EXCLUSIVE:
@KatiePrice
tells us she's considering residential care for her son for the first time.
Harvey, 16, is partially blind, autistic, and has Prader-Willis syndrome, which causes behavioural difficulties.
“Mo Salah just came driving to our close. We walked out of our garden and he checked if I was OK, he was really worried about me”
Louis Fowler ran into a lamppost chasing Mo Salah’s car – only for the footballer to stop and have a photo with him
“The government is stockpiling body bags for the risk of an increased mortality rate.
“Those who support no-deal Brexit need to be aware what level of harm they are willing to accept”
Neurologist Dr David Nicholl contributed to Operation Yellowhammer
Watch this extraordinary exchange:
‘You should be ashamed,’
@KenLoachSixteen
He challenges former Barnet councillor Brian Coleman who tries to defend the poor living conditions - cockroaches, damp and drug users, revealed in our film.
“The image is a perpetual image of people who are impoverished, who need white celebrities”
Labour MP
@DavidLammy
says Comic Relief must stop promoting tired stereotypes, following an image of Stacey Dooley in Uganda
#VictoriaLIVE
“Mo Salah came driving to our close. We walked out of our garden and he checked if I was OK, he was really worried about me”
@LFC
fan Louis Fowler ran into a lamp-post chasing Mo Salah’s car - only for the footballer to stop and have a photo with him
‘I was made to feel quite ashamed – it really did hurt me’ Katie Jarvis
Soap actors have spoken out in support of the ex-EastEnders star who made the news for having taken a job in a shop.
"Are you lonely?"
"Yeah, no-one's ever asked me that before... I am, very"
@vicderbyshire
has been to meet those sleeping rough in London's financial district
This is the story of Daisy and Jade.
‘Racism is not an opinion – it is a fundamental ideology that removes the humanity of people because of their race’
@afuahirsch
The BBC ruled against presenter Naga Munchetty over comments on Donald Trump.
“I feel that the people in charge of the show have an unconscious bias around the regulations for boys and girls, and maybe different races”
#LoveIsland
’s Sherif Lanre on why he was axed from villa for using c-word, but Ellie was kept in last year
“I sat in the car and cried, because I couldn’t believe what people were sending me”
Actor and writer
@TracyAnnO
describes the anti-Semitic abuse she has been sent by people “under the guise of being Labour and Jeremy Corbyn supporters”
“It’s the fact Meghan owns her heritage – she’s proud. That’s what’s inspiring to me, but threatening to parts of the British establishment”
Author and prof of journalism
@afuahirsch
discusses the treatment of Meghan Markle by the press
“I said, ‘They’re worried it’s cancer. And tears came into his eyes”
Dame Julie Walters has been diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer.
She describes to
@vicderbyshire
the moment she told her husband, Grant.
Her most recent scan shows she’s all clear
"Johnson vs Corbyn. It's not John Major vs Tony Blair, is it?"
Watch Ken Clarke and
@campbellclaret
in our latest 'election blind date'.
After years on opposing sides of politics, can they find common ground?
“We’ve had 9 years of Tory austerity. We’re at Christmas, and 4 million children are in poverty.
“Only Labour can change this around and invest in our country”
Labour’s
@AngelaRayner
makes her pitch to undecided voters
#VictoriaLIVE
“The Labour Party in Scotland is now an irrelevance”
Selma, a grassroots Labour activist, condemns all four Labour leadership candidates for not mentioning Scotland once in over an hour of debate
#VictoriaLIVE
“If that money isn’t good enough for a firefighter or nurse, why is good enough for an MP?”
Newly-elected Labour MP
@NadiaWhittome
is donating half her salary to community causes
She rejects it's “virtue signalling”
“We’re not going to suddenly find 10,000 extra intensive care nurses”
Dr Ron Daniels, consultant in intensive care, says the UK cannot increase its ICU capacity "rapidly enough" to deal with levels of coronavirus patients
“Is calling a gay person a ‘bum boy’ homophobic?”
“It depends on the context it’s being said”
“It doesn’t”
@OwenJones84
and
@NimkoAli
clash on Boris Johnson’s use of the phrase ‘tank-topped bum boys’ in a 1998 column.
“We have had to close one third of our in-patient NHS beds through Brexit.”
Palliative care doctor, Rachel Clarke, wants to remain in the EU, and would like another referendum.
#VictoriaLIVE
“We need to use this six months to make sure we put this deal back to the people”
Green MP
@CarolineLucas
says there is enough time for a second referendum
#VictoriaLIVE
'Here's something we agree on... a double referendum'
Labour peer and remainer
@Andrew_Adonis
calls out Conservative's
@johnredwood
over his call for two
#Brexit
referendums before the process began.
‘If you promote rape you should have a lifetime ban from standing for elected office,’
@jessphillips
She says there is a link between such language and actual violence.
Police are investigating UKIP candidate Carl Benjamin after saying ‘he might rape’ the MP.
“I’m not a bank robber.”
A woman in Denmark who was fined for wearing a niqab expresses disgust at Boris Johnson’s claim the full face veil makes women look like "bank robbers" & "letter boxes".
#VictoriaLIVE
'I'm leaving Britain because of Brexit'
Sabine Voigt has lived in the UK for 17 years, and has a British partner - but has decided to return to Germany.
“I am going to support a confirmatory referendum”
Conservative MP Richard Harrington,
@Richard4Watford
, says he now, for the first time, wants to go back to the public
"Men are control freaks. Look at what we've got in Parliament - 7 year old boys squabbling and fighting."
If you listen to one thing today... make it this incredibly frank interview with Greta! She was just 2 when women got the vote.
#Votes100
#100years
#Suffrage100
Female genital mutilation is increasingly being used on babies in the UK, we've been told.
One victim was as young as one month old.
Our exclusive report:
Some may find this video upsetting.
“It’s bullying, and there’s underlying racism in there”
YouTuber and cultural commentator
@ZezeMillz
says the public has pushed Meghan and Harry into stepping down from royal life
#VictoriaLIVE
“The air-time contestants of my race got was very disproportionate to our value in the villa.”
#LoveIsland
’s Sherif Lanre says he feels black contestants have been given “statistically less air-time” on the show
#VictoriaLIVE
🎙️ Would you press the nuclear button?
🗣️ I couldn’t conceive of any circumstance where I would.
Labour leadership candidate
@labourlewis
says Britain doesn’t need nuclear weapons, and that they are not a deterrent
“My mandate is to stop Brexit... Scotland voted 62% to remain”
SNP MP
@joannaccherry
says Brexit is the fault of the Conservatives, and not opposition parties
#VictoriaLIVE
“The idea millions of people are angry at the idea they’d have another say is nonsense”
@campbellclaret
, who supports a second referendum, says the public want to be involved in the final Brexit decision
#VictoriaLIVE
“I’m labelled a murderer, a drug trafficker and a rapist”
Chevon Brown was deported from the UK to Jamaica last year, alongside other convicted criminals, after serving time in prison for dangerous driving
He says his life has become a “complete mess”
‘This ruling legitimises racist opinions by suggesting they should be treated impartially’
@afuahirsch
The BBC ruled against presenter Naga Munchetty over comments on Donald Trump.
Dozens of BAME broadcasters are calling for the BBC to reconsider.
'We had no idea our child would be gifted'
Mum and dad of 3-year-old Ophelia Morgan-Dew – who has an IQ higher than the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking – say they are definitely not pushy parents.
Full story:
#VictoriaLIVE
“This isn’t a debate about what Parliament thinks, this is a debate about what the people think”
Brexit Party MEP
@MartinDaubney
says the House of Commons is “out of touch” with the public
“I hope the BBC will have a look at how it conducted itself. In my view, the BBC have been used and abused.”
Labour’s
@AndyMcDonaldMP
, calls for “reflection” on its coverage of the election campaign
#VictoriaLIVE
“What is so empowering about Meghan is she has utilised her female autonomy to make the decision [to go to Canada] that’s best for her and her family”
Olivia is one of the pupils who met the Duchess of Sussex on International Women’s Day
"Mr Redwood, You don't need to shout at him ... he's genuinely worried..." Lively debate between politicians and members of public over Brexit and hard borders.
#VictoriaLIVE
“When I was in school, being well spoken – I was told ‘You sound white’."
These 22 men are successful professionals, but they have all faced negative stereotypes as black men.
Now a new project,
@56BlackMen
, is aiming to challenge perceptions
“It keeps the continent of Africa poor. It keeps people in their place.”
Labour MP
@DavidLammy
says Stacey Dooley’s Comic Relief trip to Uganda is part of Britain's 'white saviour' complex
#VictoriaLIVE
WARNING: UPSETTING
'Cowardly, vile and callous'
Malorie Bantala was 8 months pregnant when the father of her unborn baby, along with another man, apprehended her in disguise then attacked her. Her baby died, and she was left in a critical condition.
“How do you justify £2.4m on a “cottage” for a couple?”
Daily Mirror’s
@Kevin_Maguire
says cost of Harry & Meghan’s home is a “sick joke” when people are living on the streets
#VictoriaLIVE
A second British woman has died from having a Brazilian butt lift abroad, we've discovered.
It is the most dangerous cosmetic surgery there is
#VictoriaLIVE
‘Ultimately this place is broken, our politics is broken, I’m sorry to your viewers about that, it’s a disgrace what is going on,’ says
@ChukaUmunna
The Labour MP says there should be a second public vote to determine what happens with
#Brexit
.
'I don’t feel safe at all in London – the streets aren’t safe anymore' - Rico Finlayson, who was stabbed 10 times by a gang in the capital last year tells how he survived.
#VictoriaLIVE
"It's like you're touching a language"
Lego has developed 'Braille bricks' for children with sight loss.
We went to meet pupils at one specialist school trying them out:
EXCLUSIVE: This programme has learnt that
@RebekahVardy
has instructed lawyers to do a 'forensic investigation' on her Instagram account to see who has had access to it and when. More on tomorrow's programme, 10am
“I’m happy to say goodbye to Russian oligarchs and tax dodgers.
“For the rest of the rich, I would say ‘stay’. A government like Labour that spends on infrastructure will make this country even better”
-
@paulmasonnews
, Labour-supporting journalist