In our election blind date series. Today, cambridge historian mary beard and strip club owner Peter Stringfellow. You look slightly distinguished, quite hunky. You are quite a pretty lady. Get that on camera welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Were also talking about Ariana Grandes one love Manchester Concert to raise money for people affected by the manchester bombing. Tickets go on sale at 10am this morning. Well have the details and wed love to hear from you if youre planning to go. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa mays political opponents have criticised her for not taking part in a seven way General Election debate. She was accused of lacking guts during the 90 minute event. Lets get more from our political guru norman smith. Is it possible to say who one . It was probably the Television Volume button as people try
Red carpets are being rolled out ahead of the 89th we will be getting all the Oscars Gossip from la and chatting with showbiz columnist perez hilton about all the goings on in la la land. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. We are going to talk to some of our Leicester City super fans who made diaries for us about their beloved club and what they think about the man they thought was a hero being sacked nine months later. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. A truly historic victory the words of new conservative mp Trudy Harrison after winning the labour seat of copeland in last nights by election. Its the first gain by a Governing Party since 1982. In the nights other result labour held on to stoke central, with ukip leader Paul Nuttall Finishing in second place. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman sent us
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
tools of the rule of law that he so demeans in order to deflect this trial and put it off until after the election in hopes that he gets elected and he can make the whole thing go away. yeah, there s no question. i mean, that is that is the entire ball game for donald trump at this point. adam, i do want to, if i can, take us to 30,000 feet. i want to ask you about this poll that shows a quarter of americans, nearly 1/3 of americans believe the fbi probably or definitely organized january 6th. we heard donald trump out on the campaign trail this weekend. he was saying fbi, antifa, so on still peddling these conspiracy theories. where did where did the effort to inform the public, get the truth to the public go wrong? the january 6th committee did all of that work. it was broadcast to the nation, to the world. i mean, there have been people who have come out inside the administration who said they resigned because they con ddemn
The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and others not to allow the screening or release of the film The Kerala Story in theatres, OTT platforms and other such avenues, besides seeking removal of the film s trailer from the internet.