Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
To advise on immediate measures to improve building safety. The Bank Of England issues a financial warning, as Consumer Borrowing rises at its fastest rate in more than a decade. Google is fined more than £2 billion by the European Commission for illegally favouring its own shopping services. And 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. Hello, good evening. Welcome to Bbc News At Five. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said her government is delaying plans for a second Independence Referendum. Speaking in holyrood, she said she Still Believes the country needs to be given a choice about its future, but not until after the Brexit Process. She said that since the general election, in which the snp lost 21 seats, she had listened to voters, and understood their concerns about another poll. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. Nicola sturgeon call this a reset, but what in effect i think it means is whilst a