the welsh conservatives will be wanting to drill down and make this an election about their counsellors successes in local government but in the public at large, certainly some of them, will not separate out those issues from the bigger national picture. with so many independent candidates in the mix, next week s vote could be followed by months of negotiations before we know exactly who governs in some parts of wales. hywel griffith, bbc news, pembrokeshire. in northern ireland, the alliance party has published its manifesto for the assembly election next week. the party, which is neutral on the issue of northern ireland s constitutional future, pledged a new payment of £20 per child per week for low income families. it has also proposed a green new deal to create 50,000 sustainable jobs by 2030. two english and two spanish teams are contending for the champions league final which could be an all english