our first guest, please put your hands together for ourfirst guest, sir ed davey. applause hi there. good to see you. so, sir ed davey, welcome. just to say, our rules here are pretty simple. they are the same for every leader. you won t get interrupted if you keep your questions reasonably brief and actually answer the question. myjob here is to keep you to the point. so, on that, let s have our first question from alison. the liberal democrats - are planning to spend five times as much as the labour party in extra spending. aren t you going to i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison. the answer is no. we put together a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it has got a big health and social care package at the centre, about £9 billion, and other things, for instance, helping with free school meals and the cost of living, and we have shown how we will pay for everything we have got in that. for example, we are thinking that some of the large corporates
the decision not to bring charges against four retired detectives, who ran the first investigation into the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. the initial investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of the murderers were eventually convicted in 2012. our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. we have had a statement from stephen s mother. she is saying that today s decision by the cps marks a new low in the way that the criminal justice system has treated her and her family. justice system has treated her and herfamily. herstatement justice system has treated her and her family. her statement says the decision of the cps not to prosecute the senior officers who were involved in the investigation of her son s cases unjustifiable. she goes on to say that institutional racism was at the heart of the first investigation and yet no consideration had been given to how it impacted the de
where bbc explicitly labels a party political claim misleading and on the flagship evening news bulletin, outstanding reporting. but cliff mann had a different view. it is abundantly clear that the £2,000 claim by sunak was fabricated and has been debunked, yet you continue to report on it as a balanced argument. andy freeman pointed out that, the truth is the truth and a lie is a lie. no need to shy away from it. and seb berry also used the l word, wondering, why is bbc news leading with the tories doubling down on their tax lie, which just reinforces the lie? tory head office must be absolutely delighted. wednesday and thursday provided some respite from the electoral trail for politicians and for viewers. a welcome development for some, but not all the audience. much of the news agenda moved to northern france and to portsmouth, where ceremonies were taking place to mark the 80th anniversary of d day. the news channel carried many of the commemorative ev
League world cup semifinals. They have beaten Papua New Guinea 36 6. How volunteers hope to restore the last paddle steamer to be built in britain. And philip has the weather. Good morning. There is a fine and adverts on a frosty start to sunday. A decent day in prospect from any pa rt a decent day in prospect from any part of the british isle. But there isa part of the british isle. But there is a change on the way. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Police in dorset say theyre confident theyve found the body of missing teenager gaia pope. The 19 year old had not been seen for 11 days. Specialist teams made the discovery on saturday, close to a coastal path near swanage. Her family have said they are absolutely devastated. She is. Im not go on to say was, and i never will. She is the absolute light of my life. So beautiful, so emotionally wise and intelligent. And so passionate, and artistic, and creative, and understanding. James ingham is in swanage with