final for the first time in 17 years after overcoming holders hibernian. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. conservative and labour politicians are on the general election trail on the first weekend of the campaign. jeremy corbyn is in manchester, where he said the party wanted to make the tax system fairer by getting the very wealthy and what he called ‘corporates‘ to pay more. theresa may is in dudley in the west midlands. she said the country was facing the most important election in her lifetime and insisted the conservatives were a lower tax party . there s been speculation they may raise taxes if they win the general election. our political correspondent leila nathoo has been giving me the latest. to get across, that the tories cannot be trusted on taxes is their message. this came about when philip hammond appeared to suggest yesterday that he would like to see the end of a previous manifesto commitment which said that tories would not raise vat, income tax
are you excited? yes. it will keep the grubs down, hopefully. from an animal sanctuary a0 miles away, they finally arrived. 52 hedgehogs, all found sick or injured across the north of england. most of these have come in as babies, and we have hand fed them, hand reared them. this one. this one was in a really bad way when she came in. she was very tiny, very sick. veronica and her husband, frank, run the charity andrew s hedgehog hospital. they believe the village of burton fleming, now considered hedgehog friendly, will give the animals the best chance. 0ur village doesn t have major roads around it, and hedgehogs need to travel and get around different gardens. provided everyone puts a hole in the garden fence, to make sure they can move around, we hope that the numbers will improve. we are going to be putting the hedgehogs in our garden, because i have three little boys who have never seen a live hedgehog before. look at his face. do you like him? assessing hedgehog number
and will gemma arterton and bill nighy be ‘at their finest‘? jason solomons will give his verdict in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. conservative and labour politicians are on the general election trail on the first weekend of the campaign. jeremy corbyn was in cheshire, where he said the party wanted to make the tax system fairer by getting the very wealthy and what he called ‘corporates‘ to pay more. theresa may was in the west midlands. she said the country was facing the most important election in her lifetime and insisted the conservatives were a lower tax party . there s been speculation they may raise taxes if they win the general election. our political correspondent leila nathoojoins me. i suppose the latest is thejeremy corbyn has been speaking again today, this time in crewe. what did he have to say? he s been on a whistle stop tour of the north west rallying his troops. he is appealing to labour s half a million members to labou
from the rest of the fed cup after foul mouthed comments which left britonjohanna konta in tears. good afternoon. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune eighth. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today the prime minister to her campaign message to dudley and wonderful to me have spoken for many. i couldn t understand why you cold another election with three yea rs cold another election with three years to go. i once the strongest possible negotiating hand in europe. this general election is notjust about brexit and the parties are writing manifestos for the pledges and promises. the issue of tax
to cut energy bills for 70% of households. and elation for chelsea as they re through to the fa cup final after a thrilling 4 2 win over spurs at wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn was campaigning in manchester and promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune 8th. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today, the prime minister took her campaign message to dudley and one voter may have spoken for many. i couldn t understand why you called an election within three years to go. i think we need a stronger negotiating hand in europe. but this general election is notjust about brexit and all the parties are