i'm ben brown live in westminster as the results from the local elections come in from all over the uk. big wins for the conservatives — they've taken control of eleven councils and gained more than 500 seats. i will not take anything for granted. this is not about who wins and loses in the local elections, it's about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal. labour has a tough time after it loses more than 380 seats and seven authorities, including glasgow city council, which they've held since 1980. we have had very difficult results, yes. we have got to get a message out of the kind of country we could be. mixed fortunes for the liberal democrats — the party is down by 42 council seats, but party leader tim farron said the results were good news. increasing our vote share by 7%, our best share for seven years, double the increase the tories have seen in terms of vote share around the country. the results have been disappointing for ukip, with the party only managing to win one of the seats it has contested, losing 136 previously held council seats. the snp has finished as the bi

i'm ben brown in bradford wherejeremy corbyn has launched labour's election manifesto, promising a radical blueprint for britain he said labour would expand childcare, scrap university tuition fees and boost wages for the low—paid — funded through tax rises for high earners. we are asking the better off and because orations to pay a little bit more. “— because orations to pay a little bit more. —— big corporations. the tory campaign is built on one word, fear. in the next hour. the cost of living goes up to its highest level for almost 4 years. official figures show inflation at 2.7 per cent, driven by a rise in clothing, energy prices and air fares. the white house denies a report that president trump revealed classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met last week. greater manchester police say the death of the moors murderer, ian brady, won't stop them looking for the remains of keith bennett whose body was never found. i'm ben brown live in bradford where the labour leader jeremy corbyn has officially launched the pa rty‘s general election manifesto, some of the

i'm ben brown in bradford wherejeremy corbyn has launched labour's election manifesto, promising a radical blueprint for britain. he said labour would expand childcare, scrap university tuition fees in england and boost wages for the low—paid — funded through tax rises for high earners. i let simon mccoy and in the next hour, the cost of living goes up to its highest levels in four years. official figures show inflation at 2.7 per cent, driven by a rise in clothing, energy prices and air fares. president trump defends his absolute rights to share information with russia, after reports he reveal classified intelligence to the foreign minister last week. greater manchester police say the death of the moors murderer, ian brady, won't stop them looking for the remains of keith bennett whose body was never found. good afternoon. i'm ben brown live in bradford where the labour leader jeremy corbyn has officially launched the pa rty‘s general election manifesto. he said it was a radical blueprint for britain. some of it was leaked last week but now we have the full thing. let's just tell you what

ben brown is there., 11 have been named with greater manchester police aintree now know the names of all those who died but they would be releasing them until four or five days, it may take to release all those names. you're watching bbc news. we are going to pause and take a look at the latest weather forecasts. there has been quite a bit of sunshine across many parts of the uk, where the blue sky has been there will be cloud building, they see a lot of clouds and western areas now be some breaks and other things as we go through the afternoon. to the west and south it is ian murky, we have had outbreaks of rain in the north of scotland pushing into the northern isles but mostly dry with temperatures rising to the high teens, low 20s. sunspot reaching 2526 degrees especially in south—east england. overnight still misty and murky, but increasingly clear across much of the uk. temperatures not going down very fast lane warm muggy night to come. already tomorrow morning getting after one start and with mor

coming up next, ben brown and the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? as i'm sure you must have noticed, there is a new pirates of the caribbean movie coming into cinemas. why? laughter. baywatch goes from small screen to big screen. and aki kaurismaki's the other side of hope. let's kick off with the pirates of the caribbean, they are billing it as jack searching for the trident of poseidon. every single one of these films — this is the fifth — has a search, a quest. this time it's for the trident of poseidon. the last time we were with pirates of the caribbean, it was one that everyone felt was like an afterthought. the reason we are back is because these movies make a huge amount of money. we have some of the old cast, some new faces. but generally the same old story. yes, there is a curse, a quest, some goings—on. here is a clip. i need to speak with you. hand me your sword. i don't have a sword. what kind of soldier has no weapon? i'm currently wanted fo

i'm ben brown, the other main story this hour: i'm ben brown, the other main story this hour: a formers is brought in to investigate russia's role in the us election — and its ties with donald trump as the president says he's being subjected to the biggest witch hunt against a politician in american history. rolf harris will be released from prison on bail tomorrow — and will attend court in person for the rest of a trial where he's accused of indecent assault. police launch an investigation into an unusually high rate of baby deaths and collapses at the chester's main hospital. and it's all in the packaging — the everyday items that recyclers say are impossible to deal with. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has launched the conservative party manifesto this lunchtime with a raft of policy pledges claiming to "get to grips with the great challenges of our time". it includes major changes to social care in england. for the first time, the value of someone's property would be included in the means test for care at home. mrs may pledged changes to our

europol‘s director, rob wainwright, spoke to my colleague ben brown and said he fears the number wille return to work tomorrow. we are well used to, at europol, seeing how ra nsomwa re has become a major cybercriminal problem but we have never seen something on this scale. that is because ransomware itself has been combined with a worm application, that allows for the infection of one computer to quickly spread across other networks. that is why we have seen these numbers increasing all the time. and right across many different sectors and across the world. i think numbers are still going up and we have seen the slowdown of the infection rate over friday night after a temporary fix around it has now been overcome by a second variation in the criminals have released. so numbers are going up. and i think that you are worried about people going to work tomorrow morning after the weekend and turning on their computers, and there is the virus? yes, that is a concern as the attack was launched on friday afternoon, perhaps deliberately, to catch companies when they had downtime over the week

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 23:00.in cambridge, with politicians clashing over brexit, immigration, security and austerity. amber rudd seems so confident that this is a country at ease with itself. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? ijust have to take on some of jeremy corbyn's fantasy economics. i mean, he has this money tree wish list in his manifesto. meanwhile, the prime minister, campaigning in the west country today, defended her decision not to be in cambridge for tonight's debate. i think debates where the politicians are squabbling among themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 23:00. one of the biggest election debates of this campaign taken place in cambridge, with politicians clashing over brexit, immigration, security and austerity. amber rudd seems so confident that this is a country at ease with itself. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? ijust have to take on some of jeremy corbyn's fantasy economics. i mean, he has this money tree wish list in his manifesto. meanwhile, the prime minister, campaigning in the west country today, defended her decision not to be in cambridge for tonight's debate. i think debates where the politicians are squabbling among themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering. i think actually it is about getting out and about, meeting voters and hearing directly from voters. and in other news... jailed for 15 years — the breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands. and coming up on newsnight — fresh from the election d

i'm ben brown. the headlines at eleven. being unable to come up with the cost of labour's key childcare policy during a bbc interview. how much will it cost? i will give you the figure in a moment. you do not know which? you're logging onto youripad not know which? you're logging onto your ipad here. you have announced a major policy and you do not know how much it will cost? meanwhile theresa may returns to her main election message — saying only the conservatives can be trusted to win a good brexit deal in brussels. launching the snp manifesto — nicola sturgeon says victory in scotland would ‘further reinforce' the mandate for a second independence referendum. senior political figures in wales take part in a television debate ahead of next week's general election. the singer ariana grande announces she's returning to perform

he told my colleague, ben brown, about the situation facing them there. had to turn off oui’ them there. we've had to turn off our computers at about quarter to three. we've had to print out patient summaries on paper notes so we can see patients this afternoon. we are still seeing them and recording everything on paper notes which will be uploaded onto their medical records whenever we have proper access again, whenever that is. have you ever seen a cyber attack like this? no, it's the first time. i've been working in the nhs and its the best time i've seen anything like this. are you seeing on your computer screen this ra nsomwa re demand on your computer screen this ransomware demand on the screen? no, we turned our computers off more as prevention, i guess, we turned our computers off more as prevention, iguess, but we turned our computers off more as prevention, i guess, buti we turned our computers off more as prevention, i guess, but i have seen some gp colleagues sharing on twitter the ransom note within their practices, so i've seen it, but tha n

i'm ben brown.er news at 2pm: the french presidential candidates trade insults on television — now emmanuel macron files a lawsuit to scotch rumours he holds an offshore bank account. the surfer rescued after 32 hours stranded in the irish sea speaks exclusively to the bbc — matthew bryce says he thought he was going to die. they flew right over. i thought they'd missed me. and then they turned round and they saved my life. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. prince philip, who will be 96 next month, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen. the palace says the queen will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. the duke of edinburgh is the longest—serving consort in british history — the prime minister said she offered him the country's deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nichol

i'm ben brown. the other news at 3pm.rench presidential candidates trade insults on television — now emmanuel macron files a lawsuit to scotch rumours he holds an offshore bank account. the surfer rescued after 32 hours stranded in the irish sea speaks exclusively to the bbc — matthew bryce says he thought he was going to die. they flew right over, i thought they'd missed me. then they turned. they turned round. and they saved my life. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced the duke of edinburgh will retire from public engagements from this autumn. his decision to step down has the full support of the queen. she will continue her public duties as normal — with support from other members of the royal family. a palace aide said prince philip was nearly 96 and was looking forward to enjoying more leisure time. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains some flash photography. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, th

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown reporting live from manchester. where 22 people are now known to have died after a man detonated a suicide bomb here at the manchester arena. police say the man set off a home—made bomb in the foyer a of the building, as the concert there was ending. the youngest victim was only eight years old. saffie roussos, who came from lancashire. 18—year—old couege came from lancashire. 18—year—old college student georgina callander also died. scores of others were injured, and others are still missing. this is my daughter, olivia. i haven't seen her since 5pm last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with herfriend. i'm worried sick. if anyone has seen her, please contact police. the prime minister is in manchester today meeting local authorities. earlier she condemned what she calls a callous attack. the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attacks, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our

this is bbc news with me ben brown. the headlines. president trump continues his visit to saudi arabia, where he's preparing to address gulf leaders on the need to confront extremism. party leaders will stop campaigning for an hour today labour renews its push to attract older voters, while the conservatives defend their plans to overhaul social—care funding. party leaders will stop campaigning for an hour today to remember the mpjo cox, who was murdered in her constituency last year. north korea has launched another missile test, according to the south korean military. it follows this test last week of a rocket said to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. now on bbc news, click. guards! welcome to the south coast of england and the country's biggest fortification, dover castle. they say an englishman's home is his castle. this week, this castle is mine. like every other home in the land, it needs to be well defended, because, these days, it is constantly under attack. the walls may keep out burglars, but today's digital invader

this morning on bbc news, ben brown will be putting your questions about the labour manifesto to sarahfesto this morning. the party wants the welsh government to have a say on any future uk trade deal — and says it won't rest until "every single penny" of lost eu funding is replaced. it is also promising to build new hospitals, schools, roads and railways as part of a fully—costed investment programme. the white house has flatly rejected media allegations that president trump revealed highly classified intelligence about the islamic state group to the russian foreign minister in washington last week. the claims were made in several american newspapers including the washington post. president trump's team have dismissed the reports as more "fake news". the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already known, to any other mill military officials who were present. i was military officials who were present. iwas in military officials who were present. i was in the room, it didn't happen. nursing leaders have warned that cuts to services in england are jeopardisin

this is bbc news with me ben brown. the headlines.mp continues his visit to saudi arabia — where he's preparing to address gulf leaders on the need to confront extremism. labour renews its push to attract older voters, while the conservatives defend their plans to overhaul social care funding. north korea has launched another missile test, according to the south korean military. it follows this test last week, of a rocket said to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show. we head to israel to meet a theatre group with a difference. the concept of every kind of work we have is to take the disability and create an ability from it. we are on the night patrol at london zoo. this month's global guide features a stunning light show in sydney. and i leave the airport for a couple of hours to take a high—speed stop—off tour of rome. stop—over tour of rome. that is a lot of stuff to see in a short time. can we do it? yeah! let's go! theme song plays. we kick

ben brown has been at the launch event — and is in bradford for us now. brown live in bradford where the labour leader jeremy corbyn has officially launched the pa rty‘s general election manifesto, some of the details of which were leaked last week. we now know that it includes proposals to renationalise the water companies as well as the railways and the royal mail. there would be more free childcare for two—year—olds and some one—year—olds. and university tuition fees in england would be scrapped. 0n taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earnings of over £80,000. and a 50p rate for those earning more than £123,000. there will also be a levy on companies which pay staff over £330,000. mr corbyn called the manifesto a "radical and responsible" plan for government. from bradford, where the manifesto was launched, here's our political correspondent iain watson. jeremy, the country is behind you! they say it's often better to travel hopefully then arrive. labour is still behind in the polls so its leading politicians are crossing their fingers that the off

you're watching bbc news, i'm ben brown in bradford wherejeremy corbyn has launched his party's election ma nifesto, he has promised that it will be a radical blueprint for britain. the labour leader promises more free childcare, billions for the nhs and to scrap university tuition fees, funded through tax rises for high earners. we're asking the better off and the big corporations to pay a little bit more. this is a programme of hope. the tory programme by contrast is built on one word, fear. i'm simon mccoy, and in the next hour, the cost of living goes up to its highest level for almost four years. inflation now stands at 2.7%, up from 2.3% in march, driven by higher air fares and clothing prices. president trump says he has an "absolute right" to share information with russia because he wants them to step up the fight against the islamic state group. greater manchester police say despite the death of the moors murderer, ian brady, they will not close the case of 12—year—old keith bennett. i'm ben brown live in bradford where the labour leader jeremy corbyn has officially launched the

and i'm ben brown. candidate, marine le pen, square off in the final tv debate ahead of sunday's french presidential election.

i‘m ben brown.to the long term future and most people are extremely excited the bank of england gives a cautious assessment of the economy — warning that 2017 is likely to be the low point for wage growth. this is going to be a more challenging time for british households over the course of this year. wages won‘t keep up with prices for the goods

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 2pm. labour's draft manifesto is leaked — it contains plans to renationalise the railways and scrap university tuition fees. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals and it's looking to the long term future and most people are extremely excited at what they've seen. a note of caution about the economy — the bank of england governor says predicted growth is downgraded and household spending is slowing. this is going to be a more challenging time for british households over the course of this year. wages won't keep up with prices for the goods and services they consume. waiting times for key nhs services in england were the worst in four five years in the latest financial year, according to new analysis. and in the next hour, a record £400,000 fine for making over 100 million nuisance calls. marketing firm, keurboom communications, made repeated calls, sometimes at unsocial hours, trying to get people to make compensation claims. where do you want me? bouncing o

you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. the latest headlines at 2:32pm exactly.alace, today, marking the dissolution of parliament. every seat is up for grabs as the 2017 general election offically gets under way. the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, says the eu must honour its commitments, but there will be no punative brexit bill for britain. there is no punishment, there is no brexit bill, the financial settlement is only about settling the accounts. three people have been arrested in connection with the death of businessman guy hedger, who was killed in the early hours of sunday morning. all the latest sport now with you. lord coe, the president of the world governing body for athletics, the iaaf says it must consider european athletic suggestion that all world records set before 2005 should be wiped. the organisations are desperate to make a clean break in athletics after recent doping scandals, and lord coe believes all options should be considered. these proposals actually underpin three important things. first of all it toughens up our stance on anti—

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown reporting live from manchester.n the foyer a of the building, as the concert there was ending. the youngest victim was only eight years old. saffie roussos, who came from lancashire. 18—year—old couege came from lancashire. 18—year—old college student georgina callander also died. scores of others were injured, and others are still missing. this is my daughter, olivia. i haven't seen her since 5pm last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with herfriend. i'm worried sick. if anyone has seen

let'sjoin my colleague ben brown, who is there with the latest.ith the latest. we are just at the edge of that cordon, and there is the manchester arena. very quiet tonight, bathed in evening sunshine. you canjust perhaps see the steps leading out the arena. that is where there were scenes of panic last night after that bomb went off. the suicide bomber detonated his device and people than for their lives. there we re people than for their lives. there were a lot of young people, not only stu d e nts were a lot of young people, not only students and teenagers, but some of them were primary school age as well. they had been dropped there by theirfamilies well. they had been dropped there by their families and after they ran, many were put up in hotels overnight. they were effectively separated from their friends and family and were looked after by hotel staff. all through the day, we have been hearing eyewitness accou nts have been hearing eyewitness a ccou nts of have been hearing eyewitness accounts of what happened in there at10:30pm accounts of

now it is ben brown with the papers.apers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the political commentator vincent moss and kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome. let's have a look at the front pages... the sunday telegraph leads with tory plans to strip people of their knighthoods if their behaviour is deemed unacceptable, following claims the public has lost faith in the honours system. the sunday times reports a tory wobble in the opinion polls, suggesting the conservatives‘ lead over labour halves to nine points. the observer reports that theresa may's school meals plan ‘could hit 900,000 poor children‘ and there are concerns it could punish tory party target voters. the dementia tax backlash is the mail on sunday‘s headline as the paper reports a survation poll suggests the tories lead has slipped by 5% after its pledge to make elderly people pay for care — but they‘re still 12% ahead of labour. and... "shh! mummy kate takes charge on pippa‘s big day" is the picture headline on the sunday express. let‘s kick

in a few minutes we'll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full roundup of the day's news with ben brown and devon and parts of the channel islands. showers elsewhere have been gradually fading and the last of those will soon be clearing away so for the rest of the night, it is looking dry. areas of cloud, some clear spells, by the end of the night it will be cooler than this, in rural spots and a few spots in western scotland, so warm today, clear and cool overnight, close to freezing as we start tomorrow. tomorrow starts fine, cloud and sunshine around, a few showers developing through eastern england. for much of south—west england, wales into the channel islands, a fine afternoon, sunny spells coming through, more cloud into the afternoon for south east england, the odd heavy shower, staying cloudy, across eastern england. the pennines, some warm sunny cloudy, across eastern england. the pennines, some warm sunny spells and some spots into the height teams, cooler along the eastern coast of scotland, breeze coming in from the sea. shall most till the south will fade tonight, looking

much more on all the day ‘s main stories with me and ben brown, coming up.rth of scotland where they've got cloud and outbreaks of rain. look at this weather watch picture. many of these have been coming through. now we're looking at wall—to—wall sunshine as you can see there in north yorkshire. but a different story in western scotland, a cloudier story, cloud streaming in from the west, tending to fill in a little bit across southern areas but the bulk of england and wells has glorious unbroken sunshine. some light rain across the north of scotland. in the south we should make 14—15d in the central belt. what a difference across the east coast as well, feeling warmer as a result of all that sunshine in what has been quite cold. beverages warmer across the bold board i think we could see as much as 20 degrees across the south—east, but generally speaking17—18. a cool night, some frosting places, a bit cloudy and then further north in scotland. there is a weather front moving in, bringing sin humid air it 20 feel a little bit my dear. that will move northwar

this is bbc news with me, ben brown.gs papers in a moment — first the headlines at 11:30pm. jeremy corbyn apologises after being unable to come up with the cost of labour's key childcare policy during a bbc interview. meanwhile, theresa may returns to her main election message — saying only the conservatives can be trusted to win a good brexit deal in brussels. launching the snp manifesto — nicola sturgeon says victory in scotland would ‘further reinforce' the mandate for a second in manchester less than two weeks after the bombing that left 22 people dead. police say three men arrested in connection with the manchester bombing have been released without charge. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu, economics and business editor at the independent, and dave wooding, political editor gf the sun 9?! 59n§a§;= plans in an interview with the bbc. the daily telegraph says it has seen leaked doc

this is bbc news with me ben brown. the headlines.social—care funding. party leaders will stop campaigning for an hour today to remember the mpjo cox, who was murdered in her constituency last year. north korea has launched another missile test, according to the south korean military. it follows this test last week, of a rocket said to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. now on bbc news, it‘s time for dateline london. hello, welcome to dateline london. this week, donald trump‘s travels abroad and trouble at home. can one escape the other? and now britain‘s political parties have published their manifestos, their contract with the people — if we vote for one of them, just what are we signing up to? with me is david aaronovitch of the times. annalisa piras, the italian writer and filmmaker. nabila ramdani, the algerian journalist. stryker mcguire, london editor for bloomberg markets. good to have you with us.

i‘m ben brown. the headline at 2pm.ir deal — but predicts the next 5 years will be "among the most challenging in our lifetime". come with me as i lead britain, strengthen my hand as i fight for britain, and stand with me as i deliver for britain, and stand with me as i deliverfor britain. britain, and stand with me as i deliver for britain. i'm sophie long live in halifax where the prime minister unveiled a raft of policy pledges and asked voters to strengthen her hand as she fights for britain. also this hour — more pressure on president trump. a former fbi boss is brought in to investigate russia‘s role in the us election — and its ties with him.

i'm ben brown in bradford wherejeremy corbyn has launched labour's election manifesto, promising a radicalst wages for the low—paid — funded through tax rises for high earners. we are asking the better off and because orations to pay a little bit more. “— because orations to pay a little bit more. —— big corporations. the tory campaign is built on one word, fear. in the next hour. the cost of living goes up to its highest level for almost 4 years. official figures show inflation at 2.7 per cent, driven by a rise in clothing, energy prices and air fares.

i'm ben brown live in westminster as the results from the local elections come in from all over the uk not take anything for granted. this is not about who wins and loses in the local elections, it's about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal. labour has a tough time after it loses more than 380 seats and seven authorities, including glasgow city council, which they've held since 1980. we have had very difficult results, yes. we have got to get a message out of the kind of country we could be. mixed fortunes for the liberal democrats —

i'm ben brown reporting live from bethnal green in east london, where tim farron has just launched the liberal democrat party manifesto for the general election. in other news... donald trump is facing increasing pressure over allegations he may have tried to shut down an fbi investigation into links between advisers and russia. chelsea manning, the former us soldier who passed hundreds of thousands confidential diplomatic documents to wikileaks, has been released from a military prison in kansas. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in 42 years, but wages aren't keeping up with inflation. and items by worn by one of television's best loved characters, coronation street's busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4000 at auction. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we are reporting live tonight from bethnal green in east london, where the liberal democrats and their leader, tim farron, havejust launched their pa rty‘s leader, tim farron, havejust launched their party's general election manifesto. in a speech on the stage at the podium just behind mea the stage at the podi

i‘m ben brown. the headlines at 2pm., progressive, progressive set of proposals and it‘s looking to the long term future and most people are extremely excited at what they‘ve seen. a note of caution about the economy — the bank of england governor says predicted growth is downgraded and household spending is slowing. this is going to be a more challenging time for british households over the course of this year. wages won‘t keep up with prices for the goods and services they consume. waiting times for key nhs services in england were the worst in four

max verstappen is already out, but now on bbc news let's go back to ben brown. studio: thank you.slands, in a world first. drones are often used across the globe to illegally smuggle items to prisoners — but guernsey prison will now be able to combat the problem. the ‘sky fence' system seizes control of the drone if it comes within certain airspace. mike wilkins went to see the system in action. this remarkable footage shows a drone being used to smuggle drugs into a uk prison. it is unclear how big a problem it is. the only drones they catch are the ones that crash. and here in guernsey, prison chiefs are leading the way in tackling this aerial menace. you are about to see a drone stopped mid—flight. the system hacks the frequency of the drone, holds it and sends it back to where it came from. you can see it has stopped. it kind of rears up, doesn't it? yes, absolutely. the aircraft is disconnected and it is into return—to—home mode. you no longer can see what is coming from the screen. and drones are getting smaller all the time. do you think the system could cope if there was a

i am ben brown reporting live from manchester. 22 people, including children, are now known to have been end of a pop concert in manchester. the youngest victim was only eight years old — saffie roussos from lancashire. 18—year—old college student georgina callander also died. scores of others were injured and others are still missing. this is my daughter, olivia. i haven't seen her since five o'clock last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. i'm worried sick. if anyone has seen her, please contact the police.

i'm ben brown. the headlines at eleven. jeremy corbyn apologises after being unable to come up with the cost of labour's key childcare policy during a bbc interview. how much will it cost? i will give you the figure in a moment. you do not know which? you're logging onto youripad not know which? you're logging onto your ipad here. you have announced a major policy and you do not know how much it will cost? meanwhile theresa may returns to her main election message — saying only the conservatives can be trusted to win a good brexit deal in brussels. launching the snp manifesto — nicola sturgeon says victory in scotland would ‘further reinforce' the mandate for a second independence referendum. senior political figures in wales take part in a television debate ahead of next week's general election. the singer ariana grande announces she's returning to perform in manchester less than two weeks after the bombing that left 22 people dead. police say three men arrested in connection with the manchester bombing have been released

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ryan: homicide sergeant ben brown is riding next to his son, officer jason brown.ason is biking the hundreds of miles motivated busy his brother in blue who was shot and killed last year. >> i remember the call going out and us, you know, hearing that over the radio and a lot of my squadmates knew him or were classmates with him. ryan: today a solemn ceremony and a moment of silence only feet from where coltson was hit by friendly fire. >> it's been a year but it's a moment for us and it impabbletspakts every facet of the department. there's not a day goes by that's not in our conscience. ryan: that's what motivates this team and hundreds across the country. crowds cheering them on as they bike to the national law enforcement memorial. >> it's great. everybody clapping and cheering us on. ryan: and you can see detective coltson's name at the national law enforcement officers memorial. that's where the tour ended this afternoon and over the years it's helped raise more than $20 million for the memorial fund. now, police week runs through part of next week, including

i'm ben brown in bradford, wherejeremy corbyn is to launch labour's manifesto promising a "radical and responsible" plan for government. as the shadow cabinet arrived in bradford for the launch this morning — a new plan for public ownership of the water industry was added to the draft document. we wa nt we want public services to meet the needs of the population and an infrastructure meeting the needs of the modern economy. that'll be set out in the manifesto and the policies costed and wondered. —— funded. labour are expected to announce tax hikes to pay for the policies in the manifesto. we'll bring you jeremy corbyn's speech live in a few minutes‘ time. the other stories at 11: inflation rises to its highest level since september 2013, driven up by rising clothing prices and air fares. the white house denies a report that president trump revealed classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met last week. greater manchester police say they will never close the case of the moors murders, despite the death of ian brady at the age of 79. british territory in the so

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 4:00pm. theresa may has launched the conservative party's manifesto, saying politicians need to be "up front" about the big challenges facing britain, and proposing a shake—up of social care in england. on brexit, the prime minister promises a fair deal, but predicts the next five years will be "among the most challenging in our lifetime". come with me as i lead britain. strengthen my hand as i fight for britain. and stand with me as i deliverfor britain. david harris, a former producer of tv police drama the bill, has been found guilty at the old bailey of trying to hire a hitman to kill his wealthy partner. also this hour, more pressure on president trump. a former fbi boss is brought in to investigate russia's role in the us election, and its ties with the president as he says he's being subjected to the biggest witch hunt against a politician in american history. rolf harris will be released from prison on bail tomorrow, and will attend court in person for the rest of a trial where he's a

east london later to launch the party's manifesto, but for all the build up let's cross live to ben brown is here at #.15pm that tim farron will be launching the liberal democrat manifesto, the promise is to hold a second referendum on brexit. to quote "give the final say to the british people." that's what the manifesto will say. there are other promises too. there isn't this time around any promise to abolish tuition fees and scrap university tuition fees and scrap university tuition fees, but there is a promise to legalise cannabis and to tax the sale of cannabis saying that the liberal democrats saying they could bring in with that taxation around £1 billion a year in revenue. well, let's get this report from our political correspondent, chris mason. tim farron went back to school this morning. the lesson? how the liberal democrats think the country should be run. front and centre was brexit, and how it should be handled. at the heart of our manifesto is an offer to all of the people in our country that no other party is making and that is that we do not just have to accept whatever d

i'm ben brown. the headline at 2pm. theresa may launches the conservative manifesto with a promise to tackle the "big challenges" facing britain, including a shake—up of social care. on brexit — the prime minister promises a fair deal — but predicts the next 5 years will be "among the most challenging in our lifetime". come with me as i lead britain, strengthen my hand as i fight for britain, and stand with me as i deliver for britain, and stand with me as i deliverfor britain. britain, and stand with me as i deliver for britain. i'm sophie long live in halifax where the prime minister unveiled a raft of policy pledges and asked voters to strengthen her hand as she fights for britain. also this hour — more pressure on president trump. a former fbi boss is brought in to investigate russia's role in the us election — and its ties with him. he says he's been subjected to the biggest witchhunt against a politician in american history. rolf harris will be released from prison on bail tomorrow — and will attend court in perso

i'm ben brown. in the next hour, a special investigation into human trafficking into britain.here are three girls currently missing who are back in the uk in glasgow. yes. and 50 years after pink floyd's debut album — the new exhibition at london's victoria and albert museum. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning, saying he'd lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. james comey learnt of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trump's election campaign last year and russia. but the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into hillary clinton's emails last year. from washington, here's aleem maqbool. absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight... this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. americans have learned to expect almost anything from their president, but this re

that is all from me, ben brown will be here at five o'clock with all the latest from manchester and the and 28—29d, but i need to tell you that we have had some very strong sunshine today, and usually strong for the time of the year because we have depleted ozone, but more cloud in the skies tomorrow. lossiemouth, porthmadog, 29 degrees, many areas seeing high 20s. barely a cloud in the sky. this is all starting to rumble away further west, not too far away from counties fermanagh and down, some thunderstorms around, the start of the breakdown is on its way. the winds will pick up with a south—easterly breeze, sea fog coming onto the coast of scotland by morning. showers coming into the west of england, the west of wales, southern england, a few rumbles of thunder and lightning, and oppressive night for most of us. uncomfortable day with his band of showers pushing its way eastwards, but behind it some brighter weather following, low cloud for the coast. ahead of that, decent weather, and for north—east scotland again, with the rain around, parts of western and central scotland, norther

let's go live now to east london — ben brown is there.e in bethnal green in east london and tim farron injust a couple of hours will launch the liberal democrats general election ma nifesto liberal democrats general election manifesto with the offer of a second referendum at the heart of it. tim farron saying it will give the people the final say on europe. the party is making other promises, including a promise to legalise cannabis and tax the sale of cannabis and tax the sale of cannabis which it says would bring in about £1 billion per year. it is not repeating its promise to scrap tuition fees. 0ne not repeating its promise to scrap tuition fees. one other promise, they said they would put up income tax by 1p they said they would put up income tax by1p in they said they would put up income tax by 1p in the pound to pay for an increase in the national health service spending and social care. here is chris mason. tim farron went back to school this morning. the lesson? how the liberal democrats think the country should be run. front and

i'm ben brown. the other main headlines this hour: a student is found guilty of planting a home—made bomb on a busy tube train. police investigating the murder of a man shot at his home in dorset have arrested two men and a woman. smartphone users only get access to the ag signal about two—thirds of the time according to a new survey. and concern for the uk's killer whales after scientists find shocking levels of a toxic chemical in a member of the last resident pod. good afternoon. the prime minister has just returned from her audience with the queen, formally marking the dissolution of parliament and the official start of the general election campaign. speaking in downing street in the last few minutes theresa may accused european politicians and officials of seeking to influence the result of the general election. she said the events of the past few days showed that some in brussels didn't want the uk to succeed. in the last few days we have seen just how tough these talks are likely to be. brita

i'm ben brown. the headlines at apm: the labour party approves its manifesto after it was leaked — it contains plans to renationalise the railways and scrap university tuition fees. we have a manifesto that will work for the many, and not for the few. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals and it's looking to the long term future and most people are extremely excited the bank of england gives a cautious assessment of the economy — warning that 2017 is likely to be the low point for wage growth. this is going to be a more challenging time for british households over the course of this year. wages won't keep up with prices for the goods and services they consume. waiting times for key nhs services in england are at their worst for five years according to new analysis. three women including a mother and daughter appear in court charged with terrorism offences and conspiracy to murder. i'm rebecca jones and in the next hour: a record £400,000 fine for making over 100 mill

and i'm ben brown. we'll be back at buckingham palace later in the programme, speaking to some who know the duke well. the other stories on the bbc news. the centrist, emmanuel macron, and the far right candidate, marine le pen, square off in the final tv debate ahead of sunday's french presidential election. adrift for 32 hours in the irish sea — in an exclusive interview, rescued surfer matthew bryce tells the bbc that he had "prepared for death". i was watching the sunset. i had very much made peace with all. and then a helicopter —— i heard a helicopter. and for the first time, british scientists use satellite images to count the entire global population of the endangered northern royal albatross. good evening. welcome to bbc news. it's five o'clock — our main story. the duke of edinburgh has announced he will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. buckingham palace says prince philip made the decision with the full support of the queen, who will continue to carry out a full programme of