Ill look at the real cost of borrowing. Liverpooljust keep on winning in the premier league. They thumped everton 5 2 to win the Merseyside Derby at anfield, to push marco silva closer to the sack. And is your Christmas Tree up yet, and how environmentally friendly is it . I have come to a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire to find out. Weatherwise, a cold start but it is getting milder and wetter for many of you in the next 2a hours. I will be back with all the details on brea kfast. It is thursday 5 december. Our top story there is just one week to go until the general election, and the Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. Here to tell us more is our Political Correspondent tom barton. So time, there are more announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Abs
Arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, were fine. A game changer treatment for women with a hereditary form of Ovarian Cancer, will be made more widely available on the nhs. Tens of thousands of gamers gather in new york for the World Championship of fortnite with more prize money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. After yesterday was abandoned with threats of thunderstorms, its all heading towards a lightning fast finish at lords. Englands bowlers striking again and again in their one of test match against ireland. More on a record breaking day, very shortly. A lot of the relief for commuters this morning. It is cooler and fresher today but we still have heavy showers and thunderstorms but we have lost the peak of the heatwave. All the details for the weekend and about 30 minutes. Also coming up. Meet 16 year old hollie, who is set to make Rugby League History this weekend as the youngest
Told, is friday at 5pm. Weve been told that our flight season. Away from football, some after the town was evacuated due has been cancelled. To flooding fears last week. Its not going to be rebooked today. Picket news with pakistan parting i rang British Airways and they said company with their coach Mickey Arthur after failing to reach the hundreds of British Airways flights they cant do anything are cancelled and delayed, for us over the phone. Knockout of the world cup. He could as the airline suffers technical be in line to take over in the same problems with check in. 15 million customers role with england when trevor we are trying to get to stockholm. Will benefit from Cheaper Energy bills because of a change bayliss departs. More to come in all our next flight, weve been told, is friday at 5pm. In the price cap. Those stories at around 2 30pm. Weve been told that our flight has been cancelled. Its not going to be rebooked today. The board masters festival in British Airways has
On the moon. And coming up in dateline london Carrie Gracie and her panel of guests discuss escalating tensions with iran and wholl be the next Prime Minister. Thats at half past 11. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned tehran of serious consequences after the Iranian Revolutionary guard seized a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britains response would be considered but robust. Our correspondent simonjones reports. Seized in a major escalation of tensions, the stena impero, a
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A