being subjected to the biggest witch hunt against a politician in american history. rolf harris will be released from prison on bail tomorrow and will attend court in person for the rest of a trial where he s accused of indecent assault. police launch an investigation into an unusually high rate of baby deaths and collapses at the chester s main hospital. and it s all in the packaging the everyday items that recyclers say are impossible to deal with. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has launched the conservative party manifesto this lunchtime with a raft of policy pledges claiming to get to grips with the great challenges of our time . it includes major changes to social care in england. for the first time, the value of someone s property would be included in the means test for care at home. mrs may pledged changes to our state pensions she said there ll be a new ‘double lock‘ system when the current triple lock expires in 2020
and will attend court in person for the rest of a trial where he s accused of indecent assault. police have launched an investigation into an unusually high rate of baby deaths and collapses at the main hospital hospital of cheshire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has launched the conservative party manifesto this lunchtime with a raft of policy pledges claiming to get to grips with the great challenges of our time . it includes major changes to social care in england. for the first time, the value of someone‘s property would be included in the means test for care at home. mrs may pledged changes to our state pensions she said there ll be a new double lock system when the current triple lock expires in 2020. there s also a promise for an increase in nhs funding for england, by a minimum of £8 billion in real terms over the next five years. on brexit, mrs may warned that if a government failed in the negotiations, the consequence
newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. coming up: the party manifestos are all out. how well has the bbc done on explaining their policies fairly and impartially? and, are we hearing too many random opinions from not always well informed voters? with the main parties publishing their offers to voters, this week has seen the general election campaign in full swing. the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg was on hand and on air with her analysis. here she is on thursday reporting on the conservatives‘ proposals, and first on tuesday reacting to labour s manifesto. and remember not so long ago in 2015 ed miliband made a few little tiptoes to the left of where labour had been and he lost that election. jeremy corbyn is making a much bigger step in the same direct of middle england are really ready for the policies that he believes will be popular. and, of course, the complications of brexit means whatever else she is promising could be derailed by
burglars, but today s digital invader is wily, and can worm its way in through the smallest gaps. last week s global cyber attack on companies in around 150 countries shows just how vulnerable systems can be, even if you are not called into clicking dodgy links. so this week, we re looking at cybersecurity. it s me versus the bad guys out there. and they might be small, but there s a lot of them. so what can i do to shore up my defences? one thing is through biometrics. gadgets already recognise our fingerprint, and now banks are starting to identify us using our voices. so how secure is it? is it possible, for example, to fake someone‘s voice? we asked dan simmons to give it a go, or most precisely, to find the one person who might stand a chance at breaking into his bank account. thanks, ben. well, one of the things that you might not know about me is that i am the only member of the click team to have a twin brother. hi. his name isjoe, and we kind of sound quite alike.