And a special programme on the oscars at half past one and reaction to the fashion and the moments from the ceremony. Good afternoon. The princess of wales has admitted sometimes editing pictures. It comes after questions about this picture released yesterday of her with her three children. Several News Agencies had withdrawn the photo, over concerns it had been digitally manipulated. In a statement, the princess said like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. And she apologised for any confusion. Kensington palace says it wont release the original, unedited photograph. Heres helena wilkinson. The photograph of a smiling princess of wales with her three children, which is now at the centre of a royal controversy. It was released to mark mothers day. But some suggest the image has inconsistencies, in particular the alignment in charlottes wrist. In a rare move last night, four major Picture Agencies withdrew the photograph. The Associated Press issued wh
bands of rain in across the uk from the south west so we are looking at a wet spell of weather. we have outbreaks of rain arriving from the south west and the breeze is picking up south west and the breeze is picking up and very mild, as well. temperatures by the end of the night 16 in plymouth, about eight in scotland with a few mist and fog patches. tomorrow, a windy day, with rain at times across parts of england and wales and northern ireland and probably north east england and scotland should probably stay mainly dry but quite a bit of cloud and a few sunny spells. temperatures a bit below average over the north but very mild for england and wales with temperatures about 15 19 c. into thursday, a more potent weather front bring a band of fairly heavy rain northwards and eastwards across the country and the rain will tend to ease in the day later and we have some sunshine coming through late on but also some showers following that. temperatures still mild, starting to ris
forformer election for them? joining us today for former conservative cabinet minister, shadow business minister, liberal democrat and daily telegraph, columnist. this is politics live, election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc two, bbc news and the iplayer. parliament has been dissolved which means politicians, are no longer mps but candidates. ordinary members of the public standing in their respectful constituents for their parties but they are welcome all the same. let s start for tax and spend and this headline on bbc news. labour rules out raising vat after was started by the chancellor, jeremy hunt writing today promising a conservative government you heard in the headlines, would not raise any headlines, would not raise any headline taxes. he claims that labour does have a plan to raise vat, this of course is a classic election strategy to try and expose hidden plans by your rivals during the campaign. but labour have quashed them and ruled out, as you also heard in th
and to wales. finally, let s look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party s manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it s got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. the funding proposal appears to be insufficient. that s for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn t raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments. so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website. sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering,