fiifi’i‘rfi “fligfi ‘ui%i “a' "mg 3 "up up 'u ‘ur 1it‘m get this wind strengthening, it'll push cold air across the whole of the country and bring wintry showers, especially in the north. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: the labour leader says he will "stand up for the people" at the coming election — pledging to challenge what he called a "rigged system" favouring the powerful and wealthy. of course, they won't as not to win. when we win, it is the people are not the powerful who win. former ukip mp douglas carswell, says he won't stand for re—election in clacton and will instead support the conservative candidate. a couple are found guilty of causing or allowing the death of their baby girl after pretending she had died on a bus in east london. in the next hour: a potentially significant step forward in the treatment of dementia. scientists discover drugs which could slow down the progression of a range of degenerative brain diseases. more than half a million pounds is raised for a 17 year old racing driver,

who's had both legs amputated after being involved in a crash. and keeping fit during your commute. how cycling to work can halve your risk of getting cancer and heart disease. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he will stand up for ordinary working people, as he attacked big business and the elite in his first major speech of the general election campaign. casting thejune 8th vote as a fight between the "establishment and the people," mr corbyn said a "cosy cartel" ran a "rigged system," and that

wealth should be shared. recent opinion polls have put labour between 15 and 20 points behind the conservatives, but mr corbyn dismissed suggestions the election result was a foregone conclusion. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the next prime minister of the uk, jeremy corbyn. do you believe it, do they believe it, does he believe that? opinion polls suggest it is highly unlikelyjeremy corbyn will be heading for downing street. but he is trying to change people's minds. much of the media and the establishment are saying this election is a foregone conclusion. they think there are rules in politics which, if you don't follow by doffing your cap to the powerful people, accepting that things cannot really change, then you cannot when. then you cannot win. but of course they do not want us to win because when we win it is the people, not the powerful who win. jeremy corbyn was full of vim, zip and energy.

he said the conservatives are morally bankrupt. the system is wrecked. the system is rigged. and he would prove people wrong. anyone who stands up to create a better, fairer and more decent society gets vilified. but we are bigger and stronger than have ever been. and more determined than we ever been. his challenge is convincing enough people outside of this run. there is a clear choice between strong and stable government under theresa may and the conservatives, or a coalition of chaos withjeremy corbyn propped up by the snp and the lib dems. parliament will soon be dissolved. politics will leave this postcode and head to your postcode. if you want to have a say, you have one month to register to vote. whilst the business of government trundles on for now, deciding who walks through this door

as prime minister in june is in your hands. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. the message from jeremy corbyn will resonate with some people, but he didn't seem to have too much to say about brexit? he was saying that labour had a vision for britain and beyond brexit. he is very keen to try to get this election on two issues he believes will help rather than hinder the labour party. he wa nts to than hinder the labour party. he wants to talk about the nhs, the economy, people struggling to get by. tactically, his own mps are divided on how to tackle brexit. some voted against article 50, many voted in favour but would still like a stronger anti—brexit line coming from the party leadership. it is

understandable why he wants to sidestep it. he was asked a specific question after the speech. weather he would support a second referendum on brexit. he didn't answer that entirely directly. he spoke of labour's lines on brexit and why he didn't wanta labour's lines on brexit and why he didn't want a bargain basement britain, but he said he would respect the result of the referendum. the shadow chancellor was asked three times weather he would rule out a second referendum. he didn't seem to give a direct and serve. he was talking about labour's position post—brexit. but a spokesman forjeremy corbyn in the last 15 minutes has emphasised his commitment to a second eu referendum will not be in the forthcoming ma nifesto. will not be in the forthcoming manifesto. labour are trying to shut down the issue and move on to other areas, but also to eliminate some of the negatives the conservatives are putting out at the moment, that labour would somehow sabotaged the

result of the referendum or get into a coalition with so—called progressive forces such as the snp and the greens. labour have been keen to damp out the. it sounds like there was some confusion over that this morning? i think what has happened at the press conference, immediately after his speech, questions were taken in batches of three from the audience rather than direct questions asked to him. to some extent you was there answering three questions at once. they're here started to run when the shadow chancellor said they would have more to say in the manifesto. were now been told labour's policy remains

the same and will be no policy change in the manifesto commitment toa change in the manifesto commitment to a second referendum. bcp want to hold the government to account and they want to avoid theresa may leaving without a deal or one which would try to undercut the continent. they will not take that parliamentary opposition back to the country. it would have played into theresa may's hands. theresa may would've been able to portray labour as trying to sabotage that. she was effectively getting on with the job today, buoyed up by him sing to her he welcomed the election because they could have some stability in dealing with the same british ministers throughout the negotiating process. a handful of mps have said

the are not going to contest their seats at this election, including today douglas carswell. what has the reaction been to that? that is right. he was the only mp for ukip for a while. recently he became an independent. he is now standing down as mpfor independent. he is now standing down as mp for clacton, saying he will back the conservatives at this election. some people in ukip effectively accused him of being a tory mole, he was there to neutralise and undermine nigel farage. he says himself that he believes he has been a success as we are leaving the european union. the biggest funder of ukip had already threatened to stand against douglas ca rswell. if threatened to stand against douglas carswell. if he didn't stand down. he would have a well funded campaign

against them. heat—treated picture laughing when he heard douglas ca rswell had laughing when he heard douglas carswell had gone. the liberal democrats have been saying that douglas carswell was symptomatic of brexit tears leaving a sinking ship and didn't want to be held to account for what they had done. douglas carswell is saying, no theresa may is bringing about brexit, is there really any point to the party he joined brexit, is there really any point to the party hejoined in 2014? is there any point to it any longer? he is answering that in the negative. i did not think there was a great deal of enthusiasm to take him back into the conservative ranks. he is saying he will endorse whoever the candidate is in his current seat. thank you. scotland's first minister,

nicola sturgeon, has said labour is ‘unelectable' under jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. speaking during first minister's questions, she said voting snp was the only way to protect scotland from the conservatives. because of the unelectability of labour, scotland faces the prospect of an unfettered, out—of—control tory government, and we know the damage that can do to scotland. to our budget, to the vulnerable, to pensions, to our economy. so that's the choice for scotland. vote snp to make sure that scotland's voice is heard, and that scotland has protection against the tories. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been following today's events in holyrood. she said each party was effectively practicing their pitch for the election campaign ahead. rehearsing the argument we will hear again and again, i think, over the next seven weeks. there is a protest outside parliament this afternoon over reforms to child tax credit. that was one of the main issues at the start of first minister's questions today. there were noisy exchanges over that issue. but what you did really get was a

sense of the election issues ahead. nicola sturgeon saying again and again that it is her opinion that only the snp can protect scotland from what she described as an increasingly hardline conservative government. the conservatives are the main opposition here at holyrood, their leader ruth davidson, for her part, saying nicola sturgeon's first intervention in this election has been to put mr corbyn in pole position to become prime minister. that, of course, nodding towards comments yesterday from nicola sturgeon that she would be prepared to support a progressive alliance. nicola sturgeon's response today was that polls suggest there was no chance of mr corbyn getting into numberten. chance of mr corbyn getting into number ten. labourfortheir part, and kezia dugdale, their leader, and kezia dugdale, their leader in scotland, claimed it suited the snp for the tories to stay in power because the snp have only cared about, she suggested, the issue

of having another referendum. willie rennie, the leader of the liberal democrats, went in hard over the issue of europe and accused the snp of going soft on that issue. nicola sturgeon has been due to set out how their proposals to hold a second independence referendum for the coming weeks, triggered by the issue of europe, it's not clear whether that will now happen now a snap election has been called. theresa may has invited the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker, and his chief brexit negotiator michel barnier to a meeting in london next week. it follows a meeting earlier today with the president of the european parliament, who made clear his priority was the future for eu citizens in the uk. 0ur diplomatic editorjames landale has been following the visit. he may not be a household name in britain, but he matters, because his parliament matters. in brussels it will have a veto, a vote, on any deal over brexit between the uk and the european council. so he's a character whose voice

we will come to know and we will need to listen to in the months ahead. after meeting the prime minister this morning he said something very interesting. since the prime minister called the election, most senior european figures have kept their heads down. the president of the european parliament, however, said that he really welcomed the prime minister's election because of the stability that he thought it would bring to the brexit negotiations. this is what he said to me. it was a difficult event. i think for the european union it's better to have stability in the united kingdom. to have the next two years the same interlocutor without problem, without internal problems. for us it's much better to have this negotiation with the new government than a government before election, with election campaign. for us, it's much better. the other point the european parliament

president made, is in his eyes the importance of securing an early deal on the right of eu citizens living here in the uk as part of any kind of brexit deal. he said both the prime minister and he agreed there was a need for this to be done as soon as possible. he talked of a framework deal in perhaps a matter of months. i have to say, talking to officials here in the uk and in brussels, they say that would be quite optimistic because of the sheer scale of the technical problems of reaching a deal on this. which migrants are we talking about? 0ver what timescale? what rights are we talking about? rights to live, to work. what benefits? the whole question of citizens rights is very complicated. political agreement early on to try and make some progress. i think it'll be tough to get an early deal on this. you can keep up to date with all the latest on the election on the bbc website at bbc.co.uk/news. the parents of a four month old baby who disguised her death by pretending she'd died on a bus

journey have been convicted of causing or allowing the death of their child. 0ur correspondent at the old bailey, danjohnson said it had been a distressing case. thejudge hasjust made the judge has just made that point to thejury as the judge has just made that point to the jury as he has thanked them further careful deliberations in this case. we may never know exactly what caused the death of this baby. we do know that the four—month—old child suffered horrendous injuries. numerous fractured ribs, a fractured wrist and a fractured skull. evidence suggested she had been assaulted at least three times in the week before her death. we know her mother rosalin baker got on a bus in east london when the baby was already dead. 0n bus in east london when the baby was already dead. on board, she told other passengers her child had become ill. the passengers tried to save her life. but she had already been dead for some time. paramedics

could do nothing. the court was told rosalin baker showed no emotion as that desperate attempt was going on to save her daughter's life. she showed no surprise when she was told her daughter had passed away. both pa rents, her daughter had passed away. both parents, rosalin baker and jeffrey wiltshire, have been cleared of murder but found guilty of causing 01’ murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the ba by‘s murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the baby's death. they will be sentenced soon. the judge said the death was bewildering. he said the death was bewildering. he said the death was bewildering. he said the defendants should face no doubt that they will face a serious custodial sentence. the headlines. jeremy corbyn is rejecting claims the result of the election is a foregone conclusion. douglas carswell is standing down as

an mp and will back the conservatives. the parent of four—month—old baby have been found guilty of causing or allowing her death. andy murray has been beaten by albert ramos rommel was in the monte—carlo masters. neil robertson isa monte—carlo masters. neil robertson is a frame away from the second round. great britain's 0lympic medallistjermaine mason round. great britain's 0lympic medallist jermaine mason has round. great britain's 0lympic medallistjermaine mason has died in a motorbike in accident. he won silver in beijing. i will be back in 15 minutes. the green party has launched what it calls its boldest election campaign ever. the party set out its goals in bristol, where it hopes to take the bristol west seat from labour

with current mep molly scott—cato. it set out its vision for young people and also called for the voting age to be lowered to 16. co—leader caroline lucas, the party's only mp, said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environment and affordable housing. if you are a young person trying to get your foot on the housing ladder, especially in a place like bristol or brighton, it is a nightmare. we need to have genuinely affordable housing, notjust a government that changes the definition of that. we know it is not delivering. the need for the green party has never been greater. if you want to cast a vote that is opposed to an extreme brexit, that is standing up for a real investment in public services and a more equal society and will always put the environment and climate change at the heart of all our policies, the only way to do it nationally is to vote green. the only way to do it in bristol west is to vote for the wonderful molly. joining me now from our bristol studio is molly scott cato,

green party mep for the south west and candidate for the bristol west constituency. it is great to start your campaign the support like that. it was wonder to be able to launch in bristol today. i am to be able to launch in bristol today. iam not to be able to launch in bristol today. i am not sure labour are clear on brexit. those of us who are concerned about the direction the government is seeking with the move to the right should be clear about what we are standing for. i hope people will cast their vote for parties that are clear. and people see what brexit really means, we should have a chance to have a ratification programme. in plymouth, you are suggesting you stand there to give labour a better chance —— you stand down there to help labour.

we are saying let's stop being divided as an opposition to the tories and try to have conversations about ways in which we might be able to prevent the tories getting majority that would be so damaging for the country in terms of brexit but also exacerbating the crisis in public services, prisons, social ca re public services, prisons, social care and so on. we think this is an emergency for the country. it has been very badly governed and we need to work together to stop the tories doing more damage. the difficulty for the greens is you can promise to sort out free education and investment in mental health services, but where does the money come from? we had a fully costed ma nifesto come from? we had a fully costed manifesto last time and we will do the same. were happy to say we would see wealthy people pay more. in favour of wealth tax. i worked a lot on tax in the european union. corporations are getting away with

murder, so that tax is basically a volu nta ry murder, so that tax is basically a voluntary activity from country to country. the conservatives are threatening to take corporation tax as low as 12.5%. they have already cut it from 30%. if we had a fairer system, there would be money for public services. the prime minister is trying to make brexit the issue of this election to cause difficulty for labour. are 20 of crises facing this country. there are serious issues affecting young people. we think it is outrageous young people should be saddled with huge amounts of debt we have to carry through their lives. the interest they pay is going to hedge funds and investors. it is unacceptable and leading to a mental health crisis for young people and we think that isa for young people and we think that is a priority for our party. you are

currently the mep for the south west. that would peel into significance if you are elected mp, would it? it is very different. i am very much involved in law writing. it isa very much involved in law writing. it is a different kind of system. there is a fairer voting system in europe. there are things i have enjoyed about being a member of the european parliament, but i am very excited about the prospect of being the green party's second mp. we have a real opportunity in bristol. and i would love to see the people of bristol make yesterday on the 8th of june. thank you. scientists have discovered drugs which may be able to halt

the progress of a wide range of degenerative brain diseases, including alzeimer‘s and parkinson's. one of them is already safely given to people with depression. the research has been described as potentially a major step forward. 0ur health correspondent jane dreaper reports. these pills could hold promise for fighting some of the illnesses we fear the most. scientists now think this drug and another one could reduce the brain shrinkage caused by alzheimer's and other diseases. an effective treatment would give hope tojoy watson. i was diagnosed officially at the age of 55. it was actually my birthday. before then i was experiencing symptoms of being clumsy, and it was all put down to depression and stress. but it was quite a relief when i got the diagnosis. i tried to put on a brave face for the other people i have contact with and my family. it's almost like living a double life to be honest. one of the drugs is already licensed and used to treat depression. it will take time and trials in many people, before we know whether this can definitely also help prevent the damage to the brain caused by dementia and similar illnesses. but scientists are excited.

we aren't going to cure these disorders, but if we stop them in their tracks, and we change the way they progress, we will radically change the course and the natural history of diseases like alzheimer's disease and other dementias. because people will still be able to hold onto a meaningful quality of life and stay out of institutional care. so far, the research has focused on brain cells in mice, but it is hoped trials in humans will begin soon, because one of the medicines is already on prescription. we can move to testing these in people much faster than we would for other drug discovery processes. although this isn't an overnight process, it's maybe a few years rather than decades before these can be helping people. but some previous drug trials into these brain disorders have ended in disappointment. a lot of hope will be riding on the latest work. the american billionaire bill gates,

has used a speech in london to warn theresa may that reducing the government's commitment to foreign aid would cost lives. the prime minister has refused to say whether she will retain a pledge made by david cameron to spend at least 0.7% of national income on overseas development. so, what is the money spent on and how do we compare to other countries? chris morris of reality check reports. loading up. the uk is one of a handful of countries that meets the long—standing international target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas aid. that translates to more than £12 billion a year. and there are those who argue that it's too much. 0.7% figure was written into law in 2015. theresa may has refused to say whether she intends to keep it. prominent campaigners insist that she should. if you have less aid, you pick the things you're going to

spend less money on, like girls education, less one tools of contraception that empower women and bring down the population growth. less on malaria bed nets, where we bought children's deaths from a million a year to a half million a year. how did our aid budget of 0.7% compare with other countries around the world? scandinavia's pretty much at the top the list. in 2016 sweden spent 0.937% of its gross national income on aid. but other big countries are significantly below us. the us spent 0.18%, and russia only not 0.08. british development assistance is focused on places where the need is greatest, like the horn of africa or syria. but there is now some pressure in westminster to include uk aid spending in a larger budget that would also cover defence and trade. giving the government greater flexibility on how money is spent. we also recognise, and one of

the ways we justify our overseas aid spending, is part of our diplomatic effort. part of our soft power. it's also part of our defence because if we help poor and developing nations to grow and prosper economically, then we can trade with them. in both parliament and the press there have been campaigned against wasteful spending abroad at a time of cuts at home. plans to spend millions to continue funding this group known as ethiopian's spice girls were abandoned by the government earlier this year. there is also significant political backing for development aid. supporters see it as a crucial, life—saving policy area in which global britain should still aspire to lead. 17 years old, and his life changed forever. billy monger, one of britain's most talented racing drivers, almost £500,000 has been raised to help a 17 year—old racing driver,

who had his lower legs amputated after being involved in a crash on sunday. billy monger ran into the back of another car which appeared to have stopped during the formula 4 race at donington park in leicestershire. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. 17 years old, and his life changed forever. billy monger, one of britain's most talented racing drivers, was competing at donington park when he collided with a stationary car at 120 miles an hour. airlifted to hospital at the queen's medical centre in nottingham, his lower legs were removed in surgery. billy monger‘s talent was well—known, even when he was at primary school. at age nine he was featured on blue peter. you are amazing. how fast where you going? 55 mph. his racing team is raising money to help fund his recovery. the total is already over half a million, with lewis hamilton and jenson button amongst supporters. billy has been communicating with his team principal in hospital. he is aware of what's happened. he's obviously a very positive lad. the first thing he started to do was to work out how to use

a clutch with his hand. motor racing with prosthetic legs is possible. david birrell lost his legs after he was injured while serving in afghanistan, and has offered to help billy monger. it put tears in my eyes. i've been a young man who lost his legs, obviously in different circumstances. ijust think about billy, i've been in that position, you try and be strong in front of everybody. in your head, you're still trying to make sense of it. formula 4 is a route to formula 1. drivers were practising today at thruxton. motor racing may be safer, it doesn't mean it's risk—free. what happened to billy monger is a reminder of what can happen to anyone. the country and bring wintry showers, especially in the north. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather with darren bett. 18 degrees in

north—east scotland, significantly colder by this time tomorrow, mind you. a mixture of weather across the uk, you can see on the satellite picture from today. this cloud has turned out to be lumpy to the midlands, producing showers. heading slowly to the south—east, might bring rain. dry weather to come through the rest of the day. a band of rain across the far north of scotland. heavy rain in the highlands of scotland and rain cropping up in northern ireland and cumbria later. further south, showers such as they are will tend to fade. a lot of cloud around and temperatures should be higher will that score than they were last night. some sunshine, too. more clout in north—west england and our weather front moving south—west to bring the rain will peter out as it heads to southern scotland and northern ireland. south of that, warm air, 18

degrees in the sunshine in the south—east. though we get sunshine in northern scotland, temperatures will fall in the afternoon. this is bbc news with simon mccoy and reeta chakra barti. this is bbc news with simon mccoy and reeta chakrabarti. 0ur this is bbc news with simon mccoy and reeta chakrabarti. our main stories: labour leaderjeremy corbyn says a conservative victory on the 8th ofjune is not a foregone conclusion. he vows to put the interests of the majority first. we will build a new economy worthy of the 21st century and we will build a country for the many not the few. former ukip — and now independent — mp douglas carswell says he will not be standing in the uk general election. the clacton mp said he would back the conservative candidate in the general election. the parents of a 4 month—old baby have been found guilty of causing or allowing their daughter's death. jeffrey wiltshire and rosalin baker tried to cover up the death of baby imani by pretending she had suddenly become ill on a london bus. scientists discover drugs which may

be able to stop a range of degenerative brain diseases. two drugs have been found that stop brain cells dying and are being safely used. let's get the sport. andy murray has been knocked out of the monte carlo masters in the third round. the world number one was beaten in three sets by the spaniard albert ramos—vinolas. it was murray's first tournament back in almost five weeks following an elbow problem and that did seem to hamper his serve in the latter stages of the match, in this, his first tournament on clay this season. ramos—vinolas is the 15th seed in monte carlo and took the second set. murray let slip a 4—love lead in the decider the england coach eddiejones has named his squad to tour argentina this summer. with 16 of his players on lions duty, 15 of the touring party are uncapped, although he will have his captain dylan hartley.

0ur rugby reporter chrisjones has more from twickenham england coach eddie jones england coach eddiejones was relu cta nt to england coach eddiejones was reluctant to talk about lions selection but with 16 englishmen on the trip, jones's squad for the tour of argentina in the summer was a lwa ys of argentina in the summer was always going to have a fascinating look to it. a startling 15 uncapped players in the 31—man party, including teenagers ben and tom curry. sam underhill and the auckland blues fly—half pierce francis also making the cut. after his lions disappointment dylan hartley will again captain england while other games to miss out on the lions, chris robshaw, james haskell, joe launchbury and george ford, also heading to south america. asjones said, his squad has a striking blend of youth and experience. what i want these young guys to do is not wait

for the senior players to ask them to do things, i want them to come in the squad and push the envelope. i watched them play, only had to watch them once. you could see they've got something about them. i want them to come in, raise the intensity of training, want them to be the new energy in the team. the only thing the senior players should have to do is ask them to tone it down, that's the only thing. and then find them a stea k restau ra nt at the only thing. and then find them a steak restaurant at night. jones insists the players who haven't made the squad, christian wade and danny cipriani, he says the door is still open for them. it feels it's the best squad available to him to go to argentina and win the series 2—0. there has been lots of speculation over the last 24 hours about the england keeper joe hart, and a possible move to liverpool in the summer. he has been on loan at torino

in serie a this season after falling out of favour at manchester city. butjurgen klopp has been quick to put the rumours to bed. the goalkeeper of the english national team, the highest quality, but we have high quality goalkeepers, that's how it is. it's not for us... not in the moment. hopefully not in the future. not because ofjoe i understand the question, but cannot give the answer, probably a few people want. the snooker world championship continues in sheffield, day 5 at the crucible. former champion neil roberston is playing in the first round, the 2015 winner stuart bingham is playing hsis econd round match against kyren wilson. they are just breaking. wilson at

the table in the sixth frame. stuart bingham the 2016 winner is struggling. wilson... turning the lights off on neil robertson's side. he is five frames up. germaine mason who won a silver for great britain in the high jump at the 2008 beijing olympics has been killed in a motorcycle accident in jamaica. according to police. mason was born in the country but qualified to represent britain by his father and switched allegiance in 2006. reports in the jamaican media claim usain bolt was among several athletes who arrived at the scene not long after the crash occurred. he was 34. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has

vowed to overturn the rigged system by putting power and wealth in the hands of the people. in his first major general election speech he said the 8th ofjune poll was not a foregone conclusion and that labour could defy the establishment experts. in essence the establishment and their followers in the media are quite right, i don't play their rules. and if a labour government is elected on the 8th of june we won't play by their rules either! applause they are yesterday's rules, set by failed political and corporate elites. we should be consigning to the past. it is these rules that have allowed a cosy cartel to make the system in favour of a few powerful and wealthy individuals and

corporations. it's a rigged system set up by the wealth extractors for the wealth extractors. but things can, and they will, change. i'm joined by the labour mp and shadow secretary of state for international development, barry gardner. what did you make of that speech? look, i think it's a wonderful galvanising speech. that actually cuts to the heart of what people think is wrong in our country today, and wrong globally as well. you look at young people today, wanting to set up a family. they are in insecurejobs, often zero hours contracts. they can't even begin to get a deposit together to put down for rented accommodation, never mind begin to think about a mortgage. they look around them and they feel this wealth around them and say, why? why can't i get access to that? and the

reason is that the system is rigged against them. it is rigged in favour of the most large, powerful corporate is. if you look at what jeremy ross saying to the federation of small business a couple of weeks ago, and got a huge ovation... he said look, it is wrong that £36 billion of your money, your money as small businesses, is kept by the big businesses in terms of late payments to you. they take three or four months sometimes to pay you, sometimes longer. it is money that you should have, but they are keeping to themselves. because they are so big there is no redress. what we're saying is, actually, those big corporations will have to pay on time. what we're saying is, instead of them being able to go along to the inland revenue and say, you know what, we'd like to negotiate our tax bill down a bit, they will have to play by the same rules as everybody

else. they will have to pay their taxes and we will make them publish all their tax returns, all their taxes, publicly, transparently, so we can ensure they do. it is really quite an exciting time. we know we start this election as the underdog. forgive me for interrupting, i was going to say broadly speaking these are themes the labour party under jeremy corbyn has been talking about for some time but the opinion polls speakfor for some time but the opinion polls speak for themselves. they do resonate, you see. 0ne speak for themselves. they do resonate, you see. one of the great opportunities this election gives us is to be able to go out and make that case to people who do feel the system isn't actually working for them. we've seen a lot of this lately. people just think, them. we've seen a lot of this lately. peoplejust think, why them. we've seen a lot of this lately. people just think, why is it, why is it my children can't get a contract of employment that pays them the same this week and next week and every week thereafter? pensioners who say, i thought we had

the triple lock on our pensions. i thought we knew we were going to be secure and have dignified retirement. yet this government will not give that commitment. we seen how theresa may has cunningly gone into this election saying it's about one thing. but it's really about is, she doesn't want to be tied to the promises she had other conservatives made only two years ago. we saw it with a budget, the national insurance contributions. they wanted to get away from that so they went back on their election pledge and realised they were tied because of the manifesto commitment and had to doa the manifesto commitment and had to do a u—turn. we see what they are doing in terms of the international development and the 0.7% of gdp that is suppose to go to aid to make our world fairer. they want to roll back on that as well. these are the ways people feel this election is much more about the benefit of the

conservative party than it is the benefit of people in this country. given you say the message resonate amongst the voting public, how realistic is a labour victory? you know, you will remember last season leicester won the premiership. you will rememberjust leicester won the premiership. you will remember just a leicester won the premiership. you will rememberjust a couple of years ago nobody would have givenjeremy corbyn a cat ‘s chance in hell of being the labour leader. they didn't give donald trump a cat ‘s chance in hell of being president of the us. politics is a funny thing. and the arrogance, the absolute arrogance with which theresa may has gone into the election, thinking... she doesn't need to debatejeremy corbyn, she's going to get, as she sees it, she think she's going to get a hundred seat majority. that is something the electorate will come back at her and say, no, we decide what goes on in this country. we

decide what is going to be the outcome of this election. i look forward to it and i look forward to seeing labour absolutely outperformed. we are the leicester city of this season. barry gardner, we'll leave it there. venezuela's opposition are promising another day of massive protests today — upping the ante in their bid to oust president maduro. what was dubbed the mother of all marches on wednesday ended with three people dead. a teenager died in caracas, while a soldier was killed south of the capital and a woman died in san cristobal, near the colombian border. hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demand new presidential elections and the release ofjailed opposition politicians. this from our americas editor, leonardo rocha. the demonstrators arrived in their thousands for what they called the mother of all protests. they called for new elections and the release of opposition politicians. the opposition blames president nicolas maduro and his predecessor, the late hugo chavez, for the country's serious economic crisis.

many venezuela ns say the country is on the verge of collapse. translation: i think we'll reach victory with this protest. this is the second independent of venezuela. this is the day we have been waiting for. longing for. the confrontation quickly triggered conflict with security forces, in caracas police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators. who attempted to converge on the office of the state ombudsman. and the violence wasn't restricted to the capital. this was the scene in san cristobal in the west of the country, where protesters also clashed with riot police. but the president remained defiant, speaking at a rally of his supporters he accused the opposition of plotting a coup. and the protesters of attacking the police and looting shops. translation: we have captured more than 30 hooded people. violent terrorists. we have caught more than 30 today. fully identified.

venezuelan, an oil—rich country, seems to be locked in a political stalemate while its economy collapses and violence flares up again. 0ur bbc mundo correspondent vladimir hernandezjoins me now. there is clearly still a lot of angen there is clearly still a lot of anger. is the removal of the president enough? well, i mean, i don't think there has been the illusion in anybody‘s mind for a while now. since 2001 there has been demonstrations and attempts to remove them from power. i think the current situation of venezuela is so complex and difficult that even if you took away president nicolas meadow road —— maduro from power, it would be hard to replace it. good is

difficult to get hold of, rampant crime, a recipe for serious trouble, thatis crime, a recipe for serious trouble, that is what is beginning to happen. pretty much, the difference this time around is precisely that, the economic situation, we're not talking about macroeconomic numbers, the situation of real people not having the possibility of finding food, accessing medicines... many people suffering the consequences of the situation in the country and these people are fed up. that is why we saw those demonstrations yesterday. we'll have to wait and see what happens, but i suppose there is a likelihood they will still be today on the streets. all pretty frightening, isn't it? still be today on the streets. all pretty frightening, isn't mm still be today on the streets. all pretty frightening, isn't it? it is, yesterday's situation turned really come in some places, turned really violent. the response by the forces, the police and military forces, was

important. in some parts of the city. it led to even people in caracas... there is this river that crosses the city but it isn't a river you can swim in, it's totally polluted, where all the sewers come to, you know, the stuff goes there. people in caracas, in the face of repression, even jumped to this river. those pictures were all over the place. it's an extreme to go and jump the place. it's an extreme to go and jump into that river, risking your own life. with that sort of fear around the question is what happens next. nobody knows. it's unfortunate every time i come to this studio to talk about venezuela the answer is exactly the same. it might be one of those cycles where there is a boom in street protests and demonstrations, then it dies out. the situation as i said is that it's a really critical in people's lives and you can see this mass of people

who used to be chavista because it is unbearable for a lot of people in venezuela. there was a journalist who said she knew the government and opposition were sitting and having a dialogue in the dominican republic and she was attacked by media organisations, saying, you're trying to divide people. as it turns out there might be some truth in it and people are not having it because dialogue is not an option given the recent past history of that. thank you very much. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn promises to put power and wealth in the hands of the people if he becomes prime minister, and rejects suggestions the result of the election is a foregone conclusion. for me ukip mv douglas ca rswell says he conclusion. for me ukip mv douglas carswell says he won't stand for re—election in clacton and wants to

back the tories. the parents of a four—month—old baby who was found dead with multiple injuries on a bus are found guilty of causing or allowing her death. i'mjamie i'm jamie robinson. the i'mjamie robinson. the business news. department store chain debenhams says its turnaround strategy could involve the closure of 10 stores and regional distribution centres. the firm is trying to boost sales and improve its online service amid fierce competition on the high street and newer, online rivals. the news comes as the firm announced half—year pre—tax profits down by 6.4% to £88m. marks and spencer has named six stores which will close as part of chief executive steve rowe's plans to improve the business. the company said 380 staff would be affected but they would be guaranteed redeployment at a nearby store. m&s will also open 36 new stores over the next six months, creating more than 1,400 jobs.

talktalk and bt have received the worst customer satisfaction scores in a survey of 12 broadband providers. they were closely followed by sky and ee in the which? survey of nearly 2,000 people. frequent price rises, connections that fail, unreliable speeds and "woeful" customer service were all blamed for the poor rating. we have the latest figures on mortgage lending and they show a sharp drop from a year ago — down by nearly a fifth in march. the numbers are taken from banks and building societies. to give you an idea of the size of the market — an estimated £21.4 billion was lent last month to buy houses and flats. but that's 19% less than march 2016. the council of mortgage lenders says that's no a surprise. let's find out why. mohammed jamei is a senior economist at the council of mortgage lenders. why isn't this a surprise? why did

you expect a figure rather like this? what we saw last march, in 2016, was a flurry of activity as landlords tried to get ahead of the stamp duty change coming in on second properties. as a result we saw a big spike in lending march last year. we don't see it as much ofa last year. we don't see it as much of a surprise. we expected march this year to be much lower because we've seen steady lending over the last few months. what's been happening over the last year regarding mortgage lending? since the referendum ? regarding mortgage lending? since the referendum? what we saw over the last 11 months is quite steady mortgage lending. it has been helped by first—time buyers and remortgage customers. it's been largely offset by buy to let landlords and home movers, which have been subdued. le hole, on the headline figures, it has been quite steady over the last

months. what do you think is going to happen? people talking about higher interest rates. probably not now, but over three years if we get 196 now, but over three years if we get 1% rise, how resilient do you think the mortgage lending market is? we expect to see the current trends continue at least over this year. looking longer term what we know from the bank of england, who set interest rates, is when rates start to rise it'll very gradual. we expect most borrowers to be able to cope with that. if there are a small group of borrowers who for the difficulties we advise them to get into touch with their lender who can work with them to come up with that solution. will mortgage rates rise ahead of the headline interest rate? is it based on things other than the rate the bank of england sets? a lot of... mortgage rates depend on a

number of factors including the bank of england interest rate. variable rates will depend on the bank of england interest rate but fixed—rate mortgages will depend on a number of other factors determined by banks. of of business stories we've been following... premier league clubs posted record revenues of £3.6bn in the 2015—16 season, but still struggled to make a profit. the 20 top—flight english teams made a pre—tax loss of £110m, after two consecutive seasons in the black, according to figures from deloitte. a payment card featuring a fingerprint sensor has been unveiled by credit card provider mastercard. the rollout follows two successful trials in south africa. the technology works in the same way as it does with mobile phone payments: users must have their finger over the sensor when making a purchase. is it foolproof? not completely according to to security experts but they say it's a "sensible" use of biometric technology. the green investment bank set up

by the uk government five years ago, has been sold to australia's macquarie bank, for £2.3bn. that's £1.7bn into the treasury's pocket while mcquarrie takes on £600m in liabilities. the bank was set up to fund renewable and low—carbon projects and has invested about £800m per year so far. the government is appointing independent trustees to ensure it continues to have an environmental mission. quick look at the markets. a pretty quiet day when i last looked. everything has turned upwards. the dow is upper third of 1%. not a huge amount. everyone has elections on their mind, no one prepared to invest or disinvest, because they don't know what is going to happen. researchers believe cycling to work

at half the risk of developing heart disease and cancer. scientists at the university of glasgow analysed data from 250,000 people said walking reduced the risk of the same conditions by a quarter. jon kay reports. is this the best way to live for longer? laura certainly hopes so. she cycles five miles to work in bristol every morning, and then five miles back home again. how do you feel cycling to work helps you? it wakes me up in the morning, gets me geared up for the day, puts me in a good mood. it's a good way to manage stress and things as well, because when we live in the city, busy lifestyles, getting on your bike in the morning is great. it gets rid of all that stress and adrenaline that can build up. some people say it's very stressful riding a bike, and that's one of the reasons they don't do it. i think, if i had to cycle on main roads for the whole journey, i would find it quite stressful.

luckily, i can use the cycle track. scientists from the university of glasgow looked at the health of a quarter of a million commuters over five years to examine the benefits of cycling. they found that those using pedal power had... that's compared with people who are driving or using public transport. we need to make it easier for people to cycle, so we need to increase cycle lanes, we need to have cycle and city hire schemes, subsidised bike schemes, have people have showers at work, so they don't feel sweaty when they get to work. there's a whole host of things just to make it easier for the average person to cycle. if we can do that, we'll get more people on their bikes, and we'll improve public health, just like places like amsterdam and copenhagen have done. cycling groups say if we follow the lead of those european cities, we could save money on health care, because fewer of us would become seriously ill. although, of course, cycling can also lead to more accidents and injuries.

researchers say walking to work also has some benefits, but not as many. they say for commuters like laura, cycling is especially good, because it fits into the daily routine. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weekend weather and go over to helen willetts. mixed fortunes with sunshine. we've had 18 degrees across the eastern ‘s guide of scotland, where some of the best of the sunshine is. a lot of cloud on the whole, or cloud across southern and eastern areas compared with recent days. glorious sunshine across eastern scotland and north east england, which will remain that way the rest of daylight. this weather front dustup to take centre stage across northern scotland in particular. not a particularly cold night. with some holes melting away it could be for the first thing tomorrow if you are up early enough.

it clears most of the time before the rush hour, holes breaking in the cloud. it'll be a different day for eastern scotland. cloud and patchy rain on this weather front and the north—east of england. potential to get 16 or 17 north—east of england. potential to get16 or17 in north—east of england. potential to get 16 or 17 in the dry, bright spots further south, quite a bit of cloud of north. it looks cooler compared with our 18 degrees today. as for the weekend, at the moment looks like many of us will have dry weather and a little bit of sunshine as well. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 4pm... the labour leader dismisses suggestions the result of the coming election is a foregone conclusion, and vows to "stand up for the people" against the political establishment. but of course they do not want us to win — because when we win, it is the people, not the powerful, who win. former ukip mp douglas carswell says he won't stand for re—election in june, and will support the conservative candidate in his clacton constituency.

a couple are found guilty of causing or allowing the death of their baby girl after pretending she had died on a bus in east london. i'm reeta chakrabarti. in the next hour... a potentially significant step forward in the treatment of dementia. scientists discover drugs which could slow down the progression of a range of degenerative brain diseases.