those involved in sunday's show also took to twitter, with chris mason explaining...y... thank you for all your comments this week. we do want you to get in touch with your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, and maybe even appear on the programme. that should be about what you see on tv, bbc news online and on social media. so do e—mail newswatch... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on... and watch previous interviews on our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it feels like our weather has gone a bit weird, what with the 21 celsius we had in february, and now snow in may. yeah, that's what we've seen over the last 2a hours. some wintry showers in scotland, snow settling on some of the northern hills. you see those wintry showers feeding in behind this line of rain, which is a cold front heading south across england and wales. don't be surprised over the next few hours if we see some of that rain get a bit heavier and perhaps turn to snow over the hills of

those involved in sunday's show also took to twitter, with chris mason explaining...say... thank you for all your comments this week. we do want you to get in touch with your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, and maybe even appear on the programme. that should be about what you see on tv, bbc news online and on social media. so do e—mail newswatch... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on... and watch previous interviews on our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good evening. there's been quite a lot of cloud around today, and there's also been some showery outbreaks of rain. one from a weather front that's been sinking its way southwards across england and wales. behind it, brighter skies and a rush of showers, and some of these showers falling with a wintry flavour across high ground of scotland. all because this cold arctic air is now starting to flood across the uk. it will take its time in doing so. still ahead of that cold front, in the milder air. that front wil

just we thought we reached peak chris mason, you have done it again.gining people tuning in ten seconds into that thinking we had been hacked or something. thank you very much indeed to you, and the cats. so was that a harmless and entertaining device? or childish and insulting? paul harrington thought the latter, writing: thank you for all of your comments this week, positive and negative. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or on social media. you may even appear on the programme. you can e—mail us on newswatch@bbc.co.uk. and you can have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we will be back to have your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. bye bye. after what has been largely dry weight loss, this is what happened on friday, fairly typical of skies across the country. a bit cool and cloudy. sunshine in the north but across the weekend, fairly unsettled picture. a little bit of sunshine. on saturday, the best of any sunshine will be in the south. the north of sco

chris mason, bbc news. let's get the thoughts of oui’ bbc news.'s get the thoughts of our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. is this a case of the voters saying, a plague on both your houses to labour and the conservatives? many voters are absolutely fed up to the back teeth of the two main parties spending time on brexit and getting absolutely no nowhere. what is less

chris mason, thank you. chris mason, thank you. stay with us on bbc world news.grand procession through bangkok — his first public appearance since his elaborate coronation on saturday. dawn in bangkok, and the streets brightened by a stream of royal yellow. thousands up early to get a good vantage point, all keen to catch a rare glimpse of their new king, their first for almost 70 years. king maha vajiralongkorn was crowned yesterday, so now it was time to show himself to his people. carried by 16 soldiers on a gilded palanquin, a cavalcade involving thousands of people, stretching some 500 metres long, slowly processing round the heart of the city. a chance for his people to pay homage and celebrate his ascension to the throne, but also a chance for many thais to see their monarch in person for the first time — a much remoterfigure than his much—loved late father, spending much of his time abroad. this elaborate three—day coronation is as much religious as it is ceremonial and, as the king processed, he visited sacred temples, where he could offer up prayers be

just we thought we reached peak chris mason we have done it again.gining people tuning in ten seconds into that thinking we had been hacked or something. thank you very much indeed. so was that a harmless and entertaining device? or childish and insulting? paul harrington thought the letter, writing... thank you for all of your comments this week, positive and negative. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or on social media. you may even appear on the programme. you can e—mail us on news watch at bbc that code uk or find us on twitter at bbc news watch. you can have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we will be back to have your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. that's another glorious state across the northern half of the country with pretty high temperatures across parts of scotland tended to the far north of england. further south a lot more clout around without bricks of rain quite breezy and cool enough to be the theme tonight as cloud and rai

chris mason, bbc news.y pre—packaged food is labelled. it's proposed that food packaged in—store should list all ingredients, with the allergens, such as eggs, shellfish, and nuts all in bold. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: tottenham will play liverpool in the champions league final after lucas moura stuns ajax with a hat—trick in amsterdam. while in the asian champions league marouane fellaini sends shandong luneng through to the knockout stages. and world number one naomi osaka is through to the madrid open quarter—finals as she builds towards the french open later this month. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with news of another exhilirating uefa champions league semi—final. 2a hours after liverpool's stunning comeback against barcelona, tottenham overturned a i—nil first leg deficit against ajax to set up an all—english final in madrid on the 1st ofjune. lucas moura scored a hat—trick, as spurs came from 3—

chris mason at westminster, thank you.s on gaza, amid an escalation in violence over the last two days. it began with the deaths of two palestinian militants and the wounding of two israeli soldiers on friday. since then rockets fired into israel — and its military striking targets in gaza — have led to the deaths of at least 15 palestinians there and four civilians in israel. it's the most serious escalation in fighting for years, as our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian that israel says was a money—laundering for militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel. more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza since yesterday, one of the deadliest flareups in years between old enemies. since they last fought a war in 2014. israeli deaths have prompted talk of fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i have instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists

he has strenuously denied the allegation. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is here. ever more personal, this? it really is and it is not going away. this is all about the national security council, this forum deep within government that is meant to be secret. there is an account of a row at one of those meetings about the chinese tech firm huawei and how it ended up in a newspaper. the prime minister was livid and determined to get to the bottom of it. those present at the meetings signed the official secrets act so any leak is potentially a criminal matter. the metropolitan police have said that what happened did not amount to a criminal offence. gavin williamson is has a lwa ys offence. gavin williamson is has always denied being the leaker, but he put out a really punchy statement saying that there needed to be a proper investigation, describing it asa proper investigation, describing it as a shabby witchhunt, badly mishandled by both the prime minister and by the head of the civil service. in short, there is clearly a difference between evidence of a crime being

political correspondent chris mason speaking earlier.ds of protestors have taken to the streets again after opposition leaderjuan guaido called for more demonstrations. it comes the day after president nicolas maduro said he had stopped an attempted coup. the power struggle is playing out on an international stage. the us says military action is possible, but russia says that could lead to dire consequences. our correspondent nick bryant is in caracas. the opposition promised to make this the largest march in venezuelan history, and the country's future could well be determined by whether that prophecy turns out to be true. tens of thousands answered the call to protest — proud patriots, some who looked like caped crusaders, angry their beloved country has become a failed state. "we must stand firm", shouted this man, "with the conviction we'll gain freedom". and demonstrators such as businessman carlos gonzalez vowed they would keep on taking to the streets. we are looking for the freedom of our country. that is the mission. we've got t

here's our political correspondent, chris mason. usually full of whoops and cheers, but can you even see many smiles in this room? no, me neither. next thursday we will be holding european elections. the conservative party didn't want to be fighting these. we wanted to be out of the eu. in fact, if parliament had backed our brexit deal, we could have already left the eu. the prime minister is in bristol fighting an election she didn't want as talks with labour over a brexit compromise collapse. there have been areas we have been able to find common ground but other issues have proved to be more difficult, and in particular we haven't been able to overcome the fa ct haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. for six weeks, 42 days to be precise, labour and the conservatives have been negotiating, trying to find an island of agreement in a vast ocean of division. we shouldn't be that surprised that thi

our political correspondent, chris mason has the latest.come a painful ritual of a torturous process. the prime minister unveils a vision for brexit and mps cure —— you up to demolish it. i making a serious offer to mp5 it. i making a serious offer to mps across parliament, a new brexit deal. to every mp of every party, i have compromised now i ask you to compromise too. teresa made speech sought to attract switches and turn sceptics into endorsers. it will sack it has failed. western that for downing street, some conservatives who backed the plan was last voted on, now say they will reject it. in a letter tojeremy corbyn, mrs may says she has compromised and now he should too. mr corbin has strongly criticised her plan. among conservative mps there is a bleak end of days mood, some wonder if it will be even worthwhile putting the bill to a vote. others are more direct stop is a lot of respect for teresa in the party but a lot of anger at the mistakes she has made and today seems to have compound the situation for her. those around the para

with me now is our political correspondent chris mason.s through events this morning. the latest developments in this huawei leak. the police are being clear cut that they don't think there's anything worth investigating. they saying there's nothing more that they can do. the response this evening from gavin williamson is to say is you were reporting there that this is a shabby and discredited witchhunt. effective the argument he can now mount is if the thrust of this was a meeting given there and cost him his job the police are saying there's no questions worth answering here. i've a lwa ys questions worth answering here. i've always proclaimed my innocence and therefore what is this compelling evidence that you have on me? i think in reality politically for mr williamson the police element of this does not matter that much. ultimately this boils down to does a boss trust their employee? they did not trust mr williamson and he was fired. from the police perspective if you're going to pursue a criminal investigation that ensuring that you

chris mason at westminster.uropean union, means along with the 27 other member states, we'll be going to the polls this week, to elect members of the european parliament. now, there are 751 meps in all, and roughly speaking the larger a country's population, the more meps it gets with 73, representing the uk. the results aren't due until sunday, once the last of the eu 28 have voted. 0ur europe editor katya adler has travelled across the continent to assess the mood among voters. self—styled man of the people italy's matteo salvini is storming opinion polls ahead of this week's european elections. while we focus on brexit, the rest of europe is obsessed, delighted or scared by populist nationalists like him. like all of them, marine le pen of france, germany's afd and more who came to milan for a joint rally this weekend. viva italia! vive la france... ! they promised fewer migrants and mosques, more security, less interference from brussels, and the crowd...loved it. but what's far from clear is whether domesti

chris mason, thank you.ss organisation, the cbi, has written an open letter to all the conservative party leadership candidates calling on them to promise that the uk will only leave the european union with a deal. in the letter, its director—general carolyn fairbairn warns that a no—deal brexit would cause british companies "severe damage". our business editor, simonjack is with me. what is the fundamental point this letter is trying to make, simon? what is the fundamental point this letter is trying to make, simon7m is laying down a challenge to these are leadership hopeful saying, are you going to run a party that is the natural friend of business and cares about the economy and jobs? if the a nswer about the economy and jobs? if the answer is yes, we want to remind you that most, not all, but most businesses think leaving the eu without a deal is a horrible idea. as we know, half of the candidates who are up for the job think they are prepared to and in some cases determined to leave at the end of octobe

chris mason speaking to kasia earlier.shed with protesters in indonesia, following the announcement thatjoko widodo has been re—elected president. the general election commission said mr widodo won 55.5% in last month's vote, beating his opponent, prabowo subianto. but mr prabowo has rejected the result and said he plans to pursue what he called legal avenues. with more, here's angela mancini from control risks, a consulatancy firm based here in singapore. first of all, the election results were exactly as predicted, jokowi won pretty decisively. and it isn't unexpected that prabowo subianto would protest the results because of course he wanted to win. we do expect large scale demonstrations today, we started to see them yesterday, but we don't expect a large—scale unrest or violence. it was really a masterstroke by the kpu, the general elections commission, to announce them at 2am yesterday, so a day early in the middle of the night, which really took away a lot of the spontaneity of protesters out on the street. as predi

chris mason, bbc news.nal, as tottenham made their way through to the final in the last few seconds of injury time. spurs beat dutch team ajax 3—3, going through on away goals. spurs beat dutch team ajax 3—2, going through on away goals. it's it means they'll face liverpool in the final in madrid onjune1st. natalie pirks is live in amsterdam. well, sometimes words just can't do justice to what you have seen. but i will try. if liverpool's comeback against barcelona was unbelievable, then a second english club coming back from 3—0 down inside 24—hour is in the champions league was simply unfathomable. yet for all of the spurs fans, the thousands that made their way here, this was never in doubt, although they really did it the hard way. # champions league. ..#. with hope and a smile, they came in their thousands — liverpool's stunning comeback had given them belief spurs would be facing them in the final. well, look at liverpool last night — done it, didn't they? can we do it, boys? easy, easy! if we was to

chris mason reporting.in huw edwards tomorrow night on bbc one and the bbc news channel starting at 11.35. the ukip leader gerard batten has launched his party's campaign for the european elections, speaking to supporters in middlesbrough, he said ukip was only party with a clear policy on how the uk will leave the european union. he said he hoped the elections wouldn't take place, but inisted he was confident of success if they did. ukip doesn't want these elections to ta ke ukip doesn't want these elections to take place at all, but they are, and they offer the 17.4 million levers they offer the 17.4 million levers the chance to leave. and as we sit on the bus, you told them once, tell them again. ukip is the only political party that has a clear policy on how to leave the european union. from today, beavers are a protected species in scotland. they were reintroduced on scotland's waterways a decade ago, but some farmers and landowners fear the beavers will cause damage to agricultural land. our scotland

chris mason, bbc news. let's get the thoughts of oui’ bbc news. assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. is this a case of the voters saying, a plague on both your houses to labour and the conservatives? many voters are absolutely fed up to the back teeth of the two main parties spending time on brexit and getting absolutely no nowhere. what is less clear is what corbyn and mame will do now, despite both their teams saying we know want peoples we know people want brexit sorted, it seems to me both are both still paralysed by the divisions and splits in their own ranks from doing anything and if anything, last night's result seems to have entrenched the divisions with labour leave supporters saying we lost those votes in our northern heartlands, we have to unequivocally back brexit. labour remain as saying, hang on a second, a lot of parties who backed remain did rather well, we have to back a referendum. on the tory side mrs may's lot saying they only way we break the deadlock is to do a deal with labour and brexiteers saying in eff

chris mason, bbc news.e 2017 london bridge attacks has heard that there were ‘opportunities galore' to detect the plot beforehand. the lawyer representing some of the victims' families told the old bailey there was evidence the attackers had been in contact for several months. police deny missing opportunities to foil the attack, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what m15 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were opportunities galore for this attack planning to be picked up prior to the beginning of the attack. the court has heard that khuram butt, the lead attacker, had been investigated by m15 for two years, and that polic

chris mason speaking to kasia a little earlier.shed with protesters in indonesia following the announcement thatjoko widodo has been re—elected president. the general election commission said mr widodo won 55.5% in last month's vote, beating his opponent, prabowo subianto. but mr prabowo has rejected the result and said he plans to pursue what he called legal avenues. with me is angela mancini, cpa partner at control risks, a consulatancy firm based here in singapore. welcome to the programme. first off, we've seen these demonstrations taking place after the president of indonesia, joko wi, was voted in his favour. tell us a little bit about these demonstrations, do they prove a threat? we don't think they do stop first of all the election results were exactly as predicted, he won decisively and it isn't expected that prabowo subianto would protest the results because of course he wanted to when. we do expect large ale demonstrations today, we started to see them yesterday, but we don't expect a large—scale unrest or violence. it w

chris mason, bbc news.ord heseltine , has had the conservative whip removed after he said he would be voting for a liberal democrat candidate in thursday's european election. as a staunch european, he said he could not support the government's brexit policy. a spokesman for the party said as a memberfor 50 years, lord heseltine would have known that publicly endorsing the candidates of another party would not be acceptable. the delay to the uk leaving the european union, means along with the 27 other member states, we'll be going to the polls this week, to elect members of the european parliament. now there are 751 meps in all, and roughly speaking the larger a country's population, the more meps it gets with 73, representing the uk. the results aren't due until sunday, once the last of the eu 28 have voted. 0ur europe editor katya adler has travelled across the continent, to assess the mood, among voters. self—styled man of the people, italy's matteo salvini is storming opinion polls ahead of this week's e

chris mason, bbc news.backs of all time to beat barcelona 4—0. their amazing victory sees them progress to the champions league final, and tonight, they'll find out who their opponents will be. tottenham take on the dutch club ajax for a place in the final. in a moment, we'll have natalie pirks in amsterdam but first here's david ornstein. singing: "you'll never walk alone". at liverpool, they believe anything is possible and on a remarkable night, the world saw why. this was a turnaround few gave the reds any chance of achieving, but here they sing about having hope in your heart, and despite being depleted by injuries and facing the might of lionel messi's barcelona, they somehow made the inconceivable a reality. the iconic moment involving local boy trent alexander—arnold, as liverpool cancelled out a 3—0 first leg deficit to secure a stunning 11—3 victory. drama of a level football, even anfield, had surely never witnessed. what they did tonight is so special, er... yeah, i will remember it forever, 100

chris mason, bbc news.e 2017 london bridge attacks has heard that there were ‘opportunities galore' to detect the plot beforehand. the lawyer representing some of the victims‘ families told the old bailey there was evidence the attackers had been in contact for several months. police deny missing opportunities to foil the attack, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what m15 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were opportunities galore for this attack are planning to be picked up prior to the beginning of the attack. the court has heard that khuram butt, the lead attacker, had been investigated by m15 for two years, that polic

that was chris mason. let's get more on this. and i'm joined by sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent at the financial times. and also, i'm joined by the journalist anne mcelvoy. thank you for speaking to us, both of you. first, i would like to start with you, anne, what you make of the contest so far, the tone, the pictures? i think it's very obvious that this contest is really at the moment all about boris johnson's leadership, or attempts to become leader. and all of the others are basically trying to trim their campaigns around what they think boris johnson's campaigns around what they think borisjohnson‘s leadership campaigns around what they think boris johnson's leadership campaign is going to look like, not least matt hancock and rory stewart. coming out as the younger modernisers. but already, differences between them. would they serve in the event of no—deal or not? and what you make of that, sebastien, how do you reach the environment so far? i agree with what anne said, borisjohnson is the clear frontrunner in

chris mason at westminster for us.e have been stabbed to death in the uk so far this year — that's according to figures obtained by bbc news from police forces across the country. the largest group of victims are men in their 20s, as our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. 100 crime scenes, 100 lost lives. we have been tracking murder and manslaughter in britain in 2019 and the knife is the most—used murder weapon. charlotte huggins became the first stabbing victim on new year's day in south london. on average, there was a knife murder or manslaughter nearly every day and a half that followed. each face represents a devastated family and an expensive murder inquiry. this is a crime disproportionately affecting young people. nearly a third of victims were under 30. nearly a fifth were under 20, and that is a huge worry for the police and youth workers. in the west midlands, knife crime has risen 96% since 2013, with eight fatal knife attacks this year, along with manchester and london the highest rate in t

earlier we spoke to chris mason and he said that gove will declare on a podcast tomorrow morning.t tomorrow morning. before we m ove o nto podcast tomorrow morning. before we move onto the next newspaper, you mention exit is and there are candidates in there who began as remain and have reluctantly accepted brexit. will that work against them? in some quarters that will but on the other hand there are many people in this country think we should just get on with it and i recognise the argument that whichever way you vote, we should respect the result. it is very hard tojudge. one of the things that concerns me the most about this situation now is that initially, of course, the tory party decides who to elect prime minister. in the end it is conservative party members and there are just 120,000 of them now. most of them are over the age of 55. and they live mainly in the south of england. and they support a hard brexit? so was at a fairand support a hard brexit? so was at a fair and reasonable way to proceed? it is the system and we must accept that that is it ideal? what feelings y

those involved in sunday's show also took to twitter, with chris mason explaining... and maybe even appear on the programme. that should be about what you see on tv, bbc news online and on social media. so do e—mail newswatch... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on... and watch previous interviews on our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. ) good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers plead for unity.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and mega munchetty. our headlines today: could this be the deal that gets brexit over the line? in herfinal push, theresa may promises a new "bold" offer to mp5. campaigners say laws for "revenge porn" should be stronger and victims should be given the right to anonymity. and mine‘s a treble. manchester city have completed the clean sweep of domestic trophies, thrashing watford 6—0 in the biggest fa cup final win for over 100 years. good morning, it's a pretty murky start for some of us. for others, the sun is already putting in an appearance but beware, there are some downpours to be dodged today. full details coming up later here on breakfast. # all i know, all i know, loving you is a losing game #. the netherlands wins the eurovision song contest in tel aviv. how did the uk do? we finished... last! morning, it's just after 8am. it's sunday, the 19th of may. our top story. a "new bold offer", that's what the prime minister is proposing, to finally get her brexit deal approved by mps. extra protection f

chris mason at westminster, thank you."massive strikes" on gaza after two days of escalating violence. the wounding of two israeli soldiers and the deaths of two palestinian militants on friday sparked rocket attacks from gaza into southern israel and israeli air strikes on targets inside gaza. 12 palestinians have been killed and three civilians inside israel. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel says was a money—laundering for militants. air raid silence have hardly stopped in southern israel, more than 500 rockets have been fired from gaza since yesterday, the israelis said, one of the worst fla reu ps israelis said, one of the worst flareups in years between old enemies. israel hasn't seen this number of casualties from rocket strikes since 2014. some hit homes. israeli deaths have prompted talk of fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i have instructed our forces to continue with m

we can speak to our political correspondent chris mason, who is in westminsterfor us. about this on the parties? this is the thunderbolt that has pulverised the two big political parties, because both of them to a greater or lesser extent have been advocating a kind of form of compromise, recognising the nature of the split in the referendum, 52-48, of the split in the referendum, 52—48, three years ago, and articulating in various guises the idea of leaving the european union with a deal. but these are results where those purists, if you like, on either extent of the argument, those in the brexit party advocating an immediate, as soon as possible withdrawal from the european immediate, as soon as possible withdrawalfrom the european union, and being comfortable with the idea of leaving without a deal, on the one hand doing spectacularly well, and on the other parties that hate brexit and would rather stop it right now and certainly have another referendum to allow people to choose again, doing very well as well. the conservatives who under theresa may have been advocat

here's our political correspondent, chris mason.ther westminster convention has been exploded. a leak inquiry has actually found a culprit and it has cost this man, gavin williamson, his job. the disclosure of information from the national security council had infuriated the prime minister. by temperament and experience, one cabinet minister told me, it had appalled her to her core. she loathes the gossipy nature of westminster so many of her colleagues adore and years as home secretary had instilled, i'm told, an unsha keable respect for the confidentiality of the conversations ministers have with the intelligence services. from some in government, there is no sympathy for mr williamson. he had form, said one. what turbocharges this row now is gavin williamson's very public view that what has happened represents a gross injustice. but his downfall means promotion for others. can you keep a secret, mr stewart? are you happy with the new post, rory? rory stewartjoins the cabinet as international development secretary, and penny morda

chris mason keeping a lid on his excitement for now at least.t, for the past few years, we've had to pay for them. despite that, more than a billion are still sold every year. britain's major supermarkets have all signed up to targets aimed at reducing the amount of plastic they use, so how are they going to do it? john maguire's been to wales to find out. our shopping habits have changed in recent years. bags for life really are here to stay. i won't pay 5p for a plastic bag. if it doesn't come free, i go outside the shop. but i've always got my own bags. yeah, and you carry those with you wherever you go — neverforget? neverforget — one in my bag, and one in the back of the car. normally i bring a plastic bag, or i've got the disposable bags, so i put all my veg in. i always buy single—use veg, rather than bags. so you take it to the next level. yes. consumer pressure means that all the main supermarkets have pledged to cut the use of plastics. in wales, an early adopter of restrictions, lidl, is running a trial removing all of its cheap singl

chris mason, thanks very much. was a fascinating mix of defiance, belligerence, concession, i've tried my best, i haven't managed to do it, not sure anyone else can manage but it raises the question if the numbers are not there, why are we going through the next two weeks in this process? you get the sense this is not so much that they don't like the withdrawal agreement bill, they don't like the fa ct agreement bill, they don't like the fact theresa may is presenting it. i think that is the problem now on her own side. it almost becomes a referendum on the prime minister. looking at the comments from simon clarke, who is part of the sensible squad. she has lurched towards labour, hoping to pull over some of those labour mps that are from brexit supporting constituencies but she is haemorrhaging votes from the conservative party, it looks and a possible challenge. and probably not even with those workers' protections and environmental protections. nothing seems to be going her way at the moment. we are two days fro

just when we thought we reached peak chris mason, you have done it again.vice? or childish and insulting? paul harrington thought the latter, writing: but owain street had the opposite view: thank you for all of your comments this week, positive and negative. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or on social media. you may even appear on the programme. you can e—mail us on newswatch@bbc.co.uk. or find us on twitter at bbc news watch. you can call us. and you can have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we will be back to have your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. bye bye.

a new leader's expected to be chosen by the end ofjuly, as our political correspondent, chris mason,to be prime minister. the contest is on. this man is keen... and so is he. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. matt hancock playing on his relative youth. he's a0. he reckons he could clear the way to do what theresa may failed to do — persuade the current crop of mps to back brexit. the majority in the house of commons wants to leave europe. there have been disagreements on how. and some of my contenders may say that if they don't get their preferred option, whether it be no deal or something else, then they'll have a general election. and i put it to you that that would be a disaster for the country and it would risk corbyn by christmas. both mr hancock and fellow cabinet minister rory stewart voted remain — though they'll tell anyone who'll listen that brexit must — and, crucially, can - be delivered. but... anyone who pretends there is some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there had been a magic solution it would have been done already. the reason

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day theresa may set a date for her departure, with adam fleming and katya adler in brussels, and chris masonberg in westminster. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted and they have to get on with it. the process, which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. brexit means brexit, but what does brexit mean? hello, it's chris in westminster. laura in westminster. katya in brussels. and adam in brussels. so, laura, chuffing heck, what a day! yeah, huge day, big day, enormous day. we brexitcasters have been talking for months and months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point. today, it's happening. and for any country, the day when their political leader says that they are stepping down, it's a huge moment. i mean, forget about brexit, perish the thought, forget about the brexit for a moment. we will now have, by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives in all sorts of ways. i will shortly leave the job that has been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime

day theresa may set a date for her departure — with adam fleming and katya adler in brussels, and chris masonberg in westminster. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted and they have to get on with it. a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. what does brexit mean? hello, chris in westminster. laura in westminster. so, laura, what a day! what a day. big day, enormous day. we've been talking for months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point, today it is happening. and for any country, the day when their political leaders says they are stepping down is a huge moment— forget about brexit, perish the thought — forget about brexit, we will now have by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives, in all sorts of ways, and when it came this morning at downing street, it was quite a moment. i will shortly leave the job that is been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will, but with enormo

our political correspondent chris mason ‘s love for us in westminster.uite an evening. an extra ordinary evening, after something of a brexit black hole in the last week or two, where westminster was much quieter than it had been in april and in march, a day to day that felt like it was falling into that pattern suddenly exploding into action just before six p.m.. with this extraordinary exchange of letters between the prime minister and now former defence secretary, two people as laura was reflected on were politically very close, a cheerleader for theresa may to become prime minister, then became chief whip, then defence secretary, now finding himself out on his ear, and not going quietly, making this argument that he thinks ultimately that this is a miscarriage of justice. i was speaking to a cabinet minister tonight who felt that gavin williamson, if not quite had this coming, then certainly had form when it came to behaving in a way inside government that others in the cabinet didn't like, i.e. leaking. but also making the point that, for two reason

our political correspondent chris mason reports.ortant table in politics, with a seat on labour's ruling national executive committee, or nec. politically, he is on the left of labour. the same wing as the leader, jeremy corbyn. this is the moment injanuary he was secretly recorded at a meeting with an american israeli author. one of these things about anti—semitism is that they're using that to whip people up. they use anything, any lies. it's all total lies, theyjust whip it up. you know, i imagine, i tell you this off the record, it's almost certain who is behind all this anti—semitism againstjeremy. almost certainly it was the israeli embassy. do you plan to withdraw as a candidate from the nec? it isn't the first time mr willsman has been accused of inappropriate remarks about labour and anti—semitism. last summer he was recorded claiming jewish trump fanatics were behind the allegations. but this row about anti—semitism within labour matters because it extends well beyond one man. it's provoked anger and demonstrations, and do

here's our political correspondent, chris mason.at these two — architects of the leave campaign three years ago, now they seem to be involved in a tantalising contest. why? well, remember this? in view of the situation in parliament, i have concluded that person cannot be me. borisjohnson shocked westminster by pulling out of the leadership race to replace david cameron. after michael gove, until then a former supporter of his, said this: i came to realise this week that for all of boris's formidable talents, he was not the right man for that task. ouch. well, this time, the two men will take each other on. who else is in the race? andrea leadsom, who resigned as leader of the house days ago, told the sunday times that if she became pm, the uk would leave the eu at the end of october, the current deadline, with or without a deal. writing in the mail on sunday, former brexit secretary dominic raab agrees, saying he would prefer to leave the eu with a deal, but as he puts it, the country must also calmly demonstrate an unflinching res

chris mason reports. look into the camera if you wa nt to reports.to the camera if you want to be prime minister. the contest is one. this man is keen and so contest is one. this man is keen and so is he. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for so is he. we need a leaderfor the future, notjust for now. matt hancock playing on his relative youth, he is a0 years old and reckons he could clear the way to do what theresa may failed to do. persuading the current crop of mps to back brexit. the majority in the house of commons was to leave europe. there have been disagreements on how and some of the contenders might say that if they do not get their preferred option, whether it is no deal or something else, they will have something else andi else, they will have something else and i would put it to you that this would be a disasterfor the and i would put it to you that this would be a disaster for the country and it would risk carbon by christmas. with mr hancock and fellow cabinet minister rory stewart. . . fellow cabinet minister rory stewart... the

0ur political correspondent chris mason reports.d yes, the uk is still one of them. so, let's head to brussels, where at the heart of the eu, there are three institutions. firstly, the european commission. it is the executive of the eu. it dreams up plans for new european laws and implements the decisions of two other things. the european council and the european parliament. the council of the eu is where government ministers meet up from each member country to discuss, amend and adopt laws, and to coordinate policies. and then there is the european parliament. it meets here in brussels and also in strasbourg in france. it is the lawmaking body of the eu and the one bit that is directly elected by us. so, how big is it? well, there are 751 meps elected from all corners of the eu, with 73 of them coming from the uk. but here is the rub with these elections — they only happen if you are a member of the eu. and by now, the uk wasn't meant to be, but it is, and so they are on. meps will be elected to represent 12 chunks of the uk. here'

our political correspondent chris mason has more more.p in the newspaper. the prime minister was determined to get to the bottom of it. those at those meetings sign the official secrets act, so any link is potentially a criminal matter. as you say, the met police have said what happened didn't amount to a criminal offence. williamson has always denied being the leaker, but the statement he put out, really punchy, says there needs to be a proper, full and impartial investigation. ascribing it as a shabby and discredited witch—hunt, badly mishandled by both the prime minister and others, referencing the civil service. now there is clearly a difference between evidence of a crime being committed or not and a boss, the prime minister, losing trust in an employee, gavin williamson. that loss of trust was clear last week with his firing, but mr williamson again providing evidence is not going quietly. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in an elaborate ceremony to mark his accession to the throne. it's part of three days of rit