at west ham last night. and the travel show heads to the church of the holy sepulchre injerusalem. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory after the conservatives made major gains at local elections. the tories gained 500 seats and seized control of ii councils, with the gains mostly coming at the expense of labour and ukip. the tory leader said she would fight for every vote on 8thjune to strengthen her hand in brexit talks. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said his party faced a challenge on a historic scale to win back power, but insisted he could close the gap on the tories. meanwhile, the lib dems say they would raise income tax by a penny in the pound to raise £6 billion for nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the book for six metropolitan mayers. metropolitan mayers. andy street was the victor in a tight contest for mayor in the west midla
chelsea are on the brink of winning the premier league title after spurs lost at west ham last night. the war of words in the uk and french elections and the search for peace to the middle east. that s all in dateline london in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning. welcome to bbc news. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory after the conservatives made major advances at local elections. the tories gained 500 seats and seized control of ii councils, with the gains mostly coming at the expense of labour and ukip. the tory leader said she would fight for every vote on 8thjune to strengthen her hand in brexit talks. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said his party faced a challenge on an historic scale to win back power, but insisted he could close the gap on the tories. meanwhile, the lib dems say they would raise income tax by a penny in the pound to raise £6 billion for nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the votes fo
further south and west the temperatures will not be far away from 20. similar temperatures into next week, west is best, little or no rain around and some sunshine at times. hello, this is bbc news. our latest headlines. theresa may says she is taking nothing for granted after the tories‘ success in the local elections. campaigning in the west midlands, she urged voters to give her a strong mandate to negotiate brexit. jeremy corbyn who s been visiting the east midlands says his party faces a huge challenge to win the general election. but he insisted the gap between labour and the tories isn t as great as the pundits have been saying. the liberal democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to go towards the nhs and social care. party leader tim farron said politicians needed to be honest about financing the health service. the ukip leader paul nuttall urges his supporters to stay on the pitch despite suffering heavy losses on thursday. he said vot
the main political parties have been out canvassing support on the first full weekend of the general election campaign. theresa may says she s grateful for the support her party s received in the local elections but she says she s taking nothing for granted ahead of next month s general election. earlier, the labour leader jeremy corbyn admitted his party faced an historic challenge but said his party was closing the gap on the tories. our political correspondent ben wright reports. step by step, theresa may is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds of new conservative councillors in her ranks. at wolverhampton aerospace factory, she toured the floor with the new west midlands mayor, andy street. i am taking nothing for granted. i need support from across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand, and only a vote for me and my team will ensure that britain has the strong and stable leadership we need to get the best deal for britain from brexit. theresa may needs tor
good morning, it s saturday the 6th of may. 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. 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. i have still got a few years left in me for sure. i have 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. we are live in blackburn at the first ever festival of making. we are live in blackburn at the first ever festival of making. david baldacci, the bestselling crime novel writer will be here and we have the weather as well. ac