On aggregate to secure their place in the stockholm showpiece, later this month. We are live at manchesters beautiful, glorious, historic Victoria Baths. The pool has been refilled, ready for the first public swim in 2a years. We will have more on the plight of britains glorious historic pools and the fight to save them ina historic pools and the fight to save them in a little while. And matt has them in a little while. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Another dry day. , but for the rest of you there will be the smell of fresh rain in the air and maybe eight thunderstorms later. Dry day for scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of weapons have been seized in schools across england and wales. They include swords, axes and airguns. Some of the cases involved children as young as five. Police chiefs said there had been a worrying increase in young people carrying knives. Andy moore reports. Some schools have taken to using metal arches to make sure no weapons are
Turning professional, getting engaged to fellow top boxer Marlen Esparza and about her life growing up in leeds. I was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking i want to win a gold medal. The whole being a role model came with it. Politicians like it out in front of sceptical voters. You left a note telling the country you spent all the money. You are punching harder. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Nicola adams will be with us after ten, so if you have any questions for her then do get in touch. Wed also love your comments on the conservative Party Manifesto especially if you or your parents are likely to be affected by new plans for paying for social care. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. An end to Winter Fuel Payments for wealthier pensioners, new measures to curb immigration and cuts to Free Sch
Funding for schools. Real Technical Education for young people. And, the first ever proper plan to pay for and provide social care. Strong Public Services do notjust provide security and enhance opportunity. They are vital institutions that bring us all together. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn will be absent as britains political leaders take pa rt britains political leaders take part ina britains political leaders take part in a prime time tv debate this evening. The itv event will see Liberal Democrat leader tim farron, Ukips Paul Nuttall and the snps Nicola Sturgeon lock horns. Plaid cymrus leanne wood and Green Co Leader Caroline Lucas will also take part in the two hour show being broadcast from salford at 8pm. The Prime Minister has refused to take part in tv debates and the Labour Leader said he would not participate without his main rival being there. Atv a tv debate must include the Prime Minister, the leader of the conservative party. That would be a proper debate. I made the
Re elected. Now all the latest Business News live from singapore. Apec Trade Ministers gear up for a busy weekend in vietnam, as it faces restructuring of major trade agreements. And who knew what you could do with used Coffee Grounds . Good morning, asia, hello, world. Glad you could join us for this edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Trade ministers are gathering in vietnam this weekend and the person they will be wanting face time with, americas new trade representative, who is in charge of president trumps America First policy. Earlier i spoke to the Executive Director of a segment of apec and he told me what ministers are keen to find out. We are pretty interested to talk to the United States trade representatives and have him come and elaborate for us some details of us trade and other related policies. We are pushing ahead with a lot of initiatives in apec. It is a pretty important time. We have to have more clarity on what the us will be supporting, where their sen
But does the new president have the right formula to bring backjobs and growth . Plus nafta nerves. Tense times for mexico as its two decade old trade deal with the us is thrown into doubt. Welcome to World Business report, im aaron heslehurst. We have got about nine minutes, my very last Early Morning programme for you all before i moved to a new show. Move. Coming up, who needs the us anyway . Asia pacific trade ministers hope to salvage the Trans Pacific partnership after President Trump pulled the plug. We start in france, where the new president , emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. He now has try and to win a majority in next months parliamentary elections, and implement the Economic Policy he says can turn the country around. So what is macron economics, and can it solve frances problems . Macron calls himself neither right nor left and sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from partie