Sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. It has been a busy day. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the choice of this election is clear, because if im reelected as Prime Minister on the 5th ofjuly, these f
in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas
standing at the general election and standing as the next prime minister. in the conservative party was unrecognizable than the party he joined a decade ago. amid continuing confusion in the fate of of one of labor is longest serving mps, diane abbott. she said she is being banned standing and keir starmer said no decision has been taken. but angela rayner says she sees no reason why she should not be allowed to stand again after chris mason has this report. today, he says he is voting labor and isjoining the party too. yellow back when i looked back to 1997 when labor came to the fore and they said things can only get better. i they said things can only get better. ~ . , ,., ., ., better. i think at this point again in british politics better. i think at this point again in british politics and better. i think at this point again in british politics and history. . better. i think at this point again | in british politics and history. and thatis in british politics and hi
sunday service the royal mail says it will trial sunday deliveries for the first time, to cash in on the boom in online shopping as it plays catch up with rivals. two wins and two draws for british sides in the europa league. more magic from harry kane leaves tottenham with one foot in the quarterfinals. and ever changing skies across the uk today. thundery showers, bit of sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have yourfull sunshine, the odd rainbow. iwill have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday march the 12th. our top story. the family of sarah everard have paid tribute to her as a shining example to us all who brought so much joy to our lives . a serving metropolitan police officer is still being held on suspicion of murdering the 33 year old. the force has referred itself to the police watchdog over how it investigated a separate allegation that the same officer indecently exposed himselfjust three days before sarah went missing. charlotte wright has the lat
because of their race. the couple were stopped in north west london onjuly the 4th in 2020. at the time of the search, their three month old baby son was in the back of the car. they were separated from him while in handcuffs. footage of that search was widely shared on social media. it was shared by their coach, linford christie, who of course is a former 100 metre olympic champion. the couple believe that they were racially profiled and say that they were targeted because they re black and also because of the type of car they were driving at the time, which was a mercedes. the couple have welcomed today s decision and say today s decision and say that they hope this will lead to the met being more open, more honest and more reflective about cultural racism. the london mayor, sadiq khan, has also welcomed today s decision, and he says he hopes