Our audience was selected by a leading opinion Polling Company to ensure they are representative of the country as whole. They support different parties, some are undecided voters, and they are also equally split along the lines of last years Eu Referendum half voted to leave the eu and half to remain. And if youd like to join in the debate at home, you can do so on twitter using the hashtag bbcdebate. We start with Opening Statements from all seven politicians, the order of which was decided by the drawing of lots. First, the leader of plaid cymru, leanne wood. Theresa may called this election because shes taking you for granted. She wont turn up to these debates, because her campaign of soundbites is falling apart. Unlike theresa may, i am not afraid to defend my policies, my principles, my values. Plaid cymru exists to defend and build up our country. In wales, it is plaid cymru that stands for fairness and equality for everyone who chooses to call wales home. For a hundred years, w
60 of the scottish electorate voted for parties who vowed to try and block another referendum on scottish independence, so Nicola Sturgeon knows she is now on the wrong side of public opinion. What she has to do is to try to find a way to row back from demands for another Independence Referendum Without Com Pletely independence referendum without completely closing of the option just in case circumstances change during or after Brexit Negotiations. Sarah smith, thank you. In wales, the labour party had a strong night taking back a number of seats from the conservatives. Labour ended up with 28 seats, while the tories now have eight and plaid cymru won four. The liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. The tories saw their hopes to make gains in pro brexit areas dashed. Our correspondent sian lloyd now reports on the picture in wales. In gower this morning, the smiles of welsh labour said it all. The partys leader introducing two of their three new mps here. This seat was one they ha
Well have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. The Prime Minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. In scotland, a challenging night for the snp. They lost a third of their seats. The former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. After a collapse in ukips share of the vote, and no mps, the Party Leader Paul Nuttall resigned. And with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, well be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom. More news and analysis throughout the day. We will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. Good evening from Downing Street, where theresa may is
On the bbc news at five. And in the victims and Grenfell Tower disaster have taken place. Theresa may apologised for the official response, saying it wasnt good enough. The duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital but is said to be in good spirits. And parts of the uk are basking in the hottestjune day since 1976 with a temperature of 33. 9c recorded at heathrow. Good afternoon from westminster. Our main story at 5pm. New measures to prepare britain for brexit have dominated the governments legislative the governments legislative priorities set out in the queens speech. Of the 27 bills that were announced by her majesty, eight were linked to brexit. There were also announcements on terror and security legislation and Domestic Violence, but there was little mention of the more controversial elements of the conservatives manifesto, such as grammar schools. So what was in it . The main focus was brexit and the great repeal bill, with the government saying it wants to build the wide
A funeral for the first victim to be named in the Grenfell Tower disaster a syrian refugee looking for a better life. Quality time with the kids but memories of the baby they lost a new report on poor maternity care. Mercury rising its the hottestjune day for over a0 years but watch out for the storms to come. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, well round up all the news from the second day of royal ascot, and a prompt arrival by the queen after the state opening of parliament. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This may be a queens speech that will be remembered for whats missing rather than whats being proposed. Gone are the Prime Ministers ambitions for big changes at home. Instead the legislative Programme Read out by the queen was dominated by brexit. So lets look at whats in the queens speech. There are are eight brexit bills in total. Other bills include one to tackle Domestic Violence and abuse. And another to give the go ahead to the second leg of the hs2. S