good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however, the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said he would end what he called giveaways to the rich , while labour would protect low and middle earners. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word. so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes but this morning she gave her strongest indication yet not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can delive
strategist steve bannon, who masterminded his election victory, has been sacked from the white house. good evening and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest stars of british television sir bruce forsyth has died this afternoon at the age of 89. his career had spanned more than 70 years and included sunday night at the london palladium, play your cards right, the generation game and more recently strictly come dancing. he retired from strictly in 2014 after presenting the programme for more than ten years. his former co presenter tess daly said today she was heartbroken to hear of his death and called him a friend, a gentleman and a true legend. our correspondent david sillito looks back on his life. live from london, this is strictly come dancing. please welcome your hosts. bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing, the last hurrah in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, t
it s extremely murky and grey. and a forgotten collection of letters from the world famous code breaker alan turing have been found in an old filing cabinet in a store room. good evening and welcome to bbc news. they were small businesses that found themselves in need of help during the financial crisis almost a decade ago. but instead of helping them their bank, royal bank of scotland, which itself had to be bailed out has been accused of systematic abuse of its customers. a leaked report by the financial conduct authority seen by the bbc says it mistreated almost all of its customers with 92% of viable firms experiencing some form of inappropriate action by the bank. one small business owner has told the bbc he considered suicide. rbs denies the allegations. here s our business correspondentjoe lynam. it s britain s biggest lender to businesses, its customers are the backbone of our economy, but a major report has highlighted the scale of mistreatment faced by som
breaking overnight, chespeake police are looking for a suspect after high-speed chase through two cities overnight. our crew here at wavy watched as about seven police cars followed a motorcycle right in front of our station in portsmouth. rico bush has been gathering more details on this breaking news. he s live in chesapeake. rico, what can you tell us? don, katie, at the top of the hour, more details are coming in about the high-speed chase. we re learning the chase lasted about seven minutes in portsmouth, before officers called off the pursuit. according to portsmouth police, officers in chesapeake contacted them to assist them in the high-speed chase on george washington highway just before 12-30. police confirm to us the chase ended in portsmouth, when officers lost the suspect. chesapeake dispatch could not tell us where the chase started nor where it ended. throughout the morning, we ll continue to check in with police to find out why officers began chasing the suspe
headlines ) today: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low 60s. winds sw 5-15mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the upper 40s. winds sw 10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 5-10mph. after a chilly start we ll see lots of control of the weather for the next few days. we ll see fair skies with warmer temperatures. highs will be mainly in the 70s. it will feel like spring basically all week. the next chance for rain looks like it will come around on sunday. so we will also get a chance to dry out. good morning, hampton roads. let s check new this morning, virginia beach police are looking for a shooting suspect at the oceanfront. dispatchers say it happened around 2:00 this morning in the parking lot of the cave nightclub on atlantic avenue. police searched the area for a man they say, fired a police have not found the shooter. the u.s. marshal service is warning virginia residents about a national phone scam where individuals are claimi