that's my wales. i believe that's your wales and together we can build that wales leanne? as we look to the future, i see the muller anniversary gameses potential that —— the amazing potential that —— the amazing potential we have, i hope you would agree that wales could be doing even better as a nation. we already have a country we can be proud of. but we can be doing so much better. we've got potential in our economy, in our energy, in our nhs, our education systems. potential that is yet to be unlocked. over the next five to ten yea rs, unlocked. over the next five to ten years, i want to see that potential unlocked with a plaid cymru government in an assembly which has more powers and which becomes a real parliament capable of providing real improvements in people's lives, a strong team of plaid cymru mps can help our country by ensuring that the brexit deal that we get helps our economy instead of holding it back. so get behind plaid cymru in this election and join me in working towards a more positive future for wales. thank you very much. daran?” believe t

still warm in southern parts of england and wales. wednesday morning that some cloudy and maybe since default in the channel channel that could come onto the south coast in the afternoon. 0xford could come onto the south coast in the afternoon. oxford and northwards into the midlands and northern england will be cool and fresh with a bright and sunny start to wind state. similar in northern ireland and scotland. it can be windy in the north—east of scotland overnight but they will continue to use. at fine data come on wednesday with a good deal of sunshine. the cloud will break up in wales and southern england but there could be one to isolated showers. light went for many of us in temperatures a bit higher than today, especially inland, peaking at 23—24, cooler along the coast. high pressure over the uk is building in unsettling things down. a big area of low pressure threatening to bring in this weather front in the northwest. scooping up some warm air from the near continent and temperatures will be rising ahead of the cloud an

wales heartland. although they have held on to the capital city, cardiff. also newport and swansea. and it has been a bad night for ukip — overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. coming up, we'll be live in glasgow. the snp are trying to take the city council from labour. the scottish counting has onlyjust started, so those results are all to come. labour have had decades of controlling glasgow city council. we'll be covering the results from scotland as they come in. to say the least, there is plenty to talk about! here in the studio we're joined by our political editor laura kuenssberg. the home office minister brandon lewis for the conservatives. the shadow foreign secretary labour's emily thornberry. and ukip‘s suzanne evans. a very good morning to you all. take a breath, we will be with you in a moment. but firs

that's we have in wales. we need plaid cymru standing up with the strongest representation possible in westminster to simply defend wales against this pinscher movement. thank you for being with us, the health spokesman for plaid cymru in bangor. we will now talk to representatives from two parties from ukip councillor peter reeve the local government spokesman and the green party's coleader local government spokesman and the green pa rty‘s coleader jonathan ba rtley. let's talk green pa rty‘s coleader jonathan bartley. let's talk about ukip, as we've been talking about it all day. wipeout is what people are saying. at the end of the day, ukip stands for a different cause to that of old school parties. we see success in terms of making a change in this country. we continue to do that. yes, we're never happy when we're not winning seats, that's a fact. today hasn't been good on that front. the reality is we are still leading the national agenda. the conservative party have painted themselves in ukip colour

wales, to develop wales, to defend wales, to develop wales, to defend wales, to develop wales, to vote for wales, to vote for plaid cymru. applause studio: as the photographs are taken, let's talk to our correspondent. how would you sum that up? i think what is clear from the manifesto is that there are a few crucial words — defend was one of the keywords, cropping up many times in this manifesto. if end what is rightfully there for wales, one of the key pledges from leanne wood today, that defence of the money that comes from the eu, wales is a huge beneficiary of eu money, because it is one of the poorest parts, and leanne wood trying to say to the welsh people, we are the only people that can guarantee that that money will still come from westminster. we will do our best to do so. she has said today that she would like to defend, put a shield around, the trade deal that the uk has with the european union. how exactly it would work, i put it to leanne wood earlier and she could not quite explain it, but that would still be a key pledge for plaid cymru, if they were to get more memb

and south wales. that can affect things as well, thank you for the moment. thank you to our voters, thank you. we will pick up with the weather. it was raining at 6am but it is getting better what's going to happen in the rest of the uk? idid not happen in the rest of the uk? i did not think i was built for by i did not think i was built for rugby and! i did not think i was built for rugby and i know it is sure with this lot, i am with the welsh national champions, big match for you lads on friday? definitely, big game we are looking forward to starting preparation already. we play the welsh national team before they go on tour. fantastic, good luck with that. let's quickly get the weather. it started a bit damp first thing this morning but things have improved. for many of you things will improve throughout the day with sunshine on the if we look at the details, quite mild and muggy at the details, quite mild and muggy at the details, quite mild and muggy at the moment, it will turn pressure but that

i'm at the magnificent castle here in wales. we'll hear how it will be punching above its weight when it comes to the results in this general election. good morning it's tuesday 30th may.

across parts of the midlands and wales, patchy cloud and sunny spells. northern england, northern ireland and scotland will see the best sunshine, but more cloud plaguing the 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 clou

they have had a majority of mps in wales the decades and they failed to put wales on the map. but it was ukip that had the worst crash from their heights, their scorecard nearly zero, brexit seeming to challenge their very reason for being. we have won the war but we have not won the peace. i would say we need ukip to be there, to be strong. ukip is the insurance policy in case brexit doesn't get delivered. yes, this is sometimes how seats are decided. the vote so close that candidates draw straws. here, a lib dem had the lucky choice in what that party described overall as a patchy performance. political speak for not much to be proud of, but no disaster. the liberal democrats are your best route to prevent our country and communities being taken for granted by a conservative landslide. not much sign of the greens becoming a significant force, gaining some small footholds but losing others along the way. yet in a patchwork of results there was one big winner. 0n a patchwork of results there was one big winner. on her party's first big day out with her in charge. of course, th

wales has a decent day. in the east, exposed to the wind coming in, it will be chilly at times and blustery in the south—west. further to the north and west of the country it is going to feel quite warm in the sunshine, 19 degrees, contrasted with 11 or 12 in eastern scotland into north—east england. high levels of uv today with all other sunshine around, so don't be fooled by the breeze. heading on through this evening and overnight, cloud increases for east anglia, the midlands, northern england and wales with the odd spot of rain. further south, we will see rain heading in across the south—west of england will stop cornwall, the channel isles too. there is likely to be a touch of frost. through the day tomorrow, low pressure in the far south—west, it looks like it pushes slowly eastwards, so some spots of rain for cornwall into the channel isles through the day. elsewhere, largely dry. it will be a cloudy day for northern england, the midlands, into wales and the odd spot of drizzle. on the south

it's really one of the key questions about how wales performs in the yea rs about how wales performs in the years ahead. so a very, very important brexit context over and above the debate that is taking place in this election campaign. huw, thank you sophie. . after months of speculation the arsenal manager, arsene wenger, has agreed a new two—year contract with the club. arsenal finished fifth in the premier league this season, the first time they've finished outside the top four since wenger took over in 1996. but on saturday, arsenal beat chelsea to win the fa cup. the former military leader of panama, general manuel noriega, has died at the age of 83. he was seen as the last strongman of latin america. a key ally to the united states in the 1980s, noriega was helpful in washington's battle against the spread of communism before being toppled when american troops invaded. our world affairs editor, john simpson, looks back at his life. he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. american politicians used to say of leaders like manuel noriega — he may be a son of a

wales, that wales is under threat. do you even have enough of a voice, even if things go very well for you, the best case scenario in the general election, would you have enough power in westminster to make a difference? there is going to be a tory landslide in england, there is no doubt about that, and given that 84% of the seats are held in england, the question for us is not about who forms the government now. it is about how strong a voice wales has to oppose the government that is in. and theresa may has very strong views, in terms of where she wants to go with the post— referendum negotiations. some of the decisions she is intent on making will be bad for wales. we want to see a guarantee on the £680 million that we currently get from the european union to develop and support agricultural sector and our higher education sector, for example. we need those guarantees, we need to make sure that more is done to protect the 200,000 jobs that are reliant on a tariff free access to the single market. so those are the

the question here in wales is what happens to wales. the scots have a strong voice in the snp to advocate for the scottish national interest. theresa may is the official leader of the england party now, so we need applied plaid cymru to speak for wales. many people don't want a party that is split and with candidates who are ready to stab their leader in the back. if wales is to be defended and developed after this election, it's down to a strong block of plaid cymru mps to do that. your manifesto seems to be based on fear of a tory landslide. it's based on evidence. if you look at the great repeal bill, clause 11.2 clearly states that there are powers currently held in brussels of a devolved competence regarding agriculture, and other elements, so the powers could go back to westminster and not come to cardiff. we have put forward the case for a stronger national assembly here, one that is equipped with the powers to do with the challenges we face in wales, not just the economic challenges. we don't have those powers yet and this is th

, but most or two in england and wales, but m o5t pla ce5 or two in england and wales, but most places staying dry. by thursday it is cooler and fresher board. on friday, you can see the tell—tale circulation around an area of low pressure, that is close by. if anything, the showers and possible thunderstorms are more widespread on friday with low pressure grows by, staying unsettled at the weekend. the chance of catching a shower. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven: labour launches what it calls is a radical election manifesto, and a a plan to help build a fairer society. our proposals are of hope for the many all over will this country and i'm very proud to present our manifesto — for the many, not the few. plaid cymru launches also its manifesto — promising to give wales a "strong voice" during brexit. president trump says he has an ‘absolute right‘ to share information with russia, despite unease over disclosing classified information. we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isi5. after the death of the moors

parts of england and wales leading to a wet day. western fringes of england and wales may brighten up later in the day. it will be cool with that rain, 10—13 degrees, pleasa nt with that rain, 10—13 degrees, pleasant in the sunny spells. in scotla nd pleasant in the sunny spells. in scotland and northern ireland, warm and humid again, in east anglia and south—east england. where those few places stay dry it will turn wetter going into the evening rush—hour. the potential here for torrential thundery bursts. by the time it's said and done there are parts of southern, central and eastern england getting 20—40 millimetres of rain. it will be difficult for travelling. it will clear away, thursday sunny spells across the board. scattered showers will develop. it will feel pleasant when the sun makes an appearance, cooler when the showers move through. if you catch a shower it could be heavy. for the weekend a mixture of sunshine and showers. warm when you get sunshine, temperatures come down with a shower comes through after mi

wales, like everyone else, needs to see the terms. and how, the audience asked, will the parties increased the wealth of wales? my party is in favour of increasing corporation tax powers to the welsh assembly, the example, so we can create, in wales, the kind of tax haven status which the irish public has to the immense benefit of the irish economy. this is the way forward for wales. thank you very much. neil, tax havens have no health service, and poor spending on education, each and every one of them around the world. next week's election will be the fifth time in just over two years that everyone in wales has been able to go to the polls. an election that will test labour's defences and their opponent's lines of attack. now a look at the ‘weather for the week ahead' with darren bett. hello there. october to march was the tries for 20 years, april was also very dry. the figures for may for all but the last two days show it has been dry across the north and west of the uk but a different story for the south—east of the stuffing a

north wales seeing sunshine. north wales seeing sunshine but the rest of wales, really cloudy. through the course of today at times it will brighten up in the south but some medium or high cloud around, we could see some showers developing from mid wales down to kent but it could be hit and miss. you will be unlucky if you catch one, if you are in the sunshine and light winds it will feel pleasant with a top temperatures of 24 degrees in the south—east, in scotland around 20 degrees. this evening and overnight, a lot of dry weather around, elements of cloud and mist and fog forming, not as cold in the north as the night that has just gone but a weather front showing its the night that has just gone but a weatherfront showing its hand, coming from the west, introducing some rain, the heaviest reaching heights. tomorrow, starting with rain making inroads from the west across parts of northern ireland and scotland, the wind picking up, a lot of tri— weather for the rest of the uk, this sea fog not too far away from the southern counties of england, the inland penetration of th

protecting wales from brexit. but wales voted to leave the eu. we've accepted that wales voted to leave the eu. we accepted that on the day of the referendum. what we've put forward in our action plan today is for a positive post—brexit plan for wales. there are things that need defending but we also need to develop our economy and develop our country. plaid cymru is seeking to persuade welsh voters that it, rather than labour, can protect wales from what it calls a cruel and reckless tory party. i can see the conservatives winning with a landslide. corbyn isn't the man i thought he was. definitely consider voting plaid cymru. i have been here 18 years. i have seen no change. but, if plaid cymru is to alter the political landscape here, it will need to change the voting habits of generations. well, labour says its spending commitments are fully costed, but do they really add up? the bbc‘s chris morris has been giving the figures a reality check. the manifesto was finally published officially a little over two hours ago and we have been crunch

why it includes a specific commitment to bring forward a north wales growth deal, connecting north wales growth deal, connecting north wales with northern england to encourage cross—border working, building on the success of the cardiff city deal and swansea bay city deal that i signed in south walesjust a few city deal that i signed in south wales just a few weeks ago. it is why we are committed to bringing down the barriers of trade and commerce down the barriers of trade and commerce between south wales and the wider uk by scrapping the tolls on the severn crossings for good, helping 25 million drivers who use the crossings every year and providing a £100 million boost to the local economy. it is why we will introduce a new uk shared prosperity fund, replacing ineffective and restrictive eu structural funds with a new targeted scheme whose sole purpose will be to reduce the inequalities that exist within and between the four nations of our united kingdom. and that is why, as we leave the european union, we will ensure that power sits closer to the people of the uk than ever before.

yes, labour has been struggling in wales with corbyn and before corbyn. it's been a very slow and steady decline. plaid as you say have focused on brexit very strongly today because of the risks to wales in terms of having tariff free access to europe, the eu, would make access to europe, the eu, would make a big difference for somewhere like wales that is reliant on the kind of access. i can see why she has stressed that access for her party. very briefly, sam. by afful part is fishing in the pool forformer remain voters and only conservatives and ukip looking to capitalise on the 52% who voted for brexit in wales. labour had the abacus out, punched in the figures and their spending commitments make sense. but do the sums really add up? chris morris has our reality check. it has finally been published officially and we have been crunching the numbers. but where does labour say the money is coming from? well, it estimates an extra tax take of £48.6 billion. let's break that down a little, income tax first. higher earners will pay more, and we're talking

across parts of wales and east anglia occasional whale ta kes wales and east anglia occasional whale takes us through the morning rush—hour before that moves into northern england and starts to fizzle. northern ireland sees showers on through day but into scotland, a dry story once again. a few showers in the west that much of area is dry and bright. some rain later in the east and into the midlands and east anglia which could see heavy showers breaking out. sunshine in between. temperatures around 20 degrees but the showers could be nasty in a couple of spots. the southern counties will see morning clouds break with sunshine in the afternoon if a little bit humid although formal will hold on to rain and some more rain will return to south—western wales later. the rest of wales brightens up to sunshine. in northern ireland it is predominantly cloudy through the afternoon with spots of rain to finish the day. into tonight we will see the rain across parts of scotla nd see the rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland, even northern england, continue for a while. in the so

still quite warm for southern parts of england and wales where we had cloud. 0n england and wales where we had cloud. on wednesday morning these areas are likely to start cloudy and there will be some sea fog loitering in the english channel and that could move into the southern coast in the afternoon with sea breezes developing. from 0xford northwards it will be nice and bright and sunny. similar in northern ireland and scotland. windy overnight but this will ease down on wednesday morning. wednesday looks like a decent day for most of us. the cloud across england in the south and across england in the south and across wales will break up but there may be one to an isolated showers. a dry day with sunshine further north and temperatures higher than the word today, at least on land, it might be cooler in the south and east. high pressure and light winds across the uk for a while, but in the atlantic is an approaching area of low pressure and rain, knocking on the door of the north west. there will also be some warmer air from the continent and temperatures will rise ahead of the rain. t

they've had a majority of mps in wales for decades, and they've failed to put wales on the map. but it was ukip that had the worst crash from their heights. their scorecard nearly zero. brexit seeming to challenge their very reason for being. we've won the war, but we haven't yet won the peace. and i would say this: that we need ukip to be there, we need ukip to be strong. ukip is the insurance policy in case brexit doesn't get delivered. and yes, this is sometimes how seats are decided. a vote so close candidates draw straws. here, a lib dem had a lucky choice. in what, overall, that party described as a patchy performance. political speak for "not that much to be proud of, nor disaster instead". the liberal democrats are now your best route to prevent our country and our communities being taken for granted by a conservative landslide. not much sign of the greens becoming a significant force, gaining some small new footholds, but losing others along the way. yet, in a patchwork of results, there was one big winner. on her party's first big day out with her in charge. of course,

he was first minister for almost a decade but wasn't tony blair's choice as labour leader in wales. he took over following the resignation of his predecessor, alan michael, and is widely credited with having brought stability to the fledgling institution which had a turbulent start. he was the person who took the assembly from being something that was still not hugely supported, not widely supported by the people of wales, not anything like supported as it is now to being an institution people understand and is very much a part of the lives of the people in wales. this is too much. let's get it into touch! he was a proud welshman who loved sport, sharing the nation's passion for rugby and not afraid to let it show. rhodri morgan didn't have the polished appearance of many modern—day politicians and didn't speak in the usual sound bites, either. rhodri morgan, will you run again for leadership of the welsh labour party? do one—legged ducks swim in a circle?! he's been remembered at the welsh assembly and as a mark of respect, election campaigning was suspended here today. the tri

we've put forward today a post brexit plan for wales, a positive plan, to try to ta ke wales, a positive plan, to try to take advantage of opportunities that might arise as we leave the european union. plaid is telling voters it would vest defend voters against what it says are cruel and reckless conservatives. probably default plaid cymru, to be honest. that's not an plaid cymru, to be honest. that's notan anti— plaid cymru, to be honest. that's not an anti— labour vote, it's a plaid cymru vote. plaid cymru, 0k, they are the party of wales, but i don't —— i don't think they can do anything. the only other way is to vote conservative. plaid cymru will need to change the voting habits of generations. don't forget, we have lots more on oui’ don't forget, we have lots more on our website, including our top story, the developing story from the us, where the media is reporting that donald trump asked the former fbi director to end an investigation into michael flynn. let's get the sports news now. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programm

some rain in wales, the west of wales and rain across southern england, beginning to arrive in london. much of eastern england starting dry, perhaps some hazy sunshine. cloud thickening and we will see some rain in eastern areas. the wettest weather is going to be over the hills in the west and south—west of scotland, west and wales. the rain easing off this afternoon, we may get some brightness. even with the cloud it is going to be a warm day, 16, 17. the first rain from that weather front and then we get more heavy rain returning overnight and then the weather front is stuck across the weather front is stuck across the uk. where, difficult to say but it looks like it will be across yorkshire, wales and the south—west of england. north of the blustery wind, sharp showers. east anglia and the south—east, dry, and we have some warm air, temperatures may be 22. not especially cold elsewhere, 17 or 18. 22. not especially cold elsewhere, 17 or18. 0n 22. not especially cold elsewhere, 17 or 18. on wednesday, rain in the east anglia and the south—east of england, this will be the w

it is likely she will be seen with the prince of wales or princess anne. those who know her say she will miss him. the queen will undoubtedly miss him on public occasions. there's no doubt that when they go out for a day together, they are mutual support system. having been on tours with them, having followed in the car behind them, you see at the end of the day they get together into the car and he entertains her hugely, telling her funny stories about what's happened during the day. so she will definitely miss all that and occasionally she will strike us as a lonely figure. but she'll be going back to buckingham palace, windsor castle, balmoral, and he will be there. slowly but surely there is a generational shift taking place at the palace. officials have made it clear that the queen will continue with her public engagements. but, at the age of 91 now, her load is being lightened. as monarch, she is still the centralfigure. as today has underlined, there is starting to be tangible evidence of transition. nicholas witchell, bbc news. nicholas witchell re

protecting wales from brexit. but wales voted to leave the eu. we've accepted that wales voted to leave the eu. we accepted that on the day of the referendum. what we've put forward in our action plan today is for a positive post—brexit plan for wales. there are things that need defending but we also need to develop our economy and develop our country. plaid cymru is seeking to persuade welsh voters that it, rather than labour, can protect wales from what it calls a cruel and reckless tory party. i can see the conservatives winning with a landslide. corbyn isn't the man i thought he was. definitely consider voting plaid cymru. i have been here 18 years. i have seen no change. but, if plaid cymru is to alter the political landscape here, it will need to change the voting habits of generations. scotland's first minister and the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, has been marking a decade since the party got into power at holyrood. she told voters in south queensferry to stand up for scotland against what she called tory cuts

, wales and east anglia. it will swing to the north of england, the rain turning right and patchy. raining cornwall through most of the morning, eventually seeing some sunshine. what we see after some sunshine. what we see after some sunshine in southern counties, the showers will break out, some heavy and sundry. the west of scotland could see highs of 19—20. the showers we do see will trade fade. most with a dry start on tuesday, temperatures down into single figures. a bit of low cloud for tuesday, eastern scotland at least in england but with easterly winds, plenty of sunshine around in the west, just a few showers across england and wales. most will be dry and in the west it will be worn once again. see you in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines at 9.31: mp's accuse some of the internets biggest companies — including facebook and google — of doing ‘nowhere near enough‘ to remove illegal content. a man who was shot dead by intruders at his home in east dorset

further areas of cloud drifting across southern counties of england and wales. maybe into the midlands later. further north, clearer skies across northern england, scotland and northern ireland. temperatures for some getting down a little bit day on day, but could still get into the high teens across western scotland and maybe to the west of cumbria. a few changes as we go into the weekend — the high—pressure that has been with us recedes a little bit towards iceland. allows this low pressure system to get close by. how close it gets is a big question mark, but it could spread rain across devon and cornwall, channel islands, maybe southern counties of england through the day. north of that, some brighter sunny spells and feeling a little less chilly across south—eastern areas. the rain very close by if you go through the night and into sunday. but, either way, whether it reaches the south coast or not, it clears into the near continent, allowing north—easterly winds to develop for sunday. so we'll see a bit more sunshine around in places. the best of whi

sunshine for wales and western england. but a cloudier day than yesterday across the midlands and south—east england. some sunshine, though, developing, at times, across scotland. some cloud filtering into northern and eastern areas and the north—east of england. sunshine coming and going across the north—west of england. lovely day, again, in northern ireland — not quite as warm as yesterday. pleasant in the sunshine across wales and the south—west. a cooler, cloudier sort of look to the weather across the midlands, towards south—east england. a fair bit of cloud across yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia. well that cloud is coming in off the north sea around this area of high pressure which dominates weather across the week and stretches back to southern parts of greenland. the position of the high will be crucial, though. they may well be a bit more cloud around, come monday. still, not as much, not as much sunshine in western parts of england and wales. temperatures again typically into the mid—teens.

wales will have some of that cloud rake up, in the midlands and wales. the far south of england hanging onto some cloud. with the onshore breeze it will still feel cold. 20 celsius is possible once again across the west highlands. into the evening and overnight there will still be quite noticeable breeze. gusty across the pennines today. still gusty through the evening as well. we have all of that cloud maintaining temperatures. where the cloud is broken it will be cooler, especially in the countryside as these temperatures show. frost possible, similar to this morning. the rest of the forecast for tomorrow shows the north of the country having a lot of sunshine. after seeing some cloud in parts of the north—east of scotland and the northern isles it will tend to fade and be slower than today. still a lot of cloud in the south. north wales, scotland and northern ireland getting the lion's share of the sunshine, but temperatures will be down on the day. still pleasant for the time of year. in the friday evening and saturday we have this approaching weat

but across wales, the party showed resilience. i think it's because of the fantastic leadership of carwyn jones and the welsh assembly government. i think what we have in wales is a situation where people can see why a welsh government, a welsh labour government, what a labour government in power, can deliver. the conservatives have made gains here, but they're more limited than across the border. wrexham, bridgend, cardiff, we've had gains. if you look at monmouth, we've ta ken overall control. and the vale of glamorgan we have come within a whisker of taking control. this was one of nine welsh local authorities where counting began this morning. the leader of plaid cymru, leanne wood, is the local assembly member. there are seats that we are looking to take, like ynys mon, and here i'm hoping to see some gains as well, which will give us some momentum with which to begin our uk election campaign. shall the welsh liberal democrats have so far failed to make shall failed to make any sort of impression. we were giving the message a

let's turn to wales. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd is in cardiff tonight. labour lost seats and control of entire councils. yes, mixed set of results for labour in wales. today it has lost 100 seats. back in 2012 it had a good night. it had gained more than 200 extra counsellors. now it still holds control of some of the big councils. cardiff, swansea and newport. but it has had setbacks, losses in traditional labour heartlands of the south wales valleys, including merthyr tydfil. many of those losses have been two independent candidates. the conservatives have made some games here, they have gained overall control of monmouthshire and came close in the vale of glamorgan and have added to their tally of councillors. plaid cymru had hoped to gain control of cupidity and, in this morn. if the liberal democrats had hoped to stage some sort of comeback, they are disappointed, because they have lost more seats. lets join our political editor laura kuenssberg, who is in westminsterfor us. the general election is only a month away, how might the results we see tod

lots of cloud the northern england and some rain to be had, as in parts of wales & west of england. the line stretches through the midlands towards lincolnshire. 2a and 25 degrees in a few places south—east of that, quite warm. into the evening, the rain will pepper up into the evening, the rain will pepper up if anything, turning quite wet. skies much clearerfor scotland and northern ireland, temperatures willdip and northern ireland, temperatures will dip away into single figures. much fresher than last might but pretty warm across the south—eastern corner, around 1a or 15 degrees. quite wet across much of england and wales tomorrow, the weather front is still via or thereabouts across the central swathe of england and wales, some of the rain could be quite heavy and very persistent, particularly in the south and west. not much gets into the south—east. sunny spells and a scattering of showers once again. they range in temperatures, still quite warm in the south—east with the breeze coming in from the near continent, temperatures struggling under the rain. temperatures of

now to wales. neither welsh conservative leader andrew rt davies nor welsh secretary alun cairns are taking part in this evening's bbc wales leaders' debate. the tories will be represented by their welsh education spokesman darren millar. it is understood mr davies, who took part in the itv wales debate earlier in may, is on holiday. we can cross to cardiff now to get more from our correspondent tomos morgan. a bit of confusion about who will be in the debate. yes, an embarrassing start to the debate here today. there has been an internal row between members of the conservative party, andrew rt davies is expected to do all three debates, he did the itv debate, the leaders debate with the bbc, alun cairns the welsh secretary took over, that. today, neither of them were of the doing it. it is said that alan cans, thought that andrew rt davies was doing it, and he said that alan cans was unwilling to do it. so, the shadow education minister in wales is stepping in, the only non—leader thatis is step

. —— a family of men keep wales. three more whales appear to be in trouble further out to sea, one in the water off harwich in essex. returning to the general election, the deadline to register is tomorrow. the latest figures from the electoral commission show there could be up to 7 million people eligible to vote who haven‘t yet registered. 0ur correspondent, sophie long, has been speaking to people in west yorkshire where both the conservatives and labour launched their election manifesto. in this barber shop in leeds, where every vote could count, most people haven‘t yet registered. have you registered to vote? no. will you register to vote? no. why not? cos basically i don‘t understand it. i never have voted. never voted. just to dry that off... bev is assessing the trainee barbers here. not really interested in stuff like that. and do you think you will bother voting? probably not. why do you say that? why would you not bother voting? i don‘t really get politics and all stuff like that. have you register

reducing the odd shower in wales. this area is heading our way. the breeze is picking up and the cloud is for them all the while. the odd shower in northern england overnight. by the end of the night the rain is getting into the western side of northern ireland, and ahead of that, it's a mild night, 1344, some places 16 to start the day, so pretty warm air to start the day and it will be a warm afternoon. the warm aircoming up it will be a warm afternoon. the warm air coming up ahead of the main weather front which will be a slow—moving feature. northern ireland, you can see it moving east, but the bulk of england and wales will stay fine and dry and after the grey start we will have a few patches of low cloud along the south coast, but that will keep the temperatures around 16, and further inland we have the low 20s and it could be 25 in the south—eastern corner. some good spells of sunshine to be had across much of england and wales. temperatures widely in the low 20s. fresh air from the atlantic, 15—16 in northern ireland and the shores o

beautiful blue skies here, for example at rhyl in north wales. later op in the week not only does it stay dry. we will lift the temperature, we could be seeing some hot weather arriving by friday and end to saturday. this is thursday, though, and with the high pressure sitting over the uk, we are tending to break up that cloud, and allow more sunshine to develop, so temperatures are going to be rising pretty much across the board, getting into the mid 20s at least. is our high pressure, the position will be crucial, the centre of the high drifts away to the east, it allows some weather fronts to approach from the south—west, but also, we are drawing in our airfrom the near continent, so through friday we get the sunnier skies and for many that continues into saturday, and the warmth really develops, 30 degrees is quite likely, possibly a touch higher that than that, out to the west the chance of thundery showers. goodbye. this is bbc news. we live in manchester. the headlines this our: —— hour. after 22 people are killed in a suicide bombin

in wales and the south—west to some showers from early on. towards the midlands, the south—east, east anglia, bar the odd early shower most anglia, bar the odd early shower m ost pla ces anglia, bar the odd early shower most places will be dry and bright. through the late morning and into the afternoon showers will develop widely across most parts of the uk. still more persistent rain in scotland. maybe the odd rubble of thunder in some parts of england and wales. —— rumble. stillspells thunder in some parts of england and wales. —— rumble. still spells of sunshine and temperatures about 14— 54 sunshine and temperatures about 14— 5a glasgow, belfast. a 18 in the south—eastern corner. a fresh start to sunday. a lot of dry and bright weather. cloud and a breeze and a bit of rain in the far north—west. about 15 degrees four glasgow and belfast. warming up on the south—eastern corner. saturday has heavy showers, but some spells of sunshine. sunday is the better of the two days. very little in the way of rainfall. and a bit war

they have just bought a zoo in wales. they now have over 300 exotic animals to look after, including lions, lemurs and crocodiles. at easter, the family pack up their lives in kent and moved hundreds of miles to their new home. on the coast near aberystwyth. although they have no experience of running this kind of venture, dean, a successful mural artist and his wife tracey, a psychotherapist, are not fazed by the challenge ahead.” tracey, a psychotherapist, are not fazed by the challenge ahead. i have a lwa ys fazed by the challenge ahead. i have always wanted to live in wales. it just seemed perfect. it was the perfect place. we came up to view it, and obviously, it is quite run down and needs work, and i know we can makea down and needs work, and i know we can make a difference. how did your family react when you told them the news? they reacted pretty much the same as everyone when you say you are buying a zoo. "a zoo?!" mainly disbelief, but on the whole, people who know us know this is what we have always been lik

lib dems are down in england, wales and scotland. scotland very marginal, they've got 44 councillors, downfall. it may move around a bit. the lib dems must be pretty disappointed. they talked up the prospect in the south—west of england which i never understood, because since the south—west of england voted heavily for brexit, why would people replace a brexit tory with an anti—brexit lib dem? one county that will have done well is oxfordshire, where they had been gaining and it was a remain county. we haven't had voting... in london where vince cable is standing in twickenham, there is hardly a ukip vote to squeeze, so conservatives might be quite vulnerable in some parts of england, where we didn't have votes yesterday. yesterday's english elections were preponderantly in areas that voted leave. twit that is the latest tally in scotland. we've had some social media messaging from jeremy corbyn. barry will be pleased to see this. jeremy corbyn says congratulations to welsh labour a specifically welsh from jeremy corbyn. for de

in wales, showers and sunshine. the weather comes back to life across england and wales with some and read bursts which move on through south—east england and east anglia by wednesday evening. some getting a good soaking by the end of the week. turning fresher by the end of the week and still some showers, possibly hungary. —— dundry. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. the cabinet's emergency team has met to discuss the fallout of the nhs cyber—attack — home secretary amber rudd says no warnings were ignored. the nhs itself, if you speak to the trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparationsjust in trusts, you will find made a lot of good preparations just in case. 0n the election campaign, jeremy corbyn promises an extra £37 billion for the nhs and shorter hospital waiting lists if labour wins power. theresa may promises the greatest expansion of workers' rights if she wins the general election. in essex, a block of ga

was a towering politicalfigure in wales, in stature and reputation. he was a proud welshman, who shared the nation's passion for rugby and that endeared him to the public. yes! rhodri morgan was first elected as an mpfor cardiff rhodri morgan was first elected as an mp for cardiff in 1987, but with the establishment of the welsh assembly ten years later, he threw everything he had into making the fledgling institution in cardiff bay work. he wasn't tony blair's choice as labour leader in wales, but took over from the resignation of his predecessor, alun michael. he served as first ministerfor predecessor, alun michael. he served as first minister for almost a decade and is widely credited with having bought stability to the institution, following its turbulent start. he was the person who took the assembly from being something that was still not hugely supported, not widely supported by the people of wales, not as supported as it is now, to being an institution that people understand and an institution thatis people understand and an institution that

wales voted to leave. why do you think the majority in wales voted to leave the eu? people voted for all kinds of different reasons. a number of people that i've spoken to in the valleys in the south, for example, feel left behind, feel ignored, feel as though politicians are making plenty of money and living quite nice lives while they're being squeezed. do you think part of it was to do with immigration? yes. some of it was to do with immigration. to end the freedom of movement of people? yes, i'm sure some people would have wanted to do that, despite the fact that that would be fraught with difficulties of course, because everybody‘s agreed that we don't want a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. so ending free movement would be very, very difficult if we continued to have that soft border. what do you think is the difference between you — i mean you're pro—europe, yes? yes. what is the difference between you wanting independence for wales and the british people wanting independence from the european union? well, for me, wales standing on

pleasant in the sunshine, mind you, across wales and the south—west. but a cooler, cloudier sort of look to the weather across the midlands, towards south—east england. again, a fair bit of cloud across yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia. well, that cloud is coming in off the north sea, around this area of high pressure. that dominates our weather for the start of the week and stretches all the way back to southern parts of greenland. the position of the high will be crucial, though. there may well be a bit more cloud around come monday. still some sunshine, but not as much in western parts of england and wales. temperatures again typically into the mid—teens, so we're not seeing 20 or 21, but it will feel warmer eastern scotland and as we lose the wind of the north sea. but if we lose the cloud overnight, dawn on wednesday could be quite cold almost anywhere in the countryside. it will warm up quickly again across england and wales, southern scotland, northern ireland, in some sunshine. we may see afternoon highs of 19 degrees, perhaps, in th

blue sky across northern england and much of wales. more cloud for parts of the midlands, south east england into east anglia and for some of us, a bit of patchy rain to start the day. it is never amounted to much, but dole and damp for some of us. chilly in the breeze as well. this cloud pushes west through england and wales, meaning by the end of the afternoon, just northern counties of northern england will be affected. still chilly with that breeze along north sea coasts. tomorrow evening, againafew north sea coasts. tomorrow evening, again a few showers around from the thicker cloud across southern parts of the uk. and it is a similar picture going into thursday, the odd shower here dotted about with the cloud, but sunny spells for northern england, northern ireland and scotland. and yet again, the arrows indicate whether breeze is coming m, indicate whether breeze is coming in, adding a chill from the sea. there is no difference on friday. southern parts of the uk may brighten up a bit. barely any wet weather to talk about. it ha

they've had a majority of mps in wales for decades, and they've failed to put wales on the map. but it was ukip that had the worst crash from their heights, their scorecard nearly zero, brexit seeming to challenge their very reason for being. we've won the war, but we haven't yet won the peace. and i would say this: that we need ukip to be there, we need ukip to be strong. ukip is the insurance policy in case brexit doesn't get delivered. and yes, this is sometimes how seats are decided, a vote so close candidates draw straws. here, a lib dem had a lucky choice in what, overall, that party described as a patchy performance, political speak for not that much to be proud of, nor disaster instead. the liberal democrats are now your best route to prevent our country and our communities being taken for granted by a conservative landslide. not much sign of the greens becoming a significant force, gaining some small new footholds, but losing others along the way. yet, in a patchwork of results, there was one big winner, on her party's first big day out with her in charge. of course, th

drifting towards west wales. east wales. the south coast. they will fade eventually. another system they will fade eventually. another syste m fro m they will fade eventually. another system from the low countries introducing rain. for much of the uk, a dry note. clear skies. where it has been warmed by day, the temperature will drop quickly as it gets dark. tomorrow morning, starting with rain in the south—east. not too heavy. it will start to break up and turn more showery. after a bright start in south—west england and wales, the cloud will advance. scotland and northern ireland once again i seen the sunshine for the longest. temperatures tomorrow are roughly 15- 16 temperatures tomorrow are roughly 15— 16 degrees here and there. through the course of the day with temperatures rising, if you are tempted to dip your toes in the sea, it is still quite cold. at best 11 degrees. you would be a brave person than me to do that. absolutely. but you know me, i like to swim in the cold. you would have to wear a thick wetsuit and stay with your surfboard and takea wets

cloudy in england and wales. driven in by a north easterly breeze and hopefully it will break up breeze and hopefully it will break up allowing for brightness from time to time. the far north and west will see the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. north—west england and northern ireland as well. here, more cloud coming in off the sea in the east of scotland. a similar story in northern ireland, north—west england, then we enter into the cloud. it should break a little in the afternoon. if we have sunshine on the south coast, temperatures will respond. in somerset, devon and eventually into cornwall we will see the cloud and rain mostly into cornwall in the afternoon. that d rifts cornwall in the afternoon. that drifts and we keep cloud in england and wales overnight. the north and west, patchy fog forming. the wind changing direction tomorrow, gusting close to gale force across the northern isles. across the east coast, feeling cold. more sunshine further west in wales and south—west england. cold alon