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
our chaps, or the bad guys. richard hammond is recovering in hospital after the tv presenter‘s car crashed and burst into flames while filming in switzerland. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. this morning s reviewers are the sunday times‘s foreign editor and james righton. good morning from westminster, where the government and the democratic unionist party have both issued statements overnight, making clear that a deal between them has yet to be finalised. let s take a look at some of the main developments over the last 2a hours. the dup says it has held positive talks over a possible deal to support a conservative minority government, after tory chief whip gavin williamson travelled to belfast yesterday. theresa may, who fell eight seats short of a majority in thursday s election, is due to meet with her cabinet tomorrow. yesterday, her two closest advisors nick timothy and fiona hill resigned. meanwhile, foreign secretary boris johnson has dis
employees who work flexibly but don t receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. british tennis mystery is made. it s been 39 years. history is made. and johanna konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since virginia wade in 1978. a moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: standing in betweenjohanna konta and the wimbledon final, venus williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. good evening. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened. that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. it s been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, a
after labour did not back it. thanks to ed miliband. supposedly that put america off doing their own strikes in response to this. some unusual people are supporting trump and what he has done because he has reinforced a red line which they say 0bama and cameron and miller band and everyone, it should have done. it has taken bizarrely and america first, isolationist, pro russian american president perceived to be pro russian to actually go out and do it. the daily mirror takes it one step further, suggesting trump is 110w step further, suggesting trump is now one step from war. warning that the world is in fear. arguably bevan, there are many proxy wars going on already, notjust in syria but in iran. there are. but in iraq. very dramatic language. trump himself has been very categorical in his comments on what this represented as an atrocity. the idea that we are one step behind war, it seems that a russian war strip in the black sea has been diverted to the black sea has