exposed — the stark failures at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. dozens of deaths are being investigated. a leaked report describes a toxic culture that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, some disabled, and parents searching for answers. my feelings are one of huge sorrow. huge sorrow for all the families that have had their lives ripped apart by this trust, by the avoidable death of their child, by the avoidable death of a mother, or the harm to their child. we'll be asking if this could be the nhs's worst maternity scandal. also tonight: the siege at hong kong's university — dozens of students are still inside the campus, protestors face up to ten years in jail. the first clash between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn of the election is on the way. 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

exposed — the stark failures at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. dozens of deaths are being investigated. a leaked report describes a toxic culture that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, some disabled, and parents searching for answers. my feelings are one of huge sorrow. huge sorrow for all the families that have had their lives ripped apart by this trust, by the avoidable death of their child, by the avoidable death of a mother, or the harm to their child. we'll be asking if this could be the nhs‘s worst maternity scandal. also tonight: the siege at hong kong's university — dozens of students are still inside the campus, protestors face up to ten years in jail. the first clash between boris johnson and

when jeremy corbyn came to telford recently, he pledged to save the accident and emergency unit in telford, it is one of the concerns of people here. what is your response to that? thank you. i am looking at matt hancock because i know that we have kept the accident and emergency open and we will ensure it is open, i will insist on that and i know that matt hancock will be happy to give you more details about that afterwards. we will certainly make sure that the accident and emergency in telford is kept open. cheering and by the way, as i tend to repeat, we can only do that because we run a strong and dynamic economy and if you want to make long—term funding commitments to the nhs, which we passionately do, we have to continue to run the economy sensibly, and not go after wealth creators as though they were somehow enemies of this country. people who run businesses, people who get up early to get their shops ready, they are doing a fine thing and we should be supporting them. 0k. tom newton dunn from the sun. thank you, prime minister. there is no mention of maintaining troop levels in t

norman smith in telford. more to come. the bbc‘s reality check team are assessing the conservative manifesto pledges. 0ur correspondent has joined me. specifically the issue of hospital car parking charges. it has been a controversial issue over the past couple of years, whether you're somebody who's going to get treatment at a hospital, somebody visiting a relative or someone who works for the nhs, any majority of cases you will be charged. if we look at the average hospital car park and what they charge, you can see, £1110, but in some cases, the highest cost people are being charged is £3 110 p. that is para ? are being charged is £3 110 p. that is para? i think that is per hour, yes. if you look at the staff and what they are charged, you can see, 15p staff spent per hour on hospital parking on average. if we look at how many hospitals actually charge, it is a very high number, 911% of hospitals. this is based on a previous analysis of nhs data on parking charges. 911% of acute hospitals were charging for parking.

a damning investigation into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital trust shows babies and mothers died — in what is thought to be the nhs's worst ever maternity scandal. jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson 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. 0u

you would know shrewsbury and telford, a very small pa rt shrewsbury and telford, a very small part of the... and yet statistically these figures look astonishingly high. and the point is, if you are big ina high. and the point is, if you are big in a small community, that's the point. and the only place where people go to. yes, so it will be big figures in the small community. my concern is that i think dawn has got this point about, can you give me a qualitative way in which i can raise concerns about my treatment when it happens. and we have this love affair within the nhs, happens. and we have this love affairwithin the nhs, and happens. and we have this love affair within the nhs, and everybody sees it as the jewel in the crown and it even features on the opening ceremony of the olympic games. and the problem is, everybody shuts up about it and if you complain about it in public, you're wrong, until there is a calamity and a disaster, and then the roof falls in. so we go from one extreme to another. and thena from one extreme to another. and then a while later they are suddenly ev

ok, laura, thank you, laura kuenssberg there live in telford in shropshire. two major cinema chains have tonight pulled all screenings of the film blue story, following a mass fight at a cinema complex in birmingham. fans of the film, about two street gangs in south london, are outraged at the decision, saying there's no clear link between its screening and the violence. police made five arrests and recovered two machetes after the brawl last night. charlotte gallagher reports. screaming. a weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience. seven police officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. five have been arrested, the youngest a 13—year—old girl. this startling picture is being shared on social media — a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. we're not entirely certain what caused it, so we're not going to get into that speculation, but it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. today, vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues. it'

norman smith, live in telford. so much to get into with this manifesto. let's talk to anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. great to have you with us. norman making the point this is a departure, playing it safe. how would you rate it alongside previous tory manifesto launches? there are two kinds of 20 manifesto lunches, one which said slash and burn on taxes, limit the size of the state. it was not that kind of launch at all. you could say that boris johnson is taking on the perspective that actually he has a right winger nche's close very cautious in terms of promising some sort of money, and those things hard to deliver for the nhs. it did not go as far as many people thought it would on public spending. there was talk of an arms race with labour but whenjeremy corbyn put out such an expensive proposition, and you could think that you want to spend more on public services but that has got them quickly into the argument about who would be paying for it down the line, the very rich. borisjohnson, quite modest figures, by my calculations, not eve

one of the most worrying aspects of this leaked report into events here at the shrewsbury and telford trust is the sense that we've been here before. so much of what happened has echoes of the scandal that engulfed the morecambe bay maternity unit, where mothers and babies also suffered avoidable deaths. and that raises disturbing questions about what might be happening elsewhere. an investigation in 2015, into the deaths of 11 babies and one mother at the maternity unit run by the morecambe bay trust, revealed what was described then as "a lethal mix of failures over a nine—year period." these are not two separate one—offs. these point to underlying, systemic failure that might be widespread. the man who headed that inquiry now warns that more nhs trusts could risk repeating the same catastrophic mistakes. the notion that it could never happen here is one of the most dangerous ones that an nhs trust can have. the truth is, there are points of learning from all of these things that everybody should be looking at and learning from. and families are still living with the consequence

one of the most worrying aspects of this leaked report into events here at the shrewsbury and telford trust is the sense that we've been here before. so much of what happened has echoes of the scandal that engulfed the morecambe bay maternity unit, where mothers and babies also suffered avoidable deaths. and that raises disturbing questions about what might be happening elsewhere. an investigation in 2015, into the deaths of 11 babies and one mother at the maternity unit run by the morecambe bay trust, revealed what was described then as a lethal mix of failures over a nine—year period. these are not two separate one—offs. these point to underlying, systemic failure that might be widespread. the man who headed that inquiry now warns that more nhs trusts could risk repeating the same catastrophic mistakes. the notion that it could never happen here is one of the most dangerous ones that an nhs trust can have. the truth is, there are points of learning from all of these things that everybody should be looking at and learning from. and families are still living with the consequences

our assistant political editor norman smith is in telford where the conservatives will launch their manifesto. this will launch their manifesto. is the last of the big pa to this is the last of the big parties to launch their manifesto, are you exciting big surprises? in normal times, this would be a big banana is moment, but to be honest, i can't really say that tension is growing because the signs are that this will because the signs are that this will bea because the signs are that this will be a deliberately cautious, risk averse manifesto. why? because so many tories were badly burned by mrs may's catastrophic manifesto last time. the shambles which crumbled. the tories have been over and over through the manifesto stripping out anything they think in anyway might cause any wrinkle of... added to which, they want to simply keep the focus on brexit. so they are not in the market to change the narrative of this and —— of this election. why ta ke of this and —— of this election. why take a needless risk? we are going to get a fairly, shall we say, modest manifesto, i would say. we k

an inquest found she could have survived had staff from the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust acted faster. the culture, the cover—ups, the lies... and that's what ultimately coast our daughter's death. for pippa's parents, a leaked report into failings at the trust has been another reminder of the terrible events around their daughter's death. we've got to relive it over and over again. i mean, three and a half years now, and it's... it's still... we are still in that place. we are just one case as well. yeah. many more. and more parents are joining caley and colin griffiths. i've been told that in the last week, at least 200 new families have come forward. that's in addition to more than 600 cases dating back a0 years that the enquiry team are already looking at. it worries me that lessons haven't been learnt, and despite the fact so many of our clients have been told that lessons will be learned, policies will be put into place, it's written in their investigation reports, and yet the same mistakes keep happening again and again. one of the most worrying aspects of this leaked

we are in telford. the cabinet now filing in. there are a few mps here, not packed, i have to say. it isa here, not packed, i have to say. it is a funny sort of day, it is a sunday afternoon, not a usual day for launching a manifesto. that kind of goes with the theme that they don't really want to make a big thing about this. they are happy for it to be a lower key manifesto launch, in part to keep the focus on their big brexit message. they do not want their big brexit message. they do not wa nt lots their big brexit message. they do not want lots of distractions about shiny new policies in the manifesto. asi shiny new policies in the manifesto. as i say, the last manifesto was so catastrophic, they do not want a repeat of that. i thinkjames cleverly is now just repeat of that. i thinkjames cleverly is nowjust being introduced and he is getting to his feet now. he will give a little warm up feet now. he will give a little warm up speech before we hear from feet now. he will give a little warm up speech before we hearfrom boris johnson. al manifesto is a promise, a promise to liste

so jeremy corbyn on the campaign trail in telford. for more information, you can go online because throughout the election campaign, the bbc will be looking at the key issues, explaining the policies and the subjects that are not being talked about. check out our explainers on the website or the bbc news app. let's stay with the election. we are going to welcome you to a new feature. called your questions answered — where we want to hear from you with your questions about the upcoming election and other stories featured on bbc news. it's a phrase you're going to be hearing a lot here on the bbc news channel and on the bbc news website. so we're really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk you can also send us questions via text as well. i'm very happy to say that joining me is sirjohn curtice — professor of politics at the university of strathclyde. i love this first question. it's from twitter. i

but three years ago, police were called to his father's home near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both were charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers‘ conduct before a jury, but said they regretted that it was now more than three years since his death. sian llo

but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they regretted that it was now more than three years since his death. sian lloyd,

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. one of the conservative‘s key new policies is to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce in england by 2023. here's our health editor, hugh pym, with some analysis of that pledge. the 50,000 more nurses by 2024 was an eye—catching plan, set out by borisjohnson, what does it add up to? well, it's not the same thing as recruiting 50,000 new nurses, it's adding 50,000 to the workforce in england, currently around 300,000. now there are a lot of vacancies at the moment, it is difficult recruiting, so the conservatives are arguing this is trying to deal with that problem. but that 50,000 figure includes recruitment overseas, and it includes better retention, that is policies to hold on to nurses, and try and make them, or persuade them that it's worth staying with more professional development of their careers, rather than leaving early. the recruitment of new nurses is rather less than that, down around between 10,000 and 20,000, based on more training places. now, the conservative go

children were also left with a permanent disability amid substandard care at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust. it's initial scope was 23 cases and it was set up by the health secretary jeremy hunt in 2017 but over the subsequent years it has expanded to cover 270 cases in the period from 1979 until the present day and we will bring you more on that shortly. dozens of demonstrators are still barricaded inside a hong kong university, which has been under siege by the police for three days. activists have been inside the campus since last week, initially preventing police from entering by lighting fires and throwing petrol bombs. 600 protesters, including minors, have now given themselves up. police say that any adults who leave will be arrested. with the latest, here's our correspondent paul adams. exhaustion and defiance on the campus of hong kong polytechnic, dozens of students still holed up inside, some in need of medical attention. they want this to end but worry about what will happen if they leave. i want to leave but the police keep firing tear gas to us, and i feel i

of that report, donna ockenden, who is leading an independent investigation into the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust, has made clear that what's been going on is a repeated failure by that trust to learn from mistakes as far back as the 1970s. and what that meant was that families who kept coming to the hospital over that 40 year period have suffered, unfortunately, again and again. i mean, i've been a health journalist now for more than ten years and i've written about lots of scandals. i have to say, reading this report today and going through the detail, it was, to be honest, quite upsetting. there are examples of babies' bodies decomposing and mothers not being able to see them before they were being buried. it really is a stark, stark report. and it underlines, for me, i think, the poor culture in this trust and, also, the wider safety questions that the nhs has got to answer. we can't keep dismissing these scandals as one—offs. and the independent is launching a campaign today to improve safety, not just in maternity, but across the nhs. this is outside source live from the bb

norman smith, in telford, thank you. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has insisted that labour would be able to find the money for its plan to compensate women who lost out on their state pension, when their retirement age was raised. the change affected nearly four million women. labour says if it wins the election, it would pay sums of up to £31,000 to those affected. the overall cost is estimated by the party at £58 billion overfive years. five teenagers have been arrested after a brawl at a cinema in birmigham, during which police officers were injured. fights broke out as police attempted to clear around 100 people from the star city leisure complex early on saturday evening. two machetes were seized. simonjones reports. it's not what these cinema—goers were expecting to see — chaos and confusion at the star city complex in birmingham, as the police tried to restore order. officers were called following reports that a group of people armed with machetes had arrived at the cinema. fights broke out as the

but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two west mercia police officers, whose identities are being protected, appeared in court today. both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they regretted that it was now more than three years since his death. sian lloyd,

but three years ago, police were called to his father's home, near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards, following a cardiac arrest. what happened there was investigated by the police watchdog. following that independent inquiry, two officers from the west mercia force appeared in court today. they were both charged this morning — one with the murder of dalian atkinson, and the other, a woman police officer, is accused of assault, causing actual bodily harm. their identities are currently being protected. the barrister for the two police officers argued that they should remain anonymous because they could face a risk to their lives if their identities became known. the judge said that it was virtually wholly unprecedented for a defendant not to be named, but he did grant an interim order and will consider the matter in full on wednesday. dalian atkinson's family said they welcomed the decision to put the officers' conduct before a jury, but said they regretted that it was now more than three years si

the headlines at 11: boris johnson launches the conservatives' election manifesto in telford, pledging to "get brexit done" and "forge a new britain". we are now, as you know, less than three weeks away from the most critical election of modern memory, when the stakes for this country have seldom been higher, and the choice has never been starker. the manifesto also promises to train 50,000 new nurses, at a cost of £750 million a year. meanwhile, the labour party pledges to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. in other news, five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number

norman smith in telford, thank you very much. well, meanwhile, the snp say they will push the next uk government to lift financial restrictions on the scottish government‘s spending powers. the party claim it will unlock almost £3 billion pounds over the course of the next parliament, which they plan to use to boost the economy and tackle climate change. in other news, police investigating the deaths of 39 vietnamese nationals in a lorry in essex have charged a man with human trafficking. the victims were found in grays last month. 23—year—old christopher kennedy from darkley in county armagh will appear before chelmsford magistrates‘ court tomorrow. five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham yesterday evening which saw a number of police officers injured. fights broke out as police attempted to clear around 100 people from the star city leisure complex. two machetes were seized in the incident. 0ne witness described it as one of the "scariest moments" of their life. there has been a r

i went to telford. because? because there was the tory manifesto launch in the international centre, in telford. paint the picture. so, it was quite dank. quite wet and quite grey and buggy. but it was one of these weird moments where you see the comments or the poltiical world as kind of public assets for a few hours. and the even bus in the placards. they give out the placards, they are standing the placards, and then the leader arrives and the all of harar! hurray! and then it is transformed into this big event, and then they all disappear, placards get handed back in, people get back on the bus, the politicians go away, the activist go home. we then hang around the bad smell until we had finished our reporting. so, you know, i kind of, the news was on earlier yesterday, at half past five, it was, sort of, you know, a couple of my team and a stray dog wandering around the car park. we will talk about the contents of the document. which some people say is, kind of, manifesto light, but actually it has got quit

these are the bereaved, left devastated by failures of care at the shrewsbury telford trust. dozens of avoidable deaths, babies and mothers left with lifelong injuries. a leaked interim report lays bare a failure to learn from mistakes stretching back a0 years. in april 2017, bbc news reported a cluster of baby deaths at the trust. injuly of that year, the government ordered an investigation. donna 0ckenden, leading the inquiry, submitted an update report in february this year, which was leaked. now it's understood her ongoing investigation is reviewing 620 cases. the report details a shocking catalogue of deaths and injuries to mothers and babies, but also a simple lack of kindness. the trust made mistakes with babies' names, in one case referring to a deceased child as "it". for years, parents seeking answers were met with a wall of silence and obstruction. just hours after she was born in 2009, baby kate stanton—davies died. in the decade since, her parents richard and rhiannon have led the fight to expose these failures of care. a wilful neglect to learn. they are faili

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. well, today, borisjohnson promised to add an fifty thousand nurses to the workforce. let's talk to patricia mar—kwiss, she's the royal college of nurses director for england and joins me now via webcam. thanks very much for being with us. the key word here seems to be added 50,000 nurses. what's your understanding of what they are thinking? well, we are not quite sure what they are thinking of the moments, but we know that there is currently 43,000 vacancies in the nhs alone. so, it's a move in the right direction to start looking for an extra 50,000 nurses, but what we are keen to make sure is that that is registered nurses. people who've got a degree, and who are the right people to be delivering the care to the people of england. 50, when people to be delivering the care to the people of england. so, when you say you are concerned about registered nurses, is there evidence then that sometimes, nurses are being recruited who you would say are not quite up to it? no, it's not about

the independent features its exclusive story on the failings at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the metro also leads on the maternity scandal — as well as reaction to tonight's tv debate, as a poll says it was a narrow win for borisjohnson 51% to 49%. prince andrew is on the front of the mirror — the newspaper says police notebooks could hold key information relating to allegations made against the duke of york. let us plunge in and inevitably, we're going to start with the debate. where else could we start? for most people, they may have already been decided about what they think about whether or not they're going to backjeremy corbyn urbach borisjohnson but going to backjeremy corbyn urbach boris johnson but i going to backjeremy corbyn urbach borisjohnson but i think what is particularly interesting, for me least, is that borisjohnson was openly laughed at when he talked about how this is going to be an election based on the truth. but probably unexpected was that the conservative party headquarters twitter account changed its name to fa ct twitter account changed its nam

let's return to telford, and speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. is this a kind of manifesto that conservatives nationwide can get behind that will get them over the line? inafunny line? in a funny way the tory campaign is hoping this manifesto doesn't cause an enormous splash not because they don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offerfor don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offer for voters but lots of conservatives are haunted by the calamity for them of what happened after the manifesto in 2017, the moment when theresa may's campaign unravelled. in contrast to their main rival, this manifesto is a steady as she goes document. that said, we should not let that mask, that there are fundamental differences between the parties this time, notjust on brexit but on how to run the country, how to run the economy, and frankly the size of the state. thank you. labour says if it wins the election, women who lost out on their state pensions when the retirement age was raised, will be compensated. sums of up to £31,000 coul

a leaked report on the maternity hospital at the shrewbury and telford nhs trust has revealed a toxic culture that led to the avoidable deaths of babies and mothers and sub—standard care that left babies brain damaged and disabled. hugh pym recounts distressing details from the report. the author of this report, donna 0ckenden, leading an investigation into the shrewsbury hospital trust has made clear what has been going on isa has made clear what has been going on is a repeated failure by that trust to learn from mistakes as far back as 1970s and what that meant was that families who kept coming to the hospital in that a0 year period have u nfortu nately the hospital in that a0 year period have unfortunately again and again. i have been healthjournalist now for more than 20 years and have written about many scandals and reading this report today and going to the detail it was to be on is quite upsetting. there are examples of babies, their bodies decomposing and mothers not being able to see them before they were buried. it really is a stark report and underlines i think the poor c

telford you're not getting the younger generation benefiting from from the economic developments of recent years but there are you know there are many problems out there in this great inequality absolutely yes i mean the speed of reunification perhaps was necessary in some senses if it was going to be done maybe it does have to be done that quickly but it was quite a brutal process was in it with the the toy and the privatizations of all these businesses and all those people made unemployed was it 3000000 within just a couple of years i think i don't think the 5 percent of people lost their jobs in the in the ninety's that was totally traumatic yeah and when you think about i mean when they've been periods of mass unemployment in france or in the u.k. it's never been on that scale and that's left scars for such a long time for those generations and so i think it is interesting what you say about the new generations have only 9 a unified germany i think that they will have a you know they'll be coming at it from a different point of view and some of those skulls won't be as present for them

places like telford in the midlands. labour will also hope to perform strongly in london, and hope that remain voters will choose them over the lib dems so that they can hold onto seats like battersea. but it'll be really hard for labour to get an outright majority without the scottish seats they used to rely on, which is why mr corbyn has been campaigning in glasgow north west and lanark and hamilton east. otherfactors could be important. the lib dems are a long way behind in many of their former strongholds, but tactical voting might help jo swinson. the snp could win more seats and have a lot of influence if there's another hung parliament. they could reach an agreement to allow mr corbyn to become prime minister, even if he doesn't win the election outright. so, after the most volatile parliament, we now have a very unpredictable election. throughout the election campaign, we're reporting from all over the uk from places where the election could be won or lost. tomorrow, we will be reporting from southampton all day,

places like telford in the midlands. labour will also hope to perform strongly in london, and hope that remain voters will choose them over the lib dems so that they can hold onto seats like battersea. but it‘ll be really hard for labour to get an outright majority without the scottish seats they used to rely on, which is why mr corbyn has been campaigning in glasgow north west and lanark and hamilton east. 0therfactors could be important. the lib dems are a long way behind in many of their former strongholds, but tactical voting might help jo swinson. the snp could win more seats and have a lot of influence if there‘s another hung parliament. they could reach an agreement to allow mr corbyn to become prime minister, even if he doesn‘t win the election outright. so, after the most volatile parliament, we now have a very unpredictable election. that was vicki young with her analysis. let‘s take a look at some of today‘s other election news. the lib dems and the snp have lost their legal battle to be included in

are labour, as the two main candidates to be prime minister slugged it out. jeremy corbyn has been in telford in shropshire, a must win seat for labour and shropshire, a must win seat for labourand said... shropshire, a must win seat for labour and said... i will be proud to bea labour and said... i will be proud to be a labour prime minister. but i have to warn you, it will be very different. it will be a very different. it will be a very different way of doing things. because i was not born to rule. he promised to scrap university tuition fees and rough sleeping, in work poverty and the need for food banks and added... judge us on whether we have built hundreds of thousands of genuinely affordable homes so that decent and secure housing is within the reach of everyone. judge us on whether patients are still waiting more than four hours in a&e departments and tens of thousands are waiting months for cancer treatment. judge us on whether we have got brexit sorted within six months by offering the people the final say. who do you prefer? mr corbyn, mrjohnston or one of the other party leaders?

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the former mayor of new york michael bloomberg announces he's running for president. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, it's a funny old world. angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic it, it's not hot air we need, its hard cash. cuba has declared nine days mourning, following the death of fidel castro. he developed close ties with the soviet union is in the 1960s, an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, with the cub

a damning investigation into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital trust shows babies and mothers died — in what is thought to be the nhs‘s worst ever maternity scandal. jeremy corbyn and boris johnson's first live tv debate of the election campaign is drawing to a close. officials in the netherlands say at least 25 people have been found in a refrigerated container on board a ferry bound for the uk we will be back with more on the election debate but the highlight so far that hour of broadcasting on another channel, is a commission by borisjohnson another channel, is a commission by boris johnson that another channel, is a commission by borisjohnson that brexit is less important to him than the future. no privatisation of the nhs or any trade deal which the united kingdom may negotiate with the united states president, donald trump. thereby handing the snp the ability to lead another referendum and lead to scotla nd another referendum and lead to scotland declaring independence in the uk, jeremy corbyn said there'll be no with the snp and the coalition have been —— coalition o

footballer, who played for aston villa, sheffield wednesday and ipswich town, was staying with his dad in telford. because of the incident he was tasered by these two officers, subsequently restrained and subsequently died. there was a very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on theirfiles very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on their files to the crown prosecution service a year ago today, after more than three years since dalian atkinson died. we now know that one of those two officers, 0fficer know that one of those two officers, officer a as he's known at the moment, from west mersea police, has been charged with murder. we've had state m e nts been charged with murder. we've had statements both from the police, but i think perhaps more importantly from dalian atkinson's family, some of whom were in the magistrates' court earlier on to see this very first hearing in which say they welcome that after such a long time the case will now go before a jury, but they regret how long it has taken. we will hear later on perhaps more details about when a potential trial could be. simo

a leaked official report into multiple failings at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust has revealed that babies and mothers died because of a toxic culture stretching back four decades. the trust has apologised and said a lot had been done to address concerns. an investigation was ordered by ministers in 2017 but as our health correspondent dominic hughes report many of the failings have yet to be addressed. ican i can remember saying to the lady, i'm sorry, she's dead, leave her. 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 late. these other bereaved, left devastated by failures of care. dozens of avoidable deaths, babies and mothers left with lifelong injuries. a leaked interim report lays bare a failure to learn from m ista kes lays bare a failure to learn from mistakes stretching back a0 years. in april 2017, bbc news reported a cluster of baby deaths at the trust. injuly of cluster of baby deaths at the trust. in july of that cluster of baby deaths at the trust. injuly of that year cluster of baby deaths

breaks it withdraw agreement back for a parliamentary vote before december 25th paul brennan reports telford. the conservatives are riding comfortably ahead in the latest opinion polls 47 percent support compared with labor's 28 percent the party faithful greeted boris johnson with a sense of growing belief a belief that the prime minister is happy to promote. i want you to imagine what the country could be like in just 10 years' time if we can get a working majority on the 12th of december i want you to look forward to a britain where the streets are safer where the air is cleaner where we've built 40 new hospitals are the direct result of the decisions taken in the last 3 months the 59 page manifesto pledges not to increase income tax national insurance tax all the 85 years is more money for childcare road repairs 50000 new nurses and keeping the triple lock guaranteeing increases to the state pension will play well with conservative voters but remains the central point of this election campaign we will get breaks it down. and we all end the at committee and the chaos where as they want to

i suppose the scene in muslim support telford the president has been applying to the government of the not to the west where we have a lot of problems who not to be approved attacks and i hope that or that there are still confidence i think the important thing for this government to do is to work with the time in the muslim people especially at grassroots level because i don't think back interested in separatism want to here is a more fundamental it's a and to a blighted night the play that will cement and politicians who have been rent seeking with a vengeance from the life government and indeed from the rajah could not win before that it was a bullet dish and in particular i mean mr gans and they draw a conversation to a close that because i think we're running out of time and willing to sri lanka thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera. still to come on this program body crane takes center stage of the impeachment hearings in washington. is mending fences with russia. hello the march of winter is now taking place so the warmth that was in remained in ukraine is all being

thank you very much, iain watson in telford. in a moment, susannah streeter is going to bring us the latest business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. welsh secretary alun cairns resigns over allegations he knew a former aide had sabotaged a rape trial. the announcement coming minutes before boris johnson launched his election campaign. boris johnson has an audience with the queen at buckingham palace, marking the start of the election period. a police ban on protests by extinction rebellion across london last month was unlawful, according to the high court. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. virgin media is ditching telecoms group bt and switching its three million mobile phone customers to the network run by vodafone. the cable group's current contract with bt‘s ee network expires in 2021, although virgin says it will launch 5g services with vodafone before then. the contract is reportedly worth about £200 million to bt, whose shares fell 4.5%. marks and spencer profits dropped in the fi

to get the breaks it withdraw agreement back propound miter vote before december 25th reports from telford. the conservatives are riding comfortably ahead in the latest opinion polls 47 percent support compared with labour's 28 percent the party faithful greeted boris johnson with a sense of growing belief a belief that the prime minister is happy to promote. i want you to imagine what the country could be like in just 10 years' time if we can get a working majority on the 12th of december i want you to look forward to a britain where the streets are safer where the air is cleaner where we've built 40 new hospitals is a direct result of the decisions taken in the last 3 months the 59 page manifesto pledges not to increase income tax national insurance tax all the 85 years as more money for child care in road repairs 50000 new nurses and keeping the triple lock guaranteeing increases to the state pension will play well with conservative voters but it remains the central point of this election campaign we will get breaks it down and we will end the at committee and the chaos where they want

moving on from telford, the tories launched their manifesto yesterday. today the focus is on mainly mid wales. this is an area, there are a number of seats the tories are eyeing up, and need to win if they are going to get a majority, places like wrexham and the vale of claude, a number of battlegrounds around here and so the prime minister will be doing a couple of events where he hopes to beef up the tory profile and make their argument. as i said, the ma nifesto their argument. as i said, the manifesto launch was yesterday. i think it‘s very widely and fairly being considered a safety first ma nifesto being considered a safety first manifesto because at this point in 2017, when i spent some time on the tory bus there with theresa may, this was the moment in the campaign after the manifesto launch the things unravelled for her. when that social care policy unravelled, blew up, caused all sorts of controversy, but the focus on her personality. the tory strategists here just don‘t wa nt the tory strategists here just don‘t want that to happen this

meanwhile, labour leader jeremy corbyn was campaigning in telford in the midlands. he's promising a big investment in public services. and the lib dem leader, jo swinson, was in north london, pledging extra resources for mental health care. it's fair to say this hasn't been the smoothest start for the tories. here's lbc‘s iain dale... here's my list. jacob rees—mogg apologising after seeming to suggest victims of the grenfell fire lacked common sense. tory mp andrew bridgen then defending him, and suggesting mr rees—mogg would have made a better decision than the people in the tower or the fire brigade — because he's clever. he has no apologise. the government refusing to release a report on russian interference in uk affairs — including the last election. —— now apologised. despite the chair of the committe that produced it, a former tory mp, calling for the public to see it. the conservatives editing a video to misrepresent an interview with a labour politician — and then refusing to apologise when what they'd done became clear. a conservative part

a day after the launch of the uk wide ma nifesto after the launch of the uk wide manifesto in telford, ray wells is really important for the tories because they reckon there are 10—12 seats they could capture. —— wales is really important for the tories. it was a lib dem seat that boris johnson began the day in. the lib dems took the seat in powys in a by—election earlier this year and borisjohnson by—election earlier this year and boris johnson turned up by—election earlier this year and borisjohnson turned up at the royal welsh winterfair, borisjohnson turned up at the royal welsh winter fair, an agriculture show, and trimmed some sheep and inspected some heifers, and was photographed with animals before moving to wrexham later in the day, another marginal seat, where he launched the tories‘ manifesto for wales. so wales today. we saw some images there of them are very delicate shearing going on by the prime minister. there you go. showing a rather deft touch, some would say. thank you very much. the lib dems say if no one party has a majority after the general electio