And in sport, aston villa end a run of three Successive Premier League defeats as they beat Newcastle United 2 0 to spoil steve bruces return to villa park. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Britains most seniorjewish leader the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis has intervened in the general Election Campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leaderships failure to deal with anti semitism and questioning ifJeremy Corbyn is fit to lead the country. Writing in todays times newspaper, he says a new poison sanctioned from the very top has taken root in the party. Mr mirvis says, the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, i ask every person to vote with their conscience. Be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake. Today, the archbishop of canterbury head of the church of england reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fea
Newspapers has told this programme that politicians are undermining trust in the media by distributing Party Political leaflets that look like newspapers. Weve found evidence the conservatives, labour and liberal democrats in england are all doing this. David, lets talk. Aah down, down go, go is tv too violent . The actor Zoe Wanamaker thinks so. She says she wants more tv that kids and adults can enjoy together. Do you agree . And our election blind dates are back for 2019 so what happened when a brexit party mep and jordan stephens from rizzle kicks went on a blind date . You should come and visit me in brussels. Well go and see the debating in strasbourg. Is this the parliament that you want to leave . Yeah. You will see how rubbish it is. That doesnt make much sense, does it . Do you kind of love it . Do you love it . Come on, do you love it . I do not like the European Parliament at all. Are you sure . But i really like my colleagues, and i actually do really enjoy myjob. I dont k
Southeast. There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, new connections, and opportunities for every part of our great nation. As the uk Election Campaigns kicks into gear both parties set out their economic plans today and well talk about that in a minute. But first the Opposition Labour Party has again faced allegations of anti semitism even a former labour cabinet minister calling for voters to back boris johnson. But labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has sought to keep his campaign on track. He gave a speech in manchester a short time ago. Because if we dont do that and get that investment, what kind of future and what kind of hope is there for people in areas that have been totally left behind ever since the ravages of Margaret Thatcher and the tories in the nineteen eighties . If we are to give hope to communities that have had nothing for so long, then we have to invest in them, and thatis then we have to invest in them, and that is the absolute priority that we wi
england and wales, wintry showers clipping the far west of wales and a few snow showers down the north sea coast. the heaviest snow will continue to be focused across the north of scotland and northern ireland. it will stay cold in places, temperature is not expected to get above freezing. tomorrow evening, a line of snow showers forms across the irish sea affecting parts of north wales, merseyside, cheshire and the north midlands. the amount of snow will vary, but you could get a bit in a few areas. into friday, temperatures come up a little, and the showers piling into scotland will turn to rain or sleet, leaving the snow confined to hilly parts of the country. temperatures on the face of it a degree or to hire, not much in the way of change until we get to the weekend, when the south westerly winds will bring much milder air across the uk, but it won t only be mild but it will also be wild with gusts up to 70 mph. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. 0n bbc one, it s
the families of the hostages of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn t clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three people again, but suggested that their fate wasn t known they might be alive, they might be dead and people might know tonight. and tonight, a third video has been released showing two of the male hostages apparently killed. now the video says they were killed in an israeli air strike it is impossible to verify that claim, and these are very distressing. most of these are very distressing. most o