clive myrie will have all of the previews on that, and all of the build—up to the debate.ay at half past seven. cambridge university there on a glorious evening, ready for what should be a very interesting debate. the prime minister will not be there, but the labour party leader will be. and representatives of six other political parties. the latest debate in this 2017 general election, just a few days to go until polling day, just over a week until the actual poll, a lot of opinion polls coming out, sharing a narrowing of the gap between the conservatives and the labour party. it could be a hung parliament, as polls suggest today. but we will keep our eyes on that debate tonight. full coverage is live here on bbc news. and, before all of that, a look at the weather with jay all of that, a look at the weather with jay wynne. all of that, a look at the weather with jay wynne. good all of that, a look at the weather with jay wynne. good evening. all of that, a look at the weather with jay wynne. good evening. a lovely day for large swathes of the uk, good spells of sunshine,

one wasjosh elliot, who spoke to clive myrie. there was a loud bang.said two, i only heard one. it was hectic. it was unreal. everyone was charging towards the doors. i said to my friend there was a little girl. she told everyone to get down. everyone got down on the floor. everyone got down on the floor. everyone was just running out as fast as they could. many people were covered in blood. i think everyone was running out so fast that i think people were getting hit into walls and stuff like that. we have been showing a little bit of the footage from inside the arena, josh, while you have been speaking. we can see thousands of people desperately trying to get out probably through the exits. clearly there was an atmosphere of hysteria. the exits. clearly there was an atmosphere of hysterialj the exits. clearly there was an atmosphere of hysteria. i have never in my life been in a situation like that. i know many people talk about this, but it is the most horrific thing that can happen to a person. terrifying. i will never forget it. some people sugges

studio: clive myrie, thank you.ed by the anti—bullying charity, ditch the label, said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was getting a hard time at school. he enjoys pitting his skills against other players online. but what he doesn't like is the abuse he sometimes gets while playing. he first experienced bullying in games when he was ten. and it is not getting any better. if i'm playing a game and i score a goal, i have literally been told to kill myself. if you are being bullied at school, you come home and you play computer and you're just getting more abuse thrown at you. it is just going to put you off doing anything social. the charity ditch the label surveyed 2500 young gamers. 57% said they had been subjected to hate speech in an online game. 47% had received threats and 40% had had unwanted sexual contact. what has changed over the

that was clive myrie talking to an eyewitness at the venue.ber of people have been killed and others injured in an explosion at the manchester arena. witnesses have reported hearing a loud bang at the venue has ariana grande was performing. her agent has reported that she is ok. my agent has reported that she is ok. my colleague, andy moore, a u are with me and it was a horrific night for anyone there? yes. and he was an update from the northwest and the liz truss. they are saying on twitter thatjudah liz truss. they are saying on twitter that judah the incident liz truss. they are saying on twitter thatjudah the incident in manchester, please only call them for very serious incidences —— ambulance trust. they don't want to deal with anything unless it is an absolute emergency. it is worth reporting on what manchester police have said in a brief statement. —— they are saying on twitter that you too be. they mention casualties, but also mentioned a case of the bureau been set up. it says there that there was one explosion. someone witnesses hav

an clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00.power is under way in france, as the newly elected president emmanuel macron, prepares to take office. no backing down — a conservative government will stick to its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands says theresa may. labour targets child ren's health, saying it'll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed, if it wins the election. coming up on that newsnight, paris is the centre of world attention. that's how they like it. we are here, looking at how politics is changing. are there lessons for britain and the west from the rise of the

this is bbc news with clive myrie.ore on the breaking news that in the past half hour it's been confirmed that the moors murderer ian brady has died at ashworth psychiatric hospital on merseyside. in a statement the mersey care nhs foundation trust simply said tonight — we can confirm a 79—year—old patient in long term care at ashworth high secure hospital has died after becoming physically unwell. our correspondent richard lister is here. a notorious man. the suggestion is that he has now died. fill us in on the background to what we know this evening as to what has happened? some of the papers were saying this morning that he was very gravely ill, at death ‘s door. this is not entirely unexpected. in fact he has been very ill for some time. we learnt in february that he had been bedridden for probably the last couple of years or so. he was suffering a terminal illness, conjugated by emphysema and back in february his lawyers were clear that he was approaching the end of his life. today we have had the news which the

we'll have live coverage with clive myrie from 7pm this evening.per was killed after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in, will "remain closed", a spokesperson has said. an investigation has now been launched by huntingdonshire district council following the death of rosa king on monday. live now to our correspondent, ben ando, who is at hamerton zoo in cambridgeshire for us now. what more is being said about this investigation? well, what i can tell you is the investigation at the moment is kind of going along two parallel lines. the police are investigating on behalf of the coroner, huntington district council, the licensing authority are investigating any potential breaches of health and safety regulations. they are both sharing information with each other, both working together. you can see behind me a white police van. officers had just arrived with and have been wheeling equipment out of the back, presumably some kind of friend of equipment. we have seen police officers coming and going with members of the zoo staff taking them off to be

we'll have live coverage with clive myrie from 7pm this evening.nderway at 7:30pm. the health charity says tens of thousands of pensioners living in the eu may return to the uk to use the nhs after brexit — unless a deal can be done to let them keep receiving care abroad. the nuffield trust estimates the cost of treating them on home soil, rather than abroad — could double to £1 billion pounds. at the moment, the uk gives around £500 million a year to eu countries that care for british pensioners. police investigating the manchester arena attack are searching a house in rusholme in the south of the city. greater manchester police say a cordon is in place at the address in banff road. 11 men are currently being held in custody in connection with the attack. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in manchester june kelly. a large number of police arrived at this address in banff road this morning and then the bomb squad arrived. they were here for some time. they have now left. but interestingly, this address is close to wilmslow road and last night th

at seven, we'll be joining clive myrie live in cambridge for all the build up ahead of tonight's bbc election debate. we'll be taking that debate featuring representatives from seven political parties live here on bbc news and at nine clive will be gauging reaction to that debate with spin doctors from the parties. and at half past ten rachel cunliffe, from the political news website, reaction and owen bennett, from huffpost uk will be here to review the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. coming up this evening: 100 million to spend and targeting the title — arsenal confirm arsene wenger‘s contract extension. we can move up to the next level. i am convinced of that. by playing in the way that we want to play football, and by supporting the players that we have already. novak djokovic has extended his stay at roland garros. there's victory for the defending champion at the french open. and how long will england last in the champions trophy? captain eoin morgan believes they can beat ‘anyb

i'm clive myrie. administration the headlines at eight: the headlines at eight: the transition of power president emmanuel macron prepares to form his government. theresa may says the conservatives won't abandon their promise to reduce annual net migration to the ‘tens of thousands', despite the party repeatedly missing the target. jeremy corbyn says labour would provide free car parking a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with dog attack in liverpool that left a two—year—old girl with serious injuries. new weapons are announced to fight late news on social media. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to help users

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00: theresa may has denied performing a u—turn over a manifesto pledge on social care. she says she will consider capping the amount people would have to pay in old age. nothing has changed. we are offering a long—term solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. labour and the liberal democrats said the conservatives‘ social care policy was "in meltdown". they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're going to get in the future... this is a government in chaos and confusion. president trump has spoken of his hope for a peace deal between israel and the palestinians after saying a prayer at the holiest site in judaism, the western wall injerusalem. and coming up on newsnight... an awkward day for the tories. altering a manifesto that was only four days old. what does it tell us about theresa may? we can hearfrom one of the daily mail's senior columnist.

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00pm: new measures to curb immigration are understood to be among the pledges in the conservatives‘ manifesto launched tomorrow. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto, pledging another referendum on any brexit deal. donald trump is facing increasing pressure over allegations he may have tried to shut down an fbi investigation into links between advisers and russia. we're live in northern ireland, where politicians from the main parties to discuss how the new frontier with the eu, and what it should look like is dominating the general election and reinvigorating the divide between between unionists and nationalists. good evening. the bbc understands the conservatives will promise additional measures to curb immigration when they publish their manifesto tomorrow. there will also be extra costs for employers who choose to hire non—eu immigrants in skilled jobs. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. the publication of any manifesto is a big de

an clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00. the transition of power is under way in france, as the newly elected president emmanuel macron, prepares to take office. no backing down — a conservative government will stick to its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands says theresa may. labour targets child ren‘s health, saying it'll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed, if it wins the election. coming up on that newsnight, paris is the centre of world attention. that's how they like it. we are here, looking at how politics is changing. are there lessons for britain and the west from the rise of the former banker in france? in six days‘ time emmanuel macron will be installed as president after his decisive win in yesterday's contest against marine le pen. he's already started work on forming a government and he's taken calls from world leaders including theresa may offering their congratulations. the official result was confirmed earlier today. the centrist mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote — with

i'm clive myrie.b immigration are understood to be among the pledges in the conservatives' manifesto launched tomorrow. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto, pledging another referendum on any brexit deal. donald trump is facing increasing pressure over allegations he may have tried to shut down an fbi investigation into links between advisers and russia. we're live in northern ireland, where politicians from the main parties to discuss how the new frontier with the eu, and what it should look like is dominating the general election and reinvigorating the divide between between unionists and nationalists.

clive myrie is in london.e learning a lot today about the firing of the head of the fbi and we are hearing it from the president. mr trump hasjust called mr comey a "showboat" and a "grandstander". he also revealed he was determined to fire the director anyway, whatever the justice department recommended. mr trump also reasserted the claim, that mr comey told him three times that he personally wasn't under investigation over ties to russia. mr trump made those comments in an interview with nbc news that's just been released. he isa he is a showboat. he is a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know it, dynamic, everybody knows it. you take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. it hasn't recovered. on monday you met with rod rosenstiel. did you ask for a recommendation? what i did was i was going to fire comey. my decision. you had made the decision. i was going to fire comey. mr trump's comments come as the acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, is testifying bef

i'm clive myrie.are. she says she will consider capping the amount people would have to pay in old age. nothing has changed. we are offering a long—term solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. labour and the liberal democrats said the conservatives' social care policy was "in meltdown". they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're going to get in the future... this is a government in chaos and confusion. president trump has spoken of his hope for a peace deal between israel and the palestinians after saying a prayer at the holiest site in judaism, the western wall injerusalem.

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may has denied a u—turn on social care, as the conservatives change a key manifesto pledge. we have not rewritten the manifesto. the principles on which we have based our social care policy remain absolutely... opposition parties have accused the prime minister of a climb—down, saying there's no mention of a cap in the tory manifesto. they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're going to get in the future. this is a government in chaos and confusion. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn, if he becomes prime minister. president trump has visited the holiest site injudaism, the western wall injerusalem, on a visit to hold talks with both israeli and palestinian leaders. in the next hour, we'll join a very special visitor for a preview of the chelsea flower show. royal guests have been tou

in a few minutes, viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round—up of the day's news with clive myriefirst, the home secretary, amber rudd, has said that all but a handful of nhs trusts are now back to normal after the global cyber attack which has disrupted health services in england and scotland. one of those trusts affected was in wigan. our correspondent judith moritz is there. at this hospital they have been affected to a certain extent but they worked quickly to shut down computers to make sure that the virus did not spread even further. that is something that you did first of all, isn't it? yesterday afternoon, when did you first noticed there was a problem? just after two o'clock we got our first notification of the ransom we re first notification of the ransom were appearing on one of systems. we closed down internal communications within minutes, meaning that the virus could not spread any further. we now know that reigned about 30 of out we now know that reigned about 30 of our desktops and laptops have been affected and about five of our systems, but for each of the system

at seven, we'll be joining clive myrie live in cambridge for all the build up ahead of tonight's bbc es live here on bbc news and at nine clive will be gauging reaction to that debate with spin doctors from the parties. and at half past ten rachel cunliffe, from the political

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm.r—attack — home secretary amber rudd says no warnings were ignored. the nhs itself, if you speak to the trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparationsjust in trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just in case. 0n the election campaign, jeremy corbyn promises an extra £37 billion for the nhs and shorter hospital waiting lists if labour wins power. theresa may promises the greatest expansion of workers' rights if she wins the general election. in essex, a block of garages is searched in an attempt to find the body of the schoolgirl daniellejones, who was murdered 16 years ago. france's new president emmanuel macron visits germany to boost the relationship at the heart of the eu.

course to either lose 20 seats — @yougov — or gain majority of over 100 — @comres" let's go to clive myrieidge. how did it go? hello. as you heard from nick robinson, it is difficult to predict these things and no one really knows what is going to happen, the only poll that is important is the one next thursday on the 8th ofjune. how did it go tonight? very raucous at times, talking over each other and you had a sense of the back and forth of the debate with those clips, and i'm in the spin room at cambridge university where the journalists are writing their copy and interpretation of the debate, how it went for them, and we have had several politicians here trying to give their interpretation of the reports that you are going to see on the front pages. to my right is david davis, he will be spinning his particular line. everyone is trying to put their interpretation on exactly what happened and i reckon i've got the best interpretation of all, our chief critical correspondent. how do you sum up it went, the biggest election debate? it isa went, the biggest election debate? it is a crowded

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm... the liberal democrats have put a second eu referendum at the heart of their general election manifesto, saying it would give the final say to the british people. nobody knows what brexit will look like. the choices theresa may will make will affect your life and our country for decades. 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, h

i'm clive myrie.hange a key manifesto pledge. we have not rewritten the manifesto. the principles on which we have based our social care policy remain absolutely... opposition parties have accused the prime minister of a climb—down, saying there's no mention of a cap in the tory manifesto. they haven't said what the cap is, they haven't explained to the millions of people who are desperately worried about the sort of care they're going to get in the future. this is a government in chaos and confusion. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he'll scrap tuition fees for students starting university in england this autumn, if he becomes prime minister. president trump has visited the holiest site injudaism, the western wall injerusalem, on a visit to hold talks with both israeli and palestinian leaders.

i'm clive myrie. the top stories. it's coming up myrie. the top stories. it's coming up to 6:30pm.help build a fairer society, billed as a programme of hope it promises billions for schools, the nhs and free childcare. our proposal is a government for the many, not the few. 0ur proposals are of hope for the many all over this country. the prime minister has been campaigning in stoke—on—trent where she promised during a question and a nswer she promised during a question and answer session in a hardware distribution centre that the living wage would continue to rise under her government. plaid cymru unveiled its manifesto today promising to give wales a strong voice during brexit. in other news inflation has risen to its highest level for nearly four yea rs. its highest level for nearly four years. the consumer prices index jumped last month from 2.3% up to 2.7%job, driven jumped last month from 2.3% up to 2.7% job, driven partly jumped last month from 2.3% up to 2.7%job, driven partly by the falling value of sterling. greater manchester police say they will never stop searching for

i'm katty kay in washington, clive myrie is in london. christian is off today.n the firing of fbi directorjames comey, donald trump either showed strong and decisive leadership, or he demonstrated undemocratic nixonian tendencies. take your pick. james comey had no idea his pink slip was on the way, and he'd be shown the door. but mr trump says he has his reasons forfiring mr comey now, right in the middle of the russia investigation into his own election campaign. he's used 139 characters on twitter to vent. "comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington, republican and democrat alike. when things calm down, they will be thanking me!" from washington, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is bandied about with abandon but last night it was justified. at fbi offices the first they knew their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. and james comey, who was in los angeles addressing staff, kne

this is bbc news with clive myrie.alling from a ride during a school trip to drayton manor theme park in staffordshire. managers there have expressed their condolences. we all truly shocked and devastated, and our thoughts... excuse me, with theirfamily and our thoughts... excuse me, with their family and friends at this tremendously difficult time. theresa and philip may have appeared together on the one show, talking shoes, household chores, and political ambition. i knew you were interested in politics, but i never heard theresa say she wanted to be prime minister until she was well established in the shadow cabinet. jeremy corbyn has launched labour's election campaign, but in a bbc interview refused to confirm, he'd take the uk out of the european union, if brussels offered a bad deal on brexit. a british man suspected of being part of an islamic state group that beheaded hostages, has been convicted of a terrorism offence in turkey. you are up—to—date on the news, what about the sport? juventus already had a hand

i'm clive myrie. administration the headlines at eight: the headlines at eight: the transition of power is under way in france as new elected president emmanuel macron prepares to form his government. theresa may says the conservatives won't abandon their promise to reduce annual net migration to the ‘tens of thousands‘, despite the party repeatedly missing the target. jeremy corbyn says labour would provide free car parking a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with dog attack in liverpool that left a two—year—old girl with serious injuries. new weapons are announced to fight late news on social media. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to help users decide what's true and what's not. and an irish beach that was washed away more than 30 years ago, has reappeared, almost overnight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in france, the president—elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his victory over marine le pen in yesterday's election. mr macron got two thirds of the votes cast, but there was a low turnout, and a record number of blank or spoiled ballot

this is the bbc news at 5pm, i'm clive myrie, top stories now. build a fairer society. billed as "programme of hope" promised billions for schools, the nhs and free childcare. 0ur our proposal is a government for the many not the few. 0ur proposals are of hope for the many all over this country. the prime minister has been campaigning in stoke on trent, where she promised workers at a hardware shop that the living wage would continue to rise under her government. plaid cymru unveiled its manifesto today, in which they promised to give wales a "strong voice" during brexit. in other news, inflation has risen to its highest level for nearly four years. the consumer prices index jumped last month from 2.3% to 2.7% — driven partly by the fall in the value of sterling. donald trump has been defending what he calls his absolute right to share information with russian officials. the us president shared sensitive information about terrorism during a meeting with russia's foreign minister. the coronor at the inquest into the death of moors murderer ian bra

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. the cabinet's emergency team has met to discuss the fallout of the nhs cyber—attack — home secretary amber rudd says no warnings were ignored. the nhs itself, if you speak to the trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparationsjust in trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just in case. on the election campaign, jeremy corbyn promises an extra £37 billion for the nhs and shorter hospital waiting lists if labour wins power. theresa may promises the greatest expansion of workers‘ rights if she wins the general election. in essex, a block of garages is searched in an attempt to find the body of the schoolgirl daniellejones, who was murdered 16 years ago. france's new president emmanuel macron visits germany to boost the relationship at the heart of the eu. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has chaired a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee as it grapples with

meanwhile, let's go back over to clive myrie in london. studio: huw edwards, thank you.have been jailed after both pleading guilty to a total of 94 offences of raping, sexually abusing and drugging children over a ten year period. 47—year—old nicholas taylor was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 18 years and his 42—year—old wife, joan taylor, was sentenced to 18 years. ben ando has been following the case at leicester crown court. hejoins me now from our cambridge newsroom. this is a particularly disturbing case? yes, 94 offences in total, committed between this pair. nicholas taylor and his wife, joan. as he was led down to begin the life sentence, he will see serve at least 18 years in prison, he gave a thumbs up 18 years in prison, he gave a thumbs up and said "yeah, spot on" as he was led away. he said, thejudge, who thejudge said was led away. he said, thejudge, who the judge said i see no good was led away. he said, thejudge, who thejudge said i see no good in you. you have been described as a monster. he added "while the train yourself as a reformed characte

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm...look like. the choices theresa may will make will affect your life and our country for decades. 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.

coming up at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a round—up of the days news.ut first, is time for our world. this next story is going to freak you out... the transgender couple have had a baby... this next story is going to freak you out... a transgender man is pregnant by his transgender female partner. did you get that? neither partner has had surgery, which means they conceived the baby just like any other couple. good evening. there is some much needed rainfall in the forecast in the course of the night and tomorrow will see scattered showers. those showers will be following in ona those showers will be following in on a south—westerly breeze. some of them could be a little heavy on the afternoon across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures here about 15 or 16. a bit warmer than that for england and wales. fairly well scattered showers. they will line up in bands from the south—west of england up towards the home counties. those showers fade fairly quickly during the evening. and then we see the wind picking up in the west and the cloud increasing. w