister theresa may did not take part. She said shed rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. Heres our deputy political editor, john pienaar. Guess who came after all and what an entrance. Jeremy corbyn left it late, but how could he resist trying to show up theresa may, who s