growth for the month which was broadly in line with economist expectations. the sluggishness comes after the uk economy recorded its fastest growth in two years from january to march, exiting the recession it fell into in the final half of last year. but my opening question starting with you, geoffrey cox, is rishi sunak right to say the economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no economy has turned a corner? i think he is. no doubt economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. all - he is, no doubt about that. all predictions show that growth will continue this year an increase next year and inflation is down to 2.3 and we can look in the next two or three months to cuts in interest rates. it s definitely turned the corner, no doubt about that. this is one month of figures. it is corner, no doubt about that. this is one month
translation: i wanted to be in the republican spirit, marine le pen was my adversarial. i know the division of our nation has led to extreme votes, and i respect that. i know the rage, i know the anxiety, the doubt that lots of you also expressed. and it is under my responsibility to hear them and to protect the weak, but weakest, and to organise solidarity better and fight against any form of discrimination and inequality, and making sure in a resolute way that your security will be guaranteed, andi your security will be guaranteed, and i will also guarantee the unity of the nation. emmanuel macron s victory was emphatic. he took 66% of the vote. 34% for marine le pen. there was also cause for concern for him. around 4 million voters spoilt their ballot papers. another 12 million didn t vote at all, together that s well over a quarter of registered voters. christian fraser has covered the election all the way through. we heard mr macron talking about unifying the country, bu
welcome to bbc news. an investigation into the death of a prisoner has found a catalogue of failures contributed to his suicide and he should have been in hospital not prison. 25 year old dean saunders electrocuted himself at chelmsford prison in essex in january last year. the prison ombudsman said that staff ignored significant risk factors when they cut back observation of him injail. it comes as figures due out later this week are expected to show the number of suicides in prisons in england and wales last year was at record levels. here s our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. i think i m still, on a day to day basis, trying to understand that he was ill in the first place. his family were plunged into despair. within hours he attacked his brother and father with a knife. already injured, mark co
with our guests. anger and confusion for thousands of a level and gcse students in england, as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, hours after publishing it. lancashire police say two bodies have been found by the coastguard, during the search for two teenagers. the department of health and social care neither confirms nor denies reports that there s to be a shake up of public health england. an enormous crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk, to protest last weekend s disputed election. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers with me are andy silvester, deputy editor of city am, and the journalist and author yasmin alibhai brown. tomorrow s front pages. the metro leads on the angry student protests outside downing street, after the controversy over a level exam results. the ‘i reports on the two legal challenges, launched by students, against the statitistical model used by th
and coming up at 7.30, it s the film review with anna smith. good evening. there s more uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of a level students, and those waiting for gcse results in a few days time. the exams regulator, quual, has withdrawn its advice on how pupils can appeal their allocated grades, just hours after making the advice public. the government has been under fire since thursday, when a level results were awarded and nearly 40% of teacher assessments were downgraded. now, a former conservative education secretary, says the government should stop digging itself a hole and postpone this week s gcse results. with the latest, here s ‘s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. outraged, disappointed by their a levels. the common theme is anger. a lot of people are really sad and stressed. it is a very stressful time. your future is uncertain. students brought their protest to westminster today. i was predicted aaa, and i got given bcc. and ijust think it s unfai