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this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister campaigns in key general election battle grounds in the midlands and plays down talk of a landslide victory. i am taking nothing for granted over the next five weeks. i need support from across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand. jeremy corbyn insists his message on key issues can cut through with voters. of course i am disappointed with the election results on thursday. i want to give the message of how the economy and society could be very different. the liberal democrats pledged a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care.“ income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care. if we wa nt for the nhs and social care. if we want the best health and social care for ourfamilies, our want the best health and social care for our families, our loved ones we re for our families, our loved ones were going into the money to pay for it. paul nuttall says ukip has a bright future and voters will return in their droves. isa
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is a plea not to share information from the thousands of e—mails which has been hacked from emmanuel macron. there is a celebration at the festival of making. manchester city have a 5—0 win over crystal palace. good evening. the liberal democrats have pledged to increase spending on the nhs and social care, by raising income tax by a penny. they say the extra £6 billion would be ring—fenced in england.
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but scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. it comes as party leaders are out campaigning this weekend. on the brexit negotiations, the prime minister, theresa may, insisted that she, rather than jeremy corbyn, will get the best deal for the uk. our political correspondent, matthew cole, reports on the day's events. with 33 days until the election, it is game on. maureen, all. and on that first weekend of the campaign proper, the liberal democrats have confirmed their key spending pledge, a 1% rise for all income tax bands with the cash raised guaranteed to go to the nhs and social care. if we want the best health and social care for our families and loved ones going into the future, we have to provide the money to pay for it. everybody else is pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot. the liberal democrats today are offering to spend £6 billion raised by a penny on income tax. labour's hoping its soon—to—be
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unveiled manifesto will equally win over voters with jeremy corbyn admitting his party faces an historic challenge after facing disappointing election results. campaigning today the labour leader insisted his message could cut through. on the issues of employment security, on the national health service is and all of our public services, housing and transport strategy. crucially we will also cut through on the economic future of this country. the prime minister's task is about dampening expectations, making sure tory supporters turn out injune and do not assume this week's wins mean the general election is in the bag.
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iam taking i am taking nothing for granted over the next five weeks. i need support from across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand. only a vote for me and my team will ensure that britain has the strong and stable leadership we need in order to ensure we get the best deal for britain from brexit. in how bad a place is ukip? after losing all 146 council seats it was defending this week. is it all over? ukip does have a great future — how to stay on the pitch will hold its ground, and people will come back to us. is it really all to play for? the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner, emmanuel macron, says they've been the victim of a huge hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine e—mails were mixed up with fake ones. voters go to the polls tomorrow, when mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. the french electoral commission said any media publishing the contents of the leaked documents would face criminal charges. my colleague, karin giannone, is in paris.
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just as a dramatic and turbulent election campaign was coming to an end, another piece of drama. a few hours before the official campaign ended last night. all reporting of politicians and what their messages were had to cease. 9gb of data was released from e—mail hacks, into private and personal accounts. all sorts of election material, including financial documents and other documents. the result of a huge hacking attack that they say is democratic destabilisation. they say it was like what we saw in the us with the leaking of hillary clinton's e—mails. he added that en marche had consistently been targeted throughout the campaign and they would do all
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they could to get to the bottom of it. they are not worried by the legality. they said they were all lawful. the publication does not alarm them to the prospect of any questions being raised about the legality. what sort of impact does this have just hours before france's second round of the presidential election? i am joined by an expert on social media at paris sorbonne university. what can we gather about what happened 7 yesterday night, there was a release at 835 pm, about nine gb of data was spread on this anonymous forum. it became viral something like half an hour later. it is now absolutely trending in france for — it is actually on twitter. it is number one trending topic on twitter in france today. the extraordinary thing, there is no reporting aloud about the contents
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of what was in this, only the fact that this has happened. because of reporting restrictions on the day of silence. nobody knows what is inside. to process that amount of data is impossible in two days. why has it been released now? two days prior to this election in france. we don't have a specific answer to that. it is very surprising. i guess the idea is to create suspicion, whatever is inside, fake or not. suspicion is here — that was the main aim of this campaign. you are saying damage can be done even though the actual contents do not need to be revealed. we do not know what is inside. it will take a few days, a few weeks. probably this dump of information will have an impact for the next moment in france, the democratic moment, where we will elect members of parliament.
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in that moment, that could have a very dramatic and very toxic effect. in six weeks' time france has these legislative elections. this might have more impact on that election than this one. macron needs to have a majority. if this campaign is so bad and he does not get a majority, he will not be able to implement his policy. it does not sound like the macron camp is surprised. i am surprised. when we look at the dnc leaks last year with clinton, it was much before the election. two days before. it is incomprehensible to us now. i really don't know what will happen in the coming days. does this seem like a phenomenon that every election in society will have to get used to? i fear we will have to get used to that. i fear. thank you very much.
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there was a poll published on friday just before the campaign ended. it puts emmanuel macron on 63%, come to be ahead of marine le pen, who is on 37%. a search team examining forest land in northern france for the body of seamus ruddy, a man who "disappeared" during the troubles in northern ireland, has found human remains. mr ruddy was working as a teacher in paris in 1985 when he was abducted, killed and buried by the republican paramilitary group the inla. investigators have been searching since monday the remote wooded area near rouen, from where our news correspondent mervyn jess reports. following the discovery this
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morning, the search area has been locked down by french police for the media cameras are not being in the tea m media cameras are not being in the team of investigation is investigators have been searching this piece of woodland since monday that the area has been such before but this time they were working with more specific information, passed on by former members of the inla. seamus ruddy was working as a teacher in paris when he was shot dead by the inla and secretly buried. his sister was the last family member to see him alive when she visited paris a month before he disappeared yesterday she visited the search site to see the work going on herself. this morning she was among the first to be told about the discovery of foot of the human remains have been covered with a tent while a hand search of the ground around them is carried out these human remains will eventually be taken to a french laboratory for dna testing to confirm this is the body of seamus ready. given the
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confidence the commission has in the information it received but there seems little doubt this marks the end of the 32 year search for another one of the disappeared. hello, good evening. theresa may says she's grateful for the support her party's received in the local elections but she says she's taking nothing for granted ahead ofjune's general election. earlier, the labour leader jeremy corbyn admitted his party faces an historic challenge. ukip‘s leader, paul nuttall, said his party has a bright future despite a drubbing in the local elections. our political correspondent ben wright reports. step by step theresa may is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds of new conservative councillors in her ranks. in wolverhampton aerospace factory she the floor with andy street, the new west midlands mayor. i'm taking nothing for
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granted in the next five weeks, i need support from across the united kingdom to centre my hand and only a vote for me and my team will ensure britain has the strong and stable leadership we need to ensure that we get the best deal for britain from brexit. theresa may needs tory voters to turn out onjune eight which is why she claims this contest could be close but after winning the west midland first metro mayor contest yesterday the tories are clearly confident of turning much of this labour dominated territory blue. and in wolverhampton ascends from some of allegiances shifting. the labour party have let themselves down a lot over the last few years. and i am not very confident in the current leader. i've just got no real confidence in labour at the moment. more confidence in the theresa. jeremy corbyn! but jeremy corbyn did not seem down after
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yesterday's drubbing and his supporters are as fired up as ever. visiting best in the east midlands he conceded labour faced a huge challenge. of course i'm disappointed in the election results on thursday but we are out there giving a message on how the economy and our society could be very different. and where is the ukip leader? after losing all 146 council seats they were defending this week paul nuttall insisted today that voters would return. ukip does have a great feature, itjust has to stay on the pitch, hold its
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ground and people will come back. the snp with the biggest winners in scottish council elections replacing labour as the largest party in edinburgh, aberdeen and glasgow where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p's where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p‘s council group. where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p's council group. we won the elections yesterday emphatically, more seats, more councils, the largest party not just more seats, more councils, the largest party notjust compared to five years and it is in battle grounds like this that the next election will be decided. then wright, bbc news, the liberal news, democrats have pledged to increase spending on the nhs and social care, by raising income tax by a penny in the pound. they say it would raise an extra £6 billion and would be ring—fenced in england. scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. compared to every other party in scotland. this strange and unexpected election has yet to set passions alight but the choice is big and it is in battle grounds like this that the next election will be decided. ben wright, bbc news, wolverhampton. hi, how are you, good it is you, thanks for coming along. would you pay more to fund more gps for hi, how are you, good to see you, thanks for coming along. would you, thanks for coming along. would y°u pay you, thanks for coming along. would you pay more to fund more gps by one percentage point to raise £6 billion ring fenced for health and social ca re ring fenced for health and social care in england. if we want the best health and social care for our families going into the future then we have to provide the money to pay
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for it and everyone else is pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot be done on the cheap. the party says under their plans someone earning 25,000 and adjust services and about and adjust? the lib dems are asking. they say they would increase all income tax bands they say they would increase all income tax hands by one percentage point to raise £6 billion ring fenced for health and social care in england. if we want the best health and social care for our families going into the future then we have to provide the money to pay for it and everyone else is pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot be done on the cheap. the parties as under their plans someone earning £25,000 next year would pay £133 more in tax annually. on a salary income tax would increase by from brexit this is the lib dems main election pitch so far on tax and spending. they think this policy will be popular, despite the risk of already committing to tax rises because of voters's concerns about the state of the taking the focus away from brexit this is the lib dems main election pitch so far on tax and spending. they think this policy will be popular, despite the risk of already committing to tax rises because of voters's concerns about the state of the real terms hasn't actually decreased, it has gone up but at a slower rate than in the past. this funding would be
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about double what has been promised over the last few years and would look generous compared to increases in the last few years but isn't that large compared health is a devolved policy area and scotland has its own powers of income tax. but there is no doubt that nhs and social care under but across the uk with demand soaring and budgets squeezed. over the past few years spending on the nhs in real terms hasn't actually decreased, it has gone up but at a slower rate than in the past. this funding would be about double what has been promised over the last few years and would look generous compared to increases in the last few years but isn't that large compared to spending increases in the long term? the tories say they would keep taxes low while labour rule at tax rises for low and middle income earners but the lib dems think a tax rise across is the only way to secure the future of the three men have appeared in court charged with the the murder of a businessman at his home in dorset home last sunday. guy hedger was shot at his house near ringwood. kevin downton, jason baccus and scott keeping appeared before magistrates in poole this morning accused of murder and aggravated burglary.
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french officials have issued a warning about documents believed to have been stolen from presidentialfavourite emmanuel macron‘s campaign by computer hackers. they say anyone who shares the contents of the emails could face criminal charges. it comes ahead of tomorrow's presidential run—off vote which pits mr macron against the far—right candidate, marine le pen. prince edward has been speaking about the decision of his father, prince philip, to stand down from royal duties later this year. he said he was sure the duke of edinburgh wouldn't disappear into the background. our royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. leila nathoo, bbc will not be seeing him, in public, and you do, by his wife's side prince philip, as we soon wife's side prince philip, as we soon will not be seeing him, in public, and judy, by his wife's side. autumn the soon—to—be 96—year—old prince will be giving up such engagements. those who knowlj don't believe he will put his feet up don't believe he will put his feet up completely and disappear into the background and never be seen again. he will pick and choose what he wa nts to he will pick and choose what he wants to do and what is sensible and what is practical. i don't think we will see him disappearing but he's making it clear to organisations, please don't come and ask me to do things and expect me to say yes because the answer will be no.
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hopefully he can enjoy more of what he enjoys doing. this is an ancient institution adjusting to the fact that one of its key players will be on display much less. out and about, the queen relies on her husband. others will have to step up to the mark. relies on her husband. others will have to step up to the markm relies on her husband. others will have to step up to the mark. it is a lwa ys have to step up to the mark. it is always a team effort and that is what we do and the show goes on. if an actor retires from a show, guess what, the show goes on, we all filling spaces and keep it going. and that is what we will do. no, it does not require any massive reorganisation, no, that's what we do, we support each other. such support is already happening. here prince william was on hand, a grandson helping his grandmother the queen as she met her guest and sang suji, myanmar‘s defector leader. the windsorfamily is suji, myanmar‘s defector leader. the windsor family is in transition, this is a taste of the future. peter hunt, bbc news. the teenage racing driver who lost both legs in a crash says he's "lost for words" after wellwishers raised
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hundreds of thousands of pounds for him. billy monger was racing in the formula 4 championship last month when he was involved in a high speed collision. after support from formula one stars lewis hamilton and jenson button he says he's determined to get back behind the wheel, as richard lister reports. they call him billy whizz. one of the rising stars of british motorsport. he was supposed to be racing this weekend. instead he's reading messages from driving legends like lewis hamilton and niki lauda after the injuries that changed his life. that's amazing. and as i turn over there would be signatures from many world champions, that really touched my heart, i was lost for words, and i still am. three weeks ago he was racing at donington park at 120 miles an hour when he struck a stationary car. he was airlifted to the queens medical centre in nottingham, where they carried out partial amputations of both legs. today he was preparing to go home, grateful for the staff
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who saved his life. without them i wouldn't be here today, so massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. it's going to be emotional saying goodbye to them all. billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing eventually. his team has already helped raise more than £800,000 towards his recovery and those who will be racing at thruxton this weekend are ensuring that although he won't be there his nickname will at least still feature on the grid. itjust shows you that when a tragic event like this happens how people are brought together. i definitely want to take the positives out of this and make sure that i use it in a positive way for the rest of my life now. i've still got a few years left in me for sure. watch this space.
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richard lister, bbc news. that's it, i'll be back with the team for the news on bbc one at ten, now it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. traditional craft skills like sewing and painting, along with baking, have had something of a resurgence in the uk. this weekend the first ever national festival of making begins to celebrate britain's manufacturing food and creative industries. 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
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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.
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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
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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. let's find out how the weather is looking. broadly speaking the weekend has got off to a fairly dry start. there have been variations from place to place some have seen sunshine and others have been stuck under cloud. you can see there was a lump of cloud across central areas and outbreaks of patchy rain in the south west. only plaguing southern devon, cornwall, and the channel islands. elsewhere it has been largely dry and there have been spells of sunshine. they will lose
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the rain from the far south. there will be some clear spells. large areas of cloud floating around, particularly across north—eastern scotla nd particularly across north—eastern scotland and north eastern england. most scotland and north eastern england. m ost pla ces scotland and north eastern england. most places avoiding a frost. in the north—west of the country in the clear spells it would be a chilly start to the morning. further north and east, here we will see more cloud and the odd spot of drizzle. murky conditions and that extends across the north—east of england. down across the midlands, east anglia, into the south—east, we will start tomorrow with a lot of cloud from up there could be the odd spot of drizzle. 11 degrees for london and south hampton. in the south—west there has been rain. tomorrow was. offa there has been rain. tomorrow was. off a fine. —— tomorrow we'll start of fine. along the coast, northern ireland will have a sparkling start to the days of the plenty of
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sunshine here. 11 degrees in belfast. the western areas will see the best of the sunshine. much sunnier day across the far south—west. the cloudy day in the north west of scotland. across the north west of scotland. across the north of scotland we will see areas of cloud and the east coast of england. further west, with more sunshine, temperatures getting up to 18, maybe 19 degrees. fairly bright for the liverpool match in the merely tomorrow afternoon for arsenal against manchester united there will be more cloud into the mix. we will keep a fair amount of cloud as we go into the start of the week. further west a better chance of seeing some sunshine. where you get sunnier skies, it will not feel too bad. that is it now. . the headlines: theresa may campaigned in the general election battle ground in the midlands. she says she is grateful for the support the
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