Voting in some seats. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Tax officials have raided west ham and Newcastle United football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. Strong criticism for Surrey Police for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. A show of unity in south korea as the us Military Holdsjoint exercises with local forces as the us senate prepares for Security Briefing on north korea. And a warning that britains immaculate green lawns could become a thing of the past because of climate change. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the Prime Minister has refused to guarantee that the so called triple lock on pensions will continue if the conservatives are re elected at the General Election. At the final session of Prime Ministers questions before polling day theresa may said that Pensioner Incomes would continue to rise, but she was accused of abandoning a commitment previously made by the conservatives. La
Intervention in the election to tilted towards trump made him out of the notches. That enraged trump. The interesting and controversial thing is the involvement ofjeff sessions. He excused himself from the russia investigation because he was a key figure in the Trump Campaign and his involvement in the Firing Of Comey has raised a lot of questions and criticism from congress. He got flack for saying he had met the Russian Ambassador but had not mentioned it. Exactly. Lastly, trump dug his dug himself into a bigger codger mercy with a veiled threat to james comey that he might not leak because they might be tapes. That has set up a whole round of speculation about what kind of Taping System he has, good the comparisons with nixon get any more stark . You have Top Democrats in Congress Calling on him to release whatever tapes he may have. I think that this is getting very troubling andi that this is getting very troubling and i think, his credibility is under question. He has appeared to
This week a sacking in washington, a timely Election Leak in the uk, and Donald Trumps visits to the middle east and the vatican. Debating all of that are stephanie baker, from the International News Agency Bloomberg news, janet daley, Political Columnist with britains sunday telegraph newspaper, Jonathan Sacredoti from i 24 news, an israeli International News channel and Mustapha Karkouti from the dubai based newspaper, gulf news. Donald trump sacked plenty of would be Business Moguls on the Reality Tv Series the apprentice, barking youre fired to theirface. James comey received his dismissal as director of the fbi in a note. Getting rid of Tv Contestants doesnt have many consequences; sacking the head of the countrys key Crime Fighting agency when hes investigating those around you, well thats proving harder to forget. What was he thinking . He did not handle this well. He is not good at firing people. The messaging was incredibly messy. He tried it out and then various trump surroga
Children he murdered. And why does this tiny island in the South Pacific have more plastic rubbish washing up on its shore, than anywhere else in the world . Its 5 oclock. Our main story The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the partys General Election manifesto, describing it as a Blueprint For What Britain could be. He chose bradford for the event saying it was a radical and radical and responsible plan for government. Ben brown has been at the launch event and is in bradford for us now. Im ben brown live in bradford where The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the pa rtys General Election manifesto, some of the details of which were leaked last week. We now know that it includes proposals to renationalise the Water Companies as well as the railways and the royal mail. There would be more Free Childcare for two year olds and some one year olds. And University Tuition fees in england would be scrapped. 0n taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earni
Could all be a myth. Researchers looked at the Health Record of more than 3 Million People, Casting Doubt on the theory that some people can be healthy, despite being overweight. And she was famous for her Trademark Headscarf and pinny, now coronation streets hilda ogdens Trademark Items are going under the hammer, good morning. Its wednesday 17th may. Im Annita Mcveigh welcome to bbc Newsroom Live the white house has denied reports that donald trump asked former fbi Directorjames Comey to stop an investigation into the alleged links between one of his senior advisers and russia. Mr comey, who was sacked last week, is said to have recorded the comments in notes taken after a meeting with the president in february. David willis reports. Following a meeting of his Security Advisers back in february, President Trump waited for other officials to leave the room before taking then fbi director james comey to one side. The previous day, his National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, had been