rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each, if the conservatives are re—elected. my colleaguejess parker has been following the conservatives and gave me this update earlier. i am on the conservative battle bus. it's on its inaugural campaignjourney. and there's a little bit of confusion because, of course, myself and other reporters have been reporting from buses since the campaign began. that was on a different bus. didn't have conservative branding. didn't have the prime minister on board. but we're now on the officially branded bus that was launched earlier today in redcar, and we're continuing to travel across the north—east. just to give you a sense of this bus, if the camera will kindly do a little crowd view. this is producerjack — bbc producerjack. and then down the aisle there there are other reporters from different broadcasters, from newspapers as well. and of course the idea is that you get to follow the campaign, you get to be in relatively close proximity to the prime minister and potentially lob a few questions at him as well. and earlier on in a media huddle, reporters were asking the prime minister various questions. one of them was about the fact that the tory campaign so far has mainly seen the prime minister — not exclusively but mainly seen the prime minister — heading to conservative—held seats, seats that were won by the tories in the last election. playing into this idea that because of labour's substantial poll lead, although all the usual caveats on polls apply, are the conservatives pursuing a more defensive strategy? a core vote strategy? rishi sunak insisted when he was talking to was that he was travelling right across the country. and of course, we are in the relatively early stages of this campaign so far. but as we head on for the rest of the campaigning today across the north—east, of course, we will continue to track the movements of the prime minister. the first minister of scotland and leader of the scottish national partyjohn swinney is campaigning along his party's westminster leader, stephen flynn — earlier he answered questions regarding their campaign. you seem pretty confident that the snp is the main challenger, but there has been a surge in popularity for the labour party as well. is there a focus on what they can do to seats in this region? it's pretty clear that the snp is the challenger to the conservatives in all of the seats in the north—east of scotland where they hold those constituencies. the numbers speak for themselves. and of course, people in the north—east of scotland will be watching the labour party in horror as they set out plans that will result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the north sea oil and gas sector. jobs that we need to protect to support that sector and also to enable our transition to net—zero. so i think people in the north—east can see through the empty promises about gb energy and they can see the reality of those commitments, which are that they will inflict significant damage on the economy of the north—east of scotland. and voting snp is the way to avoid that. the oil and gas industry has been critical of snp energy policy, though, because the snp isn't supportive of new oil and gas licences. the snp has made very clear that we want to work with the oil and gas sector as we manage the transition to net—zero, and there's absolutely no way i'm going to preside over a situation where there is industrial damage done to the north—east of scotland and to the economy of scotland by the way in which we go about that transition to net—zero. we've got to manage that transition carefully, we've got to make the shift to renewables, but we can do that in partnership with the oil and gas sector. and that's the approach that i'll take as we take forward our commitments to deliver on climate action. they conservatives seem to be the only party that are in support of new oil and gas licences, though. as you know, many people in this city are highly supportive and rely on oil and gasjobs — they'll be looking on and wondering why should i vote snp when the conservatives are the only party that are going forward with oil and gas licences? i think what people will see in the north—east of scotland about the conservatives is that the conservatives are undertaking another tax grab on the north—east of scotland, and on the oil and gas sector. that's having the effect of undermining investment in the oil in the oil and gas sector, investment that is critical to sustain the sector and investment is critical to deliver the transition towards renewables. so all of these factors are fundamental to the transition that has got to be made. and the conservatives are making that more and more difficult by presiding over the tax grab that they're undertaking by prolonging the increased taxation on oil and gas. so a vote for the snp is a vote for a managed transition to net—zero and one that will take the oil and gas sector with us in the process. the workers party of britain — which was founded by former labour and respect party mp george galloway in 2019 — have launched their general election campaign in greater manchester today. mr galloway — who won the rochdale by—election in february — says the party will field hundreds of candidates. the workers party leader also told supporters he will begin legal action against itv and 0fcom for not being invited to take part in next tuesday's head—to—head debate between labour leader keir starmer and prime minister rishi sunak. campaign all over this country with hundreds of candidates is well and truly under way. they thought they were pulling a surprise election. well, it may have been a surprise to some but not to us. we have been on a permanent election footing since the people of rochdale on the 29th of february changed the political landscape in this country. the owner of the ticketing website ticketmaster has confirmed that hackers have accessed customer data, in what's emerging as one of the biggest ever global consumer hacks. live nation entertainment says it's working to mitigate risk to users after the hackers offered personal data for sale on the dark web. earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. our business reporter simon browning told me more about this earlier. this is a massive attack. significant, significant, and a huge hack. first of all, ticketmaster, a company that we know all around the world if you like festivals, if you like going to concerts, if you like going to see comedians it's likely that you've used ticketmaster's platforms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers. millions have signed up, millions will have given over their data. now, it was first reported on thursday when hackers said they had hacked ticketmaster. but there was no confirmation of that. but this morning, in a filing in the us of the security and exchange commission, the owners of ticketmaster indicated that they had been involved with malicious forces and a cyber attack. we're still waiting for some more detail from ticketmaster as it stands, but earlier this week, as you said, 560 million ticketmaster customers had their data and information obtained by a company called the shinyhunters. they said that they obtained ticketmaster's data. now, that includes names, addresses, phone numbers and, from what we understand, partial credit cards. now, the hacking group shinyhunters say that they have demanded £500,000 ransom to prevent the data from being sold on to other platforms. but that's still to be worked out. santander, as you say, a banking group operating around the world, said yesterday that they'd also been involved in a hack with the same company, and some of their customers and colleagues has had information hacked in chile, spain and uruguay. and the company shinyhunters have also been accused of hacking in other places previously. at&t in the usa and pizza hut in australia. so, as i say, it's significant, ticketmaster, a massive platform here in the uk, this morning on their website they are selling tickets for a new janet jackson tour and james blunt. it's a big operation. let's speak to lisa forte. a cybersecurity expert and partner at red goat cyber security. for people thinking, this is me, these are my details, what can i do now to protect themselves? 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very time critical. it's about practice. the more we practise to do it, the quicker you can do it. yes, the challenges faced by volunteer coastguard teams along the cleethorpes coast as they go about saving the lives of those who get stuck in its mud. the coastguard teams practise regularly — and they have to because they say that the number of people getting stuck is increasing. yes, we are having an increase in incident numbers and hopefully with our training, kit and equipment, we'll be able to make that intervention that will be a life—saving intervention. it's hard to believe just how difficult it is to move like this, isn't it? if you look at the special footwear we wear to get us in and out of the mud compared to your wellingtons and how far you've sunk and how easy we are moving across and you're now stuck. i am stuck. you are stuck. stop! i have to turn around and sit you in a raft because you can't walk back. if you try to pull that out, you'll leave your boot behind. yeah. you're now technically stuck in the mud as a casualty. we need to extract you back in our raft back to the safe zone. so, when we dig people out, we're always looking for the bottom of the foot, the heel. see how sloppy it is? don't push down. hold it on top of the mud. and you've only gone that deep, but you're stuck. of course, even though people know of the dangers, it's all too easy to get caught out, which is why those living up and down the east coast here appreciate what the coastguard does. we're here to help people, not to judge people if they get into distress or they get into the mud. we're here to help you, and that's what the coastguard's about. crispin rolfe, bbc news. next week marks the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings — and ahead of the date, we've been telling the stories of some of those involved. 0ur reporterjohn maguire has been to normandy to meet three french women who were young children at the time of liberation. for the people of northern france, years of nazi occupation came to an end with d—day and its aftermath. civilians paid a heavy price in lives and property destroyed as the allies drove the german forces south. the fighting was often brutal. those alive today were mostly children in 1944. paulette, jacqueline and antoinette are among those locals depicted in scenes from the longest yarn knitting project. they remember the american parachutists landing near their village. translation: well, my parents realised it was d-day, _ but they were expecting the british, but not the americans. i can still remember my parents. they couldn't believe it. yes, my parents were happy when they saw the americans arrive and the germans flee. antoinette still has her communion dress made from one of the white parachutes the airborne forces left behind. this is paulette on the left with the white bow in her hair. the photograph has been recreated in one of the knitted panels. she tells me what it was like for a young girl from rural france to meet americans for the first time. translation: they crossed the line. they came across the field and they were in front of our yard. they asked us about things we didn't know and they gave us chewing gum and stuff, but we didn't want any. chocolat? oh, yes, and chewing gum. we didn't want any because we didn't know them. but they were very nice. here's jacqueline on the left on her family's small farm. life under the germans had been tough for most, and food was scarce. translation: so my mother gave us something to eat, _ and she was 35, she didn't eat. she always told us that she couldn't see all the young soldiers who were going to be killed to take her own. she couldn't eat lunch that day, and that was the most painful moment of the d—day for me, because i saw my mother unhappy, on the verge of tears. what i remember about the americans is that their bread was very, very white. because we had food restrictions during the war. the americans brought with them weird and wonderful items that the locals had never seen before. translation: mum was walking along the path and saw a bar of soap. - there was a shortage. but it wasn't soap, it was dynamite! 0h! my father told her, "don't use that because it's not soap". she realised afterwards. oh, yes, it still happens. when the farmers plough the land, they sometimes still find shells. much of the surrounding countryside was flooded, treacherous for both sides, regardless of combat. the water claimed many lives. when the americans arrived, they went through the marsh and into the water. there were more germans in the area who left. they crossed the water, the marsh and, of course, there were deaths. the girls�* families were anxious to protect them as best they could, but the battle in nearby carentan was fierce, as the americans and germans fought at close quarters. we could hear the machine gun fire. it scared us, yes. i found that very hard. yes, i was scared for the people of carentan. we couldn't see anything, but we could hear the machine gun fire. but during the landings, we were very scared of the germans. they will, they say, always remember the young men who appeared from the sky, left on foot, and changed their destiny. how to explain it? there's always this gratitude in our hearts. when i go to utah beach, every time i imagine it, i always feel compassion for those young people. d—day was a lifetime away, but remains part of life here every day. we've been talking about it for 80 years now, and there's not a day goes by when we don't talk to each other about it. that's true. 0h, not me. i don't think about that any more. there are wars everywhere today. next week, they will join family, friends and foreigners to pay tribute and to remember those who fought for their freedom. but most of all, to say merci — thank you. john maguire, bbc news, normandy. eminem has released the lead single from his new album the death of slim shady. which will be released in full this summer. the music video for the track, called houdini, has been viewed more than 15 million times on youtube. in it, the rapper confronts his provocative, bleach—blond alter ego "slim shady" — and — as the album name suggests, alludes to his apparent demise. let's speak to carl lamarre about this, he's the deputy director of r&b and hip—hop at billboard magazine. this is going to take them back to 2002 when he released without me. and when you watch the video, and i clocked it in as a 17 million views on youtube, you get a bit of nostalgia when you hear eminem or in this case slim shady wrap. he is pressing buttons. it is very provocative, it is controversial. so for the day one eminem fans, this definitely fits their hunger for wanting the real slim shady to make a comeback. that is essentially what he was trying to do on this track. it is interesting that you mention the controversy. it is something he was always known for, even 25 years ago. what is because the issues this time? ~ , ., , ., ago. what is because the issues this time? ~ i. , ., ,., time? when you listen to the song, eminem makes _ time? when you listen to the song, eminem makes a _ time? when you listen to the song, eminem makes a reference - time? when you listen to the song, eminem makes a reference to - time? when you listen to the song, i eminem makes a reference to megan thee stallion, to the 2020 shooting that she was involved with, about her being shot, and obviously this ruffled a lot of feathers, especially in the black community. this is a time when black women, they are looking for respect. and somebody like megan thee stallion who has been dealing with a lot of trauma, a lot of pain and heartache, rappers have been making light of her situation. rappers have been making light of hersituation. dre rappers have been making light of her situation. dre did that, and now eminem has done that as well. let’s eminem has done that as well. let's stick with the _ eminem has done that as well. let's stick with the controversy. _ eminem has done that as well. let's stick with the controversy. here's a controversial question. does the music world need more from eminem or have things moved on? we talked about megan thee stallion there. there are other people who have perhaps taken that crown. were you pleased that there is new music coming from him?— pleased that there is new music coming from him? when you pose a auestion coming from him? when you pose a question like _ coming from him? when you pose a question like that, _ coming from him? when you pose a question like that, the _ coming from him? when you pose a question like that, the numbers - question like that, the numbers speakfor question like that, the numbers speak for themselves. when you look at eminem at the end of the day, he loves to stir the pot, he loves to ruffle feathers, great engagement and conversation. the video was clocking in at 17 million views in a day. and we are here having a conversation about the record itself. so, for him, it isjust another day pass work, mission accomplished. throughout his career, he has always been the type, whenever, wherever, i'm sure it will be self—deprecating but at the end of the day he has a court based that still celebrates for this material. i see your point. in that case, what about the death of slim shady? what are we to draw from that? it’s are we to draw from that? it's interesting- — are we to draw from that? it�*s interesting. when you watch the video, you kind of see him combat with his alter ego. you see him now with his alter ego. you see him now with the dark black hair and he is in this situation where he is trying to fight slim shady from 2002 has the platinum blonde bleached hair. it is a tug of war that he is trying to show in a metaphorical way and trying to show that, 0k, there are still glimpses of slim shady, i am slim shady, but at some point in my career it is time to let it go and transform. time for one more story. people in the quiet texan town of lufkin certainly got a shock — after spotting an unusual visitor. take a look at this police dashcam footage. there is a kangaroo heading across the road. not the normal thing you usually see in texas. that's red — an escaped kangaroo — taking to the streets for a hop around the neighbourhood. red travelled for 16 kilometres — bumping into local residents — before law enforcement eventually caught up with him. he was one of two pet kangaroos to escape — after their owner forgot to latch their pen's door. now let's take a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hello there. there's a lot of dry weather to come this weekend and it's all down to an area of high pressure that's to the west of the uk closest to the high pressure today. we'll see the best of the sunshine across parts of scotland, although southwest england's also enjoying some sunny skies, almost cloud—free skies then in stirling earlier in the day. but we have seen quite a bit of cloud come down the north sea into parts of eastern england. but even so, there are still some breaks in the cloud, for example, here in essex. now, looking at the weather across east anglia, and southeast england. as well as that cloud, we have some fairly brisk winds, gusts running into the 30 miles an hour. thatjust knocks the edge off the temperatures to a degree. but still some decent weather to come for the most of the uk. sunny spells in northern ireland, lots of sunshine for south west england, western parts of wales also looking fine. and in the best of today's sunshine, we're looking at temperatures quite widely reaching the high teens to low twenties. and in thatjune sunshine — the first day of summer, according to climatologist — it will feel pretty warm. now, overnight tonight, we'll have clear skies for most areas and it's going to be quite a chilly night. temperatures getting down into single figures, lows down to about five degrees in the very coldest parts of scotland and northern england. but another fine day coming up for tomorrow. again, for the majority of the country, lots more sunshine and probably more in the way of sunshine across eastern areas of england, given a slight change in the wind. at the same time, probably a bit more cloud for the far north west of scotland with a little rain getting into the hebrides and the highlands through the day. in the sunshine, temperatures more widely high, teens to low 20s — 21 for aberdeen, 22 in london. and for monday, when we start to see a bit more of a change in the weather patterns across the north of the uk, this cold front bringing a bit more in the way of cloud. a few splashes of rain, mostly light and patchy move south. with that as we go through monday with some sunnier weather following the cold front through the cold front will bring some cooler and fresher air. so temperatures dropping by a few degrees across the north because still reach around 20 in hull, in cardiff and in london. however, into next week, the middle part of the week, we see some much cooler air arriving from the northwest and, with that, we'll see temperatures dropping further and there'll be some showers around, particularly across the northern half of the uk. some of the showers are likely to be heavy with some hail and thunder. bye for now. live from london. this is bbc news. in south africa at the ruling anc loses majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. and i'm catherine byaruhanga injohannesburg. the top leaders of the country have been meeting to try to find a way forward following thursday's terrible results for the party. in the uk election campaign — jobs, skills and funding for local towns takes centre stage — as party leaders tour the country. israel and hamas give broadly positive responses to a new peace proposal — as the uk throws its support behind it. we believe that this is an opportunity that we all must seize to bring this conflict to a permanent end. the gates are open at wembley stadium — the gates are open at wembley stadium as 14 time champions real madrid _ stadium as 14 time champions real madrid prepare to face borussia dortmund in the champions league final _ hello, i'm anna foster.