shows promising results. in sport, the british and irish lions‘ tour of new zealand has begun. jonny sexton with a early penalty. would you have known how to spell marocain . we ll be joined by some spelling bees, and put a man from the oxford english dictionary to the test. and ben has the weather. good morning. a cooler fresher weekend, with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. 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 from the start it was cl
want you to get in touch from home as well. we will answer as many as we possibly can. i will be giving you a bit of a behind the scenes tour. we will return to the tension a few minutes. tent in a few minutes. good morning it s tuesday sixth june. this morning s headlines.. questions asked as to why police and security services downgraded their inquiries into the past of one of the london bridge attackers. khuram butt had been under investigation by counter terrorism officers and mi5. thousands of gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of saturday night s attack. a minutes silence will be held across the country later this morning. in sport, the former newcastle united midfielder cheick tiote dies at the age of 30. his old boss steve mcclaren said he had the most beautiful smile in football . good morning from the blue peter garden where it is raining. we have a lot of friends this morning over central eastern and northern areas and in particular some of that hea
with a learning disability. 2,500 people are taking part. coming to these games actually gives them a chance to express but aboutwhattbey can do. , and coming up in the sport on bbc news: near misses for britain at the world athletics championships. bbc commentator steve backley says it s not going to plan. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na s isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today s 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. let s go live now to the london stadium and our sports correspondent natalie pirks. jane, you can imagine what it s like for these athletes. they train all yearin for these athletes. they train all year in order to peak at these major championships. this is the world championships,
the bus stopped and passengers went to help the woman, who suffered minor injuries. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. where has some are gone? that is the yorkshire coast. rain is not the whole story this week that a big part of the story. you can see from the radar picture, what a soggy day so far in yorkshire, lincolnshire and in the midlands. we have started the season heavy showers across parts of east anglia and the south east. also towards the south west. these were the shower clouds beginning to build in north devon a little earlier on this morning. as we go through the rest of the day, across england and wales generally quite cloudy, some outbreaks of rain and heavy downpours in places. the driest of the weather and the brightest of the weather today will be across scotla nd weather today will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few showers but plenty of sunshine, 18-19d. showers but plenty of sunshine, 18 19d. north east england on the midlands,
code of conduct. good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. more than a0 % of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data from the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a freedom of information request said they d shut maternity wards temporarily on 382 occasions. the most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. but the government says the numbers are misleading. our health correspondent, dominic hughes has more. for some years, maternity units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. the royal college of midwives says there s a shortfall of around 3,500. now, based on a freedom of information request, labour says a growing number of maternity units are closing doors to new mothers. in england, 136 nhs trusts offer maternity services. last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. there were 382 separate locations where units wer