and fiona bruce will be here with a round up of the day before the news. but first, it s time for newswatch. hello, welcome to newswatch with me, paddy o 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 muchf it? and madeline 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 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 try to
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i definitely want to take the positives out of this and make sure that i use it in a positive way for the 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 bopping bakers are just some of the people taking part in the first ever festival of makers. we ll be live there to find out what it s all about. and louise has the weather. good morning. another north south divide with the weather across the country, a chilly start for scotland and northern ireland but here there ll be plenty of sunshine, more cloud for england and wales with outbreaks of showery rain into 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
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as they win and the teams around them slip up. and louise has the weather. good morning. another wild day of weather, dry and west is best in terms of sunshine and warmth. more details later on. good morning. first, our main story. with just over a month to go until the general election, the political parties are making key pledges today. labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. the conservatives are planning to reform mental health services, while the liberal democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur political correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. ellie, the parties are making big promises today? they most certainly are. not putting up they most certainly are. not putting up taxes always a good tactic in any election campaign. that is what the labour party have done today. they suggested they will not raise the standard rate of vat, they will not increase national insurance contributions and they will not pu