standing up for young people and the environment, but they re standing aside in more seats than they re likely to win in the hope that it will help labour and the liberal democrats. pushing for a progressive alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism they ll end up in a coalition of chaos. they want to transform politics. to do that, they first need to get located. elinor garnier, bbc news. sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether northern ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. the party wants the vote to be held within five years. sinn fein‘s leader in northern ireland, michelle o neill, said the only way of securing a future in the european union was to end partition with the republic. so this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attem
are stepping up industrial action in a dispute that has left rubbish piling up on the streets. members of the unite union have been refusing to do overtime and have been carrying out two hour stoppages every day, which rose to three hours a day. it looks bad and smells even worse. piles and piles of rubbish strewn gci’oss piles and piles of rubbish strewn across birmingham streets. on this road, it has been weak since the rubbish was collected. we saw a rat over there yesterday. absolutely disgraceful. for four weeks, over there yesterday. absolutely disgraceful. forfourweeks, it has been terrible. so we pay all that money in council taxes, and don t get anything. give the binmen what they want. it is disgusting. we come out of our house and it smells of rotte n out of our house and it smells of rotten food. it is horrible. dirty nappies. obviously, there is no other way to dispose of them. try and get as much who often as possible. when you open the bin, all you get is a w
looking great for many us, rain on the way, a bit sunshine earlier, but now the weather is rapidly going downhill across the south, really soggy. downhill across the south, really soggy. this is the sunshine we had earlier, lovely weather in places, but now it is coming in from the atlantic, the south west, engulfing the uk with cloud, and this rain has already reached cornwall, devon, central and southern england, rain and strong winds for a time. it is not going to be a wall of water into it right across the country, the rain will wax and wane, it may stop and then come back again, but suffice to say it is a soggy one and not perfect if you have got plans for the garden or anything like that. tomorrow, wherever you are, a story of sunny spells and showers, lots of showers across the uk. the extreme south east, maybe kent, will get away with it, but for the rest of us, downpours galore. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines at 1:30. angry clashes in east london during a pro
was a 48 minute take and it is a real tribute to the cast and the crew. it is a long running drama and we we re crew. it is a long running drama and we were able to do it. there is not many teams that would have been able to pull that off as efficiently as they did. you know, the results are spectacular. 30th anniversary is an extraordinary achievement, what do you put this perennial appeal of casualty down to? i think everybody knows we face those crises of health in our life knows we face those crises of health in ourlife and knows we face those crises of health in our life and the a&e department is the crucible of truth, in many ways. it is where we are faced with life and death situations in ourselves and others. that brings out true character and i think there is such inherent drama in a life and death situation that it is enhanced. we have the characters, c and duffy, who the audience absolutely love. it was paul s love letter to the nhs and it continues to be so. the c
welcome to witness, here at the british library in london. this month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. we ll be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. a breakthrough for women in the men s world of racing, and, in a moment, the russian ballet star rudolf nureyev defected to the west. but first, we go back to a turning point for china. china was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. translation: i never even thought about joining the communists. i followed the nationalist party all the way. i m 99 years old, and i still haven t changed my mind about that. for most people, life was wretched. someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. there were two men willing to try. one was chiang kai shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. the other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. the two men were to become bitter riva