:00:08. > :00:10.Tonight at Ten - Labour's manifesto is unveiled,
:00:11. > :00:14.promising ?48 billion worth of extra spending on public services.
:00:15. > :00:17.At the launch in Bradford, Jeremy Corbyn says Labour is proud
:00:18. > :00:20.of its blueprint for a better future and an end to Government
:00:21. > :00:31.Our proposals are of hope for the many all over this
:00:32. > :00:34.country and I'm very proud to present our manifesto -
:00:35. > :00:40.Among Labour's plans is nationalising the water
:00:41. > :00:43.companies in England, along with rail, and the Royal Mail.
:00:44. > :00:46.We'll ask people in Bradford what they think of higher taxes
:00:47. > :00:56.Seems that the rich are getting richer and the poor
:00:57. > :01:08.Because I'm in the higher tax bracket and I pay
:01:09. > :01:13.And we'll be looking at claims that Labour's tax and spending
:01:14. > :01:21.President Trump denies that he shared highly
:01:22. > :01:24.sensitive US intelligence with the Russian Foreign Minister.
:01:25. > :01:26.We had a very, very successful meeting with
:01:27. > :01:34.The cost of living increased in April at the fastest rate
:01:35. > :01:37.in nearly four years, overtaking the rise in wages.
:01:38. > :01:39.Police say the search for the body of Keith Bennett will not end,
:01:40. > :01:43.despite the death of his killer, the Moors murderer, Ian Brady.
:01:44. > :01:48.I'll be reporting from Jordan, on a remarkable scientific venture
:01:49. > :01:53.that's bringing together countries you'd noshlly think of as enemies.
:01:54. > :01:57.And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News:
:01:58. > :02:01.it's a pivotal night in the Premier League,
:02:02. > :02:20.as a race for a top four finish becomes a lot clearer.
:02:21. > :02:27.With just over three weeks to polling day,
:02:28. > :02:31.Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would build "a better
:02:32. > :02:34.future for Britain", ending Government for
:02:35. > :02:39.The manifesto includes pledges costing some ?48.5 billion pounds
:02:40. > :02:44.by increasing taxes on business and higher earners.
:02:45. > :02:46.Labour wants to nationalise the railways, the water
:02:47. > :02:53.The party wants to scrap university tuition fees in England.
:02:54. > :02:56.It would reverse some of the cuts in welfare benefits and end
:02:57. > :03:02.And it would invest an extra ?37 billion
:03:03. > :03:08.But Labour's opponents say the figures are not credible,
:03:09. > :03:11.as our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:03:12. > :03:15.Here it is - Labour's proposed contract, with you.
:03:16. > :03:36.A massive moment for the man, who two years
:03:37. > :03:40.I'm delighted to introduce to you, the Leader of the Labour Party
:03:41. > :03:43.and our next Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn.
:03:44. > :03:49.A plan he believes the country needs.
:03:50. > :03:51.Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure,
:03:52. > :04:00.Listing plenty of crowd pleasers here.
:04:01. > :04:04.Labour will scrap tuition fees, lifting the debt...
:04:05. > :04:10.Labour is guaranteeing the triple lock
:04:11. > :04:21.And, Labour will take our railways back
:04:22. > :04:24.into public ownership and put passenger's first.
:04:25. > :04:31.More childcare, more cash for the NHS, too.
:04:32. > :04:36.Paid for by the richest 5% and taxes on business.
:04:37. > :04:38.With nearly ?50 billion of extra spending, paid
:04:39. > :04:46.We're asking the better off and the big corporations
:04:47. > :04:52.And, of course, to stop dodging their tax obligations
:04:53. > :05:08.The Tory campaign, by contrast, is built on one word, "fear."
:05:09. > :05:17.For good or for ill, you think it's time to pay
:05:18. > :05:21.for your ideas, to tax more, to spend more, and to borrow more.
:05:22. > :05:25.Do you know what - every other country in the world says,
:05:26. > :05:27.why does Britain invest so little and pay itself so little,
:05:28. > :05:30.while it allows such grotesque levels of inequality to get worse?
:05:31. > :05:37.Let's turn it around and do it the other way.
:05:38. > :05:39.Do you think the public are going to go for something
:05:40. > :05:45.I think those earning over ?80,000, paying a little bit more to pay
:05:46. > :05:48.for our health service and our children's education,
:05:49. > :05:50.I think that they'll be positive and supportive of it.
:05:51. > :05:56.The manifesto that you've got there, Laura, is full of really,
:05:57. > :05:59.really popular policies and I am fighting harder, as is every Labour
:06:00. > :06:01.candidate, for a Labour victory, for a Labour Government
:06:02. > :06:05.Do you really believe he's up to the job now?
:06:06. > :06:08.Jeremy Corbyn is a leader who's had to fight to keep his job
:06:09. > :06:11.since he started but broadly the manifesto is built in his image.
:06:12. > :06:18.The manifesto is the biggest hypothetical expansion
:06:19. > :06:24.But how exactly would his ideas work?
:06:25. > :06:27.Why in this manifesto is there no scale, no ballpark figure for how
:06:28. > :06:36.How much are you prepared to borrow renationalise four major industries?
:06:37. > :06:39.Because we don't know what the share price will be
:06:40. > :06:43.As I said in the case of rail, there is a neutral cost
:06:44. > :06:47.I believe in the case of water, the same would apply
:06:48. > :06:52.On the other side of the equation, you haven't promised to reverse
:06:53. > :06:56.Now for some of your supporters, do you accept that might be
:06:57. > :07:02.No, what I've said on the welfare cuts and cap issue is this -
:07:03. > :07:04.that we have set aside ?2 billion to deal with the worst
:07:05. > :07:13.effects of the benefit cap, which will help a lot.
:07:14. > :07:16.So you are not reversing the whole thing but you are making some...
:07:17. > :07:19.You will see a lot of changes on it but bear in mind we've had two weeks
:07:20. > :07:22.in order to prepare all of these policy issues because of the speed
:07:23. > :07:25.at which the election has been called.
:07:26. > :07:31.well-thought-out and a very credible manifesto in a very
:07:32. > :07:36.I think we deserve some credit for that actually
:07:37. > :07:47.There's never been a question that he can pull a crowd.
:07:48. > :07:49.Rapture down the road in Huddersfield.
:07:50. > :07:54.But Jeremy Corbyn has three weeks to be heard across the board.
:07:55. > :07:56.Politics is not just who can shout the loudest.
:07:57. > :07:58.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Bradford.
:07:59. > :08:00.Labour has said it will pay for its spending plans
:08:01. > :08:03.through a combination of extra borrowing and tax rises.
:08:04. > :08:05.At the same time, the manifesto commits the party to eliminating
:08:06. > :08:07.the deficit on day-to-day spending and to bringing down the amount
:08:08. > :08:13.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed has been looking in more detail
:08:14. > :08:24.It's Labour's big offer to the voter. An extra ?25.3 billion for
:08:25. > :08:30.education. Enough to build 1,000 schools. 7.7 billion for the NHS,
:08:31. > :08:35.that's quite a few hospitals, and a ?4 billion pay rise for the public
:08:36. > :08:40.sector. Add in other commitments on policing and the minimum wage and
:08:41. > :08:44.the grand total of new spending, ?48.6 billion.
:08:45. > :08:47.The question Labour was asked today - how to pay
:08:48. > :08:51.The bulk will come from new business taxes.
:08:52. > :08:53.Corporation tax will be increased from 19% to 26%.
:08:54. > :08:57.Labour says that will raise nearly ?20 billion, although
:08:58. > :09:06.There will be a new levy on firms that pay employees over ?330,000.
:09:07. > :09:09.Labour says that will raise ?1.3 billion.
:09:10. > :09:18.Those earning above ?80,000 will pay a tax rate of 45p in the pound.
:09:19. > :09:21.If you earn above that amount, you could be worse off
:09:22. > :09:28.For those earning ?123,000, the rate rises to 50p.
:09:29. > :09:35.- around ?500,000 - tax bills would increase by ?23,000.
:09:36. > :09:41.Some are sceptical that Labour's numbers add up.
:09:42. > :09:48.In the end, raising tax does bring in more money and if you put all of
:09:49. > :09:53.Labour's tax plans together, that would raise quite a significant
:09:54. > :09:55.amount of money, not I think as much as they're hoping because corporate,
:09:56. > :09:59.companies would change their behaviour, individuals would change
:10:00. > :10:01.their behaviour, but the scale of the changes are so big there would
:10:02. > :10:07.be some money, for sure, coming in. Labour has also said
:10:08. > :10:09.it wants to borrow ?25 billion a year more
:10:10. > :10:12.than the present Government. That money, which will add
:10:13. > :10:15.to the national debt, will be spent on high-speed
:10:16. > :10:17.railways, broadband, Will that injection
:10:18. > :10:26.of new money boost the economy? With interest rates so low, there is
:10:27. > :10:29.a reality opportunity to borrow at record low rates, which means you
:10:30. > :10:34.can pay it back and it also means the Bank of England is not able it
:10:35. > :10:38.stimulate the economy, as we would hope it would do. Right now, invest
:10:39. > :10:41.of this kind to get the economy moving to build the roads and
:10:42. > :10:44.infrastructure we need is really welcome. It is a very different
:10:45. > :10:49.prospectus. More tax spand, less balance the books. Labour has also
:10:50. > :10:52.said it wants to renationalise water companies, the railways and the
:10:53. > :10:55.Royal Mail and costs are attached. If nothing else, the choice on June
:10:56. > :11:03.8th is certainly, now, a clear one. As we've heard, Labour is promising
:11:04. > :11:06.to renationalise parts of four key industries -
:11:07. > :11:07.rail, electricity, Royal Mail, and England's water
:11:08. > :11:10.companies, if it wins power. Water was privatised
:11:11. > :11:14.by Margaret Thatcher back in 1989 and since then, bills have risen
:11:15. > :11:17.by 40% above the rate of inflation. Our industry correspondent,
:11:18. > :11:19.John Moylan, has been assessing what a return to public ownership
:11:20. > :11:29.would mean for the water industry. We all need water, but for busy
:11:30. > :11:31.households like this family near Despite attempts to cut back, their
:11:32. > :11:46.annual water bill has doubled in the So Labour's plan to shake up
:11:47. > :11:50.the industry received a Anything that can be done
:11:51. > :11:59.to bring the prices down of water, to make it a service rather
:12:00. > :12:02.than a for-profit offering, then Take a shower in Scotland
:12:03. > :12:10.or Northern Ireland and the water comes from a
:12:11. > :12:12.publicly owned firm. Turn on the tap in Wales, and your
:12:13. > :12:14.water is from a not for profit But in England, the big water
:12:15. > :12:18.firms have been privately It's these nine English
:12:19. > :12:24.water and sewage companies with their reservoirs,
:12:25. > :12:26.their treatment works and their pumping stations that Labour now
:12:27. > :12:28.wants to bring back under public It says that these big regional
:12:29. > :12:33.firms will no longer be paying dividends to shareholders
:12:34. > :12:35.and that will help to reduce average household water bills
:12:36. > :12:40.by around ?100 a year. Labour points to the rise in average
:12:41. > :12:43.household water bills since They're up around 40%,
:12:44. > :12:47.although they have come down But would public
:12:48. > :12:52.ownership really make a They're already regulated
:12:53. > :12:56.tightly by OFWAT. By the state, the
:12:57. > :12:58.Government taking them back under full ownership,
:12:59. > :13:01.the control you get is pretty marginal compared to what you have
:13:02. > :13:04.at the moment. It will cost you tens
:13:05. > :13:07.of billions of pounds to do so. Once Britain's great
:13:08. > :13:09.industries were all state owned from the power sector,
:13:10. > :13:11.to the railways, to Royal Mail to The Thatcher years pioneered
:13:12. > :13:17.privatisation, selling state-owned assets to boost investment
:13:18. > :13:19.and efficiency. Critics pointed to huge profits
:13:20. > :13:21.and shareholder payouts too. Now Labour wants to see state
:13:22. > :13:24.ownership returned to the railways, Sir Ian Byatt regulated
:13:25. > :13:34.the water industry He still backs private
:13:35. > :13:42.ownership but believes The dividends,
:13:43. > :13:46.I believe, are too high. I believe that the prices
:13:47. > :13:48.are too high and that the regulator should be
:13:49. > :13:51.pushing prices down. The industry says it's invested
:13:52. > :13:55.?130 billion over the years to deliver better services, but
:13:56. > :13:57.unpicking decades of privatisation to deliver Labour's great
:13:58. > :13:59.vision won't be easy. As we heard, Jeremy Corbyn said
:14:00. > :14:07.Labour's manifesto was a programme of hope for Britain,
:14:08. > :14:10.representing a step-change But what do voters make
:14:11. > :14:15.of the emphasis on a bigger role for the state
:14:16. > :14:17.and higher taxation for business Our deputy political editor
:14:18. > :14:22.John Pienaar has talking No time to waste, enough selfies,
:14:23. > :14:29.time for team Corbyn Is this manifesto a vote winner,
:14:30. > :14:34.an election winner? It's proved to be extremely
:14:35. > :14:37.popular, even when it was Now they've seen more detail,
:14:38. > :14:40.it's even more popular. We're going to save the NHS,
:14:41. > :14:45.we're going to reverse 23 days, one purpose for these
:14:46. > :14:49.shadow ministers now. Just a short jog from Labour's big
:14:50. > :14:54.launch, in this Bradford gym club it's clear Labour has
:14:55. > :14:56.ground to cover. Labour under Jeremy Corbyn,
:14:57. > :15:01.what do you think? I quite like his policies,
:15:02. > :15:03.but I don't think they're doable. I agree, I don't
:15:04. > :15:06.think they're doable. This is where the election's
:15:07. > :15:13.being decided, here where millions of us make up our minds before
:15:14. > :15:16.June 8. Not many, maybe not enough of us,
:15:17. > :15:19.comb through detailed policy. But voters will decide should
:15:20. > :15:22.the state own and do Labour has a lot
:15:23. > :15:30.of popular policies. But the party has a lot
:15:31. > :15:32.of people to persuade. Look, today, we're talking
:15:33. > :15:43.about taxes on businesses, What do you think about the idea
:15:44. > :15:48.of putting more tax on businesses, so we've got more money
:15:49. > :15:50.for services? I think it's OK for the bigger
:15:51. > :15:54.companies that can handle that. Smaller companies and new companies
:15:55. > :15:56.that are just starting out, obviously they need space
:15:57. > :15:59.and room to grow. I'm going to ask you, what do
:16:00. > :16:11.you think about the Labour idea, Jeremy Corbyn's promise to tax
:16:12. > :16:15.the better off more? Seems that the rich are getting
:16:16. > :16:20.richer and the poor It's getting harder and harder
:16:21. > :16:25.for the poor to obviously find jobs and provide a living
:16:26. > :16:27.for their loved ones. Because I'm in the higher
:16:28. > :16:33.tax bracket and I pay I don't think it's fair
:16:34. > :16:37.for people who's doing well, making all the money to get
:16:38. > :16:39.taxed even more. Are you being selfish,
:16:40. > :16:41.because our services are short I'm sure they could do
:16:42. > :16:46.cutbacks on other things. Labour's challenge under
:16:47. > :16:49.Jeremy Corbyn is to convince the unconvinced, to ditch
:16:50. > :16:53.the centre-ground policies that helped Tony Blair conquer middle
:16:54. > :16:55.Britain and win three times It doesn't look easy,
:16:56. > :16:59.that's because it's hard, very hard. Live to Bradford and our political
:17:00. > :17:14.editor Laura Kuenssberg. Can we talk about the nature of the
:17:15. > :17:22.choice that Labour has offered voters today? Well manifesto moments
:17:23. > :17:27.are times in a campaign when voters sometimes think it is now I'm going
:17:28. > :17:31.to listen. What they would have heard from Jeremy Corbyn was a very
:17:32. > :17:36.clear choice, a very clear distinction between him and what the
:17:37. > :17:41.Tories are putting on the table. His 21st Century brand of old Labour,
:17:42. > :17:46.more tax, more spending and more borrowing, but to spend on the
:17:47. > :17:50.things in this country that he believes voters need and that voters
:17:51. > :17:55.really want. The question of course is how many people will believe him
:17:56. > :18:00.when he makes that offer? How many people women find that appealing
:18:01. > :18:07.when it is a real departure from the direction the Labour Party has been
:18:08. > :18:11.in when it is a departure from the consensus of the fabled centre some
:18:12. > :18:18.call it in politics for some time. Now in his view, the irritations and
:18:19. > :18:23.anger and anxiety of Britain in 2017 do mean that voters are right and
:18:24. > :18:30.ready for something that sounds very different. And he said to me when he
:18:31. > :18:37.goes around the place he is encouraged and enthused by the
:18:38. > :18:42.crowds. But there is a gamble of course, crowds on the campaign stump
:18:43. > :18:49.don't necessarily translate into votes and remember not so long ago
:18:50. > :18:53.in 2015, Ed Miliband made a few tiptoes to the left of where Labour
:18:54. > :18:57.had been and he lost that election. Jeremy Corbyn is making a much
:18:58. > :19:02.bigger step in the same direction. It is a gamble as to whether or not
:19:03. > :19:06.the voters of middle England are ready for the policies he believes
:19:07. > :19:13.will be popular. And if you needed a reminder of how big the challenge
:19:14. > :19:19.that he may face will be, one of his biggest supporters, Len McCluskey,
:19:20. > :19:20.the boss of the Unite union said it would be extraordinary if Labour was
:19:21. > :19:27.able to do it. Thank you. In Wales, Plaid Cymru has
:19:28. > :19:29.launched its manifesto, telling voters that Wales badly
:19:30. > :19:31.needs a 'strong voice' during the Brexit process
:19:32. > :19:33.to protect Welsh industry The Party leader, Leanne Wood,
:19:34. > :19:40.said she wanted to ensure that Wales could continue to trade with Europe
:19:41. > :19:45.without costly barriers. Policies include scrapping
:19:46. > :19:46.business rates, creating a publicly-owned bank
:19:47. > :19:48.and retaining the triple President Trump has been accused
:19:49. > :19:58.of sharing classified information with the Russians during a meeting
:19:59. > :20:01.in the Oval Office last week. The White House has responded
:20:02. > :20:03.by saying it was 'wholly appropriate' for the President
:20:04. > :20:05.to share information about the threat from
:20:06. > :20:07.the Islamic State group with the Russian Foreign
:20:08. > :20:11.Minister and Ambassador. But both Republicans and Democrats
:20:12. > :20:14.have expressed concern that secret material was shared with Moscow,
:20:15. > :20:16.said to be highly sensitive intelligence provided by one
:20:17. > :20:18.of America's allies. Let's join our North America editor
:20:19. > :20:34.Jon Sopel in Washington. This has been another bumpy 24 hours
:20:35. > :20:38.for the White House with mixed messages and seemingly a new chapter
:20:39. > :20:44.opened in the Russia saga. Tonight it is being reported that the source
:20:45. > :20:48.of the delicate intelligence was the Israelis, although no confirmation
:20:49. > :20:51.of that. But this weekend the president will fly to the Middle
:20:52. > :20:57.East and he won't be the first president that hopes that a major
:20:58. > :21:04.overseas trip will divert attention from his problems at home.
:21:05. > :21:06.This meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador
:21:07. > :21:10.coming a day after the sacking of the FBI director,
:21:11. > :21:12.who had been investigating the Trump campaign's links to Moscow.
:21:13. > :21:17.Now it's being claimed that during the meeting,
:21:18. > :21:19.the President shared the most highly classified information
:21:20. > :21:21.with his guests, so sensitive that America's allies,
:21:22. > :21:26.As the White House once again scrambled to put out the fire,
:21:27. > :21:29.the National Security Advisor last night emerged to say
:21:30. > :21:36.At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed
:21:37. > :21:38.and the president did not disclose any military operations that
:21:39. > :21:45.But then on Twitter this morning, from the president,
:21:46. > :22:06.So once again, the general was sent out to face the guns and explain
:22:07. > :22:11.What the president discussed with the Foreign Minister was wholly
:22:12. > :22:14.appropriate to that conversation and is consistent with the routine
:22:15. > :22:16.sharing of information between the president and any
:22:17. > :22:23.And the president was sticking to generalities today.
:22:24. > :22:25.We had a very, very successful meeting with
:22:26. > :22:33.Our fight is against Isis, as General McMaster said,
:22:34. > :22:36.I thought he said and I know he feels that we had
:22:37. > :22:41.On Capitol Hill, the only reaction has been fury from Democrats,
:22:42. > :22:43.and from Republicans willing to talk, a certain
:22:44. > :22:50.I think we could do with a little less drama from the White House
:22:51. > :22:55.on a lot of things, so that we can focus on our agenda.
:22:56. > :22:57.Another influential Republican said the White House seemed to be
:22:58. > :23:02.The president is frustrated, but it's hard to see
:23:03. > :23:13.The rate of inflation rose last month to its highest
:23:14. > :23:19.The Office for National Statistics says prices, as measured
:23:20. > :23:21.by the Consumer Price Index, were 2.7% higher
:23:22. > :23:26.It means the cost of living is now rising faster than wages.
:23:27. > :23:32.Our economics correspondent Andy Verity is here.
:23:33. > :23:39.For proof that people visiting the shops are feeling this? If you go to
:23:40. > :23:45.the shops, you are probably used to the odd surprise, the price of fish
:23:46. > :23:52.is up by 8%. Books are up 7%. The energy to heat the shop you go up by
:23:53. > :24:00.6% and if you take the bus there is a rise in 10%. Some prices are going
:24:01. > :24:06.down. Is to and games and petrol. But on average prices rose by 2.7%.
:24:07. > :24:12.You compare that with the average pay rise, which was only at the last
:24:13. > :24:17.count 2.2% and you can see that wages are not keeping up with
:24:18. > :24:22.prices. Now we will have a further update tomorrow. We have had this
:24:23. > :24:28.before, it looks familiar, the big squeeze on living standards between
:24:29. > :24:33.2011 and 2014. That relaxed for two and a half years. But now it has
:24:34. > :24:36.tightened again. It is because the Bank of England doesn't think that
:24:37. > :24:41.wages are going up to beat inflation that it is not ready about inflation
:24:42. > :24:42.becoming permanent. So no big rises in interest rates any time soon.
:24:43. > :24:46.Thank you. Nine years after it was rescued
:24:47. > :24:49.by the state during the financial crisis, Lloyd Banking Group
:24:50. > :24:50.is returning The Government has sold
:24:51. > :24:57.its remaining shares in Lloyds, ending one of the biggest
:24:58. > :25:00.bail-outs of the crisis. At one point, 43% of
:25:01. > :25:02.the company was state-owned. The re-privatisation of Lloyds
:25:03. > :25:04.is expected to be officially Greater Manchester Police say
:25:05. > :25:13.the death of the Moors Murderer, Ian Brady, won't stop them
:25:14. > :25:15.looking for the remains of 12-year-old Keith Bennett -
:25:16. > :25:18.the only one of his victims whose Brady and his partner Myra Hindley
:25:19. > :25:21.abducted Keith in 1964 and refused to say where
:25:22. > :25:24.he was buried. Brady was jailed in 1966
:25:25. > :25:27.for the murder of three children and later admitted to
:25:28. > :25:28.another two killings. Our correspondent
:25:29. > :25:38.Judith Moritz reports. His name will always be notorious,
:25:39. > :25:41.his face the image of evil - He took children
:25:42. > :25:45.and tortured them and brought their bodies high up
:25:46. > :25:49.to the hills above Manchester. On the desolate moors,
:25:50. > :25:51.the police spent Brady's accomplice was his
:25:52. > :25:55.girlfriend, Myra Hindley. Brady's death closes a chapter
:25:56. > :26:02.of criminal history. The youngest, Lesley Ann Downey,
:26:03. > :26:07.was just 10 years old. I remember when I sat
:26:08. > :26:14.on the stairs in Hattersley and At their trial, the pair
:26:15. > :26:33.were met with public jeers. Sentenced to life, Brady
:26:34. > :26:36.was at first taken to prison, but in 1985, he was transferred
:26:37. > :26:38.to Ashworth, a But he showed no sympathy
:26:39. > :26:47.to the family of 12-year-old Keith Bennett,
:26:48. > :26:51.whose remains were never located. It consumed the life of his mother,
:26:52. > :26:54.Winnie, who died without knowing The police say that virtually every
:26:55. > :27:01.week someone gets in touch purporting to be able to lead
:27:02. > :27:04.them to Keith, but they're not actively searching
:27:05. > :27:06.the Moors at the moment. They say though that they will never
:27:07. > :27:09.close the case and Ian Yesterday, knowing his death
:27:10. > :27:14.was imminent, Brady called his I don't think there was
:27:15. > :27:19.anything he really knew or had any information that would
:27:20. > :27:22.assist in the location of Keith Did Brady say anything
:27:23. > :27:27.which would give the Today a coroner said that Brady's
:27:28. > :27:35.ashes must not be scattered Bad enough that he had
:27:36. > :27:40.taken his Saddleworth secret to the grave, controlling
:27:41. > :27:42.and cruel to the last. A man who was arrested on suspicion
:27:43. > :27:50.of conspiracy to murder a female police officer outside
:27:51. > :27:54.the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 has been told
:27:55. > :27:58.he won't face charges. Scotland Yard said key material
:27:59. > :28:01.in the case of PC Yvonne Fletcher couldn't be used in court on grounds
:28:02. > :28:08.of national security. More on the election campaign
:28:09. > :28:10.and one of the key battle grounds in next month's vote is London,
:28:11. > :28:13.which accounts for more than 10% of all Members of Parliament
:28:14. > :28:16.and contains more than a dozen closely-contested
:28:17. > :28:19.marginal constituencies. The city - because of its rapid
:28:20. > :28:22.economic growth and complex social problems in some areas -
:28:23. > :28:24.presents politicians with a unique set of challenges,
:28:25. > :28:26.as our chief correspondent London - a fast-charging,
:28:27. > :28:37.global city. A place apart from
:28:38. > :28:40.the rest of the UK. Even the politics are different,
:28:41. > :28:43.registering some of the strongest support for
:28:44. > :28:47.remaining in the EU. But running through London
:28:48. > :28:50.is a faultline between those living well off the global economy
:28:51. > :28:52.and those left behind. London average house price is coming
:28:53. > :28:58.in at 475,000, that's twice the Lucian Cook from the property group
:28:59. > :29:06.Savills sees a great divide. If you look at what's
:29:07. > :29:09.happened in London, it's dislocated itself from the rest
:29:10. > :29:11.of the UK for a prolonged period. That means London faces a series
:29:12. > :29:15.of housing challenges that are more It's about building
:29:16. > :29:19.enough housing stock. If you look at London,
:29:20. > :29:22.particularly in the lower tiers of the market,
:29:23. > :29:23.we are not building nearly enough housing
:29:24. > :29:25.stock. Along the river, a new development
:29:26. > :29:28.where half the flats are It is a city of extraordinary
:29:29. > :29:33.wealth, with public sector workers squeezed
:29:34. > :29:37.over places to live. Amina works in the NHS
:29:38. > :29:40.as a paediatric nurse. She lives with her
:29:41. > :29:42.four children in a You do get demotivated sometimes,
:29:43. > :29:49.you get angry, you get frustrated, because obviously having to work 12
:29:50. > :29:53.hours and then coming home and not to even have your, you know,
:29:54. > :29:58.a space to rest from the shift, even some of my colleagues that do,
:29:59. > :30:03.sort of nurses, midwives, they can't really
:30:04. > :30:05.afford to live and work London's public sector has
:30:06. > :30:14.many similar stories - around half the Met's police
:30:15. > :30:17.officers that patrol the capital There are just so many
:30:18. > :30:23.ways that this city is Two million out of London's five
:30:24. > :30:31.million workforce were born abroad. Immigration is part of this city's
:30:32. > :30:37.identity and part of its lifeblood. Take this luxury hotel
:30:38. > :30:40.in Leicester Square. It is totally dependent
:30:41. > :30:44.on workers from abroad. London is a melting pot,
:30:45. > :30:55.its flexible labour market a magnet Across our business,
:30:56. > :31:01.we employ approximately 2,300 people, so it would be fair
:31:02. > :31:04.to say that more than 50% of those And from the rest of
:31:05. > :31:11.the world altogether? So in total probably around
:31:12. > :31:16.80% we are looking at. The question that London asks
:31:17. > :31:18.the politicians - if migration is reduced, where will the capital
:31:19. > :31:25.draw its workforce from? The computers flowing
:31:26. > :31:27.over London Bridge support a financial sector
:31:28. > :31:33.employing 750,000 people. The city provides nearly 12%
:31:34. > :31:38.of the UK's tax receipts. The Brexit negotiations hang over
:31:39. > :31:40.the city, with some banks making plans to move part of their
:31:41. > :31:46.operations to elsewhere in Europe. Uncertainty is what's causing City
:31:47. > :31:49.firms to continue to build out their The longer those plans
:31:50. > :31:56.are worked through in the fine detail, the more likely
:31:57. > :32:03.that they will be put into action. London is the indispensable
:32:04. > :32:05.city and at election time it provokes
:32:06. > :32:08.different choices. The city's inequalities
:32:09. > :32:11.boost the Labour vote. The prospect of a hard
:32:12. > :32:12.Brexit troubles A city that depends
:32:13. > :32:18.on outsiders is less Others look to the Tories
:32:19. > :32:23.to deliver global Britain. London - a capital
:32:24. > :32:25.with its own priorities. In Birmingham, a large bomb
:32:26. > :32:35.from the Second World War Images taken by police show how
:32:36. > :32:40.the explosion was controlled The discovery of the bomb has
:32:41. > :32:44.caused days of traffic Scientists from different
:32:45. > :32:52.parts of the Middle East, including Iranians, Israelis
:32:53. > :32:53.and Palestinians, have been meeting in Jordan
:32:54. > :32:56.for the opening of a new The Sesame Project is a particle
:32:57. > :33:00.accelerator that acts It can study everything from cancer
:33:01. > :33:05.cells to ancient artefacts. The laboratory is designed
:33:06. > :33:07.to encourage collaboration between countries in the region -
:33:08. > :33:10.whether or not they have stable diplomatic relations,
:33:11. > :33:11.as our science editor In the dusty hills of Jordan
:33:12. > :33:15.a gleaming new research centre many The Sesame Project brings together
:33:16. > :33:19.scientists from countries you'd normally think of as enemies
:33:20. > :33:22.and today they were celebrating the opening of the new laboratory to be
:33:23. > :33:27.shared by the Middle East. It's an uneasy happiness,
:33:28. > :33:29.because I know how fragile it is, but I still would
:33:30. > :33:36.like to enjoy the moment. Inside is a giant machine
:33:37. > :33:43.called a Synchrotron. Particles are fired at high speed
:33:44. > :33:50.around a circular track, generating intense beams of light
:33:51. > :33:52.that reveal It can is study plants
:33:53. > :34:00.in a totally new way, investigate ancient manuscripts
:34:01. > :34:03.like the Dead Sea Scrolls Gihan Kamel says the new
:34:04. > :34:09.Synchrotron will transform You can even see things
:34:10. > :34:16.that were beyond your What's remarkable is that this
:34:17. > :34:22.project has been built with the help of countries that
:34:23. > :34:25.sometimes don't have diplomatic relations, or are
:34:26. > :34:29.hostile to each other. Yet now it's open, you're
:34:30. > :34:31.going to get Iranian, Palestinian, Israeli scientists,
:34:32. > :34:33.all coming here to do their I'm very proud to see that this
:34:34. > :34:42.is happening and this is the biggest event, scientific event
:34:43. > :34:45.in the region and Iran is supporting This is not going to bring
:34:46. > :34:54.peace to the Middle East, but it's going to show people
:34:55. > :34:58.that they can work together for a And in that sense, we are like
:34:59. > :35:08.a small flashlight in the region. An Israeli scientist close
:35:09. > :35:11.to a group of Iranians - somehow they do get along, while beyond
:35:12. > :35:24.these walls the Middle East Here on BBC One it's time
:35:25. > :35:27.for the news where you are.