My understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. And he, im afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. Security moves centre stage in the General Election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and Security Services. Welcome to bbc news. We are as close as we can get to London Bridge. The Police Cordon is still in place after Saturday Nights attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. The normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. Many Tube Stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. Lets take a look at what we know this morning. Police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider network. Two more pro
I dont understand going to these negotiations. Why are we negotiating . Why dont we just leave . So far all our couples have got on but will politics get in the way . Well bring you the full storyjust after 09 30. It is now less than 48 hours till voting begins. Weve been to the valleys of south wales traditionally a Labour Stronghold to find out howJeremy Corbyn is going down there, or whether other parties are about to cause a political upset. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also coming up later in the programme, as part of our van share series i take a spin with senior tory politician Andrew Mitchell. He reveals his favourite coldplay track and how he got the Nickname Thrasher. Do get in touch on all the stories were Talking About this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, Scotland Yard is facing questions over a decision to downgrade a previous inquiry into one o
Also this hour president macrons party looks set for a Landslide Victory in frances parliamentary election. Aviation officials are investigating an incident that forced a chinese plane to make an Emergency Landing in sydney with a large hole in one of its engines. Both the white house and Downing Street dismiss reports that President Trump wants to delay his state visit to the uk, until he has the support of the british public. Good morning, were live at westminster theresa may will face tough questions today from her backbench mps. They are expected to Raise Concerns about her Leadership Style and press for more details on talks with the dup. Mrs mays new cabinet will also meet for the first time after a limited reshuffle. David davies insists he intends to begin Brexit Negotiations Ina intends to begin Brexit Negotiations in a weeks time but argues the uk will still need to pull out of the Single Market because otherwise it will not be able to control its own borders. He says the gov
A question over queens speech, the programme on the 28th ofjune, this is becoming a confidence issue now. This is why the conservative papers are so this is why the conservative papers are so worried about this and they are so worried about this and they are mailing it to the performance in the aftermath of Grenfell Tower because what i think they are all sensing, the response wasnt good enough, and they know this isnt going to go away. It will go into the winter. This is a big turning point. In one constituency it has shown the contrast between rich and poorin shown the contrast between rich and poor in britain today. It has put a magnifying glass, hasnt it . She was there initially but she was just meeting the emergency services. Why is that . I wonder who is giving her ad vice and the moment. Whos giving her advice at the moment. She isnt overly charismatic, people seem isnt overly charismatic, people seem to like that and she has always beena seem to like that and she has always be
Grenfell towler was legal or nowm is happening now. It is not happening enough quickly enough. The testing is going on. We will try and find out. And the legend that is ronnie osullivan. Commentator i dont believe this. Applause what a fantastic Maximum Break he will talk to us about his career, politics, the novel he has written and anything else you fancy talking to him about. If you have a question, get in touch. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until i this morning. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. And, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later in the programme well hear from a sikh couple say they were told they couldnt adopt a white child because of their Cultural Heritage. Its legal for Adoption Agencies to give preference to parents from the same ethnic group but government guidelines say different racial backgrounds should not prevent a couple from adopting. Really keen to hear your experience of int