sarah corker, bbc news, cambridgeshire.who was killed when he was knocked off his motorbike has begun legal proceedings against the foreign office. harry's parents a granting diplomatic immunity to the main suspect in their son is death was wrong in law. the foreign office said it will oppose and seek costs for anyjudicial review. the first funerals have been held in vietnam for some of the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex last month. families of 16 of the victims have held services. the bodies of the other people who died are expected to be returned to vietnam from the uk this weekend. china has accused the united states of sinister intentions and has threatened counter measures after president trump signed into a law a bill which supports pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. it requires american officials to assess whether the territory has enough autonomy from china to justify special trading terms with the us. nick beake reports. this university campus has been the battle ground for one of the fie

wisbech in cambridgeshire has seen high levels of immigration.urse i'm doing will give a lot of opportunities on the job area. and if everything goes right, i think i can have a good job and then come back to portugal. immigration has helped employers here, but it's also put pressure on local services and changed the identity of some rural towns. striking the right balance is still a complex calculation. sarah corker, bbc news, in cambridgeshire. the time is 6.20pm. our top story this evening: 30 years after the hillsborough disaster, the police commander in charge on the day is found not guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool fans. and still to come... growing up with squeezed school budgets in england — we have a special report. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: we'll look ahead to the second test in new zealand where england may have a stand—in wicket keeper as they look to level the series. it's called a bag for life and it's supposed to help cut down on the number of plastic bags we use for sh

sarah corker, bbc news, cambridgeshire.d the 59—year—old collapsed at his home in dubai on tuesday evening, before being taken to hospital suffering from a bleed on the brain. there's a call for supermarkets to increase the price of the plastic "bag for life" to 70p. environmental campaigners say the move is necessary because one and a half billion of the carriers were bought in the uk in the last year — that's 5a bags per household. even though single—use bags are no longer sold by many supermarkets, the amount of plastic waste from the stores went up last year — to more than 900,000 tonnes. environmentalists say a plastic bag should be used at least four times for there to be a positive environmental impact. the supermarkets say they're tackling waste by reducing plastic packaging on their own—brand products. andy moore reports. it has been hailed as a huge success, the law requiring supermarkets to charge for every single—use plastic bag. but are we just swapping one bad habit for another? environmental groups would like

sarah corker, bbc news, in cambridgeshire.tion to join the channel 4 debate. the conservative party has formally complained to ofcom for ‘empty chairing‘ the prime minister — after they offered senior cabinet minister, michael gove in mrjohnson‘s place. well, borisjohnson has refused to say whether he will take part in a bbc interview with the presenter, andrew neil. the leaders of all the other main political parties have agreed, but mrjohnson said talks were still taking place, and it wasn‘t his job to make the final decision. will you sit down and be interviewed by andrew neil on the bbc before polling day? i will have all sorts of interviews with all sorts of people. here i am, being interviewed by you now. i‘m sure active discussions are taking place about future interviews with a number of people. we're talking for five minutes in a farm shop, but will you agree to a proper interview with andrew neil on the bbc before polling day? i‘m sure that i will be having all sorts of interrogations, inquisitions from all sorts of

sarah corker, bbc news, in cambridgeshire.it is the labour party that seems to be winning — with an eye catching pledge to plant two billion trees by 2040. that's quite a lot. and luckily for us, chris mason, our political correspondent has been doing the maths. so two billion trees by 2040 is roughly 100 million a year, two million a week, 200 every minute — and that's if we are planting around the clock 24 hours a day. that sounds pretty daunting but then ethiopia planted 350 million trees injust 12 hours — so it can be done. it is currently national tree week here so it is a good day to discuss it — and with me is the ceo of the woodland trust dr darren moorcroft. good to see you. i've been looking at our total new planting. how many trees we planted each year, year on year since 1976. have a look at this graph and the trend. and you can see that we are pretty rubbish at planting trees. we've got more and more rubbish over the years, why is that? we haven't given it the attention it deserves. and i think what has happened i

parliament might be after the general election, all the rest of it, having been on the road today in cambridgeshirenting to ratify the withdrawal agreement, and as he describes it, get brexit done, or at least get it over this first hurdle, but also his intense focus today on domestic stuff, what he called the people's priorities, talking about the nhs, talking about schools, talking about the police. trying to, i guess, learn some of the lessons from the conservative perspective, in terms of what happened last time when labour were relentless about all of that. yeah, that's the irony, the tories do not want this to be a brexit election, they want this to be an election that allows them to cross the threshold, to, you know, to be able to move on from this. but it is the inability to pass the brexit deal through parliament that has caused this election. there will always be a bit of a kind of, you know, sliding doors, parallel universe moment. what would have happened, had johnson carried on getting through the deal in parliament? the reality is, they made a political judgment that it wasn't going t

can i vote here in leeds and at home in cambridgeshire?dress you want to vote at and cast it there. if you do it twice, and you're caught, you could face a hefty fine. in the last general election, polling suggested 70% of students cast their vote in their home constituency. so if i am away on election day, can i still vote? you have two options. the first option is postal voting, but you have to apply for that process, and there is a deadline. the deadline is the 26th of november if you live in england, scotland and wales. the other option is the proxy vote, so getting someone else to vote in your absence, like mum or dad, someone you trust. again, you have to give a reason as to why you can't cast that vote yourself. the deadline for that is the ath of december 2019. if you live in northern ireland, the deadline for both proxy voting and postal voting is slightly earlier, so you have to make your application by the 21st of november 2019. thank you. do you want to go and get a cup of tea? but in some constituencies like this one in leeds,

my term ends the day after the election, so can i vote in leeds and at home in cambridgeshire?ote in and cast it there. if you do it twice and you are caught you could face a hefty fine. i think my friend eve has a question. in the last general election it was suggested 70% of stu d e nts election it was suggested 70% of students cast their vote in the home constituency. if i'm here on election day, can i still vote? there is postal voting but you have to apply for the process and there isa to apply for the process and there is a deadline and the deadline is the 26th of november if you live in england, scotland and wales. the other option is a proxy vote, but you have to give a reason as to why you have to give a reason as to why you cannot cast it to yourself and the deadline for that is the 11th of december 11th of december 2019. if you're in northern ireland and deadline for proxy voting and postal voting is earlier so you have to make your application by the 21st of november 2019. do you want to get a cup of tea ? november 2019. do you want to get a cup of tea? in some cons

can i vote here in leeds and at home in cambridgeshire?ce a hefty fine. in the last general election, polling suggested 70% of students cast their vote in their home constituency. so if i am away on election day, can i still vote? you have two options. the first option is postal voting, but you have to apply for that process, and there is a deadline. the deadline is the 26th of november if you live in england, scotland, and wales. the other option is the proxy vote, so getting someone else to vote in your absence, like mum or dad, someone you trust. again, you have to give a reason as to why you can't cast that vote yourself. the deadline for that is the 11th of december 2019. if you live in northern ireland, the deadline for both proxy voting and postal voting is slightly earlier, so you have to make your application by the 21st of november 2019. thank you. do you want to go and get a cup of tea? but in some constituencies like this one in leeds, it's the student vote which could determine who wins. chi chi izundu, bbc news, in leeds. wel

that is a scene at the moment in cambridgeshire. more frequent in northern england and eastern scotla nd northern england and eastern scotland has persistent, relentless rain through the course of the day which could lead to some flooding. further west in scotland, northern ireland and england and wales there will be some sunny spells, temperatures about 10—13. the rain and east of scotland will edge further south, quite unsettled again, some clear spells but also showers moving their way through. temperatures, nothing spectacular. 6-8, temperatures, nothing spectacular. 6—8, not too cold. during tuesday, there will be showers around, quite cloudy, a few bright spells, temperatures about 9—12. buy for now. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: health bosses warn politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the general election, but say a bidding war has already begun. motherca re announces plans to put its uk retail business into administration, putting around 2,500 jobs at risk. mps will elect a new speaker of

and it heads up in through cambridgeshire, derbyshire, eventually into south yorkshire.eally wherever you are, perhaps not so much in the south—east, and they are coming from a cold direction, namely from the north or north east. if you are just stepping out, you get the picture, wrap up warmly. through the evening and overnight, that band of rain continues to move to yorkshire and heading out through the north midlands and wales into the south—west. and all the time it is going to weaken and fragment. further showers following behind, and a lot of cloud for england and wales, so not as cold night as the one that has just gone. for northern ireland and for scotland there will be some clear skies, so temperatures will be lower in rural areas. you can see once again the risk of ice and untreated surfaces and also some frost. and still those wintry showers persist on the hills. so tomorrow for england and wales we start off on cloudy note, with patchy, showery rain moving towards the west, only to be replaced through the day by another band patchy rain and showers coming in

for more than a week. 20 people have been treated in hospital, after a mini—bus overturned in cambridgeshireoser, after a test flight beat all previous records for speed and distance. the qantas plane touched down in the early hours of this morning, after 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air. the 40 passengers and crew onboard wore special sensors to monitor the impact of the flight on their bodies. and police have foiled an attempt to steal valuable pictures from the dulwich picture gallery in south—east london. some say the actions of security and the two rembrandts being targeted never left the grounds. this came after an intruder broke into the gallery on wednesday night. the exhibition will remain closed while a full investigation takes place. it is now 6:33am and we are celebrating this morning. well, england fans are. good morning. yes, they just needed a england fans are. good morning. yes, theyjust needed a draw last night to qualify for the european championships. instead, they scored seven. goalfest! championships. instead, they scored seven. goal fest! and won convincingly. it was

my term ends the day after the election, so can i vote in leeds and at home in cambridgeshire?, scotland and wales. the other option is a proxy vote, but you have to give a reason as to why you cannot cast it to yourself and the deadline for that is the ath of december 2019. if you‘re in northern ireland, the deadline for proxy voting and postal voting is earlier so you have to make your application by the 21st of november 2019. thank you. do you want to get a cup of tea? but in some constituencies, like this one in leeds, it is the student vote which could determine who wins. ina in a moment victoria will bring us the latest business news. two teenagers are found guilty of the murder ofjodie chesney in a park in east london labour sets out plans to borrow 150 billion pounds over five years to replace, update and expand schools, hospitals, housing and care homes. the conservatives describe it as fa ntasy the conservatives describe it as fantasy economics. two ex—labour mps ian austin and john woodcock have urged people to vote for borisjohnson instead ofjeremy corbyn at the gen