we are live in salford tonight. and we'll be getting reaction from some voters in southampton, asking if the debate changed their view of the campaign. also tonight... a leaked report describes a toxic culture at a shrewsbury hospital that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, and parents still searching for answers. we have been trying to find the truth behind kate's death. this trust still is failing to learn from issues that are current to this day. in hong kong, the police siege of a university enters a third day, with dozens of activists trapped inside, needing food and water. and a magnificent display means wales are on their way to euro 2020. ramsey scored twice against hungary in tonight's match. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we'll have reaction to the news that mauricio pochettino has been sacked as tottenham hotspur manager after five and half years in charge. good evening. with just over three weeks to election day, borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have come face to face in a televised deba

we are alive tonight in salford, whether two will meet ina tonight in salford, whether two will meet in a couple of hours. the plastic waste crisis highlighted by david attenborough‘s blue planet 2 programme — now he says there are signs of improvement. it's a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. and so, i think it's very encouraging, to that degree. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: tonight could be the night for wales. win against hungary in cardiff, they'll qualify for the euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ever since the bbc revealed the scale of its failings, the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has been under the spotlight. tonight, a leaked report on the maternity hospital reveals failures way beyond what we knew already. several dozen unexplained deaths are now being investigated. the probe reveals a toxic culture that led to the avoidable deaths of babies and mothers, and sub—standard care that left babies brain damaged and disabled, while their parents were l

to shed some more light on what happened, i'm joined from salford by the editor of breakfast. thank you for coming on to newswatch. given there was so much controversy about the prime minister's appearance at the cenotaph, people are really concerned about why breakfast ran the wrong footage three times the day after. can you understand that concern? i can understand that concern, samira, and as we stated at the time, i want to apologise for that error. it was a human error, it shouldn't have happened, and it's a mistake that i have apologised for at the time and importantly, i've come on newswatch to apologise for again. the archive footage from three years ago — what was it doing on the news server, anyway? so i think it's important to give some context to this story. the original archive footage had been sourced 2a hours before. so one of the producers on that saturday night into sunday went into the millbank server, which is a seperate, smaller server connected to the main one, to search for some material. and it's like google — for instance, you might put in, "johnson

we do hope to be able to get to salford, to 5 live, very soon. now one of the day's of the main stories. the families of those who died in the 1989 hillsborough disaster have reacted angrily, after a jury cleared the match commander on the day of ‘gross negligence manslaughter‘. it had been alleged david duckenfield had a "personal responsibility" for what happened, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years. in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. but —— that he failed isn't in dispute. but his trial ended with him not guilty verdict and with tea rs him not guilty verdict and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people were found to have been unlawfully killed —— killed two criminal standard by an inquest jury. somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. the families have struggled to reconcile the two different court processes they have gone through. the crown court jury they have gone through. the crown courtjury did not accept the prosecution case

are going head—to—head in their first live tv debate of the election campaign. reliable studios in salford in greater manchester bringing the latest as happens. tottenham have sacked their manager. swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co—founder, julian assange coming up we will have a big discussion about the manifesto of the green party. a leaked report on failings at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has said a toxic culture, linked to the deaths of at least 42 babies over four decades, has still not been properly addressed. an investigation that initially began looking at 23 cases in 2017 is now looking at more than 270, from 1979 to present day. its interim findings include unexplained deaths, sub—standard care that left babies brain damaged and disabled, and parents who were left in the dark. the trust has apologised. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. i held her and said goodbye. and went home empty—handed. and then he said that there was no heartbeat. that midwife come in crying, saying, oh, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry! too

in watson is gearing up for the action tonight in salford and joins us now from the debate venue. all set for a busy night? i'm not sure if you can hear me but we are gearing up for the debate here in salford this evening and as you can see people are taking their place is now in the spin room. some people look to be even pre—spinning, a member of the conservative campaign immediately behind me and some of the shadow cabinet are here. we've already seen some prominent conservatives although not cabinet ministers but the main event will be the first time ever that the leader of the opposition and the prime minister are taking each other on in a head—to—head debate. are taking each other on in a head-to-head debate. what kind of format can we expect this evening? i fear that that one is not going to be and sit in the next few minutes! but we will try to get our communication sorted in time for the sort of that debate on itv at eight o'clock. stay with us throughout the evening including of course for the paper reviews later this evening and joining meat will be lord digby jone

jeremy corbyn arrived in salford greeting supporters outside, promising to invest much more money in the nhs, while borisjohnson‘s cavalcade swept in with the prime minister keen to turn many of his responses to brexit. full market access for us products to our national health service. you are going to sell our national health service out to the united states and big pharma. mr corbyn is trying to conceal the void at the heart of his brexit policy and refusing to answer the question of which side he would take. coming up, we'll hear from our reality check correspondent, who will fact—check what the leaders had to say. a leaked report describes a toxic culture at a shrewsbury hospital that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, and parents still searching for answers. officials in the netherlands say at least 25 people have been found in a refrigerated container on board a ferry bound for the uk. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, dawn foster and lord jones. stay with us for that. good evening. with just over three weeks to

our political correspondent iain watson is in salford and joins us live from the debate venue now. i guess, let's be honest, there are prime minister question duos, infrequent as they have been over the last few months as parliament hasn't been sitting for a lot of those weeks, but there have been a few occasions where borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn went head—to—head. i think it would be fair to say they haven't exactly caught a light on many of those occasions. was it different and i? i think it was a little bit different tonight. i got off toa little bit different tonight. i got off to a relatively slow start. i think it was standard responses to the main questions, especially on brexit, but it did ignite at certain points. for example, time and again borisjohnson points. for example, time and again boris johnson pushed jeremy corbyn to say whether he would leave or remain in the referendum that labour is offering. again, jeremy corbyn wouldn't answer and made it clear he's going to negotiate a new tale ofa he's going to negotiate a new tale of a referendum after six months.

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty in norwich and charlie stayt in salford. 0ur headlines today: a 27—year—old man has been found guilty of murdering the british backpacker grace millane by strangling her. in other news, the conservatives want a hike on the stamp duty foreigners pay in england, while plaid cymru will launch their manifesto calling for a £20 billion "green jobs revolution". good morning. we're getting to the heart of the issues that matter to people here in norwich during the election, including the health of the nhs.

i'm in salford and charlie is in aberdeen this morning. 0ur headlines today: labour promises free broadband for everyone. it says it will nationalise part of bt and tax tech giants to raise £20 billion for it. more spending pledges. the liberal democrats promise £100 billion to tackle climate change. the conservatives say they'll help left behind towns. good morning. i am here in aberdeen, a key centre for the oil and gas industry. i'll be finding out how brexit, immigration and of course scottish

good morning — welcome to breakfast with louise minchin in pembrokshire and dan walker in salford. 0ur headlines today: life—long conservative, michael heseltine urges voters to put the country first and back tory rebels or the liberal democrats to stop borisjohnson‘s brexit. meanwhile, britain's most seniorjewish leader condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questions jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to lead.

i'm in salford and charlie is in aberdeen this morning. our headlines today: labour promises free broadband for everyone. it says it will nationalise part of bt and tax tech giants to raise £20 billion for it. more spending pledges. the liberal democrats promise £100 billion to tackle climate change. the conservatives say they'll help left behind towns. good morning. i am here in aberdeen, a key centre for the oil and gas industry. i'll be finding out how brexit, immigration and of course scottish independence could all figure highly with voters here. yes, billions of barrels of oil have been pulled from the sea, providing energy underjobs been pulled from the sea, providing energy under jobs for this been pulled from the sea, providing energy underjobs for this local economy. but what is at stake in this election? what do businesses wa nt to this election? what do businesses want to hear from this election? what do businesses want to hearfrom politicians? england seal their place at euro 2020 with a huge win. harry kane scores a first�

jeremy corbyn arrived in salford greeting supporters outside, promising to invest much more money in the nhs, while borisjohnson's cavalcade swept in with the prime minister keen to turn many of his responses to brexit. full market access for us products to our national health service. you are going to sell our national health service out to the united states and big

iain watson is at the debate venue in salford. the tension must be mounting, what are the preparations behind the scenes that the two men have gone through? they've been practising during the course of the day, labour will not tell us who has been playing the role of borisjohnson up against jeremy corbyn but certainly someone has. going through each of the potential attack lines that boris johnson might be doing. i spoke to some of the people on the team who said corbyn is having less and were com pletely said corbyn is having less and were completely anonymous no distractions whatsoever. he has told us that he had a caesar salad during the course of the day. boris johnson had a caesar salad during the course of the day. borisjohnson has been more brilliant should we say perhaps underlying the pugilistic nature of the contest ahead of us. he went to post to a boxing gym, does very distinctive blue boxing gloves that he was wearing. 0n distinctive blue boxing gloves that he was wearing. on their side were told it could have been mi

today i'm salford and dan is in southampton. our headlines: boris johnson and jeremy corbyn head—to—head — the first tv debate of the election campaign is tonight after the lib dems and snp failed in a legal bid to be included. so how will it all go down here in southampton? thi is a key battle ground in the coming weeks. we're here on the latest of our visits around the uk to answer voters' questions on the big topics. today, we're looking at education. i'm a couple of floors up with the business boat, talking to

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jeremy corbyn arrived in salford greeting supporters outside, promising to invest much more money in the nhs, while borisjohnson‘s cavalcade swept in, with the prime minister keen to turn many of his responses to brexit. full market access for us products to our national health service. you're going to sell our national health service out to the united states and big pharma. mr corbyn is trying to conceal the void at the heart of his brexit policy, and refusing to answer the question of which side he would take. a leaked report describes a toxic culture at a shrewsbury hospital that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, and parents still searching for answers. officials in the netherlands say at least 25 people have been found in a refrigerated container on board a ferry bound for the uk. swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co—founderjulian assange. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the guardian columnist dawn foster and former trade minister lord jones. many o

jeremy corbyn arrived in salford, greeting supporters outside, promising to invest much more money in the nhs. while borisjohnson's cavalcade swept in, with the prime minister keen to turn many of his responses to brexit. "full market access for us products to our national health service." you're going to sell our national health service to the united states and big pharma. mr corbyn is trying to conceal the void at the heart of his brexit policy and refusing to answer the question of which side, which side he would take. the two

iain watson, bbc news, salford. the impeachment inquiry into donald trump is due to hear in public from one of its most controversial witnesses — the us ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. the ambassador, whose companies donated a million dollars to donald trump's inaugural committee, has become a central figure in the events surrounding allegations that president trump put pressure on ukraine to investigate the president's domestic political rivals in return for military aid and a visit to the white house for ukraine's president. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue has this report. as america's man in brussels, gordon sondland had no formal responsibility for ukraine, which is not in the european union. but democrats say the president used him asa democrats say the president used him as a key conduit to lean on ukraine's new president to investigate president trump's democratic opponent, joe biden, and his son in return for military aid and a white house visit. when he first testified to congress behind closed doors,

and that teacher, anastasia long, joins us now from salford. it must have been painful watching the first few minutes. it was awful, really ha rd to the first few minutes. it was awful, really hard to see. it is a gusting end to a players world cup at whatever stage in the tournament but to happen in the first minutes of the final, he will be devastated. he managed to walk off the pitch himself which was a massive relief i am sure. it is a good sign but u nfortu nately, am sure. it is a good sign but unfortunately, the position of his arms when it happened showed he was clearly knocked out which means he will not return to the field so it was obvious it was his world cup over. how much of these serious injuries are a worry to players and family? i know from watching my children play, it is one thing pa rents a re children play, it is one thing parents are terrified of. rugby is leading the way in sport in terms of management of players and certainly age—group level. the laws of the game are varied. the level of contact they do and management

our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in salford — tell us more about the why he's been fired? the board met on friday. when reviewing their own policies, their own rules, decided that steve easterbrook had indeed broken those rules by having a relationship with someone who is a subordinate and obviously, when you are the boss, the ceo of a company, everyone is your subordinate so that basically rules out any kind of workplace relationship. mr easterbrook then said given the values of the company he said he agreed with the board and that it was time for him to move on. he admitted the consensual relationship and said that it had been a mistake. this is a man who started his career as a branch manager in london back in 93, worked his way up through the company with a little jaunt at pizza express back in 2015 to become the global ceo of mcdonald's, arguably one of the uk ‘s most successful ceos. the share price of mcdonald's has doubled under his tenure but despite that, lots of people within the metre movement are particularly pleased to see a company of this size taki

i'm joined now from salford by the former bbc royal correspondent, michael cole. what do you make of what you had heard thus far? good for the bbc, a the skip, bad for buckingham palace, a big mistake. i do not know who is getting prince andrew pr and legal advice but it is not very good, i had to tell you. this interview, kudos to nle, well done to you. this brings a tremendous number of problems for him. —— emily. it raises more questions than it a nswe i’s. raises more questions than it answers. even questions of taste by his phraseology, saying it is unbecoming for a member of the royal family to stay for an extended period of time in the new york town house of a convicted child abuser. it is unbecoming for any decent human being to do that. it was more than a mistake, it was a tragic error. at the heart of this, prince andrew talks a lot about his own feelings and his own reactions but there was a very vulnerable, aged 17, from an ordinary home in america, there was a woman who used to be called the junior roberts at the heart of it and she seems to be

mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions — he's poised in the five live studio in salford.

it is chilly in salford, what is it like the west of the country? certainly you need to wrap up well a few are at any of those football matches today and temperatures are only going one way at the moment. we have had some mist and fog patches around today. particularly to parts of the midlands. quite a complicated radiation balance that we've got here. much of the uk is in this colder air. high pressure means it's generally dry but this weather front, though, very close to the south—west. the channel islands, more cloud here, shabbily burst of rain and a breeze as well. you should blow that rain away. the winds are light on what was the midlands, lincolnshire, we have that fog reforming and there is also a future was perhaps coming into east anglia where we have got more cloud. the clearer skies will be further north across the uk, away from one or two showers in the northern coast, especially across northern scotland. further south in scotland could be —9 again. the southern half of the uk, frost is more marginal because there is a bit more clo

tim muffett has been on the set of tonight's debate in salford. so this is it then, the set ofjohnson versus corbyn, the itv debate taking place tonight at eight o'clock. now, lots have been drawn to decide who will speak first and who will stand where. jeremy corbyn's name was drawn out first, and he's chosen to stand at this podium and to kick off proceedings. the prime minister, borisjohnson, will be standing here and he will be closing proceedings. there will be a one minute opening statement, then questions from the audience will be taken. let's have a quick spin around, because this is where the audience will be, around 200 of them. and this is wherejulie etchingham, the adjudicator, will be keeping a firm eye on proceedings. now, in previous debates people have spoken about the tendency for some candidates to walk around the stage and to address the audience directly. that is not going to be the case tonight. they are going to be stood behind their podiums. at ten o'clock, leaders' interviews, featuring leaders of the other political partie

and that teacher, anastasia long joins us now from salford. anastacia, you must be so disappointed? yes, i'm really gutted for him, he will be so disappointed that it ended that way. i think it is disappointing when it happens at any stage during a tournament, but to have happened during the biggest gaming is life, and so early, he will be so gutted that he wasn't able to give more to the team. for those who didn't see it, what happened? it those who didn't see it, what happened ? it was those who didn't see it, what happened? it was so quick, wasn't it? yes, after about two minutes, he collided with miro toady, while they we re collided with miro toady, while they were both trying to tackle a south african player, and caught him in the wrong place on the head. —— he clashed with itoje. you could tell initially that he had been knocked out and he was to play another —— no further part in the game, it was really heart—wrenching to watch. i hope he is ok. that way about concussion is a realfear about injuries in rugby, a worry for pa rents, injuries in rugby, a worry for par

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty in norwich and charlie stayt in salford. our headlines today: a 27—year—old man has been found guilty of murdering the british backpacker grace millane by strangling her. in other news, the conservatives want a hike on the stamp duty foreigners pay in england, while plaid cymru will launch their manifesto calling for a £20 billion "green jobs revolution". good morning. we're getting to the heart of the issues that matter to people here in norwich during the election, including the health of the nhs. hello, and i'm here, just three miles down the road at one of the uk's biggest scientific research parks to find out what businesses here want from this election. good morning. ben stokes stars for england again. he hits 91, as england take a sizeable lead over new zealand on day two of the first test. and weather—wise, after a cold few days, things don't a bit milder as we head towards the weekend, but there is rain and the forecast and through the night heavy rain for wales and south—west england. i'll have all the det

that was then brought across to the salford server and put onto the salford server for use on that programme on sunday morning. now, in the end, it never got used on that programme on sunday morning. again, that‘s not unusual. there is often a lot of material brought into the building that isn‘t used — whether that‘s library or current — but it‘s there as an option to use. that doesn‘t then get automatically deleted. that stays on the system, so that material stayed on the system. another team then came in on sunday night working into monday to work on that programme, and one of the team was responsible for producing what was a small bit of content — it was a summary headline, an ‘oov‘ as we call it at the bbc — out of vision. and that content was prepared for the morning. now, when they went into the system — again, think of it like a google search — they searched for "cenotaph" because it was — it was labelled "leaders at cenotaph". when they found that material, they mistakenly thought it was relevant to that day‘s service that had taken place on sunday morni

salford quays and parts of cheshire as well. you can barely make out the trees. that fog is affecting the north midlands to but some glorious sunshine to start the day, a much better picture for south wales after the heavy rain we saw yesterday. todayis the heavy rain we saw yesterday. today is a better —looking picture than most places. we should see sunshine. that area of low pressure, this is the one we had yesterday, we have severe gales in the south. the isobars are opening up. tightly packed isobars across northern scotland. breezy, feeding in cloud and rain to eastern scotland and the north—east of england. a bit of rain in central and southern england for a time this morning. we have a lot of gaps around with sunshine, into wales and central england should see sunny spells. with lighter winds, highs of 11 to 14 degrees. we look to the west, this area of low pressure swings in. the winds increasing across southern areas. outbreaks of rain, cloud for wales, many showery bursts of rain. some heavy. it stays breezy and wet for northern and eastern scotlan

our correspondent jayne mccubbin has been following this story and is in salford for us now. i know you have investigated the story and heard some really heartbreaking tales from families affected by this, including oliver's family. just remind the viewers about his story? oliver mcgowan was about his story? oliver mcgowan was a young man, fit and healthy, he had mild learning disabilities and autism. he ended up going to hospital in a crisis. against the wishes of oliver and his family he was given anti—psychotic medication. his family would much rather the hospital had spent more time trying to understand and manage his autism rather than going down the route of medication. oliver had an allergic reaction to those drugs. it is important to say that a coroner apportioned no blame against the hospital that make that decision, however in the house of commons, in parliament, very many mps and a government minister has stood up and said they believe that oliver's death was avoidable and what was crucial here is trying to have a better understanding of learning disabilities and

we will be heading to our studio in salford shortly. it's not too late to send in your questions. over the course of the election campaign we hope to put questions from you to the leaders of all the political parties. but first a major policy announcement from labour, who planned to deliver fast and free full fibre to every household and business by 2030 and will part nationalise bt to deliver that and tax tech giants to cover the costs, which labour estimates at £20 billion. here is shadow chancellor john mcdonnell. billion. here is shadow chancellor john mcdonnell. this is hard-nosed economics. if we don't get on and do this, we are already falling behind global competitors and we will fall even further behind. future generations will not forgive us. it is visionary, i accept that, but other countries are having these visions and we are not. we are being held back. in response, the bt chief executive told the bbc he wanted to help build a digital britain but the plans from labour needed to be carefully thought through. you have a big capital investment of 30—40 billion. if yo

we're here in salford and louise minchin is in bishop auckland. our headlines today: the prime minister will chair a cobra emergency committee meeting after more than a thousand homes were evacuated and hundreds were damaged by floods in the north of england. doctors issue a safety warning over e—cigarettes, after a teenager nearly died after vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in his lungs. in the election campaign, labour pledges a three billion pound increase in adult education investment while the conservatives launch a fresh attack on what they calljeremy corbyn's "reckless" spending plans. and i'm here in bishop auckland finding out why it's notjust brexit butjobs, crime and the decline of the high street that are among the big issues for voters ahead of the general election. bishop auckland moved from mining to manufacturing. it's home to the uk's last remaining tv maker. but what happens to the sector and the area after brexit? raheem sterling is dropped by england after being involved in an altercation with liverpool's joe gomez at th

birmingham, like salford, where i am from, was the engine room of britain's first industrial revolution. matthew boulton and james watt's steam engine freed people from slow handwork and unleash productivity and factories across the world. this innovation ushered in a new era of technology. also social changes. the creation of the labour party being one of them, as workers began to organise for better conditions. it is here in birmingham today that we remember this proud history of innovation and hope, as labour sets out its vision for a hope, as labour sets out its vision fora green hope, as labour sets out its vision for a green industrial revolution. this we stand at the brink of unstoppable change. we must confront the climate environment emergency was dealing with growing inequality and insecurity right across britain. but the tories sat by as industries packed up and shipped overseas. they wasted a decade serving the interests of big polluters. the tories and their billionaire friends planned for their own futures at the expense of hours, and now labour is on your side, and the fu

our guest this morning is labour's treasury spokesmanjonathan reynolds — he's in our salford studio.1. thank you very much forjoining us. susan from neath — will labour promise to ensure the free movement of eu citizens is guaranteed in their renegotiated brexit deal? the answer is that depends on what the result of the referendum would be in terms of the referendum we we re be in terms of the referendum we were told within six months of a labour government taking office. if it was about the alternative deal that we would negotiate, the rights for eu citizens would be a very big pa rt for eu citizens would be a very big part of that. the details would mainly be about the economic details and trade within the rest of europe but the rights of eu citizens would bea but the rights of eu citizens would be a big part of that is because clearly people who have made their homes here in the uk deserve to be treated with respect and welcome to stay in this country. i know there isa stay in this country. i know there is a lot of concern at the moment. if we did leave the eu in terms of a deal

legal bid to be included. 0ur correspondent tim muffett has been on the set of tonight's debate in salford. so this is it, then, the set ofjohnson versus corbyn, the itv debate taking place tonight at 8pm. lots have been drawn to decide who will speak first and who will stand where. jeremy corbyn's name was drawn out first, and he's chosen to stand at this podium and to kick off proceedings. the prime minister, borisjohnson, he'll be standing here and will be closing proceedings. there will be a one—minute opening statement and then questions from the audience will be taken. let's have a quick spin round, because this is where the audience will be, around 200 of them, and this is where the adjudicator will be keeping a firm eye on proceedings. in a previous debates, people have spoken about the tendency for some candidates to walk around the stage and to address the audience directly, that's not going to be the case tonight, they're going to be stood behind their podiums. and at 10pm, leaders interviews, featuring leaders of the other main political parties, will be broadcast as well. it

iain watson, bbc news, salford. the conservative party has been criticised after rebranding one of its twitter accounts to look like an independent fact—checking service during the debate. the conservative campaign headquarters press account changed its name to "fact check uk", with branding. twitter has accused the party of misleading the public. our technology correspondent has the latest from los angeles. they are not happy, to say the least. they put a statement about what the tory party has done with that account, saying that it was misleading and that it would not be tolerated in future. they said they would take decisive corrective action if the tory party, or indeed any other parties, try to pull a stunt like this in future. twitter is pretty clear about this kind of thing, it has a policy about pretending or implying that you are something that you are not on the platform. and i have to say, this is the company that has had to battle this type of technique of changing the identity of an account is somethi

hejoins us in the studio in salford. paula, you have been campaigning about this for an awfully long time, do you feel it is awfully long time, do you feel it is a big breakthrough?” awfully long time, do you feel it is a big breakthrough? i do. it is the first step forward, it has been worth the campaign work, it is the beginning to addressing the inequalities of the health care needs of people who have autism and learning disabilities.” needs of people who have autism and learning disabilities. i know you have spoken to us on this programme during your long fight to get this to happen, tell us about oliver and what happens? oliver wasjust, really, just a normal teenager enjoying his life. he had autism and a mild learning disability as a result of meningitis as a baby. he was a talented footballer, playing for our england development squads. he was an athlete, ranked third best in the country and was in training to bea in the country and was in training to be a paralympian. he was full of life and we all absolutely

our correspondent tim muffett has been on the set of tonight‘s debate in salford. whitelock this is the set for the itv interview tonight. borisjohnson will be to my right and jeremy corbett will be to my left. there will be a one—minute opening statement and there will be an audience over a year and this will be wherejulie audience over a year and this will be where julie etchingham, audience over a year and this will be wherejulie etchingham, the adjudicator, will keep an eye on proceedings. in previous debates, people have talked about the candidates walking about the stage and addressing the audience directly. tonight this will not be the case as they will stay behind their podiums. at ten o‘clock tonight we will have all of the party leaders having a live interview and do and answer questions with each other. there are many questions about what this exciting event will be like. what they look each other in the eye? were there be chemistry? will there be standout moments? tonight will become clear. no widows are because dugdale and got, the former leader of

nina warhurst is in salford, and she‘ll be talking to us about the local reaction to the visit from john mcdonnel and sajid javid today in the north west. back with you in just a moment, nina. and harry gration is in leeds where a charity has said food banks in the yorkshire and humber area are braced for the busiest december yet. with you shortly, harry. but first, nina, the chancellor and shadow chancellor both visited your region today — what have they had to say? they have focused on lancashire today, because there are five marginal seats were a tiny screen protector tip them into labour, and john mcdonald was an candle, where there are fewer than 1300 votes in it. he was reiterating its promises for the north, talking about a bank of the north, decisions on what we we re of the north, decisions on what we were spending would be a bank of the north, decisions on what we were spending would be paid locally, for that they would invest in also talked about part of the treasury to the north—west. as has been talked about before, but he said that would mean hundreds and hundreds he re

in salford, north west tonight‘s nina warhurst with the political an interesting time for political parties across the country. plenty of big—name political visitors. a busy few days in the north west with visits from labour leader and shadow chancellorjeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell and also chancellor sajid javid. if you think back to the run—up of when the election was called, all the talk was about whether or not the talk was about whether or not the conservatives could win over those labour voters in heartlands that where leave areas. jeremy corbyn tried to get off the box first, he was in crewe yesterday with a margin ofjust a8 when macclesfield, manchester today. carpet bombing the northwest. the reason is he wants to get the narrative across to where he is co mforta ble. narrative across to where he is comfortable. talking about the nhs, talking about social care, talking about looking after council houses. poverty, these are the issues he used to address the crowd in crewe yesterday. and an even bigger room in liverpool today. the problem as he has spent an hour yesterday prea

north west tonight‘s rogerjohnson is in salford, there he is. he‘ll be following up on saturday‘s story about the government pulling the lug on fracking. did they mean plug? i think the script might be wrong. they are trying to stop fracking anyway! and in birmingham is mary rhodes where the team at midlands today have been covering the opening of the 2019 royal british legion field of remembrance, back with you shortly, mary. but first, roger, the government announced a ban on fracking for the foreseeable future at the weekend. what does that mean for the site up there? there is a site on the new new road which has been a site of fracking. that fracking is putting high pressure into shale rock to fracture it and the gas rises back through the liquid and is collected at the surface. they have done some tracks there over the last year or so, and over the course of that, they have started to release some of the shale gas. however, all the way along, there has been a limit of 80.5 magnitude tremor which has meant that if it goes above that, the

today i'm salford and dan is in southampton. our headlines: boris johnson and jeremy corbyn head—to—head — the first tv debate of the election campaign is tonight after the lib dems and snp failed in a legal bid to be included. so how will it all go down here in southampton? thi is a key battle ground in the coming weeks. we're here on the latest of our visits around the uk to answer voters‘ questions on the big topics. today, we're looking at education. i'm a couple of floors up with the business boat, talking to bosses, discussing business promises. prince andrew faces new calls to talk to the us authorities about his friendship with sex offenderjeffrey epstein from a woman who says she was a victim of the american financier. it is a huge day for wales. beat hungary tonight, and gareth bale and co will qualify for the european championships for only the second time. good morning from southampton docks, you are looking at steamships yield hole. some similarities to the titanic, all will be revealed this morning. but it'

iain watson, bbc news, salford. the conservative party has been criticised after rebranding one of its twitter accounts to look like an independent fact—checking service during the debate. the conservative campaign headquarters press account changed its name to "fact check uk", with branding. twitter has accused the party of misleading the public. our technology correspondent has the latest from los angeles. they are not happy to say the least. they are not happy to say the least. they put out a statement about what the tory party had done with that account, saying it was misleading, that it would not be tolerated in future. they said they would take decisive, corrective action, if the tory party or any other account tries to pull a stunt like this in future. twitter is pretty clear about this kind of thing, it has a policy about pretending or implying something you are not on the platform. this is a company that has had to battle this type of technique of changing the identity of an account as something that fore

good morning — welcome to breakfast with louise minchin in pembrokshire and dan walker in salford. our headlines today: life—long conservative, michael heseltine urges voters to put the country first and back tory rebels or the liberal democrats to stop borisjohnson's brexit. meanwhile, britain's most seniorjewish leader condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questions jeremy corbyn's fitness to lead. good morning — we're finding out what issues matter to the people of pembrokshire, during the election including energy, the economy and climate change. and i'm 15 miles north—east on a farm in the small village of solva. we're talking farming, diversification, brexit and feeding the future — asking what exactly businesses want to hear from the politicians in the election. the england and wales cricket board have launched an investigation that's after the bowler said he was targeted by a supporter during england's defeat to new zealand. and i'm not far away from lou and ben and milford haven. we have a band of rain moving from the south—west, to the north—east,