today, theresa may fill that space.e did ask the government for a minister to evangelise for theresa may's speech, but nobody was available. brussels was rather more forthcoming — vice president of the european parliament mairead macguinnes joins me now. thanks very much for your time this evening, mairead macguinnes. this was quite conciliatory, did you find it a reasonable pitch that you could work with? well, i think i'm glad the speech was made. it's a lengthy speech that needs to be studied but it had many audiences and i think that is perhaps the most interesting point of this. much of it i think towards the conservative party. i'm glad there is some reality dawning in the brexiteers and indeed within the cabinet. as to what leaving the single market and customs union actually means. i think it needs further analysis but on balance i'm happy the speech is made. there are many areas i remain very concerned about. i do worry that the united kingdom wants to jump ahead of further negotiations of where they are at. of

the dream of home ownership theresa may spoke about remains a dream for many.ster. thousands of homes across the uk are without water, because of burst pipes caused by last week's freezing temperatures. supplies have been affected in the south of england, wales, the midlands, yorkshire and scotland, with bottled water being handed out in some areas. several water companies are advising customers against all but essential use. emma simpson reports. it's the fallout from the big freeze. burst pipes. and there's lots of them. what is the damaged caused? burst water main. this was cheddar in the south—west. this region has had an unprecedented number of burst mains. and here is another one. there have been big problems in parts of wales as well. one resident in carmarthenshire told us he's been without water since thursday. quite a difficult night. not being able to wash properly, have a shave or wash the dishes. keep the kitchen clean. so i've been collecting rainwater from the downpipe. this mum has got hold of supplies. she's in south london, and lost her water

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is this the new strong theresa may?day when the people come and tell her to go? i thought she performed ok this week. thank goodness there is a grown—up in charge. however, the whole reason this is so threatening, and probably the reason this happened is that britain is extraordinarily weak. we are walking away from our allies in europe, wilfully alienating them, and we can't depend on our allies across the pond, and that is a situation which theresa may has made much worse than it need be, and the backdrop for all of this is that, when this episode is over, we should be dwelling on the fact that very few countries in the world have chosen to walk away from their allies into something that is so cold and threatening as this world... secondly, when you are saying, as she done well, the context is that theresa may is completely confused about what she wants about brexit, so is her party, we are going nowhere in the negotiations. it could be testing our isolation. i am a remainer, but i have to say, i think it's a joke to

the headline is theresa may, what she said, will make a difference?obust and they are trying to the impact in not any one single measure but a com plete any one single measure but a complete package of measures. the ejection of what they call undeclared agents. spies, i think! if they knew they were here, why not fling them out before? the royal family will be down about not going to the world cup. so the general package is supposed to provide the force here. but it is very difficult because what she needs to do is to looked off and make it look as if she is responding in a robust way. —— to look tough. but there is not much you can do. the russians have given her no scope for any meaningful action. she does not really have allies to go to to put together any real package to get moscow's attention. so to some extent, i think it is bluster and from the reaction from the russians today, they kind of know that. that is the big issue, how much international support theresa may can get. she spoke to various leaders and they sound supportive, the question i

theresa may's office are reporting that during that conversation, theresa may and donald trump agreedeastern ghouta. it is said theresa may raced her deep concern with the us president over plant proposed trade tariffs. the president said that these should be done multilaterally. the effort to resolve steel and aluminium oversupply should be dealt with multilaterally, and she raised concern about the president's forthcoming announcement on steel and aluminium tariffs during the phone call. more on that later. an independent report that was given to the board of the construction giant, carillion, four months before it collapsed has now been published. it said the firm had been "aggressively managed" to make its balance sheet look better than it was. the document has been published by two commons committees, which are examining why carillion went out of business in january with debts of almost a billion pounds. a little earlier i spoke to our business correspondent joe lynam about this report and what it revealed. when you are looking for large financing or loans from the bank and you w

at the same time, we have the issue with russia and the uk and theresa ma theresa may saying the russians were behind the targeted assassination or attempted assassination. the white house not really mentioning the word russia. where do we stand on the trump administration and russia issue? >> a mess. you know, it is so hard to see through all the noise. it is walking through a fog. you keep bumping into the obstacles and they are all political. it is very hard, i think, for just your regular consumer of news to take a look at this and not feel overwhelmed and also not feel as though they understand the scope of what is happening. there are so many investigations. everything is so partisanly divided. everyone has an opinion about it. people stand back and say just tell me when it is all over and we know what happened. we're overwhelmed right now. you think the white house understands that. i think they have an instinct for that. they play off of that. >> sometimes it feels they are trolling the media. let's turn to pennsylvania. your back yard. the huge special election today. polls open

as theresa may told mps that the nerve agent used in the salisbury attack was something developed byn russia 36 hours to report what they knew of the attack. the financial times, which leads with a picture of theresa may at the dispatch box saying that unless a credible reason is given this action amounts to unlawful use of force by the russia against the united kingdom. while the times tells it's readers that it understands gchq and the ministry of defence are working to accelerate a joint offensive cyber programme against russia. moving on — the mirror — who broke the story of former england playerjamie carragher spitting at a teenager — has a plea from the victim's family for him not to lose hisjob as for him not to lose his job as a pundit over the incident. the express has a picture of sir ken dodd on their front page with his long time partner anne who he married just days before he died. unsurprisingly, theresa may's responds in the house of commons to the salisbury attack, leading the most of the newspapers. kick us off with the metro, they have somejames bond ponds here... a

perhaps not under theresa may. and she is wanting brussels to accept the hard facts.said from the beginning prison does not wa nt from the beginning prison does not want a norway style deal or a canada style deal. but the uses that is cherry picking. there is sort of an inevitable reaction. michel barnier if it is a relatively warm reception saying it provided some clarity. there were words such as conciliar to —— conciliatory and compromise. the weather is the other big talking point. quite an arresting image, a snowdrift on salisbury hill. it is the south—west of england where the attending to focus their coverage. yes, the south—west is getting the brunt of it at the moment. the entire country has been pretty much it by snow over the last few days but as often is the case, after the si'iow comes but as often is the case, after the snow comes the flood warnings and this is what is happening in the south—west. some villagers have been told they should leave their homes because there is the potential for flooding. there is criticism for people who have gone out to dri

the secretary—general of nato giving strong support for theresa may and their position.ow deep does this consensus go, reacting to russia? is everybody going to hold the line? what we have got is better than what we were expecting, france overnight, an agent phone call this morning between theresa may and emmanuel macron. they have the words of solidarity. they got the fact that they are agreeing that russia is culpable and this is an act on sovereign soil. this is important. what we haven't got, and what was partly missing from theresa may's statement, is what we are going to do about it. they can condemn, but is that as far as it goes? the show of solidarity is going to be welcome. even though we have a difficult relationship with the united states, even though we are leaving the european union, we still have these international ties. do we need to go further in terms of can we get sanctions, allies in europe, very importa nt‘s we get sanctions, allies in europe, very important's i mean, for the next year we have to do this, he is still the foreign policy organ of whic

theresa may's decision to expel 23 russian ‘undeclared intelligence officers‘, or spies following theerve agent in salisbury. the kremlin has called the measures hostile and unacceptable. our diplomatic correspondent, jonathan marcus is here. theresa may saying this is the most extensive expulsion of diplomats for decades, what difference will it make, will present wound care?m certainly the largest for decades, you have to go back to 1985 when 25 diplomats were expelled, the record is back in 1971 when 105 were expelled. the simple question to whether putin will care, is probably not a lot. one has to be very forensic about this, there has been a long list of sanctions against russia, for example because of its actions in the ukraine, all kinds of actions in the ukraine, all kinds of actions have been employed, and it has not changed russia's basic direction, it does not like the sanctions, it does not like the sense that the west is castigating it as sense that the west is castigating itasa sense that the west is castigating it as a pariah nation, but on the other hand, it is very m

that was exactly the same as what theresa may said. all the evidence baseit theresa may said. either directly or indirectly responsible for the salisbury attack. all that she is asking for is international law. at the moment, it isn't exactly at this moment that we need to call ahead and say, hang on, let's slow down, let's follow due process. that is all he did. beds have a quick look at the sunday telegraph would also spattered on this. a similar story, really. britain to punish putin's cronies, but they also took the about the possibility, leader of the scottish conservatives saying that britain should pull the plug on russia today. it has got a tiny numberof russia today. it has got a tiny number of viewers. what a terrible crew that would be for putin. so you think that would backfire?” crew that would be for putin. so you think that would backfire? i think we need to be very measured, here. yes it would backfire. it is very interesting that most of corbyn's backbenchers take a different view of him. i think people would have been horrified... russian gangsters and being

yes, it was theresa may that first came out and pinned the uk reaction to that but as she set out iner original statement, it is about a pattern of russian behaviour that western countries have identified as being maligned and disruptive, and that includes alexander litvinenko, crimea, it even goes as far back as the invasion of georgia as well. this has been coming for a long time and you feel like the european and in america as well, european capitals in america, that this has been pressure that has been slowly building and slowly building and it has got to the point where leaders have simply decided that something has to be done, and something further than the sanctions they have taken so far. dia mentioned it has been seen as a diplomatic victory for theresa may, that has been reflected in most of the front pages. do you agree as well? when theresa may got the joint statement between france, germany, the uk and us that was a diplomatic victory, those four countries, leaders, had never issued a joint statement like that before so for that statement to be followed up with solid act

for us. coming outcome we've got to go with whatever theresa may gets for us!tory tattoo put on. i think we'll have the worst of both worlds, the government will keep rolling over and told the eu get their way and we'll end up being out of europe but with numbing of the bondage is —— without any of the advantages of being in or having a clean brexit. the views of some of the voters around the country. the headlines on bbc news: the hospital treating the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia says she is improving rapidly , and is no longer in a critical condition. with a year to brexit , theresa may visits all nations of the uk and promises there'll be more money for the nhs and schools. britain's biggest engineering group, gkn, is taken over by melrose, the unions say it's bad news for the workers. sport now. a big day in terms of the fallout from the ball tampering. it's been another tearful day for australian cricket as the three players caught up in the ball tampering scandal arrived home. steve smith, cameron bancroft and david warner hav

going to change, because theresa may has made this speech?nk the point she made was she differentiated being if you cherry pick you get all the advantages and don't have the rules. she said we won't have a race to the bottom on standards or britain trying to undercut the eu. she is talking of fairness and focussing on the areas in our mutual interest to have a deal. i thought the tone of the speech was positive and i hope the eu will respond in kind. because if they set out this very rigid red line there is no sector by sector deals, people on the continent will be disadvantaged by that and it is in our interests to come to an arrangement. she set out our point on the customs union and we will need to see more detail around northern ireland and how that will work and what comes out of the final legal document. we have a long way to go, but it was a positive speech that has been welcomed by all sides. in in terms of those in your party who say the country voted for a hard brexit, is she trying to say that that camp, your language has to tone d

theresa may is seeking a new path through the brexit blizzard.n the right track. good evening. a few hard facts. a bit of soft fudge. and a warning to everyone they would have to compromise. theresa may was speaking today to her own sceptics as much as she was speaking to the naysayers of europe. if everyone or no—one ends up happy, then perhaps herjob is done. the tone today was markedly different from a year ago. then, she promised us the same benefits in terms of free access to trade. today, she warned starkly that life after the single

may really wa nts. that is what theresa may really wants.ar snow from roads and railways lines after days of disruption. 15 flood warnings are still in place in the south west and north east of england. andy gill is at scotch corner on the a1 in north yorkshire. andy. tell us how it's going. the a66 is a very important trans—pennine route, linking north yorkshire with penrith in cumbria, vital for businesses and passengers. it has been shut for five days because of the snow, but the highways agency say after hard work by their crews, it has reopened. driving conditions still very bad, it has been snowing and sleeting here today and there is a lot of fog around as well. the weather also still affecting trans—pennine rail routes, there is a replacement bus service on the carlisle to a replacement bus service on the ca rlisle to newcastle a replacement bus service on the carlisle to newcastle route and the leads to carlisle route is affected, too. as far as the east coast mainline goes, they did get some trains running last night, but today, st

now on bbc maia the week in p theresa t. on bbc maia the week in p theresa may is urged to lalz‘azé-a-zi-zséa- 15555552 u: h: -—;j +- set up 2125925? 15555552 u: h: -—;j 5- set up more 5.42.5925? tits-aria: u: h: -—;j 5- set up more details of her brexit strategy. we will bring back control of our borders, law and money. but labour says the government is in chaos. when is she going to put the country 's chaos. when is she going to put the country '5 interest if chaos. when is she going to put the country 's interest if all the outsize egos of her cabinet? and the pressure on ministers to make sure they get control of some of the powers coming back to the uk after brexit. there is a call from a ban on live animal exports and is a facial recognition technology of big brother threat? the chinese alabart the site has introduced a system whereby you can smile to pay. but first, the acceptance of the uk cannot have its cake and eat it was just one of the messages from theresa may as she set out the details of what that uk wants fo

theresa may is responding as well. the rhetoric is ramping up on this story, david.

what is theresa may trying to achieve today?e that referendum campaign, there's been so much talk about divisions within communities and also within parliament. so the symbolism today of visiting all four countries of the united kingdom, pointing out that we will be leaving as one, that is why she is doing that, with a message of unity and positivity. here in bolton, it was an area that voted to leave and those who felt that way still feel very strongly. the message from them is, why don't you just get on with it? during these often opaque and tortuous negotiations, i think people want something tangible. it's interesting that theresa may today is talking about the brexit dividend, the idea that we will not be handing over billions of pounds in cash for decades to come, and some of that money can come back and be used for hospitals and schools. of course, the message that was given by those on the leave side of the campaign. so she is trying to offer positivity, optimism and something tangible. but of course, there are people wh

on this programme: theresa may is urged to set out more details of her brexit strategy.e will bring back control of our laws, our borders and our money. but labour says the government's in chaos. when is she going to put the countries interests before the outsized egos of her own cabinet? also on this programme: we talk to welsh mps as scotland and wales turn up the pressure on ministers to make sure they get control of some of the powers coming back to the uk after brexit. there's a call for a ban on live animal exports and is facial recognition technology a security boost or a big brother threat? the chinese ali baba site has introduced a system where you can smile to pay. but first. . .. the acceptance that the uk cannot have its cake and eat it, was just one of the messages from theresa may as she set out details of what the uk wants from brexit. in a speech on friday she laid down five tests for a future agreement with the european union, including whether any deal respects the result of the 2016 referendum, protects jobs and security, and strengthen the ties betwee

theresa may is becoming, dare i say it, like the after—dinner speaker.ster to four—year—old george and his two—year—old sister, charlotte, the new baby will be fifth in line to the throne. meanwhile, wedding invitations to the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle have been sent out. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has been giving me more details. 600 invitations are now in the post so tomorrow morning, who knows what might arrive? will be getting up early to check! 600 invitations, the people have been invited to the service at saint georges chapel and a lunchtime reception at st george ‘s hall given by her majesty the queen and an even more select 200 people have been invited to the private reception that evening by the prince of wales. it's quite interesting because the invitation itself is a work of art and on the kensington palace twitter feed, itself is a work of art and on the kensington palace twitterfeed, they show it being made. they put a film together. explain why the invitation itself is such a thing. they have been produced by

this is the of theresa may. exactly what we have done. i've announced that we will be expelling 23 russian diplomats who are undeclared intelligence offices and that will have an impact on the intelligence network, and there will be other measures we will be taking, looking at extra powers we can take in relation to hostile state activity making sure that people are not able to come into the uk when they are potentially involved in hostile state activity. jeremy corbyn got himself into trouble yesterday, because his own mps thought he was not strong enough on his line against russia and some said it was almost as if he was following the russian line of argument. he has been under pressure and this is what he said. the evidence points towards russia on this, therefore the responsibility must be borne by those that made the weapon and those that brought the weapon into the country and those that used the weapon, but what i was asking for is questions about the identity of the weapon and questions about the referen

. >> theresa may was crystal here. once again, the white house refuses to say much at all. >>> it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against skripal and yulia skripal. >> british prime minister theresa may state to the house of commons states the shaky relationship. the military grade nerve agent used against a former spy has been identified. a substance developed by the soviet iunion in the 1970s. secretary of state rex tillerson standing by britain and harshly condemning moscow. >> he sent a statement. ukraine and syria and now russia is an irresponsible force of instability in the world. tillerson went much further than the white house. listen. >> the attack was reckless and irresponsible. we offer the fullest condemnation and we extend our sympathy to the victims and families and our support to the uk government. >> you are not saying russia was behind this? >> we are standing with the uk allies. they are working through the details of that. >> she never says the word russia and sticks to the

and against the pound in the wake of theresa may's big speech.o haven assets on the bond the board. -- on the bond board. ♪ europeanm bloomberg headquarters in london, i and mark barton. european equities in every industry group on the stoxx 600. .he biggest drop for a month lowest for one year and the european benchmark. biggest weeklye drop in three and the biggest since february 9. steel and aluminum stocks in focus after president trump said he would impose tariffs on those sectors. basic resources, steel and miners were the big decliners on the european equity space. every industry group declined on this session. in germany, this is the dax index. it is clear that it has raised its gains. that it made after the february slide. sinking to percent on the session and with its biggest two-day drop since june of 2016, reversing the gains since the rebound in february. the export heavy index since the correction have been worried over global trade following the donald trump announcement yesterday with the dax up 4.3% over the last five trading day

the prime minister, theresa may. official number 10 press office account, saying that his achievements were an inspiration to us all. they really were. although that record was again broken, his record, only about a month later. 46 days later, yes. but it will still go down as one of the great sporting achievements of all time was yellow there has been a tremendous outpouring on social media. the words used the most often are legend and gentleman. we have had a tribute from his family, short statement. sir roger bannister died peacefully in oxford on the 3rd of march, yesterday. he died in oxford, the scene of his most famous achievement. he lived there most of his life and he was master of pembroke college. he died in oxford surrounded by his family who were as loved by him as he was loved by them. they went on to say that he banked his treasure in the hearts of his friends. we have had lots of tributes from members of the public, just to give you a flavour of the feeling. zachary says: i will run at least a mile th

the link with theresa may is a little convoluted.ho is now close aide of hers and has been before was also a seniorfigure in aide of hers and has been before was also a senior figure in the leave campaign, and he is seen, the whistle—blower that we saw in the observer story come he claims that this guy who is now in downing street is the key link who was in vote leave but also controlling this mini group that the extra money. in response this guy came out and said, hold on, i was in a romantic relationship with you and that's why there was... that's why i gave you advice come i wasn't controlling you asa advice come i wasn't controlling you as a group i was giving you advice because you were my boyfriend. he came back and said, you have outed me as gay. just when it couldn't get more bizarre it gets more bizarre. how much trouble does that leave no 10 or stephen parkinson in, do you rachel? think, quite a lot, there has been a response from the whistle—blower has been a response from the whistle— blower and has been a response from t

theresa may urges the eu to get on with discussing whart she called an "ambitious but practical" vision for relations after brexit. we've set out what we want. we've set out where we think we could have this ambitious relationship that's good for prosperity on both sides. let's get on with it. also this hour, could eurosceptic parties take control in italy? anti—immigration and populist parties are set to make the biggest gains as millions of italians vote in their general election. we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds. oscar hopes for gary oldman for his portrayal of winston churchill in the darkest hour. he could be one of the winners at tonight's 90th academy awards. and stay with us here on bbc news. in halfan in half an hour, we had to barcelona to check out the latest in mobile phone innovations on our technology show, click. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sir roger bannister, the first man to run a mile in underfour minutes, has died at the age of 88. the world of sport has been paying tribute — 25—year—old roger bannister, third from the

theresa may has toured the nations and has promised to make brexit a success. may has toured the nations and has promised to make brexit a successli think brexit is going to deliver, a country that will be different but there are real opportunities for us as an independent nation. we will cover the negotiations, the potential issues. if you have questions about brexit, any particular element of it, send them our way. one year to one yearto go, one year to go, if you have any questions about brexit, send them to us. questions about brexit, send them to us. but before that we must talk about what russia has announced. it has responded to so many diplomats being expelled from many countries earlier in the week with the inevitable retaliation. the figure is 150 diplomats being kicked out. 60 will be american. that number is on random, it is the same number that american announced it would expelled. the american consulate in saint petersburg is going to be close. paul adams is in moscow. saint petersburg is going to be close. paul adams is in moscowm will come as no

do you think theresa may has eventually got what she wanted? been holding a heated debate over dinner about russia and as you said, we've heard from the european council president. he's tweeted from the dinner to say that leaders are agreed with the uk that russia is most likely behind the poisoning in salisbury. this is important for the prime minister, not just important for the prime minister, notjust in terms of security, but because this is herfirst notjust in terms of security, but because this is her first test after 12 months of often bad—tempered discussions and negotiations over brexit to see if she can still rally european support. she came here looking for a robust response over russia and she will get it in words. but when it comes to dean sits a bit more congregated. she met with the eu's most influential leaders of france and germany at the fringes of the summit, but they'd already pledged their support. other eu leaders are looking for what they describe as a smoking gun, more proof against russia before they ta ke proof against

theresa some believable account of exactly what happened?firm and serious in her words this afternoon, but the crunch may come later this week on wednesday, whether she will be firm and serious in the actions she could take. thank you both. sir ken dodd, one of the most popular entertainers of his time, has died at the age of 90. he was a man who brought happiness and tears of laughter to thousands of people with his legendary live performances during a career which spanned more than 60 years. sir ken died yesterday in liverpool in the house where he was born, with his partner of a0 years by his side. they got married last friday. david sillito looks back at his colourful life. the tickling sticks, the wild hair and surreal flights of fancy were only a part of it. ken dodd was a torrent ofjokes. his shows would often end in the early hours of the morning. geronimo! thank you very much! what a beautiful day for going up much! what a beautiful day for going up and saying, you will never sell a sausage up and saying, you will never sell a sausa

bringing in ownership rules is far too radicalfor the theresa may government. against the free market. but once we leave the eu we might be able to make our own rules! that is what sovereignty is all right. roger bannister has died aged 88 and this extraordinary outpouring of admiration for a man about his achievements. the difference between sporting icons of yesteryear when it was not even a full—time job, we know the method of completing the four—minute mile, the first man to ever do it but what is pa rt of first man to ever do it but what is part of that is the casually he went down to oxford, it seemed like a goodidea down to oxford, it seemed like a good idea and he was determined to do it because he lost out on medals in helsinki. he had pacemakers who he was always absolutely intent on sharing the credit and he just carried on his working life and ended up deleting the majority of his professional working life to medicine and he said he was more proud of everything he achieved in medicine. it's the right stuff, it's the equivalent of someone like neil a

that's the problem i think theresa may has.hink that is a fair point, one of the points of two previous british ambassadors is that you never get into a kissing match with a skunk and the fact is we are involved with a... careful of the language. the options open to britain, the really tough options would be really difficult for this country to do. so you have to go through these things, you have to try and get your allies behind you. we need... without international corporation, there is absolutely no way we can take the really tough actions that would stop russia in its tracks. i personally would favour trying to get fifa and get britain out of the world cup, but you could not really do that without international corporation because britain alone withdrawing would not be enough. we have got to show putin and his thugs what the west means about this and to do that you need a coherent response, i am sceptical if that would come. obviously, nato have said, the uk got the us, france and germany in thatjoint statement a couple of

president macron spoke to theresa may this morning. he'll announce his own measures in the coming days. is a global disgust at what has happened and that's very important and we will continue to make the case to our friends and allies that as a community of nations we need to stand up to russia. but russia is undaunted. the government continuing to deny any involvement and now threatening to retaliate. translation: due to action, non—friendly actions, taken by the british against the russian federation, we are going to talk about retaliatory measures that we will take. we are working on them at the moment and we will take them as soon as possible. the embassy diplomats and spies wait to hear if they too will be packing their bags. it seems inevitable. back in salisbury two cars are removed from outside detectives nick bailey's house. downing street says the prime minister visited the policeman in hospital, where he is still recovering. paul adams, bbc hospital, where he is still recovering. pauladams, bbc news. let's go live to salisbu

his schedule included talks with theresa may and once with the queen. way from the 1930s when wild animals protesters have objected to the country's human rights record. despite the talk of reform there has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention of dissidents, human rights defenders are routinely sentenced to life in prison terms. unfair trials and executions are widespread as amnesty international confirms. as if she makes her arms sales pitch will she also call on the crown prince to halt this shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? i look forward to welcoming the crown prince from saudi arabia to this... labour backbenchers from sedentary preventions are shouting shame. can i say to those backbenchers that the point we have with saudi arabia is historic, an important one, and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. jeremy corbyn moved on from saudi arabia's human rights record to its involvement in the war in yemen, where it is backing attempts to restore the country's president. germany has suspen

theresa may told him any statement issued were personal ones.e importance of ensuring that we do recognise that the sum, being touted as gay is difficult because of their family and circumstances. what i want to see is a world where everybody is able to be confident in their sexuality and doesn't have to worry about such things. that answer didn't satisfy another labour mp. prime minister given that your political secretary stephen parkinson was the person responsible for outing the whistleblower using number ten paper and documents, what are you prime minister going to do? you should sack him. i'm sorry, that is not what i should be doing. my political secretary does a very good job and as i have said, any state m e nts job and as i have said, any statements that have been made a personal statements. and liberal democrat tom brake asked the speaker to hold an urgent debate that would focus on the administration of referendums on what mechanisms are in place to correct past electoral rolls. john bercow agreed that it will be held on tuesday and

this was theresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack.e briefed by the police and public health officials. but also a chance to meet members of the public, to chat, to reassure. and, yes, even to do this. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. the restaurant where they ate. the park bench, under a tent, where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who'd first responded to the call. thank you. what you did is what the police do day in and day out. you go to a routine call, as you say, you don't know what you'll find. then, at the local hospital, she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who's still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. she said she'd expelled 23 russian diplomats for this despicable attack, but was ready to do more. there are other measures we're looking at. and if we face further provocation from russia, there are further measures that we can deploy. but what is important in the international a

theresa may. a short time later, a foreign office minister came to the commons to answer an urgent question, on the uk's relationship with saudi arabia. there will be wide spread concern across parties at the fact that the dictatorial head of a medieval, theocratic regime is being given the red carpet equivalent of a state visit. and i also asked if he can explain why the safeguards on the use of british weapons which were introduced at the end of the coalition at the insistence of myself for my liberal democrat colleagues are apparently no longer being applied? we keep under strict checks to ensure that international laws are abided by, to make sure that we can provide the support of saudi arabia that it needs in order to protect itself. labour said it wanted a good diplomatic and economic relationship with saudi arabia, but with any good relationship there had to be honesty. as long as they continued the indiscriminate bombing of residential areas of farms, and markets in yemen, as long as they

theresa may is to make a major speech on brexit today.'ll outline five tests for a future uk—eu deal and pledge to bring our country together. and we meet the clowns who travel to some of the world's most dangerous places to try to help refugee children. there was one little girl right at the back, a very sweet girljust watching and standing back. ijust smiled at her and she smiled and moved back quite shyly, but i had this real feeling of that was special for her. there are around 400,000 children at that single ronhinga refugee camp at cox's bazaar in bangladesh. you can see the full film later this hour. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until ”am this morning. as always, we want to hear from you. today a group of leading doctors and fertility experts is calling on the government to get schools to tell girls how and when to get pregnant. they say focusing too much on contraception and teenage pregnancy makes women think they'll be able to get pregnant the moment they decide to — when, in reality they say, one in seven couples

and, so, what advice did you put for theresa may?ews and values and look after the british people, keep this country alive. do not back down and start telling us the truth. fight for the nhs. anyone else? i wrote down to toughen up and stand up for the people of the uk and the country. stand up to brussels and stop pandering to them. stand up for the british people. do you feel she is pandering? when you see her and she is with angela merkel and the others and angela, you can see she is strong and does not take any clap. and then you see theresa may and she is sort of looking around... as if to say that i am going to say this will say that, she is quite weak. what did you put? i asked her to be more open about what is happening. don't be so soft with the other countries and stop agreeing to pay deals. we should not pay anything once we are out. what was your advice for theresa may? i told her that we voted leave so let's leave. don't beat around the bush. be strong and proud in what we decided and who we are. have self belief in the

was he laying the ground for the speech by theresa may later?r? i think so. he is suggesting that there will bea so. he is suggesting that there will be a much more conciliatory approach towards the eu and some of the red line is that they have sketched out, of the game in theresa may's speech is not the end of the arguments over brexit, it is not going to be peace in ourtime on brexit, it is not going to be peace in our time on the tory backbenches, it will not set out a definitive trade deal, the name of the game is to get the eu to at least begin serious trade talks. so, mrs may will rhetorically reach out to the eu today, in effect saying to them forget all of the cake eating, we will not do that any more, we will ta ke will not do that any more, we will take your concerns seriously. we are listening to your issues around protecting the single market. and she will couple that, we are told, with some detail about the sort of proposals that the british government is looking at, such as identifying certain sectors where they would continue to a

maybe theresa may is right.aybe she's wrong, but in any way, in such an old democracy like great britain, theresa may should not behave herself like mr putin does. i mean, you can't answer to our autocratic person by doing the same kind of things. you can't say in one day that it's only russia who is in charge, because even if it's like this, there should be

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that was theresa may with a positive message talking about unity. so—called brexit dividend, that is something we had a lot about during the referendum campaign particularly from those under the side of argument, like the foreign secretary boston, the environment secretary boston, the environment secretary michael gove, about why money for the nhs. theresa may talked about that and she was asked if there would be a brexit dividend and she said of course when believe the eu the —— the european union we won the longer be spending vast sums of money you're in and year out sending that money to the eu so there will be money to the eu so there will be money available here in the uk to spend on our priorities like the nhs and schools. of course there are many people who don't share a positive optimistic view about brexit, some of those of course are in parliament. we know that mps will get a meaningful vote on any final deal that is negotiated. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. that the vote in october is probably going to be

theresa may will chair the meeting.enior ministers, including the foreign secretary borisjohnson and the home secretay amber rudd will consider if there is enough evidence to determine who was behind the attackjust over a week ago. meanwhile, up to 500 people who were at the same restaurant and pub as sergei and yulia skripal have been told to clean their clothes and belongings. some people have questioned why no guidance was issued until yesterday. trace amounts of the substance used to poison the pair were found on and around a table where they had eaten in zizzi — which has since been destroyed. mr skripal and his daughter remain in a critical, but stable condition in hospital. in a moment, we will talk to our home affairs correspondent leila nathoo in salisbury. but first to our chief political correspondent vicki young in downing street. what are you expecting to come out of that briefing this morning? we've seen senior figures going into downing street, including the foreign secretary, byron johnson, amber rudd, d

his schedule included talks with theresa may and once with the queen.e've come a long way from the 1930s when wild animals protesters have objected to the