and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t
ahead of the covid public inquiry,say they were obliged to pass on evidence of potential law breaking under the civil service code. is it fitting and proper that the correct procedure, certain anomalies vigorously investigated, or is it a smear, a stitch up, a witchhunt? they will not let lockdown lie. who said lie? it is on the front pages left, right and centre, we have been here before. it is an avid ready phone in, it has got to be done! forward to hearing from you on this one. that is what we re doing. we will be reading all your text to get a measure of what you think, here is the news from karishma patel. the annual rate of inflation in the uk fell to 8.7% in april, the first time since august last year that it s been in single figures. inflation had been at10.1% in march. borisjohnson s office has said it s totally untrue that the former prime minister may have committed further breaches of covid rules. labour has called on the government to explain why the allegati
My understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. And he, im afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. Security moves centre stage in the General Election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and Security Services. Welcome to bbc news. We are as close as we can get to London Bridge. The Police Cordon is still in place after Saturday Nights attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. The normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. Many Tube Stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. Lets take a look at what we know this morning. Police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider network. Two more pro
cut spending, or both? i certainly think they will end up cutting taxes, they think of the chancellor find some money to cut taxes this year. find some money to cut taxes this year, whoever wins the election will effectively year, whoever wins the election will effectively undo that tax cut. they might effectively undo that tax cut. they might increase different taxes. a bit of might increase different taxes. a bit of background here. this parliament has probably been the biggest parliament has probably been the biggest tax increasing parliaments in peacetime history, so there is no question in peacetime history, so there is no question of in peacetime history, so there is no question of taxes at the end of the parliament question of taxes at the end of the parliament being higher than at the start parliament being higher than at the start a parliament being higher than at the start a lot parliament being higher than at the start. a lot of that isjust bad luck start.