been strong, what always been strong, what is their view on brexit? they can't decide one way or the other. outside the leisure centre members of this running club are limbering up, many are still undecided about how to cast their vote. it has always been labour, this changing their views. is that because of brexit? maybe. they promise before an election but then they don't deliver. very up in the air. it has been predominantly labour in this area but i will be backing boris all the way. i do like him as a person. he might not be trustworthy but i do like him. at first glance a seat like rother valley isn't an obvious place for borisjohnson to search for victory, it has only ever been labour. this

area voted heavily to leave the eu and the conservatives are hoping their pro brexit message can persuade even traditional labour voters to switch this time. in this pub, many are sticking to labour this time but it is clear trust is an issue for party leaders. i cannot see myself voting tory but lam i cannot see myself voting tory but i am loathe to vote forjeremy corbyn. that speaks a lot. would you normally vote labour? lama would you normally vote labour? i am a member of the labour party. when you see borisjohnson on the tv?i when you see borisjohnson on the tv? i used to like him on the tv but i don't see him as a representative for the country. he is embarrassing. i don't trust him. borisjohnson i don't trust him. boris johnson knows i don't trust him. borisjohnson knows he has to turn places like this from red to blue to win the election outright, and brexit could be the key. let's return to telford,

and speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. is this a kind of manifesto that conservatives nationwide can get behind that will get them over the line? inafunny line? in a funny way the tory campaign is hoping this manifesto doesn't cause an enormous splash not because they don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offerfor don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offer for voters but lots of conservatives are haunted by the calamity for them of what happened after the manifesto in 2017, the moment when theresa may's campaign unravelled. in contrast to their main rival, this manifesto is a steady as she goes document. that said, we should not let that mask, that there are fundamental differences between the parties this time, notjust on brexit but on how to run the country, how to run the

economy, and frankly the size of the state. thank you. labour says if it wins the election, women who lost out on their state pensions when the retirement age was raised, will be compensated. sums of up to £31,000 could be handed out to the nearly four million women affected. labour estimates the overrall cost would be £58 billion over five years. today's announcement was not part of their manifesto and both the conservatives and the liberal democrats have described the promise as uncosted. in hong kong, there's been a record turnout in local elections, seen as a test of public opinion following six months of pro—democracy protests. opposition parties hope public anger over the government's handling of the unrest will help them to win control of sveral councils, sending a clear message to beijing. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in hong kong for us.

iamat i am at this counting centre, the count is well under way, it is 1am here. this is an election for local seats in local councils, not for the legislature or chief executive. nevertheless, it is the first chance to vote hong kong people have had since the pro—democracy protests broke out in six months ago and because of that turnout has been truly extraordinary today, the highest in hong kong history. in the eastern district of hong kong island this morning, the queue to vote at this polling station went on and on and on. we are seeing queues like this in districts all over hong kong today. people waiting for an hour, even up to an hour—and—a—half to vote. people are telling us they have never seen anything like this in a local election in hong kong before. translation: we didn't have to line up before. everyone is more enthusiastic. they really want to contribute to the society. half—an—hour.

we know this is going to happen, because everyone wants to vote this time. speaks in cantonese. the passion of those standing for election today is out of all proportion to the power of the local council seats being contested. but for the opposition, today is a referendum on the protests that have rocked hong kong for the last six months. in 2015... david and his mother are on opposite sides of that fight. we can see old people, pro—government regime. they control the power, they control the parties, they control everything, even the economy. strength and power. yes. i must support the movement. but i say, i worry about the students, just like i worry about my son.

long lines continued far into the evening, as polling closed, turnout topped 70%, an all—time record for any election in hong kong. that should be good for the opposition. whatever the result, this election will not resolve the political deadlock which is tearing hong kong apart. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. five teenagers have been arrested after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham, in which a number of police officers were injured. fights broke out during attempts to clear around 100 people from the star city leisure complex early yesterday evening. two machetes were seized. here's jenny kumar. screaming. chaos and confusion at the star city complex in birmingham early last night as the police tried to restore order. officers were called following reports that a group of people armed with machetes had arrived at the cinema. fights broke out as the police tried to move around 100 people.

it was a frightening atmosphere and it's almost very upsetting because this is a place where families come to enjoy themselves, it's an entertainment complex, these young kids were there last night to see frozen. police brought tasers to try to contain the incident and several arrests were made for assaulting officers. this happened spontaneously. as we said we are not certain what caused it so we won't get into speculation. it is reassuring we were able to deal with it. this photo has been widely shared on social media. a young boy holding a machete shown here in the blue circle. police believe it was taken at the scene and they want to hear from the families of those in the photo. tonight, the vue cinema chain has confirmed it has pulled the film blue story from all its venues following the trouble here at star city. but the police say they are not sure if the film which is about gang violence is linked to the brawl. five people have been arrested for assaulting officers

and failing to disperse, including a 13—year—old girl. jenny kumar, bbc news. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.

hello. this is bbc news, with rachel. boris johnson has unveiled the conservative manifesto, with a speech in which he promised to spend more money on public services, without raising income taxes. he also pledged repeatedly to get brexit done, and vowed to keep the united kingdom intact. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. ahead, but farfrom ahead, but far from clear and away.

feeling optimistic ministers? tories out, tories out! the trees know it's theirs to lose, but who would bet on much these days? this time last year, borisjohnson was just a controversial backbencher. now defending his own position as prime minister. and with a list of promises, he is making new, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how is that? can everybody see that? his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu injanuary. his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay? do we want more ditherand we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift we want more delay? do we want more ditherand drift an we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift an deadlock and division? do we want 20/20 to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't. get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and two families. get brexit done, and we

will see a pent—up title wave of investment into this country. get brexit done, and we can focus our hearts and our minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives have already vowed extra money for the health service, but there is a new promise to recruit more nurses. today, in this manifesto, we pledge 50,000 more nurses and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today, we make this guaranteed... cache to scrap hospital parking charges, taxpayers money for more childcare, and infrastructure funds, all, he claims, without raising taxes. we can do all these things without raising her income tax, vat, or national insurance contributions. that's our guarantee. and in this manifesto... applause there is a vision of the future. borisjohnson there is a vision of the future. boris johnson says there is a vision of the future. borisjohnson says he never wanted this election, but it's both a huge

risk and a huge opportunity for him and his party. let's go for a sensible, moderates, but tax cutting one nation conservative government, and take this country forwards. thank you all very much. you won the leadership of your party by making a big promise on brexit that you then broke, despite saying the back to looking at buck stops with you, know you are trying to win the country with a whole list of promises and significant extra spending, do you accept that beyond this room, and be on your party, is a big leap of faith for the country to trust you with a majority? the biggest issue at this election is really whether people have any confidence in politics any more. and i think the reason that confidence and trust in politics has been so undermined is because for three and half years, they have seen politicians engaged in constant prevarication, procrastination, dither, and delay, when the people of this country voted to get brexit

done. the tory leader is in our rate in the fray, right in the middle of this campaign. but none of the steps spelt out today are designed to create the fireworks he's famous for. there is no doubt that people are asking politicians, will you stick to what you are saying you will be doing? we couldn't be clearer about getting brexit done. we do want to spend more money on our priorities, the nhs, more on the 20,000 police, more in our schools, but we can do that if we keep the economy strong. compared to the labour manifesto, this is a pamphlet rather than a phone book, but it's a document designed to keep the tories out of trouble, rather than shake up the fundamentals of the campaign. is this a winning manifesto, mr jensen? we are fighting very hard, we are fighting very hard. the big contrast between him and his rivals has been there since day one, boris johnson would take us out of the eu in less than 70 days, that's the choice, vote to leave at speed, or vote for the chance to stay. laura

kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. we can speak now to our political correspondent helen catt. helen, what did you make of what we heard of the launch? well, boris johnson described this as a partial blueprint for what the conservatives would achieve post—brexit, and that does seem like the fairest summation of it. there were no great big tax giveaways. there were no great big spending pledges. this was a sort of steady don't rock the boat kind of a ma nifesto, steady don't rock the boat kind of a manifesto, which in some sense, allows them to focus on this main message of getting brexit done, we got some sense of how he at least plans to start that's, we were told that that should the conservatives get the majority after the election, then borisjohnson would bring his withdrawal agreement back to parliament in those first few days before christmas, so that mps will before christmas, so that mps will be able to debate it again, that it would at least try to get the process moving. there's also a pledge in the manifesto that he will not be extending the transition period beyond december next year, so we have a bit more information on

that, and as you heard in laura's piece there, there was more on income tax, this idea of a trick triple lock as they called which means the conservatives have pledge not to raise income tax, vat, or national insurance at all over the next parliament, so of course, you may remember in 2017, there where, it was the manifesto launch that really arguably, not conservatives campaign off—kilter particularly with their idea for funding social care, no grand plan in this ma nifesto, care, no grand plan in this manifesto, some aspirations, if you like my billion pounds of your of extra funding, but no overwhelming arching plan on social care, so there may be could be forgiven for some nerves and conservative quarters this morning head of the ma nifesto, quarters this morning head of the manifesto, thinking back to 2017 from this is very much designed not to knock any that off—kilter. from this is very much designed not to knock any that off-kilter. and the focus is well on the nhs with that pledge on nurses, which perhaps needs on picking a little bit. it does, yes, so the pledge is to

add 50,000 nurses, now that doesn't necessarily mean recruit them from scratch, those figures are made up from a number of different ways, but the idea is to add overall 50,000 more nurses to the workforce, and it does mean bringing back something that was scrapped by conservatives, the idea of a bursary for nurse training with worth between five — £8,000, so this was the sort of eye—catching moment if you like of boris johnson's speech eye—catching moment if you like of borisjohnson's speech today. eye—catching moment if you like of boris johnson's speech today. thank you very much indeed. well, let's stay with that, because it was one of the conservative's key new policies is to add fifty thousand more nurses to the workforce in england by 2023. here's our health editor hugh pym with some analysis of that pledge. 50,000 more nurses by 2024 was an eye—catching plan set out by boris johnson. what does that actually get up to? well, it's not the same thing as recruiting 50,000 new nurses, it's adding 50,000 to the workforce in england, currently around 300,000,

now, there are a lot of vacancies of the moment, it is difficult recruiting, so the conservatives are arguing this is trying to deal with that problem, but that 50,000 figure includes recruitment overseas, and it includes better retention. that is policies to hold onto nurses and try and make or persuade them that it's worth staying with more professional development of their careers rather than leaving early. the of new nurses is rather less than that, down around between 10,000 -20,000, than that, down around between 10,000 - 20,000, based than that, down around between 10,000 — 20,000, based on more training places. now, the conservative government scrapped a bursary for training of nurses in england back in 2017, that caused a decline in applications. the conservatives say, if elected, they will reintroduce the maintenance grant of up to £8,000 per yearfor nursing students. though not the fees, the reintroduction of free fees. so in terms of the financial

implications of this premise, perhaps less onerous if they were trying to recruit all these nurses from scratch? yes. i mean, it's a big number, 50,000, but it does hang quite a lot on whether you can it retain a certain number, i think 18,000 being retained, who otherwise would've left, it's a big asked to recruit a certain numberfrom overseas at a time when that's not necessarily straightforward. although they have said that they wa nt to although they have said that they want to cut visa cost for nurses coming from outside the uk, or any other health professional, the health surcharge that they have to pay for their own health care would go pay for their own health care would 9° up pay for their own health care would go up under the conservative government, so that is?, but there isa government, so that is?, but there is a commitment with this maintenance grant to try and encourage more nurses to go into training. but that isn't the whole story of the 50,000. u penn, on picking those numbers for us. earlier i spoke to anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. i asked what she thought about today's manifesto launch. i think there were adjustment kinds

of tory manifesto launch is, there is one that says slash and burn, certainly on taxes, limit the size of the states, it wasn't really that's kind of launch at all, sol suppose you could say that boris johnson there is taking on the perspective that actually, he is a right—winger in sheep clothing. this was very sort of cautious in terms of promising some money and lots more efficiencies, that are hard to deliver for the nhs, it more efficiencies, that are hard to deliverforthe nhs, it certainly didn't go as far as many people thought it would go on public spending. there was talk of an arms race with labour, but once jeremy corbyn had put out such an expensive proposition there, and you could think that you want to spend a lot more on public services, but that has got them very quickly into the argument to bait down the lane who would be paying for it, and it would be the very rich. boris johnson would be paying for it, and it would be the very rich. borisjohnson had quite modest figures, by my calculations, not even the best parts of 5 billion rises in public spending, as we immediately go forward , spending, as we immediately go forward, so he is obviously trying to keep to that sort of prudence

message from at the same time, we heard that the committal to green targets and taking carbon out of the atmosphere, the only thing you might say is it seems to be promising to achieve an awful lot without spending any money will stop with labour, it's the other way around —— labour, it's the other way around —— labour, so it's whichever of the devils you prefer. when it comes to trends get on labour territory, you said they didn't want to get into an arms race, but they did venture into nhs, which, of course, we know is big with voters. 50,000 more nurses. yes, and if you look at the costings for that, given that they don't intend to raise the spending by the vast amount, you canjust pump a lot of money in, and buy more staff, but one of the messages i think he also being talking to is with the head of the nhs england is there are efficiencies that can be delivered in terms of retention of staff, it's a huge waste in the nhs, it's an area that has a lot of years were people turn out, because they are not happy with their conditions. so if there is a consistency to this

plan, it would be to put in a five—year plan in which you tried very ha rd five—year plan in which you tried very hard to get more efficiencies by being more consistent with the money that you pushed to the front line. it still won't be enough for those who say the nhs needs a radical spending reform, but, again, you come back to that borisjohnson message. i will do a cautious manifesto, he is saying. he will deliver brexit, who knows what the other guy really means about that, we are being a bit unfair here, because we haven't talked about lib dems and other parties, but they are not likely to be one of those in at numberten, come the not likely to be one of those in at number ten, come the 13th of december. i think i'm a really, brexit a kind of soft tory message if you like him i care about public services, but we are watching the pennies, that's what boris was after today. that was her talking to me a little bit earlier. well, meanwhile, the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has said there has "been a squeeze" on her party during the campaign — but that she is "not conceding yet". speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn's neutral stance on brexit — and said the liberal democrats priority was to stop brexit from happening.

well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives? well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a majority, and liberal democrats are the best placed party to stop it. ah, you think that is what is happening at the moment? if you look at the polls right now, that is what they say. now there is, obviously, two and a half weeks to go in this campaign, and i am working very hard to change that situation... you are not conceding yet, but you think that he is going to win? of course i am not conceding yet. liberal democrats are campaigning hard right across the country, and we are making real inroads, but we need to make sure we win those seats from the conservatives, and we are in a position to do that

in a way that labour simply is not. if he doesn't win an overall majority, and he comes to you saying, "listen, jo, i never thought... i don't want to do this, i am doing this through gritted teeth, jo, but to get my deal through, to get my withdrawal agreement through, i am prepared to offer the liberal democrats a referendum on that deal afterwards", what do you say to him? look, i am not putting borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn into number ten, but if there is a law in parliament... the voters might. if there is a law in parliament that i can vote for that makes sure that the brexit deal is put to the public, with the opportunity to remain, i will vote for that. we have always said we will vote for that. ah, 0k. so if borisjohnson tries to do a deal with you, whereby he gets his withdrawal agreement through the house of commons, he delivers his promise to "get brexit done", but in return for that, he gives you a referendum, you say yes? i am not doing a deal, andrew. i am going to vote for the things that i am standing up for, for the things that i believe in, and i believe we should stop brexit, and it may be that a people's vote is the best way to do that. we have campaigned for that for more than three years and so,

as we have said, over the last year, if we can put a specific brexit deal to the british public with the option to remain, liberal democrats will support having a people's vote. we will vote for that legislation. and the leader of the snp, nicola sturgeon, said that scrapping the uk's nuclear deterrent, trident, would be one of her ‘red—lines' in the event of her party supporting a labour government. i have a moral objection to weapons of mass destruction, unlikejoe swenson, i wouldn't be prepared to press that nuclear button that would kill potentially millions, tens of millions of people, but there is also the opportunity costs, billions, tens of billions of pounds that are required to renew trade—ins. —— jo swinson, that are required to renew trade—ins. ——jo swinson, in my view, are better stronger and stronger conventional defence that is more effective to protect our country, but also on hospitals and schools and better social security

provision. these are the choices that we should be thinking very carefully about, and you know, if the snp is in that position of influence, then these are absolutely the kind of policies that we will push through. nicola sturgeon there. 0k, push through. nicola sturgeon there. ok, let's move away from politics for a while, and take a look at some of the day's other news. one of the richest men in the world has jumped into the democratic presidential race. billionaire michael bloomberg joins an already crowded field of white house contenders. the move is an about—face for the former new york city mayor, who said in march that he wouldn't run in 2020. in a statement, mr bloomberg said the us "cannot afford four more years of president trump's reckless and unethical actions". let's take a closer look at who is michael bloomberg? he has a net worth of 52 billion dollars, according to forbes — making him nearly 17 times richer than mrtrump. he made his money first as a wall street banker, before going on to establish a financial publishing empire. he was originally a democrat.

he became a republican to serve as new york city mayor from 2001. but he rejoined the democratic party last year. he's considered running for president in the past, but ruled himself out because he thought americans wouldn't vote for a billionaire new york businessman. clearly that concern no longer applies. let's get more on this from our washington correspondent, chris buckler. chris, this has been widely debated for some weeks. so, chris, this has been widely debated forsome weeks. so, perhaps chris, this has been widely debated for some weeks. so, perhaps not a huge surprise a decision today. yes, we even saw a week ago, him apologising for a stop and frisk policy that was put in place in new york, involving the police searching, a disproportionately black and latino community, and there is a feeling he is trying his best to think about who he would need support from if he was to win this democratic nomination for president. now, it must be said, he is late to the stage year, in fact, literally late to the stage, because we have already had several debates

between the democratic candidates who have already announced, but, he does come with some name recognition are obviously a lot of wealth and money matters when it comes to american politics. it's worth pointing out that he has lodged his unofficial bid to become president with a $30 million add campaign, and that of course is just a small amount of his wealth. if he's going to ta ke amount of his wealth. if he's going to take on, of course, the other billionaire and that donald trump. yes, we set in the introduction, he wasn't sure whether he would have any resonance with people, given his rather elite status, what are the polls show about his chances? yeah, if you take a look at the adverts, actually, he is doing his very best to kind of emphasise that he comes from ordinary middle—class american roots, and essentially made it good at becoming a very successful businessman, philanthropist, and someone who really cares about issues like climate change and gun violence. things which are really

intended to find him as being different from donald trump. but he is coming to the race late, and as a result, he is pulling single digits as far as democrats are concerned. we don't really know what he's going to do, because, of course, he's only just joining to do, because, of course, he's only justjoining the race. and the point is that the primaries and caucuses elect the democratic candidates, they are not far away. but what he is doing, which might be clever, is he is making this a battle of the billionaires, he is very firmly putting himself in the position where he is taking on donald trump and making it personal, and make no mistake, from the other side, it's personal as well. donald trump has said there is nobody he would rather beat than as he calls him, little michael, if you take a look at some of the campaign literature that is just being published, i mean michael bloomberg is taking it straight to donald trump. saying, their unprecedented risks of him winning another four years and describing him asa another four years and describing him as a field businessman who's companies went bankrupt multiple times, and to build a presidential

campaign empty promises and reckless actions in office has harmed americans and weakened our country. let the fight began. chris, thanks very much indeed, chris buckland there, life in washington. meanwhile, president trump's lawyer — rudy giuliani — has said he's not concerned about being indicted for crimes now being investigated by the impeachment inquiry. this is after the us state department released records relating to the trump administration's dealings with ukraine which show repeated contacts between secretary of state mike pompeo and mrgiuliani. are you afraid, mr mayor, that you could be indicted? oh, wow. how long have you know me? i've known you several years. you think i'm afraid? i don't know. you think i get afraid? well... i did the right thing, l represented my client in a very, very effective way. l was so effective that i've discovered a pattern of corruption that the washington press has been covering up for three or four years.

rudy giuliani there. polls have now closed in hong kong's local elections where voters have turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots. just before they closed nearly three million people had voted. that's a 69% turnout among registered voters. the vote is being seen as an important test of chief executive carrie lam's leadership after nearly six months of violent anti—government protests. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong and joins me now. it has been a pretty busy day. lot of interest here at the stations tonight. this is one polling per square voting is going ahead because these local council elections are being seen as so much more. we have just heard updated figures saying it is more than 71% participation in these district council elections. that is up from 47% last time and

this is being seen as a kind of referendum on carrie lam's administration and the way in which it has handled six months of political unrest. but at this particular polling station where i am at, you can possibly hear, officials are announcing to people what is going on but counting is under way behind me. they are putting in papers from various candidates and to piles in order to count them. i havejust candidates and to piles in order to count them. i have just been through one candidate's and they will count the figures and then go through other candidates. but to give you an idea how much interest there is, members of the general public queued outside for quite some time to get in and here they are, watching the process , in and here they are, watching the process, hoping that it is all transparent and fair because there isa transparent and fair because there is a lot of concern in the community

now, people are not trusting their institutions the way they used to and that is why a lot have turned out here to see this result. we have many hours to go to get an idea of what the results will be but it seems in the early results across the city at the moment that those in the city at the moment that those in the pro—democracy camp are winning. they are winning lots of seats and for example, one prominent pro—establishment figure who actually was stabbed at one point while campaigning, a small injury in the end but still a knife attack on him. he has lost his seat. he is a prominent pro—beijing figure, so if people like that are losing it could turn out to be a bad night for carrie lam and indirectly for beijing because the people who are supporting the protesters have come out in big numbers, and as i said

these are only early figures were getting so far but that seems to be the trend at the moment. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. light winds and all that moisture around meant it was a dull and misty day for most of us today, but there's signs of change in the south—west. we've got an area of low pressure again. more weather fronts bringing some rain up from the south—west overnight, picking up the breeze a little. maybe breaking a few holes in the cloud, but lifting the mist and fog. it should be mild and frost—free, particularly to the south—west, where we have the cloud and the rain. that will move northwards and eastwards tomorrow. some rain for a while in northern ireland, easing off in the afternoon. not much rain for scotland. most of it on and off for england and wales. maybe seeing some late sunshine in the far south—west, where it is particularly mild. the best of the sunshine probably in the far north of scotland. the next area of low pressure is racing in for tuesday. this has got some tropical air, remnants of tropical storm sebastian in the mid—atla ntic. that will bring some heavier rain northwards across the uk. it will also strengthen the winds

through the english channel, with the strongest of the winds on tuesday for south wales and the south—west of england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance as he unveils the conservative's manifesto. the manifesto also promises to add 50,000 more nurses to the nhs in england, and restore nursing grants. labour is pledging to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66.

five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number of police officers injured. sport and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good from the bbc sport centre. afternoon. england's cricketers are struggling in the first test in mount manganui, having fallen well behind new zealand on day four. they will need to bat out the final day to force a draw, and they only have seven wickets in hand to try and do it. michael redford reports. england fans in fine voice at the start of day for but on the field of play it was new zealand who were hitting all the right notes, most notably bj watling as he enjoyed another day of frustrating england's

bowlers. resuming on 119 he soon moved past 150 and then 200, a maiden double test century. but it was not a solo performance. they would eventually post leave the crease both with career—best scores. new zealand declaring on 615—9, they are best test score against england, but i think once seen the end, they should have thought again. the pair combining to remove don sedley for just 12. he had found his rhythm and rory burns succumbed. still time for one more and jack leach cut with the final ball of the day while the replay suggested he hadn't hit it. no review. a day where new zealand reach their peak, and england have a mountain to climb.

iam i am concerned, there is no doubt about it, because i have seen england in this position before and it isa england in this position before and it is a mindset in the case of application and discipline and it is not something a lot of the modern players enjoy. some of the other england players always want to be aggressive and positive so it will bea aggressive and positive so it will be a real challenge for them to show the necessary discipline and basically to take a leaf out of bj watling's book of denial and backing their defence and leaving the ball well. it is important they rotate the strike and that they don'tjust get stuck blocking the ball all the time but it is low—risk batting and thatis time but it is low—risk batting and that is what we want, building some partnerships and getting england to safety. 5live sports extra commentary from 9pm. football and sheffield united are hosting manchester united in the premier league,

that game kicked off at 4.30. in the last couple of seconds it has become 2— o4 in the last couple of seconds it has become 2— 04 sheffield united. the first goal was scored byjohn fleck for the newly promoted side after 19 minutes and then the last couple of seconds sheffield united have made it 2-0 seconds sheffield united have made it 2—0 on 51 minutes. if they win they will move up to fifth place while manchester united are currently intense, so the score currently intense, so the score currently after 52 minutes it is 2—0 sheffield united. rangers are back level on points with celtic at the top of the scottish premiership after they won 3—1 at hamilton academicals this afternoon. rangers went ahead seven minutes in thanks to this finish from ryan jack but lewis smith levelled for hamilton. the game's decisive moment came before the break. this fantastic strike from ryan kent restored rangers lead and he added a third in injury time. they're now only in second place on goal difference.

in the day's other game aberdeen remain in third after a 1—1 draw against stjohnstone. sam cosgrove fired aberdeen ahead with this fine strike. but the side bottom of the table equalised when matty kennedy finished off this move — 1—1 the score and it was a fiesty end to the game with stjohnstone finishing the match with nine men after murray davidson and callum hendry were given their marching orders. it's been an interesting day in the women's super league with the top four all sides all winning their matches. chelsea remain top of the table but onlyjust, they are a point clear of second placed manchester city after an emphatic 6—0 win over birmingham city. manchester city had their own impressive scoreline, putting five past bristol city. while manchester united made sure they weren't outdone, with a 4—0 victory over brighton. rhia chohan reports. manchester united kicked off an action packed day of women's super

league against brighton, and after scoring 11 goals in the midweek game they were feeling confident. lauren james, at 18 the youngest player in the squad, started off proceedings. wave after wave of attack was then rewarded making it 2—0. she wasn't done yet and got her second after half—time before a penalty taken racked up a 4—0 when for katie to ny‘s racked up a 4—0 when for katie tony's team. manchester city visited bristol. they were 1—0 going into the break. in the fall in are's double. a 5— 01 for the second week running mean the sat top the table briefly as chelsea were it birmingham city and were dominant. the tone was set from early on and it was a good day for millie white

getting another for chelsea before setting up base england on the stroke of half—time. through spence scored twice shortly after the break before a 6—0 thrashing to remain top of the order. arsenal stayed third with a comfortable victory over the bottom side in the league. a single goal when will count against them in the title race as they sit behind manchester city on goal difference. other scores in today's games everton won a third wsl match in a row beating tottenham. reading came away as 3—2 winners over west ham. the scottish women's cup final is taking place right now edinburgh with league winners glasgow city taken on league cup winners hibernian. it's been a thriller so far, 3—2 to hibernian the latest score. it was an absolute calamity at the back for glasgow city that

put hibernian in the lead with a leanne ross own goal. she won't want to see that one again. there is still about 20 minutes left to go in edinburgh. it was a mixed day for british sides in rugby union's european champions cup. sale sharks had a tough time against la rochelle, even though the french side were down to 10 men at the end of the first half. sale eventually came through as 25 points to 15 winners. while gloucester came close but couldn't quite edge past montpellier, beaten by 30 points to 27. paul frostick was watching. for sale, this match was about returning world cup stars. south africa's faf de klerk and england's tom curry were on opposing sides in the final but this much reunited them in the same team. faf de klerk was soon involved. his past reading mcginty. england's world cup

finalist tom curry was involved in the first half's other big moment. he found some fingers in his eyes and a la rochelle playerfound his way to an early bath. sale got themselves ahead after the break with a penalty try while faf de klerk concentrated on helping his tea m klerk concentrated on helping his team mates with some grooming techniques. a tight last 20 minutes saw this try from chris ashton but no bonus point for sale which could prove costly. like sale in la rochelle, montpellier and gloucester have lost their opening two matches. the french side keen to put that right in front of the home fans. their power on show as they controlled the first half. montpellier had a comfortable cushion after the first 40 minutes, 24-10. cushion after the first 40 minutes, 24—10. instead of eyes it was a elbows in the second half, another red card to south africanjack du plessis was sent to the sidelines.

gloucester did the best to take advantage of the extra man but despite this late try it wasn't enough, losing by just despite this late try it wasn't enough, losing byjust the three points. spain'sjon rahm has won the final event on the european tour — the wrold tour championship in dubai and in doing so finishes as europe's number one golfer. he was vying with tommy fleetwood for the honours and he needed to birdie the final hole to beat him. rahm did just that, finishing on nineteen under par for the tournament. the race to dubai, which replaced the tour‘s old order of merit, has only ever been won by one other spanish golfer and that was seve ballesteros. there are so many european tour players that could have done it, probably got close, and to think of that list of seve and then me is ha rd to that list of seve and then me is hard to believe. it is such a big pa rt hard to believe. it is such a big part of spanish golf history and it is really unique to put my name on something that only seve has done.

tyson fury will get his re—match with deontay wilder in february, after wilder beat luis ortiz to retain his wbc world heavyweight title for the 10th time in las vegas. it was a shaky start for the champion, who was out—boxed by ortiz for six rounds. but in the seventh, wilder's devastating right hand left ortiz on the canvas, unable to beat the count. afterwards he said tyson fury was definitely next, and then he wanted a unification bout with whoever wins the rematch between anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. that fight is in saudi arabia on december the 7th. meanwhile, callum smith has successfully defended his wba super—middleweight title in his home town of liverpool. the fight against fellow—britain john ryder went the distance but smith won it on a unanimous points decision. great britain's dave ryding crashed out of the opening slalom race of the world cup season in finland. he was in second place after the first leg, as he looked for his first victory but he fell towards the end of the second leg.

there has neve been a british winner of an alpine skiing world cup event. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more with sportsday at 6:30. now on bbc news it's time for click. streaming services have changed the entertainment landscape, taking bigger and bigger chunks from the dvd market, completely revolutionised the music industry and they have got terrestrial tv

execs clicking on their expensive bits but what about streaming video games. that is a lot harder because you need to make the game responsive and playable. could streaming ever kill the games console. this week google launched stadium. a brand—new games streaming platform. marc cieslak has been putting stadia through its paces to see if it lives up to his expectations. google stadia does away with one of these, a games console, and replaces it with one of these, a chromecast ultra. if you want to play a game on a tv, that is. stadia also allows you to play on a tablet, computer or phone. in theory, it's capable of producing 4k visuals. it plugs into the back of a tv and then connects to a router. this then makes the connection with a data centre. this controller communicates with the router via wi—fi and allows me to actually play a game.

streaming a game is more difficult than streaming video, because with video, you have data travelling in one direction, from the server to the viewer. with a game, data travels both ways. the inputs i'm making to control the game travel to the server and the graphics displaying the effect of my input has to come back to me. this is where a potential problem could occur, due to a thing called lag. if the inputs don't match up to the graphics, then the game becomes impossible to play. google claims its data centres use special tech which helps avoid this, as well as recommending that users are capable of receiving particular internet speeds. so the minimum spec required for stadia to actually work is an internet connection of 10mbps download and 1mbps upload speeds. so i have everything connected via wi—fi. and are we ready now to consign our consoles to the bin? um, initially, no. because, as you can see, performance is, well...

it's a little bitjuddery, a little bit laggy, and nowhere near as smooth as you would expect from a console. and there we have "your game may stop because your connection isn't stable". i'm inside a bbc building using a router which should be more than capable, as far as this is concerned. so what is stadia like out in the real world? so we take a quick trip across town to check. it's quite impressive. because it's smooth, it works, we're playing the game, everything's working properly. but after a little bit of time playing, i've encountered quite a few issues with performance. we get graphics sticking. this is actually working quite well now, it's actually settled down quite a bit. i should point out i couldn't get stadia to work on any public wi—fi, though — the kind of stuff

you find in cafes and bars. there are a number of video game streaming services already available, but stadia is perhaps the most ambitious. so far, it has a list of 22 titles at launch, and only one exclusive. and while games like tomb raider and destiny 2 are solid titles, they're not exactly brand—new games. we have work to do. but perhaps the biggest challenge to google comes from microsoft with its games streaming offering, which was on show at a recent xbox event. microsoft's response to video game streaming is project xcloud. i'm playing halo: the master chief collection on a mobile phone over a wi—fi connection. the crucial difference, i suppose, between this service and google stadia is that this is currently in its testing phase. microsoft taking a very cautious approach. my view is we're all in the testing phase. we're early in this technology and we view it will take many years before this technology

becomes mainstream. there's been a lot of confusion about stadia's pricing, with lots of people thinking it's a "netflix for games". it's not. basically, the user pays a subscription to access the service. all of the games must then be purchased in order to play them. but on this evidence, video game streaming is surely the future. the problem is, today's technology isn't quite up to the task. newsreel: chapman built his first car for fun. it was an austin 7 special. no—one knows why, but he called it a lotus. since the ‘50s, lotus has been producing lightweight cars designed to thrill, from the classic ‘60s elan to formula 1. commentator: 23 speed aces are on the grid at brands hatch to start the european grand prix. lotus has been specialising in affordable sports cars,

offering 200, 300 or even 400 horsepower. but now, with new investors, its first foray into electric is as eye—wateringly expensive as it is powerful, and no—one has seen anything like it. this car is the first all—british electric hypercar. it will be the most powerful production car in existence when it goes into production next year. it's a huge statement of intent, announcing that lotus is back. so we have four 500ps motors to deliver 2000ps in total. that's german for 1,973 horsepower.

these are the first pictures of the evija in action on a test track. while it's still being tinkered with, it's in camouflage paint. but the new poster child for lotus is notjust a pretty picture. the evija will have some truly astonishing abilities under the hood. so, there's no gears. there is a single—speed epicyclic box which means we have completely linear acceleration, from o to over 225 miles an hour. what that does do is it gives us unbelievable acceleration. so we can go, you know, from o—300km/h in significantly less than nine seconds. the lower seating position is afforded by placing the 600kg of batteries in a pyramid formation behind the driver's seat, like a mid—mounted engine. working with partners to develop ultrafast chargers,

which means we could charge this same car, you know, in less than nine minutes, up to 100%, and in about six minutes up to about 80%. that would be truly world—class. "that's all very well, dan," i hear you say, "but where do i put my luggage?" well, how about a carbon suitcase that you fit just here inside the driver's door? there's also one on the passenger side, so you're not fighting for space. at £2.2 million each, just 130 evijas will be made, starting next year. but the tech behind them will be around for a long time to come. cambridge union is the world's oldest debating society. in the past, it has hosted winston churchill, the dalai lama and theodore roosevelt, but tonight's star guests are not human, but artificial intelligence.

project debater: the next issue is bias... ibm's project debater is the first of its kind in the world. a machine that can debate humans on complex objects. and in another world —first, it is here tonight to help two teams of humans debate the motion ai will do more harm than good. project debater, these take the floor. applause. project debater: ai will not be able to make a decision that is the morally correct one. the two project debaters are present in this single avatar using a female voice. each team's debater presents the opening arguments for the debate, which have been determined from over 1,000 contributions, something ibm calls speech by crowd. project debater: but first, we'll demonstrate how al will automate repetitive tasks. the next issue will show how al will create new jobs. the system solves the responses into meaningful groups and identifies central themes. the ai then generates a narrative from what it deems the most relevant information. and then, the human team members take over to continue the debate.

they peer deeply into our soul because of the amount of data we trail on an everyday basis. whereas with al, it's absolutely crucial. why? because without data, there is no al. the fact you have an ability to collect information or to perhaps get evidence and being confronted with the other side is taking things that humans already do as part of debating, but it's just enhancing you abilities to do it much better. some abilities are just going be able to be pushed much further with the technology of our system. project debater: greetings, harish... project debater first faced debate champion harish natarajan back in february in san francisco. project debater: but i suspect you've never debated a machine. and while losing the debate, the audience felt they had learned more about the subject from the ai than from the human champion. i think when you have access to far more information, it changes the way in which you think about the topic. and humans augment that by being able to talk about some

of the emotional and moral issues, and i think, at least at this stage, artificial intelligence is behind. the future is in a synergistic collaboration between the system and humans, and not in replacing humans. so you never think it will be as sophisticated in developing arguments as a human? i believe when you're actually trying to use this technology, you should do that in collaboration with humans. in the end, tonight's ai—assisted debate was a tight—run contest — 51% voted against the motion that al would do more harm than good, with 48% voting for and 1% abstaining. so an ever—so—slightly upbeat view on the future of ai and human interaction here at cambridge. and that's it for this week. the full version is available right now on iplayer and we are on social media, wherever you need us. we're on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we will see you soon.

like twins and all that moisture around meant it was a cloudy day for most of us. an area of low pressure again and when a bringing rain up from the south—west overnight. maybe breaking a few holes in the cloud, but lifting the mist and fog. it should be mild and frost—free, particularly to the south—west, where we have the cloud and the rain. that will move northwards and eastwards tomorrow. some rain for a while in northern ireland, easing off in the afternoon. not much rain for scotland. most of it on and off for england and wales. maybe seeing some late sunshine in the far south—west, where it is particularly mild. the best of the sunshine probably

in the far north of scotland. the next area of low pressure is racing in for tuesday. this has got some tropical air, remnants of tropical storm sebastian in the mid—atla ntic. that will bring some heavier rain northwards across the uk. it will also strengthen the winds through the english channel, with the strongest of the winds on tuesday for south wales and the south—west of england.

this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 7pm. ——the headlines at 6pm. borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance as he unveils the conservative's election manifesto. lets go up for a sensible, moderates, but tax cutting one nation conservative and take this country forwards. the tories also promise to add 50—thousand more nurses to the nhs in england, and restore nursing grants. labour pledges to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema which saw a number of police officers injured. polls have closed in hong kong where there's been a record