Toa in the conservative Party Approach to a winterfuel in the conservative Party Approach to a winter fuel benefit, henry . The news on the tory manifesto that if you are in england and ui pensioner and you receive Winter Fuel Allowa nce and you receive Winter Fuel Allowance between £100 to £300 per year, that will now be means tested. Rich people wont get it. But if you are in scotland that would be the case. Itll still be available universally. That tells us something interesting. It is doing so well amongst older voters that it doesnt need to keep giving them goodies like David Cameron did. They can say, look, you are getting a great deal, you have a good deal over the past few years, so we will cut back on some of your benefits. But they still need scottish voters. There is still need scottish voters. There is still a strong Independence Campaign north of the border. The last thing theresa may wants to do in the middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare up. Middle of brex
Thejudge said ian paterson was driven by Material Rewards. Today, his patients spoke out. Over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring this man to account. No amount of Prison Sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through. At least 90 people are killed in the afghan capital, kabul, after a truck bomb explodes in the Diplomatic Quarter. And to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before. Nasas plans to probe the suns atmosphere. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Defending champion Novak Djokovic and the king of clay, rafa nadal, both ease into the third round of the french open. Good evening from cambridge. Were at the senate house of the university, the venue for one of the biggest debates of this Election Campaign, with just eight days to polling day. Seven Party Representatives will be taking part, including the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who announced earlier today that he would, after all, be attending the debate. Bu
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v
Has been disqualified from the tour of dubai, after punching fellow rider Marcel Kittel in the face during stage three. Kittel seen here in the blue with blood pouring down his face has called for grivko who rides for the astana team, to be banned from cycling for six months. Astana have posted an apology on social media but kittel says he wont accept it. The german still leads the race after winning the first two stages. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. We have matthew syed. The Financial Times leads on the Bank Of Englands upgrade the Growth Forecast for the economy. The telegraph says the Human Rights Lawyer accused of Pursuing A Witchhunt Against British Soldiers is facing calls to be prosecuted. The times leads on the possible end to the Train Drivers strike on southern real after one union won what a paper calls as a significant concession. The guardian says nato must counter ru
You talk about frustration with government now, but your whole career basically sounds as though you have been banging your head against a brick wall. Did you learn some lessons from that . Of course, of course. What lessons did you draw . It seems like the only lesson you took was, you know what, after a while you betray your best friends in politics . No. I dont agree with that at all. I bet you know. I bet you know how do you feel as president that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . I understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, In The Name Of the bbc, are putting towards you. Am i not right . Yeah, cheers. Hardtalk. To the next 20 years well you got water and ive got wine . thats terrible 0ur show has a name which gives you a very strong clue as to what youre going to get. And i do wonder sometimes whether calling the Programme Hardtalk has been a huge adva