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i m ben brown, the other main headlines this hour: police investigating the murder of a man shot at his home in dorset have arrested two men and a woman. smartphone users only get access to signal two thirds of the time according to a survey. ten years to the day since madeleine mccann disappeared from a holiday resort in portugal, we speak to the first man named as a suspect. and concern for the uk s killer whales after scientists find shocking levels of a toxic chemical in a member of the last resident pod. hello and good afternoon from westminster. on the day the general election campaign officially gets under way. at midnight, parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today every seat in the house commons is upforgrabs. let s ta ke let s take a look at the main developments so far today. the eu s chief negotiator on brexit, michel barnier, says britain must honour its financial obligations as it leaves the eu, and warns departure will not be quick o ....
sex abuse ring. it was a harrowing, hard watch and has been praised for how close to the truth it was. there is no such thing as a child prostitute. what there is is a child who was being abused. by two? by men who was being abused. by two? by men who pick on vulnerable girls. well, a little later we ll be talking to sarah rowbotham, the sexual health worker who blew the lid on the scandal. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until ”am this morning. lots coming up today, that special report on autistic children undergoing shock therapy in america, is it cruel or a way of helping them have a better life? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today brexit dominated the televised leaders debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and jeremy corbyn. the itv event saw little disagreement between the ....
hundreds of people attend a vigil to mark a week since the manchester bombing; the city s victoria station has reopened this morning. no head to head butjeremy corbyn and theresa may face a studio audience and a grilling. in sport, huddersfield town are in the premier league. they beat reading in a dramatic penalty shoot out to win the championship playoff final. and matt has the weather. good morning. we are down here on the beach this morning. incredibly mild start to tuesday, a few showers in the north and west. if you are on half term this week, i have some good news in the forecast. join me if you can. thank you very much. it s an improving tale in the weather. we are taking bbc breakfast in this last full week before the general election to northern ireland tomorrow and to scotland on friday. we ll look at some of the issues in those countries but also across the uk as well. a bit of a geography lesson. if you go west, if you go that way you get anglesey, east, co ....
and forget wi fi, forget bluetooth how about sending data with sound? we ll get the inside track on how the technology could revolutionise the way we share information. we ll speak to the man behind it. and staying with tech, apple has launched its new smart speaker, it s called the homepod but it s more expensive than rivals from google and amazon. so is it on your shopping list? just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. get in touch with your views on the homepod or anything else. it doesn t seem like all that long ago we were talking about brazil s meteoric rise to economic stardom as one of the so called brics. but all that has come crashing down thanks to a string of corruption allegations involving top politicians and companies. and it could all come to a head again later today as brazil s top electoral court resumes the case against the country s former president dilma roussef and her successor michel temer. they re accused of illegally fun ....
to have died or were missing stop. any moment, it will be time for wimbledon sports take, but first, let s look at what else coming up. donald trump has hit back at reports of his son s meeting with a russian lawyer who said she had damaging information on helu clinton. a radical overhaul of employment law is recommended. and we ll bring you the latest development on the huge fire that swept through london s camden market. that s all ahead on bbc news. now, time for wimbledon sports day. hello, and welcome to wimbledon sportsday, i m hugh woozencroft. coming up this evening: there are two britons in the last eight of the singles at wimbledon for the first time since 1973. with wins for andy murray and johanna konta, who becomes the first british woman in the last eight of the women s singles since 1984. and there ll be a new women s world number one as angelique kerber is knocked out in round four. and rooney returns home everton‘s new old boy says his career is far ....