:00:00. > :00:09.With just hours to go before junior doctors begin their first all-out
:00:10. > :00:12.strike in NHS history, the Health Secretary makes a final
:00:13. > :00:18.The dispute over a new contract will see junior doctors refuse
:00:19. > :00:21.to provide emergency care at hospitals in England.
:00:22. > :00:24.Whatever their differences with me, whatever their differences
:00:25. > :00:27.with the Government, to think about patients.
:00:28. > :00:31.It would be an absolute tragedy for the NHS if something goes wrong
:00:32. > :00:38.The way the Government has handled this dispute is the political
:00:39. > :00:44.equivalent of pouring oil on to a blazing fire.
:00:45. > :00:47.Senior doctors will be providing emergency cover,
:00:48. > :00:50.and we'll be looking at how patients could be affected and whether
:00:51. > :00:56.The adminstrators are called in at BHS.
:00:57. > :01:00.11,000 jobs are on the line at the failing retailer.
:01:01. > :01:02.It was Britain's worst sporting disaster, now the jury
:01:03. > :01:07.in the Hillsborough inquest say they're ready to deliver their
:01:08. > :01:10.conclusions. On the trail of Turkey's most-wanted man.
:01:11. > :01:13.We meet the leader of the Kurdish militant group, who's threatening
:01:14. > :01:17.to escalate the PKK's campaign of violence.
:01:18. > :01:20.And is this the moment Spurs allowed Leicester to run away
:01:21. > :01:28.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Could five-time champion,
:01:29. > :01:30.Ronnie O'Sullivan, turn things around against Barry Hawkins
:01:31. > :01:56.to prevent himself from dropping out of the World Snooker Championship?
:01:57. > :02:00.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has made a last-ditch
:02:01. > :02:03.appeal to junior doctors, to call off their all-out strike,
:02:04. > :02:08.For the first time in the history of the NHS, they won't be available
:02:09. > :02:11.for emergency calls in England, though senior doctors and
:02:12. > :02:17.Mr Hunt says particular risks are being created for A
:02:18. > :02:23.It's nearly 38,000 members of the British Medical Association,
:02:24. > :02:27.who are preparing to walk out in protest at new working contracts.
:02:28. > :02:30.As a result, nearly 113,000 outpatient appointments have been
:02:31. > :02:35.put back, in the two-week window surrounding the strike.
:02:36. > :02:38.And nearly 13,000 planned operations have been rescheduled. Our health
:02:39. > :02:54.Back in the 1970s doctors walked out on nonurgent work over pay and
:02:55. > :02:57.conditions. The last few months have seen a series of strikes by junior
:02:58. > :03:02.doctors, again affecting routine care. The escalated action in
:03:03. > :03:06.England over the next two days hitting all care, is unprecedented
:03:07. > :03:09.in the NHS. Junior doctors protesting at the Department of
:03:10. > :03:15.Health today say the Government was wrong to end talks and impose a new
:03:16. > :03:18.contract on them. I asked how they justified the planned, full-scale
:03:19. > :03:21.walkout. Of course, I don't want to be on strike tomorrow. Of course, I
:03:22. > :03:26.want to be looking after my patients. For me, the greater harm
:03:27. > :03:30.that will occur to patients in the future of this contract being
:03:31. > :03:34.imposed vastly outstrips the risks of tomorrow. The Health Secretary
:03:35. > :03:37.says the British Medical Association wouldn't negotiate so he had to
:03:38. > :03:41.press on with the contract, which he argues will provoid a better NHS
:03:42. > :03:45.service over seven days in. The Commons he made a final plea to
:03:46. > :03:49.doctors to go into work tomorrow. I urge them as well, tomorrow,
:03:50. > :03:52.whatever their difference was me, whatever their differences with the
:03:53. > :03:58.Government to think about patients. It would be an absolute tragedy for
:03:59. > :04:01.the NHS if something goes wrong in the next couple of days and they
:04:02. > :04:08.have a duty to make sure it doesn't. Labour said Mr Hunt had lost the
:04:09. > :04:12.trust of doctors. Mr Speaker, the way the Government has handled this
:04:13. > :04:19.dispute is the political equivalent of pouring oil onto a blazing fire.
:04:20. > :04:23.In previous strikes, routine operations and appointments were
:04:24. > :04:28.affected. This time, junior doctors will strike in areas like Accident
:04:29. > :04:31.Emergency units, urgent maternity services, intensive care units and
:04:32. > :04:36.mental health crisis care, though all will stay open during the
:04:37. > :04:40.action. Once again, routine work has been postponed. Kevin has an arm
:04:41. > :04:44.injury, but twice appointments with consultants have been put off
:04:45. > :04:49.because of junior doctors' strikes. He's not against their action but
:04:50. > :04:53.he's frustrated. It's not knowing when or whenever it's going to be
:04:54. > :04:58.done I just want to know. The main thing is how long I'm going to be
:04:59. > :05:01.off work. That's the main thing. How's preparations for the
:05:02. > :05:06.industrial action going? It's going very well. The message from
:05:07. > :05:09.hospitals like this one, Royal Blackburn, is that senior medical
:05:10. > :05:13.and nursing staff will cover gaps left by junior doctors on strike.
:05:14. > :05:18.People are asked not to go to A unless they need urgent attention
:05:19. > :05:21.This is unchartered territory. We have done the best planning we can.
:05:22. > :05:25.We cannot predict what the day will be like. We are making sure that
:05:26. > :05:29.patients will be safe. We are putting the consultants at the front
:05:30. > :05:33.door and every ward as a consultant member presents all day. Zblt plans
:05:34. > :05:37.may be in place, whether they hold up under pressure during the
:05:38. > :05:40.walkouts is another matter. NHS leaders can only wait and hope
:05:41. > :05:45.things are all right on each strike day.
:05:46. > :05:47.And Hugh joins us from outside the Department of Health now.
:05:48. > :05:55.Is the NHS confident it can secure patient safety tomorrow? Well,
:05:56. > :05:59.Clive, as junior doctors continue their protest tonight here at the
:06:00. > :06:03.Department of Health, I think NHS leaders are as confident as they can
:06:04. > :06:06.be that essential care will be provided for patients at hospitals
:06:07. > :06:11.in England tomorrow and the next day, but this is a completely new
:06:12. > :06:15.situation for them. There is some apprehension, I think, some private
:06:16. > :06:19.fears that maybe some of the smaller hospitals might struggle to cope. If
:06:20. > :06:22.that happens, in each local area, the BMA have an arrangement with NHS
:06:23. > :06:27.leadership to discuss whether the pressure is so great or if there's a
:06:28. > :06:30.major incident, for example, that junior doctors need to be called
:06:31. > :06:36.back in. That's an untested system. So where does this dispute go from
:06:37. > :06:44.here? I think a lot depends on public opinion. A poll appoint Ipsos
:06:45. > :06:46.MORI tonight shows a bit of reduction of public support for the
:06:47. > :06:50.action. The last time the question was asked it was about what people
:06:51. > :06:53.thought about the junior doctors strikes affecting routine care. This
:06:54. > :06:56.time, it's been asked about the action this week, affecting all
:06:57. > :07:00.forms of care, including emergencies and public support is still not far
:07:01. > :07:04.short of 60%. I think that's going to be extremely important in the
:07:05. > :07:07.weeks and months ahead, because it does seem clear this dispute is
:07:08. > :07:12.going to rumble on for some time. Both sides seem as far apart as
:07:13. > :07:14.ever. There doesn't seem to be any prospect of further talks. The
:07:15. > :07:17.Government feels it needs to introduce this contract, which it
:07:18. > :07:23.thinks is fair. It's angry about the way it sees the BMA has handled this
:07:24. > :07:26.dispute. The BMA says its members are very aggrieved about the way
:07:27. > :07:29.they've been treated and about the whole contract situation. The
:07:30. > :07:34.question now is what the BMA does next and whether it decides to
:07:35. > :07:37.escalate its action even further. Hugh, thanks for that.
:07:38. > :07:39.There will be extensive coverage of tomorrow's
:07:40. > :07:44.For more information and analysis of the issues in this dispute,
:07:45. > :07:51.go to the BBC News website: bbc.co.uk/juniordoctors
:07:52. > :07:54.After 88 years on the high street, the department store BHS has gone
:07:55. > :07:58.into administration, with debts of more ?1 billion.
:07:59. > :08:02.There's also a ?571 million hole in the pension fund.
:08:03. > :08:05.The current owners bought the firm from the billionaire Philip Green
:08:06. > :08:10.last year for ?1 and say trading across the 164 stores will continue
:08:11. > :08:14.for now, but if a new buyer can't be found, 11,000 jobs will have to go.
:08:15. > :08:16.Our business editor, Simon Jack, looks at
:08:17. > :08:31.It all started here in Brixton in south London 88 years ago, but
:08:32. > :08:36.retail is an unforgiving arena. Times change, this BHS is long gone.
:08:37. > :08:39.Today the entire company is at risk. Worried staff were informed today
:08:40. > :08:42.that new owners had failed to raise enough money to keep the company
:08:43. > :08:48.going and it was put into administration. What do you do? Look
:08:49. > :08:54.for another job, I think. That's the only think we can do. I'm a shop
:08:55. > :09:01.assistant, been here 30-odd years. Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green owned
:09:02. > :09:05.BHS for 15 years as part of an empire that made him sip and a
:09:06. > :09:10.friend to the stars. Though he sold it last year for ?1, he has not
:09:11. > :09:13.insulated himself from criticism, particularly on the pension deficit.
:09:14. > :09:17.There's been a lot of comment and speculation about British home
:09:18. > :09:22.stores' pension scheme. It is the fact that the pension regulator is
:09:23. > :09:29.investigating a number of concerns and indeed allegations. BHA staff
:09:30. > :09:33.and the public -- BHS staff and the public will want to know whether the
:09:34. > :09:37.former owner will have to pay his fair share of the liabilities which
:09:38. > :09:41.accrued during his stewardship. Philip Green maintains in the 15
:09:42. > :09:45.years he owned BHS he actually lost money. There are questions to be
:09:46. > :09:50.asked about the big dividends he took in the early years and how he
:09:51. > :09:54.let the pension deficit go out of control to a whopping ?571 million.
:09:55. > :09:57.The pensions regulator is launching an investigation. Philip Green
:09:58. > :10:01.wasn't available for comment today, but it means that as this company
:10:02. > :10:06.slides into administration, pensioners will lose out. Pensioners
:10:07. > :10:11.like Mark, who worked for BHS for ten years. That man is a
:10:12. > :10:16.billionaire. He could quite easily afford to pay that pension scheme up
:10:17. > :10:19.front. He hasn't. He sold it for ?1 thinking it, sort of, really clever
:10:20. > :10:24.to do. You know, I'm sure it's perfectly legal. Was it ethical? Is
:10:25. > :10:31.it moral? It isn't at all. The people who bought BHS last year are
:10:32. > :10:34.also under scrutiny. Meet the majority shareholder, former racing
:10:35. > :10:37.driver and twice before involved in insolvencies. His letter to staff
:10:38. > :10:41.today, he said, was with a heavy heart, but also a heavier wallet. He
:10:42. > :10:45.and other executives paid themselves at least ?8 million from the
:10:46. > :10:49.struggling company. The administrators hope a buyer can be
:10:50. > :10:53.found for the whole business, but that depends on tempting disaffected
:10:54. > :10:56.buyers back into the stores, a tall order.
:10:57. > :11:01.This goes back a very long way. Over the past ten years or so, where BHS
:11:02. > :11:05.hasn't been invested in as a business, it looks dated. The range
:11:06. > :11:09.looks tired and people haven't gone to the shop. That's pushed the
:11:10. > :11:14.economics into negative territory.. Stores will continue to open for
:11:15. > :11:17.now, But how long before the doors of BHS close for good?
:11:18. > :11:20.The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has used her first major speech
:11:21. > :11:23.of the EU referendum campaign to argue Britain should
:11:24. > :11:29.She insists the UK is better able to fight crime and terrorism
:11:30. > :11:32.within the EU and says it's wrong to think leaving would be the single
:11:33. > :11:35.bullet that could solve the country's immigration problems.
:11:36. > :11:38.But she did suggest the UK should leave the European Convention
:11:39. > :11:44.Here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
:11:45. > :11:47.As many people as live in Middlesbrough came to live
:11:48. > :11:50.in the UK from other EU countries last year.
:11:51. > :11:52.The Home Secretary believes that is just too many,
:11:53. > :11:55.but it is not enough to make her want to leave
:11:56. > :12:00.There are certainly problems caused by EU membership, but of course
:12:01. > :12:05.Our decision must come down to whether, after serious thought
:12:06. > :12:08.about the pros and the cons, we believe there is more
:12:09. > :12:12.in the credit column than the debit column for remaining on the inside.
:12:13. > :12:17.She is on David Cameron's side in the big argument over stay
:12:18. > :12:21.or go, but the speech was full of subtle swipes.
:12:22. > :12:24.Although the Government is meant to have a target
:12:25. > :12:31.Do you concede as long as we are in, we cannot put a limit on the overall
:12:32. > :12:34.numbers of people coming here from the European Union,
:12:35. > :12:39.There is only one area in which we have a numerical limit
:12:40. > :12:42.on movement of people into the United Kingdom.
:12:43. > :12:44.That is the tier-two workers coming from outside
:12:45. > :12:50.So, no, you cannot limit the numbers.
:12:51. > :12:53.The Home Secretary pitched herself as reluctant Remain,
:12:54. > :12:55.challenging David Cameron on new countries like Turkey joining
:12:56. > :12:58.the European Union, calling for us to quit the legal agreement,
:12:59. > :13:01.the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty
:13:02. > :13:08.If we want to reform human rights laws in this country it isn't
:13:09. > :13:11.the EU we should leave, but the ECHR and the jurisdiction
:13:12. > :13:17.The Home Secretary was following a week where the Prime Minister
:13:18. > :13:20.and Remain side felt they were in control,
:13:21. > :13:22.after the President's hefty swing of a nine iron,
:13:23. > :13:25.but her qualified support might raise as many
:13:26. > :13:30.The Home Secretary wants you to vote to stay in the European Union,
:13:31. > :13:34.but it seems there are almost three positions on this at the top
:13:35. > :13:40.Remain, which is what David Cameron is arguing, Leave, being pushed
:13:41. > :13:44.by people like Boris Johnson, and the Home Secretary's apparent
:13:45. > :13:48.position, stay through gritted teeth.
:13:49. > :13:51.Her arguments are enough to persuade me to vote Leave
:13:52. > :13:55.and should be enough persuade most people to vote Leave because you can
:13:56. > :13:59.only control those areas she spoke of by leaving the European Union.
:14:00. > :14:01.Isn't the fact you're losing the argument here, and Theresa May's
:14:02. > :14:04.speech gives you something convenient to focus on?
:14:05. > :14:09.I think you would have expected the Government has everything
:14:10. > :14:12.at their power, they have all the money, the civil servants,
:14:13. > :14:15.they have taken the Remain camp and stuck it in Downing Street.
:14:16. > :14:18.They have everything in their favour at this phase of the contest.
:14:19. > :14:21.That is how the Government will approach this campaign
:14:22. > :14:27.and say hang on for, fear of something worse.
:14:28. > :14:30.Until now the Outers were accused of struggling to contain
:14:31. > :14:33.differences among themselves, but there might be cracks
:14:34. > :14:39.In the heat of political campaigns, all kinds of things can happen.
:14:40. > :14:45.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:14:46. > :14:47.As we've heard, immigration was one of the key issues
:14:48. > :14:51.for campaigners on both sides of the EU debate today.
:14:52. > :14:54.The Leave side say the UK faces a migration free for all unless it
:14:55. > :14:58.breaks away from the European Union, while those who want Britain to stay
:14:59. > :15:03.say an exit wouldn't solve the immigration problem.
:15:04. > :15:05.Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, has been
:15:06. > :15:10.First of all let's look at the big picture.
:15:11. > :15:15.Net migration into the UK was 363,000 in the year to September
:15:16. > :15:18.- that's the number of people arriving minus the number
:15:19. > :15:24.Just under half - 172,000 - were European Union citizens.
:15:25. > :15:26.They're part of the free movement of persons, which was one
:15:27. > :15:30.of the cornerstones of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.
:15:31. > :15:38.It means any EU citizen can live and work in any EU country.
:15:39. > :15:41.Britain is attractive because people from Eastern and Southern Europe can
:15:42. > :15:48.It's not just builders and farm workers, but doctors and bankers.
:15:49. > :15:50.They have certainly made some British towns very different places
:15:51. > :15:55.to live, but do they cost the British taxpayer?
:15:56. > :15:57.Most of the evidence that is available suggests that EU
:15:58. > :16:02.migration has a small positive net impact on the public finances.
:16:03. > :16:06.So EU migrants are paying in roughly the same amount,
:16:07. > :16:08.perhaps a little bit more, than it costs to provide them
:16:09. > :16:14.Well, if the UK remains in the European Union then
:16:15. > :16:16.the borders will stay open to EU citizens, making the Government's
:16:17. > :16:19.original target of reducing net migration to the tens
:16:20. > :16:24.More countries could join, like Albania and Turkey, though that
:16:25. > :16:34.However the Government has negotiated a partial reform of EU
:16:35. > :16:36.welfare rules in an attempt to reduce the pull-factor
:16:37. > :16:41.But what might happen If the UK leaves the EU?
:16:42. > :16:44.Certainly we would be able to close the borders.
:16:45. > :16:48.But in negotiating any trade deals with the EU, we're likely to be told
:16:49. > :16:51.that freedom of movement has to be part of the package.
:16:52. > :16:53.That's what happened to Switzerland when it
:16:54. > :17:00.And look at this - in 2014 just over 4% of the UK
:17:01. > :17:03.population were citizens of other EU countries, whilst in Switzerland -
:17:04. > :17:07.not even an EU member - the number was 15.6% .The Leave
:17:08. > :17:12.campaign insists that with a larger economy,
:17:13. > :17:15.Britain could cut a better deal than Switzerland.
:17:16. > :17:17.But it just shows there aren't really any easy solutions
:17:18. > :17:26.to the difficult issue of EU migration.
:17:27. > :17:29.After a hearing lasting two years, the jury in the Hillsborough
:17:30. > :17:35.inquests has reached a decision on whether 96 Liverpool
:17:36. > :17:37.football fans who died in the stadium disaster in 1989
:17:38. > :17:40.There'll be a formal announcement tomorrow.
:17:41. > :17:42.Let's get more now from our correspondent
:17:43. > :17:56.Judith, this has been a long and difficult process for the jury? Has,
:17:57. > :18:00.they have been coming here to court since 2014, they have heard evidence
:18:01. > :18:04.from more than 600 witnesses. They have viewed thousands of documents
:18:05. > :18:09.and hundreds of hours of video footage. Their task has been to
:18:10. > :18:12.answer a questionnaire which explores whether the failings of
:18:13. > :18:19.organisations including the police and Ambulance Services led to the
:18:20. > :18:23.tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died. We know that the jurors are
:18:24. > :18:27.unanimously decided on virtually everything. But on the critical
:18:28. > :18:31.point of whether the 96 were unlawfully killed, they were stuck
:18:32. > :18:36.until this morning, when the coroner told them he would accept a majority
:18:37. > :18:41.decision. He indicated they were ready to come back with that, but
:18:42. > :18:44.there has been a delay over night. The court will convene tomorrow.
:18:45. > :18:49.That is so the families of those who died can come from all over the
:18:50. > :18:52.country to hear the moment when the conclusions are returned in court,
:18:53. > :18:56.and we expect that big moment to be one in which the courtroom here is
:18:57. > :19:00.packed. They are going to relay the proceedings to two other buildings
:19:01. > :19:03.as well, so many people want to be here for the moment that the
:19:04. > :19:06.longest-running inquest in British legal history reaches its
:19:07. > :19:09.conclusion. The deadly conflict
:19:10. > :19:11.between the Turkish military and rebel Kurdish PKK fighters
:19:12. > :19:13.could escalate, according In an exclusive interview
:19:14. > :19:20.with the BBC, Cemil Bayik said Ankara must abandon
:19:21. > :19:22.what he called genocidal politics, Ethnic Kurds live in
:19:23. > :19:28.large areas of Iran, Northern Iraq and Syria,
:19:29. > :19:30.and make up 20% of They've been demanding more cultural
:19:31. > :19:37.and political freedom for decades. But the breakdown of a ceasefire
:19:38. > :19:40.last year has re-ignited the armed conflict, with thousands
:19:41. > :19:41.of militants and hundreds The leader of the PKK has been
:19:42. > :19:48.speaking to our international correspondent Ian Pannell
:19:49. > :19:50.in his mountain hideout We were told to be
:19:51. > :19:56.ready at first light. We should follow him,
:19:57. > :20:05.no questions asked. Driving across northern Iraq,
:20:06. > :20:08.where soldiers and spies In these hills is the man who leads
:20:09. > :20:21.the PKK, a militant group It says it fights for Kurdish rights
:20:22. > :20:28.and self-rule, but Ankara says it's a terrorist group that
:20:29. > :20:33.slaughters civilians. At this point, we were told
:20:34. > :20:35.to turn the camera off, as we met the most wanted
:20:36. > :20:40.man in Turkey. TRANSLATION: Erdogan
:20:41. > :20:42.is escalating this war. So of course the PKK
:20:43. > :20:50.will escalate the war, not only in the Kurdish
:20:51. > :21:02.areas, but across Turkey. If Turkey gives up its genocidal
:21:03. > :21:04.politics and chooses This is the battle raging
:21:05. > :21:09.across the border, with Turkish forces on one side and Kurdish
:21:10. > :21:17.militants on the other. A peace process gave way
:21:18. > :21:23.to violence last year. Kurdish towns and cities
:21:24. > :21:25.were pounded, hundreds of thousands The war's moved into Turkey's main
:21:26. > :21:35.cities, where Kurdish suicide bombers have brought terror
:21:36. > :21:42.and death to the nation's capital. More than 1,000 have been killed
:21:43. > :21:47.in the last nine months. Civilians, police and soldiers,
:21:48. > :21:54.and Kurdish fighters. Turkey's President has ruled out
:21:55. > :22:17.talks, threatening instead He's taken the war into
:22:18. > :22:24.the mountains of Iraq, Local villages have been hit,
:22:25. > :22:31.but also fighters, training We were just filming in the PKK
:22:32. > :22:44.cemetery there and we heard The fear is that there could be
:22:45. > :22:49.another attack coming, so we've been told that we have to leave the area
:22:50. > :22:52.and try to take cover. The PKK have also joined the fight
:22:53. > :23:07.against the Islamic State group. The Kurds have been the most
:23:08. > :23:16.successful force battling Isis. The West works closely with some
:23:17. > :23:19.fighters, but it says Not just because it's seen
:23:20. > :23:23.as a terrorist group, But now we've been told
:23:24. > :23:29.there is contact TRANSLATION: Rather than indirect,
:23:30. > :23:38.they could be considered direct. There have been talks
:23:39. > :23:41.from time to time. If you are fighting IS, you have
:23:42. > :23:46.to be in touch with the PKK. And we're talking about
:23:47. > :23:48.the coalition, we're TRANSLATION: America,
:23:49. > :23:54.England and others. America represents
:23:55. > :23:58.the coalition forces. It's not an issue for us if we talk
:23:59. > :24:05.to Americans or anyone else. How the West works with the Kurds
:24:06. > :24:08.is now a very real, Finding a way through will affect
:24:09. > :24:12.relations with Turkey and how successful the war
:24:13. > :24:17.against Isis really is. Ian Pannell, BBC News,
:24:18. > :24:23.in northern Iraq. There have been numerous
:24:24. > :24:25.tributes to an army officer, who died while running
:24:26. > :24:31.the London Marathon yesterday. Captain David Seath, from Fife,
:24:32. > :24:33.suffered a suspected heart attack near the 23 mile
:24:34. > :24:36.mark of the course. He was a veteran of the war
:24:37. > :24:39.in Afghanistan, and an officer in 29 His family and friends say they plan
:24:40. > :24:44.to walk the final three miles of the route in his honour,
:24:45. > :24:46.starting at the place Any donations they receive will go
:24:47. > :24:50.to the charity Help for Heroes, which David was raising
:24:51. > :24:57.money for when he died. So far, more than ?60,000 has been
:24:58. > :25:01.raised. Now, it's one of the most powerful
:25:02. > :25:04.positions in British politics, and we'll know who's landed the job
:25:05. > :25:07.of Mayor of London, replacing With just two weeks to go,
:25:08. > :25:10.it's been an acrimonious campaign, dogged by personal attacks
:25:11. > :25:12.and accusations of racism. Our deputy political editor,
:25:13. > :25:17.John Pienaar, has the story. Trouble is, it's the other guy
:25:18. > :25:22.who needs the attention. Zac Goldsmith is out to follow
:25:23. > :25:25.Boris Johnson as London mayor. And now the fight has turned ugly -
:25:26. > :25:29.accusations of playing Are you comfortable with supporting
:25:30. > :25:35.a campaign which has been accused now of mudslinging
:25:36. > :25:37.and even of racism? All political campaigns have
:25:38. > :25:44.to ask tough questions. Former minister Sidiq Khan
:25:45. > :25:47.is Labour's candidate. He's a Muslim, an MP and a former
:25:48. > :25:51.human rights lawyer. And he's stood alongside
:25:52. > :25:53.and defended hardline Islamists Getting your hands dirty
:25:54. > :25:59.in a campaign stunt is one thing. Cultivating the idea your main
:26:00. > :26:02.opponent is unfit for office because of those contacts,
:26:03. > :26:06.that's worth explaining. No-one, to my knowledge, no-one
:26:07. > :26:11.serious, has accused my opponent No-one can pretend it's not
:26:12. > :26:17.legitimate to ask that someone who wants to be Mayor of London,
:26:18. > :26:20.with a big security remit, no-one can pretend it is not
:26:21. > :26:22.legitimate to ask about that person's links to people who wish
:26:23. > :26:25.to do this city harm. My campaign, my focus,
:26:26. > :26:28.has to be about my action plan for Greater London,
:26:29. > :26:30.about delivering for London by working with government,
:26:31. > :26:32.keeping council tax low, that's a pledge I have made,
:26:33. > :26:34.keeping London safe, making London the greenest
:26:35. > :26:38.and cleanest city in the world. Somehow at home in any crowd,
:26:39. > :26:42.meet Sadiq Khan. He played a part as Minister
:26:43. > :26:45.with Gordon Brown, got stuck in alongside Ed Miliband
:26:46. > :26:47.and then Jeremy Corbyn - Back on his old estate,
:26:48. > :26:54.he says he'll fix the housing crisis, tackle crime,
:26:55. > :26:57.unite communities in a city where diversity is one reason
:26:58. > :26:59.London leans to Labour, even if he keeps distance
:27:00. > :27:05.from his party leader. I'm asking Londoners
:27:06. > :27:08.to trust my experience, my values and my vision to be
:27:09. > :27:13.a Mayor for all Londoners. On the question of religious
:27:14. > :27:16.extremism, as it has been discussed, Could you have done more
:27:17. > :27:20.to demonstrate your own moderate When I voted for same-sex marriage,
:27:21. > :27:26.there was a fatwa put out against me and I was
:27:27. > :27:29.discussing police protection. I'm the candidate with a plan
:27:30. > :27:32.and a British Muslim who wants to tackle
:27:33. > :27:35.extremism and radicalisation. There's nothing new about
:27:36. > :27:37.an election campaign turning nasty, and this one could be
:27:38. > :27:40.a political game changer. Jeremy Corbyn believes a big win
:27:41. > :27:43.in London could help him see off mutinous MPs -
:27:44. > :27:46.and there are lots of them - who want to show that Labour can't
:27:47. > :27:49.win with him in charge Some Conservatives believe
:27:50. > :27:52.David Cameron wouldn't break his heart
:27:53. > :27:55.if Labour won either. He believes, rightly or wrongly,
:27:56. > :27:58.that with Jeremy Corbyn in charge, The Greens are enjoying
:27:59. > :28:05.the campaign, perhaps more Like the Liberal Democrats,
:28:06. > :28:14.kept going by memories of better If only they could tap
:28:15. > :28:20.into Eurosceptic feeling London is choosing a new face
:28:21. > :28:26.and the odds say it's Khan, the favourite, or Goldsmith,
:28:27. > :28:29.who won't give up even if Boris And here's the full list
:28:30. > :28:36.of candidates, standing in the London Mayoral election,
:28:37. > :28:53.on May 5th. Donald Trump has denounced his
:28:54. > :28:54.rivals for the Republican presidential nomination as weak and
:28:55. > :28:56.pathetic. It follows news that Ted Cruz
:28:57. > :28:59.and John Kasich have agreed to work together to try to deny Mr Trump
:29:00. > :29:02.the votes he needs to Live now to our correspondent
:29:03. > :29:16.Nick Bryant, who's in You need 1237 delegates to win the
:29:17. > :29:20.Republican presidential nomination, that is the magic number. Ted Cruz
:29:21. > :29:24.and Tom Kasich know they are not going to reach it, the aim is to
:29:25. > :29:27.stop Donald Trump from doing so. That would produce a contested
:29:28. > :29:31.convention, from which it would be much harder for the billionaire to
:29:32. > :29:35.emerge the victor. For the first time during this entire campaign, a
:29:36. > :29:42.formal deal between two candidates to try to unite the anti-Trump vote.
:29:43. > :29:46.Ted Cruz basically said, you go and campaign in New Mexico and Oregon, I
:29:47. > :29:51.will focus on Indiana. If Donald Trump wins big in there, he becomes
:29:52. > :29:54.very difficult to stop. It all sounds very simple. But there are
:29:55. > :29:59.publications. There is no real tradition in America of tactical
:30:00. > :30:02.voting. Voters do not take kindly, particularly on the right, to being
:30:03. > :30:07.told how to vote. You have this bizarre spectacle of the most
:30:08. > :30:11.right-wing Republican in the race telling his supporters to back the
:30:12. > :30:16.most moderate Republican in the race, John Kasich.
:30:17. > :30:18.Football and Leicester City are now just one win away
:30:19. > :30:21.from winning their first ever Premier League title.
:30:22. > :30:24.Their nearest rivals Spurs were held 1-1 at home by West Brom tonight.
:30:25. > :30:27.It means Leicester are now seven points clear at the top
:30:28. > :30:35.with three games to play, as Joe Wilson reports.
:30:36. > :30:43.The PFA Player of the Year, Riyad Mahrez. They have already decided
:30:44. > :30:48.that Mahrez is the year's best footballer. So, on Sunday night,
:30:49. > :30:51.Leicester City walked off with the trophy. On Monday evening, Spurs
:30:52. > :30:58.were trying to stop them running away with the title. That will do!
:30:59. > :31:06.Beating West Brom was essential to keep Tottenham's hopes feasible. Did
:31:07. > :31:11.you catch it? No? Who cares! Here came Spurs, like silk. At speed, and
:31:12. > :31:17.electric break from Christian Eriksen come onto Lamela, to score?
:31:18. > :31:20.Well, as long as it stayed 1-0, the game was not safe and Tottenham's
:31:21. > :31:26.manager knew that better than anybody. Maybe this is exactly what
:31:27. > :31:29.he foresaw. 18 minutes to go, a clamber in the penalty area and
:31:30. > :31:34.Craig Dawson, who scored the own goal, scores for West Brom and, in
:31:35. > :31:38.effect, for Leicester. Spurs still have time. But their touch, so
:31:39. > :31:43.fluent in recent weeks, deserted them. So, if Leicester win the next
:31:44. > :31:48.game on Sunday at Manchester United, they will be champions. Tottenham
:31:49. > :31:49.can only watch them. Joe Wilson, BBC News.
:31:50. > :32:00.It is one of the big referendum specials tonight. We are discussing
:32:01. > :32:04.security. Is the EU helping us defend the realm, or getting in the
:32:05. > :32:10.way? Opening our borders to the wrong people, or working with us to
:32:11. > :32:11.fight crime? Join us on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.