the conservatives have promised to bring back a form of national service if they win the general election. the party said 18 year olds would have a choice of either joining the military full time for 12 months or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the nhs. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that s grabbed the headlines in this morning s papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy your weekend. bye bye. they say if they win the general election, by the end of the next parliament they would bring back a form of mandatory national service for every 18 year old. that would involve either applying for one of 30,000 full time one year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence, or young people would have to volunteer in their communities for one weekend a month in organisations s
A meeting of this kind. Also this hour, an emotional tribute from the father of the youngest manchester terror attack victim. Saffie roussos was one of 22 People Killed in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Today would have been her ninth birthday. She was so soft and gentle On The Inside Butjust so strong in what she wanted, and she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be on stage, she wanted to be Ariana Grande, the way she is now, that was saffies dream. A survey by bbc 5 live indicates more than a third of premier League Football fans regularly watch games online via unofficial streams. Good morning, its tuesday the 4th july. Welcome to Newsroom Live. North korea says it has successfully launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The range seems to have been much greater than in previous tests. If the claim is true, the missile could potentially have the range to reach parts of the United States. State media said the Landmark Test was overseen by the north Korean Leader ki