in the last few days but still some showers interspersed with sunshine. you can see where those showers have been congregating scotland and east anglia and the midlands. through the rest of the afternoon some heavy showers across the eastern side of england remaining. feeling warmer than yesterday in the mid to high teens. much of the showers fade away leaving clear skies for many some patchy rain in the far west of northern ireland and through parts of eastern england and south east england. temperatures dropping down to as low as three or 4 degrees overnight in some places. the moral dominating much of the uk. still some outbreaks of rain through northern ireland. plenty of sunshine to start from any tomorrow. that will fade through parts of western scotland and northern ireland as the rain pushes east. most of us having a dry day and warmer across england and wales with temperatures getting up and wales with temperatures getting up to 21 degrees. at thejubilee weekend it w
and we ll speak to a woman who says she was sexually harassed by the former fox news star bill o reilly. hello. welcome to cornwall. we are pretty much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the much in the middle of the county, and we arejust off the high and we are just off the high street, in the main square, a small, pretty square. we are talking to all sorts of people here ahead of the general election. we are asking about the things they care about with 30 days to go. a lot of people say they don t have a great deal of time for politicians. they feel pretty forgotten, actually. geographically, they are 300 miles away from westminster. we will hear from pledge of them this morning in detail. wherever you are, get in touch. what issues do you care most about ahead of this general election? we will hear from about ahead of this general election? we will hearfrom more about ahead of this general election? we will hear from more of you after the news. our top story
shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. good morning, it s tuesday the 9th of may. i m rachel schofield, welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservatives have vowed to cap energy prices if they win the general election. under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. elsewhere labour leader jeremy corbyn is due to formally launch his party s general election campaign, where he s expected to say that the issue of whether brexit happens has been settled . the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the isle of wight the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment . we ll be live in manchester ahead of labour s campaign
tough for buyers. and in the next hour we ll get the latest from the us, where pressure is mounting on the president and the attorney general. the white house says it will reach a decision soon on us attorney generaljeff sessions, who has been publicly humiliated by president donald trump. relatives of some of the soldiers who died during the battle of paschendale have attended the unveiling of an art installation in honour of the victims, which is made of mud. the german car manufacturer bmw says it has decided to build an electric version of the mini at its cowley plant in oxford. the new model is due to go into production by the end of 2019. the electric motor, gearbox and battery pack will be produced at bmw s plant in leipzig in germany, before being brought to the uk and installed in the body of the mini at the factory of the mini at the factory at the cowley plant in oxford. the company says it has not received any assurances or commitments from the british governmen
police used the gross indecency laws to continue to criminalise gay behaviour and social activity. voiceover: it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. in the ‘80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. by the end of the decade, the number of gross indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. many many lead completely double lives. the writer maureen duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. it was the beginning of a process. but never assume that what you have achieved you have got for good and it cannot be reversed because at any time, anything can be completely changed. and there are sometimes still some very nasty rumblings and utterances, partially stoked by the use of social media, that could turn very nasty indeed if we re not vigilant. injuly 1967, the home secretary roy jenkins told parliament that homosexuality was a disability tha