turning professional, getting engaged to fellow top boxer marlen esparza and about her life growing up in leeds. i was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking i want to win a gold medal. the whole being a role model came with it. politicians like it out in front of sceptical voters. you left a note telling the country you spent all the money. you are punching harder. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. nicola adams will be with us after ten, so if you have any questions for her then do get in touch. we d also love your comments on the conservative party manifesto especially if you or your parents are likely to be affected by new plans for paying for social care. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. an end to winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners, new measures to curb immigration and c
and any ties to trump s campaign. the former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. the veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. retail sales rose by 2.3% last month defying market expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. hello and good morning. welcome to bbc news. i m sophie long, in west yorkshire. where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the conservative manifesto shortly. it has been delayed due to travel problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. small protests at this stage. one to the side of the building and another to the entrance. shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the conservative party plans for the election. let s take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. the party is promising that
of coffee these days. also on tonight s programme. a former tv producer is found guilty of trying to hire a succession of hitmen to kill his wealthy partner. in new york, at least 13 people are reported hurt after a car hits pedestrians in times square. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the football association will introduce new rules that could see players retrospectively banned for diving or feigning injury from next season. good evening and welcome to halifax, where the conservatives have launched their election manifesto. by choosing halifax, where labour has a majority of less than 500, theresa may is signalling her determination to show that the conservative party is now the champion of working people mainstream britain as she put it. so what are the policy highlights? in a sweeping change to social care in england, if you are receiving care in your own home, the value of your house above £100,000 will be counted when calculating your contribution. and aft
lucy hughes hallett talks about her latest novel. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has launched the conservative party s election manifesto, with a claim that the party represents what she called mainstream britain , and a warning that if the next government failed to negotiate a good deal on brexit, the consequences for the country would be dire . among the headline policies is a sweeping change to the way social care will be funded in england. for the first time, if you are receiving means tested care in your own home, the value of your house will be counted when calculating your contribution. the so called triple lock on state pensions, which guaranteed a minimum 2.5% rise each year will go, replaced by a double lock linked to the rise in average earnings and inflation. and there s a commitment to bring net immigration down to below 100,000 a year. 0ur political editor, laura kuennsberg reports from halifax, a marginal labour seat where the tory manifest
i like their policies at the moment, i want to leave the european union and i think theresa may is the only person who will get us out of the european union with a reasonable deal. labour. i ve always been labour. and our panel will tell us where theresa may sits on our map of the political terrain. hello. some of us remember the heydey of tv advertising. consumer brands washing powders and the like would constantly market themselves as new and improved. never mind that they were less than perfect before, as long as you now understood that they are better than ever. well, the conservative party is pitching itself as new and improved today as well. a theresa may manifesto, with a pretty different emphasis to past efforts. a section entitled we believe in the good that government can do, for example. some will say it s just marketing, others will see it as substantive change. certainly, the emphasis on scaling back the relative generosity displayed to the elderly is a notab