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tv   Breakfast  BBC News  November 7, 2019 6:00am-8:31am GMT

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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: money is front and centre of the election campaign today. labour say it would borrow billions for schools and homes. the conservatives say the plans willjeopardise economic recovery. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, says he is standing down from his role and is quitting frontline politics after 30 years. this really is a personal decision. and there's never a right time to in politics, but you can leave it longer than you should. a man has been arrested after 15 people were discovered in the back of a lorry in wiltshire.
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good morning from leeds, where we are talking to a local business about what it wants from this next election. and it is not all about brexit. a chaotic finish for manchester city in the champions league, as injury and then a red card means defender kyle walker goes in goal in their 1—1 draw with atalanta. favourite day of the week? monday. friends reunited. i find out how muchjennifer aniston and reese witherspoon really have in common, as they tell me about playing rivals in the drama set behind the scenes of a morning news show. and lots of heavy rain around this morning for the commute and a met office amber warning set to come in gci’oss office amber warning set to come in across parts of northern england. flooding is likely for some. all the details here on breakfast. it is thursday 7 november.
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our top story: the economy will be at the top of the election campaign agenda today, with the conservatives and labour at odds over public spending. but seniorfigures in labour say they are shocked and saddened that the party's deputy leader, tom watson, is stepping down. mr watson has been at odds with jeremy corbyn, but insisted his resignation was a personal decision. here is our political correspondentjessica parker. it was a surprise announcement, and a decision that he says is personal, not political. i'm not walking out on the party, i'm going to be campaigning for our candidates up and down the party until polling day. i will remain as deputy leader until then. i want to see a labour government, i want the labour team to triumph, but it is time for me to go out to pasture. but it is a blow to those labour mps who saw themselves as shoring up themselves as shoring to those labour mps who saw themselves as shoring up the centrist wing of the party stop jeremy corbyn will be back on the campaign trail today with a message that this election is a once in a generation chance to transform the country. boris johnson generation chance to transform the country. borisjohnson goes to scotland, after this launch in the
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west midlands last night. this country is aching to move on. so let's make next year the year of prosperity and growth. let's get brexit done, my friends, and get on with our project of sensible, moderate, sensible, moderate, taxcutting one nation conservative rule. but the snp say that an election victory by them in scotland would make blocking a further independence referendum unsustainable. meanwhile, the comic liberal democrats, greens and plaid cymru are set to announce plans of a packed across 60 seats in england and wales. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. today will all be about the economy. good morning to you. they say that the economy is always front and centre in every election campaign. i suspect this will be no different although often through the prism of brexit. what are we going to get
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today? we will get a promise of oodles of cash being spent, particularly by labour, sirjeremy ——jeremy particularly by labour, sirjeremy —— jeremy corbyn and labour shadow chancellorjohn mcconnell will —— jeremy corbyn and labour shadow chancellor john mcconnell will be —— jeremy corbyn and labour shadow chancellorjohn mcconnell will be a liveable, promising billions of pounds more for —— john mcdonnell will be in liverpool. how will they pay for it? they will borrow the money. the conservatives make the argument that that is fantasy economics. the chancellor, sajid javid, will be making that point. it is worth pointing out the conservatives plan to spend rather a lot of money as well. it seems a long, long time ago that that word austerity hung on the political conversation. the two big parties at westminster in the last parliament keen to say that they are wanting to spend money. a quick word, as well. we headed at the end ofjessica's report about this so—called remaining alliance. we are hearing this morning that in 60 seats, 49 in england and ii in wales, the liberal
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democrats, plaid cymru, the welsh national assembly greens are going to work together. they are going to stand aside for each other to try and allow the strongest of the three to wina and allow the strongest of the three to win a seat. a reminder, as i was hinting at a second ago, that lots of talk about the economy, but brexit never far away. that is the reason those parties are deciding to work together. chris, thank you very much. we are talking to various people today, from the conservatives, the labour party and the liberal democrats on the programme this morning. a man has been arrested after 15 people were found in the back of a lorry in wiltshire. police made the discovery close to the m4 near chippenham last night after a tip—off. one person was taken to hospital for checks. the others are in police custody. andrew plant reports. late last night in wiltshire, this scene just off bristol and swindon. this busy junction closed scene just off bristol and swindon. this busyjunction closed to traffic for several hours. eyewitnesses said
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they saw police and ambulances scrambling the scene. police said they were following a tipoff, unsure what they might find inside. they responded to a call from the member public when they stopped the lorry, they found 15 people on the back. the discovery comes just two weeks after 39 people were found dead in a lorry container in essex. it is not clear where this lorry had come from or its intended destination. by midnight, the initial search was over and the road reopened. lorry driven away by officers, followed by a police convoy. police say everyone inside was given medical checks at the scene, with one person taken to hospital. the rest, they say, have been taken into custody. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand has been shown cctv
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footage of her last known moments. the 22—year—old from essex is seen in a bar with the man, who she met on a dating app. let's get more from our correspondent phil mercer, who is outside the court in auckland for us now. bring us right up to date with what has happened in the trial. well, this security video shows grace millane leaving the backpacker hostel and meeting a man who later that night would kill her during the evening. she spent about four hours with the man. we can't identify him for legal reasons. they appeared to get on pretty well. they are drinking heavily, they are visiting various bars and restaurants. at some points they seemed to kiss and embrace, and towards the end of their date they walk across the road from a bar not too far from where we are standing here in the centre of auckland to the man's apartment. and security vision shows them going into the lobby, getting into the left, and they also show — the jury
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was shown today security images of grace millane leaving that lived on the third floor. and that is the last time she was seen alive. now, what happened in that man's apartment is central to this case. the prosecution believes that grace millane was deliberately strangled by this 27—year—old man. the defence, though, believe that she was killed accidentally in a consensual sex game that went wrong. all of this, of course, traumatic viewing, you would have to say, for the parents of grace millane. they we re the parents of grace millane. they were in court today as the jury were shown those images. so we are approaching the end of the first week of this trial here in new zealand's biggest city, and the trial is expected to last for about a month. theatre in london's west end had to be evacuated last night after a section of the ceiling fell into the audience. more than 1000 people were
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moved out during a performance of the play death of a salesman. four people were taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. it is the normal thing, you're sitting in a theatre, watching the show and very stoical and you just sit there and let things happen. and you suddenly realise something is happening that shouldn't be, and clearly things went right. a few people started to panic, but really, i wouldn't say there was a massive panic, but there was a very, very quick evacuation. a new streaming service is launching today, backed by the bbc and itv. britbox will feature comedy, drama and documentaries, as well as new programmes. the broadcasters have joined forces for the subscription service as a rival to netflix. apple's streaming service made its debut last week and disney will launch theirs in the uk next march. police in california have come to the rescue of a black bear that got stuck in a bin. the animal became trapped while it was foraging for food. the bear, named t—shirt by locals because of the white "t" on its chest, was too large to climb out of the small openings in the lid, so officers tried various ways to free it. eventually they showed the bear how
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to flip the lid and escape. i see, so the police officer you saw earlier was just trying to help out, was going close. i thought initially it was the first time they had seen the bear, but it was trying to show the bear, but it was trying to show the bear, but it was trying to show the bear how to lift the lid.|j don't want to fat shame the bear, but that was one chubby bear. are you thinking how did it get in there in the first place? obviously it is a dustbin raider. i think by nature airs in their naturalform are bigger. i don't think you want to see a slender bear. haps that was probably the most sensible option, to show the bear how to lift the lid. you don't want to get too close. good story. you have a good
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story. we know manchester city have a talented bunch of players, playing in several positions sometimes, moving around the field. i don't think defender kyle walker would have envisaged he would have ended up have envisaged he would have ended up in goal last night. why was that? you don't see this every day, as england defender kyle walker ended up in goalfor city after substitute keeper claudio bravo was sent off. and he even managed to save a free kick, but only just. walker helped city to a 1—1 draw in atalanta. while son heung—min scored twice as tottenham beat red star belgrade to move just one win away from reaching the champions league knockout stages. he didn't celebrate, though, out of respect in what was his first match since that nasty injury to everton‘s andre gomes last weekend. fall out from saracens recod fine continues. harlequins' chris robshaw says they've stained the sport image. there have even been calls for the club to give their titles back. and the world para athletics
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championships get under way in doha today. paralympic gold medallist kadeena cox is one of 42 british athletes who are competing. we will be hoping for plenty more success to come. i wasjust we will be hoping for plenty more success to come. i was just waiting for the off then. we were poised, we didn't quite get there. there she goes. otherwise it didn't feel right. we have to see it complete. and you will stay and look at the papers ina and you will stay and look at the papers in a moment. and a miserable morning outside, wasn't it? a horrible, dirty day. in the picture says morning outside, wasn't it? a horrible, dirty day. in the picture says it all, doesn't it? it certainly does. a pretty miserable commute this morning. very good morning to you. lots of heavy rain around, heavy rain through the night. lots of spray on the roads on an ongoing risk of flooding today as well. let me just show you where we are as faras well. let me just show you where we are as far as the pressure chart is concerned. a big area of low pressure over us. concerned. a big area of low pressure over us. this weather front is of greatest concern. it will come
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toa is of greatest concern. it will come to a halt somewhere across central uk and the met office have issued an amber weather warning across this pa rt amber weather warning across this part of northern england. this is where we could see 100 millimetres of rainfall between now and the early hours. there will be flooding in these areas, and certainly a lot of travel disruption possible later. this is a rain band which has now moved into those areas. it is clearing away from some southern counties but leaving lots of big puddles around and there will be some further showers. but interspersed with some sunshine in southernmost areas. to the north of that, across scotland, northern ireland, some sunshine through the day but some wintry showers across scotland. snow over the higher ground, but that area, that zone of wet weather, continues in across central parts. now, winds across the south of the country coming in from the west, coming in from the east across the north. so a little bit of across the north. so a little bit of a split in temperatures. a chilly day just about wherever you are but most noticeable across parts of scotla nd most noticeable across parts of scotland and northern ireland. then, into the end of the afternoon, the evening rush hour, let's focus on where the rain will fall, north wales and more especially across northern england. pretty horrendous on the m60 later and parts of the m1
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and a1. that rain remains, but only slowly weakens as we go through into tonight. either side of that, some heavy showers to take us into the evening, the south—east corner. showers easing a little bit across parts of scotland. with the skies clearing away from our rain band it is going to be a chilly night than the night gone. a greater chance of some frost around to take us into tomorrow morning. so footed tomorrow morning, still some rain across parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire, east midlands. that will become confined to east anglia and the south—east as we go through the day. not a huge amount of rain, though. most not a huge amount of rain, though. m ost pla ces not a huge amount of rain, though. most places tomorrow having a dry day, a brighter day after that chilly start, but a lot more sunshine around as well. happy to sell for many in single figures. and then, as we go through friday evening and overnight, this area of cloud and rain will spread its way in. but with clear skies elsewhere, widespread ross developing, with the mist and fog, thrown in. so it will bea mist and fog, thrown in. so it will be a concert of the weekend wherever you are, and for some of you saturday morning could be quite a pretty one. we see trees coated in ice, where the fog has left a deposit of moisture which freezes on
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top of the branches. so it could be a very pretty start to saturday, some sunshine overhead, but clouding over from the west, early rain in northern ireland spreading its way eastwards through the day on saturday, and it is going to be cold enough for some snow over the hills of wales, northern england, and scotla nd of wales, northern england, and scotland as well. a chilly day on saturday, by and large. slowly brightening up on sunday. saturday, by and large. slowly brightening up on sundaym certainly is, getting very cold as well, with that rain. thank you very much, see you later. let's take a look at today's papers and online news sites. tom watson's resignation as labour deputy leader is the main story in the guardian. the paper says it raises "new questions" about the direction of the party. the telegraph says mr watson's departure from parliament could trigger more resignations of moderate labour mps. the metro is one of a number of papers comparing borisjohnson to winston churchill after the pm was photographed making the v—sign with his fingers. mrjohnson launched the conservative election campaign yesterday after what the paper
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calls a "tricky 2a hours" for the party. and in an unusual move a number of local papers in the north of england have teamed up calling for a better deal for the region after the general election. they're calling it a "manifesto for the north" and they're saying leaders from across the region have united to speak up for its 15 million residents. let's have a look at the inside pages. really great article from nicola adams. she splits her pupil or rather her pupil, something rather nasty but essentially there is a risk that if she bites again, she could have permanent site loss. but so could have permanent site loss. but so many lovely tributes coming through from other sports when in women saying what she achieved, the
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first female boxer to win an olympic gold matter holds a professional belt now and could have gone to competing at the olympics or continued with a professional career so continued with a professional career so clearly there was many options ahead of her in the sport. there has been more and more work done. in terms of her worries now about her future. and still choose to get in the ring but in her case, she is to —— decided she is still young. there is so much more for her to do. she is so much more for her to do. she isa is so much more for her to do. she is a pioneer come in and out of the ring. she set the pathway for other female boxes to come into the sport. she saying they would have to fight in the same way. clearing the pathway. rob mccracken who heads up
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gigabits boxing set, desperate herbal disdain the sport. i'm sure she will do. ijust wanted to say the fallout from the saracens story. it's interesting how so many people within the sport are turning on saracens, saying it's terrible. really interesting to hear chris robshaw say, rugby always thought it was better than the other sports which didn't cheat. rugby union is no better now. this is about how they broke the salary, how much they we re they broke the salary, how much they were paying their players. finding other ways of giving them additional income so they don't have to go, stay within that was other teams are obviously playing by the rules. positive story, i don't know if it's old or not. the australian ladies football tea m old or not. the australian ladies football team being played the same
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as the men. australia, new zealand and norway are the three and calls for other national teams to follow. lane for the international side was denmark there is a big lawsuit in the united states, the women's team are campaigning hard to be paid the same. from time to time, we've had conversation about whether we should have plants onset. we haven't done it yet. just make it a little more, but that one in the mix? you can have something. all i'm saying is... blue and green should never be seen. some people like in the space that they work or live in to have some greenery. are we listening? we are here. so here we are. this is a survey done, this is philadelphia. if you thought that plants were good
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to your room, they are creating oxygen, no. it's a complete waste of time. there is no evidence the pla nts time. there is no evidence the plants do anything other than look nice. it's business -- it's ridiculous, photosynthesis. you can't go against science. this is a common misconception, he says. pla nts common misconception, he says. plants don't lean indoor error quickly enough to have an effect on our quality or office environment. obviously if you have a huge bush in the house or a tree. if you want to turn this space into a rainforest... charlie is in charge of that. how good are you with your words? do you like scrolling through the dictionary? i did as a kid. you did? wild times that naga's. we have this
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every year. the collins english dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2019. climate strike beat a hefty list of other contenders to the top spot — it essentially means skipping school or work in order to attend a global warming protest. also making the list is ‘cakeism' — defined as ‘a wish to enjoy two desirable but incompatible alternatives'. ‘milkshake' is also recognised this year — after a number of incidents where the drinks have been thrown over politicians. and ‘pro—rogue' is on the list too. it of course means ‘the discontinuation of the meetings of a legislative body,
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without dissolving it'. of course, naga already knew that, having flicked through the dictionary. 622. they're two of hollywood's biggest stars, butjenniferaniston and reese witherspoon haven't worked together since they appeared on friends more than 20 years ago. now they're swapping central perk for the set of a morning tv news programme for new series the morning show. i went to meet them. good morning. iam bringing you good morning. i am bringing you some sad and upsetting news and while i don't know the details of the
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allegations... she is throwing me under the bus. mitch kessler, my co—host and partner of 15 years was fired today. who called you about the morning show? we can't remember. we love the idea of exploring it and just being able to do something together which we'd been trying to find for a while. and itjust fell into place and then, the world exploded. are you talking about harvey weinstein, perhaps. that's one of them. one of many, many, many. it did prompt some rewrites, i understand. we had to incorporate it into the story because it was already dealing with, you know, the power struggles. sexism. already dealing with, you know, the powerstruggles. sexism. sexism and ageism and the sort of cutthroat world and need for relevance. i've only been told about a thousand different ways i'm too liberal, too conservative, two in between, you
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have too much chin, you're not smiling it up, your two brunette, do you want to go blonde. where are your booms. put your booms out. wait, put your booms away. has it changed your career because it shows how audiences are now choosing and quite willing to sit and watch programme, watch a series where women are believed because they have a choice now. they want to see people of colour on film and they wa nt people of colour on film and they want to see lgbt plus stories on film, they want to see differently able people and i think the whole world change when streaming came around because there is empirical data that the stories that were being told we ren't data that the stories that were being told weren't reaching a very wide audience. i'm going to quote the director who spoke about you to your work ethic. he said, as soon as a cut was called, the men were taken out, and jen and reece, rhys and jen would continue to rehearse scenes, guidelines, at cetera. why?”
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would continue to rehearse scenes, guidelines, at cetera. why? i don't think the men took a nap. who's napping? i do want to be clear that men are a huge part of this show and steve correll deciding to add his name to this cultural conversation isa name to this cultural conversation is a huge thing because men have to be part of the conversation. if the whole world changes, it's not about women taking over. and men are bad and horrible. it's about the nuance and horrible. it's about the nuance and about finding our roles in life and about finding our roles in life and all doing it together. but it was just... and all doing it together. but it wasjust... we're not and all doing it together. but it wasjust. .. we're not going to create monocultures weather is just one gender running things. i think the great thing about art or a television show like this is that we are learning is that we are learning we are having these conversations with our writers. which is actually in our show, which is what dashing. to feel like we are not the only ones who know how to behave in this new normal. the last time you work together, what, 20 years ago. you have no right to tell me what to do.
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i'm not telling you what to do, i'm telling you what not to do. how has your ownership developed over the last 20 years? that's a good question. we've grown up. it doesn't feel, it feels like yesterday, i know that sounds strange but that moment, that time in my life really just feels like it was, i could just reach back and grab it. but look, we've come a long way in terms of experience and work and life and all sorts of things. we are grown—ups, we are a little bit more grown—up. not grown—ups, a little bit more grown—up. not grown—ups, a little bit more grown-up. i don't know too many people who talk themselves grown—up. we don't like grown—ups. they are stuffy. they talk about some quite serious stuff but they have a lovely rapport with each other. you can tell they are really good friends and really supportive of each other. it's interesting, they see that time on friends being just yesterday effectively. most people of that
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age, 20 years, you don't feel any different. it's still on everywhere all the time. go to viewing if you just need a lazy day, for me anyway. we will see you in a few minutes. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. an investigation is underway after a section of plaster ceiling fell into the audience at a west end theatre performance last night. five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries — following the incident at the performance of ‘death of a salesman'. it comes just six years after the ceiling of another west end theatre— the apollo— collapsed. bbc london's reporter james waterhouse was in the audience last night. there were shouts of, you know, get out now. the fire alarm then sounded in the space of 30 seconds, everyone was sorted outside. there were people sort of walking over each other trying to get their belongings
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but the panic was very much there, it was a bit scary. two london hospitals have found a way to make ventilators more precise to tailor them for individual patients in intensive care. the trial at imperial college london and the royal brompton involves a monitor next to a patient‘s bed that will collect data showing their breathing patterns and lung capacity. if successful, researchers say it could prove to be the future of critical care medicine. detectives are trying to trace the driver of a car after a police officer was injured trying to stop a vehicle in north west london. she suffered leg and neck injuries in the incident in wembley yesterday afternoon. if you order a takeaway in parts of london, you might get a sauce sachet with your meal that's made from seaweed instead of plastic. it‘s part of a trial— involving 65 restaura nts— designed to be kinder to the environment. customers are being told they can throw them into the home compost. let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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there are minor delays on both the circle and hammersmith & city lines following a signal failure. this is how the a13 look s— getting busy as usual from dagenham into barking. and in putney heath, the a3 is closed westbound at tibbets corner due to flooding. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, elizabeth rizzini. good morning. it's rather wet underfoot hello, good morning. it's rather wet underfoot to start the day. that's because it was quite a lot of heavy rain around last night but that rain is now clearing its way northwards, still a soggy start of a sum that many of us will see completely dry day, plenty of sunshine emerging, just feeling rather chilly as it did yesterday but not too cold a start, seven or eight celsius. plenty of cloud when we did have the rain, that rain spirals its way north—eastward is should all see some sunshine through the second half of the day, perhaps wanted or two showers in the south but most of
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us two showers in the south but most of us completely dry and top temperature is between eight and 10 celsius. still on the rather cool side and we are in for a rather cold night tonight, lots of their skies around, light winds, temperatures will drop right back down to low single figures so we start the day tomorrow with a touch of cost, low is between one and three celsius. still feeling rather cold tomorrow. there will be sunny spells but the wa nted there will be sunny spells but the wanted to showers at times. a cold, frosty, foggy start to the weekend. there will be some rain later on the day on saturday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: we will catch up with the british team hoping to break the world land speed record, as theirjet—powered car goes faster than ever before.
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we loved the idea of this world, exploring it, and just being able to do something together, which we have been trying to find for a while. jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon discuss the me too movement, theirfriendship, and crashing instagram, as they tell us all about their new series the morning show. and later, using the power of music to overcome trauma. choirmaster gareth malone is here to tell us about his latest project. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the economy will be at the top of the election campaign agenda today, with the conservatives and labour at odds over public spending. but seniorfigures in labour say they are shocked and saddened that the party's deputy leader, tom watson, is stepping down. mr watson has been at odds with jeremy corbyn, but insisted his resignation was a personal decision.
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a man has been arrested after 15 people were found in the back of a lorry in wiltshire. police made the discovery close to the m4 near chippenham last night, after a tip—off. one person was taken to hospital for checks. the others are in police custody. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand has been shown cctv footage of her last known moments. the 22—year—old from essex is seen in a bar with the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. the pair met on a dating app before her death last december. a theatre in london's west end had to be evacuated last night after a section of the ceiling fell on the audience. more than 1,000 people were moved out of the piccadilly theatre during a performance of the play death of a salesman. four people were taken to hospital after suffering minor injuries. mexican archaeologists say they have found the first man—made mammoth trap to be discovered
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anywhere in the world. the team from the national institute of anthropology and history say they have unearthed at least 1a mammoths from a pit near mexico city. they say the mammoths were from five herds that roamed alongside horses and camels more than 111,000 years ago. 14,000 111,000 years ago. years ago. 14,000 years ago. years ago. 14 14,000 years ago. years ago. 14 years 14,000 years ago. years ago. 14 years ago 14,000 years ago. years ago. 14 years ago there we re 14,000 years ago. 14 years ago there were no mammoths. that we know of. what have you got for us? tell us a tail. it is interesting when people play out of position, especially goalkeepers. so tell us a tale. you never see it that often, so when you do, you are so focused on what they are doing. in fairness to walker, the manchester goalkeeper, he made more save than the previous goalkeepers, edison and bravo combined. so i would say yes, quite successful. it says a lot for
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manchester city. teams don't get many opportunities against them, but nonetheless they did what they had to do. there was one of those footballing rarities for man city as they had to put an outfield player in goal, whilst son heung—min laid some demons to rest as spurs won comfortably. patrick geary reports. in belgrade, the light at the end of the long, long tunnel is the entrance to a cauldron. many shrink in the burning heart of red star, but tottenham embraced the chaotic energy, that spurs managed to harness. in a few seconds, they created a a game's worth of chances, all of tottenham's top players had a crack some point. harry kane, heung—min son, someone anyone. a first spurs goal for giovani lo celso. things have been tough for them of late. not least for son this goal was a sort of therapy. this celebration a sort of apology.
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belgrade went strangely quiet. it's menace faded. erickson squeezed home a fourth. spurs had made the chaotic routine and conquered the cauldron. initially, manchester city made a predictably precise start against atla nta, predictably precise start against atlanta, watching a perfect path to the opening goal, scored as so often these days by raheem sterling. before the break, a chance at the second, butjesus was considerably less accurate. it was a mess that would matter. not long after halftime, atlanta levelled. game on. but with ten minutes to go, city's goalkeeper off. bravo's red card meant goalkeeper off. bravo's red card m ea nt kyle goalkeeper off. bravo's red card meant kyle walker, defender, would have to go into gold. walker didn't falter, but a means manchester city haven't reached the next round just yet. more wobbles for arsenal, as they let another lead slip, this time in the europa league. they had taken the lead against vitoria guimaraes, in portugal, but conceeded an equaliser in the 91st minute. that is their fourth consecutive
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draw, and they've been ahead in all of those matches. manchester united, wolves, celtic and rangers all play tonight. the metropolitan police have released some new cctv images of the attempted armed robbery of arsenal's sead kolasinac and mesut ozil. it's after a second man admitted trying to steal watches from the pair during a moped ambush in north london. it happened in july. 26—year—old jordan northover pleaded guilty at harrow crown court. he's the second man to admit his involvement. the fallout from saracens's record fine and points deduction continues. sale sharks director of rugby steve diamond says rugby union will bankrupt itself if clubs continue to break the salary cap. that is what sarries have been accused of. the former england captain chris robshaw, meanwhile, says the sport's integrity is now under scrutiny. i think for us, in rugby, we tend to always
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think our grass is greener than others. we tend to look down on other people. we look down on football, we look down on athletics, for cheating and stuff like this. but we're exactly the same now. we're in that position. rugby is now — rugby is in a tough place, which as a unionised collective, we are going to have to get out of. and the world para athletics championships start in doha today. great britain is sending 42 athletes to compete, and amongst them is kadeena cox, who won gold medals in both cycling and athletics at the paralympics in rio. you have to get the start right, you have to really think about it. she is quicker than that. the liberal democrats have announced they are planning a pro—eu pact with the green party and plaid cymru. it means candidates will stand aside
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for each other in around 60 seats across england and wales, in a bid to increase the chances of a remain—supporting mp being elected. let's speak now to the president of the lib dems, sal brinton, who joins us from westminster. good morning to you. thank you very much. good morning. can you explain, these 60 seats are being part of this pact. how did this come about? i think everybody knows that our politics is broken, and one of the things that the liberal democrats and some other parties are determined to do is to stop brexit. so over the last few months, we have been facilitating discussions amongst ourselves about how best we could make that work. and these 60 seats are ones where between the three parties, the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens, we will stand aside for each other in order to ensure that there
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are more remain mps in parliament to stop brexit and to build a better future. when people are told there isa future. when people are told there is a general election, i know brexit is a general election, i know brexit is going on, but a lot of people think either brexit will happen or will not happen, i will put that to one side. what i am concerned about is what happens where i live, with policies, social care, et cetera, et cetera. spending. you are denying people the choice to choose, when it comes to domestic policy. you are just giving them brexit or know brexit choice. on the contrary, one of the reasons that we are having this election is that parliament is com pletely this election is that parliament is completely divided in the country is com pletely completely divided in the country is completely divided. and the one thing that we know is that by having this arrangement it means that for the first time we will have more mps who can help deliver remain in the eu result. we know there is more than that involved, but frankly we can't do anything else because parliament, particularly the theresa
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may and boris johnson parliament, particularly the theresa may and borisjohnson governments, have been unable to deliver anything at all, not even the brexit they promised. we know that there are many, promised. we know that there are any promised. we know that there are many, many millions of people who wa nt to many, many millions of people who want to be able to vote for i remain mps, and we are glad to come together as a new sign of a different style of politics to help make that happen —— a remain mp. different style of politics to help make that happen -- a remain mp. how many compromises have you had to make as a party in order to make this pact? obviously when you are talking to other parties you have to understand what your priorities are. and what has been really encouraging in the conversations both within the liberal democrats, but also with the other two parties, is that this objective is really, really important for the country as a whole. so i don't see it in negative terms. i think it is extremely good news. but you have had to debate and compromise at some point. what was the biggest compromise you made? well, obviously in some seats there will be people who have decided to talk about doing the better good for the party than for an individual local candidate. but i am really
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proud of the liberal democrats, and i believe the other two parties would say the same, that actually we are all working together to make sure that there is a better choice for people to be able to vote for a remain mp. now, jo swinson, the leader of the lib dems, as made clear that she is against a second scottish independence referendum. plaid cymru wants an independent wales. do you support that view? there are two important differences between the snp and plaid cymru. plaid cymru are absolutely clear that their priority and this is for a remain vote. the snp remain very, very divisive. they won't work with other parties north of the border. there is absolutely no question of them being prepared to do deals on this sort of issue. whereas plaid cymru and the greens and ourselves have had sensible discussions about how we can possibly move forward. i'm sorry, i don't think you have a nswered i'm sorry, i don't think you have answered my question. plaid cymru wa nts answered my question. plaid cymru wants an independent wales. do you support that view? know, the liberal
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democrats do not support that. but plaid cymru and ourselves and the greens are in favour of stronger devolution in wales. that is absolutely clear and open. talking about pacts, the labour party says it would put a brexit deal to the people in a democratic referendum of leave and remain. why would you not include them in your pact, then?|j include them in your pact, then?” think we would do. we have said as liberal democrats, we would want to revoke article 50. we also know that there are many people that want to people's vote, and along with plaid cymru and with the greens, and with the labour party, possibly, there would be the possibility of a people's vote. but if there is a majority after this election to remain in the eu, then that is a mandate from the people. thank you very much for talking to us. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather.
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tell us the picture. unpleasant, charlie. not a great start out there for you, but heading onto the roads, pavement, public transport, there has been some very heavy rain through the night. lots of puddles and spray on the roads and they will be an ongoing risk of flooding. let mejust show you be an ongoing risk of flooding. let me just show you the big picture at the moment. low pressure with us, and this weather front is causing us greatest concern. it is going to come to a grinding halt somewhere across northern england and north wales, and the met office has issued an amberwarning to wales, and the met office has issued an amber warning to these areas, parts of south yorkshire, west yorkshire, north derbyshire and eastern parts of greater manchester. we are likely to see some flooding and travel disruption as that rain persists all the way into the early hours. the rain has moved into these areas, where it will set. clearing away from some of the south—east at the moment but we still have some rain and snow in across parts of scotland. snow on the higher ground and some heavier showers putting across southern counties. so a lot going on this morning. some sunshine around southern areas away from the showers in the same across scotland and northern ireland, where that area of rain is going to persist across the north midlands, north wales and northern england throughout the day. the dividing
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line between easterly winds, cold easterly winds in the north and slightly less cold westerly winds in the south, temperature is make it to around ten or 11 degrees, but for many it is another day of single figure temperatures, and feeling particularly cold under that rain band, which if ijust show you for the school pick—up, evening rush hour, is still there. it will be thoroughly unpleasant on the likes of the m62, m6 and parts of the a1 and m1, the rain continuing into the first part of the night, only slowly starting to ease as well. away from that, though, we will still see some showers through the evening into the night across the far south—east corner and one or two wintry showers in the north—east of scotland. many other parts becoming clear through the night and colder than last night, a greater chance of returning toa night, a greater chance of returning to a frost as we going to friday morning. as for friday, we have some cloud and rain still across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and east midlands to begin with. that rain turns lighter, showers putting towards east anglia and the south—east later. most other areas it isa south—east later. most other areas it is a drier, brighter day, a lot more sunshine around but still fairly chilly, with temperatures in
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angle figures for the vast majority. and then, as though showers in the east fade, rain start to push into northern ireland through the night, stopping temperatures falling to much. the blues developing on the chart to take us through the start of the weekend. get ready for a cold start to saturday. widespread frost but quite a pretty start, the mist and fog leaving a deposit of moisture on the trees, may be giving you some ice, so those trees covered in frost to begin with, especially in central and eastern areas. they will gradually melt away, mist and fog will clear, and while eastern areas will be dry and bright, saturday will be a day of rain, initially northern ireland, spreading east through the day. and it is going to be cold enough for some of that rain to fall as snow on the hills of northern england and scotland, and it will be a chilly day. a few spots barely getting above four or five degrees. it looks like it will slowly brighten up again on sunday. staying cold, though. back to you both. that is the most miserable forecasting given
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in months. it's not the best but it is november after all. it's winter soon. is november after all. it's winter soon. thank you. i we officially winter? it feels like it. you wouldn't want to be sitting outside having a cup of coffee, having a nice chat. one of the things we are conscious of is trying to reflect what people, real people are thinking about what's going on stop what you want to know? this morning, brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin has taken our special coffee cart to leeds to see what's important to people there. jayne, i would jayne, iwould be jayne, i would be amazed if anyone comes out to meet you with the weather as it is. good on you for staying out there. funnily enough, not a single person has stopped to have a chat and a cup of coffee. i don't know why, i can't imagine.
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come and have a look around. it's a thing of beauty. bbc bracket first, #bbcbrea kfastyourquestions is the hashtag, we're taking this coffee ca rt hashtag, we're taking this coffee cart around all four corners of the country. remember when it was dead easy to order a cup of coffee. go, white, one sugar, make sure it's hot. now it is, can i have a triple mucky otto with seven shots and soya milk. and the idea of the copy card, it's to go and meet people and see what matters to them in my goodness, people need to cut through some of this confusion. this is how breakfast isjoining this is how breakfast is joining the campaign trail. ta-da. what do you
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think? very nice. i don't know ifi wa nt think? very nice. i don't know ifi want to buy anything. we're not selling between do to hear what will make you buy into one of the political parties. for polly, it's anything but to the b word.” political parties. for polly, it's anything but to the b word. i am really, really cross and upset genuinely upset at this brexit blackhole where all this money is going. forjohn, a military man who saw the rise in all of the berlin wall, the b word matters. is somebody who saw europe splitting that key moment, what do you think of where we are at now? well, if our government is the most intelligent men in the country, it's time to put some idiots there. you want brexit done but you are not sure which party will get that done. no, and i don't think anybody should. order, order, what more can you say? here
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in leeds, the referendum result was virtually bit de—50 and the brexit debate has smashed traditional party allegiances on both sides. are we excited about the election malcolm? every election i voted conservative but not this year. look at the guy laid out, they smuggled it out, they are acting stupid and we've got to believe in people like that? not a chance on earth. so you are not going to vote? i refuse to vote. do you want to chat politics? if you like, yeah. john, out of work with health issues, once a party for the many, not the few but because of brexit, but isn't labour.” many, not the few but because of brexit, but isn't labour. ithought i'd vote for them till the day i die but... who are you going to vote for now? i honestly don't know the moment. i think the queen should step in and sort it out. you want the queen to sorted out. she'll sorted out. what is your name? steve
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carell. austerity, everill tells me, has it his area of with youth clubs and community centres closed. you come into my shop, there is nothing in this country, everything on the scrapheap. he too says he won't vote. stop it's just scrapheap. he too says he won't vote. stop it'sjust depressing. give us a smile, everill, don't leave us angry. yeah, man. but not eve ryo ne s ha res leave us angry. yeah, man. but not everyone shares the apathy. tea or coffee ? everyone shares the apathy. tea or coffee? tea, please. we could do better, couldn't we? no milk, just t. no milk? this is lizzie's first ever election. is it exciting? it is. i think i personally identify most with the green party in terms of their views but also no voting for them is throwing away my boat in the current system we have. you think this is one of the most politicised young generations ever?
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definitely. energised, engaged, and raged. whatever you are, we have the copy you need to see this thing through. —— coffee. nothing makes sense anymore. tea with no milk? oh, my goodness. it's the same politically. the former chair of the tory party association here in yorkshire is now recommending people ina key yorkshire is now recommending people in a key marginal vote labour to stop brexit. nothing makes sense. these are crazy days. that's why we're taking the copy cart on the road and want to give you some information because even if you can't and join us for a free cup of tea, because not biased, there is tea, because not biased, there is tea, not copy and we to get in touch with us stop this is how you can do it. #bbcbrea kfastyourquestions on social media and get in touch with us social media and get in touch with us also by email:
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that's right, isn't it, producer? we're going to be in your part of country very soon. let's go to ben who is gorgeously dry and warm. we are in the warm and dry. welcome to the corn exchange here. 150 years ago, this place was a hive of activity for all sorts of businesses. of course, trading was one of the big things, full of smaller independent shops and many of the businesses here want some a nswe rs of the businesses here want some answers from the general election for the politicians to our boat right now. some of them are here
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with me. ben, chris and amy. amy, let me start with you. so many things you are all united on about wanting some answers to brexit and some clarity on what is going to happen but you will work in very different industries. give me a sense of what you want to hear.” working space in leeds called platform with 85 to businesses which all start—ups. even investment money which helps businesses start is drying up and we need to start to have a plan for what happens after brexit to fill that gap. when you expect that money would come from? do you get a lot of money from the eu? it's been around, that's now going. personally i would expect that to be backfilled by the government but we haven't seen a plan yet. chris, you work in the text on your worries are quite different because the brain drain, talent from this region feeling it has to go to london and therefore
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the north—western north—east really does lose out. one of the most important examinee and companies in the tech sector, what the government is going to do about the infrastructure to keep people in the north and giving people the skills they need to thrive in industries that are working now. what is the a nswer to that are working now. what is the answer to that brain drain? there we re answer to that brain drain? there were a lot of commitments to save the northern powerhouse, moving more money to this region to let that happen. do you expect you will get that? hopefully investment in infrastructure. unless you live near a mainland rail station, it's hard to get into the likes of leeds and manchester where we need to attract companies to come to so i'd like to see investment and i hope we will see investment and i hope we will see it. i'm not sure whether we will not. ben, you work in manufacturing, with operations here. what are you concerned about? what is on the top
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of your to—do list. concerned about? what is on the top of your to-do list. sorry to mention the b word so early but it's exit, that's the big issue for we have one manufacturing facility based south of stuttgart and since the brexit boat came in, we've seen it tremendous softening of sterling, devalued by about 25% and it's come asa devalued by about 25% and it's come as a massive impact on our bottom—line. this restricts our ability to plan and invest the future, repute —— recruit people, marketing and indirect employees are so some marketing and indirect employees are so some certainty around exit and rates and talking about seconding —— secondary things like food labelling, especially in the event of no deal brexit. you look around city centres, there is a sense that a lot of domestic issues aren't really being dealt with because all of the politicians are caught up with brexit. you are all nodding but wealth, inequality, one of the things we talked about earlier. we had a head office in leeds now and
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in those five years, we witnessed an exponential rise in homelessness. in my opinion, that's fuelled by modern drugs like monkey dust and it doesn't seem to be any infrastructure or programmes or investment to help these people recover and rehabilitate. there are a lot of kind people in leeds to get people sandwiches, buy them lunch on a regular basis, but what these people need is systemic support and investment to let them out of a horrible addiction. for now, we will leave it there but really good to talk to you all. you really get a sense that business, like all of us, to get some answers to many of the big problems that have been facing them and their customers and businesses for quite awhile and consumer confidence is also really big because frankly you need people to be confident about the economy, to be confident about the economy, to go out and buy things so we're going to talk more about that, the glorious setting here in leeds at
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the corn exchange but more from me after seven o'clock. i have fond memories of the corn exchange, i was a student in leeds. a cup of tea, a cup of coffee. if you want to talk to us, the copy cart will be going around the uk, very interested in your thoughts as the election progresses. we will see you at seven o'clock. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. an investigation is under way after a section of plaster ceiling fell into the audience at a west end theatre performance last night. five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries following the incident at the piccadilly theatre performance of ‘death of a salesman'. it comes just six years after the ceiling of another
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west end theatre— the apollo— collapsed. bbc london's reporter james waterhouse was in the audience last night. we apologise and we are glad that no—one is hurt and i ask you all to come back and see our production. we are so honoured that you came tonight. two london hospitals have found a way to make ventilators more precise to tailor them for individual patients in intensive care. the trial — at imperial college london and the royal brompton — involves a monitor next to a patient‘s bed that will collect data showing their breathing patterns and lung capacity. if successful, researchers say it could prove to be the future of critical care medicine. detectives are trying to trace the driver of a car after a police officer was injured trying to stop a vehicle in north west london. she suffered leg and neck injuries in the incident in wembley yesterday afternoon after the car reversed along the pavement and hit the police vehicle. if you order a takeaway in parts of london you might get a sauce sachet with your meal that's made from seaweed instead of plastic.
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it‘s part of a trial— involving 65 restaurants designed to be kinder to the environment. customers are being told they can throw them into the home compost. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all looking good no reported problems there as you can see. the a107 lower clapton road, an accident. closed northbound at downs road. and this is how the south side of the blackwall tunnel looks right now — coming in slow from the woolwich road flyover. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's rather wet underfoot to start the day. that's because there was quite a lot of heavy rain around last night but that rain is now clearing its way northwards, still a soggy start for some but that many of us will see completely dry day, plenty of sunshine emerging, just feeling rather chilly as it did yesterday but not too cold a start,
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7 or 8 degrees celsius. plenty of cloud where we don't have the rain, that rain spirals its way north—eastward and we should all see some sunshine through the second half of the day, perhaps wanted or two showers in the south but for most of us, completely dry and top temperatures between 8 and 10 celsius. still on the rather cool side and we are in for a rather cold night tonight, lots of their skies around, light winds, temperatures will drop right back down to low single figures so we start the day tomorrow with a touch of cost, lows between 1 and 3 degrees celsius. still feeling rather cold tomorrow. there will be sunny spells but the wanted to showers at times. a cold, frosty, foggy start to the weekend. there will be some rain later on the day on saturday. that‘s all for now— there's more from me in around half an hour and of course you can check out our website too so bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.
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our headlines today: it is all about the money in the election campaign today. labour will promise billions for schools and homes, while the chancellor will give a speech on the tories' economic policy. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, says he is standing down from his role and quitting frontline politics after 30 years. this really is a personal decision. there's never a right time to in politics, but you can leave it longer than you should. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. good morning from leeds, where i am meeting local business to find out what it wants from the next election. i am speaking with them a little later, and it is not all about brexit. a chaotic finish for manchester city in the champions league, as injury and then a red card means defender kyle walker goes in goal in their 1—1 draw with atalanta.
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favourite day of the week? monday. friday. it's not friday? friends reunited. i find out how muchjennifer aniston and reese witherspoon really have in common, as they play rivals in a new drama about a morning news show. and it is a pretty grim morning commute with lots of surface water and spray, and there is a met office amber warning out across parts of northern england, where flooding could be likely. i have the details of all of that right here on brea kfast. it is thursday 7 november. our top story: the economy will be at the top of the election campaign agenda today, with the conservatives and labour at odds over public spending. but seniorfigures in labour say they are shocked and saddened that the party's deputy leader, tom watson, is stepping down. mr watson has been at odds with jeremy corbyn, but insisted his resignation was a personal decision. here is our political correspondentjessica parker. it was a surprise announcement,
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and a decision that he says is personal, not political. i'm not walking out on the party. i'm going to be campaigning for our candidates up and down the country until polling day. i will remain as deputy leader until then. i want to see a labour government, i want the labour team to triumph, but it's time for me to go to pasture. but it is a blow to those labour mps who saw themselves as shoring up the centrist wing of the party. jeremy corbyn will be back on the campaign trail today, with a message that this election is a once—in—a—generation chance to transform the country. borisjohnson goes to scotland after this launch in the west midlands last night. this country is aching to move on, so let's make next year the year of prosperity and growth. let's get brexit done, my friends, and get on with our project of sensible, moderate — sensible, moderate, but tax—cutting one—nation conservatism. but the snp say that an election
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victory by them in scotland would make blocking a further independence referendum unsustainable. meanwhile, the liberal democrats, greens and plaid cymru are set to unveil plans of a pro—remain pact across around 60 seats in england and wales. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. today will all be about the economy. a lot of general elections are won and lost on the economy. it is front and lost on the economy. it is front and centre today. give us the big picture. good morning to you. it really is the big focus today, with john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, returning to the city of this birth, liverpool, talking about what he wants to see. an irreversible shift, as he will put it, empower and investment from the south—east of england towards the north of england. and to promise oodles, shed loads, skip loads, of money by any modern comparison as far as spending is concerned. that
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money coming from borrowing. now, the conservatives make the argument that that is fantasy economics. but they have been making plenty of spending promises themselves. gone are the days where parties, especially the conservatives, could make a political virtue out of austerity. instead the spending taps are absolutely being turned on. meanwhile, though, you are neverfar in this election campaign from the b—word, brexit. we are hearing of 60 seats where plaid cymru, the welsh nationalists, and the green party and the lib dems, i going to throw their hands in together. we will get details about exactly which seats in a couple of hours' time. they are looking at a by—election in wales as a model and they are hoping it can work again at the general election. worth saying, as well, we're trying to get a sense this morning what these big pages from all parties will mean for you. we will speak to the conservatives and labour a
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little later this hour. a man has been arrested after 15 people were found in the back of a lorry in wiltshire. police made the discovery close to the m4 near chippenham last night after a tip—off. one person was taken to hospital for checks. the others are in police custody. andrew plant reports. late last night in wiltshire, this scene just a few hundred yards off the m4 between bristol and swindon. you can see police searching a lorry they have pulled over on the verge here. this busy junction closed to traffic for several hours. eyewitnesses said they saw police and ambulances scrambling the scene. police said they were following a tip—off, unsure what they might find inside. police said they were responding to a call from a member of the public. when they stopped the lorry, they say they found 15 people in the back. all of whom were over the age of 16 and they say a man in his 50s is being questioned on suspicion of
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assisting illegal entry into the uk. the discovery comes just two weeks after 39 people were found dead in a lorry container in essex. it is not clear where this lorry had come from or its intended destination. by midnight, the initial search was over and the road reopened, the lorry driven away by officers, followed by a police convoy. police say everyone inside was given medical checks at the scene, with one person taken to hospital. the rest, they say, have been taken into custody. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand has been shown cctv footage of her last known moments. the 22—year—old from essex is seen in a bar with the man, who she met on a dating app. let's get more from our correspondent phil mercer, who is outside the court in auckland for us now. this is going to shock so many people. it is, because they are at times very intimate images of grace millane with the man she had met on
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a dating app at several bars and restau ra nts a dating app at several bars and restaurants in auckland. now, the city has a network of surveillance cameras, and today the jury was shown a very detailed compilation of cctv footage of grace millane with this man. they appear to drink heavily. they appear to enjoy each other's company. at times they are seen other's company. at times they are seen to kiss and embrace each other. at the end of this population shown in court, the couple leaves the bar opposite the building, where the defendant lives. and some of the last images we see are of the couple walking into the lobby. and the last time that grace millane is seen alive is security footage of her leaving the left with the defendant. now, what happened in that apartment lies at the heart of this trial in auckland. there is no dispute that grace millane died in the men's
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apartment. the prosecution says that she was strangled deliberately. the defence, though, has a very different take on that night almost a year ago. it believes that grace millane's death was accidental, and that she died after a consensual sex game went wrong. so an awful lot of thinking and an awful lot of delving into the evidence for the jury to consider over the next month or so. thanks very much. a theatre in london's west end had to be evacuated last night after a section of the ceiling fell on the audience. more than 1,000 people were moved out of the piccadilly theatre during a performance of the play death of a salesman. four people were taken to hospital after suffering minor injuries. i think it's the normal thing — you're sitting in a theatre, you're watching the show, and very stoical, and you just sit there and let things happen. and you suddenly realise something's happening that shouldn't be, and clearly things weren't right.
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a few people started to panic, but really, and i wouldn't say there was a massive panic, but there was a very, very quick evacuation. a new streaming service is launching today, backed by the bbc and itv. britbox will feature comedies, dramas and documentaries, as well as new programmes. the broadcasters have joined forces to rival the likes of netflix and amazon prime. apple's streaming service made its debut last week, disney will launch a service in the uk next march. police in california have come to the rescue of a black bear that got stuck in a bin. the animal became trapped while it was foraging for food. the bear, named t—shirt by locals because of the white "t" on its chest, was too large to climb out of the small openings in the lid, so officers tried various ways to free it. eventually they showed the bear how to flip the lid and escape.
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it is around bear, may be getting ready for hibernation. it is a local character. they have a relationship with the locals, where you just stay out of their way, because they are going to do what they are going to do. that isjust common sense. labour will today unveil details of its plans for spending on schools, hospitals and housing. but the party has been shaken by the departure of its deputy leader tom watson, who says he won't be standing for re—election as an mp. let's talk to labour's rebecca long—bailey, who joins us now. tom watson, what difference does it make to the labour party that tom watson has left? well, it's going to leave a huge hole. tom has been a big part of the labour party for many years. 35 years he spent in politics. i understand he has taken this difficult decision for personal reasons at this time, for his family, and he will be concentrating
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on projects after he leaves the labour party position that he is in at the moment, but he is not leaving politics altogether. tell us more about that huge hole. i don't know what that means. tom watson is a fantastic campaigner, a fantastic trade unionist. he has been through various administrations within the labour party, and he has led numerous campaigns all the way through from trying to pressure the murdoch empire into acting in a more ethical way, all the way through to campaigning for more investment for our public services. to a degree, what i am asking is that a lot of people looking at this who know the labour party well say that he was a figurehead for the middleground in the labour party. do you agree with that? is that a fair assessment? because i am trying to work this out. you say it is a huge hole. in respects, some people might be celebrating. he is a voice from the middle ground of the labour party and now he has gone. it frees up the
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left—wing, the corbynistas of the labour party, to do what they will without the annoying voice from the middle of the not at all. tom was a figure who commanded respect from people from all wings of the party, not just those who were supposedly on the middle ground, if you like. we have always been a pluralist party, a broad church, if you like, and it is important that we stay that way, that we represent views right across the centre—left spectrum. because ultimately the labour party was created to bring together aspects of the centre—left together aspects of the centre—left to make as a credible force to defeat the conservative party, who had commanded large majorities for many, had commanded large majorities for any had commanded large majorities for many, many years before the labour party was created. and hopefully thatis party was created. and hopefully that is what we are certainly going to do for the next 30, 40 or 50 yea rs. to do for the next 30, 40 or 50 years. do you want to be deputy leader? it is not something i am considering at all at the moment. certainly we are talking about plans today and strategy, and a lot of that will feed into our green transformation work. we will come
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back to that in a second. i don't think it is an unreasonable question. the labour party wants to govern, they would like to know who will be the senior figures. jeremy corbyn is the leader, he will be the prime minister. we wouldn't mind knowing who within the labour party wa nts to knowing who within the labour party wants to be the next in line. so do you want that job? it is definitely not something i am considering at the moment. are you rolling it out? are you saying you won't put yourself up for it? well, we will make that decision is a party after 12 december. will you put yourself up 12 december. will you put yourself upfor 12 december. will you put yourself up for that role? it is not something that has entered my mind at all. you are ruling yourself out this morning? well, it is not something i have considered at all. i have no doubt we will have a range of really great candidates after 12 december, because tom will be a deputy until after the general election. and hopefully jeremy corbyn will be a prime minister, and i will be the shadow business secretary, rolling out our green industrial revolution. so i will be a very busy lady, doing the job that iam a very busy lady, doing the job that i am already commanded to do. so you can read whatever you like into
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that. let's talk about your spending plans. a lot of people assessing this are saying that it is essentially a throwback to the 60s in terms of the scale of the public spending you are proposing. can you just outline what it is to people, what it is you are trying to achieve, and how much money you are going to spend? yes, so firstly todayjohn mcdonnell will going to spend? yes, so firstly today john mcdonnell will be announcing an irreversible shift in power and investment from london to our region. we will be setting up regional institutions, local, regional institutions, local, regional government offices, bringing staff out of whitehall and funding out of whitehall so that every single region has a base to drive forward industrial strategy, spatial planning, advising a regional development banks, but that will also be encapsulated within an investment package, as you say. our national transformation fund made up of the green transformation fund which will fund a lot of the work i am doing in my department on a green industrial revolution. that is £250 billion over ten years. in the
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second element of the transformation fund is a social transformation fund, and that is a 150 billion pounds over five years to upgrade our public realm, everything from schools all the way through to hospitals. so when you break this down to how this will impact on people's lives, looking at the comments from the institute for fiscal studies, talking this morning about your propositions, and i know the detail remains, because we haven't got all the detail yet, they haven't got all the detail yet, they have said it would be physically impossible to spend that much money, the money you are talking about, for example, we don't have enough construction workers ready to pick up construction workers ready to pick up the necessary tools. hospitals schools about gradually. it is not common sense to say that this can be done quickly. so the danger, i suppose, that people are seeing here is you outline these plans, you talk about enormous sums of money. in practice, three years into a labour government, nothing has changed, because you are still talking about proposals. $50 certainly the green
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transformation fund which i will be out lining talks about decarbonise in our economy and we got to do that. the intergovernmental panel on climate change has stated we have to carry out the vast majority of decarbonisation work by 2030, otherwise we will not reverse climate change. we got fantastic businesses which are ready to go on a lot of the projects we've announced so far but we also need to make sure we fund our education service properly so we're providing those businesses properly, to develop their employees, expand where appropriate and have also got to incentivise by making the tax landscape, business, so this sits alongside the investment package. that's not the answer in itself, a number of policy initiatives will be put in place alongside it. i'm not sure you entirely answer the question that people have almost in their minds and their particular
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interest, it might be the nhs they most ca re interest, it might be the nhs they most care about. they might say it's the school the children go to, all of those places need money. they needed it this week, they needed it last week. what difference will it make that you are borrowing extraordinary amounts of money to it happening sooner? well, these are not figures but out of the wantonly. will give you one example. last week i announced a will give you one example. last week i announced a warm will give you one example. last week i announced a warm homes for all programme, it would insulated people's homes and would embrace the new renewable technologies of the future, to solar, heat pumps, making sure they are more effective, to bring bills down and ultimately decarbonise homes. discussions with the building set in the heating engineer sector and other industrial set is have suggested a capacity as they are. it would need to be expanded. we have to start off slowly to begin with what we provided that funding, upgrade the capacity and develop and encourage
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the creation of new companies but it is achievable and we had a report commissioned. by industry experts. let's talk about that plan you've got. this is about loft installation, new gas boilers. put a timeframe on it. how soon will that happen? by 2030. 2030 is a long way down the line and in the first four yea rs of down the line and in the first four years of a labour government, how many households will have got what you are talking about in the first four years? specific to that policy. with that plan, we are starting off with those who are living in socially rented accommodation and on low incomes and we will be doing that on a street by street bases. how many in the first four years? we can't put an exact number on the homes. i would like to give you an exact approach. tell me about the
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phases. we ultimately wanted, by 2020. we've got 3.5 million people living in fuel poverty. we want to work eradicated by the mid—20 20s to make sure we improve the quality of people's lives. if you want a figure, a guaranteed number of people who will benefit from this straightaway, certainly within the first few years, we are saying 3.5 million people will be lifted out of dual poverty. let's talk about some basic intervals. is it your belief there is any exit dealer can be better than staying in the eu. that's a very good question and ultimately there will be many people in our party. you are here, you are talking about the economy and you have a grasp on things. when we went
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into the referendum i thought staying in the european union was better than any deal we could negotiate but we are where we are. we had a referendum, we needed to leave the european union. now it's incumbent on us as politicians, whichever party we are in, to get the best possible deal. wide with respect, you sitting here this morning, what is your position? respect, you sitting here this morning, what is your position7m there a deal that could be better than staying in the eu?” there a deal that could be better than staying in the eu? i didn't believe there was a deal that would believe there was a deal that would be better. i don't think there is a deal that could be better but that's not where we are. we had a referendum that stated we were leaving the european union so we have to get the best deal we can. do you see the importance of that question... to decide upon the deal ina public question... to decide upon the deal in a public vote. the significance of the question and answer is that your policies you want give people a choice but you are sitting here saying, you will do a deal with the eu. you are saying in the certain knowledge that whatever that deal
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is, it can't be as good as staying in. you've said that very clearly. we had a referendum that dictated we must leave and it's not up to me to make that final decision for anyone in great britain and that's why we wa nt to in great britain and that's why we want to offer a credible leave deal thatis want to offer a credible leave deal that is far better than the one borisjohnson has offered that would strip away workers' rights and would leave us in a detrimental economic position and we want to put that against remain in that final pupils but ultimately it's for the people to decide. we had three years of drama and messing about in westminster quite frankly and i think this is the way to go, providing a credible deal in getting it sorted within six months.” providing a credible deal in getting it sorted within six months. i would ask you about the development this morning involving former labour mp ian austin who said on bbc radio 4 today that people should vote for borisjohnson in this election. today that people should vote for boris johnson in this election. ian is standing as an independent. he was an mp for many years in the labour party and did fantastic work
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and of course we disagree somewhat, shall we say, in terms of policy and direction of the party but i certainly wouldn't agree with what he said this morning. what he said is, i'm not sure if you heard, about tom watson, he said if you thought jeremy corbyn was fit to lead the government, would he really have stood down? tom watson stated very clearly in the letter he sent to jeremy and it's publicly available on social media that he was standing down for personal reasons. i don't think it's any secret that there are policy differences that tom and jeremy may have had but certainly the reasons that tom has taken to stand down a been personal. he's going to continue to campaign for the labour party, stated that his letter, wants to make sure all the candidates in his area are elected andi candidates in his area are elected and i have no doubt he's going to be and i have no doubt he's going to be a big part of the labour party's job. he got a price point at which you think people are rich in the uk?
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no. certainly what central to what we are trying to do, today's programme is about trying to address that regional inequality...m programme is about trying to address that regional inequality... if i may, much has been made about some of the quotes about billionaires. there seems to be a grading of where people sit. is it £70,000? for me this is about addressing inequality. we address wealth inequalities so that we deal with issues such as food banks, homelessness, we make sure everyone has a decent quality of life, whatever background they come from and it's about addressing regional inequality. we are the most regionally unequal country in the industrialised world according to the commission on economicjustice recently and that's why today's plan set out why we make sure our regions and nations receive the investment in power they deserve through our investment programme. you for your
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time. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. a little bit later, but it's not great out there. good morning to you. lots of rain and surface water, large puddles on the roads and pavements and even if the rain has cleared where you are, there is still heavy rain for others. let me show you the big picture. the greatest concern is this whether front which will become stranded across the central swathe of the uk and the met office of issued an amber weather warning. shown here on the map. over 100 millimetres could fall between now and the early hours of tomorrow morning. flooding is certainly likely. the rain has moved into these areas. sunshine and a few thundery showers. rain until snow across scotland. that will cause a problem on the high roots in scotla nd problem on the high roots in scotland but in improving day, more showery and sunshine develop. sunny spells across southern counties of
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england and wales would want to showers towards the south. temperatures could hit 10 degrees with the breeze from the west but further north, and easterly chilly wind. as we finish the day, let's focus on where the wettest weather will be. across parts of north wales and into northern england. a grim evening rush hour, the same areas we the heavy rain set in. again, an ongoing risk of wanting to take us into the night. the rain turns lighter and touchier, a bit further southwards. still some heavy showers closed english channel coasts, further north, wanted to isolated wintry showers but with clear skies around, i called the night and last night, the greater chance of into tomorrow morning. still some rain across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into eastern parts of the midlands. pushing towards east anglia but most of you will have a dry day on friday, much
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better than today, the further west, the best of the sunshine but temperatures in single figures as we finish the day, clear skies, giving way to reign in northern ireland later but the blue colours on the chart indicating widespread frost to ta ke chart indicating widespread frost to take us into the weekend and with mist and fog around, you could see some trees like this where you see the fog first thing in the morning, ground fog whether water vapour just insta nt ground fog whether water vapour just instant he freezes onto the branches. that should be there across central and eastern england, across central and eastern england, a bright start for others, some will stay dry but rain in northern ireland will spread east through the day and across the hills of wales, northern england and scotland, some snow. chile on saturday as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. an investigation is underway after a section of plaster ceiling fell into the audience at a west end theatre performance last night. five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries
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following the incident at the piccadilly theatre performance of ‘death of a salesman'. it comes just six years after the ceiling of another west end theatre the apollo collapsed. bbc london's james waterhouse was in the audience. there were shouts of, you know, "get out now!" the fire alarm then sounded and in the space of 30 seconds, everyone was sort of outside. there were people sort of walking over each other trying to get their belongings but the panic was very much there, it was a bit scary. two london hospitals have found a way to make ventilators more precise to tailor them for individual patients in intensive care. the trial at imperial college london and the royal brompton involves a monitor next to a patient's bed that will collect data showing their breathing patterns and lung capacity. if successful, researchers say it could prove to be the future of critical care medicine. detectives are trying to trace the driver of a car after a police officer was injured trying to stop a vehicle
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in north west london. she suffered leg and neck injuries in the incident in wembley yesterday afternoon— after the car reversed along the pavement and hit the police vehicle. if you order a takeaway in parts of london you might get a sauce sachet with your meal that's made from seaweed instead of plastic. it's part of a trial involving 65 restaurants designed to be kinder to the environment. customers are being told they can throw them into the home compost. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all looking good no reported problems there as you can see. there's been an accident on the a107 lower clapton road just south of the lea bridge rd roundabout. it's partly blocked northbound at downs road and the m25 is slow clockwise towardsjunction 6 at godstone as a vehicle's broken down, delays are back tojunction 5 for the m26. now the weather with
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elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's rather wet underfoot to start the day. that's because there was quite a lot of heavy rain around last night but that rain is now clearing its way northwards, still a soggy start for some but that many of us will see dry day, plenty of sunshine emerging, just feeling rather chilly as it did yesterday but not too cold a start, 7 or 8 degrees celsius. plenty of cloud where we don't have the rain, that rain spirals its way north—eastward and we should all see some sunshine through the second half of the day, perhaps wanted or two showers in the south but for most of us, completely dry and top temperatures between 8 and 10 degrees celsius. so still on the rather cool side and we are in for a rather cold night tonight, lots of clear skies around, light winds, temperatures will drop right back down to low single figures so we start the day off tomorrow with a touch of frost, lows between 1 and 3 degrees celsius. still feeling rather cold tomorrow. there'll be some sunny spells but also the chance of one or two
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showers at times. a cold, frosty, foggy start to the weekend. there will be some rain later on the day on saturday. that's all for now— there's more from me in around half an hour. now back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. in the last half hour of former labour minister has announced he is standing down and urged people to vote for boris johnson standing down and urged people to vote for borisjohnson in the general election. it comes after tom watson announced he is standing down as well. a labour representative told us mr austin had worked hard for the party for many years but he disagrees with what he said. he is standing as an independent, i understand. he was an mp for many yea rs understand. he was an mp for many years in the labour party and did fantastic work. of course we disagree somewhat, shall we say, in terms of policy and direction of the party. but i certainly wouldn't agree with what ian said this
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morning. joining us now from westminster is rishi sunak from the conservatives. good morning to you, thank you for joining us from westminster. you know, we were there talking to rebecca long — bailey, talking about these comments from ian austin. it is not just these comments from ian austin. it is notjust the labour party struggling. the conservative alun cairns, the first conservative minister to quit during an election campaign, you have a tricky start as well. there is a very clear choice on offer. on one side you have responsible economic and a judgement that the chancellor will outline later today, and from the labour party we have fantasy economics. you mentioned ian austin. this is someone mentioned ian austin. this is someone who has served the labour party for years and years. i mean, he worked for gordon brown and the treasury. and he is today saying that labour's economic policies would put businesses and jobs at risk. they would be bad for this country. and that is ultimately what will happen. the economy will be wrecked. we won't have the money to
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invest in strong public services. where is in contrast, with us you will have sound economic management. we have borrowing down to its lowest level in 20 years. that is what provides us the ability to invest in people's priorities like the nhs, schools and better policing. can we talk about alun cairns's resignation, please? that was the start of my question. i think it is absolutely right that alun has resigned from his cabinet position so resigned from his cabinet position so he can co—operate fully with the cabinet office investigation into this matter, and that is being clear. and it is obviously a very sensitive matter. a sensitive matter and a blow. you have lost a cabinet minister at the start of your election campaign. as i say, i think alun has done the right thing and resigning. we must let that investigation proceed and not prejudge it. it is about more than individual people. it is about an agenda and there is a sharp choice between responsible economic measurement on one side, and on the other, we are hearing about notjust
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tens of billions but hundreds of billions of pounds of borrowing and more spending, that ultimately will wreck the economy and mean that ordinary people watching this programme will end up paying the price and higher taxes, fewerjobs and less money to invest in their public services. we will come to the economy and economic policies and just a moment, but i want to have a clear pa rt just a moment, but i want to have a clear part of this interview. picking up on alun cairns, he would have led your campaign in wales, yes? he had 40 seats in wales. you are defending seven stop who is going to take on the role that alun cairns has vacated? i am not in charge of campaign strategy, but what i can say is i think our pitch to the people in wales goes beyond an individual person. it is the same offer that we make to the rest of the country. you still have to have someone the country. you still have to have someone to lead it. i assume wales is important to you, so you must have some insight, i suppose, as to who is going to lead the campaign in wales ? who is going to lead the campaign in wales? is it organised enough? we are in day two. it is notjust about the individual people. it is more about the message we're bringing not just wales but every part of the
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union. the chancellor will be making a speech in the north today. the prime minister made a speech yesterday in the midlands, and it is right that every part of the uk benefits from the opportunities we wa nt to benefits from the opportunities we want to provide. the prime minister spoke yesterday about levelling up across the uk. it is a key part of our agenda. investing in infrastructure to make sure that opportunity is spread, and making sure that our union is strong. so whether that is wales, scotland, northern ireland or parts of england, it is less about the individual people than it is about the agenda and the message that we have, about the people's priorities, and getting brexit done so we can focus on all of that. you had someone focus on all of that. you had someone who is leading the campaign in wales. it was obviously important enough to have a position. why haven't you decided who else is going to take that rollup? and of we will, and there will be many people out on the campaign trail in all parts of the country. but i think most people are more interested in the message, what is it that this government will do for them if they are re—elected. and whether you are in wales, whether you are in the north of england, whether you are in scotland, the messages the same. we will get brexit done in a matter of
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weeks, focus on the things that people want us to focus on, that make a difference to their day—to—day lives, lack nhs, schools policing, and the individual person is less important than that message and our ability to deliver it with a majority conservative government.” will tell you what people will find important when it comes to individuals, is comments, and people's attitudes to tragedies. and iam people's attitudes to tragedies. and i am referring to granville now. you have had two apologies now made for comments about grenfell. you have had this resignation as well. the campaign needs to focus on people need to fall into line. it doesn't seem as need to fall into line. it doesn't seem as if they are. when it comes to grenfell, it is absolutely right that the people who made those comments have unreservedly and profoundly apologised for those. recently in parliament, before we we re recently in parliament, before we were dissolved, we had the debate, were dissolved, we had the debate, we heard harrowing accounts of what happened on that night. it was an awful, awful tragedy. and i think the important thing now is to focus on letting the independent enquiry do its work. the government has said
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it will respond fully to all the recommendations made. we need to learn the lessons, the truth needs to come out, and ultimately we need to come out, and ultimately we need to make sure that something like this never, ever happens again. i think we are united in wanting to see that happen. you have been very clear that you believe labour's economic policies will be damaging to the uk. under your spending plans, the deficit will rise from current levels of around £40 billion to around £50 billion. your chief secretary to the treasury. can you explain why this is not going to be a problem under a conservative government? well, the chancellor will be making a speech in just a matter of hours setting out our approach to responsible economic management. people rightly should expect that from us. i would say on the borrowing and the deficit, you canjudge us the borrowing and the deficit, you can judge us on the borrowing and the deficit, you canjudge us on a record of the borrowing and the deficit, you can judge us on a record of the last year that we had full numbers four, borrowing was down to its lowest level in almost 20 years. so that is what responsible economic management from the conservative party gets you. that is in sharp contrast to what we are hearing on the other
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side, which is hundreds of billions of pounds, it is independent people who have said it is on a wholly unprecedented scale. ian austen himself, a former adviser to gordon brown and the treasury, has said these economic plans from the labour party put jobs these economic plans from the labour party putjobs at risk. it is a sharp contrast and as the chancellor will set out, responsible economic management is at the heart of what doing, and they will be a framework to ensure that continues. can you tell me why the deficit going up to £50 billion isn't a problem, or do i have to wait for sajid javid to speak this morning? obviously he will be outlining our approach to fiscal rules, economic management in general, but what i would say is you are absolutely right. it is important that borrowing is under control. and that is what we have done... i am not right about that, i have not said that. i wanted you as chief secretary to the treasury to tell me why the deficit rising by £10 billion is not a problem, is not
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something that voters need to worry about. you are speculating on what might happen to the deficit. that is just speculation. what i can point you to other facts of what has actually happened. it is not speculation. sorry, let mejust say this. this is not... it is down to the lowest level in 17 years. those other facts of our the lowest level in 17 years. those otherfacts of our time the lowest level in 17 years. those other facts of our time office. now, the chancellor will set out our approach to the future, and i think what i can say is it is it is rated as distinction between day—to—day spending, where it is absolutely right that we should be incredibly prudent and responsible and make sure that what we spend on a day—to—day basis is matched by what is coming in, and when it comes to investing in things like infrastructure for the long—term, they can raise our productivity, raise our growth rate, raise people's standards of living, given the ability to borrow at very low rates, that is something that we should look at, and the chancellor has been very clear about that and we will set out more about that later today. the institute for fiscal studies has said, at some point, uk borrowing is up by a fifth over the past six months. at some
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point it becomes unsustainable. you have got to stop going up at some point, especially when you no big spending pressures are coming down the road. i assume he is talking about brexit. so i would like to say, ijust about brexit. so i would like to say, i just want you, about brexit. so i would like to say, ijust want you, as about brexit. so i would like to say, i just want you, as the about brexit. so i would like to say, ijust want you, as the chief secretary to the treasury, this is an opportunity for you to speak to voters. they are hearing these numbers and they are hearing that borrowing is going to go up, regardless of which party is in power. tell the voters why it is not a problem if public... if borrowing rises by £10 billion. well, that figure you have just used, if you actually read the obr's commentary on it, which are the independent forecasters, what they have said was that was a simple extrapolation of what happened in the first six months of this year, and it would be potentially misleading to assume that that carries on for the remainder of the year. so i think thatis remainder of the year. so i think that is the first thing people should know, that there are lots of timing differences with how these numbers are calculated, and that is only a snapshot part of the year. which as i said, they themselves say can givea which as i said, they themselves say can give a misleading picture of what will happen over the full year. what we do know, because these are
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fa cts , what we do know, because these are facts, is that borrowing last year, the last year we have numbers for, that are factually done and completed, was at the lowest level in17 completed, was at the lowest level in 17 years. it is the track record. interest rates now, as a result of our sensible economic management, are ata our sensible economic management, are at a very low level, allowing us that flexibility to invest in infrastructure, and also allowing us the ability to invest in people's priorities. like nhs, schools, police, and that is what we're doing. that is in contrast to the reckless and extreme borrowing that we are hearing, and on —— on an order of magnitude of hundreds of billions of pounds, from the labour party, which their own former mp and economic adviser to gordon brown has said would putjobs at risk. economic adviser to gordon brown has said would put jobs at risk. we will leave it there, thank you very much. the good thing about sport, it takes us the good thing about sport, it takes us away from all that politics.” was just about to say that kyle walker had to borrow a pair of goalkeeper gloves last night. what i was going to say was a good thing
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about a football team, for example, is that everybody knows what they have to do on the pitch. but not necessarily. know, when circumstances change quite dramatically... you have to be flexible in life. and in fairness to kyle walker, he was the one who put his hand up and said i will go into goal. edison came on, brother was sent off, which left them with no goalkeeper. he said on social media afterwards, don't worry, guys, i have got this —— bravo. there was one of those footballing rarities for man city, as they had to put an outfield player in goal, whilst son heung—min laid some demons to rest, as spurs won comfortably against red star belgrade. patrick geary reports. in belgrade, the light at the end of the long, long tunnel is the entrance to a cauldron. many shrink in the burning heart of red star, but tottenham embraced
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the chaotic energy. in a few seconds, they created a a game's worth of chances. they were queueing up for a turn at pinball. harry kane, heung—min son — someone, anyone. a first spurs goal for giovani lo celso. things have been tough for them of late. not least for son, who had been distraught on the pitch for his part against andre gomes at the weekend. this goal was a sort of therapy, this celebration a sort of apology. belgrade went strangely quiet, its menace faded. son strolled in a third, then christian eriksen squeezed home a fourth. spurs had made the chaotic routine and conquered the cauldron. in italy, manchester city made a predictably precise start against atalanta, plotting a perfect path to the opening goal, scored as so often these days by raheem sterling. before the break, a chance at a second, but gabrieljesus was considerably less accurate. it was a miss that would matter. not long after halftime, atalanta levelled. game on. but, with ten minutes to go,
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city's goalkeeper off. claudio bravo's red card meant kyle walker, a defender, would have to go in goal. walker didn't falter, but a draw means manchester city haven't reached the next round just yet. more wobbles for arsenal as they let another lead slip, this time in the europa league. they had taken the lead against vitoria guimaraes in portugal, but conceeded an equaliser in the 91st minute. that is their fourth consecutive draw, and they have been ahead in all of those matches. manchester united, wolves, celtic and rangers all play tonight. staying with arsenal, could their legendary manager be about to make his return to football? arsene wenger is now the favourite to become the new boss of bayern munich, according to reports in germany. he has just turned 70 and hasn't had a coaching job since leaving arsenal 18 months ago, after 22 years in charge. the fallout from saracens's record fine and points deduction continues. sale sharks' director of rugby, steve diamond, says rugby union will bankrupt itself if clubs
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continue to break the salary cap. that is what sarries have been found doing. the former england captain chris robshaw, meanwhile, says the sport's integrity is now under scrutiny. i think for us, in rugby, we tend to always think our grass is greener than others. we tend to look down on other people. we look down on football, we look down on athletics, for cheating and stuff like this. but we're exactly the same now. we're in that position. we're in a — rugby is in a tough place, which as a unionised collective, we are going to have to get out of. and the world para athletics championships start in doha today. great britain is sending 42 athletes to compete, and amongst them is kadeena cox, who won gold medals in both cycling and athletics at the paralympics in rio. gabriel why has led and done in slow motion? just a bit of impact. give
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ita motion? just a bit of impact. give it a bit of extra warmth. can we see it a bit of extra warmth. can we see it in realtime? but then it a bit of extra warmth. can we see it in real time? but then we lose the impact. sometimes it is quite nice to see them go fast.” the impact. sometimes it is quite nice to see them go fast. i will do that for you. next time. we don't wa nt to that for you. next time. we don't want to misrepresent the speed. not too fast. real time. and it will be really fast. talking of real-time issues, it's raining on many of us. matt, it's not nice and it's cold. i know, i'm sorry. not a great day. sunshine around the top and tail of the country. some of you will get away with it. but others, even after the heavy rain overnight, lots of surface water spray, big puddles around. there is one area of greatest concern. lots of rain clouds associated stop this
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whether front is where the rain persists. parts of northern england shown on the map. the met office amberwarning. up to shown on the map. the met office amber warning. up to tomorrow morning. that could cause flooding issues. the rain has already set in. struggling to move. away from that, sunshine and thundery showers. showers mainly across the southernmost counties. the north the rain band, some rain until snow. showers and scotland, northern ireland and sunshine in between. cold north—easterly wind, temperatures only 16, seven degrees. for westerly wind. blustery along the southern coasts but sunshine and showers. let's focus on that wet area because the rain is ready with you, it's going to persist all day long server the school pick—up, raining across northern parts of wales and it's going to be
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horrendous, i suspect as we head into the evening rush hour, flooding likely for some and further travel disruption to take us into the night. that rain will persist across parts of northern england, the north midlands as we go through the early hours. slowly starting to turn lighter, moving southwards. showers continuing through the night across the southernmost counties in towards kent and sussex but with clear skies away from that, it's going to be cold and to some, a frosty start. more of you started the day dry with sunshine, raining to begin with across parts of lincolnshire, the east midlands. the rain pushes towards east anglia but not as much as we saw through the night, many paces as we saw through the night, many pa ces get as we saw through the night, many paces get through friday afternoon dry, sunny but particularly chile and afairly dry, sunny but particularly chile and a fairly chilly night will come. temperatures lived in northern ireland but the blue colours on the chart take us into a frosty start the weekend. temperatures away from city centre widely below freezing and with mist and fog possible, some of you across central and eastern england may wake up on saturday
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money to this, but the trees. sunshine overhead will melted, the fog will slowly clear arson easternmost county stay dry, wet start in northern ireland, wet weather spreads eastwards and it's going to be cold enough in the hills of north wales, northern england and into scotland to see some snow as well but for most of us, which weather yet again. rime ice? it's where the water vapour instantly freezes onto the branches of trees because it's so cold. who knew. he knows everything, matt. a new word for us all. rime ice. we learn something new every day. people are intrigued about what goes on here. is there porridge and copy?
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how does it compare to the world of hollywood a listers? but how do they compare to those of hollywood a—listers? i've been speaking withjennifer aniston and reese witherspoon about their new series the morning show, and asked them some quick—fire questions about their own brea kfast—time habits. what time do you wake up? 830. six a.m. only time you hit the snooze button? three. it depends. three. i've been known to hit it eight. copy before shower or shower before copy? copy. how long untilyou pick up copy? copy. how long untilyou pick up your mobile phone. immediately. an hour. you're so good. it's a rule. it's smart. what's for breakfast? i don't eat breakfast.” drink greenjuice. salary breakfast? i don't eat breakfast.” drink green juice. salary use. favourite day of the week? monday. friday. that's because you are born on monday. i have a theory that you are happiest on the day you were born and i was born on a monday.”
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was born on thursday. i like thursday. that's not what i thought i'd be hearing. i've never heard that terry, you are happiest on the day you're born. what day were you born? i haven't got a clue. i don't know either. ben is in leeds for us this morning, look at some of the issues that business is particularly interested in in relation to the election campaign. tell us a bit more. it's glorious here. 150 years ago, the place where all business would have been done but as you expect, looking
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a little different today. now full of independent shops and all of the business owners that i hear like most down the country, though it was the politicians about very specific things because for so long of course, debate has been dominated by brexit but there are so many issues that businesses want to talk about. these guys were talking earlier, some of their concerns, let me introduce you to three more local businesses with me, ben and andy. good morning to you all. you work in health education charity, explained to me what it is you want to hear.” think ross is all about continuity, in terms of funding, a lot of grant since science information, just to feel that is safe and kind of not been jeopardised. feel that is safe and kind of not beenjeopardised. on feel that is safe and kind of not been jeopardised. on the other thing is for our community, it's about
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supplies and its diabetes awareness month is absolutely, we're all talking about this and we need certainty and continuity that things are going to be able to get and move around. a lot of politicians are saying they are trying to get reassurance but there are so many competing interests, they can't a nswer competing interests, they can't answer everybody with everything but what are the key things you want to hear from what are the key things you want to hearfrom them? what are the key things you want to hear from them? i think it's more about trust. we want to be able to trust them and at the moment, they are very trust them and at the moment, they are very self—serving and it's actually, looking at, they are all offering, there are lots of similar offers i do trust that is going to come through. trust no deal is not going to in six months or nine months' time and for us, that's a massive risk. andy, you are nodding about that trust issue and it's a big thing in this election campaign, who do we trust, what promises can we believe. a confident that when you your cross in that box, you will get what you are voting for? it's
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about engagement, there has been a disconnect, faith and politics has been eroded over the last two or three years for the self—serving mentality and i think that if the politicians are going to reconnect with people, it's that trust and honesty and there is a general lack of humility. i've seen things over the last couple of days that nobody has been covered in glory is an understatement and re— engaging with the population is what needs to happen. then, you work with manufacturing, what do you think about, what is on your to—do list because we as we touched on them, there are so many competing interests. where do you prioritise your efforts? we need certainty around brexit. we've seen a significant softening in stirling which really restricts our ability to recruit. that has a ripple effect on the wider economy and society that we work and live within. i know it's kind of a topic which is
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grinding on people but really, sorting brexit out with some consistency and certainty is top party for us. exit issue is one that is dominated as we touched on but away from the exit debate, there are so away from the exit debate, there are so many other local issues, that sort of feel like they've been swept aside because brexit is dominated so much. the north, we talk about northern powerhouse and we are yet to see anything of substance. but lack of any form of text programme for things to start to happen, people don't want to hear any more samba politics. it's really about substance and definitely across leeds and yorkshire and manchester, everybody thinks it needs to happen but we got to see substance behind it. you are reliant on funding and exports, what does that do to a business day to day? i imagine it means you can't make some pretty fundamental decisions about your
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future in the future for your staff and customers? probably more broadly, in meditech, and for our community, there are lots of supplies and things that are being sent to and from to support the self—management of diabetes at that kind of complexity of supply chain that people don't really understand, that people don't really understand, that young people and people in general have long—term conditions that are really reliant on that and leeds children's hospital are fantastic and reassuring us about that they can only reassure us to a certain extent because they only know so much. so many interesting elements and whether we get more, time will tell. we tend to talk a lot about exit and it really will dominate the election as far as many voters are concerned but as you got a sense of there, for a lot of
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businesses, it's just some answers to pretty fundamental questions. how much money will consumers have, where will the funding come from, what sort of regulations and rules will be in place and what is business doing, what is the government doing for infrastructure spending, skills, the nhs, to be going to talk about a lot of those issues over the course of the next five weeks, we are up and down the country to meet a load of businesses and what they think of all this but for now, i'm going to leave you with the glorious view of the corn exchange. from the camera just up there and you'll get a real sense of a beautiful location here in the middle of leeds and we will see you very middle of leeds and we will see you very soon. middle of leeds and we will see you very soon. news, travel, and weather where you are. see you later. pres 0755) good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. —— good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. an investigation is underway after a section of plaster ceiling fell into the audience at a west end theatre performance last night.
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five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries following the incident at the piccadilly theatre performance of ‘death of a salesman'. it comes just six years after the ceiling of another west end theatre— the apollo— collapsed. after last night's evacuation, the show's star spoke to the audience outside. we apologise and we are glad that no—one is hurt and i ask you all to come back and see our production. we are so honoured that you came tonight. two london hospitals have found a way to make ventilators more precise to tailor them for individual patients in intensive care. the trial at imperial college london and the royal brompton involves a monitor next to a patient's bed that will collect data showing their breathing patterns and lung capacity. if successful, researchers say it could prove to be the future of critical care medicine. detectives are trying to trace the driver of a car after a police officer was injured trying to stop a vehicle in north west london. she suffered leg and neck injuries in the incident in wembley yesterday
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afternoon after the car hit the police vehicle. if you order a takeaway in parts of london you might get a sauce sachet with your meal that's made from seaweed instead of plastic. it's part of a trial involving 65 restaurants designed to be kinder to the environment. customers are being told they can throw them into the home compost. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all looking good no reported problems there as you can see. and the m25 is slow clockwise towardsjunction 6 at godstone. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's rather wet underfoot to start the day. that's because there was quite a lot of heavy rain around last night
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but that rain is now clearing its way northwards, still a soggy start for some but many of us will see a completely dry day, plenty of sunshine emerging, just feeling rather chilly as it did yesterday but not too cold a start, 7 or 8 degrees celsius. plenty of cloud where we don't have the rain, that rain spirals its way north—eastward and we should all see some sunshine through the second half of the day, perhaps one or two showers in the south but for most of us, completely dry and top temperatures between 8 and 10 degrees celsius. so still on the rather cool side and we are in for a cold night tonight, lots of clear skies around, light winds, temperatures will drop right back down to low single figures so we start the day off tomorrow with a touch of frost, lows between 1 and 3 degrees celsius. still feeling rather cold tomorrow. there'll be some sunny spells but also the chance of one or two showers at times. a cold, frosty, foggy start to the weekend. there will be some rain later on the day on saturday. that's all for now. there's more from me in around half an hour. and of course you can check out our website. now it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now.
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good morning and welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. former labour minister, ian austin calls on voters to vote for borisjohnson. the country faces a big choice is only two people who can be prime minister on december the 13th, jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson and i thinkjeremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country and unfit to lead the labour party. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, grace millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. a chaotic finish for manchester city in the champions league, as injury, and then a red card means defender kyle walker goes in goal in their 1—all draw with atalanta. favourite day of the week? monday.
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friends reunited. i find out how muchjennifer aniston and reece witherspoon really have in common as they play rivals in a new drama about a morning news show. lots of heavy rain overnight and surface parade, but for some, the rain will persist and an amber warning in parts of northern england and further flooding is likely. i will have the details later on on brea kfast. it's thursday the 7th of november. our top story. a former labour minister — who left the party in february — has urged people to vote for the conservatives in the election. ian austin, who worked in the treasury alongside gordon brown sasteremy corbyn is unfit to be prime minister. his comments follow the resignation of the labour deputy leader tom watson, a move mr austin described as "enormously significa nt". the country faces a big choice and there's only two people who can be primed is from december the 13th, jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson
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arriving jeremy corbyn is unfit to lead our country or the labour party and after 34 years, ijoined the labour party is a teenager, i worked for the labour party and in my 30s labour party is a teenager, i worked for the labour party and in my 3051 was for the labour party and in my 305 i was a government adviser in my 405 i was a government adviser in my 405 i was an mp and minister so it's come to something when i tell decent traditional, paid traffic labour voters they should be voting for bori5 voters they should be voting for borisjohnson at voters they should be voting for boris johnson at this voters they should be voting for borisjohnson at this election. i can't believe it's come to this but thatis can't believe it's come to this but that is where we are. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. give us some background into this, a man who was a labour party member for 30 years and now independent but worth reiterating his words. i think jeremy corbyn i5 unfit to be prime minister. make no mistake, that was an astonishing interview from ian au5tin. this is a man who has spent his entire adult life in the labour party and was a counsellor in his hometown i5 party and was a counsellor in his hometown is in the west midlands in
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dudley in his 205 and went on to be a labour party official and he worked for gordon brown as a press adviser and then became a labour mp for dudley and works again alongside gordon brown as chancellor and prime minister and now he is saying this. he is saying, vote conservative. we should be clear, he has had a long—standing run—in with jeremy corbyn, if you like, lots ofjewish heritage in his family and relatives who were lost to the nazis and he thinks that that handling of anti—semiti5m has been pitifully poor and he resigned as a labour mp and as sat as labour —— independent mp since november so we know he does not particularly likejeremy corbyn but still, on the second day of a general election campaign for a labourmpfor general election campaign for a labour mp for much of his time in westminster to say vote conservative i5 westminster to say vote conservative is incredible, so how does the labour party respond to this?
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rebecca long bailey was on the sofa with you, the shadow business secretary at the time ian au5tin with you, the shadow business secretary at the time ian austin was on the radio. take a look at this. he was an mp for many many years in the labour party and did fantastic work and we disagree, somewhat, shall we say in terms of policy and direction of the party but i wouldn't agree with what he said this morning. so what does this tell us this morning. so what does this tell us about this general election? the two parties today very much wanting to talk about the economy but que5tion5 to talk about the economy but questions about character seem to be thei55ue5 questions about character seem to be the issues dominating. what it tells you is that you just never know what will happen in a general election campaign. the parties will have their grids of planned announcements and choreography and main messages they want is to digest but stuff happens and that makes things very unpredictable and the government and labour and the other parties are well aware of that and there's another five weeks of this to go.
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the aim from the two big parties at westminster i5 the aim from the two big parties at westminster is to talk about the economy today so we will have labour in liverpool talking about a spending bonanza. shed loads of money by any modern precedent that they want to plough into schools and housing and a big increase in borrowing. but they i55ue housing and a big increase in borrowing. but they issue is can they spend it fast enough. if you have the money to do it doesn't mean it will happen tomorrow. but they are doing plenty of spending as well and are defending that.” are doing plenty of spending as well and are defending that. i would say on the borrowing and deficit, judge us on on the borrowing and deficit, judge us on the record. the last year we have full numbers for borrowing was down to its lowest level in almost 20 years, so that is what responsible economic management from the conservative party gets you and is in sharp contrast to what we are hearing on the other side which is
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hundreds of billions of pounds. as independent people have said, it's ona independent people have said, it's on a wholly unprecedented scale. it's no longer fashionable to use the word austerity in the way it used to be in these parts. one of the bitter election used to bring you up to date with is a pact, an agreement, an alliance amongst those who do not like brexit, so the liberal democrats and the welsh nationalists on the green party are going to say that in 60 seats in england and wales, they will throw their lot in together and allow the stronge5t of the three of them to co ntest the stronge5t of the three of them to contest the seats with the other two standing aside stop here is the presence of the liberal democrats. one of the reasons we're having the election is that is completely divided and the country completely divided. we know that by having this arrangement we have more mp5 that can deliver remaining in the eu as a
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result. and it's only eight o'clock and that's what has happened this morning already and it's another five weeks of this. it's worth saying as well that ian austin, the former labour mp who made those comments aboutjeremy corbyn, we hope to speak to him in the next hour or so so we will chase that for you. certainly is moving, isn't it. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, grace millane in new zealand has been shown cctv footage of her last known moments. the 22—year—old from essex is seen in a bar with the man, who she met on a dating app. our correspondent phil mercer, sent his report from the court in auckland. these are grace millane's final hours. wearing a dark dress and white trainers, she's cracked on security cameras on her way to see the man who killed her —— tracked. they met on the dating app tinder
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and arranged to meet in person outside the sky city casino in auckland. the man, who we cannot name, arrives. briefly he stops and then turns away before walking back towards the british university graduate. a hug. in court today, the 27—year—old who denies grace's murder looked on as the jury was shown a detailed chronology of that evening last december. the pair order cocktails at a bar and drink heavily during a night out around the city. grace millane spent more than an hourat the city. grace millane spent more than an hour at the bluestone room, a bar you than an hour at the bluestone room, a baryou can than an hour at the bluestone room, a bar you can see behind me, with the defendant. it was the last place they visited before they crossed the street to the man's apartment on the third floor of this inner—city building. it is where grace mullane died. what happened there lies at the heart of this case. the prosecution says that the backpacker
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was strangled deliberately. the defence insists she was killed accidentally when a consensual sex game went wrong. the final pieces of cctv footage seen by the jury show miss millane entering the lobby with a man and then travelling towards his room in the lift. it's the last time she was seen alive. phil mercer, bbc news, auckland. it's ten minutes past eight. we will cross to south africa to see some wonderful images. a lot of excitement there. they are the rugby world cup winners. south africa's rugby world cup champions are beginning their nationwide victory tour this morning, after beating england in last weekend's final. our correspondent milton nkosi is in pretoria for us now. what's happening this morning? congratulations, south africa, well played and now well set to celebrate. indeed. south africans
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have come out in their thousands and we are in the centre of the capital, pretoria, and as you can see, thousands of people have come here to support the springboks. the team itself is on its way here and expected here any minute now and they are on an open top bus, touring they are on an open top bus, touring the city, showing south africans the webb ellis trophy and from here they move to johannesburg and webb ellis trophy and from here they move tojohannesburg and from there they go to the largest township in south africa, soweto. so the time to soak up the victory and celebrate is on in south africa. it certainly is. milton, you enjoy it. milton, good to see you in such good spirits. it's lovely. we are trying to catch
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up it's lovely. we are trying to catch up with some of the images as they progress through the crowds and celebrating through the morning. it's nearly eight to most of us like to get together over a cuppa to talk about the things that matter to us. so it seems fitting that we've sent out jayne with our bbc breakfast coffee cart to find out about the issues the people of leeds care about in the run up to next month's election. jayne. maybe have a cup of coffee as she passes by your neighbourhood. where are you today? we are in leeds city centre and it is piddling down. i've said it now, it's too late. i don't think anyone might come for tea or coffee, but look at these fine people, the fine people of yorkshire, come on in, they have joined us this morning. give your names. claire alison and she is one
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of those people in this election because you have tea. no milk. this is the hot debate. we are taking the coffee ca rt is the hot debate. we are taking the coffee cart on the road during the general election to speak to lovely people like this about what they wa nt people like this about what they want in this election and what they are looking for and there's lots of confusion out there and have a look at this yesterday from leeds. this is how breakfast is joining the campaign trail. ta—da! yes, very nice. what do you think? very nice. i'm not to be talked into buying anything. we're not selling between do to hear what will make you buy into one of the political parties. for polly, it's anything but the b word. i am really, really cross and upset, genuinely upset, at this brexit black hole where all this money is going. forjohn, a military man who saw the rise and fall of the
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berlin wall, the b word matters. so as somebody who saw europe split in that key moment, what do you think of where we're at now? well, if our government is the most intelligent men in the country, it's time to put some idiots there. you want brexit done but you're not sure which party will get that done for you. no, and i don't think anybody's sure. order, order, what more can you say? here in leeds, the referendum result was virtually 50—50 and the brexit debate has smashed traditional party allegiances on both sides. are we excited about the election, malcolm ? no — every election i voted conservative. but not this year? not this year. look at the guy laid out, he's laid out, acting stupid and we've got to believe in people like that? not a chance on earth. so you are not going to vote? refuse to vote. do you want to chat politics? if you like, yeah. john, out of work with health
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issues, wants a party for the many, not the few but because of brexit, that ain't labour. i thought i'd vote for them till the day i die, but... who are you going to vote for now then? i honestly don't know at the moment. i think the queen should step in and sort it out. you want the queen to sort it out. she'll sort it out. what's your name? everill. everill, can i give you a tour of our van? austerity, everill tells me, has hit his area of with youth clubs and community centres closed. your country finish, it finish mash up. the country mash up, nothing in this country, nothing at all. everything in the scrapheap. he too says he won't vote. he says no—one cares. it's just depressed. give us a smile, everill, don't leave us angry now. yeah, man. but not everyone shares the apathy. tea or coffee? tea, please.
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we could do better, couldn't we? no milk, just tea. no milk? no milk. this is lizzie's first ever election. is it exciting? it is. see, i personally think i identify most with the green party in terms of their views but i also know voting for them is throwing away my vote in the current system we have. do you think this is one of the most politicised young generations ever? definitely. energised, engaged, enraged. whatever you are, we have the cofee you need to see this thing through. horn toots i like this coffee analogy because coffee used to be simple, white, one sugar please, make sure it is hot and wet and now it's all can i have and wet and now it's all can i have a triple cappuccino with three shots and make it skinny and a cinnamon swirl on top. politics, like coffee has got complicated and taking the
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coffee cards on the road, we hope to find out what people one from the election and you might think that this is all about brexit, but actually, for you guys... it shouldn't be. it shouldn't be about brexit. because there's other things won prioritise customer the climate has to be absolutely there. it's a worldwide problem and not being talked about. this election is a smoke screen and it's all about brexit but it shouldn't be. and you quys brexit but it shouldn't be. and you guys were brexit but it shouldn't be. and you guys were saying about education. make sure that health services not being sold to trump. it should be about getting an appointment at a gp surgery. about getting an appointment at a gp surgery. trains, there is no decent public services. i've come on a train this morning, and the train was leaking so people could not stand on some part of the train
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because it was raining in. we are all soggy this morning. what about you? public transport and policing. emergency services. more of that. thank you so much. you are wonderful for coming and having a coffee with me. this is the hashtag here, your questions. do get in touch with us, e—mail your questions as well. i'm cani i'm can i end with this, there were scenes in media city yesterday when the coffee cart first arrived because dan walker, dan the man, tried to squeeze his huge frame into the front of this vehicle and i can tell you he barely managed to squeeze it back out again. once he was in there, trying to show off, stalling on the first go, once he was in there and try to get out he had to go back out backwards and
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louise was there, her petite frame fitted absolutely. we are taking it on the road and cannot wait to meet you, come out and have a cup of tea and back to you guys in the nice warm studio. it is an important part of what we're trying to achieve during this general election campaign which as we will be talking to the politicians and hold them to account but at the same time we really wa nt account but at the same time we really want to hear what people are talking about and it's an important pa rt talking about and it's an important part of the coverage during the campaign. we should show more sympathy to jane because we will be out and about with that coffee cup and she's standing out there in the rain. did you just shrug your shoulders? there is no such thing as the wrong clothing. exactly right,
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layers, layers and layers. can we make a pact that when charlie is out and about, and it's raining, and you can arrange that, obviously, we will just make sure he's got the right clothing. no sympathy. we will do. and make sure he knows about it. evenif even if the rain is clearfrom even if the rain is clear from the overnight, lots of surface water makes for an unpleasant commute and there will be some sunshine but let's focus on the rain because it's all wrapped around this area of low pressure and this is the area of most concern, it's sterling across the north wales and the heavy rain could be a hundred millimetres and there because the power disruption and a risk to life from some of the waters if it does for and there is the rain and it will sit there all day long and we have a mixture of rain until snow and that will break
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into showers and there will be some sunny spells across the north of england but thundery showers possible and the closer to the coast you are, the more likely you are to see the showers. there is a westerly wind and temperatures could get to ten or 11 degrees but there a chilly north wind to the north and for some temperatures around six and 7 degrees at the best and feeling cold and let's focus on that because by the time it gets to school pick up and even into the evening rush hour it will make for horrendous conditions in some of the trans—pennine conditions in some of the tra ns—pennine routes and conditions in some of the trans—pennine routes and there is that risk across eastern manchester and north derbyshire and south yorkshire and parts of west yorkshire and parts of west yorkshire as well and it rains into the night and away from that heavy showers across the south coast particular in kent and sussex and clearer skies bring a frost so tomorrow morning it will be colder than this morning and a better chance of drier and brighter weather
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for many but still a few showers in the far east but for most of you, friday afternoon will be a dry and sunny but chilly one with temperatures still well down into single figures. after a cold day a cold night will follow and temperatures lived in northern ireland later as the wind and rain pushing but the blue colours in the chart show an indication there is a widespread frost to start the weekend on saturday and with mist and fog it could be one where we see some heavy coated trees with ross but after that bright start the mist and fog clears and the rain spreads in and there will be some snow over the hills of north wales, northern england and scotland as well. thank you, see you later. a british team hoping to break the world land speed record say they're increasingly confident, after their car reached speeds
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of 500 miles—per—hour for the first time. the jet—powered ‘bloodhound' car has been getting progressively quicker in training in the kalahari desert, but will need to go faster than 763 miles—per—hour if its to smash the record. our africa correspondent, andrew harding is at the team's workshop for us now. you've got a great gig today. good morning. i do and welcome to the kalahari. this is the test track, a dry lake bed, the flattest, smoothest place on earth which is why the team has come all this weight to this remote corner of south africa. yesterday i got up to 39 celsius and in a minute we will ta ke 39 celsius and in a minute we will take you into the workshop where the bloodhound car is being prepped for another test and there are about 30 technicians working on it, but
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first, let me give you a glimpse of what this extraordinary machine can do. the bloodhound crawls out into the desert sunshine. british engineering brought halfway around the world to the flattest stretch of dried mud you'll ever find. out on the scorching track, the team prepares to power up the car's secret weapon. a jet engine on loan from the raf. the driver, current world land speed record holder andy green does his final checks. andy, what's going through your head? preparation for the run. we're going to get the car ready, start the engine at the highest temperatures its run and i will do a gentle left—hand turn, we're pointing exactly into the wind at the moment, line it with the track, 500 miles an hour, double shoot. this time, they're testing the parachutes to slow the car down. when you're travelling at 500 mph, you can'tjust slam on the brakes which is why the track here is ten miles long. it's half formula 1
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car, half spaceship. and he's off. a gust pushes the car sideways. this is a difficult and dangerous business. 501 mph today. after this year's tests, the aim next year is to strap on an extra rocket and perhaps to reach 1000 mph. amazing! goodness me! yeah, that was the most impressive i've seen yet. this is the yorkshire businessman now funding the project after it nearly went bankrupt last year. but this ambitious, perhaps even eccentric campaign, is not just about speed.
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the real aim, the organisers insist, is to inspire a whole new generation of students to take up engineering and perhaps to confront and overcome bigger challenges. andrew harding, bbc news, hakskeen pan, south africa. let's go inside the workshop and as you can see, the very pointed beginnings, the front of the bloodhound car and with me here is ian warhurst, the man who saved this project, essentially. first question, can you beat the world record? that is the plan and we believe we can. that's what we aim to do. what is the secret of doing that? it's the team, the right car, the right disciplines and testing and testing and testing and making sure we have everything right. and you're not going to beat this record
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this year, the aim is next year? this is all about testing and the acceleration and also how it slows down. the length of desert is liz —— limited so we have to reach the speed and slow down safely. explain to me why you would get involved in a project like this which was pretty much bankrupt last year. what is the broader aim? is it the thrill of speed? it's not the thrill of speed and i'm not a speed freak i more of and i'm not a speed freak i more of an engineering freak, it's the journey to get there that's exciting and this is about inspiring people to get into engineering. the doorway to get into engineering. the doorway to engineering is a narrow one so if you don't do physics or maths at school so the world of engineering is more difficult to get into so it's about inspiring people to get into engineering and do those subjects because we need more engineers in the world to solve the problems that are facing us. ian, thank you very much and there will be more tests this week and next week as they try to beat the world land speed record. we will watch
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with interest. what an extraordinary location. i love the idea you don't have to be a speed freak to be into that. it's about the journey. just pushing the limits of science. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. you would have noticed it is quite grim across parts of the uk, in particular through northern areas and in towards lincolnshire and norfolk, where rain will last all day by quietly giving us 60—70 millimetres of rain. an amber warning from the met office in forres over the pennine region there because up to 100 millimetres of rainfall likely to bring some
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flooding. you can see that whole swathe of rain that is where you are going to get very wet all day today, so even away from going to get very wet all day today, so even away from that amber warning, localised flooding will be an issue. from the south, sunny spells and showers towards the south—west of england. further north, showers in southern scotland and northern ireland, the far north of scotla nd and northern ireland, the far north of scotland getting dry this afternoon with some sunny spells, pretty chilly again, maximum temperatures of 7—11dc. bye—bye.
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