Daily star. Just quickly. We forgot to mention anthonyjoshua, the movie thisll be the rags to riches story, and what a story will be. We know the ending, which was his win. This is a classic bit of british tabloid journalism, the keywords being that fans demand the movie he made, which isjustified an entire front page it is not my thing, but the numbers on thats watching the broadcast of the site are enormous. If Harvey Weinstein was one of the fans watching it could get made. It would be a british rocky, one that still lives at home with his mum. Would be a british rocky, one that still lives at home with his mumlj wonder how they both feel today. Rough. Thats it for the papers this you hour. You will both be back at 11. 30pm. Next, its meet the author. Faith and reason, and the gothic imagination the ingredients of sarah perrys bestselling novel, the essex serpent. Were in the 1890s and cora seaborne, newly widowed, leaves london for the country, where she encounters a community terr
Alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed for killing a taliban fighter in afghanistan, tells the bbc how he regrets his actions. A ride at Drayton Manor theme park closes after a girl was airlifted to hospitalfollowing an incident. And International Ballroom champion Shirley Ballas is the new head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, replacing len goodman. Its 5pm, good afternoon. Our top story concerns mixed signals over brexit from the labour party. In a bbc interviewJeremy Corbyn, declined to confirm hed definitely take the uk out of the European Union, if brussels offered a bad deal for withdrawal. Aides later had to issue a clarification, saying the uk would definitely leave the eu, under a labour government. Mr corbyn was speaking exclusively to the bbcs political editor, laura kuenssberg, at the launch of the partys Election Campaign. Hed been in manchester, telling supporters he was offering a real alternative to what he called a rigged system under the conservativ
Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
Symptoms were dismissed as a migraine. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Let us know what you think of the plans in labours leaked manifesto. We really interested to hear your views. Were talking about social media gaffes today after the rapper bow wow posted suggesting that he was flying to new york by private jet when he wasnt. People are now posting their own exaggerated claims under the bowwowchallenge hashtag. Well show you some of the best ones. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, the bbc has obtained a leaked draft of labours manifesto, which promises to nationalise the railways as franchises expire and to abolish tuition fees in england. The document, seen by several newspapers, also pledges to return royal mail to Public Ownership and bring in an energy price cap. Norman smith is at a Labour Campaign