jeremy corbyn stumbles over the cost of labour's free childcare plans — in an interview for the bbc‘s woman's hour. so how much will it cost? i'll give you the figure in a moment. you don't know it? umm... you're logging into your ipad here, you've announced a major policy and you don't know the cost? can i give you the exact figure in a moment? in other campaigning, theresa may says with brexit negotiations due to start days after the election, only she is prepared to lead the uk out of the eu. i'm ready to go. jeremy corbyn is not. nicola sturgeon launches the snp manifesto , calling for a second scottish independence referendum "at the end of the brexit process". scotla nd scotland must have a choice about oui’ scotland must have a choice about our future. scotland must have a choice about ourfuture. a choice between following the uk down the brexit pass, or becoming an independent country. the mother of zookeeper rosa king — killed by a tiger —

says she loved herjob and wouldn't have done anything else. manchester victoria station reopens — a week after the concert attack which killed 22 people. and injured dozens of others. and back in the top flight after 45 years — huddersfield town will celebrate promotion to the premier league — with an open—top bus parade later. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. with just over a week to go to the general election, campaigning has resumed in earnest, after a pause because of the manchester attack. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn,

focusing today on the issue of childcare, found himself in a bbc interview unable to provide the cost of a key pledge — extending free childcare to all two—year—olds. meanwhile theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands on brexit, attacked mr corbyn on nuclear weapons, the police, and dealing with terror — and said only she was ready and prepared for brexit negotiations. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. i'd better get a car, haven't i? it's the home stretch, the last nine days, the final push so the parties are back to the game plans, there are core messages and fourjeremy corbyn that means public services and pointing out how labour would aim to help families who are in work but are struggling. ours is a universal provision so that every child gets a place in university, 30 hours a week, from 2—4.

more than a million children will benefit. and later on radio 4's woman's hourjeremy corbyn was asked for a bit of detail on this key policy. how much will it cost? i will give you a figure in the moment. you don't know it? um... you are logging into your ipad, you have announced a major policy and don't know how much it will cost? canl can i give you the exact figure in a moment? it was the night after they have been put through their paces. he was challenged on foreign policy and faced accusations of supporting ira sympathisers. theresa may was taken to task over cuts to policing, nhs funding and claims of a u—turn over a cap on costs for social care. but the core message she and the conservative want to get back to is brexit. strong and stable leadership is about

having a plan to take into the brexit negotiations and they planned to ta ke brexit negotiations and they planned to take britain beyond those negotiations and build a stronger, fairer country for all. the lib dem leader has admitted he is not aiming for a government but is instead focused on holding others to account. theresa may called this election taking people for granted assuming she would win. the liberal democrats are determined to challenge because britain needs a strong opposition and the national health service which is properly funded, education that is protected and a future with europe where the british people have the final say. it is you the voters who will end up with the final say on who ends up here afterjune 8th. and in the last effort to win you over in these final few days the parties will stick to the core messages, they are safe zones, in the hope he will hand them the keys to number ten. our political correspondent, vicki young, is in wolverhampton with the prime minister. she launched quite a personal attack

on mr corbyn at the start of her speech, and she'll have been helped by his loss of they will have been listening to woman's hour this well? it was striking how personal attack it was. you remember back before the manchester attack, she was under a lot of pressure over that u—turn on social care policy. we then pause and now, really, she's getting straight back into it with a personal attack on jeremy straight back into it with a personal attack onjeremy corbyn. what the tories are trying to do, nine days away from the election, is focus peoples minds, saying they are choosing the next prime minister, and taking a closer look at both of them. may says corbyn is not ready to govern or lead, and says he had poorjudgment. she attacked him on theissue poorjudgment. she attacked him on the issue of security and defence, such as nuclear weapons and

supporting people who want to attack oui’ supporting people who want to attack our country. here in west midlands, and wolverhampton particularly, the message to leave voters in the referendum, what she is hoping to do is persuade former ukip and labour voters who voted to leave, to come to her. she says she is the only one who can deliver on brexit. that will be her strategy in the coming days. labour much keener to talk about public services, they think that is a weak point of the conservatives. we saw last night theresa may under pressure from an audience giving interviews about things like police funding, education funding, and the nhs. unfortunately for corbyn, a very eye—catching policy promising more the derry free childcare to millions of families, but he couldn't remember the details. elections are not a memory test, but this was a policy launching today, not an insignificant sum of money, almost £5 billion a year. that is an issue when coming to choose their

next prime minister. may is back on the brighton message, how she started on the campaign —— the brexit message. some would say the message got lost a bit. the conservatives started making this campaign about the theresa may brand, if you like. the bus and coach that she drove around the country, not a huge sign saying conservatives, a lot of literature was about her in particular rather than the party. that slogan repeated time again, saying she was strong and stable. there was less about in her speech. much more of an attack onjeremy corbyn himself and his leadership qualities. orfailings, as the conservatives would see them. they think that brexit is the key, i think. places like this where a large majority of people to leave, they are on people looking at her and saying she has talked the talk,

maybe not right noises about delivering brexit, and saying people's voices have been ignored forfar people's voices have been ignored for far too people's voices have been ignored forfar too long, people's voices have been ignored for far too long, and people's voices have been ignored forfar too long, and claiming she will be the one to listen to that. her opponents will say she has been in powerfor her opponents will say she has been in power for many years, her opponents will say she has been in powerfor many years, it is her opponents will say she has been in power for many years, it is you and the conservative government, if they have been ignored, you have been the one doing it. thanks for joining us. one more thing to mention — today at 3.30 on bbc news we will be putting your questions about education in this election to our correspondent. if you have a question on tuition fees, classroom sizes or grammar schools, you can get in touch via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis, or text your questions to 61124 — and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk the scottish national party has launched its manifesto for the general election , promising to reverse cuts in welfare and to boost public sector pay. speaking in perth, the party leader nicola sturgeon said scotland should have a say in its own future — and called for a second independence referendum "at the end of the brexit process".

steven godden reports. if you hate a tory traitor clap your hands. a manifesto launch in a city where the snp face one of their toughest challenges, political rivals outside the venue, inside nicola sturgeon set out her party's alternative on brexit, independence and austerity. the fact is we cannot afford a tory government with a free hand to do whatever it likes. we must have strong voice says, standing up for our interests and defending the values we hold dear. in policy terms that includes freeing up an extra £118 billion to invest in public services, support for a uk wide 50p tax rate, something the snp chose not to pursue in government that something the snp chose not to pursue in government at

hollyrood. a living wage climbing behind —— about £10 an hour and action on welfare. let me be clear today: snp mps will stand against all of the further planned cuts to social security. and we will do so because they punish the disabled and those who work hard to make ends meet. the manifesto also pledges to protect the pensions triple lock, calls for all immigration powers to be devolved and seeks a cross—party coalition to scrap trident. on brexit, snp success would, says nicola sturgeon, demand a seat at the negotiating table and reinforce a mandate for a second independence referendum. that is why i believe so strongly that at the end of the brexit process, not now, but when the terms of the deal are known, scotland must have a choice about our future. a choice between following the uk down the brexit path or becoming an independent country. with nicola sturgeon predicting a conservative victory this is not

a manifesto to govern but to secure the votes which would maintain snp's dominance in scotland, an argument they say should bring influence on key areas of policy. the voters have nine days to consider its contents before going to the polls. bringing you some breaking news from southwark crown court —— southwark crown court, the tory has been discharge after failing to reach a verdict —— the jury has been discharged. the jury was unable to reach a verdict. there had been a retrial for reach a verdict. there had been a retrialfor him on reach a verdict. there had been a retrial for him on three counts, after a jury in retrial for him on three counts, afterajury ina retrial for him on three counts, after a jury in a previous trial date to —— failed to reach verdict. they were unable to reach verdicts

on any of the charges. it relates to a music event at the lyceum theatre in1971. we a music event at the lyceum theatre in 1971. we will speak to our correspondent at the court in the next few minutes. tributes have been paid to a zoo—keeper who was attacked and killed by a tiger. rosa king — who was 33 — has been described as the "shining light" of hamerton zoo park in cambridgeshire. she died yesterday after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in. ben ando is there: now an investigation is underway, the police have said there are no suspicious circumstances but zoo managers will want to know how tiger how did she end up with a deadly predator? she was someone around whom things grow old. we do a lot of work...

rosa king had always loved animals. and according to those who knew her was passionate about their welfare and protection. but yesterday while she was doing the job she lodged at hamerton zoo park one of the tigers in her care attacked and killed her. today friends and family paid tribute to the 33—year—old keeper who had an affinity for cheetahs but loved all the big cats. in a statement her mother andrea said... now an investigation is underway, the police have said there are no suspicious circumstances but zoo managers will want to know how tiger got into the enclosure where she was working and in just a few seconds turned off on bank holiday into a tragedy. experts warn that whether in captivity are not, tigers are wild and potentially dangerous animals. under normal circumstances there should be no reason for a keeper and a predator such as a tiger to be in the same enclosure at the same time.

the only exception to that would be if the animal has been sedated so it can undergo a veteranary procedure or similar. but there should be no reason for a conscious predator to be in the same space as a keeper. but some animal welfare campaigners say keeping wild animals in captivity is just wrong. taking a child to a zoo for the first time of course there will be the wow factor, why wouldn't there be when they see a tiger for the first time or an elephant for the first time? but after that you have to ask what is the educational benefit of seeing that same animal in that same space doing the same thing day in and day out? four years ago another keeper was killed by acer match and tiger at this zoo in cumbria. the park was later fined £250,000 health and safety breaches. zoo managers have described the death of rosa king as a freak accident but alongside the shock

and grief there is a need to find out what went wrong and why. the zoo has not identified which particular tiger was involved in this but says the animal is unharmed and says it will update everyone on its investigation as soon as it possibly can. meanwhile, the police say they have closed their enquiry because they have determined there were no suspicious circumstances, they will pass on their findings to the local authority responsible for licensing the zoo and they may then determine whether there should be any issues or prosecution around health and safety matters. we are going to just return to that news will bringing the a few moments ago that the crown will not seek a further retrial of rolf harris. that is on the indecent assault charges. but the jury could not read the

verdict on today. i correspond and outside the court. he joins us now. what more can you tell us? events are moving quickly today. thejury began their deliberations on friday, return to court this morning and just before lunchtime, the judge told them they she would accept a majority vote. after over a0 hours of —— four hours of deliberation, thejury came of —— four hours of deliberation, the jury came back of —— four hours of deliberation, thejury came back in, thejudge askedif thejury came back in, thejudge asked if they reach a verdict, at which ten were agreed, the response was no. given further time, she asked, would you be likely to reach asked, would you be likely to reach a verdict. the response was once again no. 0ver lunchtime, the crown prosecution service have been deciding what they should do with this case. this was a retrial of rolf harris, allegations concerning three women who were teenagers at the time. in the past few minutes, the time. in the past few minutes, the crown has said it is not in the public interest to press forward ——

push for a retrial, a second retrial. allegations facing harris we re retrial. allegations facing harris were serious. there was one girl at the time who said back in 1971, she was grouped by rolf harris. there was grouped by rolf harris. there was another who said that rolf harris touched her breast, and another allegation of him doing a similar thing at another allegation of him doing a similarthing atan another allegation of him doing a similar thing at an itv game shows. doing the trial, harris is not racing the allegations. he does not leave court vindicated, because of course, he has already served time in prison for indecent assault of girls. he was only released around a week ago, allowing him to attend this trial in person. it started when he was in prison and he was following it via a video link. in the next few minutes, we expect a solicitor representing rolf harris to come here on the steps of court and give an indication of how harris

is feeling given that this part of the case has now been dropped. for now, many thanks. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn struggles to say how much labour's promise of free childcare for all two to four year olds would cost. theresa may focuses on brexit, saying jeremy corbyn is not strong enough to deliver brexit. the snp launch their manifesto — calling for higher public spending across the uk and an end to social security cuts. and in sport, it is arsene wenger agreeing a new two year contract at arsenal. it is expected to be rubber—stamped by the boards today, and officially announced by the board tomorrow. gareth southgate says there was no need to speak to wayne rooney before deciding the england squad, they will face scotla nd england squad, they will face scotland and france next month. and deanna konta is crashed out of the

french open in the first round for the third year in a row. more stories at 2:30pm. let's go live to huddersfield where the town is gearing up to celebrate promotion. sales of alcohol will be on the up, but what does this mean to the town and to businesses around the? it means a massive boost to the town of huddersfield. absolutely eve ryo ne town of huddersfield. absolutely everyone in the town since you have got in on the action. even the former prime minister harold wilson is decked out in blue and white. i expect later in the afternoon, 30,000 football fans will descend upon the town square. it will be a boost for businesses to night. but the boost going forward is what they

are most concerned. 0n the back pages of some newspapers, we have even had direction forfans pages of some newspapers, we have even had direction for fans about how to get to huddersfield. and when they get to huddersfield, where to drink and eat and stay. that is where the main cash is going to come from. as the £170 million that the clu b from. as the £170 million that the club expects to get from promotion, they will also seek an increase in visitors to huddersfield. i talked to one brewery earlier today, they said they already have an increased interest in orders of their hat trick beer. that celebrate the club and the club's promotion. not a hat—trick last time, but everyone is excited about the prospect of this. people are talking about huddersfield, people are talking about huddersfield right across the world. places where they watch premiership football. this is a big dealfor the town, premiership football. this is a big deal for the town, and they are expecting it could create

potentially lots of jobs. and nail bars will be busy, because there will not be any nails left.|j bars will be busy, because there will not be any nails left. i did go toa nail will not be any nails left. i did go to a nail bar earlier and they have done a roaring trade in blue and white. you can expect to see that mirrored across the town in the coming weeks and months. good to talk to you, thank you. manchester victoria station has reopened, a week after the suicide bombing that killed 22 people. the station , which is attached to manchester arena, had been closed for repairs, and to allow police to search it. last night, people held a vigil in st ann's square, to mark the moment when the attack happened. 0ur correspondent, danny savage reports. a week ago people were dealing with

the attack and a lot of people have not moved on. other places have moved on, —— have reopened, if you scrapped under the surface, the attack is still at the forefront of many people's minds. at 5am this morning, victoria station in manchester was quietly reopened after a short ceremony. the station adjoins the manchester arena, which had been sealed off as a crime scene for days after the staff here were some of the first to help the victims. my staff ran to site, provided first aid and comfort to those in need and they stayed there against the instructions of the police, for several hours, providing that first care and attention that people really needed, so i'm incredibly proud of that. up there is where the blast happened, so although the concourse to the platforms are open again, there are still obvious signs of the attack. with large metal screens across the access points to the arena. some people paused to look at the messages.

passing through here is emotional. it's just so nice that people care, really, about us. it's sad and i think it will take the city along time to get over it. very weird, very surreal, still upsetting. it's also quite eerie to think so many people lost their lives here last monday. it's quite shocking. last night, thousands of people gathered in the city centre at the exact time the bomb went off a week earlier. behind—the—scenes, the huge investigation continues. police are asking two key questions to the public at the moment. did anyone see salman abedi with a blue suitcase in the city and where is that case now? they also want to know where he was in the five days

running up to the attack. this is believed to be him in a city centre convenience store the day before the bombing. 0n the right is an image of him released by police. life is going on around the manchester arena, but what happened here is still preoccupying people. there are fewer officers on the streets now but this is a city that is a long way from returning to normal. this morning, ian hopkins, chief co nsta ble of this morning, ian hopkins, chief constable of manchester police, did an interview with bbc radio manchester answering questions. 0ne was why did they not know more about the man who carried out the attack. the reply was, what we do know about salman abedi is that he was known to police formed relatively minor matters, theft, receiving stolen goods, minor assault in 2012. he was not party to what the security services now. the chief said many staff had to deal with awful things

on the night and have been left traumatised by what they saw and dealt with. it will take a long time for this city to heal. shares in the owner of british airways, iag, fell by almost 3% this morning after the computer failure on saturday which disrupted the flights of tens of thousands of passengers around the world. the fall wiped about a00 million pounds off the company's market value. ba says it is operating a full flight schedule today, but warned that it "may take some time" to reunite passengers with their bags. emma simpson reports: no queues, no chaos. this was heathrow terminal 5 this morning. an airport getting back to normal. ——airline getting back to normal. a far cry from the weekend when a power surge wreaked havoc, leaving 75,000 passengers here and abroad stranded. gary 0swald's mum was one of them. he told me he'd arranged a surprise 80th birthday party for her but her ba flight from rome was cancelled. she was abandoned

by british airways — there is no other way to look at it. they were abandoned by british airways and told to get on with it themselves, which isjust not good enough. did your mum make it back on time for her birthday celebration? fortunately, it was a bank holiday weekend, so we were able to reschedule it. it was a good end to a slightly traumatic weekend. all of this will cost ba dear. if your flight‘s been cancelled, you must be offered an alternative flight or a refund. under eu guidelines, you're also entitled to compensation if your flight‘s been delayed by more than three hours. it could be more than £500 if it's a long haul flight. airlines must also provide hotels, transport costs, meals and refreshments where necessary. the bill for ba could be sky—high. the financial markets will be watching closely what british airways does in the coming weeks and months in terms of evaluating the cause of a problem, how much they were able to rebuild

customer confidence, and the impact it may have on long—term business because it's an airline that's been very successful at cutting costs. up until now it has been able to maintain a very good reputation for customer service. the two have to be able to work together. according to one brand expert, ba has now got its work cut out to regain the trust of customers. the impact on reputation in terms of the short and mid—term is going to be significant. people are booking, or thinking about booking, holidays. they're going to think twice now when it comes to ba. they'll probably say, maybe not. ba apologised again today for all the inconvenience caused. it says it's trying to get delayed luggage to customers as quickly as possible — getting to the bottom of what caused such a widespread meltdown across its computers and it systems may take a good deal longer. the little later, we will be at

southwark crown court live because thejury southwark crown court live because the jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict on four sexual assault charges on rolf harris. they will not be pursuing a retrial. we await a statement from rolf harris's solicitor and we will be live at the court. now, time for the weather. for many of us, the weather is not looking too bad at the moment. there is some rain around and some of us had to use umbrellas, but for the most pa rt had to use umbrellas, but for the most part today is looking relatively bright. he sees cloud across the uk, some good breaks in there too. we had rain across northern ireland and parts of scotland, through the afternoon. that will push eastward across other

parts of scotland and northern england. to the south, it will stay mostly dry. a pleasant and to the day for most of us. across many northern areas, we talk about a clear night to the south. maybe some fog around. the leander north, around six or seven in rural spots. more like 13 or 15 degrees. tomorrow start cloudy in the south, mist around the coast as well. but the afternoon isn't looking bad. 20 of sunny spells on the way. —— plenty of sunny spell. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. labour is campaigning on its proposal to roll out free childcare to all two—year—olds, but in a bbc interview, jeremy corbyn struggled to remember how much the policy would cost. theresa may says with brexit negotiations due to start days after the election,

only she is prepared to lead the uk out of the eu. the snp launch their manifesto — calling for higher public spending across the uk and an end to social security cuts. the crown will not seek another re—trial of rolf harris on indecent assault charges, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict today. the mother of zookeeper rosa king — killed by a tiger at a zoo in cambridgeshire yesterday — says she loved herjob and wouldn't have done anything else. manchester victoria railway station has reopened more than a week after the suicide attack at the city's arena. time for the sport now with holly hamilton. the bbc has learned arsene wenger will be staying at arsenal after agreeing a two—year contract. it follows a meeting with the only

yesterday when his teacher was to be discussed. it is understood he will remain manager until at least 2019, extending his tenure into a 23rd year. i'm joined by the bbc sports editor. this is probably the worst kept secret in football but it's taken them quite some time. it's been the longest—running saga, this premier league season. i think it will divide opinion among arsenal's many supporters. it wasn't that long ago arsenal were being dropped 10—2 on aggregate by bayern munich in the champions league. they finished fifth in the premier league which means they miss out on champions league football which is crucial to any big club for the first time in two decades. the pressure on arsene wenger has reached unprecedented levels. there have been protests, planes flown with banners demanding that wenger goes. and yet, despite that, they did enjoy towards the end

of the season something of a resurgence. perhaps crucially they won the fa cup against all the odds. they prevailed on saturday, winning 2-1 they prevailed on saturday, winning 2—1 and maybe in the final reckoning that edged things in favour of wenger. ultimately i think he always retained the support of stan cronkite. i think the board were told in effect that that would be the final decision. they didn't have much say. i think it's the way arsenal is run. it is effectively a dictatorship. i think wenger has been there so long that they find it ha rd to been there so long that they find it hard to imagine life without him. i think despite the opposition that has clearly hurt him in recent months, that is the decision that was made. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. we are going live to watford to hear

from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn speaking on a visit. that is my great friend who i used to work with in those times, mike jackson. applause it's the work of mike and so many like him around the whole country that has sustained our party, developed our party, and will help to lead our party to something very historical onjune to lead our party to something very historical on june the 8th. to lead our party to something very historical onjune the 8th. mike, you're part of that victory. applause friends, our country has been united by the shock of the horrific act of terror and the senses slaughter of

people enjoying themselves on a night in manchester. —— senseless slaughter. in the last few days we thought a bit more about our country, family and communities, and the type of society we want for ourselves and our children to live and grow up in. those that carried out those heinous crimes seek to divide us. they wish to create a society based on fearand they wish to create a society based on fear and hatred. now, they wish to create a society based on fearand hatred. now, more they wish to create a society based on fear and hatred. now, more than ever we need to celebrate the profound contribution that the diversity of people in this country brings. but we must not also be afraid to confront the injustices that continue to exist in society. injustices made worse by the political choices of the conservatives and liberal democrats in government. today, people are

still treated unfairly due to their race, faith, gender identity, religion or disability. there is no question that conservative policies have turned the clock back. with black, asian and ethnic minority communities being denied the opportunity is to flourish and succeed. 0nly opportunity is to flourish and succeed. only a labour government camp prepared the damage done by seven camp prepared the damage done by seve n yea rs camp prepared the damage done by seven years of conservative posterity politics —— only a labour government can prepare the damage. applause those policies have sown the seeds of division in our communities. we will put equality and socialjustice at the heart of our programme for government. under this leadership, the labour party will deliver a credible plan to break the racial

injustices in our economy and social institutions. theresa may will tell you she wants a society that works for everyone. she will tell you of her deep concern of the burning injustices in society. but the evidence of the last seven years tells a very, very different story. the conservatives have forced ethnic minority communities to pay the price for their economic failure. it is indefensible that in britain today, if you're black or asian, you're more likely to be living in poverty than if you're white. and you're still less likely to be represented in public life. and more likely to be overrepresented and mistreated by the criminaljustice system. mistreated by the criminaljustice syste m. h ow mistreated by the criminaljustice system. how can it be right that asian and african sounding names have discerned twice as many applications in to get an interview

for a job? and that ethnic minority unemployment is double that of the rest of the population? this is the 21st—ce ntu ry rest of the population? this is the 21st—century and this is not good enough. applause 0ur small businesses, the backbone of our economy, many run by black and asian people, have been ripped off by the conservatives. instead of supporting the real wealth creators, start—ups and ambitious striders, the conservatives have penalised the self employed by raising national insurance contributions, squeezing the income of thousands of small business owners. frankly, they've rigged our economy. and did our wealth and public assets to their super—rich friends, and they expect our communities to pay for it.

posterity has driven our social care system into crisis. —— posterity has driven our social care system. black and asian minority communities will be deeply alarmed by the conservatives' hostile plans, slapping a dementia tax on those who need social care by making them pay for it by using their homes. under the conservatives, the inequalities in education attainment have been ignored. children from minority ethnic communities, especially african, caribbean, pakistani and bangladeshi, have been heavily affected by conservative cuts to school budgets. labour will buy while ethnic minority communities are scapegoated for the economic failure and the crawl political choices made by this government. we oppose... applause

—— cruel political choices. we oppose the conservatives' proposals to impose immigration targets on professionals and students outside the eu. your families professionals and students outside the eu. yourfamilies should not be denied the opportunity to build a life in this country. labour believes that in our country, no one should put up with abuse or discrimination in any form, anyplace, anywhere. we are going straight to sub at crown court, solicitor for rolf harris is speaking. my solicitor daniel burke and my investigation team at meyrick international. above all, i want to thank my wonderful friends and family who have supported me over this difficult period. thank you. that was the solicitor for rolf harris, we caught the tail end of his statement. his statement came after we had the crown prosecution

service will not seek a further retrial of rolf harris an indecent assault charges. ajury retrial of rolf harris an indecent assault charges. a jury was discharged today after being unable to reach a verdict. we are going to return now to watford, wherejeremy corbyn the labour leader is launching the pa rty‘s corbyn the labour leader is launching the party's race and faith policy. i have a simple message for you today. your aspirations and potential have been held back by the conservatives. now it's time for you to claim the future you deserve. 0nly to claim the future you deserve. only a labour government will unleash the potential of all of our communities. it's my belief that without the incredible contribution ofa without the incredible contribution of a diverse and talented ethnic minority communities, our country wouldn't be the place it is today. applause your communities have fought and

died alongside british servicemen and women. worked in our national health service, and built up our economy. but let me be very clear on one issue, your vote. i've long held the view that we shouldn't view ethnic minorities as homogenous block of voters. instead, my party, the labour party, seeks to win every one of your votes by showing that we care, we understand and that we are prepared to engage in difficult issues. but do not doubt, our determination and my personal determination and my personal determination to go further. that's why i'm proud to present our race and faith manifesto. a manifesto that will start to right the wrongs, and meet the needs of present and future generations of minority communities. this manifesto has been

developed by you and for you. it's a ma nifesto developed by you and for you. it's a manifesto that commits the next labour government to stand up for the many, not the few. and, to eliminate racial inequality from our economy and our society. so, as well as end the scourge of poverty pay with a £10 an hour minimum wage, which will boost the income of ethnic minority communities, we will end name —based discrimination and consider rolling out a name blind recruitment process for all employment. applause labour will take firm action to end the scandal of late payments which make it hard for many businesses to

manage their cash flows. we will give more help to small and medium—sized businesses, to ensure that they do not struggle to pay their employees a fair wage. labour will also refocus our tax system, reintroducing a lower rate of corporation tax for small companies, and ending the conservatives' policy of increasing taxes on small and medium—sized businesses, to pay for giveaways to the very largest companies. applause we are ambitious about the future of your communities in our country. we believe that no matter your background, your potential, your wonderful potential should be realised. so, labour will ensure high—quality education delivers for

your children. and we're going to do this ina your children. and we're going to do this in a number of ways. one of which is properly funding our primary schools and secondary schools, but also restoring the education maintenance allowance, student grants and free university tuition. applause this will give young black asian and ethnic minority children a real chance to achieve and excel. labour is committed to reversing the damage done to our national health service by the conservatives. we will address the racial inequalities but also exist in our mental health services and i'm determined to address that. applause and also to recognise the

contribution of unpaid carers and to raise the carer ‘s allowance. contribution of unpaid carers and to raise the carer 's allowance. which i announced on the day the election was announced. that's our message to the people of this country. applause we will also do better to tackle underrepresentation of black, asian and minority ethnic people in parliament and in public life. this will be a key part of our party's racial diversity consultation, strongly supported and advised by keith vaz and many others who have made an incredible contribution to promoting diversity in our party, our movement and our society, and i thank them for the work they have done. applause

ican done. applause i can say that to keith because i was the first person to come to leicester to canvass for him. that was a long time ago! but we aren't going to stop there. our race and faith manifesto commits us to delivering diversity and social justice in our criminaljustice system as well. we have to address the problems of the way our prisons are run, the high rate of reoffending and the poor educational opportunities that are the experience of far too many people who end up within the cjs. we need a system that reforms and brings people out better than when they went in. applause and we will immediately bring an end to the excessive use of stop and search powers, and deliver policing by consent. applause and we will deal head—on with a high

proportion of ethnic minority deaths in police custody, working with community organisations. we're committing to looking closely at the emerging findings of david lammy‘s review into these issues. again, i thank david for the work he is doing. friends, i'm proud to represent one of the most diverse constituencies in britain. people of all faiths and cultures and nations live side—by—side in a very close—knit community, that remains welcoming in spite of all the challenges it faces. we are going to pull away for a moment. i want to bring you some news coming in from the metropolitan police. a 37—year—old man has been arrested at sta nsted 37—year—old man has been arrested at stansted airport 37—year—old man has been arrested at sta nsted airport and 37—year—old man has been arrested at stansted airport and been charged with preparing for acts of terrorism. he's from north london, he's been charged and is scheduled to appear at westminster

magistrates' court later today. the social democratic and labour party have launched their election manifesto in belfast today, with a strong focus on brexit. the parties leader colum eastwood said the nationalist party would stand up "against borders, division and cruel, crippling cuts". joining me now from belfast is the sdlp leader, colum eastwood. we are very grateful to you for joining us. in your manifesto you said this is a brexit election and i wonder if you would reflect on what you're hearing on the doorstep. how much is brexit coming up as an issue? northern ireland is the area that will be worst hit by a hard brexit. we will of course see a hard border and big limitations on how we trade with the rest of our island and how we move freely across this island and across the european union. people here are very concerned about theresa may's vision

of brexit. what we are saying is if theresa may wants to reinforce last yea r‘s theresa may wants to reinforce last year's referendum theresa may wants to reinforce last yea r‘s referendum result, theresa may wants to reinforce last year's referendum result, we think we should reinforce the referendum result in northern ireland. many people here voted to remain in the european union and we now need to get the best possible deal, the best possible outcome from these brexit negotiations. it's only the sdlp and we are probably the most pro—european party on these islands. it wasn't until you got to page 13 of your manifesto that you raised any kind of domestic issues. are you saying therefore that brexit is more important to you than housing, to education, welfare for example? what we are saying is we are supposed to have devolved institutions in northern ireland. and when many of thoseissues northern ireland. and when many of those issues are devolved they should be dealt with in the northern ireland assembly. but this is an

almost unique collection. it's a very important election, we are facing into the brexit negotiations. we don't trust theresa may to be our voice in the negotiations, that's why we are travelling around europe and why i'm in dublin quite often. that's why we are making it clear in this election that you need people to go to westminster and fight the case. our main opponents in this election are the dup who will be the cheerleaders for theresa may, and sinn fein, who won't turn up at all because they don't take their seats in westminster. they get elected in a number of seats but don't actually turn up to make the arguments or to vote. i think it's a very simple and straightforward argument to make to people. people understand you've got to be there, even with a few seats, it's very important that you turn up and make your voice heard. you also say you're offering prosperity not austerity and i wondered what you we re austerity and i wondered what you were planning to spend your money on and how that will be paid for? we

like to see the northern ireland executive up and running straightaway. we have a period of negotiations after this election. we've been given a number of short weeks to get that back up and running. we've put in plans for what we think could be done in terms of investing in high education, infrastructure, making sure the large parts of northern ireland that have been left behind by other government get a fair share. but all of this won't happen if we don't have the dup and sinn fein, if for example they don't get together and listen to the advice the rest of us are giving them, but we need to have an assembly up and running and we need to tackle all of these issues. while brexit is going on and the prospect of trade barriers and actual physical barriers aren't very farfrom actual physical barriers aren't very far from where actual physical barriers aren't very farfrom where i'm sitting... actual physical barriers aren't very far from where i'm sitting...|j understand that and you've made that point and understand that and you've made that pointandi understand that and you've made that point and i appreciate what you're saying. i suppose what i'm asking in terms of voters listening, the

ma nifesto terms of voters listening, the manifesto doesn't outline what the cost of this prosperity process you are advocating will be. i wonder if you could give us a sense of that, please. the whole point of elections in northern ireland are that we have to understand that, yes, many of the decisions we would like to be taking should be taken in stormont, and yes there are lots of ideas as to how we can raise finance. we want to see corporation tax reduced in northern ireland so we have parity with the republic of ireland so we can attract investment, attractjobs. but if we don't go about spending money differently in the northern ireland assembly then we won't be able to attract that investment because we when see the spending infrastructure. lots of that sits within the devolved space. in the ma nifesto we within the devolved space. in the manifesto we talk about that but we tried to lean heavily towards the

issues that affect westminster. thank you. scientists in the united states have made what they say is a major advance in the battle against infections that are resistant to antibiotics. they've modified an existing medicine to create what they call a "magical" new version, which is about 1,000 times more powerful. jenny walrond reports. resistance to antibiotics has been classed by the world health organisation as one of the biggest threats to global health. a government review into the problem estimated that, if no solution is found, by 2050 worldwide drug—resistant infections will kill someone every three seconds. doctors in the nhs are under pressure to reduce the number of antibiotics they prescribe. researchers at the scripps research institute in the united states say they have now managed to modify one antibiotic which was becoming ineffective against one strain of bacteria. the new version of the drug

vancomycin is now so powerful they've labelled it as "magic". it's1,000 times stronger, and works in three different ways, making it much harder for the bacteria to fight back. researchers claim doctors could use the modified form without fear of infections becoming resistant. but while this is an important step, there is growing resistance to drugs in other diseases, such as tb, malaria and hiv. jenny walrond, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. quite a bright day out there right now. most of us have seen a decent start to the day. there's been a bit of rain around in one or two areas but not a lot. here's the satellite picture, but was wetter earlier on

in northern ireland but also western parts of scotland. this cloud will be pushing further north and east through the day. to the south it's one or two showers breaking out, that's pretty much it. right rather than sunny this afternoon. temperatures getting up to 21 in london, for most of us it's around 15—18 celsius. a bit of rain across parts afternoon in northern ireland, a better second half of the day in the western isles. there's that rain across the far north of scotland. through the course of the evening it's a case of clearing skies across many northern areas so a nice end to the date. to the south of that the skies will probably turn a bit more cloudy, there might be some mist around the coast as well. back cloud will keep the temperatures from dropping too low. a bit fresh across northern england and areas further northern england and areas further north around 8—9. tomorrow starts offa north around 8—9. tomorrow starts off a bit cloudy, a bit slow in the

south and then the clouds break up. on balance, a fine day on the way. temperatures getting up to around 23 in london and 20 degrees across many northern areas of the uk as well. not much change as far as the afternoon goes and evening tomorrow. having a look at the second part of the week, on thursday this area of low pressure pushes in the direction of north—western britain. that spells rain in the north—west. ahead of this is the warm air is coming in from the south. temperatures will be creeping up temporarily across some southern and south—eastern areas. notice that rain getting into the north—west. it's so slow—moving weather front so by the time we get to friday it's about here, fresher weather in the north—west but possibly as high as 26 degrees in the south—east. this week, warming up the south—east. this week, warming up in the south for a little while,

a bit fresher further north. from time to time we'll have a bit of rain. enjoy your day. this is bbc news. the headlines at three. jeremy corbyn stumbles over the cost of labour's free childcare plans in an interview with the bbc‘s woman's hour. so, how much will it cost but only i will give you the figure in a moment. you don't know by darwin you are logging into your ipad woman you have announced a major policy and you don't know how much it will cost? can i give you the exact figure ina cost? can i give you the exact figure in a moment? theresa may says that with brexit negotiations due to start days after the election, only she is prepared to lead the uk out of the eu. i'm ready to go. jeremy corbyn is not. nicola sturgeon launches the snp manifesto, calling for a second scottish independence referendum "at the end of the brexit process".

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