In sport still in the title race. Tottenham beat Crystal Palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. A boom for books as the Publishing Industry has a surge in sales and a record year. And carol has the weather. A chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. But here weve got early sunshine. Most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. More in about 15 minutes. Thank you amcu bend. See you then. Tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its Nuclear Weapons programmes. Last night, President Trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. But washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. The us is piling on the pressure. This is a Military Exercise just north of the north korean border. A message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. This is how
You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune
And matt has the weather. Good morning, a night of severe storms across South East England but could there be further rumbles of thunder elsewhere for Bank Holiday Monday . The forecast in 15 minutes. First, our main story. The Intelligence Service mi5 is to review the way it deals with information from the public, in the light of the manchester suicide bombing. It will look in particular at its response to warnings that the man who carried out the attack, salman abedi, was a threat. Police are this morning Searching Properties in chester and Greater Manchester and have arrested a man in west sussex. Tom symonds now reports. Its been nearly a week and the pace of this massive Counterterrorism Operation is not letting up. Last night, it was rush home and gorton, more armed police and controlled explosions. A 19 year old man was arrested, taking to 13 the total in custody. Earlier yesterday, there was anger in the moss side area of South Manchester after heavily armed officers blew the d
In our special programme this morning well hear from those affected and as Election Campaigning resumes well examine their proposals to protect the public. Also ahead. Joy shines through the pain at the Ariana Grande Benefit Concerts are the victims of the Manchester Bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spirit. Manchester bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spiritli Manchester Bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spirit. I love you all so much and i thank you for coming out. We needed that here. Loveis coming out. We needed that here. Love is the medicine the world needs right now. We live in gateshead discussing exit ahead of the election. In sport, andy murray plays in the fourth round of the french open later. Hell hope to join defending champion Novak Djokovic, who is in the last eight after victory yesterday. And carol has the weather. At the morning we have rained Clearing Scotland and then for Scotla Nd Clearing Scotland and then for scotland and Northern Ireland ar
On Arsene Wenger as arsenal are beaten 3 0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Indistinctive speech. If mumbling in Television Dramas really annoys you, well put different Acting Styles to the test to see which ones you find acceptable. And carol has the weather. Always perfectly clear is carol with the weather. Good morning. Eight chilly start to the day, for some A Touch Of Frost around but for most it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except for the north and West Of Scotland where there is more rain around and later we will see some gales. Further details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Lovely there this morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump and theresa may have discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade russia to drop its support for syrias President Assad in the wake of last weeks chemical attack. The Prime Minister and the us president spoke on the phone last night as Foreign Ministers from the g7 group of coun