and celine dion on the illness that s kept her away from the stage and how she s determined to sing again. i ll be on stage. i don t know when exactly, but trust me, i will. and the fans start preparing early before scotland kick off tomorrow against germany at the start of the euros. and coming up on bbc news scotland fans are ready on the eve of the opening game of euro 2024 against hosts germany. we ll have the latest from the camp. good evening. sir keir starmer has unveiled labour s plan for government if they win the election. their manifesto promises that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority. there were no policy surprises with previously announced details including 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers as well as the launch of a new border security command to tackle gangs organising small boat channel crossings. sir keir promised not to raise personal taxation or vat, except on private sch
we speak. and in wales they ve lost overall control of bridgend and merthyr tydfil, two councils in their south wales heartland. although they have held on to the capital city, cardiff. also newport and swansea. and it has been a bad night for ukip overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. coming up, we ll be live in glasgow. the snp are trying to take the city council from labour. the scottish counting has onlyjust started, so those results are all to come. labour have had decades of controlling glasgow city council. we ll be covering the results from scotland as they come in. to say the least, there is plenty to talk about! here in the studio we re joined by our political editor laura kuenssberg. the home office minister brandon lewis for the conservatives. the shadow foreign secretary labour
have become quite familiar, many others ending the week with the same sort of weather we had to start it. another beautiful day with plenty of sunshine across north west scotland, high pressure to the north and an easterly winds, we still have the best up the sunshine in northern areas and we still have a bit more cloud towards the south. that was the scene from one of the weather watchers in devon a short time ago. the cloud in southern areas is more broken than in recent days, there will be brighter spells. across parts of the midlands and wales, patchy cloud and sunny spells. northern england, northern ireland and scotland will see the best sunshine, but more cloud plaguing the far north east of scotland. fairly cool towards the east coast, out west, highs of 17, 18 or fairly cool towards the east coast, out west, highs of17, 18 or 19. cloud out west, highs of 17, 18 or 19. cloud will tend to thicken this evening and overnight and increase across england and wales, perhaps
details on that. labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. strong challenge from the snp. in wales they ve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. in england they ve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. they ve won the male role contest in the liverpool city region. lost the liverpool city region. lost the mayoral contest. and it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. in scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotland s biggest city for themselves. we re still waiting for most of the results in scotland. we ll keep a cl
shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. good morning, it s tuesday the 9th of may. i m rachel schofield, welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservatives have vowed to cap energy prices if they win the general election. under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. elsewhere labour leader jeremy corbyn is due to formally launch his party s general election campaign, where he s expected to say that the issue of whether brexit happens has been settled . the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the isle of wight the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment . we ll be live in manchester ahead of labour s campaign