no, you're doing it again, mr farron, please hold on, no, mr farron.ast night's debate, you're in a one—on—one... when you keep talking, i can't answer. mr farron, will you please be quiet and listen to my question? do you accept that when you keep talking... my question is quite simple. ..when you keep talking, i can't answer? mr farron, you're not answering — let me try it one more time. mr farron, let me try it one more time, you're not going to heckle me out of this — i will ask my question. well, don't talk over me. i will ask you my question — in the second referendum... 0n the first referendum on the deal... you will campaign... you're doing it again. i'm correcting a wrong question. you will campaign to reject any deal that mrs may does? i will campaign in that referendum on the basis of what's best for britain. my view is i cannot see how theresa may will be able to get a deal better than the one we currently have — which i told you about five minutes ago. let's move on to your manifesto and see if we can do better there with clarity. last wee

tonight, the archbishop of canterbury said mr farron was honourable and decent and if he couldn't be . this has clearly been a very difficult decision for tim farron to make. at the election he did make some progress increasing the number of lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign as a wasted opportunity and they blamed the way he handled those questions about his faith. the party will now choose a new leader over the summer. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. in some of the other news for the day, borough market in london has opened 11 days after the terror attack that killed eight people. one minute silence was held by the traders and they said that returning to their businesses marked the start ofa to their businesses marked the start of a healing process for the market community. we have got more of course coming from west london with mike embley in the studio and sarah kuchar but first he is sport today — we will see you soon. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: pakistan stun england winning by eight wickets to reach the icc ch

mr farron took over as leader from nick clegg injuly 2015, following the party's disastrous election result. it now has 12 seats. mr farron said he said he was "torn between living as a faithful christian and serving as a political leader". from the very first day of my leadership two years ago i have faced questions about my christian faith. i have tried to answer with grace and patience sometimes my a nswe i’s grace and patience sometimes my answers could have been wiser. at the start of this election, i found myself under scrutiny. asked about matters to do with my faith. i felt guilty that the focus was distracting attention from a campaign, obscuring our message. journalists have every right to ask whatever they see fit, the consequences of the focus on my faith is that i have found myself torn between living as a faithful christian and serving as a political leader. a better, wiser person than me may have been able to deal with this more successfully, to have remained faithful to christ while leading a political party in the current environment. to be a political leader, especi

next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems.ling? pleased to be in a pub! and on to south—west london. here, the party hopes its promise of a referendum on the final brexit deal will go down well with the large number of remain voters. for many voters, this election is the first chance to see and hear what tim farron has to offer. he's built his campaign around persuading those who voted to remain in the eu to swing behind the liberal democrats, but he's hoping that promises of more money for health and education will broaden the party's appeal. the lib dems would put ip on income tax to increase nhs and social—care spending in england by £6 billion a year. and if you want to send a message to theresa may that you are not to be taken for granted, that the dementia tax is not to be given the all—clear, and that police and school and hospital cuts are not ok, the liberal democrats is the party you should get behind. after a disastrous result, two years ago, tim farron knows it's a long way back for the lib dems, but he's confident

next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems.ry landside. how are you feeling? pleased to be in a pub! and on to south—west london. here, the party hopes its promise of a referendum on the final brexit deal will go down well with the large number of remain voters. for many voters, this election is the first chance to see and hear what tim farron has to offer. he's built his campaign around persuading those who voted to remain in the eu to swing behind the liberal democrats, but he's hoping that promises of more money for health and education will broaden the party's appeal. the lib dems would put 1p on income tax to increase nhs and social—care spending in england by £6 billion a year. and if you want to send a message to theresa may that you are not to be taken for granted, that the dementia tax is not to be given the all—clear, and that police and school and hospital cuts are not ok, the liberal democrats is the party you should get behind. after a disastrous result, two years ago, tim farron knows it's a long way back for the

tonight, the archbishop of canterbury said mr farron was honourable and decent and if he couldn't be learly been a very difficult decision for tim farron to make. at the election he did make some progress increasing the number of lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign as a wasted opportunity and they blamed the way he handled those questions about his faith. the party will now choose a new leader over the summer. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. some of the day's other news in brief. borough market in london has reopened 11 days after the terror attack that killed eight people. traders held a minute's silence to remember the victims and said returning to their businesses marked the start of a "healing process" for the market community. new figures show wages are continuing to fall behind inflation. average earnings dropped by 0.6% for the three months to april. unemployment fell by 50,000 over the same period. in the us state of virginia, a senior republican politician has been critically injured in a gun attack. steve scalise, a whip in the house of representatives, was one of fiv

next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems.ory landside. how are you feeling? pleased to be in a pub! and onto south—west london. here the party hopes its promise of a referendum on the final brexit deal will go down well with the large number of remain voters. for many voters, this election is the first chance to see and hear what tim farron has to offer. he has built his campaign around persuading those who voted to remain in the eu to swing behind the liberal democrats but he is hoping that promises of more money for health and education will broaden the party's appeal. the lib dems would put 1p on income tax to increase nhs and social care spending in england by £6 billion a year. and if you want to send a message to theresa may that you are not to be taken for granted, that the dementia tax is not to be given the all clear, and that police and school and hospital cuts are not ok, the liberal democrats is the party you should get behind. after a disastrous result two years ago, tim farron knows it's a long way back for the

mr farron said he could not reconcile his christian faith with leading a ‘progressive, liberal‘ party leader of the liberal democrats for just two years. surrounded by colleagues, tim farron announced he was stepping down because of the folk is there had been on his christian faith. i found myself torn between living as a faithful christian and serving as a political leader. do you think it's 0k to political leader. do you think it's ok to be gay? political leader. do you think it's 0k to be gay? he said he felt guilty that questions about his religious views on gay sex and abortion had been a distraction during the general election campaign. do you think gay sex is ok? look, i'm not going to give you an answer to that question. i'll tell you why. that's because one's personal faith question. i'll tell you why. that's because one's personalfaith is one's personal faith. because one's personalfaith is one's personalfaith. what counts is your actions and beliefs in politics. after days of pressure, he finally clarified that he didn't believe gay sex was a sin. tim farron made it clear h

for mr farron?hink this yougov polling nonsense is not representative of what is really going on. you have to think about that. sam, polling nonsense? i'm sceptical about it as well, to be honest. the big thing is to get out onto the ground, labour is putting tens of thousands of people out, today 50,000 people have signed up already for election day. the key thing is thatjeremy has to keep doing what he's doing, this is about bread and butter issues the people in this country whose life is not getting better and the tories. all right. it's good to see you all. thank you forjoining us. . this is bbc news at five — the headlines. with one week to go before polling day brexit takes centre stage as party leaders attend rallies across britain, canvassing support. president trump is facing mounting pressure from the eu and the world as he appears to be pulling america out of the paris climate change agreement. former fbi directorjames comey, fired by the president, is set to testify about the administrat

speaking to supporters in bath this evening, mr farron said a landslide victory for the conservativesdise funding for community services across britain. mr farron said a landslide victory for the conservatives would jeopardise funding for community services across britain. a landslide tomorrow would mean permission for the dementia tax, permission for the dementia tax, permission for the dementia tax, permission for more police cots and underfunding of our schools and hospitals. it's a vote against all of that with the lib and —— with the liberal democrats. it's a vote for the funding our schools deserve and for a stronger police. keep us all safe. our correspondent tom bateman is in bath for us this evening. the liberal democrats, the message seems to be very much, we can't have a tory landslide? absolutely and as you saw there, tim farron was handing out pizzas to keep people well fed before they start hammering on doors. it is a greater slice of the votes that tim farron really wa nts. the votes that tim farron really wants. he has been touring six different constituencies around t

speaking to supporters in bath this evening, mr farron said a landslide victory for the conservativesdise funding for community services across britain. theresa may called the election, expecting a landslide. a landslide tomorrow would mean permission for the dementia tax, permission for more police cuts and underfunding of our schools and hospitals. it's a vote against all of that with the lib and —— with the liberal democrats. it's a vote for the funding our schools deserve and for a stronger police. keeping us all safe. our correspondent tom bateman is in bath for us this evening. he has been touring six different constituencies around the country and they are places where the liberal democrats came second 2015. he believes that some tactical voting, appealing to labour voters, they will get enough votes to win again. the liberal democrats took an absolute morning in 2015. tim farron will be judged on how many seats he can gain, but one thing was really striking in that speech that he gave. not so much what he said, which was about cuts to public services and social care and the pl

i think mr farron will agree with that. i do.minder, it is a brilliant point, but two things i want to say, first, the majority voted to leave, that is the result in the direction of the country but all of us, especially our leaders, must not forget that three quarters of our young people voted to remain and they will have to live with the consequences of this for longer than most of us. the second point, freedom of movement is often raised but what about freedom of movement for british people? our ability to live, work and study, love and explore overseas? these things matter, too, which is why the content of the deal should be agreed by the people, not the politicians. forgive me, these are the arguments you put in the referendum and you were defeated. 48% of the population voted remain, nobody quite trust ‘s opinion polls at the moment and not one of them as you above 10%. this is not exactly a popular cause, is it? cliche klaxon number one, the only poll that matters is the one on thursday. but it is right... if people really

mr. tame farron. ociate mysele remarks that have been made by the speaker so far, especially in the light of the outrage that took place in manchester and london during the general election campaign. they were outrageous that was meant to divide us and our responses toe united, to show love and respect, gratitude to those who came to our aid, those who came to help those who are stricken, those who keep us safe and as we were attacked in this place a few months earlier and assault the death of kate palmer we are reminded in the most this rollaway how our security keepers and who we are some-- immensely grateful. may i also associate myself with remarks made about the right honorable member and also with the remarks made by the right honorable member. she made one mistake or she said we got nearly all the weeks-- [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, congratulations on your reelection, which is of coseeserve you had the privilege of serving and presiding over one of the most interesting parliaments in recent yea

mr. tame farron. >> main congratulations to you and may i associate myself with the remarks made by the speakers so far, especially in the light of the outrage that took place both in manchester and in london during the general election campaign. they were outrages that were meant to divide and it our response is to be united, to show love and respect, immense gratitude to those who came to our aid, those who came to help those who are stricken, those who keep us safe and as we were attacked in this place a few months earlier and saw the death of keith palmer, we are reminded in most utterly visceral way how safe our police and our security services keep us, and to whom we are immensely grateful. may i also associate myself with the remarks -- generous remarks for rushcliffe and the remarks by -- she said that we have got rid of nearly all the whigs. i think there's 12 of us now, and that's a 50% increase. thank you very much. come on. i'm here always. and mr. speaker, mr. speaker, congratulations -- actually, it is quiet about 90 seconds. mr. speaker, congratulations on your re-election, which

facing a studio audience in edinburgh last night, mr farron said there was no evidence to support a wideningsturgeon warned against reforms that could "undermine our own freedoms". ido i do know that we are much safer if we invest in police and in our security services. an additional 300 million that we will put into policing will make us safer. the cuts made by theresa may have not made a safer.. we must make sure that in our determination to keep the population safe we do not start to undermine alan freeds and civil liberty because these are part of what makes us who we are. we should always listen carefully to what police and security services say but police and security services say but police and security services say but police and security services have wide—ranging powers police and security services have wide— ranging powers already. the boss of british airways' parent company says that human error caused last week's it meltdown that led to travel chaos for 75,000 passengers. willie walsh said an engineer disconnected a power supply, with the major damage caused by a surge when it w

farron. he lost out to mr tim farron in 2015, he told the guardian newspaper, his decision that he will not enter also said the party's anti—brexit stance was toxic to many of the voters in his own constituency in norfolk and he abstained on the article 50 vote which angered many in his party. british summer fruit and salad producers are struggling to recruit enough migrant workers to harvest their crops, according to a bbc survey. more than half of the businesses that took part weren't sure whether they'd have enough staff with many blaming the weak pound and uncertainty over brexit. live now to susannah streeter who is in the market town of godalming in surrey. hello, iam hello, i am in one of the poly tunnels that grows raspberries. today alone, the company which runs this farm and a few others around the uk ends to pick 25 tonnes of raspberries and to do so, they rely ona raspberries and to do so, they rely on a huge migrant labourforce, particularly from romania, bulgaria and poland. there are growers up and down the country saying they are finding it much more difficult this year to recruit

mr farron has actually already voted by post but has still gone along to a polling station this morning in at 52, and you can watch mishal husain, jeremy vine, david dimbleby, emily maitlis, laura kuenssberg and our correspondents up and down the uk to bring you the latest results. twelve staff at two private care homes in north devon have now been convicted of the "organised and systemic" abuse of adults with learning disabilities. they often punished those they were supposed to be caring for by putting them in an empty room with no food, heating or even a toilet. one of those affected was 25—year—old ben. he had been moved to the home after being abused at winterbourne view, the home exposed by bbc panorama in 2011. ben's sister emma garrod and his mum claire spoke to me earlier. first of all, tell us a little bit about ben. ben is a very sensitive, fun loving, polite person. he is just a really, really nice person, and yes. i think he's a joy to be around, and with the right support and the right care, he gives back so much more than is ever put into him. and he had been at winterbou

mr farron will stay on as leader until parliament goes into recess next month.o the washington post. if confirmed, the move by special counsel robert mueller would mark a turning point in the fbi investigation into russian interference in last year's presidential election. mr trump's lawyer has called the leak of information outrageous, inexcusable and illegal. those are the top stories for you and we will keep you up—to—date with the fire at grenfell tower in west london through the morning. it is time to turn to the sport with mike, and not a great result to begin with. congratulations to pakistani. great result for pakistan. and it could be pakistan— india a game. they could play in the final —— again. a lot of head scratching for england as they have been building up england as they have been building up to the tournament for two years, strong favourites to get to the final at least. what happened? in cricket, there is a fine line between success and failure. it can ta ke between success and failure. it can take just between success and failure. it can takej

mrs may had to fend off. the lib dem leader tim farron, took time off preparing breakfast in a cafe, to take aim at the pm, withtinging attack. this is a point that we look at how we keep our country and our people safe and as things stand we have a prime minister who told off the police for saying that they were crying wolf, and that was at the time when she was responsible for making cuts in our police numbers, in every part of our country, and today she stands and says enough is enough. well, enough was enough the first time this happened. this is the moment we stand behind our police and security services, the one thing we know will make us safer is investing in our police. and scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has weighed in, over police numbers in england. i think theresa may has to outline what she thinks it means. nobody can escape the fact that theresa may has been home secretary for the past numberof been home secretary for the past number of years before she was prime minister. she presided over significant cuts in policing in england, and there is lots of concern about that. security is on

mrs may started there. jeremy corbyn is starting out in glasgow. he's winding his way down through wales and ends up in his home patch in islington in central london and tim farroning around to various key target seats for the lib dems. often sort of university towns where he's trying to hoover up some of the remain support. so that blizzard of last minute activity to claw in as many votes just before election day. now, news about diane abbott. she isn't very well, is she? she isn't, no. i guess a lot of us we re she isn't, no. i guess a lot of us were sort of raising eyebrows when she pulled out of that woman's hour debate yesterday at the last minute and we all thought aye—aye the labour leadership told her not to do it because she has been unsteady in some of her public appearances. you remember that time when she had a very difficult time trying to remember the police numbers and how much it was going to cost to implement labour's policy. this morning, jeremy corbyn was asked about diane abbott and he said she was still not well and now we've had a statement from labour saying actually her shadow is going to stand, her number two is going to stand, her numbe

should tim farron consider some kind of arrangement with the conservatives? that's equally impossible. mrsg the election, she said no deal is better thana election, she said no deal is better than a bad deal. she is willing to acce pt than a bad deal. she is willing to accept the hardest possible brexit. how could tim farron possibly ally himself with that? nor could he take the party with him. over 100,000 people, a doubling of the membership since 2015. even with possible having influence over the brexit negotiations? we know about coalitions and influence. our experiences after the last coalition, the major party gets the credit for everything that's done and the junior party takes the blame for the things that people don't like. he will have to make his own decision. i should be astonished if he would countenance any kind of coalition either with labour or the conservatives. what he can say is we will deal with every issue on a vote by the basis. we will not have, if you like, opposition for the sake of it, but we will consider everything on its merits. that is something he can sell to