simon hughes unveiled the image in westminster. the poster features a picture of theresa may with the caption ‘hash tag dementiatax. don't bet your house on it'. nicola sturgeon is undertaking a tour of 30 constituencies by helicopter. she took to the skies in the final weekend of election campaigning and is visiting six key constituencies over the course of saturday. the snp won 56 of the 59 seats in scotland in 2015, i record result which polls suggest they will struggle to match this time around. speaking to the bbc, nicola sturgeon said she would be willing to enter into a coalition with the labour party in the event of a hung parliament. i've always said if the arithmetic allowed it i would like the snp to be part of a progressive alternative to the tory government that protected pensions and had policies that lifted people out of poverty. but i think the polls and the rest of the uk still suggest the tories will win this election, but it is no longer inevitable theresa may increases her majority. she has been exposed to thi

simon hughes unveiled the image in westminster. the poster features a picture of theresa may with the caption "#dementiatax. don't bet your house on it." the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex ahead of a visit to thanet, where he lost two years ago. mr farage spent the morning touring the thurrock constituency with ukip candidate tim aker. his trip comes a day after it emerged the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have made a 17th arrest. a 24—year—old man was detained in the rusholme area of the city. 11 men are currently in custody. ariana grande, the singer whose concert was targeted by the bomb, has visited some of her injured fans. anisa kadri reports. ariana grande turned up just as these fans, injured in last month's bomb attack, were getting ready for bed. the star's surprise visit to the ro

simon hughes unveiled the image in westminster. the poster features a picture of theresa may with the caption "#dementiatax. don't bet your house on it." the former ukip leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in essex ahead of a visit to thanet, where he lost two years ago. mr farage spent the morning touring the thurrock constituency with ukip candidate tim aker. his trip comes a day after it emerged the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mr mackinlay denies any wrongdoing. an 18—year—old man has died after being shot in liverpool. merseyside police say armed officers and the ambulance service were called after the injured teenager was found on or near lodge lane in the toxteth area last night. he was later pronounced deadin last night. he was later pronounced dead in hospital. it follows two gun attacks in merseyside earlier this week. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have made a 17th arres

liberal democrat candidate simon hughes has unveiled a poster attacking the conservative plans for social care. we will have more election coverage during the afternoon. the singer ariana grande has visited fans in hospital who were injured in the terror attack at her manchester concert. the star spent time with youngsters at the royal manchester children's hospital in a surprise appearance ahead of a benefit concert in the city tomorrow. meanwhile, police investigating the bombing have made another arrest. simonjones reports. the smiles say it all. fans like this eight—year—old lily harrison who was still recovering from her injuries in hospital, meeting the singer who means so much to them. the children had been getting ready for bed when the star arrived unexpectedly, bringing gifts and signing autographs. we were the last room on the ward she came to visit so the excitement was building and heap came skipping in and as you can there were thanks as well for the nurses. and tomorrow she will perform at a concert to raise funds for the victims and their families. the 22 lives lost ha

. >> reporter: sir simon hughes was the area's member of parliament for 32 years, for the liberal democrats, the third largest party. he lost his seat to the labour candidate in 2015. winning it back would hurt labour and help theresa may. >> actually, the public services are at the top of people's agenda. people want us to have the police we need, the nurses we need, the doctors we need. it is now an issue, the security of the country. dealing with the very few people who want to disrupt us is a major political issue now in this country, and it will be the biggest single issue on the desk of the incoming prime minister and the incoming government. >> reporter: the belief that radicalization and terrorism are fuelled by deprivation, social isolation, and britain's military campaigns abroad will guide jill rose at the ballot box. >> there are two issues. there are the immediate, about how we stop, or try and stop more terrorist attacks, and then, the bigger picture, which is equally important. and for me, that means voting labour in terms of the approach, changing this world that really goes

we willjoin simon at westminster. hugh, thank you very much. there is confusion at westminster. i'm confused about what is going on. let's go to vicki young who is outside the houses of parliament. now, this is queen's speech delayed or isn't it? do you know, we don't know, simon! ithink or isn't it? do you know, we don't know, simon! i think the point is there is confusion and that is because the situation we are in is that theresa may cannot have the queen's speech until she knows she has a working majority in the house of commons and she could get that through a vote. so as we know they are in talks with the democratic unionist party. those talks are on going and! unionist party. those talks are on going and i think it's all dependant on what stage those talks are at. so originally, earlierthis on what stage those talks are at. so originally, earlier this morning, bbc learnt that it was going to be delayed probably and wouldn't happen next monday. now, someone has said from downing street, i'm not sure it is downing street, a source has said that they think could it could wel

our health editor hugh pym has more. the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens, recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. but the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. patients are waiting pain. they are anxious about when they are going to have operations done and in some cases delaying the surgery may actually interfere with the outcome of their surgical procedure. hospitals have been running at close to full capacity with demand for emergency treatment rising, so that leaves fewer beds for non—urgent procedures and operations and those

our health editor hugh pym has more. the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens, recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. but the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. patients are waiting in pain. they're anxious about when they're going to have operations done and in some cases delaying the surgery may actually interfere with the outcome of their surgical procedure. hospitals have been running at close to full capacity with demand for emergency treatment rising, so that leaves fewer beds for non—urgent procedures and operations and those

hugh pym has more... the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, whi

our health editor hugh pym has more. the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens, recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. but the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. patients are waiting pain. they are anxious about when they are going to have operations done and in some cases delaying the surgery may actually interfere with the outcome of their surgical procedure. hospitals have been running at close to full capacity, with demand for emergency treatment rising, so that leaves fewer beds for non—urgent procedures and operations and those

our health editor hugh pym reports. the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, whi

our health editor hugh pym has more. the target for waiting times for routine surgery and treatment in england is 18 weeks. the head of nhs england, simon stephens recently said that performance would be allowed to slip because of other urgent health service priorities. the royal college of surgeons argue this will mean increasing numbers of patients enduring long delays. the college, using nhs england data, says around 126,000 people had waited more than 26 weeks for non—urgent treatment in march, up 180% on march 2013, a time when targets were being hit. the biggest increases were for dermatology, ear, nose and throat and urology patients. we know we need to have more facilities for planned surgery. we need to have better planning for planned surgery and we need to make sure that the pressures on the health service don't interfere with patients who could legitimately expect their surgery to be done within 18 weeks of presentation. labour said it would increase nhs funding and restore the 18 week treatment target, whi