mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. the duke and duchess of cambridge has released a new photograph of princess charlotte to mark her second birthday. the picture was taken by the duchess at their home in norfolk. the couple released a similar photograph of charlotte last year to celebrate her turning one. with all the sport, here's will perry at the bbc sport centre. it has been a tense and dramatic world golf title so far. mark selby injohn higgins are still battling it out at the crucible. there was a likejohn higgins was going to victory—mac, yesterday he had a big lead but today he reappeared rejuvenated. john higgins was now finding themselves in traps he was struggling to get out. he needed to hit the red here to escape the snooker, but he tried again and again. have you ever seen anything like that before. after some encouragement, finally a different outcome. before long mark selby had clawed his way back and turned the match around. john higgins looked like he needed a break. the evening saw no letup from th

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. a new photograph of princess charlotte has been released by the duke and duchess of cambridge to mark her second birthday tomorrow. the picture of the toddler was taken earlier this month by her mother at their home on the sandringham estate in norfolk. the royal couple said they're "delighted" to share the photo to mark their daughter's special day. i'm back with the late news at 10.30 now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, i'm will perry, with the latest from the bbc sport centre. only one place to start this bank holiday monday, and mark selby has shown real character to not only get back into his world snooker championship final againstjohn higgins, but now lead by 13—11. it has been a magnificent afternoon. at one point, john higgins yesterday was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so be winning six of the seven sessions available on offer this afternoon. in the final ten years ago,john afternoon. in the f

jeremy corbyn is out in the east midlands. he admits his party faces a huge challenge but and insists his message can cut through. of course i am disappointed, but we are giving a message about how the economy and society could be very different. the liberal democrats pledge a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care. if we want the best health and social care for our families and our loved ones going into the future,

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. now for our bbc one viewers in scotland, it's time for reporting scotland. in iraq, the battle for control of mosul grinds on, with iraqi forces gradually encircling the old city to try to remove fighters loyal to so—called islamic state. but seven months after nearby christian towns were liberated from the grip of is, their inhabitants still haven't returned. the area east of mosul known as the nineveh plains was once home to around 200,000 iraqi christians, but they fled when is arrived in 2014. many live in camps in kurdish controlled erbil. some have gone abroad. 0ur correspondent paul adams has been to the largest christian town, qaraqosh, once home to 50,000 people but which remains almost entirely empty. waiting to go home, the christians of qaraqosh came to erbil more than two and a half years ago. their lives are still on hold. we meet this couple at the door to the cramped two—room cabin, they have agreed to take us back to qaraqosh to see why it is so hard to return. th

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. new photograph of princess charlotte has been released by the duke and duchess of cambridge to mark her second birthday tomorrow. the picture of the toddler was taken earlier this month by her mother at their home on the sandringham estate in norfolk. the royal couple said they're ‘delighted' to share the photo to mark their daughter's special day. time to hear about the weather prospects. for many of us not looking too bad, heading out and about on this bank on a monday. some sunshine, in one or two places in the north west turning warm indeed. parts of south—west scotland seeing temperatures of 21 degrees. further south, a swirl of cloud cover hefty showers breaking out. even the odd rumble of thunder. this will continue across central and southern england. maybe south wales, as the gate to the rest of the afternoon. elsewhere, not too many showers. ending the day with temperatures around the mid teens. this evening and tonight, showers tending to fade away, and tonight, showers

the conservatives managed to win that west midlands metro mayor. she sees it as a strong statement and appealed for her hand to be strengthened in negotiations with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking her on with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking heron in with the eu. jeremy corbyn is taking her on in the same territory, because he has come to an area that isn‘t held by the labour party. he isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in isn‘t held by the labour party. he isina isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in a key conservative marginal in derby north, surrounding himself with a rural idyll, where he is going to be speaking to campaigners. his message to his supporters were that what labour needs to do now is keep calm and carry on campaigning. he paints himself as the outsider who will take on the establishment. he told his activists not to be too downbeat when you look at the opinion polls, because the gap between labour and the conservatives was not as big as some were predicting. in scotland, the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the co

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. they might be vital for the economy, carrying five billion people every year to shop, work and study, yet bus services outside of london are in crisis, according to campaigners. councils across england and wales have cut their bus budgets by a third since 2010, affecting thousands of routes. and it's the young, the less well off and those living in small villages, towns and the countryside who are suffering the most. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. time's running out for many of our buses. they carry three times more people than the trains but thousands of council—subsidised routes have gone in recent years. this is the 267 late—night service from bath to frome. it's one of the services that is facing cuts across the country, and in fact come september the funding for this service is going to run out completely. most of the passengers on this bus are young, like holly, who works lates in a restaurant. and josh, who goes to college in bath. they can't afford t

at this aerospace factory she toured the floor with the new west midlands mayor. yellow i am taking nothing for granted. i need support across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand foot of only a vote for me and my team will ensure britain has a strong and stable leadership we need. theresa may needs tory voters to turn out on june eight. that is why she claims this contest could be close. after winning the first metro mayor contest yesterday, the conservatives are confident of turning this labour territory blue. in wolverhampton ascents from some of allegiances shifting. the labour party has let itself down over the past few years. iam not itself down over the past few years. i am not very confident in the current leader. i have no confidence in labourat the current leader. i have no confidence in labour at the moment. more confidence in two recent me. jeremy corbyn did not seem down after yesterday's drubbing. his supporters are as fired up as ever. visiting leicester and the east midlands, mr corbyn conceded labour faced a huge challenge. of course i am disa

jeremy corbyn is out in the east midlands. he admits his party faces a huge challenge but and insists his message can cut through. of course i am disappointed, but we are giving a message about how the economy and society could be very different. the liberal democrats pledge a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care. if we want the best health and social care for our families and our loved ones going into the future, then we have to find the money to pay for it. ukip leader paul nuttall urges his supporters to "stay on the pitch" despite heavy losses on thursday. the french authorities warn the media and the public not to spread documents hacked from the centrist candidate emmanuel macron‘s campaign team ahead of tomorrow's poll. also in the next hour — the teenage racing driver who lost both legs in a crash says he's determined to get back behind the wheel. he says the support he has received from the stars and fans of motorsport has made him even more determined to return. a

sorry, that's the west midlands. and sean simon losing ina tight west midlands. and sean simon losing in a tight contest. the conservatives have gained around 550 councillors, they took derbyshire from labour this afternoon, big result for them. pretty difficult time for labour as john result for them. pretty difficult time for labour asjohn mcdonnell has been telling us, losing overall control of glasgow city council for the first time in decades, losing over 100 councillors in england and in wales and scotland if you add them together they have lost over 300. but andy burnham has been elected metro mayor for manchester. he took 63% of the vote. ukip have had a terrible time losing virtually every seat they were defending, down by almost 150 councillors and the party has been wiped out on councils such as lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. the vote share is down dramatically, most of that going to the conservatives. here in the studio we will get some reaction in the next hour or so from john mcdonnell of labour and iain duncan smith, thank you for giving us com

we can do a brilliant job in the west midlands going forward. looking at the problems faced in the area you are in charge of, the employment rate is 65% below the english average and the homeless rate is almost twice the national average. are you pledging to change those? will that be demonstrable?” wa nt to those? will that be demonstrable?” want to be judged those? will that be demonstrable?” want to bejudged on those? will that be demonstrable?” want to be judged on the things i promised. in our planet we were very clear, and this is a businesslike approach, you say what you are going to do and we have made targets of what we will achieve in the next few yea rs what we will achieve in the next few years and in the next three years i will bejudged on years and in the next three years i will be judged on that. years and in the next three years i will bejudged on that. we have been specific about the number of houses we will build. we have talked about thoseissues we will build. we have talked about those issues and i want a very early r

northern scotland, maybe the midlands, could see 30. heading through friday evening and overnight, we begin to see a change. this area of low pressure and this weather front will bring a line of showers and thunderstorms on friday night and into saturday morning into the south and west. that continues to morph —— to move north and east on saturday morning, with torrential downpours and frequent lightning. into the afternoon, confined to northern and eastern parts but, to the south, a fine afternoon, sunshine and quite hot in the south—east. for sunday, we could see some thunder in the south—east again, so some showers or storms. further north and west, a slightly cooler and fresh appeal. we think that's what could happen into bank holiday monday, with the south—east remaining warm and humid, longer spells of rain or some storms. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. police stop sharing information about the manchester bombing with the us after leaked pictures appear in american media showing bomb fragments and a backpac

visiting best in the east midlands he conceded labour faced a huge challenge. of course i'm disappointed in the election results on thursday but we are out there giving a message on how the economy and our society could be very different. and where is the ukip leader? after losing all 146 council seats they were defending this week paul nuttall insisted today that voters would return. ukip does have a great feature, itjust has to stay on the pitch, hold its ground and people will come back. the snp with the biggest winners in scottish council elections replacing labour as the largest party in edinburgh, aberdeen and glasgow where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p's where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p‘s council group. where today nicola sturgeon met the s&p's council group. we won the elections yesterday emphatically, more seats, more councils, the largest party not just more seats, more councils, the largest party notjust compared to five years and it is in battle grounds like this that the next election will be decided. then wright, bbc news, the liberal

west midlands, tees valley, derbyshire, lancashire, south wales and glasgow. these were the places they used to weigh the labour vote, so certain were they of their heartland support. this map, from the guardian, shows the labour gains. and this one shows the tory gains — they are everywhere. so where does labour think they'll win the general election? campaign manager, andrew gwynne, joins me now from salford. nice of you to join us, andrew gwynne. based on what you have seen today, do you still believe you can win the general election? well, of course we fight elections to win because we are in this game to change britain for the better. so, before a single vote has been cast for the general election, of course we are fighting for every single labour vote in every part of the united kingdom that we will be contesting. do you believe you can win it on this result? of course, you have to believe in politics that you can win. i do believe that we can win if we get our message across, our policies across. if labour candidates, if labour party members hit the g

west midlands. she said she is going to strengthen our hand in the forthcoming brexit talks. jeremy corbyn is in the east midlands. he says his party is facing a challenge ona says his party is facing a challenge on a historic scale that says he can close the gap on the tories. tim barron is in south london. the liberal democrats say they would raising come tax by a penny in every pound to allow £6 billion of extra money to go towards the nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the vote for the six new metropolitan mayos. the conservatives did well in the votes for six metropolitan area mayors and although former labour cabinet member andy burnham won greater manchester, his party also one in liverpool. the former retail sector boss andy street won a tight contest with labour for the west midlands area around birmingham. he says he hopes the government will continue to invest in the region. the good news is that in the deal between the west midlands and central government to set up the m

at this aerospace factory, she toured the floor with the new west midlands mayor. i am taking nothing for granted. i need support across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand, and only a vote for me and my team will ensure britain has the strong and stable leadership we need. theresa may needs tory voters to turn out onjune 8th. that is why she claims this contest could be close. after winning the west midlands first metro mayor contest yesterday, the conservatives are confident of turning this labour territory blue. in wolverhampton, a sense from some of allegiances shifting. the labour party has let itself down over the past few years. i am not very confident in the current leader. i have no confidence in labour at the moment. more confidence in theresa may. jeremy corbyn did not seem down after yesterday's drubbing. his supporters are as fired up as ever. visiting leicester and the east midlands, mr corbyn conceded labour faced a huge challenge. of course i am disappointed with the election results on thursday. we're giving a message about how our economy and

let's speak with west midlands political reporter kathryn sta nczyszyn. midlands political reporter kathryn stanczyszyn. she is at a kuyt in stratford—upon—avon. —— count. what are the results to look out for? warwickshire has been controlled by the conservatives since 2013 but it isa the conservatives since 2013 but it is a minority administration and the tories say that they are very hopeful tonight of taking full control of warwickshire. 0f hopeful tonight of taking full control of warwickshire. of course, as you say, historic battleground between labour and the conservatives. in the north warwickshire constituency it has been hotly contested over the last two elections. it has been held by the conservatives since 2010 but was a labour stronghold before that. labour in warwickshire say they hope to gain on their 22 seats but we are not sure if that is wishful thinking more than anything else because the tories need only two more seats, they persuaded an independent candidate on the county council couple of months ago to come to the conservative

cloud for the midlands and wales. through northern england, northern ireland and scotland we will have the best of the sunshine. still quite chilly where you're exposed to the easterly wind. further west this afternoon, bringing temperatures up into the high teens. through this evening hand overnight, we will see cloud thickening up, perhaps bringing the odd spot of rain and drizzle. some more persistent rain into cornwall, the channel islands, it won't get further than that. for northern ireland and scotland, clear spells will allow things to get chilly. there will be a widespread frost here and there. into saturday, for many areas it's still dry. high pressure to the north. a little area of low pressure trying to bring a change to the south. it won't have much luck, though. it will bring rain into cornwall, maybe parts of devon and the channel islands. there will be more cloud generally across england and wales than we have today. still plenty of sunshine for scotland, orkney and shetland, for northern and eastern c

that's more of wales and the west midlands. but the east midlands, east anglia, into parts of yorkshire, rather cloudy. maybe the odd spot of drizzle, but essentially it's dry. some rain in the northern isles. warm in the sunshine, cool with the cloud. warmer in south—east england. the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast. a bit more cloud into scotland as we go on through tuesday night into wednesday morning. but then for wednesday, we will start elsewhere clear and quite chilly. temperatures lower than this away from large cities and town centres. some areas will be close to freezing, as wednesday begins, so gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. more cloud across the north of scotland, the further north you are in scotland, some outbreaks of rain around. but again, there's some warmth in the sunshine. warmer around the north sea coast compared

if you look elsewhere, in the west midlands, and the street the west midlands, and the street the conservative just managed to win. that was a close race. and third tees valley, the conservatives 1—dayer, and that wasn't much predicted. if you stand back from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these cities in the north we will see a new kind of politics for the labour party and even for the conservatives, who knows. tony, thank you very much, as ever. tony, thank you very much, as ever. well, as we've heard, labour have suffered poor results in the elections. they have lost a number of key strongholds, including lancashire, derbyshire and bridgend. but they have taken two of the metro mayoral contests in manchester and liverpool, from where our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. are you fit to lead the labour party? he does not look happy, even a bit tense, defeats and setbacks in the north and the midlands hard to take. and then, you would almost believe that labour was having a good day. almost. we have had some difficult results overnight.

not least that west midlands metro mayor, a crucial battle ground area, the west midlands full stops in tate sees labour would have opened to have taken. quite a blow not do. interesting we will see the big party leaders in their broader region today trying to capitalise and boost their support. we must be careful with the local elections not to read too much into the general elections. people vote on local issues, voter turnout is different. but with that caveat, the broad general thrust of the results suggested the conservatives are and are doing very well indeed, labour less well. although a small bit of hope for the liberal democrats. they share up significantly from where opinion polls have been suggesting they are. different from you get. 146, six sees defended, hundred and 46 seats lost. not good for them. interesting the ukip effect because i was talking to rob board of the university of manchester yesterday who has charted the ukip performance, the ups and downs over several years. he said there is evidence that the ukip the boat has switched for the conservatives. maybe not

also cloudy for northern england, north midlands, north wales and northern ireland. morning rain and drizzle turning dry and a bit brighter through the day. scotland still sitting pretty with the sunshine. warmest in the west. a bit more in the way of brightness towards east anglia and the south—east, so feeling a little less chilly than recent days even though it is still rather breezy. whether that weather front gets really towards us or not, the low pressure responsible does clear off into central europe as the go into sunday, opening the door to north—easterly winds. that will make it feel rather cooler on northern and eastern coasts on sunday, with a bit of cloud at times, maybe the odd shower but the vast majority will be dry. southern areas feeling a bit warmer and the best of the sunshine to parts of south and the west. into next week, low pressure will remain dominant towards the south—west of the country. high pressure to the north and that will mean easterly winds will remain with us. they will fluctuate between south—easterly ones which may bring

a recent satellite and the midlands. a recent satellite and radar image, sunshine to be enjoyed in north and western parts of the country, heavy showers around as well. this is the scene in west sussex where we have had cloud and outbreaks of rain. meanwhile, brighter skies in cumbria. some cumulus clouds. heavy showers and thunderstorms in parts of northern ireland and scotland. showers in the north and west of the uk will die away through the evening and overnight. further east we keep the cloud and outbreaks of rain. a couple of heavy bursts, especially around the east coast. and as to how far west that rain will get. fresh on friday morning across parts of the country. it had shot of frost in principle. some mist around. much of northern ireland and scotland beginning the day with sunshine. backin beginning the day with sunshine. back in to rain in eastern parts of england, affecting york and norwich. brighter skies for wales and the western half of england, from the word go, there will be sunshine but some showers c

we may see afternoon highs of 19 degrees, perhaps, in the midlands southwards. northern scotland hanging onto a bit of cloud, perhaps a spot or two of rain on the weak weather front. our high pressure, though, is being squeezed well away into europe, and pressure is going to be falling from wednesday onwards, and that means the weather is going to start to change. for much of the week, it is going to remain dry. there will be some sunshine around. if we get some clear skies, it will be quite chilly at night. later in the week, the chance of some rain moving its way northwards. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. france elects its youngest ever president. 39—year—old emmanuel macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory over the far—right candidate marine le pen. at a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy. this morning, we're live in paris, to get french reaction and take stock of what it means for brexit negotiations. the new president was very much a gu

the headlines: theresa may has been campaigning in key general election battle grounds in the midlands and has sought to play down talk of a landslide victory. jeremy corbyn is in leicestershire and has spoken of creating a society in which people are no longer held back by a system that is rigged for the rich. the ukip leader, paul nuttall, has urged his supporters to "stay on the pitch", despite a drubbing in local elections. he insists the party has a bright future and voters will return in their "droves" if theresa may fails to deliver to brexit. fails to deliver on brexit. french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says he is the target of a huge hacking attack, the day before the people of france go to the polls. three men appear in court charged with murdering businessman guy hedger, who was allegedly fatally shot during a botched burglary. we'll have more news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show... rajan is in jerusalem, the world's holiest city. this is, for christianity, the most important place in the world. qui

the odd spot of rain through the midlands and parts of wales. overnight, lows about seven oi’ of wales. overnight, lows about seven or 8 degrees for most places. dipping down to the top and a single figures in the far north of scotland. a touch of frost there. a decent start of the day in scotland, further south and west we have this weather front with a pink cloud and rain but it is confined to the far south—west. elsewhere, a shower or two to the midlands, wealth, early on. for the bulk of the day, we try and most prizes will be dry. something drop by the royal develop and it looks like a decent day across scotland. low cloud across scotland's north, but 17 degrees and some sunshine. 14 or 15 degrees in northern ireland, cool on those northern ireland, cool on those north east, the seat coasts. there's the brighter weather in the south—eastern corner and here in the south—western corner. it shouldn't last too long but it will be a pretty dull and damp afternoon. the rain moves awake towards the south watch the evening. most places will

the cloudy day to the midlands and the south—east. the best of the sunshine in scotland, the south—west. some cloud are round and the breeze off the north sea. not as warm as today in northern ireland. still, a pleasant stay in the sunshine. temperatures across wales and the south—west, maybe not as high as today but sunshine around. more cloud the midlands, east anglia, the south—east, yorkshire and lincolnshire. that cloud is coming in off the north sea and around the edge of this high pressure which dominates our weather through the early parts of the week. high—pressure extends all the way down. in the high—pressure, we may have bit more cloud by tuesday morning. even across scotland and northern ireland. still some sunshine here and there but again, it will be dryjust everywhere. temperatures into the mid—teens and we won't have the wind of the north sea so we will start to feel a bit warmer in some eastern parts of england and scotland. a chilly start on wednesday in the countryside. again, warming up in the sunshine

also cloudy for northern england, north midlands, north wales and northern ireland. morning rain and drizzle turning dry and a bit brighter through the day. scotland still sitting pretty with the sunshine. warmest in the west. a bit more in the way of brightness towards east anglia and the south—east, so feeling a little less chilly than recent days even though it is still rather breezy. whether that weather front gets really towards us or not, the low pressure responsible does clear off into central europe as the go into sunday, opening the door to north—easterly winds. that will make it feel rather cooler on northern and eastern coasts on sunday, with a bit of cloud at times, maybe the odd shower but the vast majority will be dry. southern areas feeling a bit warmer and the best of the sunshine to parts of south and the west. into next week, low pressure will remain dominant towards the south—west of the country. high pressure to the north and that will mean easterly winds will remain with us. they will fluctuate between south—easterly ones which may bring

we could see something more significant pushing into the east midlands, torrential downpours in places. cooler and fresher across the northern half of scotland. on bank holiday monday we will have a cloudy start across northern areas, maybe the odd thundery burst mixed in. to the odd thundery burst mixed in. to the south, we could see the clouds break up to allow some sunny spells in with the chance of a heavy shower and thunderstorm developing through the midlands, possibly into the south—east of england. tuesday we see a band of cloud and rain spread across, but midweek onwards high pressure built so it will turn drier and warm with sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse, which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. ba says customers are not being admitted to terminal 5 until 90 minutes before their scheduled departure time. we have tried desperately to contact british airways by phone, e—mail, and trying to fine ground staff and we haven't

through the even there might be some rain developing in the midlands but also towards the far south—west but most also towards the far south—west but m ost pla ces also towards the far south—west but most places will be financed right and the weekend looks like it will be trying, breezy on saturday with a cool field do things on the north sea coast. one in western scotland and another dry day on sunday. lighter winds, cool on the north sea coast but with those winds it will feel pretty good. thank you. our main story... prince philip retires from public life at the age of 95. this decision is not health—related. that's all from the bbc news at six. it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the us house of representatives set to hold a vote on a revised healthca re bill that republicans hope will replace obamacare. the duke of edinburgh announces he's to retire from all public duties in autumn, a decision supported by the queen. adrift for 32 hours in the irish sea. in an exclusive interview, r

visiting leicester, in the east midlands, mr corbyn conceded labour faced a huge challenge. of course i'm disappointed in the election results on thursday, but we're out there giving a message about how our economy and society could be very different. and where is the ukip leader? after losing all 146 council seats it was defending this week, paul nuttall insisted the party's voters would return. ukip does have a great future. itjust has to stay on the pitch, hold its ground, and people will come back to us. the snp were the biggest winners in the scottish council elections, replacing labour as the largest party at edinburgh, aberdeen and glasgow, where today, nicola sturgeon met the snp's councils group. we won the election yesterday emphatically. we are the largest party, notjust compared to five years ago but compared to every other party in scotland. this strange, unexpected election has yet to set passions alight. but the choice is big, and it is in battlegrounds like this the next government will be decided. the liberal democrats have pledged to increase spending on th

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. in iraq, the battle for control of mosul grinds on, with iraqi forces gradually encircling the old city to try to remove fighters loyal to so—called islamic state. but seven months after nearby christian towns were liberated from the grip of is, their inhabitants still haven't returned. the area east of mosul known as the nineveh plains was once home to around 200,000 iraqi christians, but they fled when is arrived in 201a. many live in camps in kurdish controlled erbil. some have gone abroad. our correspondent paul adams has been to the largest christian town, qaraqosh, once home to 50,000 people but which remains almost entirely empty. waiting to go home, the christians of qaraqosh came to erbil more than two and a half years ago. their lives are still on hold. we meet this couple at the door to their cramped two—room cabin. they have agreed to take us back to qaraqosh to see why it's so hard to return. the area was liberated in october. isis have gone. but it's a ghost town. na

we could see some showers in south—west england, wales, the midlands and north west england. very cool in the north—west, but humid in the south—east. it stays cloudy and damp, further outbreaks of rain across the country this evening for the first part of the night. it will turn a bit dry overnight. mild once again, fresher in the north—west corner. into tuesday, the next band of rain will spread into western areas, it will weaken as it reaches england and wales. ahead of it, bit of warmth, 22 degrees, feeling fresher in the north and the west. feeling fresher in the north and the west. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the chief executive of british airways says sorry for disruption after an it failure. alex cruz said the computer issues had nothing to do with either redundancies at the airline or cost cutting. mi5 says it will investigate its handling of information from the public about the manchester bomber salman abedi. meanwhile nick clegg and the liberal democrats warn national security could be at risk if theresa may negotiates a hard brexit deal. france'

well, that was doctored tarik sardar who is an accident and emergency doctor in the west midlands. let's talk to nhs providers, because that's the body that represents the nhs trusts in england. i know there's an awful lot going on for you tonight and if you are able to summarise for our viewers what your understanding is of the picture tonight? our understanding is that it's around 21 hospitals who have now been affected by the cyber attack up and down the country. we've also heard of gp practices and other parts of the health service that have been attacked, universities as well, and that this is the widespread attack across europe. this is part of a very big attack, i believe. just to reiterate, deduce a 41 hospitals? 21. but you are saying other areas are affected as well? we have heard that gps, pharmacies and universities are all also affected. the important thing to remember here is that trusts will be working absolutely flat out to resolve this as quickly as they can. they will deal with this as they deal with any other incident, which is to be straight on it operationally,

we have a severe thundersrm and down toward midland until 6:30. we'll be tracking this and back with more wusa 9 news at 6:00 after this. >>> manchester station reopened today more than a week after a suicide bomber killed 22 and injured dozens of others. the station is connected to the manchester a ire that. it suffered significant damage in the bombing. police are trying to recreate attacker sal man abedi's movements before he blew himself up outside of an ariana grande concert. we learned today grande will play a charity concert on sunday. she'll have big name cane including cold play, justin bieber, pharrell williams. >>> surveillance cameras captured one of the attacks. at least 15 people flow dead. 27 others now wounded. cell phone video captured the chaos after the attack. iraqi officials say there have been five other deadly bombings in the past two days alone. recent attacks come as u.s. iraqi forces gained ground on the last areas of mosul that are still under isis control. an estimated 200,000 people are effectively being held prisoner

we must stop that by winning support here in the east midlands and in the west midlands and across the whole of the united kingdom. we must also expose the nonsensical policies that jeremy corbyn and the labour party are putting forward in this election campaign, because they simply do not add up. we know labour would wreck the economy and that would render all of their promises totally undeliverable. now, by contrast, would we are doing is taking positive, credible deliverable promises out to voters. cobb policies like capping energy prices to support working families. protecting workers pensions against irresponsible bosses. bringing in mental health laws to end injustice. that is the positive message that will be taking out over the next 29 days, out into the community is out onto the streets. it is a positive message and what i say to people is that it message and what i say to people is thatitis message and what i say to people is that it is not about how people have voted before, this election is about who people want to lead our country for the next five years. this election is

into the midlands, east anglia and much of northern england, a lot of cloud. quite a cool field to the weather. in scotland we will see some sunshine. 19, maybe 20 degrees. extra cloud lapping on to the coasts. northern ireland seeing some sunny spells. some sunshine particularly across western parts of wales. more cloud further east. in the south—west, in south and west devon and cornwall we will continue to see these outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. that will also affect the channel islands. not getting much further north than that. the rain will clear off to the south—west leaving most areas dry. there will be fairly large areas of cloud floating around that a lot of cloud, miffed and merck in the east. in the north—west where we keep clear spells, there could be apache frost to take us into the morning. tomorrow, another quiet day. there will be differences in the detail. in the north—east quite a lot of cloud and the odd spot of drizzle. the best of sunshine the south and west. eastern areas will be on the cool side. in the south and west

to deliver the whole of the west midlands. on 8 june, to elect the strong and stable leadership and conservative government working together in the west midlands and strong conservative leadership in government. >> richard? >> number 2. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues, i will have further such meetings later today. >> in 2015 a group called the socialist campaign for labor victory, drove a plan to disband am i 5 for nuclear deterrence. my right honorable friend allowing anyone who has a plan to write or serve in her cabinet. >> i can tell that is a resounding no. can i commend my honorable friend who has a record of defending the country, he raised the point that the leader of the opposition has chosen just such a person. the plan to disband am i 5 and scrap nuclear deterrence was endorsed by the right honorable gentlemen and the shadow chancellor on a gain of a weekend and right honorable gentlemen refusing to say he would strike against terrorism and commit to nuclear deterrence and refusing to kee

to deliver the whole of the west midlands. on 8 june, to elect the strong and stable leadership and conservative government working together in the west midlands and strong conservative leadership in government. >>

similar so for wales and the midlands. we've got the breeze with us, not as windy as it was during the day on friday, but nevertheless still quite a keen breeze, and still that weather front lingering close to the south coast. starting to pull away into the afternoon. there will be some sunshine. i'm not saying there won't be sunshine elsewhere, i'm just saying it will be more limited in places, and therefore feel quite cool in the breeze. and the breeze switches direction on sunday. it's coming down more from a northerly direction. so again, the east coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but actually, near the north sea coast, quite a change, actually, for parts of western scotland, here, because of that breeze coming in. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, with a few more breaks in the cloud. and as for next week, it looks set to stay dry, and the east should enjoy some sunshine as well. this

one reason why the midlands is the only uk region running a trade surplus with china. but if having a prize business asset like that on its doorstep really does much for erdington itself, well, there is precious little evidence of it here in and around the high street. it is one of the most deprived constituencies in britain, 63% of the electorate here have voted leave in the referendum. and for many voters here there is no doubt about the number one issue now. brexit, it is what happens now. now we know that it is actually going to go ahead and we have got a date. well, i think we should have more say in our government. the eu didn't give us that, did they? the election last week of a conservative midlands metro mayor sent out the clearest signal yet that some old political assumptions may need a rethink. walsall has two marginal labour constituencies. it voted for a tory mayor. those of us with long memories recall margaret thatcher telling her supporters exactly 30 years ago that they still had to win back the big cities. all but one of birmingham's ten constituenci

more cloud pushing across east anglia and the midlands later. for most of the sunshine will be out north and west. onshore wind keeping things a bit cooler towards the north sea coast. through to saturday morning, a few changes. wales producing a few spots of rain. something heavier edging its way to cornwall. an area of low pressure a cross its way to cornwall. an area of low pressure across the bay of biscay. at the moment, it looks as though it will be parts of cornwall, the channel island singh rain through the day. david may also see splashes of rain. saturday, northern england morning rain or drizzle. —— devon may also see. more sunshine through east anglia and the south—east were it will start to feel warmer. whether the rain gets through to the south coast, it will push away into the continent. winds into a more north—easterly direction. a bit more sunshine in southern areas. cooler across northern and eastern areas with the wind off the seas. cloud. and and northern ireland. hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charli

wales and certainly the north midlands, parts of eastern england thenjoin north midlands, parts of eastern england then join much of the north midlands, parts of eastern england thenjoin much of the north of england, northern ireland and scotland in having a glorious afternoon, plenty of sunshine around. some low cloud lingering on from the morning across parts of the north—eastern quarter of scotland. the wind still a factor, specially over the pennines where some of the guests could just catch you out, so watch that. 0vernight not a great deal changes, whether clouds —— the skies are clear across northern britain, the countryside the amateurs dip away could well be a force to start the new day on friday, which again is pretty much more the same. perhaps less of a chance of a breeze in the cloudier southern parts. further north the best of the sunshine, fully exposed to the breeze in the used, nine, ten, 11, 12 degrees, out to the west well into the teens if not 20 degrees. by saturday something of a change, as we slide an area of low pressure underneath the higher. so the high stil

not for much of the midlands, lincolnshire, yorkshire, going to the cloud around. hard to shift. what happens during tuesday, we nibble away at the cloud, wales brightens up, sunny spells in scotla nd brightens up, sunny spells in scotland away from the north—east, but for the ease midlands and much of eastern england, it is still going to be cloudy and cool. warmer for south—east scotland, and north england, fine for most on choose the evening, cloud building, but for england and wales, temperatures going to be dropping low. you could get a touch of frost on wednesday morning. ruraltemperatures, get a touch of frost on wednesday morning. rural temperatures, single figures. take note of the potential impact, on delicate plans. wednesday, sunshine around, sunny spells, northern cloudy. scotland and some of us, getting those patchy outbreaks. it is going to start feeling warmer on the north sea coast. looking ahead, most places going to stay dry, but first signs of change for the south, the chance of change for the south, the chance of some showers, rain, possibly even some thu

amy harris, bbc east midlands today. you could say the conservatives are the party of the fancy mucky artell and labourare the party of the fancy mucky artell and labour are the party of builders. clearly theresa may is drinking builders in this election, she has parked her tanks on the lawn which makes this interesting. that is one of the driving factors, using her own brand to reach out to former labour voters, maybe people who voted for brexit in the referendum and maybe people who switched to ukip last time around. i think it is important to stress, here we are halfway through, a little over half way through and people touch less on probably the biggest thing of this election campaign, which is not the performance of jeremy corbyn, election campaign, which is not the performance ofjeremy corbyn, or how well theresa may controls her appearances. the biggest thing will be that one party, ukip, is gambling, its vote in the local elections and opinion polls has basically halved and that means that the centre, centre righ

andy street was the victor in a tight contest for mayor in the west midlands area. he says he hopes the government will continue to invest in that region. the good news is in the deal that was struck between the west midlands and central government we did get substantial new money. yes, we can make a good start with the money we have already got. another thing the mayor has got to do is championed this region and say this region is a brilliant case for central government continuing to invest in the west midlands. yes, i will be talking to the prime minister about that. labour's campaign coordinator, ian lavery, rejected the idea that mr burnham had snubbed the party's leader. jeremy beadle exactly what was expected of him. because andy was not there at that particular time, i am not sure why, but i have got to dispel this myth that there is a rift between andy burnham and jeremy corbyn because there is not. they are quite good friends and they served in the shadow cabinet right up served in the shadow cabinet right up until the time where he decided to seek nominati

just into midland in the next coming from ah mostville. as it moves off to the east, southeast, midland you will get it next. if you are in stafford county and prince william and southern prince william. watch what this does. eventually if it holds together, it might make it east of the river. we're thinking it will be toward gail city at 6:30. and midland it will be close just after 6:00. another storm not severe with lightning. this one extends from just around winchester northeastward toward charlestown. it's heading toward brunswick and harper's ferry. brunswick about 6:23. and 6:44 it will be arriving. we will have a warmish week. 80s in washington. it will get up a little bit more here. that is guarantee in jeopardy. there will be a threat for storms saturday afternoon. there is some energy to feed off of. that is why that storm has gone severe. kind of murky on our weather camera. 71 officially. that is the high so far today at reagan national. an easterly wind kept the marine layer in. that is why we stayed with the clouds and driz

cloudierforthe east midlands, towards north east england. cloudier for the north—west of england a we start off cloudy, away from eastern coastal areas of northern ireland. the thickest cloud, that will be in the north—west of scotland where we have oks of rain and drizzle. i think that will tend to peter out through the day, conditions improve here, and we are just left with one or two showers in scotland the afternoon. generally it is a dry story, area has, that start off sunny the eastern side of england, seeing more cloud developing areas that start off cloudy probably will see some sunshine developing. all in all there will be sunshine at time, dry cons just about everywhere, quite warm everyone with cloud round, temperatures widely into the low 20s oi’ temperatures widely into the low 20s or so. and later on in the week, not only does it stay dry, but we get more and more sunshine, that will help to lift the temperatures, we could be seeing so some hot weather arriving by friday and into saturday. this is thursday, though, and wi

similar so for wales and the midlands. we've got the breeze with us, not as windy as it was during the day on friday, but nevertheless still quite a keen breeze, and still that weather front lingering close to the south coast. and the breeze switches direction on sunday. it's coming down more from a northerly direction. so again, the east coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, with a few more breaks in the cloud. and as for next week, it looks set to stay dry, and the east should enjoy some sunshine as well. this is bbc world news, the headlines: the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's been the victim of a massive hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. mr macron and his far—right rival, marine le pen, will find out who has won the contest when voters go to the polls on sunday. britain's govern