hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. she won t take part in a televised leaders debate. if she won t, then he won t. will the bbc do more to make a head to head happen? and are the green party being given a fair share of airtime on the bbc‘s special election programmes. there has been a bit of a phoney war feel to the election campaign so far. before the parties began publishing their manifestos. many questions had been fobbed off with this answer, given to laura kuenssberg byjeremy corbyn on tuesday. well, you will have to wait for the manifesto for the details. you were expecting that answer. those manifestos will be officially unveiled next week, but on wednesday night we got a sneak preview of what labour s might contain. somehow, an earlier version had ended up in the hands of chris mason. i can t claim i ve read it all, but here it is. stamped right through the middle of the document, about 20,000 words in total, draft, confidential. in other words,
who held sway in target states. employers, workers groups, do not just waltz into an office and make your case. find out who the senator trusts. convinced that person to make your case. that is how we win. does she take no prisoners? that is it exactly. as you have seen, a very strong supporting cast is. i wouldn t have this feeling the same you did. i like the subject matter, i liked the cast, like the director andi i liked the cast, like the director and i came out thinking it is not as good as it should be. the whole is less tha n good as it should be. the whole is less than the sum of the parts. there is something about it which keeps you at a distance. i never com pletely keeps you at a distance. i never completely believed in these characters. one of the things about it is it has a plot which is full of twists and turns and there is a certain point at which the twists and turns start to defy credibility. that said, it is done with gusto and jessica chastain is worth wat
tom watson warns his party faces a margaret thatcher style landslide defeat if it doesn t improve its ratings in the polls. chelsea can finally celebrate michy batshuayi s late winner ensures they re the premier league champions in antonio conte s first season in charge. meanwhile, i ve been playing masters rugby league, and finding out that age really is no barrier to getting fit, when it all comes down to the colour of the shorts you wear. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we ll look ahead to tonight s event. and helen has the weather. good morning. despite low pressure gci’oss good morning. despite low pressure across the uk today there is actually quite a lot of dry weather in the offing. i will have more on that in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotlan
general election. hundreds of thousands of people join the pope as he canonised as two shepherd children. the final of the eurovision song contest is being held in the ukrainian capital, kiev, tonight. will britain face a brexit backlash? and in the women s fa cup final, a record crowd is expected for the game between birmingham city and manchester city. the stars of the latest alien film will be discussed in the film review. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the government s emergency committee cobra have been meeting in response to the global cyber attack which has disabled nhs computers in england and scotland. the home secretary amber rudd said 97% of nhs trusts in england are working as normal. we have talked about how we can make sure that the nhs remains robust, that patients are put first, and i would like to commend the work that nhs staff had done to ensure that hospitals and patients surgeries will continue to run smoothly. 97% of nhs trusts and hospitals, d
the virgin mary had appeared to them. the latest alien film, directed by ridley scott. it has had some mixed reviews. find out what mark kermode made of it in. made of it in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anne ashworth, who s the associate editor at the times, and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european. let s take a look at the front pages then. the telegraph leads with friday s cyber attack that hit 48 nhs trusts. it says thousands of operations and appointments will be cancelled, as staff brace themselves for more problems as they attempt to log on to work computers on monday mornings. the observer leads on the election campaign. it says a multi millionaire city worker has pledged to fund a campaign to try to oust almost 140 pro remain mps to ensure there is no backsliding on brexit , as he puts it, after the election. the sunday times leads with theresa may s pledge to