in the next hour — prince william speaks out about his mother's death. prince william says the shock of losing her is still with him 20 years on. you never get over it, it's such an unbelievably big moment in your life, that it never leaves you. police want to question the boyfriend of a reality tv star — arthur collins — about an acid attack at a london nightclub. sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the british and irish lions for their tour of new zealand this summer. our main story at five. mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister's call for a general election on june the eighth. they backed the motion by 522 votes to 13 — easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. theresa may says a conservative victory would give britain stability during and after brexit. but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, told the commons voters would have their chance to pass judgement on the conservatives‘ record on austerity, the nhs and child poverty. already a row has broken out over mrs may's refusal to take part in any tv leaders‘ debates. mr corbyn and others have accused her of " running sca red". in another development, the former chancellor, george osborne, has announced he's quitting as an mp, to concentrate on editing the evening standard. this report from our political correspondent iain watson. the question is that there shall be an early parliamentary general election. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. this is the moment that mps overwhelmingly backed the prime minister's call for an election almost three years early onjune the 8th. with most labour mps and lib dems supporting an early election, she easily exceeded the two thirds support of parliament that she needed. and she used the debate to road test her campaign teams. the government has delivered on the priorities that i set out last year, despite predictions of immediate financial and economic danger, since the referendum we have seen consumer confidence remain high, record numbers of jobs, and economic growth that has exceeded all expectations. at the same time we have delivered on the mandate we were handed by the referendum result by triggering article 50 before the end of march as we pledged to do. as a result, britain is leading the eu and there can be no turning back. the liberal democrats are also keen to fight the election on brexit. though from a rather different perspective. this morning, the lib dem leader visited the scene of his party's by—election victory in richmond, south—west london, last year. it is an opportunity for the british people to choose to change the direction of our country, to reject a hard brexit and vote to stay in the single market. however you voted last june, it is a chance to vote for strong opposition we desperately need for democracy. and back at westminster the international media gathered. brexit has made a national election a global event. theresa may might well want this to be a brexit election. but prime ministers can't always set the terms of the debate and campaigns can have a life of their own. labour wants to pull the focus back towards public services and the economy. at pmqs, the labour leader criticised theresa may's decision not to take part in televised election debates. but he also criticised the conservative‘s record in government. if she is so proud of her record why will she not debate it? britain is being held back. held back by her government. the prime minister talks about a strong economy. but the truth is most people are worse off than they were when the conservatives came to power seven years ago. the election gives the british people the chance to change direction. the snp expect labour to lose ground in england, so when their leader came to westminster today, she made a clear pitch for the anti—conservative vote in scotland. only the snp stands between scotland and an increasingly hardline tory government. it is a vote to end austerity and for investment in our public services. the watchword in politics recently has been expect the unexpected. 50 days from now we will know if theresa may has successfully strengthened her hand — or become the victim of events. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at a location in the north west of england for us — where theresa may is expected to make a speech in the next hour. our political reporter adam fleming is at the speech at croydon. that is a jeremy corbyn event. vicky young, all about brexit? i think the location that a party leader chooses for the first election speech can be quite significant. theresa may wants to come to the north west of england, you could say traditionally labour heartland and that shows a certain ambition that she is willing to go into that territory. she feels confident about that because party brexit has changed things in the last couple of years. and in labour areas, in many of them up in this area, they voted for brexit. and yet to have been labour mps who go the other way. so they think, the tories think this could be fertile territory for them. but also speaking to people around here today theissue speaking to people around here today the issue of leadership is going to be crucial. we know labour mps are very concerned about jeremy be crucial. we know labour mps are very concerned aboutjeremy corbyn, they have serious concerns about the possibility of his being prime minister and certainly talking to some people here theresa may, her last few months have gone down pretty well. people fear is a strong leader who is taking the country in the right direction and jeremy corbyn has some work to do there. jeremy corbyn has just started speaking in croydon. i want the government that make sure the living wage is paid to all workers across the country. a government that make sure carers are properly supported caring for that one. a labour government that ensures that people do not wait for hours in accident and emergency to get treatment. i want a labour government that is not closing hospitals, that is not so underfunding schools that when parents take their children back in at the start of the summer term they say goodbye to the children and in return get a letter saying please help us fund the school because the government is not providing us with the money for the books and things that children need. that is the difference between the labour party and the tories. but we are also about the future of this country and how the economy works. the tories, they approach brexit on the basis of threatening europe was an offshore tax haven. we approach the issue saying there are six lines we put on negotiations to ensure we do have trade and relations with europe in the future. that is responsible, thatis the future. that is responsible, that is the way forward and we will have a labour government that will invest in our economy through a national investment bank. that bank will loan to companies, build railways, improve hospitals, that bank will improve the living standards of the whole country. the tory alternative is to give away £70 billion in tax cuts to the rich and to big business and corporations between now and 2020. we're taking this message out to the whole country. this election is about the future of of us, the future of our children, the future of social justice, the future of our services, the future of ourjobs. are we going to bea the future of ourjobs. are we going to be a country that gives riches and makes switches for all of us or are we going to be a country that works only to make the richest even richer. i know which side i'm on, you know which side you're on, this election is going to be fought on the streets of this country up and down in town halls, in streets, on sea fronts, we are taking that message of the kind of country and kind of society we want to be. i'm delighted to start the campaign in london, right here in croydon. i will be here again when we win. croydon central. and we have a labourmp here to croydon central. and we have a labour mp here to deliver for the people of croydon. thank you very much. let's go to adam fleming who is also in croydon. i missed the beginning but didi in croydon. i missed the beginning but did i hear the word brexit wa nts 7 but did i hear the word brexit wants? in a sort of tangential way. jeremy corbyn, his people are saying this lift off speech is giving for the labour election campaign is about getting the discussion away from brexit and onto the favourite topics for labour, cuts to public services, the difficulties facing carers you heard there. the fact that hospital waiting times are going up and a big local issue here, the labour run council here is really good at building council houses. other areas of the country not so good. also making the point that this is the constituency held by the tory mp gavin barr well who is the housing minister. so that is what they were trying to highlight with this first visit of the general election campaign. actuallyjeremy corbyn said it was his second visit of the day so far. for brexit he framed it in terms of the labour vision for the future of the country and contrast of that with what he saysis and contrast of that with what he says is theresa may, her vision, an offshore tax haven. his pet project isa offshore tax haven. his pet project is a national investment bank for infrastructure to invest in schools and hospitals, roads and railways. so he mentioned brexit but without using the p—word. so he mentioned brexit but without using the p-word. thank you. joining me are two mps, the conservative james davies, mp for vale of clwyd in wales, rupa huq, labourmp for ealing central and acton, both with very small majorities — and one hopeful mp, vince cable, who will be standing for his old seat twickenham for the liberal democrats. vince cable, why so keen to get back into the fray? this is my sixth election. the reason i'm standing is this is a very important election, the direction of the is at stake. the lib dems take a strong view as juno on the way government is pursuing brexit, the so—called hard brexit option which we reject. and people in my area feel strongly about that. and this will be the top issue of the campaign. you are fighting a marginal seat, how does that make you feel with 50 days to go? i've never taken anything for granted. it was a conservative seat la st granted. it was a conservative seat last time and this time i'm finding my record, fighting for every vote. it is london, always different to the rest of the country. and i look forward to the next seven weeks. james, wejust forward to the next seven weeks. james, we just heard from jeremy corbyn talking about traditional labour subjects like any other election. not really talking about brexit. is that how it is going to go on the doorstep. i'm not so sure, brexit i think will be brought up by good number of people. i have those who voted labour all the knives contacting me saying they want strong leadership to see theresa may deliver that and progress the progress of brexit with a good outcome. so i think it will be an issue on the doorsteps but of course not the only one. you are relishing this? i not the only one. you are relishing this? lam, not the only one. you are relishing this? i am, i am not the only one. you are relishing this? lam, lam a not the only one. you are relishing this? i am, i am a political anorak as well. i fought for two years are quite intensive campaign to win the seat from labour. i'm looking forward to it. always good to speak to real people. many are saying that theresa may has made herfirst mistake to lunar south out of television debate. what is your view? she has dictated the terms of all this, she decided to hold an election unilaterally on the pretext of brexit think she needed a stronger hand. the labour party gave a huge majority with the triggering of article 50. and again she seems to bea of article 50. and again she seems to be a bully dictating that there will be no television debates. it does not surprise me, really. but it shows that she is afraid. buddy boy tactics, that kind of, she is dictating all the terms of this. and the way she is saying she wants to crush all dissent for that the headline on the daily mail this morning was something a bit distasteful i think about this. the television debate debates, why do you stand 7 television debate debates, why do you stand? i think it should be part of the mix. it should not be the sole dominant feature of an election but should there. and the leaders of parties should be willing to go out and argue with each other. i think what happened is david cameron got a bad scare back in 2010 when nick clegg emerged as a serious co ntesta nt. clegg emerged as a serious contestant. ever since then they have been reluctant to get drawn into it. but it is part of democracy and we have had these horrible m essa g es and we have had these horrible messages about crushing dissent and subversive who question government. beginning to sound like russia or turkey. the best way to dispel that is to have a proper, open, democratic debate on television. james, your boss hasjust democratic debate on television. james, your boss has just been called a bully. do you think she made a mistake refusing to face other leaders on television? she's free to do as she wishes, she says she wants to get out into the streets and talk to real people. i think she should be allowed to do that. the debate we have seen her in very recently, when you think back to previous elections, there will be ample opportunities for people to hear what she has to say and what the other candidates have to say. do you think that broadcasters should empty chair her as at least itv is threatening to do? they could replace her with a tub of lard, that is one option for the people have got used to them in recent years. i know the last ones were a bit deluded when there was plaid cymru, the snp and a load of women and ed miliband. i thought they were good when they were more one—on—one because somebody‘s regional parties do not apply to every voter. vince cable, were about to have local elections, traditionally a good time for the liberal democrats. are you hoping there will be a momentum to ta ke hoping there will be a momentum to take advantage of? i think there already is, with one quite a lot of local by—elections in the past six months to a year. general elections are always different. you asked about local elections and we have the potential to do very well bear. i have been to some of these areas and we are winning on the ground. i have been to some of these areas and we are winning on the groundlj spoke to nick clegg earlier, he is going to try for his old seat. do you sense a gathering of the clan? some of my old colleagues from the coalition government and indeed before, we care. this is a big election, with big issues and were not going to run away. and james, there is more to this than brexit, clearly. what is the message on the doorstep when people ask you about the nhs issues thatjeremy corbyn clearly is going to push on. the nhs issues thatjeremy corbyn clearly is going to push onm the nhs issues thatjeremy corbyn clearly is going to push on. it is complicated in my area because the nhs is to fall. but as a gp printed inside knowledge. certainly the performance of the nhs in wales is poor and that is under the watch of the labour party. but there is concern across the uk all the future of the health service and that will as usual form a big part of the discussion that goes on. and what are the other issues you think are going to resonate with voters on the doorstep? anything like mine is housing. tony blair said education but the bulk of people who come to my surgery every friday have housing issues of some kind. people who want to get on the ladder, the property ladder, that has become an unobtainable gene for people in london or people in substandard social housing which has disappeared out of sight, really, the number of social houses we have has reduced massively. things like cuts to school budgets, but has been very important. the social care, adult social care crisis we have. this is about more than just social care crisis we have. this is about more thanjust brexit and she's trying to frame it as bad. vince cable, when you heard theresa may wanted a snap election on what was your reaction yesterday. may wanted a snap election on what was your reaction yesterdaylj may wanted a snap election on what was your reaction yesterday. i was surprised, she put on this facade or whatever it was for several months, absolutely committed to staying the course. keeping going with negotiations and not been distracted. it was all in the national interest, we did not get carried away by elections. and then honestly she was germinating another idea altogether. she is in competition with helen mirren, emerging as a bit of a star! she came up with the idea we are told in my part of the world, in wales. so 50 days, is this for theresa may to make mistakes, this campaign, and then there was a problem because it has to be said there has been a lot of confidence in the conservative party. there may be a degree of confidence looking at the national polls but i do not think anyone could be complacent look at those and think that they will be replicated in terms of the results. we need to go out and show people what the planners for the future and what the planners for the future and what we've achieved in years. i'll am sure we will successfully do that. thank you all very much. one of the most interesting constituents this year is likely to be clacton. douglas carswell, quit ukip is to become an independent. down and out is therefore is now. theresa may, her message that this election is about brexit is one that has resonating here. clacton at the bottom end of essex is the southernmost point of a swathe of the country that stretches from the up the country that stretches from the up through east anglia and the fans to south lincolnshire. strong areas in favour of leaving the eu and also areas that have returned ukip councillors. and here i ukip parliamentarian, the only ukip mp so far, douglas carswell, who has now declared himself an independent. you could say they will stand against him here, the message from people here i have been speaking to today is that while brexit is still very much alive issue for them, they're not so sure about ukip. they returned ukip mp last time, this time they're thinking they might vote for the candidate most likely to deliver the brexit that they want. it is all good, it is giving us want. it is all good, it is giving us another chance to voice our opinions. i suppose it has to happen, really. what the government said about it all. but i do not necessarily agree with that. do you think it is a good idea? i do. i think it is a good idea? i do. i think there's too much going on between all of them and it would just settle it once and for all.|j do not think she had much choice, just to secure the majority they have at the moment. and she is obviously playing safe with brexit coming up. well the former ukip donor arron banks has already said he will stand in his election as the ukip candidate to oppose douglas ca rswell. ukip candidate to oppose douglas carswell. but some people say he is a popular localfigure here, up popular local mp. as i said others say their primary reason for voting and what will most motivate them is what is going to get them the brexit gilbert bain perhaps more than anywhere else in the country voted for so strongly in the referendum last year. let's ta ke let's take a look at the timeline. today mps have debated the early dissolution of parliament — and voted for the snap general election. on the 2nd may, the commons and the lords sit for the final time in this parliament. and on the 3rd may, dissolution day. on the 4th, a chance to see how parts of the country could vote in the general, with local and mayoral elections — and possibly the manchester gorton by—election. seven days after that — the deadline for parties to submit their nominations for the election for each constituency. 22nd may, the deadline to register to vote. and on the 8thjune — polling day. joining me is martin boon — director at icm limited — who have published recent polls in the guardian. i'm not going to talk too much about the history of opinion polls in recent times. but at the moment theresa may has reason to be confident. i should say so. three polls including one from us after she announced the election yesterday with the tories at the 21 point lead. i cannot emphasise how much thatis lead. i cannot emphasise how much that is of historic president. we've only had a 21 point tory lead on one other occasion back in 1983. she has clear blue water there, miles ahead. and without wishing to sound melodramatic, doomsday scenario for the labour party. so hence her confidence. you're confident as a pollster but there have been problems in recent elections. so what about sample bias? i do not think you will everfind what about sample bias? i do not think you will ever find me too confident as a pollster. this is my sixth general election and having been through 2015, a bit of a debacle for the polling industry and a dodgy time with the referendum, we have rebuilt our methodological techniques. but obviously we are all doing some good things and hoping that we're going to be able to accurately predict what happens in june. if things are that bad for how ha rd june. if things are that bad for how hard are the tories going to have to fight in marginal seats?|j hard are the tories going to have to fight in marginal seats? i would expect every mp, prospective and incompetent to be fighting over the future. it is an interesting question because we've seen a big poll suggesting differential swing and that labour are doing worse in marginal seats than nationally. if i'm already talking about the doomsday scenario and differential swing in the marginals is true, then we're moving one step on from armageddon for labour to whatever comes armageddon for labour to whatever co m es after armageddon for labour to whatever comes after that. and what about labour marginals, and what of the issues they are going to be fighting on. you would expect them to be pulling out all the stops and knocking on all the doors on multiple occasions and doing everything they can to tailor their message to frame them right and make sure importantly that they are received. more to the point that emotionally they connect with people, with issues that are important to people. we have a couple of big issues, brexit clearly one of them but victory yesterday in the poll it was not the most important, it was close but is came third behind the economy, jobs and prices and immigration which you mighti prices and immigration which you might i supposed link with brexit. this is of course a general election and we found people were not we be seeing this as a second eu referendum so the things that are important to people when they come to vote on whatever a general election occasion it is, the economy, jobs, whether they can pay their mortgage or rent, education, their mortgage or rent, education, the nhs, all these will factor in in how they come to vote. what are you doing as pollsters to try to get this has clearly right as you can? i'm spending many working hours looking into such things. not to bore you with technical stuff but you might imagine i've wasted more long hours since 2015 then bear thinking about trying to get things in place to make sure we produce an accurate prediction. we will all be watching. thank you very much. tomasz shafernaker has the weather now for us. nice and sunny out there and good weather across southern parts of the uk. but through this evening the cloud will increase in many areas of the uk. some spots of rain continuing. quite mild night, getting chilly perhaps in the far south. but no realfrost getting chilly perhaps in the far south. but no real frost on the way tonight. as far as tomorrow is concerned over all fairly cloudy day, there will be some breaks in the cloud and if you do have cloud it will be quite thin. temperatures of around 13, 1a degrees. through the rest of the week into the weekend not much change. it might warm up weekend not much change. it might warm up a weekend not much change. it might warm up a bit across southern areas, but not for most of us. again some rain in the north of the country. and the weekend, high—pressure sitting on top of the uk, but in fa ct sitting on top of the uk, but in fact it is rather cloudy. but at least looking mostly dry this weekend. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines. mps vote overwhelming in support of a snap general election onjune the 8th. theresa may says a conservative victory would give britain stability during and after brexit. people will have a real choice at this election. they will have a choice between a conservative government that has shown we can build a stronger economy and a labour party whose economic policy would bankrupt this country. the prime minister says she won't take part in any television debates during the campaign. her political opponents have accused her of running scared. mr speaker, if she's so proud of her record, then why won't she debate it? the former chancellor, george osborne, who's about to become editor of the london evening standard, has announced he's standing down as an mp. prince william peaks out about his mother's death, saying the shock of losing her is still with him 20 years on. police say they want to speak to arthur collins, the boyfriend of tv personality ferne mccann, about a suspected acid attack at an east london nightclub. now time for a bit of sport. let's i°y now time for a bit of sport. let's joy hugh. good afternoon. sam warburton has been named the captain of the british and irish lions that will tour new zealand this summer. he is one of 41 selected today by warren gatland, and while it wasn't a surprise, there were still some at the announcement in london. katie gornall was there. warren gatland said he only finalised his squad last night, and there was some lively debate over there was some lively debate over the selection as well. but today he announced the 41 players he will ta ke announced the 41 players he will take on tour to new zealand. the majority were english, 16, although not perhaps some of the names you might have expected. no room for dyla n might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite the fact that he has led england to their second successive six nations. prop kyle sinclair is included, and there are 12 welsh players in there as well, even though they had something of an underwhelming six nations, but only two scots, even though scotland finished joint second. two scots, even though scotland finishedjoint second. so two scots, even though scotland finished joint second. so there is so short to be some debate around the composition of this british and irish lions squad. they will be led by sam warburton who becomes only the second man to lead successive lions tours, and today he said he had every confidence in his team—mates. had every confidence in his team-mates. the quality of play to pick from this year was incredible, soa pick from this year was incredible, so a very strong squad, it gives myself and the captain a massive amount of confidence. warburton is currently out injured at the moment, and he is expected to be fit in time for the tour. new zealand are the world's number one side on their home turf. let's have a look at the whole squad: wasps so they are gobsmacked that there is no place forjoe launchbury. jamie george, ireland's rory best and jonathan joseph is included, but no place for fellow six nations winner george ford. s the tour is from june the 3rd chu july the 8th. serena williams has appeared to announce she is pregnant and social media this afternoon. this is her post in the last hour or so, featuring serena plus what looks like a so, featuring serena plus what looks likea bump, so, featuring serena plus what looks like a bump, and the caption 20 weeks. it will mean she was pregnant when she won her 23rd grand slam backin when she won her 23rd grand slam back in january. she when she won her 23rd grand slam back injanuary. she announced her engagement in december. meanwhile at the monte carlo masters, andy murray made a winning return to competitive tennis after a month out with an elbow injury. fourth seed rafa nadal didn't have his things his own way against kyle edmund. edmund claimed the second set to level the match, nadalaiming the second set to level the match, nadal aiming for his tenth monte carlo title in his career. he eventually went on to claim the decider 6—3, and will play alexander zverev in the next round. jack wilshere on loan from arsenal to bournemouth will not play again this season after breaking his leg. he was injured in saturday's defeat against tottenham during the challenge with harry kane. scans revealed a hairline fracture in his left fibula. that is all the sport for you for now. many thanks for that. it is rush hourup and down many thanks for that. it is rush hour up and down the country, and we will show you live pictures at euston station, where not a lot of people are rushing at all. huge transport problems there with commuters facing delays because of a fire on the track—side near euston station. that blaze near south hampstead, and that triggered a power cut which has affected transport from this very important hub. the blaze has affect customers on midland trains, virgin and southern to large parts of the country. no activity whatsoever, it is pretty much a ghost town in euston. it also affected london underground trains which were not able to stop at euston station either. there is no idea at the moment about how the fire started next to the track, but it is causing a whole host of problems for people wanting to get home as we get deeper into rush—hour. those are the scenes live at euston station. a fire near the track caused a power cut which has affected all traffic. the duke of cambridge has revealed that the shock of his mother's death is still with him 20 years after she was killed in a car crash. prince william was speaking in a bbc one documentary, mind over marathon, which follows a group of runners who have mental health problems and are training for this sunday's london marathon. earlier this week, prince harry revealed he'd sought counselling to come to terms with princess diana's death. our royal correspondent peter hunt reports. exercise can help with mental health issues... ten runners pursuing a shared goal, a marathon for their minds as much as their bodies. all have suffered and continue to suffer from turmoil on the inside. and you're convinced it can help mental health? most definitely, from personal experience. rhian is one of the marathon novices. her one—year—old son, george, died five years ago. five days later, her husband paul, who blamed himself, took his own life. my life as i knew it was over. me, as a person, changed forever. ptsd has been a huge thing that i've had to carry. the runners are being supported by william, kate, and harry. their heads together campaign aims to encourage people to talk about their mental health. can i ask you one question? when your mum passed away, you were older than my children, but i am worried about them growing up. will they be ok? they'll be fine. with a mum like you, they will be fine. don't say that. try and understand, you can understand emotions more than someone who hasn't had any issues in their lives. that is quite critical, because it is explaining to them what those emotions mean and why they feel like they do. you have to rationalise this. if you are angry or down or upset, you can kind of relativise it and deal with it. the shock is the biggest thing. i still feel 20 years later, about my mother, that i still have shock within me, 20 years later. you think, no, it can't last that long. but it does. you never get over it. it is such an unbelievably big moment in your life. it never leaves you. you just learn to deal with it. how was it, then? it was amazing! yeah. did you get to ask your question? idid. he was so honest. he just said straight up they will be all right if they are brought up in a loving and caring environment. which they are? which they are. because they have a great mum? first, prince harry, and now prince william — two royal brothers who provided an insight into the detrimental impact of their bereavement. diana's death is one of the reasons william is passionate about this cause. from my personal point of view, it's the emotional side. i hate seeing people in emotional or mental torment. you can really see it sometimes and it's really sad, because it takes you down a very, very different path in life. the point of the campaign, with the marathon, is we want to reduce the stigma. we want people to talk about mental health like it's perfectly normal. the runners will face physical and mental challenges when they compete on sunday in the london marathon. peter hunt, bbc news. this morning prince harry officially opened the london marathon expo — his first public appearance since he spoke out about coming to terms with his mother's death. he said it was "only right" to share his experiences, and hoped that it would help to reduce the stigma of mental health issues. i've shared just as much as everybody else has during this campaign, and after however many years of listening to stories from veterans and their families, and then specifically in this campaign, william, catherine and i hearing some of the most heart—wrenching stories around what people have experienced, and then the mental anguish that has happened from then, it was only right to share my experiences to hope to encourage others to come forward and, sort of, reduce or smash that stigma, to make it easier for them to talk about their own experiences. so, i was doing my bit. and the documentary following those runners, mind over marathon, is on bbc one tomorrow night at 9pm. police have named a man they're searching for in connection with an acid attack at an east london nightclub on monday in which 20 people were injured. arthur collins, who's 25 and from hertfordshire, is the boyfriend of the reality tv star ferne mccann. jane frances kelly reports. the metropolitan police have released two pictures of arthur collins. this image was taken of him at the mangle e8 club in dalston in east london, where an acidic substance was sprayed early on monday morning. 20 people suffered burns. 12 needed hospital treatment. two men, aged 2a and 29, have been transferred to a specialist burns hospital in essex where they remain in a serious but stable condition. mr collins can be seen here with reality tv star ferne mccann, who was not with him at the time of the incident. a spokeswoman for the star, who is best known for her appearances on the only way is essex and i'm a celebrity get me out of here, said in a statement... "ferne wants to know the truth and urges arthur to co—operate fully with the police and attend a police station immediately." isabella fraser, whose injuries can be seen here, was in the club with her sister prue at the time. they are from australia and spoke to a channel there. someonejust ran into me and had acid on theirface. i felt my back, and it felt as if someone had scratched me. it was stinging and i realised my shirt was stuck to my skin. i could not find isabella anywhere and i could feel my arm burning. police say they have also visited an address in hertfordshire where they arrested a 54—year—old man and 52—year—old woman on suspicion of cultivating cannabis. victims who were enjoying a bank holiday night out say they have been left shaken by the nightclub incident and deeply shocked that so many people have been hurt. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. i was telling the earlier about the problems people are having getting out of euston station. that is the situation there. a fire has caused a power outage which has completely messed up the station. all the overground trains messed up the station. all the overg round trains and messed up the station. all the overground trains and some of the underground trains are affected. richard westcott can join us as well. just take us through what happened. a track-side fire knocked out power line, and if you don't have power, you don't get signals, so you can't have trains. hopefully it will be fixed. this is britain's fifth busiest station and it is shut ata fifth busiest station and it is shut at a key time of day. you can see a lot of people around helping out, giving alternative advice on where you can go, but fundamentally, a lot of people walking past me saying, i have no idea how i am going to get home. in terms of how long it will last, we have no idea, but we're working on it. realistically i expect the trains won't be back to normal until the morning. we are getting announcements now as well. we haven't heard any news —— if people haven't heard the news, they are still turning up. helicopters buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i will just buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i willjust walk buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i will just walk you through the. we will have to end it there, the line was a little bit ropey, but we got the gist of it, richard, many thanks for that, richard, many thanks for that, richard on his phone basically saying that track—side fire has knocked out all of the signals, the power outage affecting euston train station. tens of thousands of people hoping to get home, this is probably the busiest time of day now after the busiest time of day now after the morning rush—hour. lots of people gathered, wondering how they can make their way home. euston is a big transport hub connecting up to the midlands and the north, and lots of people make thatjourney everyday. richard was on a poor phone line, but we got the gist of it, the fifth busiest station in the uk, and that is the disruption that is being caused as i speak. hopefully they will be sorting things out sooner rather than later. let's get more now on the snap general election and cross back to simon mccoy in westminster. we are awaiting a speech from the prime minister, theresa may. she is in the north—west, i think we can show you the room where we are expecting that news conference to begin very shortly. i am joined by eleanor garnier, our political correspondent. she is in the lobby of the houses of parliament. i am just hearing that they have rescheduled the manchester golston by—election which was due to be held on the 11th of may, it has been rescheduled, which would seem to pave the way for that take place on june the 8th, so one of the other questions that was raised by that snap election decision yesterday seems to have been sorted out. the former seat of gerald kaufman. in terms of what we have seen today, battle lines being drawn in terms of what we heard from jeremy corbyn a short time ago. he hardly mentioned brexit. we can talk of today being day one. we had the vote from the house of commons confirming that the election would happen onjune the 8th, andi election would happen onjune the 8th, and i think we were getting a rehearsal of the lines that will be trotted out during this election campaign, just 50 days until voters go to the polls. theresa may making this election, she says she wants it to be about brexit and leadership. she says she needs to go to the country to give her a mandate for a stronger hand when she goes to the european union and negotiate the deal that britain will get when it leaves the european union. jeremy corbyn criticising her for changing her mind in having a snap election, for a long time theresa may and downing street had said that a snap election would cause uncertainty was the important negotiations were going ahead. he said the fact she has now changed her mind means we cannot trust what she is saying, and clearly in croydon this evening, jeremy corbyn wanted to talk about the nhs, education, care in particular and housing which is a keyissue particular and housing which is a key issue in croydon. they have all been out today, tim farron the lib leader was campaigning in south—west london in richmond earlier this morning. the lib dems pitching themselves as the party of remainders, and we understand that the prime minister is in the north—west of england where she will be doing her bit of campaigning. eleanor, thank you very much. let's find out what the feeling is in the press. i'm joined by katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator, and the journalist and author owen jones. a proviso here, if theresa may start speaking, we will go straight to that. has she made a mistake already with this decision not to take part in the television debate? what will the papers make of that? she is someone who is incapable of talking about her record. issue of trust will come into this election. she had a cast—iron guarantee not to have an early general election. she said she wouldn't play politics, and she went back on that are purely partisan reasons. she claimed it was because parliament was obstructing brexit went overwhelmingly mps backed article 50, that was also dishonest. and on the issue of national insurance, a cast—iron pledge not to hike it up, philip hammond dead and then turned around because they realise they had such a small majority they wouldn't be able to get away with it. so the real issue she will be scrutinised on is, can you trust a word that she says? during this election campaign, she won that promises, pledges, pensions, the nhs, taxes, you name it. given her record already, you turning, going back on her word, it. given her record already, you turning, going back on herword, how can you trust a single thing she would say? and a tv debate will flesh that out, so it's not surprising she would avoid it. katie, can you understand why she is avoiding it) seems she has a clear run. i think she has hardly hiding, she was an pmqs, she's hardly avoiding the scrutiny. she has to do prime minister's questions, it is a constitutional duty. but that is her argument, why should i have to do tv debate one i answer questions every week? only sad political leaders like us watch prime minister's questions. the whole point of a national debate on television is that the voters out there who have better things to do than watch their television at noon on a workday can actually see the parameter being scrutinised on health, education, public services, taxes. how can you trust the commitment she will make? it is not a surprise she is avoiding it. if you were advising her, and i know it is unlikely! i am waiting for the phone to ring! he would say to her, you don't need to do it. the issue is about democracy. the voters deserve better. what do she pride herself on saying? she's beyond playing politics. as she is refusing for partisan reasons to let the electorate make an informed decision, she generally thinks she will be less popular as a consequence of being scrutinised, what does that tell the nation? is she calling the action now because she calling the action now because she knows wages are starting to fall all overagain? is it she knows wages are starting to fall all over again? is it because she thinks brexit will go badly wrong? if she thinks she will be less popular as a result of this debate, what conclusion are withdrawing, that she will be exposed and scrutinised in a way that will make vote rs scrutinised in a way that will make voters change their minds? at is food for thought. what position do you think the papers will take in terms of how the broadcasters should react? in the 2015 election, we heard a lot, david cameron was specific about which debate he would do, but no empty chairfor him ever materialised, so i done successes a big issue on the doorstep. —— i don't think this is a big issue on the doorstep. i don't see why her not appearing on a podium next to nicola sturgeon and tim farron is i issue of trust. she keeps turning away from previous promises. she never promised to take part in the debates. she is answering questions as she goes. what is the difference between her and david cameron? he was leader of his party for ten years before that election, prime minister for five years, people out there given he was governing for so long knew where he stood. most people out there including journalists like ourselves are not very clear on what theresa may's vision for this country is. given she has only been in power for a short period of time, i think it is disrespecting the voters, it is not about losing. there was a vote for brexit, she says she needs to get on with it, and there are obstacles in the way that if she can get rid of them, further down the track, let's do it now. it is dishonest. she knows she has got brexit through the house of commons overwhelmingly mps have accepted the will of the british people. the key issue now is what sort of a brexit do we have? we stay in the single market, and what will it mean forjobs and services if we crash out of it? that is what we should be debating, a national tv debate would allow us to doing that that, but refusing to do so i don't think people will have any clue whatsoever about what other brexit we will have. jeremy corbyn sees the nhs, housing, education as the issues that this will be fought on. so is that actually something that may also prove a problem for theresa may? perhaps she wasn't expecting him to be so strong at this stage? the liberal democrats and the conservatives would like to make this campaign about brexit, and labour don't want to do that, they wa nt to labour don't want to do that, they want to focus on domestic policies, and that is in theresa may will have to reckon with. part of the reason she is calling this early election is so that she can do things with the budget, she is working with david cameron's manifesto. she is also prepared on what she might do with corporate crackdown, she might have something to showjeremy corbyn how to do that. we should be having a domestic policy debate. brexit is a domestic policy debate. brexit is a big deal, but... is it the main deal? our relationship with the european union will define politics run on time, but if we talk about brexit and nothing else rather than the nhs, taxes, public services, education, the economy, that'll be a problem. what is she likes, interrupting me? now is the moment you stop. let'sjoin interrupting me? now is the moment you stop. let's join theresa may for her speech. thank you for that great north—western welcome, and it is great to be here in bolton, fresh from the height of commons, fresh from the height of commons, fresh from winning a vote in the house of commons which has approved my decision to hold a general election on the 8th ofjune. it is the right decision. cheering it is the right decision, it is in the national interest. and that is what this election is about. it's about providing the strong and sta ble about providing the strong and stable leadership this country needs to ta ke stable leadership this country needs to take britain through brexit and beyond. it's about strengthening our hand in the negotiations that lie ahead. and it's about sticking to our plan for ahead. and it's about sticking to our planfora ahead. and it's about sticking to our plan for a stronger britain that will enable us to secure that more sta ble will enable us to secure that more stable and secure future for this country, and takes the right long—term decisions for the future. it's about strong and stable leadership in the national interest. and you only get that strong and sta ble and you only get that strong and stable leadership by voting for the conservatives, because that is what a conservative government provides. just look at what we've done. when i took over as prime minister, there we re took over as prime minister, there were predictions of immediate financial crash, of economic danger, but we see consumer confidence remains high, we see record numbers ofjobs and economic growth that has exceeded all expectations. when i took over as prime minister, people said the country was divided, that it could never be brought together. but actually what i see today in this country is a unity of purpose, a desire for the government to get on with thejob a desire for the government to get on with the job of putting brexit into place and making a success of it. and when i took over as prime minister, the country needed clear vision and strong leadership to ensure that we got on with thatjob of delivering an brexit for the british people, and that's exactly what we did. we deliver that strong and stable leadership. we delivered the certainty that strong and stable leadership can give. and that's what leadership can give. and that's what leadership looks like. now, there is a very clear choice at this election. it's a choice between strong and stable leadership under the conservatives or weak and u nsta ble the conservatives or weak and unstable coalition of chaos led by jeremy corbyn. and that is very clear, the other parties are lining up clear, the other parties are lining up to properjeremy corbyn, we have seen it with the liberal democrats and we see it with nicola sturgeon's scottish nationalists. they are very clear that they want to do everything they can to frustrate our brexit negotiations, to undermine thejob brexit negotiations, to undermine the job that we have to do, the task that lies ahead, do everything to stop us from being able to take it forward. and it's their tunnel vision focus on independence that actually provides an certainty. they wa nt to actually provides an certainty. they want to pull the strings, try to pull the strings of this election, properjeremy corbyn and provide more risk and uncertainty for the british people, and that's not in britain's interests. so it's only a vote for the conservatives that can deliver, and every vote for the conservatives is a vote for me and local conservative candidates and it's a vote to ensure that we have that strong and stable leadership that strong and stable leadership that we need to take us through brexit and beyond. every vote for me and the local conservative candidates here and across britain isa candidates here and across britain is a vote to deliver on that plan for a stronger britain and a more secure future for us all. and if we have that certainty of five more yea rs of have that certainty of five more years of strong and stable leadership, then we can ensure that we are delivering for people, for ordinary working people, up and down the country, across the whole of the united kingdom. yes, getting the right deal with the european union, ensuring that we get back with negotiation, that we deliver on that deep and special partnership with the european union, negotiating other deals for x port of british goods and services, a country that is showing that we can be leaders in preventing terrorism and fighting modern slavery, but it is also about getting the right deal for ordinary working people here at home, and thatis working people here at home, and that is about building a strong britain, making it the strongest country in europe, making a stronger economy, creating well—paid secure jobs. it is about ensuring that that is opportunity for all, that we provide a good school place for every child, that there is affordable housing, that people can get on in their lives. it is about ensuring that we can create a more united nation, that we take action against the extremists who want to divide us and we stand up against the separatist who want to break up our country. so it is providing that strong and stable leadership, that certainty, that stability for the future, and that is going to be our message as we go out into our election campaign. we are going to fight a positive and optimistic campaign about the future of this country. i'm going to be getting out and about run the country and visiting communities in every pa rt country and visiting communities in every part of the uk. i'm looking forward to taking our case out there to people because this is the case that it to people because this is the case thatitis to people because this is the case that it is only with the conservatives that you get the strong and stable leadership this country needs to see through brexit beyond.