In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
In sport. Swanseas premier League Future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. More details from me later on. Good morning. First, our main story. With just over a month to go until the general election, the Political Parties are making key pledges today. Labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. The conservatives are planning to reform Mental Health services, while the Liberal Democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur Political Correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. Ellie, the parties are making big promises today . Absolutely. Labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that its on the front pages today. Theyve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat, nor will be pu
fishing crew rescued the majority on board. we must stop the boats. reporter: this is part of a campaign of hostility by the government for those attempting to reach british shores. millions of pounds have been spent on a.i. cameras trained to find rubber dinghies. some able to see beyond uk waters. drones with automatic identification abilities. and while the companies tout their life saving capabilities, footage from these drones are also being used to identify those driving the boats and prosecute them for human trafficking. a new bill will take it even further criminalizing anyone who seeks asylum in the uk this way. technology could easily be used for such a rescue to prevent the horrific disasters but unfortunately, the reality on the ground is the opposite. it s assisting powerful actors to be able to sharpen their borders. making it more difficult for people to come. and again, using surveillance to
this area and the extreme drought they were under. now we re talking about these deadly floods. and they re really going into spaces with extreme conditions trying to rescue people. we took a closer look at some of these amazing rescues. roads turned to rivers as rain many hoped would alleviate drought conditions now a serious threat in the central italian region of emilia romagna. there are already victims, and rescuers are searching for the missing. hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes, many brought to safety in rubber dinghies on flooded streets. more than 5,000 people are under evacuation according to the civil protection. among them a four-month-old baby and an elderly handicapped man. the region had been undergoing severe drought. in 2022 low rainfall and extreme heat depleted the river po, a crucial waterway for transport and irrigation. a winter with very little snow