For a second time, his attempt to hold an early general election. Theresa may is accused of rewarding number 10 cronies as herformer closest advisers are recognised in the ex Prime Ministers resignation honours list. Also this morning, Prescription Drug dependency. A review by Public Health england finds that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. An urgent call for a £1. 5 trillion investment to help stem Climate Change. And on yer bike how cycle thieves are being confronted by victims to reclaim their stolen property. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Parliament has been suspended amid chaotic scenes in the commons in the early hours of this morning. There were protests against the suspension, or prorogation, of parliament, as Opposition Mps shouted shame on you, waved placards carrying the word silenced, and, at one point, even attempted to stop the speaker, john bercow, from leaving his chair. On an extr
Know. Well thank you brandon can i thank you and your team at conservative Central Office for doing a fantastic job its been a team effort and shown the conservative family at its best and if i could make one plainly as a backbencher can we be kind to the next Prime Minister than weve been to the current Prime Minister. Is it so without further to that im going to hand you over to the wonderful cochair of the 922 Committee Jane cheryl. Thank you very much charles on the 24th of may the Prime Minister the right honorable theresa may announced that she would be standing down as leader of our party on the 7th of june and over the past 46 days in 1022 committee organized 5 ballots of members of parliament and then worked with the Party Chairman and the Electoral Reform services to present the final 2 candidates say all qualifying members of the conservative and Unionist Party could vote for our new leader i want to check a childs thanks to brandon and in particular to the party board and t
Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art heres what else is coming up. In our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. Our new series underground europe explores whats going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. And some exciting news in film as the latest from Marvel Studios and ventures and skate has become the highest grossing film of all time. Oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the worlds 1st Museum Dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for International Light art opened in 2001 when addition to its Permanent Collection its currently showing the finalists for the 3rd International Light art award with some brilliant explorations of a material that of course is
Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Lets get you up to date with the headlines from the gb news room. Two people have been killed and a third injured following a series of collisions in morning. A in coventry this morning. A pedestrian a car on pedestrian struck by a car on gosford street and a cyclist on woodway lane died of their injuries. The driver then made off after colliding with a house a short distance away. A 33 year old man is being questioned by police and the government is under pressure to reveal the exact number of schools at risk of collapse due to crumbling concrete labour is planning to force a vote to compel the Prime Minister to publish a list of all schools at risk with more than 100 told to fully or partially close days before the new term begins. Expert pts are warning the problem is being complicated by the coexistence of asbestos in schools and other pubuc of asbestos in schools and other public buildings. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the