up with inflation. and items by worn by one of television s best loved characters, coronation street s busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4000 at auction. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we are reporting live tonight from bethnal green in east london, where the liberal democrats and their leader, tim farron, havejust launched their pa rty‘s leader, tim farron, havejust launched their party s general election manifesto. in a speech on the stage at the podium just behind mea the stage at the podium just behind me a few minutes ago, tim farron said that a hard brexit would be a time bomb underneath our economy that could wreck the national health service and schools for decades to come. he also said there should be a second referendum on brexit for the people, not the politicians, to decide. he said that nigel farage ‘s policies and those of ukip had been taken over policies and those of ukip had been ta ken over by policies and those of ukip had been take
on the campaign trail. but he has been out and about in bristol. a campaign asset or a ticking time bomb? what about you? and we speak to the human and animal residents of dumfries and galloway to find out whether scottish independence would be a deciding factor in their vote. no coalition of chaos here. we will be getting the pet theories of our panel, stephen bush from the new statesman, and the sun on sunday s dave wooding. let s catch up on the latest developments from the campaign trail today. the liberal democrats have launched their party manifesto in east london. leader tim farron called on voters to support his party and ensure they get a choice about britain s future relationship with europe. i believe that our children will have a brighter future if we are inside the european union. that they will be safer and better off. that our economy will be stronger and our country will have more influence in the world. butjust because i believe that doesn t mean i think peop