speaking to my colleague jane hill. is hello and welcome to one hundred days plus.ccuses brussels of interfering in the uk election. it comes after eu estimates that the brexit divorce bill will be much higher than predicted. it's the most high profile arts prize in britain, and for years its been the preserve of young british artists. this year, for the first time since 1991, the turner prize has scrapped its age limit, and two artists over 50 have made it to the short list. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. you certainly did not expect this? no, not at all. not at all. not at all! i mean it does make me laugh. it has been a strange day for lubaina himid. she has painted for more than 35 years and today at the age of 62 she is on the turner prize short list. her paintings bring black lives and faces too often very white art galleries. this is perhaps the signature work, 1001ife—size portraits made when... you were 50. i was. did you think that national recognition was probably passed you by then? probably. and now? i hadn't thought about the turner priz

jane hill is in manchester.g from saint and square where people continued to come to lay flowers a nd people continued to come to lay flowers and read the hundreds of m essa 9 es flowers and read the hundreds of m essa g es of flowers and read the hundreds of messages of tributes to the 22 people who lost their lives in the city on monday night. the last of those to be named, a 15—year—old girl, a reminder of how many very young people were attending that concert at the manchester arena. in terms of the investigation, there have been a total of ten arrests, eight people still in custody. in connection with this continuing enquiry. eight people still in custody aged between 18 and 30. —— 38. police say they have searched an address in st helens and in merseyside. —— st helens in merseyside. —— st helens in merseyside. but is not in relation to any specific threat. police have resumed sharing intelligence, we had a continuing row yesterday after the leaking of various elements of the investigation from sources in

i'm jane hill. a warm welcome after a difficult week for many.ll 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 killed, and scores of people remain in hospital. the hunt is continuing for the people who supported salman abedi, many people have been arrested here in the uk. and in libya, abedi's father and one of his brothers are under arrest. let's talk about that libyan connection. nisreen, may i start with you? i

thank you, jane hill. accused politicians and officials in brussels of trying to influence the general election with threats saying some want the brexit talks to fail. she was speaking after the eu's chief negotiator set out the eu's priorities saying that talks will not be concluded quickly or painlessly. in other news, a student is found guilty of planting a rucksack packed with explosives on a busy london underground train. the iaaf president lord co says he will consider the proposal put forward by european athletics to erase all world records before 2005 because of insufficient doping controls. in the past, paula radcliffe is a strong anti—doping advocate would lose her marathon mark. after announcing her retirement, goldie sarks awyers says she leaves athletics with a deep sense of injustice. she was denied a medal by a cheat. i will have more in the next ten minutes or so. 0lly, thank you very much indeed. a student has been found guilty of planting a home—made bomb on a busy tube train on the londo

coming up next, the film review with jane hill. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.ugh this and new releases it's mark kermode. this is a mixed bag this week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. we have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. and jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. mindhorn, i'm smiling before i start. i loved bergerac back in the day. a tv detective onjersey, you see images from my town and all the the memories come back. so mindhorn is a 1980s tv detective but is more like alan partridge or garth marenghi. he played mindhorn with a bionic eye to see the truth. julian barratt plays the actor who plays him. he's now washed up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. he's desperate for a job. the isle of man police get in touch and say, "we have a suspected serial killer who will only speak to mindhorn, the fictional character who he believes is real." so the police say will you please come and play mindhorn for us to help us catch him. immediately, thorncroft he thinks this is a career—reviving opportunity of which he i

coming up next, the film review with jane hill. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.mode. this is a mixed bag this week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. we have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. and jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. mindhorn, i'm smiling before i start. i loved bergerac back in the day.

jane hill was there.m sure, that people are still coming here tonight on this beautiful evening in st ann's square, still laying flowers, looking at all the tributes but that one minute of silence this morning was one of the most moving things i have experienced. the silence itself absolutely observed, sober and sombre as you would expect that it was that applause, the spontaneous applause, and it was prolonged, and i felt as if that was just a response from the crowds that said, we are not defeated, we are diverse city, you will not divide us, we are still here, i was so struck by that and so many people watching at work, and so many people watching at work, a lot of us welled up at that point, it was impossible not to. a group of men began singing don't look back in anger, famous manchester song from the manchester band that is reflected the messages from the fans, extraordinary resilience which has been amazing to witness. paul nuttall of ukip has defended the decision to launches manifesto today isa d

jane hill is at westminster for us.we will talk about the role of her majesty. joining me is the royal historian hugo vickers. we have to fix them parliament act, so actually was the prime minister not have to anymore inform the queen, ask the queen, about this? she certainly has to inform the queen but the queen is not involved in the dissolution of parliament as she might have been in the past. it isa she might have been in the past. it is a courtesy visit but a very important one because not so long ago theresa may went to see the queen to be asked to form a government and at this point she remains the prime minister but she goes to inform the queen about the general election, she knows there is going to be a general election, so they might have a talk, like head girl going to the headmistress. when we think about any prime minister of the day having that audience, that meeting with the queen, we would all be fascinated to know what really goes on, what the relationship is like between the two. which prime minister i

i'm jane hill live in manchester. the headlines at 3pm: the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital, where staff battled to save the lives of children caught up in the manchester attack. to target that sort of thing... it is awful. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who were killed in the bombing. after photos showing debris from the manchester suicide bomb are leaked to american media, theresa may promises to act. i will make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. police describe recent arrests as "significant" and say some of the items seized in raids are "very importa nt". in the next hour, donald trump is on a charm offensive in brussels. having criticised both institutions in the past, the american president is in brussels for talks with nato and eu leaders. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000. most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. the queen has been in manchester today, to

jane hill is in manchesterfor us.st ann's square in manchester where people still come all day as they have for many days to lay flowers in memory of those who died on monday night. let's start this hour by talking about the latest in the investigation. a number of raids including two in the moss side area of this city, one man arrested. all the latest details come from our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. the hunt for the accomplices of the manchester bomber led to this barber's shop in moss side overnight. police appeared to have sawn through the security shutter to get access. local shopkeepers say the two brothers who ran the barber's were arrested on tuesday and police cut their way into the shop last night. there was another raid in st helens in merseyside, but nobody arrested there. police still have eight people in custody. they're men aged between 18 and 38, all are being held on suspicion of terrorism, and most appear to be of libyan origin. the flat that salman abedi seems to have rented for the

jane hill is there for us.have thought it had restarted but officially it is today. we vote on the 8th ofjune of course. let's just get the thoughts of political correspondence, eleanor gagne, who is just of political correspondence, eleanor gagne, who isjust a short of political correspondence, eleanor gagne, who is just a short distance away from the outside nemeth ten. there are —— outside number ten does that there are some formalities to go through on a day like today. yes, that's right. it used to be the case that's right. it used to be the case that the monica puig have to go to the queen, sorry, that the prime minister would have to go to the manics to ask for parliament be dissolved. the law was changed back in 2011, so everything happens automatically, which is why parliament formally dissolved just after midnight this morning. all those mps are nowjust members of the public. many of them now parliamentary candidates. but that tradition of having an audience with the queen is a habit that is proving a

review with jane hill and jason solomons.o the cinema is on the agenda for many families, and they can climb aboard a spaceship if they like. those saviours of space, the guardians of the galaxy, are back, complete with talking raccoon for volume two of guardians of the galaxy. the terrible atrocities of the armenian genocide in first world war era turkey are on the agenda in the promise, getting the big screen love treatment with christian bale, and rising star florence pugh takes centre stage for lady macbeth, a low—budget british chiller that has nothing to do with shakespeare. i was at the cinema at the weekend and i saw the trailer for guardians of the galaxy vol 2. oh, my goodness, even watching the trailer, ifelt like i was bombarded with this wall of noise and fury and funny little creatures. that sums it up, really. we'll move on! laughter. if you saw volume 1, you'll know that it is about... there a talking raccoon, a talking tree, it doesn't say much. itjust says, "i am groot." that tree has now been cut down to a

i'm jane hill. we'll be discussing general elections — the campaign is in its early stages here in the uk, rather more advanced in france. we'll assess donald trump's first 100 days in office and look at the under—reported tensions between india, and china. with me today are ashis ray, the indian broadcaster the north american broadcaster jeffrey kofman, ned temko, the political commentator and eunice goes, the portuguese writer. just a few days, it feels like coming to a british general election. ned, don't look bored at the start! it is low—key? it might get even lower, you never know. the british press often talks about a phoney war before an election campaign really starts. what is odd about this is it is kind of a phoney election. despite the prospectus, theresa may saying i need this mandate to strengthen my negotiation position with the eu, even she must know that it has nothing to do with the eu. even if she were to get putin sized majorities in this election, it would not change the basic s

jane hill is at st ann's square in manchester.e today amongst the emotional scenes. george, i don't i can overstate how incredibly moving it has been to be here today. you can see i'm sure that people are still coming here in this beautiful evening here in st ann's square, laying flowers, looking at the tributes. but that one minute's silence was one of the most moving things i have experienced. the silence itself absolutely observed as you would expect. but it was that applause, that spontaneous applause and itself was prolonged. i felt that spontaneous applause and itself was prolonged. ifelt as if that that spontaneous applause and itself was prolonged. i felt as if that was a response from the crowd that said, we are not defeated, we are a diverse city, you will not divide us, we diverse city, you will not divide us, we are diverse city, you will not divide us, we are still here. i was so struck by that and so many people watching it were i think and a lot of us welled up, it was impossible not to. after the applause came sing

hello and welcome to dateline, i'm jane hill. a warm welcome at a difficult week for many.ess 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. joining me to discuss all this are iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster, jeffrey kofman, thomas kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. a one welcome to all of you. in manchester... 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 killed, and scores of people remain in hospital. the hunt is continuing for the people who supported salman abedi — many people have been arrested in the uk and, in libya, abedi's father and one of his brothers have been arrested. let's talk about the libyan connection.

i'm jane hill live in manchester. the latest developments here today.ings to eight the total number of people currently in custody. the 22nd victim of the attack has been named as 15—year—old

i'm jane hill at westminster as official election campaigning gets underway. return to downing street, theresa may accused european politicians and officials of seeking to influence the result of the general election through threats. threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election that will take place on the 8th june. in brussels, the eu chief negotiator warns that brexit negotiations will not be quick and painless and insists the uk must honour its commitments.

i'm jane hill live at westminster, where every seat in the commons is up for grabs, as official electionngham palace to mark the dissolution of parliament. in brussels, the eu chief negotiator denies claims it's drawing up a big divorce bill to punish britain for brexit, but says the uk must honour its commitments. there is no punishment, there is no brexit bill, the financial settlement is only about settling the accounts. whilst we'll meet our international obligations, we'll meet the legal

let's go live to manchester now and jane hill.ank you, and welcome again to st ann's square, where people continue to arrive all the time to lay flowers and to read the growing number of tributes and signs of solidarity and defiance that or around the memorial here. it is here where people observe that minute's silence, which was extraordinarily moving. we will talk about that later in the programme. let's begin with the investigation itself. in the last hour, greater magister please have described a that have been made in connection with the network believed to be behind monday's bomb as significant. police also said that some of the items that have been seized in the subsequent rates are very important. 0ur subsequent rates are very important. our first subsequent rates are very important. 0urfirst report comes subsequent rates are very important. our first report comes from our home affa i rs our first report comes from our home affairs chris bond and, daniel sandford. just a warning that it contains scenes you may find distres

jane hill is in manchester for us now. thank you.in, from this square, people have been arriving to pay tribute, and sit and stand quietly. we will talk more about the events that have been planned, but we begin with those comments from mark rowley. interesting, he said progress has been made in this investigation. eight people in custody. all men. 18 to 38. we can hear more of what mark rowley has said about this investigation. this is an enormous investigation, being weighed with the support of the kind of terrorism network. massive lines of terrorism network. massive lines of enquiry. cctv. all communications, and many lines of enquiry, all that information coming together. many arrests so far. eight men in custody. 12 addresses searched, cars as well. making enormous progress. we have got to understand everything around the dead terrorist, network, and the manufacturing of the device. we have still got things to work on. that is the latest. but we can go to greater manchester police headquarters. we have been following all the de

jane hill was there, and described the sentiments being expressed.'m sure that people are still coming here in this beautiful evening here in st ann's square, laying flowers, looking at the tributes. but that one minute's silence was one of the most moving things i have experienced. the silence itself absolutely observed as you would expect. sober and sombre. but it was that applause, that spontaneous applause and itself was prolonged. i felt as if that was a response from the crowd that said, we are not defeated, we are a diverse city, you will not divide us, we are still here. i was so struck by that and so many people watching it were i think and a lot of us welled up, it was impossible not to. after the applause came singing. a group of men from behind me started singing don't look back in anger, a famous manchester song from a famous manchester band and that is the spirit reflected on these flowers. an extraordinary resilience which has been very moving to experience. in their latest update greater manchester police say their initial searches of

let us return now to manchester and my colleague, jane hill, is that.ent that you really do see time and again in the m essa g es really do see time and again in the messages that have been left here. also big, bright balloons making the number22, to also big, bright balloons making the number 22, to reflect and remember the 22 innocent people who lost their lives here at the manchester arena on monday night. we can talk to peter hand because he has been following that visit of her majesty the queen. —— peter hunt. she visited the children's hospital because we know those who have been injured have been taken to a wide variety of hospitals but she chose to visit the children's hospital specifically. it was striking that the children you saw there, two of them were still wearing the ariana grande t—shirts stole one of them told the queen how she had won a competition and had met her heroine on the stage before the start of the concepts. she had that memory before the memory of what happened afterwards. the queen disgust —— is the woman —— the queen discu

jane hill is in st ann's square, which has become the focal point for tributes to victims of monday'shere people have been continuing to come as they have come for many days to lay flowers and read tributes. a huge number of health workers and ambulance staff have been working flat out since the call came through on monday night. one of the hospitals involved in treating the victims is stepping hill in stockport, and some of the staff there have had some time now to reflect on what they have seen in the past few days. i'd had contact through social media initially that something had happened in manchester but i wasn't aware of what had gone on. 20 minutes later, i got a calljust to say that we'd had a first walk—in patient from the incident, which made us then trigger a major incident. it was quite clear that this was significant and a horrific event had taken place. the evil that visited us that night caused this horrible thing, in an arena that we'd all been in. when i arrived, the level of professionalism that i saw amongst my colleagues was phenomenal. there was an air of seriousn

with nicholas owen and jane hill.r she says she "misspoke. or during a radio interview on labour's plan to recruit an extra 10,000 police officers in england and wales.|j misspoke but, yes, i can be trusted. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he's "not embarrassed in the slightest" after his shadow home secretary diane abbott stumbled —— a senior conservative source says the government won't get involved in a ‘briefing war‘ about brexit negotiations following reports there were serious disagreements between theresa may and eu presidentjean—claude juncker at a downing street dinner. a surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has been described as "extremely lucky be alive." he was found conscious by the belfast coastguard and is being treated in hospital for hypothermia. german chancellor angela merkel meets russian president putin in sochi to discuss the conflict in ukraine and the need for more active talks on syria. but before we look at all that... time to catch up with all the sport at

i'm jane hill live in manchester.hat sort of thing... it is awful. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who were killed in the bombing. after photos showing debris from the manchester suicide bomb

jane hill is in manchesterfor us. thank you. welcome back to st anne's square.on is continuing. there have been a number of raids and several raids in the moss side area of the city. we are expecting to hear more from the chief constable of greater manchester police later this evening. our home affairs correspondent has an update on today's development so far. the hunt for the accomplices of the manchester bomber led to this barber's shop in moss side overnight. police appeared to have sawn through the security shutter to get access. local shopkeepers say the two brothers who ran the barbers were arrested on tuesday and police cut their way into the shop last night. there was another raid in st helens in merseyside, but nobody was arrested there. police still have eight people in custody — they're men aged between 18 and 38, all are being held on suspicion of terrorism, and most appear to be of libyan origin. the flat that salman abedi seems to have rented for the final days before the attack is still being searched. it's thought this is where he did the final a

now it is time for the film review, with jane hill and mark kermode.eek's cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. this is a mixed bag this week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. we have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. and jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. mindhorn, i'm smiling before i start. i show my age but i loved bergerac back in the day. a tv detective onjersey, you see images from mindhorn and all the the memories come back. so mindhorn is a 19805 tv detective but is more like alan partridge or garth marenghi. in the 19805 he played mindhorn with a bionic eye to see the truth. the actorjulian barratt plays him. he's now washed up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. he's desperate for a job. then the isle of man police get in touch and say, "we have a suspected serial killer who has been ringing us and will only speak to mindhorn, the fictional character who he believes is real." so the police say, "will you please come and play mindhorn for us to help us catch him." immediately, thorncroft thinks

now it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode.rmode is with us as ever to take us through all this week's releases. so we have a political thriller starring jessica chastain called miss sloane. alien: covenant, the latest in the ongoing alien franchise. and jawbone, written by and starring johnny harris. and miss sloane, even looking at the poster i so wanted to like this. it's washington, it's the west wing, already you're in with the intrigue! and it'sjessica chastain and a very fine director, so all the omens look good. so the story isjessica chastain is a lobbyist who gets embroiled in a battle between the people who want controls on gun sales and those who want to sell more guns. early on she is enlisted by a group of people who say, we're trying to make guns seem more popular. we want to get guns to appeal to women. she literally laughs them out of the room. the next thing that happens is she is approached by the other side, who are trying to fight for the restrictions lobby. she decides that she will throw in her lot with t

this is bbc news with simon mccoy and jane hill.ake britain out of the eu if he's elected prime minister. if we win the election we'll get a good deal with europe. a good deal with europe that will ensure the jobs that rely on trade with europe won't suddenly find themselves under world trade organisation rules where there will be a tariff wall put up immediately around this country. the conservatives have outlined a plan to allow the energy regulator to set a cap on standard variable tariffs for gas and electricity if they win the election. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people find themselves on tariffs that are above that they should be paying and that's why we're taking action. an 11—year—old girl is airlifted to hospital after falling from a water ride at drayton manor theme park. a british man suspected of being in an islamic state cell has been convicted of terrorism in turkey. the owner of the dogs that attacked a two—year—old girl in liverpool at the weekend pleads guilty to being in charge of dange

time now for the film review, with mark kermode and jane hill.ca chastain called miss sloane. alien: covenant, the latest in the ongoing alien franchise. and jawbone, written by and starring johnny harris. and miss sloane, even looking at the poster i so wanted to like this. it's washington, it's the west wing, already you're in with the intrigue! and it'sjessica chastain and a very fine director, so all the omens look good. so the story isjessica chastain is a lobbyist who gets embroiled in a battle between the people who want controls on gun sales and those who want to sell more guns. early on she is enlisted by a group of people who say, we're trying to make guns seem more popular. we want to get guns to appeal to women. she literally laughs them out of the room. the next thing that happens is she is approached by the other side, who are trying to fight for the restrictions lobby. she decides that she will throw in her lot with them. they want her because of her very powerful and, it has to be said, sometimes cynical way of lobbying. here's a

i'm jane hill live in manchester. the headlines at lipm: the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital. she met children caught in the manchester attack and the staff who worked to save them. very wicked. to target that sort of thing... it is awful. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who were killed in the bombing. central manchester hospitals trust say here are 32 patients still in hospital, ten of whom are in a critical condition, five children and five adults. president donald trump has said the us leaks of evidence relating to the manchester bombing are "deeply troubling" and has vowed "to get to the bottom of this". the recent attack on manchester in the united kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism. in the next hour: charlie gard's parents lose their appeal. the court of appeal rules doctors can stop providing life—support treatment to the nine—month—old baby who has a rare genetic illness. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000. most of t

i'm jane hill.rkel has been holding talks with president vladimir putin in the black sea resort of sochi. mrs merkel also urged mr putin to protect gay rights in chechnya. lucky to be alive — the surfer rescued from the irish sea after drifting for more than 30 hours clinging to his board. he was described by the aircraft crew as being very cold, suffering from hypothermia and been out overnight and all of that following day in the water. he was in surprisingly good condition. and paula radcliffe says she feels "hurt" by proposals which could see top athletes losing their world records. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party's plans to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott's difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. the gaffe has overshadowed the laun

this is bbc news, with nicholas owen and jane hill.sts she can be trusted on her figures after she says she "mis—spoke" during a radio interview on labour's plan to recruit an extra ten thousand thousand police officers in england and wales. i do know my figures, and as you will know, i did seven interviews that morning, and that was the seventh, and i misspoke, but i do know my figures. a senior conservative source says the government won't get involved in a ‘briefing war‘ about brexit negotiations following reports there were serious disagreements between theresa may and eu presidentjean—claude juncker at a downing street dinner. a surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has been described as "extremely lucky be alive." he was found conscious by the belfast coastguard and is being treated in hospital for hypothermia. german chancellor angela merkel urged president putin to help protect gay rights in chechnya as she visited russia for the first time in two years. main talking points between the leaders also

now it's time for the film review, with jane hill and mark kermode.ever to take us through the releases. we have a political thriller starring jessica chastain, miss sloane. alien: covenant, the latest in the ongoing alien franchise. and jawbone, written and starring —— written by and starring john harris. even looking at the post of miss sloane, i so want to write this. it is washington, the west wing, you are in with the intrigue. the story is, jessica chastain is a lobbyist who gets embroiled in a battle between people who want controls on gun sales and those who want to sell more. early on she is enlisted by people who say they are trying to make guns become more popular, we want them to appeal to women. she literally last amount the room. the next thing is approached by the other side fighting for the restrictions. she decides she will throw in her lot with them. they want to because of her powerful and sometimes cynical way of lobbying. here is a clip. what's the best indicator of voter in tension? grassroots action aimed squarely at soliciting

jane: thank you very much. the latest from the hill. wild week in washington is one of the main topics of "time" 's latest additions. we just learned this afternoon that president trump did not fire james comey because of a recommendation from the justice department, contrary to his earlier assertions. it sounds typical of the chaos that you are talking about in your latest article. how does this happen? way, it isthat, in a typical of a white house that seems to shift minute by minute based on a president who makes up his mind on the fly. president trump himself came out, after originally saying he made the decision at the recommendation of rod rosenstein. he even came out and said, no, this is some thing i decided to do before. in his press conference this afternoon, he i treated the attorney general's decision that she attributed the attorney general -- he a tribute the attorney general as for decision for that decision. jane: he is supposed to keep the record straight and keep everybody on message. why can't they control him? report

in a moment the news at one with jane hill. first the weather. scotland. that's how it remains through the afternoon with southern areas holding onto the clouds which will send and break and sunshine develops for england and wales, patchy rain for cornwall and devon and the could see some really sharp showers with some thunder and some hail mixed in as well. temperature rise around the high teens, possibly 20. and which it. for allowing in scotland, some good spells of sunshine, the best of the warmth and this north—west corner, quickly contrast to the east of the north—east where it is quite agree and breezy and feel really chilly. this evening and overnight, rain pushing into south—west scotland and northern ireland could see it quite a soaking. brother says sherry rain and lengthy trailer rentals and it should be quite cloudy and remain fairly warm and monkey with tem ptress fairly warm and monkey with temptress in double figures. a cloudy start for the weekend, rain around in the northern half and the north and the rest will see most of the s

we'll go to the news of jane hill. then we'll be back to talk to barry gardiner.abour performing poorly and ukip suffering big losses. the tories have gained 7 councils — including most recently winning norfolk from no overall control and taking derbyshire county council from labour. labour have lost 6 councils — including glasgow city council which they've held since 1980. our political correspondent eleanor garnier has more. cheering and applause. it's the conservatives with the biggest cheers. they gained overall control in nine councils including derbyshire, cambridge and lincolnshire. the party's won control of warwickshire, gloucs, the conservative party candidate is elected as mayor for the tees valley authority. a huge win in one of labour's former heartlands saw the conservative candidate elected mayor. senior conservatives are playing down expectations ahead of the general election. the turnout in local elections of course, is much lower than in a general election. so it's wrong to predict what's going to happen onjune the 8th. we still have a general el

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i'm jane hill live in westminster — as parliament is dissolved to allow campaigning for the general electionconservative claims that its spending pledges don't add up. the shadow chancellor accuses the tories of ‘lies'. the other news at 11. smartphone users only get access to the ag signal about two

in name and we will have the news at 1pm with jane hill. but here is the weather.the breeze coming in off a chilly north sea, it feels quite disappointing. most of the cloud further south, as you see blue sky and sunshine on the satellite picture in the north, but the cloud from the north sea with showers make it feel quite raw. temperatures rubbing at ten or 11 at the best. c temperature is the lowest as they can be at this time of year. with the breeze coming in, it is exacerbating the chilly feeling. a different feeling with the sunshine, west is best. temperatures in the high teens across western scotland and northern ireland again. a beautiful afternoon in prospect. we keep the slice of sunshine across the north and west, a bit more cloud in central and southern areas of england, adding the chilly north east breeze, feeling disappointing. what along the east coast, ten or 11 as a maximum, 16 to 18 in sheltered areas in the west, not out of the question again. as we go through the evening and overnight, we keep the cloud, preventing temperatures from falling to

columnist for the hill juan williams, former democratic congresswoman jane harman, director of the woodrower, and kimberley strassel. congressman congresswoman, whatf this presidents trips to saudi arabia so far, day two in the effort to try to unite the muslim world against radical extremism? >> we have one president at a time and this is our president and i want this president to be successful on the trip. so far he is being successful. it's a little too much pageantry for my taste, i'm sure he loves it. the message and helps saudi arabia as much or more than it helps us. we are in the middle east, i love the idea that he's going to the sites of all three major religions. if he is able to deliver a message that is a little more nuanced than just iran is terrible, that will be more helpful. one last point, isis and most of these terror groups are sunni arab. the saudi arabia and the gulf states are sunni arabs. it's not just attacking shia arabs. it's more about the idea of terrorism. i hope his activities and speech address that. >> chris: i've seen a first draft of the speech that is ve

hill, juan williams. former democratic congresswoman jane harman, director of the woodrow wilson center, and former houser newt gingrich. we asked you for questions, and it's clear democrats are already making headway on this argument that the house bill is going to hit older americans. susan lloyd farrell sent this on facebook: these are the years when the elderly need medical coverage, and many live on social security. what will happen to us under this new plan? now, speaker gingrich, folks, obviously over 65 are still protected by medicare, but if you're 55-64, aren't you going to pay more under this new house plan? >> you may, but the fact is the obamacare system's collapsing. they just announced in maryland a 50% rate increase next year. there are no plans left in knoxville, kentucky. in 94 of the 99 counties of iowa there are no plans left. i mean, people can yell about pre-existing conditions, if you can't get any insurance, you have no coverage for any condition. this is an effort to try to get the program to be, to survive, to make sure we can offer insurance for everybody. chris: let me bring y

hill, juan williams. a former democratic congresswoman jane harman, director of the woodrow wilson center, and former house question and it's clear democrats are already making headway on this argument that the house bill is going to hit older americans. susan lloyd farrell sent this on facebook, these are the years when the elderly need medical coverage and many live on social security, what will happen to us under this new pla plan? folks over 65 are still protected by medicare, but if you are 55-64, will it pay more under this new plan? >> you may pay someone more but the fact is the obamacare system is collapsing. they just announced in maryland a 50% rate increase next year. there are no plant left. and 94 of the 99 counties of iowa there are no plans left. people can yell about can't get any insurance, you have no coverage for any condition. this is an effort to get the program to survive. to make sure we can offer insurance for everybody. >> chris: let me bring you in congresswoman, your reaction to what he said and your biggest concern about this bill? >> i was in the house when obamacare past. i v