Votes in the last election. Its myjob to convince people to trust us, to trust the party. I would not be standing under the leadership ofJeremy Corbyn, under the labour party, if i believed that anything bad was going to happen to that shipyard. Supermarkets plastic footprint is on the up, with seven out of 10 supermarkets using more plastic in 2018 than the previous year. And use of these so called bags for life has gone up by nearly a third. And overall recycling dropped by 3 last year. And, has violence during consensual sex has become normalised . A third of uk women under the age of a0 have experienced unwanted slapping, choking, gagging or spitting. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the
From westminster and cardiff, and will be talking to three now former parliamentarians, with more than 80 years of experience between them. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The Climate Campaign group, Extinction Rebellion, wins a legal challenge against the metropolitan polices ban, on their protests in london. And the two time olympic champion, nicola adams, retires from boxing because of fears she could lose her sight. Its five oclock. Our main story is the official start of the Election Campaign, with the dissolution of parliament and the imminent launch of the conservative campaign this evening in the West Midlands with borisjohnson. But the day started badly for the Prime Minister, with the news that his cabinet colleague the welsh secretary alun cairns had resigned, following claims he knew about the role of a former aide, ross england, in the collapse of a rape trial. Mr cairns had claimed originally that he knew nothing about the matter. Mr england was subsequently sele
Who are refusing to surrender. Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co founder, Julian Assange. Prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her. Its 5 oclock, our main story. A leaked report into severe failings in Maternity Care at shrewsbury and Telford Hospital nhs trust has criticised what it calls a toxic culture at the trusts hospitals, going back a0 years. And it warns that lessons are still not being learned. The report contains the interim findings of a review into the trust, ordered by the government in 2017. It followed allegations that dozens of babies and mothers had died unnecessarily, or been left with permanent disabilities. The report says staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents concerns, were unkind, got dead babies names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as it. Our Health Editor hugh pym explained the significance of todays new
Across england and wales. The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. Several people have been injured and more than 1,000 people were evacuated from a theatre in londons west end, hello, this is bbc news after part of the ceiling collapsed. With me, annita mcveigh. In the bbcs your questions, the headlines former labour minister ian austin, we head to leeds home to five universities, who left the party in february, to answer students questions has urged people to vote about next months election. Conservative in decembers general election. And in sport, tottenham edge closer towards the Champions League labour promises an additional knockout stages by thrashing £150 billion of Public Investment in what it calls an irreversible shift in wealth red star belgrade. In favour of working people. But the tories say its fantasy economics. The liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens
Into the latter part of next week, still some wind and rain at times. Some of those dry interlude is, some frosty nights. But for those places that are really looking for a dry outlook, i am afraid there is more rain on the way. Hello. This is bbc news with lu kwesa burack. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines labour pledges to invest hundreds of billions of pounds in infrastructure like schools, hospitals and transport. The social Transformation Fund will begin the urgent task of repairing our social fabric that has been torn apart by the tories. The conservatives accuse labour of spraying money around like confetti, but theyve promised to spend billions more, too, improving public services. There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, new connections and opportunities for every part of our great nation. Two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering Jodie Chesney in a park in east london. Two others have been clear