theresa may speaking earlier. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in west london following thet what happened there today. theresa may has been here in west london doing a brief campaign visit, speaking to a number of conservative party activists and the themes were very familiar territory to what we've heard, a focus on leadership, conservative harrelson between her leadership and jeremy corbyn's. —— parallels between her leadership. she compared their position on trident. theresa may things that on defence and security she has the upper hand but what's interesting is that this area of west london voted to remain in the european union. we heard from theresa may some language to try to cater to that when she said she understood that many people wanted to remain but now is the time to focus on getting on with brexit. as you heard, labour don't want to miss the opportunity to stick the boot into what they see as the flaws in the theresa may campaign so they have attacked around social care, the plan to means test the winter fuel payment to pensioners and on plans to ditch the tri

the charity has written to the nhs in south—west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal.and they will talk to local people before deciding the way forward. joining me now is tim nicholls, policy manager at the national autistic society. what do you think the impact of this change would be? it could be incredibly profound for a lot of families who suspected there child might have autism. the sooner you get a diagnosis, the easier it is to unlock the crucial support you need to give your child the best start in life. if this diagnostic pathway, access to a diagnosis, is restricted to then a lot of families will not be able to do that and they will not get the support they need or will find it harder to unlock. the child themselves, autism diagnoses can help understand yourself. is there any merit in their argument that says if you concentrate on the more severe cases then that will give those the level of support that perhaps they're not getting at the moment? autism is a spectrum conditions which affects people in different ways but at the core of that there are a set of f

here in south—west london the lib dems are hoping for a comeback.rwhelmingly against brexit. so how is their promise of another referendum going down with remain voters? it is very childish to thinkjust because you do not like a decision that has been made and has been voted for, that you can go back and reverse it. or rearrange it. this is a democracy, this is the country that we live in and i think we should support that and stand by that. even though the decision wasn't one that i liked. i do not think that the fight should ever stop. i think it is far too important. i think it affects far too many lives. and yes, we should carry on fighting until we have, you know, no more fight left in us. i was disappointed with the news about a potential referendum because i think that ship has sailed now. and it is about trying to get the best kind of brexit. and so how many seats do you need to gain? for you to keep yourjob? my sense is that we need to increase our number of seats, increase our vote share, but what we need above all else is to offer the bri

theresa may has been in west london doing a very brief campaign speech at. minutes and the themes were very familiar territory, the big focus on leadership, i'm drawing parallels between her leadership thatjeremy corbyn's parallels between her leadership that jeremy corbyn's and parallels between her leadership thatjeremy corbyn's and wasted no opportunity to comment on what we have heard from labour about the pa rty‘s have heard from labour about the party's position on trident, because theresa may thinks that when it comes to defence and security she has the upper hand. but this area of west london voted to remain in the european union, so we heard from theresa may some language to try to cater to that when she said she understood that many people wanted to remain, but now is the time to focus on getting on with brexit. labour don't want to miss the opportunity to stick the boot into what they see the flaws in her campaign, so their attack lines have been on policies around social care, the plan to means test the winter fuel payment to pensioners, on plans

the charity has written to the nhs in south—west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal.let's visit a pizza shop in philadelphia where customers can pay $1 to donate pizza slices to the homeless. mason wartman, the shop's owner, says he feeds on average around 100 homeless people a day. music. my name is mason wartman, i am the owner of rose's fresh peaks. the owner of rose's fresh pizza. we sell each slice for $1, but we have a cool programme in effect right now where you can purchase a slice for a person in need and they can come in and enjoy free pizza. there is a tradition in italy where you can purchase cups of coffee for people, in an empty shelf behind the register. so, we use post—it notes. music. my name is kathleen davies. i am originally from chester. i had a rough experience and i lost everything, so i am going through a crisis right now. so i come in and i get two nice slices of pizza. and i tore that pizza up because i was hungry, and i was like, wow. now, this is cool. it energises me, it makes me want to do something. even though i'm homeless, it doesn't m

the charity has written to the nhs in south—west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal.nd they will talk to local people before deciding the way forward. construction has started on the world's largest telescope, at the top of a 3,000 metre—high mountain in the middle of the chilean desert. when completed, the european extremely large telescope — or elt — will be five times larger than the biggest instruments in use today, and its backers say it has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe. you know i was questioning what would come next? we had the very large telescope. this is the extremely large telescope. the joy of this problem is you ask viewers to help us out and they do. lots of people highlighted that the next name for the telescope is going to be the overwhelmingly large telescope. it will have a diameter of 100 metres. it is big. it is huge. we will be live at wembley later. mike is there with all of the sport. that ties into the story we are going to do now about some of the security arrangements over the weekend. it's bank holiday weekend

the charity has written to the nhs in south—west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal.ommissioning groups say nothing has been decided yet. and they will talk to local people before deciding the way forward. let's check on your let's check on your weather let's check on your weather now. let's check on your weather now. as let's check on your weather now. as we head through the afternoon, we could see a batch of storms, heavy rain developing in wales. wet weather arriving in northern ireland and a few late storms across the west of scotland but very high temperatures around the moray firth. thunderstorms in northern ireland, heading into scotland but will peter out eventually. there will be lots of cloud around, warm, quite muggy. 14 celsius, tomorrow starting quite cloudy, not much in scotland. some sunshine developing across england and wales and then we encounter some late storms, heavy downpours arriving from the south—west. warm in the sunshine but marge cooler in scotland. —— much cooler in scotland. you're watching bbc news. armed police will be on duty at high p

the charity has written to the nhs in south—west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal.e deciding the way forward. health commissioners want to focus on the most severe cases. they say it will relieve pressure on their teams. in the wake of the terror attack in manchester, extra police officers have been called in to help with security at radio 0ne's big weekend music festival. other security measures have also been put in place at the event which is taking place in hull. 50 thousand music fans are expected . 0ur correspondent is life there. 25,000 people are here today for radio 0ne's big weekend. this is radio one's flagship music festival which kicks off the summer season and although there was a huge security presence outside with armed police and people being searched, that has not dampened the spirits and people have still come out and listening at the moment to james arthur, the former x factor winner. this festival is taking place in the wa ke this festival is taking place in the wake of what happened in manchester with 26 people losing their lives, including chi

where i live in west london, there is peeling and bre ntford west london, there is peeling and brentfordeen said they will stand aside. —— ealing. picking up on the point you made, kate some people say it is a moral obligation and if you are party and stand for certain things, regardless of an overlap with another party, you ought to give people the right to see the candidate and it is your moral duty to field a candidate?” candidate and it is your moral duty to field a candidate? i agree with that and that is how politics works. he want to be elected and push forward. i do feel sorry for those voters who feel disenfranchised now. they don't have their usual party to vote for. we'll have to see if you are right. the swingometer has been a regular feature of election night coverage for the best part of 60 years. it was designed to explain the unfolding results in visual terms. what started off as a simple hand made prop has developed using the latest in computer wizardry. jenny kumah's been looking at the evolution of the device. # it don't mean nothing if it don't have that swing. if it

thank you very much, and he, in west london.lection result here on bbc news today. coverage begins at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel — that's in france decides: the presidential election 2017. speaking of elections, there is one going on here as well. we will be bringing you the speech ofjohn mcdonnell soon. he has been speaking this morning about labour's plans for income tax, those who will not be required to pay anymore and those who labour will insist on paying more, it should they become the next government. now for a look at the headlines. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as it declares itself the party of low taxes for middle and low earners. the prime minister has announced plans to replacement or health legislation in england and wales with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the lib dems say their pledge is to keep the triple lock on pensions but those with incomes over £45,000 would lose the winter fuel payment. 82

the resolution foundation, a think—tank focussing on living standards, says outer london, the north westn affordability for younger households. but the resolution foundation says the north of england and outer london have been affected the most. it says home ownership among young families has fallen 63% in outer london towns, such as harrow and croydon. in west yorkshire, ownership fell by 52% among families with adults between 25 and 34. while the fall in greater manchester was 51% between 1994 and last year. a lot more families are living in the private rental sector, which is expensive, insecure and often not a very nice place to live. but it also matters longer term. we've seen in the debate around social care this week that having a home is a key way that many people build up an asset over their lifetime. it really matters when you get old whether you own a house. they also say pledges by labour and the conservatives to build one million new homes lacked the required detail on how that might be achieved within five years. whether it's french champagne or italian prosecco, the uk's l

services in south—west london are very stretched, and the nhs there is considering a controversial idea00 referrals a year. so nhs commissioners in five local council areas want to reduce the number of children diagnosed with autism, by focusing specifically on the most severe cases, where children have another illness such as depression. a leading autism charity is deeply concerned. we think it is short—sighted and can cause lots more problems and be more costly in the long run, and will have a massive impact on those

andy moore in west london, thank you very much.ge of the election result here on bbc news today. coverage begins at 6.30 on the bbc news channel — that's in france decides: the presidential election 2017. now for a look at the headlines. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as it declares itself the party of low taxes for middle and low earners. the prime minister has announced plans to replacement or health legislation in england and wales with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the lib dems say their pledge is to keep the triple lock on pensions but those with incomes over £45,000 would lose the winter fuel payment. now for the sport. it is the second one—day international between england and ireland, the first time ireland have ever played at lord's. in the early stages of the match england are without loss in four overs. in a warm upfor without loss in four overs. in a warm up for the champions trophy with seven wickets in bris

the operation was linked to a raid in north—west london last week, during which another woman was shotthe england footballer, aaron lennon, is reported to have been detained under the mental health act. police said the 30—year—old premier league star was taken to hospital for assessment amid concerns for his welfare. his club, everton, say they are supporting lennon as he receives treatment for a stress—related illness. they added that his family has asked privacy at this time. lennon's representative, base soccer agency, also tweeted that their support to the winger, who joined everton from tottenham in 2015. new research suggests that people who take statins are reporting side—effects that are not caused by the cholestoral—lowering drugs. scientists blame a psychological phenomenon where those told about the possible side affects are more likely to develop them, than those not told. the authors of the research say that some people are being put off taking the medication, potentially putting lives at risk. patients who have had heart attacks 01’ patients who have had heart attacks or

for brighton and for london 15 degrees. in the south—west move away to the south and east. then, most of us dry through saturday night. into sunday, a bit of a breeze down the eastern side of the uk. low cloud and drizzle with that. quite grai and on the cool side, further west we have lighter winds, brea ks further west we have lighter winds, breaks in the cloud, sunshine getting through and it will be quite warm once again. along the north sea coast, on the cool side nine or ten degrees. further west and we're in the middle to upper teens widely. 19 or so is the top temperature in the south—west. it's dry over the next few days and into the early part of next week it stays dry, might see rain later next week. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown, live at westminster after results from the local elections came in from all over the uk today. big wins for the conservatives — they've taken control of 11 councils and gained more than 500 seats. i will not take anything for granted and neither will the team i lead, because there is too much at stake.

a woman who was shot by police and wounded during a counter—terrorism operation in north—west londonpital. 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 league title. cool hand and a level head. it's higgins who leads after the first day of the world snooker championship final. taking a stand in sochi, valteri bottas wins the russian grand prix. yes, hello and welcome. chelsea moved another step closer to securing the english premier league title following a 3—0 win over everton, a match which was considered their toughest remaining fixture this season. it didn't look

the celebrations, both here and back in west london will be going on for many hours to come.tastic night for chelsea fans. it is the win that they sorely wanted and the triumph they have been waiting for so triumph they have been waiting for so long. finau, thank you very much indeed. we have seen celebrate his from antonio conte and the players. let's hear from them. it is like a special moment. visit the opportunities you need to grab with both hands in football. had to do that today. i can't wait to go back into the changing room. we deserved it. over the course of the season, we have worked very hard and we have been the better team. it is fantastic. we have a couple of games to go, it is tough in this league, suited it is a great achievement. chelsea's first opportunity to celebrate at stamford bridge will come on monday night against watford, who lost to everton in the other premier league match of the night. ross barkley, having been told by his manager to sign a new contract before the end of the season or be sold, got the only goal in the second half. watford still a

by—election purely on theissue west london by—election purely on the issue of brexit.news website, it is updated as each party makes their own claim. mark, a breakfast cereal that summarises the conservatives. three shredded wheat say we have the energy and the vigour to get the best brexit deal. well done for not mentioning strong and stable. laughter lam going laughter i am going to go with porridge, because everyone can afford it, it isa because everyone can afford it, it is a breakfast cereal for the many. applause from the greens perspectives. grate ready break, we are investing for the future, other brands are available. as a biochemist, i was going to say porridge as well, because it lowers cholesterol as well, we believe, and it is healthy for you and it is a lot of fibre and fills you up for the rest of the morning so i would say porridge as well. i genuinely do have porridge for breakfast every day, it does give you energy for the rest of the day and the british economy will need a lot of energy if you are going to survive brexit. four of you have gone for po

this is the view in south—west london. staying all the way down to the south—west. coming in on the breeze. it has thickened up recently across east anglia. the odd spot of rain moving to the south—east finland. most of us are to the south—east finland. most of us are fine and dry. the wind is lighter as you head for the north. this guy is clearer. that's a good recipe for a low temperatures overnight. no major problems in towns and cities. in rural spot of northern england and scotland it will be down to freezing water slightly below. a great start for some parts of northern scotland. apart from that, a lovely start to the day and it will be a lovely day again. western scotland seeing some of the highest temperatures. northern ireland doing well with the of sunshine. most of northern england will be sunny but breezy. breezy further south with cloud. it isa dry breezy further south with cloud. it is a dry start the day, even if you have that cloud. temperatures about ten or degrees. as you go the d—day, you have the area o

we need to take back control of the west midlands from london.ans for a0 years, and they have let us down. people here voted against having a mayor, it's really clear from the campaign so far, they don't want an mayor at all still. the reason we're having one is the government says to have more money, we have to have one. we need a west midlands mayor as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur, to deliver a self—made place. and as a consensus builder. that person's got to speak up for us in london, and around the world. and that person's also got to deal with the issues that can only be dealt with on a regional basis. to fight the cuts that we constantly get from westminster, and also to keep control and open up the secret combined authority. well, i don't think we need a mayor. i'm standing against the mayor. we need plenty of extra democracy, we need a new system, but not a mayor. birmingham's most famous mayor, liberaljoseph chamberlain, ran the city at the height of its municipal greatness. he controlled the supply of water, electri

a diamond ring bought for £10 at a car—boot sale in west london is expected to fetch £350,000 when itly every day ever since. a jeweller then saw it and told the owner it could be valuable. it will be auctioned at sotheby‘s injuly. in around half an hour's time, traffic is to be banned from bankjunction in the city of london. cyclists have been calling for the change, protesting in thejunction itself two years ago. 0nly buses and cyclists will be able to use it between 7:00am and 7:00pm, after dozens of accidents were recorded over a four—year period. it is hoped the temporary measure will also improve air quality. in the forthcoming general election, political parties have made much of focusing on the number of female candidates in constituencies. but the number of ethnic—minority candidates being fielded is a very different story. bbc london has found that some areas in london have no bme candidate to choose from, despite having populations with over 50% bme residents. it has caused frustration at the discrepancy, as having so many white candidates isn't representative of london. u

the heaviest will remain confined in areas to the east of london, and east anglia. whether west low enough for a touch of frost. in two to marry eastern areas of england will have to content with the heaviest rain will be out in the north sea. just some patchy rain clipping across the east coast. further west another day of sunshine and showers, some heavy side maybe with a run of thunder particularly down to the south and south west. temperatures 15, 16 but a bit chillier stuck across the cloud on the east lost. saturday, cloudy and wet weather goes to scotland. elsewhere sunshine and showers. some showers will be heavy. temperatures 12-18 showers will be heavy. temperatures 12 — 18 degrees. the second half of the weekend will see the high pressure building its way to the south and will give a chilly night saturday into sunday. it also means on sunday day are a lot of dry weather, a fair amount of sunshine, perhaps a cloud and rain into the far west. and more of the southerly wind which will feel a bit warmer. 20 degrees across the south—east. the weekend can be summed up like

that hatred developed when all four men were radicalised in west london.or being a member of islamic state. daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul. the former royal marine — who was jailed for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan — has given his first broadcast interview since being freed last month. alexander blackman — who was also known as marine a — said he still doesn't know why he opened fire and called it a ‘moment of madness.'. he's been speaking to our correspondent clinton rogers. i don't know why exactly i did it. it's still a moment of madness, i think is the best description i can give. yes, it's not exactly the proudest moment of my life. in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision, in the heat of battle, that led to a murder charge. his actions captured on helmet camera. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. i know. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you

the title could be going to west london, on friday evening. thank you.ust a few weeks ago, do you remember this, eugenie bouchard said about maria sharapova, that after returning to tennis, she is... strong words. the two of them, have been playing at the madrid open. how has that been going? at the moment, michael in the boxseat. just broken. maria sharapova, 5—2 up, in the opening set, lost 7—5. 6—2 in the second. 11—3 to eugenie bouchard third set. this could mean that eugenie bouchard goes through. the winner of this, going to play the number kerber. two, but if maria sharapova could win this, it would mean that she has enough points for qualification, automatically to go into the wimbledon qualifying. that is going to be in about one month. and we're going to be watching the handshake. we can talk about muntari, one of the top footballers, and he has been caught in the controversy after being sent off in italy's top league. sent off because he walked off the pitch, saying he had been racially abused. initially, he was suspended, but that has been ov

the trainee planning to dish out fines like smarties is going to be based in ealing, west london.se, white, no sugar. it was in ealing that retired civil servant sue peckitt was served with a fixed penalty notice. she'd allegedly polluted the water course. on the day, i bought myself a takeaway cup of coffee. i thought i want rid of this, i was rushing to a meeting. i took the coffee, and i put the coffee down the drain in the road. and then i walked towards the waste bin. when the enforcement officer stopped me and told me i was going to be fined, and it was illegal to put coffee down a drain in a public place. to avoid a criminal record, sue paid the fine, but then went to her local paper. the council caved in, and handed her money back. kingdom apologised and sent her a £20 gift voucher. it's pure greed on the part of the enforcement officers, i would say. and in no stretch of the imagination could you say that the liquid from the coffee cup is cross—contamination, when it's going in a sewer, and she placed the coffee cup in the bin. ealing council told us the officers who fine

the national autistic society says it's deeply concerned about proposals by nhs bosses in south west londondiagnosed with autism. health commissioners want to focus on the most severe cases. they say it will relieve pressure on their teams. construction has started on the world's largest telescope, if at the top of a 3,000 metre—high mountain in the middle of the chilean desert. when completed, the european extremely large telescope — or elt — will be five times larger than the biggest instruments in use today, and its backers say it has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe. on the name, we are informed there is also the very large telescope. these are official titles. when the next telescope is made, if we have got very large and we have got extremely large, what is the next one? where will you go? thoughts on a postcard. maybe not! mike is at wembley today ahead of the fa cup final. we will be catching on with him later. and darren will keep us up—to—date with the bank holiday weather. as we've been hearing police officers investigating the manchester suicide bombi

mr davies was a low—level drug dealer in west london, a man who served time for possession of a firearmyria, travelled into the area controlled by so—called islamic state and only a few months later, the first stories started coming back from western journalists being detained there of the way that they were being treated. one hostage who survived described graphically how jihadi john survived described graphically how jihadijohn threatened survived described graphically how jihadi john threatened to cut off his head with an antique sword, held a gun against his head, pretended to open fire and in fact the gun was empty and he was of course one of the lucky ones, released, negotiated release by the spanish government and he was set free but for several of the hostages, including two british hostages of course, it didn't end like that at all and those gruesome beheading videos followed in the summer of 2014. mr davies is safely behind bars, jihadi john has been killed in a drone strike. but two of the suspected beatles, named by the us state department earlier this year are still believe

i am from north—west london!ugh and break those barriers? very difficult. it is like a roller—coaster and you to hold on for the ride. there are ups and downs. it is all about persistence. i want to be successful and successful in the music industry, so i keep pushing. how did you hand—pick the talent we will have in the room? with a lot of stress. we had over 500 submissions today and we could only facilitate 100. we have spent a long time going through the submissions and we were listening to demos until 6am today. we hope we can get more funding and put on more events like this and get more girls heard. thank you very much. the event carries on for the rest of the day and in a couple of years, we could see one of these girls writing for the next big band. i noticed the little earlier, we we re i noticed the little earlier, we were getting a bit of movement from you being. it does not really get much better than that. good afternoon. it may be tame for a bit of the rain dance. there's some today, but really iso

aine davis was a low—level drug dealer in west london who served time for possession of a firearm but cut off his head with an antique sword, held a gun against his head, pretended to open fire and the gun was in fact empty. he was of course one of the lucky ones, he was released, negotiators ensured he was set free. for several hostages including two british hostages, for those, it didn‘t end like that at all and the gruesome beheading videos followed in the summer of 2014. aine davis is behind bars. jihadijohn was killed in a drone strike. two named by the us state department this year are still believed to be alive and at large in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh. it seems all four men knew each other in south—west london before they separately travelled out and were united in syria. a british doctor and his fiancee have been murdered in an apparent burglary at their penthouse flat in boston in the united states. a man has been charged with the murder of dr richard field and lina bolanos — the man was arrested at the scene, after being shot by police. andy moore has the

being linked to the counter—terrorism operation in which a woman was shot and injured in north—west londonhave now been arrested in connection with what's known as the harlesden road police operation. social media companies have been accused of a "disgraceful" failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist propaganda and hate speech online. the commons home affairs select committee says the firms are putting more effort into protecting their profits, than keeping people safe. google, facebook and twitter have previously defended their approach to online safety. richard galpin reports. propaganda videos from extremists. hate speech. sexualised images of children. all should be removed much more rapidly from social media sites, according to today's report. the home affairs committee took evidence from the tech giants facebook, twitter and google, which owns youtube. they have billions of users around the world, and mps have lost patience. well, i think the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and a responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous

aine davis was a low—level drug dealer in west london who served time for possession of a firearm but few months later the first stories started coming back from western journalists being detained there of the way that they we re detained there of the way that they were being treated. one hostage who survived has described graphically howjihadijohn survived has described graphically howjihadi john threatened to cut off his head with an antique sword, held a gun against his head, pretended to open fire and the gun was in fact empty. he was of course one of the lucky ones, he was released, negotiators ensured he was set free. two british hostages, for those, it didn't end like that at all and the gruesome beheading videos followed in the summer of 2014. aine davis is behind bars. jihadi onwas killed in a drone strike. two named by the us state department this year are still believed to be alive and at large in syria. alexander kote and al—shafy—al sheikh. it seems all four men knew each other in south—west london before separately travelled out and being united in syria. we will just we

to reduce the number of children diagnosed with autism are being considered by the nhs in south—west londons say nothing has been decided yet but the national autistic society has written to them to say it's "deeply concerned" about the plans. 0ur health correspondent jane dreaper reports. children with autism struggle to interact with the world around them. they are often diagnosed between the ages of six and nine. services in when completed, the european extremely large telescope, or elt, will be five times larger than the biggest instruments in use today and its backers say it has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe. we can now go back to our reporter catriona renton, who is in the town square in manchester. tributes have in paid all week by people wanting to show their solidarity and sympathy for the victims of the attacks, many of whom are still in hospital. i was passing by yesterday, and the atmosphere is quite remarkable, isn't it? it is quite remarkable, isn't it? it is quite remarkable. you can see them this morning, people are already starting to stop and

the national autistic society says it's deeply concerned about proposals by nhs bosses in south west londonh commissioners want to focus on the most severe cases. they say it will relieve pressure on their teams. construction has started on the world's largest telescope, at the top of a 3,000 metre—high mountain in the middle of the chilean desert. when completed, the european extremely large telescope" — or elt — will be five times larger than the biggest instruments in use today, and its backers say it has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe. so when you come up with a name for telescope, and you think, let's be creative, the european extremely large crack telescope is the best they could do? it does what it says on the tin. —— large telescope. you won't forget its name, will you? we will have all the sport soon, and all the weather for the bank holiday weekend coming up later. in the past few days we have heard some extraordinary accounts of how the emergency services and hospital staff ‘pulled together‘ to provide care for those injured in the manchester arena a

we had similar temperatures in central london and to the west of london as well. be higher over the next few days. the number is not dropping overnight, the cloud in scotla nd dropping overnight, the cloud in scotland retreating up towards the northern isles but bog developing through the irish sea, that will lap into eastern parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland but a warm night ahead despite those clear skies, quite muggy as well. we will keep cloud across the northern isles but apart from some fair weather cumulus developing inland there will be a lot of sunshine again. breeze in the south—west of england, south west wales as well. temperatures are widely into the mid—20s, possibly 27 or 28, warmer than today, it will be warmer across northern island and warmer across scotland as well, mid—20s in the central belt, still cloud up towards the northern isles, hopefully things will brighten up on friday, friday will be another dry and sunny day, the breeze a little fresher, bringing real warmth from the near continent and pushing that warmth north into

thank you, we will be back to west london a little later to hear how theresa may is doing. kushner, after he was accused of trying to set up a secret communication line to moscow. here's the statement mr trump released to the new york times. the original report was in the washington post. in it jared kushner is accused of speaking to this man. russian ambassador sergei kislyak. it's alleged the pair discussed setting up a secret back channel for communications with moscow. i have been speaking to our correspondent in washington. these allegations are raising eyebrows in washington. this story relates to a meeting that happened on december the 1st or second between the russian ambassador and jared kushner. this is after donald trump has won the election but before he has been sworn in. the trump transition team is meeting with the russian ambassador and supposedly jared kushner is with the russian ambassador and supposedlyjared kushner is meant with the russian ambassador and supposedly jared kushner is meant to have discussed the idea of setting up have discussed the idea o

ministers and wannabe mps gathered in harrow in north—west london, exactly the kind of closely foughtwith you all this morning, as we move into the next phase of this vitally important general election campaign. but it was team to reza who year after year missed their target for net immigration which has been three times higher than the limit of 100,000. what is the point of sticking to an immigration target that many of your colleagues think is unworkable, some people even think it is pointless, and when you we re think it is pointless, and when you were in charge as home secretary, the target has been missed for six yea rs. the target has been missed for six years. we want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that if the tens of thousands and of course, once we leave the european union, we will have the opportunity to ensure we have the opportunity to ensure we have control of our borders here in the uk. so the target space but note you did not hear a deadline. three cabinet ministers here, why should voters believe the prime minister will meet the immigrati

speaking to party activisits in west london, she said she knew that people in the city were disappointedrendum outcome but that it was important to come together. she also attacked the labour party over trident. but i think now is the time to put that division behind us, because in this country when we have a vote, we respect the result. so let's. .. let's put the division behind, the divisions of the past behind us, and actuallyjust get on with the job of making a success of brexit. applause. and, of course, if we're going to do that, we need strong and stable leadership and a strong and stable government to be able to deliver on that success for us. and we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party today that labour led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent, they would not be able to defend this country. a jeremy corbyn—led labour government could not be trusted with the defence of our country. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent alex forsyth who's the liberal democrats have launched their new poster taking a swipe a

that hatred developed when all four men were radicalised in west london.legal gun, now he's serving seven—and—a—half years in a turkish prison for being a member of islamic state. daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul. there's been a sharp rise in the number of migrants making the dangerous journey by sea from libya to europe, as we reported yesterday. the numbers attempting the crossing are already 50% higher than last year. reeta chakrabarti was with some of the migrants being brought ashore in italy to face an uncertain future. a new day and perhaps a new life. after days on the deck of this rescue ship, it's the first glimpse of europe for people who left the shores of libya unsure they'd survive to see this. trying to cross continents in these dinghies felt like their only hope, said several. like this young nigerian man, who said he'd been working in libya as a welder until his foot was blown off by an explosive. he preferred not to give his name. everybody don't have a choice, nobody have a choice. even me i think this water, i'm going to cross, if i

the plans are being considered by one nhs trust in south—west london. now on bbc news.of culture. anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebration. hello, and welcome to hull, the uk city of culture. the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull's cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but it's exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving

being linked to the counter—terrorism operation in which a woman was shot and injured in north west london been arrested in connection with what's known as the harlesden road police operation. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse has been following developments the met police are describing this as an ongoing intelligence—led operation. these arrests involve three women, two 18—year—olds and one 19—year—old. they are currently being questioned outside of london on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts. officers have confirmed that these arrests are linked to a similar raid we saw on thursday last week in which a 21—year—old woman was shot and injured by police. she has since been discharged and arrested on suspicion of the same offences. have police been more specific on that latter picture in terms of foiling any meaningful plot? not yet. it is an ongoing investigation. there are ten arrests in total. there is an unusual feature here in that seven of the ten suspects are women. no one has yet been charged, but this is quite a wide network the police are

and now it's inspired a show in london's west end as wendy hurrell reports. the new circus show inspired by... well, it is probably obvious from the name. out on stage, london young performers trying something new. i always thought i was quite fit as a dancer and i have been doing it for a long time and thought it should be fine but their art muscles i did not even know existed in my body crying every day. she just graduated from the national centre. we are strangers and we are good at what we do. does he speak for your? i perfectly normal. it is where everyone goes if they didn't fit in. the colourful life of this compact part of london has been recreated for the stage. they usually work with megastars of the rock and pop well, the rolling stones have been clients since the 80s. madonna, the rolling stones... they designed the arena productions for world—famous they designed the arena productions for world —famous acts. they designed the arena productions for world—famous acts. now they have put their design on a rather smaller stage. the west end is like bro

she is in custody at a police station in south—west london. ave been arrested in london on suspicion of terror offences. they are 18, two are 18 and one is 19. a very brief statement from the metropolitan police counterterrorism command has said that they have all been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts under section 41 of the terrorism act. they are currently in custody at a police station outside of london. three women aged 18, 18 and 19 currently in custody at a police station outside of london. the arrests made as part of an ongoing investigation in connection with an address on harlesden road. we will keep you updated as they get more on that. social media companies are being accused of a "shameful" failure to tackle online illegal and dangerous content. a report by a group of mps says sites like facebook, twitter and google put more effort into protecting their profits than keeping the public safe online. the home affairs select committee branded the firms‘ lack of action as a disgrace.

we need to take back control of the west midlands from london.ampaign so far, they don't want an mayor at all still. the reason we're having one is the government says to have more money, we have to have one. we need a west midlands mayor as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur, to deliver the self—made place. and as a consensus builder. that person's got to speak up for us in london, and around the world. and that person's also got to deal with the issues that can only be dealt with on a regional basis. to fight the cuts that we constantly get from westminster, and also to keep control and open up the secret combined authority.

that hatred developed when all four men were radicalised in west london.gal gun, now he's serving seven—and—a—half years in a turkish prison for being a member of islamic state. daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul. bbc news has learned that the health and safety executive is to prosecute a mental health trust over the death of a teenager in oxford. connor sparrowhawk, who was 18, drowned in a bath at a residential unit run by southern health in 2013. tonight, the trust has apologised again to his family. scores of convictions, including rapes and murders, could be called into question after allegations that thousands of blood samples may have been manipulated. the national police chief's council says forensic experts are identifying any live cases which require retesting. the three—time tour de france winner, chris froome, says he was deliberately knocked off his bike by a car while training in southern france. the 31—year—old posted a photograph online of his damaged bike, but said he wasn't hurt. team sky, with whom he rides, say they've reported the mat

let us cross to west london and our political correspondent. good evening. good evening.hough not really debates because even thoutheremy not really debates because even though jeremy corbyn not really debates because even thoutheremy corbyn wanted a head—to—head confrontation with theresa may the prime minister did not want one. instead we have the format just sketched not want one. instead we have the formatjust sketched out. the question and answer from the audience, jeremy paxman will drill eachin audience, jeremy paxman will drill each in turn. senior politicians from both parties are around here already spreading the lines, talking out their candidate, would the expected secretary david davis, and andrew gwynne from labour party. theresa may goes into this with a tory campaign that is wobbling. there was the tobacco around social care. the surveys have tightened. there is —— she has the most to lose? that is the enviable position ofa lose? that is the enviable position of a government which is seen to be in command. it starts with a read. the simple truth is collect