:00:24. > :00:30.Theresa May says she's grateful for the support her party's received
:00:31. > :00:32.in the local elections but she says she's taking
:00:33. > :00:34.nothing for granted ahead of June's General Election.
:00:35. > :00:37.Earlier, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted his party
:00:38. > :00:41.Ukip's leader, Paul Nuttall, said his party has a bright
:00:42. > :00:43.future despite a drubbing in the local elections.
:00:44. > :00:51.Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:00:52. > :00:57.Step by step Theresa May is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds
:00:58. > :01:03.of new Conservative councillors in her ranks. In Wolverhampton
:01:04. > :01:07.aerospace factory she the floor with Andy Street, the new West Midlands
:01:08. > :01:12.mayor. I'm taking nothing for granted in the next five weeks, I
:01:13. > :01:15.need support from across the United Kingdom to centre my hand and only a
:01:16. > :01:19.vote for me and my team will ensure Britain has the strong and stable
:01:20. > :01:25.leadership we need to ensure that we get the best deal for Britain from
:01:26. > :01:29.Brexit. Theresa May needs Tory voters to turn out on June eight
:01:30. > :01:34.which is why she claims this contest could be close but after winning the
:01:35. > :01:38.West Midland first Metro mayor contest yesterday the Tories are
:01:39. > :01:42.clearly confident of turning much of this Labour dominated territory
:01:43. > :01:47.blue. And in Wolverhampton ascends from some of allegiances shifting.
:01:48. > :01:52.The Labour Party have let themselves down a lot over the last few years.
:01:53. > :01:58.And I am not very confident in the current leader. I've just got no
:01:59. > :02:07.real confidence in Labour at the moment. More confidence in the
:02:08. > :02:10.Theresa. Jeremy Corbyn! But Jeremy Corbyn did not seem down after
:02:11. > :02:15.yesterday's drubbing and his supporters are as fired up as ever.
:02:16. > :02:19.Visiting best in the East Midlands he conceded Labour faced a huge
:02:20. > :02:23.challenge. Of course I'm disappointed in the election results
:02:24. > :02:26.on Thursday but we are out there giving a message on how the economy
:02:27. > :02:33.and our society could be very different. And where is the Ukip
:02:34. > :03:03.leader? After losing all 146 council seats they were defending
:03:04. > :03:07.this week Paul Nuttall insisted today that voters would return. Ukip
:03:08. > :03:10.does have a great feature, it just has to stay on the pitch, hold its
:03:11. > :03:12.ground and people will come back. The SNP with the biggest winners in
:03:13. > :03:14.Scottish council elections replacing Labour as the largest party in
:03:15. > :03:16.Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow where today Nicola Sturgeon met the
:03:17. > :03:18.S's council group. We won the elections yesterday emphatically,
:03:19. > :03:20.more seats, more councils, the largest party not just compared to
:03:21. > :03:22.five years and it is in battle grounds like this that the next
:03:23. > :03:27.election will be decided. Then Wright, BBC News,
:03:28. > :03:29.The Liberal News, Democrats have pledged to increase spending
:03:30. > :03:31.on the NHS and social care, by raising income tax
:03:32. > :03:35.They say it would raise an extra ?6 billion and would be
:03:36. > :03:39.Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be able to decide how
:03:40. > :03:41.Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.
:03:42. > :03:44.compared to every other party in Scotland. This strange and
:03:45. > :03:47.unexpected election has yet to set passions alight but the choice is
:03:48. > :03:50.big and it is in battle grounds like this that the next election will be
:03:51. > :03:52.decided. Ben Wright, BBC News, Wolverhampton. Hi, how are you, good
:03:53. > :03:55.it is you, thanks for coming along. Would you pay more to fund more GPs
:03:56. > :03:58.for Hi, how are you, good to see you, thanks for coming along. Would
:03:59. > :04:01.you pay more to fund more GPs by one percentage point to raise ?6 billion
:04:02. > :04:04.ring fenced for health and social care in England. If we want the best
:04:05. > :04:07.health and social care for our families going into the future then
:04:08. > :04:10.we have to provide the money to pay for it and everyone else is
:04:11. > :04:15.pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot be done on the
:04:16. > :04:24.cheap. The party says under their plans someone earning 25,000 and
:04:25. > :04:27.adjust services and about and adjust? The Lib Dems are asking.
:04:28. > :04:29.They say they would increase all income tax bands by one percentage
:04:30. > :04:32.point to raise ?6 billion ring fenced for health and social care in
:04:33. > :04:34.England. If we want the best health and social care for our families
:04:35. > :04:37.going into the future then we have to provide the money to pay for it
:04:38. > :04:40.and everyone else is pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot
:04:41. > :04:43.be done on the cheap. The parties as under their plans someone earning
:04:44. > :04:45.?25,000 next year would pay ?133 more in tax annually. On a salary
:04:46. > :04:48.income tax would increase by from Brexit this is the Lib Dems main
:04:49. > :04:50.election pitch so far on tax and spending. They think this policy
:04:51. > :04:52.will be popular, despite the risk of already committing to tax rises
:04:53. > :04:55.because of voters's concerns about the state of the taking the focus
:04:56. > :04:58.away from Brexit this is the Lib Dems main election pitch so far on
:04:59. > :05:00.tax and spending. They think this policy will be popular, despite the
:05:01. > :05:02.risk of already committing to tax rises because of voters's concerns
:05:03. > :05:05.about the state of the real terms hasn't actually decreased, it has
:05:06. > :05:09.gone up but at a slower rate than in the past. This funding would be
:05:10. > :05:13.about double what has been promised over the last few years and would
:05:14. > :05:25.look generous compared to increases in the last few years but
:05:26. > :05:30.isn't that large compared health is a devolved policy area and Scotland
:05:31. > :05:33.has its own powers of income tax. But there is no doubt that NHS and
:05:34. > :05:35.social care under but across the UK with demand soaring and budgets
:05:36. > :05:38.squeezed. Over the past few years spending on the NHS in real terms
:05:39. > :05:41.hasn't actually decreased, it has gone up but at a slower rate than in
:05:42. > :05:43.the past. This funding would be about double what has been promised
:05:44. > :05:46.over the last few years and would look generous compared to increases
:05:47. > :05:48.in the last few years but isn't that large compared to spending increases
:05:49. > :05:51.in the long term? The Tories say they would keep taxes low while
:05:52. > :05:54.Labour rule at tax rises for low and middle income earners but the Lib
:05:55. > :05:56.Dems think a tax rise across is the only way to secure the future of the
:05:57. > :05:59.Three men have appeared in court charged with the the murder
:06:00. > :06:01.of a businessman at his home in Dorset home last Sunday.
:06:02. > :06:03.Guy Hedger was shot at his house near Ringwood.
:06:04. > :06:06.Kevin Downton, Jason Baccus and Scott Keeping appeared before
:06:07. > :06:08.magistrates in Poole this morning accused of murder and
:06:09. > :06:11.French officials have issued a warning about documents
:06:12. > :06:13.believed to have been stolen from presidential favourite
:06:14. > :06:14.Emmanuel Macron's campaign by computer hackers.
:06:15. > :06:16.They say anyone who shares the contents of the emails
:06:17. > :06:20.It comes ahead of tomorrow's presidential run-off vote which pits
:06:21. > :06:22.Mr Macron against the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen.
:06:23. > :06:25.Prince Edward has been speaking about the decision of his father,
:06:26. > :06:27.Prince Philip, to stand down from royal duties later this year.
:06:28. > :06:30.He said he was sure the Duke of Edinburgh wouldn't disappear
:06:31. > :06:32.Our royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, reports.
:06:33. > :06:36.Leila Nathoo, BBC will not be seeing him, in public, and you do, by his
:06:37. > :06:38.wife's side Prince Philip, as we soon will not be seeing him, in
:06:39. > :06:43.public, and Judy, by his wife's side. Autumn the soon-to-be
:06:44. > :06:48.96-year-old Prince will be giving up such engagements. Those who know I
:06:49. > :06:52.don't believe he will put his feet up completely and disappear into the
:06:53. > :06:56.background and never be seen again. He will pick and choose what he
:06:57. > :07:01.wants to do and what is sensible and what is practical. I don't think we
:07:02. > :07:04.will see him disappearing but he's making it clear to organisations,
:07:05. > :07:08.please don't come and ask me to do things and expect me to say yes
:07:09. > :07:19.because the answer will be No. Hopefully he can enjoy
:07:20. > :07:23.more of what he enjoys doing. This is an ancient institution adjusting
:07:24. > :07:26.to the fact that one of its key players will be on display much
:07:27. > :07:29.less. Out and about, the Queen relies on her husband. Others will
:07:30. > :07:32.have to step up to the mark. It is always a team effort and that is
:07:33. > :07:35.what we do and the show goes on. If an actor retires from a show, guess
:07:36. > :07:41.what, the show goes on, we all filling spaces and keep it going.
:07:42. > :07:44.And that is what we will do. No, it does not require any massive
:07:45. > :07:49.reorganisation, no, that's what we do, we support each other. Such
:07:50. > :07:53.support is already happening. Here Prince William was on hand, a
:07:54. > :07:58.grandson helping his grandmother the Queen as she met her guest and sang
:07:59. > :08:03.Suji, Myanmar's defector leader. The Windsor family is in transition,
:08:04. > :08:06.this is a taste of the future. Peter Hunt, BBC News.
:08:07. > :08:10.The teenage racing driver who lost both legs in a crash says he's "lost
:08:11. > :08:12.for words" after wellwishers raised hundreds of thousands
:08:13. > :08:15.Billy Monger was racing in the Formula 4 championship last
:08:16. > :08:17.month when he was involved in a high speed collision.
:08:18. > :08:20.After support from Formula One stars Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button
:08:21. > :08:23.he says he's determined to get back behind the wheel, as
:08:24. > :08:30.One of the rising stars of British motorsport.
:08:31. > :08:33.He was supposed to be racing this weekend.
:08:34. > :08:36.Instead he's reading messages from driving
:08:37. > :08:38.legends like Lewis Hamilton and Niki Lauda after the injuries that
:08:39. > :08:49.And as I turn over there would be signatures
:08:50. > :08:52.from many world champions, that really touched my heart, I was lost
:08:53. > :08:58.Three weeks ago he was racing at Donington Park
:08:59. > :09:01.at 120 miles an hour when he struck a stationary car.
:09:02. > :09:04.He was airlifted to the Queens Medical Centre in
:09:05. > :09:08.Nottingham, where they carried out partial amputations of both legs.
:09:09. > :09:10.Today he was preparing to go home, grateful for the staff
:09:11. > :09:20.Without them I wouldn't be here today, so massive thanks to
:09:21. > :09:23.every single one of the staff that have helped me.
:09:24. > :09:25.It's going to be emotional saying goodbye to them
:09:26. > :09:29.Billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing
:09:30. > :09:36.His team has already helped raise more than ?800,000
:09:37. > :09:39.towards his recovery and those who will be racing at Thruxton this
:09:40. > :09:41.weekend are ensuring that although he won't
:09:42. > :09:42.be there his nickname will
:09:43. > :09:56.It just shows you that when a tragic event like this happens how people
:09:57. > :09:59.I definitely want to take the positives out of
:10:00. > :10:04.this and make sure that I use it in a positive way for the rest of my
:10:05. > :10:10.I've still got a few years left in me for sure.
:10:11. > :10:13.That's it, I'll be back with the team for the news