hello, i m lucy grey. you re watching the context on bbc news. withjust over a week until the uk general election we find out how the next generation of voters are feeling around 23,000 children from across england and wales have cast their vote in a mock election aimed at preparing under 18 year olds particularly those from marginalised communities to exercise their democratic rights when they reach voting age. among the children taking part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote intiative, it was labour who had the clear win, with 32% voting for the party. the green party closely followed in second place with 29% of the vote. while the liberal democrats came third with 13% of the vote, reform at 10% and conservatives came last place with a result of 9%. let s speak to farida, a 16 year old pupil who took part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote project. hello 0ur vote project. to you. just tell me, that s oui’ hello to you. just tell me, that s our panelist, we will hear from
to the death of a man who died after being restrained by police in luton. and where there s a will there s a way. former royal marine mark ormrod, who lost his legs and arm in an ied attack in afghanistan, takes on and completes an extraordinary personal challenge. what do you think? are you confident dad can do it? 100%? more than 100%? one trillion zillion kazilion percent! in the last few minutes the metropolitan police have confirmed that a body found in kent woodland is that of sarah everard. it comes as the police watchdog investigates scotland yard s handling of an allegation of indecent exposure made against the officer suspected of murdering the 33 year old. it will consider if the metropolitan police responded appropriately to the alleged incident, which happened three days before ms everard was last seen in clapham, in south london. simonjones reports. the police investigation continues at pace. officers say they are determined to find answers for sarah everard
And Grin And Bear It the sculpture of ronaldo thats got everyone talking but for all the wrong reasons. And in sport wenger keeps us waiting the arsenal manager, whos been under increasing pressure, wouldnt confirm whether hell stay at the club past the summer. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government has been outlining how it plans to transfer thousands of pieces of European Union legislation, Into British Law. The great repeal bill will give parliament, or the devolved assemblies, the power to scrap, amend or improve eu laws. The brexit secretary, david davis, told mps it would ensure the uks smooth, orderly exit from the European Union. But the plans also involve giving ministers the power to make changes without full parliamentary scrutiny, and thats proving controversial. Our first report today is from our political correspondent, iain watson. The law that took us into the European Union was passed in 1972. Now, our eu membership is about to end. Not with
Are into the last four of the Champions League. Lucy bronze scores to book citys place in the semi finals after a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side Fortuna Hjorring. After the most challenging Railway Repair ever, today the Settle Carlisle train line reopens to customers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Grey skies and rain might greet the day for many of you but things will brighten up quite nicely i have details coming up and a full weekend broadcast. Good morning. First, our main story. Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a trade off so improvements can be made in other areas, like a e. Thats according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who is today setting out a new strategy for the next two years. Alexandra mackenzie has more. How have you been feeling . Not too bad, thank you. Iris ram is 96 and is recovering from a recent illness. Youre doing really well. Her gp called a local nhs Service Based in nottin
Were live until am this morning. Are you waiting for a non urgent operation . If so, wed love to hear from you this morning about how long youve been waiting. Are you one of the many people whove arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day . 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. We are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the European Council. You can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you wont miss anything at all. Our top Story Today Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off, so that improvements can be made in other areas like a e. That