On tackling global warming. Former emmerdale actor, Kelvin Fletcher, drafted in as a last minute replacement, wins this years striclty. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are dawn foster from the guardian and asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor for the daily telegraph. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter in the sunday mirror, he says he takes responsibility and that his party came up short. Heres our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Jeremy corbyn is under pressure from some of his own mps to relinquish the Party Leadership sooner rather than later, but so far he is resisting. Reporter do you feel that you let the party down . He says he accepts his responsibility for labours heavy defeat but adds progress does not come in a simple straight line.
Of thursdays general election. In other news police in india arrest the owner of a delhi factory where a fire killed more than a0 people overnight. A Murder Investigation is launched after the death of a woman in northamptonshire. A 13 year old boy is among the suspects. And coming up at 4. 30 to mark the 20th anniversary of talking movies, tom brook meets the prolific bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan. Good afternoon. In the final days of the election campaign, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are telling voters that thursdays poll is an historic chance to move the country forward. The conservatives say a points based immigration system would reduce low skilled migration. Labour is using the day to set out its plans for social care. Our Political Correspondent, Susana Mendonca, reports. Not long left until voters make their call, and borisjohnson is hoping theyll give him a ringing endorsement. Hello, mr walker, hi. This is borisjohnson. At a call centre in london today he focused on con
An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire at a block of student flats in bolton. Witnesses say the blaze spread quickly to the upper floors, prompting concerns about the cladding on the block. Two people were injured. From bolton, Olivia Richwald reports. These videos posted on social media show an intense fire which spread rapidly, sending chunks of burning cladding and sparks to the ground. At first, some of the students ignored the alarms. There was this girl who came running and she banged on the doors of the people on my floor, and she just started screaming, saying that theres a fire, get out of here right now. When we were running down the stairs, it was getting higher and higher and catching really quickly. The cladding on this building is not the same as that which has been blamed for exacerbating the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017, which killed 72 people, and the students living here in the cube have been reassured it was safe. But the videos posted on social medi
The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not Free Movement of people from the eu will be included in the partys general election manifesto. My my instinct is to recognise that the economies are interdependent around the world, that we all benefit from people moving to and working in different societies. The government and the armed forces are accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. And, at 11. 30 in dateline london, Carrie Gracie and the team discuss the trump impeachment inquiry, the ongoing crisis in hong kong, and climate change. Prince andrew has categorically denied having any sexual contact with a woman, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was seventeen. He told Bbcs Newsnight he could not have been with Virginia Roberts on the day in question in 2001 as he was at home after spending the afternoon at a Pizza Express in woking with his daughter. The prince was also grilled about his friendship with
To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss was prime Ministerfor Ao odd days. She and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. Families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. And these are rewards for failure. Speaking to bbc radio 4s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. Liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, of being pr