02/06/2017

:00:00. > :00:18.Global dismay as Donald Trump pulls America out of the Paris Climate

:00:19. > :00:21.the Paris Climate change agreement - we will explain what it means

:00:22. > :00:24.and why it's being described as a sad day for the world.

:00:25. > :00:27.We want fair treatment for our taxpayers.

:00:28. > :00:30.We don't want other leaders and other countries to be

:00:31. > :00:37.laughing at us any more, and they won't be.

:00:38. > :00:40.The move will be at the top of the agenda of a meeting

:00:41. > :00:42.between China and EU officials in Brussels - we speak

:00:43. > :00:48.to our correspondents in Brussels and Beijing.

:00:49. > :00:54.The parents of Charlie Gard, the sick baby who doctors say should

:00:55. > :00:58.have his life support switched off tell this programme why they are

:00:59. > :01:02.fighting so hard to give him a chance. We won't give up. Wealthy is

:01:03. > :01:06.still fighting, we will still fight and we have said that from the very

:01:07. > :01:09.beginning, and he has fought so hard to still be here and we're still

:01:10. > :01:16.fighting so while he is still fighting, we still fighting. Also,

:01:17. > :01:21.the latest in our Collection Blind Date Series, And This Morning One

:01:22. > :01:25.Labour And One Conservative Politicians Sit Down And Took In. So

:01:26. > :01:30.For All Our Couples Have Got On But Will Politics Get In The Way? People

:01:31. > :01:39.Are Looking At Me, Talking About The Community. I was in Wilkinson is

:01:40. > :01:45.buying something about the other day and people said, I can't believe you

:01:46. > :01:47.are in Wilkinson! I said, I have to put things in my bin. I don't have

:01:48. > :02:07.people to put things in my bins! Hello, welcome to the programme. We

:02:08. > :02:09.until 11am. -- we are live until 11am.

:02:10. > :02:13.We will be talking about the political song that

:02:14. > :02:17.The latest on the tickets for the One Love concert

:02:18. > :02:19.in Manchester to remember the victims of last week's attack.

:02:20. > :02:22.And of course we have our latest in the series Election Blind

:02:23. > :02:27.Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

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:02:32. > :02:32.There has been widespread international condemnation

:02:33. > :02:34.of President Trump's announcement that the United States

:02:35. > :02:37.is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

:02:38. > :02:41.UN chief Antonio Guterres's spokesman called it

:02:42. > :02:42."a major disappointment" while the European Union said

:02:43. > :02:47.Here, Theresa May has expressed her disappointment over the decision.

:02:48. > :02:57.Our North America correspondent David Willis reports.

:02:58. > :02:59.He'd promised this to the people who voted him into office.

:03:00. > :03:02.Nonetheless, it was a momentous announcement and one that drew swift

:03:03. > :03:08.As president, I have one obligation and that obligation

:03:09. > :03:15.President Trump believes, in a nutshell, that the Paris Accord

:03:16. > :03:19.impedes his ability to restore jobs to parts of the American heartland

:03:20. > :03:21.blighted by the move away from fossil fuels such

:03:22. > :03:31.Time, in his view, to put America first, a philosophy summed up

:03:32. > :03:42.I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.

:03:43. > :03:47.Pittsburgh's mayor Bill Peduto swiftly responded, saying his city -

:03:48. > :03:49.considered the heart of the American steel industry -

:03:50. > :03:54.Donald Trump had previously said global warming was a hoax

:03:55. > :03:59.He is now saying he'd be willing to re-negotiate the Paris Accord,

:04:00. > :04:05.albeit on terms more favourable to the US, but European leaders want

:04:06. > :04:22.France will never give up the fight. I reaffirm clearly that the Paris

:04:23. > :04:27.agreement remains irreversible and will be implemented, not just by

:04:28. > :04:31.France but by all the other nations. Those gathered outside

:04:32. > :04:33.the White House to protest the President's decision believe

:04:34. > :04:35.the departure of the second-largest polluter on the planet will have a

:04:36. > :04:37.dramatic impact But Donald Trump believes his

:04:38. > :04:42.decision represents an assertion of American sovereignty,

:04:43. > :04:57.whilst his critics believe it's The EU and China are due to reaffirm

:04:58. > :05:02.their commitment to tackling climate change at a summit in Brussels

:05:03. > :05:06.today. Several EU countries have already dismissed suggestions that

:05:07. > :05:12.the US might be able to renegotiate the Paris deal. Damian Grammaticas

:05:13. > :05:16.is in Brussels for us. Damian, what is the line coming out of Brussels?

:05:17. > :05:24.Just how angry are the leaders there? Very, very disappointed. If

:05:25. > :05:28.you look across the EU, we had the Belgian Prime Minister last night

:05:29. > :05:37.calling this a brutal act from France, I think the words used were

:05:38. > :05:41.open "Criminal". The joint statement from the French, the Italians are

:05:42. > :05:43.the Germans are saying that the climate change chords can be

:05:44. > :05:47.renegotiated, Donald Trump cannot simply walk away and come back and

:05:48. > :05:51.say he wants a better deal in some way. That won't happen, they said.

:05:52. > :05:58.Either the US meet its commitments or it doesn't. I think very, very

:05:59. > :06:05.disappointed but also determined to take up the mantle of the leadership

:06:06. > :06:11.of this issue. They made a very clear that if the US won't, the EU

:06:12. > :06:14.and, interestingly, China, the other two global heavyweights, will be

:06:15. > :06:19.stepping in and that's what we are going to see today here. By

:06:20. > :06:24.coincidence, the Chinese premier is in Brussels today for a summit, an

:06:25. > :06:28.annual thing. They will be issuing a special declaration and that will

:06:29. > :06:33.say that the EU and China consider climate action and the clean energy

:06:34. > :06:40.transition more imperative than ever and that they will recommit to the

:06:41. > :06:45.targets and the commitments. We will pick up a map because I want to

:06:46. > :06:52.speak to Steve McDonald in Beijing. From a Chinese perspective, are they

:06:53. > :06:56.seeing this as a real opportunity? They haven't exactly directly

:06:57. > :07:02.criticised Donald Trump for pulling the US out of the Paris climate

:07:03. > :07:05.process but simply said, "If you don't want to be part of it we will

:07:06. > :07:10.stand with Europe and others and push forward the climate agenda".

:07:11. > :07:14.This was within hours of Donald Trump pulling the US out of the

:07:15. > :07:19.process. Interestingly, China's number two leader is in Europe and

:07:20. > :07:28.very soon we are going to see a joint statement come out from him

:07:29. > :07:34.and members of the EU, reaffirming a commitment to this process. Quite

:07:35. > :07:38.apart from any impact on the process around climate change amelioration,

:07:39. > :07:43.we are seeing quite a profound geopolitical shift here, with China

:07:44. > :07:48.standing upon the world stage and becoming, I guess, whether it it or

:07:49. > :07:53.not, the leader, or one of the chief leaders, on climate change. And

:07:54. > :07:57.although it has not said it wanted to grab hold of this mantle, it has

:07:58. > :08:03.nevertheless got it now firmly within its grasp. Thank you both for

:08:04. > :08:11.speaking with us. Annita is in the BBC

:08:12. > :08:13.Newsroom with a summary The Metropolitan Police say

:08:14. > :08:18.they have so far found no records of any calls to the Anti-Terrorist

:08:19. > :08:20.hotline in relation to the Manchester bomber,

:08:21. > :08:22.despite a number of people saying they had reported concerns over

:08:23. > :08:24.Salman Abedi's behaviour. It comes as Greater Manchester

:08:25. > :08:27.Police have released new CCTV footage, showing Abedi in the city

:08:28. > :08:29.in the four days leading Detectives say they're now

:08:30. > :08:32.concentrating their investigation on the Rusholme area

:08:33. > :08:48.and are appealing for witnesses At least 36 people have died

:08:49. > :08:51.at a casino in the Philippines, where a gunman opened fire

:08:52. > :08:53.before killing himself. Police in Manila say most

:08:54. > :08:56.of the victims died of suffocation after the man set fire

:08:57. > :08:58.to casino tables. Officers had feared the attack

:08:59. > :09:00.was terrorist related, but now The Royal College of Surgeons says

:09:01. > :09:04.the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine

:09:05. > :09:07.operations and treatment has nearly The college says around 126,000

:09:08. > :09:11.people had waited more than 26 weeks for non-urgent treatment in March,

:09:12. > :09:14.up 180% on the same The target for waiting times

:09:15. > :09:23.for routine surgery and treatment The head of NHS England,

:09:24. > :09:30.Simon Stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip

:09:31. > :09:32.because of other urgent The Royal College of Surgeons argue

:09:33. > :09:36.this will mean increasing numbers The college, using NHS England data,

:09:37. > :09:42.says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks

:09:43. > :09:46.for non-urgent treatment in March, up 180% on March 2013,

:09:47. > :09:54.a time when targets were being hit. The biggest increases

:09:55. > :09:55.were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat

:09:56. > :10:03.and urology patients. We know we need to have more

:10:04. > :10:05.facilities for planned surgery. We need to have better planning

:10:06. > :10:10.for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures

:10:11. > :10:13.on the health service don't interfere with patients

:10:14. > :10:14.who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done

:10:15. > :10:18.within 18 weeks of presentation. Labour said it would increase NHS

:10:19. > :10:22.funding and restore the 18 week treatment target,

:10:23. > :10:24.which it says has been abandoned, The Conservatives said there had

:10:25. > :10:32.been a sharp drop in the number of patients waiting more than a year

:10:33. > :10:36.for treatment, and only their plans to grow the economy

:10:37. > :10:37.would support the NHS. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

:10:38. > :10:40.have seen increases in totals waiting long periods

:10:41. > :10:42.for operations, though they have A ten-month-old boy has crawled

:10:43. > :10:52.to victory to be crowned The competition - held every year

:10:53. > :11:00.in the capital Vilnius - sees babies scramble across a five

:11:01. > :11:02.metre long red carpet, It was touch and go for a while,

:11:03. > :11:07.but Mykolas Pociunas emerged victorious, with his mother

:11:08. > :11:15.waving a box of Lego. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:11:16. > :11:20.News - more at 9.30. Do get in touch with us

:11:21. > :11:33.throughout the morning - A good stuff England's cricketers in

:11:34. > :11:38.the champions Trophy yesterday. Was a bit of a banana skin to England in

:11:39. > :11:44.their first match in the Champions Trophy at the Oval. England were set

:11:45. > :11:50.a very respectable target of 306 to win but, as so often, Joe Root was

:11:51. > :11:55.the match whenever England. A career-best 133 not out, seeing him

:11:56. > :11:59.share success of stanzas Alex Hales, and Owen Morgan was 75 not out,

:12:00. > :12:03.England reaching their target with 16 balls to spare. Victory on

:12:04. > :12:08.Tuesday against New Zealand should really secure them a place in the

:12:09. > :12:20.semifinals. It has been confirmed that all-rounder Chris Woakes is out

:12:21. > :12:26.of the tournament. A good day for British tennis.

:12:27. > :12:28.Yes, British interest moving along very nicely

:12:29. > :12:31.at Roland Garros this year, Andy Murray's the World Number One,

:12:32. > :12:33.we'd expect expect to see him in round three.

:12:34. > :12:36.But there was also victory for Kyle Edmund who is building up

:12:37. > :12:39.Murray had a tough battle once again on clay.

:12:40. > :12:42.He dropped the opening set against the world number

:12:43. > :12:45.50 Martin Klizan - digging deep to win it in four sets.

:12:46. > :12:47.He faces the former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro next.

:12:48. > :12:50.He was left consoling his opponent Nicolas Almagro yesterday

:12:51. > :12:52.after he retired through injury with the match level

:12:53. > :13:10.Edmund beat the conquerer of Jo-Wilfred Tsonga -

:13:11. > :13:23.Argentina's Renzo Olivo, in straight sets, to reach the third round in

:13:24. > :13:29.Paris for the first time in his career.

:13:30. > :13:31.He'll be up against South African Kevin Anderson next

:13:32. > :13:32.after he knocked out Australia's Nick Kyrgios.

:13:33. > :13:36.And Edmund will be very hopeful of victory against a player ranked 7

:13:37. > :13:39.Juan Martin Del Potro was struggling slightly with injury

:13:40. > :13:42.at the end of his match - if he is anywhere near full fitness

:13:43. > :13:45.you'd expect him to pose a serious threat to Murray's hopes tomorrow.

:13:46. > :13:47.Tomorrow is the Champions League final in Cardiff -

:13:48. > :13:49.it's sure to be a huge occasion as Juventus,

:13:50. > :13:53.But what about the hometown boy Gareth Bale?

:13:54. > :13:57.Well, he might not get the dream end to the season he's been wishing for.

:13:58. > :14:01.He hasn't appeared in the side for 6 weeks due to a calf injury.

:14:02. > :14:04.He's back in training but says he's not fully fit and having knock-on

:14:05. > :14:09.Madrid have played very well in his absence but Bale is hopeful

:14:10. > :14:11.manager Zinedine Zidane will give him a chance.

:14:12. > :14:16.It has also been difficult for me this season with injuries from my

:14:17. > :14:20.operation to drop it has been difficult to come back from it. I

:14:21. > :14:25.have been working hard on my fitness the last few weeks. Obviously, I'm

:14:26. > :14:29.not 100 doesn't fit, not match fit, so whether the manager thinks that

:14:30. > :14:33.might be a problem, maybe so, and if I have to be on the bench and come

:14:34. > :14:36.off the bench to make an impact, then that's what I have to do.

:14:37. > :14:39.And you never know, it could be his last game in Madrid

:14:40. > :14:41.with some question marks ver his future.

:14:42. > :14:44.Just before we go, Lyon secured second straight treble last night,

:14:45. > :14:46.beating Paris St Germain on penalties in the Women's

:14:47. > :14:54.Congratulations to them - we're back with more sport later.

:14:55. > :14:57.It's Election Blind Date time now - the fourth in our series,

:14:58. > :15:00.where we bring you a blind date over lunch between two people

:15:01. > :15:05.But surely two opposing politicians on a blind date

:15:06. > :15:13.Labour's Jess Phillips met Conservative John Whittingdale

:15:14. > :15:14.to talk politics, family, the spotlight and rubbish

:15:15. > :15:27.There's an election on and people are talking politics.

:15:28. > :15:30.So what happens when you send to people with

:15:31. > :15:33.So what happens when you send two people with

:15:34. > :15:48.You see people that can go and work and

:15:49. > :16:05.When people stand at the dispatch box and tell me there's

:16:06. > :16:10.money for education, I look around and I wonder where it's gone.

:16:11. > :16:13.Because it's not my children's school.

:16:14. > :16:32.As a person, I suppose I'm a difficult bloody woman.

:16:33. > :16:37.A difficult woman with a dirty laugh.

:16:38. > :16:40.I am Jess Phillips and I was Labour member of

:16:41. > :16:42.Parliament, now I'm the candidate in that election.

:16:43. > :16:53.There are still some who I think are three-headed monsters.

:16:54. > :16:55.I feel slightly anxious about going out with somebody,

:16:56. > :16:59.I wouldn't want it to be anyone boring.

:17:00. > :17:02.I'm John Whittingdale the Parliamentary

:17:03. > :17:10.My confession to you is that I'm taking

:17:11. > :17:19.a night off in the election campaign to go and see Iron Maiden at the O2.

:17:20. > :17:22.I could get one of my friends to do that thing where they text

:17:23. > :17:25.I know quite a few female MPs, get on

:17:26. > :17:33.I've never been on a blind date in my life.

:17:34. > :17:36.Because I've been married since I was 23.

:17:37. > :17:52.I had a sort of private little bet with myself who it might be.

:17:53. > :18:03.I live about 200 yards away during the week.

:18:04. > :18:13.A nice bit of town to have a flat in.

:18:14. > :18:29.All right, but you still have to go door knocking.

:18:30. > :18:31.People are saying they miss Nigel Farage.

:18:32. > :18:40.That is what lots of people in Parliament said to me.

:18:41. > :18:46.I'm not going to eat a bacon sandwich because that's

:18:47. > :18:47.not gone well for people in the past.

:18:48. > :19:03.You have stolen Ed Miliband's policy on energy so you

:19:04. > :19:11.Did you see the Theresa May eat a bag of chips the

:19:12. > :19:15.Even though everybody is happy when they eat chips.

:19:16. > :19:18.Do you miss not being in the throes of the

:19:19. > :19:23.I was a bit disappointed I couldn't do it for

:19:24. > :19:27.longer but the leader changed, the world changed.

:19:28. > :19:47.Do you hope that you have the chance?

:19:48. > :19:50.If I was asked to do it again I do it.

:19:51. > :19:51.I would love to be the Home Secretary.

:19:52. > :19:54.It's not that I want to be the Shadow Home

:19:55. > :19:56.Secretary, I want the

:19:57. > :19:59.actual job and I think that I would be good at it and don't

:20:00. > :20:02.The likelihood of that happening any time soon,

:20:03. > :20:08.I won't walk the floor, no matter how much your side had.

:20:09. > :20:11.What do you make of Diane Abbott so far?

:20:12. > :20:14.Once again, it has been widely reported.

:20:15. > :20:18.But I think they slip up, there before

:20:19. > :20:23.But I think they slip up, there for the

:20:24. > :20:30.we can all have those bad moments on the radio.

:20:31. > :20:35.How much it will cost is a fairly obvious question.

:20:36. > :20:38.If you get it as wrong as she did, it was painful,

:20:39. > :20:45.It is true, but how much things are going to cost is not

:20:46. > :20:47.a question any Tory would answer about their manifesto.

:20:48. > :20:56.So at least she might have got it wrong, but to she had an answer.

:20:57. > :21:03.How many times have you ever walked back into

:21:04. > :21:06.your office and gone, I wish that had never

:21:07. > :21:11.You do it, you wake up in a cold sweat, going over

:21:12. > :21:27.People don't talk to me about Brexit a lot although they are

:21:28. > :21:37.would say, but comes across on the doorstep,

:21:38. > :21:40.I think people are slightly cynical about the election.

:21:41. > :21:42.I think they think we should be doing our

:21:43. > :21:47.Are you finding, one of the strategies of my party

:21:48. > :21:55.know people in areas like yours who find it

:21:56. > :21:58.Conservative because they come from a background where

:21:59. > :22:08.People don't say her name to me where I am.

:22:09. > :22:11.But they don't dislike her in the way that they disliked

:22:12. > :22:20.Obviously it's been well documented...

:22:21. > :22:26.Do you think he will be a good Prime Minister?

:22:27. > :22:29.I don't think Theresa May would be a good prime minister.

:22:30. > :22:36.I'm not going to hide, I have disagreed with him on things.

:22:37. > :22:39.Our point of existence is get into power, make things

:22:40. > :22:50.And I felt that Jeremy Corbyn had other priorities.

:22:51. > :22:58.And so I have been very critical of him but...

:22:59. > :23:01.I do think that he cares more about the people where I live

:23:02. > :23:07.And certainly much more than David Cameron did.

:23:08. > :23:13.It's hilarious the Tory manifesto is being called left-wing.

:23:14. > :23:19.It's something that says we will bring back fox hunting.

:23:20. > :23:21.Not the most left-wing, I don't remember that from

:23:22. > :23:23.samosas and socialism as a child, but maybe I'm wrong.

:23:24. > :23:26.Where was the Labour manifesto, as ever, whatever

:23:27. > :23:28.the problem is let's throw a huge amount of money

:23:29. > :23:34.I don't know whether it's 40 or 80 or ?100 billion of uncosted

:23:35. > :23:39.I get a little bit sick of listening to people say, Tories

:23:40. > :23:41.largely, saying, you just spend this money, you can't

:23:42. > :23:47.To schools, "you can't do this, you can't do

:23:48. > :23:49.that, you want the moon on

:23:50. > :23:52.You can say how you're going to pay for this.

:23:53. > :23:55.How are you going to pay for the deficit in the

:23:56. > :23:58.This idea that we create a big black hole

:23:59. > :24:02.by promising to be decent, to care about every child.

:24:03. > :24:11.It is, I think, it is awful, the way that it's...

:24:12. > :24:17.to let children like my kids get left behind.

:24:18. > :24:21.Oh, you think that I don't live in the real world?

:24:22. > :24:27.The real world is that if you want to put more into

:24:28. > :24:30.education and you want to put more into the health service, you can

:24:31. > :24:33.have an economy which is going to produce the money to do so.

:24:34. > :24:35.And if you wreck the economy, there will be

:24:36. > :24:40.But actually, we have put money into education.

:24:41. > :24:46.money on education, I

:24:47. > :24:49.look around and I wonder where it's gone, because it is not in my

:24:50. > :25:04.Again, we get that every problem, we could be spending

:25:05. > :25:08.The problem is that in every area, you want to spend

:25:09. > :25:12.Yeah, I want to spend more money on the kids in my

:25:13. > :25:16.I want to spend more money but I also want to get

:25:17. > :25:19.Do you think that people are going to be

:25:20. > :25:22.After Brexit, I think that they're going to be feeling

:25:23. > :25:31.My kid still can't get a place in the local school

:25:32. > :25:35.because the school places are being cut down.

:25:36. > :25:38.My kid still has to wait a week to see the GP.

:25:39. > :25:40.Hang on a minute, I was told there was going

:25:41. > :25:44.And I think that that is not going to be the

:25:45. > :25:50.If people thought that Brexit was a panacea

:25:51. > :25:54.for all challenges facing the country, it wasn't,

:25:55. > :26:04.that influx year after year putting more pressure on, we're

:26:05. > :26:08.going to say, yes, we welcome people who are really going to pay a

:26:09. > :26:10.contribution but we just can't go on accepting this

:26:11. > :26:17.Would you consider yourself to be a feminist?

:26:18. > :26:19.The reason I entered politics, the person who was the greatest

:26:20. > :26:23.influence on me, the person I regard as the greatest privilege to have

:26:24. > :26:32.that she achieved the highest office in the land on merit.

:26:33. > :26:35.What I say is what the Labour Party did in the

:26:36. > :26:38.past which was try and impose women by having all women short lists.

:26:39. > :26:49.I think that's not judging people on merit.

:26:50. > :26:54.our elected on an all women short lists. -- I was elected.

:26:55. > :26:57.Would you have thought that if you had gone up against everyone

:26:58. > :26:59.and have half the population excluded?

:27:00. > :27:12.I went up against other women who I had to beat, and

:27:13. > :27:17.shockingly, the idea if I hadn't won on merit

:27:18. > :27:27.if they have been men, in the competition, if

:27:28. > :27:30.that didn't even prove that I would better if I could beat a

:27:31. > :27:34.Personally, I find the idea insulting.

:27:35. > :27:43.Do you think every single man in Parliament got there on merit.

:27:44. > :27:48.They can't have got there on merit because they

:27:49. > :28:03.That actually that is one of the strengths of

:28:04. > :28:19.People kept warning me you'll get divorced

:28:20. > :28:22.as soon as you become a

:28:23. > :28:28.Two years on, maybe Theresa May will save my

:28:29. > :28:34.I think the thing I have found really difficult is a level of

:28:35. > :28:39.exposure that you put yourself forward for.

:28:40. > :28:42.And how much hatred can come with that.

:28:43. > :28:57.That is something I haven't experienced.

:28:58. > :29:11.I had my private life splashed across the papers, some of it true,

:29:12. > :29:19.some of it not true. It is tough. If you have children. It is hard on

:29:20. > :29:21.them. Particularly because most people

:29:22. > :29:23.know who their dad is. It tells you about the

:29:24. > :29:39.ridiculous life we live. I went to Ibiza and

:29:40. > :29:47.all I did, was but put a tweet up, it got picked up,

:29:48. > :29:49.sacked culture secretary People have this idea that MPs

:29:50. > :29:52.are They enjoy doing things

:29:53. > :29:54.everyone else enjoy. I get people looking at me

:29:55. > :29:57.saying, you like Rock Someone said I can't

:29:58. > :30:11.believe you're here! I don't have people

:30:12. > :30:17.put things in my bins. Yes, I go to Wilkinsons,

:30:18. > :30:21.it's next to my house. At the tip, all the

:30:22. > :30:28.blokes came out and I don't need special

:30:29. > :30:31.treatment at the I like the catharsis

:30:32. > :30:38.of putting stuff in a bin. The other aspect is the fact the MPs

:30:39. > :30:44.are seen to be vulnerable. In the wake of Jo's death,

:30:45. > :30:55.which was catastrophic and still I think that politics

:30:56. > :30:58.moves so fast it has Still, as someone who was

:30:59. > :31:05.a personal friend of hers, feels there wasn't

:31:06. > :31:11.a pause to get over it. I don't know what I'm expecting

:31:12. > :31:14.but I'm expecting one day I think the best, the single best

:31:15. > :31:19.tenet of our democracy is the link between the constituent

:31:20. > :31:24.and the member of Parliament. This is the are you ever going to

:31:25. > :31:55.see each other again question. We agreed on something

:31:56. > :32:04.but not how we should There was a line of sand but it

:32:05. > :32:14.would be boring if we were all the same. I was worried because I wrote

:32:15. > :32:17.a book and I mention the poor girl thing and I thought, is this the

:32:18. > :32:18.thing we're going to have to talk about?

:32:19. > :32:26.world has moved on and politicians are allowed to be human.

:32:27. > :32:28.Now I shall definitely be going out to do so.

:32:29. > :32:32.We could go to a heavy metal concert together.

:32:33. > :32:33.My husband is a massive Iron Maiden fan.

:32:34. > :33:08.Frankie has got in touch on Twitter to say John Whittingdale conducted

:33:09. > :33:10.himself very well and Jess Phillips seemed overaggressive. And other

:33:11. > :33:14.Twitter users said that if more politicians were like Jess, they'll

:33:15. > :33:16.be eminently more likeable. A good MP. You can get in touch with us

:33:17. > :33:21.throughout the morning. That was the fourth in our

:33:22. > :33:24.Election Blind Dates series - and you can catch up on the whole

:33:25. > :33:27.series on our programme page. And you'll be glad to hear

:33:28. > :33:29.Election Blind Dates continues Next week, Gina Miller - the woman

:33:30. > :33:33.who brought the Brexit case meets Godfrey Bloom,

:33:34. > :33:36.a former Ukip politician known It didn't take long

:33:37. > :33:48.for Brexit to come up - Do people know what they voted for?

:33:49. > :33:51.Oh, people are thick? Is this what we are rolling out, people are

:33:52. > :33:54.stupid and don't understand what they are voting for? I have been

:33:55. > :34:00.hearing a lot of this, we all a bit stupid.

:34:01. > :34:06.Still succumb, we will be looking at what President Trump's decision to

:34:07. > :34:14.pull out of the climate change agreement means for the agreement

:34:15. > :34:17.and the rest of the planet. We will bring you the highlights

:34:18. > :34:25.from the election campaign trial of the last seven days.

:34:26. > :34:33.Here is Annita McVeigh in the BBC newsroom of the summary of the news.

:34:34. > :34:36.Good morning. The president of the European Commission and the Chinese

:34:37. > :34:38.premier has said there will be no backsliding on international

:34:39. > :34:43.commitments to the Paris climate accord, despite President Trump's

:34:44. > :34:46.decision to withdraw from the treaty. Mr Trump said the deal

:34:47. > :34:51.disadvantage to the US and threatened American jobs. Here,

:34:52. > :34:55.Theresa May expressed her disappointment and said Britain

:34:56. > :35:00.remains committed to the agreement. Other world leaders reacted with

:35:01. > :35:02.dismay. The Metropolitan Police say they

:35:03. > :35:06.have so far found no record of any calls to the anti-terrorist hotline

:35:07. > :35:09.in relation to the matters bomber despite a number of people saying

:35:10. > :35:14.they had reported concerns over Salman Abedi's behaviour. It comes

:35:15. > :35:18.as Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV footage showing Salman

:35:19. > :35:22.Abedi in the city in the four days leading up to the attack. Detectives

:35:23. > :35:25.say they are concentrating their investigation into the Rusholme area

:35:26. > :35:33.and are appealing for this is who may have seen him there. At least 36

:35:34. > :35:41.people have died at a casino in the Philippines, where gunmen

:35:42. > :35:42.opened fire before killing himself.

:35:43. > :35:45.Police in Manila say most of the victims died of suffocation

:35:46. > :35:47.after the man set fire to casino tables.

:35:48. > :35:49.Officers had feared the attack was terrorist related,

:35:50. > :35:51.but now believe the motive was robbery.

:35:52. > :35:53.Police have released a video showing former world number one golfer

:35:54. > :35:56.Tiger Woods taking a breathalyser test after being found asleep

:35:57. > :36:00.The athlete was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence.

:36:01. > :36:02.The video shows Woods slurring as he provides his personal

:36:03. > :36:11.information to a police officer before taking a blood test.

:36:12. > :36:13.The athlete says that an unexpected reaction to legal

:36:14. > :36:17.The number of patients waiting more than six months for routine

:36:18. > :36:19.operations and treatment has nearly tripled over four years in England.

:36:20. > :36:22.The Royal College of Surgeons analysed data from March 2013 -

:36:23. > :36:26.NHS England declined to respond directly to the six-month figures.

:36:27. > :36:29.But a spokesperson has said "the NHS has cut the number of patients

:36:30. > :36:32.waiting more than a year for treatment by nearly 13,000

:36:33. > :36:42.The Bulgarian linesman who failed to spot Diego Maradona's infamous

:36:43. > :36:45."hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup, has died.

:36:46. > :36:49.The Argentinan leapt to punch the ball past

:36:50. > :36:51.Peter Shilton into the net, during the side's win over England.

:36:52. > :36:54.Bogdan Dochev, who died at the age of 80, said

:36:55. > :36:56.the incident stayed with him his whole life.

:36:57. > :37:02.He described Maradona as "a great footballer, but a small man".

:37:03. > :37:04.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:37:05. > :37:18.good morning. After victory over Bangladesh in their opening match of

:37:19. > :37:22.the Champions Trophy, England's cricketers have been hit with bad

:37:23. > :37:25.news this morning. All-rounder Chris Woakes could only manage two overs

:37:26. > :37:28.in their eight wicket win and has now been ruled out for the rest of

:37:29. > :37:33.the tournament after he suffered a side strain. His replacement has not

:37:34. > :37:36.yet been named. Gerard Payne will miss out on his first British and

:37:37. > :37:39.Irish Lions appearance tomorrow. He was on the bench for the first warm

:37:40. > :37:45.up match in New Zealand but has now been ruled out with a calf problem.

:37:46. > :37:50.Elliot Daly will take his place. There was a tense finish the women's

:37:51. > :37:54.Champions League final last night. The final went to penalties with

:37:55. > :37:58.Lyon beating Paris St Germain seven iPhone six and both goalkeepers

:37:59. > :38:03.taking a spot kick. Sir Ben Ainslie's team are a step

:38:04. > :38:06.closer to racing in the America's Cup. They beat France to secure a

:38:07. > :38:09.play-off place yesterday. That's all the sport for now. We will have more

:38:10. > :38:17.just after 10am. Thank you. Just expecting the Labour

:38:18. > :38:20.leader Jeremy Corbyn to be making a speech in York in the next few

:38:21. > :38:25.minutes. As soon as he starts to speak, we will cross over to that.

:38:26. > :38:28."We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us

:38:29. > :38:30.anymore" - the words of President Trump, as he announced

:38:31. > :38:33.that the United States is to pull out of the Paris

:38:34. > :38:36.He's faced a chorus of condemnation internationally and at home.

:38:37. > :38:38.The UN has called it a "major disappointment",

:38:39. > :38:41.while the European Union said it was a "sad day for the world".

:38:42. > :38:44.China said that the world should cherish the outcome

:38:45. > :38:50.It means the US now sits with Syria and Nicaragua, as the only three

:38:51. > :38:54.countries in the world not part of the deal.

:38:55. > :38:56.Mr Trump has said the agreement imposes huge economic burdens

:38:57. > :39:09.Let's have a listen to some of what the President said last night.

:39:10. > :39:17.In order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens,

:39:18. > :39:30.the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord. It is

:39:31. > :39:34.people, it is taxpayers, so we're getting out but we will start to

:39:35. > :39:40.negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fare and if we

:39:41. > :39:44.can, that's great. And if we can't, that's fine.

:39:45. > :39:47.The newly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron, became the first

:39:48. > :39:50.president to to make a statement in English from the Elysee Palace,

:39:51. > :39:59.I can assure you, France will not give up the fight.

:40:00. > :40:01.I reaffirm clearly that the Paris agreement remains irreversible

:40:02. > :40:13.Not just by France, but by all the other nations.

:40:14. > :40:16.Because whereever we live, whoever we are, we all share

:40:17. > :40:38.Jeremy Corbyn has started speaking in York. Let's have a listen.

:40:39. > :40:44.Rachel has done a great job in York. I look forward to working within the

:40:45. > :40:48.next Parliament and good luck. Lots of surprises in store on June nine!

:40:49. > :40:51.Thank you all for coming this morning and before going any

:40:52. > :40:55.further, I would like to say a few words about leadership. Donald

:40:56. > :40:59.Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate

:41:00. > :41:05.change deal is reckless and dangerous. The commitments made in

:41:06. > :41:11.Paris - and I was there - are vital to stop the world reaching the point

:41:12. > :41:16.of no return on climate change. There can be no question of watering

:41:17. > :41:21.those commitments down. The Paris deal should not ever be up for

:41:22. > :41:33.renegotiation, only for strengthening of it in the future.

:41:34. > :41:38.APPLAUSE The other three members of the G7,

:41:39. > :41:42.European members of the G7, France, Germany and Italy, have written to

:41:43. > :41:48.Donald Trump this morning to make this very clear. So, why does

:41:49. > :41:56.Theresa May not have her name on this joint statement? Given the

:41:57. > :42:00.chance to present a united front from international partners, she has

:42:01. > :42:03.instead opted for silence and, once again, subservience to Donald Trump.

:42:04. > :42:09.That is a dereliction of both her duty to this country and our duty to

:42:10. > :42:13.our planet. This is not the type of leadership Britain needs to

:42:14. > :42:17.negotiate Brexit all stand up to defend our planet in an era of

:42:18. > :42:19.climate change. A Labour government would do it very differently.

:42:20. > :42:32.APPLAUSE I'm delighted to be here in York

:42:33. > :42:36.today at this wonderful York science park. This is the kind of

:42:37. > :42:40.organisation and institution that we want to work within the future.

:42:41. > :42:46.We're here this morning, and I'm very grateful to the York Science

:42:47. > :42:52.Park for giving us the facilities to launch Labour's industrial with our

:42:53. > :42:54.strategy industrial secretary Chi on war and Shadow Business Secretary

:42:55. > :43:00.Rebecca Long-Bailey. They have done an outstanding job in setting up a

:43:01. > :43:06.serious comprehensive and radical strategies, a blueprint for a

:43:07. > :43:09.Britain in which no one is held back and in which every region animation

:43:10. > :43:13.thrice. She and Rebecca are building on the achievements of the last

:43:14. > :43:17.Labour government whose intervention in 2009 not only saved our

:43:18. > :43:20.automotive sector but laid the groundwork for it to become one of

:43:21. > :43:26.the Crown jewels of Britain's economy with hi-tech economy and

:43:27. > :43:32.efficient cars. We will embrace that to upgrade our economy, create new

:43:33. > :43:35.good jobs and tackle climate change. High-technology is at the heart of

:43:36. > :43:40.defending our environment and preserving our climate. At the heart

:43:41. > :43:45.of our industrial strategy is our plan to modernise our energy

:43:46. > :43:49.systems, to be 60% renewables by 2030. A big ask that we are

:43:50. > :43:54.determined to achieve it. I'm proud of the work Chi, Rebecca and my

:43:55. > :43:59.party have done and I'm particularly proud of all those who have been

:44:00. > :44:03.involved in our industrial strategy, most centrally involved have been

:44:04. > :44:07.two women and that is the nature of the modern Labour Party. Thank you

:44:08. > :44:16.for your work. APPLAUSE

:44:17. > :44:19.In the cause of this campaign, I've travelled the length and breadth of

:44:20. > :44:22.this country, almost always by train, setting out the many ways in

:44:23. > :44:28.which a Labour government would change this country for the better.

:44:29. > :44:35.On these travels, I see an economy that is grossly imbalanced. Talk to

:44:36. > :44:38.people and you understand the consequences of this problem. London

:44:39. > :44:42.overheats and the cost of living there rises, while communities into

:44:43. > :44:46.much of the rest of the country have seen their local economies hollowed

:44:47. > :44:54.out, industries decline and stable jobs gone. Right across our country,

:44:55. > :44:59.too many people are trapped in precarious, low-paid work, while a

:45:00. > :45:04.few at the top get much richer. Despite Britain's many strengths, we

:45:05. > :45:08.are not realising our full potential. Failing to harness the

:45:09. > :45:13.talents of every region and nation. That is why the policies we're

:45:14. > :45:17.setting out today are among the most important in all of our programme to

:45:18. > :45:22.transform Britain in our manifesto for the many, not the few.

:45:23. > :45:30.If today is not just about giving people a fairer share of our

:45:31. > :45:35.country's wealth, today is about tackling injustices in society at

:45:36. > :45:40.their root cause and rewriting the rules of our economy for the many

:45:41. > :45:44.rather than the few. No more can Britain try to sustain its economy

:45:45. > :45:48.on the back of growth of the financial sector in one corner of

:45:49. > :45:55.England. Today we set out a bold vision for a different written, in

:45:56. > :46:00.which work not only pays but gives people a sense of pride and purpose,

:46:01. > :46:05.in which every individual shares in the creation of wealth, as well as

:46:06. > :46:09.sharing in its rewards, a Briton in which every community in every

:46:10. > :46:15.corner of the country is built on the firm foundation of a vibrant

:46:16. > :46:19.vocal economy. Only Labour will deliver policies that match the

:46:20. > :46:23.scale of ambition, investing to create 1 million good jobs,

:46:24. > :46:27.investing in the skills of the workforce and working with industry

:46:28. > :46:35.to create the winners of the future. Now, it is my pleasure to hand over

:46:36. > :46:39.the rostrum to our Shadow Business Secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, who

:46:40. > :46:43.will tell you more of the details of our policy.

:46:44. > :46:48.Thank you very much indeed. That was the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

:46:49. > :46:54.addressing voters in York, talking about how he wants to address the

:46:55. > :46:58.injustices of society, about creating 1 million good jobs as he

:46:59. > :47:02.describes it and saying too many people are trapped in low-paid work

:47:03. > :47:07.and not reaching their full potential. He also talked about

:47:08. > :47:11.President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate change

:47:12. > :47:16.agreement, which he called reckless and dangerous and said it showed

:47:17. > :47:20.Theresa May was being subservient to Donald Trump because she was not

:47:21. > :47:21.signing along with other European countries and address to Donald

:47:22. > :47:27.Trump condemning what he has done. of the Grantham Institute,

:47:28. > :47:34.which researches climate And Oxfam's head of global policy

:47:35. > :47:37.and campaigns, Sally Copley, who has oversight for Oxfam's

:47:38. > :47:48.campaigns around climate change. Reckless and dangerous? Would you

:47:49. > :47:53.agree? Yes, it is very reckless and foolish, as well. The world came

:47:54. > :47:57.together at the Paris meeting in 2015 and agreed we would do

:47:58. > :48:03.something together against climate change to get the temperature of the

:48:04. > :48:09.world increase less than 2 degrees over the century and for the

:48:10. > :48:14.Americans to pull is a serious blow. What effect do you think it will

:48:15. > :48:21.have for people in the UK, but also around the world? We think it is

:48:22. > :48:26.immoral and untenable and absurd making this decision to pull-out.

:48:27. > :48:31.Already millions of people in the world feel the effects of climate

:48:32. > :48:40.change. It is beyond dispute. The real impact is in people'slives. We

:48:41. > :48:43.know climate change means more erratic, extreme weather, drought,

:48:44. > :48:47.flooding, which means for the poorest people in the world, who

:48:48. > :48:53.have done nothing to cause this, they are feeling the effects already

:48:54. > :48:58.and it means damaged crops, lost homes, and collapsed livelihoods. We

:48:59. > :49:03.feel that in the UK where we have seen flooding that has happened that

:49:04. > :49:07.would not have happened before. In a developed nation we can see the

:49:08. > :49:14.damage it does to lives. The impact is real and being felt now. What

:49:15. > :49:19.effect will the US pulling out have Matt? China and the European Union,

:49:20. > :49:27.only three countries around the are not part of the Paris agreement. One

:49:28. > :49:33.is the effect of America are not doing so much to reduce emissions.

:49:34. > :49:36.They have peaked emissions but their reduction will be slower than

:49:37. > :49:42.planned. Preliminary calculations suggest it might mean one or two

:49:43. > :49:46.tenths of a degree above the target we hoped for by the end of the

:49:47. > :49:53.century, which does not sound much but in terms of impact, it is

:49:54. > :49:57.serious. Nevertheless, it seems other countries will carry on

:49:58. > :50:01.regardless of the United States and have more energy in doing things to

:50:02. > :50:08.address the issue. Maybe it is not as bad as thought. We spoke to our

:50:09. > :50:10.correspondent in Beijing who said the Chinese have almost found

:50:11. > :50:17.themselves as climate change leaders. That is why we think it is

:50:18. > :50:23.untenable because across the States, from companies, mayors and state

:50:24. > :50:28.governors and companies are saying, we will still do that and the reason

:50:29. > :50:33.is there is momentum behind it and it is urgent. In East Africa there

:50:34. > :50:40.are 13 million people facing hunger. In one country we have people facing

:50:41. > :50:45.famine and we say by 2030, if we do not take urgent action, climate

:50:46. > :50:49.change will lead 100 million people into extreme poverty. There is an

:50:50. > :50:57.urgency. Do you want to pick up on that? I also think Donald Trump's

:50:58. > :51:02.statements are foolish because he cannot get out of the agreement for

:51:03. > :51:07.least two or three years formerly. They can do nothing the next few

:51:08. > :51:11.years. Getting out of the agreement, what does it mean? Countries have

:51:12. > :51:18.offered their reductions in the first place, it is voluntary. The

:51:19. > :51:23.idea is it is a model and a token to the right wing in the United States

:51:24. > :51:29.that he can say this. Donald Trump says America first, I want to bring

:51:30. > :51:34.back Cole, create more jobs. Is there a market for selling coal?

:51:35. > :51:41.This is the observe -- the absurdity. People in the States

:51:42. > :51:46.think we need to take action around climate change. Nicaragua, there are

:51:47. > :51:50.two other countries that have not signed up and that is Syria and

:51:51. > :51:55.Nicaragua. Nicaragua did not sign up because they said it did not go far

:51:56. > :51:59.enough. They say they will be signing up because they do not want

:52:00. > :52:05.to be left with Donald Trump and president Assad of Syria, which

:52:06. > :52:10.speaks volumes. Clean energy is getting cheaper. Does it mean people

:52:11. > :52:13.are investing in it and it can take over. Will the Chinese invest in

:52:14. > :52:22.technology? They are investing hugely. If America is not careful

:52:23. > :52:26.they will be left behind investing in dirty energy and the bad effects

:52:27. > :52:33.it has while the rest of the world invest in clean energy and gets the

:52:34. > :52:37.benefits. The alternatives we can do in adaptation are important,

:52:38. > :52:42.actually helping families and households to cope now and we help

:52:43. > :52:46.families in Bangladesh where we help people build homes and toilets above

:52:47. > :52:49.flood water and help families to develop floating gardens and in

:52:50. > :52:54.South Africa with farmers to help them build crops that mature more

:52:55. > :52:59.quickly so they are less susceptible to unpredictable rainfall. There are

:53:00. > :53:03.exciting and innovative things happening and that is where the

:53:04. > :53:08.smart move would be to go. That is where the growth will be. Donald

:53:09. > :53:12.Trump is talking about renegotiating the deal and if you can do that so

:53:13. > :53:18.he is happy with it, he is willing to sign up. What are the chances? It

:53:19. > :53:24.is not clear what he means. He cannot renegotiate insofar as saying

:53:25. > :53:29.he will produce less emissions as previously said. There is an

:53:30. > :53:33.interesting parallel with the Kyoto accord in 2005 where George W Bush

:53:34. > :53:37.was being difficult. The other countries were getting annoyed. The

:53:38. > :53:45.representative from Papua new Guinea said if you will not lead us, get

:53:46. > :53:49.out of the way. I want to bring in Tom Bateman. He has been listening

:53:50. > :53:53.to the comments by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He said President

:53:54. > :53:58.Trump was reckless and dangerous, something we have been talking

:53:59. > :54:03.about, for pulling out of the climate change deal and laid out

:54:04. > :54:08.Labour's industrial strategy. Tom, thank you, I realise it is busy.

:54:09. > :54:17.Reckless and dangerous he said about President Trump's decision. Strong

:54:18. > :54:20.words. I think we are seeing this big international decision being

:54:21. > :54:27.used for political capital on the election campaign among the parties.

:54:28. > :54:30.Last night, Downing Street expressed disappointment that President Trump

:54:31. > :54:36.had withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement. Jeremy Corbyn giving the

:54:37. > :54:42.speech about jobs and the economy, it was the first thing he addressed

:54:43. > :54:49.and he was passionate on the podium, deeply critical of the withdrawal,

:54:50. > :54:52.saying it would be damaging for the climate and global warming and

:54:53. > :54:59.saying he felt the Conservative leadership, government ministers had

:55:00. > :55:03.not reacted in the way he thought they would, saying Theresa May had

:55:04. > :55:06.been silent and subservient to Donald Trump, and saying this was

:55:07. > :55:13.the kind of leadership that would not be good enough to get a tough

:55:14. > :55:17.Brexit negotiation for Britain. We know senior Conservatives are saying

:55:18. > :55:22.every country has their own way of responding but they have not signed

:55:23. > :55:26.up to the denunciation of this by three other European countries and

:55:27. > :55:29.again that the something Jeremy Corbyn criticised. Expect to see

:55:30. > :55:37.more political reaction in the UK about the way this is responded to

:55:38. > :55:43.is debated. Tom, our political correspondent at the speech made by

:55:44. > :55:49.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. What do you think is the way forward now? We

:55:50. > :55:52.know President Trump said he is pulling out. The Chinese and

:55:53. > :55:57.Europeans are reaffirming their commitment to it. What should people

:55:58. > :56:01.be doing? Forcing Donald Trump to change his mind will go ahead

:56:02. > :56:07.without him? We can carry on doing all the things we are doing in terms

:56:08. > :56:11.of developing renewable energy and implementing efficiency measures and

:56:12. > :56:16.the politicians can be talking to Donald Trump and persuade him it is

:56:17. > :56:20.in America's interest to be doing something. We expect a strong

:56:21. > :56:27.statement from the EU China Summit today and we expect it by lunchtime.

:56:28. > :56:31.The only thing to do is carry on and show how absurd it is. President

:56:32. > :56:35.Trump and his administration seem to behave as if they can lift America

:56:36. > :56:40.out of the world and isolate it from climate change which is not

:56:41. > :56:49.possible. It is not over. It is too late for already for it to be over.

:56:50. > :56:55.Thanks for coming in. That will rumble on and we will speak to you

:56:56. > :57:03.again. We have several comments on social media. Let me tell you about

:57:04. > :57:07.this. Coming up, the parents of Charlie Gard, the sick baby who

:57:08. > :57:11.doctors say should have his life support switched off have told the

:57:12. > :57:17.programme why they feel their rights as parents have been taken away and

:57:18. > :57:22.why they cannot give up fighting. Helen says on Facebook, saying my

:57:23. > :57:26.friend's baby was born with his organs in the wrong place. Doctors

:57:27. > :57:31.told them to walk away and they refused. It was their sixth child

:57:32. > :57:36.and the other five were born perfect. They fought for his life

:57:37. > :57:41.and he had 32 operations and he lived. The doctors said the strong

:57:42. > :57:46.bond from mother, father and other children were immense and they came

:57:47. > :57:53.close over the baby's young years. Isn't every life worth it? You can

:57:54. > :57:59.add your thoughts. Now the weather. We have got a hot day across the

:58:00. > :58:06.South East of England with storms developing later. For many of us, it

:58:07. > :58:12.will turn changeable. A fresh breeze for most. Plenty of dry weather and

:58:13. > :58:17.sunshine but also heavy showers. We have this band of rain moving

:58:18. > :58:22.through eastwards through the night and at the moment a narrow band of

:58:23. > :58:27.rain from northern England to the south-west of England. Associated

:58:28. > :58:33.with this cold front. Behind it, we have fresher conditions. Ahead of

:58:34. > :58:41.it, warm, hot and humid conditions and perhaps storms developing here

:58:42. > :58:49.later. Behind the front, try -- dry weather. Showers moving in on time

:58:50. > :58:54.to time. Butchers, 14, 17 degrees. Feeling fresh. Northern England. A

:58:55. > :58:59.cloudy in the afternoon, particularly in the north-east where

:59:00. > :59:04.will be showers. Cloudy in east Wales and the Midlands. South-east

:59:05. > :59:10.England will have sunshine. It will turn hot. Temperatures up to 27

:59:11. > :59:17.degrees. There is the risk of heavy and thundery showers. Cloud into the

:59:18. > :59:24.West Country. Cornwall, sunshine here, and west Wales, but further

:59:25. > :59:28.east across Wales, cloud. Overnight, storms that form in the south-east

:59:29. > :59:34.will clear. Fresher air will come to all of us by early Saturday with

:59:35. > :59:39.temperatures down to 10-12. Perhaps warmer in the south-east at 16

:59:40. > :59:47.degrees. Saturday, starting dry and bright. Cloud in eastern areas and

:59:48. > :59:51.showers here which will clear. Showers them focus towards Scotland,

:59:52. > :59:58.Northern Ireland. There could be a rumble of thunder, as well.

:59:59. > :00:03.Elsewhere in the south-east, temperatures 20-22. The changeable

:00:04. > :00:09.weather is because of low pressure. The airstream will bring in showers

:00:10. > :00:14.as we go through Sunday. The showers focused mainly in Scotland, Northern

:00:15. > :00:21.Ireland, into Wales and south-west England. On Sunday for most, dry.

:00:22. > :00:31.More details available on the website.

:00:32. > :00:39.It is Friday at 10am and I am Chloe Tilley. Parents of Charlie Gard who

:00:40. > :00:42.doctors say should have as life support switched off tell us why

:00:43. > :00:47.they will keep fighting for him to go to the US for experimental

:00:48. > :00:50.treatment. It is the legendary life or death, isn't it, so if we don't

:00:51. > :00:57.get this opportunity he is going to die. What is the alternative? Yeah,

:00:58. > :01:02.Sony hasn't got anything to lose. Even if it doesn't work, which I

:01:03. > :01:04.think it will, we know we have done everything we can for him.

:01:05. > :01:10.There's a new song out at the moment criticising Theresa May

:01:11. > :01:12.and the Conservatives - it's already number two

:01:13. > :01:14.on the iTunes chart, but no radio station seems

:01:15. > :01:16.to want to play it - we find out why.

:01:17. > :01:24.Loads of you are getting in touch about today's Election Blind Date

:01:25. > :01:31.with Jess Phillips and John Whittingdale talking about rubbish,

:01:32. > :01:36.heavy metal and their colleagues. Are you saying every man got there

:01:37. > :01:41.on merit? There are some who you think, yeah, how did you get here...

:01:42. > :01:42.But that is one of the strengths of parliament in a way, that it is so

:01:43. > :01:51.diverse. Good morning. Here is Annita McVeigh

:01:52. > :01:53.in the newsroom with a summary of the news.

:01:54. > :01:56.The president of the European Commission and the Chinese Premier

:01:57. > :01:58.have said there will be no backsliding on international

:01:59. > :02:00.commitments to the Paris climate accord - despite President's Trump's

:02:01. > :02:03.decision to withdraw from the treaty.

:02:04. > :02:07.Mr Trump said the deal disadvantaged the US and threatened American jobs.

:02:08. > :02:10.Here, Theresa May expressed her disappointment over the President's

:02:11. > :02:13.decision but says Britain remains committed to the agreement.

:02:14. > :02:28.Body in Brussels, leaders from the EU and China have been reaffirming

:02:29. > :02:30.their commitment. In Europe, China and the world, this provides the

:02:31. > :02:37.certainty they need to build a global low carbon economy. It makes

:02:38. > :02:40.a statement to the world that there is no reverse gear to the energy

:02:41. > :02:44.change issue. There is no backsliding on the Paris agreement.

:02:45. > :02:46.Police have released a video showing former world number one golfer

:02:47. > :02:49.Tiger Woods taking a breathalyser test after being found asleep

:02:50. > :02:58.The athlete was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence.

:02:59. > :03:00.The video shows Woods slurring as he provides his personal

:03:01. > :03:03.information to a police officer before taking a blood test.

:03:04. > :03:05.The athlete says that an unexpected reaction to legal

:03:06. > :03:11.At least 36 people have died at a casino in the Philippines,

:03:12. > :03:13.opened fire before killing himself.

:03:14. > :03:16.Police in Manila say most of the victims died of suffocation

:03:17. > :03:18.after the man set fire to casino tables.

:03:19. > :03:20.Officers had feared the attack was terrorist related,

:03:21. > :03:28.but now believe the motive was robbery.

:03:29. > :03:32.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

:03:33. > :03:42.Thank you, Anita Remember you can contact us throughout the day to

:03:43. > :03:43.talk if you text, you will be charged at the standard network

:03:44. > :03:46.rate. England all rounder Chris Woakes has

:03:47. > :03:50.been ruled out of the rest of the Champions Trophy,

:03:51. > :03:52.due to a side strain sustained in yesterday's win over Bangladesh

:03:53. > :03:56.in the opening match Woakes could only manage two

:03:57. > :03:59.overs before the injury. His replacement has

:04:00. > :04:04.not yet been named. Centre Jared Payne is the British

:04:05. > :04:07.and Irish Lions first injury concern of their tour of New Zealand -

:04:08. > :04:10.he will miss the first match tomorrow against

:04:11. > :04:11.the Provincial Barbarians Payne, a former member

:04:12. > :04:14.of the New Zealand under-20s side, had been picked

:04:15. > :04:17.on the bench for the first match on his first Lions tour but has now

:04:18. > :04:20.been replaced by England winger There's no indication as yet

:04:21. > :04:30.as to how serious Payne's injury is. French side Lyon secured a slice

:04:31. > :04:33.of footballing history They won the Women's Champions

:04:34. > :04:36.League in dramatic fashion, winning 7-6 on pemalties

:04:37. > :04:41.against Paris St-Germain. Both

:04:42. > :04:46.goalkeepers ended up taking spotkicks - with Lyon's Sarah

:04:47. > :04:48.Bouhaddi scoring the decisive penalty in front of 22,000 fans

:04:49. > :04:54.at the Cardiff City Stadium. Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR

:04:55. > :04:57.team have secured a play-off place in the Americas Cup after winning

:04:58. > :05:00.a thrilling race with Team France. The British team had earlier retired

:05:01. > :05:03.in their first race of the day but bounced back to edge out France

:05:04. > :05:08.in their second. Their victory means they now

:05:09. > :05:12.have an unassailable lead over Sweden and France in

:05:13. > :05:16.the qualifying table. The winners of the series go forward

:05:17. > :05:30.to challenge Team Oracle USA We had an amazing race against the

:05:31. > :05:34.French team. Felt amazing. We struggled a bit on the downward

:05:35. > :05:39.likes but we hung in there. The guys did a great sailing the boat and we

:05:40. > :05:43.just got out with a little bit of pressure and we closed in and took a

:05:44. > :05:47.win by the narrowest of margins. That is all the sport for now. We

:05:48. > :05:55.will be back with more later on. On this programme we've

:05:56. > :05:57.been following the case Charlie is incredibly sick

:05:58. > :06:01.and is being cared for 24 hours The doctors there say

:06:02. > :06:05.there is nothing they can do to save him and want to turn

:06:06. > :06:08.off his life support - but his parents are fighting to stop

:06:09. > :06:10.that from happening. This week the Supreme Court

:06:11. > :06:12.granted them another week, before judges decide

:06:13. > :06:14.what should happen. Connie and Chris are trying to keep

:06:15. > :06:17.Charlie alive long enough to take him to America

:06:18. > :06:19.for an experimental treatment. Hello, thank you very much

:06:20. > :06:22.for talking to us again. He is still stable,

:06:23. > :06:28.still fighting, he is cracking on. Well, it's probably got worse

:06:29. > :06:39.from the last time we were here. But we keep our strength

:06:40. > :06:50.up for Charlie. He has not done what

:06:51. > :07:13.they said he would do. So, he is still there,

:07:14. > :07:16.he is still good. Has that surprised

:07:17. > :07:20.you or not, Connie? It did in the early

:07:21. > :07:23.days, but not any more. We tend not to worry

:07:24. > :07:26.about how he is. When we first brought him

:07:27. > :07:30.into intensive care, we worried we would get the phone call

:07:31. > :07:33.in the middle of the night. How does he respond

:07:34. > :07:40.when you are around him? Yeah, we can still pick

:07:41. > :07:44.him up for cuddles, So we can get in and

:07:45. > :07:49.we can put our arms Well, he's pretty

:07:50. > :08:01.weak now, isn't he? But he will still flicker his eyes

:08:02. > :08:05.at us, and move his mouth when we stroke his cheeks and stuff.

:08:06. > :08:12.So, he is still there. You said you are angry, Chris.

:08:13. > :08:17.Why? Just the fact that we have

:08:18. > :08:22.been fighting for these They could have done

:08:23. > :08:26.the trial at Great Ormond. And rather than give

:08:27. > :08:31.Charlie the medicines and see if they work, they have just

:08:32. > :08:41.left him for five months, just lying there.

:08:42. > :08:44.So I don't see how that is fair. But that is why we

:08:45. > :08:53.are where we are now. And the trial you referred

:08:54. > :08:56.to, you mean what's happening in America,

:08:57. > :08:58.where you would like to take him, that you said they could provide

:08:59. > :09:00.those medicines here? Yeah.

:09:01. > :09:02.They could. I think it's important

:09:03. > :09:05.to repeat that it is an oral medication, it is a powder

:09:06. > :09:07.that goes into his milk. You know, if it's an invasive

:09:08. > :09:17.treatment for a three-month period that is going to seriously harm him

:09:18. > :09:21.and cause him pain, I don't think But it's the fact that

:09:22. > :09:24.it's widely accepted that there is no side

:09:25. > :09:26.effects, so it's not We just want to have that chance

:09:27. > :09:38.and we don't see why we're not allowed to take our boy

:09:39. > :09:40.to a hospital What have you learned

:09:41. > :09:43.about this trial, and what do you believe it

:09:44. > :09:52.could do for your son? It is literally life

:09:53. > :09:54.or death, isn't it? If we don't get this

:09:55. > :09:57.opportunity he is going to die. We know that we've done,

:09:58. > :10:03.even if it doesn't work, which I think it well,

:10:04. > :10:05.we know that we've done everything We don't want to live

:10:06. > :10:10.with that, what if? What is, in terms of

:10:11. > :10:12.the case that you are pursuing, what is happening

:10:13. > :10:18.over the next few days? We have got a court hearing next

:10:19. > :10:21.Thursday, on June the 8th, where they will

:10:22. > :10:23.decide if we can appeal So it's just another

:10:24. > :10:34.week where we've got to wait, where he could be

:10:35. > :10:36.on the medications. Another week which has turned

:10:37. > :10:38.into months, and more months of him just lying

:10:39. > :10:41.there when they tried the treatment here.

:10:42. > :10:43.And you know, we've had to stomach the fact that they don't

:10:44. > :10:51.want to do the treatment here. OK, we don't agree with that,

:10:52. > :10:53.but we have to accept that. But the fact they are

:10:54. > :10:56.blocking us from taking him to another hospital in the world

:10:57. > :10:59.with one of the leading experts in this area,

:11:00. > :11:01.I can't, still to this But there is somewhere

:11:02. > :11:15.out there that does. And they basically just

:11:16. > :11:17.kept him a prisoner there. And you know, our parental rights

:11:18. > :11:21.have been completely stripped. The minute we took there,

:11:22. > :11:23.in hindsight, we lost him. They have got complete

:11:24. > :11:26.responsibility for him. When we got the appeal papers it

:11:27. > :11:29.says Connie Yates and Chris Gard versus Great Ormond Street

:11:30. > :11:31.Hospital and Charlie Gard. And that broke my heart

:11:32. > :11:35.when we saw that. We are the ones that sit

:11:36. > :11:44.there with him day in, day out. We are staying 24

:11:45. > :11:48.hours at the moment. And we can't take

:11:49. > :11:55.to somewhere that may Is that how you feel

:11:56. > :12:02.now, Connie, that actually your responsibility

:12:03. > :12:08.for your son has been taken away? Yeah.

:12:09. > :12:09.Definitely. Because we've had the money

:12:10. > :12:12.for over two months now. So I don't see how it is in his best

:12:13. > :12:17.interests to lie there without medication when in all that time

:12:18. > :12:20.he could have had a chance. There are no side effects,

:12:21. > :12:22.no major side-effects. It's not going to

:12:23. > :12:24.cause him any harm. There is nothing to

:12:25. > :12:28.suggest that we are. I don't think anyone

:12:29. > :12:30.can question that. My friend said to me yesterday,

:12:31. > :12:34.his name is Charlie Gard, The way you have talked

:12:35. > :12:43.about it, Chris, it is as though you believe your son

:12:44. > :12:45.is being kept prisoner. Is trapped, in a way,

:12:46. > :12:47.in the hospital. As I say, we have got

:12:48. > :12:53.one of the world's leading expert in this area

:12:54. > :12:55.and this condition saying he is willing to treat him

:12:56. > :13:05.and try to save his life. Yeah.

:13:06. > :13:08.He is fit to fly. If we got the go-ahead

:13:09. > :13:11.we'd be there tomorrow. And yet we are just

:13:12. > :13:13.stuck there, waiting weeks and months, just with him

:13:14. > :13:19.in the same condition, not getting any better

:13:20. > :13:21.because he is lacking the medicines What quality of life

:13:22. > :13:27.could he potentially have We hear a lot of negative

:13:28. > :13:39.things about what it could achieve or what it couldn't

:13:40. > :13:41.achieve, but no one knows. Everyone says this hasn't

:13:42. > :13:44.been tested before But it has had fantastic results

:13:45. > :13:49.with a similar condition. So no one knows how

:13:50. > :13:51.it could work for It may not work, or it

:13:52. > :13:55.could work better than it does But even though it's never been

:13:56. > :14:01.tested on humans, as you say, in court the judge said the type

:14:02. > :14:04.of treatment you want Charlie to have in America hasn't even

:14:05. > :14:05.reached the experimental stage on mice,

:14:06. > :14:08.and that it would be They have tried it on mice but not

:14:09. > :14:17.with Charlie's condition. It was a mouse with

:14:18. > :14:19.a similar condition. They then went on to

:14:20. > :14:21.try it with humans. There is no reason why it wouldn't

:14:22. > :14:23.work for Charlie the same as it has worked

:14:24. > :14:27.for other people. And we feel just because he has

:14:28. > :14:30.got a rare disease, like he's number 16 that we know of,

:14:31. > :14:35.reported, I think if it was something more common

:14:36. > :14:39.there would be mouse trials. It doesn't mean it's not

:14:40. > :14:42.going to work just because it costs hundreds of thousands

:14:43. > :14:48.of pounds to do these animal trials. You have been unsuccessful

:14:49. > :14:51.in your appeals so far. You have managed to delay

:14:52. > :14:56.the deadline for your son's You will find out

:14:57. > :15:00.if you can appeal to the Supreme Court next

:15:01. > :15:04.Thursday, as you say. I mean, what you are experiencing

:15:05. > :15:08.is unimaginable for How do you deal with this

:15:09. > :15:20.deadline hanging over you? Well, I don't know,

:15:21. > :15:23.is the answer to that question. If you'd said to me seven

:15:24. > :15:26.and a half months ago that all this would happen, then I would have

:15:27. > :15:30.said there is no way in a million Charlie is our son,

:15:31. > :15:35.we love him and we will fight Whatever we have to go through to

:15:36. > :15:41.get him the chance that he needs, Because he is our son

:15:42. > :15:47.and we love him. But if you don't get permission

:15:48. > :15:50.to appeal to the Supreme Court? We'll fight all the way to

:15:51. > :15:58.the European Court of Human Rights. While he's still fighting,

:15:59. > :16:02.we're still fighting. We have said that from

:16:03. > :16:04.the very beginning. And he has fought so hard

:16:05. > :16:07.to still be here and he is still fighting,

:16:08. > :16:09.so while he is still fighting, Well, I mean, you know,

:16:10. > :16:21.we've had a very brutal court case. We have to sit there and be quiet

:16:22. > :16:27.while they're kind of talking about our son like he is a piece

:16:28. > :16:29.of meat, at some stages. And he's not a piece of meat,

:16:30. > :16:32.he is our son and we love him.

:16:33. > :16:46.And, you know, I... If and when I criticise

:16:47. > :16:49.Great Ormond St and, I want to make it clear that I'm not

:16:50. > :16:52.talking about the nurses that looked Because they are truly

:16:53. > :16:55.amazing people. They have cared for him

:16:56. > :16:58.and the care he has received has But obviously it is

:16:59. > :17:01.difficult at the hospital, We are trying to deal with all this

:17:02. > :17:07.stuff while our son is lying there, you know, not deteriorating but just

:17:08. > :17:10.not getting any better because he We haven't enjoyed

:17:11. > :17:20.life for a long time. But it is not about us,

:17:21. > :17:25.it is about our little boy. And we will keep fighting

:17:26. > :17:31.for him, no matter what. Have you been able to contemplate

:17:32. > :17:34.the life-support being switched off? No, I've tried to go

:17:35. > :17:38.there in my head, because obviously it is a strong

:17:39. > :17:42.possibility, but no, I can't. Not when there is

:17:43. > :17:44.something out there If all options had been

:17:45. > :17:49.exhausted and there was nothing left and this was how

:17:50. > :17:51.it was going to be for the rest

:17:52. > :17:56.of his life, then I think we would have to hold our hands up

:17:57. > :17:58.and say, enough is enough. But the fact there is

:17:59. > :18:00.something out there that can help him, I don't

:18:01. > :18:04.understand why they can't try it. What is your message

:18:05. > :18:09.then to the judges? The same as it has been

:18:10. > :18:12.all along, give him a chance. It is a medication that

:18:13. > :18:14.will not harm him in It's widely accepted it

:18:15. > :18:17.has no side effects. Let us take our son to a hospital

:18:18. > :18:23.that wants to save his life. It's clear we are

:18:24. > :18:30.dedicated to our son. Let us take him to a hospital

:18:31. > :18:36.that is going to try to save his life.

:18:37. > :18:38.That is just my message. I don't see why we

:18:39. > :18:41.are not allowed to. We brought him into this world,

:18:42. > :18:46.we have looked after him from Let us take him to a hospital that

:18:47. > :18:52.wants to try to save his life, and possibly save more

:18:53. > :18:53.lives in the future. Charlie is our number one priority,

:18:54. > :18:57.always has been, always will be. But if this works for him,

:18:58. > :19:00.and they say he is in such a dire condition, and his life

:19:01. > :19:06.gets improved and saved, then God knows what it can do

:19:07. > :19:12.for this disease in the future. Other kids could be saved, it can be

:19:13. > :19:15.administered a lot earlier. And, you know, this

:19:16. > :19:17.could be a breakthrough in medicine in mitochondrial

:19:18. > :19:19.disease, you never know. At the moment it is

:19:20. > :19:21.incurable until we do But it doesn't mean

:19:22. > :19:24.it isn't treatable. Diabetes is incurable

:19:25. > :19:27.but it is treatable. Things like that.

:19:28. > :19:29.He is actually very stable. He doesn't require

:19:30. > :19:32.intensive care for the reasons you think

:19:33. > :19:34.he requires intensive care. Whereas if he had a tracheostomy,

:19:35. > :19:41.that should be on a ward. There are a lot of ill children

:19:42. > :19:49.in intensive care that we see He is probably still the most

:19:50. > :19:53.And that is what makes it really hard for us.

:19:54. > :19:56.Because I think when people think a child is in intensive care,

:19:57. > :19:58.that they are actually suffering at that point.

:19:59. > :20:00.But if he was suffering, we wouldn't be fighting.

:20:01. > :20:03.And what do you say to the judges who will make

:20:04. > :20:09.a decision on whether you can appeal to the Supreme Court, or whether

:20:10. > :20:11.your son's life-support should be switched off?

:20:12. > :20:17.And we deserve it as a family as well.

:20:18. > :20:24.If it doesn't work we will let him go but we will know

:20:25. > :20:26.that we have done everything that we possibly can.

:20:27. > :20:29.And everyone else has done everything they possibly can.

:20:30. > :20:32.The doctor said, even he said, if after three months there was no

:20:33. > :20:34.sign of improvement, he wouldn't carry on.

:20:35. > :20:39.So it's not as if we're about to get to the end of the three

:20:40. > :20:42.months and go, you know what, he has got it tracheostomy

:20:43. > :20:44.now, we can keep alive. The doctor will not carry on.

:20:45. > :20:48.So that would be very final for us. And we can go, you know what?

:20:49. > :20:49.We tried everything we possibly could.

:20:50. > :21:01.That was the parents of nine-month-old Charlie Gard speaking

:21:02. > :21:05.to Victoria. A lot of you getting in touch about this heartbreaking

:21:06. > :21:10.story. Rachel on Facebook, a horrible position to be in. What do

:21:11. > :21:14.you do for the best? Take the doctor 's advice and letting go or do you

:21:15. > :21:18.do everything you can to save your child and give them a fighting

:21:19. > :21:21.chance? If it were my child I would go with my gut feeling and if that

:21:22. > :21:25.was to fight on, say B. This time next week we should know

:21:26. > :21:28.who our next Prime Minister is. After a busy week of election

:21:29. > :21:30.campaigning and high-profile TV appearances, where do we stand now,

:21:31. > :21:33.and how much of a game-changer Here are some of the highlights

:21:34. > :21:38.of the political scene this week. I spent 48 hours after the last

:21:39. > :21:42.general election trying to talk people out of killing themselves

:21:43. > :21:45.and I didn't always succeed. Anybody who votes for

:21:46. > :21:49.the Conservative Party who are going to further these cuts,

:21:50. > :21:52.who are going to keep on with these cuts,

:21:53. > :21:55.they are complicit in these deaths. There are plenty of heart-rending

:21:56. > :21:58.stories here and nobody could be We have put 11,000 more doctors

:21:59. > :22:03.into the NHS, 12,000 more nurses. We have got renewed focus on mental

:22:04. > :22:10.health and also trying to make sure we take the pressure off big

:22:11. > :22:14.hospitals in the manifesto. But the raw truth is, the money's

:22:15. > :22:17.got to come from somewhere. You have openly supported

:22:18. > :22:19.the IRA in the past. Attending a commemoration

:22:20. > :22:22.for the eight IRA men Now, in your words,

:22:23. > :22:28.it was to honour them. Maybe you can share

:22:29. > :22:31.with the electorate why those IRA The commemoration I think

:22:32. > :22:36.you are referring to was a meeting I was at in London,

:22:37. > :22:39.where there was a period of silence for everyone who died

:22:40. > :22:43.in Northern Ireland. The contribution I made to that

:22:44. > :22:47.meeting was to call for a piece The contribution I made to that

:22:48. > :22:50.meeting was to call for a peace and dialogue process in Northern

:22:51. > :22:51.Ireland. Nobody can guarantee a real terms

:22:52. > :22:54.per-pupil funding increase. In the Labour Party's manifesto,

:22:55. > :22:57.we know the figures don't add up. Please let the Prime

:22:58. > :23:12.Minister answer. What we need to do is to make sure

:23:13. > :23:16.that we will put those record How much will it cost to provide

:23:17. > :23:20.un-means tested childcare They will obviously

:23:21. > :23:24.cost a lot to do so. You've announced a major

:23:25. > :23:36.policy and you don't know Can I give you the exact

:23:37. > :23:40.figure in a moment? Is this not exactly the issue

:23:41. > :23:43.with people and the Labour Party, which came up under Gordon Brown,

:23:44. > :23:45.that we cannot trust All our manifesto is fully

:23:46. > :23:56.costed and examined. You're holding your manifesto,

:23:57. > :23:58.you're flicking through it, you've got an iPad there,

:23:59. > :24:01.you had a phone call while you were in here,

:24:02. > :24:03.and you don't know how much Can we come back

:24:04. > :24:10.to that in a moment? I invite her to go to Cambridge

:24:11. > :24:12.and debate her policies, debate her record, debate

:24:13. > :24:14.their plans, the proposal, And let the public

:24:15. > :24:19.make up their minds? First of all, I've been taking

:24:20. > :24:22.on Jeremy Corbyn directly week in and week out in Prime Minister's

:24:23. > :24:25.Questions. And actually, yes, public scrutiny

:24:26. > :24:29.is for an election campaign but that's why taking questions

:24:30. > :24:32.from members of the public who are going to be voting

:24:33. > :24:35.on the 8th of June is so important. Plaid Cymru exists to defend

:24:36. > :24:40.and build up our country. We've shown time and again,

:24:41. > :24:42.you don't need the keys to Number Ten to open

:24:43. > :24:45.the door to change. This election is about the kind

:24:46. > :24:56.of country we want to be. Now, more than ever,

:24:57. > :24:57.Scotland needs strong SNP The Prime Minister

:24:58. > :25:04.is not here tonight. She can't be bothered,

:25:05. > :25:07.so why should you? In fact, Bake Off

:25:08. > :25:09.is on BBC Two next. You are not worth

:25:10. > :25:16.Theresa May's time. Part of being a good

:25:17. > :25:21.leader is having a good I am delighted and proud

:25:22. > :25:25.to be here representing the Conservative Party

:25:26. > :25:40.and the Prime Minister We can talk to political analyst and

:25:41. > :25:46.pollster John Curtice. Also Jim Waterson, political editor of

:25:47. > :25:50.BuzzFeed. And the senior political correspondent at the Telegraph

:25:51. > :25:56.newspaper. We were smiling at some of those clips. It has been such a

:25:57. > :26:04.weak. Kate, how significant has it been? Fairly significant. After what

:26:05. > :26:10.happened in Manchester, the campaigns took a pause and this week

:26:11. > :26:12.things have got going again and it gave Labour and the Conservatives an

:26:13. > :26:17.opportunity to kick-start campaigns you don't normally get to do in

:26:18. > :26:23.campaigns because usually it is a running story. Elections are about

:26:24. > :26:27.storytelling and convincing voters you have the best ending and up till

:26:28. > :26:32.this point I don't think any party had done that. People concerned

:26:33. > :26:36.about Theresa May, very concerned about Jeremy Corbyn, a lot of people

:26:37. > :26:40.do not understand what Tim Farron and the Lib Dems are about. Theresa

:26:41. > :26:44.May came into the election saying she would get a huge majority to

:26:45. > :26:50.lead the country through Brexit and now it looks it might not be the

:26:51. > :26:54.case. And now the whole thing we said we would never do again from

:26:55. > :26:59.2015 when we talk about polls and believe them to be gospel, we are

:27:00. > :27:03.doing it again and now every story is based around is there going to be

:27:04. > :27:08.a hung parliament, will Jeremy Corbyn get enough seats to survive?

:27:09. > :27:15.Will Theresa May's majority go up a little so she is under pressure

:27:16. > :27:18.internally? The Conservatives are probably happy the narrative is the

:27:19. > :27:24.polls are closing because they will think it will get their vote out

:27:25. > :27:28.next Thursday. We are into the weird black box stage. Everything poured

:27:29. > :27:34.in and it is now what ever comes out the other side. There is not a lot

:27:35. > :27:40.left to do unless somebody has a big policy to announce we have not heard

:27:41. > :27:44.of. The polls got a ripping in 2015. Is there a danger we put too much

:27:45. > :27:49.emphasis on them and we could get it wrong again? There is obviously a

:27:50. > :27:55.danger we put too much emphasis on them. But the truth is there was a

:27:56. > :27:59.coincidence clearly this week between the drama and Theatre of the

:28:00. > :28:05.campaign and the message of the opinion polls. The question we asked

:28:06. > :28:09.ourselves in the wake of the horrendous event in Manchester was

:28:10. > :28:16.whether the election campaign would restart at the same point the pause

:28:17. > :28:22.button was pressed. Or whether it would restart at a different place.

:28:23. > :28:26.I think the answer is it started where it left off with just a few

:28:27. > :28:30.hours earlier with the Prime Minister in trouble, because she

:28:31. > :28:36.tried to convince as she had not changed the policy on social care,

:28:37. > :28:40.when I think 99.9% of journalists decided she had earned this question

:28:41. > :28:46.about strong and stable leadership began to be questioned as a result.

:28:47. > :28:49.Because of that slip and basically the journalists started the campaign

:28:50. > :28:55.back on that issue and the question of leadership and social care, and

:28:56. > :29:01.therefore the perception the Conservative campaign was proving to

:29:02. > :29:04.be the less effective, with the opinion polls, whatever the

:29:05. > :29:09.disagreements about the level of support for the parties, but

:29:10. > :29:12.absolute unanimity between them the Conservative lead was narrowing

:29:13. > :29:16.significantly and Ede two things together inevitably mean is the

:29:17. > :29:23.Conservatives have been under pressure. I take Jim's point. There

:29:24. > :29:27.is a danger of campaigns being too driven by polls but in this case the

:29:28. > :29:32.point was the message of the polls that the public seem to react

:29:33. > :29:34.unfavourably to the Conservative campaign and relatively favourable

:29:35. > :29:38.to the Labour one fitted the narrative coming out of the campaign

:29:39. > :29:45.is being reported and investigated by journalists. I want to chat about

:29:46. > :29:51.who has had the better week. Theresa May did not turn up to one debate.

:29:52. > :29:56.Tim Farron said don't bother voting for her, she cannot be bothered to

:29:57. > :30:01.turn up here. Jeremy Corbyn, he did not know how much the childcare

:30:02. > :30:07.policy would cost. Who has come out better? People who care about the

:30:08. > :30:10.news watch politics programmes and get enthusiastic but unfortunately

:30:11. > :30:14.they are a small proportion of the population. What matters is what is

:30:15. > :30:20.on the front page of newspapers like the metro, what they hear on

:30:21. > :30:23.bulletins on the news. One thing this week, Jeremy Corbyn not knowing

:30:24. > :30:28.the numbers and whether it matters is another thing that news editors

:30:29. > :30:32.put it there so it did. Another thing was the Theresa May not

:30:33. > :30:39.turning up to the debate which ran everywhere and as far as we can tell

:30:40. > :30:46.cut through her decision and a wonderful ambush by Jeremy Corbyn

:30:47. > :30:52.turning up to take on Amber Rudd by himself.

:30:53. > :30:57.Isn't it funny how we are talking about who has had a better week when

:30:58. > :31:01.the Conservatives are and was have been ahead in this poll. This is the

:31:02. > :31:04.incumbent governing party. They have been the government for a number of

:31:05. > :31:08.years and you've got Jeremy Corbyn coming in and promising lots of

:31:09. > :31:12.things like student fees and increasing money for benefits and

:31:13. > :31:16.the things that people very much like, and Labour still behind in the

:31:17. > :31:20.polls. I think you've got to look at... I know we're talking about how

:31:21. > :31:24.polling doesn't necessarily matter but you've got to look at how people

:31:25. > :31:27.feel. When you talk to people, what is the gut feeling? What a Blue

:31:28. > :31:31.Bloods were talking about? People are still saying, I like Labour and

:31:32. > :31:34.have voted Labour before but there is usually a but even with people

:31:35. > :31:38.who are really strong Labour supporters and that but is Jeremy

:31:39. > :31:41.Corbyn and that is a problem for the party because even if the policies

:31:42. > :31:44.are good, at the end of the day, when people get into the polling

:31:45. > :31:48.booth they think about things like Brexit, the economy and, actually,

:31:49. > :31:52.quite a lot of people, I think, feel things aren't that bad, they could

:31:53. > :31:56.be worse, maybe I will just stick where I am and I think that although

:31:57. > :31:59.we are seeing some shifting and the polls tightening, the Conservatives

:32:00. > :32:03.are still ahead, Theresa May is still going to constituencies where

:32:04. > :32:06.they don't have an MP at the moment. She wouldn't be doing that if she

:32:07. > :32:10.really thought her internal polling was showing that they were on for

:32:11. > :32:15.about resulted there was another thing there which is that no matter

:32:16. > :32:20.which way the result goes, Jeremy Corbyn's position as Labour leader,

:32:21. > :32:23.which was... Most of the centrist anti-Corbyn factions thought this

:32:24. > :32:26.would be disastrous election weather would be completely wiped out and

:32:27. > :32:30.would remove Jeremy straight afterwards, I think from talking to

:32:31. > :32:35.people around that, they certain that he is going to be able to stay

:32:36. > :32:38.no matter what because the party is behind the members are behind even

:32:39. > :32:43.if they go backwards in terms of seats. I think there are 200 things

:32:44. > :32:45.to remember about this election. This is an asymmetric contest.

:32:46. > :32:48.Because expectations of Jeremy Corbyn were so low at the beginning,

:32:49. > :32:53.because his ratings were frankly appalling at the beginning of this

:32:54. > :32:58.campaign, basically all he has had to do is to turn up and, for the

:32:59. > :33:01.most part, do reasonably well and the truth is, apart from the Woman's

:33:02. > :33:06.Hour interview he has managed to do reasonably well. People have said,

:33:07. > :33:10.hang on, maybe he is not quite so bad after all, therefore as a result

:33:11. > :33:14.his ratings have improved. The second thing I would say is that

:33:15. > :33:16.Kate is absolutely right. Nobody is talking about the Labour Party

:33:17. > :33:20.winning this general election, not even the narrowest of opinion polls

:33:21. > :33:25.point to that, but that is not what this election is about. What it is

:33:26. > :33:29.about is the Prime Minister's original objective, which was to get

:33:30. > :33:33.a landslide majority so she had freedom vis-a-vis dissension insider

:33:34. > :33:37.Parliamentary party about any compromises you made about Brexit.

:33:38. > :33:40.The problem but now faces the Prime Minister is that most of the opinion

:33:41. > :33:44.polls are now suggesting she is no longer guaranteed to achieve that

:33:45. > :33:48.objective and therefore as a result may emerge as a result after the

:33:49. > :33:52.election not actually free of the Parliamentary party but with her

:33:53. > :33:55.authority we can dump that matters to the future of the next

:33:56. > :33:59.government, the Conservative Party and that's why this election has

:34:00. > :34:06.become a lot more interesting. Yes, it is not about who wins, whether

:34:07. > :34:11.Theresa May wins adequately enough, or does she end up in a worse place

:34:12. > :34:15.than she started on April 18? This time next week, we are going to no!

:34:16. > :34:19.Thank you so much for joining us. I do appreciate it. We have breaking

:34:20. > :34:24.news to bring you. I want to speak to Daniel Sandford who is here to

:34:25. > :34:27.break this -- brings us up-to-date with the breaking news.

:34:28. > :34:31.It goes back to concerns about election expenses that were filed

:34:32. > :34:36.after the 2015 general election. You may remember that that a lot of MPs

:34:37. > :34:39.were cleared of having done anything wrong in their election expenses a

:34:40. > :34:44.few weeks ago. We're now looking at the seat of South Thanet, when Nigel

:34:45. > :34:48.Farage was beaten by Craig Mackinlay and in the last two minutes, the

:34:49. > :34:55.Crown Prosecution Service has announced that Mackinlay, the then

:34:56. > :35:00.MP candidate in this his agent and a senior party activist will all be

:35:01. > :35:05.charged under the representation of the People's sat 1983. Craig

:35:06. > :35:09.Mackinlay has been charged with essentially filing false expenses,

:35:10. > :35:13.his agent has been charged with the same and Marion Little, who was

:35:14. > :35:18.given OBEs after the 2015 election for services to the Conservative

:35:19. > :35:22.Partyparty as a campaign specialist has been charged with aiding and

:35:23. > :35:27.abetting and they will all appear at West Meta Magistrates' Court on July

:35:28. > :35:31.four, just a few weeks after this election is over. -- Westminster

:35:32. > :35:35.Magistrates' Court. What does that mean for this election? Is he still

:35:36. > :35:40.able to stand? He is still able to stand on Rumba to put him in a

:35:41. > :35:44.difficult position with his constituents because he will go into

:35:45. > :35:49.the election next week with having been charged after the last

:35:50. > :35:56.election. Thank you for dropping by to tell us that. Still to come...

:35:57. > :35:59.The new song that criticises the Government and could end up being

:36:00. > :36:02.number one on the official chart this afternoon. We find out why

:36:03. > :36:07.radio stations are reluctant to play it.

:36:08. > :36:12.And how thousands of people have tried to claim free tickets, just

:36:13. > :36:20.a's concert for the bombing survivors despite not having been

:36:21. > :36:24.there at the time of the attack. Let's get some sport now with you.

:36:25. > :36:27.After victory over Bangladesh in their opening match of the Champions

:36:28. > :36:34.Trophy, England's cricketers have been hit with bad news this morning.

:36:35. > :36:39.All-rounder Chris works has been ruled out for the west of the

:36:40. > :36:45.tournament after he suffered a side strain and his replacement has not

:36:46. > :36:50.yet been named Gerry Peyton will miss out on his first British and

:36:51. > :36:55.Lions match tomorrow. He has been ruled out after a calf problem.

:36:56. > :37:04.Elliot Daly will take its place. There was a tense finish to the

:37:05. > :37:11.women's Champions League final Lyon secured back troubles. Baby Paris St

:37:12. > :37:16.Germain 7-6. Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAE our team are a step closer

:37:17. > :37:20.to the America's Cup. They were tied in their first race but came back to

:37:21. > :37:24.beat France and serve secured themselves. That is all the sports.

:37:25. > :37:32.I will be back with more in Newsroom Live after 11am.

:37:33. > :37:34.Now, it's the new song which people are talking about,

:37:35. > :37:38.The song criticises Theresa May and the Conservatives.

:37:39. > :37:40.It's already number 2 on the iTunes chart,

:37:41. > :37:47.on the official chart, which is revealed this afternoon.

:37:48. > :37:49.But however high it gets, Radio 1 has said it

:37:50. > :37:54.Because we're less than a week away from the general election

:37:55. > :37:57.But not everyone thinks that's a good enough reason.

:37:58. > :38:00.Here now is Jake Painter, who came up with the hit.

:38:01. > :38:03.We did ask someone from the BBC to come on and explain the rules,

:38:04. > :38:06.Instead, we can speak to Kevin Marsh,

:38:07. > :38:09.And Dr Peter Goddard, a media professor from

:38:10. > :38:17.Thanks to all of you for coming in. Jake, first of all, where did the

:38:18. > :38:23.idea come from for this track? I wrote the song in 2010 initially,

:38:24. > :38:26.because I was pretty appalled at the coalition government and their

:38:27. > :38:31.austerity budget and tuition fees and that sort of thing. I wrote it

:38:32. > :38:35.then and released at about seven years ago. There was some traction

:38:36. > :38:39.on the internet and I have been writing political music for about

:38:40. > :38:44.seven years and released a lot of other things but about a month ago

:38:45. > :38:48.when the election was called, I felt so despondent about where this

:38:49. > :38:51.country is going with the NHS cuts and police cuts and school funding

:38:52. > :38:55.and that kind of thing and I felt like, I am going to do this again

:38:56. > :39:01.aimed at Theresa May. Let's have a quick listen.

:39:02. > :39:03.# We all know politicians like telling lies

:39:04. > :39:07.# Saying they're strong and stable won't disguise

:39:08. > :39:10.# Nurses going hungry, schools in decline

:39:11. > :39:12.# I don't recognise this broken country of mine

:39:13. > :39:27.That is Jake's track. Before I bring in Kevin, were you surprised that it

:39:28. > :39:33.is not being played anywhere? I'm absolutely horrified. I think it

:39:34. > :39:38.is... When you look at the bias in the media, not trust the BBC but the

:39:39. > :39:43.wider media in general, I think, towards the Tory party, therapies

:39:44. > :39:48.only studies on this - LSE, Cardiff University, Birkbeck - massively

:39:49. > :39:51.waited in terms of... We have rules here at the BBC and I'm sure Kevin

:39:52. > :39:54.can come in on this. Every programmer scrutinised so heavily

:39:55. > :39:58.during an election period. You have to make sure you give equal weight

:39:59. > :40:01.to political parties, so that there is a fair reflection out there.

:40:02. > :40:05.Presumably these are the conversations that will be going on

:40:06. > :40:08.right now in the BBC about radio one not playing this trap? Of course.

:40:09. > :40:16.The controller of radio Mackinlay would not have made this decision on

:40:17. > :40:21.his own. He would have made the decision quite widely. During an

:40:22. > :40:28.election the BBC has to do is serve impartiality all the time... That is

:40:29. > :40:32.what the guidelines say. During an election it is actually quite hard

:40:33. > :40:38.to in chief impartiality so we tend to aim for a thing called balance,

:40:39. > :40:42.so that things are balanced one with another, interviews balance on with

:40:43. > :40:46.another. The problem I think that the controller of Radio 1 would have

:40:47. > :40:52.had here is that this is a very good protest song, excellent protest

:40:53. > :40:55.song, but how does that play within the overall balance of an election

:40:56. > :41:02.campaign? I'm pretty sure this track will be played in full once the

:41:03. > :41:06.election is over. Of course it is not just the BBC. Independent radio

:41:07. > :41:09.stations are governed by Ofcom rules. Ofcom rules are actually

:41:10. > :41:13.slightly tied to the BBC rules, as it happens. But at the end of the

:41:14. > :41:18.day, you have a situation where for a few weeks away there is an

:41:19. > :41:23.election and there is a requirement to be able to demonstrate, not just

:41:24. > :41:26.be balanced but demonstrate using numbers, charts, spreadsheets, how

:41:27. > :41:31.that balance has been achieved. But if we're going to be demonstrating

:41:32. > :41:35.balance, look at the tweets of Laura Kuenssberg and Nick Robinson. We

:41:36. > :41:38.doubt about the wider BBC. But you can't take tweets out of context.

:41:39. > :41:42.Correspondence and editors are employed by the BBC to give forward

:41:43. > :41:46.their opinions, as well as report on the facts within the view. That is

:41:47. > :41:50.right, isn't it? Within their role as political editor. The point about

:41:51. > :41:54.impartiality isn't that you are trying to be objective, that is not

:41:55. > :41:57.possible. But what you are trying to do is look at as much of the

:41:58. > :42:01.evidence as you possibly can, using your experience, judgment of

:42:02. > :42:04.expertise, to come to review, so that when Nick Robinson or Laura

:42:05. > :42:08.Kuenssberg is criticised, they are being criticised for coming to a

:42:09. > :42:11.view but it is a view based on the fact in as much as they can assess

:42:12. > :42:16.them and the widest range of views possible. That is not quite the same

:42:17. > :42:20.as balance during an election. But is something that I as an editor

:42:21. > :42:24.always had to be able to show with numbers. And they are literally

:42:25. > :42:28.numbers. We have to take it off, who is getting airtime. I want to bring

:42:29. > :42:31.in Dr Peter Goddard. Listen to what has been said, do you think the BBC

:42:32. > :42:37.has got it right in not playing this track? It is a very difficult one.

:42:38. > :42:42.Kevin is right that the BBC needs to show balance but it is not as

:42:43. > :42:47.straightforward as just counting or talk about impartiality, it is how

:42:48. > :42:50.we interpret it. The guidelines talk about news and political advertising

:42:51. > :42:54.and this track doesn't quite conform to either of those things. In fact,

:42:55. > :43:00.the BBC has, as you have done just now, played it as a news story,

:43:01. > :43:06.played part of the song, talked about it online and so on, the

:43:07. > :43:09.lyrics have been reproduced. So as a news story, it is newsworthy and

:43:10. > :43:14.that fits into one conception of balance. It is not a political

:43:15. > :43:16.advertisement, it doesn't fall into the party election broadcast

:43:17. > :43:22.situation. It is a phenomenon on. It is a song in the top ten,

:43:23. > :43:26.consequently the BBC sort of has a duty to play it as part of the chart

:43:27. > :43:29.showing. The idea of the chart show is that the BBC plays without fear

:43:30. > :43:36.or favour the songs that happen to be in the top ten, so playing it on

:43:37. > :43:38.Radio 1 in the chart show is particularly awkward situation. My

:43:39. > :43:42.sense here is that the BBC is erring on the side of caution because the

:43:43. > :43:47.rules don't explicitly cover this order situation. It is worth saying

:43:48. > :43:52.it is not just the BBC but other independent radio stations like

:43:53. > :43:59.capital Heart and heart. Is there a danger that the BBC can't win? I

:44:00. > :44:01.think the BBC and other radio stations should take that risk there

:44:02. > :44:07.was a whole generation of young people whose futures are looking

:44:08. > :44:12.pretty bleak and, you know, this song has been downloaded and viewed

:44:13. > :44:15.by hundreds of thousands of them, so they've exercised their right to buy

:44:16. > :44:19.it and listen to it so let them listen to its. I might also add on

:44:20. > :44:23.that as well before I came on, your editor asked me not to go too heavy

:44:24. > :44:29.on the Tories. Die Roten anti-Tory song but I am being asked maybe not

:44:30. > :44:35.be too heavy on this interview. To be fair, that, once again, falls

:44:36. > :44:38.into what Kevin said. If we have someone who does an anti-Labour

:44:39. > :44:45.song, an auntie Lib Dem song, and Andy Ukip song... It is all about

:44:46. > :44:51.that impartiality. It is about the balance of impartiality. The BBC

:44:52. > :44:55.cannot win. Somebody is going to see the decision the BBC makes as the

:44:56. > :44:59.wrong decision and that is where you find yourself as a BBC editor but

:45:00. > :45:02.the important thing is to be able to explain, look, this was the

:45:03. > :45:06.principle according to which me made this decision. In an ideal world,

:45:07. > :45:11.even those who oppose the decision you come to understand the reason

:45:12. > :45:18.why you did it. They may not accept but that is where, in the BBC, we

:45:19. > :45:20.try to get to. Thank you all for coming onto the programme. I

:45:21. > :45:24.appreciate it, and giving us your time this morning.

:45:25. > :45:26.Again, we did ask the BBC to explain why it's decided

:45:27. > :45:39.The Vodafone Big Top 40 is a chart show broadcast on 140

:45:40. > :45:43.radio stations, including Heart and Capital, and is a compilation

:45:44. > :45:46.of the 40 most downloaded songs in the UK.

:45:47. > :46:08.Their spokesperson gave us this statement...

:46:09. > :46:10.Loads of messages about today's Election Blind Dates

:46:11. > :46:11.with Conservative politician John Whittingdale and Labour

:46:12. > :46:23.Here's a reminder of how they got on.

:46:24. > :46:31.I am Jess Phillips. I was the Labour member of Parliament for Birmingham

:46:32. > :46:37.Yardley and am now the candidate in the election. I was raised to hate

:46:38. > :46:42.the Tories. There are still some I think of as three headed monsters. I

:46:43. > :46:49.was anxious going out with somebody, I don't know who it is. I would not

:46:50. > :46:53.want it to be anybody boring. I am John Whittingdale, the Parliamentary

:46:54. > :46:57.candidate at the moment for Maldon in Essex. My confession is I am

:46:58. > :47:04.taking a night off in the election campaign to go and see Iron Maiden

:47:05. > :47:12.at the O2. Hello, how are you? Nice to see you. We have put more money

:47:13. > :47:16.into education. When people tell me there is more money in education I

:47:17. > :47:23.wonder where it has gone because it is not in my children's school. My

:47:24. > :47:30.son's fund, lifelong education for them. Not just university education,

:47:31. > :47:35.college funding has been gone. These things matter. Every problem, you

:47:36. > :47:40.could spend more money on it. The problem is every area, you want to

:47:41. > :47:46.spend more money. I want to spend more money on the kids in my

:47:47. > :47:52.constituency,. I want the economy to work properly. It tells you about

:47:53. > :47:58.the ridiculous life we lead. I put up a tweet and it was picked up.

:47:59. > :48:05.Sacked Culture Secretary spends weekend in Ibiza. People have this

:48:06. > :48:08.idea MPs are not normal. We enjoy doing the things everybody else

:48:09. > :48:16.enjoys doing. I get people looking at me saying, you like Rock music?

:48:17. > :48:22.Yes, I do actually! As if it is bizarre. I was in Wilkinsons buying

:48:23. > :48:25.bin bags. Somebody was saying, I cannot believe you are in

:48:26. > :48:31.Wilkinsons. You have to put things in the bin! I do not have people to

:48:32. > :48:35.put things in my bin! We agreed on quite a lot. We did not agree on how

:48:36. > :48:43.the nation should spend its finances.

:48:44. > :48:49.You can see that Prince William has just arrived at Greater Manchester

:48:50. > :48:56.Police headquarters. Speaking to officers who are on hand after the

:48:57. > :49:00.attack in Manchester. He will go want to meet people who have been

:49:01. > :49:10.injured in that attack. We will keep you up-to-date on the programme.

:49:11. > :49:15.Lots of people have got in touch about the election Blind dates. We

:49:16. > :49:19.will have more next week. Andrew on Twitter says, Jess Phillips is

:49:20. > :49:23.refreshing, inspiring and funny. More politicians should be like her.

:49:24. > :49:31.Another on Twitter says election blind dates on Monday will be

:49:32. > :49:35.likely. That is because we have Gina Miller, who went to court over the

:49:36. > :49:40.Brexit decision beating a former Ukip politician. Louise on Twitter

:49:41. > :49:43.is saying, really enjoyed debates on election blind dates. Nice to see

:49:44. > :49:50.issues discussed without being constantly childish. Another gets in

:49:51. > :49:57.touch to say good to see a sensible grown-up debate and discussion, well

:49:58. > :50:00.done to the MPs. Daniels says on Facebook, people can get along,

:50:01. > :50:06.whatever their background. It is what is in your heart. Unfairness

:50:07. > :50:14.makes people fight each other when times are hard especially. Wendy

:50:15. > :50:18.says, how can she be proud in being selected to stand when not up

:50:19. > :50:22.against both genders. Ridiculous. Two cousins of the Manchester bomber

:50:23. > :50:34.say they have no idea he was planning his attack which killed 22

:50:35. > :50:36.people. They were arrested after the bombing and were questioned for a

:50:37. > :50:43.week but were released without charge. They said they had no idea

:50:44. > :50:47.about his plans. I am still shocked. I am letting it sink in slowly.

:50:48. > :50:58.Getting around it, somehow. It is not easy. It is not easy being

:50:59. > :51:03.connected to 22 lost innocent lives. And the fact that the person who did

:51:04. > :51:09.this is related to us by blood. It is something that will stay with me

:51:10. > :51:14.the rest of my life. My thoughts are with the families of the victims. I

:51:15. > :51:19.really feel for them. We can try and move on with our lives, but they

:51:20. > :51:27.have lost loved ones. I am still in shock about what has happened.

:51:28. > :51:32.Looking at the relationship I have had with Salman, which was close.

:51:33. > :51:38.For him to betray the family in that manner, which was out of order,

:51:39. > :51:47.involving 22 innocent people. Traumatised by it. It is shocking.

:51:48. > :51:53.For people who have seen it as a big network we were involved in, it was

:51:54. > :51:59.nothing like that. I believe it was done by one man, which developed

:52:00. > :52:02.thoughts in the past few years he kept to himself, secretly, he never

:52:03. > :52:08.shared it with any member of the family. If he had, we could have

:52:09. > :52:11.done something to stop that happening. Those are two of the

:52:12. > :52:16.cousins of the Manchester bomber. Next, the ticketing website

:52:17. > :52:18.Ticketmaster say more than 11,000 people who were not

:52:19. > :52:20.at Manchester Arena when the suicide bomb happened last week have tried

:52:21. > :52:23.to claim free tickets for Sunday's One Love concert, being

:52:24. > :52:26.held for survivors of the attack. Some tickets were put

:52:27. > :52:28.on eBay for up to ?200 - within hours of the show selling

:52:29. > :52:32.out. The website says it will block any

:52:33. > :52:35.sale items trying to make As we know, Sunday's show will be

:52:36. > :52:39.headlined by Ariana Grande at Old Trafford Cricket Ground

:52:40. > :52:42.and she'll be joined MUSIC: I'll Show You

:52:43. > :52:58.by Justin Bieber MUSIC: Shout Out

:52:59. > :53:06.To My Ex by Little Mix MUSIC: No Limit by

:53:07. > :53:28.Usher and Young Thug MUSIC: Where Is The Love

:53:29. > :54:14.by Black-Eyed Peas A spokesperson from

:54:15. > :54:23.Ticketmaster has told us... "We have set aside tickets

:54:24. > :54:25.for the 14,200 people who were at the Ariana Grande

:54:26. > :54:27.concert to attend One Love More than 25,000 people

:54:28. > :54:30.applied for them. We are doing everything we can

:54:31. > :54:33.to ensure that tickets go to the actual fans and not

:54:34. > :54:36.the opportunists or touts who have also been applying

:54:37. > :54:51.for free tickets". It is so sad. You think all of these

:54:52. > :54:55.people are trying to take advantage of what has happened. Is it clear

:54:56. > :55:02.how they will verify who was and was not their? If you were at the

:55:03. > :55:07.concert on the 22nd of May you were given a couple of days to register

:55:08. > :55:14.details and had to have verification of the ticket you had and which site

:55:15. > :55:18.you bought it from whether Ticketmaster, or others, they took

:55:19. > :55:24.the details and verified them and that is how they know who was at the

:55:25. > :55:29.concert and who was not. People have either clearly tried to copy other

:55:30. > :55:33.people'sdetails, or they have put in random details to get the tickets

:55:34. > :55:41.for free. It is clear everybody who went to the concert who wanted a

:55:42. > :55:46.ticket has gotten? As far as I know, yes, but the problem is it was a

:55:47. > :55:51.short window of time. The concert was announced on Wednesday. They

:55:52. > :55:56.gave deadlines, which extended. It closed yesterday at 2pm. If you

:55:57. > :56:00.register details you should have got an e-mail from Ticketmaster

:56:01. > :56:04.confirming you have your ticket. It could have been a difficult decision

:56:05. > :56:10.for young people who attended the concert, about whether they wanted

:56:11. > :56:15.to go. Is it clear whether those people who tries to get those

:56:16. > :56:19.tickets, will there be any action taken against them? Ticketmaster

:56:20. > :56:25.have cancelled anyone who has bought tickets they know in the general

:56:26. > :56:29.sale and is had to resell them on secondary platforms, or places like

:56:30. > :56:34.eBay. They have cancelled the ticket so you cannot attend and there will

:56:35. > :56:39.be tight security on Sunday. Those who try to buy fake tickets, eBay

:56:40. > :56:44.said if you try to sell your ticket we will investigate and put

:56:45. > :56:49.restrictions on your eBay account. EBay have been strong on this.

:56:50. > :56:55.Merchandise has been removed from eBay, where it is not clear whether

:56:56. > :56:59.money will go to a charity. I have seen One Love T-shirts that are not

:57:00. > :57:06.official. Everybody is clamping down on this strictly because it is for

:57:07. > :57:11.charity. All of the proceeds are going... The ticket proceeds are

:57:12. > :57:14.going to the charity fund set up by Manchester City council in

:57:15. > :57:21.conjunction with the British Red Cross. All artists are donating time

:57:22. > :57:31.and travel for free. Cooper is donating fares, HMV donating profits

:57:32. > :57:37.from album sales -- Uber is donating fares. In all they hope to raise in

:57:38. > :57:41.excess of ?4 million. We spoke earlier to the parents of Charlie

:57:42. > :57:47.Gard, the baby being treated at great Ormond. Charlie says,

:57:48. > :57:51.Charlie's parents should be given the right to seek treatment wherever

:57:52. > :57:55.they choose. People who are terminally ill and having to go

:57:56. > :58:01.abroad to fulfil their wishes is not fair. He is a fighter and should be

:58:02. > :58:06.given every chance possible. A spokesperson from Great Ormond

:58:07. > :58:09.Street Hospital said, Great Ormond Street Hospital will always listen

:58:10. > :58:15.to and respect the views of parents but it is also our duty to put the

:58:16. > :58:21.best interests of every child in our care above all else. The court also

:58:22. > :58:25.decided it was in Charlie's best interests for treatment to be

:58:26. > :58:32.withdrawn. Thanks for your company. Have a great day.

:58:33. > :58:37.In Japan, art and life are intrinsically connected.