it's saturday the 6th of may. also ahead, the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's suffered a massive hacking attack before france goes to the polls. the teenage british racing driver who lost both legs in a formula 4 crash says he'll get back behind the wheel. definitely want to take the positives i definitely want to take the positives out of this and make sure i use it in positives out of this and make sure iuse itina positives out of this and make sure i use it in a positive way for the rest of my life now. still got a few yea rs left in rest of my life now. still got a few years left in me, for sure. in sport, chelsea are on the brink of the premier league title. as their closest challengers tottenham, are beaten by west ham at the london stadium. these bakers are just some of the people taking part in the first festival of makers. we will be live to find out what it is all about. good to find out what it is all about. morning. another n divide good morning. another north—south divide with the weather across the country, and a chilly start to scotla nd country, and a chilly start to scotland and northern ireland. here there will be plenty of sunshine. more cloud the england and wales with outbreaks of showery rain in the extreme south—west. more details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. after a day of tory triumph in the local elections, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has admitted he faces an historic challenge ahead of next month's vote. campaigning for the general election on the 8th ofjune will resume today, with the prime minister saying she's not taking anything for granted, despite her party gaining more than 560 seats. our political correspondent tom symonds has more. it was a curtain raiser for the general election to come, and as the parties begin the national race in earnest, each have their own impressions of what the local election results the conservatives took 11 more county councils. they won a tight victory in the west midlands mayoral election, and even eight seats on glasgow city council, far from traditional territory. but the tories know they can't regard the election as in the bag. i'm not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. last night, jeremy corbyn celebrated labour's best results, its mayoral victories in greater manchester and liverpool, well aware that nine councils and 382 seats had been ripped from the party's grasp. the labour leader says he's facing an historic challenge. of course i'm disappointed. we have to get our supporters out to vote injune, we have to get our message across. the snp lost some votes in scotland, where the voting system makes it harder to control councils overnight. a bad result? not according to nicola sturgeon. the snp vote has held up, our share of seats have held up and we'll be the largest party in more councils, perhaps a majority of councils, although that's not absolutely clear yet, so there's no way anyone can spin this result as anything other than a clear and very emphatic win for the snp. the lib dems face a long, hard road although their performance at the last general election will make any improvement this time round look good. and ukip is fighting for survival. the role of brexit guard dog is being stolen by the conservatives, leaving the party out in the cold. 33 days to go. tom symonds, bbc news, westminster. let's go to glasgow, where we can join our scotland let's go to london and speak to matt cole. a local election in the middle ofa cole. a local election in the middle of a general election. what happens now? well, it is all about expectation management, i think. labour not pleased to have lost 380 seats. the conservatives delighted to have won 560. but the conservatives are trying to play down their supporters‘ expectations, not wanting anybody to get too complacent or too overconfident. labour, as we were hearing from jeremy corbyn, well, he says they face an historic challenge. we must be careful not to read too much into local election results to predict what a general election will mean. people vote on different issues and the turnout is different. but be projected share calculator powerboats will be distributed in the general election, if you use the results that came through yesterday, does suggest that the liberal democrats might do better than hoped. certainly their leader, tim farren, says they might double their number of seats. they only want eight in the last election. —— won. ukip hasa eight in the last election. —— won. ukip has a lot to play for up to their wipeout yesterday, they have a mountain to climb. thank you. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner, emmanuel macron, says they‘ve been the victim of a massive hacking attack after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine emails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow, where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. 0ur europe correspondent, thomas fessy has been getting a sense of the atmosphere in paris ahead of the vote. it‘s election season in france and at this satirical theatre, comedians take a swipe at the politicians running for with the many twists and political scandals, this campaign has given them fodder for their work. we don‘t know who will be ourfuture president. we‘re scared about that. so we really need to laugh. it is an exceptional election. neither of the traditional parties that have governed france for over half a century is represented in sunday‘s run—off. instead, the 39—year—old centrist who wants to break down the lines between the right and left is now the favourite against the far right candidate. translation: both candidates have a different vision of democracy, of the country and the people. humour is the best way to play down what is ahead of us. translation: at last we can have fun because what we've seen in the campaign was not funny at all. unemployment and how to revice the economy have dominated this campaign, but immigration and security issues have also been high on the agenda. the french are now left with a choice of two very different visions for france, with a globalist, pro—european candidate and an anti—immigrant nationalist. whoever wins will have to reunite a divided nation. thomas fessy, bbc news, paris. syrian activists say that shelling and gunfire has been heard in rebel held areas shortly after an agreement to set up safe zones in parts of the country came into force. the deal on four says those was reached on thursday‘s talks between russia and the run. —— four safe zones. turkey acted as a guarantor. serie a‘s main opposition group says it has little faith in the deal. three men are due in court this morning, charged with the murder of a business man from dorset. guy hedger was attacked in his home in ashley early last sunday. 41—year—old jason baccus and 44—year—old scott keeping from bournemouth will appear before poole magistrates court, alongside ao—year—old kevin downton from dorset. a teenage racing driver who lost both his legs in an horrific crash has said he‘s lost for words by the worldwide support he‘s received. billy monger was racing in the formula 4 championship at donington park last month when he collided with a stationary car. but despite his injuries, he‘s vowed to race again, as nick quaraishi reports. his story has touched motorsport fans around the world and billy monger, or billy whizz as he‘s known, can‘t quite believe global superstars have wished him well. that‘s amazing. to turnover and read the signatures from many world champions, lewis hamilton, niki lauda, that really touched my heart. tragedy struck less than three weeks ago. billy was racing in the formula 4 championship at donington park when he was involved in a120mph collision with a stationary car. he was flown to the queen‘s medical centre in nottingham where it was decided he would have to have both legs amputated. now on his birthday, billy has thanked staff who helped him through the ordeal. without them i wouldn‘t be here today so a massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. £800,000 has been raised for billy and his payback will be to race again. i definitely wanna take the positives out of this and make sure i use it in a positive way for the rest of my life now. still got a few years left in me for sure. billy has celebrated turning 18 with his first legal pint. today there‘ll be more cheer as this brave teenager returns to the family home in surrey. nick quaraishi, bbc news. schools in england are to be given more powers to sack inadequate parent governors, under new guidelines being issued by the department for education. head teachers have long campaigned for the change, saying the "destructive actions" of rogue governors can stop schools from running smoothly. the new rules will come into effect in september. 0ld five pound notes — the paper ones — are no longer legal tender in the uk, except for in northern ireland. the new polymer fivers have been in circulation since last september. some banks and building societies say customers can still deposit the old notes into bank accounts for now, giving people more time to hand them in. it‘s thought around 150 million old notes are still in circulation. now take a look at these tree climbing bears. we have the weather and the sport coming upa we have the weather and the sport coming up a little bit later on. let‘s go back to the general election campaign, after the local council elections. a £6 billion boost for the nhs funded through a rise in income tax. that‘s the promise from the liberal democrats who are today launching one of their flagship election policies. the party has talked of a fightback onjune the 8th, but after losing 42 council seats this week, is that a realistic prospect? let‘s speak to norman lamb, the party‘s health spokesman. good the party‘s health spokesman. morning. thank you time. good morning. thank you for your time. this announcement you are making today, that the lib dems would give an extra £6 billion to the nhs, where does that money come from? it would come from the 1p increase in income tax at all the different rates. for an average worker in this country that means about £3 a week. but it would provide absolutely vital resources both for the nhs and care for the elderly and disabled. and it means, i think, that the liberal democrats are the only party with a really credible plan to rescue the nhs and the care system. it is the first stage of a 5—point recovery plan. we would target the additional resources in preventive care, gp practices, social care, public health, to stop people ending up unnecessarily in hospital. by the end of the next parliament we plan to introduce a dedicated nhs and ca re to introduce a dedicated nhs and care tax so that it will show on everybody‘s pay packet, on their wage slips, so you can see exactly how much you are paying into the system. that would be supported by an independent assessment of how much the nhs and the care system need. we would set up an office of health and care funding, so that you ta ke health and care funding, so that you take away from politicians the assessment of how much the system needs. it would then, sorry, bjust make this point, it would then be for political parties to debate whether they are willing to provide the money that the nhs and the care system needs. this amounts to a serious and credible plan, and without it my real fear is that we are witnessing the slow decline of the nhs, with too many people waiting far too long for treatment. we are missing cancer standards now. 0k, 0k... we are missing cancer standards now. 0k, 0k. .. people we are missing cancer standards now. 0k, 0k... people are waiting a long time for operations on their hips and knees. it is not acceptable and this is a plan to recover that.|j and knees. it is not acceptable and this is a plan to recover that. i am sure that everybody watching who has any sure that everybody watching who has a ny co nta ct sure that everybody watching who has any contact with the nhs or who works with the nhs appreciates that it is in desperate need of work in many, it is in desperate need of work in any it is in desperate need of work in s. it is in desperate need of work in many, many ways. that you are asking people to pay more tax, in this austere times when people are already paying —— feeling the pinch. how will you persuade them to vote for that? this is a clear political choice. the conservatives have been clear that they will not make this decision, in response to our announcement. we are saying that for the average worker this would be an extra £3 a week. it is less than the cost of two coffees. i personally feel that is a price worth paying to ensure that our loved ones get the ca re ensure that our loved ones get the care that they need when they need it. iam particularly care that they need when they need it. i am particularly passionate about ensuring that people with mental ill health get access to care when they need it. we are i mental ill health get access to care when they need it. we are 1 million miles away from achieving genuine equality for people with mental ill health. there is so much that this country depends on when it comes to the nhs and the care system, and we are allowing it to decline without the conservatives being willing to make the investments necessary. let‘s talk about yesterday, the local elections. your party has historically been very strong in local government. but yesterday you did not see the fightback you were expecting. you disappointed? the small drop in a number of seats masks marginally the increase in the vote. 0ur vote went up by 7% compared with four years ago, so we we re compared with four years ago, so we were the party with the biggest increase in our share of the vote. but he lost 42 seats. i am saying that that masks what happened in terms of the number of people across the country who voted for the lib dems, which was up 7% to i8%. 0nly 996 dems, which was up 7% to i8%. 0nly 9% behind the labour party. interestingly, on the share of the vote in key seats that we have to win at the general election, we were ahead. so this is not spectacular. i‘m not making that claim. but what iam i‘m not making that claim. but what i am saying is that it indicates that the general election can see us make significant gains. at the moment we are facing the prospect, if you look at from yesterday, the conservative landslide, i suppose what i would say to people across this country is too we really want a i—party state? this election will be about electing a government for not just to negotiate the brexit deal, although that is vital, but it is about the stewardship of our nhs and the care system. i have real concerns about the state of the nhs if it is left in the hands of the conservatives. you know from your experience and from working in your dayjob experience and from working in your day job with the experience and from working in your dayjob with the tories in the coalition government, you‘ve touched on the possibility of a landslide victory. how disheartening is that prospect for you? how concerned are you with your own knowledge of the nhs and your concerns for mental health? how worried are you about the prospect of a landslide?” health? how worried are you about the prospect of a landslide? i am deeply concerned. i want the british people to stop and think for a moment. when they see what we are heading towards the will see that it will be essential that we have a credible and effective opposition, an alternative voice. a check on the use of power. what i really fear with the conservatives, in terms of their stewardship of the nhs, is we are creeping towards a situation where people with money can get access to care quickly. people increasingly with money are paying to opt out of longer and longer waiting times. but i don‘t want to be living in a country where people with money can get good care and eve ryo ne with money can get good care and everyone else is left waiting. that‘s what we are heading towards and there are real political choices. the lib dems have now come up choices. the lib dems have now come up with a plan to address that, to make sure that everyone can get access to care when they need it. i think people in this country will see that has really important to. thank you very much, norman lamb. how is that weekend looking weatherwise? louise has the details. remember this? this is rain. some of it has been quite persistent and heavy through the day today. across the isles of scilly and cornwall and into the channel isles. that‘s the only place we are really likely to see any significant rain. the weather front will slip into the near continent. to the north of that, across england and wales, a cloudy start. thinning and brightening and less windy, still coming off the north sea. north of that it coming off the north sea. north of thatitis coming off the north sea. north of that it is dry and bright and the chilly start, with light frost in parts of scotland. temperatures will respond. high teens likely in western scotland. a little more cloud coming off the murray firth coast. temperatures more sub dude here. isn‘t enough in northern ireland. —— sub dude. manchester south, the cloud beacon for some drizzle. that should ease and brighten up in the afternoon. if we get sunshine in the south—east we could see up to 19 degrees. it will start to ease away as we move through the overnight period. then the winds will swing towards a northerly. again we keep that cold feel across the exposed east coast. west is best in terms of the sunshine. the subtle difference for tomorrow is there will potentially be more sunshine through wales and south—west england compared to today. away from the east coast, with the breeze still coming off the sea, 9— 10 degrees. the further west you are we could see temperatures into the high teens. it will stay dry. no significant rainfall gardeners for the early half of next week. the potential into thursday for wet weather. but there will be changes. where we have the glorious sunshine under the heat across western areas this week, we have colder conditions as the winds swing toa colder conditions as the winds swing to a north—westerly. but that‘s good news for sheltered eastern areas because on the exposed east coast we could see things warmer in the next week. thank you very much indeed. britain‘s car industry is booming, with a record 2.7 million new vehicles sold last year. but the vast majority of them are bought using complex finance deals, and there are concerns that consumers can end up paying too much. let‘s speak to paul lewis from radio four‘s moneybox. he‘s been reading the small print. as always, you read the small print on these things. we see the big adverts. they say you can drive away with a car, all under £200 a month. off with a car, all under £200 a month. off you go! and of course it is very attractive and this is behind those big as you gave, over 80% of cars are sold using these personal contract plans. they work like a hire purchase agreement. you pay for the car over the three years and when you paid a final payment due on it. that‘s how it works. but with this, instead of paying the whole car over those 36 months you just pay for the amount of value the car loses. so obviously your monthly payments are a lot less. but at the end, to own the car, you have to pay what it is worth then, let‘s say it is £5,000. so you buy a £50,000 car, it‘s worth £5,000 at the end. at the end you have to pay the £5,000 to own it. of course most people don‘t do that and start again. not because there are strict rules about it they often fall out of them. if you stick to the rules and make your payment, it all sounds like quite a good plan. where are the problems? it does work if you do exactly that, stick to the rules. but because it all depends on the value of the car at the end of the deal, you have to look after it. normally you can do 10,000 miles, butabove look after it. normally you can do 10,000 miles, but above that... look after it. normally you can do 10,000 miles, butabove that... on contract i saw said you had to pay i9p per mile above that and i8p above 19p per mile above that and 18p above 13,000. do if you did 20,000 miles a year you would end up paying another £1500 which you would have to pay at the end. similarly if you have a big family or dogs, you carry things round, if it is in poor condition and again a big payment at the end. and if you want to break off halfway through because your circumstances change, you lose your job, a big penalty to do that. if you break the rules there are big penalties. if you keep the rules and you don‘t really want to own the car it may suit you. it sounds like one of those days where your advice is mixed? i would say to be very careful. the financial conduct authority says it is concerned that there may be a lack of transparency and potential conflicts of interest in the sale of these products. of course the sales person gets commission and they get the commission and they get the commission for the finance. the temptation will always be to sell you a nice car because they can have this low monthly payments and of course you are there, you‘ve got probably 20 minutes, you don‘t read all of the details of the contract, you are excited, you have a new car, it will only cost you £200 a month, marvellous. you don‘t realise those penalties at the time. my advice as ever is to think about things carefully, read the contract. take it away. 0ften carefully, read the contract. take it away. often people don‘t even have a copy of the contract afterwards to take away. my advice is that everybody should have a paul lewis to take in with them to the negotiations! that‘s what we need! thank you. were you going to say something else? i would love to do that for everyone, of course! there‘ll be more on this on radio 4‘s money box, at midday. that‘s a whole new programme we have set up! yes, more at midday. who knows what you might end up with? a better deal! talking about good deals... the manufacturing industry employs around 2.7 million people in the uk, but in blackburn, a quarter of the local population work in the sector. that‘s twice the national average. that‘s why, this weekend, the town is hosting a huge festival celebrating all things made in britain. colin paterson is there. this is where cooking demonstrations will be taking place all over. i have put on a jacket especially for you. i might be doing a demonstration myself before the end of breakfast. wayne hemingway has set up the festival. 25% of people in this town are involved in making. what‘s going on? in this town are involved in making. what's going on? we were surprised when we found this out. i grew up here and just about everyone i know and family are involved in making. my stepdad makes plastics, my wife was brought up new here and her dad made snooker tables, a mother—in—law worked in car parts. it was the heart of the industrial revolution. it was the centre of textiles, which was our main manufacturing thing in the uk. it must have just stuck. so when we saw the statistics of 25%, we thought, well, it's time to celebrate making. it's such an important thing. it's good for the economy, it make the feelgood and it creates employment. there's never beena creates employment. there's never been a public celebration of making. there have been lots of conferences and trade shows. we thought, let's fill the town, celebrate making. it's fill the town, celebrate making. it‘s turning out a treat. how are you going to do with? we are in central black burn and we have this p°p‘up central black burn and we have this pop—up kitchen. central black burn and we have this pop-up kitchen. what else is going on? all around town you will be able to make things. you can bring your kids and make paper aeroplanes with proper engineers, who show you how to fly them long distances. you can make musical instruments and form a temporary band and perform on stage is. you can get into all the making food. —— stages. wherever you are best stuff going on and it goes on from 11am until 6pm these two days. it isjust this from 11am until 6pm these two days. it is just this thing about inspiring a new generation, but also come down here and try new things and watch people. you can even get involved in local beers being made. there's something for everyone.” wa nt to there's something for everyone.” want to introduce you now to someone who is going to be a star of a film thatis who is going to be a star of a film that is being commissioned, showing the making that‘s going on in blackburn. your thing is part is. how did you get into it? essentially we just started it because we wanted to feed our five children. we were busy working and all we were doing is getting yesterday's curry and putting pastry over it. that's how we got into it. we were putting different ingredients together, maybe adding a pepper or potatoes, a bit of nachos on top and dinner was ready! you are science teacher, you have five kids, you are chatting yesterday‘s food into a pie and howdy to leading the way business?” don't know! ijust have a passion for making pies and different... just different ingredients, putting them together. you will be selling them together. you will be selling them over the two days in the very venue them over the two days in the very venue where you will appear in this film about making. what does that mean to you? amazing. this last couple of days have been amazing. to be part of a movie that celebrates people making staff in a kitchen, it's great. finally, someone is making a pie today at home. one bit of advice? cold, keep it cold, all of advice? cold, keep it cold, all of your mixture and pastry. cold? ? i can't give that away! 0k, going back to wane. you hear stories like that. —— wayne. she has won an award, she got silver in the british pie awards. i spoke to her husband. they are still young, they have five kids and they met at university. i said, it is great. they are both holding downjobs said, it is great. they are both holding down jobs and they do this in the evening. it will be amazing for their kids because their kids will grow up with all of this knowledge. we started our business when we were knowledge. we started our business when we were very knowledge. we started our business when we were very young, myself and my wife, and we brought four kids up. said the best thing about it was things were always being made. now they are very practical and entrepreneurial. thank you so much for joining entrepreneurial. thank you so much forjoining us. it is happening all weekend. they are hoping they make a great escape tomorrow! it will be a big afternoon in blackburn tomorrow. stay with us. we have dancing bakers at 8:50am. we are trying to do our own making here in the studio! it isa here in the studio! it is a nice idea. i like that they can learn to make a good paper aeroplane. that‘s really bad. it wasn‘t that bad... it was great. let‘s see what else is coming up on breakfast. straighten up now. as their first tour in more than a decade edges ever closer, mike‘s onboard with the lions as they try and blend four nations into one, by indulging in a bit of team bonding. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before 8:00, louise will have your full weekend weather forecast. but first, a summary of this morning‘s main news. after a day of tory triumph in the local elections, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has admitted he faces an historic challenge ahead of next month‘s vote. labour lost nearly 400 council seats, while the conservatives gained just over 560, making it their best result in nearly a decade. campaigning for the general election on the 8th ofjune will resume today, with the prime minister saying she‘s not taking anything for granted. in scotland, the snp finished as the largest party, despite the conservatives making big gains. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow this morning. james, after yesterday‘s results, what can we expect from the parties there? well, by any measure it was a victory for the scottish national party. 431 councillors can head to 276 for the conservatives, and 262 for labour. the other two parties, the lib dems and the greens, were way behind those totals. a lot of gains for the conservatives across the board in scotland, and two particular contests to look out for. 0ne particular contests to look out for. one is in east renfrewshire, south of glasgow, held by the snp at westminster at the moment, but actually the conservatives got actually the conservatives got actually more votes on thursday then the snp. they‘ve pulled ahead. that isa the snp. they‘ve pulled ahead. that is a worry for the nationalists, coming up to the general election. and even more so in the constituency of murray, again, where the tories we re of murray, again, where the tories were ahead this week. that is the constituency of angus robertson, the s&p's constituency of angus robertson, the s&p‘s leader at westminster, and thatis s&p‘s leader at westminster, and that is one that both parties will fight very, very hard to hold onto. -- snp's. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner, emmanuel macron, says they‘ve been the victim of a massive hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine emails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow, where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. syrian activists say shelling and gunfire has been heard in rebel—held areas, shortly after an agreement to set up safe zones in parts of the country came into force. the deal on four safe zones was reached at thursday‘s talks between russia and iran. turkey, agreed to act as a guarantor but the main syrian opposition grouping says it has little faith in the deal. three men are due in court this morning, charged with the murder of a business man from dorset. guy hedger was attacked in his home in ashley early last sunday. 41—year—old jason baccus and 44—year—old scott keeping from bournemouth will appear before poole magistrates court, alongside 40—year—old kevin downton from dorset. a teenage racing driver who lost both his legs in an horrific crash has said he‘s lost for words after receiving support from around the world. billy monger, who turned 18 yesterday, was racing in the formula 4 championship last month when he collided with a stationary car. he‘s received support from former formula 1 world champions lewis hamilton and jenson button, and motor racing fans have raised over £800,000 for him. schools in england are to be given more powers to sack inadequate parent governors, under new guidelines being issued by the department for education. 0ld £5notes — the paper ones — are no longer legal tender in the uk, except for in northern ireland. the new polymer fivers have been in circulation since last september. some banks and building societies say customers can still deposit the old notes into bank accounts for now, giving people more time to hand them in. it‘s thought around 150 million old notes are still in circulation. those are our main stories this morning. and mike has news for some party planning from chelsea. surely it is too soon for that? i don't think so, not the chelsea now. this was after west ham shocked totte n ha m. was after west ham shocked tottenham. look at those players, shellshocked and dejected. they are bubble has burst, at the home of the clu b bubble has burst, at the home of the club that does all the bubbles. very good. i thought of that off the top of my head. what you are saying about chelsea, it means that if they beat middlesbrough on monday and then west brom next friday, before totte n ha m then west brom next friday, before tottenham plays again, the title race will be over. chelsea are on the brink of the premier league title, after their closest challengers, tottenham, lost at west ham last night. the hammers frustrated spurs on a raucous night at the london stadium, and manuel lanzini, scored the only goal in the second half. the result means chelsea, can go seven points clear, if they beat middlesbrough on monday. it‘s not over. it‘s true it will be difficult. but it was a game that if you want to put pressure on your opponent, you must... should be win. it was not the case now and now it‘s too wait but thinking that it would be difficult to catch chelsea. with chelsea playing monday and liverpool, arsenal and manchester united in action tomorrow, today is more about the fight to stay in the premier league. hull city, who are two points clear of the drop zone, could give their survival hopes a big boost, with victory over already relegated sunderland. swansea city occupy the final relegation spot and welcome everton, while starting it all off, manchester city, who are chasing a champions league spot, could move to third, with victory over crystal palace. in the scottish premiership celtic wrapped the title up weeks ago. still plenty at stake though at the bottom.bottom side inverness caledonian thistle welcome fellow strugglers hamilton academical in the lunchtime game. celtic could stretch their lead to an incredible 30 points with victory at home to stjohnstone. england hosted ireland in international cricket, for the first time yesterday and were comfortable winners, in the first one day international in bristol. leg spinner adil rashid, took five wickets as ireland were bowled out forjust 126. england reached the target, with 30 overs to spare thanks to alex hales‘ 55, and an unbeaten 49, from joe root. they‘ll meet again at lord‘s tomorrow, with england captain eoin morgan, expecting a stronger opposition. in rugby league‘s, superleague salford red devils, have moved up to second thanks to a 31—16 win at wigan warriors. elsewhere, warrington came from 14—0 down to beat st helens 40—18, including two second half tries from ryan atkins. the win moves the wolves above saints and catalans, into 7th. there‘s a quite incredible final day of the regular rugby union premiership season in store — three teams can still finish first. leaders wasps face third—placed saracens. exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester, and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath‘s expense? tigers are at worcester, bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot. the pro 12 regular season also comes to a close. leinster or munster will finish top ahead of the play—offs. scarlets and 0spreys should join them. it will be the final game for gregor townsend at glasgow as they face edinburgh. in rugby team work is everything, yet despite their best efforts the british and irish lions haven‘t won against new zealand‘s all blacks since 1971. this year‘s squad of english, irish, welsh and scottish players, gather on mass for the first time on monday, and some of the team have bonding in the malvern hills. i went along to join them. in a field of sheep, three lions going off—road. right, straighten up now... with one of them blindfolded. laughter keep coming forward. you're good there, left hand down. unable to see where he‘s going, it‘s england‘s billy vunipola... keep coming. ..being guided by leigh halfpenny of wales just in front of the bonnet. and being thrown around in the back, ijoined england‘s kicking king, 0wen farrell. we‘re tipping out. we're tipping out, it does feel like it. it does feel a lot worse when you're in here than it does when you're watching on the outside. 0ne slip by billy here and leigh could get hurt. it‘s all about building up trust and friendship between players that are normally rivals. from wales and england, now united as lions teammates. i‘ve never met leigh before and it‘s nice to meet him. he‘s a very humble guy and i‘ve heard they‘re all like that from wales, so... leigh, talk to me, mate. yeah, left more, left more. it is pretty scary facing billy on the field. he takes some brining down but it‘s great to meet billy today and he‘s a great guy. this bonding will be crucial in new zealand and halfpenny‘s ability to guide his teammates on the pitch earned him man of the series on the last lions tour to australia, and it got billy through the posts here. good work. teamwork like that in new zealand... well done, leigh. teamwork like that in new zealand and you‘ll be fine. i think he got his left and rights mixed up to be honest. laughter that's what it's all about, having that friendship and that bond, if we can get the things off the field right i think the things on the field will take care of themselves. this was also about testing the players‘ accuracy and control, and a break from the pressures of a busy end to the season with the lions tour just three weeks away. i‘ve not done any off—road driving really. it‘s something to take the mind off it. you come back and you feel quite refreshed i guess, running into the back end of the season with all these games coming up, it‘s perfect. it‘s different nations coming together. it‘s exciting and something that‘s pretty unique. the road to the opening lions test is long and treacherous, history tells us some of the lions players could be injured by the time the opening first whistle goes in earnest. at least this means they‘re better prepared for anything, including apparently in these parts the rather vicious pheasant brian. that‘s the pheasant you don‘t want to mess with. he‘ll actually chase you and he‘s not scared of anything at all. brian has attacked before, so leigh and the rest were thankful they were in the safety of their cars. something quite surreal about lions players, big burly rugby players, being warned about a pheasant. they will face scarier prospects than a pheasant, i can tell you. they meet the press on monday. alongside the conservatives and the snp, the greens were one ofjust three parties to gain seats in this week‘s local elections. so with the general election just over a month away are these green shoots likely to bloom? let‘s speak to the party‘s co—leader, jonathan bartley. he‘s in westminster this morning. good morning to you. nice to see you. can you give us a thought about how you are feeling, the green party, after the local elections? personally feeling very tired, but a very, very happy. we were not the only national progressive party to make gains, right from the 0rkney islands down to the isle of wight, right across the country, and it was really heartening. we hope to build on those gains going into the general election. you want representation at westminster in the general election, that is what politics is all about. so when you look at those hard numbers and the possibilities of winning seats, where have you got to with that? well, we already have representation at whitminster. we are looking to get more, places like bristol, the isle of wight, sheffield. 0ur electoral system, we have to be realistic, you have to win those council seats and then make a bid for the parliamentary seat. at the last election with a 1.1 million votes. that should have given us 24 mps underafair, votes. that should have given us 24 mps under a fair, proportional voting system. but we are realistic, so we are targeting those seats where we have that support, where we can makea where we have that support, where we can make a bid to get more mp5. where we have that support, where we can make a bid to get more mps.m is an interesting time in terms of the electorate. the suggestion is that a lot of people are jumping around between parties in a way that has not happened previously. what are you hearing on the doorsteps? we are you hearing on the doorsteps? we are hearing a lot of disillusionment with labour. people are not quite sure what lib dems stand for. but there is lots of support for the greens, which is great. people feel like they want a caring, confident country. they want us to be defined not by our nuclear arsenal, but by the fact that we give opportunity and aspiration to people. we are facing the challenges of the 21st century. it feels like there are two competing visions here. people are moving around and looking for a better future. deep moving around and looking for a betterfuture. deep down, people watching this programme know that we can be so much better than this. we have had a lost decade, following the financial crash, were average wages have not recovered. we are saddling students with that. my children, who are watching this programme right now, the 25 or 30 yea rs have essentially programme right now, the 25 or 30 years have essentially been taking on the public debt. and sadly, the next generation will be wearing that around their necks. everybody knows we can be better than this. there is lots of money around, we have had huge wealth created over the last 25 yea rs. huge wealth created over the last 25 years. people are saying, why are we not seeing the benefits spread out more? why do we not have an economy that works for everybody? moving beyond the soundbites from the government, deep on the ground know that they are not feeling at. they look at the greens and they see a party that has made the right calls in the past, has identified the problems, and is preparing us for the 21st century, whether the challenges the economy or global warming. the challenge that you are busily well aware of for the green party, when you talk about the solutions labour voters, or people who supervises many of the things you are saying in terms of the principles of how they want to leave their lives —— lead their lives, then there is the other question of going into the polling booth and having a choice to make. you think that just putting a having a choice to make. you think thatjust putting a tick in the box marked greens, that actually means that you will not get anything that you want in terms of representation locally. how do you get over that barrier? people are looking at this election saying it‘s not about the next five yea rs, saying it‘s not about the next five years, it‘s about the next 10— 20. we need to send a clear message. ukip don‘t have any representation at westminster any more, they‘ve been running the country effectively. they say jump been running the country effectively. they sayjump and the government says, how higher? they are taking the country on an extreme brexit path without any representation at westminster, but because people voted for ukip, wrongly in my opinion. every vote for the greens is a vote for a different future, a different vision, an economy that works for everyone, environmental protections, being close to europe. and i will be controversial and say we can have freedom of movement. my children should deserve the same things i enjoy it and we can be better than this. it‘s about sending that message, but clear signal, that we can go in a better direction and we can go in a better direction and we can bea can go in a better direction and we can be a caring country and economy again. thank you very much for your time. here‘s louise with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning! good morning. i do love myjob, but i would much rather be in the lake district this morning, walking with my dog with views like this. absolutely glorious. but not everywhere. there is rain in the story across the isles of scilly affecting cornwall, even the channel isles. this rain will be a nuisance throughout the day. that will please the gardeners and growers, but it won‘t affect any where else other than the extreme south—west. there is a bit of cloud around and the odd spot of drizzle in england and wales. hopefully some of that will break in the south—east. the best weather a game in north—west england, scotland and northern ireland. actually start. lovely spells of sunshine. into the afternoon, the west is best and we have temperatures into the high teens. more cloud coming in off the north sea with that nagging north—easterly breeze. in northern ireland and north—west england there will be a lot of cloud generally. some of it in england and wales will thin and break. if that happens and we get sunshine temperatures will respond. highs of 19 degrees on the coast. in cornwall, temperatures just about 12 degrees. the front skirts off into the near continent. through the night it is relatively quiet. patchy mist and fog. a northerly breeze takes over on sunday. again on the exposed east coast could be disappointing, but more sunshine coming through in sheltered western areas, even across england and wales on sunday. cold and disappointing into the north with gale force gusts likely. 9— 10 degrees. in the sheltered west we could see up to 80 degrees. if your garden is looking sad at the moment, or you are pharma wanting rain, it looks like the early half of next week will stay dry. —— farmer. back to you. thanks very much. we‘ll be back with the headlines at 8am, but now it‘s time for newswatch with paddy 0‘connell. hello, welcome to newswatch with me, paddy 0‘connell standing inforsamira. coming up: diane abbott got her maths in a muddle, but did bbc news get their sums wrong too and make too much of it? and madeleine mccann is a tragic case, but is the bbc obsessed with it? brexit was always going to loom large over this election campaign and this week, it took centre stage. the war of words started on monday. theresa may describes the reports of a fractious dinner with her and urban the european union president as brussels gossip. she was reporting to use the kinds of sharp disagreements withjuncker over how quickly a deal could be done. maxine edmonds was one of the number of viewers are surprised at the prominence being given to a second—hand anonymous briefing in german. writing: rob cattle agreed: but was this just gossip? on tuesday, the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg tried to nail that down with the prime minister on a campaigning trip to cornwall. did jean—claude juncker say to you brexit cannot be the success? i don't recall the account that has been given of the meeting that took place. i think a lot of this is brussels gossip. you are aware it isn‘t gossip. he either said it to you or he did not. the account that i have seen, a lot of that is brussels gossip. later in the week, that line changed, with the prime minister attacked european politicians and officials, who she said had issued threats against britain timed to affect the election result. at a press conference hosted by david davis and phillip hammond, laura kuenssberg tried again to get clarity on the state of discussions between the uk and eu. can i ask you both not simply to hide behind the fact that there will be negotiations. in this election, don‘t voters are allowed to know how much taxpayers‘ cash they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million or zero? again, the bbc‘s political editor faced questions from viewers. margie emailed: and a viewer called jim asked: well, it‘s not just the conservatives who have been under scrutiny in this week‘s election coverage. on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour‘s plans to recruit 10,000 more police officers and how much they would cost. among a round of interviews, one with nick ferrari on lbc was probably not her finest hour. and later, jo coburn played it to her again on the daily politics show. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period, we believe it'll be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... for 10,000 police officers? what are you paying them? no, i mean. ..sorry. how much will they cost? they will cost... they will...it will cost... um...about... about £80 million. about £80 million? yeah. diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing. it's not just misspeaking, to quote you, a bit earlier, you just don't know your figures and you're not on top of your brief? if i didn't know my figures, why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figures correctly? despite that defence, the blunder was replayed and discussed all day on many bbc outlets, which displeased llewellyn samuels. he recorded this video on thursday to explain his objection. yes, i was really concerned with the way this whole thing that diane abbott actually got wrong yesterday, the way it actually was being escalated. diane abbott is not a maths teacher. yes, people do make mistakes. she got the figures wrong at that point, she was put on the spot. i believe people who have made mistakes more than that, abd it was taken out of context. at the end of the day, everything will be clarified in the manifesto. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have made it clear that they won‘t take part in any tv leaders debates during the campaign. but the french presidential candidates have shown no such reluctance. emmanuel macron and marine le pen were slugging it out again this week, in advance of sunday‘s second round of voting. translation: against terrorism we have to close our borders, straightaway, immediately. and that is what i will do the moment i take power. translation: closing borders achieves nothing. there are many countries outside the schengen area that have been hit as hard as us by terrorist attacks. so we did hear what the candidates had to say, but not in a way that satisfied our viewer elizabeth kay. why oh why when the british are so bad at foreign languages does the bbc appear to collude with this by dubbing over any conversations that aren‘t in english, instead of using subtitles? french is taught in most of our schools and yet, when a political debate is the lead story, our children are prevented from hearing this from native speakers. i would love to have heard exactly what emmanuel macron and marine le pen said to one another. and our children could have heard an emotional and relevant debate instead of a supply teacher with an english accent. many of us will require these languages in future. we will need all the help we can get. the bbc charter promises to promote education and learning and this, i think, falls within that category. well, it‘s notjust election coverage that has attracted your attention this week. wednesday marked ten years since madeline mccann disappeared from a holiday apartment in portugal. the bbc marked the anniversary with a panorama special and another of news reports withjohn k reporting live from portugal on wednesday night. since that night, really, we don‘t know much more. we don‘t know, despite everything that‘s been written and said, all the money spent on investigations, and that‘s the most extraordinary part of this story. we don‘t know how madeline left and who she was with, the only thing we know for certain is that she is still missing. given the sad lack of any major developments in the search for madeline, some viewers wondered whether the anniversary and the case itself over the past decade had received too much attention. after all, 100,000 children go missing in the uk each year and around 40 have been missing now for more than ten years. here is derek peters. we‘ve had not only constant repetition on the news, but reporters sent to portugal, interviews with celebrity presenters and, to cap it all, a whole panorama episode dedicated to this story. and all for something that is really no more newsworthy than 100 other stories of a similar nature that we‘ve never heard of that has never had a mention. we put that point to bbc news, and they told us: on wednesday, bbc news reported on a man who‘d been found guilty that day of planting a bomb on a london underground train. damon smith was caught on cctv leaving a bag with explosives on one of the carriages. the train was evacuated minutes before it was due to explode. this was damon smith in a police interview. he has asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. when i was on the tube, i realise it was going to stratford, right. and i thought it would be a good time to leave my bag for a prank. colin minto was one of several viewers concerned about those references to asperger‘s syndrome. he recorded his thoughts for us on camera. why does the bbc and other news agencies continuously impact on the demonstrable progress that‘s being made by attributing someone‘s proven or potential mental or ill—health to criminal acts they‘ve committed or any national security issues they have been involved in or been investigated for? is it absolutely necessary? has it been proven that their mental ill—health is relevant and a contributing factor to their acts? if not, why report it? you wouldn‘t accuse x, who is a woman, or x, who is black, or someone who is homosexual or disabled or sight impaired who has been arrested or charged, without any further detail around why it is potentially relevant. bbc news gives us a statement in response. it reads: thanks very much to you if you sent us something on tape or your view by e—mail on what you have seen on bbc news this week. if you‘d like to put your views across, show off your sofa and appear on the programme, why not call: 0r e—mail newswatch: you can also find us on twitter. and look at our website to. samira will be back next week with your thoughts on bbc news coverage. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. party leaders are expected to be out in force after the local election results as campaigning again turns to the general election. theresa may says she‘s not taking anything for granted, whilejeremy corbyn says labour are facing an historic challenge to win back power.