i'm very clear that scotland's choice -- scotland must have a choice. herher sales talk about the dame that brexit can do if it goes wrong. we cannot find ourselves in a position where we have no imperative but to accept the damage of brexit and what he can have on our economy. a choice at the right time is important. i said that at the end of the process. it is important that people have clarity about brazen and what that means. they don't have clarity about the options. of 2018, thatmn is when theresa may you is saying the brexit process will end. to allow people to make a genuinely informed choice about the future of our country. [applause] >> paul mckay. >> you talk about how this reinforces the case for another independence referendum. does that we can your case? booing] ms. sturgeon: maybe i am a partyshioned, but the getting more seats and votes than any other party in the election, that is democracy. applause] ms. sturgeon: we are talking here about choice at the end of the brexit movement. this election also gives us more opportunities. it give

scotland for some years now is independence. on one side of the debate you have nicola sturgeon‘s snp views taking pa rt nicola sturgeon‘s snp views taking part in the debate tonight, they are trying to build support to win a second independence referendum, which possibly might come towards the end of next year. on the other side you've got ruth davidson for the conservatives whose party has become the main voice of the union in scotland, because they've had some degree of success and are now the official opposition. in many ways those two issues have polarised politics in scotland. then in the middle you've got labour, which used to dominate politics in scotland for many years but have had a pretty torrid time recently. their success has come at the expense, the rise of the snp, still the most popular party in scotland. the liberal democrats have also struggled to regain a major foothold democrats have also struggled to regain a majorfoothold in democrats have also struggled to regain a major foothold in scottish politics i

that gives the people of scotland the opportunity, and i'm saying to people in scotland, whether you voted leave or remain, whether you voted yes or no in 2014, this is an opportunity to strengthen scotland's voice in these brexit talks and strengthen the influence we have in terms of the positions the uk government takes. but mrs may doesn't want you in the talks, and mr barnier, the lead eu negotiator, doesn't want you in the talks. i think in terms of the prime minister's position, and ruth davidson, the scottish tory leader, said not that long ago that she thought scotland and the scottish government and me as first minister should be involved in deciding and shaping the uk position. so if the snp wins this election, it strengthens our hand. because the danger scotland faces right now, and the danger in my view that the whole of the uk faces right now, is notjust brexit, but the extreme brexit that is being pursued by the tories that threatens tens of thousands of jobs in scotland. so on this, as on so many other things, if you want scotland's voice to be heard, if you want scotl

up for scotland. [applause] ms. sturgeon: whether on brexit, austerity, or the future of our public services, this is a manifesto to make scotland's voice heard. it is a manifesto for prosperity and opportunity. a manifesto to tackle inequality. a manifesto to protect jobs and build a fierce society we know is within our grasp. ensure thatsto to scotland's future always be in scotland's hands. i am proud to present it to the scottish people today. [applause] ms. sturgeon: >> thank you very much indeed. thank you. to take someg questions from the media. please, let's allow them to be the important job of affording us accuracy. thank you very much. >> upon the return of a majority conservative government, you call that very highly likely. you have discounted labor's prospects. when those reside in number 10 and 11, even in the last couple of years, even a vast snp presence at westminster, you can not form the majority. presence vast snp can strain the conservatives. ms. sturgeon: this has been the effec

the people of scotland... ..that you would do. the people of scotland... there were some robust exchanges on the question of scottish independence — the impact of brexit — and health and education policy. the impact of brexit — and we'll have the latest reaction to conservative plans for reforming social care and winter fuel benefit for pensioners. good evening. president trump has told the leaders of more than a0 muslim nations, they must join forces to defeat religious extremism. he also said arab leaders had a responsibility to tackle violence in their own countries. a responsibility to tackle violence speaking in saudi arabia, on the second day of his tour of the middle east and europe, he said extremists must find no sanctuary, and he accused iran of representing "the tip of the spear of terrorism," helping to fuel sectarian conflict. our north america editor, jon sopel, is travelling with the president. the president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from

, south—west scotla nd north—east of scotland, south—west scotland and into northern ireland, sunny spells and scattered showers. the north—east of england, patchy outbreaks of light rain but heading our way further south across england and wales, there will be sunshine to kick off your morning but showers cropping up across wales and the south—west of england where they could be heavy first thing. fewer showers for central and south—eastern parts of england. adding to the date as temperatures rise, we will start to see the showers building across much of england and wales and northern ireland. we could see some thunderstorms mixed in. across scotland, the heaviest of the rain will clear towards the northern isles leaving a scattering of showers. temperatures in the mid teens. by sunday, most of the showers tending to ease away. should be an improvement by the time we get to sunday. showers and temperatures warm, up to around 20 degrees which will feel pleasant with light winds but still a few showers in the northwest. heavy downpours likely, but equally some sunshine on saturday. su

scotla nd scotland must have a choice about oui’ scotland must have a choice about our future. scotland must have a choice about ourfuture. a choice between following the uk go in the brexit path or becoming an independent country. we'll bring all the latest on the campaign trail from across the country. after she was attacked by a tiger. tributes continue to the victims of the manchester bombing, as the city's victoria train station reopens a week after the attack. and a top time for the terriers as huddersfield town get promoted to the premier league for the first time in their history. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: andy murray starts his french open campaign shortly. he's due on court in paris where he'll be hoping to improve his form on clay. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. with just over a week to go to the general election, campaigning is resuming in earnest, after a pause because of the manchester attack. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, campaigning today on the issue of childcare, found himself in a bbc interview unable to provide the cost o

national records for scotland's recently published the figures on inward migration to scotland, scotland has 8% of the uk population, last year we had 7% of the total oversee migrants coming to scotland, check the figures. the fact of the matter here is the proposal the tories have put forward in the manifesto, which lam put forward in the manifesto, which i am astounded to hear ruth davidson support, would be devastating for the scottish economy. immigration isn't an easy subject for politicians because people have concerns. but politicians have a duty to be honest about this. when we talk about migrants, when it is people from this country going overseas we talk about expats but when we talk about migrants here we are talking about people working in out are talking about people working in our hospitals, people serving us in out our hospitals, people serving us in our restaurants, we are talking about our friends and our neighbours and the language around immigration i think is shocking. now, we have a needin i think is shocking. now, we have a need in this country to grow our populatio

far north—east of scotland. fairly cool towards the east coast, out west, highs of 17, 18 or fairly cool towards the east coast, out west, highs of17, 18 or 19. cloud out west, highs of 17, 18 or 19. cloud will tend to thicken this evening and overnight and increase across england and wales, perhaps producing the odd spot of rain. more persistent rain into the far south—west, but i really mean just the far south—west. northern ireland, northern england and scotland, the odd fog patch and some places will see a touch of frost. similar for places will see a touch of frost. similarfor most places will see a touch of frost. similar for most about this low pressure to the south is trying to bring about a change. it will not have much luck. the brain associated with it will never get much further than corbel, maybe south west devon, maybe the channel islands. there will be more cloud across england and wales than today, more cloud across the far north—east of scotla nd across the far north—east of scotland but

i will stick with scotland, peter is right we have a system in scotland where it is tra nsfera ble vote system in scotland where it is transferable vote our local elections. we have to look at indicators and it is who got the largest preference share of the votes. if you look across the borders, perthshire, aberdeenshire, angus robertson's seat, john nicholson's boss in westminster, easy it is the scottish conservatives. we need to use this asa conservatives. we need to use this as a platform to take this fight to the snp and lead the fight back against the snp. ruth davidson, thanks forjoining us today. we will carry on the debate in a moment and bring karen bradley in on conservative prospects and barry, we will be in and talking to you as well. in the meantime, what i would like to do is maybe take a quick break and have a look at the weather prospects. will we are ending the week with similar weather as to what we had at the start. things haven't changed that much and that means another sunny day across parts of northern ireland. the best of the sunshine is across northern areas whe

too. 2a degrees oi’ ireland and scotland too. 2a degrees orso, a ireland and scotland too. 2a degrees or $0, a warm ireland and scotland too. 2a degrees or so, a warm day ireland and scotland too. 2a degrees oi’ so, a warm day on ireland and scotland too. 2a degrees or so, a warm day on monday. we will see that when pushing west to east across parts of scotland, that's courtesy of this weather front. behind it, i pressure building from the south. settling things down. a westerly breeze on tuesday. not quite as warm on tuesday, as monday. more cloud around hills and coasts in the west where we could also see a bit of light, drizzly rain. anywhere across central and eastern parts of the country is fine and dry. the best of the sunshine towards the east with temperatures up towards the east with temperatures up to around 22 degrees at best on tuesday. similar on wednesday. high pressure dominates. across the board, looking dry with patchy cloud. light winds and there's temperatures again doing well, up to around 2a degrees. warming up even more toward the end of the week. could see 26

i don't think you can exaggerate the degree of puree there will be in downing street and scotland yard that this has happened. at every single level, and it will be from theresa may, to the president, at every level they will be making it absolutely clear this potentially compromises the investigation carried out which is very serious indeed. also of course how do you think the families of those who are still fighting for their lives feel when they see pictures like this? 0k, much more on all of this at 11:30pm, i know you will come back with a more detailed look at those front pages. breaking news to bring you know which is that a seventh person has been arrested in connection with the bombing after searches in central england. a seventh person arrested here in the uk. let's take a look at the weather. more strong sunshine and higher temperatures over the coming few days. today the temperature around 26 degrees so, in worcestershire this was the picture. we had similar temperatures in central london and to the west of london as well. temperatures will be higher over the next few days.

north—west scotland as well. southern and eastern scotland staying mainly dry, not as warm and humid as it was but still pleasant in the sunshine. western fringes of england and wales a bit drier in the afternoon, maybe even brightening up into the evening. for many parts of england and wales, rain around for much of the day. quite cool, 13 degrees. south east staying dry until the evening. very warm and humid, potentialforsome until the evening. very warm and humid, potential for some torrential thundery outbreaks of rain as we go through the evening. clearing away to leave something drier by the end of the night. southern, central and eastern england could end up with 25 and 40 millimetres of rain, great news for the gardeners, not good news for the gardeners, not good news for the gardeners, not good news for travelling. on thursday, 5un5hine around, a few showers in scotla nd 5un5hine around, a few showers in scotland and northern ireland, one or two scotland and northern ireland, one ortwo in scotland and no

up for scotland. and that is exactly what we will do. the final point which gives me great heart is that we have seen over her premiership so far, particularly in the last two weeks, theresa may we face is not so much the iron lady, but the queen of the u—turn. the more u—turns we can force her into, the better. you talk about addressing an independence referendum at the end of the brexit process. is the end of the brexit process. is the end of the brexit process still spring 2019? or in circumstances do you regard it as later than that? you see for the tories to block a referendum would be democratically unsustainable. given that they beg to differ, what would you do? firstly, i think we should let the people have their say on the 8th ofjune. that is the great opportunity that theresa may has given us in calling this election. we have the opportunity for the people scotland to have their say. i am very clear that scotland‘s choice —— scotland must have a choice. we cannot have our future im

temperatures will be a bit lower than they were on tuesday in scotland and northern ireland. many eastern and southern parts of scotland staying dry, some sunshine, but showers to the north—west and across northern ireland. and if you're stuck underneath this rain across a good part of northern going to england, wales, and the south—west, really going to feel quite cold. the rain starts to ease off later into the afternoon, cold and wet all day through the midlands, central and southern england. ahead of the rain in east anglia and the south—east, warm and humid. but once that rain arrives, late afternoon and into the evening, could be very heavy and thundery across the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east. rain begins to clear away from areas further west. that is the first soaking rain for the gardens we've had for some time towards the south—east, but could lead to difficult travelling conditions. by thursday, all gone. we're into sunshine and showers. most of the showers out to the west, some heavy ones. may well be a dry day across east anglia and the

nice blue skies in scotland. i suspect there will be more cloud across this pa rt there will be more cloud across this part of scotland tomorrow. today we have had cloud in devon, and we have been very much on the edge of some rain here. the rain is trying to move up from the south, but isn‘t really going to make it. we have more cloud as far as northern england, and then the cloud is more broken further north. the cloud will come down across the north—east of scotla nd come down across the north—east of scotland to bring a bit of drizzle. clea rest skies, scotland to bring a bit of drizzle. clearest skies, south—west scotland, northern ireland and northern england, so pretty chilly in the countryside. into sunday, more cloud across northern scotland, north—east scotland, where we could see light drizzle. the cloud may have filtered through into the central belt. should be quite dry. a sunny start for northern ireland, north—west england and northern wales. quite cloudy for the north—east of england

i've beenjoined by our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. this is the first big leaders' debate of this campaign. i'm just wondering what for you is at stake, and the context of the campaign in scotland and the big issues, what are the big things in the debate coming up? the question of the second independence referendum dominates political discourse here in scotland at the moment, so inevitably it will be the focus of much of the night's debate, not least because there's a sense in this election is voters both sides of the divide may be thinking about voting tactically on this issue. so for the parties, there's a lot to play for. the conservatives have made the union a central plank of theircampaign, made the union a central plank of their campaign, opposing the snp‘s stands on this. for the snp, i think they are more likely to be keen to focus on other areas, perhaps brexit and what they perceive as the possible consequences of brexit in areas likejobs possible consequences of brexit in areas like jobs and the economy. the snp, then lord

i'm standing right on scotland's north—east coast. this is the area of scotland that came closest to voting to leave the european union that injune. every local counting area returned a remaining results but it was extraordinarily close here. what role is brexit playing in the general election debate? this seat is held by the snp deputy leader angus robertson. the conservatives are hoping to revive here and they are hoping to revive here and they are talking about this as a main target seat. i have been trying to look at the battle for moray and cooking a dish. this is the home of the famous colleen skink soup. the locals who catch this stuff are mixed with a large agricultural sector, service sector and staff here at the hotel. ian watson voted remain. if anything is happening, we've just got to make sure it's the best that can be. angus robson has been mp here since 2001. one of the yea r‘s been mp here since 2001. one of the year's most vocal supporters at westminster. it's going to be me or a tory who is going to give a blank ch

their vote across scotland slumped. their leader in scotland said the result was disappointing but not particularly a surprise. but perhaps a sign of how far they have fallen is the fact that glasgow city chambers, a labour stronghold for almost a0 years, has gone to the snp. the nationals are calling it a hugely symbolic win. they are now the largest party here in glasgow, and across the country they have taken the most seats overall, but they have fallen short of gaining any majorities. another interesting facet to the story is that there seems to be a research is in the conservative vote. they are now the second party of local government, winning seats in areas which many people would have thought were previously no—go areas for tories, like the east end of glasgow. they campaigned with a message that they are the protectors of the union and certainly with some voters, that seems to have punched through. it gives a sign of the increasingly polarised, binary nature of politics in scotland, with many voters opting to

chuckles nice advert for moving to scotland. the son have gone with a pun making headline, divide and fuel. tories feel the heat of hypocritical policy. is that fair in the light of what lindsey has been saying?m might not be. but it goes the perception that many english voters have that scotland gets a better deal, that public spending is higher north of the border. this is something paul nuttall of ukip has tried to play on. let's get english people the same deal scottish people have. all sorts of reasons why public spending is different. this kind of thing does seem a political ploy. kind of thing does seem a political ploy, and won the tory party basically think they can get away with because they are doing so well amongst older voters and they cannot afford, really, ithink, to inflame the national sentiment. ten for the headline, by the way. it is right to pick up on this. but they cannot say this is bad politics. ruth davidson, the scottish conservatives are on the scottish conservatives are on the march. it is a two horse

elsewhere, it is dry across—the—board, western scotland. elsewhere, it is dry across—the—boa rd, and western scotland. elsewhere, it is dry across—the—board, and a frost free morning. in the rush hour we start to see the rain heading into the far west of scotland. much of scotland is dry and fine. a few showers making their way across northern ireland. as we move south across the whole of england and wales, not much variation in weather. it is looking dry and bright. a bit of patchy cloud, fairly light wind. heading through the day, england and wales stay dry throughout. some patchy cloud, but driest and brightest in the south—east. it is called a further north—west, a few splashes of rainfall northern ireland and scotland. it feels warm on monday. through the evening, the cloud pushes west to east across scotland. that is courtesy of this weather front. hide it, high pressure builds on from the south, settling things down. a westerly breeze on tuesday, not quite as warm on —— as monday. we could see light rain in the west.

a cool feeling day for eastern scotland. further south, warm and muqqy scotland. further south, warm and muggy and further showers developing. some could be thundery, particularly through central areas of england and wales. around the low 20s, one of the warmest spot is closer than the high teens further north. for the weekend, fairly unsubtle. some sunny spells, scattered showers and we'll lose the humidity, particularly on sunday. it will feel fresher. this is the picture for saturday. the south—eastern quadrant of the country could get away with a dry day, sunshine and feeling quite warm. further north and west, breezy, some heavy showers and sunny spells. we'll see the weather front sweep across the country during saturday night. it will leave a fresh regime for sunday. a mixture of sunshine and showers. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon. and now, a look at the day's sport. fhm and greg clarke has defended the right of football clu bs to

we are seeing a realignment in scotland, it isa seeing a realignment in scotland, it is a two horse race between the snp and the tories and it is the snp that will be victorious in the westminster elections in a few weeks' time. there is a fine line between confidence and sounding smug and complacent. that is dangerous. you sound as if you have everything sewn up. no, nobody should ever take a vote or a seat or a contest for granted. tory is still a four letter word in scotland and most people do not want to see a return of the conservatives and that is why we will work very hard the length and breadth of the country to make sure the snp returns victorious in most seats. we need to protect scotland at westminster. we see the tories are running rampant south of the border. there is not a snowball‘s chance in hell of labour winning the election, so if we want the strongest voice to stand up for scottish interests against the ever more rightward drift of the conservative party, people will have to vote snp in scotland and i am confident it will be the snp that will win. you are saying the

we are the one party standing for scotland in the uk and scotland in the eu — that's a powerful message wherever it is that you live. earlier, mr farron visited east dumbartonshire. his core message may be universal in content, but it's carefully distilled across a strictly limited number of target seats in scotland. the bbc has unveiled details of its general election special tv programmes, which will enable the public to question politicians in the run up to the poll on the 8th ofjune. david dimbleby will host two question time specials in which leaders will face audience questions consecutively. our media and arts correspondent david sillito explains what's happening. these are the bbc‘s plans. a series of two question time specials, the first will feature theresa may and jeremy corbyn in the same programme but not sharing a stage. they will appear consecutively facing questions from the audience, and then there will be another question time special two days later with other party leaders appearing on election questions later in the evening. the leaders will face interviews from an

western scotland turning west in the afternoon. eastern scotland largely dry. look at temperatures further south, wisely into the 20s, maybe mid—20s in the south—east. warm across southern mid—20s in the south—east. warm across southern areas mid—20s in the south—east. warm across southern areas to finish monday. rain moving across scotland and that will fade away and the rest of the week, not much rain around. most of the week, not much rain around. m ost pla ces of the week, not much rain around. most places dry, becoming warm, if not hot as we head to friday. tuesday, temperatures will take a tiny dip. we have westerly winds, and the aircoming tiny dip. we have westerly winds, and the air coming from the atlantic hence the temperatures will drop a touch. low cloud in the west and light rain and drizzle. with the ever strengthening sunshine, it will feel very pleasant. through tuesday into wednesday, high pressure building even more. they westerly wind across scotland and northern ireland could produce outbreaks of rain. by this stage we could see

her skeleton is now stored at the national museum scotland. tests showed she was heavily contaminated with man—made chemicals, called pcbs. the levels that we found in lulu were 20 times higher than the levels we would expect in citations that weren't suffering any effects of pcbs. that puts her as one of the most contaminated animals on the planet. in killer whales, the chemicals can stop the animal from bearing young. they harm the immune system, and also the brain. for lulu, one theory is that pcbs may have severely impaired her intelligence, perhaps leading to her deadly entanglement in fishing nets. here in the laboratory, the curing effective heat is shown... pcbs were once man—made wonder chemicals. used in everything from plastics to electrics. but it was later discovered they were toxic, and from the 19705 a series of bans around the world were put into place. but they have stuck around. especially in landfill sites that contain the materials they were once used in. today, the pcb problem lives on. especially in our oceans. the ch

this rain pushes from northern ireland, over western scotland, and ending up in the east of scotland. choose to, high pressure building in the bay of biscay. the general flow is off the atlantic. that means western areas will be prone to more cloud. some sports of rain and drizzle, as well. temperatures down a touch from monday, but still warm in the strengthening sunshine. to the middle part of the week, high—pressure building from the south, lighter winds, still a breeze bringing cloud and some patches of rain to northern ireland and north—western scotland. the vast majority of the day will be dry. temperatures back into the low 20s. and they will climb further as we go through the latter stage of the week. increasing amounts of sunshine on thursday and friday. damages could even hit 28 degrees over some parts of the uk by friday afternoon. —— temperatures could even hit 28 degrees. i will be back in half an hour. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: donald trump is preparing to address arab leaders in riyadh, expected to tell them to fulfil their part of the burden in co

can we start on scotland ? laura is still with me. can we start on scotland? i know you have been getting some intelligence? there is a pattern emerging. what the tories hope to do in the general election is borne out by the local results. that is, start to make progress in areas where tories frankly went out with the ark. in midlothian and five, parts of scotland that are laboured to the core, seats are being won by the conservatives. —— labour. in clackmannanshire are there was no tory representation whatsoever, but overnight that has changed. they have representation in every ward. and one big scalp, i'm told the snp leader in fife council, gordon brown's old backyard, has lost his seat to a conservative. a picture that is bad for the labour party and bad for the snp, although we do expect the snp to take glasgow consul, a big totemic win. can we pick up on the conservative prospect in scotland, and whether what laura says makes sense to you? we are seeing encouraging results across the country for the conservative party. in scotland, we have had ruth d

scotland's leading historian is himself from an irish catholic background. we weren't exactly an underclass, but we were pretty close to it. this team was the sporting champion of that ethnicity. that was probably almost as significant as the visit of the pope to scotland, first ever visit by the pope in 1982. it was, if you like, a stage in their emancipation. that is why these flickering images resonate so powerfully, half a century on. allan little, bbc news, glasgow. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. jeremy corbyn restart the election campaign with attack on foreign policy that he says feels rather than fight terrorism. we will examine that on bbc two. here, on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. no silver lining for hull who have been relegated and lost their highly regarded manager. the motion to relegation from the scottish premiership is in the balance, it is all square at tannadice. practice makes perfect in the principality, formula 1 is gearing up for the monaco grand prix this weekend. football managers have been on the move this week

scotland, tied that in western scotland, tied that in western scotland, nearing 21 celsius in the sunshine. for parts of england and we'll is, heavy showers around. thundery ones around the bristol channel in south wales at the moment. it will continue to run border in southern england and we in the next years before dying away tonight. variable cloud tonight and the odd mist and fog patch. temperatures are a little lower than this in rural spots, parts of western scotland getting close to freezing going into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, clyde in north—east scotland and england. western scotland in sunshine. it is warm in the sun once again. the cloud in the east of england will bring showers. drifting to parts of wales by the end of the day. one or two heavy ones in south—east england and southern england as well. this isa and southern england as well. this is a picture going through tuesday evening. into wednesday, still some showers for the west and south west of england. workload in england and we'll is compared to scotland and ireland, which has the lion's share of the sunshine. he

sunshine and showers in the west of scotland. there is some nice weather between the downpours, as captured by this weather watcher in the highlands. that's how this afternoon looks. this evening tonight some of the showers will be reluctant to ease away but by the early hours of tomorrow morning many places will be give except for much of scotland because here it will still be quite cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain. across the northern half of scotland, quite heavy by the start of saturday. for every where else on saturday, another day of sunny spells and showers. northern ireland, england and wales, downpours starting early in the morning and becoming more widespread into the afternoon. some sunny weather between showers. the north of scotland, stuck with a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, some could be heavy. but sunshine in the south—east maybe getting up to 17 or 18. the showers should ease away a little more on saturday nights or more in the way of dry weather to be had. also the rain will move away from the nor

about welfare benefits in scotland. you are a breath of fresh air. more voters might feel the same, ifjeremy corbyn‘s promise to protect the fuel allowa nce corbyn‘s promise to protect the fuel allowance and pensions catches on. labour has been attacked over tax and spending plans which critics say do not add up, but he is hitting back. she has caused a huge amount of anxiety. she has not set at what level she will change it. we think it should be kept and it will be kept under labour, and it will be universal. just one way for the snp to go, right that theresa may. taking the winter fuel payment away from pensioners who have paid in all their life is just wrong. from pensioners who have paid in all their life isjust wrong. the from pensioners who have paid in all their life is just wrong. the winter fuel payment is not a kings ransom. not all tories south of scotland with mrs may on pensioners and policies like social care. one former minister said they would be opposing her, except there is an election on. mrs may

scotland must have a choice about our future. the choice between following the uk down the brexit path or becoming an independent country. we'll bring you the latest in this, the last full week of campaigning. also tonight: returning to manchester — ariana grande announces a benefit concert to remember the victims of the terror attack. passionate about herjob — tributes to the zookeeper killed by a tiger she cared for. it's been a as—year wait — huddersfield celebrates the team's entry into football's top flight. and coming up in the sport on bbc news... it's "wenger in" as arsene signs a new two—year deal to extend his 21—year stay as arsenal manager. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. jeremy corbyn has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labour's key campaign pledges. in the last full week of campaigning, this was a chance for him and theresa may to press home their messages. instead labour has found itself having to explain what the conservatives have a called a car—crash interview in whic

we also had some similar temperatures in the south—west of scotland. again, nice and warm with some 5un5hine. the best of the weather over the week ahead will probably be acro55 we5tern scotland and northern ireland. we have more cloud coming into eastern scotland, north—east england, quite low cloud and these are the temperatures by the time we get to early tuesday. seven or eight degrees typically. a little bit of mist and fog towards the south—west after that rain on monday. the showers that we had, some lively, have headed southwards into the near continent and high pressure will come to dominate eventually, but this weather front here could 5poil things a bit, coming in off the 5outhern north sea. we‘ll see some 5howers. a mi5hmash in the morning with sunshine and areas of cloud. but more cloud and perhaps few showers coming in off the north sea into more central and 5outhern parts of england. for much of the day, the south—west is likely to be dry as well as wale5, nice and warm in the sunshine, but feeling cooler under this cloud, especi

let's look at scotland. labour have suffered bruising losses — including in glasgow, where the party lost control of the council that they've held for decades. the snp finished as the largest party, but the conservatives have made big gains. from glasgow, here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. this really is a bad result for labour. their vote across scotland slumped. the leader in scotland said the result was disappointing but not particularly a surprise. but perhaps a sign of how far they have fallen as the fact that glasgow city chambers, a labour stronghold for almost a0 years, has gone to the snp. they are calling it a hugely symbolic win. they are now the largest party here in glasgow and across the country they have taken the most seats overall. but they have fallen short of gaining any majorities. another interesting facet of the story in scotland is that there does seem to be a resurgence in the conservative vote. they are now the second party of local government. winning seats in areas

but temperatures will be a bit lower than they were on tuesday in scotland and northern ireland. many eastern and southern parts of scotland staying dry, with some sunshine, but showers to the north—west and across northern ireland. and if you are stuck underneath this rain across a good part of northern england, wales, and the south—west, it really is going to feel quite cold. the rain starts to ease off later into the afternoon, but cold and wet all day through the midlands, central and southern england. ahead of the rain in east anglia and the south—east, it will be warm and humid. but once that rain arrives, late afternoon and into the evening, it could be very heavy and thundery across the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east. the rain begins to clear away from areas further west. so that is the first soaking rain for the gardens we've had for some time towards the south—east, but could lead to some difficult travelling conditions. by thursday, it is all gone. we're into sunshine and showers. most of the showers out to the west, some heavy ones. but it may

still a few storms across scotland. still a few storms across the channel that could cut some southern parts of the uk but the tendency is to push the wetter weather northwards, most of it heading out towards the north sea, so becoming dry overnight, but hanging on to a good deal of cloud, still be humid here, so temperatures around 13, 1a across a good part of england and wales. the chance of more sunshine on the way for tuesday. by the morning most places will be dry. still some cloud around, particularly across the east of england, but that cloud should break up during the day. towards the north—west, one or two match ours loitering and feeding and of the irish sea. eastern areas of scotland are dry, mystery and places, northern ireland and the western fringes of scotland seeing outbreaks of rain first thing on tuesday morning. that wetter weather comes on that weather front, cooler and fresh air coming on that weather front, cooler and fresh aircoming in on that weather front, cooler and fresh air coming in behind

it will strengthen scotland's hand against an extreme brexit, and it will strengthen scotland's right to make our own decisions. the snp also advocate an additional £118 billion in public spending, raising the minimum wage to over £10, and raising the top rate of tax to 50p. nicola sturgeon had much less to say about a second referendum on scottish independence. are you worried it's a vote—loser? no, i'm not. i've made my position on this clear. at the end of the brexit process, not now, but at the end of that process, i think scotland should have a choice over our own future. but i've also said that, in this election, there's a more immediate opportunity and that is to strengthen scotland's hand in the brexit negotiations. you've even changed your language about independence, you talk about scotland have a choice, we almost never hear you actually saying a second referendum on independence, whilst your opponents are putting that front and centre of their campaigns. it's as though you're almost a bit embarrassed about it? i've got opponents, yes, saying i'm talking about nothing e

, south west scotland into northern ireland, sunny spells and scattered showers. the north east of england has patchy outbreaks of light rain but further south across england and wales there will be some sunshine to kick up the morning but again showers cropping up across wales and the south—west of england where they could be heavy thirsting. fewer for central and south—eastern parts but heading through the day as temperatures rise we will start to see the showers building, across much of northern ireland england, wales, there could be thunder too. across scotland most of the rate will clear leaving a scattering of showers. 0n will clear leaving a scattering of showers. on sunday, most of the showers. on sunday, most of the showers will ease away. it should be an improvement. fewer showers and temperatures are little warmer, up to 20 degrees. still a few showers in the north—west. to summarise, heavy downpours likely, some sunshine on saturday, sunday is a dry day with fewer showers and temperatures and the warmer side. heading into the new working week, on

to stand up for scotla nd mps from scotland to stand up for scotland and protect our interests. with me are, rachel shabi, and sam coates. it is good to see you both. it is a big day, labour launched its ma nifesto big day, labour launched its manifesto and the welsh nationalists, plaid cymru. ma nifestos nationalists, plaid cymru. manifestos seemed to have everything the rank and file in the company would love. does it have wider appeal, do you think? it seems the policies are popular and what is interesting about this manifesto now that it has finally come out as the real thing, it is notjust a matter of the individual policies, it is a vision, it's a recalibration of britain, different way of looking at the economy after years of stagnating wages and flat—lining productivity and spiralling costs. it's trying to address inequalities and boost the economy in a genuinely different way. i think it is true to say that there is now a big distinction between the two main parties. a big distinction but no mention of brexit, sam. there was a little bit of brexit in the manifesto. la

if we start in scotland at 9am this morning we can see rain in the west but for the rest of scotland it is largely dry with variable amounts of cloud, and by 9am, temperatures between 12 and 13. north—east england more cloud but nonetheless a pleasa nt start england more cloud but nonetheless a pleasant start to the day. it is medium or high cloud, so it will be bright under blue skies, with eastern england seeing sunshine. the east anglia, down into the south—east, are very similar story. there is some blue sky around this morning but there is also some high cloud and that extends all the way along southern counties into the south—western also into wales, so a dry start. but for northern ireland you have some rain coming your way this morning and it is going to move from west to east, clearing away and thenit from west to east, clearing away and then it will brighten up in the afternoon. so through the course of the day the rain in northern ireland does just that. it is from west to east, moving across western scotland, heading north eastwards. some of it will be heavy, especi

a touch of frost in parts of scotland. here we have the sunshine tomorrow, as in northern england and north wales and northern ireland. further south we still have this plague of cloud and along the east coast, coming off the north sea, it will feel cold. but temperatures generally coming down a touch. 0n friday evening the showers approached the south—west of england and on saturday we have low pressure near us, which will bring rain. the timing and position of this could change. in the south—west, affecting the channel islands, very bill amounts of cloud. —— variable. for sunday, there goes the weather front, pulling into the near continent. behind it, dry and bright conditions. a change in wind direction. still feeling cold down east coast. coolalinga north. still a lot of dry weather around. —— cooler in the north. if you are sick of the wind, it will change next week in east. but it won't feel as warm where it has felt warm in the north—west. we don't like a nagging wind! we don't like a nagging anything

snp say they want to make scotland was her voice heard. theresa may ruled out the idea of giving them a seat at the negotiating table, she saying she would speak for the uk. the headlines on bbc news: julian assange says his legal issues continue after sweden drops a rape investigation. theresa may is forced to defend her election pledge to scrap winter fuel payments for some pensioners. some scottish conservatives have opposed this. the families of the victims of serial killer stephen port express dismay at the slow progress of an inquiry into why police took so long to catch him. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport center. good evening. lots going on tonight, starting with rugby union and cardiff blues can't qualfy for next season's european champions cup after losing their pro 12 semifinal play off against stade francais. the blues have the lead in the first target ended up well beaten by stan francais. 46—21 was the final score. sta n francais. 46—21 was the final score. stan francais will play either connaught or so

and that the tories put forward in scotland and it's resonating. we don't want any more votes about anything ever. we've got one coming haven't we on the eighth? before that on sunday, the french go to the polls to choose between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. and his party which he only set up a year ago. it's starting to look clear, grow clearer ago. it's starting to look clear, gi’ow clearer 110w. ago. it's starting to look clear, grow clearer now. the first round looked a bit hairy. but opinion polls can be wrong, but macron has a 60s to —— polls can be wrong, but macron has a 605 to -- 62% polls can be wrong, but macron has a 60s to —— 62% in the opinion polls, marine le pen has 30%. even if it is wrong, it will be an unprecedented scale for this to be wrong. there is wrong and there's wrong. and should bea wrong and there's wrong. and should be a shoe in for macon. the markets are saying this is our guide, we don't think we'll have marine le pen come in and threatened to dismantle video row. but he hasn't got any mps? video row.

a chilly night in rural parts of scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, we keep the shower or two running into western scotla nd shower or two running into western scotland but the vast majority are going to be dry. a sunny morning in northern ireland with cloud increasing and it could be misty low cloud around south—west england and love channel and coast, where as most love channel and coast, where as m ost pla ces love channel and coast, where as most places will have variable cloud and sunny spells and temperatures a degree or two down compared to today, where you see the best of the sunshine. high pressure is building across the uk so that by wednesday it is covering most areas, though there will still be some outbreaks of rain into north—west scotland, a lot of loud the west, sunny skies in the east and as we get through thursday, friday into saturday, this is where the sunshine becomes more widespread and the temperatures head up widespread and the temperatures head up even further into the very warm to hot category. the high pressure

reporting scotland. for the rest of our viewers, let's have a quick look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the financial times claims that theresa may failed to consult some of her most senior colleagues on manifesto plans to overhaul the social care system. the times also goes with social care, saying that theresa may's planned changes could be wrecked by poorly performing local authorities the metro also leads with the general election, reporting that the tories are now looking to attackjeremy corbyn, after polls showed their lead over labour being cut in half. the telegraph reports that jeremy corbyn is at the centre of a growing row, after they say he repeatedly refused to condemn the actions of republican terrorists in ireland. the daily mail covers the same story, adding that mr corbyn's comments have enraged campaigners for the victims of terrorism. the guardian claims it has seen a large cache of internal documents from facebook which show how the tech giant moderates its sites. and finally, the

cool for eastern scotland under the cloud that they should wake up. showers heading to wales and the south—western and they fade away and then we see, after a brief respite, more showers coming in again from the southern north sea. a lot of cloud to england and wales, perhaps further north is scotland and northern ireland but again on chilly side in the highlands. as we head into wednesday, these showers and cloud thickening, mainley from the humber southwards into south—west of england, there will be some sunshine at times but the sunniest weather developing after a bit of a cloudy start for scotland and northern ireland and again we will find temperatures here in the west into the high teens. another lovely day to come. not the sort a weather for dipping your toes in the north sea, perhaps, that where the temperature will be eight or nine degrees. starting to warm up at this time of year. the temperatures are significant because the wind is coming in off the north sea. this high—pressure dominator whether it is typical of this time of year but

we're going to go to scotland now. we're going to go to scotland now. we will go to glasgow actually and speak to the snp group leader on the city council. give us your views on the results as you see them, especially with glasgow and labour losing control there in glasgow for the first time in decades. yes. well we in the snp have had an historic victory here in today in glasgow. we're the biggest party on glasgow city council. we will go forward and form the first ever snp administration here. labour have beenin administration here. labour have been in powerfor a0 years and administration here. labour have been in power for a0 years and the people of glasgow have decided it's time for a change and a fresh start in the city chambers. that is what the snp will deliver for them. although the snp have done well, some people, some analysts and commentators saying not as well as they would have liked, perhaps losing a bit of momentum, are you worried about that? well, we have - we are the largest party, i think 17 of scotland's councils now. we have the lar

is vital that we elect strong snp mps who will stand up for scotland and protect scotland's interests at westminster. we know the biggest risk to scotland in the years ahead is an increasingly hardline tory government intent on more austerity, more cuts, and intent notjust on brexit but the most extreme form of brexit but the most extreme form of brexit possible. so we need to make sure that after this election scotland's voice is heard loudly and clearly. it is more important than it has ever been before for scotland's voice to be heard, for mps from scotland to stand up for scotla nd mps from scotland to stand up for scotland and protect our interests. 0njune the scotland and protect our interests. on june the 8th scotland and protect our interests. 0njune the 8th the message is clear: tory mps will be rubber sta m ps clear: tory mps will be rubber stamps for whatever theresa may wa nts to stamps for whatever theresa may wants to do. snp mps will be there to stand up for scotland and protect our interests. it's nicknamed plastic island and you can see why — 38 million items were w