liz truss of trying to avoid scrutiny of her economic plans as she prepares for an emergency budget if she becomes prime minister. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. and as a new law to make school uniforms more affordable in england misses the start of the academic year let us know about the cost of kitting out your children and whether you ve been able to make any savings. you can contact me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. and knock, knock. who s there? that s right it s the funniest joke at the edinburgh fringe comedy festival, but what is it? find out later this hour. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes we have got a result amongst barristers in england and wales. they have voted to go on an all out strike in england and wales next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot voting for an escal
And youll never guess what has upset ursula von der leyen, the president of the European Commission shes not particularly happy. Why people were forbidden from flying eu flags at eurovision. Yes, eurovision was more stringent on this stuff than the last night at the proms. Shes kicking off over eurovision, shes kicking off so her representative, one of the spokespeople at the European Commission, has accused eurovision bosses of handing a gift to their enemies of europe with this flag band. So were no European Union flags were allowed to be flown. And theyre saying this is handing, this is handing a gift to the enemies of europe , to the eurosceptics. Europe, to the eurosceptics. I love this quote. The quote from her official spokesman is it is certainly regrettable to ban the flag. That is the flag of all eu members and other council of union members. I cannot find why the logical explanation for why the ebu is doing this and what does this serve . Well, of course, the explanation is
The stars of tv were out last night for the bafta awards, with succession in happy valley and top boy winning big. A very good morning. It was Mission Accomplished by arsenal at old trafford yesterday as they returned to the top of the premier league with victory over Manchester United. Well find out how liverpool could still impact the title race this evening and in golf, Rory Mcilroys fine form continues as he triumphs at the wells Fargo Championship. More later. A change in the weather this week with outbreaks of heavy rain in the west, dry in the east. Ill have all the details coming up. Hello there. New day, new week and our top story this morning, the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition are set to make pre election pitches today with both leaders giving major speeches. Thats right. The Prime Minister is set to tell voters were at a crossroads and that hes the best person to lead the country through some of what he calls the most dangerous years ahead. While keir starm
On. The Health Secretary has defended the governments record on Maternity Care after a major new report revealed endemic failures at hospitals. It found mums to be are often treated as an inconvenience , with some an inconvenience, with some women mocked or shouted at and denied basic needs such as pain relief, the birth trauma inquiry is calling for a National Plan to improve services , led by to improve services, led by a new maternity commissioner, who would report directly to the Prime Minister to the us now. And Donald Trumps former lawyer, michael cohen, has taken to the witness stand at his criminal trial. He told jurors today he secretly colluded with mr trump and a tabloid publisher to suppress negative stories that could damage trumps 2016 campaign. Mr cohen used to be one of the former president s most trusted colleagues , but most trusted colleagues, but hes now the prosecutions star witness as the so called hush money trial enters its fifth week, a man is facing life in pr
Criticise. Which is it . Your thoughts . And if there was ever to be another pandemic , who to be another pandemic, who should decide the way that your life is impacted as a result . Should it be us, our government here in the uk, or an unelected bodyin here in the uk, or an unelected body in geneva . The World Health Organisation . There are plans for it to be the latter and i can tell you as a result, there are very loud demands that its time for us to take back control also as well. Do you think that there should be a published list of how much crime migrants are are committing, broken down by their asylum status and their country . That is what some mps are calling. For. Indeed, ive are calling. For. Indeed, ive got all of that and more coming up. But before we get stuck in, lets cross live for tonights latest news headlines. Latest news headlines. Michelle. Thank you. Im Tamsin Roberts in the gb newsroom. Here are the top stories. Rishi sunak has warned that giving sir keir starme