first, tim farron has resigned as leader of the liberal democrats. mr farron took over as leader from nick clegg injuly 2015, following the party's disastrous election result. it now has 12 seats. mr farron said he said he was "torn between living as a faithful christian and serving as a political leader". from the very first day of my leadership two years ago i have faced questions about my christian faith. i have tried to answer with grace and patience sometimes my a nswe i’s grace and patience sometimes my answers could have been wiser. at the start of this election, i found myself under scrutiny. asked about matters to do with my faith. i felt guilty that the focus was distracting attention from a campaign, obscuring our message. journalists have every right to ask whatever they see fit, the consequences of the focus on my faith is that i have found myself torn between living as a faithful christian and serving as a political leader. a better, wiser person than me may have been able to deal with this more successfully, to have remained faithful t

this has clearly been a very difficult decision for tim farron to make.umber of lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign isa lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign is a wasted opportunity, and they blamed the way he handled those questions about his faith. the party will now choose a new leader over the summer. at least twelve people are now known to have died in a huge fire which engulfed a residential tower block in west london. the number of dead is expected to rise as fire crews carry out a complex recovery operation. the washington post claims president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice by special counsel robert mueller. now it is time for our news review. we begin with the times whose headline reflects the incredible speed in which the grenfall house tower block was engulfed in flames. so much so that some children were thrown from windows by theirfamilies to escape the blaze the guardian looks at the anger felt by residents who say their concerns and complaints over safety in the building had been ignored by the royal bo

something strongerfor tim farron.ub in st alban‘s to talk about business rates. paul nuttall took you ukip‘s message to great yarmouth. they do love a market these politicians. paul nuttall was one party leader trying to get a message out. we are not a single issue party, we stand for putting more into the nhs, slashing the foreign aid budget, investing in our defence and our boys and girls in the armed forces and of course reducing immigration which would be good for community cohesion and the economy. we are feel we are at a fork in the road f you don't want to waste money on trident and look at ideas to make the country fit for the 215t century and want more investment in the nhs, then vote for the green party. we face a numberof then vote for the green party. we face a number of threats from a tory government with an increased mandate. threats to people in our communities, threats to our nhs and threats to the process of leaving the eu to jobs threats to the process of leaving the eu tojobs and livelihoods. it is

if labour supporters decide to vote tactically — that's the view of the liberal democrat leader tim farronareas where it's the main challenger to the conservatives. mr farron, who spent the day touring constituencies in england, claimed the prime minister was taking a big victory for granted. 0ur political correspondent vicki young was travelling with mr farron. serving sausages in solihull, where tim farron is hoping to pile on the votes. be generous. yes. be generous. he says every vote for the lib dems sends a powerful message to theresa may that she can't have it all her own way. here, there were worries about cuts to school budgets. but they are coming, and we have got past the point where you can shave a bit off this budget and that budget. the very clear evidence — all the capital money should be spent on upkeep of schools is actually going on keeping teachers in theirjobs, but that's running out now. next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems. he says that's the only way to prevent a tory landside. how are you feeling? pleased to be in a pu

the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, is calling for tactical voting, telling labour supporters toallenger to the conservatives. mr farron, who's making a six—stop tour of england, claimed it's the only way to prevent theresa may having a blank cheque to do what she wants after the election. 0ur political correspondent vicki young has been travelling with him. serving sausages in solihull where tim farron is hoping to pile on the votes. be generous. yes. he says every vote for the lib dems sends a powerful message to theresa may that she can't have it all her own way. here there were worries about cuts to school budgets. but they are coming and we have got past the point where you can shave a bit off this budget and that budget. the very clear evidence that all the capital money should be spent on upkeep of schools is actually going on keeping teachers in theirjobs, but that's running out now. next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems. he said that the only way to prevent a tory landside. how are you feeling? pleased to be in a pub! and on

if labour supporters decide to vote tactically — that's the view of the liberal democrat leader, tim farron to back his party in those areas where it's the main challenger to the conservatives. mr farron, who spent the day touring constituencies in england, claimed the prime minister was taking a big victory for granted. 0ur political correspondent vicki young was travelling with mr farron on the liberal democrat campaign. serving sausages in solihull, where tim farron is hoping to pile on the votes. be generous. yes! he says every vote for the lib dems sends a powerful message to theresa may that she can't have it all her own way. here, there were worries about cuts to school budgets. but they are coming, and we have got past the point where you can shave a bit off this budget and that budget. the very clear evidence — all the capital money should be spent on upkeep of schools is actually going on keeping teachers in theirjobs, but that's running out now. next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems. he says that's the only way to prevent a tory land

this has clearly been a very difficult decision for tim farron to make.er of lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign as a wasted opportunity and they blamed the way he handled those questions about his faith. the party will now choose a new leader over the summer. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. in some of the other news for the day, borough market in london has opened 11 days after the terror attack that killed eight people. one minute silence was held by the traders and they said that returning to their businesses marked the start ofa to their businesses marked the start of a healing process for the market community. we have got more of course coming from west london with mike embley in the studio and sarah kuchar but first he is sport today — we will see you soon. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: pakistan stun england winning by eight wickets to reach the icc champions trophy final. floyd mayweather is lured out of retirement as he agrees to take on ufc lightweight champion connor mcgregor in a

and tim farron, leader of the lib dems, is resigning. vast amount of progress in the general election either. he will stand down in month and there will be a leadership race over the summer. thank you very much for the moment. president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice, according to the washington post. if confirmed, the move by special counsel robert mueller would mark a turning point in the fbi investigation into russian interference in last year's presidential election. mr trump's lawyer has called the leak of information "outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal." the ministry of defence says it's investigating an accident involving a tank on the castlemartin firing range in south pembrokeshire. officials believe a number of people have been injured. castlemartin is the only uk army range normally available for direct—fire exercises. there's good news for mobile phone users, —— the bank of england is deciding today on whether to raise interest rates. will it follow the footsteps in the us? we have been talk

it is a greater slice of the votes that tim farron really wa nts. the votes that tim farron really wantsring six different constituencies around the country and they are places where the liberal democrats came second in 2015. he believes that some tactical voting, appealing to labour voters, they will get enough votes to win again. the liberal democrats took an absolute morning in 2015. tim farron will bejudged on how many absolute morning in 2015. tim farron will be judged on how many seats absolute morning in 2015. tim farron will bejudged on how many seats he can gain, but one thing was really striking in that speech that he gave. not so much what he said, which was about cuts to public services and social care and the plan to add 1p to income tax to reinstate those services, but what he didn't talk about was brexit. the liberal democrats wanted to carve out their place as the party of the 40%, the out their place as the party of the a0%, the remains voters, in a city like this where the majority wanted britain to remain in the eu. he's not talking about that spontaneously on the stum

tim farron and nicola sturgeon will be grilled this evening by a question time audience in scotland, and security, is bound to feature. as the tories set their sights on making substantial gains across the midlands, we look at two key battle grounds — in cheltenham and birmingham edgbaston. from a landslide tory majority to a hung parliament, polls seem to be making all sorts of contradictory calls. but do you think they are science or do you think they are fiction? they haven't got it right recently. 0k, thank you very much. and people lie. people lie? maybe i was lying there. and mulling all this over — my guests the guardian columnist owen jones, and katy balls of the spectator. let's bring you up to date with the latest from the campaign trail, and understandably, the focus has been on preventing future terrorist attacks, after the grim events of saturday night. jeremy corbyn‘s been campaigning in the north—east, saying he'd back calls for the prime minister to stand down. that she was responsible as home secretary, for cuts in police numbers. but he clarified his comments in an

today he talks to the liberal democrat leader tim farron.ls in the general election to decide who will represent them in parliament and who'll lead the country. so which of the party leaders has the best plan for the future of the united kingdom? tonight, i'm joined by the leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron. tim farron, this election is about electing mps to sit in the british parliament. but you're fighting on a manifesto which advocates uk laws being made in brussels, having no control over immigration policy, and for britain to stay under thejurisdiction of the european court of justice — why? liberal democrats are campaigning, in this election, to trust the people, and we know that people voted to leave the european union lastjune. i grew up with, you know, with people who voted to leave, i completely respect those who did — obviously i hold a different view. the issue now is, how do we move forward? and we know that a deal will be negotiated between theresa may and those from brussels, and it's one that we'll have to live with,

tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers.er-productive. what are the terrorists want us to do? to turn in on ourselves and be divided as a country. what do they want us to do? to give up on our freedoms and country. what do they want us to do? to give up on ourfreedoms and our liberties and i —— those of the things we must not sacrificed otherwise the terrorists would have w011. otherwise the terrorists would have won. he was also tackled on the economy and tax. how can the liberal democrat make everyone pay an extra ip democrat make everyone pay an extra 1p of tax. you will have attitudes from people to say they will solve this problem without any money or we could be brutally honest and say by the price of a cup of coffee a week, we can have the best nhs and social ca re we can have the best nhs and social care in the world. snp leader nicola sturgeon was also asked how to deal with terror threats. we have got to tackle and address and challenge extremism wherever we find it and i believe very strongly that we have to do th

the liberal democrat leader tim farron has just announced he liberal democrat leader tim farron hasjust seats in the general election, four more than in the previous election. but it was not the fightback the party hoped for. this is what he said a few moments ago. there are christians in politics that take the view that they should impose the tenants of their faith they should impose the tenants of theirfaith on they should impose the tenants of their faith on society. i have they should impose the tenants of theirfaith on society. i have not taken that approach, because i fundamentally disagree with it. it is not liberal, and, actually, it is counter—productive when it comes to advancing the gospel. even so, i seem to have been the subject of suspicion because of what i believe, and who my faith is in. in which case, we are kidding ourselves we yet live in a tolerant, liberal society. that is why i have chosen to step down as leader of the liberal democrats. vicki young is at the lib dem hq in westminster, where tim farron has just the lib dem hq in westminster, where tim farron hasju

tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers. be divided as a country. they want us to give up on our freedoms and liberties and those are the things we should not sacrifice otherwise the terrorists will have won. he was tackled on the economy and tax. how can the lib dems justify making every taxpayer pay ip more tax? you can have platitudes from people who will tell you that they can solve the problem without any extra money or we can be honest and say that for the price of a cup of coffee a week we can have the best nhs and social care in the world. the snp leader nicola sturgeon was asked how to deal with terror threats. we've got to tackle and address extremism whenever we find it. and i believe very strongly that we have to do that with the muslim community. we mustn't scapegoat that community. she faced several hostile questions about her demand for another referendum on scottish independence. when are you proposing it? at the end of the process. it should be our choice, when the time is right and we know what brexit means

tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers.be counter—productive. powers. he said it would be counter-productive. the terrorists wa nt counter-productive. the terrorists want us to turn in on ourselves and to be divided as a country. they wa nt to be divided as a country. they want us to give up on our freedoms and liberties and those are the things we should not sacrifice otherwise the terrorists will have won. he was tackled on the economy and tax. how can the lib dems justify making every taxpayer pay 1p more tax? you can have platitudes from people who will tell you that they can solve the problem without any they can solve the problem without a ny extra they can solve the problem without any extra money or we they can solve the problem without any extra money oi’ we can they can solve the problem without any extra money or we can be honest and say that for the price of a cup of coffee a week we can have the best nhs and social care in the world. the snp leader nicola sturgeon was asked how to deal with terror threats. we'v

he isa person to take over from tim farron.in government. he is very much of the political centre at a time when there is a hole in the political centre. that is in his favour. against him is the fact he was in coalition with the conservatives. many liberal democrats would hold that against him. there is the age factor. he is now 7a. i spoke to him this morning. he said there is no reason why he could not do a gladstone. gladstone served as prime minister well into his 80s and beyond. jeremy corbyn has shown there is no reason why somebody getting on and cannot still be active and energetic in politics. but he did not rule out the possibility of maybe only serving for two years until the brexit process has completed. and then standing down for a younger leader. that is a few steps away. he hasn't been elected yet. but if he is, maybe he could be a caretaker leader. he has not confirmed that but that is an option on the table, he might only serve two years, then stand aside to allow younger leader to ta ke stand aside to allow y

i am positive about the future of the party, and the fact that tim farron to that position, that tim at position, that position, that is to his credit. you campaigned on the platform of the second referendum. sticking to that? it has got to be pa rt sticking to that? it has got to be part of the future agenda. in the election just past, a part of the future agenda. in the electionjust past, a lot part of the future agenda. in the election just past, a lot of people could not grasp what we were arguing. we do respect the referendum that has happened but we argue... you would still be asking people if they want to come out of the european union. you would be re running it! bad-tempered that question back to you. after the brexit process, the british public should be asked if they accept what the government is negotiating. it could be a sensible outcome, but it may not be. it could be disastrous. the public have got to be asked if they want to continue to get into a disastrous outcome, or want to reopen the question of membership. that option has got to be there. thank you for speaking t

both he and the party‘s leader tim farron are campaigning in south west london today.or us. they have been abundantly clear from the outset, they dubbed themselves the outset, they dubbed themselves the anti—brexit party and nick clegg and tim farron turned up at the hospital behind me a little while ago, the first time they have campaigned together since this campaigned together since this campaign begana campaigned together since this campaign began a few weeks ago, and they have gone inside to speak to doctors and nurses who come from the eu, and they are voicing their concerns to these two men. ijust heard a nurse from denmark saying she was not just heard a nurse from denmark saying she was notjust worried about her future but her children‘s‘ future. she said, will they have to go back to denmark? the two men are listening to these concerns and i unfortunately left a few minutes ago and did not hear their reply but they are there to give advice and, they say, comfort to these people but they have been clear on this message that they want to remain in the eu, offer

this is where the liberal democrats have been doing some last—minute campaigning, tim farron is hererdshire in st albans and twickenham where he spoke to small businesses about the detrimental effects he says of brexit. the liberal democrats of course have from the outset styled themselves as the anti—brexit party, they have been selling themselves to the 48% of the electorate that voted to remain in the eu. they say they are the real opposition and so that has been a central message through this campaign. at the centre of the ma nifesto campaign. at the centre of the manifesto was back pledged to hold a referendum giving the public a chance to have a say on that final deal struck between the government and brussels. they said the people decided to leave the eu and so the people should have a say on that final deal and those terms. they say they want those terms to be beneficial to businesses and people living over a year but has that message been successful, we will find out in the election tomorrow whether that has cut through. they spoke about other policies along the way but fron

tim farron won the toss and elected to go first.ing some questions in their from the judeo audience and taking some questions in their from thejudeo audience and nicola sturgeon will be in the second half hour. it is a normal question time format. this is high stakes for the politicians. they don't know what questions are coming up, they have been submitted in advance and the original people get asked questions but then of course it is thrown open to the audience. they all get to put their hands up and asked the questions they want to ask. as we saw last week in friday's debate between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, they were both put under quite a bit of pressure by that studio audience, with theresa may being questioned about the cap on nhs pay and also about social care, and jeremy corbyn being asked if he would fire nuclear weapons should britain be at war. these were difficult questions for both of these leaders to be put under. i expect the leaders in their will be put under an equal amount of pressure. as you said, this was m

and we will return to dan and to those following tim farron.weather is no matter what it throws at us there's a lwa ys matter what it throws at us there's always someone out there enjoying themselves. we have heavy, persistent rain but somebody in nottinghamshire is having a great time. windsurfing is probably the best sport to be doing this afternoon! the heaviest of the rain is starting to move away from the south—east but it's really persistent across the far north of scotland. some of these showers further south with gusts of wind, some of them are heavy and thundery as well. the winds will ease but the rain continues into the north—east. we could have as much as 100 millimetres of rainfall across north—east scotland before the system clears through. it will start to do so tomorrow morning and then behind some sunshine coming through. wednesday will be the best day of the week. highs likely to peak at 21 degrees. a bit fresher along the north and west facing coast. more wet and windy weather expected on thursday, perhaps not as bad as today

tim farron will be judged on how many seats he can gain, but one thing was really striking in that speecht so much what he said, which was about cuts to public services and social care and the plan to add 1p to income tax to reinstate those services, but what he didn't talk about was brexit. the liberal democrats wanted to carve out their place as the party of the a0%, the remains voters, in a city out their place as the party of the 48%, the remains voters, in a city like this where the majority wanted britain to remain in the eu. he's not talking about that spontaneously on the stump here because he believes that it's not catching the imagination of voters. they believe brexit might become an issue for them further down the line. right now it is not something that will get voters into the polling booths for them, so they are talking about public services. in scotland the snp leader nicola sturgeon urged voters to show their support for a fair and prosperous society in scotland, and to stop the tories in their tracks. she warned that a vote for labour risks "handing the keys of no 10" to

first, please welcome the leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron. good evening.from the audience. we are under attack if properly controlled, why is internet surveillance is not a good thing? controlled, why is internet surveillance is not a good thing7m can save lives. first of all, you, like everybody else would have been here last night the, of course we rightly postponed to pay tribute to those who died and remember those who passed away and to stand in solidarity with loved ones and all those injured and affected by the london attacks. you think about what you are going to say before you come ona you are going to say before you come on a programme like this, after an event as happened on saturday night and you remember yourself saying really similar things a fortnight earlier after the appalling outrage in manchester. to my mind, our reactions, maybe they are similar to mine are heartbreak, the impact on individuals and their families and, friendly, anger. anger that this should happen to people in our community and that it should happen at all. such utter w

this has clearly been a very difficult decision for tim farron to make.m mps, but some saw the campaign as a wasted opportunity and they blamed the way he handled those questions about his faith. the party will now choose a new leader over the summer. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. some of the day's other news in brief. borough market in london has reopened 11 days after the terror attack that killed eight people. traders held a minute's silence to remember the victims and said returning to their businesses marked the start of a "healing process" for the market community. new figures show wages are continuing to fall behind inflation. average earnings dropped by 0.6% for the three months to april. unemployment fell by 50,000 over the same period. in the us state of virginia, a senior republican politician has been critically injured in a gun attack. steve scalise, a whip in the house of representatives, was one of five people shot as they practiced for a charity baseball game. the gunman died after police returned fire. let's go back now to west lond

vicki young with tim farron.ng there5a may has got her green's 5peech through the house of commons, a majority of 14, helped by the democratic unioni5t5 coming on board. with me is thejournalist and also caroline wheeler, deputy political editor of the sunday time5. good to be with us. we have a result, the queen's 5peech has gone through by a majority of 14, quite mode5t through by a majority of 14, quite modest in historical term5. does that mean this government is rather more stable than some people have been otherwise sane?” more stable than some people have been otherwise sane? i mean, it's not a huge majority, is it? i think the last few days have expo5ed not a huge majority, is it? i think the last few days have exposed to us how weak and unstable this government look5. that has been writing much the sort of labour thinking behind the amendment that they put forward, so that would have had an effect in parliamentary term5 and outside of parliament as well. the amendments on things like austerity, ending au

stronger than tim farron! nick clegg is worried about his seat tonight, is that right? people said that sheffield hallam was going to be lost, but nick won with a substantial majority. is it conceivable that the lib dems could go backwards this time? at elections, anything is conceivable. people pledged to eat their hats and look like idiots, or run down the street naked! of course, anything is plausible. like my promise in 2010! all that i can do is leave the range of polls, the maximum that theresa may is going to get is ten extra seats, i would have thought. seriously?! i hope there is money on this afterwards! paul, in corbyn hq, can ijust ask you, are they preparing for the possibility of a hung parliament or a win? they are preparing for a possibility of a hung parliament or a win. people were talking about the northern irish, welsh and scottish governments on brexit. they were not at the beginning of this, right? absolutely not. go back and look at the polls. the range is from a small tory majority through to a hung parliament through to a minority... they are ah

i listen to some of your conversations with tim farron.rolling people at home or interception, there's a series of them. we have the ability to tag people who are thought to be extremist, exclusion orders to keep people who have left and gone to places like syria, to prevent them coming back. the police and security services have wide—ranging powers in terms of interception. what we have to guard against is the security services having so much data and information that they can't make sense of it. there's a number of things we've got to do and i think we have to come together and try to make sure we move forward here with as much consensus as possible. i find it quite disturbing personally that there are armed police on the streets but the incident in london would have been shut down a lot sooner if there were more of them around. i'll be perfectly honest, this is one of the trickiest balances we have to strike. we have a police force, not just in scotland but across the uk, that is routinely unarmed. my feeling is that is how the majority

well, we havejust left saint bones am aware tim farron was willing pines. dash—macro st albans.s owners about the detrimental effect brexit could have on their finances. front and centre of the liberal democrats's ma nifesto centre of the liberal democrats's manifesto site has been another referendum to allow the people another vote on that deal between brussels and the government. they say people completed to leave the eu, but now people should be given the opportunity to say on what terms. so, st albans voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu, and now we are off to twickenham which also voted to remain. the party has also spoken about how they wa nt to party has also spoken about how they want to legalise cannabis, bring in tens of thousands of syrian refugees into the country if they are successful in the election, but as i said, right at the centre of their ma nifesto said, right at the centre of their manifesto has been this pledge. it is that anti—brexit sentiment that they have been riding for the last five weeks. whether it will be successful or not remains to be seen.

sophie raworth, chatting about the dup and tim farron while standing in front of a burning tower blockably containing the charred corpses of people's loved ones. how has it come to this? a channel should pool resources, share footage, not send the main presenter. and if you must, have the basic respect and human decency to not treat it like a chat back on a studio sofa. thank you for all of your thoughts on the issues arising out of the coverage of the grenfell tower fire. we may well be discussing them with the bbc news editor next week. it's been a week since the general election results and its implications are still unclear. last friday political editor laura kuenssberg reflected on what was widely considered to be something of a political earthquake. what was surprised at the start... and what we're saying is the conservatives are the largest party, note they don't have an overall majority at this stage. gradually, seat after seat was glorious shock for labour. loss after loss for the conservatives. images of cheering labour politicians and supporters, and of disappointed or angry

tim farron has just tim farron hasjust pulled tim farron has just pulled this pint.etrimental effects he says brexit will have on businesses here and around the country. now, remember at businesses here and around the country. now, rememberat the businesses here and around the country. now, remember at the front and centre of the manifesto has been and centre of the manifesto has been a pledge if they were to win on friday that they would have another referendum, where they would offer the people a chance to have a say on that crucial deal between brussels and the government. that has been the core of their message. they have also announced other eye—catching policies along the way including legalising cannabis and allowing tens of thousands of syrian refugees to come in the country if they are successful. however, as i said, they've dubbed themselves as the anti—brexit party from day one on this campaign. however, there has been a mixed reaction on the doorstep. some people saying they feel irritated and frustrated that they're banging feel irritated and frustrated

the liberal democrats' tim farron and plaid cymru, leanne wood, going to the polls, ending 50 days ofg the terrorist attacks in london and manchester. last time round, a windmill, a launderette and even a kitchen were pressed into service, transformed into polling stations for the day. 68 different parties are vying for votes this time around with a total field of more than 3300 candidates. we'll elect mps from 650 constituencies across the uk. 533 in england, a0 in wales, 59 in scotland and 18 in northern ireland. the polls close at 10pm tonight, with the exit poll immediately afterwards giving a hint of how things may have gone. the first seat is expected to declare a little before 11pm, the results will then stack up overnight with the full results on friday. and a look at the weather for the rest of today and the weekend. we have had a lot of cloud and rain for many parts of the country but not everywhere. this was kent, a few hours ago from one of our weather watchers, so some clear skies this evening. also plenty of showers in england and wales. persistent rain in northern irela

tim farron has retained his seat.it down a bit from the conservatives point of view. jeremy, you have thety —— figure, conservatives point of view. jeremy, you have thety -- figure, let us look inside our virtual house of commons. revised in the conservatives favour, very very slightly. so, we started the night by saying the exit poll had them on 314. this is what it is saying now. it is tempered by some of the results we have had in. we have had half the constituencies, we have them on 318. it is down 13 seats from the last general election two yea rs from the last general election two years ago pup a bit from the way we start. of course crucially, it is not across the line here of 326, just above half the number of mps in the house of commons. so it looks as if if the night ends in the way we expect it, the conservatives won't have their majority, in the house of commons, let us look at the other parties slight adjustment to the labourfigure, up one, we have them on 267. in our exit poll the snp on 32, a bad night f

up and tim farron who wants to take us back into the eu, the opposite of what the british people want. that being said, prime minister, one of the things that i would like to know is secretly do you regret calling this election, i'iow you regret calling this election, now the polls have moved against you. i'm a tory and i hop you win. but you must feel a little bit of ooh, a bit of remorse?|j but you must feel a little bit of ooh, a bit of remorse? i have been in politics a long time and i have a lwa ys in politics a long time and i have always said at any election the only poll that matters is the one on polling day. i think the british people when they're voting, people here and peopl watching have a simple choice about who do you trust to have that leadership to take us to have that leadership to take us to get the best deal for brexit in europe and who has the will and the vision notjust to take us through brexit, not just to vision notjust to take us through brexit, notjust to get on with the job of delivering brexit, but to ta ke job of delivering brexit, but to take us beyond a

the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has described andrea leadsom's remarks as "aid she should apologise. more than 100 people are missing after a landslide in south—western china. around a0 homes were destroyed when the side of a mountain collapsed in the sichuan province. a rescue operation is now taking place to try to locate the missing. radiohead topped the bill on the opening night of lust and brick, 20 yea rs opening night of lust and brick, 20 years after that one of the most famous performances. today we will see katy perry and the foo fighters ta ke to see katy perry and the foo fighters take to the stage. # i wish i was special # for thousands of fans, radiohead really are special. receiving a rapturous reception in front of a packed pyramid stage. # i'm a creep, i'm a weirdo. this was the musical climax to a day that featured a few unexpected celebrity appearances. # by a tender a young maiden... earlier, kris kristofferson was accompanied on stage by a guitar—playing johnny depp. watching them, another hollywood star, brad pitt. and one more famous fa

because mr tim farron at the end of the day had to punch above his weight.weight. i thought tim did a credible job and above his weight. i thought tim did a crediblejob and everyone is going to struggle when there are seven voices, is one interesting chart somebody did of the number of times people interrupted each other and it did come across as a noisy squabble each sheep might! i thought you were going to say a cheap date! not exactly the most disorder and political rhetoric but i think it's clear thatjeremy corbyn political rhetoric but i think it's clear that jeremy corbyn landed political rhetoric but i think it's clear thatjeremy corbyn landed a blow on theresa mayjust by being there even though he was a bit boring and wishy—washy because he made her look weak for not turning up. it is the fact of not turning up that has got more cut—throat than the debate which most people didn't watch. jo-anne, as far as theresa may is concerned, would you have advised her not to turn up?” may is concerned, would you have advised her not to turn up? i think she was

the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has described andrea leadsom's remarks as "ologise. more than 100 people are missing after a landslide in south western china. around 40 homes were destroyed when the side of a mountain collapsed in the sichuan province. a rescue operation is now taking place to try to locate the missing. katy perry and the foo fighters will top the bill at glastonbury today. last night, radiohead took to the pyramid stage, 20 years after first being the headline act at the festival. it's expected around 135,000 people will be in attendance over the weekend. those are the main stories. there is a huge game going on. have you been trying to resist knowing the score? there's no point. sometimes we put up there's no point. sometimes we put up warnings, but the bottom line is that it up warnings, but the bottom line is thatitis up warnings, but the bottom line is that it is happening right now. that's right. it is half—time at the minute. i know you will be wanting to watch this. at the minute, i'm afraid the all blacks are ahead. but it has been a

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

we felt someone is to make the first move and despite the reticence from jeremy corbyn and tim farronve candidate elected, we needed to do the right thing. if there is one less conservative mp, it will be the green party that won it in the circumstances. unfortunately, the nature of our broken system, people wa nt nature of our broken system, people want more choices and we have a first past the post system and we don't get a fair representation. at the last election we should have had 24 mp5 the last election we should have had 2a mps in the house of commons. the bush —— that would have shook up british politics. efo is driving at your manifesto. you are willing to stand with these other parties. your manifesto. you are willing to stand with these other partiesm isa stand with these other partiesm is a question of degrees. in the real world , is a question of degrees. in the real world, no one signed up 100% to a party manifesto. people don't divide neatly into three different parties. we share common ground with labour, although we do disagree fundamentally on issues like airport ex

tim farron has been speaking to businesses, he is on my left—handside doing media interviews.cannabis and investing billions more into school and health but as i say front and centre have been that pledge to have an eu referendum. that is going that westminister find out if it has been successful or not in tomorrow‘s election. finally. catriona renton following the snp. the last days for them as well. how is that shaping 7 them as well. how is that shaping up? well, i have followed this campaign closely, and of course they started off as the largest party, with 56 of the 59 seats in that landslide victory they won last time around. setting themselves an extremely high bar. this afternoon the first minister, nicola sturgeon will address a rally in edinburgh and she‘ll set out the key reasons she wants people to vote snp tomorrow. she will say that only with snp mps at westminster will it give scots a strong voice there. she said her party will tackle inequality and cuts. 0n bricts she will say that votes for the snp will mean she has a mandate for a strong voice at westminster

tim farron and nicola sturgeon will be grilled this evening by a question time audience in scotland,r sights on making substantial gains across the midlands, we look at two key battle grounds — in cheltenham and birmingham edgbaston. from a landslide tory majority to a hung parliament, polls seem to be making all sorts of contradictory calls. but do you think they are science or do you think they are fiction? they haven't got it right recently. ok, thank you very much. and people lie. people lie? maybe i was lying there. and mulling all this over — my guests the guardian columnist owen jones, and katy balls of the spectator.

sophie raworth, chatting about the dup and tim farron while standing in front of a burning tower block containing the charred corpses of people's loved ones. how has it come to this? a channel should pool resources, share footage, not send the main presenter. and if you must, have the basic respect and human decency to not treat it like a chat back on a studio sofa. thank you for all of your thoughts on the issues arising out of the coverage of the grenfell tower fire. we may well be discussing them with the bbc news editor next week. it's been a week since the general election results and its implications are still unclear. last friday political editor laura kuenssberg reflected on what was widely considered to be something of a political earthquake. what was surprised at the start... and what we're saying is the conservatives are the largest party, note they don't have an overall majority at this stage. gradually, seat after seat, was glorious shock for labour. loss after loss for the conservatives. images of cheering labour politicians and supporters, and of disappointed or angry co

tim farron was keen to make the liberal democrats case for staying on the single market after brexit.sted manifesto, i tell you what, there is a long—term economic man underlying the whole of the liberal democrat manifesto, and that is, don't leave the european single market, and throw away £15 billion every single year in revenue. while others clashed over immigration, ukip suggesting britain would struggle to cope with rising numbers. we have to get the pop elation under control because if we carry on the road that we are on, we will have a population of 80 million by the middle of this century. you just think what will happen. they will have to be a huge school building programme. there will have to be new hospitals, new motorways, a new rail network, new houses. we already have to build a house every seven minutes to keep up with the numbers of people coming to this country. i'm afraid that ukip keep using this issue. they want to whip up using this issue. they want to whip up people's hatred, division and fear, and that is why they talk about immigration. i think this debate sham

just a hint of irony from the lib dem leader tim farron as he braved the elements on the way into thetation. but he was well out of the way when tempers frayed among the watching photographers. they're having a proper scrap. and up and down the country other party leaders were doing exactly the same. the snp's nicola sturgeon, and paul nuttall from the uk independence party. but it's not just about them. 47 million of us are registered at this election, one that's been overshadowed by the terrorist attacks in manchester and london. those attacks have meant a bigger police presence than usual. everyone conscious that the threat level is still severe. this westminster polling station is just one of 40,000 the length and breadth of the uk where you're electing your 650 representatives to the house of commons, just a couple of hundred yards down the road from here. those new mps will be here next tuesday, and on monday week the queen will open parliament and set out the new government's plans. some peculiar places have been pressed into action as polling stations. this one is in a launder

tim farron is the leader of the liberal democrats. he voted in kendal in the north of england.me. that's about half an hour from now. very soon after they close, a glorious shot we have of westminster there and the river thames, almost immediately after those polls shut, we get the exit polls, which would give us simply indications of he is old. you can see those, of course, on the bbc. hello. we have seen a little more sunshine through the afternoon, but we have also continued to see some areas of rain, and one part of the country has been plagued by some showers near wigan. you can see the main area of cloud and rain pushing northwards across scotland, showers coming in behind, but the wettest weather has been across northern ireland. that weather warning should be fading away as the wetter weather works northwards, up into the north—west corner of scotland. still some showers running across other parts of the uk, clearer skies around as well. not cold overnight, especially the temperatures being disappointing today, 11 or 12 degrees in the morning. this is a dick lock in a m

just a hint of irony from the lib dem leader tim farron as he braved the elements on the way into the the way when tempers frayed among the watching photographers. they're having a proper scrap. and up—and—down the country other party leaders were doing exactly the same. the snp's nicola sturgeon, and paul nuttall from the uk independence party. but it's not just about them. 47 million of us are registered at this election, one that's been overshadowed by the terrorist attacks in manchester and london. those attacks have meant a bigger police presence than usual. everyone conscious that the threat level is still severe. this westminster polling station is just one of 40,000 the length and breadth of the uk where you're electing your 650 representatives to the house of commons, just a couple of hundred yards down the road from here. those new mps will be here next tuesday and on monday week the queen will open parliament and set out the new government's plans. some peculiar places have been pressed into action as polling stations. this one is in a launderette in oxford. here's one in a

ukip‘s leader demanded more action against extremists from muslims, too much for tim farron.uild trust and confidence in prevent. you know, paul, that the murderer last monday was reported five separate occasions by the muslim community. they want our safety as much as anybody else. then it was over. no knockout blows, but this fight‘s heating up. just a week to go. john pienaar, bbc news, cambridge the prime minister spent most of the day campaigning. theresa may rejected accusations that her decision not to join the leaders‘ debate was a "sign of weakness." 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. there is flash photography coming up. london, 9.00am. days to go. a rare sight these days, an old—fashioned press conference. labour attacking the tories on public services. patients are suffering ever longer waits in overcrowded wards. those who need care have been left without it. a&e and maternity units and whole hospitals are threatened with closure. children are crammed into overcrowded and crumbling classrooms. schools are sending home begging letters to the parents.

the liberal democrats' tim farron and plaid cymru's leanne wood all took the trip to the polls, bringingarguing and persuading, that was twice halted following the terror attacks in london and manchester. but for most today, voting is happening as it has always done, in places large and small. last time round, a windmill, a launderette and even a kitchen were pressed into service, transformed into polling stations for the day. 68 different parties are vying for votes this time around with a total field of more than 3,300 candidates. we will elect mps from 650 constituencies across the uk. 533 in england, a0 in wales, 59 in scotland and 18 in northern ireland. the polls close at 10pm tonight with the exit poll immediately afterwards giving a hint of how things may have gone. the first seat is expected to declare a little before 11pm, the results will then stack up overnight with the full results on friday. they've opened the bars early in washington today so people can watch what's being billed as the political version of the super bowl. the star will be former fbi directorjames comey, fi

the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has described andrea leadsom's remarks as " and said she should apologise. jeremy corbyn has arrived at glastonbury where he is due to take the main stage. radiohead topped the bill on the opening night of the glastonbury festival last night, 20 years after one of their most famous performances at the festival. today will see katy perry and the foo fighters take to the pyramid stage — as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is there for us. the crowds are building for the second day of music, the afternoon, the morning kicked off with the famous fab four tribute act, the bootleg beatles, jools holland is on at the moment with his band. later on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will be introducing one of the acts, he has just arrived will be introducing one of the acts, he hasjust arrived on will be introducing one of the acts, he has just arrived on a will be introducing one of the acts, he hasjust arrived on a glastonbury site and will come on and speak to the people who are assembled here and then yesterday was a wonderf

and tim farron who wants to bring us back into the eu, the direct opposite of what the british people want. the audience though gave her a pretty rough time. refusing to answer people's questions, refusing to talk tojeremy corbyn. a prime minister and potential future prime minister doesn't understand the difference between a learning disability and the mental health condition. i had called an election... for the good of the conservative party, you have called a general election for the good of the conservative party and it will backfire on you. including on brexit. do you really think you have any real leverage with brussels? an area where she has a rather well drilled response. i think we can negotiate a good deal, because a good deal in trade terms is notjust of benefit to the uk, it is of benefit to businesses in the remaining countries in the european union. social care was where mrs may had her weakest section. she pretended there hadn't been a u—turn involved in announcing a cap on social care costs. i heard the scaremongering that came out after our manifesto was published. an