or e—mail newswatch: you can also find us on twitter. and look at our website to. samira will be back next week with your thoughts on bbc news coverage. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. party leaders are expected to be out in force after the local election results as campaigning again turns to the general election. theresa may says she's not taking anything for granted, whilejeremy corbyn says labour are facing an historic challenge to win back power. good morning it's

saturday the 6th of may. the campaign of the french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says it's suffered a massive hacking attack before france goes to the polls. the teenage british racing driver who lost both legs in a formula 4 crash says he'll get back behind the wheel. i want to take the positives out of this and that is it for now, i have still got a few years in this for sure. still got a few years in this for sure. in sport chelsea are on the brink of the premier league title as their closest challengers, tottenham, are beaten by west ham at the london stadium. these papers are taking part in the

first ever festival of makers and we will find out what it is all about. and we will find out what it is all about. another north— south divide across the country. the chilly start for scotland. some outbreaks of showery rain into the extreme south—west. some outbreaks of showery rain into the extreme south—west. good morning. first our main story. after a day of tory triumph in the local elections the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has admitted he faces an historic challenge ahead of next month's vote. campaigning for the general election on the 8th ofjune will resume today with the prime minister saying she's not taking anything for granted despite her party gaining more than 560 seats. our political correspondent tom symonds has more. it was a curtain raiser for the general election to come, and as the parties begin the national race in earnest, each have their own impressions of what the local election results mean. the conservatives took 11

more county councils. they won a tight victory in the west midlands mayoral election, and even eight seats on glasgow city council, far from traditional territory. but the tories know they can't regard the election as in the bag. i'm not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. last night, jeremy corbyn celebrated labour's best results, its mayoral victories in greater manchester and liverpool, well aware that nine councils and 382 seats had been ripped from the party's grasp. the labour leader says he's facing an historic challenge. of course i'm disappointed. we have to get our supporters out to vote injune, we have to get our message across. the snp lost some votes in scotland, where the voting system makes it harder to control councils overnight. a bad result? not according to nicola sturgeon.

the snp vote has held up, our share of seats have held up and we'll be the largest party in more councils, perhaps a majority of councils, although that's not absolutely clear yet, so there's no way anyone can spin this result as anything other than a clear and very emphatic win for the snp. the lib dems face a long, hard road although their performance at the last general election will make any improvement this time round look good. and ukip is fighting for survival. the role of brexit guard dog is being stolen by the conservatives, leaving the party out in the cold. 33 days to go. tom symonds, bbc news, westminster. let's get some reaction now from our correspondents in london and in glasgow. our political correspondent matt cole is in our london newsroom. for a variety of reasons the

political parties are saying, let's forget what has happened and let's give up. yes, very much expectation management. the conservatives are saying they do not want to take anything for granted and do not want to get too confident ahead of the general election. labour are saying it is not as bad as it looks. they lost seven councils, but they would point to the fact that places like london have had no elections and they would point to the winds in the mail elections in manchester and liverpool and other places. very much the two big parties are trying to put these votes aside from the local elections and focus on the big day four weeks from now. the liberal democrats have got the wind in their sales. their vote share went up 18% in the local elections according to figures. they say that has doubled

their seats. for the ukip it is a mountain to climb. 146 seats lost. they gained one seat, but a very bad result for them. they gained one seat, but a very bad result for them. our scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow this morning. james, after yesterday's results what can we expect from the parties there? just to reflect briefly on that result. by any measure really an emphatic win for the snp, 431 councillors as compared to 276 to the conservatives and 262 for labour. the liberal democrats and the green party way behind that. but a few local results interesting. there were a lot of games for the conservatives across the board, so really unexpected. east renfrewshire where the conservatives nosed ahead of the snp, that seat is held by the

snp at westminster. they will desperately try and hold onto it, but clearly there is a conservative challenge there. perhaps more worrying for the snp, murray, the seat which belongs to the leader of the snp at westminster, angus robertson, again the conservatives we re robertson, again the conservatives were ahead there in the elections this week and will be a very fierce fight between the tories and the snp there and probably about a dozen seats in total across scotland were both parties will want to claim victory and will say that the victories they do get, whoever wins, are significant. in terms of how people feel about issues like votes for the independence referendum, which is one of the things the tories will be talking about on the doorstep, they will argue vote for us doorstep, they will argue vote for us and you can avoid a second independence referendum. all this morning we'll be talking to the political parties about what they've learned

from the local election results. we will be speaking to the leader of the snp in westminster. we will be speaking to the leader of the snp in westminster. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner, emmanuel macron, say they've been the victim of a massive hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine emails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow, where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. our europe correspondent james reynolds is in paris for us. james, what more do we know? this leak has happened so close to the vote itself. we are getting the information from the emanuel macron campaign itself. they released a statement last night and they said a number of e—mails were hacked from personal and work e—mail accounts from campaign workers and they said those e—mails were largely campaign e—mails, but they warn there were

some fake documents which have been released as well. they have been pushed out onto social media. but at the moment in france no campaigning is allowed. it is the last day before the election and french law suggests there should be an entire pause of campaigning. it is a funny world. there was a big story last night about the campaign e—mails, but today in france things are quiet because no campaigning is allowed and there is no official reaction. do you have any idea who might have been responsible for this? the emanuel macron campaign has not said who it believes is responsible and it makes a comparison to what happened in the united states last year where there have been allegations that russian backed groups hacked e—mails belonging to hillary clinton's campaign. the campaign has made a suggestion there may be something similar here but that has not been proven. may be something similar here but that has not been proven. a texas police officer

who shot and killed a black teenager in dallas has been charged with murder. roy oliver was responding to a call—out about underage drinking at a house party when he fired his rifle into a car, killing 15—year—old jordan edwards. initially the police claimed the teenagers had reversed aggressively in their direction, but later admitted they were actually driving away. three men are due in court this morning charged with the murder of a business man from dorset. guy hedger was attacked in his home in ashley early last sunday. 41—year—old jason baccus and 44—year—old scott keeping from bournemouth will appear before poole magistrates court, alongside 40—year—old kevin downton from dorset. a teenage racing driver who lost both his legs in an horrific crash has said he's lost for words after receiving support from around the world. billy monger was racing in the formula 4 championship at donington park last month when he collided with a stationary car. but despite his injuries, he's vowed to race again, there would be some pictures from

many world champions like lewis hamilton, niki lauda. that really touched my heart. tragedy struck less than three weeks ago. billy was racing in the formula 4 championship at donington park when he was involved in a 120mph collision with a stationary car. he was flown to the queen's medical centre in nottingham where it was decided he would have to have both legs amputated. now on his birthday, billy has thanked staff who helped him through the ordeal. without them i wouldn't be here today so a massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. £800,000 has been raised for billy and his payback will be to race again. i definitely wanna take the positives out of this and make sure i use it in a positive way for the rest of my life now. still got a few years

left in me for sure. billy has celebrated turning 18 with his first legal pint. today there'll be more cheer as this brave teenager returns to the family home in surrey. nick quaraishi, bbc news. schools in england are to be given more powers to sack inadequate parent governors under new guidelines being issued by the department for education. head teachers have long campaigned for the change saying the "destructive actions" of rogue governors can stop schools from running smoothly. the new rules will come into effect in september. 0ld five pound notes, the paper ones, are no longer legal tender in the uk except for in northern ireland. the new polymer fivers have been in circulation since last september. some banks and building societies say customers can still deposit the old notes into bank accounts for now, giving people more time to hand them in. it's thought around 150 million old notes are still in circulation. the snp remains the biggest force

in scottish politics after thursday's vote, but it wasn't all plain sailing for the party at the local elections. the conservatives gained 164 seats across the country and with the general election just weeks away, are the nationalists feeling the pressure? angus robertson is the party's deputy leader. good morning in what is an absolutely beautiful location. thank you for your time. can you give us a quick thought on how you are feeling? time to reflect on some of those results? i think your correspondent was right moment ago saying the snp enjoys an emphatic victory in scotland, more seats and votes. the leading party in 19 out of the country's 32 local authorities, the biggest party in edinburg, glasgow, dundee and aberdeen. so we did very well. ten

yea rs aberdeen. so we did very well. ten years in government and still winning and still significantly ahead of the other parties. in the last local government elections our lead over the party, the labour party, was 36 seats. yesterday when the counts were completed it was clear the snp was 150 seats ahead of the second—place party which is now the second—place party which is now the tories in scotland. we are seeing a realignment in scotland, it isa seeing a realignment in scotland, it is a two horse race between the snp and the tories and it is the snp that will be victorious in the westminster elections in a few weeks' time. there is a fine line between confidence and sounding smug and complacent. that is dangerous. you sound as if you have everything sewn up. no, nobody should ever take a vote or a seat or a contest for granted. tory is still a four letter word in scotland and most people do

not want to see a return of the conservatives and that is why we will work very hard the length and breadth of the country to make sure the snp returns victorious in most seats. we need to protect scotland at westminster. we see the tories are running rampant south of the border. there is not a snowball‘s chance in hell of labour winning the election, so if we want the strongest voice to stand up for scottish interests against the ever more rightward drift of the conservative party, people will have to vote snp in scotland and i am confident it will be the snp that will win. you are saying the tories are still a dirty word in scotland and you are still well aware of the results in the local elections. thomas kerr, 20 years old, voted on asa thomas kerr, 20 years old, voted on as a conservative councillor in a very deprived area. somebody somewhere has made a decision to vote and they have made the decision

to vote in possibly the least likely of places for a conservative. what is happening? well, i think it is important for viewers in the rest of the uk to understand we have proportional representation in scotland. it is possible for all kinds of parties to win seats and in glasgow the tories have as many seats as the green party does. it is true they picked up seats in all kinds of places in scotland as they replaced the labour party as the second placed force in scottish politics. clearly the tories were running on a message that was appealing to their core vote that turned out, the hardline unionist vote that they were aiming for. the snp was campaigning on local issues for local government and that saw us retired as the biggest party in local government in scotland and when it comes to the uk general election when we will be running on theissueis election when we will be running on the issue is decided that westminster i am confident people

will vote snp before tory or anyone else. on the issue of another referendum about scottish independence, is that where your priorities lie now in the run—up to the general election? well, that decision was already taken. we had a scottish parliament election in scotla nd scottish parliament election in scotland last year when that was the issue in the snp manifesto and the snp won the election. subsequent to that the scottish parliament has now voted by a majority that there should be a referendum. that decision has already been taken. but where there is a difference between the snp and the other political parties is whether we support scotland's democratic institutions, oui’ scotland's democratic institutions, our parliament, our government, our right to decide our own future, and it is the snp that will be standing for the snp and the parliament and the people of scotland to decide on oui’ the people of scotland to decide on our own future. when the brexit

decision was made and the negotiations are finished, everyone else in europe will have a say on oui’ else in europe will have a say on our future. 27 other european states will be saying that people in scotla nd will be saying that people in scotland should not be able to decide on their own future. i do not think so. when the people of scotla nd think so. when the people of scotland get to vote in a general election and that choice is part of the range of issues they will be voted on in general election, i think people will return snp mps rather than tory mps. thank you very much your time. it looked beautiful there, let's see what it looks like for the rest of the country. for seven days we have seen beautiful weather in scotland and here it is again. there is a real west and north— south divide. in the channel islands there is some rain

and some of it will be heavy as well. it will linger for much of the day and not push much inland. but there is a lot of cloud in england and wales this morning. some breeze coming off the north sea, not as strong as yesterday, but some light drizzle as well. the best of the sunshine is further north and west. not looking too bad in scotland again. cooler on the east coast. another beautiful day for northern ireland, the isle of mann and into the lake district. but further south in manchester and across the pennines we will see a fair amount of cloud. if the cloud breaks up on the kent coast and in the isle of white, temperatures might respond. we could get 19 degrees, but that is the exception to the rule. that weather front skirt it's the exception to the rule. that weather front skirt its weight off into the near continent through the night. things are relatively quiet,

some patchy mist and fog further north. but the breeze swings around two and northerly and it is gale force by the end of the day. it will be disappointing, but west is best on sunday. even in wales and south—west england and cornwall it will be a better day. cool on the far north and east coast, but head inland and temperatures will respond at this time of the year. the sun is quite strong, so highs of 18 degrees. desperate for rain? nothing in the foreseeable future. early next week it looks predominately dry, but things will become more u nsettled dry, but things will become more unsettled towards the end of next week. he's one of the biggest names in horse—racing, taking home 11 champion jockey titles during nearly half a century in the saddle. now 81, lester piggott has been reflecting on his extraordinary career ahead of the 2,000 guineas at newmarket, a race he won exactly 60 years ago. richard conway reports.

as legends of horse racing these two are used to photo finishes. frankie dettori may be a household name, but, back in the ‘80s, lester piggott was amongst those who mentored the then unknown italian when he first came to britain. a while ago, anyway, but we had some good times. but a great teacher, i would imagine? yes, yes. he comes from the best. you've got to listen to everything he says. he doesn't say very much very often, but when he says something, i listen. that reference stems from piggott‘s insatiable appetite to win. commentator: already winner of the 2000 guineas, with lester piggott on his back, he is calm and confident. it's now 60 years since he triumphed for the first time in one of the sport's biggest races, the 2000 guineas, in a season that also saw him claim the derby on a horse called crepello. a beautiful horse. one of the best i ever rode. in all, 28 more victories in horse racing's classics were to follow. later today, a new 2000 guineas winner will be crowned.

but, for lester piggott, having won this race five times, newmarket remains a place of special memories. frankie dettori also knows what it takes to win the 2000 guineas, partnering galileo gold to victory last year. but with piggott serving a year in prison in 1987 for tax evasion, and then stripped of his 0be, his friend believes greater recognition is long overdue. you have to go back and look at the archives and the books and everything that has been written about him, and the records. then itjust puts him way beyond everybody else. he deserves a knighthood. he has been through thick and thin. he should be recognised for the sport. honours don't seem to trouble the man nicknamed the long fellow, though. a lot of people think that. i don't... i never think about it, no.

it doesn't bother you? no. instead, he's happy for his 4500 winners to do the talking, including this victory in the 2000 guineas in 1968 on sir ivor, a horse he considers the greatest he ever rode. i am the passenger. you are the passenger! you seem quite humble in that you give the success to the horse. yes, you can't go without the horse. but where would all those horses and british racing be without lester piggott? richard conway, bbc news, newmarket. a great sporting character. and when you think about the punishment his body has been through over all those yea rs, body has been through over all those years, he looks really well. you're watching

breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. rob mcloughlin, good morning. what has caught your eye? you are starting with. .. what has caught your eye? you are starting with... elections, elections, elections. it is fascinating. i picked out the times newspaper and it is all over the papers today. this is talking about the mayoral elections in particular. the quote is the rebirth of the conservatives and that came from andy street who won for the conservatives in the west midlands. an interesting battle, it went to a second preference votes and he won by just over second preference votes and he won byjust over 2000 votes. but he spent almost £1 million prior to when the cat came in on the mayoral elections focusing on seats. in places like walsall labour has done traditionally well, but he managed to turn those. but it is interesting

because of the interview you had with angus robertson of the snp. if you look at the scottish papers, a quote from the scottish daily record, they say in 1992 the conservatives completed the massacre of the industrial heartland with the closure of ravenscraig. 25 years later at tory is elected councillor for the area which has changed dramatically. it is a newtown, etc. the scottish daily mail is talking about nicola stu rgeon's the scottish daily mail is talking about nicola sturgeon's gamble backfiring because of the rise of the conservatives. what the snp‘s position has allowed the conservatives to do, and if you go back a few decades you would never imagined this progress, it has allowed the conservatives to define themselves sharply against the opposition so there was a clear choice. when you have a clear choice that can be a threat sometimes. let's pick up on other issues. this

story is in the daily telegraph on the sports pages, but this is about mental health. on the front page as well. after the terrible case of the everton footballer recently this is an interesting piece by ryan giggs. he is basically talking about the fa ct he is basically talking about the fact he is confirming today that he consulted a psychiatrist after he stopped playing football and coaching for manchester united. he also actually worked with a psychiatrist when he was playing for manchester united. some stark quotes in here about the fact he said he did not enjoy playing for manchester united, it was too stressful. he saw players like david beckham and phil neville change particularly after major disappointments, after the world cup etc. he talks about the fa ct world cup etc. he talks about the fact that a lot of the things he now did in terms of consulting psychiatrists was something that was not a goer when he first came into

the game. he talks about the fact he was institutionalised whilst he was playing. a lot of the clubs have been using sport psychologists for a long time and that will be part of trying to keep a player come and focus on match day, but it does not prepare them for life outside the football clu b prepare them for life outside the football club which is an institution. he says for a lot of young players who go in very young in these clubs and stay for a long time, and he stayed for a record—breaking period in manchester united, and during that period he is talking about the pressure. when manchester united lost or performed badly he would say he would hide away for days in his home and would not come out. you are saying about how unhappy he was when he was playing, it reminds me about somebody saying that they hated tennis. and you are talking about lester piggott a moment ago on the

programme andi lester piggott a moment ago on the programme and i remember talking to ap mccoy after the grand national and tony was saying his life now is so and tony was saying his life now is so different. the adrenaline, the drive, everything you train for and live for and trying to replace that drive is something that is very difficult. television punditry does not necessarily always do it. we have time for one more. shall we go for this one? can you see this picture? can you tell what this is? does anyone know the date? is it april the 1st? it is a chicken crossing the road, but...? it has got a high vision jacket on. it is in scotland and a care home has brought in hands and chickens for residents and this one likes crossing the road so much. how do they help the residents? it helps them in terms of therapy and it is

pet therapy. they need a new sign with a small chicken on it. that is a very good idea. that could be a business opportunity. you will be backin business opportunity. you will be back in the next hour. we will see you then. coming up in the next half hour: how these cake makers are helping in the industry. the headlines are coming up next. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before nine, louise will have your full weekend weather forecast. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. after a day of tory triumph in the local elections, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has admitted he faces an historic challenge ahead of next month's vote. labour lost nearly 400 council seats, while the conservatives gained just over 560, making it their best result in nearly a decade. the party leaders will be campaigning today ahead

of the general election on the 8th ofjune, with the prime minister saying she's not taking anything for granted. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner emmanuel macron says they've been the victim of a massive hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine emails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow, where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. syrian activists say shelling and gunfire has been heard in rebel—held areas, shortly after an agreement to set up safe zones in parts of the country came into force. the deal on four safe zones was reached at thursday's talks between russia and iran. turkey agreed to act as a guarantor but the main syrian opposition grouping says it has little faith in the deal. three men are due in court this morning, charged with the murder of a businessman from dorset. guy hedger was attacked in his home in ashley early last sunday. 41—year—old jason baccus and 44—year—old scott keeping

from bournemouth will appear before poole magistrates‘ court, alongside 40—year—old kevin downton from dorset. a teenage racing driver who lost both his legs in an horrific crash has said he's lost for words after receiving support from around the world. billy monger, who turned 18 yesterday, was racing in the formula four championship last month when he collided with a stationary car. he's received support from former formula 1 world champions and motor racing fans have raised over £800,000 for him. schools in england are to be given more powers to sack inadequate parent governors, under new guidelines being issued by the department for education. head teachers have long campaigned for the change, saying the "destructive actions" of rogue governors can stop schools from running smoothly. the new rules will come into effect in september. 0ld £5 notes — the paper ones — are no longer legal tender in the uk, except for in northern ireland. the new polymer fivers have been

in circulation since last september. some banks and building societies say customers can still deposit the old notes into bank accounts for now, giving people more time to hand them in. it's thought around 150 million old notes are still in circulation. i bet there is one in mike bushell‘s pocket. just checking. down the back of the sofa ? just checking. down the back of the sofa? i just checking. down the back of the sofa ? i have just checking. down the back of the sofa? i have not seen an old five for ages. i will be looking now, they will be valuable in years to come. i gave one into a shop yesterday. beating the deadline. dan is here to talk about the football. do you have any new ones? it is quite a moment when you get your first new £1 coin. chelsea fans are thinking they might have to

rearrange plans they have next friday because that is the date they probably should win the title if they beat middlesbrough on monday. let's look white. tottenham, their bubble burst last night at the home of west ham, the london stadium. the result means chelsea can go seven points clear, if they beat middlesbrough on monday. then they will have three games left. it's not over. it's true it will be difficult. but it was a game that if you want to put pressure on your opponent, you must... you should win. it was not the case now and now it's to wait, but thinking that it would be difficult to catch chelsea. it does seem inconceivable they will lose this title race. middlesbrough

are desperate for points to stay in the division. maybe they can upset things. but chelsea are in a strong position. we will look at last night's game on football focus and what went wrong for spurs and why did west ham play so well? and west ham fans wondering where that team has been the rest of the season. aaron ramsey will talk about manchester united taking on arsenal tomorrow and an interesting take on what has been going on at arsenal. hull take on sunderland. a side desperate to stay in the premier league. and rafa benitez, we have an interview with him. she talks about the fact that he has managed liverpool and newcastle and he talks about why he likes newcastle and then she asks an important question. it isa it is a city of workers. they have passion and work hard. do you have a

preference in terms of accent, do you prefer scouts to the geordie?” have problems with both but i understand better the scousers because my little daughter is talking with a scouse accent. very fa st talking with a scouse accent. very fast for me. but when i say no, she understands. he said when he first moved to liverpool he would nod a lot because he struggled with the accent but much love for him there and also in newcastle. he meets the owner next week to discuss a transfer budget and their plans. a lot of people say at the moment the newcastle squad is not strong enough to stay up in the premier league. at the other end of the championship, an interesting piece on blackburn rovers. it comes to an end tomorrow, the championship, three huge clubs with great pedigree going down to league 1 football. we have great pedigree going down to league 1football. we have premier league predictions. and we have two good

goalkeepers. tom heaton has made more say than anyone else this season and we have kasper schmeichel. i am season and we have kasper schmeichel. iam not season and we have kasper schmeichel. i am not sure how we will fit it in. as the person who knows least about football here, i like it when things go to the wire. we all do. chelsea fans will be happy but it takes the fun out of things when it does not go to the wire. some people have said spurs have bottled it. that could not be further from the case, they pushed chelsea all the way but it so happened last night they did not produce their best and for the past few games they have been brilliant. but to go to the last game on the last day, it would have been wonderful. look at the bottom, it could still go to the wire with the likes of hull and swansea. look at the faces

of blackburn, forest and birmingham fans. 0ne of blackburn, forest and birmingham fans. one of those teams is going to go down. that is the moment? i am sorry i cannot provide it in scotland. in the scottish premiership, celtic wrapped the title up weeks ago. i don't know why i am nodding. idid not i don't know why i am nodding. i did not know that. do you never listen? still plenty at stake though at the bottom. bottom side inverness caledonian thistle welcome fellow strugglers hamilton in the lunchtime game. celtic could stretch their lead to an incredible 30 points with victory at home to st johnstone. quite an incredible final day of the regular rugby union premiership. three teams can still finish first. leaders wasps face third—placed saracens. exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath's expense?

tigers are at worcester. bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot. the pro 12 regular season also comes to a close. leinster or munster will finish top ahead of the play—offs. scarlets and 0spreys should join them. it will be the final game for gregor townsend at glasgow as they face edinburgh. you are exchanging notes. we are talking about what might happen later. if you want to invest in the end of the football season, midday today, football focus.” end of the football season, midday today, football focus. i was expecting something a bit more. is there anything more?” expecting something a bit more. is there anything more? i know you wa nt is there anything more? i know you want it. power. talking of power. it's cross country day at the badminton horse trials in gloucestershire. it's billed as the world's premier three—day—event, with top riders hoping to win the sport's most prestigious prize. bbc sport's lizzie

greenwood—hughes is there. where is she? lizzie. i knew you would be by some water. that is a hugejump. would be by some water. that is a huge jump. even though would be by some water. that is a hugejump. even though it looks pretty, picturesque. 0h, hugejump. even though it looks pretty, picturesque. oh, you are in the water! you cannot get a sport as extreme and challenging and potentially dangerous as cross. terrifying to be. it is the ultimate horse sport. going from one extreme to the other. behind me, badminton house, the home of the duke and duchess of beaufort is where they invented the sport of badminton but it is different to horse trials where they have to be seriously brave. it is the ultimate triathlon. the biggest, toughest, richest in the sport and the one they want to win. the mecca of eventing. today is all about

cross—country. they have to be brave and gallop around a huge course and tomorrow the finale with the showjumping. cross—country day, they have to go over massive fences like this and threw water like this. i have found a couple of potential victims. thanks for joining have found a couple of potential victims. thanks forjoining us. alexander, you are the best of the british riders so far and this is your first british riders so far and this is yourfirst time here. what british riders so far and this is your first time here. what will be going through your mind when you are in the starting blocks later today? when you get to the starting blocks you are focused and raring to go. now is the nerve—racking moment when adrenaline starts to kick off and you try to keep composed and stay focused on your plan. this is the mecca of eventing. as someone who has not competed at the top level long, what is it like to finally be here? amazing. you can see the

famous people, icons of eventing and you are here as an equal, beating against them. you are quite a rare thing, from japan, not many of you quys thing, from japan, not many of you guys around in the world as a top rider. how did you get into the sport? i wanted to be an olympic rider. you have the olympics coming to your country in a few years and you have had to move away from home to get on in the sport and you aren't living in germany at the moment, after being based in britain. you must be excited about the prospect of competing in your home country? really. this is a chance to show our support in japan. i wanted to be a medallist in our home country. it is not your first time here. you wrote here a long time here. you wrote here a long time ago. you two have something in common. you are a farrier.”

time ago. you two have something in common. you are a farrier. i am still training as a farrier. i have clients and a lot of them are here competing. i clients and a lot of them are here competing. lam clients and a lot of them are here competing. i am from the west country and i have a lovely wife who supports me and i have freedom to work the horses and get to these shows. best of luck to you both. alexander is the best of the british riders so far, in 18th. it does not reflect well on the british riders because normally you would expect two in the top ten. there is a lot to come here today. i would imagine the leaderboard will look different after this difficult cross—country. it is on the red button. it is live on the bbc and the finale tomorrow, the showjumping, live on bbc two tomorrow. thanks for braving the water. it looks windy. that will make it more testing. i have read in scandinavia there is a way to get involved in eventing and

showjumping. hobbyhorse showjumping. tens of thousands now compete in scandinavia. coming up this summer there will be the first event in the uk. a hobbyhorse wheels? no, it is a head on a stick. they are shorter sticks and you canjump head on a stick. they are shorter sticks and you can jump a head on a stick. they are shorter sticks and you canjump a good height. a documentary has been made about the rise of the sport is scandinavia. that is an expensive sport to get started in. fair play to them. i think fair play to them. ithinki fair play to them. i think i have one at home somewhere. give it a go over the sofa! you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party faces an historic challenge to win next month's general election, while theresa may insists she's taking "nothing for granted". the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's fallen victim to a massive hacking attack, as voters prepare to go

to the polls. we can look through the papers. a lot of front pages talking about our lead story this morning. the front page of the daily express, saying theresa may is heading for what they call a margaret thatcher style general election landslide after the results of the local elections. the times, the picture that dominates the front page, alpacas in cirencester. they had a special hair cut. they had a special hair cut. they do not normally look like that. they do not normally look like that. the main story there was theresa may reflecting on the results yesterday. the daily telegraph, the same main

story. this is ryan giggs, who has done a column for them today talking about how he has consulted a psychiatrist since leaving manchester united to learn how to deal with the pressures of being away from that big... he said he was basically institutionalise, most of his life working for manchester united. talking openly about his mental health. where would be a good place to be today, louise, how about cumbria? anywhere north and west. here is a couple of photographs from earlier and you can see cumbria and the highlands. there is a north— west, south— west divide today. in cornwall and across the channel isles, this may just cornwall and across the channel isles, this mayjust brush into the far south of devon, but it looks as though the rain will sweep off into the continent. cloudy in england and

wales. driven in by a north easterly breeze and hopefully it will break up breeze and hopefully it will break up allowing for brightness from time to time. the far north and west will see the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. north—west england and northern ireland as well. here, more cloud coming in off the sea in the east of scotland. a similar story in northern ireland, north—west england, then we enter into the cloud. it should break a little in the afternoon. if we have sunshine on the south coast, temperatures will respond. in somerset, devon and eventually into cornwall we will see the cloud and rain mostly into cornwall in the afternoon. that d rifts cornwall in the afternoon. that drifts and we keep cloud in england and wales overnight. the north and west, patchy fog forming. the wind

changing direction tomorrow, gusting close to gale force across the northern isles. across the east coast, feeling cold. more sunshine further west in wales and south—west england. cold along the east coast. 16-18 england. cold along the east coast. 16—18 likely for areas where we have seen 16—18 likely for areas where we have seen cloud today. staying dry in the early half of next week. if you are desperate for rain, there is a sign of it arriving later in the week. the local elections were a bruising affairfor the labour party, but, despite predictions, the blows in wales fell less heavily than elsewhere. one party that was perhaps hoping to land a bigger hit and capitalise on labour's stumble is plaid cymru. they gained a modest 33 seats. let's speak to their leader leanne wood. good morning. can you give me your assessment of what happened ?

it was a good day for plaid cymru, we are up it was a good day for plaid cymru, we are up 33 seats and have managed to stem some of the advances that the tories were hoping for in places like pembrokeshire, wrexham, bridgend. we made gains and, of course, whilst there was a landslide for the tories in england, taking 65% of available seats, in wales, they took only 15% of available seats, so as far as we are concerned it is game on for the next election. we are looking to take seats like here in the rhondda and hold onto seats we have got. i am pleased yesterday the's results stand us in good stead to fight the election. that is a summary of where you are. you have made inroads but you only have control of one council, which

is not brilliant, is it? we have overall control of one council. we are the largest party in many other places. we have yet to see what deals can be done between parties, what shared agendas, and so on. i am optimistic we have put in a good show and with just four councillors away from having our best ever, most ever number of councillors we have had. it is a good day. a number of our councillors lost by one vote, and a few more by the toss of a coin. it was to matic in some places. the most important point is we have stemmed the rise of the tories —— it was dramatic in some places. they have not won by the same margin, extent as in england. to defend wales by getting the

maximum number of plaid cymru mps are elected now onjune the 8th. welsh labour did not suffer the blow you might have expected them to in wales and in turn your own results we re wales and in turn your own results were not spectacular. if labour voters are going to move, it is unlikely they would go to plaid cymru. i don't know how you can say that when here in the rhondda, my constituency in the national assembly, our number of councillors went up from seven to 14. we had 18,000 votes cast in the rhondda. labour had 16,000 will stop that was the labour member —— that leaves the labour member in rhondda in a vulnerable position. in anglesey, we lost by 200 votes in the last election in 2015. there are a number of places. in blaenau gwent, we have

never had a counsellor there before. labour lost overall control of the council and we have an excellent candidate they're going into the next election. i am looking forward to the next few weeks. we are out today and i appeal to activists and supporters not to rest, get out today and start knocking on doors for your local election candidate and plaid cymru is it a good position to make sure we can defend wales from the pernicious tories and the attacks that will come on our people and country and communities if they have a bigger mandate. you said on twitter you were considering to be standing as an mp in the rhondda way one now, but you didn't, why? we have an excellent candidate who is a local businesswoman. she has extensive experience and understanding of the communities in

the rhondda. i am confident i am working closely with her and the 14 councillors in the rhondda to deliver a good result for plaid cymru. iam deliver a good result for plaid cymru. i am looking forward to rhondda returning its first mp and first woman mp to westminster. thank you very much. a change of tone now. shall we stop talking about elections. what happens when you combine baking and dancing? a lot of mess, i would imagine. this is festival of making. colin paterson is there. what are we looking at right now? you are looking at dancing bakers from birmingham. part of the

festival of making, the first in blackburn, the idea was to put together people working in factories with people who are artists and create works of art they can bring here. we will hear more about this ina bit, here. we will hear more about this in a bit, but come this way. this is a shared that has won a redesign, britain's garden shed competition. what do you make of this? it is probably the greatest shared... i am a shared lover. this is probably the greatest i have seen. i love a garden shed. i had an allotment and built my own shed but not as good as this one. what is your link to blackburn. we own a factory here, called cookson and clegg. one of the

projects is being involved with this, a re—creation of a second world war flying helmet. this, a re—creation of a second world warflying helmet. we this, a re—creation of a second world war flying helmet. we are doing a tour here. the artistjenny mcconnell we have worked with at the factory and we are doing walking tours and everybody will get to wear one of these. extremely handsome! cookson and clegg started 100 yards away from here and it is a tour of the history of probably the last of the history of probably the last of the victorian manufacturers in the textile and clothing industry. we have a community quilt being made. anybody is encouraged to come along and bring a square of fabric that has personal meaning and that will be sewn into a project. no sewing experience necessary. this is a look at another award—winning shed. vintage printing press. i am at another award—winning shed. vintage printing press. iam making mono prints. this is the kind of

thing going on in blackburn. and dancing bakers can be seen. i have been to the factory for rehearsals. beware, this report includes me wearing a hair net! two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and go. every day 80,000 muffins and cakes are made at the cherrytree bakery. that requires a lot of repetitive movement. the latest creation to emerge from the factory floor, it's chorley cake meets swan lake. the workers' actions turned into dance. the idea of making bakers in burnley balletic came from choreographer ruth jones. these machines now make the workers work really fast, so when they do many mini—muffin day, they're squeezed up like this

and they're working really, really fast, whereas in the olden days they could move, it was slower and they have more space. and this is incorporated into the piece? it's all incorporated into the piece. we wanted to be inspired by all the activity that goes on on this factory floor. the movement is unique. and it was a very collaborative process. i showed her how to decorate brownies. we have to take a piping bag and do circles on the brownie. it was so beautiful to see how our moves at work, what we are doing became such a beautiful dance. it was beautiful.

amazing, really. it was great, it was really inspirational. we didn't think we could do that just by our general movements in a bakery. it was really fun to watch and to learn. and go. two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... again, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... the idea that it could be beneficial to the staff was a big part of why the bakery allowed a choreographer into the mix. there is actually method to this, that it could improve performance? that's what the choreographer said to us, that in terms of being more conscious of your movements and maybe changing the way you do it so it's a little bit better for your body. you've actually opted to take part yourself. any reservations? a lot, but i felt i couldn't really ask them to do something i wasn't willing to do myself, so i was, like, ok. with four performances this weekend at the festival of making, it's hoped the bakers will rise to the occasion. iamjoined by

i am joined by ruthjones, the choreographer. how easy to turn ba kers choreographer. how easy to turn bakers into the dancers we see behind is? it is the movement they do every day at work and i just shaped it with choreographic license. anyone can do it. you went to the factory and tried to pick up moves. which moves stood out? some caught my i, like the brown leigh day, there are different days at the factory. and the piping, the artistry. —— brownie date. factory. and the piping, the artistry. -- brownie date. when i watch them in the factory they were so happy and full ofjoy to do these routines. how pleasing was it to see? i think we break the routine of working in the factory and i set up a movement club and people came to dance class before the shift and they left with a smile on their face and energised, which was lovely to see. there is method to this, it can improve them in the workplace?‘

person in the 20s who went into factories and observed movement and got them doing movement classes for well—being and activity. so it was proved in the 1920s. teach me a basic move. imagine your microphone isn't icing bag. form an art and squeeze the icing over the brownie. you have to do it and count. you are a dancer. there we go, i have learned a dance moves. the dancers are here four times over the weekend. before we went into the report i was attacked by the award—winning shed. i have survived! very good. and some good headwear. i loved the hat and the hair net. the headlines are next. hello, this is breakfast,

with charlie stayt and sally nugent. party leaders are expected to be out in force after the local election results as campaigning again turns to the general election. theresa may says she's not taking anything for granted, whilejeremy corbyn says labour are facing an historic