conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspended fro
Over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. And barcelona tell Paris St Germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. Our main story at 5. Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. A gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. Three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. Theyll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. Three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in Fa Ct Jailed For Terrorism Offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. Information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and Mobile Phones said they we re laptops and Mobile Phones said they
Again wow on the dow 10 straight sessions of gains. And more records broken. Question is, how long can it last . As you can see, europe is slightly off today. We will tell you why. And, this week on bbc news weve been looking at the issue of disability in the workplace. Later in the programme well speak to our producer in charge of the series. Johnny cassidy gradually lost his eyesight when he was a teenager and hell be talking to us about his unique experience of the newsroom. Today we want to know with japan allowing workers to head home early on a friday would you like to see this introduced in your workplace . Is it overkill or should employers be more sympathetic . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I tell you what, when you start at 4am in the morning, i dont want to go to 3pm welcome to the programme. We want products made in america made by american hands. That was the pledge of us President Donald Trump when he addressed Cheering Workers at boeing last week. And he
Are open. With so many small fashion businesses being launched using the fast paced world of social media, how do start up designers stand out . How do you get celebrities to wear your clothes . We will be asking one successful entrepreneur. And as barack and Michelle Obama both sign record book deals whose memoir would you be more interested in reading . His or hers . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. On tuesday, President Trump addressed a Joint Session Of Congress for the First Time Since taking office. In a highly anticipated speech, he spoke of restarting the engine of the american economy. The president reiterated his intention to slash Corporation Tax in the us and provide tax breaks to middle class americans. At the same time, he announced hell be asking congress to approve legislation which will result in 1 trillion worth of investment in us infrastructure. He also called for what he describes as one of the largest increases in National De
It for two years i think for this mission what was the training involved. The training focuses in those two years really on what they have to do for the mission so were teaching them about the Spacecraft Functioning about the repair jobs that they have to do the Maintenance Job its a Giant Machine it needs oil laying it. Shining on on the edges theres a lot of work involved that has to be done by the to keep it going and then of course theres a lot of work going into preparation for the soyuz flight being able to fly and potentially Pilot Vehicle is a task that takes nine months out of these two years already and then we have the Science Bitch where we teach them how to be the experimenter that does what the scientists on the ground want them to do because ultimately the experiments for scientists on earth. Stay with us if you would mind were going to have
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