to complete a skydive. i woke up this morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government s emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday s cyber attack which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a wake up call. here, questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. this was one of the hospital ‘s worst affected by the events over friday and the weekend. first and lasting impressions today have been that things are very much back to normal, almost. the car parks are busy, lots of patients are coming and going for outpatient appointments. when you get inside and look around, it is quite obvious that it and look around, it is quite obvious thatitis and look around, it is
top bus parade this afternoon for huddersfield s promotion. to the premier league. good morning. it s tuesday the 30th of may. welcome to bbc newsroom live. welcome to bbc newsroom live. with just over a week to go until the general election, the main parties are returning to their key election themes, following last night s tv grilling of the conservative and labour leaders. theresa may will put the focus back on brexit accusing eu officials of adopting an ‘aggressive negotiating position‘ which will need strong leadership from the uk. jeremy corbyn is campaigning on the party s promise of free childcare for two to four year olds and answering questions on the mumsnet website. and in the next few minutes, nicola sturgeon will launch the scottish national party manifesto, promising to invest an additional £118bn in public services across the uk and a call for scotland to stay in the european single market, after brexit. emma barnett pressed the labour leaderfor more deta
temperatures with double figures in the west. tomorrow night and into monday, there is still not wet weather will stay lodged across the central slice. on either side of it, it will be drier. the coldest air will remain lodged here. further north and west it will be more mild with temperatures in double figures. next week high pressure will tend to ta ke next week high pressure will tend to take over and that should get rid of most of the rain clouds. things will settle down, but we will keep the contrast and temperatures. south eastern areas will see the best of the sunshine but there will best of the sunshine but there will be some sharp overnight frost. further north it will be cloudy but also more mild. all the latest can be found on the bbc weather website. we will be back in half an hour. headlines: the government has warned gps in england that they must keep their surgeries open for longer hours, orface a cut in some of theirfunding. the british medical association acc
as mps back theresa may s call for a general election onjune 8th. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. at prime minister s questions, theresa may is challenged over why she won t take part in televised debates, and on her previous promise not to call an early election. she wants us to believe that she is a woman of her word. is it the truth that we cannot believe a single word she says? the prime minister defends her decision. i think it is right now to ask the british people to put their trust in me and the conservative party to deliver on their vote last year, a brexit plan that will make a success for this country and deliver a stronger, fairer, global britain in the future. also on this programme is it time to ditch diesel cars? and the energy secretary promises muscular action over fuel bills. but first. the house of commons has backed the prime minister s call for a general election onjune 8th. mps voted
cup semi finals at wembley. and ben has the weather. good morning. we have a decent weekend in prospect. plenty of dry weather and even some sunshine, there s a big change on the way for there s a big change on the way for the start of next week. something much colder on the way. all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at the last election not to raise income tax, national insurance or vat. labour and the liberal democrats were quick to jump on what they saw as a change of policy, warning that tax rises lie ahead. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. the american revolutionary benjamin franklin said that uncertainties we re franklin said that uncertainties were tax and death and commitments to push tax rates up c