richard lister, bbc news. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages.server leads on labour's plans to increase income tax for people earning more than £80,000 ifjeremy corbyn becomes the next prime minister. the sunday times says the move is a bid to shore up labour's core support as a new poll shows the party has fallen 19 points behind the tories. the paper, which is publishing its annual rich list, also says brexit has seen the combined wealth of the country's 1,000 richest individuals surge. the sunday express says theresa may is to unveil a set of manifesto pledges which, they claim, will serve as labour's death warrant. and the mail on sunday criticises a controversial drama to be aired on the bbc about the royal family. the bbc has defended the production as a ‘critically acclaimed and fictional play‘ which the mail has described as ‘astonishingly good'. now on bbc news, it's time for witness. hello, and welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett, back here at the british library in london. we have got another five witnesses who have shared thei

richard lister, bbc news. a courageous young man., so we will take you to the weather. hello, good morning. so near, yet so far away. we had some rain around during the first half of the weekend. it came in with this cloud front, just clipped the south—west of england, running through the english channel. that cloud is moving southward into the near continent. across the far north—east of scotland we have got some low cloud that will bring drizzle as we head into sunday. quite low cloud for northern and eastern scotland, perhaps filtering through the central lowlands, perhaps argyll and bute seeing more in the way of sunshine. sunny start after a chilly start across northern ireland, likewise north—west england. on the other side of the pennines there will be more cloud. wales, midland and southern england, temperatures start at 10 or 11 because of the cloud, but we should see things improving. you‘ll notice that if you are watching the cricket at lord‘s, england against ireland. skies brightening through the day. we will get some su

richard lister, bbc news. minute," when he retires from public life in the autumn. prince edward said "the show would go on" — because the royal family worked as a team. our royal correspondent, peter hunt, considers the first comments from a senior royal — about the impending retirement of prince phillip. prince philip, as we soon won‘t be seeing him, in public, on duty, by his wife‘s side. from the autumn, the soon to be 96—year—old will be giving up such engagements. retirement beckons but prince edward insists his father won‘t be inactive. i don‘t believe that he is going to be putting his feet up completely and disappearing into the background and never being seen again. i still think, he‘ll pick and choose what he wants to do and how he‘ll do it and what‘s sensible and what‘s practical. as i said, i don‘t think we‘ll see him completely disappear but he‘s making it absolutely clear to organisations, please don‘t come round asking me to do things and expect me to say yes, because the answer‘s going to be n

richard lister, bbc news.one at ten, now it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. traditional craft skills like sewing and painting, along with baking, have had something of a resurgence in the uk. this weekend the first ever national festival of making begins to celebrate britain's manufacturing food and creative industries. two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and go. every day 80,000 muffins and cakes are made at the cherrytree bakery. that requires a lot of repetitive movement. the latest creation to emerge from the factory floor, it's chorley cake meets swan lake. the workers' actions turned into dance. the idea of making bakers in burnley balletic came from choreographer ruth jones. these machines now make the workers work really fast, so when they do many mini—muffin day, they're squeezed up like this and they're working really, really fast, whereas in the olden days they could move, it was slower and they have more space. and this is incorporated into the piece? it's all inco

richard lister, bbc news. now time for a look at the weather. good evening.orthern half of the uk. under this cloud, a bit cooler. a few breaks further south, but this weather front producing some rain in places around the south coast. that rain will creep away overnight. some cloud across many northern and eastern areas of the uk, but clear skies in south scotland, northern ireland and southwest —— and north—west england. see how the cloud breaks in wales and in the midlands for a while, and then in the afternoon across to southern england. 0n the north sea coast, temperatures will be a bit lower. head further south, and temperatures will be higher. similar temperatures will be higher. similar temperatures into next week. little 01’ no temperatures into next week. little or no rain, and some sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... theresa may says she is taking nothing for granted

richard lister, bbc news. all the best.lcome to bbc news. let‘s get more now on the day‘s events in the general election campaign. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has been following the campaign trails in the midlands and sent us this analysis. syriza‘s campaign has been campaigning in what was seen as labour territory. —— theresa may‘s campaign. the conservatives managed to win that west midlands metro mayor. she sees it as a strong statement and appealed for her hand to be strengthened in negotiations with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking her on with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking heron in with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking her on in the same territory, because he has come to an area that isn‘t held by the labour party. he isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in isn‘t held by the labour party. he isina isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in a key conservative marginal in derby north, surrounding himself with a rural idyll, where he is going to be speaking to campaigners. his message to his supporters were tha

richard lister, bbc news. now it‘s time for the weather. 20 degrees in the highlands.hill fog. brighton towards dumfries and galloway. cloudier through the central lowlands. a chilly start for northern ireland and north—west england. more cloud to the other side of the pennines. through the day, we will find the weather improving after the grey start at lord‘s it will improve and we will get some sunshine and it will feel quite warm despite the northerly wind. more cloud in northern and eastern scotland down towards through the wash. further south, some sunshine coming through boosting the temperatures. towards the north—east, quite chilly along the north—east, quite chilly along the coast. plenty of sunshine at anfield for the football with the early kick—off. the cloud breaking up early kick—off. the cloud breaking up in london as well for the big game arsenal against manchester united. a cool wind, east—west split. more cloud for eastern areas but even that should break up. more unbroken sunshine possibly getting up unbroken sunshine possibly getting up into the hig

richard lister reports.treet for the first time as prime minister last year, theresa may described the lack of sufficient mental health care as a burning injustice. now, in what the conservative campaign describes as its first major domestic policy announcement, the tories have pledged to employ an additional 10,000 mental health staff in the nhs, to give more legal protection to all people suffering from mental health issues, and to make mental health first aid available in every school. if you have a child that has severe mental health problems, and you find that child, instead of getting treated by the nhs, actually ends up in a police cell, that is a terrible thing for the child, it'll probably make their condition worse. but it's also very bad for the police as well. we want to stop that. the tories say they will rip up the mental health act amid concerns it is allowing the widespread detention of people against their will. the liberal democrats say the conservatives delayed such reforms while in the co

richard lister, bbc news.we'll speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell, but first sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. always a magnet for tourists, of course, i wonder what people have been saying there today? well, yes, crowds here and indeed the world's media have been digest in the news throughout the morning that the prince is going to retire from royal duties. if you take a look around me, iam duties. if you take a look around me, i am at canada gate, just opposite buckingham palace, and we counted roughly 20 broadcasters who have been here since the early hours. from australia, new zealand, america, europe and the uk, and they started riding here when that announcement was made, 01’ started riding here when that announcement was made, or it was made clear that there would be an emergency meeting here today at buckingham palace. as you would expect, speculation on social media was rife, but the reason that staff from across the uk were brought here to buckingham palace was so that they coul

richard lister reporting.k of manifesto launches from the main political parties in the run up to the election, with plenty of focus on the elderly, from pledges on pensions to social care. now, labour claims plans by the conservatives to means test winter fuel payments, are an "an attack on vulnerable pensioners". at the moment, the majority people over 64 are eligible. let's go live to westminster and our political correspondent eleanor garnier. clive, the gives have gone up a little bit in this week's general election campaign with most of the ma nifestos election campaign with most of the manifestos from the political parties published, it means there is plenty more for the opponents to pick over. earlier this week labour claimed the conservatives' sums don't add up, now the conservatives say —— now labour say the conservatives have not done their sums. please welcome the prime minister, theresa may. she said it herself yesterday, there are big and difficult decisions to make. it couldn't have been closer

our correspondent richard lister is here. a notorious man. the suggestion is that he has now died. 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 nhs has confirmed in a somewhat roundabout way, they do not asa somewhat roundabout way, they do not as a rule comment directly on individual patients but they have given the esteem in which you just read. they have led us to believe that this is in fact ian brady and that this is in fact ian brady and thatis that this is in fact ian brady and that is confirmed. he is, as you say, someone that is confirmed. he is, as you say, someone who has been something ofa say, someone who ha

richard lister, bbc news.he royal correspondent for the sunday times. quite a significant moment, then. a suddenly busy day for you. very busy day, very significant moment, the duke of edinburgh has been by his wife's side for 70 years, it's been an extraordinary life of public service for him to be stepping back is very significant and possibly marks a transition from the old guard to the new. we'll see him through the summer, it'll be a sum of public engagements. state opening of public engagements. state opening of parliament, trooping the colour, the queen's birthday parade, possibly his last appearance at both. i'm sure we'll see him every day at royal ascot with the queen. he won't take on any new engagements as of september. in a statement released by the palace earlier, they said he may be seen if and when he feels like attending something alongside the queen. in your opinion how much do you think we'll see him? i think we'll see philip doing exactly what he wants to do, not what he feels he is duty bo

richard lister reports.became part of the royal family, the duke of edinburgh was determined to make his own contribution to british life. while he is most familiar to us at the queen's side at some of the biggest moments of her reign, he has also built up a portfolio of causes which he has promoted for decades. few, if any, of the people taking part in this park run in leeds would even have been born when prince philip became the president of the national playing fields association in 1947, a post he held for more than 60 years. it still fights to protect spaces like this for sports and recreation in urban areas. i think what's so wonderful, he was really hands—on, committees to come into the office and get his advice. he used to come into the office and get his advice. he was really passionate about our cause, which is about protecting green space. his love of the outdoor life led to the scheme which still bears his name, the duke of edinburgh awards, which he created in 1956. to give young people a chance

richard lister reports. this weekend, he is reading m essa g es of racing this weekend, he is reading messages of support from some of the legends of the motor racing world. to see signatures from many world champions. that really touched my heart. i was lost for words. three weeks ago, he was racing at donington park at 120mph when he struck a stationary car. he was airlifted to the queens medical centre in nottingham, where surgeons carried out a partial amputation of both legs. today, he was preparing to go home, grateful to the staff who saved his life. without them, i would not be here today. a massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. it is going to be emotional saying goodbye to them all. billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing, eventually. his team has already helped raise more than £800,000 towards his recovering and those who will be racing at thruxton this weekend are ensuring that, though, he will not be there, his nickname will still feature o

richard lister reports. his story has touched the world.f racing this weekend, he is reading messages of support from some of the legends of the motor racing world. to see signatures from many world champions. that really touched my heart. i was lost for words. three weeks ago, he was racing at donington park at 120mph when he struck a stationary car. he was airlifted to the queens medical centre in nottingham, where surgeons carried out a partial amputation of both legs. today, he was preparing to go home, grateful to the staff who saved his life. without them, i would not be here today. a massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. it is going to be emotional saying goodbye to them all. his team has already helped raise more than £800,000 a keen to take the positives out of this and carried out for work. he celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday with his first legal paint. many people will be hoping there are many more to come. traditional craft skills like sewing and painting — along with baking — have had someth

our correspondent, richard lister, is there. any expectation we might seejulian assange leading that embassy any time soon? i would have to say that given the evidence we have at the moment, that is extremely unlikely. remember this, thatjulian assange a lwa ys remember this, thatjulian assange always said he was not afraid to go to sweden to face these accusations of rape. what he has scared off is the fact that it is entirely possible that while he was in sweden, the us authorities could ask for his extradition to face perhaps more persistent charges that he has been involved in the bleating of american secrets from wikileaks. of course, we know that chelsea manning was convicted of that and even though she has just been released, the justice department though she has just been released, thejustice department has made very clear it is very keen to prosecute julian assange in regards to the wikileaks postings julian assange in regards to the wikilea ks postings of julian assange in regards to the wikileaks postings of american

richard lister, thank you.o called "dementia tax" may target nine out of ten homes in the country. let's speak to our correspondent sima kotecha. what more did tim farron have to say? well, we're in the constituency of richmond park. this was a liberal democrat constituency. it was won in a by—election, you may recall, zac goldsmith resigned in protest of a third runway being built at heathrow airport. so tim farron and the liberal democrats came here today. he came with his team. he was visiting a small business and i had a chat with him a while ago when i asked him what he made of what theresa may had said today on putting a limit in terms of what people had to pay back in terms of social care funding and this is what he said. she has not changed her mind. the dementia tax is alive and well. the british people's intelligence is being inis theed by a woman who started this morning being cruel and added chaos to that some people are calling it a u—turn. she is saying it's not a u—turn, what are you calling with

richard lister, bbc news.w is the historian robert lacey, who has written many books about the royal family. welcome. thank you for being with us. welcome. thank you for being with us. we know these conversations he was having with the queen and the royalfamily was having with the queen and the royal family have been going was having with the queen and the royalfamily have been going on for many years. we thought he would do it after his 90th birthday. were you surprised to get this news today?|j was. surprised to get this news today?” was. i wasn't thinking about it very much. you assume he will go on forever. as nicholas witchell pointed out, this is not a complete retirement. it is a retirement from all of his personal charities, which we don't know about. he spends a lot of time, and loves to spend a lot of time, with ordinary people, people like you and me. i remember when i was with him on a tour of australia, we wondered what he did every afternoon for two hours. we wondered if he needed to sleep. in fa

independent investigation into links between the trump presidential election campaign and russia, as richard listermey‘s impact on the american presidency has been profound. democrats say he swung the election against hillary clinton. trump supporters say he has undermined the white house. but the question is why now? i made a mistake using a private e—mail. now? i made a mistake using a private e-mail. when days before the election mr comby re—opened the investigation into whether mrs clinton had compromised national security by using a private e—mail server, trump security by using a private e—mail server, trump was security by using a private e—mail server, trump was thrilled. it took guts for director comey to make the move he made in light of opposition he had. then came this. although there is evidence of potential violations of statutes regarding the handling of classified information, out handling of classified information, ourjudgment handling of classified information, our judgment is that handling of classified information, ourjudgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a

richard lister is at kings cross station in london. but have passengers been saying?a thoroughly nonscientific side survey of the ten people i first came across, seven were in favour of nationalisation and three were against, that proves nothing. but its chimes closely with what opinion polls have been saying nationally for the past few years. the clear majority of people tell opinion polls that they are in favour of nationalised railways. that is remarkable when you consider the bad old days of the old nationalised british rail which was something of a byword for british decline by the time it was fully privatised 20 yea rs time it was fully privatised 20 years ago. labour says this time it would be different, if you put the passenger first on your spending, you can freeze fares, you can give free wi—fi to everybody on board, and you can improve disabled access to trains. and of course, few would argue that privatisation has been an unqualified success over the past 20 yea rs. unqualified success over the past 20 years. certainly unqualified success over the past 20

hello, this is bbc news bbc news with richard lister.15:30: theresa may has been campaigning in key general election battle grounds in the midlands and has sought to play down talk of a landslide victory. jeremy corbyn is in leicestershire and has spoken of creating a society in which people are no longer held back by a system that is rigged for the rich. the ukip leader, paul nuttall, has urged his supporters to "stay on the pitch", despite a drubbing in local elections. he insists the party has a bright future and voters will return in their "droves" if theresa may fails to deliver on brexit. french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says he's the target of a huge hacking attack, the day before the people of france go to the polls. now on bbc news, click. this week: the coolest history lesson in history. the smallest car race in the world. and we are with the doctor, as something goes bang in the night. school, it's changed a lot since i went through the education mangle all those many years ago. many years ago. the school building

richard lister is outside court. what was said in court?had been convicted of other offences but would attend this trial. the court proceedings have been monitored by him via a video link. today he arrived at southwark for the first time and sat in the tock using an audio hearing loop to hear the proceedings as they went on for the course of the morning. he heard allegations from one of his three accusers that in 1983 when she was 13, she'd been to the filming of a bbc kids programme, saturday superstore, and in the green room after the filming, she said mr harris came up behind her, put his arms around her, touched her breast and she said he'd said "do you often get molested on a saturday morning? ". the get molested on a saturday morning? thejury heard she didn't get molested on a saturday morning? the jury heard she didn't report this until 2014 and wood asked why she waited so long to bring the matter to the police. she said "i spent 30—odd years being believe and ididn't spent 30—odd years being believe and i didn't think they'd believ

stars lewis hamilton and jenson button he says he's determined to get back behind the wheel, as richard listere was supposed to be racing this weekend. instead he is reading messages from driving legends like lewis hamilton and nicky lauda after the injuries that changed his life. as i turn over there be signatures from many world champions. that really touched my heart. i was lost for words. three weeks ago he was racing at donington park at 120 miles an hour when he struck a stationary car. he was airlifted to the medical centre in nottingham where they carried out partial amputations of both legs. today he was preparing to go home, grateful to the staff who saved his life. without them i would not be here today. a massive thanks to every single one of the staff who have helped me. it will be emotional saying goodbye to them all. billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing eventually. his team has already helped raise £800,000 towards his recovery. those who will be racing at thruxton this weekend are ensuring that even though he won't be there, his nickname will at lea

richard lister is with me now. this news came in in the past few minutes.phone with mersey care nhs foundation trust, who are responsible for the care of ian brady and a spokesman said, "we can confirm a 79—year—old patient in long—term care at ashworth high secure hospital has died after becoming physically unwell." now the bbc understands that patient is in fa ct bbc understands that patient is in fact ian brady. that is confirmed. he has been very ill for some time. ata he has been very ill for some time. at a court hearing in february, lawyers said that he had been bedridden for the last couple of yea rs bedridden for the last couple of years and it was fair to say then that he was terminally ill. richard, again, thanks very much. let's pick up then again on some of tess' election news. labour is promising an extra £37 billion for the nhs in england over the next five years — if it wins power. the investment would be funded by tax increases and extra borrowing. jeremy corbyn claimed the conservatives had driven health care into crisis, as our political

our correspondent richard lister is at poplar coroner's court in east london.ading up to nasar‘s death. tell us more about the background leading up to nasar's death. this happened on november ten last year. nasar had a wide range of extreme food allergies. he was allergic to nuts, fruit, milk, various fruit. he was also asthmatic, severely asthmatic. the school was a weird of this condition, the school nurse had sat down with his family and looked ata sat down with his family and looked at a care plan for him, but it emerged during the course of these proceedings that, while that interview was taking place, the school nurse was actually using a form which classified nasar's condition as mild—to—moderate rather than severe. that had a number of consequences, one of which was that, even though the first aid pact nasar had at school can teens and adrenaline than in brewster, there we re adrenaline than in brewster, there were no instructions about how and when that adrenaline boost should be used. so on the day when he actually collapsed. he had had a school in c

let's go to richard lister who is outside the ecuadorean embassy in london.te a crowd gathered. what is mr assange going to do? is he going to stay there, or is he going to leave? that is the question everybody is asking. there are dozens of camera crews from across the world hoping to get a response to that question, hoping mr assange will appear on the balcony behind me from the living quarters of the embassy where he has been for the last four years and 11 months to the last four years and 11 months to the day. the question is whether the announcement from sweden materially affects his to sijsling on whether he can leave the embassy without fear of arrest. for the moment, it seems he can't. victory is howjulian assange's lawyer has described today's news. moments after it was announced, wikileaks founder tweeted this photo of himself in the ecuadorian embassy. in stockholm, swedish prosecutors had just said that the case against him was being dropped. translation: today i have decided to revoke the order to remand mr assange custody in his absence and to r

richard lister at kings cross station in london has more.y unscientific survey of the first ten people that i came across. seven of them said they were in favour of nationalisation. three said they were against it. what does that prove? well, absolutely nothing. it was a very small survey, but it does chime remarkably closely with what opinion polls have been saying nationally for the past few years, when a clear majority of people tell opinion pollsters they are in favour of nationalised railways. and that's quite remarkable when you consider the bad old days of the old nationalised british rail, which was really something of a byword for british decline by the time it was fully privatised 20 years ago. labour says this time it would be different. if you put the passenger first on your spending you can freeze fares, you can give free wi—fi to everybody on board and you can improve disabled access to trains. of course, few would argue that privatisation has been an unqualified success over the past few decades. certainly fares have increased

richard lister has been covering this case and joins us from the old bailey. le girl? yes. andy reid cap of those events, on september the 28th last year, rosalind baker was caught on cctv boarding a bus near her home in east london with her baby strapped in a baby sling on her chest. the ba by‘s strapped in a baby sling on her chest. the baby's face was covered bya chest. the baby's face was covered by a cloth. as she got onto the bus, her partner, jeffrey wiltshire, gave her partner, jeffrey wiltshire, gave her the thumbs up and waved her. both parents knew that in —— that the child was dead and died in the last 2a hours. she had extensive injuries, more than a0 rib fractures, a broken wrist and a fractured skull that almost certainly killed her. thejudge said the only final —— the final part of her life must have been painful and the world touring. in west yorkshire, let's return. we are expecting the launch of the conservative manifesto... anita, hello. the prime minister hasjust arrived. we are seeing a fleet of vehicles pull up here. i can tell you that w