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
handing labour a blank cheque. a new yougov opinion polls suggest that for the first time reform have more support than the conservatives. worth stressing it is just one poll among many reform s leader nigel farage claimed his party has now overtaken the tories as the main opposition to labour. here is our political correspondent hannah miller. at the halfway point of a campaign there have been downpours, drenching us and many days out on the road. but today is the prime minister discussed how to reduce migration at a summit of world leaders, there are some troubling numbers for him at home. iii some troubling numbers for him at home. . , ~ , , home. if a result like this is replicated home. if a result like this is replicated on home. if a result like this is replicated on election - home. if a result like this is replicated on election day, | home. if a result like this is - replicated on election day, keir starmer would have huge and unchecked power to tax your home, y
hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. 33 has become 26 harry maguire and jack grealish among those who miss out on england s squad for euro 202a. in the end it wasn t as close as some of the decisions it helps to give. var will stay in the premier league, whose clubs vote overwhelmingly to back it. another step towards three in a row. iga swiatek makes the final of the french open, where she ll playjasmine paolini. also coming up on sportsday. britain s best weightlifter will be team gb s only weightlifter in paris, but emily campbell wants another olympic medal. and we hearfrom the england rugby player who claims her career wouldn t have been the same without breast reduction surgery. losing two kilograms off of your chest does make a difference, i have to say. my first round after surgery six weeks after i felt like a new person. and then there were 26. gareth southgate had until the end of tomorrow to name his final squad for the
temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting events in adults who d received the jab in norway. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. there are calls for the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after fierce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. good afternoon. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. the home secretary says she