thanks mike at 12pm, i will be speaking to the leader of plaid cymru, adam price.cover bbc investigation has exposed colleges cheating the required tests. london‘s licencing authority tfl now says it‘s put on hold nearly 2000 applications. guy lynn reports. it‘s supposed to be a btec under strict exam conditions. this is the reality here. i will give you the answers here. eight wannabe cab drivers at this college, vista training solutions, get fed the answers for an assessment. they‘re told to get a few wrong, to make the fraud more convincing. all minicab drivers in london must now pass exams, in english and map reading and topography, which prove they‘re safe and qualified to get their badge from transport for london, or tfl, to work. the mandatory exams are usually sat at tfl testing centres, but private colleges such as this reputable one offer btecs in taxi training. the btecs prove the aspiring cabbies have been trained and rigorously assessed, so tfl accept them too. but other colleges are just cheating those btecs for cash. this man is a manager at vista tr

ultimately, plaid cymru, what does it mean? we a lwa ys plaid cymru, what does it mean?ys put wales before our party. wales's interests, the national interest, which at this time we believe strongly that it is so important that we grasp every opportunity for wales to stay in the european union, and if working together with the other pro remain parties maximises that opportunity for wales, then that the right thing to do, because... what about the one pa ct to do, because... what about the one pact that you know that could prevent brexit, which is doing a deal in the event of a hung parliament and supporting jeremy corbyn's bid to get into downing street. would you do that?“ corbyn's bid to get into downing street. would you do that? if you do wa nt wales street. would you do that? if you do want wales to remain in the eu, there is only one way that that is going to happen, and that is if we elect the strongest, and wales' case, the highest number of plaid cymru mps across the uk, we need to have a big third block of mps from the pro— remain parties. that's what's going t

plaid cymru will pledge huge investment in rail and bus travel in wales. say there should be another eu referendum, so voters get given a final say on brexit. and the conservatives unveil another election pledge today, the parties they want foreigners buying properties in england to be forced to pay 3% more in stamp duty than uk residents, if the conservatives win the general election. the party claims it will help people get on the housing ladder by taking the heat out of the property market. let's get a roundup of all that is coming up today with jess let's get a roundup of all that is coming up today withjess parker, at westminster. yes, as you say, the brexit party, launching not a ma nifesto brexit party, launching not a manifesto today, but a contract with the people. my understanding is that that document will be relatively short, when it comes to actual ma nifestos, short, when it comes to actual manifestos, not a programme for government as such but outlining some of the policies that you were just talking about there. why are they not doing a man

what are plaid cymru going to do to address these inequalities?es, and a decent rail connection and no decent road connection between north and south. you can take the up to nine hours to get to cardiff from holyhead. this is one example of the inequality so what is the party going to do to address this? i've had the experience and i have the experience myself very regularly. we are not connected as a nation, we don't have the transport infrastructure and as you say, we can't even get easily from the north to the south. we've got a £20 billion infrastructure plan for wales for the decade, much of that is looking at investing in transport infrastructure, specifically investing in creating a new north—south rail link for the first time within wales. at the moment, in order to get from the north to the south you've got to leave the country. we will be rebuilding the railway and then to bangor and anglesey so we have a trans wales railway within wales. we need to invest as well in our road network, we've been under investing there as well. and we need

plaid cymru launches its manifesto, promising a £20 billion investment in what it's calling a green jobstion for wales. i'm in sheffield, where we will be covering a bbc question time leaders special. several british children who were orphaned in syria are said to be in good spirits after being flown back to the uk and reunited with their widerfamily. and it's time to let it go all over again. find out what mark kermode thinks of frozen 2 and the rest of the week's top releases in the film review at 5:45pm. good evening, it's 5 o'clock. i'm jane hill. our main story: a man who strangled a british backpacker in new zealand and hid her body in a suitcase has been found guilty of her murder. grace millane was killed the night before her 22nd birthday last december. her parents cried in court as the jury returned its unanimous verdict. grace millane‘s father said the family had been ripped apart by her brutal death. a court suppression order means that the convicted man's identity cannot be disclosed and it bans media from naming or picturing him. shaimaa khalil reports from the court in auc

joining me now to answer your questions is the leader of plaid cymru, adam price. o get through. ricky wants to know, why did plaid call themselves the party of wales when they are going against the majority in wales who voted to the european union? the simple answer is, we have to be honest, i think, simple answer is, we have to be honest, ithink, it simple answer is, we have to be honest, i think, it is imperative from any politician. we believe that brexit is going to rip the heart out of the welsh economy, particularly the brexit on the table now. we did vote in favour of a form of brexit, staying in the single market, staying in the single market, staying in the customs union, vital for wales because a manufacturing and agricultural industry. what we have seen is brexit is ever more extreme and ever harder. that is going to be disastrous, so we could never support it. as a point of principle, any brexit deal should have to go back to the people for confirmation. because what is on offer now is not, one of the most talked about... even so, wales voted 52. 5% tal

i am hoping that the strongest number of plaid cymru mp5 will use our 5trength plaid cymru mp5 will usee wales so we can build a better future that we all want to see. adam price, thank you very much for your time this morning. that is ten adam price, leader of plaid cymru, speaking to us leader of plaid cymru, speaking to us from cardiff. john is here with the sport, naga is out and about in norwich, but let's talk to matt now. what is this extraordinary scene behind you? hello, naga is up there in the forum with the twinkly lights. i am out in the rain, but the reflection on the ground is perfect for this. this is the lights are not in norwich. —— light tunnel. it appears for christmas and just gives you that sense of light and comfort on those dark, cold mornings they are experiencing. more than 57 light bulbs in there producing a variety of light displays including shooting stars. my favourite so far has been the twinkling lights of the aurora borealis, various greens and blues drifting across. the rain adds to the reflections, adds to the atmosphere here and there will be rain over

the welsh nationalists, plaid cymru, launched their election manifesto this morning. of cardiff, the plaid leader adam price called for a huge investment in green energy to help fund a new, independent wales ——and called independent wales — and called for a second brexit referendum. our news correspondent tomos morgan was at the launch and joins me now. what stood out for you? the main pledge by adam price and plaid cymru, £20 million towards infrastructure and wales what he calls the greenjob infrastructure and wales what he calls the green job revolution, they are pledging to spend many on electrifying the railway across south wales, building more railway across the country and building large—scale energy infrastructure projects such as three tidal lagoons, tidal barrage and a new offshore wind farm. you may remember the swansea bay tidal lagoon due to be the first in the world was turned down by the uk government last year. big infrastructure projects and energy projects which create a huge amount of power and actually not yet fully devolved to wales as some of tho

plaid cymru wa nts answered my question. plaid cymru wants an independent wales.ronger devolution in wales. that is absolutely clear and open. talking about pacts, the labour party says it would put a brexit deal to the people in a democratic referendum of leave and remain. why would you not include them in your pact, then?|j include them in your pact, then?” think we would do. we have said as liberal democrats, we would want to revoke article 50. we also know that there are many people that want to people's vote, and along with plaid cymru and with the greens, and with the labour party, possibly, there would be the possibility of a people's vote. but if there is a majority after this election to remain in the eu, then that is a mandate from the people. thank you very much for talking to us. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. tell us the picture. unpleasant, charlie. not a great start out there for you, but heading onto the roads, pavement, public transport, there has been some very heavy rain through the night. lots of puddles and spray on the ro

it's plaid cymru ignoring the will of the british people? help wales was going to hurt wales. i will have to say is going to hurt wales. because the nature of our economy. you think about key sectors, agriculture, aerospace, the automotive sector, the bedrock of our economy and i've seen what the deindustrialisation can do to wales, my father went underground at 14, he was thrown on the slayer keeps economically in the 19805 the slayer keeps economically in the 1980s and i don't want to see any otherfamily go 1980s and i don't want to see any other family go through what we had to experience in the 1980s. there is any way of avoiding that economic disaster so i want us to grasp every opportunity that we can to avert what i think will be tremendously difficult for wales. it will decimate our agricultural sector and rock the foundations of our manufacturing sector and we are even teetering. look at ford and tata. i wa nt to teetering. look at ford and tata. i want to see the wealth of —— walsh economy rising. we are at the bottom of the econom

there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru andest in england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this eco hub in the city centre, local businesswomen harriet and laura have their reservations. there's a lot of logic behind their unifying together, but brexit will be over, however it is over, and then we need to move on as a country. and without all the voices being heard, we're doing ourselves a disservice. both wanted to remain in the eu, but have concerns about efforts to stop brexit. the country voted to leave, so i do wonder if we should be following what that decision was. i would prefer that they all put themselves up, they said what they wanted to do and then, you know, we were given the opportunity to vote for those parties. whethe

plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision.eave the eu, it wants wales to remain as an independent nation. we want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. the party's manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. it also pledges thousands ofjobs from green energy projects like tidal lagoons and wind farms. and it offers an extra £35 a week for every child in a low income family. as it sets out ideas for the future, plaid has been drawing on the past and talking about wales as a country once rich in natural resources like coal, which has been stripped of its assets and left in poverty. it has demanded reparation payments to be made after decades of what the leader calls "british rule". adam price wants £20 billion to reboot a nation. who should pay this money? what we're saying is, the uk government should actually increase its level of infrastructure investment. as a debt owed to wales, as reparation payments? look, as an investment in our own future. exactly what the welsh c

there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru andgland, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this e cohabit in the city centre, local business women harriet and laura have their reservations. there is a lot of logic in them unifying together, brexit will be over, however it is over, and then we need to move on as a country and without all the voices being heard, we are doing ourselves a disservice. both wa nted doing ourselves a disservice. both wanted to remain in the eu, but have concerns about efforts to stop brexit. the country voted to leave, soldo brexit. the country voted to leave, so i do wonder if we should be following that decision. so i do wonder if we should be following that decisionlj so i do wonder if we should be following that

there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru and england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this eco hub in the city centre, local businesswomen harriet and laura have their reservations. there's a lot of logic behind their unifying together, but brexit will be over, however it is over, and then we need to move on as a country and without all the voices being heard, we're doing ourselves a disservice. both wanted to remain in the eu, but have concerns about efforts to stop brexit. the country voted to leave, so i do wonder if we should be following what that decision was. i would prefer that they put themselves up, they said what they wanted to do and then, you know, we were given the opportunity to vote for those parties. whether this limi

plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision.though most people here voted to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain as an independent nation. we want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. the party's manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. it also pledges thousands ofjobs from green energy projects like tidal lagoons and wind farms. and it offers an extra £35 a week for every child in a low—income family. as it sets out ideas for the future, plaid has been drawing on the past and talking about wales as a country once rich in natural resources like coal, which has been stripped of its assets and left in poverty. it has demanded reparation payments to be made after decades of what the leader calls "british rule". adam price wants £20 billion to reboot a nation. who should pay this money? what we're saying is the uk government should actually increase its level of infrastructure investment. as a debt owed to wales? as reparation payments? look, as an investment in our own

plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision.leave the eu, it wants wales to remain as an independent nation. we want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. the pa rty‘s manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. it also pledges thousands ofjobs from green energy projects like tidal lagoons and wind farms. and it offers an extra £35 a week for every child in a low—income family. as it sets out ideas for the future, plaid has been drawing on the past and talking about wales as a country once rich in natural resources like coal, which has been stripped of its assets and left in poverty. it has demanded reparation payments to be made after decades of what the leader calls "british rule". adam price wants £20 billion to reboot a nation. who should pay this money? what we're saying is, the uk government should actually increase its level of infrastructure investment. as a debt owed to wales, as reparation payments? look, as an investment in our own future. exactly what the welsh

the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens form an electoral pact.ree pro—remain parties agree not to stand against each other in dozens of seats across england and wales. the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, grace millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. several people have been injured and more than 1,000 people were evacuated from a theatre in london's west end, after part of the ceiling collapsed. in the bbc‘s your questions, we head to leeds — home to five universities, to answer students‘ questions about next month's election. and in sport, tottenham edge closer towards the champions league knockout stages by thrashing red star belgrade. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. good morning. it's another busy day today on the election trial as many of the main parties head out across the country. a blow this morning for labour. the ex—labour mp ian austin has suggested "decent traditional patriotic labour voters" should vote tory as boris johnson is more fit to be leader

will bejoined by lib dems, plaid cymru and the snp will be joined by senior figures from labour, thed the greens for a seven way debate. catt, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in cardiff where the bbc will host its seven party election debate tonight. what exactly are we expecting in this one? the set for tonight's seven way election debate here in the senate macro in but cardiff. the party representatives will be standing up these podiums in a few hours' time, some represented by their leaders, not all, so rebecca long—bailey is here, the shadow business secretary for labour, chief secretary of the secretary representing the conservatives, the snp leader nicola sturgeon and lib dem leaderjo swinson are taking part. for the greens it's their sole mp before the election, caroline lucas, adam price, the leader of plaid cymru will be representing his party and as well the brexit party chairman richard tice. nick robinson will be hosting and chairing the debate, putting questions to the party representatives. there will be questions from the audience as well. less

the policies put forward —— the brexit party and plaid cymru putting out their manifestos.m today about whether the labour manifesto is affordable and whether he can deliver it. he goes first tonight so he has a precious opportunity to get his message across? as tom was saying, i think that is why he needs this to be a game changer in the way borisjohnson this to be a game changer in the way boris johnson doesn't. if, this to be a game changer in the way borisjohnson doesn't. if, as tom says, tonight is a bit disappointing and nothing changes, it doesn't matter for boris and nothing changes, it doesn't matterfor borisjohnson and nothing changes, it doesn't matter for boris johnson and and nothing changes, it doesn't matter for borisjohnson and nor does it for nicola sturgeon, but it does it for nicola sturgeon, but it does forjeremy corbyn. they have released their manifesto, as you say, they are trying to convey the message of it to the country, and i think crucially they are trying to convey not only the greatness of their policies, but that they have their policies, but

adam price at the launch of the plaid cymru general election manifesto.ountry as you hear our audience here in norwich debate and discuss the things that are important to them in this election. this one says... the people who vote for any of the conservatives, labour and the lib dems are complicit in how bad this country is run. they should remember that when they go to the ballot box. this text says... listening to the debates, the overwhelming view is that none of the politicians will give a straight answer. this one says... at 77 years of age, for the first time since being able to vote, i am so fed up with the whole thing, i don't want to vote. politicians are not listening to the people. right, we've got half—an—hour or so left of our programme. some issues that people here want to talk about, climate change, the chronic crisis, crime, and what kind of country do we wa nt crime, and what kind of country do we want to be in five, ten years' time? let's talk about the climate, first of all. good morning. hi, i am a student in ipswich, i've been organis

i would remind this house that i was first elected for the caernarfon constituency for plaid cymru inr election we had in february 1974. yes, it was dark, yes, it was wet, and, yes, it was very, very cold. but when the good people of caernarfon saw dozens of young people committed to a cause, knocking three or even four times on the doors, they realised how much it meant those young people and they swung our cause. lord wigley. if you wanted to know what arguments the parties were planning to put to voters, there wasn't long to wait. the last prime minister's questions before the election set the scene. the prime minister's planned sell—out deal with donald trump means... ..means yet more national health service money being siphoned off into private profit. isn't the truth that this government is preparing to sell out our nhs? our health service is in more danger than at any other time in its glorious history because of his government, his attitude, and the trade deals he wants to strike. mr speaker, i do indeed agree there is a stark choice facing this country at this election and it

plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision.gh most people here voted to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain, as an independent nation. we want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. the party's manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. it also pledges thousands ofjobs from green energy projects like tidal lagoons and wind farms. and it offers an extra £35 a week for every child in a low—income family. as it sets out ideas for the future, plaid has been drawing on the past and talking about wales as a country, once rich in natural resources like coal, which has been stripped of its assets and left in poverty. it has demanded reparation payments to be made after decades of what the leader calls "british rule". adam price wants £20 billion to reboot a nation. who should pay this money? what we're saying is the uk government should actually increase its level of infrastructure investment. as a debt owed to wales? as reparation payments? look, as an investment in our own f

in wales, we have a simple choice, we can back our country by backing plaid cymru or be letting downf these deeply divided westminster parties who offer nothing but more brexit chaos. the most important point that she might bear in mind is that her constituents, the people of wales, noted to leave the european union. the lib dem leader challenged him over any televised election debates, arguing she should be included. people deserve to hear from a leader who wants to stop brexit and build a betterfuture. so, will the prime minister commit today to take part in those three—way debates, or is he going to run scared of debating? i think the people of this country won their promises kept. i'm not disposed to believe in the promises of the liberal democrats when the leaflet in london say they want to revoke the result of the referendum, daily leaflets in the south—west of the country don't mention brexit et al.. that is the liberal... of the country don't mention brexit at all.. that is the liberal... what they stand for, that is a bunch of hypocrites, lot of them. they stand for nothing

with plaid cymru, we have consistently argued as the lead party for remain... comments. the result is not narrow enough to be overturned or called into question. your current leader, adam price, in november wanted to revoke. now he wa nts a november wanted to revoke. now he wants a second referendum. we know way more about brexit and the eu than we did three years ago. i think it has been an unfortunate and difficult learning process for us all. meantime, ithink difficult learning process for us all. meantime, i think it's fair to say that people recognise plaid cymru as being a redmayne party. that was how the vote was in the elections in may. with the revoke decision, that was for that time and place, because we had borisjohnson talking about going out with no deal. we are now proposing a second referendum to bring this to a close. if you want to never talk about brexit again, consider voting remain. applause emily's question, and she has been itching to get back in, and we will come to you in the grey hoodie. what have you heard, emily? the lib dems talk abo

well, we saw yesterday that the liberal democrats, the green party, and plaid cymru form a pro—remaingland and wales, who support brexit. and the brexit party leader, nigel farage, has urged boris johnson to sign the conservatives up to a similar so called non—aggression pact. but is it possible that unofficials deals will be reached between parties to defeat certain candidates, in certain seats? —— possible that unofficially. well, someone who maybe able to answer that is peter kellner, the former president of the polling organisation, yougov. hejoins us live from north london. thank you to speaking to us here in bbc news. how is it that these packs work? are the guidelines of how they are formed? deeply unofficial but they happen all the time. back in 1997 for example, the liberal democrats, the retargeting seats in brighton next to lewis. and then they reach an expert way of it —— an explicit and unpublished agreement where the activists would go to brighton and then they would go to lewis. and then the conservatives lost both seats. and you can see this here watch away. i have no

plaid cymru has made it clear they wa nt to plaid cymru has made it clear they want to stay in the euand plaid cymru's leader adam pricejoins us now. this is so people can hear about your policies and hear about you as well. let us start with that question. you said that a vote for plaid cymru will be a vote for wales to stay inside the eu but that is despite wales, voting as a whole to leave in the referendum. i understand that. i think we have to say honestly what we believe and if people ask me is brexit going to help wales or hurt wales, have to say it is going to hurt wales. some of the concerns you heard about, reports 20,000 people waiting —— working out of ports across wales, what is going to happen to our agricultural sector? the decimation that could happen if we have a no—deal cliff edge at the end of next year. manufacturing base, absolutely essential for our economy. have to be honest. i didn't into politics to say what i thought people wanted to hear but what i genuinely believe and it is for the people to decide where they stand as well. we have to be clear and answer t

plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision.d to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain as an independent nation. we want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. the party's manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. it also pledges thousands ofjobs from green energy projects, like tidal lagoons and wind farms. and it offers an extra £35 a week for every child in a low—income family. as it sets out ideas for the future, plaid has been drawing on the past and talking about wales as a country once rich in natural resources like coal, which has been stripped of its assets and left in poverty. it has demanded reparation payments to be made after decades of what the leader calls "british rule". adam price wants £20 billion to reboot a nation. who should pay this money? what we're saying is, the uk government should actually increase its level of infrastructure investment. as a debt owed to wales, as reparation payments? look, as an investment in our own future. exactly what the

for plaid cymru and the lib dems, just holding onto their seats will be a good result but it's how labourike these which could decide who forms the next government. hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend. sport now, and the women's super league attendance record was smashed today at the tottenham hotspur stadium as 38,000 people attended the north london derby, but it was the home fans who were left disappointed as arsenal beat spurs 2—0. elsewhere, there were wins for manchester city, chelsea, brighton and everton. england have signed off their euro 2020 qualification campaign with a comfortable 4—0 win over kosovo. they had already booked their place at the tournament but this victory means that they'll be one of the six top seeds for the draw at the end of the month. jane dougall reports from pristina. travelling england fans are unaccustomed to a reception like this. intervention by british troops during the kosovan conflict has not been forgotten here. the welcome has been warm. i can't remember an atmosphere like this. it is, it's quite moving. we pass the message onto world that footba

the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, says he's consulting his members about an electoral alliance withs party electon campaign, mr price said plaid was the party with the "highest ambition" for wales. in calling the third election in just four years, the westminster parties certainly have given the people the worst christmas present ever. political culture that is more toxic than any time in our history, a poisoned chalice of a choice between two divided parties led by one leader who is resolutely dishonest on brexit and another who has sadly proven honestly clueless. and both of them, as we have seen in recent days, advised by public schoolboys who seem to see politics as some schoolboys who seem to see politics as some kind of pathological game. so let's not make this election about them, but about us. not about their ambition for power, but our ambition for wales. not about the fortu nes ambition for wales. not about the fortunes of the westminster parties and leaders, but our people's future, there are lives and their dreams. we are here launching the election, let this election be

the big parties affected by this is plaid cymru. is that really what lies bind this decision?y in wales has undoubtedly been about the resignation of alun cairns. remind us of that and why it has the potential to have such significance for this general election?‘ potential to have such significance for this general election? a former aide to alun cairns gave evidence in aide to alun cairns gave evidence in a rape trial in april last year. his testimony derailed the trial and the trialjudge accused him of deliberately sabotaging the trial and threw him out of court. eight months later, the welsh conservatives selected him to be a candidate for the welsh assembly elections in 2021 and alun cairns endorsed him as a colleague and friend. mr cairns said he had not known about the collapse of the trial until some considerable time after and had no lot knowledge of his role in it. we discovered that an e—mail had been sent by alun cairns special adviser to alun cairns special adviser to alun cairns discussing the candidate‘s role, four months before his selection and endorsement by a

another view says, will plaid cymru work with a jeremy corbyn government? work on a case—by—case basis if the issue is important enough, but obviously there would be a price for that. very quickly, will the self—building custom house—building act 2015, will wales support having this in wales? a bit niche, but probably important. i had to do my homework on that. keeping me on my toes! as he suggests, housing is devolved so it‘s in the control of the welsh government, and they announced a scheme earlier this year which they called self build wales, and it will be administered by the development bank of wales which will give people loans to help them self—build if they meet certain criteria, and apparently that scheme will be taking applications within the next few weeks. this is an interesting one — why are nhs waiting times in wales double those in england? a labour—led devolved government is responsible for health. yes, and this is a real can of worms. this is a can of worms that she is opening here. for many years now, there has been a stand—up row that has

and don't forget, they are now in a remain alliance with the liberal democrats and plaid cymru.er in 60 seats around england and wales. plaid cymru — their policies are all on there as well, they're about stopping brexit via a second referendum. the brexit party we know all about, of course. nigel farage said borisjohnson's deal is not true brexit, but then, this week, they announced they will not be standing candidates in those seats where there is a conservative incumbent. so, there you have it, lots of detail on there. we're going to be adding to it, as well, of course, as the manifestos come out. there'll be much more detail coming out in the next few weeks and i'll be taking you through some of those policies here on bbc news. and, if you're watching in northern ireland, saying, "why didn't you focus on the parties in our neck of the woods and the policies that they've got?" they are on there. so take a look. bbc.co.uk/news. the time is quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime... accident and emergency units in england record their worst performance since current reco

the greens got in a particular seat where they let the lib dems run — because outside of wales plaid cymruof this conversation — the numbers are pretty small. and last time round, this time might be different, but last time round, those seats would actually have changed the result. it might have changed the maths, in none of those seats. it wouldn't actually have made any difference. it generates headlines and it is intriguing but might have no consequence. and it has already gone a bit wrong because i heard one candidate saying he is so annoyed he has been told to not stand so will run as an independent. oh no! maybe it has cancelled the assault out already. but it's interesting because one of the big questions about this election is the tories think they can win if they hold the leave vote together and suck up everybody who voted for brexit and the remain vote splits and fractures. if the lib dems and labour were to start working together, it would be transformational but there is no chance of that. as you said, it's one of these things, people get excited about it and we know people who

for plaid cymru and the lib dems, just holding onto their seats will be a good result but it's how labour like these which could decide who forms the next government. hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend. the headlines on bbc news: stand—off in hong kong — riot police surround a university campus with hundreds of pro—democracy protesters inside. borisjohnson tells business leaders he's shelving plans to cut corporation tax next april. after his bbc interview, prince andrew faces calls to cooperate with legal cases brought by alleged victims of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein large parts of central venice are once again under water, after another exceptionally high tide inundated the city. three of the worst ten floods venice has suffered since records began, nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened within a week. rich preston reports. for venetians, more water and more misery. a week of flooding has closed businesses and attractions in one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. this, the famous st mark's square, normally filled with people. the city's narrow streets and alle

yesterday the liberal democrats, the green party, and plaid cymru formed a pro—remain electoral pactt. and the brexit party leader, nigel farage, has urged boris johnson to sign the conservatives up to a similar so—called non—aggression pact. but is it possible that unofficials deals will be reached between parties to defeat certain candidates, in certain seats? earlier i spoke to peter kellner, the former president of the polling organisation yougov. deeply unofficial, but they happen all the time. in 1997, for example, the liberal democrats were targeting lewis, labour was targeting seats in brighton, next to lewis. they reached an explicit but unpublished and formal —— informal agreement whereby all the labour activist in lewis would go to brighton and all the lib dem activists in brighton would go to lewis, and the conservatives lost both seats. and you can see this year, logically... i have no idea what deals are being made, but, you know, ifi i have no idea what deals are being made, but, you know, if i was in gloucestershire and i was a labour activist i would go and work in s

neighbouring ceredigion is also a marginal seat — plaid cymru took it from the liberal democrats at the in pembrokeshire — a county in south—west wales that sees over four million tourists every year, an industry that supports 16,000 jobs. at the moment, it is wet and 20 and not many people are here at all, however. —— wet and windy. recent years, though, have seen a decline in overseas visitors and concern over second home ownership in the area. wales is a nation that voted for brexit, with 57% of people in pembrokeshire voting to leave the eu in the 2016 referendum. beyond that, what are the other issues on voters' minds? our correspondent hywel griffiths has been to a music night in the coastal town of fishguard. folk night in fishguard, a welcome distraction from the sound and fury of the election. this western corner of wales can feel far from westminster. the decisions made there aren't always in tune with life here. issues like health and education are devolved to the welsh government in cardiff and so aren't on the ballot, but there's plenty the mps can do. ollie wants them to h

the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party will step aside for each other in 60 constituenciesur or the snp. they claim the move is in the national interest. it is unprecedented, the scale of this arrangement between these three different political parties, but i think it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interest, and that's how our politics should be done. around 1,500 voters in swindon have been mistakenly warned that they may not be able to vote in the general election. in letter sent by swindon council, residents were told they would be removed from the electoral register as they were no longer entitled to be registered at their property. the council later tweeted asking residents to ignore the letter as it was sent by mistake. and we'll have more on the election later in the programme as business leaders publish their manifesto for the north. christian fraser

and don't forget, they are now in a remain alliance with the liberal democrats and plaid cymru.ey're about stopping brexit via a second referendum. the brexit party we know all about, of course. nigel farage said borisjohnson's deal is not true brexit, but then, this week, they announced they will not be standing candidates in those seats where there is a conservative incumbent. so, there you have it, lots of detail on there. we're going to be adding to it, as well, of course, as the manifestos come out. there'll be much more detail coming out in the next few weeks and i'll be taking you through some of those policies here on bbc news. and, if you're watching in northern ireland, saying, "why didn't you focus on the parties in our neck of the woods and the policies that they've got?" they are on there. so take a look. the headlines on bbc news. new figures reveal accident and emergency waiting times in england are at their worst for fifteen years. victims of the floods across england are bracing themselves for more rain, with more than a hundred flood warnings now in place. two

in other news, the conservatives want a hike on the stamp duty foreigners pay in england, while plaid cymruling for a £20 billion "green jobs revolution". good morning. we're getting to the heart of the issues that matter to people here in norwich during the election, including the health of the nhs.

that is what we have done with the green party, with plaid cymru and.t is labour figures, they are not looking to do anything other than promote the labour cause, asking all the other parties to do something the labour party is refusing to do. jo swinson said today she would never go into coalition with jeremy today she would never go into coalition withjeremy corbyn. surely, that is possibly your best chance to get a second referendum? two things about that, you miss the other half of what she said, she said jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson are not fit to lead the uk and those parties are in no fit state to lead the uk, which is partly why you have the uk, which is partly why you have the embarrassing chaos you have seen here and he was around the world have been seeing. that is very important other half of what you have put. but the other thing is, we, increasingly, and we haven't had a government since 2005, we haven't had a general election since 2005 where a government has got a proper, substantial majority. increasingly we have hung parliament with

indeed, we have an agreement with plaid cymru in wales and with the green party in a number of seats they approached the labour party and the labour party did not want to take part. we were not that surprised by that because the labour party, there are some good remain people in the labour party and i do not suggest otherwise, but the leadership, jeremy corbyn, is a brexiteer and basically wa nts jeremy corbyn, is a brexiteer and basically wants brexit. a similar question but more specific. nic on email — where lib dems have consistently come third in recent elections in safe tory seats, why do they not step down to allow labour a clear run? because the remain — leave debate has changed. we saw in the may elections, the european elections just a few months ago that the liberal democrats beat both the labour party and the conservative party at the same time in a national election. that had not happened for over 100 years. we are finding liberal democrat votes in safe conservative seat, to use the phrase of your questioner, that we are axing our head of the conservatives. take a seat a

back to the election campaign — and the liberal democrats, the greens and plaid cymru have agreed notandidate the best chance of winning. all three parties want the uk to remain in the eu. alex forsyth reports from winchester, a constituency that is currently held by the conservatives, and where the greens have now stepped aside in favour of the liberal democrats. the country is poised to make a crucial choice, but in some seats, it will be a limited one. winchester is one place where some anti—brexit parties have agreed not to stand against each other. it's a really good idea. it's the only way we have a chance of staying in the eu. i think anyone trying to hijack for or against brexit is wrong. in this current tory seat, it means the greens won't put up a candidate but the lib dems will, the idea being to avoid splitting the pro—eu vote. the lib dem leader, whose party could benefit most, argues that brexit is key in this election. it speaks volumes about how how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party an

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either of those parties and also the remainer pa ct those parties and also the remainer pact between plaid cymru, the liberal democrats and the greens, they have joined forces to stand and back each other where they feel they have the best chance of winning so there are many unanswered questions. felicity evans, thanks forjoining us. felicity evans, thanks forjoining us. and now back to the studio. many thanks. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. they made their fans — and their new manager — wait for it, but tottenham are through to the next round of the champions league after coming from behind against olympiacos. despite drawing against shakhtar donetsk, manchester city join them in the last 16 and finish top of their group. plus, it wasn't long ago we thought we wouldn't see him on a tennis court again — but that wouldn't bother andy murray, who's in a film about his recovery from hip surgery. that was the nice thing about these last six or seven months, when i was at home and my pain was gone.

as the leader of plaid cymru takes your questions directly. do get in touch.at's the message from which, when it comes to black friday deals. the consumer group studied last year's sales event — and says 95% of goods were the same price or cheaper at other times of the year. retailers say they're not misleading us. de la rue — the company that prints our banknotes — says there's a chance it could collapse if its rescue plan doesn't work. the company prints about a third of the world's currencies — and has sustained big losses overseas. it says the warning is a worst case scenario. companies are being banned from marketing high risk minibonds to ordinary punters. the city watchdog says too many people have been tempted by the higher than average returns on these bonds — and lost money. it's worried non specialist investors don't undersatnd how risky these minibonds can be. we love our pets, don't we — and we spend a lot making sure they're healthy and pampered. that's good news for the company pets at home. its half year underlying profits have gone up by aroun

and plaid cymru took neighbouring ceredigion from the liberal democrats in 2017 by just 104 votes.da, with the parties promising various targets for net carbon zero. 0ur science editor david shukman has been looking at the uk's ever changing energy supply. the way we get our power is going through an incredible transformation, and many of us probably haven't what's changing. until a few decades ago, most of our electricity and heating came from coal. coal was the foundation of the industrial revolution and the backbone of the economy. but it's the dirtiest kind of fuel and burning it releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide that warms the atmosphere. so now, it's being phased out. in its place has come gas. gas is used to heat most of our homes and generate electricity for the national grid. gas is cleaner than coal but still produces carbon dioxide. more recently, we've seen the rise of renewable energy, with thousands of wind turbines planted out at sea and on land. and the more that have been installed, the lower their costs have become. so, there are big plans for many more. it'

plaid cymru launch today with their leader adam price not giving anything away really on the idea oflly on the idea of a remain alliance, but setting out the benefits for wales from independence, because he believes if wales was stayed in the eu that would guarantee extra funding to boost infrastructure in wales. we have huge problems that we need to fix in wales, child poverty, a creeking transport infrastructure, but how do we solve the problems? we don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or boris johnson into don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson into downing street. we solve them by having the strongest ever welsh voice in westminster. contrast the way that wales is often ignored compare that to scotland, where for over a decade now the people of scotland have been vote fogger ing for their party. that is what we need to do for wales. and last but not least we have nigel farage of the brecht party unveiling the 600 prospective candidates he says are poised to stand at the election. he has given borisjohnson 14 st

ian blackford on behalf of the scottish national party and plaid cymru, the welsh nationalist party. the new leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson. nigel dodds for the democratic unionist party of northern ireland. the newly elected speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. the speaker of the house of lords, lord fowler. and now, side by side, the foreign secretary dominic raab and the home secretary, priti patel. these wreaths being laid on behalf of the intelligence agencies, mi6, mi5, and gchq. well, that is the wreath laying ceremony on well, that is the wreath laying ceremony on the cenotaph on this remembrance sunday. the royal family, senior politicians, and foreign dignitaries laying wreaths there in memory of those who lost their lives in conflicts over the last couple of centuries. you can continue watching that coverage on bbc one. now, to the election campaign and labour has criticised conservative attempts to unpick its spending plan as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. the conservatives say labour‘s spending plans would cos