To qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Party leaders are preparing to make a final attempt to win the backing of undecided voters on the last day of campaigning ahead of the general election. With 2a hours to go until polls open, in what both borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have described as the most important election for a generation, politicians will appear at rallies in target seats across the uk, to make last ditch bids for support. Our correspondent alex forsyth is on the campaign trail with the Prime Minister. He is the first of those political leaders off the blocks this morning. I think hes already been taking pa rt i think hes already been taking part in one event. Tell us what hes been saying. Yes, theres always a Frenetic Energy to the final day of an Election Campaign and i think this one more than most and mixed in with that as a healthy dose of tension because this still feels very much like an election w
Michel barnier says a deal can still be done. Reaching an agreement is still possible. Obviously any agreement must work for everyone. Climate change campaigners have been banned from london, after a week of Extinction Rebellion protests. The duke and duchess of cambridge arrive in pakistan at the start of their five day tour. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. The government and the Football Association as well as past and present players have demanded that uefa take tough and immediate action after englands black players were racially abused during an international in bulgaria. The game which england won 6 0 had to be halted twice because home fans were making monkey noises and nazi salutes. Bulgarias Prime Minister has called for the head of the countrys Football Union to resign. The referee was following uefas three step racism protocol. The first incident occurred on the 28th minute when england was leading 2 0. A stadium announcement was made condemnin
Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
In 1918, votes for women became a reality. And its a hundred years today that women got the vote but even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, chelsea captain gary cahill has backed manager antonio conte, saying the players need to look in the mirror after their 4 1 loss at watford. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Former bosses of the construction and outsourcing company carillion have apologised for the firms collapse but denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which provided services for schools, hospitals and prisons went into liquidation in the middle ofjanuary. It employed more than 40,000 people worldwide. This morning mps have been cross the companys executives about how they are loaded to colla pse about how they are loaded to collapse with debts of over £1 billion and a huge pension deficit. Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. The seniorfigures in the senior f
Yea rs take off in next hour. And it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. So what went wrong . Xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed b