:00:00. > :00:08.The main political parties have been out canvassing support on the first
:00:09. > :00:11.full weekend of the general election campaign.
:00:12. > :00:15.Theresa May says she's taking nothing for granted after success
:00:16. > :00:18.in the local elections, as Jeremy Corbyn insists Labour
:00:19. > :00:27.France seeks to stop hacked emails and documents from influencing
:00:28. > :00:33.the outcome of tomorrow's presidential run-off vote.
:00:34. > :00:36.Prince Philip may be standing down from his royal duties,
:00:37. > :00:40.but Prince Edward says he, "Won't stop for a minute".
:00:41. > :00:43.I don't believe that he's going be putting his feet up completely
:00:44. > :00:46.and disappearing into the background and never being seen again.
:00:47. > :00:51.He'll pick and choose what he wants to do and how he wants to do it.
:00:52. > :00:54.And the young racing driver who lost both legs in a horrific crash
:00:55. > :00:56.says he won't give up, after support from racing legends
:00:57. > :01:05.It just shows you that, like, when a tragic event like this
:01:06. > :01:30.The main political parties have been out canvassing support
:01:31. > :01:33.on the first full weekend of the general election campaign.
:01:34. > :01:38.Theresa May says she's grateful for the support her party's received
:01:39. > :01:40.in the local elections - but she says she's taking nothing
:01:41. > :01:42.for granted ahead of next month's general election.
:01:43. > :01:46.Earlier, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted his party
:01:47. > :01:49.faced an historic challenge - but said his party was closing
:01:50. > :01:56.Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:01:57. > :02:00.Step by step, Theresa May is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds
:02:01. > :02:08.of new Conservative councillors in her ranks.
:02:09. > :02:11.At Wolverhampton aerospace factory, she toured the floor
:02:12. > :02:13.with the new West Midlands mayor, Andy Street.
:02:14. > :02:19.I need support from across the United Kingdom to strengthen my
:02:20. > :02:23.hand, and only a vote for me and my team will ensure
:02:24. > :02:31.that Britain has the strong and stable leadership we need
:02:32. > :02:33.to get the best deal for Britain from Brexit.
:02:34. > :02:35.Theresa May needs Tory voters to turn out on June 8th.
:02:36. > :02:38.That's why she claims this contest could be close.
:02:39. > :02:45.After winning the West Midlands first metro mayor contest yesterday,
:02:46. > :02:47.the Conservatives are confident of turning this much of this Labour
:02:48. > :02:53.In Wolverhampton, a sense from some of allegiances shifting.
:02:54. > :02:57.The Labour Party has let itself down over the past few years.
:02:58. > :03:01.I am not very confident in the current leader.
:03:02. > :03:08.I have no confidence in Labour at the moment.
:03:09. > :03:13.Jeremy Corbyn did not seem down after yesterday's drubbing.
:03:14. > :03:16.His supporters are as fired up as ever.
:03:17. > :03:18.Visiting Leicester and the East Midlands,
:03:19. > :03:23.Mr Corbyn conceded Labour faced a huge challenge.
:03:24. > :03:29.Of course I am disappointed with the election results on Thursday.
:03:30. > :03:31.But we're giving a message about how our economy and society
:03:32. > :03:39.After losing all 146 council seats it was defending,
:03:40. > :03:43.Paul Nuttall insisted the party's voters would return.
:03:44. > :03:48.It needs to stay on the pitch and hold its ground and people
:03:49. > :03:52.The SNP were the biggest winners in the Scottish council elections,
:03:53. > :04:00.replacing Labour as the largest party in Glasgow and Aberdeen.
:04:01. > :04:02.There today, Nicola Sturgeon met the SNP's councils group.
:04:03. > :04:09.We won the election yesterday emphatically.
:04:10. > :04:13.We are the largest party, not just compared to five years ago
:04:14. > :04:15.but compared to every other party in Scotland.
:04:16. > :04:20.This strange, unexpected election has yet to set passions alight.
:04:21. > :04:26.But it is in battlegrounds like this the next government will be decided.
:04:27. > :04:31.Labour's Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, is to announce that
:04:32. > :04:34.95% of workers won't face a rise in income tax, if Labour wins
:04:35. > :04:39.Mr McDonnell is promising his party would not increase income tax
:04:40. > :04:42.in the next parliament for anyone earning less than ?80,000 a year.
:04:43. > :04:44.Labour is also ruling out any increase in VAT or national
:04:45. > :04:51.The Liberal Democrats have pledged to increase spending
:04:52. > :04:54.on the NHS and social care - by raising income tax
:04:55. > :04:58.They say it would raise an extra ?6 billion and would be
:04:59. > :05:02.Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be able to decide how
:05:03. > :05:06.Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.
:05:07. > :05:14.Would you pay more to fund more GPs, for better mental health
:05:15. > :05:26.They have said they will increase all income tax bands by one
:05:27. > :05:29.percentage point to raise ?6 billion, ring fenced for health
:05:30. > :05:33.If we want the best health and social care for our families,
:05:34. > :05:35.our loved ones, going into the future, we have
:05:36. > :05:41.Everyone else is pretending it can be done on the cheap.
:05:42. > :05:47.The party says someone earning ?25,000 next year will pay ?133
:05:48. > :05:56.On a salary of ?100,000, the income tax bill would increase by ?883.
:05:57. > :06:01.Taking the focus away from Brexit, this is the Liberal Democrats'
:06:02. > :06:06.main election pitch on tax and spending.
:06:07. > :06:09.They think the policy will be popular despite the risk of already
:06:10. > :06:11.committing to tax rises because of voters' concerns
:06:12. > :06:19.Scotland has its own powers over income tax.
:06:20. > :06:22.There is no doubt the NHS and social care are under pressure
:06:23. > :06:30.across the UK with demand soaring and budgets squeezed.
:06:31. > :06:33.Over the past few years, spending in the NHS in real terms has
:06:34. > :06:37.It has gone up, but at a slower rate in the past.
:06:38. > :06:40.This funding will be double of what is promised in the last few
:06:41. > :06:43.years and would look generous compared to increases in the last
:06:44. > :06:45.few years but is not that large compared with spending increases
:06:46. > :06:50.The Conservatives say they would keep taxes low,
:06:51. > :06:52.while Labour are ruling out tax rises for low
:06:53. > :06:57.The Liberal Democrats think a tax rise across the board is the only
:06:58. > :07:05.French officials have issued a warning about documents
:07:06. > :07:10.believed to have been stolen from the presidential favourite
:07:11. > :07:11.Emmanuel Macron's campaign by computer hackers.
:07:12. > :07:13.They say anyone who shares the contents could face
:07:14. > :07:18.It comes ahead of tomorrow's presidential run-off vote which pits
:07:19. > :07:21.Mr Macron against the far-right candidate, Marie Le Pen.
:07:22. > :07:25.Our Europe Correspondent James Reynolds reports.
:07:26. > :07:29.Emmanuel Macron arrived last night for his final interview,
:07:30. > :07:36.assuming that his campaign was basically done.
:07:37. > :07:38.But whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team
:07:39. > :07:48.Coming at the last hour, his team said, this intervention
:07:49. > :07:52.is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the USA
:07:53. > :08:04.In the past, Emmanuel Macron has suggested that Russian-backed
:08:05. > :08:09.But one cyber expert says that this hack looks different.
:08:10. > :08:11.It is very low level for the Russians, compared
:08:12. > :08:17.to what they have done in the United States,
:08:18. > :08:20.which was really a highly creative and high end information war mixed
:08:21. > :08:27.What we're witnessing right now with Macron is very low
:08:28. > :08:31.But many French people, here braving the Saturday drizzle,
:08:32. > :08:35.On this, the day before the vote, the French media
:08:36. > :08:38.is banned from doing any in-depth political reporting.
:08:39. > :08:44.A last-minute hack is dramatic, showing Emmanuel Macron has capable
:08:45. > :08:48.enemies but it may not change the course of this election.
:08:49. > :08:55.Many French people have already decided which way they'll vote.
:08:56. > :08:59.And some have already cast their ballots.
:09:00. > :09:02.These French citizens in Canada have made an early start.
:09:03. > :09:05.47 million voters here in France will soon follow.
:09:06. > :09:22.At least 82 girls who were among more than 200 kidnapped by Islamist
:09:23. > :09:25.militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria three years ago have been released.
:09:26. > :09:29.The girls were taken from a secondary school in Chibok -
:09:30. > :09:37.a remote area in the north of the country.
:09:38. > :09:40.An official told the BBC that the girls are now
:09:41. > :09:44.Prince Edward has been speaking about his father's decision to stand
:09:45. > :09:46.down from royal duties later this year.
:09:47. > :09:48.He said he was sure Prince Philip wouldn't disappear
:09:49. > :09:49.into the background, as our royal correspondent,
:09:50. > :09:53.Prince Philip, as we soon won't be seeing him, in public,
:09:54. > :09:57.From the autumn, the soon to be 96-year-old will be giving
:09:58. > :10:00.Retirement beckons but Prince Edward insists his
:10:01. > :10:05.I don't believe that he is going to be putting his feet up completely
:10:06. > :10:09.and disappearing into the background and never being seen again.
:10:10. > :10:13.I still think, he'll pick and choose what he wants to do and how he'll do
:10:14. > :10:16.it and what's sensible and what's practical.
:10:17. > :10:19.As I said, I don't think we'll see him completely disappear
:10:20. > :10:22.but he's making it absolutely clear to organisations, please don't come
:10:23. > :10:25.round asking me to do things and expect me to say yes,
:10:26. > :10:31.Hopefully he can enjoy more of what he enjoys doing.
:10:32. > :10:34.This is an ancient institution adjusting to the fact that one
:10:35. > :10:40.of its key players will be on display a lot less.
:10:41. > :10:42.Out and about, the Queen relies on her husband.
:10:43. > :10:45.Others will have to step up to the mark.
:10:46. > :10:48.It is always a team effort and that's what we do.
:10:49. > :10:53.If an actor retires from a show, guess what, the show goes on,
:10:54. > :10:56.everybody shuffles around and we fill in the spaces
:10:57. > :11:04.It doesn't require any massive reorganisation, that's what we do,
:11:05. > :11:14.Here, Prince William was on hand, a grandson helping his grandmother,
:11:15. > :11:17.the Queen, as she met her guest, Aung San Suu Kyi,
:11:18. > :11:29.With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
:11:30. > :11:36.Wasps have finished top of rugby union's Premiership table
:11:37. > :11:40.Victory against Saracens secured first place in the regular season
:11:41. > :11:42.just ahead of Exeter, while Leicester are also
:11:43. > :11:48.Eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still
:11:49. > :11:51.on to find first place in the English Premiership, as well
:11:52. > :11:55.Wasps and an understrength Saracens had a chance of both.
:11:56. > :11:57.Fitting that they played each other, then.
:11:58. > :12:00.Even more fitting that Christian Wade scored for Wasps,
:12:01. > :12:02.his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record.
:12:03. > :12:05.It helped the home side dominate the second half.
:12:06. > :12:11.Their only Lion, Elliot Daly, will hope to feast against
:12:12. > :12:15.the All Blacks next month, and he got in some practice
:12:16. > :12:18.here before his team-mate, Thomas Young, son of the coach Dai,
:12:19. > :12:20.rounded off the win with his hat-trick.
:12:21. > :12:23.Wasps top, Saracens third, and in between them are Exeter.
:12:24. > :12:26.They beat Gloucester to secure second for the second successive
:12:27. > :12:28.season, while the fourth and final play-off spot went
:12:29. > :12:36.23 points from departing fly-half Freddie Burns got them over
:12:37. > :12:37.the line at Worcester, but the celebrations
:12:38. > :12:42.It is the play-offs next, and the search for England's
:12:43. > :12:49.That's how the regular season finished.
:12:50. > :12:51.Wasps will face Leicester in their play-off in a fortnight.
:12:52. > :12:58.The Pro 12 regular season has also come to a close.
:12:59. > :13:04.Scarlets' biggest win against Ospreys, 40-17,
:13:05. > :13:06.sees them finish third, and they'll face Leinster in the play-offs.
:13:07. > :13:08.Ospreys still finished fourth and will play
:13:09. > :13:18.Some other rugby union news this evening, England's Ben Youngs has
:13:19. > :13:21.withdrawn from the British and Irish Lions squad tour
:13:22. > :13:24.to New Zealand next month after the wife of his brother
:13:25. > :13:26.and team-mate Tom was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
:13:27. > :13:29.Scotland's Greg Laidlaw has been called up.
:13:30. > :13:32.Match of the Day follows the news, but if you want today's
:13:33. > :13:34.Premier League results now, here they come.
:13:35. > :13:37.Swansea have moved out of the relegation zone after a 1-0
:13:38. > :13:41.They have two more games left to play.
:13:42. > :13:43.Elsewhere, there were draws at Bournemouth and Burnley.
:13:44. > :13:45.Hull have dropped into the relegation zone
:13:46. > :13:50.Champions Leicester can't go down after beating Watford 3-0,
:13:51. > :13:58.The bottom club in the Scottish Premiership,
:13:59. > :14:02.Inverness Caledonian Thistle, could have been relegated today,
:14:03. > :14:05.but beat Hamilton 2-1 to keep alive their hopes of staying up
:14:06. > :14:07.There were also wins for Champions Celtic,
:14:08. > :14:18.The England rugby league team have won their final match before
:14:19. > :14:22.They were facing Samoa in Sydney and scored five tries.
:14:23. > :14:25.They'll return to Australia for the tournament that
:14:26. > :14:32.The first Classic race of the Flat season, the 2000 Guineas,
:14:33. > :14:33.was won by the favourite, Churchill.
:14:34. > :14:36.It's a record eighth victory in the race for the Irish
:14:37. > :14:40.Dream Castle and Eminent, sons of the legendary Frankel,
:14:41. > :14:45.the Guineas winner in 2011, were fifth and sixth.
:14:46. > :14:55.The teenage racing driver who lost both legs in a horrific crash says
:14:56. > :14:57.he's "lost for words" after well wishers raised hundreds
:14:58. > :15:02.Billy Monger was racing in the Formula 4 championship last
:15:03. > :15:04.month when he was involved in a high speed collision.
:15:05. > :15:11.One of the rising stars of British motorsport.
:15:12. > :15:14.He was supposed to be racing this weekend.
:15:15. > :15:18.Instead, he's reading messages from driving legends
:15:19. > :15:21.like Lewis Hamilton and Niki Lauda after the injuries
:15:22. > :15:28.And as I turn over, there'd be signatures
:15:29. > :15:37.I was lost for words, and I still am now.
:15:38. > :15:40.Three weeks ago he was racing at Donington Park at 120 miles
:15:41. > :15:42.an hour when he struck a stationary car.
:15:43. > :15:47.He was airlifted to the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham,
:15:48. > :15:50.where they carried out partial amputations of both legs.
:15:51. > :15:53.Today he was preparing to go home, grateful to the staff
:15:54. > :16:00.Without them I wouldn't be here today, so a massive thanks
:16:01. > :16:04.to every single one of the staff that have helped me.
:16:05. > :16:07.It's going to be emotional, saying goodbye to them all.
:16:08. > :16:10.Billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return
:16:11. > :16:18.His team has already helped raise more than ?800,000
:16:19. > :16:21.towards his recovery and those who will be racing at Thruxton this
:16:22. > :16:23.weekend are ensuring that although he won't be there,
:16:24. > :16:27.his nickname will at least still feature on the grid.
:16:28. > :16:30.It just shows you that when a tragic event like this happens,
:16:31. > :16:38.I definitely want to take the positives out of this and make
:16:39. > :16:42.sure that I use it in a positive way for the rest of my life now.
:16:43. > :16:44.I've still got a few years left in me, for sure.
:16:45. > :17:13.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:17:14. > :17:14.So near and yet so far away. We had some rain