we can be much more ambitious than the kind of approach that we've seen from the existing welsh labourundations there and inspire people with possible and over the of that decade, show what is possible within the existing powers, albeit limited, and arrive at a point where we have and arrive at a point where we have a conversation as a nation as to where we want to be and we want to make the case for wales becoming an independent country. and it's not about putting up orders or closing ourselves. my mother is english. i love england. we want to be good neighbours. i think what we're talking about is creating a new britain as well. because... a bit of detail here missed price. you say no borders between know how difficult exit is proving be in negotiation. another withdrawal agreement, another political declaration. are you talking about a process to undo ourselves from that union similar to the process. trade agreement, tariffs. a national commission which is looking at these detailed questions and people have legitimate questions. as we move from inde—curious to confident, we need to

mark drakeford has said that a welsh labour government would campaign unapologetically to remain. sperson on wales, said earlier this year, brexit will happen. jeremy corbyn is neutral. which labour leader are you following? the point is, we will put the vote back to people so that they will have the opportunity to make that decision. jeremy corbyn, as our leader, taking that forward as prime minister, needs to keep himself in a position where he could lead either way. how will you campaign if elected? i will campaign for remain, because i genuinely believe, having talked to industry, to business, to farmers, that we absolutely need a good, strong relationship with the market. some people call it the common market, and some people remember it as such, but with that single market, so we can make sure out single market, so we can make sure our economy single market, so we can make sure our economy is right here in wales. jane dodds. thanks for the question. it is important that we answer this honestly. the lib dems have been the party of remain since the 24th of june, and we haven't

this is something that the welsh labour leader talks about a lot. year, of the last ten years has been diminishing in terms of what they need, in terms of the demands on services, so when things like the performance of the nhs and things like that come up, thatis nhs and things like that come up, that is the criticism that he then tries to level at the government at westminster because of what is the relationship between welsh labour and national labour? the tories had a disastrous beginning in terms of wales because they lost the welsh secretary. yes. they have been pretty much leaderless, the conservatives, because they lost alun cairns at the beginning of the campaign. however i think it is fair to say they have been riding on the coat—tails of the national campaign and a lot of voters in wales consume london based media so that is something i think that hasn't damaged them a great deal. also because they haven't the start of the campaign, there are time for voters to forget about it. welsh labour does try to give itself a distinctive brand but it

labour's plans are to have a uk wide company that we want a welsh energy company, publicly owned basedsland. taking advantage of this huge opportunity in terms of marine energy. because of our competitive advantage we have opportunities. but let's invest in those jobs. tens of thousands of jobs potentially let's invest in those jobs. tens of thousands ofjobs potentially and storage capacity will be a massive issue as we move towards renewables. let's invest in that storage capacity. what else do you like of the labour manifesto? there were echoes there, what do you like about that, some of their policies in the labour manifesto? i support what they are saying. it isn't in the ma nifesto they are saying. it isn't in the manifesto but they subsequently came out and said the waspi women... that is in the manifesto. what do you like about the labour manifesto? give me three policies?” like about the labour manifesto? give me three policies? i like the... move to post austerity economics, that is a broad consensus. nationalisation of utilities? yes but there is a bat. that shouldn't be done

stand—up row that has been bubbling away between the conservative government at westminster and the welsh labourin a&e and planned appointments, lag so far behind england. in other treatment times, the picture isn‘t so gloomy for wales because cancer treatments, for example, arguably there is a very good story for wales to tell there because there‘s not much of a difference. the problem with a bold comparison of the two figures is that the demographics of wales and england are very different. wales tends to have a population that is older, sicker, and poorer. therefore that puts a lot more demand on the nhs in wales than in england. arguably, a more fair comparison would be to take a region of england that has a similar demographic to wales and compare those, so if you took the north—east of england for example, the performance gap shrinks considerably. that is not to say of course that the political decisions that are made around funding and policy and all of that do not also feed into performance, i‘m not trying to say they don‘t. i‘m just trying to say that actually it‘s a much more complex p

yes, and the welsh labour government haven't done it good job over the last 20 years. er things, as well, because we really want to know a little bit about the leaders of the parties. many will know you are the first openly gay politician in wales to political party. when you came out, how difficult was it in those times? it is some time ago now, isn't it? yes, i came out to my mother on christmas day, when i was 25. i had set myself a target. but it was difficult. growing up in the 19805, it was difficult. growing up in the 1980s, particularly, section 28, and a very, very challenging time growing up as a gay man in a working class community. you have seen the film pride, you have seen a little bit of my life story. gay and lesbian miners came to my home town. that was the first time i met out 93v that was the first time i met out gay men and women, and it gave me a sense of hope. because even in these dark times of negativity, there is progress. it does get better. i am here sat on the sofa with you as an out, gay leader of the party of wales. you know, we can make pr

belinda loveluck—edwards, welsh labour. ianjohnson, plaid cymru. cairn‘s resignation as welsh secretary was just one in a number of standout moments during the first week of the general election campaign. in an unexpected move, tom watson stepped down as deputy leader of labour, whilst two former labour mps urged people to not vote forjeremy corbyn, and instead vote conservative. jacob rees—mogg was widely criticised for comments he made about the grenfell tower fire. this while the nhs and the economy became the main battlegrounds, with all of the main parties making billions of pounds of spending promises. and this morning two more candidates have stood down. the conservative candidate for broadland, nick conrad, has stepped aside after he suggested women should keep their "knickers on" to avoid rape and the labour candidate in clacton, gideon bull, over claims he called a jewish labour councillor a "shylock". they say a week is a long time in politics, but a week is an even longer time when you're in the middle of an election campaign. with me t

and with devolved budgets allowing the welsh labour government to build on its success , labour governmenttidal lagoon. applause and putting an extra 100 billion into scotland to boost the scottish economy and secured the future of industry, and properly fund our public services. labour will tra nsfer public services. labour will transfer our economies, so no one is held back and no community is neglected. and that transformation will be a green transformation. we can no longer deny the climate emergency. we can see it all around us. as the recent floods and yorkshire and the east midlands have shown, we have no time to waste. the crisis demands swift action, but it isn't right to load the cost of the climate emergency on to the north, the builder, or the energy worker. so, a labour government will ensure the big oil and gas corporations that profit from heating up our planet will shoulder the burden and pay theirfair share planet will shoulder the burden and pay their fair share through a just transition of tax. north sea oil and gas workers have the in this country for decades, often wor

the welsh labour government could do it here.ollution. we could do that now. that is just the flavour of the debate here in cardiff. the seven way debate between parties, now less than two weeks away from polling day on the 12th of december. there were some familiar themes and familiar subjects there, no real standout knockout blows for either party. familiar arguments are to be between labour and the conservatives, but nothing necessary to shift the dial in this election campaign, and that is possibly due to the fact that tonight's debate has been overshadowed by the attack in london bridge. nevertheless, an hour and a half of considered and at times detailed debate on the policies in this general election campaign, and plenty for voters to think about. thanks very much. you are watching bbc news. we can listen to an eyewitness of events today at london bridge. karen bosch told us what she saw. i was on the number 21 bus, around two o'clock, coming southbound on to london bridge. we had just pulled away from the bus stop on the

are not listening to the welsh people either, because you are campaigning to remain and yet wales voted to leave in the referendum. look, we have to be honest, either the labour economic league table as it is. this will cause devastation to our economy. we put forward a compromise deal, keeping wales and the single market, crucially, because we are such an export intensive economy, keeping us in the customs union. unfortunately there was no room for compromise on that, and under these circumstances, the best deal on offer for wales, we have to say, absolutely, is staying within the european union. we are hugely reliant, dan, on a manufacturing sector, in rural wales on our agricultural sector. we can't afford to lose that cornerstone of our economy. it is best for us to have that final say referendum and ta ke have that final say referendum and take it back to the people, and we would be very strongly campaigning asa would be very strongly campaigning as a pro remain party. we are wales's leading remain party. we wa nt wales's leading remain party. we want to see the best future for our country, and that is ultimately an independent wales within the european

welsh labour is of a different opinion from labour in london as well. or to stay. we didn't have the three years of information which has now been given to us, and what it could implicate to us. as a dairy farmerand it could implicate to us. as a dairy farmer and for many other industries in this area. no access to hospital is something you are concerned about? absolutely. our local hospital is decreasing. we are in a rural area. farmers live so far away and the need to be able to get to a hospital very quickly. the industry has the highest percentage of accidents and fatalities. we are facing an extra travel of an hour to get to our proposed hospital. as an industry, we depend so much on a charity, the wales air ambulance, which is not supported other than as a charity. again, that is another concerning matter. can you still change your mind before the election? do you know who you will vote for? nothing will change your mind? nothing will change my mind. nothing will change my mind either. thank you to you both. people who want to take part in the gen

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the day was overshadowed by two resignations, by welsh secretary alun cairns and labour's deputy leader

the day was overshadowed by two resignations by welsh secretary alun cairns and labour's deputy leaderom watson. now on bbc news: bercow bows 0ut. 0rder! jaunty 605 music. 0rder! 0rder. a speaker who did it his way. i don't require any help from a member on the third row who thinks he's got some role to play in these matters. he's got absolutely no contribution to make whatsoever. on a long and colourful political journey. i'm not interested in signing up to a policy that puts europe before britain. dispensing advice along the way. calm yourself, man, take some sort of soothing medicament... to his supporters, john bercow has been one of the great speakers, a transformative figure in the stuffy world of westminster. to his critics, he was pompous, biased, even, changing the rules to suit his own agenda. but the decisions he took in this chair over ten years may have changed the course of history, and his distinctive style made him an unlikely international celebrity. you landed at schiphol this evening. people were yelling, "order!" at you and asking you to take selfies. yes. this must

welsh vote to the overall election result? we have 40 seats and a quarter of them are marginal, so the outcome could have a big impact. it depends on labourdscape for the welsh political landscape for the last century has been one of labour dominance. they have come top in the last 26 general elections here in wales in terms of the most number of seats won. the conservatives really challenging in some seats, leave voting seats, like a cluster in the north—east of wales. in order to get a majority, borisjohnson will have to win over some of those seats. the big question is, will labour be able to hold out? the other is, what sort of impacts the pacts between the remaining parties will have. there are pacts in 11 out of 40 seats and we don't know what impact that will have. the brexit party, not standing in the eight seats the conservatives w011 in the eight seats the conservatives won last time, but they are standing elsewhere. could they take votes from the conservatives in some of those marginals they are trying to ta ke those marginals they are trying to take away from labour? we just don't know the answer. it will be fascinating. felic

the day was overshadowed by two resignations, by welsh secretary alun cairns and labour's deputy leadertom watson. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. hello and welcome to hard rock. i am shaun ley. we use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty? the experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. among theirfindings— food aid isn't helping the poor, and the poorest kids don't need more books, they need more time. a fashionable idea wins the nobel prize, but is this really a story of failure? of economists to predict the financial crisis, and of economics to offer big solutions? professor esther duflo, welcome to hardtalk. in awarding the prize to you and your fellow economists, abhijit banerjee and michael kremer, the nobel committee prays your experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. how would you explain what you do? so the idea is very simple. so first of all, you ta ke very simple. so first of all, you

the welsh minister quitting. the opposition labour party also suffering a blow.eputy leader tom watson announcing he is leaving politics after 35 years. he has long clashed with leader jeremy corbyn over the director -- over the direction of the party. opec pushing for cuts. they are likely to stick to output targets. they are anticipating a supply glut in the first half of next year and prices already lower than most members need to balance the budget. opec is set to meet in vienna in the first week of december. escalating pressures on ukraine. the top u.s. envoy in key says he became concerned about the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, echoing previous redimony that he raised flags about involving giuliani in an investigation of one of president trump's political rivals. whatg for saudi arabia is two former twitter employees are being charged with. twitter says it is committed to protecting those who use it service. it is supporting the justice department's actions. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter,powered by more than 2700

welsh voters be in the final result? it extends on the extent to which labour can hold off the conservative attack on their traditional dominance of the political landscape in wales and the conservatives are targeting marginal seats which voted leave in the brexit referendum but we don't know what role the brexit party will play in taking votes away from either of those parties and also the remainer pa ct those parties and also the remainer pact between plaid cymru, the liberal democrats and the greens, they have joined forces to stand and back each other where they feel they have the best chance of winning so there are many unanswered questions. felicity evans, thanks forjoining us. felicity evans, thanks forjoining us. and now back to the studio. many thanks. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. they made their fans — and their new manager — wait for it, but tottenham are through to the next round of the champions league after coming from behind against olympiacos. despite drawing against shakhtar donetsk, manchester city join the

election — and one of the key battle grounds will be wales, where labour has traditionally been the dominant party. in 2017, it took 28 of a0 welshuld now lose ground to the conservatives and plaid cymru. hywel griffith has been speaking to voters in the constituency of bridgend. for a century, labour has had a firm grip on wales until this year. when it felt -- grip on wales until this year. when it felt —— fell to third place in the elections. just a wobble or a turning tide, it is constituencies like this that should be the test. what will swing it? martin says the environment would normally be his number one issue, but not this time. that is better. his wife is german so that is better. his wife is german so there is something else on his line —— mind. so there is something else on his line -- mind. this election is about brexit by what dealer politicians say. bridgend voted to leave the eu in 2016. what has followed has frustrated people on both sides. joe says she is a floating vote and wa nts says she is a floating vote and wants politics to move on. nothing has been done really about our economy and looking at the nhs, lo

election, and one of the key battle grounds will be wales, where labour has traditionally been the dominant party. in 2017 it took 28 of a0 welshd now could lose ground to the conservatives and plaid cymru. hywel griffith has been speaking to voters in the constituency of bridgend. for a century, labour has had a firm grip on wales, until this year, when it fell to third place in the euro elections. just a wobble or a turning tide? it's constituencies like this which will be the test. so, what will swing it? martin says the environment would normally be his number one issue, but not this time. that's better. his wife is german, so there's something else on his mind. i think this election is ultimately all about brexit, despite what the politicians may say, it's ultimately a leave or remain vote. bridgend voted to leave the eu in 2016. what's followed has frustrated people on both sides. jo says she's a floating voter and wants politics to move on. nothing's being done, really, about our economy and looking at the nhs, looking at, you know, the homeless — all the other issues that we've got in this country. everything seems to h

labour agrees its election manifesto, jeremy corbyn says it will offer a once—in—a—generation chance for a better britain. and a boost for welsh euro 2020, with a 2—0 win over azerbaijan. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers nigel nelson and jo phillips, stay with us for that. good evening. prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with virginia roberts, the woman who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. in an interview with the bbc‘s newsnight programme, broadcast tonight, he spoke in detail for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. the duke of york said he had no regrets about his friendship with the disgraced financier, who died earlier this year. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in the state rooms at buckingham palace, a senior member of the british royal family, prince andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgment. your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace in highly unusual ci

the welsh secretary alun cairns has resigned over his links to a man who sabotaged a rape trial. and the labour leader has questioned whether alun cairns has a moral right to still stand as a candidate in the election. away from politics, the climate campaign group extension rebellion has won illegal challenge against the metropolitan police band on their protest in london for some and a big fall in profits in marks & spencer after a drop in demand for clothes and home where. —— clothes and home where. in a moment, time for the sportsday but a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news and at 7pm we have beyond 100 days life from washington where democrats have announced that the hearings in the trumpian —— in the trump impeachment inquiry will go public next week for streams they will be televised was up at half past seven the premise or will be watching the conservative party fossa campaign in the west midwest. later at 10:a0pm and half past 11 just as number we will be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages with reviewers this evening charles cutting and my good fellow. that is

welsh voters be in the final result? it extends on the extent to which labour can hold off the conservative attack on their traditional dominancendum but we don't know what role the brexit party

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

but an early blow for the conservatives, as the welsh secretary alun cairns, resigned over his links to a man who sabotaged a rape trial. and the laboureader has questioned whether mr cairns has a ‘moral right‘ to still stand as a candidate in the election. we'll have the latest from westminster and cardiff, and will be talking to three now former parliamentarians, with more than 80 years of experience between them. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the climate campaign group, extinction rebellion, wins a legal challenge against the metropolitan police's ban, on their protests in london. and the two—time olympic champion, nicola adams, retires from boxing because of fears she could lose her sight. it's five o'clock. our main story is the official start of the election campaign, with the dissolution of parliament and the imminent launch of the conservative campaign this evening in the west midlands with borisjohnson. but the day started badly for the prime minister, with the news that his cabinet colleague the welsh secretary alun cairns had resigned, following claims he knew about the role of a former aide, ross england, in the

election and one of the key battle grounds will be wales, where labour has traditionally been the dominant party. in 2017 it took 28 of 40 welsh hywel griffith has been speaking to voters in the constituency of bridgend. for a century, labour has had a firm grip on wales, until this year, when it fell to third place in the euro elections. just a wobble or a turning tide? it's constituencies like this which will be the test. so what will swing it? martin says the environment would normally be his number one issue, but not this time. that's better. his wife is german, so there's something else on his mind. i think this election is ultimately all about brexit, despite what the politicians may say. it's ultimately a leave or remain vote. bridgend voted to leave the eu in 2016. what's followed has frustrated people on both sides. jo says she's a floating voter and wants politics to move on. nothing's being done, really, about our economy and looking at the nhs, looking at, you know, the homeless — all the other issues that we've got in this country. everything seems to have gone on standstill. for more than three decades, this cons

labour seats. please say they‘re running close, we are very cautious about poles and in the stages of the campaign, woody picking up right now. the first welshrty finished about 16% ahead of the conservatives. that indicates a significant swing from the labour party to the conservatives and the conservatives might capture seats from the labour party and that may mean wales is not going to be contributing to a labour victory but potentially a significant contribution towards borisjohnson and the conservatives winning that majority in the house of commons stop board that makes sense in those areas to or that mining district which all voted leave and the two is a the worry of those make dessert labour party for the conservatives. 0f those make dessert labour party for the conservatives. of the conservatives are coming from so far behind in his constituencies that it is difficult to get traction there. and there are number of the seats in wales, in particular there is another arc of about five seats that we re another arc of about five seats that were currently labour held but potentially could go conservative in the northeast of wales, right on

welsh or the snp or others and that might make him cross the line. borisjohnson needs a majority, he needs 321 seats. the promlem with labour is not labour.e manifesto, you read it and you go, that is pretty good. whether that can be incremented is another thing. i think a lot of labour voters think it sounds good but will never be done. is britain ready for socialist britain? that is a big question and it is a radical manifesto that labour have produced. but it doesn't help that the fact that jeremy corbyn is sitting on the fence on brexit. it doesn't help that it appears to have been an unwritten deal between the conservative party and the brexit party. and in between what i discovered in the last few weeks is that jo swinson is not making an impact. the leader of the liberal democrats. therefore, the lib dems who wear polling at over 20% seems to have shrunk to something like 15%. i don't know what that will ultimately be. they seem to represent the remainers. that is why don't trust the polls, a lot of constituents are going to choose their lib dems candids not based onjo swinson, but of their legal candidate. these polls are very mis

its leader adam price says labour and the conservatives have "fa iled" wales, and made teh case for welsh pro—remain candidates. and the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has challenged borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn to a tv debate. so far the only tv debate to have been confirmed is on itv betweenjeremy corbyn and boris johnson. and that has the liberal democrat leader jo swinson has also been talking about being excluded from the itv debate. she says the party is taking legal advice. here's more of a statement earlier. i stand as a candidate to be prime minister, and as the leader of the biggest and strongest party of remain, it is nonsense to suggest that these debates should go ahead, leave versus leave with no voice at fort remain whatsoever. itv says it's planning comprehensive and balanced election coverage, including a debate in which seven party leaders will be invited to take part. helen catt, westminister. one of the rules around the tv debates, can the broadcasters do whatever they like? they are chosen by discussion between the tv companies and the political part

tories, when the welsh secretary alun cairns resigned over his links to a man who sabotaged a rape trial. we'll have the latest on the day's campaigning, which also brought challenges for labour. tom watson announces his resignation as labour's deputy leader, and says he won't be seeking re—election as an mp. this really is a personal decision. there is never a right time to go in politics but you can leave it longer than you should. extinction rebellion, the climate protesters, win at the high court as judges rule that police were wrong to ban their protests in london. we report on the events of 30 years ago in berlin when the wall came down in a popular uprising against communist rule. and — a good night for spurs, as they take on red star belgrade in the champions league. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the age of 37 over fears she could lose her sight in one eye. good evening. borisjohnson has launched the conservative election campaign, hours after visiting buckingham palace to meet the queen following the dissolution of parliament. he addressed supporters this evening after a day which saw the resignati

example, is stopping selling bags for life in its welsh stores, and will do so in the rest of the uk if the experiment works. andy moore, bbc news. labouret areas targeted by the conservatives. tensions have escalated between china and the us after president trump signed a bill supporting hong kong's pro—democracy protesters. and vue cinema say it will resume screenings of blue story just days after banning it for setting a violent clashes in its cinemas. it was a frustrating night for the english teams in the champions league last night; both chelsea and liverpool drew and will have to wait until their final group match to secure qualification for the knockout stage. the pressure has intensified on manager unai emery ahead of arsenal's europa league match against eintracht frankfurt this evening after a poor run of results. the gunners need a point to qualify for the knockout stage. and joe root believes his batting form will improve ahead of england's second test against new zealand this evening. root failed twice with the bat in his sides heavy defeat in the first match i'll be back with more on those stories after half past. through

before i move on to labour and the snp and the lib dems, calls for alun cairns to resign, the well step —— the welshif he says he did not know about it, i believe him. the bbc has seen an e—mail suggesting he was told about it. should he apologise to the survivor of a rape who has caused for his resignation —— called for. who has caused for his resignation -- called for. i am not privy to his e—mails. i have known him for a long time. when he says he knows nothing about it, i actually do believe him. we arejust going about it, i actually do believe him. we are just going to show buckingham palace for a minute. borisjohnson is still in there. he has been in there for a fee minutes. we are expecting him to emerge any moment. i would imagine the queen is thinking, i know parliament is dissolved because i have a television and i saw it last night. it isa television and i saw it last night. it is a courtesy. we are expecting borisjohnson to emerge from the palace at any moment and then going back to downing street where he will officially announce a general election campaign has begun that it has already

labour runs the nhs, mr. speaker. >> jeremy corbyn. >> a surprising that while his government has cut so much from the welsh government budget. [shouting] and from a government that has cut 15,000 beds out of the nhs, that has cut 7.0 social care, i don't know how he is got the brass to say what he is just that. the reality is, mr. speaker, his words are hollow. anyone who's tried to get an appointment who sees a overworked our nhs staff are when you visit a hospital, and the stress nhs staff goes through when they can't deal with all the patients that are coming in, he needs to think about this. i'll give an example. a lady wrote to me this week. yes, it's a real case of a real person. and i will quote her if i may, mr. speaker. jillian says my mother died in february as a direct result of the gp shortage in the uk. last years were marred by long waits of treatments and for interventions. whenever she got care, it was given by overstretched that very dedicated people. but it always came after painful and debilitating delays. why should that happen to her mom or anybody else's mom? the problem is the shortage of gps, the shor

labour and the conservatives. spending, how does the money come down from the uk government into wales? what would be the priority then of the welshticians. these are the sort of issues likely to come up. but again health is a big issue, it‘s devolved, is a massive issue, it‘s devolved, is a massive issue in this part of wales. education, all these issues could, because it is of course up to the audience. and as you know, in the sort of debates anything could come up sort of debates anything could come up on the night. i wish you well and i hope it is a good lively debate. we will be watching later. that debate will be live tonight from 8pm. you can watch the events unfold on bbc one wales. and right across the uk here on the bbc news channel thatis the uk here on the bbc news channel that is tonight from eight o‘clock. so with that the time is 5:30pm, it isa time so with that the time is 5:30pm, it is a time for a look at the weather with thomas. beautiful autumn leaves out there. grey skies for many. it does not look pleasant at all. but, it has been quite mild today, a lot more mild than it normally would be for a late november

tories, when the welsh secretary alun cairns resigned over his links to a man who sabotaged a rape trial. we'll have the latest on the day's campaigning, which also brought challenges for labour

labour party campaign to leave or remain? that is still a weakness they will have to deal with as the weeks go on. thank you. it's emerged that the welsh cairns — who denied knowing about a welsh assembly candidate's role in "sabotaging" a rape trial — was emailed about it last year. last week mr cairns said he had no knowledge of the role ross england played in the trial. the minister then endorsed mr england as a candidate for the welsh assembly elections, after the collapse of the trial. 0ur reporter hywel griffith joins us from cardiff. there are several layers to this story. how are they unfolding?“ there are several layers to this story. how are they unfolding? if we go back to what happened in april last year at this rape trial in cardiff which collapsed, a witness was called, ross england, a former aide alun cairns. he was asked whether he had worked with the complainant in trial. instead of answering, he told the judge they had been in a sexual relationship. thejudge told him he had been in a sexual relationship. the judge told him he was deliberately trying to sabotage it, he told him to get out of court. instead of this havi

labour would betray leave voters. in the next few minutes we will have questions, that is within the next 20 minutes. let's return to the resignation of welshrofessor of public policy at cardiff university. your reaction to this announcement? it isa your reaction to this announcement? it is a mixture of surprise it has happened now and some confusion over what happens next because i think we got to the point, this has been a story running for quite some time in wales, and through the welsh media, but it does hit the network media over the last 48 hours. it seemed that alun cairns would try to tough it out but i suspect what has happened overnight as pressure has been put on him to resign in order to stop derailing the launch of the conservative election campaign. i think what we are trying to get our heads around here is whether he will be allowed to stand as a candidate in the vale of glamorgan in the forthcoming election. and all it was not dealt with in the same and all it was not dealt with in the sa m e letter and all it was not dealt with in the same letter that dealt with resignation as a cabinet minister, but that coming minutes bef

labour say this just shows the direction of travel. there are question marks over the whole thing. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, has insisted that his demand for a future referendum about welshparty, which is defending four seats at the election, wants a referendum by 2030. mr price said support for a breakaway is growing. if you look at younger people, 54% now support independence. it's theirfuture, you know, that we are talking about and i think there is a realisation, look at the chaos of westminster in the last three and a half years. many, many people are coming to the conclusion there has to be a better way, a welsh way of solving our problems. the distinguished writer, director and broadcaster sirjonathan miller has died. he was 85. he found fame as a member of the beyond the fringe comedy revue. a man of many parts he was also a photographer, sculptor and a qualified doctor. sarah campbell looks back at his long career. jonathan miller directing the opera don pasquale, in florence. when you give him the soup, do it like... go, hello. he was one of the world's great opera directors, an accomplished theatre director, television director, a humorist, an artist, a sculpt

the labour party borisjohnson has launched his party's election campaign — saying he'll get brexit done by january if he wins a majority but there's been an early blow for the conservatives — the welshlapse of rape trial. the climate campaign group —— extinction rebellion —— has won a legal challenge against the metropolitan police's ban on their protests in london. and there's been a big fall in profits at marks and spencer — after a drop in demand for clothes and homeware. the general election campaign is officially underway and over the next few weeks we're all going to be bombarded with pledges and promises from all the parties. today, as we saw, borisjohnson said the conservatives will finish brexit and then invest in public services. but what does it mean for you? our deputy political editorjohn pienaar has been listening to some of the questions people have been asking. can borisjohnson deliver brexit? of all the main parties, he's the only leader who would take britain straight out of the european union if the tories win outright. no more referendums, no more wrangling over the withdrawal agreement. that's the terms of divorce, just out. he had a deal and he couldn't get it

welsh way of solving our problems. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, says he believes the decision by britain‘s chief rabbi to speak out about anti—semitism in the labourst was... a lot of people in thejewish community was saying, you have got to speak, and he felt there was no choice. a reminder of the news we broke in the last couple of minutes, that the writer and broadcaster, poet, tv critic clive james has died at the age of 80. a statement has been published from united agents, talking about him dying in his home in cambridge on sunday, and a private funeral attended by family and close friends took place at pembroke college cambridge earlier today. it went on, clive died ten yea rs today. it went on, clive died ten years after his first terminal diagnosis and one month after he laid down his pen for the final time. he enjoyed his ever multi—playing illnesses with patience and good humour, knowing until the last moment he had experienced more than his fair share of this great, good world. he was grateful to the staff at addenbrooke‘s hospitalfor their ca re addenbrooke‘s hospitalfor their care and kindness which unexpectedly allowed him so much e

what about welsh labour and labour, another referendum. or voting purposes, the key one is that the welsh labour leader has positioned himself differently on a brexit so wherejeremy corbyn says he will remain neutral, the welsh labour leader says he supports remain. and wales voted to leave? they a similar margin to england but what what labour says that, when that happened, they tried to position themselves for a soft brexit and when it looked like that was not going to happen, they had to reposition the party although that does not mean that every single labour candidate is committing to remain. if you're voting you need to find out what your particular candidate is standing for. suddenly there are some who have said they will not commit to supporting remain and want to see any deal in a referendum. it is also fascinating. you are here later if you have any questions for felicity. our signs editor also will be here. you can hear the wind rattling this place. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm ali

little round of applause and ben has moved on to wrexham, another marginal seat, labour held, where he will launch the party's welshnks that is a good idea, that sort of photo opportunity? party strategists think it will look good in the papers, that it gives boris johnson a chance to show he has a bit of character, and perhaps the sort of thing that theresa may would never have done. borisjohnson does like the sort of events and being able to show that he can shear a sheep and he is afraid of i think they think this is a good look and he isa they think this is a good look and he is a natural campaigner. i think there is something withheld about his campaigning style at the moment. it is as if tory strategists know that if the polls are to be believed, this is going their way at the moment, they have a comfortable lead in the opinion polls, their main concern heading into this last stretch is not to make any mistakes, not too make anything up and there isa not too make anything up and there is a bit ofa not too make anything up and there is a bit of a safety first approach to all of this both in the events borisjoh