be allowed to persist. labour has been focused on defence with keir starmer reaffirming his commitment to the uk nuclear deterrent. he said protecting the nation would be the bedrock of a future labour government. the lib dems deputy daisy group has outlined the snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a respectful contest ahead of the scottish leader s first television debate of the campaign that gets under way tonight. here is our political correspondent. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise that sex, in the law, means biological sex. it always has done but th
and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
companies also revealed plans for a solar farm in this protected area of countryside the day before a firm he controls made a second donation to mr gething, others have questioned the new first minister s judgement. you get offered £200,000. the level of due diligence that you would expect to take place in that context would be significant. vaughan gething has not broken the ministerial code in taking the donation and he retains the full backing of labour s uk leader with only weeks to go before the general election. i m really looking forward to a new partnership where we can both deliver together for wales. thank you, vaughan. but we ve also discovered that one senior labour figure offered to lend mr gething money to repay the controversial donation in full. he turned down the offer. we ve repeatedly tried to ask the first minister about the new evidence. did you know about the criminal investigation before you accepted the money?
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we start though with the tributes to leeds rhinos legend rob burrow. as you ve been hearing, burrow, who d been battling motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 41. the rugby football league say they are finalising plans to celebrate his life at the challenge cup finals next saturday. tributes have been flooding in from the world of sport including from wigan warriors, a team rob played against many times, who said they are deeply saddened at the news. rugby union side leicester tigers, where burrow s close friend kevin sinfield worked as a coach, said rob inspired communities across the world. and chris sutton, who played for blackburn rovers and celtic amongst others, said rob had done so much to raise awareness for the debilitating illness. jamiejones buchanan, who played alongside burrow at leeds rhinos spoke to bbc breakfast this morning, and paid tribute to his former teammate. we spoke many times about how small he was, and how people, as a young person, doubted his abilit