this is bbc news, the headlines: back on the campaign trail — jeremy corbyn says labour faces an "historic" challenge to win back power. theresa may says she's not taking anything for granted. a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care — a pledge from the liberal democrats. paul nuttall says ukip has a bright future and voters will return in their droves if theresa may fails to deliver on brexit. french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says he's been the target of a massive hacking attack the day before france goes to the polls. determined to get back behind the wheel — the teenage british racing driver who lost both legs in a formula four crash. also in the next hour: the boogie wonderland of bakers — hoping to rise to the occasion. choreographers get in on the mix at the first ever national "festival of making" in blackburn. chelsea are on the brink of winning

the premier league title — after spurs lost at west ham last night. and... click goes behind closed doors with the doctor as something goes bump in the night. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general—election victory after the conservatives made major advances at local elections. the tories gained 500 seats and seized control of 11 councils, with the gains mostly coming at the expense of labour and ukip. all the parties are back on the

campaign trail today. theresa may is backin campaign trail today. theresa may is back in the west midlands were conservatives beat labour for the newjob of mayor of the west midlands. she said she is going to strengthen our hand in the forthcoming brexit talks. jeremy corbyn is in the east midlands. he says his party is facing a challenge ona says his party is facing a challenge on a historic scale that says he can close the gap on the tories. tim barron is in south london. the liberal democrats say they would raising come tax by a penny in every pound to allow £6 billion of extra money to go towards the nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the vote for the six new metropolitan mayos. the conservatives did well in the votes for six metropolitan area mayors and although former labour cabinet member andy burnham won greater manchester, his party also one in liverpool. the former retail sector boss andy street won a tight contest with labour for the west midlands area around birmingham. he says he hopes the government will continue to invest in the region. the good news is that in the deal between the west midlands and

central government to set up the major role team that combined the authorities, we did get substantial new money. we can make a good start with the money we have already won. another thing the mayor has got to do a champion this region and say there is a brilliant case for central government continuing to invest in the west midlands. of course i will be talking to the prime minister about that. labour's national campaign coordinator, ian lavery, has admitted the general election will be "challenging" but says the party will be talking and listening to people. and speaking on the today programme he rejected the idea that the new mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, had snubbed jeremy corbyn by not appearing with him at a rally in manchester. jeremy did exactly what was expected of him. because andy was not there at that particulartime, lam not sure why. i have got to dispel this myth that there is a rift between jeremy corbyn and andy burnham. there isn't. they are quite good friends. andy actually served in the shadow cabinet forjeremy corbyn right up until the time where he decided to seek nominations for the

mayoral contest in the northwest. that isn't a rift. there is no way there is a rift betweenjeremy corbyn and andy burnham. that is simply not true. the liberal democrats are promising to increase funding for the nhs and social care by raising the income tax rate by a penny—in—the—pound. their health spokesman, norman lamb, said the policy would allow six—billion pounds of extra spending on the health service each year and marked a clear difference between the lib dems and the conservatives. party leader tim farren... party leader tim farren. .. the liberal democrats have been at this medical centre behind me lodging their flagship medical centre behind me lodging theirflagship policy on medical centre behind me lodging their flagship policy on the nhs promising to raising come tax, all income tax bands, in order to fund the nhs and social care. they say putting a 1% increase on income tax

will raise £6 billion a year, £2 billion of that will go directly into social care. they say by the end of the next parliament they want to introduce a dedicated nhs and social care tax. they want an independent assessment of how much the nhs will actually need per year. joining me now is the liberal democrat leader tim farren. thank you forjoining us. this is the first we have heard from the liberal democrats in this election campaign on anything other than brexit and here you are promising tax rises. on anything other than brexit and here you are promising tax riseslj think it is time to be honest with everybody in this country. we all know how often social care is in crisis. you have 1 million older people without the care they need, you have young people on huge mental health waiting lists, waiting in desperation. many. being able to make an appointment with their gp, they will be seen by a hospital consultant in time. let's be straight forward, we know the

problem is fundamentally about money. all politicians make various promises about the nhs and they do not get delivered. c to the people that if you want to have the best health and social care for all of out health and social care for all of our families, health and social care for all of ourfamilies, we're health and social care for all of our families, we're going to need to pay for it. this is a small tax rise, a penny on income tax, an average of £3 a week for the average earner and this... average of £3 a week for the average earnerand this... eight average of £3 a week for the average earner and this... eight pint of beera earner and this... eight pint of beer a week. this will last from cradle to grave, this was once meant to be, security and dignity in old e, to be, security and dignity in old age, this is a deal the british people will be ready to accept. some voters may say to you there is enough money to go round and the issueisit enough money to go round and the issue is it is not being spent properly. why can you notjust manage the nhs better and insured funds are diverted to where they are needed? anyone who worked on health and social care they will say there are efficiency still to be made in terms of shoot budgets —— shared budgets. but the efficiency savings

put forward by the conservative government go beyond that. there is not fat in the health service. people are working ridiculous hours beyond what they are paid, under enormous pressure and doing a fantasticjob. it enormous pressure and doing a fantastic job. it is enormous pressure and doing a fantasticjob. it is a purely funded health service compared to our european colleagues. spain, greece and portugal, poorer countries in europe, spent a higher proportion of income on the health service than we do. we need to be honest with the british people and stop pretending we can have a rescued health and social service for all of our families for our futures if we do not put our money into it. the liberal democrats are the only party saying this is where the money will come from and where it will go. £6 billion a year, 2 million going... it will likely be less than 6 billion because of devolved nations. will that be enough to fund the nhs and social care? you are promising a new tax at the end of the next parliament. are you asking for

perpetual tax increases to fund the nhs? no, this is a 1p income tax round delay might rise which bits money into health and social care. if you look at the response we have had from health professionals around the country and around the system in social care in hospitals and gp surgeries it has been immense. people saying for the first time a party is being honest with patients around the country, people around the k, that there needs to be a source of money that is new to make our health and social service is good as we deserve to be. if you are like me with older parents who need ca re like me with older parents who need care and are not currently getting it, like the other1 million older people in this country not getting social care, if you are somebody who leads mental health treatment and you are being left it wait for months on end, this is a party offering you hope that things can be better and a clear, believable source of funding to make it better. thank you very much forjoining us.

the conservatives in their response to the liberal democrat policies said that only they are the party of low taxation, the promising to be the party of low tax. labour is pointing to the liberal democrats's reputation in government. we can expect to hear more about nhs funding when the party manifestos, alt. the ukip reader to the mac leader... campaigning in lincolnshire this morning said he remained optimistic about ukip's prospects in the general election. there was a clear movement from us to the conservative party but that was all was going to happen. she called the selection primarily because she was to get it out of the way before negotiations start. it is easy to talk the talk and acts tough but when she is asked to walk the walk she will start to

barter things away, fisheries will 90, barter things away, fisheries will go, there will be some movement on immigration and freedom of movement, she may buckle that, she will certainly buckle and a divorce bill. when people are angry, when they feel they have been let down, when they feel they are not getting the brexit they voted for on the 23rd of june, we had a good deal? they're going to return to ukip. the future of ukip is very right indeed. 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 e—mails 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. france's electoral commission said any media publishing the content of the documents would face criminal charges. my colleague karin giannone is in paris. you are in for a fascinating time

ahead. what do these leaks signify? how much ahead. what do these leaks signify? how much nervousness ahead. what do these leaks signify? how much nervousness has this created an macron campaign? just as a dramatic impact delete my turbulent campaign was coming to an end, a couple of hours before the campaign fell silent outcomes this piece of news from the macron camp that they had been the victims of a massive hacking attack. to nine gb of documents from personal and private e—mail accounts from party members in the macron campaign. as you mentioned, some of those top humans appear to be genuine and others have been falsified. in their words, to try to spread confusion and sold out in voterss mind. the contents cannot simply be revealed and discussed by any mainstream media commerce of the damage appears to be limited by the fact they simply cannot be mentioned. the france electoral commission has

reminded everybody that the contents are not for discussion. we can only talk about the fact that it has happened in the first place because anything that may be seen to influence the outcome of the election is absolutely forbidden. we have been reminded that people could face criminal charges for spreading this stuff. the meeting of the presidential election commission is going on later today. we will let you know what comes out of that. the macron campaign has likened this phenomenon to what we start happening in the us. the leaking of the contents of democratic party e—mails, they blamed it on russian hackers. the macron campaign has in the past few months accused kremlin backed hackers are trying to do this in the past. as you said, the election commission can make a late what happens in terms of the media but as america's shield what happens on social media, and people's facebook pages and twitter feeds, it is something much harder to control. what about what we do know all we

know at the point of which pauling ceased and all political activity ceased? late ceased and all political activity ceased ? late last ceased and all political activity ceased? late last night in france. what, before that point, did we learn about whether counted are right now? we had a flurry of last—minute polls here in france but they all broadly showed the brit same picture. the last five polls that we have showed that emmanuel macron has come to believe in the lead, 62% or 63%. remit pen has around 38%. —— marine le pen. giving emmanuel macron a very slight bounce ofa emmanuel macron a very slight bounce of a couple of percent in the polls. it shows he goes into this second round of the presidential election with a comfortable lead. everybody is remembering at turnout is good to bea is remembering at turnout is good to be a big factor. also the number of abstentions in france. the weather is horrible today, it is mixed

across the country tomorrow. whether that makes an impact remains to be seen. that makes an impact remains to be seen. i have to say mr macron and mrs le pen will be relieved not to be campaigning in our weather. emily taylor is an associate fellow at international affairs think—tank chatham house, and editor of its journal of cyber policy. shejoins me from oxford. thank you for being with us on bbc news this lunchtime. should we be surprised at this hack?|j news this lunchtime. should we be surprised at this hack? i do not think so. obviously it will be a great shock to the candidates with so great shock to the candidates with so little time to respond and the rules, as we have hired,. there has been evidence of interference and hacking in many democratic processes over at least the last 18 months or two years. the question for a lots of people and myself included is how do they do this? unfortunately, with

cyber technologies, attack is a lot easier than defence. although there are sophisticated actors who are operating in the space, there are also frankly pretty unsophisticated actors as well, exploits that are available either for sale or just openly available. humans, we humans, are openly available. humans, we humans, a re often openly available. humans, we humans, are often the weakest link in the chain and there is evidence that if people just took a simple steps to protect themselves, up to 80% of cyber attacks could be foiled or prevented. a lot of this will be e—mail activity rather than social media searches and stuff like that, so media searches and stuff like that, so it's very specifically to do with people's e—mail accounts. one would have thought in the light of what happened to hillary clinton's campaign, buell might have taken at least some basic steps to protect themselves in the organised campaigns. they may not be able to ensure every single individual around the country does it, but at least in the campaign is that they could do it. i usain bolt simply

isn't the mechanisms to prevent your e—mails being hacked? or that people are not as careful as they need to be? probably a little bit of both. we are operating and reliant on technologies that are increasingly complex, complexity is the enemy of security. also the market rewards suppliers who ship first and fix second. things are getting out into the marketplace with very blue security standards and the security aspects are sold as an add—on. —— poor security standards. it is easy to point the finger after things have happened but most people are very busy, particularly in the run—up toa very busy, particularly in the run—up to a campaign. they are busy and stressed and short of time and they get an e—mail that looks genuine and has a link in it that is tailored to appeal to them what to make them think it is urgent and off they go. unfortunately, at the

moment, there is no immediate feedback when you have been hacked. your computer does not explode or do anything, it looks as normal. security experts say there are two mac types of people, people who had been hacked and people who do not know they have been hacked. that is a rather ominous thought and quite sobering one. the obvious question for the politicians is who did it? people have pointed the finger at russia enters what happened in the united states last year, is there any way we could tell who was responsible? at the moment i think it would be foolish to speculate but there is very strong evidence that there is very strong evidence that the russians state was in some way connected with the attacks on the democratic party in the run up to last yea r‘s democratic party in the run up to last year's elections. the timing of this, the way that the leaks have been made public with such precision, beers hallmarks however

time will tell and investigations, forensic investigations, will have to follow u nfortu nately forensic investigations, will have to follow unfortunately for the candidates. do you think the political parties in this country should be mindful of the rest? we are five weeks away from the general election. absolutely they should be. more than that, they were warned by the ncsc, the national cyber security centre, roadster all of the political parties in march before been knew we were going to have a general election, to warn them of the risks. it is notjust the mainstream political parties, the central office is, of course it is the constituency offices, it is the think tanks, it is the grassroots pressure groups who are all providing a way in. for hackers, political parties in the largest centres provide quite a soft target u nfortu nately. centres provide quite a soft target unfortunately. dear i say you centres provide quite a soft target unfortunately. deari say you might be able to be journalists in amongst that. emily taylor from

be able to be journalists in amongst that. emily taylorfrom chatham house and editor of the journal for cyber policy. thank you very much. fascinating subject and i know we will come back to it again, u nfortu nately! three men have appeared 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 appeared at poole magistrates court, alongside ao—year—old kevin downton from dorset. the scottish national party leader and first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been in glasgow celebrating party's success in the local elections. the snp took control of glasgow city council taking labour out of power there for the first time in a0 years. nicola sturgeon has described her party's gained across scotland as emphatic. we are seeing the snp far and away being the leading party in scotland. we won the election yesterday

emphatically. more votes, more seats, more councils. we were the largest party can pay to five years ago and compete every other party in scotland. there is no equivocation over who is the leading party in scotland. we then have a scrap for second place between labour and the tories. and we saw the tories by their standards having a good day but that being at the expense of labour. labour and the tories, their support levels and mirror images of each other. but the snp, our responsibility as the leading party in scotland is to lead the city, we are the largest party now in edinburgh, dundee, aberdeen, we are the largest party at think in ten councils after the last council election, now that is 19, we were thejoint or a largest election, now that is 19, we were the joint or a largest party. election, now that is 19, we were thejoint or a largest party. there has been a sea change here. it gives councils across scotland a massive opportunity to dig a new direction under snp and ministrations. in wales plaid cymru gained 30

seats. in wales, labour lost more than a hundred seats; plaid cymru gained more than thirty. their leader, leanne wood, said she was pleased with the results and said labour's performance was poor. it was a good day for plaid cymru. we are up 33 seats. we have eyes to stem some of the advances that the tories were hoping for in places like temperature, pembrokeshire, wrexham, bridgend, we made gains. of course well there was a landslide for the tories in england, with them taking 65% of the available seats, in wales they only take 1596 15% of the available seats. so as far as we concerned it is game on for the next election. we are looking to take seeds like here. as well as hold onto the seeds but we have got. leanne wood, the leader of plaid cymru. this weekend the first—ever national

festival of making begins. colin paterson has been to meet some ba kers paterson has been to meet some bakers in burnley. 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. the musician lily allen will be among those at an event today aimed

at helping women be heard by the music industry. the getheard campaign aims to provide 100 young women aged 16 to 30 the opportunity to showcase their original music to a panel of industry experts. the event will cross all genres of music with a diverse mix of music experts there to listen, encourage and critic their work. let'sjoin our let's join our correspondent at the eventin let's join our correspondent at the event in london's king's cross. have they started performing? they haven't started performing but it is about to kick off. this is part of the music industry we rarely get to see. listening session. music executives get sent to music all the time and with luck this cute and up on an album. i am joint buying lily allen and beyond the's songwriter. how big a problem is this?”

allen and beyond the's songwriter. how big a problem is this? i do not think it is a problem, there is a solution and people are talking about it. it is a positive day, not negative. more girls are getting involved in songwriting and production. it is brilliant. things are happening. as a young woman coming through the ranks, how did you find your voice and make your mark? truth and honesty. that is all i had to offer. as long as i hold my craft and make sure i am being as honest and truthful as possible it justifies it. events like there is help and do lots for that, is that what we need to see of? collaboration with women? yes, creating communities where people share their experiences can only ever be a good thing and is the only way we can learn. these kind of things are vital. a lot of this is down to you. olivet! you work with the onset and britney spears —— all of it. what is the purpose of today?

the purpose is to encourage more females to come forward. we want to hear more the milk producers, the more female songwriters and we want to see people howard —— e—mail producers. you are testament to that. i am from north-west london. how difficult has it been for you to push through and make those barriers —— break. push through and make those barriers -- break. very difficult. it is like a roller—coaster and you to hold on for the ride. there are ups and downs. it is all about persistence. i want to be successful and successful in the music industry, so ikeep successful in the music industry, so i keep pushing. how did you hand—pick the talent we will have in the room? with a lot of stress. we had over 500 submissions today and we could only facilitate 100. we have spent a long time going through

the submissions, we were listening to demos until 6am today. we hope we can get more funding and put on more events like this and get more girls heard. thank you very much. the event carries on for the rest of the day and in a couple of years because could see one of these girls writing for the next big band. there is a thought. here is somebody who never has any problem getting hurt. there was some chill in the air this morning. it looks like there is a 3—way tie for the weather this morning. the best of the sunshine on the far north and west, thick cloud in england and wales and rein in the isles of scilly in cornwall. a breeze coming in off the north sea, it will be cool on the exposed east coast. with some sunshine you will get highs of 19 celsius not out of

the question. saturday evening, the rain in the extreme south—west will ease away off into the new continent. we keep the clouds through england and wales. a touch of mist and fog forming north. the breeze will change direction and strength in. maybe you'll force gusts towards the northern isles at the end of the day. along the north sea coast it will fill cold and cloudy but decent breaks in the cloudy but decent breaks in the cloud with some fudging further west. here a little warmer, enjoy. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... labour leaderjeremy corbyn is urging party activists to dust themselves down and take the fight to the tories , after suffering heavy losses in the local elections. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory. the liberal democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care were they to get into power.

french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says he's the target of a huge hacking attack, the day before the people of france go to the polls. let's ta ke let's take a look at the sport. good afternoon. the first match in the premier league isjust afternoon. the first match in the premier league is just about to kick off. manchester city could go up to third with a win. crystal palace do need points as they could still mathematically be relegated. need points as they could still mathematically be relegatedm need points as they could still mathematically be relegated. it is in our heads. we will see if we can make our step forward to qualify. if we win all four games we will definitely be in the champions league. it depends.