We travel to the hometown of captain siya kolisi. Proud of its local son. And Lewis Hamilton wins his sixth formula 1 world title. Hes nowjust one short of michael shumachers record. Good evening. A bbc investigation has found that children in care in england and wales are being placed in caravans, narrow boats and holiday homes. The bbc has also seen examples of some providers exploiting loopholes in the law, with the number of under 16 year olds living in these types of unregistered accomodation having tripled in the last two years. The head of the watchdog for childrens services, ofsted, has called the situation a national scandal. Our special correspondent ed thomas, has this exclusive report. I couldnt believe that such a place actually existed. I found it very restrictive. It was enclosed with a fence around it. The sleeping arrangements are very tough. Yasim runs Childrens Homes. He was asked to assess a narrow boat by a London Council who had placed a 14 year old there. The Com
Formula 1 world title. He is nowjust one short of michael shumachers record. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the journalist and author caroline frost. Stay with us for that. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, says he wont be running for a seat at westminster in the coming general election. Instead, he says he will focus on touring the country to support his partys candidates. The news comes days after borisjohnson rejected a call from mr farage to form an Electoral Alliance with the conservatives. Here is our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. Its like sponsored drinking. There might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us president s instead. But after years of trying, seven elections, to be precise, this time he wont be standing to be an mp. I dont want to be in politics for the rest of my life. Do
match of the tournament here in three days time. and good morning. remaining in charge at manchester united. after speculation he wouldn t be there next season, the club s board decides erik ten hag will stay on as manager. and she s the queen of funk who s been getting us on the dance floor for more than five decades. we hearfrom chaka khan in her new role as a music festival curator. good morning. it is a cloudy start for many of us this morning. the cloud will hang around in the east where we will see most of the showers. it will brighten up in the west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. iwould have west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday the 12th june. our main story. the green party will launch its election manifesto in brighton and hove today. they re promising a £50 billion a year investment into the nhs and social care. they
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
live from london, this is bbc news. joe biden s son, hunter, is found guilty of lying about his drug use to buy a gun. hamas says it wants a complete halt to war in response to us backed peace plans. scottish political leaders clash over the cost of living and independence in a bbc debate. and, how long could you last without your smartphone? we meet the teens going cold turkey for five whole days. hello. i m sally bundock. the son of the us president joe biden is facing up to 25 years in jail after being found guilty of lying about his drug use in order to purchase a firearm. a federaljury found hunter biden guilty on all three felony charges brought against him forfailing to disclose his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. it s the first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting us president. hunter biden s lawyers say they are disappointed by the verdict and will pursue legal challenges. president biden said he would respect the result, and said he and his wife, jill,