involved, notjust for tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, not just for the tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. barristers will walk out of courts across england and wales in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. nhs patients in england who have been waiting more than two years for surgery are being offered hospital treatment in other parts of the country. have you been waiting up to two years for treatment? would you prepared to travel to another part of the country if it meant you could have your treatment sooner? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. and coming up in sport. we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today in
as she walked home from a night out in the early hours of sunday morning. a bbc investigation finds the number of holiday lets in england has risen by 40% in the past three years with concerns some residents are being pushed out of areas as a result. are you unable to live in the area you want to? or are you a business owner struggling to recruit permanent staff as a result? we want to hear from you. you can message me on twitter. i m @l vaughanjones or use the hashtag bbc your questions. and coming up in sport. serena williams crashes out of wimbledon but doesn t rule out another comeback. we ll have all the latest live. hello, welcome to the programme. politicians, celebrities and charities have been paying tribute to the cancer campaigner, blogger and podcaster dame deborahjames, who has died of bowel cancer at the age of a0. the host of the you, me and the big c podcast also known as bowel babe was awarded a damehood in may, in recognition of her tireless fundra
documents. that was part of a deal to end his iii year legal battle over the leaking of vast amounts of secret us military information on the internet. the 52 year old is now on his way home to australia following the hearing. and from where a southeast asia correspondent jonathan had sent this report. the last stage of a very long journey. julian assange walked into the courtroom on this remote pacific island to hear whether the agreement he d struck with us prosecutors would stick. after two hours of very careful consideration by the judge, it did. he pleaded guilty, and she agreed to a sentence equal to the time he d already served in britain. but his lawyers still insist his prosecution for breaking an espionage law was unjust. we firmly believed that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act, and engaged in exercise thatjournalists engage in every day. and we re thankful that they do. it is appropriate, though, for this fight to end and it is appr
conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspended fro