No deductions, you want to give to charity that is great, we are not giving you a tax break. If you do that, tax everything and give no right offs, you can set the rates very low. Sunday night on cspans you and a. Welcome to the uk 56 parliament. Although it was short the parliament witnessed extraordinary upheavals in british politics. Alicia two years ago we had Different Party leaders, the uk was a member of the European Union and the word brexit had yet to be invented. As i once said i want the future once. Alicia new people at the top of. In accordance with the wishes of the rich people the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. Memorable speeches. They hold our values in contempt, tolerance and decency in contempt. Alicia and Prime Ministers questions. Maureen wrote to me this week with a heavy heart, we have been treated disgustingly. Keith robust exchanges at westminster. You will be here the rest of your life. I am sorry we did it. Keith few could have predicted what la
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two
A government commissioned report. The un says almost 3000 civilians remain trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, despite claims of victory over good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. An appalling tragedy that should never have happened thats what the Prime Minister called the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 19705 and 805. The government today announced an inquiry into the worst Treatment Scandal in the history of the nhs. At least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given Blood Products by the nhs. Our Health Editor huw pym reports. Its been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. Patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. These are medications for hiv. I take one of those in the morning and one of these, both morning and night time. Andy has had a life o
In sport, liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, says he has Nothing To Say about Phillipe Coutinhos future as his side prepare for theirfirst game in the Champions League and can you be fat and fit . I have been down to this gym every day for the last 20 years and have never had a day off. I am full of fitness. Scientists say the ideas a myth, and being overweight can increase your risk of a heart attack by around a quarter. More from them later. And the weather. Good morning. Rain going east and into the north sea. Behind that, sunshine and showers. Some will be heavy and thundery. In the sunshine, it will be quite pleasant. I will have more in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. The government is pushing for a temporary Customs Union to be put in place when britain leaves the European Union to try to smooth the way for business and prevent chaos on the uks borders. Thereve been warnings about the extra pressure ports could be under if they face an increase i
Of the heart and bonnie tyler belts out her classic total eclipse of the heart to lucky fans chasing the eclipse, as it sweeps over the us. Good morning. Its tuesday 22nd august. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump says the us will fight to win in afghanistan, as he unveils a new strategy in the war against the taliban. In a major speech last night he said that he had changed his mind about withdrawing troops from the country. He also called on nato allies to do more. Our washington correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came to announce the intervention in afghanistan is going to ratchet up. But said it was for the right reasons. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live, or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. He announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be