the conservatives and labour have been focusing on national security today. s man, salman abedi, forced a pause in the election campaign and now preventing others like him as part of the debate. the home secretary today said the government had, for the first time, use powers to prevent suspected terrorist freely returning to the uk. she said police and security services were working at full tilt in the manchester attack, and they are facing questions about who knew what and when. was salman abedi on a surveillance list?|j who knew what and when. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i do not know those details because intelligence services after collecting information about him and those around him. i would not rush to conclusions. are you saying —— people had phoned the terror hotline. as they should do. and the reason that hotplate is in place and the prevent strategy is because we recognise the scale of the problem. what with different parties do? the conservatives would introduce a counter extremism commission, so far short on detail, it will —— advise

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. s pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services held across the city this morning. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. the american rock musician greg allman has died. he was a star in the late ‘60s group, the allman brothers band. the 69—year—old had struggled with a number of health issues. now on bbc news, hull is nearly half way through being the uk's 2017 city of culture. anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebration.

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. olice and security staff. british airways warns of delays and cancellations following a global computer failure which saw all flights cancelled. the company says customers should not come to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse — a man has been arrested. # but back home you'll always run # to sweet melissa... # and the american rock musician greg allman has died. he was a star in the late ‘60s group the allman brothers band. the 69—year—old had struggled with a number of health issues. now on bbc news, it's time for the final edition of our special series nick's election takeaways. on monday, the bbc‘s nick robinson shared fish and chips with voters in eltham, southeast london. the group, selected by the pollsters ipsos mori, represent some of those who are "just about managing",

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wakef the manchester bombing. the 22 victims have been remembered at church services held across the city this morning. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow, to the fury of passengers, who are not now being admitted to terminal 5 until 90 minutes before departure. alex cruz, who is the ceo of british airways, i understand he's not doing any media interviews. but i think he should come out of his box and apologise to his customers and resign, ithink. also in the next hour, at least 150 people have been killed and 2000 homes destroyed in sri lanka's worst flooding in years. all the homes, shops, worship places, schools, everything is under flood. over 50 people died in this district. thousands of people have been cut off from basic services. sebastian vettel wins the monaco grand prix for ferrari, extending his formula one championship lead over lewis hamilton to 25 points. lewis hamilton finishes in seventh place. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. po

the other parties, both the conservatives and labour, focussed almost exclusively on the constitutionross scotla nd people in communities across scotland and talking to them about the local issues that mattered whether that was the cleanliness of their streets or education of their children. the conservatives have done pretty well. some of the projections suggest that the conservatives on the face of these results in the general election could win some seats, some constituencies in the general election from the snp. ewell the conservatives have made an advance at the expense of labour. that's absolutely clear. what is clearer is that the dividing line in scottish politics now is between a progressive snp, which stands up for scotland's communities and scotland's communities and scotland's vulnerable people and an increasingly confidently right—wing tory party which is attacking communities and ordinary people, ordinary working families across scotland. that is the clear dividing line. that is the choice that people will have to make in the general election in four weeks' time. here in

it has shot up the election agenda with both the conservatives and labour highlighting aspects of thehighlighting aspects of the manifestos. the missing this country extremism commission. trees are aces this is the body that will have teeth, has legal powers and a legal requirement to identify extremism. notjust requirement to identify extremism. not just violent extremism, requirement to identify extremism. notjust violent extremism, all types of extremism from that directed at women by way of things like female jails and reflation armour but it will have a very broad remit. it will have to put forward ideas to governments worried needs to put into place new policy, new law, but we don't actually know from the conservatives how it will be paid for and how some of the specifics will be put together. labour today are highlighting once again their pledge to put 10,000 extra police officers on the streets, but also they say today 1000 extra security service personnel, m15, m16, gchq. the conservatives are questioning how they will pay for it. all of this against the backdrop of narrowing

conservatives? she is certain. lytton has voted for the labour party since 1997 and it looks like they trust the labour party more than conservatives on the issue of national security. do you think that picture is reflected nationally? you would get a different result in different parts of the country. this is something that the conservatives have honed in on because they think it isjeremy corbyn‘s weak spot. well to reason me is weak on domestic issue, jeremy corbyn is weak on security. trident came up time and time again, we know he does not support renewing it but it is in the labour party manifesto because he has to go along with the party. we know he has been against nearly every british intervention there has been. questions about the falklands and his support in the past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy past for the ira. there are real questions about jeremy corbyn past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy corbyn and how far he would go to protect britain. he has an argument that resonates with a lot of voters which is that intervention does not increase our security. particularly

and implement. but this is the key offering from the conservatives today. labour reiterating today their campaign manifesto pledge to put 10,000 more police officers on the streets. there are also talking about putting additional fire officers, additional prison officer is and today there are also talking about 1000 extra security services personnel. it is something the conservatives promised in 2015 but clearly this is the main focus of campaigning for today. thanks very much, matt cole in our newsroom this morning. the snp will today outline what it describes as a responsible plan for billions of pounds in extra public spending across the uk over the next five years. snp leader nicola sturgeon says the proposals would help the economy grow and safeguard public services. the party will release its plans in detail when it publishes its manifesto on tuesday. british airways says that british airways says it hopes to restore some normality to its services today, after yesterday's catastrophic computer failure left thousands of passengers around the world stranded. t

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. sm. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. the american rock musician greg allman has died. he was a star in the late 60s group, the allman brothers band. the 69—year—old had struggled with a number of health issues. now on bbc news, click. this week... wall—climbing graffiti bots. all aboard the hollow deck! just watch out for the rodents. oh, there a mouse!

and labour. 0ne of the gap between the conservatives and labournday times, shows that the conservatives are just nine points ahead of labour now. so some reason for labour to be positive but we have to remember that the conservatives have such a big week, around aa, a0 6%, even with this poll, labour are still at around 35%. so it doesn't look as though this has been the game changer, but certainly, the issue of social care has changed the direction of the narrative. we are not talking somewhat about brexit, we are talking about social care. so you get the sense that the direction of the recession is moving elsewhere. 20 very much. and later on the bbc news channel — we'll bring you the scottish leaders debate. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, will chair the debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scottish party leaders — nicola sturgeon, ruth davidson, kezia dugdale, willie rennie and patrick harvie and david coburn. that's at 7:30 this evening. the leaders of the main parties are going to stop campaigning for an hour today to remembe

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. s a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services held across the city this morning. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. the american rock musician greg allman has died. he was a star in the late 60s group, the allman brothers band. the 69—year—old had struggled with a number of health issues. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. 0n the travel show this week: gigantic metal elephants. so this is how you make an elephant roar. elephant roars that was incredible. how one tweet saved a rhino. and exploring london's secret tube network. the top speed of one of our mail trains was about 35mph. that's pretty fast. we start this week on france's river loire. along its banks you'll find some of the country's most impressive history. a chateau there were visited by t

and now to the election campaign. the home secretary, amber rudd, says the conservatives will set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime, and promote british values, if they win the general election. labour pledge of an extra thousand security experts. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. in the aftermath of such an atrocity, inevitable questions about how to stop something like this happening again. the actions of this man, salman abedi, forced a pause in the election campaign. now preventing others like him is part of the debate. the home secretary said today the government had, for the first time, used powers to prevent suspected terrorists returning freely to the uk. she said police and security services were working at full tilt on the manchester attack. they are facing questions about who knew what and when. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details that you have set out to me because the intelligence services are still collecting information about him. and the people around him. i would not rush to conclusions that they have somehow missed something. people phoned the terror hotline as they are told to do. as they should do. the reason we put

secretary amber rudd says the conservatives would set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime and promote british values if they win the general election. laboureets and match a conservative pledge of an extra 1,000 security experts. new cctv pictures of the manchester bomber salman abedi have been released. salman abedi, the man who massacred children in manchester, pictured on the night of the attack. but where had he been, who knew his plans and what happened when his friends alerted the security services about his extremism? questions for the home secretary. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details because the intelligence services are still collecting information about him and about the people around him. i wouldn't rush to conclusions, but you seem to be, that they missed something. people had phoned the terror hotline. as they should do. we will look to see what else we can do, the prime minister announced in our manifesto before this, there would be a commission for extremism. that commission will include promoting british values to promote a narrative. there will be a specific focus in attitudes affecting wo

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. y plans a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services held across the city. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. now on bbc news it's time for talking movies. hello from the french riviera, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, where we look back on some of the highlights from this year's cannes film festival — the films that got festival—goers talking. if i heard that a movie went to cannes, i'm always curious about it. a clever satire from sweden called the square, and a grim portrait of modern russia and human relations in loveless. the pictures that dealt with some of the pressing issues of the day. cinema is about life, and right now, like us tumultuous. plus the row over netflix showing its films at the festival. when netflix's name appeared, t

both the conservatives and labour, have been focusing on national security today in the election campaignsecretary amber rudd, reaffirmed that the conservatives would set up a commission, to promote british values and tackle extremism, while labour wants to recruit 1,000 security experts, in addition to 10,000 extra police. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. in the aftermath of such an atrocity, inevitable questions about how to stop something like this happening again. the actions of this man, salman abedi, forced a pause in the election campaign. now preventing others like him is part of the debate. the home secretary said today the government had for the first time used powers to prevent suspected terrorists returning freely to the uk. 0n the manchester attack, she said police and security services were working at full tilt. with questions about who knew what and when, she was asked about reports that friends and community leaders had raised concerns about the man behind it. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details that you have set out to me be

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wakehe manchester bombing. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services held across the city this morning. british airways is still having to cancel flights at heathrow following yesterday's computer problems. they are telling customers they won't be admitted to terminal five until 90 minutes before the scheduled flight time. we have tried desperately to contact british airways and find ground staff and we haven't found anybody on the at all. the number of people known to have died in severe flooding in sri lanka has risen, to just over 150. it's thought nearly half a million people have been forced out of their homes. now on bbc news, it's time for the final edition of our special series nick's election takeaways. on monday, the bbc‘s nick robinson shared fish and chips with voters in eltham, south east london. the group selected by the pollsters ipsos mori represent some of those who arejust about managing — otherwise known as the jams. the people who are in work but still stru

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. esa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london — presented this week by jane hill. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. a warm welcome after a difficult week for many. we will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. we'll assess president trump's first overseas trip. and we look at the state of the general election camapaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. to discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman. thomas kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. a warm welcome to all of you. in manchester, on monday night, a pop concert by an american singer popular with young girls ended in carnage when a 22—year—old man born in the city blew himself up, in the foyer of the concert arena. children as young as eight were

the conservatives and labour are promising to do more to tackle the family of victim georgina callander said the government must open its ice or more parents will lose children to terror. the conservatives and labour are promising to do more to tackle the threat of terrorism, if they win the election. british airways hopes to operate a near—normal service from gatwick, and most flights out of heathrow — after a computer failure saw all flights cancelled. i'm here at heathrow were some people slept in terminal five overnights, and long queues are already building up this morning. tributes to two passengers killed on an american plain, try to protect women from anti—muslim views. —— and high muslim and abuse. good morning and welcome to bbc news. in manchester have released new images of salman abedi — the man who carried out the bombing — on the night of the attack. with 11 men under arrest and searches at addresses across the north west of england, police say they are putting together the parents of one of the teenagers killed in the manchester attack have warned that other young people

the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. eresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. british airways warns of delays and cancellations following a global computer failure which saw all flights cancelled. the company says customers should not come to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. back to manchester cathedral, where prayers have been said for the victims of monday's bombing, frankie mcca mley victims of monday's bombing, frankie mccamley is there. yes, there was a very solemn service this morning, and another bigger service is expected later when more people from the wider community will be coming to pay their respects, signa be coming to pay their respects, sign a book of condolence, to support the victims of the attack earlier this week. i'm joined by the dean of manchester cathedral, th

so the conservatives on 40000 and close behind, suejeffery on 39,000 for labour. s a conservative win in tees valley on 48,000 after everything is recalculated and 46,000 for labour. so, what are we saying at this point? let's go to couege saying at this point? let's go to college green and talk to steve richards and another journalist. steve, your take on what is going on? sometimes politics needs decoding, it doesn't really at the moment. what we see is what is happening, it is interesting to hear karen bradley talk up the prospects ofa karen bradley talk up the prospects of a labour victory. meanwhile we have labour candidate saying, you can have labour candidate saying, you ca n vote have labour candidate saying, you can vote for me, don't worry because we will not win. when you are in that situation, the general narrative is pretty clear, the conservatives are heading for a significant victory next month. these local election results on the whole, with john these local election results on the whole, withjohn curtis' brilliant qualifications do confirm that pat

i'll have more in the next hour conservatives and labour are both promising to put more police on theremism and jeremy corbyn says cuts undermine security and is planning to recruit an extra 10,000 police and more security staff. the home secretary amber rudd face questions on the andrew marr show this morning about how much the intelligence agencies knew about the manchester bomb. she spoke earlier to our political correspondent. the man behind the bombings, salman abedi, we understand he was alerted to the authorities with a phone call from his mosque. questions about what happened after that, and about whether he was on watch lists. this is what amber rudd said.|j whether he was on watch lists. this is what amber rudd said. i don't know those details. the intelligence services are still collecting information about him, and about the people around him, but i would not rush to conclusions as you seem to be that they have somehow missed something. i'm just saying that people had bones —— had phoned the terror hotline as they should do. the reason the phone line is in place is because

the conservatives and labour promise to do more to tackle the threat of terrorism, if they win the election. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services across the city this morning. tributes to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. also: the american rock musician gregg allman has died. # back home you'll always run #. the 69—year—old became a star in the late 60s as part of the allman brothers band. he had struggled with several health issues. henry golding explores the secret london tube network that even locals don't know about, in the travel show in halfan don't know about, in the travel show in half an hour on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. british airways has warned of further delays and cancellations today, as it resumes flights following the major it failure that saw most services cancelled yesterday. ba is telling people whose flights we re ba is telling people whose flights were affected yesterday only to turn up were affected yesterday only to turn up at airports if they know they are booked on

from all the parties, notjust labour and conservatives. ives will be unleashing personal attacks on jeremy corbyn and drama channel and diane abbott. because there is enough on the historical record net, which will be quite difficult for them to do so on. whether it will have as much impact as people like me,| have as much impact as people like me, i have never been ajeremy corbyn fan. i hadn't realised! i would have thought that a lot of the positions he has taken in the past on the ira and the falklands, and foreign policy generally, would not serve him very well but people do not seem to mind as i thought they would. he has a lot of young support. people who will not recall all of that. and as i say, in the andrew neill interview tonight, i thought he came across very well and has actually got his arguments which i don't respect. i think he is quite often skating over his real position. but i think he has got his arguments out quite well. katie? we have learnt the tories are most happy when talking about brexit or how bad jeremy corbyn i

both the conservatives and labour party, have been focusing on national security today in the electionconservatives would set up a commission to promote british values and tackle extremism, while labour wants to recruit 1,000 security experts in addition to 10,000 extra police. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. in the aftermath of such an atrocity, inevitable questions about how to stop something like this happening again. the actions of this man, salman abedi, forced a pause in the election campaign. now preventing others like him is part of the debate. the home secretary said today the government had for the first time used powers to prevent suspected terrorists returning freely to the uk. 0n the manchester attack, she said police and security services were working at full tilt. with questions about who knew what and when, she was asked about reports that friends and community leaders had raised concerns about the man behind it. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details that you have set out to me because the intelligence services are still co

an influential think tank accuses both the conservatives and labour of not being honest with voters aboutonsequences of their economic plans. and on newsnight, was this the week that changed the election? we talk to the man that invented the swingometer, david butler — who tells me the move in the opinion polls is bigger than any he's seen in 70 years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain's top counter—terrorism officer says they have captured "a large part" of the network involved in the manchester arena attack, where 22 people died. mark rowley said "immense progress" had been made in the investigation — but there were still important lines to pursue and arrests to be made. he also disclosed that police have reviewed security arrangements at more than one thousand events around the country this bank holiday weekend. he said people should "go out as planned" and be "reassured by the greater police presence". our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. an already vast investigation, still expanding. each day, counter—terrorism detectives raid more properties in manche

and the very diverse areas around dewsbury town centre. the seat has changed hands several times over the past ten years flip—flopping between labour and the conservativesnservatives. emma glasbey reports. there can be few constituencies more diverse than this one. 0n the outskirts of dewsbury town centre is the largely muslim community of savile town. do you know who you might vote for? labour. probably for labour. why labour? ijust tend to think they probably do more for the working class. i am thinking of voting for labour because ofjeremy corbyn. ilike him. because you like him? yes. i like the way... he seems like a genuine guy. i would just kind of like that whoever is interested in a family tell me who to vote for! but even those who do not feel passionately about the politics certainly feel passionately about the issues. education is one thing i am concerned about, it is the local issues that are important, the fact the health service is changing, the fact we are losing a hospital, the fact we may lose a library in the area, the fact they are wanting to build on what is supposed to be green belt. but yet you want to stick with a conservative gov

and that is the problem with the greens here. labour won lancaster and feet would a tiny margin last time. do they go with their hearts and help the conservativesns vote and get labour in? this is a marginal constituency so it is only between labour and the tories. if we vote green, we hand the seat to the tories, as we did a few years ago. and we regret that. i am still wrestling between the green, who i wa nt wrestling between the green, who i want to vote for and labour, which is the tactical vote. sometimes that decision is batted away. when greens are keen to block a conservative when they pull out of the race, asking supporters to swing to labour 01’ asking supporters to swing to labour or the lib dems. if the greens stand down, those voters have got to go somewhere and if the greens enter the competition, the voters have got to come from somewhere, so it affects the upcoming closely fought seats. so they can win or lose the seats in closely fought areas? it can have that impact. there has never been a green mp from the north—west, but that doesn't mean they are not important. at the last election, they stood aside in chester asking suppo

and getting them to turn out, you could see a dramatic effect. almost twice as many people trust labour to protect pensioners than the conservatives, that does not e will be affected by

we were talking earlier about the prospects there for the conservatives and snp and indeed labour, ofn does not mean they are the most popular party. remember, this is proportional representation, getting 25% of the vote will get awe i councillor in scotland. therefore —— get you a councillor in scotland. the geography is rather different than england because it's not a winner ta ke england because it's not a winner take all system. shropshire, let's look at the results there. this is a partial result. we see a very strong conservative performance. so far the changes look like this: 57 of 74 declared. that's the picture there in shropshire. just a quick look at percentages. 51% of the vote so far. i want to go to north west wales and look at gwynedd. so what we're going to do now is chat around this table here. peter, your thoughts on what we heard from john curtis and the results we've just had. yeah, a few minutes ago you showed the national vote change. if you put labour and liberal democrats together and say that's prot yes, sirrive block and —— that's progressive block. and then

and the top story here in the uk: the conservatives and labour have said that national campaigning in the general election will resume on friday. ukip, which intends to launch its manifesto on thursday, has said democracy should not be "cowed" because of terrorism. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the world's biggest personal computer seller is about to release its latest earnings. wheel it stemmed two years of profit falls? —— will it stem. and one in five women in india get paid work. good morning, asia. hello, world. it's a thursday. welcome to today's edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with lenovo. the chinese technology company reports its latest earnings and a few hours‘ time. together with hp and dell, they account for 50% of the pc market. given that sales have fallen for two years, she did diversify more? i was told the man challenges of lenovo. they have seen falling sales. when the market stabilises, it has to streamline its workforce. at the same time, it has to look at its portfolio. it has lost with the integra

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake day of cancellations and delays, after a computer crash hit ba's global network. i've never seen anything like it in my life. we've always flown ba, we've always been happy with ba, but now we've said no. i don't think we can trust them again. also in the next hour: more than 150 people are now known to have died in the storms and 2,000 homes destroyed in sri lanka's

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wakester bombing. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. ba says customers are not being admitted to terminal five until 90 minutes before their scheduled departure. we've tried desperately to contact ba by email, by phone, on their website and also trying to find ground staff and we haven't seen anybody on the ground, at all. the number of people known to have died in severe flooding in sri lanka has risen, to just over 150. it's thought nearly half a million people have been forced out of their homes. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. victory for vettel as the chips finally fall in ferrari's favour in monaco. knocked out in the first round. britain's dan evans makes an early departure from the french open. and holding on to their premiership status. hamilton beat dundee united in t

labour stronghold for a0 years. the conservatives took about seven or eight seats in glasgow and the conservatives, on these electioneffectively came second, beating labour into third place. it was not a total slam dunk for the scottish nationalists. nicola sturgeon, however, has described it asa sturgeon, however, has described it as a clear win. the snp vote has held up. 0ur share of the seats have held up and of course we will be the largest party in more councils, perhaps a majority of councils. that is not clear yet. there is no way anyone can spin this as anything other than a clear win for the snp. it puts us in pole position to protect local services the length and breadth of the country and give us and breadth of the country and give usa and breadth of the country and give us a great springboard for the election. liberal democrats in the centre of the political debate in britain, it was not great for them. they are down 28 council seats. not a huge loss but i lost nonetheless. they would like to have done better in the western, the west country, for example, where traditionally they look for some support. b

but the big thing in this manifesto, something that sets them apart from the conservatives and labourives and labour, they want to hold another referendum on brexit. this would be a vote on whether to accept the terms on offer. they also put the option of staying in the eu on the ballot paper. 0ver staying in the eu on the ballot paper. over the next parliament the biggest factor in determining the health of the british economy and spending will be the outcome of the brexit negotiations. the lib dems said they oppose a high brexit. there will be a vote in parliament ona there will be a vote in parliament on a proposed deal but in this ma nifesto on a proposed deal but in this manifesto the lib dems argue it is the british people who should have the british people who should have the final say. back here in bethnal green and you can see on the stage some of the liberal democrats, members and supporters, holding placards saying, a brighterfuture. supporters, holding placards saying, a brighter future. all that supporters, holding placards saying, a brighterfuture. all that remains is fo

so the conservatives making substantial gains from labour, currently averaging about nine points, the gap between labour andpsing heavily, down by an average of 17 points. apache performance from the lib dems. in some areas they seem to be making progress. in other areas less so. that's kind of how things look at the moment. as i say, the vast majority of result still to come, but some clear patterns emerging. majority of result still to come, but some clear patterns emergingm course you know turnout can be very different from the local elections to the general elections. people voted for me. howdy think the parties will be reading this? you are absolutely right in terms of the different instincts that voters can have sometimes in local elections and the fact that we should analyse these results for there own sake, given the powers and responsibilities with the budget that local mayors have. and also what it may or may not mean about the general elections that take place next month. nevertheless these are real place next month. nevertheless these a re real votes in place next month. nevertheless these are r

and a third of those in england. the conservatives have gained 115 seats and labour have lost 113.e's our political correspondent chris mason with the story of the night so far. it has been a night of nocturnal arithmetic. democracy in the small hours. the will of the electorate tipped out onto a table. rosettes worn proudly but plenty of nervous faces too. applause. this is what winning looks and sounds like for the conservatives. they retained control here in essex. they retained control here in essex. they have also won control of warwickshire, gloucestershire, lincolnshire and the isle of wight. income ——i lincolnshire and the isle of wight. income —— i think that the national scene has a lot to do with it. theresa may came across on the doorstep really, really well, really positive. we have felt no negativity towards the conservative party at all and towards the conservative party at allandi towards the conservative party at all and i think it bodes well for the general election in five weeks. clearly, labour is a long way behind in the opinion polls and inevitably the electio

while the conservatives say thousands of new homes would be provided, a precise figure is yet to be given and they have not said how much extra funding would be given. laboure party says that conservative policy is spin, not substance, as some of the details are yet to be revealed. the liberal democrats have pledged to keep the uk's aid spending at the un's target of 0.7% of national income , while keeping defence spending at nato's benchmark of 2%. the leader tim farron said his party's success in turning the 0.7% figure into law during the coalition government had prevented conservative ministers from ditching the promise. this announcement means all three major parties are committed to both the un and nato targets, following similar commitments from both the conservatives and labour. the snp leader, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has admitted that numeracy and literacy have got worse in scottish schools. a survey last week showed fewer than half of 13 and 14—year—old pupils were performing well in writing. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that action is being taken to address it. the uk's most prestigious tv awards, the british aca

i said, party spokesman from labour and the conservatives. g vote against the tories because the prime minister has said it may not be appropriate to keep the maternity unit at this hospital and people should perhaps travel further. if you vote labour you will be sending a message, but their policy wasn't necessarily to do anything different and equally their policy decision would be made by health service managers not by politicians. similarly, the conservatives were saying our local candidate supports keeping this hospital whatever the local candidate might have said. that was equally dishonest because they weren't making the decision either. what is it about health that politicians think they can play these games are public expectations oi’ these games are public expectations or is it ourfault these games are public expectations or is it our fault as well?” these games are public expectations or is it our fault as well? i think it is difficult because it impossible to be giving the honest about the health service challenges that are faced.

it is rural villages and the town centre and the leadership has changed ten times between labour and the conservativesss. thinking of voting this year for jeremy corbyn. because you like and? he seems genuine. —— him?” jeremy corbyn. because you like and? he seems genuine. -- him? iwill just vote for whoever my family tells me too. even those don't feel passionately about the politics feel passionately about the politics feel passionately about the issues. -- to. education is something i am concerned about, cutting teachers and assistants, and you think what is going to be like when my daughter goes to school? inflation at the moment is ridiculous, to be honest. taxes are always going up, whereas the working wage is not far off what it used to be. immigration - everybody is moaning about it, but it isn't a big issue. it can be dealt with. the main is for the nhs, really. just a couple of miles away beneath the shadow of emley moor, the landscape of the dewsbury constituency changes dramatically. at the local craft group in the village of highburton it is the conservative leader who seems to be getting

the conservatives and labour have said that national campaigning in the general election will resumeo monday's attack. both parties have also said that local campaigning, which involves activists knocking on doors, will re—start tomorrow after a minute's silence in respect for the victims of the manchester bomb has been held. ukip will launch its manifesto tomorrow. we will hear a more restrained tone. it's been a robust campaign so far. jeremy corbyn will be giving a speech about democracy and british values so there won't be a head—on clash with the prime minister, attacking her health care plans. there will be a phased debate, and the one thing these horrific events will have done is to inject a bit of civility. thank you, ian watson. time for a look at the weather now. the temperature was warmer than it was yesterday. we have much more sunshine around. eastern parts of scotla nd sunshine around. eastern parts of scotland will enjoy the sunshine tomorrow. you can see the cloud spilling into western scotland, but very little cloud for england and wales. the cloud we do have will ge

the conservatives and labour promise to do more to tackle the threat of terrorism, if they win the electiontrain, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. also: the american rock musician gregg allman has died.

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wakered in church services held across the city this morning. tributes to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. also: the american rock musician gregg allman has died.

the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wakethe manchester bombing. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. we've tried desperately to contact ba by email, by phone, on their website and also trying to find ground staff, and we haven't seen anybody on the ground at all. now on bbc news, a look at this year's city of culture, hull. hello, and welcome to hull, the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull's cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but it's exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their f

there are a number of polls out, all of them showing a shrinking of the lead between the conservatives and labourabour now. some reason for labour to be positive about it. but, we‘ve got to remember the conservatives have such a big lead, they are around 4a—46%. labour are a big lead, they are around 4a—46%. labourare on a big lead, they are around 4a—46%. labour are on 33—35%. so it doesn‘t look as though this has been a game changer, but certainly the issue of social care is one that has changed the direction of the narrative. we aren‘t talking so much about brexit but social care. you get the sense that the direction of conversation is moving elsewhere. later on on the bbc news channel we will bring you the scottish leaders debate. our scotland editor sarah smith will chair that debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scottish party leaders at 7:30pm. the headlines on bbc news. president trump continues his visit to saudi arabia, where he‘s preparing to address gulf leaders on the need to confront extremism. labour go on the offensive to attract older voters, as the conservatives de