25/04/2017 BBC News at Six

Tonight at Six - Theresa May takes the Tory campaign to Wales.

Challenging Labour in its heartland - the Prime Minister says she wants

We want to get votes and support here in Wales because that will

strengthen my hand in the Brexit negotiations.

Also tonight - Labour spells out its approach on Brexit.

It says Labour would work harder to stay in the Eu's

It says Labour would work harder to stay in the EU's

trading system and attacks the government's approach.

If Theresa May gets another five years in power,

shall take it as a green light to sideline parliament,

ignore opposition and drive through a reckless Tory Brexit.

Ivanka Trump takes centre stage with some of the world's

Nearly ten years on since Madeleine disappeared, Kate McCann says

the family will never give up their search.

Who needs a doctor's diagnosis when there's

a mobile app to do the job - the future

And coming up in the sport on BBC News.

As Anthony Joshua prepares for the biggest night of his life.

He tells the BBC he's a "man of the people" And still

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Theresa May says she wants a mandate from every part

of the UK when she goes into Brexit negotiations.

The Prime Minister was speaking in South Wales, taking the Tory

campaign into what has traditionally been a Labour heartland.

And despite substantial leads for the Tories in recent polls

she warned party workers against being complacent.

From Bridgend, here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg

on a Conservative Party determined to turn the electoral map blue.

If the Tories want headlines about a new iron Lady... They are not very

subtle about it. Theresa May came to inspect this factory in Newport.

Must be doing something right, she joked. She needs to to achieve a big

if, to turn Wales into Tory territory. It is audacious to pop up

in Labour land at the start. She was only with activists and friends, but

her appeal is to you. Give me a mandate to lead Britain. Give me a

mandate to speak for Britain. Give me a mandate to fight for Britain

and give me a mandate to deliver for Britain. She would not be drawn

again on whether she will raise or lower taxes. How far are you willing

to grow to grab seats in parts of the country, that until now have

been a Labour heartlands? I will be out and about in all sorts of areas,

all part of the country, taking this message, vote for me and the local

Conservative candidate is a vote to strengthen our hand in the Brexit

negotiations. Really? From coast to coast taking places like Porthcawl

would be taking a lifelong Labour voters like this couple, who have

almost decided to do it. Would be the first time ever because the

valleys is a Labour stronghold. I am on the border, but I voted for out

in the referendum. I don't know whether to vote Labour or

Conservative this time. My father would spin in his grave. I am a

typical Labour voter, but whether I will be voting Labour this year,

because I have no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. But then again I

don't think I will be voting for Conservative. I have put the same

effort into the way I voted last time. I voted Labour last time. What

about Father and son? He has been Labour all his life. I think he has

swung to Theresa May now. Definitely. Jeremy Corbyn, goodbye.

Here, Labour is in charge in Cardiff, but even their leader

admits Jeremy Corbyn has some way to go. To prove himself as a leader and

to prove to be a candidate as Prime Minister. We have some weeks to go

before the poll itself, but that is the challenge. Even from the start

of their campaign, plied Cymru will not hesitate to stir up old

memories. If people are considering Conservative, remember the past. The

Tories have not been a friend to Wales. We are not rolling over for

any Tory to take our seats, we will be out in force. It is early days,

but any day out on the campaign trail is precious. Leaders turn up

two places where they think they are in the game. With possible gains in

Wales and Scotland, Theresa May is not just contemplating a Tory

majority, but hoping to make true her claim, there are no Torino go

areas. Brexit might have redraw the map, but she wants to colour it

blue. Yet, as she swept away, it won't be easy. Here are anywhere

else, the Tories can be sure they will always be welcome.

So Theresa May says this election is about giving her a clear mandate

For Labour, accused of sending confusing signals on Brexit,

today was a chance to clarify its position.

The Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer said Labour accepted that

free movement of people could not continue, but suggested EU nationals

could still be allowed in if they had

He also said Labour would work harder to stay within the EU's

And Labour has pledged to unilaterally protect the legal

rights of EU nationals already living in the UK.

Our Deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

This is where the election is being decided, not in political meetings,

but on the streets, in the homes and in the heads of voters. We are

choosing a pack for Britain after Brexit and on this nation dividing

issue, Labour is taking a gamble that will win some voters and maybe

lose others. Here in Barking, a lot of places where people voted Labour

and then chose to leave the EU. Today, Labour is out to show it is

more pro-Europe, more open to compromise than Theresa May's Tories

from the start. EU nationals here would keep their rights. On day one

of a Labour government, we will immediately guarantee that all EU

nationals currently living in the UK will see no change in their legal

status as a result of Brexit. Day one, big commitment. After Brexit,

all rights of free movement across the UK border had to change, but

then more clarity on Labour policy. Get a job offer, you are free to

come in. Freedom of movement will have to go, so therefore it has to

change but we need immigration that works for the communities and the

economy. That means there has to be movement of people to come and work

in this country. How that is managed, will have to be resolved

but the last thing we want is for businesses to go bankrupt. Then he

poured cold water on the dream to conquer markets beyond Europe. I

think it is worth keeping the customs union option on the table

and see where we are in two years, but we have to focus on the EU trade

agreement, because that is 44% of our trade. Not hypothetical

free-trade deals elsewhere in the world? The idea of hypothetical

free-trade deals in 2019 compensating for losing the EU is

something nobody is contemplating. Until now, Labour and the Tories

have been sounding more alike over Brexit than either side would admit.

Now Labour is showing more of its pro-European colours and the party

needs to motivate its activists and loyal supporters. But around here

and places like this, it is a gamble. For many people, this is a

gut issue. There is enough people in this small island, otherwise it will

be like a ship, we will sink. No need to let the Europeans in to do

that job? No, no need. I agree. No British can get a job, all the

foreigners and other people coming in, they are taking them. Labour

says if you are European and you have a job, they are welcome. As

long as they have a job to come to and it is documented and it is not

just sort of, slipping in, then yes, no problem with that. But now it is

about which side can convince the voters. What do others make of

Labour policy? Not much. This is the first time we have heard

this clarity of free movement. Unfortunately for Jeremy Corbyn and

Keir Starmer, many on the Labour front bench don't agree with them.

He's trying to put a united front on a party which is split down the

middle on this issue. It amounts to something too little, too late and

model. I am still not clear whether the Labour Party believes we should

be in or out of the single market. They say they don't agree with the

government's negotiating strategy but they voted for it. Labour has

failed to sell a clear policy line, but now it is campaign time and get

people to like what is on offer. Assuming they can get the voters'

attention. And you can find out more

on where all the parties stand on the Brexit negotiations

on our website. The Liberal Democrat leader,

Tim Farron, has said he does not think gay sex is a sin,

having declined to answer the question on several occasions

during the election campaign. In an interview with BBC News,

Mr Farron, who's a Christian, acknowledged that the matter had

become an issue for him. Mr Farron was speaking

to our political correspondent, I think it's fair to say I've

answered the question. It's a subject he's been

asked about again... You won't say whether you think

having gay sex is a sin... Does the honourable member think

that being gay is a sin? You said, homosexuality

is not a sin. They said that you didn't

answer when they asked While he said being gay was fine,

until today, the Lib Dem leader, a committed Christian,

has refused to answer this question. I take the view that,

as a political leader, though, my job is not to pontificate

on theological matters. This had become a talking

point, an issue. In that case, if people have kind

of got the wrong opinion of what I think about these issues,

then that's something It's taken him almost two

years, since becoming the leader of the Lib Dems,

to clarify his position. But the pressure has increased

since the election was called. So, what's changed in the last 48

hours that you are now able to say that you don't think gay sex

is a sin, yet for the last two years you have very blatantly

swerved the question? Well, I'm quite careful how

I talk about my faith. So you were either

misleading people before, So the answer to that is that

I was asked a question early on, and I didn't want to get into a sort

of series of questions unpicking Isn't it just that it

is your Christian belief, What I want is to make sure

that we deal with something It's a sense of understanding that,

you know, the questions I don't think people want

a political party leaders telling Mr Farron insisted the Lib Dems have

undoubtedly the best record on gay But it's clear the issue

and the questions around it have troubled him personally,

and politically, too. Eleanor Garnier, BBC

News, Westminster. The confectionary giant Nestle

is planning to cut up to 300 jobs and move production of the Blue

Riband chocolate biscuit to Poland. The proposed job losses will mainly

affect the company's sites Nestle, which employs

8,000 people in the UK, said it hoped to achieve the cuts

through voluntary redundancies. President Trump's daughter, Ivanka,

has defended his record on women's rights during a G20

summit in Berlin. Appearing alongside

the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, she said her father had always

encouraged her and demonstrated his belief in the potential of women

through his employment practices. From Berlin, Jenny Hill

sent this report. Taking her place among the world's

most powerful women. The First Daughter, rubbing

shoulders with a Chancellor, Though, almost immediately,

Ivanka Trump found herself He's been a tremendous champion

of supporting families, Donald Trump's special

adviser persisted. As a daughter, I can speak

on a very personal level, knowing that he encouraged me

and enabled me to thrive. I grew up in a house

where there was no barriers And the First Daughter has gone

on to make powerful friends. She's accompanied her father

to talks with the leaders Her first solo overseas trip

was at the direct invitation ...empowering women

and charming one in particular. Berlin wants, needs, stronger ties

to the Trump administration. TRANSLATION: It's the strategy

of dialogue, that's You can reach Trump

through his daughter. Every woman should do things

by her own, by her own status and by her own positions,

and not because of her What you're seeing here may well

mark a profound shift in the way that Germany,

Europe, does business Ivanka Trump wields significant

influence with her father. The relationship that Angela Merkel

and other leaders strike with the First Daughter will be

closely scrutinised on both Expect to see more of the First

Daughter on the international stage. In the age of Trump,

it seems, family comes first. Theresa May takes the Tory campaign

to Wales, challenging British boxer Anthony Joshua

prepares for Saturday's We'll have the Challenge Cup

sixth round draw live. As well as Huddersfield's conquerors

Swinton, Featherstone, Dewsbury It's the technological

issue of our time - the rise of artificial intelligence

and the extraordinary rate of progress in the way

machines can learn. The latest example is an app that

will be better at medical diagnosis than a human doctor,

at least that's what Too good to be true or another

worrying step towards a world Our technology correspondent,

Rory Cellan Jones, Seeing a patient. This consultation

is happening inside a technology company with an ambitious mission.

Babylon is building a computer program which should be able to

diagnose your problem at least as well as your GP. Could you specify

the regions where you have pain. The computer has been given the same

information as the doctor and reaches the same conclusion. It's

quite likely you may be suffering from something called potentially

gallstones. OK. My tummy hurts. I'm sorry you're feeling unwell. There

is a long way to go. There should be a smartphone app that you could talk

to. You will have one personal doctor who will sit-in your pocket

and monitors all your time. He can talk to you and diagnose you and see

and predict your future. Where is the pain in your stomach. This

combines medicine with the latest trends in computer science. Babylon

is using something called machine learning where a computer is given

vast amounts of data and teaches itself a task. The same technique is

being used here to recognise what I'm saying. Mostly accurately.

We're already seeing machine learning popping up

Machine learning is all about giving lots and lots of data to a computer

and then the computer learns from that data to be able to do

So there's really a whole range of areas where we have more

and more access to data, so that could be in the medical

field, it could be in education, it could be for solving societal

It's what gives you personalised recommendations on shopping sites.

It helped a computer beat a champion player

of a complex Chinese game, Go, and machine learning is powering

the software behind driveless cars, but there are concerns about these

machines removing the human touch from many areas

I don't feel like it's going to put me out of a job.

I think it's going to work really nicely alongside of GPs.

For me, I love seeing patients, I love being able to listen

to patients' complaints and to be able to come up with, you know,

Computers can learn much faster and much more than we can.

But let's face it, they're never going to have much

The French President has called for unity in what he said would be

a long and difficult fight against terrorism.

Francois Hollande made the remarks at a ceremony to honour

the policeman shot dead in Paris last week.

Xavier Jugele, who was 37, was killed when a gunman opened fire

Facebook has been criticised after a Thai man live streamed video

of himself killing his daughter and then taking his own life.

Facebook says it was an "appalling" incident and has

It comes after a man in the US murdered someone

The parents of Madeleine McCann say they will never give up searching

for their missing child and described the tenth anniversary

of her disappearance, next week, as a "a horrible marker

Madeleine vanished while on holiday in Portugal with her parents

Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds, is outside

Tom, what has Kate McCann been saying? Well, Kate and Gerry McCann

put out a statement in the last 24-hours ahead of this tenth

anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance. They have said, as

you say, it will be a stressful time for them not least because of the

publicity that will come along as a result of this anniversary.

Publicity they have been concerned about misinformation and down right

lies they say about this case that have been publicised in the past.

They have said however that they welcome what they call the warmth,

encouragement and positivity they've experienced from the quiet majority

of their supporters over the last ten years. They say kind, decent

people have helped them along the way. This remains a missing persons

inquiry because the police have no definitive evidence that Madeleine

McCann is dead. She would be a teenager by this point. Their

investigation continues. Once it consumed the time of 30 officers,

now they are down to four officers and they continue to follow leads.

We're expecting the Metropolitan Police to say a little more about

their work later tonight. Really, this has been an extraordinary case.

Obviously, deeply disturbing. Overly and heavily reported in the past

and, of course, stubbornly unsolved to this date. George. Tom, thank you

very much. Sir Elton John has cancelled

a series of shows in America after falling ill with what's been

described as a potentially deadly Sir Elton, who's 70,

spent two nights in intensive care after contracting the illness

while on tour in Chile He's now recovering

at home in Britain. Police in Richmond,

in south-west London, have confirmed that the actor,

Tom Hardy, helped them apprehend a teenager suspected

of crashing a stolen moped. Eyewitnesses described how

the 39-year-old star of action movies became involved

in a Hollywood-style chase after the moped passed

through a red light and collided It'll be one of the biggest boxing

bouts in recent times, at stake On Saturday, 90,000 spectators

will see Britain's Anthony Joshua, who won Super Heavyweight Gold

at the 2012 London Olympics, take on Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko

at Wembley Stadium. Our sports editor, Dan Roan,

has been watching Anthony There's some flash

photography in his report. Final preparations for

the fight of his life. Regarded as the man heavyweight

box's been crying out for, Anthony Joshua is on the verge

of becoming the sports biggest star. And, having granted us access

to his training camp... ..he told me just what it takes

to become a champion. You know, I've dislocated shoulders

and stuff in the gym, The coach's try to reveal your

potential and then it becomes a bit of an ordeal because they start

pushing you to places that Especially with the type

of fight we're in as well. Joshua has come a long way

in a short space of time. London 2012 Olympic champion,

since turning professional he's unbeaten and now stands to earn

in excess of ?10 million I'm in the same flat that I've

been in since in 2011. Where we grew up, everyone

was about making money, when we were young,

but it was about being low-key. Probably didn't want

to get your house burgled, But life hasn't always

been trouble-free. Joshua's brushes with the law

as a teenager, growing up in a tough part of London,

are portrayed in a new advertising campaign which charts

his rise to the top. What people can relate to is life,

journeys and what people go through. Everyone goes through different

struggles, so I'm just showing mine and it can connect to a certain

group of people and it This is the kind of preparation

and dedication that's taken Anthony Joshua to the brink

of sporting superstardom and he knows that if he can now win

the biggest fight of his career, he'll go to a whole

new level altogether. High in the Austrian mountains,

the man who stands in Joshua's way For a decade, 41-year-old Ukrainian,

Wladimir Klitschko, dominated the heavyweight division,

but after losing his last fight says Now I have a chance against young

man, very ambitious, very athletic and a newcomer,

a new star in boxing The respectful build-up

to this fight contrasts starkly with the antics,

the trash talk and the brawls that have frequently brought

boxing into disrepute. It's needed now and again,

but it's got to be real because I don't take boxing

as an act. This isn't like an act for me,

this is a way of expressing myself Joshua's wasted little time

in his road to the top. Too good to be true,

we're about to find out. The Olympic cycling champions Jason

and Laura Kenny have been to Buckingham Palace

to receive their CBEs. Jason's won six Olympic titles

while Laura's won four. They've both been named

in the latest Great Britain cycling squad in preparation

for the Toyko Olympics in 2020. Earlier this year, Laura Kenny

announced she was pregnant Time for a look at the weather,

here's Jay Wynne. Thank you. Good evening a mix bag

through the day today. There was sunshine to be had, but sharp

showers, and thunder, some rain, sleet and significant snow in the

highlands of Scotland. It's lying on the ground there. Some of us started

on a bright note, it was chilly. Shower clouds developed and have

been spreading south through the day on that cold northerly wind. Another

cold night ahead of us. There will be a frost, once again. We are not

done with the wintry showers just yet. There will be showers to much

of England and Wales in particular, one or two for Scotland and Northern

Ireland. They will fade away from western areas. The winds will be

lighter, too. That is where the lowest temperatures will be, there

will be wide spread frost in rural areas and just above freezing in the

towns and cities. Bright start for the south-west of England and Wales

too, most places will be dry with sunshine. More cloud for the

Midlands, eastern England and early showers to eastern coasts. Much of

northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland starts with sunshine.

It will be cold and frosty. Showers to the north and west of Scotland,

rain through the morning. The main focus for showers will be central

and eastern parts of England tomorrow. They will be heavy and

thundery. Further west the showers are fewer and further between. Dry

with sunny spells. 11-12 degrees for England and Wales, single digits for

Scotland and Northern Ireland. Tomorrow evening, the showers will

slowly fade way from England and Wales. It will pick up more cloud

and rain to Scotland and Northern Ireland. That will be a feature of

things on Thursday. Temperatures on Thursday up by a degree or so for

England and Wales, two or three degrees for Scotland and Northern

Ireland. George. Thank you very much.

Theresa May has taken to Tory campaign to Wales,

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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