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detectives say it could be a significant development. prince william travels to manchester to meet some of the police officers who were first on the scene after the suicide bombing that left 22 dead. and this is the man who will be ireland s new prime minister? the son of an indian immigrant, leo varadkar will become the first openly gay taoiseach. and coming up on bbc news: as thousands of fans descend on cardiff ahead of tomorrow s champions league final uefa president aleksander chefereen insists it will be safe. good evening from york where later this evening theresa may and jeremy corbyn will take part in the bbc question time leaders‘ special. the audience, as we can tell, are already here. about 150 of them drawn from every part of the uk, representing different strands of public and political opinion. the event begins in 2.5 hours‘ time, at 8:30pm, and chaired by david dimbleby. and it takes place less than 2a hours after donald trump‘s decision to tak ....
bomb attack find a car they say may be significant to their inquiries. new figures show the number of nhs patients waiting six months or more for surgery has increased threefold since 2013. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may, and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, are gearing up for the nearest thing to a head to head debate for the prime minister in this election campaign. they re both appearing on a leaders special question time tonight. they ll sppear separately before an audience in york, with presenter david dimbleby. my colleague simon mccoy is there. in 90 minutes time, the first question will be put to theresa may. she will go first. she has 45 minutes of questions from the audience. of course with a chair, and then after her, jeremy corbyn. they will go head to head, but this could prove one of the toughest debates, use the word advisedly, we are likely to see. unlike the other night, with seven of the party leaders shouting, a lot of heat, no ....
voice in the brexit negotiations. ukip‘s paul nuttall‘s message when it comes to brexit his party is the real deal. we ll be across the country, bringing you the latest from the electoral front line also tonight. police searching for xavier thomas after the london bridge attack have found a body in the thames the eighth victim. they were first on the scene at last saturday s attack then they had a job to do, today they offered a tribute. celebrities, friends and fans gatherfor a memorial to comedian ronnie corbett. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news. the lions still to hit their stride as they slip to defeat in their second tour match of new zealand. welcome to the bbc news at six. with just over 12 hours until polls open, party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. fifty days after calling the general election, theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a s ....
he could lead a minority government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. there isn t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. the party that has lost in this election is the conservative party. and on the losing side were the liberal democrats, the snp who lost a third of their seats and ukip, whose leader paul nuttall resigned. the election was called to strengthen the prime minister s hand over brexit, so where does this leave the negotiations now? we ll bring you more on that and all the latest from downing street on this most unexpected of election results. it s seven o clock. welcome to westminster, where theresa may is constructing a government, despite losing her commons majority after the snap election she called just seven weeks ago. the outcome a hung parliament is now slowly sinking in. the conservatives do remain the largest party, but they ll need the help of northern ireland s democratic unionist p ....
borisjohnson remains foreign secretary, amber rudd home secretary, and philip hammond stays as chancellor. it was a great turnout for labour, who won 40% of the popular vote, and jeremy corbyn insisted he could lead a minority government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. there isn t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. the party that has lost in this election is the conservative party. and on the losing side were the liberal democrats, the snp, who lost a third of their seats, and ukip, whose leader paul nuttall resigned. the election was called to strengthen the prime minister s hand over brexit so where does this leave the negotiations now? we ll bring you more on that and all the latest from downing street on this most unexpected of election results. to ta ke to take you straight over to kensington. the final seed has been declared and it looks like a labour victory. thank you to my incredible family who ....