Turning professional, getting engaged to fellow top boxer Marlen Esparza and about her life growing up in leeds. I was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking i want to win a gold medal. The whole being a role model came with it. Politicians like it out in front of sceptical voters. You left a note telling the country you spent all the money. You are punching harder. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Nicola adams will be with us after ten, so if you have any questions for her then do get in touch. Wed also love your comments on the conservative Party Manifesto especially if you or your parents are likely to be affected by new plans for paying for social care. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. An end to Winter Fuel Payments for wealthier pensioners, new measures to curb immigration and cuts to Free Sch
Bill cosby denies the charges against him. The conservatives have been warned that their chaltion to the social care in england could fail because of variations in how some councils administer the payments. Well bring you all the details. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. The green party launch their General Election manifesto at around 10. 30am. Well bring that to you live and well look at how internal facebook documents appear to show that in some cases its moderators tolerates violent threats, bullying and self harm. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Labour is promising english students who Start University courses in england this autumn wont have to pay tuition fees if the party wins the election. Labour has pledged to abolish fees from 2018, b
The week in parliament. It wasnt the best of weeks for the government. First, peers give the brexit bill another kicking. We dont trust the government on this matter. This countrys future should rest with parliament. And not with ministers. And i find it quite extraordinary that your lordships house is spending several hours here on what is basically a defective amendment. Next day, part of the Budget Unravels within hours, when the chancellor reveals a Shock Tax Rise for the Self Employed. The headlines are not good news. Spite van man. Tories break tax vow. Phil picks a pocket or two. Rob the builder. White van man gets battered by budget. And thats just to name a few. And. Leave . Or remain . No, not the European Union. Should mps make a discreet exit, to let the builders repair the crumbling houses of parliament . The danger is that if we go for the long option, costs can just spiral. So we believe that we need to get out. But first, its showdown time at westminster. A second gover
Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. The head of russias National Anti terrorist Committee Says another explosive device was later found and made safe at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. St petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time its been targeted. Richard galpin has the latest. In the immediate