good morning. there are just six days to go until the general election and we have bought the sofa to scotland s ancient capital, dunfermline. what does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days‘ time? we have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. matt is also here with the weather. good morning. iam in the grounds of dunfermline abbey finding out what place it plays in the town s history. brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. i will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. we are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the general election. you will see in the background, lars, a historian. you ll be teaching us about robert the bruce who is buried here. also
to still be here and we re still fighting so while he is still fighting, we still fighting. also, the latest in our collection blind date series, and this morning one labour and one conservative politicians sit down and took in. so for all our couples have got on but will politics get in the way? people are looking at me, talking about the community. i was in wilkinson is buying something about the other day and people said, i can t believe you are in wilkinson! i said, i have to put things in my bin. i don t have people to put things in my bins! hello, welcome to the programme. we until iiam. hello, welcome to the programme. we untiliiam. we hello, welcome to the programme. we until iiam. we are live until iiam. so much coming up today on the show. we will be talking about the political song that you aren t allowed to hear and why. the latest on the tickets for the one love concert in manchester to remember the victims of last week s attack. and of course we have our l
the royal college of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the crown prosecution service have announced that craig mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. daniel sandford is with me now. first ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. it all goes back to the titanic battle in the 2015 general election between nigel farage and a conservative party. he was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. the conservative party were trying to keep them out. craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. as all candidates have to do, he then filed his election
also ahead: ariana grande returns to manchester and visits children in hospital, injured in the arena bombing. hope for ovarian cancer patients, as the early trial of a new drug shows promising results. in sport, it s the biggest prize in european club football, and cardiff is preparing to host the final of the champions league betweenjuventus and real madrid, for whom, welsh star gareth bale is hoping to play on home soil. meanwhile, i ve been getting to grips with the post war sport of cycle speedway. as a new production of annie opens in london we hearfrom its star miranda hart about her west end debut. suddenly doing something new when you are known for other things was intimidating now i love it. i totally love it. and ben has the weather. good morning. we have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last few days. a cool and fresh weekend ahead with spells of sunshine, a few showers and the details coming up. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn ha
shows promising results. in sport, european club football s biggest night in sport, european club football s biggest night. home fans will be hoping gareth bale gets to play at some point in the champions league final. and ben has the weather. good morning. we have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last couple of days. a fresher weekend ahead with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk s nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no one expected an easy ride but