Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Two people have been released on bail after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a Funeral Directors in hull. Detectives say theyre investigating a truly horrific incident and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. Theyve had more than 1,000 phone calls from concerned members of the public. 0ur correspondent nick garnett has been speaking to one of the families affected. My mum was a beautiful, loving person. Would give Anybody Anything she had. Susan stone was 78 when she died. Herfamily paid for her to be cremated, but now theyve been told it never happened. They cremated my mum the same day, or the next day, waiting for a slot. But obviously she didnt get cremated. Heartbroken. Anger. Disgraceful. Humberside police are still searching this building owned by legacy Funeral Directors and others the company owns. 120 officers are involved and police say they found 35 bodies and what they think are human
For the First Time Since itjoined nato, the swedish flag has been raised at nato headquarters. Theyve been taking part in the Largest Military exercise since the cold war, amidst warnings of a new threat to europe from russia following its full scale invasion from damning of ukraine. Jonathan beale reports from the arctic circle. Nato says its a bulwark for peace. But its preparing for war. This, just part of its massive Military Exercise taking place right across europe. And with newest members sweden and finland in no doubt as to why theyjoined. Being alone against russia is like, why take that risk when you canjoin nato . I personally feel a lot safer because now we have allies to depend on. In this scenario, theyve come to defend Northern Norway after its been invaded. Theyre not calling the enemy russia, but it is a near neighbour. The aim of this exercise is to demonstrate how nato would come to the aid of an ally under attack. It is the very principle of the alliance an attack o
first, let s return to our coverage of the general election. voters head to the polls on the 11th ofjuly. the liberal democrats are gaining some ground, hoping to grab tourist seats as they promise free personal care for the elderly, more gps and joining the eu single market. it is ed davey s photo opportunities that i ve been grabbing attention. he has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. in terms of the stunts, the real issueis in terms of the stunts, the real issue is engaging people and they have done. one of the reasons i am so pleased to be on your programme is to talk about what the liberal democrats are standing for. we are standing for health and social care board. we talk about cost of living. and we are talking about the environment. the sewage scandal, for example. i am determined that all the seats that we can win against a blue ball, people hear about what the liberal democrats stand for from a local champions because we could make real gains at this election. we
day. the shadow health secretary wes streeting has said he would have liked labour to have been more ambitious in its plans for social care in its election manifesto. in an interview this morning, he acknowledged that successive governments of all parties had failed to deal with the problems in the sector. a leading health think tank warned that the nhs is facing its tightest spending for decades and called on all the main parties to be more transparent about that. hannah miller reports. good morning, how are we doing? keir starmer campaigning this weekend, claiming he will get to the nhs back on its feet. but that will require more ambitious treatment, says a leading health think tank as it warns both the conservatives and labour that their current manifesto commitments amount to the tightest spending plans in nhs history. with a lack of social care support, one of the key reasons the nhs is struggling, today labour had to defend why it has not come up with a clearer plan fo
who s arguing in front of the court today? three lawyers, one representing mississippi, one representing that last abortion clinic left there, and a third representing the biden administration, which wants to keep legal abortion intact. and listen, this is the single most important legal showtown showtown in three decades. it s the case opponents of abortion have been waiting for. just a reminder, our nbc news poll from august found a slim but clear majority of u.s. adults think abortion should be legal most of the time, if the justices side with mississippi, that is in jeopardy. we have special coverage here this hour and next, and for it i want to bring in justice correspondent pete williams, ken dilanian is live not too far from where i am outside the supreme court, barbara mcquade is a former attorney and msnbc legal analyst and yasmin vossoughian is also outside the court. ken, let me start with you. these arguments are about an hour away. we re going to get to hear them. talk abo