and the son of charlie chaplin invites us into his home.t, we're going back to the 1980s and the beginning of the hiv/aids outbreak. at that time, stigma about the condition was rife. but, in 1987, princess diana agreed to make a highly symbolic visit to the first hiv—aids unit in britain. our first witness, john 0'reilly, was a nurse at the unit who welcomed one of the most famous women in the world. for everybody affected by hiv—aids around the world, it was a major moment. it was a major coup. it was amazing. officially, the princess was simply opening the first purpose—billed hiv—aids ward in britain. but more significantly, she demonstrated her confidence to staff and the public that aids cannot be taken in by casual contact. people were frightened, really frightened, because we didn't know what it was to begin with. there was a lot of aids—phobia, a lot of homophobia. the media were unkind, particularly the tabloid press. i hated all of that kind of misinformation and hysteria. the headlines were scaremongering, ignorant, misleading t

it is like charlie chaplin's moustache or muhammad ali's boxing gloves.e. what makes her worthy of being turned into a movie? the character. if we had half of her character, we'd be better people. and jean alexander's nieces were delighted. she would have been amazed, she would have. amazing. wejust said, more money than probably her mum ever saw in her life. 30 years after hilda ogden left coronation street, and her actual curlers could be headed for the big screen. colin paterson, bbc news, southport. now, we will be taking live coverage of tim farron‘s manifesto launch and the lib dem election pledges in about 15 minutes. if you want to see 100 days plus, you can see it in a moment on bbc four. i'm for the weather. it has been a tonne of england to catch up on rainfall today after some dry weeks. let's take a look at the radar and satellite rickshaws. underneath this band of rain, some we re underneath this band of rain, some were wet day. it is moving now. not eve ryo ne were wet day. it is moving now. not everyone had it in wales but most parts saw t

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stories about charlie chaplin's extraordinary life are told in witness in half an hour on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parties campaigning in the general election have made a series of policy announcements this morning. labour have pledged not to raise tax on people earning less that 80 thousand pounds a year, the conservatives say they'll replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, and the liberal democrats commit to maintaining the so—called wtriple lock" on pensions. looking at all of this, studying what they are saying is our political correspondent, eliot prize. let's start with labour and tax pledges. it is always a good idea in an election campaign not to put taxes up. labour has managed to attract some of the newspaper headlines. labour says it will not put up the standard rate of vat, will not put up national insurance contributions or income tax for those earning up to £80,000. they say it would benefit about 95% of taxpayers, with the top earners being asked to pay a little bit more. they have not given any detail of how much more th

it is like charlie chaplin's moustache or muhammad ali's boxing gloves.what makes her worthy of being turned into a movie? the character. if we had half of her character, we'd be better people. and jean alexander's nieces were delighted. she would have been amazed, she would have. amazing. wejust said, more money than probably her mum ever saw in her life. 30 years after hilda 0gden left coronation street, and her actual curlers could be headed for the big screen. colin paterson, bbc news, southport. the election wrap is coming up, but first the weather with nick miller. if you wanted rain for the gardens it came, and then some! this is how it came, and then some! this is how it looked on the radar, heavy rain for some, rain all day long it looked on the radar, heavy rain forsome, rain all day long in it looked on the radar, heavy rain for some, rain all day long in two parts of wales, but westernmost areas of england and a large area of wales avoided most of the rain and stay dry. this is york when the rain set in, even heavier in dorset. looking at some

and stories about charlie chaplin's extraordinary life from the silent film icon‘s son are told in witnesst's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay "a bit more" to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here's our political correspondent, ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle—income voters — and the newspaper headlines. labour say 95% of taxpayers will benefit from what the shadow chancellor described as a personal tax guarantee. anyone running below £80,000, we will guarantee you will not have an increase in income tax, vat on national insurance can. —— national insurance contributions bill. and for those above £80,000, we will ask you to pay a modest bit more. why? to fund our public

it is like charlie chaplin's moustache or muhammad ali's boxing gloves.tter people. and jean alexander's nieces were delighted. she would have been amazed, she would have. amazing. wejust said, more money than probably her mum ever saw in her life. 30 years after hilda 0gden left coronation street, and her actual curlers could be headed for the big screen. colin paterson, bbc news, southport. time for a look at the weather. if you're looking for some rain on the gardens, it came and then sun across large parts of england today. —— and then some. for some, rain all day long, cringing into parts of wales. west of england and large parts of wales actually avoided the rain and stay dry. this is one of the pictures from our whether —— weather watchers. looking at rainfall totals in the last 24 hours, they will still go further with it is still raining, but some spots getting up to half a month's worth of rain. most of the showers in northern ireland and north—west scotland. they will gradually fade but one to continuing overnight. heavy rain in eastern england

it is like charlie chaplin's moustache or muhammad ali's boxing gloves.her character, we'd be better people. and jean alexander's nieces were delighted. she would have been amazed, she would have. amazing. wejust said, more money than probably her mum ever saw in her life. 30 years after hilda 0gden left coronation street, and her actual curlers could be headed for the big screen. colin paterson, bbc news, southport. a wonderful actress. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. the cobbles of coronation street haven't seen much rain today, but elsewhere there has been a soaking. it is pretty miserable for the evening rush hour, especially across the east midlands, south—east england and east anglia. rain reaching those areas. still heavy before clearing overnight. also some heavy showers in northern ireland and north—west scotland, the odd one continuing through the night. many places in the north and west will be clear and chilly. in brawl spots, no single figures. to start the day tomorrow. —— in roar spots, single figures. to start the day t