leaders of five parties — but not theresa may orjeremy corbyn — go head to head for the debate on itv nicola sturgeon and tim farron on the breakfast sofa. good morning. it's friday 19th may. also this morning — new figures suggest thousands of police officers across the uk have not had up—to—date background checks to ensure they are suitable to serve. the first uk airport to replace its control tower

if you heard that theresa may orjeremy corbyn was coming to town tomorrow, would you turn out to hearn't turn out to hear them, maybe get a selfie with them or something. but that's about it. join us again when we bring all the fun of the campaign to parts of the country that the election doesn't reach. that's all we have time for, have a good weekend. goodnight. good evening. a lot going on with the weather at the moment. cena bit of sunshine through the day on friday, but also quite a few showers dotted around. it is from one of our weather watchers in the afternoon, in buckinghamshire. we've still got some wet weather out there overnight tonight. this is the satellite sequence tonight. this is the satellite sequence from earlier today. you can see the showers in the southern half of the uk. more persistent rain into northern ireland. wet weather across scotla nd northern ireland. wet weather across scotland and north—east england. staying wet through the small hours of the morning. elsewhere, clear spells developing and scattered showers. a breeze south—west. it will turn quite chi

there will only be two people leading this negotiation, it will be theresa may orjeremy corbyn. negotiationresa may or jeremy corbyn. that is negotiation, it will be theresa may orjeremy corbyn. that is alive. ruth davidson said in an interview, i think the bbc, if she would take pa rt i think the bbc, if she would take part in these negotiations, she said scotland's voice should be represented by the scottish government. the first minister should play her full part. it seems to me ruth davidson started out opposing brexit but then saying we should stay in the single market. now she opposes staying in the single market. she used a sake we should have a seat at the negotiating table and now she has changed her mind. it seems to me ruth davidson does everything theresa may tells her to do, which is why we need strong snp voices at westminster. applause nicola sturgeon says she wants a seat at the brexit table, but she wa nt seat at the brexit table, but she want scotland to be out of the uk and into europe. i asked want scotland to be out of the uk and into europe. iasked myself want scotland

leaders of five parties — but not theresa may orjeremy corbyn — go head—to—head for the debate. food and snacks are in, white bread is cooked. and in sport, leicester are given a caning. they‘re hit for six by tottenham, as harry kane scores four — he‘s now favourite to win the premier league‘s golden boot. # please release me, can‘t you see... # please release me, can‘t you see... and the legend engelbert humperdinck will be here on the sofa celebrating 50 yea rs will be here on the sofa celebrating 50 years since the release of his most famous song. and matt‘s out with the dinosaurs to bring us the weather. iam in i am in amongst the animated dinosaurs here at birmingham‘s botanical garden, some more fearsome than others. the forecast today is better than at the moment, and the weekend has showers to begin with but then dry and warm. all the details can be few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. brexit dominated the televised leaders‘ debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and jeremy corbyn. the itv event saw little disagreement between

who makes the better prime minister, theresa may orjeremy corbyn? about the shifting tide. just before easter the conservatives won the local council seat here for the first time from labour, with an 8% swing. it is even said that theresa may had one look and said we are winning seats in middlesbrough, let's do this. let's go for this election. dance night at the local social club in middlesbrough. voting labour here is in the blood. always vote labour, yes. i have never, ever, not voted labour. many will still vote labour, but there is disillusioned with jeremy corbyn, particularly over brexit. two thirds of people you voted to leave the eu. control your borders, control immigration, that is what i want. control our own laws. jeremy corbyn, i think he is...| laws. jeremy corbyn, i think he is... i don't think he is happy with the brexit. so, to guarantee we do leave the european union, for the first time in their lives, people likejohn first time in their lives, people like john and make first time in their lives, people likejohn and make will vote

theresa may is concerned ? keep it strategy as far as theresa may is concerned? keep it steady. yes, strong and stable, she wants to use that phrase every day and make this all about her orjeremy corbyn you want them, theresa may or jeremy corbyn? liberating herself from david cameron george osborne's ma nifesto from david cameron george osborne's manifesto was one of the main attractions for theresa may of going for this election. she can get through things like the return of grammar schools, she was not going to be able to get that through in the previous parliament. she is going to have permission for these policies. her personal laboratory will be strengthened because this is going to be her victory. when she campaigns she is not campaigning with the conservative banner that just says strong and stable. labour say of this is going to be about personalities then you have jeremy corbyn, a man of principles who does not do as many u—turns, although he has had his share. trying to talk about policies. theresa may is trying to push things into being more of a presidential style election. when we vote for mps we do not pick the person who is prime minister, we picked our local mp, who

who makes the better prime minister, theresa may orjeremy corbyn? i would say that is a no—brainer.cal council seat here for the first time, from labour, with an 8% swing. it is even said that theresa may had one look and said, "we are winning seats in middlesbrough. let's do this, let's go for this election". dance night at the local social club in middlesbrough. voting labour here is in the blood. always vote labour, yes. i have never, ever, not voted labour. many will still vote labour, but there is disillusion with jeremy corbyn, particularly over brexit. two—thirds of people here voted to leave the eu. control your borders, control immigration. that's what i want. control our own laws. jeremy corbyn, i think he's... i don't think he's happy with the brexit. so, to guarantee we do leave the european union, for the first time in their lives, people likejohn and mick will vote conservative. the hardest thing i've had to do in my life. if the labour party told me, "if you vote for us i will execute tomorrow", i would still vote for them. the only thing we don't know is brexit. how

general election in delivering mps to support theresa may, because it's vital that the choice before the british people is over theresa may orjeremy corbyncture hasn't emerged yet. i heard what you said about glasgow and the conservatives moving forward there. there's a ward in barry caddock where we haven't had representation ever before. that was the leader of the council's ward and we have taken a seat there. the leader got back in with just 14 votes. we're succeeding in taking votes from labour, plaid cymru, the liberals across the board. we know what hard work hier in wales and —— work is here in wales. we're prepared to work tirelessly to deliver a majority for theresa may. the consequences if we don't, is a coalition of chaos under jeremy corbyn, the nationalists and the liberals. andrew, thank you very much forjoining us. i'm sorry the picture was slightly breaking up towards the end. we heard every word there. we heard coalition of chaos again tom. we did, even though it's clearly not going to happen and tim farron my party leader has ruled it out. clearly the results from wales for the lib dems are not particularly good. we thi

how worthwhile was that debate without theresa may orjeremy corbyn from the biggest parties?to have a complete brass neck but nicola sturgeon did the right thing and turned up and made the case for scotla nd and turned up and made the case for scotland to have a say in the brexit deal. nicola sturgeon has criticised theresa may for saying she wants a free hand on brexit but surely that is what the snb has been seeking all along for scotland and potentially a second independence referendum —— the snp. you are right that the primers that what is that once the —— the promised want a free hand but it is not ourjob to give her one of ourjobis it is not ourjob to give her one of ourjob is to provide good solid opposition to make sure that ukip don't get to hijack the brexit which they seem to be doing at the minute, and make sure we get a deal that works for all of the uk and in particular from works for all of the uk and in particularfrom our works for all of the uk and in particular from our point of view, for the people of scotland. how concerned are you and your party that the

there is not a remote chance we would be in a coalition either with theresa may orjeremy corbyn.icult for millions the country? that could only come from more effective opposition, which only be lib dems can provide. thank you very much. and later we will talk to diane abbott. a coalition of chaos, they said. we will catch up with the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. we will see a team. —— you at 8am. a report has criticised successive uk governments for not securing compensation for the victims of ira bombings. the gaddafi regime supplied the plastic explosives used in many of the ira bomb attacks, including the 1996 docklands bombing. the report from the northern ireland affairs committee says victims from the uk have been let down, while those from other countries have received millions in compensation as a result of their government's actions. the federation of master builders has called on the next government a 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder by detectives in peckham. the coun

either theresa may is going to be per ministerorjeremy either theresa may is going to be per minister orjeremy corbyn put a penny on each rate of income tax to pay for the nhs and someone. were they to be in a coalition, possibly, with labour ina hung a coalition, possibly, with labour in a hung parliament, then that would become part of the mix. the main contest is between labour and conservative. the 155 assessment do not —— do provide the sort of information bridges need. not —— do provide the sort of information bridges needm not —— do provide the sort of information bridges need. it does pick things for people. especially those of us who find figures difficult to penetrate. definitely. while it should pick things, it probably has kept things quite confused. i'm surprised that labour seem to have got away with this thing thatjeremy seem to have got away with this thing that jeremy corbyn was asked about by andrew neil, the issue of bonds. trying to pretend that is not borrowing. that really is gcse level economics. the jeremy corbyn to try and pull that one is quite disgraceful. i don't know if t

orjeremy corbyn in downing street. i'm sorry that it is likely to be theresa may who is re—elected as prime minister and she is going toection is a straight fight between the snp and the tories, it's really important to re—elect the maximum number of snp mps to westminster to provide the strong voice working as the effective opposition at westminster given the ineffectiveness of the labour party there. you said what you will stop. you're talking about investment, aren't you, you talk about an end to austerity, investing in public services, but can you be clear with me, how will you fund these policies? well, that's a very important question and in the snp ma nifesto important question and in the snp manifesto will be we will be outlining how we plan to do that by a mixture of reprofiling the fiscal plans of the uk and that would be beneficial not just for scotland, but for the rest of the uk. so in effect it's choosing a different repayment path for the national overdraft a nd repayment path for the national overdraft and what that does is that releases £118 billion. we are in favour of abincrease in the upper rate of

theresa may orjeremy tilse and? we are not either of them. we are not exercising a difference between the two —— jeremy corbyn., thank you for your time this morning. we spoke with michael fallon earlier on. we will speak withjohn mcdonnell from the labour party, and we hope to speak to a representative from ukip later this morning. you are watching breakfast on bbc news. our top stories: you are watching breakfast on bbc news. ourtop stories: early you are watching breakfast on bbc news. our top stories: early results from the local elections show the conservatives have made big gains. heavy losses for labour, and ukip has lost all seats so far, while results have been patchy for the lib dems, as you have heard, and counting in scotland will begin later this morning. let's go to sarah, who has been promising sunshine this morning. morning, sarah. good morning. i can promise sunshine for many parts of the country, not everywhere will see it, but many of us certainly have blue skies. here is the scene in cambridgeshire early in the morning. it is another dry day and quite breezy still with the nagging easterly