Its about half past two in the morning, you are up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, electioncast. We are in the selection because of brexit. We want to be getting out and buying up the swiss presidency. If anyone comes up to you and says they know what will happen, cocked an eyebrow, smile politely and turn your back. Hello there everyone, are you ready for monday nights edition of electioncast . I hope so, i am. The big thing we discovered today is if you have an Advent Calendar and you open the first door today, you will be opening the last door and having the last sweetie or chocolate on election eve, on the 11th of december, how cool is that . It will spoil the Advent Calendar for christmas but anyway your choice. You do not have to do it. The big set piece event today is the Conference Held in london, the cpi for the british industry. The confederation of british industry. Three Party Leaders where there and so was our political editor. I asked her for her thoughts earli
british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
The stars of tv were out last night for the bafta awards, with succession in happy valley and top boy winning big. A very good morning. It was Mission Accomplished by arsenal at old trafford yesterday as they returned to the top of the premier league with victory over Manchester United. Well find out how liverpool could still impact the title race this evening and in golf, Rory Mcilroys fine form continues as he triumphs at the wells Fargo Championship. More later. A change in the weather this week with outbreaks of heavy rain in the west, dry in the east. Ill have all the details coming up. Hello there. New day, new week and our top story this morning, the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition are set to make pre election pitches today with both leaders giving major speeches. Thats right. The Prime Minister is set to tell voters were at a crossroads and that hes the best person to lead the country through some of what he calls the most dangerous years ahead. While keir starm
Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. We beginfrom. The polls have just closed in catalonia, where Pro Independence supporters wanting to break away from spain are hoping to maintain their majority in the Regional Parliament. Catalonia made a failed attempt to break away from spain in 2017, and the election comes as the parliament in madrid is expected to approve a controversial amnesty law for separatist catalans facing legal action. Lets speak to our correspondent guy hedgecoe. If you could just set this into context. Why are these elections so significant . Context. Why are these elections so si. Nificant . , context. Why are these elections so siunificant . ,. , context. Why are these elections so siunificant . ,. , u, significant . They are significant because the significant . They are significant because the cattle significant . They are significant because the cattle on because the cattle on Pro Independence parties have controlled the Regional Parliament for so long, and the National
Protests at various universities across the country. It follows across the country. It follows violent demonstrations at some campuses in the us , sit in camps campuses in the us, sit in camps and anti israel banners have been set up at some universities in protest against israels war with hamas. It includes students in bristol, in leeds , in bristol, in leeds, manchester, newcastle and in sheffield, where theyre camping out in tents outside their campus buildings and finally flying with a pet can be a hassle, but flying with reptiles can be an even bigger headache. But one man tried to get around the problem by boarding a plane with two snakes stored well somewhere they shouldnt have been, according to airport officers in miami, staff discovered the creatures smuggled in the passengers pants. Officials posted photos of the Small Creatures on social media and reassured followers that the animals were handed over to conservation experts as well. Safe to say, its probably not the best pl