Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
With many key manifesto plans either axed or delayed after the election result the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says the governments in chaos. A Threadbare Legislative Programme from a government thats lost its majority and run out of ideas all together. Prince charles accompanied his mother to the State Opening, as the Duke Of Edinburgh was unwell. The duke was admitted to hospital last night as a precautionary measure. Hes said to be in good spirits. One person is trapped after a crane collapses in crewe. Two others have been released and taken to hospital. The first funerals for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster have taken place, as theresa may apologies for the official response, saying it wasnt good enough. Good evening. A host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the uk for a smooth and orderly departure from the eu have been announced in the queens speech. It was a legislative programme that was dominated by brexit. So lets look at whats in the queens speech. Of t
With many key manifesto plans either axed or delayed after the election result the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says the governments in chaos. A Threadbare Legislative Programme from a government thats lost its majority and run out of ideas all together. Prince charles accompanied his mother to the State Opening, as the Duke Of Edinburgh was unwell. The duke was admitted to hospital last night as a precautionary measure. Hes said to be in good spirits. One person is trapped after a crane collapses in crewe. Two others have been released and taken to hospital. The first funerals for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster have taken place, as theresa may apologies for the official response, saying it wasnt good enough. Good evening. A host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the uk for a smooth and orderly departure from the eu have been announced in the queens speech. It was a legislative programme that was dominated by brexit. So lets look at whats in the queens speech. Of t
With many key manifesto plans either axed or delayed after the election result the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says the governments in chaos. A Threadbare Legislative Programme from a government thats lost its majority and run out of ideas all together. Prince charles accompanied his mother to the State Opening, as the Duke Of Edinburgh was unwell. The duke was admitted to hospital last night as a precautionary measure. Hes said to be in good spirits. One person is trapped after a crane collapses in crewe. Two others have been released and taken to hospital. The first funerals for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster have taken place, as theresa may apologies for the official response, saying it wasnt good enough. Good evening. A host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the uk for a smooth and orderly departure from the eu have been announced in the queens speech. It was a legislative programme that was dominated by brexit. So lets look at whats in the queens speech. Of t