You can see, they are the really the backdrop of the stage, sitting listening two of these speeches. Chris makes the point is you can see that most of them are in conventional political gear. They have their smart clothes on, their suits and ties. Except that is for sir keir starmer, who has lost his tie and jacket and he has rolled up his sleeves nearly to his elbows. Chris our Political Editor says it is not hot in there. He says this is a deliberate look from sir keir focused he says on getting stuff done. We know there will be no new policies, it will be sir keir setting out six pledges as his pitch before what we know will be a general election probably this year. He is promising to deliver economic stability, that nhs waiting times, create a new Border Security, and, set up a publicly owned firm called Great British energy, crackdown on anti social behaviour, and also recruit 6500 new teachers. As you can see there are a large number of people in there, watching these speeches. T
Thats been working its way in from the east on the radar picture. Its been a really soggy morning across parts of east anglia, the rain getting across the midlands into parts of north west england, north wales, thundery downpours in the South West Of England but for the northern half of the uk spells of sunshine, the odd thundery showers and temperatures in the highlands up to 24 and temperatures in the highlands up to 2a degrees. Not at all is that further south because of the cloud and outbreaks of rain and across parts of the north and west of midlands, north and mid wales, we could see enough rain through the afternoon and evening to give local Surface Water Flooding and travel disruption and the risk of these thundery downpours dumping a lot of rain in a short space of time across the South West Of England. However, tonight, all of that weather slides away westwards, a band of cloud left behind across wales and northern england, the mist and fog patches elsewhere and temperatures
Yesterday in while visiting a small town in the centre of the country. Hes now in a serious, but stable condition in hospital. At a news conference, the slovak Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. A neighbour and friend of the suspect said he was shocked by what happened. Translation i was very surprised by what he did. | i dont understand how it happened. Something must have clicked. Ive known him for a0 years. He was decent and normal like me. We travelled on a bus just a few days ago, and we were making jokes, no politics. Im completely shocked by what he did. A little earlier, the slovakian president elect, peter pellegrini, gave an update from the hospital where mr fico is being treated. Translation the Prime Minister i is now facing the most difficult l and challenging days, hours, minutes in order to survive, and i hope that everything will work out for the best. I really hope for us all to see his soon recovery and coming to full st
From the west, along with a Weather Front that is going to bring some heavy, thundery downpours across the western stretches of the uk as we head through the afternoon. Maybe a rumble or two of thunder, localised Weather Warnings in force but drier, still warm further east. Thanks, elizabeth. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. One of footballs greatest rivalries, theres so much riding on the old firm match tomorrow its a sell out at wembley on sunday. Will Manchester United or tottenham lift the womens fa cup for the first time one last summer forjames anderson. England prepare for a future without their greatest bowler. Also coming up on sportsday. Will it be third time lucky for chris grube who has come out for chris grube who has come out of retirement to try and fulfill his olympic ambition evening, the end of the Football Seas
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten