02/05/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, ahead of the Brexit talks,

the deepening tensions between Britain and the

Following leaked reports of a difficult meeting

with Jean-Claude Juncker, Theresa May signals that the road

At the seaside today, on the campaign trail

in the south-west of England, Mrs May hits back at claims that her

During the Conservative Party leadership campaign I was described

by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman".

I said at the time that the next person to find that out would be

We'll have the latest on the questions about Theresa May's

The Shadow Home Secretary, Labour's Diane Abbott,

accused of not having mastered the brief on one of

How much would 10,000 police officers cost?

We believe it will be about ?300,000.

10,000 police officers? What are you paying them?

A jury at the inquest of a teenager with severe anorexia has found that

a lack of support contributed to her suicide.

How leading former athletes could be written out

of the record books as part of a new anti-doping strategy.

And the story of the surfer rescued after 30 hours

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News.

It was an all-Madrid Champions League semifinal tonight

and a familiar face who gave Real the lead in the first leg

The deepening tensions between the Prime Minister and the President

of the European Commission ahead of the Brexit negotiations

Theresa May has warned Jean-Claude Juncker that she will

prove to be a "bloody difficult woman" during the Brexit talks.

It follows reports that Mr Juncker had accused her of being "deluded"

Mrs May, campaigning in the south-west of England today,

told our political editor Laura Kuenssberg that she always

knew the Brexit negotiations would be challenging.

Who wouldn't like a day by the Cornish coast?

I believe it's that nice Theresa May.

I'm not very keen, in fact, I'm very unkeen.

I hope she comes sooner rather than later.

The Number 10 suits, police by the fishing boats,

Thank you, nice to see you, morning, morning.

A serene scene compared to brutal briefings from Brussels.

During the Conservative Party leadership campaign,

I was described by one of my colleagues as a

And I said at the time, the next person to find that out

Well, these are going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead.

I'm asking the British people to give me a mandate.

Did Jean-Claude Juncker say to you, Brexit cannot be a success?

Look, I don't recall the account that has been given

I think a lot of this is Brussels gossip.

It was a dinner in London and you were there.

Either he said it to you or he did not.

The account, I think that the account I have seen,

But what is important is there is a key question

for people when they come to this election.

There will be 27 other EU countries on one side of the table

and who is going to be there, standing up for the UK?

It is either going to be me or Jeremy Corbyn.

You wanted an early deal on EU citizens and Brits abroad.

You wanted parallel talks about our divorce deal

That does not inspire confidence, does it?

I have always said that there are complexities to this issue

and lots of details that will need to be agreed.

Back her on Brexit or not, for some voters, it is just not enough.

There's massive problems with homelessness, house prices.

Polite it may be but her first sharp encounter of the campaign.

The campaign is solely focusing on Brexit.

I know it isn't but that is the impression.

Well, Brexit has huge opportunities for us.

It doesn't help that Boris Johnson says it is about selling

Her team says she loves talking to voters but what did

The austerity cuts have been incredibly damaging.

I don't believe that Brexit is going to take us

I've never felt in my adult life so depressed about the state of this

They had a lot to say to Theresa May.

I know they did but it is too late to discuss that now.

We are already going out so why fight that?

Brexit is the backdrop to this election.

The Prime Minister wants to use the circumstances

to build her authority, but whether here or anyone else,

to build her authority, but whether here or anywhere else,

voters will make it absolutely plain it is not the only thing

that will make up their mind.

As that voter said to you in that Cornish village, this shouldn't

She was desperately worried that it is.

We have already started to set out our plan for a stronger Britain.

This election, I believe, genuinely believe, is the most

important election the country has faced my lifetime.

It is an important moment of change for this country.

Doesn't that sound rather strange from somebody

who was Home Secretary for six years in previous governments?

I was very proud to have served in David Cameron's Cabinet for six

years as Home Secretary, but I'm a different person.

I'm my own person, and we are in a different

And I want to look ahead to the long-term challenges

Almost exactly a year ago, Prime Minister,

I asked you if you thought you would want to be

leader of the country and you laughed it off,

Now we all know what has happened since then.

Many of your MPs and ministers believe this could be

a transformational election in terms of the Tories taking back

You must believe it is in your sights.

I'm very clear, I have always, throughout my political career,

And I have always said, you know, polls come out that are good

and polls come out that are bad but the only one that counts

is the one that takes place on the 8th of June.

If you are elected, will you serve the full term until 2022?

I have no intention of doing anything other than serving

the full term until 2022, because this is, as I say,

This so-called bloody difficult woman wants to stay

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Cornwall.

And over the coming weeks, we'll be talking to other party leaders

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he backs Diane Abbott,

the Shadow Home Secretary, despite her difficulty explaining

Labour's policy is to recruit an extra 10,000 officers

Ms Abbott, during a radio interview, offered several versions

She said she had simply "mis-spoken", but the Conservatives

said it raised new questions about Labour's competence,

as our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

There, over the road, you know him, Labour's leader,

10,000 more police on the beat, catching more criminals and paid

for by the better-off, using capital gains tax

What we are putting forward is a proposal

The Conservatives have cut them by 20,000 and we are putting 10,000

more police officers out there because it is a question

of community policing and community involvement.

But Labour has been hounded by questions.

The party suggested the same money could go on schools or welfare.

Just examples, according to Diane Abbott, and the money?

How much would 10,000 police officers cost?

Well, if we can recruit the 10,000 police men and women

over a four-year period, we believe it will be

10,000 police officers? What are you paying them?

80 million divided by 10,000 equals 8000.

So what are these police officers going to be paid?

We will be paying them the average...

Of course it has been thought through.

First it was thousands, then it was millions.

It's not the sort of thing which encourages people

It's absolutely clear what the cost of this will be, 300 million.

Just how strong is your faith and trust in your

Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott?

Diane is fine and Diane has my full support.

She clearly does and it is ?300 million, not ?80 million.

Diane Abbott brushed off the mix-up, or tried to.

I do know my figures and as you well know,

I did seven interviews that morning and that was the seventh and I

Trust is a problem for some of the voters in this

part of Southampton, in one of the tiny handful of seats

I believe that the Tories run the country like a business,

whereas Labour seems to borrow a lot of money and just relies on other

You don't think much of her? What about Jeremy Corbyn?

Corbyn isn't really my politician, although at least I've got a bit

of respect for the fact that he is more of a Labour man than

Sincere and honest, anyway, he's got convictions.

Yes, yes, although I don't have a lot of faith

Are you willing to give Labour a chance this time?

I am willing to give Labour a chance, as long

as they are willing to help the working class people.

Do you think maybe they are in the business of doing that?

This election is more about leadership, about

the character of rivals, since any I can remember

But policies that touch the lives of millions matter, too,

Just now, Labour is fighting to regain trust on policies

and personalities and the Tories need that advantage.

Police funding has been protected since the last

election but before that, it was cut back severely.

We have reduced the number of policemen on the street

from 2010, but because the police have been spending that money wisely

and because we have worked with them on reform,

there's been a reduction in crime of nearly a third since 2010.

We believe you can protect funding and also reduce crime.

Labour is telling voters no, other figures suggest

Leaders like children at election time.

Jeremy Corbyn seems to mean it, but he needs Britain to like him

And you'll find out more on the numbers of police in England

and Wales and crime figures as part of our Reality Check online.

The former Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader,

Nick Clegg, has said that "ordinary people" will pay the price

of a "hard Brexit", and warned people not to allow

In a campaign speech, Mr Clegg accused Theresa May

of seeking to "pull the wool" over voters' eyes about the damage

Brexit was already doing, and urged people to vote for a "real

opposition" in the Liberal Democrats.

In Scotland, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged young

people to back the SNP, claiming that younger

generations are being let down by the Conservative government.

She claimed that by the time they reach their early 30s,

the wealth accumulated by young people born in the 1980s

will be half that of those born in the 1970s.

The Green Party say they will offer voters the chance of a second

referendum on Brexit, with an option to remain in the EU.

The party's election manifesto will include a pledge

for a "ratification referendum", to be held after the EU has agreed

the terms of Brexit, if the majority of the electorate

Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar,

John, at the end of today, what lessons can we draw

on the state of the election campaign, and beyond?

Labour can count on the votes of a lot of people who say, "Let's have

better services and make the better off pay for it by paying more

taxes". They may also look at Diane Abbott and say that we all make

mistakes but we're not all the Shadow Home Secretary at election

time I'm guessing Diane Abbott may wish you could rewind today and play

it with a different ending. Labour does not have enough trust in the

bank to be able to squander it in the way she and her party risked

doing today. As for to reason make we don't really know how she would

use a fresh mandate if she got one. We will know more when the Tories

publish their manifesto in a week or two. Right now, Theresa May is

trying to build trust and turn it into votes so she wins big enough to

have the Commons behind her when the time comes for unpopular decisions

on tax, spending, maybe pensions and an Brexit. Some people look at that

dustup over dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker and may worry that Theresa

May is fighting herself into a corner. Sam Cane Brexiteers may be

hoping that is true but I will only say the negotiations have not

started yet. We have not had the walk in but that was the weigh-in, a

time for eyeballing and muscle flexing and there will be time for

lots more leaking and spinning before this is done. Right now and

before that happens, before the negotiations, Britain will have to

choose its contender for the confrontation for the negotiations

and that is what we will be doing on the 8th of June. John Pienaar with

his latest thoughts at Westminster. Let's take a look at some of the

day's other stories. An inquest into the death

of a teenager with anorexia, who took her own life five days

after being released from a psychiatric hospital,

has found there was no adequate care Pippa McManus, who was 15,

died in 2015 after stepping in front of a train

near Stockport, in Our correspondent, Judith Moritz,

was at the inquest. As a young child she was full

of energy, but she became addicted In hospital, her parents filmed

moving her obsessively. Anorexia had her in its

grip for three years. She had been happy and healthy,

she became emaciated, Pip's parents were in court

today to hear the jury's They found that the family

were failed, let down by those supposed to support them,

left to cope alone. We knew that she wasn't

mentally better. We knew that she knew how to put

the weight on and lose the weight, She couldn't even lick an ice

cream because she'd turn It was two people in the one

head, there was anorexia When she's in her unit,

you've got the support of them, but when you come home,

you feel like you're In 2014, Pippa was sectioned under

the Mental Health Act and taken to The Priory Hospital,

in Cheshire, she stayed for more than a year before

being allowed to go home. Pip wasn't considered a suicide

risk, but just five days after coming home from hospital,

she ran out of the house, shouting She came here, to a nearby station,

and took her own life. The jury found that Pip's family

hadn't been given enough information about her being a suicide risk

at that point and that agencies supposed to help her

hadn't worked together. There was well documented concern

about the fragmented and desperate state of mental health services

for children and adolescence both in terms of in-patient,

but also community services. Pippa was a highly vulnerable girl

with an eating disorder and mental health difficulties,

and it's unacceptable that those who should have been

there to protect her failed The Priory Hospital say

it is will now consider Pip's parents have

released the footage They want to open a centre,

called Pip's Place, to provide early For details of organisations

which offer advice and support with eating disorders,

go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. A British supporter of so-called

Islamic State has been jailed for eight years after admitting

five terror offences. The Old Bailey heard that

Samata Ullah, a 34-year-old IT expert from Cardiff,

hid extremist material on a computer He also created an online

"library for terrorists" Some of the most famous records

in athletics could be rewritten following proposals by the governing

body of European Athletics The plans would mean that

any athlete breaking a record before 2005

could lose his or her claim to it. Paula Radcliffe, who set

a new marathon world record n 2003, condemned the plans,

saying clean athletes Our sports editor,

Dan Roan, reports. It's the pinnacle for every athlete

- with a new world record comes COMMENTATOR: And he's done it again,

I don't believe it! These are just some

of the competitors who could now be After last year's Russian

state-sponsored doping scandal, some now want all world records set

before 2005 erased because the drug testing back then didn't

match today's standards, and the man behind the idea told me

the sport had no choice. Desperate times, calling

for desperate measures. This is a very, very provocative

and a revolutionary approach by European Athletics,

and we want to the regain the trust of the public and ensure they can

believe what they're watching. Not a PR stunt then,

as some have said? No, it's certainly not a PR stunt,

it's the evolution of the sport, it's going to address some very dark

days in the sport, and you can back to the 1980s and the Soviet Union

era and the East German issue, and this will now put all that

chapter to bed and we can have a brighter future

for the sport. European Athletics believe records

should know only stand if the athlete's samples are stored

for retesting and that's only This may seem a radical proposal,

but athletics faces Later this summer, the sport's

flagship World Championships take place here, at the former

Olympic Stadium in London, and the danger is that every time

an athlete does something special some will inevitably ask

whether it was achieved clean. So this is an attempt to reboot

the sport and restore some Paula Radcliffe, who risks

losing her marathon world record, set in 2003, said she was hurt

and called the proposals cowardly. Fellow Brit, Colin Jackson,

held the 110 meters hurdles record for nearly 13 years and still holds

the 60 meters indoor You can't really erase history and

that's what they're trying to do. We're all painted by the same brush,

exactly, like we're all dope And for us to have to suffer

the consequences of others is very, Athletics supremo, Lord Coe,

says he likes the idea and the sports governing body

will consider ratifying If passed, records that

have stood for decades, such as that of former East German

runner, Marita Koch, Others, however, will prove

a lot more controversial, in one of the biggest shakeups

the sport has seen. Tomorrow marks a decade

since Madeleine McCann disappeared One of the men questioned

by Scotland Yard has been Paulo Ribeiro, who is no longer

a suspect, was questioned in connection with a theory

that she was taken during The three-year-old had been left

by her parents in their holiday apartment while they dined

at a restaurant nearby. The Portugese police have also

given their first television interview about the case,

as Richard Bilton of For ten years, the holiday

village of Praia da Luz has On the 3rd May 2007,

Madeleine McCann went to bed, in Apartment 5a,

and was never seen again. It is the Policia Judiciaria's job

to find her, I asked for an interview ten years ago,

now they've finally said yes. Why did you think it was

important to talk now? Madeleine McCann is a very unique

case, unfortunately. We've never had a case

like Madeleine McCann before It was Portuguese detectives

who prompted one of the most REPORTER: Gerry, how

do you feel, Gerry? ..when Madeleine McCann's

parents were made suspects. Do you think it was right to make

Kate and Gerry McCann When we came up with the team

to review the case at that point, I've repeated and I'm saying

again now, the McCanns' It isn't just the Portugese who were

looking for Madeleine McCann. For six years, there's been

a British investigation and it has Most of Scotland Yard's time

and money has been spent on the theory that Madeleine McCann

disappeared as part Paulo Ribeiro was asked

250 questions by UK detectives, including -

did you kill Madeleine McCann? What did you think when they asked

you about whether you were involved Last week Scotland Yard announced

there was no evidence to implicate Mr Ribeiro

or the other suspects questioned. The case against them

has been closed. The British have other lines of

inquiry and funding until September. The Portugese say

they have no deadline. You know more about this case

than almost anyone else, do you think in your heart it

will be solved? If it depended on my heart, the case

would have already been solved, but it doesn't depend on my heart,

it depends very much on our minds. There is no other case

like Madeleine McCann. After ten years, the search goes on,

but the solution seems The BBC Panorama programme,

Madeleine McCann: Ten Years On, is on BBC One at 9.00pm

tomorrow night. A group of senior politicians have

met officials at the broadcasting regulator Ofcom to try to block

Rupert Murdoch's bid to take The former Labour leader,

Ed Miliband, the Liberal Democrat former Business Secretary,

Sir Vince Cable, and the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer,

said Mr Murdoch's firm, 21st Century Fox, was "not fit

and proper" to take over Sky. The company insists it's

transformed the way it's run. Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, is here. We heard the company's case is

things have changed. What are their objections? The group of MPs that

wept to see Ofcom today said they should be taking a close interest in

what is happening with Fox News over in New York, in America. Fox News

owned by Rupert Murdoch. They say it's got eerie parallels with the

phone-hacking scandal which derailed Rupert Murdoch's last bid for Sky.

Fox News has been beset by controversial over the last year,

there have been allegations of sexual and racial harassment that

led to the departure of three senior people at Fox News there is a

Federal investigation as to whether or not payments were concealed from

investors. Fox News say the allegations haven't been proven.

They say the company has been transformed in the last few years

and then say they have acted swiftly and decriesively to remove the key

individuals. But, I spoke to a member of the group that went to see

Ofcom this morning. They say Ofcom were in listening mode not operating

within a vacuum they are aware of the scandal spreading through

Manhattan. For Rupert Murdoch bidding again for Sky News the

timing of this scandal at Fox News couldn't be any worse. Amol Ragan

thank you #1re67. Amol Ragan, our media editor with the latest on

that. -- very much. On Thursday, voters around Britain

will have their say in mayoral All 32 of Scotland's

local authorities will be contested and in Glasgow,

where Labour have dominated the council for decades,

their dominance is being challenged by the SNP, while the Conservatives

also insist they're making advances. Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith,

looks ahead to the contest. Glasgow's been singing

the same song, politically speaking, for decades -

reliably, consistently Labour. Now polls suggest voters are ready

to change their tune. People are crossing over from Labour

to the SNP and even to the Tories. People in Glasgow feel more and more

disconnected from and taken for granted by a Labour Party that

really has, kind of, arrogantly treated this city

like its own personal political thiefdom for decades now,

and they've had enough. Glasgow's grand and opulent

City Chambers could be If Labour do lose control

of Glasgow City Council, it will be a very graphic

demonstration of just how far the party's fortunes

have fallen in Scotland, and it'll also be

a hugely symbolic moment. For decades, voting Labour felt

like it was built into the very DNA of this city which Labour have

governed, almost No-one on these socialist marches

could have imagined it any other way, but this year's local elections

are complicated by the question People in Glasgow, quite frankly,

aren't buttoned up the back. What we're focused on is,

how can we ensure good The tragedy in Scotland is we've

being preoccupied with the issues round an independence referendum,

when it should be The Tories seem remarkably confident

that they can make gains in Glasgow. These elections, surely,

should be about local issues, but you're putting out leaflets that

say - use this election to send a message about an independence

referendum, why are you doing that? People are concerned

about the threat of another We had one in 2014, we don't want

another one and I think we're saying to people,

if you want to send a strong message to the SNP, vote for Conservative

councillors and we'll send that strong message, that we don't

want another referendum. Out on the streets,

campaigners from every party We saw a huge membership increase

after the independence referendum. I think we've had really good

policies for a long time and now we've got enough people who can come

out with us and be knocking on doors and chatting to people

in our local communities. The Liberal Democrats

actually represent what most people in Scotland want,

and that is to remain in the United Kingdom, to remain

in the EU and they want their local Those people may be

about to make a huge change. Matthew Bryce, a surfer who survived

for more than 30 hours clinging to his board in the Irish Sea,

has been described as "extremely He was reported missing after

he failed to return from surfing Eight rescue teams from these areas

were mobilised as part of the search for Mr Bryce from both Scotland

and Northern Ireland. He was eventually spotted

by a helicopter after drifting Our correspondent,

Chris Buckler, reports. After more than a day

drifting in the water, Matthew Bryce was found

by the coastguard, He was still by the surfboard

he left the Argyll coast on on Sunday morning,

but when he was finally rescued, on Monday evening, he was halfway

between Northern Ireland and Scotland, and far from the beach

near Campbelltown where he'd gone for a day's surfing

in blustery conditions. This picture, taken that morning,

shows how challenging the waves He'd been surfing and when he

attempted to recover to shore, we believe he suffered from some

cramp and was unable The current which flows

through the North Channel into the Atlantic from the Irish Sea

is very strong. You know, that would have had

an impact on how far The big waves around both Scotland

and Northern Ireland can carry big risks,

but they attract many surfers, and being prepared and wearing

a good wetsuit may well have saved That length of time

in our waters, you know, overnight in the darkness,

it must have been Certainly, I think another night

of that, I'm afraid, I just think we wouldn't have such

a happy ending. After spending so many hours

out at sea, it should come as no surprise that

Matthew Bryce is exhausted. However, he's expected

to make a full recovery and from his hospital bed he's

thanked those involved in saving him as well as those

who are caring for him them. Those thoughts have been

echoed by his family, They say receiving last night's

phone call that confirmed that he'd been found alive and well

was like winning the Lottery. He was 13 miles from shore

when he was plucked from the sea, just as night was approaching and,

in the words of the coastguard, "extremely lucky

to have been found." Chris Buckler, BBC News,

on the North Antrim coast. Newsnight is coming up

on BBC Two, here's Evan. Should we still be worrying

about the Government's deficit? Do taxes need to rise or public

spending be cut further? The political parties may not

be giving much away, but no need for confusion,

we'll do our best to explain Here, on BBC One, it's time

for the news where you are.