06/05/2017 BBC Weekend News

Theresa May says she's grateful for the support her party's received

in the local elections but she says she's taking

nothing for granted ahead of June's General Election.

Earlier, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted his party

Ukip's leader, Paul Nuttall, said his party has a bright

future despite a drubbing in the local elections.

Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright reports.

Step by step Theresa May is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds

of new Conservative councillors in her ranks. In Wolverhampton

aerospace factory she the floor with Andy Street, the new West Midlands

mayor. I'm taking nothing for granted in the next five weeks, I

need support from across the United Kingdom to centre my hand and only a

vote for me and my team will ensure Britain has the strong and stable

leadership we need to ensure that we get the best deal for Britain from

Brexit. Theresa May needs Tory voters to turn out on June eight

which is why she claims this contest could be close but after winning the

West Midland first Metro mayor contest yesterday the Tories are

clearly confident of turning much of this Labour dominated territory

blue. And in Wolverhampton ascends from some of allegiances shifting.

The Labour Party have let themselves down a lot over the last few years.

And I am not very confident in the current leader. I've just got no

real confidence in Labour at the moment. More confidence in the

Theresa. Jeremy Corbyn! But Jeremy Corbyn did not seem down after

yesterday's drubbing and his supporters are as fired up as ever.

Visiting best in the East Midlands he conceded Labour faced a huge

challenge. Of course I'm disappointed in the election results

on Thursday but we are out there giving a message on how the economy

and our society could be very different. And where is the Ukip

leader? After losing all 146 council seats they were defending

this week Paul Nuttall insisted today that voters would return. Ukip

does have a great feature, it just has to stay on the pitch, hold its

ground and people will come back. The SNP with the biggest winners in

Scottish council elections replacing Labour as the largest party in

Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow where today Nicola Sturgeon met the

S's council group. We won the elections yesterday emphatically,

more seats, more councils, the largest party not just compared to

five years and it is in battle grounds like this that the next

election will be decided. Then Wright, BBC News,

The Liberal News, Democrats have pledged to increase spending

on the NHS and social care, by raising income tax

They say it would raise an extra ?6 billion and would be

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be able to decide how

Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.

compared to every other party in Scotland. This strange and

unexpected election has yet to set passions alight but the choice is

big and it is in battle grounds like this that the next election will be

decided. Ben Wright, BBC News, Wolverhampton. Hi, how are you, good

it is you, thanks for coming along. Would you pay more to fund more GPs

for Hi, how are you, good to see you, thanks for coming along. Would

you pay more to fund more GPs by one percentage point to raise ?6 billion

ring fenced for health and social care in England. If we want the best

health and social care for our families going into the future then

we have to provide the money to pay for it and everyone else is

pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot be done on the

cheap. The party says under their plans someone earning 25,000 and

adjust services and about and adjust? The Lib Dems are asking.

They say they would increase all income tax bands by one percentage

point to raise ?6 billion ring fenced for health and social care in

England. If we want the best health and social care for our families

going into the future then we have to provide the money to pay for it

and everyone else is pretending it can be done on the cheap, it cannot

be done on the cheap. The parties as under their plans someone earning

?25,000 next year would pay ?133 more in tax annually. On a salary

income tax would increase by from Brexit this is the Lib Dems main

election pitch so far on tax and spending. They think this policy

will be popular, despite the risk of already committing to tax rises

because of voters's concerns about the state of the taking the focus

away from Brexit this is the Lib Dems main election pitch so far on

tax and spending. They think this policy will be popular, despite the

risk of already committing to tax rises because of voters's concerns

about the state of the real terms hasn't actually decreased, it has

gone up but at a slower rate than in the past. This funding would be

about double what has been promised over the last few years and would

look generous compared to increases in the last few years but

isn't that large compared health is a devolved policy area and Scotland

has its own powers of income tax. But there is no doubt that NHS and

social care under but across the UK with demand soaring and budgets

squeezed. Over the past few years spending on the NHS in real terms

hasn't actually decreased, it has gone up but at a slower rate than in

the past. This funding would be about double what has been promised

over the last few years and would look generous compared to increases

in the last few years but isn't that large compared to spending increases

in the long term? The Tories say they would keep taxes low while

Labour rule at tax rises for low and middle income earners but the Lib

Dems think a tax rise across is the only way to secure the future of the

Three men have appeared in court charged with the the murder

of a businessman at his home in Dorset home last Sunday.

Guy Hedger was shot at his house near Ringwood.

Kevin Downton, Jason Baccus and Scott Keeping appeared before

magistrates in Poole this morning accused of murder and

French officials have issued a warning about documents

believed to have been stolen from presidential favourite

Emmanuel Macron's campaign by computer hackers.

They say anyone who shares the contents of the emails

It comes ahead of tomorrow's presidential run-off vote which pits

Mr Macron against the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen.

Prince Edward has been speaking about the decision of his father,

Prince Philip, to stand down from royal duties later this year.

He said he was sure the Duke of Edinburgh wouldn't disappear

Our royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, reports.

Leila Nathoo, BBC will not be seeing him, in public, and you do, by his

wife's side Prince Philip, as we soon will not be seeing him, in

public, and Judy, by his wife's side. Autumn the soon-to-be

96-year-old Prince will be giving up such engagements. Those who know I

don't believe he will put his feet up completely and disappear into the

background and never be seen again. He will pick and choose what he

wants to do and what is sensible and what is practical. I don't think we

will see him disappearing but he's making it clear to organisations,

please don't come and ask me to do things and expect me to say yes

because the answer will be No. Hopefully he can enjoy

more of what he enjoys doing. This is an ancient institution adjusting

to the fact that one of its key players will be on display much

less. Out and about, the Queen relies on her husband. Others will

have to step up to the mark. It is always a team effort and that is

what we do and the show goes on. If an actor retires from a show, guess

what, the show goes on, we all filling spaces and keep it going.

And that is what we will do. No, it does not require any massive

reorganisation, no, that's what we do, we support each other. Such

support is already happening. Here Prince William was on hand, a

grandson helping his grandmother the Queen as she met her guest and sang

Suji, Myanmar's defector leader. The Windsor family is in transition,

this is a taste of the future. Peter Hunt, BBC News.

The teenage racing driver who lost both legs in a crash says he's "lost

for words" after wellwishers raised hundreds of thousands

Billy Monger was racing in the Formula 4 championship last

month when he was involved in a high speed collision.

After support from Formula One stars Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button

he says he's determined to get back behind the wheel, as

One of the rising stars of British motorsport.

He was supposed to be racing this weekend.

Instead he's reading messages from driving

legends like Lewis Hamilton and Niki Lauda after the injuries that

And as I turn over there would be signatures

from many world champions, that really touched my heart, I was lost

Three weeks ago he was racing at Donington Park

at 120 miles an hour when he struck a stationary car.

He was airlifted to the Queens Medical Centre in

Nottingham, where they carried out partial amputations of both legs.

Today he was preparing to go home, grateful for the staff

Without them I wouldn't be here today, so massive thanks to

every single one of the staff that have helped me.

It's going to be emotional saying goodbye to them

Billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing

His team has already helped raise more than ?800,000

towards his recovery and those who will be racing at Thruxton this

weekend are ensuring that although he won't

be there his nickname will

It just shows you that when a tragic event like this happens how people

I definitely want to take the positives out of

this and make sure that I use it in a positive way for the rest of my

I've still got a few years left in me for sure.

That's it, I'll be back with the team for the news