:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten, ahead of the Brexit talks,
:00:08. > :00:10.the deepening tensions between Britain and the
:00:11. > :00:15.Following leaked reports of a difficult meeting
:00:16. > :00:17.with Jean-Claude Juncker, Theresa May signals that the road
:00:18. > :00:20.At the seaside today, on the campaign trail
:00:21. > :00:23.in the south-west of England, Mrs May hits back at claims that her
:00:24. > :00:30.During the Conservative Party leadership campaign I was described
:00:31. > :00:32.by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman".
:00:33. > :00:36.I said at the time that the next person to find that out would be
:00:37. > :00:40.We'll have the latest on the questions about Theresa May's
:00:41. > :00:45.The Shadow Home Secretary, Labour's Diane Abbott,
:00:46. > :00:51.accused of not having mastered the brief on one of
:00:52. > :00:54.How much would 10,000 police officers cost?
:00:55. > :00:56.We believe it will be about ?300,000.
:00:57. > :01:01.10,000 police officers? What are you paying them?
:01:02. > :01:08.A jury at the inquest of a teenager with severe anorexia has found that
:01:09. > :01:12.a lack of support contributed to her suicide.
:01:13. > :01:14.How leading former athletes could be written out
:01:15. > :01:19.of the record books as part of a new anti-doping strategy.
:01:20. > :01:21.And the story of the surfer rescued after 30 hours
:01:22. > :01:29.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News.
:01:30. > :01:32.It was an all-Madrid Champions League semifinal tonight
:01:33. > :01:35.and a familiar face who gave Real the lead in the first leg
:01:36. > :02:00.The deepening tensions between the Prime Minister and the President
:02:01. > :02:05.of the European Commission ahead of the Brexit negotiations
:02:06. > :02:10.Theresa May has warned Jean-Claude Juncker that she will
:02:11. > :02:13.prove to be a "bloody difficult woman" during the Brexit talks.
:02:14. > :02:15.It follows reports that Mr Juncker had accused her of being "deluded"
:02:16. > :02:21.Mrs May, campaigning in the south-west of England today,
:02:22. > :02:24.told our political editor Laura Kuenssberg that she always
:02:25. > :02:27.knew the Brexit negotiations would be challenging.
:02:28. > :02:30.Who wouldn't like a day by the Cornish coast?
:02:31. > :02:35.I believe it's that nice Theresa May.
:02:36. > :02:41.I'm not very keen, in fact, I'm very unkeen.
:02:42. > :02:44.I hope she comes sooner rather than later.
:02:45. > :02:50.The Number 10 suits, police by the fishing boats,
:02:51. > :02:55.Thank you, nice to see you, morning, morning.
:02:56. > :02:58.A serene scene compared to brutal briefings from Brussels.
:02:59. > :03:02.During the Conservative Party leadership campaign,
:03:03. > :03:05.I was described by one of my colleagues as a
:03:06. > :03:09.And I said at the time, the next person to find that out
:03:10. > :03:15.Well, these are going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead.
:03:16. > :03:18.I'm asking the British people to give me a mandate.
:03:19. > :03:22.Did Jean-Claude Juncker say to you, Brexit cannot be a success?
:03:23. > :03:26.Look, I don't recall the account that has been given
:03:27. > :03:30.I think a lot of this is Brussels gossip.
:03:31. > :03:33.It was a dinner in London and you were there.
:03:34. > :03:38.Either he said it to you or he did not.
:03:39. > :03:40.The account, I think that the account I have seen,
:03:41. > :03:44.But what is important is there is a key question
:03:45. > :03:53.for people when they come to this election.
:03:54. > :03:56.There will be 27 other EU countries on one side of the table
:03:57. > :03:59.and who is going to be there, standing up for the UK?
:04:00. > :04:01.It is either going to be me or Jeremy Corbyn.
:04:02. > :04:04.You wanted an early deal on EU citizens and Brits abroad.
:04:05. > :04:07.You wanted parallel talks about our divorce deal
:04:08. > :04:11.That does not inspire confidence, does it?
:04:12. > :04:13.I have always said that there are complexities to this issue
:04:14. > :04:16.and lots of details that will need to be agreed.
:04:17. > :04:21.Back her on Brexit or not, for some voters, it is just not enough.
:04:22. > :04:24.There's massive problems with homelessness, house prices.
:04:25. > :04:29.Polite it may be but her first sharp encounter of the campaign.
:04:30. > :04:31.The campaign is solely focusing on Brexit.
:04:32. > :04:35.I know it isn't but that is the impression.
:04:36. > :04:37.Well, Brexit has huge opportunities for us.
:04:38. > :04:42.It doesn't help that Boris Johnson says it is about selling
:04:43. > :04:46.Her team says she loves talking to voters but what did
:04:47. > :04:50.The austerity cuts have been incredibly damaging.
:04:51. > :04:56.I don't believe that Brexit is going to take us
:04:57. > :05:01.I've never felt in my adult life so depressed about the state of this
:05:02. > :05:08.They had a lot to say to Theresa May.
:05:09. > :05:11.I know they did but it is too late to discuss that now.
:05:12. > :05:13.We are already going out so why fight that?
:05:14. > :05:15.Brexit is the backdrop to this election.
:05:16. > :05:17.The Prime Minister wants to use the circumstances
:05:18. > :05:22.to build her authority, but whether here or anyone else,
:05:23. > :05:25.to build her authority, but whether here or anywhere else,
:05:26. > :05:27.voters will make it absolutely plain it is not the only thing
:05:28. > :05:29.that will make up their mind.
:05:30. > :05:32.As that voter said to you in that Cornish village, this shouldn't
:05:33. > :05:35.She was desperately worried that it is.
:05:36. > :05:38.We have already started to set out our plan for a stronger Britain.
:05:39. > :05:43.This election, I believe, genuinely believe, is the most
:05:44. > :05:45.important election the country has faced my lifetime.
:05:46. > :05:49.It is an important moment of change for this country.
:05:50. > :05:51.Doesn't that sound rather strange from somebody
:05:52. > :05:54.who was Home Secretary for six years in previous governments?
:05:55. > :05:58.I was very proud to have served in David Cameron's Cabinet for six
:05:59. > :06:00.years as Home Secretary, but I'm a different person.
:06:01. > :06:03.I'm my own person, and we are in a different
:06:04. > :06:07.And I want to look ahead to the long-term challenges
:06:08. > :06:12.Almost exactly a year ago, Prime Minister,
:06:13. > :06:14.I asked you if you thought you would want to be
:06:15. > :06:16.leader of the country and you laughed it off,
:06:17. > :06:20.Now we all know what has happened since then.
:06:21. > :06:22.Many of your MPs and ministers believe this could be
:06:23. > :06:25.a transformational election in terms of the Tories taking back
:06:26. > :06:33.You must believe it is in your sights.
:06:34. > :06:35.I'm very clear, I have always, throughout my political career,
:06:36. > :06:41.And I have always said, you know, polls come out that are good
:06:42. > :06:44.and polls come out that are bad but the only one that counts
:06:45. > :06:47.is the one that takes place on the 8th of June.
:06:48. > :06:49.If you are elected, will you serve the full term until 2022?
:06:50. > :06:53.I have no intention of doing anything other than serving
:06:54. > :06:56.the full term until 2022, because this is, as I say,
:06:57. > :07:01.This so-called bloody difficult woman wants to stay
:07:02. > :07:14.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Cornwall.
:07:15. > :07:17.And over the coming weeks, we'll be talking to other party leaders
:07:18. > :07:24.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he backs Diane Abbott,
:07:25. > :07:26.the Shadow Home Secretary, despite her difficulty explaining
:07:27. > :07:33.Labour's policy is to recruit an extra 10,000 officers
:07:34. > :07:36.Ms Abbott, during a radio interview, offered several versions
:07:37. > :07:41.She said she had simply "mis-spoken", but the Conservatives
:07:42. > :07:43.said it raised new questions about Labour's competence,
:07:44. > :07:48.as our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.
:07:49. > :07:51.There, over the road, you know him, Labour's leader,
:07:52. > :07:57.10,000 more police on the beat, catching more criminals and paid
:07:58. > :07:59.for by the better-off, using capital gains tax
:08:00. > :08:04.What we are putting forward is a proposal
:08:05. > :08:09.The Conservatives have cut them by 20,000 and we are putting 10,000
:08:10. > :08:13.more police officers out there because it is a question
:08:14. > :08:15.of community policing and community involvement.
:08:16. > :08:22.But Labour has been hounded by questions.
:08:23. > :08:28.The party suggested the same money could go on schools or welfare.
:08:29. > :08:32.Just examples, according to Diane Abbott, and the money?
:08:33. > :08:36.How much would 10,000 police officers cost?
:08:37. > :08:42.Well, if we can recruit the 10,000 police men and women
:08:43. > :08:45.over a four-year period, we believe it will be
:08:46. > :08:54.10,000 police officers? What are you paying them?
:08:55. > :09:19.80 million divided by 10,000 equals 8000.
:09:20. > :09:26.So what are these police officers going to be paid?
:09:27. > :09:29.We will be paying them the average...
:09:30. > :09:32.Of course it has been thought through.
:09:33. > :09:35.First it was thousands, then it was millions.
:09:36. > :09:37.It's not the sort of thing which encourages people
:09:38. > :09:44.It's absolutely clear what the cost of this will be, 300 million.
:09:45. > :09:46.Just how strong is your faith and trust in your
:09:47. > :09:47.Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott?
:09:48. > :09:50.Diane is fine and Diane has my full support.
:09:51. > :09:54.She clearly does and it is ?300 million, not ?80 million.
:09:55. > :09:56.Diane Abbott brushed off the mix-up, or tried to.
:09:57. > :09:59.I do know my figures and as you well know,
:10:00. > :10:03.I did seven interviews that morning and that was the seventh and I
:10:04. > :10:12.Trust is a problem for some of the voters in this
:10:13. > :10:14.part of Southampton, in one of the tiny handful of seats
:10:15. > :10:21.I believe that the Tories run the country like a business,
:10:22. > :10:25.whereas Labour seems to borrow a lot of money and just relies on other
:10:26. > :10:30.You don't think much of her? What about Jeremy Corbyn?
:10:31. > :10:34.Corbyn isn't really my politician, although at least I've got a bit
:10:35. > :10:37.of respect for the fact that he is more of a Labour man than
:10:38. > :10:42.Sincere and honest, anyway, he's got convictions.
:10:43. > :10:44.Yes, yes, although I don't have a lot of faith
:10:45. > :10:49.Are you willing to give Labour a chance this time?
:10:50. > :10:51.I am willing to give Labour a chance, as long
:10:52. > :10:54.as they are willing to help the working class people.
:10:55. > :10:57.Do you think maybe they are in the business of doing that?
:10:58. > :11:01.This election is more about leadership, about
:11:02. > :11:03.the character of rivals, since any I can remember
:11:04. > :11:08.But policies that touch the lives of millions matter, too,
:11:09. > :11:15.Just now, Labour is fighting to regain trust on policies
:11:16. > :11:17.and personalities and the Tories need that advantage.
:11:18. > :11:20.Police funding has been protected since the last
:11:21. > :11:23.election but before that, it was cut back severely.
:11:24. > :11:27.We have reduced the number of policemen on the street
:11:28. > :11:30.from 2010, but because the police have been spending that money wisely
:11:31. > :11:33.and because we have worked with them on reform,
:11:34. > :11:37.there's been a reduction in crime of nearly a third since 2010.
:11:38. > :11:43.We believe you can protect funding and also reduce crime.
:11:44. > :11:44.Labour is telling voters no, other figures suggest
:11:45. > :11:52.Leaders like children at election time.
:11:53. > :11:55.Jeremy Corbyn seems to mean it, but he needs Britain to like him
:11:56. > :12:05.And you'll find out more on the numbers of police in England
:12:06. > :12:08.and Wales and crime figures as part of our Reality Check online.
:12:09. > :12:24.The former Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader,
:12:25. > :12:27.Nick Clegg, has said that "ordinary people" will pay the price
:12:28. > :12:29.of a "hard Brexit", and warned people not to allow
:12:30. > :12:33.In a campaign speech, Mr Clegg accused Theresa May
:12:34. > :12:36.of seeking to "pull the wool" over voters' eyes about the damage
:12:37. > :12:39.Brexit was already doing, and urged people to vote for a "real
:12:40. > :12:43.opposition" in the Liberal Democrats.
:12:44. > :12:46.In Scotland, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged young
:12:47. > :12:49.people to back the SNP, claiming that younger
:12:50. > :12:52.generations are being let down by the Conservative government.
:12:53. > :12:55.She claimed that by the time they reach their early 30s,
:12:56. > :12:58.the wealth accumulated by young people born in the 1980s
:12:59. > :13:03.will be half that of those born in the 1970s.
:13:04. > :13:06.The Green Party say they will offer voters the chance of a second
:13:07. > :13:10.referendum on Brexit, with an option to remain in the EU.
:13:11. > :13:14.The party's election manifesto will include a pledge
:13:15. > :13:16.for a "ratification referendum", to be held after the EU has agreed
:13:17. > :13:19.the terms of Brexit, if the majority of the electorate
:13:20. > :13:27.Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar,
:13:28. > :13:35.John, at the end of today, what lessons can we draw
:13:36. > :13:38.on the state of the election campaign, and beyond?
:13:39. > :13:44.Labour can count on the votes of a lot of people who say, "Let's have
:13:45. > :13:49.better services and make the better off pay for it by paying more
:13:50. > :13:52.taxes". They may also look at Diane Abbott and say that we all make
:13:53. > :13:56.mistakes but we're not all the Shadow Home Secretary at election
:13:57. > :13:59.time I'm guessing Diane Abbott may wish you could rewind today and play
:14:00. > :14:02.it with a different ending. Labour does not have enough trust in the
:14:03. > :14:07.bank to be able to squander it in the way she and her party risked
:14:08. > :14:11.doing today. As for to reason make we don't really know how she would
:14:12. > :14:15.use a fresh mandate if she got one. We will know more when the Tories
:14:16. > :14:19.publish their manifesto in a week or two. Right now, Theresa May is
:14:20. > :14:28.trying to build trust and turn it into votes so she wins big enough to
:14:29. > :14:30.have the Commons behind her when the time comes for unpopular decisions
:14:31. > :14:33.on tax, spending, maybe pensions and an Brexit. Some people look at that
:14:34. > :14:37.dustup over dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker and may worry that Theresa
:14:38. > :14:41.May is fighting herself into a corner. Sam Cane Brexiteers may be
:14:42. > :14:44.hoping that is true but I will only say the negotiations have not
:14:45. > :14:49.started yet. We have not had the walk in but that was the weigh-in, a
:14:50. > :14:51.time for eyeballing and muscle flexing and there will be time for
:14:52. > :14:56.lots more leaking and spinning before this is done. Right now and
:14:57. > :15:02.before that happens, before the negotiations, Britain will have to
:15:03. > :15:05.choose its contender for the confrontation for the negotiations
:15:06. > :15:06.and that is what we will be doing on the 8th of June. John Pienaar with
:15:07. > :15:14.his latest thoughts at Westminster. Let's take a look at some of the
:15:15. > :15:19.day's other stories. An inquest into the death
:15:20. > :15:22.of a teenager with anorexia, who took her own life five days
:15:23. > :15:24.after being released from a psychiatric hospital,
:15:25. > :15:27.has found there was no adequate care Pippa McManus, who was 15,
:15:28. > :15:30.died in 2015 after stepping in front of a train
:15:31. > :15:32.near Stockport, in Our correspondent, Judith Moritz,
:15:33. > :15:35.was at the inquest. As a young child she was full
:15:36. > :15:39.of energy, but she became addicted In hospital, her parents filmed
:15:40. > :15:44.moving her obsessively. Anorexia had her in its
:15:45. > :15:47.grip for three years. She had been happy and healthy,
:15:48. > :15:51.she became emaciated, Pip's parents were in court
:15:52. > :16:00.today to hear the jury's They found that the family
:16:01. > :16:10.were failed, let down by those supposed to support them,
:16:11. > :16:12.left to cope alone. We knew that she wasn't
:16:13. > :16:14.mentally better. We knew that she knew how to put
:16:15. > :16:18.the weight on and lose the weight, She couldn't even lick an ice
:16:19. > :16:25.cream because she'd turn It was two people in the one
:16:26. > :16:29.head, there was anorexia When she's in her unit,
:16:30. > :16:34.you've got the support of them, but when you come home,
:16:35. > :16:36.you feel like you're In 2014, Pippa was sectioned under
:16:37. > :16:44.the Mental Health Act and taken to The Priory Hospital,
:16:45. > :16:46.in Cheshire, she stayed for more than a year before
:16:47. > :16:49.being allowed to go home. Pip wasn't considered a suicide
:16:50. > :16:52.risk, but just five days after coming home from hospital,
:16:53. > :16:56.she ran out of the house, shouting She came here, to a nearby station,
:16:57. > :17:01.and took her own life. The jury found that Pip's family
:17:02. > :17:06.hadn't been given enough information about her being a suicide risk
:17:07. > :17:09.at that point and that agencies supposed to help her
:17:10. > :17:13.hadn't worked together. There was well documented concern
:17:14. > :17:16.about the fragmented and desperate state of mental health services
:17:17. > :17:19.for children and adolescence both in terms of in-patient,
:17:20. > :17:24.but also community services. Pippa was a highly vulnerable girl
:17:25. > :17:33.with an eating disorder and mental health difficulties,
:17:34. > :17:36.and it's unacceptable that those who should have been
:17:37. > :17:38.there to protect her failed The Priory Hospital say
:17:39. > :17:50.it is will now consider Pip's parents have
:17:51. > :17:52.released the footage They want to open a centre,
:17:53. > :17:56.called Pip's Place, to provide early For details of organisations
:17:57. > :18:07.which offer advice and support with eating disorders,
:18:08. > :18:17.go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. A British supporter of so-called
:18:18. > :18:24.Islamic State has been jailed for eight years after admitting
:18:25. > :18:26.five terror offences. The Old Bailey heard that
:18:27. > :18:28.Samata Ullah, a 34-year-old IT expert from Cardiff,
:18:29. > :18:30.hid extremist material on a computer He also created an online
:18:31. > :18:34."library for terrorists" Some of the most famous records
:18:35. > :18:48.in athletics could be rewritten following proposals by the governing
:18:49. > :18:50.body of European Athletics The plans would mean that
:18:51. > :18:53.any athlete breaking a record before 2005
:18:54. > :18:56.could lose his or her claim to it. Paula Radcliffe, who set
:18:57. > :18:59.a new marathon world record n 2003, condemned the plans,
:19:00. > :19:00.saying clean athletes Our sports editor,
:19:01. > :19:07.Dan Roan, reports. It's the pinnacle for every athlete
:19:08. > :19:10.- with a new world record comes COMMENTATOR: And he's done it again,
:19:11. > :19:15.I don't believe it! These are just some
:19:16. > :19:20.of the competitors who could now be After last year's Russian
:19:21. > :19:28.state-sponsored doping scandal, some now want all world records set
:19:29. > :19:31.before 2005 erased because the drug testing back then didn't
:19:32. > :19:33.match today's standards, and the man behind the idea told me
:19:34. > :19:37.the sport had no choice. Desperate times, calling
:19:38. > :19:38.for desperate measures. This is a very, very provocative
:19:39. > :19:41.and a revolutionary approach by European Athletics,
:19:42. > :19:44.and we want to the regain the trust of the public and ensure they can
:19:45. > :19:47.believe what they're watching. Not a PR stunt then,
:19:48. > :19:49.as some have said? No, it's certainly not a PR stunt,
:19:50. > :19:52.it's the evolution of the sport, it's going to address some very dark
:19:53. > :19:55.days in the sport, and you can back to the 1980s and the Soviet Union
:19:56. > :20:02.era and the East German issue, and this will now put all that
:20:03. > :20:05.chapter to bed and we can have a brighter future
:20:06. > :20:07.for the sport. European Athletics believe records
:20:08. > :20:09.should know only stand if the athlete's samples are stored
:20:10. > :20:12.for retesting and that's only This may seem a radical proposal,
:20:13. > :20:15.but athletics faces Later this summer, the sport's
:20:16. > :20:20.flagship World Championships take place here, at the former
:20:21. > :20:22.Olympic Stadium in London, and the danger is that every time
:20:23. > :20:25.an athlete does something special some will inevitably ask
:20:26. > :20:27.whether it was achieved clean. So this is an attempt to reboot
:20:28. > :20:30.the sport and restore some Paula Radcliffe, who risks
:20:31. > :20:39.losing her marathon world record, set in 2003, said she was hurt
:20:40. > :20:47.and called the proposals cowardly. Fellow Brit, Colin Jackson,
:20:48. > :20:49.held the 110 meters hurdles record for nearly 13 years and still holds
:20:50. > :20:52.the 60 meters indoor You can't really erase history and
:20:53. > :20:58.that's what they're trying to do. We're all painted by the same brush,
:20:59. > :21:01.exactly, like we're all dope And for us to have to suffer
:21:02. > :21:05.the consequences of others is very, Athletics supremo, Lord Coe,
:21:06. > :21:12.says he likes the idea and the sports governing body
:21:13. > :21:14.will consider ratifying If passed, records that
:21:15. > :21:21.have stood for decades, such as that of former East German
:21:22. > :21:23.runner, Marita Koch, Others, however, will prove
:21:24. > :21:27.a lot more controversial, in one of the biggest shakeups
:21:28. > :21:29.the sport has seen. Tomorrow marks a decade
:21:30. > :21:37.since Madeleine McCann disappeared One of the men questioned
:21:38. > :21:43.by Scotland Yard has been Paulo Ribeiro, who is no longer
:21:44. > :21:47.a suspect, was questioned in connection with a theory
:21:48. > :21:49.that she was taken during The three-year-old had been left
:21:50. > :21:54.by her parents in their holiday apartment while they dined
:21:55. > :21:58.at a restaurant nearby. The Portugese police have also
:21:59. > :22:05.given their first television interview about the case,
:22:06. > :22:07.as Richard Bilton of For ten years, the holiday
:22:08. > :22:11.village of Praia da Luz has On the 3rd May 2007,
:22:12. > :22:18.Madeleine McCann went to bed, in Apartment 5a,
:22:19. > :22:22.and was never seen again. It is the Policia Judiciaria's job
:22:23. > :22:25.to find her, I asked for an interview ten years ago,
:22:26. > :22:28.now they've finally said yes. Why did you think it was
:22:29. > :22:31.important to talk now? Madeleine McCann is a very unique
:22:32. > :22:34.case, unfortunately. We've never had a case
:22:35. > :22:37.like Madeleine McCann before It was Portuguese detectives
:22:38. > :22:45.who prompted one of the most REPORTER: Gerry, how
:22:46. > :22:50.do you feel, Gerry? ..when Madeleine McCann's
:22:51. > :22:54.parents were made suspects. Do you think it was right to make
:22:55. > :22:57.Kate and Gerry McCann When we came up with the team
:22:58. > :23:06.to review the case at that point, I've repeated and I'm saying
:23:07. > :23:12.again now, the McCanns' It isn't just the Portugese who were
:23:13. > :23:19.looking for Madeleine McCann. For six years, there's been
:23:20. > :23:22.a British investigation and it has Most of Scotland Yard's time
:23:23. > :23:29.and money has been spent on the theory that Madeleine McCann
:23:30. > :23:31.disappeared as part Paulo Ribeiro was asked
:23:32. > :23:46.250 questions by UK detectives, including -
:23:47. > :24:12.did you kill Madeleine McCann? What did you think when they asked
:24:13. > :24:15.you about whether you were involved Last week Scotland Yard announced
:24:16. > :24:28.there was no evidence to implicate Mr Ribeiro
:24:29. > :24:32.or the other suspects questioned. The case against them
:24:33. > :24:38.has been closed. The British have other lines of
:24:39. > :24:41.inquiry and funding until September. The Portugese say
:24:42. > :24:45.they have no deadline. You know more about this case
:24:46. > :24:48.than almost anyone else, do you think in your heart it
:24:49. > :24:50.will be solved? If it depended on my heart, the case
:24:51. > :24:53.would have already been solved, but it doesn't depend on my heart,
:24:54. > :25:01.it depends very much on our minds. There is no other case
:25:02. > :25:04.like Madeleine McCann. After ten years, the search goes on,
:25:05. > :25:06.but the solution seems The BBC Panorama programme,
:25:07. > :25:32.Madeleine McCann: Ten Years On, is on BBC One at 9.00pm
:25:33. > :25:34.tomorrow night. A group of senior politicians have
:25:35. > :25:37.met officials at the broadcasting regulator Ofcom to try to block
:25:38. > :25:39.Rupert Murdoch's bid to take The former Labour leader,
:25:40. > :25:42.Ed Miliband, the Liberal Democrat former Business Secretary,
:25:43. > :25:45.Sir Vince Cable, and the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer,
:25:46. > :25:48.said Mr Murdoch's firm, 21st Century Fox, was "not fit
:25:49. > :25:52.and proper" to take over Sky. The company insists it's
:25:53. > :25:56.transformed the way it's run. Our media editor,
:25:57. > :26:05.Amol Rajan, is here. We heard the company's case is
:26:06. > :26:11.things have changed. What are their objections? The group of MPs that
:26:12. > :26:14.wept to see Ofcom today said they should be taking a close interest in
:26:15. > :26:19.what is happening with Fox News over in New York, in America. Fox News
:26:20. > :26:24.owned by Rupert Murdoch. They say it's got eerie parallels with the
:26:25. > :26:28.phone-hacking scandal which derailed Rupert Murdoch's last bid for Sky.
:26:29. > :26:32.Fox News has been beset by controversial over the last year,
:26:33. > :26:37.there have been allegations of sexual and racial harassment that
:26:38. > :26:40.led to the departure of three senior people at Fox News there is a
:26:41. > :26:45.Federal investigation as to whether or not payments were concealed from
:26:46. > :26:47.investors. Fox News say the allegations haven't been proven.
:26:48. > :26:52.They say the company has been transformed in the last few years
:26:53. > :26:56.and then say they have acted swiftly and decriesively to remove the key
:26:57. > :27:01.individuals. But, I spoke to a member of the group that went to see
:27:02. > :27:05.Ofcom this morning. They say Ofcom were in listening mode not operating
:27:06. > :27:09.within a vacuum they are aware of the scandal spreading through
:27:10. > :27:12.Manhattan. For Rupert Murdoch bidding again for Sky News the
:27:13. > :27:18.timing of this scandal at Fox News couldn't be any worse. Amol Ragan
:27:19. > :27:19.thank you #1re67. Amol Ragan, our media editor with the latest on
:27:20. > :27:27.that. -- very much. On Thursday, voters around Britain
:27:28. > :27:30.will have their say in mayoral All 32 of Scotland's
:27:31. > :27:33.local authorities will be contested and in Glasgow,
:27:34. > :27:35.where Labour have dominated the council for decades,
:27:36. > :27:37.their dominance is being challenged by the SNP, while the Conservatives
:27:38. > :27:39.also insist they're making advances. Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith,
:27:40. > :27:42.looks ahead to the contest. Glasgow's been singing
:27:43. > :27:43.the same song, politically speaking, for decades -
:27:44. > :27:49.reliably, consistently Labour. Now polls suggest voters are ready
:27:50. > :27:51.to change their tune. People are crossing over from Labour
:27:52. > :27:57.to the SNP and even to the Tories. People in Glasgow feel more and more
:27:58. > :28:00.disconnected from and taken for granted by a Labour Party that
:28:01. > :28:04.really has, kind of, arrogantly treated this city
:28:05. > :28:08.like its own personal political thiefdom for decades now,
:28:09. > :28:11.and they've had enough. Glasgow's grand and opulent
:28:12. > :28:16.City Chambers could be If Labour do lose control
:28:17. > :28:23.of Glasgow City Council, it will be a very graphic
:28:24. > :28:26.demonstration of just how far the party's fortunes
:28:27. > :28:30.have fallen in Scotland, and it'll also be
:28:31. > :28:33.a hugely symbolic moment. For decades, voting Labour felt
:28:34. > :28:40.like it was built into the very DNA of this city which Labour have
:28:41. > :28:41.governed, almost No-one on these socialist marches
:28:42. > :28:47.could have imagined it any other way, but this year's local elections
:28:48. > :28:50.are complicated by the question People in Glasgow, quite frankly,
:28:51. > :28:55.aren't buttoned up the back. What we're focused on is,
:28:56. > :28:59.how can we ensure good The tragedy in Scotland is we've
:29:00. > :29:11.being preoccupied with the issues round an independence referendum,
:29:12. > :29:13.when it should be The Tories seem remarkably confident
:29:14. > :29:17.that they can make gains in Glasgow. These elections, surely,
:29:18. > :29:18.should be about local issues, but you're putting out leaflets that
:29:19. > :29:21.say - use this election to send a message about an independence
:29:22. > :29:24.referendum, why are you doing that? People are concerned
:29:25. > :29:26.about the threat of another We had one in 2014, we don't want
:29:27. > :29:30.another one and I think we're saying to people,
:29:31. > :29:34.if you want to send a strong message to the SNP, vote for Conservative
:29:35. > :29:37.councillors and we'll send that strong message, that we don't
:29:38. > :29:39.want another referendum. Out on the streets,
:29:40. > :29:43.campaigners from every party We saw a huge membership increase
:29:44. > :29:46.after the independence referendum. I think we've had really good
:29:47. > :29:49.policies for a long time and now we've got enough people who can come
:29:50. > :29:53.out with us and be knocking on doors and chatting to people
:29:54. > :29:55.in our local communities. The Liberal Democrats
:29:56. > :29:56.actually represent what most people in Scotland want,
:29:57. > :29:59.and that is to remain in the United Kingdom, to remain
:30:00. > :30:02.in the EU and they want their local Those people may be
:30:03. > :30:13.about to make a huge change. Matthew Bryce, a surfer who survived
:30:14. > :30:26.for more than 30 hours clinging to his board in the Irish Sea,
:30:27. > :30:29.has been described as "extremely He was reported missing after
:30:30. > :30:33.he failed to return from surfing Eight rescue teams from these areas
:30:34. > :30:40.were mobilised as part of the search for Mr Bryce from both Scotland
:30:41. > :30:42.and Northern Ireland. He was eventually spotted
:30:43. > :30:53.by a helicopter after drifting Our correspondent,
:30:54. > :30:59.Chris Buckler, reports. After more than a day
:31:00. > :31:00.drifting in the water, Matthew Bryce was found
:31:01. > :31:07.by the coastguard, He was still by the surfboard
:31:08. > :31:17.he left the Argyll coast on on Sunday morning,
:31:18. > :31:19.but when he was finally rescued, on Monday evening, he was halfway
:31:20. > :31:19.between Northern Ireland and Scotland, and far from the beach
:31:20. > :31:20.near Campbelltown where he'd gone for a day's surfing
:31:21. > :31:21.in blustery conditions. This picture, taken that morning,
:31:22. > :31:22.shows how challenging the waves He'd been surfing and when he
:31:23. > :31:27.attempted to recover to shore, we believe he suffered from some
:31:28. > :31:28.cramp and was unable The current which flows
:31:29. > :31:32.through the North Channel into the Atlantic from the Irish Sea
:31:33. > :31:34.is very strong. You know, that would have had
:31:35. > :31:37.an impact on how far The big waves around both Scotland
:31:38. > :31:49.and Northern Ireland can carry big risks,
:31:50. > :31:53.but they attract many surfers, and being prepared and wearing
:31:54. > :31:57.a good wetsuit may well have saved That length of time
:31:58. > :32:01.in our waters, you know, overnight in the darkness,
:32:02. > :32:03.it must have been Certainly, I think another night
:32:04. > :32:08.of that, I'm afraid, I just think we wouldn't have such
:32:09. > :32:11.a happy ending. After spending so many hours
:32:12. > :32:14.out at sea, it should come as no surprise that
:32:15. > :32:18.Matthew Bryce is exhausted. However, he's expected
:32:19. > :32:22.to make a full recovery and from his hospital bed he's
:32:23. > :32:28.thanked those involved in saving him as well as those
:32:29. > :32:34.who are caring for him them. Those thoughts have been
:32:35. > :32:36.echoed by his family, They say receiving last night's
:32:37. > :32:40.phone call that confirmed that he'd been found alive and well
:32:41. > :32:42.was like winning the Lottery. He was 13 miles from shore
:32:43. > :32:46.when he was plucked from the sea, just as night was approaching and,
:32:47. > :32:48.in the words of the coastguard, "extremely lucky
:32:49. > :32:53.to have been found." Chris Buckler, BBC News,
:32:54. > :32:56.on the North Antrim coast. Newsnight is coming up
:32:57. > :32:58.on BBC Two, here's Evan. Should we still be worrying
:32:59. > :33:01.about the Government's deficit? Do taxes need to rise or public
:33:02. > :33:04.spending be cut further? The political parties may not
:33:05. > :33:06.be giving much away, but no need for confusion,
:33:07. > :33:19.we'll do our best to explain Here, on BBC One, it's time
:33:20. > :33:20.for the news where you are.