:00:00. > :00:07.At least 28 people are said to have been killed after an air strike hit
:00:08. > :00:12.a crowded refugee camp in rebel-held Northern Syria.
:00:13. > :00:15.Images of the aftermath show burning tents in the camp which is home
:00:16. > :00:21.to up to 2000 displaced Syrians - it's not clear who's responsible.
:00:22. > :00:25.These individuals are in the most desperate situation imaginable
:00:26. > :00:27.and there's no justification for carrying out military action
:00:28. > :00:34.A stark contrast in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra -
:00:35. > :00:37.where Russian musicians played to celebrate its liberation
:00:38. > :00:42.We'll have the latest developments from Syria.
:00:43. > :00:47.A possible breakthrough - talks may begin next week
:00:48. > :00:49.to try to resolve the bitter dispute over a new contract
:00:50. > :01:02.More than 300 square miles now ablaze in Western Canada -
:01:03. > :01:07.as one of the largest evacuations for decades continues.
:01:08. > :01:09.The Hillsborough disaster - a former press officer
:01:10. > :01:12.for South Yorkshire Police says she felt their strategy
:01:13. > :01:25.at the inquests was to blame others, including the fans.
:01:26. > :01:35.Liverpool make it through to the Europa League Final.
:01:36. > :01:37.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: An inspiration
:01:38. > :01:40.for the whole world - the vice chairman of Leicester City
:01:41. > :01:56.tells the BBC he never thought they would win the Premier League.
:01:57. > :02:00.Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in an air strike
:02:01. > :02:02.on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria.
:02:03. > :02:06.Some reports say the attack was by Syrian or Russian warplanes,
:02:07. > :02:11.The air strike happened at Kamouna camp near Sarmada in Idlib province,
:02:12. > :02:25.Here's our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
:02:26. > :02:37.The camp where Syrians took refuge from the war. Today, the war found
:02:38. > :02:46.them again. Firemen frantically tried to douse the flames. There is
:02:47. > :02:54.little left to save. Two air strikes obliterated this tented settlement.
:02:55. > :02:58.Shattered lives in this rebel held area close to the Turkish border.
:02:59. > :03:04.Women and children, who fled here for safety, now buried beneath their
:03:05. > :03:20.blackened tents. Anger burns here as well. Look, look, this man cries.
:03:21. > :03:28.All women and children here. What did the children do? Where is Islam?
:03:29. > :03:39.Where is the world? He curses resident Assad and his allies in
:03:40. > :03:43.Lebanon and Iran. In Washington, the White House said it was too early to
:03:44. > :03:50.say who did this, but was quick to condemn. There is no justifiable
:03:51. > :03:55.excuse for carrying out an air against innocent civilians, who have
:03:56. > :04:02.already once fled their homes to escape violence. These individuals
:04:03. > :04:04.are in the most desperate situation imaginable and there is no
:04:05. > :04:10.justification for carrying out military action that is targeting
:04:11. > :04:14.them. Today, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo there was some hope,
:04:15. > :04:19.a ceasefire was slowly being re-established. People venture into
:04:20. > :04:23.the markets. In recent weeks, this divided city source of its worst
:04:24. > :04:30.fighting years. Nothing spared by warring sides. A market, a hospital
:04:31. > :04:37.and clinics hit. The violence was easing. But now it's shattered in a
:04:38. > :04:42.makeshift camp for displaced Syrians, another war crime in a
:04:43. > :04:45.country of monstrous violence. Lyse Doucet, BBC News.
:04:46. > :04:47.There was a stark contrast in the ancient Syrian
:04:48. > :04:51.Less than two months ago Syrian ground forces drove so-called
:04:52. > :04:53.Islamic State out of the city with the help of
:04:54. > :04:57.This afternoon in Palmyra's Roman amphitheatre - which until recently
:04:58. > :05:00.was used by so called for IS for executions -
:05:01. > :05:04.Russian musicians performed a concert in the ancient ruins
:05:05. > :05:08.Our world affairs editor John Simpson was there
:05:09. > :05:21.The centrepiece of this whole extraordinary business,
:05:22. > :05:24.kept secret until this morning, turned out to be a concert
:05:25. > :05:28.by the world-famous orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre from St
:05:29. > :05:46.They were performing in the equally famous
:05:47. > :05:47.world-famous Theatre of Palmyra, which avoided Islamic
:05:48. > :05:53.But it was stained with blood all the same.
:05:54. > :05:57.25 Syrian soldiers were executed here by a squad of young boys,
:05:58. > :06:06.On the stage was a picture of Khaled al-Asaad, the 81-year-old scholar
:06:07. > :06:09.who, despite IS torture, refused to tell them
:06:10. > :06:14.where the antiquities had been hidden.
:06:15. > :06:17.Thanks to Russia's powerful help for the Syrian army,
:06:18. > :06:22.those days are over in Palmyra and President Putin's milking
:06:23. > :06:30.He unexpectedly popped up live from Moscow, praising the Russian
:06:31. > :06:38.And in the orchestra, playing the cello, was his good
:06:39. > :06:42.friend Sergei Roldugin, mentioned prominently in the recent
:06:43. > :06:47.Panama papers, about money held outside the country.
:06:48. > :06:50.That was a pretty short concert, not surprising perhaps
:06:51. > :06:56.If it weren't for the Russians, this beautiful place would still be
:06:57. > :07:00.under the control of Islamic State and they might well be using it
:07:01. > :07:06.All the same, there's bound to be criticism that the Russians have
:07:07. > :07:11.been using this for their own propaganda purposes.
:07:12. > :07:17.It has been a small group of Syrian soldiers here, a larger group
:07:18. > :07:20.of Syrian civilians, but the largest number
:07:21. > :07:25.in the audience were Russian soldiers.
:07:26. > :07:28.So this was a Russian triumph in a Russian city,
:07:29. > :07:31.and afterwards it seemed clear why the whole thing had been
:07:32. > :07:37.From the early morning, when the orchestra and the foreign
:07:38. > :07:41.journalists made the five-hour journey by road from the coast,
:07:42. > :07:46.the escort of Russian armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters
:07:47. > :08:08.The extraordinary scenes there in Palmyra. There's an air strike on a
:08:09. > :08:12.refugee camp in northern Syria, surreal contrast, five years into
:08:13. > :08:20.this conflict? This is Syria five years on. It's truly surreal. This
:08:21. > :08:23.is emblematic of a country torn by conflict, Weibo have this moment of
:08:24. > :08:26.artistic and political triumph in Palmyra, and not so far away
:08:27. > :08:32.devastating attack on a refugee camp and tragically some of the people
:08:33. > :08:35.who had lived in that camp had fled Palmyra, had fled Aleppo, fleeing to
:08:36. > :08:40.safety only to be caught up again in this punishing war. It is also a war
:08:41. > :08:43.which has savagely divided the country into a dizzying array of
:08:44. > :08:46.groups, who are either fighting against each other or amongst each
:08:47. > :08:51.other and of course a war which draws in all of the original eye --
:08:52. > :08:54.allies and goes right up to the United States and Russia. What today
:08:55. > :09:02.also reminds us if this is a war which is being written with daily
:09:03. > :09:05.war crimes. Even war has rules and they are being violated day in, day
:09:06. > :09:10.out. It's a war crime to have targeted that camp. The hospital
:09:11. > :09:13.that was targeted recently in Aleppo, the markets, these are
:09:14. > :09:18.attacks on innocent civilians, on the infrastructure that is left and
:09:19. > :09:21.for this region that has been a major international effort going
:09:22. > :09:24.right up to Vladimir Putin is -- Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to
:09:25. > :09:27.restore the ceasefire but this attack today will harden the
:09:28. > :09:31.suspicion of people that it simply won't hold. Lyse Doucet, thank you.
:09:32. > :09:35.Talks look set to resume next week to try to resolve a bitter dispute
:09:36. > :09:37.over a new contract for junior doctors in England.
:09:38. > :09:39.The government and the doctors' union, the British Medical
:09:40. > :09:41.Association, have agreed - in theory - to five days
:09:42. > :09:44.of negotiations, during which plans to impose the contract
:09:45. > :09:47.and the threat of industrial action will be put on hold.
:09:48. > :09:50.If the talks go ahead, it will be the first time the two sides
:09:51. > :10:00.It's been a long and bitter dispute with junior doctors
:10:01. > :10:04.staging strikes in England, and both sides far apart.
:10:05. > :10:06.Whatever their differences with me, whatever their differences
:10:07. > :10:09.with the Government, think about patients.
:10:10. > :10:14.But now, after a plan put forward by leaders
:10:15. > :10:18.of medical royal colleges, there is the prospect of talks.
:10:19. > :10:21.We are willing to do what it takes to settle this very,
:10:22. > :10:24.very difficult dispute but we are absolutely clear
:10:25. > :10:30.that we have a manifesto commitment to deliver a seven-day NHS.
:10:31. > :10:33.That was a very different tone from earlier in the day,
:10:34. > :10:36.when the Government said it was too late to change the process
:10:37. > :10:37.of bringing in a new employment contract.
:10:38. > :10:40.Ministers, it seems, looked again at the talks proposal
:10:41. > :10:46.Until now, the Government has said it is committed
:10:47. > :10:52.The BMA said that wasn't acceptable and was threatening more strikes.
:10:53. > :10:55.Under the new plan, both sides would pause their action for five
:10:56. > :11:00.The Government wants these to focus on unsocial hours payments
:11:01. > :11:04.The BMA wants to include wider working conditions and see
:11:05. > :11:11.There are so many issues in the contract that need resolving.
:11:12. > :11:14.The important thing is to try and get round the table and talk.
:11:15. > :11:17.The Government refused to talk since February and we have
:11:18. > :11:21.continually said solutions need to be found.
:11:22. > :11:24.After thousands of cancelled operations because of the strikes,
:11:25. > :11:27.NHS managers around England are highly relieved there is now
:11:28. > :11:33.the prospect of negotiations which could lead to a settlement.
:11:34. > :11:36.Junior doctors continuing their protest at the Department of Health
:11:37. > :11:45.We were all feeling very frustrated about the impasse.
:11:46. > :11:50.This is a really positive development.
:11:51. > :11:52.I think it creates a safe space for the right conversations
:11:53. > :11:55.to happen that might get us out of this dispute.
:11:56. > :11:59.How confident are you that it can be resolved over these five days?
:12:00. > :12:05.One source close to the process made clear it was not a done deal that
:12:06. > :12:08.talks would definitely begin on Monday.
:12:09. > :12:11.Work has to be done on the precise agenda and exactly what the scope
:12:12. > :12:16.That said, there is a feeling tonight that the chances of finding
:12:17. > :12:19.a way out of this dispute are better than they were.
:12:20. > :12:26.A former South Yorkshire Police press officer says she was asked
:12:27. > :12:28.to work as a spin doctor during the recent
:12:29. > :12:32.Hayley Court claims that she was expected to persuade
:12:33. > :12:35.journalists to put the force in a better light -
:12:36. > :12:37.and says the police strategy was to blame others,
:12:38. > :12:43.Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports.
:12:44. > :12:47.Hillsborough continues to haunt South Yorkshire Police.
:12:48. > :12:51.The force apologised publicly before the recent inquests
:12:52. > :12:55.into the disaster began but tonight there are new claims that it
:12:56. > :12:58.tried to twist the truth during the hearings,
:12:59. > :13:06.Hayley Court was paid a salary of more than ?50,000 to advise
:13:07. > :13:09.South Yorkshire Police on its communications,
:13:10. > :13:13.but she says she was expected to work as a spin doctor,
:13:14. > :13:19.After the fourth time of being told that I was to get the media together
:13:20. > :13:24.and effectively tell them what to write, I felt not only did
:13:25. > :13:28.I have a completely impossible job but it was so wholly unethical
:13:29. > :13:32.I couldn't be part of it any more and I just felt trapped.
:13:33. > :13:37.It seemed to me it was more about how we could share the blame.
:13:38. > :13:40.If South Yorkshire Police was going to be found partly
:13:41. > :13:42.responsible for what happened, then all the other interested
:13:43. > :13:46.parties should be found partly responsible as well,
:13:47. > :13:52.and if that meant perpetuating the comments about fans being drunk,
:13:53. > :13:56.if that meant perpetuating comments about fans forcing gates, then
:13:57. > :14:03.The conduct of South Yorkshire Police during the inquests has
:14:04. > :14:08.It led to the suspension of the Chief Constable,
:14:09. > :14:12.David Crompton, who was blamed for an erosion of trust.
:14:13. > :14:14.We asked South Yorkshire Police a series of questions
:14:15. > :14:18.about Hayley Court's claims, including whether she was employed
:14:19. > :14:21.to spin lines coming out of the inquests.
:14:22. > :14:24.They didn't specifically answer that point but they did say,
:14:25. > :14:26.when she'd raised concerns about suggested unethical
:14:27. > :14:31.practices, they hadn't been substantiated at the time.
:14:32. > :14:35.If you described a new fact every day about Hillsborough...
:14:36. > :14:38.Julie Fallon lost her brother, Andrew Sefton, at Hillsborough.
:14:39. > :14:42.She says she's unsurprised by the new claims.
:14:43. > :14:45.The police had apologised previously and that apology was supposed
:14:46. > :14:51.to underpin the further movement of the inquests.
:14:52. > :14:54.That was supposed to be how we were moving forward,
:14:55. > :14:57.and now, of course, this kind of explains a lot of the stance that
:14:58. > :15:01.actually was felt in the court by the families.
:15:02. > :15:04.There has also been criticism from within the police community.
:15:05. > :15:07.Perhaps now is a great opportunity for policing
:15:08. > :15:10.to step forward, to say, yes, people can talk out
:15:11. > :15:13.against the police, people can talk out about their organisation,
:15:14. > :15:15.they will be listened to and, as a consequence,
:15:16. > :15:22.Some of the Hillsborough families are going to meet the Home Secretary
:15:23. > :15:24.to talk about South Yorkshire Police.
:15:25. > :15:27.They say they want assurances that, in future, public bodies will act
:15:28. > :15:38.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:15:39. > :15:42.A British registered car - driven by suspected people smugglers -
:15:43. > :15:44.crashed on a motorway in northern France this morning whilst
:15:45. > :15:49.Shots were fired and four people in the car were seriously injured.
:15:50. > :15:52.The Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, says he's
:15:53. > :15:55.resigning, after disagreeing with the country's powerful
:15:56. > :16:00.Mr Davutoglu had wavered in his support for the president's
:16:01. > :16:05.move to boost his powers by changing the constitution.
:16:06. > :16:08.BBC News understands the Ministry of Justice is to take over
:16:09. > :16:10.a troubled young offenders' unit in Kent, which has been
:16:11. > :16:13.at the centre of serious allegations that staff assaulted children.
:16:14. > :16:16.Ministers commissioned an independent investigation
:16:17. > :16:20.into the Medway centre, which is run by the private company,
:16:21. > :16:27.G4S, after undercover filming by the BBC's Panorama programme.
:16:28. > :16:29.Wildfires are continuing to spread in western Canada, where almost
:16:30. > :16:33.90,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
:16:34. > :16:36.The fires, which have been burning for three days now,
:16:37. > :16:38.have engulfed an area of more than 300 square miles
:16:39. > :16:45.The city of Fort McMurray has been abandoned - a number
:16:46. > :16:48.of neighbourhoods have been razed to the ground.
:16:49. > :16:50.More than 1,000 fire fighters are desperately trying to get
:16:51. > :16:54.James Cook is following events just south of the city,
:16:55. > :17:04.In the car, a mother, father and child are
:17:05. > :17:16.The people of Fort McMurray had just minutes to abandon
:17:17. > :17:31.For most residents this was the only road out -
:17:32. > :17:40.When you consider what needed to be done to convince people to get
:17:41. > :17:44.in their vehicles and start driving south, and then of course
:17:45. > :17:48.the absolutely understandable stress that would occur when you get
:17:49. > :17:52.on the road and find that you can't move,
:17:53. > :17:54.I mean these are scary stories and everyone would be scared
:17:55. > :17:59.But I think the public officials and emergency responders have
:18:00. > :18:07.It was a sudden change in the wind which swept the huge
:18:08. > :18:12.I looked up and basically it's raining ash you know your eyes
:18:13. > :18:18.are burning, you know it's time to pack up and leave.
:18:19. > :18:20.As the city smoulders the full extent of the damage
:18:21. > :18:32.The fire started in the forest outside the city.
:18:33. > :18:34.How is not clear but it is still burning, spreading south,
:18:35. > :18:39.forcing the evacuation of more towns.
:18:40. > :18:42.You don't know what's burned and not burned,
:18:43. > :18:47.Now you're sitting here and all you see is red flames.
:18:48. > :18:53.As we headed south more helicopters flew in to join
:18:54. > :18:59.And this fire is still far from over.
:19:00. > :19:03.You can see just to the right of this white car here a black plume
:19:04. > :19:06.of smoke and an ambulance just moving up the road here,
:19:07. > :19:10.as police advise the media and everyone else in this area
:19:11. > :19:14.to get out, because the blaze is moving towards us.
:19:15. > :19:17.This fire is now covering more than 300 square miles and behind it
:19:18. > :19:26.James Cook, BBC News, outside Fort McMurray.
:19:27. > :19:29.Polls have just closed in elections across the UK,
:19:30. > :19:31.with voters taking part in the largest test of political
:19:32. > :19:35.opinion since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader.
:19:36. > :19:37.Elections have been held for the Scottish Parliament,
:19:38. > :19:40.the devolved assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, and more
:19:41. > :19:45.Police and Crime Commissioners are also being elected
:19:46. > :19:48.in England and Wales, and four cities have held mayoral
:19:49. > :19:54.Jeremy Vine is in the BBC's Election Night studio for us
:19:55. > :19:56.tonight, with this assessment of what to watch out
:19:57. > :20:10.Thank you. An absolute torrent of information coming our way. Some
:20:11. > :20:15.quite simple questions to ask. We start with the Welsh assembly. Can
:20:16. > :20:19.Labour continue their domination of Wales through these strongholds in
:20:20. > :20:25.the south areas around Swansea and Cardiff? Who comes second, the
:20:26. > :20:30.Conservatives or Plaid Cymru? Do Ukip get their first seat in the
:20:31. > :20:37.Welsh assembly? To Scotland, and the result in 2011. It was a storming
:20:38. > :20:40.victory for the SNP, 69 seats, an overall majority, covering the map
:20:41. > :20:45.in yellow. Labour a distant second. Now there is the question of whether
:20:46. > :20:51.they could be pushed into third place, and maybe the SNP's yellow
:20:52. > :20:55.starts to push back every bit of Labour red until there is nothing
:20:56. > :20:59.left. Their mayoral elections. Overnight, we think we will get a
:21:00. > :21:04.result from Liverpool. There is also an election for a mayor in Salford,
:21:05. > :21:08.Bristol and London. The London mayor is the person with the single
:21:09. > :21:12.biggest direct vote in British politics, so that is a crucial
:21:13. > :21:16.contest. Maybe if Labour win in London, it might offset losses
:21:17. > :21:22.elsewhere. There are 124 councils up for grabs. Councillors are being
:21:23. > :21:28.elected up and down the country. Let's look at yourself. Labour,
:21:29. > :21:32.places like Exeter, which they hold. This bit of red is Southampton, just
:21:33. > :21:37.next to Eastleigh on the south coast. Hastings and Stevenage and
:21:38. > :21:44.hollow. In order to have a hope in 2011 at the general election, Labour
:21:45. > :21:50.need to be spreading their influence in the south. -- a hope in 2020. And
:21:51. > :21:54.to see if the Conservatives start to be punished for their row over the
:21:55. > :21:58.European referendum. Let's go back to 2008 and see what happened. This
:21:59. > :22:04.gives some context. Gordon Brown was Labour leader. He came third behind
:22:05. > :22:11.the Liberal Democrats. It was a terrible result for them. In 2012,
:22:12. > :22:16.Ed Miliband got 38% of the vote, a good result for Labour, and it is
:22:17. > :22:19.important because 2012 was the last year in which the council seats we
:22:20. > :22:24.are looking at night were contested, so Labour have to do as well as that
:22:25. > :22:28.again. Come to the end of the graft and you will see the picture in the
:22:29. > :22:33.general election, the Conservatives leading Labour and Ukip in third. We
:22:34. > :22:37.wait to see if that was the lay of the land after these results. Lots
:22:38. > :22:39.of stories, lots of elections, but some simple questions.
:22:40. > :22:42.In a moment, we'll speak to our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
:22:43. > :22:45.First, we can hear from our teams in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast,
:22:46. > :22:47.starting with our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith.
:22:48. > :23:00.I am at the stadium where they are about to start counting the Glasgow
:23:01. > :23:04.constituencies and where Labour are very nervous about what could be a
:23:05. > :23:08.very bad night for them across Scotland. They know they will lose
:23:09. > :23:13.some seats, but how many, and could they be pushed into third place by
:23:14. > :23:16.the Tories? That might be unlikely but the fact we are even talking
:23:17. > :23:23.about it shows how dire things are for Labour in Scotland. By contrast,
:23:24. > :23:26.the SNP are pretty confident they will be returned to government but
:23:27. > :23:30.they have been riding so high in the polls that they are a bit anxious
:23:31. > :23:37.their supporters might take a victory for granted and haven't
:23:38. > :23:44.voted or given their support to other yes parties like the Greens.
:23:45. > :23:48.Now to Cardiff. The expectation is that, by tomorrow, Labour will again
:23:49. > :23:52.be the largest party in the National Assembly at Cardiff. The real
:23:53. > :23:58.question is how low they will go. Five years ago, they took 30 of 60
:23:59. > :24:02.seats. This time, that could go down to 27, 26, which would mean they
:24:03. > :24:05.will have to start doing deals with their opponents to get policies
:24:06. > :24:09.through. Plaid Cymru are vying with the Welsh Tories to be the
:24:10. > :24:14.second-largest party. The Lib Dems are fighting for survival. Maybe
:24:15. > :24:20.just one or two seats. Ukip are insurgent party, going from zero to
:24:21. > :24:23.maybe as many as eight, giving them an official power within the UK
:24:24. > :24:28.electoral system. What about Northern Ireland? WAGs account here
:24:29. > :24:36.doesn't begin until tomorrow morning. The count here. It is
:24:37. > :24:41.likely to be until Saturday before we know what the count looks like.
:24:42. > :24:45.Most people are not predicting big changes. They expect the UUP to be
:24:46. > :24:50.the biggest party and Sinn Fein to be second. What is perhaps more
:24:51. > :24:57.intriguing is what happens after all 108 MLAs are elected. -- they expect
:24:58. > :25:01.the DUP to be the biggest party. At that point, they are expected to
:25:02. > :25:04.agree a programme of government in the next two weeks. That will be a
:25:05. > :25:09.challenge because in many cases they don't agree on key issues. It is
:25:10. > :25:14.only a matter of months since Stormont itself and the future of
:25:15. > :25:17.our shaking -- power-sharing looked shaky, so these parties have to work
:25:18. > :25:19.together to prove they can work together.
:25:20. > :25:23.Our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is in the BBC
:25:24. > :25:34.An interesting night the head and a lot at stake. Certainly, it is
:25:35. > :25:38.almost like an a to Z of elections, almost every kind you can think of.
:25:39. > :25:43.A complicated set of results, but they matter because we are all being
:25:44. > :25:46.asked one simple question, to give our verdicts on the big political
:25:47. > :25:49.parties and the government and to pass judgment on how they have been
:25:50. > :25:54.doing since the general election last year. Of course, voters in
:25:55. > :25:59.every corner of the country will have been choosing their decisions
:26:00. > :26:02.on all sorts of different local, regional and national factors, but
:26:03. > :26:07.the big picture matters. Tonight, the Conservatives are pretty relaxed
:26:08. > :26:10.about the effect of results we are expecting. Frankly, they are more
:26:11. > :26:14.focused on the European referendum that is coming in less than two
:26:15. > :26:18.months. The real nerves tonight are at the Labour Party headquarters.
:26:19. > :26:23.This is a huge moment for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. The nine months
:26:24. > :26:28.of it which have seen such turmoil. It is the first time that the
:26:29. > :26:32.general public, rather than the Labour Party membership itself, is
:26:33. > :26:36.being asked to give their opinion on the party under his leadership. It
:26:37. > :26:41.has been difficult since he has been in charge. They are confident
:26:42. > :26:43.tonight they will be able to take London City Hall from the
:26:44. > :26:48.Conservatives, but elsewhere around the country, whether in Scotland or
:26:49. > :26:52.in the local elections in England, from talking to people who have been
:26:53. > :26:56.out on the stump, talking to voters on the doorstep, trying to get them
:26:57. > :27:02.to choose Labour, it sounds like it might be a great night for them, at
:27:03. > :27:04.a time when Mr Corbyn's leadership is already under real pressure.
:27:05. > :27:05.We'll have full coverage as the results come
:27:06. > :27:08.in from across the UK here on BBC News.
:27:09. > :27:12.have a special programme on BBC One as the votes are counted,
:27:13. > :27:15.and there'll be more reaction and analysis on the BBC News Channel
:27:16. > :27:20.The former boss of the department store BHS,
:27:21. > :27:27.a stinging letter to the chairs of two parliamentary committees,
:27:28. > :27:32.criticising them for public attacks on him and his reputation.
:27:33. > :27:35.-- he says he wants to correct misleading reports over what
:27:36. > :27:38.happened. BHS went into administration last
:27:39. > :27:40.Monday, with a black hole in its pension fund
:27:41. > :27:42.of over ?500 million. With me now is our Business
:27:43. > :27:49.Editor, Simon Jack. He made his comments in a letter to
:27:50. > :27:55.the chairs of two Parliamentary committees. You react very angrily
:27:56. > :27:59.to comments by Frank Field, who says he should be stripped of his
:28:00. > :28:03.knighthood unless he plugged the pension gap. Frank Field isn't just
:28:04. > :28:09.any old MP, he is the chair of the DWP select committee. They will be
:28:10. > :28:14.hearing evidence, along with another committee, from Sir Philip Green. In
:28:15. > :28:16.the letter, he says, these statements suggest you leaping to
:28:17. > :28:22.conclusions before any evidence has been heard. I spoke to Frank Field
:28:23. > :28:27.and he says he is voicing what public opinion is. Sir Philip says
:28:28. > :28:31.this makes it a kangaroo court. Neutrals say that the thing is is
:28:32. > :28:35.that this will create more heat than light when this comes to the
:28:36. > :28:39.Parliamentary committee and we need some cold, hard analytical answers
:28:40. > :28:42.to some questions. What was already going to be a box of this affair, it
:28:43. > :28:46.looks like the temperature is being turned up. -- a box office affair.
:28:47. > :28:48.Football, and Liverpool are through to the Europa League final.
:28:49. > :28:50.They beat the Spanish side Villarreal at Anfield.
:28:51. > :29:03.Would it be another one of those nights? Anfield have inspired some
:29:04. > :29:08.spine tingling comebacks over the years, and Liverpool needed another.
:29:09. > :29:13.1-0 down after the first leg and it will soon very nearly two, only
:29:14. > :29:19.Simon Mignolet's acrobatics denying Villarreal. That seemed to stir the
:29:20. > :29:24.hosts. Moments later, the breakthrough, not exactly a thing of
:29:25. > :29:28.beauty, an own goal by Bruno, but neither the Liverpool players nor
:29:29. > :29:32.their fans seemed to mind. 1-1 on aggregate and, come the second half,
:29:33. > :29:35.it got better, as Daniel Sturridge, with a bit of help from the
:29:36. > :29:40.woodwork, sent Anfield into euphoria. That is what it meant and,
:29:41. > :29:45.with ten minutes left, any lingering doubts were finished off by Adam
:29:46. > :29:49.Lallana. Liverpool into the final, where they will face champions
:29:50. > :29:51.Sevilla. A comeback kings have done it again on a night of emotion and
:29:52. > :29:55.elation. Now let's join Huw Edwards
:29:56. > :29:57.in the BBC Election Night studio with a look ahead
:29:58. > :30:07.to tonight's results programme. We will be here from 11:45pm and we
:30:08. > :30:12.will be carrying on through the night. After all, it is the biggest
:30:13. > :30:16.test of electoral opinion across the UK before the next general election.
:30:17. > :30:20.We will have results from the Scottish parliament, the assemblies
:30:21. > :30:23.in Wales and Northern Ireland, more than 100 local councils in England
:30:24. > :30:27.and city mayors including the London mayor. Viewers in Scotland and Wales
:30:28. > :30:28.will have their own coverage and we should get some early results before
:30:29. > :30:29.midnight. Election coverage for viewers
:30:30. > :30:32.in Scotland and Wales