it means that leeds is very important. any point in any of them. i missed the first two fruit injury. —— through injury. it means i need to get points if i have a chance of being world champion. i'm still in with a chance. hopefully, in a couple of months' time it will be different but it means that leeds is very important. england's women's cricket captain heather knight has told the bbc that there's no pressure on wicketkeeper sarah taylor to hurry her comeback to the side. taylor took a break last may after suffering with anxiety, but returned to training earlier this year, and took part in their pre—season tour to abu dhabi. if all goes well, she could return in time for the women's world cup in england next month. great to see her back in an england shirt. the main thing is to get her in the right place. taking it day by day at the moment. if the world cup is too soon, i don't know but it would be unfair to put pressure on sarah to make it back. we'd love to have her in the team but it's about getting her in the right

martin bashir, bbc news, leeds.vening with a free athletics event in the city centre — ahead of a big weekend of sporting and music events. and ariana grande — whose concert was the target of the bomb — said this evening she will hold a benefit performance for the manchester victims later this year. judith moritz reports. 0lympian greg rutherford is more used to competing in a stadium. this evening, though, the long jump was in front of the town hall. the games here have the go ahead, as does the great manchester run this weekend — with extra security, and more police. of course, there are some people that are nervous, some people who are seeking reassurance. the overwhelming feeling has been yes, we are delighted it's going ahead, we want to be involved, we want to demonstrate our solidarity, our support and our passion for the city. leigh webber is one of 30,000 runners registered for the race. she says she's apprehensive, but determined to take part. is not as if it's in a place where it everybody can be checked.

a business fair in leeds and good news onjobs. a business fair in leeds and good news on jobs.d good news onjobs. those hiring plenty of people as economic growth is positive. we are constantly recruiting staff. we have grown quickly from four to 32 people. we have employed a new manager and we have employed a new manager and we have employed a new manager and we have employed in the last couple of months groundstaff. at this moment in time, on our company website i think we have 15 vacancies posted. the last time we saw unemployment is low was 1975. the price of a pint of milk was seven p. it was an era of high inflation and rapidly increasing incomes. to date information is creaking back. incomes growth is falling. let's look at the recent history of rising prices in britain and pay. if you go back to the year 2000 you can see that earnings were consistently above the rate of inflation. on average people were better off. that came to an abrupt

as i mentioned, here speaking in leeds, let'sjust listening. it is morally wrong that we accept the idea that people are homeless. we will deal with homelessness by building council houses. we are very clear about that because it cannot be right that in modern britain, so many people are insecure in their housing in the private rented sector. there are not in places to go around, and those that want to buy cannot raise the deposit because they are spending so much on rent in the private sector. so, they are locked out of the whole thing. i'm sure there are many in this audience that will feel very strongly about this. many adult children never let to leave home —— never get to leave home. difficult for the parents, you will never time talking about, don't you? i'm looking forward to the election in order to bring that knowledge to bring that knowledge expertise to to represent this area. today we have beenin represent this area. today we have been in leeds college this morning talking to a lot of steam is. talking to them about their future in

martin bashir, bbc news, leeds.r salman abedi. he didn't want to be identified, but he described what he was like at school, before he left at the age of 14 to school, before he left at the age of 1a to fight in libya. school, before he left at the age of 14 to fight in libya. who was a bit ofa 14 to fight in libya. who was a bit of a troublemaker. just a normal kid, not extraordinary. hejust got in trouble. he was ok, he didn't seem different to anyone else. i saw him about 18 months ago, he'd been back for a while and telling me what he was going to do. he seemed like he was going to do. he seemed like he was going to do. he seemed like he was on the straight and narrow, sorting himself out. he's back in 40 libya, and has this history of being involved in the fighting. what you make of all that? i don't know. i do know when he was fighting, people are making it seem like he was fighting for islamic state. i think is fighting for the lif g, a sort of conservative islamist group, but they are not the type to go arou

elsewhere in the challenge cup, there were no surprises as leeds rhinos thrashed championship side barrow10 and swinton lions were beaten a242 by wigan warriors. and in the last half hour, the draw for the quarter finals has been made. the pick of the ties sees warrington host wigan. featherstone, who will be playing in their first quarter final for 20 years, have been rewarded with a tie away at leeds. salford host wakefield, while holders hull take on castleford. hopes of a first british winner of the giro d'italia are effectively over after a crash on today's ninth stage. team sky's geraint thomas and orica—scott's adam yates were caught up in a collision with a stationary police motorbike on the roadside nine miles from the finish. they were second and third overall at the start of the day, but they now trail the stage winner and new overall leader, colombia's nairo quitana, by five minutes. the race finishes in milan in a fortnight. olympic showjumping champion nick skelton says he's proud of what he's achieved in showjumping after formally bowing out from the sport at the royal wind

monk, who was previously in charge at swansea, said he had seen himself being at leeds for "many years the first leg of the scottish premiership play off between dundee united and hamilton was goaless at tannadice this evening. but there was still plenty of drama. hamilton, who finished second bottom of the premiership, had the better of the first half and could have scored but the home side rallied in the second. dundee united ended the season second in the champiuonship, and their striker simon murray was sent off near the end for a second booking for diving. clubs can appeal against bookings for simulation so murray could still play in the second leg which takes place on sunday. after the departure of pablo zabaleta from manchester city, four more senior players are to leave this summer. gael clichy, bacary sagna, willy caballero and jesus navas will all leave as free agents. navas signed for city from sevilla in 2013 and made 123 premier league appearances for the club. he's been linked with a move back to the spanish side. there's been no news yet about midfielder yaya toure‘s fut

they were going to get the train home, and have me meet them in leeds. pick them up, and i'm just so glad i was there to get them. you know, what's going around in our head now is what if. and it shouldn't be like that, but it is, unfortunately. imran, what did your partner say she experienced when she was rushing out? what was it like, what was the explosion like from her perspective? she just said she just heard this bang, and she just literally grabbed hold of my daughter's hand and just run down the stairs. that's it, that's all she said. she was literally feet away from me. she got to the top of the stairs, where the exit was, and the explosion happened. and we just heard one explosion. definitely, definitely heard one explosion. and, like i say, i were — from when the explosion, and when she heard it, to getting in my car, it were seconds. because i was parked literally ten foot from the exit, from the door, on the old bridge street drive, right, parked across the road from the door. so there were — you know, she didn't have time to react. she lite

elsewhere in the challenge cup, there were no surprises as leeds rhinos thrashed championship side barrowan warriors. and in the last half hour, the draw for the quarter finals has been made. the pick of the ties sees warrington host wigan. featherstone, who will be playing in their first quarter final for 20 years, have been rewarded with a tie away at leeds. salford host wakefield, while holders hull take on castleford. hopes of a first british winner of the giro d'italia are effectively over after a crash on today's ninth stage. team sky's geraint thomas and orica—scott‘s adam yates

nicola adams faces her first home fight in the city of leeds forward 20 years.nder half her own age. it will be the first time she's fought over for three—minute rounds. we'll finish the programme today with some breaking news. literally, news about breaking. there is to be an exhibition event at the 2018 youth olympics in argentina. and in attempting to find the best b—boy and b—girl... their uk championships labels itself the country's biggest hip—hop dance party. it is amazing dancing and tricks, it is the place to be. the best in the world. it gets better every year, the vibes, the positivity, the people. such a good impact on the younger generation. it was one of the toughest events that you can win. and add it as a strike on your shoulder. you just need to be entertaining. and if you'd like to see more, head to bbc three to watch break like a girl — a feature about roxy and how breaking saved her life. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. some breaking news first from the united states, from seattle in

these people are members of leeds' muslim youth group.ion. for me, as a muslim, i feel outraged that someone would use the name of my religion to justify carrying out these acts. this is spreading and doesn't look like stopping any time soon, which is scary for all of us, muslims and non—muslims. people are finding it very hard to accept that these people who are self—professed muslims had nothing to do with this. when people seem to see a pattern in particular community of faith, it can appear that that faith is driving them. for at least the last decade, social scientists and psychiatrists have tried to understand why a small number of british—born muslims express themselves violence. we know that in migrants and their children, they have all sorts of difficulties, including mental illness. social isolation is a factor, youth is a factor, depressive thinking, pessimism, lack of empowerment and control. but while academia continues to research the phenomenon, the nation must rely on community and religious leaders to fight back against t

garry monk has resigned from leeds. we will have more on those stories on the bbc sport website.our top story of the day. the queen has been visiting a hospital where staff battled to save the lives of children caught up in the manchester arena suicide bomb. she also met some of the young victims of the attack. 12 of the 64 casualties were under the age of 16. one of the survivors that the queen met was millie robson who suffered injuries to her leg. she and her pa rents injuries to her leg. she and her parents spoke to reporters about monday's atrocity. i had ihada i had a few holes in my legs and a cut on my eye and a cut there. compared to other people, i am quite lucky really. where were you when it happened? i was in the foyer of -- and walking out to meet my dad. he was picking me and my friend up. it went off behind us. what do you remember hearing? the explosion and my ears were ringing for ages. people were screaming and things like that is. must have been really scary. it was quite scary but you have to just get through. what did you do straight after that? my dad ran o

he guided leeds to seventh in the table, missing out on the championship play—offs.to stay after a change of ownership. the chelsea ladies manager emma hayes has hit out at the fa, saying women's football is seen as a "mere afterthought". she believes officials do not have the right training 01’ experience to run games. the fa say they are investing record amounts in the woemn‘s game to provide education and training for all referees. we've got referees that are coming into the women's game with zero training and development. they are paid training and development. they are pa id less training and development. they are paid less than half what they would be if they were refereeing a conference game. in addition to that there is no understanding that the massive style differences in the women's game. so there are massive concerns across the board and ultimately i don't think they have been addressed since four years that the wsl has been running. staying with the women's game because scotland have suffered a major injury blow ahead of the euros this summer. kim little

here in leeds, the university union is trying to change that.t students, upon registering for their course at university, also have the option to register to vote, so all the details they put in will be sent on by the university to the council. and then they will be automatically registered without having to do anything else. as with so many things, lessons can be learned from those with a little more life experience. and are you registered to vote? i am, always vote, yeah. certainly am, yes. yes. this is old pool bank village hall where each and every member of the dance group that meets here is not only registered to vote but really can‘t understand why anyone wouldn‘t be. i fought for this country in the second world war so i think you should do, to get everything sorted out. i wouldn't like to miss it really, especially this year, because it's very important, what's going on. and for the young people, they should vote as well, because it's their future, isn't it? it's not really difficult. in fact it's very easy. only takes two minutes onlin

twelve years ago, the bombers were led by a gang who grew up in the beeston area of leeds. has been there to gauge the response to what's happened in manchester. what have you been doing since 77? why do we have another terrorist attack in the uk after 12 years? this man was related to mohammed sadiq khan, one of the ringleaders who left the city of leeds to plant death and destruction in london on the 7th ofjuly 2000 and five. yellow market is a critical point,... he showed us ask new —— he he asked us not to show his face. these people are members of the leads muslim youth group. they offer volu nta ry leads muslim youth group. they offer voluntary service to the community and believe their faith voluntary service to the community and believe theirfaith inspires their action. for me, as a muslim, i feel outraged that someone could use the name of my religion to justify carrying out these acts. this is spreading and doesn't look like stopping any time soon, which is scary for all of us, muslim and non—moslem. scary for all of us, muslim and non-moslem. people are finding i

i'm looking forward to changing it in leeds and making it around.e have been three races so far and i haven't got any point in any of them, because i missed the first two in injury —— with injury and in yokohama, i crashed, so no room for error and every ra ce crashed, so no room for error and every race i do, i got to get points, come top three to have a chance of becoming world champion. it means leeds is very important. chance of becoming world champion. it means leeds is very importantm has been a busy few minutes at sta mford has been a busy few minutes at stamford bridge, it is their 1—1, etienne capoue has equalised for the visitors. i will keep you up—to—date with that through the evening, that's all the sport for now. on his first day as french president, emmanuel macron has appointed a prime minister from outside his political party — edouard philippe of the centre—right republican party. he's also travelled to germany, where he's meeting with chancellor angela merkel. the two leaders said they would continue to build on their alliance at

yes, we are back in leeds now. we drove to the event. to my daughter and said ron, and there were obviously hundreds of people screaming and running. it was just... again, they were running down the stairs and train to get out andi down the stairs and train to get out and i looked behind me and i couldn't see my girlfriend, because they were that many people just screaming and as we got outside and across the street, we were looking back, and luckily she was ringing me asi back, and luckily she was ringing me as i pulled my phone, and she came across and we walked back up to where we parked the car. and your daughter, i am where we parked the car. and your daughter, iam not where we parked the car. and your daughter, i am not sure how old she is, that she must be a huge fan of ariana grande, but she must now be very shaken to what has happened. how do you even come to terms explain what did happen? yes, i mean, she is a massive fan. she has loved her for years. she mean, she is a massive fan. she has loved herfor years. she was really ex

he guided leeds to seventh in the table, missing out on the championship play—offs.e held in manchester since the attack on monday night. there has been increased security at the academy stadium. the game between the top two of the last wsl season was delayed by 15 minutes. that was because of traffic in the area. city are1—0 that was because of traffic in the area. city are 1—0 up. if it stays like that manchester city will go level on points with liverpool ladies at the top of the table. staying with the women's game, scotland have suffered a major injury blow ahead of the euros this summer. kim little has 117 caps and 46 goals for her country but will miss the tournament after rupturing her anterior cruciate knee ligament in training with her club side arsenal. it's approaching half time in the first leg of the scottish premiership play off between dundee united and hamilton tonight. united of course are looking for promotion while hamilton are trying to avoid relegation to the scottish championship. it's currently goalless at tannadice. wayne rooney says he has "

sophie long, bbc news, leeds.news channel and on bbc one in scotland at 7:30pm with live coverage of the scottish leaders' debate, and we'll be back at 10pm tonight with the latest on the day's campaigning. but for now it's back to clive. onto football now, and in the premier league manchester city and liverpool have secured the last two champions league places, at the expense of arsenal. while chelsea have been crowned premier league champions. today, they beat sunderland 5—1 at stamford bridge, and after more than 700 appearances it was the captainjohn terry's last game for the club. celtic have completed an entire league season unbeaten, the first time that's happened in scotland since the 1890s. today, they won their final game 2—0 against hearts. they finish the season on 106 points, 30 ahead of aberdeen in second place. joe wilson reports. celtic park can seem like its own world, rotating around the scottish premier league, untouchable, invincible. with traditional respect, celtic were applauded onto the pit

they paid tributes there and closer to home in leeds, bass saw england's cricketers paying homage withs silence. increased security there. they're at headingley, as you'd expect, a doll house. a full house. a brilliant partnership between a captain morgan and allee. a brilliant partnership between a captain morgan and ali. he was unbeaten. this serves as preparations for both sides ahead of the icc champion. 38-1. let's 38—1. let's get back to the match in stockholm, the europa league final and let's see if we do get team news there. jose mourinho has been tinkering with the squad for weeks, how will they line up? both teams have announced their starting 11 is here. here is the manchester united line—up. romero in goal, blind, wayne rooney, he will start on the bench. kick—off at 7:45pm. it will be significant both on and off the pitch for manchester united. remember, you can follow that on radio five live. that's it from sportsday. we will leave you with some of those tributes, messages of support, solidarity and condolence for manchester from within the sport. 26 degrees and temperat

sophie long, bbc news, leeds. five minutes until the party leaders debate in edinburgh.eporter andrew black who's in the spin room in mansfield traquair, here in edinburgh, where the debate is about to get under way. just a few minutes until the debate starts. we a re just a few minutes until the debate starts. we are expecting a lot of issues tonight, brexit and independents to name a few. i'm joined exactly by the person you would want to be joined joined exactly by the person you would want to bejoined by, professorjohn curtis of strathclyde university. we've talked a lot about brexit and independents, is that what it will come down to in this campaign? ever since the independence referendum of 2014, the question of how scotland should be governed has been the central issue of scottish politics, and it's been theissue of scottish politics, and it's been the issue above all that has divided voters. if we look at what happened two years ago when the snp got 50% the vote north of the border, 90% of people who voted yes in 2014 reaffirmed their vote on that occasion by vo

he was appointed last summer and guided leeds to seventh in the table.out of owner massimo cellino this week. the club says it's shocked and disappointed. manchester united have dedicated their win over ajax in the europa league final to the victims of monday night's attack. the club has also made a joint pledge with manchester city of £1 million to the we love manchester emergency fund. the team had also paid tribute last night with a minute's silence before kick—off as a mark of respect. paul pogba gave united the lead with within the first 20 minutes. henrik mikataryan added the second after the break. it means united qualify for next season's champions league. european sprint champion asha philip says people ‘mustn't live in fear‘ as she prepares to race in manchester tomorrow. philip who won gold over 60 metres at the european indoor championships in march, will run the 100 metres at the great citygames, in the city centre. manchester needs a light to guide them out of this big dark cloud at the moment and to have an event like this, they do not wan

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the same that happened in leeds. we feared losing it. come in through this way. hello.the people were inspired and did not want it to close and become a museum. inspired and did not want it to close and become a museumm inspired and did not want it to close and become a museum. it was a team effort. we were supported. close and become a museum. it was a team effort. we were supportedm newcastle, the community came together when the threat of closure turned into reality. when we heard that the turkish baths were going to close, i cannot tell you the reaction. it has been used by generations before me. i thought that future generations would want to use it. it would be so sad if it closed. after a £5 million redevelopment by a charity, this place will reopen next year. britain has lost just over place will reopen next year. britain has lostjust over half of its historic pools. campaigns like these arejust a race historic pools. campaigns like these are just a race against time. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has changed his explanation about why h

from behind to beat yorkshire carnegie 29—18 in the first leg of their championship play—off final in leedsof the second half as the exiles overturned a 15—13 first half deficit with tommy bell kicking three second half penalties to give them a 29—18 victory. the second leg will be played next wednesday. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the rome masters. juan martin del potro beat him in staright sets. beat him in straight sets. the british number two fought back to 5—5 in the opener but was broken again by the 2009 us open champion and lost the first set 7—5. the argentinian is back up to 34th in the world rankings after a couple of injury setbacks and took the second set 6—4. del potro will face kei nishikori in the third round. after an impressive time trial yesterday, geraint thomas lost ground on the main contenders for the giro d'italia on stage 11 today. the welshman is down to 14th after being dropped on the final climb of the day as 0mar fraile picked up his maiden grand tour victory into bagno di romagna. holland's tom dumoulin continues to lead by over two minutes. some of eng

also lost, wendy fawell from leeds, a mum and a school helper, said to have touched the lives of so manyhed the lives of so many. wendy and her friend had touched the lives of so many. wendy and herfriend had been together collecting their children from the concert. injured herself, caroline remembers being frantic with worry. ican remembers being frantic with worry. i can see anyone anywhere, i heard a policeman get me to stand up, he asked me if i could walk. my phone rang and rang and rang. 17-year-old chloe rutherford from south shields was studying music. she was at the show with her boyfriend, liam curry. 19—year—old liam lost his father to cancer earlier this year. he and chloe were young sweethearts, described as inseparable. their families say the teenagers' wings we re families say the teenagers' wings were ready but their hearts are not. and elaine mciver, a police officer who loved music and had gone to the concert on her night of duty. flowers have been laid at cheshire police headquarters for elaine, who started as a volunteer special co nsta ble started as a volunteer spec

customers at a pioneering project in leeds restore food others have thrown out.top it. we cannot wait another generation. it is destroying the planet. so much produce is being thrown away. it is nonsense. mps also say we need tougher food waste targets and that we need to learn to love our wonky veg. claire marshall, bbc news. a woman who was shot by police and wounded during a counter—terrorism operation in north—west london last week, has now been arrested after she was discharged from hospital. dorset police have begun a murder investigation, after a man was shot dead at his home in the early hours of the morning. officers had responded to reports of intruders at the property, in st ives near ringwood. the victim, who was in his 60's died in hospital. don't forget you can get in touch with me to discuss any of the stories we've been covering here via twitter. time to tell you what's happening in sport with sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: chelsea move a step closer to the english premier leag

olympic champion nicola adams will face mexico's maryan salazar in herfirst fight in her home city of leedse adams‘ second professional contest, against a woman just over half her age, and will be the first time she's fought over four three—minute rounds, rather than the conventional two—minute rounds in women's bouts. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood, and laura perrins, co—editor of the conservative woman. great to see you both. let's look at the front pages. the metro leads with the death of an 11—year—old girl after falling from a ride at drayton manor theme park in staffordshire. ‘millions to miss out out on full state pension‘ is the headline on the i. the ft reports theresa may's manifesto chief held talks with ed miliband's former policy guru, in a bid to appeal to labour supporters. the daily telegraph claims a number of labourmps are considering forming a breakaway group after the election. the express leads on the medical r

the shadow cabinet‘s richard burgen joins us from leeds.ntial" or "classified". apparently we can, though. did donald trump compromise a key intelligence source, by giving the russian foreign minister secret intelligence about islamic state? is this one too far even for the donald or is he another teflon president that nothing sticks to. and we go to durham to examine the new divide — educated remainers versus working class brexiteers. i don‘t think our values are under threat, as much as we just need

but the game of the day could well be castleford versus leeds, that's first versus fourth...on five live sports extra and the bbc sport website. scotland have successfully defended their title, beating new zealand for their title, beating new zealand for the first time in their history. they came from behind in the final to work on 12—7. it was scotland's first world series win of the season. the moto gp circuit is in le mans this weekend for the french grand prix. but it hasn't gone well for valentino rossi who threw away victory and his championship lead after crashing on the final lap... the seven time world champion was battling with maverick vinales before an error handed the win to his yamaha team—mate just a few corners from the chequered flag. vinales now lea pfrogs rossi at the top of the standings. britain's cal crutchlow finished fifth. meanwhile in the junior category — moto3 — there was an extraordinary pile—up on the second lap of their race this morning. an earlier crash had led to one of the bikes dropping fluid on the track. and when the riders approached the

that result means leeds are now up to third in the table after they thrashed warrington a0 points towere wins for leaders castleford as well as salford and wakefield trinity. thousands of people turned—out in the centre of manchester to watch some of britain's best athletes compete in the great city games... katherine downes was following the action for us. albert square might hear in the heart of manchester, the scene of that emotional vigil on tuesday night. today it was transformed into a sporting arena. they put up a pole vault and this runway right the way down to a sandpit at the end for the long jump. we have seen some fantastic sporting performances over the afternoon, all started off with holly bradshaw in the pole vault. a great performance from the british champion. she cleared four metres 80, which is one of the highest jumps in british football history. a great start. then greg rutherford, the london 2012 long jump champion lit up the runway, did not disappoint his fans. a big jump from him. eight metres 18, not bad at all. considering his best ever is 8.52, could be a g

at a college in leeds it was all about lifelong learning.to invest in adult training but, most of all, in schools, paid for by a rise in corporation tax. we have a problem in britain, we have not invested enough in manufacturing industry, we have not invested enough in infrastructure, we have not invested enough in the skilled workers, engineers, scientists and teachers of tomorrow. we are determined to turn that round. labour promises for england include extra money each year for schools, reaching 4.8 billion by 2022, almost a 10% increase on current spending. 1.5 billion extra for adult skills training, and no school losing under a funding formula to share out money across england. a promise matched by the lib dems. the party also says it would spend 5.8 billion extra on schools in england over the next four years, and more for poorer pupils. 660 million on further education. the lib dems suggested they would also raise taxes on businesses. two thirds of schools, it now turns out today, are trying to lay off at least one teacher, losing at

sorrell was also 1a and from leeds.her grandmother critically. her sister survived without injury. miohelle kiss was married with three young children. her family issued a statement saying, "family was her life, she has been taken from us in the most traumatic way imaginable." friends lisa lees and alison howe were waiting for their 15—year—old daughters. both girls survived the blast, but their mothers died side—by—side. look into these faces and youth and optimism beam back at you. children, young parents, leading normal, blameless lives. allan little, bbc news. manchester. alison howe and lisa lees lost their lives in the attack. our correspondentjudith moritz has been to royton in oldham, to speak to their friends in the community there. lisa lees and alison howe — mums, friends and a real part of this community. today would have been alison's birthday. she grew up here with schoolmates who became soulmates, after 30 years of friendship. she was just the best one out of us all. she just kept us all grounded. she was

leeds city council spent £90 million on cycle lanes. the roads are a disgrace.way to get around. across the country there is around. across the country there is a real push to improve cycle lanes so we give opportunities to cyclists, for people to be able to do that, but from the nature of your question, you think the roads are in a bad condition and they should have been spending more money on the roads? other stuff. it's a decision for leeds city council as to how they spend their moneyment one of they spend their moneyment one of the things we've done as a government to make some money available for councils for doing things like dealing with potholes, repairing hot holes, but we have been putting money in for big infrastructure projects on roads and railand infrastructure projects on roads and rail and certainly across the north of england there is significant amounts have been and will continue to be put into that, but for local roads and the condition of local roads, it will be for the council to determine where the balance of its spending will be, but we

at a college in leeds it was all about lifelong learning.adult training but, most of all, in schools, paid for by a rise in corporation tax. we have a problem in britain, we have not invested enough in manufacturing industry, we have not invested enough in infrastructure, we have not invested enough in the skilled workers, engineers, scientists and teachers of tomorrow. we are determined to turn that round. labour promises for england include extra money each year for schools, reaching £4.8 billion by 2022, almost a 10% increase on current spending. £1.5 billion extra for adult skills training, and no school losing under a funding formula to share out money across england. a promise matched by the lib dems. the party also says it would spend £5.8 billion extra on schools in england over the next four years, and more for poorer pupils. £660 million on further education. the lib dems suggested they would also raise taxes on businesses. two thirds of schools, it now turns out today, are trying to lay off at least one teacher, losing at least on

leeds bradford airport has re—opened after police carried out a controlled explosion on a suspiciouswere diverted, and departing flights were delayed, while the item was dealt with after eight o'clock last night. police say the incident is not believed to have been malicious or terror—related. nursing leaders, who are currently considering strike action, have warned that the nhs in england is ‘dangerously‘ short of the nurses it needs. the rcn union blames the situation on stress and pay, but the conservatives say that whilst they've been in government, the number of nurses has risen. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. staff under pressure. the nurses‘ union says it has uncovered a level of nhs vacancies it describes as dangerous. the rcn asked nhs trusts in england for the so—called establishment figures, the level of staffing officially considered the right number for patients. the union calculated that 11% of nursing post are unfilled. and around the uk, four out of five nursing directors say their hospital relies on goodwill to keep running. what we are finding is the

here in leeds, the university union is trying to change that.r the union is working with the university to ensure that students, upon registering for their course for university also have the option to register to vote. so all the details they put in will be sent off by the university to the council and they will be automatically registered, without having to do anything else. as with so many things, lessons can be learned from those with a little more life experience. and you registered to vote ? experience. and you registered to vote? iam. experience. and you registered to vote? i am. i certainly experience. and you registered to vote? i am. icertainly am, experience. and you registered to vote? i am. i certainly am, yes. yes. this is old pool bank village hall. each member of the group which met here is not only registered to vote. they really can't understand why anyone wouldn't be. vote. they really can't understand why anyone wouldn't belj vote. they really can't understand why anyone wouldn't be. i fought for this country in the second wo

the latest victim before michelle was surrounded the kosky from leeds.2—year—old kelly brewster from sheffield, and 15—year—old olivia campbell, who beat focused a lot on our programmes yesterday. you might have seen the pictures of her mother desperately appealing for information. sadly, she is one of the victims. eight—year—old saffie roussos, described by her headteacher to date as simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word. as we get more details about the people who were killed, what is quite obvious is that some of them are young victims, but also some were parents who were waiting to collect their children. goodness knows what their children must have gone through on the night. little saffie roussos had gone with her mother to dance to her pop idol. she became the youngest known victim of the arena attack. the eight—year—old's death has hit her community hard. parents holding their children close and mound of flowers and tributes at her family's fish and chip shop, continuing to grow. saffie was a pupil at a village primary school

city council did a fantastic job of leeds city council did a fantasticjob in of leeds city council didn it and to my colleagues hilary benn and richard burgen brilliant mps, thank you for coming along this morning. and i'm delighted to be speaking alongside angela reigner our next education secretary. they're brilliant individuals, they've done a fantasticjob in what has turned out to be a very short parliament, but there is an advantage in that, it gets them round the cabinet table a bit quicker than it would otherwise have taken so i'm looking forward to you doing those jobs in government. you'll hearfrom forward to you doing those jobs in government. you'll hear from angela shortly about our detailed plans for education, training and skills. there are four weeks left of this gaeks campaign and i hope every one of you in this room is registered to vote and every student is registered to vote. use your democratic right. a positive message which we're going to ta ke a positive message which we're going to take across the country is simply this — that we want to see a better country. a

she beat mexico's maryan salazar with a third round stoppage in her home town of leeds.he overall lead going through to the quarter—finals after a dominant win at thejungle castle. they ran in ten tries to win 53- castle. they ran in ten tries to win 53— ten, including a hat—trick. quite a 53— ten, including a hat—trick. quitea margin, 53— ten, including a hat—trick. quite a margin, isn't it? castleford at the top of super league what a win it is for them. don't go too far. i want to learn about your favourite thing ever... a lewd. absolutely glued. this is not richards favourite subject, eurovision. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time in the history of the competition. salvador sobral, who is awaiting a heart transplant, lifted the trophy after winning over both the internationaljuries, and the tv viewers. the uk's luciejones delivered the country's best result in six years, as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. he could not believe it. but salvador sobral had just won eurovision. his victory is portugal's first in the contest after 4

sorrell was also 14 and from leeds.r grandmother critically. her sister survived without injury. marcin klis was married with three young children. herfamily issued a statement saying, family was her life, she has been taken from us in the most traumatic way imaginable. friends lisa lees and allison howe were waiting for their 15—year—old daughters. both girls survived the blast but their mothers died side—by—side. look into these faces and youth and optimism beam back at you. children, young parents, leading normal, blameless lives. alan little, bbc news. as we have been hearing kelly brewster died while reportedly shelling her knees. we have more details. slc on a night out in manchester. clearly enjoying a few hours together while their daughters we re hours together while their daughters were at a pop concert. the family we re were at a pop concert. the family were to meet after the concert had finished but they never did. amongst the chaotic scenes in the hours following the tragedy, there 19—year—old daughter made

elsewhere in the challenge cup, there were no surprises as leeds rhinos thrashed championship side barrows sees warrington host wigan, featherstone will be playing in their first quarter final for 20 years and have been rewarded with a tie away to leeds, salford host wakefield while hull take on castleford. hopes of a first british winner of the giro d'italia are effectively over after a crash on today's ninth stage. team sky's geraint thomas and 0rica—scott‘s adam yates were caught up in a collision with a stationary police motorbike on the roadside nine miles from the finish. they were second and third overall at the start of the day, but they now trail the stage winner and new overall leader colombia's nairo quitana by five minutes. the race finishes in milan in a fortnight. that's all of the sport for now, spurs leading manchester united by 2-0. spurs leading manchester united by 2—0. that's over and bbc radio five live. time now for the film review, with mark kermode and jane hill. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. mark kermode is with us as ever to take us through al

leeds united manager garry monk has resigned after less than a year in charge will stop he guided leedss. he had been expected to sign a new deal following a change of ownership of the club says it is shocked and disappointed he has left. the european indoors went champion asha philip says people mustn't live in fear. she was going to be one of the stars on show in manchester centre tomorrow evening. the great city games brings athletics to the streets and she will run the 100 metres down one of the main thoroughfares in the city. manchester i believe need a big light into this dark cloud they are in at the moment. to have an event like this will hopefully bring that out in them. they don't want to be in their houses, i don't want to leave, you just want to go out and enjoy your time. it is after work, after school, on the way home, it is the middle of a street so it is something you can just do when you are passing. to perform here in front of everyone is not like a tribute, it is more that we can stand up to this and still enjoy our lives. formula 1 championship leader year linda seba

we've had some pretty impressive pictures of torrential downpours like this photo from leeds.ncashire into west yorkshire. the thunderstorms with northward. we could see some flash flooding, some hail with gusty winds. treacherous driving conditions do take care. southern scotland, we could see some thunderstorms pushing into the glasgow area, affecting the fa cup hampden park. —— at hampden park. a warm and humid feel to things. slightly cooler in western wales and in the far south. temperatures likely to reach 20 celsius. temperatures falling away a little bit as we head into this early part of the evening for the fa cup final. it should stay dry. thunderstorms across the north rattling on. it will fizzle out overnight with some cloud. heavy in scotland. further south, is going to be fine and dry with some clear spells. not as warm and muggy as it has been. to the south of the country, we will see an area of showers and thunderstorms working their way northwards. temperature wise, mid 20s possibly across the south—east with a cooler, fresher feel. interbank holiday monday, f

leeds bradford airport has re—opened after police carried out a controlled explosion on a suspiciousm was dealt with after eight o'clock last night. police say the incident is not believed to have been malicious or terror—related. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time in the history of the competition. salvador sobral, who is awaiting a heart transplant, lifted the trophy after winning over both the internationaljuries, and the tv viewers. the uk's lucie jones delivered the country's best result in six years, as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. he could not believe it. but salvador sobral had just won eurovision. his victory is portugal's first in the contest after 49 attempts. as for the song, amar pelos dois, his sister wrote it and it is very un—eurovision. no gimmicks, no video screens. just a melancholic melody and his charisma and charm. bulgaria came second. portuguese eurovision fans have been waiting for this moment for such a long time. they had grown so used to losing that winning sparked plenty of emotion. amazing. it will be amazing. i

customers at a pioneering project in leeds browse food others have thrown out.ive every day. adam smith is the founder. we have to stop it. we cannot wait another generation. it is destroying the planet. so much produce is being thrown away. just for a day. it's nonsense. mps also say we need tougher food waste targets and that we need to learn to love our wonky veg. claire marshall, bbc news. now on bbc news, time, for a special look at india's future with india's millenials. india's millennial generation. over 65% of this vast country's population are under 35. they are tech—savvy, mobile, and better educated than their parents and their grandparents. in 2004, the bbc met a group of children in mumbai who encapsulate generation y. they came from a variety of backgrounds, but they all had one thing in common: their hopes and dreams. together: namaste. we've returned to see how life has changed for them. have their expectations been met, or have their lives taken them in directions they could never have dreamed of? spruha, gaurav and madhavi are watching the ori

she beat mexico's maryan salazar with a third round stoppage in her home town of leeds.t. britain's geraint thomas remains six seconds off the overall lead at the giro d'italia. yesterday's eighth stage saw a first win at a grand tour for spaniard gorka izagirre. luxembourg's bobjungels retains the overall leader's pinkjersey ahead of thomas and fellow briton adam yates in third. is still a long way to go, however. it finishes in a fortnight in the line and they return to the mountains tomorrow. it is hard work just watching it. did you watch eurovision? i want to say yes, but no, idid eurovision? i want to say yes, but no, i did not. is that allowed? yes, thatis no, i did not. is that allowed? yes, that is fine. thank you very much, richard. the majority of nhs trusts in england and scotland are getting back to normal, following friday's cyber attack which hit computer systems in around a 100 countries. systems in around 100 countries. questions have been asked about how up today the nhs‘s systems are. let's speak to ben heather from the publication ‘health service jour