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Police name the businessman shot dead during a burglary at his home.

At least two suspects are wanted by police.

61-year-old Guy Hedger was killed at his home in Dorset.

Social media companies are accused of a disgraceful

failure to tackle illegal and extemist material online.

A last week of campaigning in the French Presidential election

in the countdown to Sunday's crucial round of voting.

And cuts to bus services in England and Wales,

we talk to those those who depend on subsidised routes.

Dorset Police say they are hunting at least two suspects

after a businessman was shot dead by suspected burglars

61-year-old Guy Hedger was fatally wounded at his home

Let's go live there now to our correspondent Duncan Kennedy.

What is the latest? Well, his house is down this road behind me and it

has been is seen if you delete activity all morning. We are not

allowed near because forensic teams have been here, nearly two dozen

police officers turned up as what is now a huge investigation. Mr Hedger

was shot by injury does in the early hours of yesterday morning. Police

say, they do not know exactly what what happened, he was shot where he

later died from his injuries. They are looking for anyone who might

have been a witness or heard or seen anything, they are appealing for

witnesses but they do not yet know exactly what has happened here. They

are carrying out a police investigation at the house and there

will be a press conference from Dorset Police raid on this

afternoon. We know he was in the house with at least one other person

believed to be his partner, that partner is believed to be deeply

affected by what happened although they were uninjured. They think

their were two intruders involved in the incident, at least one of them

carrying a firearm, the police are looking for the firearm is part of

the investigation. They are not yet clear about the motivation. This is

a highly exclusive area, just on the outskirts of Bournemouth where most

of the houses are detached, they have high hedges and electronic

gates, it is an affluent area, and it is possible but it was motivated

by burglary but police are not confirming that. We have had in the

last few minutes a statement from Mr Hedger's employers, he worked for an

educational trust which runs schools in the area. In its statement it

said that it is shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of Guy

Hedger. It goes on to say, he was one of the founding directors of the

trust, when it was formed in 2012, he became a director and he will be

deeply missed by all those who worked with him. So early stages of

the investigation. Many officers are now arriving at the scene, they are

expected to be hit the rest of today. -- day are expected to be

here on the rest of the day. Three women have been arrested

on suspicion of terror offences The arrests are being linked

to the counter-terrorism operation that saw a woman shot and injured

in Willesden in north A total of ten people

have now been arrested in connection with what's known

as the Harlesden Road Social media companies have been

accused of a "disgraceful" failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist

propaganda and hate speech online. The Commons Home Affairs Select

Committee says the firms are putting more effort

into protecting their profits Google, Facebook and Twitter

have previously defended According to the MPs' report,

illegal content, including sexualised images of children, had

not been removed quickly enough from the website of social media

companies. Despite repeated requests for this to be done. The home

affairs committee had taken evidence from Facebook, Twitter and Google,

which owns YouTube. The companies have billions of users around the

world. MPs have now lost patience. I think the richest and biggest

companies in the world have both the ability and the responsibility to

make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. I

do not think they are taking this seriously enough, and I think they

need to. The MPs suggest fines, potentially millions of pounds, the

companies which do not remove posts enough. They are also proposing that

companies pay for police to investigate online material

suspected of being illegal. But is it really possible to quickly spot

extremist material, like this jihadist recruitment video, amid the

millions of posts being put up on social media sites every day? There

is certainly more that companies can do and they themselves have

acknowledged that. They could be improving takedown times, partnering

with each other to flag content across platforms, but we should also

be careful. The way that systems and platforms work is that they have a

limited liability for the content on there. Much like the post of this

cannot steam open every single envelope to see if criminals are

sending messages to each other. So at the moment social media company

is our reliant on their users reporting what they consider to be

illegal material. And for the MPs that wrote the report today, they

are not accepting that and they expect the tech giants to do much

more. Downing Street says it doesn't

recognise an account published in a German newspaper

of a supposedly fractious dinner between the Prime Minister and

the European Commission President, The newspaper reported

there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be

reached over the rights of British and EU citizens and how

much the UK owed the EU. Number Ten described it

as a constructive meeting. Our political correspondent

Leila Nathoo reports. No love lost between the Prime

Minister and the European Commission's President Jean

Claude-Juncker last week. A chance to get together in private before

the 27th EU states agreed that Brexit glaciations position. But

behind the door, how did the meeting go? The influential German newspaper

has published an account of the dinner from anonymous sources at the

European Commission. The report paints a picture of a difficult

encounter, with the two at odds over Britain's EU divorce Bill and help

the future relation ship will play out. Jean-Claude Juncker apparently

left, saying he was ten times more sceptical than he was when he

arrived. In a statement, Downing Street said...

On the election campaign Trail, Brexit is the backdrop. And the

Liberal Democrats wants to play a role. The revelations overnight show

Theresa May being in the astonishing arrogance and complacency, that she

feels that somehow the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no

cooperation of police and security, that is somehow acceptable to

families up and down this country. Never mind how we voted last June,

that is for every individual, but for the country, we deserved a good

deal. Labour says Theresa May has underestimated the Quebec city of

the talks and her bridge is putting the economy at -- the complexity of

the talks and her approach is putting the economy at risk. You

start at the basis that you want to reach an agreement, and that you

have shared interests and values. Have a very important trading

relationship with Europe. If you start on that basis and show respect

you are more likely to get a good deal. If you start with a megaphone

and calling people silly names, it is not a great start to anything.

Meanwhile, the SNP accused the Tories of chaotic leadership over

Brexit. The remaining 27 EU states are uniting to make sure Brexit

works for them. But Theresa May says she still confident she can get the

best deal for Britain. Labour has promised a consumer

rights revolution for renters in England if it wins the general

election, with the introduction of new legal standards

for rented homes. The proposals include

requirements for safe wiring and appliances,

freedom from damp and The Conservatives say the plans

could increase people's rent. The two remaining candidates in the

French presidency are holding rallies ahead of the election at the

weekend. Emanuel Macron, the centrist, has a strong poll lead

over Marine Le Pen. Less than a week to make up a gap in

the polls and Marine Le Pen is looking to consolidate supporters in

her key workers, working men and women who find themselves victims of

globalisation, the EU and the world of finance. TRANSLATION: I will

protect businesses by making them less vulnerable to globalisation and

I will protect jobs and stop them from moving abroad. Across town,

another May Rally. This one pulled together Marine Le Pen's opponents

in the left-wing trade unions. The unions here are calling on people to

out and vote for Marine Le Pen's rival, Emanuel Macron, to keep

Marine Le Pen out. But the question is, how many working-class voters

are interested in that message because for many people who vote

left traditionally in France, Emanuel Macron is just as bad or

worse than Marine Le Pen. I am here to say to all of my compatriots,

vote Macron, even if you do not like him very much. A former banker,

programmed location, Emanuel Macron knows he is not the natural choice

for working-class voters. But he acknowledged their concerns about

the EU. The dysfunctions of the European Union are no more

sustainable. So I do consider that my mandate the day after will be the

same for the European Union and our European party.

In this race, left-wing voters feel they have no runner. If they vote

Macron, for many, it will be with a heavy heart.

A committee of MPs says children's education and well being are harmed

by the use of annual tests to judge primary schools in England.

The Commons Education Select Committee says SATS tests can lead

to pupils being taught a narrower curriculum, and staff teaching

It said it caused a negative impact on teachers and pupils.

Even from a young age, children are well accustomed to being tested. But

MPs are worried the important being placed well nowadays in isolated

tests leads to a multitude of problems forced the results are used

to judge schools in annual performance tables which creates a

high-stakes environment damaging to pupils and teachers, according to

this report. These year six pupils are gearing up for their test. It is

a good school in a challenging area of London. The reality is chosen at

the age of ten and 11, will do an hour 's test which will show their

reading and writing the next four years. It is a very high-stakes our.

The report recommends scrapping the annual publication of tests in

favour of an three-year average that is rolling. Teachers unions say this

reinforces what they have been saying for years. One union

described the current system as toxic. We have been clear for a long

time that the current system is not fit for purpose. We are happy to see

this report acknowledging this. We have been working with the

government to try and bring about long-term improvements, there are

encouraging signs but still a long way to go yet. Ofsted is urged to

take the focus of tests and looked for a broad and balanced curriculum

in it expects and to prevent teaching to test. Ofsted says it

already considers a broad curriculum and will consider that government

report. This week millions of voters

in England will elect a new kind of politician -

the first-ever metro-mayors as power is devolved from Westminster

to some English regions. There are six areas

electing a metro-mayor, including the West Midlands,

from where our Home Editor Mark In a Baptist Church on the edge

of Birmingham, the pews are filling Nothing to do with the national

or the local campaigns, though. They're coming to scrutinise

candidates for something entirely Thank you to our candidates, who

must be all husting-ed out by now. Whoever gets the job will oversee

the lives of 3 million people and an economy worth ?120 billion,

inheriting powers currently Oversight of the region's transport,

housing and economic development. We gave each candidate ten

seconds to explain why We need to take back control

of the West Midlands from London. We've been run directly by London

politicians for 40 years, People here voted against having

a mayor, it's really clear from the campaign so far,

they don't want The reason we're having

one is the government says to have more money,

we have to have one. We need a West Midlands mayor

as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur,

to deliver a self-made place. That person's got to speak

up for us in London, And that person's also got to deal

with the issues that can only be To fight the cuts that we constantly

get from Westminster, and also to keep control and open up

the secret combined authority. We need plenty of extra democracy,

we need a new system, Birmingham's most famous mayor,

liberal Joseph Chamberlain, ran the city at the height

of its municipal greatness. He controlled the supply

of water, electricity, gas. He controlled the police service

and the fire service, and for some, the new metro-mayor is a welcome

return of power As well as Birmingham,

the mayor's constituency includes Coventry and Walsall,

Dudley and Sandwell, So what do the passengers

on the Wolverhampton tram think? The worry is that the smaller

conurbations around the West Midlands won't get as much

as everywhere else. As long as it's a fair crack

for everybody then, yeah, go for it. I think it's yet another layer

of very expensive bureaucracy, when in essence the country

is controlled by central government. I don't know anything

about it to be honest. Have you not been hearing

anything about it? I watch a lot of reality

programmes, I've not Watched over by Chamberlain's ghost,

the regeneration of Birmingham's city centre symbolises

what a metro-mayor should Get it right, and more

control may be granted. Get it wrong, and the most radical

devolution of English power Mark Easton, BBC News,

the West Midlands. They might be vital for the economy,

carrying five billion people every year to shop,

work and study, yet bus services outside of London are in crisis,

according to campaigners. Councils across England and Wales

have cut their bus budgets by a third since 2010,

affecting thousands of routes. And it's the young,

the less well off and those living in small villages,

towns and the countryside Our Transport Correspondent

Richard Westcott reports. Time's running out

for many of our buses. They carry three times more people

than the trains but thousands of council-subsidised routes have

gone in recent years. This is the 267 late-night

service from Bath to Frome. It's one of the services

that is facing cuts across the country, and in fact come

September the funding for this service is going to

run out completely. Most of the passengers

on this bus are young, like Holly, who works

lates in a restaurant. And Josh, who goes

to college in Bath. They can't afford to drive,

catch the more expensive train It's a really, really big deal

because you just can't find the same opportunities in a small town

like Frome, so being able to travel daily and nightly back from Bath,

it's really important to me being able to earn enough money

to live independently. How much longer have

you got potentially going How are you going to get

there for the next three years? Bath and North East Somerset Council

says other authorities should help fund the service because

the passengers come First Bus has helped keep it

going for a few extra months, but in reality unless a campaign can

drum up more passengers, It's a story reflected across much

of England and Wales. Campaigners say nearly 3,000

council-subsidised routes have been 500 of them last year when two

thirds of local authorities First Group run a fifth

of the buses outside London, which is where these

cuts are happening. We want to carry more customers,

that's how we are successful, is how the communities

we serve are successful. When we are criticised for bus cuts

or whatever, we do take it hard. We only ever withdraw a service

as a very last resort and of course very often at the moment

a service is being withdrawn because of reductions

in local authority funding. Councils say years of cuts

in government funding have forced A new Buses Bill will soon give them

more powers to improve services, but back on the 267,

passengers know that once their bus disappears, it almost

never comes back. A new photograph of Princess

Charlotte has been released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

to mark her second The picture of the toddler

was taken earlier this month by her mother at their home

on the Sandringham The royal couple said they're

delighted to share the photo to We are back with the evening

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