richard westcott, thanks for that. the headlines bbc news.eral election on june the overwhelmingly in support of a snap general election onjune the 8th with a majority of more than 500. the prime minister says she won't be taking part in any tv debates during the campaign, drawing criticism from opponents including the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. former chancellor george osborne won't seek re—election as an mp to concentrate on his newjob as a newspaper editor. and here is an

richard westcott, bbc news. social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year, according to new figures. care providers say that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care, and the uk care association claims the system is close to collapse. the government says an extra £2 billion is being invested in social care. carla fowler reports. the start of the morning shift at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. it is a mid—sized 42 bed home and it is full. call bells ring constantly. conditions range from dementia to stroke survivors and those needing end of life care. it isa and those needing end of life care. it is a constant battle for health ca re it is a constant battle for health care assistants to meet everyone's needs quickly. there should also be two nurses on shift today, but sue gregory is on her own. what's the matter, winnie? what's the matter? i feel dry. i think the hardest thing is keeping the consistency, because it does have a knock—on effect

here's our transport corresponded richard westcott to talk through some of the pitfalls that brexit couldss of aviation. lots of industries is just telling for position they want to get to the front of the queue and make sure there are except agreement is sorted first. to date it was the airline industry that weighed in. at the moment, any eu airline can fly anywhere in europe and that is why we get such cheap flights but that deal runs out when we leave the eu in two years. if they do not replace it, there is a slim chance flights would have to stop for a while. it is not meet saying it, it is michael leary, the boss of ryanair. 0ther airlines do not share his apocalyptic view. 0thers airlines do not share his apocalyptic view. others are very confident a new agreement would be reached soon and that is for one simple reason because both sides would lose too much money without it. without all of those tourists and business people they have to fly. the airlines have good reason to have a quick deal. they plan their schedule a year and a half ahead so they need to reassure customers that wh

richard westcott, thanks for that. the headlines bbc news. mps have voted overwhelmingly in support of a snap general election on june the overwhelmingly in support of a snap general election onjune the 8th with a majority of more than 500. the prime minister says she won't be taking part in any tv debates during the campaign, drawing criticism from opponents including the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. former chancellor george osborne won't seek re—election as an mp to concentrate on his newjob as a newspaper editor. and here is an update on the markets for you, this is how the ftse 100 in london, down markets for you, this is how the ftse100 in london, down half a point today, the dax up slightly, and in trading in the united states, and in trading in the united states, a mixed bag, too. more how on oui’ main story and mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister's call for a general election onjune 8th. they backed the motion by 522 votes to 13 — easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. in t

richard westcott, bbc news.ound 70,000 people are expected at aintree today. this year marks a0 years since the legendary red rum completed his unmatched treble of grand national wins as andy swiss reports. it remains one of sport's ultimate challenges. this year marks a string of anniversaries at aintree. 50 years since an outsider rocked the most unlikely of wins. tremendous! you have never seen anything like it at liverpool! a0 years since red rum got to a third victory. while the challenge of the national is like nothing else, these huge fences make it one of the most unpredictable events in sport. and as history has proved, anything can happen. so, who will 2017 belong to? many feel it is this horse, definitely red, trained in yorkshire, aiming for glory. the pressure is always there. no, it's great. we are the favourite. we just want to get in there and run the race itself. yesterday was ladies‘ day at aintree, the traditional festival of finery. could today's race belong to a female jockey? katie walsh wa

richard westcott, bbc news.d are they the same for bringing up girls and boys? after 8:30am this morning we'll be speaking to the parenting author steve biddulph about his ten steps to help girls to grow up, in his words strong and free. but before then we've been asking mums and dads in manchester to give us their top tips. unconditional love and understanding of your children. give them time. just teach them respect for adults and your elders, show them the error of their ways. not get to cross with your kids and to listen to them but also make them clear about where the boundaries are. encourage your children to be involved in lots of activities, whether it's sporting or dance or anything to keep them busy and enjoying life. follow through with any sort of discipline that you're going to put into action for your child and not giving to them. make sure they get plenty of sleep, eat lots of good food and having some patients with them as well. giving them the time of day. not listening to what other people are

richard westcott, bbc news.re workers left theirjob every day in england last year, according to new figures. care providers say that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care, and the uk care association claims the system is close to collapse. the government says an extra £2 billion is being invested in social care. carla fowler reports. the start of the morning shift at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. it is a mid—sized, 42—bed home and it is full. call bells ring constantly. conditions range from dementia to stroke survivors and those needing end—of—life care. it is a constant battle for health care assistants to meet everyone's needs quickly. there should also be two nurses on shift today, but sue gregory is on her own. what's the matter, winnie? what's the matter? i feel dry. i think the hardest thing is keeping the consistency, because it does have a knock—on effect if you are having a great turnover of staff. it doesn't make for a happy home. 1.3 million p

in wbr our transport corresponded richard westcott will talk us through some of the pitfalls that brexit. one airline ceo even predicts it could mean a temporary suspension of all flight between the uk and the continent. don't miss that. i will have all the other business stories. south africa downgraded its credit rating. president donald trump has given his strong support to the egyptian president abdel fattah al—sisi. mr al sisi is the first egyptian president to visit the white house in nearly a decade after a difficult diplomatic relationship with the previous obama government. as they met in washington, mr trump said his administration would work with cairo to fight islamist militants. andy beatt reports. after years of being kept at arm's length by washington, this meeting at the white house symbolises the egyptian leader coming in from the cold. president trump moved to reset relations with egypt after strained ties under the obama administration. we agree on so many things, i just want to let everybody know, in case there was any doubt, that we are very much behind president el—

super—sewer that's big enough to deal with the growing population of the city — as our correspondent richard westcottands of tonnes of raw sewage are flushed into the water because the old victorian sewers can't cope. here we go. we all use them, don't we? now, i don't quite know what i'm going to find down here. i've got a fair idea. designed in the 1860s by engineerjoseph bazalgette, these sewers saved countless lives by helping to stop the spread of cholera. this whole area is like the overflow on your sink but on a massive scale. when it rains, all the rainwater and the sewage comes down here and out into the river thames. joseph bazalgette built the sewers to cope with 4 million people. 8 million people live in london today. it means just a couple of millimetres of rain is enough to swamp the sewers. i'm trying not to look down, for obvious reasons, but talk me through it. when it rains a lot in london, does this tunnel just fill up? this tunnel will be absolutely full. there is no treatment. it's gone straight from a shower or a toilet and goes straight through here, straight into the river, bu

richard westcott has been looking at the pit falls that brexit could create for the business of aviation they wa nt to the front of the queue because they want to make sure that it's their brexit agreement that's sorted out first. and today, it's the travel industry's turn to wade in. at the moment, any eu airline can fly anywhere in europe and that's why we get such cheep flights, but that deal runs out in two years when we leave the eu, if they don't replace it, there is a slim chance that european flights will have to stop for a while. i know that sounds a bit dramatic, but it is not me saying t it is the boss of europe's biggest airline, michael o'leary at ryanair. but other airlines don't share his apocalyptic view. easyjet is britain's biggest airline and they tell me they are very confident a new agreement will be reached soon. and that is for one simple reason — because both sides will lose too much money without it. because all of those tourists and all of those business people, it's obvious, but they have to fly. the airlines have good reason to want a quick deal. they plan the

our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports. driving along normally to an inferno in just a few minutes, family cars bursting into flames, out of the blue. even vauxhall says it is lucky no one was seriously hurt. that is my mirror, completely melted. claire had been next to the petrol pumps when she first smelt burning. she barely had time to react. within 30 seconds you could not see the inside of a car for black smoke, then within 30 seconds, flames. it is pure luck that the tilden were not with us that day, the fire inspector did say that if we had not got out of the car, then my husband would have been killed. this is one of the affected cars, it should now be saved because it has been recalled twice and prepared twice. it is a zafira b. . smoke came through the vents, and then within minutes, the car in golf in flames. today's report is scathing about the way that the company handled the issue, vauxhall would let people drive around in ca i’s would let people drive around in cars that were supposed to be fixed, but good in

when it allowed people to drive in cars which were still a hazard. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcottas terrifying. their family car bursting into flames out of the blue, sometimes with their children inside. fire taking hold in a matter of minutes. even vauxhall says it is lucky nobody was seriously hurt. today's report is scathing about the way the company handled the issue. it took them a long time to act. when they did act and put things right, so they said, ca i’s and put things right, so they said, cars we re and put things right, so they said, cars were still bursting into flames. even at that point they did not recall the cars fully. this is totally u na cce pta ble a nd not recall the cars fully. this is totally unacceptable and is putting people's lives at risk. well over 200 zafira bs caught fire because of a problem in the heating system. the true scale only really came to light after a facebook group and the london fire brigade began noticing a pattern. worst of all, this report says, vauxhall let people drive around in cars which were supposed to be fixed but could in fa

our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports.ith the children inside. fire taking hold in a matter of minutes. even vauxhall says it's lucky nobody was seriously hurt. today's report is scathing about the way the company handled the issue. it took them a long time to act. when they did act and said they'd put things right, cars were still bursting into flames. even at that point, they didn't recall the cars fully. this is totally unacceptable and is putting people's lives at risk. well over 200 zafira bs caught fire because of a problem in the heating system. the true scale only really came to light after a facebook group and the london fire brigade began noticing a pattern. worst of all, this report says, vauxhall let people drive around in cars that were supposed to be fixed but could in fact still catch fire. the company says safety is its top priority, and it's changed the way it deals with recalls, to speed things up. now mps are calling for new laws to prosecute carmakers who fail to sort out a safety issue quickly. richard

richard westcott reports. including members of osama bin laden's family. this 3—d photo, taken by investigators using a special drone, helped them solve the crash. the quality‘s so good, they can move around the scene, zooming in, checking for tell—tale clues. now the bbc‘s been given exclusive access to film investigators on a drone—training exercise. it's becoming essential to help get to the bottom of accidents. we're looking for ground marks, which tells us how the aircraft hit the ground, whether it was in a bank, whether it was a steep nosedive. propeller slash marks can give us an indication of propeller speed. then we're looking around the accident site to see if we're missing any bits, have we captured all four corners or has an important part actually broken off in flight, which would be a clue as to the cause of the accident? they also use the drone to give a pilot's eye view. with one accident, someone had hit some power lines and from the ground, they were really easy to see, but they realised tha

richard westcott, are transport correspondent is here.s is the second time that members of aslef have rejected a deal the union has recommended. this has been going on for weeks. they were in talks for books. the unions but they had what would please the drivers and the drivers are voting against it. it is very close, virtually 50-50. 17 or it. it is very close, virtually 50-50.17 or 18 it. it is very close, virtually 50—50. 17 or 18 drivers voted the other way and it would pass. critically, what we are told by the union is they are not going to call more strikes. they are saying we will go into more talks. we don't think this is the end of the matter. the company wants to keep talking as well. we are not going to get more driver strikes imminently, but it is another blow in this dispute which is going on for ever. there are a number of disputes. this is southern, but there are strikes planned which will hit the grand national over the same issue. 0ther unions involved as well. it is a messy picture. it is a fight for the future of the ra

the coroner said in the weeks and months leading up to the death of richard westcott, the british airwaysl room in amsterdam in 2012, he had taken some sleeping pills, and the coroner said he did so accidentally and had not intended to ta ke accidentally and had not intended to take his own life. afterwards richard westgate's family expressed frustration with this inquest because they see the whole issue of cabinfume because they see the whole issue of cabin fume was not addressed and they feel it was a contributory factor leading up to richard westgate's death. richard westgate's family have waited four years to hear how he died. they've always claimed that his poor health before his death was a result of breathing in low—level contaminated cabin fumes in the passengerjets he flew. richard westgate, who was 43, died in 2012. he'd been a series of health issues that affected his nervous system, including severe pain in his head. the coroner said that the issue of cabin fumes was beyond the scope of his inquiry, and in a narrative conclusion he said that mr westgate, who worked for ba, was

our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. the world's leading airline. flyer friendly.ast if you tried. the flyer—friendly airline dragging a man, dazed, down the aisle. seemingly with a cut face. busted his lip. oh my god! look what he did to him. his fellow passengers clearly angry. good work guys, good work! all because he wouldn't volunteer to get off the overbooked plane to make room for a united staff member. minutes later, he manages to run, pleading, down the aisle. i have to go home. there was another officer who came on, and then another man that you saw in the video, the one with the hat and the jeans. he had a badge. but it is probably helpful to say who you are as an authority figure before you start yanking people out of seats. he didn't do that. high flying outrage, global backlash growing over this video. risking more bad headlines around the world, the airline boss seems to be blaming the passenger. in an e—mail, oscar munoz says he regrets the situation but added they had followed established procedures. he also called the passenger disruptive and bell

richard westcott can join us as well. just take us through what happened.s, so you can't have trains. hopefully it will be fixed. this is britain's fifth busiest station and it is shut ata fifth busiest station and it is shut at a key time of day. you can see a lot of people around helping out, giving alternative advice on where you can go, but fundamentally, a lot of people walking past me saying, i have no idea how i am going to get home. in terms of how long it will last, we have no idea, but we're working on it. realistically i expect the trains won't be back to normal until the morning. we are getting announcements now as well. we haven't heard any news —— if people haven't heard the news, they are still turning up. helicopters buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i will just buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i willjust walk buzzing overhead. it is pretty chaotic. i will just walk you through the. we will have to end it there, the line was a little bit ropey, but we got the gist of it, richard, many thanks for that, richard, many thanks for th

our transport correspondent richard westcott gave us the latest. people have actually heard the news in advance, obviously, that's why they're turning up. and they are met by closed doors. how often do you see a huge station like this, one of the biggest in the country, com pletely the biggest in the country, completely shut? then everyone is milling around, wondering what to do next. making phone calls, looking for alternative routes. there have been rail staff on hand in the last few hours handing out leaflets. i've got one in my hand now, this is a virgin trains leaflet, they do trains going up to birmingham, manchester, scotland as well. they are trying to lay on some alternative routes because they know people have got a long way to get home tonight. this isn'tjust commuters of course, one of the busiest —— busier stations in the country. it was all caused by a fire, track—side, which knocked out a power line. if you don't have power lines, you don't have signals, and there is no way to move trains around safely if you don't have signals. that

our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. advert it's the world's leading airline.riendly airline dragging a man, dazed, down the aisle. seemingly with a cut face. busted his lip. oh my god! look what he did to him. his fellow passengers clearly angry. good work guys! good work! all because he wouldn't volunteer to get off the overbooked plane to make room for a united staff member. minutes later, he manages to run, pleading, down the aisle. i have to go home. there was another officer that came on, and then another man that you saw in the video, the one with the hat and the jeans. he had a badge. but it is probably helpful to say who you are as an authority figure before you start yanking people out of seats. he didn't do that. high flying outrage, global backlash growing over this video. risking more bad headlines around the world, the airline boss seems to be blaming the passenger. in an e—mail, oscar munoz says he regrets the situation but added they had followed established procedures. he also called the passenger "disru ptive and belligerent". it is common to