michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.eeds to. it follows a significant defeat for his ruling alliance in yesterday's european elections — with france's far—right national rally party securing an overwhelming victory for seats in the european parliament. president macron's decision to go to the polls after such a stinging result is being seen as a huge gamble by some, as he risks becoming a lame duck president if he loses. nick beake reports from the town of coulommiers, east of paris. emmanuel macron visited the site of one of the worst nazi massacres in france, perpetrated 80 years ago today. he's been drawing on the past to highlight what he claims is the current threat confronting the country — from the far—right. in the face of his opponents' success this weekend, the president has taken an almighty gamble in calling a snap election. a0 miles outside paris, this is coulommiers, the land of cheesemaking, where support for macron has crumbled. the members of the monday club said they hadn't veered to the right. but then

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.l debate programme on a range of issues — from how to tackle the cost of living crisis — to the problems faced by the nhs — as well as scottish independence. 0ur scotland editor james cook was watching. 60 minutes, five party leaders, one general election that could change the country. and three big topics. first, the economy. what worries me about what lies ahead is that there is the threat of more spending cuts. anas is not being straight with us. lam being i am being straight with you. there is going to be £18 billion of public spending cuts and we have had enough austerity from the tories. we don't want it imposed on us by any incoming labour government. let me be straight| with you, john, let me be straight with the public as well, i we will raise revenue and we _ will raise revenue by a windfall tax on the oil and gas giants which - would raise £10 billion, - a measure that you oppose. read my lips, no- austerity under labour. i have seen poverty, i've never seen anything like th

london academy is a small primary school in a relatively deprived area of telford.ills means the school has to teach makaton — a basic form of sign language. but that's not all. we have intimate care plans for a number of our children. we change the children. we also try and teach them how to go to the toilet, as well — so we try to do some of that potty training — but we do have children still in nappies in our early years environment. last september, of the 27 children who joined london academy's reception class, eight were in nappies. louise says her son wasn't potty trained when he started school. he was quite late in everything, really! he wasn't ready, so... and then we felt when he was ready, then school helped with that. had you tried to get him toilet trained before he came to school? i had, yeah, and he — there wasjust no interest at all from him to try that. the parents have nothing but praise for the school, but a chat with them reveals why schools increasingly struggle to focus solely on educating children. my eldest daughter, i've just — i've pulled he

telford, like britain, dementia needs. telford, like britain. is _ dementia needs.nty of analysis, head to the bbc website and the bbc news app. the uk's unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for 2.5 years. the office for national statistics puts the figure at ll.1l% for february to april this year, slightly up from the previous three months. let's talk to our business correspondent andy verity who is here in the studio with me. andy, how surprised are you? studio with me. andy, how surprised are ou? ~ . , , , are you? well, a little surprised. the consensus _ are you? well, a little surprised. the consensus among _ are you? well, a little surprised. l the consensus among economists are you? well, a little surprised. i the consensus among economists is that unemployment would stay the same at ll.3%, and that earnings, wage growth, was going to pick up. instead, the opposite happened. wage growth slowed to be same and unemployment ticked up, which we can add to many other signs we have had over the last year or so. ll.1l% is not a very high rate historical

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford. kits may be cheaper — but buying them supports crime and may help to fund terrorism and child exploitation. jess lane has the story. with the euros kicking off on friday, expect to see a lot more football shirts in the next few weeks. but how many will be official replicas and how many fakes? one fan says his family will be totally kitted out in counterfeit goods. i can get basically shirts for all four of my children for the cost of one shirt legitimately. there are children who are demanding, and parents are under a lot of pressure. i'm fortunate to be in a position where i can even afford the copies. i know there are people now who unfortunately are probably struggling even to buy those because money is so tight. research shows that trade in counterfeit strips cost nike, who make the england kit almost £3 billion in revenue each year. so why are people turning to fakes? the official replica scotland shirt costs £75 and it's £85 for the england top. consumer group, which says it's u

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.icrochipped. the new law applies to all cats that are 20 weeks old or more. the latest figures from the cats protection charity suggests nearly 2 million in england don't already have the chips. our reporter dave guest has more. princess is about to be microchipped. it's quick — no more painful than an injection — and it means that in future, no matter where she may wander, she could always be reunited with her owner. microchipping is the quickest and most efficient way in reuniting cats with their owners if they become lost or stolen or injured. obviously, we always hope that the worst won't happen to our cats, but sadly, sometimes it does. well, princess seems none the worst for having been chipped, in fact, the cats don't feel it at all. this is the microchip that is injected into them. the details are then logged onto a national database, and if ever you need to find a cat's details, you simply go onto one of these websites, put in the number, and there you go. of course, the thing

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.levels are high across wales and also southern england, moderate for northern ireland and the rest of england, and low across scotland. what's happening today with the weather is we still have this northerly flow still accentuating the cool feel that we've had in the last few days. but a ridge of high pressure building in from the west will mean that a lot of the showers that we've started with in the west will tend to fade through the day. but, at the same time, the clouds going to spread out he and a lot of the showers will be across central and eastern areas. again, there will be a little bit of sunshine here and there, but there'll be more cloud than sunshine into the afternoon for many. temperatures, 10 to 17 degrees. feeling cool, especially if you're exposed to that breeze. now, through this evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade, but we still have a fair bit of cloud around producing a few showers in eastern england. clearer skies in the west means here it's goin

the court in telford was officially listed as part of shrewsbury crown court, leading to people going to the wrong town for their cases. when a prosecuting barristerfailed to appear in one case, another barrister agreed to step in, and told thejudge, i literally barrister agreed to step in, and told the judge, i literally have barrister agreed to step in, and told thejudge, i literally have no idea what this case is about. justice in this area at the moment is scandalous. there is no swifter justice at all. i don't believe there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there is enough judges, there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there's enough courtrooms. a lot of the magistrates courts were being closed for a number of years. there is lot of people leaving the profession, they will not stay. the pressure is too high. it will not stay. the pressure is too hiuh. , will not stay. the pressure is too hih, , . ., , , . will not stay. the pressure is too hiuh. , high. it is crosscutting, in my opinion- _ opinion. the west murcia area which covers telford ha

it was janet from telford who asked the l janet from telford who asked the question and when he saidersus future formulation — you have to do a past versus future formulation. because the past inevitably is good to be tricky because _ inevitably is good to be tricky because the parties been in power for a _ because the parties been in power for a long — because the parties been in power for a long time and you can be held to account — for a long time and you can be held to account for stuff you're thinking was not _ to account for stuff you're thinking was not your fault but i would have to defend _ was not your fault but i would have to defend it anyway because it was down _ to defend it anyway because it was down by _ to defend it anyway because it was down by conservative government or whatever _ down by conservative government or whatever. and you try and do, which is what _ whatever. and you try and do, which is what they— whatever. and you try and do, which is what they try to do is set out a kind _ is what they try to do is set out a kind of— is what they try to do is set out

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.the report is a future labour government would promise to establish 80 new rate courts in england and wales as part of wide ranging plans to tackle violence against women and girls. they say the policy is expected to be unveiled on the party manifesto next week, as we have mentioned, we expect to see the manifestoes unveiled from all parties. the sunday express _ unveiled from all parties. tie: sunday express reports on a quote 6—year master plan from a reform party leader nigel farage to in his words reshape politics and carry out what the paper calls a hostile takeover of the conservatives. the meal -- male _ takeover of the conservatives. the meal —— male leads with the search for former broadcaster michael mosley, it reports rescuers are focusing on a dangerous cave complex known as the abyss and we willjoin our correspondence live on the ireland later this morning. the mirror focuses _ ireland later this morning. the mirror focuses on _ ireland later this morning. tie: mirror focu

telford — like britain — is both growing and ageing.telford. let's have a look at today's papers. several of the front pages focus on the conservative manifesto launch. the times reports that the party will pledge to help first time buyers, workers, parents and pensioners by putting tax cuts at the heart of its offer to voters. we will be asking how possible that might be. the mirror focuses on a pledge from labour to improve children's health. we will also be talking about this. it says the party will introduce a ban on the sale of some energy drinks to under 16s, and create thousands more dental appointments for youngsters. the mail leads with the conviction of two 12—year—old boys for murder in an unprovoked attack using a 16—inch machete in wolverhampton last year. the pair, who cannot be named, are believed to be the youngest convicted of the crime since james bulger�*s killers were detained back in 1993. and elsewhere, 2a hours after scotland arrived in germany for the euros, the guardian features an image of england stars trent a

michael buchanan has been to telford, which currently has some of buchanan has been to telford, whichces and took over. i've had two children since that case. it i've had two children since that case. ., , , i've had two children since that case, ., , , ., case. it was listed on three separate — case. it was listed on three separate occasions, - case. it was listed on three separate occasions, and i case. it was listed on three separate occasions, and ifl case. it was listed on three - separate occasions, and if convicted he could face five years in prison. i have been saying to my kids, just in case i get sent down or whatever, i prepared them a few times now. and it has just got put back and got back. barristers have failed to turn up back. barristers have failed to turn up for some. my co—defendant�*s solicitor, they failed to turn up, solicitor, they failed to turn up, so they could not go ahead with the trial. in so they could not go ahead with the trial. �* , so they could not go ahead with the trial. . , , ., , ., trial. in april, five years after he was charged. — trial. in ap

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford.he hasjust concluded his he has just concluded his visit to cairo and has flown to israel and is expected to be landing at the moment in israel. an official statement, fearing the meeting, the egyptian president said they had discussed the efforts to secure a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages between hamas and israel and they will continue to discuss this and develop these efforts, but at the airport, at cairo airport before he takes his plane to israel, antony blinken made clear the following. he threw the ball into her mass —— hamas�* court, and said if you want stability in the region, say yes, referring to the region, say yes, referring to the offer made by president biden two weeks ago. if you need to have the prisoners and hostages home, please push hamas to say yes, if you want the hostages home, push hamas, if you want to see the conflict not spread in the region, press hamas to say yes, meaning he seemed to be blaming hamas for what can be called the deadlock, the failure

michael buchanan, bbc news, telford., jon- i was — what do you expect? hello, sally, jon. i was listening _ what do you expect? hello, sally, jon. i was listening to _ what do you expect? hello, sally, jon. i was listening to the - what do you expect? hello, sally, j jon. i was listening to the weather a few minutes ago and it made me think that pretty much ever since rishi sunak walked out of the door of number 10, rishi sunak walked out of the door of number10, to rishi sunak walked out of the door of number 10, to call that election, it must feel to him like it is still raining, it has been raining ever since. what really matters for us, for those of us who have the privilege of having a vote to choose who has power over us, what really matters is what they are going to do our lives, what they are going to do about the issues that people are writing to breakfast and the bbc to show they care about. tonight you get half an hour, one—on—one, no autocue, nobody else in the room, no notes from advisers, no mobile phones,

shrewsbury and telford, with that kind of mindset.te understand how they square the fact that they want to give every child in the country free school meals rich, the ones of billionaires and the ones of people on council, free school meals, however, they want to introduce a wealth tax , which if introduce a wealth tax, which if you look at the countries that have introduced wealth taxes , have introduced wealth taxes, you know, people like finland, iceland, france, luxembourg, they all had to repeal those taxes because what happened was the administrative costs were cost more than the revenue raise. >> the best phrase i heard recently about the greens, because they are so well, they were described as being communist basically. and they said they're watermelons. green on the outside, red on the inside . inside. >> and by the way, pansexuality another person . another person. >> we're going back to manchester, another local is going to tell us who's heartwarming story. another man, white, white, another white man. this is interesting t

due to medical negligence, and whether it was the donna ockenden report or a recent report from the telfordth was pursued at any cost by staff working in that nhs trust, this green policy announcement arguing for less intervention, less help for women and actually arguing that it was because things like caesareans were expensive is disgusting and just shows how little they understand about the actual serious issues facing women who are going through having kids. as i know at the moment, being pregnant again are facing, and it was just quietly taken out. nobody noficed just quietly taken out. nobody noticed anything. and i just wonder what people think about the fact that we talk about the nhs so much and austerity and money into the nhs. this seems to be blaming nhs lack of funding or lack of resources on women , and suggesting that we women, and suggesting that we shouldn't have help during childbirth because what? it's too expensive. renee oh look, i'm going to agree with you 100. >> and as a doctor, obviously i see women that have had the most horrific birth experiences at the hands of th

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