Some people look to be even pre spinning, a member of the conservative campaign immediately behind me and some of the shadow cabinet are here. Weve already seen some prominent conservatives although not cabinet ministers but the main event will be the First Time Ever that the leader of the opposition and the Prime Minister are taking each other on in a head to head debate. Are taking each other on in a headtohead debate. What kind of format can we expect this evening . I fear that that one is not going to be and sit in the next few minutes but we will try to get our communication sorted in time for the sort of that debate on itv at eight oclock. Stay with us throughout the evening including of course for the paper reviews later this evening and joining meat will be lord digby jones who is the former trade minister and always opinionated and don foster of the guardian. Before that time for sportsday. Hello, im olly foster, heres whats coming up on sportsday. Its a big night for bale and
Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting virginia roberts, who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on climate change. The conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello. Youre watching sportsday on bbc news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes and ben croucher. Our top stories this saturday. As the home nations euro 2020 qualifying campaigns draw to a close, theres a morale boosting win for scotland. Could this be a changing of the guard in tennis . As St
Costs go up by more than a £100. Edna depends on her meals on Wheels Service now its under threat a new petition to boost the social care budget did you know more young people do vocational qualifications than a levels . Its btec results day. And coming up on bbc news. Jofra archer gets his cap but needs a brolly as dayi of the second ashes test has been washed out after heavy rain at lords. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Mps may be on their summer break but thats not stopped the conservative civil war over brexit. The former chancellor Philip Hammond has rounded on number ten accusing the Prime Ministers advisers of trying to wreck the chances of a new deal with the eu. Mr hammond says they are setting conditions that make a no deal inevitable and he called that a betrayal of the referendum result. But the Prime Minister says opponents of brexit were in a terrible collaboration with the eu, those were his words. Our correspondent ben wright reports. From ben wright
The uk is in the grip of a cauliflower shortage. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. An interim report from air accident investigators says the footballer Emiliano Sala had been exposed to harmful levels of Carbon Monoxide before a fatal plane crash over the channel. The report says it is likely the pilot David Ibbotson was also exposed to the gas, potentially reducing his ability to fly the aircraft. The footballer was flying from france to cardiff when the plane crashed. 0ur correspondent wyre davies has the story. The death of Emiliano Sala, atjust 29 years old, and in such tragic circumstances, shocked the footballing world. The Argentine Centre forward had just signed for cardiff from nantes and was on his way tojoin his new team in the welsh capital. While trying to woo him, he had been flown between the cities in private jets, the last flight, after he had signed, was in a single engine turboprop, at night, and in poor weather, shortly after take off from nantes, in an audio m
To set the bar for negotiations and sell high, but we inevitably leave without a deal would be at the trail and the Prime Minister said he would get a deal and we want to see him deliver it. Well report from sweden where the rapper asap rocky has been found guilty of assault. And pacific leaders on the forefront of Climate Change hit out at australia over its coal use. There are shocking revelations about the scale of plastic pollution. Scientists have confirmed that theyve discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic. A region long thought to be pristine turns out to be contaminated microscopic particles are carried on the winds from thousands of miles away. Researchers have found more than 1a,000 microplastics per litre of melted snow. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the artic circle as the research was being carried out. Heres his special report. The arctic. A place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Well, thats how it appea