cheering and it s merry across the mersey as liverpool is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia has been severely damaged by a fire, and the road bridge next to it has collapsed. images widely shared on social media show a train on the kerch rail bridge engulfed in flames. the cause of the damage is unclear. the adviser to the head of the office of president of ukraine tweeted crimea, the bridge, the beginning . the 19km, 12 mile bridge across the kerch strait was opened by president putin four years after moscow illegally annexed crimea. these pictures show mr putin driving a truck, leading a convoy across the newly opened bridge in 2018. all this comes as ukraine says two mass burial sites have been found in the eastern town of lyman which has been recently liberated from russia. danjohnson has the latest. dawn this morning revealed a maj
Politics can be a high wire act, and scotlands First Minister lost his footing today. If msps cant agree a successor to humza yousaf, scotland is heading for Scottish Parliament elections. And have smartphones and social media really led to a rise in teenage Mental Illness . Well be joined by the Snp Deputy Leader and ask his former Coalition Partner from the Scottish Greens, can they make up . And the leader of the scottish tories, and asking have his actions paved the way for labour gains and tory pain . Also tonight the play based childhood we have had for thousands of years basically ended around 2010. It was replaced by a phone based childhood. Thats the New York Times and sunday times best selling author whose new book argues that time spent on smartphones and social media is behind an epidemic of teenage Mental Illness. Well talk live to professor jonathan haidt, who says under 16s shouldnt have access to smartphones or social media. What he says is controversial. Plus, esther g
Voting in some seats. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Tax officials have raided west ham and Newcastle United football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. Strong criticism for Surrey Police for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. A show of unity in south korea as the us Military Holdsjoint exercises with local forces as the us senate prepares for Security Briefing on north korea. And a warning that britains immaculate green lawns could become a thing of the past because of climate change. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the Prime Minister has refused to guarantee that the so called triple lock on pensions will continue if the conservatives are re elected at the General Election. At the final session of Prime Ministers questions before polling day theresa may said that Pensioner Incomes would continue to rise, but she was accused of abandoning a commitment previously made by the conservatives. La
Shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. Good morning, its tuesday the 9th of may. Im rachel schofield, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have vowed to cap Energy Prices if they win the General Election. Under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Elsewhere labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is due to formally launch his partys general Election Campaign, where hes expected to say that the issue of Whether Brexit happens has been settled. The uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the Isle Of Wight the uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment. Well be live In Manchester ahead of labours Campaign Launch shortly but first more o
after that to try and sell the case for independence. it is their first in person conference since the pandemic and when keith brown, the snp deputy leader, open the conference earlier today, i think we got an idea of the messages that are going to be there all weekend. so that idea that perhaps any uncertainty that comes with independence pales into comparison when you ask the snp to the uncertainty of staying in the uk. of course, liz truss is adamant her economic plans will lead to growth across the whole of the uk, but no sign of that yet. keeping also taking aim at the labour party. he called keir starmerjust another called keir starmer just another tony called keir starmerjust another tony blair. we had a go at labour for backing brexit. he said the idea that a labour government would be better for scotland at uk level than a tory government was simply laughable. of course, labourto pitch themselves as a party that is going to reform the uk and make it work for all of the nations