Universities to review fire safety in all their buildings after 200 firefighters spent more than nine hours tackling a fire at a student hall in bolton. Jeremy corbyn is leading a meeting of leading labour and trade union figures to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Competing on green issues the conservatives promise to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 but the liberal democrats say they can plant twice as many. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. The duke of york said a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent Nick Witchell reports. The year is 2010. Prince andrew is in new york. He is videoed staying at
Visit. Residents in the worst affected areas are expected to be out of their homes for up to three weeks. More rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow in large parts of the country. Since the government came in in 2010, theres been a huge amount allocated to flood defences, but its plain were going to have to do more. A Historic Task democrats say they aim to prove Donald Trumps actions warrant impeachment as the first public hearings get underway in washington. Severe flooding in venice leaves much of the italian city under water. The mayor says Climate Change is to blame. Join me and chris mason in half an hours time for tonights episode of electioncast. Labour has pledged to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 2023 24 thats on top of the £20 billion a year originally promised by theresa may. Wales, Northern Ireland and scotland would get the same percentage increase. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has renewed his calls to get br
But the picture of the new speaker of the house of commons is on many of the house of commons is on many of the house of commons is on many of the front pages including your paper the financial times. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the front runner, what sort of speaker do you think he is going to be . Very different from jon bercow who stepped down after ten yea rs jon bercow who stepped down after ten years in the chair in the contest is a very odd thing. Its a electorate of mps and not even all turned up for the selection and have artie had the campaign trail. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the frontrunner and all this, it usually goes from a conservative speaker to a labour speaker but generally speaking that is the case and throughout this process most of the candidates have sought to distance themselves from jon bercow and said will be different from their approach. Less ostentatious and
Being here has made me realize that dennys absolution comes from many sources big and small. Its only worse by the citys unique geography and atmospheric conditions pollution from other areas gets blown here and then gets trapped. What is surprising is that the fight for clean air was phosphors decades ago and partially. But experts say the gains have now been lost we cleaned up the public transport sector we cleaned up the auto rickshaws the grass polluting sector but then overlooked the 2003 period to 2013 the private freight cars borne the last 80 because we completely neglected public transport and as it is out of fear we have this explosion of vehicles so neat on arayan was part of a campaign that led to public transport being switched to compressed natural gas or c n g we just got complacent we just believed that the problem had gone away but what we forgot is that any city like delhi will continue to grow and the challenges will increase so normal city in the world the job is do
Decline and chaos under the governing conservatives or rebuilding the country under his party. The Liberal Democrats and the snp have also been setting out their stall. Our Political Editor chris mason has been tracking them all day. You applause. Placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on a Football Pitch but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labours core message. We have had 14 years of going around and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. Chaos and division, Feeding Chaos and division. If you want to change you have to vote for it, and if you vote labour its a vote to stop the chaos, a vote to tur