tonight at ten — labour and the conservatives both promise a big boost in spending as they set out their economic plans for the country. labour pledges to invest hundreds of billions of pounds in infrastructure like schools, hospitals and transport. that means investment on a scale never seen before in this country, and certainly never seen before in the north and outside of london and the south—east. the conservatives accuse labour of spraying money around like confetti, but they've promised to spend billions more too, improving public services. there will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, new connections and opportunities for every part of our great nation. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail, and we'll be analysing those commitments on the economy. also tonight... stabbed to death in a park in east london —

two drug dealers are found guilty of murdering 17—year—old jodie chesney last year. a police officer appears in court charged with the murder of former footballer dalian atkinson, who died after he was shot with a taser and restrained by officers. flooding across parts of northern england — in sheffield hundreds of people were trapped for hours in yorkshire's largest shopping centre. and megan rapinoe, the american star of this year's football world cup, says the penalties for racism in the game aren't nearly enough. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a late winner in rome sees celtic secure their place in the knockout stages of the europa league with two games to spare.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. labour and the conservatives have both been setting out their plans for the economy today. labour is promising a huge boost in spending, and what it's calling an "irreversible shift" of power and wealth away from london. the tories are also vowing to spend billions. it's now clear that whoever wins the election will spend and borrow far more than we've seen for a long time. labour says it will invest an extra £55 billion a year on infrastructure like housing and schools, as well as environmental projects. that's roughly double what the conservatives are offering — an extra £20—25 billion a year. our economics editor faisal islam looks at the competing pledges and what they could mean for the country. the north west of england, the cradle of the industrial revolution. and today on either end of the east lancs road, the chancellor sajid javid in manchester and the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell in liverpool, launching a fiscal

revolution, a fundamental change to policy on borrowing and investment, and not sounding too different. it means investment on a scale never seen before in this country. it means billions of pounds more to spend on the infrastructure revolution that this country needs. down the road from here... john mcdonnell, in his hometown, announcing that a labour government will not try to bring the national debt down as a rule, and instead will increase borrowing to fund hundreds of billions in investments to solve what he calls the social and climate change emergencies. isn't it interesting? after all the years since i've been shadow chancellor, four years, i have been arguing that we need to invest, and the tories have attacked me, abused me as though i were some revolutionary. now they're falling into line, but on a scale that doesn't meet the challenges we face. because they want to keep the debt down? well, because they're not willing to recognise that governments have to borrow to invest.

labour wants to make investments in infrastructure such as the mersey tidal energy scheme not far from here, and they argue that the value of the asset should be taken into account, not just the debt required to fund it. that's called a net worth target and has not been tried in a major economy before. such is the deluge of spending here that there are doubts that it could even be actually spent. labour's message is a little like saying on a national scale that a homeowner shouldn't worry about the value of a mortgage in isolation. the value of a house and investing in it matters as well, and that frees up hundreds of billions of borrowing to spend on investment. the conservatives criticise the extent, but the basic idea of changing the rules to take advantage of currently low borrowing rates for governments, that is rather similar. in his case, tens of billions more in borrowing in order to allow

an increase in annual investment by half, unlike labour, who want to double it. mrjavid does promise the total of the uk's historic borrowing would be kept in check, but scrapped the formal rule demanding that it falls. excessive debt would risk everything that british people have worked so hard to achieve over the past decade of recovery. the question at this election is, who do you trust to protect that? these plans are independent of what happens with brexit, but over at the bank of england, a weak economic outlook, is starting to point to an intrest rate cut. brexit uncertainties are dominating. it will be particularly hard on business investment which unusually during an expansion has contracted in five of the past six quarters and is currently estimated to be just not .5% higher than at the time of

the referendum. other opposition parties such as the lib dems and snp said that cancelling brexit would be the best way to boost the economy. whoever wins next month, we appear to be ona whoever wins next month, we appear to be on a journey to more investment and more borrowing too. quite the change from the previous three elections. faisal islam, bbc news. the former labour mp and minister ian austin has said thatjeremy corbyn is "completely unfit" to be prime minister and has urged people to vote for boris johnson instead. it comes after labour's deputy leader tom watson announced he was stepping down as an mp — but for personal reasons. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the buses look the same, but it's notjust the season that makes this a very weird election, as one senior mp put it. inside both the big parties, there are serious doubts about the leaders. jeremy corbyn‘s track record of handling, or not handling fast enough, racism againstjews is under attack again. anti—semitism is a poison

and an evil in our society. i have spent my whole life fighting against racism. i will die an anti—racist. but two of his former mps simply don't believe that. not fit to hold high office. there's no love lost between these two and the labour leadership. but for years, they were both deeply loyal lieutenants of the party. listen to them now, urging you to choose not a labour prime minister, but a conservative. if you're not going to do what's right on a fundamental question like racism, what are you going to do it on? i wouldn't say boris johnson is unfit to be our prime minister in the way that i say that about jeremy corbyn. the country has a big choice to make, and i thinkjeremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead it. and another who worried about anti—semitism is off too. tom watson, the deputy leader, survived an attempt to oust him a couple of months ago,

but he's standing down, he says for personal reasons. not all of mr corbyn‘s supporters in liverpool are sorry to say goodbye. i think good riddance. why do you say that? because this election comes down to a brutal choice, and that needs a socialist government. if you're not a socialist, then shut the door on the way out. i do think that the party now is united more than ever and as labour supporters, we need to mobilise. every party has its massive divisions. as he heads off round the country, jeremy corbyn of course wants to look ahead to the next few weeks, but the labour leader cannot completely escape the ghost of his past problems. these early days haven't been an easy ride for borisjohnson either. concerns about candidates, resignations and departures. i vowed not to drink. and in scotland, where the prime

minister broke his campaign booze ban, the party might struggle to keep their 13 seats. we're the party that's saying, come on, let's get together as the whole uk. let's get brexit done, get this thing over the line and then get on with bringing our great country together and unleashing the potential of the whole uk. the tories' rivals in scotland, though, are only too happy to have him on the trail. i'm so confident that borisjohnson will not go down very well with scottish voters in this election that my words to him as he leaves scotland this afternoon may be, "haste ye back!" but convincing victories come to parties that can reach beyond their own tribe. this time, no politician can see clearly round the corner. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, darwen. let's talk to our economics editor faisal islam — the scale of the spending and borrowing pledges from both parties today — give us a sense of the enormity of it all.

these are hugely consequential announcements. both major parties if not quite on the same page, reading from the same book, of changing their budget rules to borrow more money to fund investment, and labour have pushed this further, hundreds of billions. they say because the country can't afford not to make these investments, because of what they say is a climate change emergency and emergency in terms of our socialfabric, care emergency and emergency in terms of our social fabric, care homes, housing and the like. the conservatives though, about half that money, still a huge amount. sajid javid suggesting, yes, we can give you the spending that you want but still keep public finances in check. so this isjust but still keep public finances in check. so this is just a very different parameter to this general election to the three that we had before. less about how do you fund every spending rise, more about who you trust to spend the most wisely. our economics editor faisal islam, thank you. meanwhile the liberal democrats,

the greens and plaid cymru, three parties who all want to stay in the eu, have agreed not to stand against each other next month in dozens of seats across england and wales — to try to give the strongest candidate the best chance of winning. alex forsyth reports from winchester, which is currently held by the conservatives and where the greens have now stepped aside in favour of the liberal democrats. the country is poised to make a crucial choice, but in some seats, it will be a limited one. winchester is one place some anti—brexit parties have agreed not to stand against each other. it's a really good idea. it's the only way we've got a chance of staying in the eu. i think anyone trying to hijack for or against brexit is wrong. in this current tory seat, it means the green party won't put up a candidate but the lib dems will, the idea — to avoid splitting the pro—eu vote. the lib dem leader, whose party could benefit most, argues brexit is key in this election. it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is,

that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interests. there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru and the green party. ii in wales, the rest in england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this eco hub in the city centre, local businesswomen harriet and laura have their reservations. there's a lot of logic behind their unifying together, but brexit will be over, however it is over, and then we need

to move on as a country and without all the voices being heard, we're doing ourselves a disservice. both wanted to remain in the eu, but have concerns about efforts to stop brexit. the country voted to leave, so i do wonder if we should be following what that decision was. i would prefer that they put themselves up, they said what they wanted to do and then, you know, we were given the opportunity to vote for those parties. whether this limits choice orfocuses minds, the brexit lines are now clearly drawn. alex forsyth, bbc news, winchester. and a full list of all the candidates standing in winchester will be on the bbc website after nominations close next week. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. a labour candidate in aberdeenshire has quit after a row over anti—semitism. kate ramsden stood down in the gordon constituency after the jewish chronicle highlighted a blog post

in which they said she compared israel to an abused child that becomes an abusive adult. she also claimed anti—semitism allegations against the party were "orchestrated by the wealthy establishment". the conservative candidate in the norfolk constituency of broadland, nick conrad, has stood down following comments he made about rape on a radio show five years ago. mr conrad — a former bbc local radio presenter — apologised at the time but said tonight renewed publicity about the comment was becoming a distraction. the liberal democrats have set out plans to tackle climate change and fuel poverty, promising to invest £15 billion in better insulation for homes. the party says it would save the average household £550 a year. they also want to double solar and wind power by 2030. throughout the election campaign, we'll be looking at all the key issues in detail, and asking what questions you would like answered. send your election question to #bbcyourquestions or yourquestions@bbc.co.uk.

the rest of the news now — and two drug dealers have been convicted of murdering the teenager jodie chesney in east london last year. the 17—year—old was stabbed as she sat in a park in march. svenson ong—a—kwie, who's i9, and a 17—year—old boy, who can't be named, will be sentenced later this month. our correspondent dan johnson reports. well, i terribly miss being able to askjodie to play the piano for me. erm, i miss everything about her. mm. the chesney family photos beam with youthful innocence and ambition. jodie was bright, caring and kind. hard work volunteering earned her the highest recognition. the last time i sanodie, she popped her head round the stairs and said,

"happy birthday, dad." i said, "thanks, love," gave her a kiss and i went out to work. as her dad celebrated that friday night, this wasjodie heading to the park with friends to listen to music and smoke cannabis. cctv later caught two figures crossing the field towards the group. the two hooded men walked silently over to the play area. the prosecution said they crept up on jodie and her friends. and her boyfriend described how one hopped this fence, the other came through this gate. and without a word being said, they walked straight up tojodie and she was stabbed in the back. the car that had dropped them off moved down the road, where there was just a glimpse of their shadows before they drove away. the desperate effort to savejodie ended here, when the ambulance met a team of doctors who attempted open—heart surgery. the police were going to take us to the hospital wherejodie was on her way there, then i heard over the radio for them

to re—route to my house becausejodie was gone, so i heard it in the police van. it was a high—profile killing that caught national attention. and after eight weeks of evidence, here's the relief of a grieving family. i'm happy with the verdicts, 100%, so we got them. justice for jodie, yeah! yeah, forjodie. and this is one of the killers. svenson ong—a—kwie, a local drug dealer who claimed he'd gone to meet a customer that evening. when he was asked who stabbed jodie, he named his 17—year—old co—defendant, who can't be identified. in return, he said it was svenson who killed her. we may never know the truth. the jury watched this footage of a previous incident, when svenson got off a bike to attack a young man. they were told jodie may have been caught in the crossfire of a row about drugs. jodie was a lovely girl, a completely innocent girl who for all intents and purposes was in the right place at the right

time, and not the wrong place. she was in a park with her friends early evening and had done nothing to warrant this level of violence. manuel petrovic admitted driving the others to the park, but said he didn't expect any violence. he and a 16—year—old were cleared. i'm not going to spend my life hating. you know, i've learned that from other parents that i've met and they said it to me, please, don't spend your life hating and hating because it's going to eat you up inside. and i don't want to do that. and i knowjodie wouldn't want that of me. jodie chesney‘s father ending that report. a police officer has been charged with the murder of the former footballer dalian atkinson, who died after being tasered. the ex—aston villa striker was restrained by officers at his father's house in telford, in 2016. a second officer, also from west mercia police force, has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. both appeared in court today, as our correspondent

sian lloyd reports. dalian atkinson's talents brought him some memorable goals. this strike clinched him goal of the season in 1993. his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives

if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they regretted that it was now more than three years since his death. sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham crown court. police say they've now identified all of the 39 people found dead in the back of a refrigerated container in essex last month. all of them came from vietnam and their families have all now been traced. two lorry drivers have been charged in relation to the deaths and ii arrests have been made in vietnam for people smuggling. there've been heavy downpours across large parts of northern england today with flooded roads and cancelled train services. hundreds of people were trapped

for hours in a sheffield shopping centre and told not to leave by police. 0ur report tom ingle is there. good evening. it has been a day are properly filthy weather across the north of england and the last couple of hours the attention has been focused on the meadowhall shopping centre. should have been the biggest night of the year, christmas lights switch on. thousands of people inside the centre, but a 5.30 the decision was made to pull the event because this constant rain we have had all day affected local road and rail networks. people were not trapped per se but it was difficult for them to get out on to nearby roads. please ask them to stay behind for a while. my understanding is most of the people have left the event now but i think there are still some inside, young children who came to the event and are still waiting to be picked up by their pa rents. waiting to be picked up by their parents. some staff said they couldn't get to the staff car park because it was flooded. the river is

close to flooded, it has over topped the flood defences that were only built in 2007 after the last floods. elsewhere across the north of england, severe disruption on roads, particularly in sheffield and disruption on cross pennine links as well and the rain is expected to last until 3am. tom, thank well and the rain is expected to last untilsam. tom, thank you. back to the election now and both parties today pledged to boost spending on infrastructure throughout the country, with labour saying it wanted to transfer power and money out of the south—east of england, into the north. let's join clive myrie in leeds, in west yorkshire. we've spent the last couple of days here guaging the election mood in the city, and it's a place that while solidly labour, in central areas the labour share of the vote has fallen in the last two big polls — the may council elections and the european elections.

this is also a city that is as divided over brexit as the rest of the country. barely more than 50% of voters decided they wanted to remain inside the european union back in 2016. it is notjust brexit that is the big election talking point, it is infrastructure and transport. also the possibility that the northern rail franchise, one also the possibility that the northern railfranchise, one of also the possibility that the northern rail franchise, one of the biggest in the country could actually be taken back into public ownership because of complete dissatisfaction over the kind of service that is being provided. let's get a little bit more about from our transport correspondent, tom burridge. having a poor train service is just really stressful. you get up in the morning not knowing what train you're going to get, if there's going to be delays, cancellations. that one just says "delayed", with no explanation as to how long! catherine's consistently challenging commute affects her life. i think when you're living it day in, day out, it has a huge impact. you get to work and you're kind of stressed and frustrated, which doesn't start your day very well. i think the situation with the trains in the north is really poor.

it doesn't seem like anything really changes. in fact, train company northern is in such trouble that whatever happens in the election, any future government might have to step in and run their services. everyone agrees the current rail system isn't working. rail infrastructure in britain today — that's the tracks, the signalling — a lot of the major stations like leeds are run by a public—sector body called network rail. and virtually all of our trains are run by private companies, who bid for, and then enter into contracts with the government, called franchises. network rail also take some of the blame for the poor performance on our railways today. the franchising system today isn't just failing lots of passengers, train companies say it's not working for them either. northern's losing lots of money, but other franchises are too, like greater anglia and south western. the conservatives have commissioned a rail review. after the election, they'll look at its recommendations and then overhaul the current system.

labour, the snp and the greens would scrap the franchising system. public companies would start running trains when current contracts end. the lib dems advocate a mix of franchising and a more locally—controlled model. the brexit party has yet to announce its rail strategy. even people in the industry want radical reform. last year alone, i think only 61% of the trains actually ran on time across the uk. i don't think that's giving the best customer satisfaction for passengers. i feel like there isn't enough focus on the customer. some argue the mix of public and private companies doesn't work. people aren't stupid. they know that when you're standing at a train platform, you haven't really got a choice. there isn't really a free market. what there is is government trying to get some outcomes and using the private sector to do it. services... whistle. ..between london and edinburgh have been run by this public company for the past 18 months. the rail system of today will change — voters will help decide how.

tom burridge, bbc news, in leeds. the continuing problems of rail commuters in this part of the country. more than 1.5 million young people will have their first chance to vote in a general election this december, they're a unique group of the electorate, having been too young to take part in the referendum on whether the uk should leave the european union. a lot of the young people we have been talking to are very disillusioned with the state of politics in this country at the moment and they have been telling us why. i feel like an mp's just going to say what you want to hear and then not do it. what they do most is talk, and they never really do a lot of actions, which does not impress me. i think some politicians are truthful, others are liars. the voices of a generation — in a city where so many of the young people we spoke to are disillusioned with a political class, a political system.

leeds, an urban area that crackles with a vibrant, youthful energy, until you mention politics. i don't think that, erm, politicians in this country, like, really think about the public. both first—time voters, laura and hannah are studying for a diploma in aviation at leeds city college. in a mock—up of a 737, they're learning how to be air stewards. do you think politicians think about young people enough? not really, no. no. i think they only concentrate on, erm... money! yeah, money and, erm... and just about middle—aged people, really. 0llie, who's 20, wants to be a pastry chef. what do you want to hear from the politicians? the truth. i mean, i've heard so many different lies and false information from so many politicians, i'm getting tired of it. in a neighbouring leeds

constituency, another tale of alienation from laura, a trainee tattoo artist. is there anything that a politician could say that would make you feel, yeah, i'll give them my vote? itjust seems like it's always, like, a fight. if their attitude changed, then, yeah. maybe if they started working together, rather than it always being a competitive situation. young voters could leave an indelible mark on this election if they turn out to vote. but what chance of that for the student bartenders, pastry chefs and airline stewards we spoke to? politically generation disillusioned way too soon. the views there of a potentially significant slice of the electorate. that's all from us here in leeds, back to you sophie in the studio. she's an olympic gold medallist, a two—time world cup winner, and now the 2019 fifa women's player of the year. megan rapinoe, the captain

of the victorious us side this summer, has become the face of women's football. now, after her team's world cup win, rapinoe has told the bbc that penalties for racism in football aren't nearly enough, and bulgaria's £65,000 fine for the racist abuse of england players is "an absolute joke". she's been speaking to radio 1 newsbeat‘s sports reporter eleanor roper. this summer's women's football world cup will go down as rapinoe's tournament. she won the best player, scored the most goals and co—captained the us to world cup victory. it's a little, it's a little strange but i'm embracing it and trying to enjoy it and yeah, just do my part to continue to grow the game. to top off an amazing summer, she was then awarded fifa's women's player of the year and said she'd been inspired by players like raheem sterling. their incredible performances on the field, but the way that they've taken on the disgusting racism that they have to face.

we're not going to accept this, this is not something that's going to be in our game. so, i feel like all of the clubs, and the presidents and the fan groups and everyone, you know, frankly, are failing these players. england recently played bulgaria in the euro 2020 qualifiers. that game was stopped twice because the racist abuse. bulgaria have been told that they have to play two games behind closed doors, one of which is suspended and fined £65,000, do you think sanctions are tough enough at the moment? if you're ever caught doing anything racist, you should be banned for life and that's just the end of it. maybe it's something — i mean $65,000, that's an absolute joke. in the uk, there are no openly gay, male professional footballers. i wonder, what would your message be to any players who feel that they're not able to be open about their sexuality? it so hard, the leagues and the organisations and the team need to do a much betterjob of setting that environment and setting that precedent prior to the player coming out. because clearly they don't feel comfortable coming out, they're not feeling safe or secure in that.