also ahead: ariana grande returns to manchester and visits children in hospital, injured in the arena bombing. hope for ovarian cancer patients, as the early trial of a new drug shows promising results. in sport, it s the biggest prize in european club football, and cardiff is preparing to host the final of the champions league betweenjuventus and real madrid, for whom, welsh star gareth bale is hoping to play on home soil. meanwhile, i ve been getting to grips with the post war sport of cycle speedway. as a new production of annie opens in london we hearfrom its star miranda hart about her west end debut. suddenly doing something new when you are known for other things was intimidating now i love it. i totally love it. and ben has the weather. good morning. we have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last few days. a cool and fresh weekend ahead with spells of sunshine, a few showers and the details coming up. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn ha
shows promising results. in sport, the british and irish lions‘ tour of new zealand has begun. jonny sexton with a early penalty. would you have known how to spell marocain . we ll be joined by some spelling bees, and put a man from the oxford english dictionary to the test. and ben has the weather. good morning. a cooler fresher weekend, with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk s nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no one expected an easy ride but from the start it was cl
an urgent appeal has been launched to find more black blood donors for help with those with sickle cell disease. we will speak to two families of those living with the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we d love to hear from you if you re an eu national living in the uk. are you reassured by what you hear? we re also talking about fire safety this morning. if your flat is covered in cladding, has your landlord been in touch about measures to keep you safe? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. german chancellor angela merkel has described theresa may s offer to give european citizens rights after brexit living in the uk is a good start. at a summit last night, the prime minister said nobody in the uk lawfully would be forced to leave on the day of brexit, nor did she want to split up families. in return the
but it s bad news for donald trump his new attempt to impose a travel ban has again been rejected by the courts. a former team sky cyclist tells the bbc he broke the rules on taking supplements, but it was covered up. and what happened when a bbc team faced the volcanic fury of mount etna in sicily. on bbc london a man dies at a construction site manchester united have though i only place in the quarterfinals of the europa league. find out if they get past ross dolph at old trafford. ross dolph. good evening. theresa may has signalled that she would refuse permission for a referendum on scottish independence before the uk leaves the european union. the prime minister said the current focus needed to be on securing the best brexit deal for all of the the uk. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it was democratically unacceptable to block scotland s right to choose and that history might look back on today as the day the fate of the union was sealed . our poli