30/05/2017 Breakfast

Hello this is Breakfast with Dan Walker in Llandudno in North Wales.

We are nine days away from the general election so we decided it

was a good idea to bring breakfast to North Wales and the beach. We are

live in Llandudno this morning. We are on the road! Good morning, I'm

here with the BBC Breakfast butte van. I'll be talking to businesses

and workers about what will get their vote. I'm at the magnificent

castle here in Wales. We'll hear how it will be punching above its weight

when it comes to the results in this general election.

I'm Louise Minchin, the main headlines this morning.

The female keeper killed by a tiger at a zoo in Cambridgeshire is named

Hundreds of people attend a vigil to mark a week since the Manchester

bombing; the city's Victoria Station has reopened this morning.

No head to head but Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May face a studio

In Sport, Huddersfield Town are in the Premier League.

They beat Reading in a dramatic penalty shoot out to win

Good morning. We are down here on the beach this morning. Incredibly

mild start to Tuesday, a few showers in the north and west. If you are on

half-term this week, I have some good news in the forecast. Join me

if you can. Thank you very much. It's an

improving tale in the weather. We are taking BBC Breakfast in this

last full week before the general election to Northern Ireland

tomorrow and to Scotland on Friday. We'll look at some of the issues in

those countries but also across the UK as well. A bit of a geography

lesson. If you go west, if you go that way you get Anglesey, east,

Conway and look at these hardy souls. Would you like to come to the

beach at six. They said yes. Good morning, everybody. Thank you very

much. We have given you a soaking wet table, your own BBC BBC

Breakfast umbrella, sea shells and hopefully a cup of tea. We'll speak

to these voters later on. We'll also be speaking to politicians later. In

terms of today's issues, we are looking at immigration, poverty and

Brexit. We'd love to know what you think the main issues are as well.

Particularly in light of what we saw last week in Manchester. Is security

high on the agenda for you now? What about social care? What about police

numbers? Whatever your concern is, we'd love you to get in touch with

us today. The usual e-mail address. You can find us on Twitter too and

on Facebook. Louise, hopefully, as Matt promised, we might throughout

the morning see a little Shard of sun come through in North Wales at

some point. But at the moment, I'm promising nothing.

BBC News has been told the name of the female zookeeper

in Cambridgeshire who was killed by a tiger yesterday.

Rosa King, who was 33, worked at Hamerton Park Zoo.

It will remain closed today while an investigation continues.

Mauled to death by one of the park's tigers. Police say the female zoo

keeper who has been named locally as Rosa King was killed inside the

animal enclosure. It's not known yet exactly what happened. Busy with

Bank Holiday visitors, several people posted photographs as the Air

Ambulance landed. Those in the park were led away, although some claimed

they were allowed back in for a short period before the park was

closed by zoo officials who later handed out a short statement which

said: This appears to have been a freak accident. At no point during

the incident did any animals escape their enclosures and at no point was

public safety affected in any way. Nine years ago, a cheetah escaped

through a broken electric fence, it was later recaptured nearby and

no-one was hurt. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and

full investigation's under way. The zoo says it will remain closed

today. Amy Cole, BBC News. We'll be speaking to our

correspondent Ben Ando He'll be live from

Hamerton Zoo at 7. In the last hour, Manchester

Victoria Station has reopened after it was damaged in last

week's bomb attack. Last night, at the exact

time of the bombing, Frankie McCamley is at Manchester

Victoria for us this morning. What is the very latest? Good

morning. Good morning. This is the station

that is joined to the arena and it was just between the two where the

bomb went off. Now, part of the station still does remain closed

because it has been severely damaged. We have seen the Transport

Secretary, Chris Grayling, and Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater

Manchester, walking around this morning. They've been meeting staff

as they've been arriving and of course some of the staff were the

first responders on the night of the attack they were here before any of

the police got here so I've just seen some of those arriving, seeing

the station again visibly upset. Last night, a vigil was held in the

centre of the city, a minutes' silence at 10. 303, the time when

the bomb went off, a time for people to contemplate. Police have released

another CCTV image of Salman Abedi carrying a blue suitcase which they

are trying to trace. They are saying to the public they don't believe

it's dangerous. This follows on from an arrest in Shoreham by sea

yesterday of a 23-year-old man on suspicion of terror offences which

takes the total number of arrests to 16.

With just over a week to go until the General Election,

Theresa May will today turn the focus of the Conservatives'

Jeremy Corbyn will campaign on the issue of childcare as Labour

seeks to turn the spotlight on public services.

Last night they both faced questions in a live television broadcast.

Our political correspondent Ben Wright was there.

This was the first time Theresa May and overminute had appeared at the

samesen yew in front of the same audience for a grilling in front of

the cameras since the election was called. The Labour Leader had wanted

to debate with the Prime Minister one-on-one, but the Tories refused.

Jeremy Corbyn was the first to face the audience, the order decided by

the toss of a coin. He was asked about his determination to deal with

terror threats. He was also asked about his approach to business. This

country is badly divided between the richest and the poorest. You put

corporate tax and tax at the top end down, the tuition gets greater. Are

you happy that so many of our children are going to school with

super sized classes? So many of our children are going to school hungry.

Next it was Theresa May's turn and she faced questions over the Tory's

social care policy. So why, Prime Minister, should we and my

generation vote for you? So what happens is, people are paying for

care, people are finding that they are having to sell their house, many

people are having to sell their house to pay those care bills and

many find that they're not able to leave money to their families. Now,

I want to take those risks away and that's what the proposals I've put

forward are about. It's about ensuring that nobody is going to

have to sell their house to pay for care in their lifetime. Afterwards,

it was clear neither leader had landed or suffered a killer blow.

The grilling has just ended and senior politicians from the

political parties are out giving their own slant on how it went. I

think team Corbyn and team May will both be pretty pleased. The two

people wanting to be Prime Minister after June 8th will have another

chance to make their case at a BBC Question Time special on Friday. Ben

Wright BBC News. The Scottish National Party will

launch its election manifesto today. It was originally planned for last

Tuesday, but was delayed due Our political correspondent

Steven Godden is in Perth for us this morning; Steven what's

likely to be in the manifesto? Good morning. You can see the

general pitch on the banners behind me. That is a vote for the SNP, a

vote for a strong voice for Scotland at Westminster. This manifesto is

key to their plans to maintain their dominance of the electoral map here

in Scotland, an outcome that they argue should bring with it influence

over key areas of policy like Brexit where Nicola Sturgeon wants a seat

at the negotiating table. Another key area, the prospect of a second

independence referendum this year, winning the vote here in Scotland

would not only give them the right to hold that but it would allow them

to deck Tate the timing. Another important area for them is an

anti-austerity plan, the SNP want to release ?118 billion over the course

of the Parliament, extra money to be spent on Public Services. As for

some other detail; pensions, they want to protect the triple lock and

they want to increase the minimum wage too the level of a real living

wage. The speech is at 11 and voters then have nine days to decide.

Later this morning we'll speak to the SNP's Deputy

Leader Angus Robertson, that's around 0740.

British Airways says it'll operate a full schedule at Heathrow

and Gatwick today for the first time since the computer failure

on Saturday disrupted flights around the world.

The airline says its IT systems are now back up and running

but significant numbers of passengers are still

without their luggage which could take some time

Tiger Woods has denied he'd been drinking when he was stopped

whilst driving his car in Florida yesterday morning.

Police charged him with being under the influence of alcohol

but the golfer's blamed an unexpected reaction to some

Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone

Scientists in the US say they've made a major advance in the fight

against infections that are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

Researchers have modified an existing medicine to create

what they call a magical new version, which is about

Antibiotic resistant infections are thought to cause around fifty

thousand deaths a year in America and Europe.

A soldier from Gloucester has equalled the all-time record

for the most cheeses won in the region's annual bank

Thousands of people turned out to see Chris Anderson win all three

men's downhill races at the event in the village of Brockworth.

He's vowed to return next year to break the record.

There are just nin days until the general election

so Breakfast is back on the road finding out what matters to voters.

Good morning. The mist is clearing. We are only 15 minutes into the

programme and it's getting better already. The breakfast butty van and

cameras are out all this week. We'll be in Northern Ireland tomorrow,

Scotland Friday and today we are looking at issues across Wales and

some of the things you will be voting on in nine days' time across

the UK. Welcome to Llandudno. It's the Queen of the resorts. Here are

some facts for you which I was picking up from people on social

media yesterday. Home to the longest pier, 700 metres, inspiration to

Alice in Wonderland. Home to one of the oldest Punch Judy shows in the

UK. Matt will be doing the weather from there later on if it shops

raining. And home to 21,000 people as well. Plenty to see around here.

We sent Steph up on the great orm for not only a history lesson, a

geography and politics lesson wrapped into one. Here is Professor

McGovern! Llandudno and the great cop ermine,

now a tourist attraction, the history of this mine goes back to

the Bronze Age. For thousands of years, copper, coal and iron mining

were the industries that helped shape this country. At its peak,

Wales controlled half of the world's copper production. The Labour Party

has dominated this heavily industrialised and unionised nation,

having won elections here for more than 70 years, but could that be

changing? Despite not winning any seats here in 1997 an 2001, the

Conservatives are now polling well in Wales. Above ground, the great

tramway has been chugging up the limestone head land of Llandudno for

over 100 years. Keeping the wheels of this tram turning is largely

thanks to a ?1 million injection of funding from the European Union. As

one of the poorest states in the EU, Wales qualifies for high levels of

funding from the European Union so by 2020, it will have received ?5

billion worth of it. Despite this, Wales decided to leave the European

Union in the referendum in June. A big employer here is the public

sector and the NHS in particular is steeped in Wales's past and present.

The largest workforce across Wales is in health and social work and it

was the Welshman Nye Bevan who founded the NHS. Wales has a strong,

proud national identity and it was here over 90 years ago that the

political party Plaid Cymru was formed. The aim was to preserve the

Welsh language. Unlike the growth of nationalism in countries like

Scotland where they've seen the popularity of SNP rise, it hasn't

quite worked out like that here. But... With the greats of Jim

Callaghan, David Lloyd-George, Michael Foot and Michael Howard ail

hailing from here, it's pretty clear that this country has a strong

political landscape. Let's talk a bit more about that. We

can see the Wales rugby team bashing a ball around. We are joined with

our first guest on the sofa from UK in a changing Europe. Wales is an

interesting example of how the debate rages around the build-up to

the general election because, there's more EU funding in Wales

than anywhere else in the UK yet Wales voted to leave. It's hard to

explain that really isn't it? It is hard to explain. Also remember that

60% of Welsh exports go to the EU so Wales is tightly bound into the EU

market. It's a picture you see across a lot of the country, people

voted partly out of frustration with what they saw as a politics that

wasn't working, as well as irritation with the EU. That's why

Wales, along with industrial parts of the UK, voted to leave. There are

quite a few signs up here saying, this was funded by the EU, so

tangibly you can see what influence what's had. Given that and that

frustration that maybe led to that vote, how do you think Brexit will

influence the general election voting next week? That is the

massive question. No-one knows for certain just whether we have a new

Brexit divide in our politics or not. It's worth noting Welsh

politics was changing before the referendum. 2010 and 2015, lots of

voters went to Ukip. The question now is whether some go back to

Labour or whether, as some expect, they slide over to the

Conservatives. We face the prospect of the Conservatives possibly

winning in Wales for the first time in a long time. Labour's won in

Wales since I think 1922 but the polls at the moment are all over the

place so it's very hard to predict. Theresa May will be speaking later

on and we'll see that the Conservatives are going to hammer

home the Brexit point from this point onwards. We have had the

manifestos now as well, you have had a good look through those. This has

been an accusation from some parts of the UK that there is a lack of

understanding about what devolved power will mean. You are nodding

vigorously, do you think that is the case, do parties not understand it

and maybe voters don't either? I don't know whether they understand

it or not. They haven't spelled out their visions in informs in any

detail. It makes devolution more messier. Power's come back in

environment, fisheries and agriculture. They don't necessarily

come back to London. There is a debate about whether they go to

Cardiff, Edinburgh or Belfast. The Conservative manifesto seems to see

the powers as coming back and sitting in Westminster. That's not

something the Government in Wales will agree with. You will be with us

throughout the programme. Since you sat on the sofa, the weather's

improved. No longer need for the massive umbrella. Let's head over to

Matt. Toss your ball away. The Irish Sea behind me is one of

Wales's largest windfarms there, the second largest in the world. We have

our own wind power here at the moment with a bit of a breeze. The

forecast for the rest of today across the UK; it's very mild.

Temperatures 16 or 17 in the south at present. Showers will move into

the north and west and things will gradually turn fresher. You can see

cloud moving away. That's yesterday's showers. It's the cloud

towards the west which is moving in across Northern Ireland. Outbreaks

of rain through this morning's rush hour. Showers in Wales, northern

England and also into parts of Scotland. Lots of low cloud at the

moment. To the south and east, that will break up. We'll see some

sunshine develop. We'll gradually see the showers across Scotland push

from west-to-east. Some will be on the thundery side before things

brighten in the west later on. It will feel warmer than it did

yesterday probably once the sun comes out. Showers on and off in

northern England. As the band of rain pushes south, there is lots of

cloud into the Midlands and Wales through the afternoon. Southern and

eastern parts will see sunny breaks, lifting temperatures to 22,

potentially more. Across the south-west we'll continue to see

further cloud pushing at times. Wales will brighten up to the north

and west with sunshine developing through the end of the evening into

the overnight period. Through tonight, showers will push south and

east fairly eratically. Not too many showers in the south. We'll see

clearer skies develop elsewhere across the UK and with that it will

be a rather chilly night in store. Certainly across the northern half

of the UK compared with what we have seen, temperatures will sink back

into single figures. Mist and low cloud lingering in southern

counties. Temperature also stay in the teens as we go into tomorrow

morning. Into tomorrow morning, we've got a bit of low cloud in

southern parts. That may take a while to shift. Some of it will

linger round. It will feel humid. But a fresher start to the day.

Cloud and breeze in Shetland but most will see lots of sunshine

develop. Long spells of sunshine across many parts of the UK. Big

improvement we have seen in the past few days. A bit fresher but with the

sunshine overhead, it will feel more pleasant. Rain into Northern Ireland

and western Scotland late on Thursday but temperatures are on the

rise again thanks to the southerly winds. I'm going back to the rugby.

Back to Dan. The rugby boys will be with us

throughout the morning. Ground boys, around Lang dud Ono bay is the

little orm in the distance. Colwyn Bay and Rhyl and Prestatyn is around

there. The other way, beyond the other side of the cameras, we have

the great orm where Steph was filming. Past the grand Hotel and

the long epier in Wales, 700 metres long. Around the corner, you get to

Anglesey. That is where Jane is for us this morning.

Good morning, you have the longest pier but the pier here in Anglesey

has the best crabbing. Look at this, the magnificent Beamaris Castle,

built in 1295, infer complete add show of strength by the English

against the Welsh, but listen to this. In this general election, the

Welsh are punching above its weight in terms of this Westminster

election. It's going to have way more influence than any other

country in the outcome of this election because it has more

marginal seats. This is the fifth most marginal seat. I've also been

filming in Gower, the most marginal seat, to find out what is happening

down there and how the battle lines have been drawn. Take a look.

Cockling was once a way of life for Neil, not any more. These are too

small. Something is stopping the cockles from reaching maturity here.

He once earned ?7,000 in a month. Today he's lucky to get ?700. You

nearly lost your house? Twice. I know two or three of the boys that

have lost their homes. People don't want to know. He tells me no

politician's ever cared about the demise of cockling here, nor he says

the demise of the heavy industry which once dominated Gower's

coastline. All gone. So when the ballot paper comes through your

door... It goes in the pin. Parts of Gower have changed beyond

recognition, politically too. In 2015, after 100 years of solid

Labour support, the Conservatives won with a lead over Labour of just

28 votes. What way has your family historically voted? Traditionally

Labour. However I voted Conservative in the last election. What's

changed? Well, a lot of people have been laid off and forced to go

self-employed. Minority parties have supports but they don't come close

to the votes harnessed in the batsle between red and blue. The wind's

good? Yes. Are you going up? I am. We'll give you a wave. Gower

represents something seismic in Welsh politics, rise above this most

marginal of marginals just a month ago, you would have seen polls

suggest the Conservatives have a 10-point lead across Wales. Look out

now and a fresh poll puts Labour back in the lead. These are

turbulent political waters, nothing is certain. Gower is of course

Dillon Thomas territory, a life long socialist. This pub is on his old

stomping ground along the famous Mumbles mile. What would Dylan

Thomas make of this? He'd be spinning in his grave. He'd love

over-Lynn and loathe Theresa May. My feelings are about the same. Why? --

he'd love Jeremy Corbyn. He was for the distribution of wealth. He

wanted everybody to have as much chance to enjoy what everybody else

does. This is a historical moment in Wales. What's changed? If I was to

give you a lecture on this topic I could talk for an hour but I know we

are on TV... 20 seconds. If I had to say nit a word, Brexit. Polls

suggest the sun might be setting on Ukip support, the fight between red

and blue for just a dozen or more of those votes could make or break

Labour or Conservative control here. Ellen is from Aberystwyth

university. In Gower in the Valleys, we have some of the west pockets of

deprivation in Europe, some of the biggest beneficiaries of EU funding,

Wales voted to leave. What is going on and why is Brexit so important

here? Brexit created these very uncertain political times,

unpredictable voting by the electorate and a sense of perhaps

frustration with their lot and really bringing that through and

people voting very differently to what was expected given what you

have said already. Also very ago cultural and rule areas have gain

add lot of subsidies from the European Union. Again in those types

of areas of Wales, they voted out. So it's redrawn the Batam lines

isn't it, it's not that Labour is gaining support, it's that the

Conservatives are gaining on the back of Ukip, is that right? It's a

really interesting picture. The earlier polls on Wales suggested

that the Conservatives were going to win a historic vote. They hadn't

been over 40% in this century, but what we have seen in is this growth

in the Conservative vote. Yes, as a result of drawing votes from Ukip

and since then we have seen this recovery in the Labour vote as well.

The two main parties doing really well in Wales at the moment and

Brexit is a key political issue. It is drawing the boundary lines

between the parties because people want the strength but also people

you know are concerned about defending Wales in what will be

politically turbulent times. More on this later. First we have to go to

the regions, the news and the weather and the travel where you

are. Welcome back. Dan Walker is out and

about in Llandudno with our latest election road show. We have Steph

there also with the BBC Breakfast butty van. Matt will have the

weather there as well. Here is a summary of the main news.

BBC News has been told the name of the female zookeeper

in Cambridgeshire who was killed by a tiger yesterday.

Rosa King, who was 33, worked at Hamerton Park Zoo.

It will remain closed today while an investigation continues.

Mauled to death by one of the park's tigers.

Police say the female zoo keeper who has been named locally

as Rosa King was killed inside the animal enclosure.

It's not known yet exactly what happened.

Busy with Bank Holiday visitors, several people posted photographs

Those in the park were led away, although some claimed

they were allowed back in for a short period before

the park was closed by zoo officials who later handed out a short

Nine years ago, a cheetah escaped through a broken electric fence,

it was later recaptured nearby and no-one was hurt.

Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and full

The zoo says it will remain closed today.

We'll be speaking to our correspondent Ben Ando

He'll be live from Hamerton Zoo at 7.

In the last hour, Manchester Victoria Station has reopened

after it was damaged in last week's bomb attack.

Last night, at the exact time of the bombing,

Frankie McCamley is at Manchester Victoria for us this morning.

With just over a week to go until the general election

the Conservatives' are focusing on Brexit and Labour childcare.

But last night the leaders of both parties faced questions in a live

Theresa May was questioned by Jeremy Paxman on her u-turn over Brexit.

We gave people the choice Jeremy and the British

people decided to leave the European Union and I

think it's important for them to see their politicians

delivering on that choice and respecting the will of the people.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defended his stance

This country is badly divided between the richest and the poorest.

You put corporate tax and tax at the top end down,

Are you happy that so many of our children are going to school

So many of our children are going to school hungry?

British Airways says it will operate a full schedule at Heathrow

and Gatwick today for the first time since the computer failure

on Saturday disrupted flights around the world.

The airline says its IT systems are now "back up and running"

but "significant numbers" of passengers are still

without their luggage which could take some time

The former military leader of Panama has died at the age of 83. He was

once seen as key US ally in Latin America. In 1989 American troops

invaied Panama and the general was forcibly removed. He went on to

spend 17 years in a US jail for drug trafficking and money laundering.

Tiger Woods has denied he'd been drinking when he was stopped

whilst driving his car in Florida yesterday morning.

Police charged him with being under the influence of alcohol,

but the golfer has blamed an unexpected reaction to some

I'm joined by Kat in the studio. I'm not entirely alone. I just keep

popping up every half an hour. And Huddersfield Town will be

celebrating. All their dreams have come true yesterday winning the

Championship play-off final on penalties as well. Huddersfield

haven't scored many goals in the League this season, but they have

when it matters particularly when it comes to penalty shoot outs.

Huddersfield Town will be a Premier League side for the first

time next season after winning a dramatic Championship playoff

After the match finished goalless, Liam Moore and Jordan Obita missed

Christopher Schindler scored the decisive penalty to send

Huddersfield into the top tier of English football

Promotion is worth around ?175 million

to the club, who'll join Brighton and Newcastle in the

This is a fairytale that's not usually possible. I'm one of the

happiest men on the planet and I'm so proud and happy for everybody

that's connected and especially the chairman.

The Arsenal board will hear today what's been decided

After celebrating their FA Cup win on Saturday,

The BBC understands Wenger and majority shareholder

Stan Kroenke have already held the face to face talks

at which a final decision has been made.

England were soundly beaten by South Africa in their final one

dayer England's top order crumbled to 20 for 6 inside five overs

and they never really recovered from there.

South Africa - World Number Ones - cruised to the target of 154

They now go into the Champions trophy - their first match

South Africa tested our defensive technique and it wasn't a case of

playing too aggressively or taking the ball on. The guys nicked

half-volleys. There was a lot of green grass there and that cost us

the game which is unfortunate, but there is a huge amount of positives

to take from the series. We've beaten the world number one 2-1.

Onto tennis and Britain's best hopes at the French Open

get their challenge underway today - Johanna Konta plays

Andy Murray meanwhile plays Andrey Kuznetsov hoping

to improve his run on clay this season - he's lost as many

Although it's frustrating you have to enjoy this part of what we do as

well because you know the struggles are, you know, part of what make the

good times so enjoyable. I need to enjoy them. I'm struggling a little

bit and that will help me get through it a bit quicker.

British number three Aljaz Bedene is considering switching his

allegiance back to Slovenia in order to compete at the Olympics.

Bedene - who won his first round match at the French Open -

became a British citizen in 2015 but hasn't managed to overturn a ban

that's stopped him playing for Great Britain in the Davis Cup.

A player must have been available for the Davis Cup to represent that

country at the Olympics, so Bedene is now exploring

the possibility of representing Slovenia in Tokyo in 2020.

Novak Djokovic is also through to the second round -

the defending champion - seeded second in Paris -

eased to a straight sets victory over Spain's Marcel Granollers.

Rafa Nadal is bidding for a record 10th French Open title.

He safely negotiated a tricky looking opening match

The fourth seed already has three clay court titles

Meanwhile women's champion Garbine Muguruza got her defence

She eased past the 2010 winner Francesca Schiavone

Castleford cemented their place at the top of Rugby League's

super League with a 38-0 thrashing of Leigh Centurions

Greg Eden kept up his phenomenal scoring record for the Tigers.

He scored three tries in four minutes in the first half.

His fourth hat-trick in a row - and added another after the break.

Castleford are two points clear of Salford,

Great Britain struggled once more in their America's Cup qualifers -

losing their fourth race in a row Sir Ben Ainslie and his crew made

an error around the third turn and couldn't recover against France.

They'll now take on the other five teams again over the next few days -

They got the win. We're clearly disappointed with that. We've got to

go away and have a look at our development programme, our

configuration for the coming days and obviously make improvements.

One more story. The British and Irish Lions have set off for their

tour of New Zealand hoping for their first victory in the series over the

All Blacks. They will play a three test series against the champions

across five weeks as well as seven other tour matches. Sam Warburton

will captain the squad having led them in the series win in Australia

four years ago. So there they go, off on the plane,. Lions squad. It

will be a tough series. Thank you very much, Kat.

One week on and at the exact moment of last Monday's bomb attack people

gathered in Manchester last night for a vigil to remember the 22

people who were killed and those injured shortly after a concert

by the American singer Ariane Grande ended.

Earlier this morning, Victoria train station which was damaged

Our reporter Frankie McCamley is there for us.

Let's talk about St Ann's square. I was there at the weekend. It is a

focus of quiet and contemplation, isn't it? It is and that's it.

Thousands of people have been coming and going throughout the week and

that's one of the things that really does strike you when you get there.

It's very quiet. People are there to contemplate and last night a vigil

was held and a minute's silence at 10.33 the time that the bomb went

off a week ago that killed 22 people. People surrounded by

flowers, teddy bears, candles, balloons, all to come and pay their

respects and we spoke to a few people and asked them why they felt

the need to come down yesterday evening.

I just feel the pain. I just feel the hurt of what these families

maybe going through. It's just heart wrenching. We're all standing

together and we're not going to let it beat us and show respect to the

victims' families. Being from Manchester I just feel that it's

super important to show that we care and that it breaks my heart knowing

that somebody's little girl died and someone's family members are not

here anymore and it's just really sad.

Frankie, of course, there is so many people trying to get back to normal

in so many ways particularly for example at Manchester Victoria

Station which has been closed since the attack happened? Well, that's

it, yes. Parts of the station do still remain closed because there is

the severe damage indoors there so you won't you able to get to the

foyer where the bomb went off which joins the arena to the station, but

yes, people are trying to come back to some form of normality. Staff

from the station were the first people on the scene before the

police and the emergency services got here last Monday night and some

of those visibly upset coming back to work this morning, but like I

say, this is a city that's reopening, that's trying to gain

some sort of normality just a week, just over a week after this attack

took place. Frankie, thank you very much. Live

from Victoria Station, thank you. With just 10 days until Britain goes

to the polls, Breakfast is on the road talking to voters

across the UK. Welcome to North Wales. We brought

the sofa on tour. If you come down to the beach front to have a little

word with us. Be aware, if you want to sit on the sofa, don't sit from

here there to there, it's soaking wet! It is now becoming a glorious

day here in North Wales. Let's show you some shots from our BBC

Breakfast drone which is up in the skies above us here. Here we are

down on the beach. Away to the left-hand side is a great orm here.

At one end of Llandudno Bay, up there is a golf course, there is a

toboggan run, that's where Steph was filming over the last few days.

There is the longest pier in Wales and the Grand Hotel where The

Beatles stayed and Winston Churchill stayed in room 109 and then as we go

down the bay and around to our right-hand side there is the little

orm to match the great orm at the other end. You can see the curve of

the bend and the Irish Sea. It used to be the case that when the

Victorians came on their holidays they would drink two cups of

seawater every day to keep them healthy. There is a little bit of

information for you to dazzle your friends with! We're going to go and

find some Breakfast friends because we persuaded these lovely people to

come and have a word with us this morning. There they are with sea

shells and cups of tea and coffee. Some of the issues we will be

talking about today is immigration and poverty and Brexit. Sam, good

morning, welcome to the programme. Now, in terms of your situation,

your parents came across from East Africa, so how are you judging

immigration in the build-up to the general election. How big an issue

is it for you? It is a concern. I want to know immigration caps have

been promised for a long time, who is best placed to deliver on them.

Hannah, you are a teacher, have you seen the positive effects of

immigration in Wales? Yes, I have. I have seen it through the NHS when my

father has been there with life limiting illnesses, and they have

done a good job. I'm concerned about the effect on the NHS, but the

immigration policy on universities and the free movement of the staff

on the scientific research in particular. We'd love it know your

views this morning, as well. Another issue is that of poverty. Angela is

a full-time carer for your son. Why is that a big issue? I want to know

what party is going to be most appropriate to look after carers and

special needs education particularly. Those are the main

issues for me because you imagine it is close to home. My son has a

disability and I want to make sure that he's well provided. John is a

local historian. John, if we get any of our Llandudno incorrect John can

sort them out for us this morning. How is the issue of poverty changed

in Wales? Well, I think that it's a disgrace really. We are one of the

wealthiest countries in the world and we have to have a foodbank in

this town. We used to have that sort of thing before the war, but now, I

think it's a disgrace. OK. A quick word on the issue of Brexit. For

you, your wife is from Poland. I would imagine you voted Remain with

that in mind? Yes, yes, I did. It's a tragedy that we voted to leave the

EU. My main concerns are what are the implications for Wales with

Brexit negotiations. I feel like Wales has been sidelined throughout

the negotiations, Gibraltar has been mentioned a lot more rather than

Wales. So that's what my concern is, what does it mean for my wife and me

going to Poland as well? A final word are Ross, you voted Leave and

Wales voted Leave. What are the issues for you? I don't think the

British people have been prioritised by the Government recently and I

think Brexit gives us the opportunity to really push that

forward and give people the best start in life that they can have.

Listen, we will behaving a chat with you at various points throughout the

morning. I didn't think I would be on bended knee on Llandudno Beach.

But let's find out what's happening with the weather. Here is Matt.

This is a Welsh rugby club. A big club up in North Wales. They are

playing the national team on Friday. Good luck to them on that one. But

it's not a bad start to the day here. We had some drizzle earlier

on. The low cloud has cleared. You can see the little orm behind me in

the distance. Let's look at the forecast for the day because it is a

mild start to the day across most of the UK. And we are going to see

things turn gradually fresher from the north and the west as showers

start to push their way in. In a moment we've got the showers across

Northern Ireland, a few heavier bursts as well, they are pushing

their way from west to east and through late morning and into early

afternoon we will see the showers push across Scotland. The showers

pushing in across Northern England. Notice across parts of Northern

Scotland we start to see sunshine come out. It will be a better

afternoon across much of Scotland. The rain will linger across Shetland

and elsewhere, showers will become fewer in number and brightening up

across much of Northern England, but still some showers by the time we

get to 4pm. Quite humid this afternoon where you see the

sunshine. Temperatures around 22 to 24 Celsius once the sun is out.

Still a lot of cloud though here and there particularly to some southern

and western coasts which could always threaten a bit of drizzle on

the hills and coast, but for Wales, showers through the afternoon,

brightening up across the north coast by the time we get to the end

of the evening and Northern Ireland, once you have lost the showers a

fine day in store and it will feel warm. Temperatures could hit 17 or

18 Celsius. Now, as we go through the rest of the evening and into the

night, it does look like we will see the showers push erratically

southwards towards southern parts of England and Wales. Most places will

stay dry. Staying muggy and misty for some across the south, but a

fresher night in store for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Northern

England, North Wales and the Midlands. Temperatures down into

single figures as we start Wednesday morning. So a fresher start to

Wednesday for most of you, but a lot of sunshine around. Great news if

you are on half term break at the moment. There will be patchy cloud

across southern couldn'ties of England where it may feel on the

humid side. Shetland will continue to see outbreaks of rain and a gusty

wind. Temperatures high teens and maybe low 20s. Thursday, we will see

most places dry again. The rain pushing into Northern Ireland and

Western Scotland later on, but as the winds go into a southerly

direction it will start to feel warmer particularly across England

and Wales and potentially eastern parts of Scotland. That's how it's

looking. I'll hand you back to Dan. It's turning into a very nice day on

the beach in Llandudno. We have got the Breakfast buttie van. Can I come

in? You can if you're wearing the appropriate clothing. You're cooking

the bacon... People don't believe I do it myself. Are you serving ice

cream later? I am. Watch your arm on this, love. I'm disappointed, you

should be selling your wares. Look at that for the blankest menu. It's

because I have been told the seagulls are quite aggressive here.

I don't want to tell them what we've got! I'm bored now. Bacon hand-over.

See new a bit. Let's talk serious stuff because, of course, we're here

as well to find out what business people and workers think about what

they'd like to hear from the politicians in the run-up to the

election. I've got some guests here. Good morning to all of you. You grew

up here, didn't you, you're a local hotel owner. Tell us how you have

seen it change in terms of business? I think Llandudno is booming in

terms of tourism and where it is. It is one of the most successful

seaside resorts in the UK, but as a small business owner, what I have

seen change is the burden on small business in terms of taxation. We

have just had enrolment for pensions, and hikes in business

rates and minimum wages affecting us, we pay minimum wage and we're

fighting for cutting VAT on tourism and things like that. So you feel

like you're paying out a lot in tax? When compared to the big

corporations we seem to be paying a higher percentage is what I feel and

that limits what we can reinvest into our own businesses. You're a

businessman. You have got a global tech firm. You have some of the same

business issues. Do you feel like it's the same for you? The major

problem we have is the shortage of skilled people and we can see that

there hasn't been enough investment in education and training and we are

suffering as a result of that, so what we have to rely on is skilled

people coming from abroad to the UK. So, that is the major issue and also

I think none of our political parties are concentrating enough on

digital economy and digital economy is the future of this nation and the

future of the whole world. If you look at say like Latvia, a place

like that, or Sweden, they have got over 40% of their buildings are

served by fibre technology and the UK is below 1% which is disgraceful.

So it's about infrastructure and the things you want cost money so what

would you sacrifice? What are we spending too much money on that we

could not spend as much money on to help businesses like yourselves

then? It's a tough one. There is a lot of money going abroad to

countries maybe India as well that have a large economy and I think a

lot of people question. I heard this a lot, why can we not reinvest that

within our own economy rather than send massive foreign aid abroad

still? Let's bring in our economist. We've got Ed here. You are from

Bangor University. Give us a bit of context how Wales compares to the

rest of the UK? I can understand what they are saying about the lack

of skills in the area. This is not a solution we can come across

overnight unfortunately. It's something that's going to take years

to develop, but we can see that the universities and the local colleges,

they are working working together with the schools to come up with a

plan on how do we develop the skills to meet the requirement of

industries in the future? Thank you very much, guys. I will give you

some Breakfast shortly, I promise that, but we are having a gorgeous

occasion, aren't we and we just really want to show it off this

morning. While we hand to the news, travel and weather where you are,

have a look at the beautiful pier Good morning, we are nine days away

from a general election. We have brought the Breakfast team out and

about, we are in Wales, we are in Llandudno. You are watching BBC

Breakfast and we are on the road. Good morning, I'm here with the

Breakfast butty van. I'll be talking to businesses and workers and this

lot who're in the queue about what they want to hear from the

politicians in the run-up to the election. I'm live at the beautiful

bow Maris Castle in Anglesey to hear how Wales is punching well above its

weight when it comes to influencing the outcome of this general

election. I'm Louise Minchin, the main

headlines this morning. The female keeper killed by a tiger

at a zoo in Cambridgeshire is named Hundreds of people attend a vigil

to mark a week since the Manchester bombing; the city's Victoria Station

has reopened this morning. In Sport, Huddersfield Town

are in the Premier League. They beat Reading in a dramatic

penalty shoot out to win Good morning. We have the deck

chairs out. All we need now is the cloud to break and the sun to come

through. Some of you will see the sunshine today and there are sunnier

skies on the way through tomorrow and Thursday. Details coming up.

Full forecast in 15 minutes. We are taking the sofa across the UK in the

next few days. Tomorrow we'll be in Northern Ireland, Friday we are

going to be in Scotland. Today we are in North Wales looking at some

key issues here and across the UK. If you were watching when we

started, it was absolutely throwing it town. We can show you our BBC

Breakfast clone this morning -- drone this morning, it was glorious.

The great orm at one end, the little orm at the other end of the bay and

we'll be looking particularly at some of the issues we have chosen to

look at today. Immigration, poverty and Brexit as well. We'd love to

know what you think the key issues are, particularly in the light of

what we saw in Manchester last week. Police numbers, are those the issues

for you, social care and security? We have a collection of voters. Good

morning to all of you. Thank you very much for coming down. We'll be

speaking to some politicians later too. You can get in contact with us

at the usual addresses. I will furnish you with some facts later on

today. I asked people to get in touch. Michael Morrison said he did

a crash course in revenue law here in 1973, Andrew Swain apparently was

attacked by a seagull who stole his brother's ice-cream in 1975 and Andy

turnstile told us The Beatles played here in the Odeon cinema for six

nights in 1963. Is that correct? Yes, everyone knows it. They stayed

in the grand hotel over there. Plenty more facts coming your way

between now and 9. 15 from the beach. And I can see the sun behind

you. Thank you very much. BBC News has been told the name

of the female zookeeper in Cambridgeshire who was killed

by a tiger yesterday. Rosa King, who was thirty-three,

worked at Hamerton Park Zoo. It will remain closed today

while an investigation continues. Let's join our correspondent

Ben Ando, who joins us live Ben, what's the latest

you can tell us? They are having an investigation

here. The police were here for much of yesterday. They sent scientific

investigation vans up to examine the scene. They concluded that the death

of 33-year-old Rosa King was not suspicious, nonetheless the park

itself is having an investigation and I suspect that at the heart of

that investigation will be trying to establish how it was that she came

to be in the enclosure with the animal that attacked her. Friends

have paid tribute to Rosa, saying she was a shining light here at Ham

Ayrton zoo park which is a popular attraction -- Hamerton Park. They

said the park almost revolved around Rosa and she cared passionately

about the animals in her care, in particular the big cats and she had

a particular affinity for cheetahs. The park had recently increased its

collection of tigers and was developing that side of thing so.

This could be a setback for them. That investigation continuing while

the park remained closed. Thank you very much.

Manchester Victoria Station has reopened after it was damaged

Last night, a week on from the exact time of the bombing,

Frankie McCamley is at Manchester Victoria for us this morning.

So many people at St Ann's Square last night to pay tribute to the

victims. Good morning. Yes, it was a very sombre evening,

hundreds gathered in the centre surrounded by balloons, flowers,

candles lit and teddy bears laid for the 22 victims and families to show

support. Here this morning you can probably see people are arriving

here at Manchester Victoria Station, the station is now open. However,

some parts still remain closed, this of course was damaged in the bomb

attack last week. The foyer where the bomb went off which connects

this station to the arena still remains closed. Now, the police in

the latest on the investigation, they have released another image of

Salman Abedi. They are looking for a blue suitcase he was carrying in the

day before the attack. That follows on from an arrest that was made

yesterday of a 23-year-old man in Shoreham on sea.

With just over a week to go until the General Election,

Theresa May will today turn the focus of the Conservatives'

Jeremy Corbyn will campaign on the issue of childcare as Labour

seeks to turn the spotlight on public services.

Last night they both faced questions in a live television broadcast.

Our political correspondent Ben Wright was there.

This was the first time Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn had appeared

at the same venue in front of the same audience for a grilling

in front of the cameras since the election was called.

The Labour Leader had wanted to debate with the Prime Minister

Jeremy Corbyn was the first to face the audience,

the order decided by the toss of a coin.

He was asked about his determination to deal with terror threats.

He was also asked about his approach to business.

This country is badly divided between the richest and the poorest.

You put corporate tax and tax at the top end down,

Are you happy that so many of our children are going to school

So many of our children are going to school hungry.

Next it was Theresa May's turn and she faced questions over

So why, Prime Minister, should we and my generation vote for you?

So what happens is, people are paying for care, people

are finding that they are having to sell their house,

many people are having to sell their house to pay those

care bills and many find that they're not able to leave

Now, I want to take those risks away and that's what the proposals I've

It's about ensuring that nobody is going to have to sell their house

Afterwards, it was clear neither leader had landed

The grilling has just ended and senior politicians

from the political parties are out giving their own slant

I think team Corbyn and team May will both be pretty pleased.

The two people wanting to be Prime Minister after June 8th

will have another chance to make their case at a BBC

The Scottish National Party will launch its election manifesto today.

It was originally planned for last Tuesday, but was delayed due

Our political correspondent Steven Godden is in Perth for us

this morning; Steven what's likely to be in the manifesto.

This manifesto is central to their strategy which is to secure the

votes that would allow them to maintain their electoral dominance

here in Scotland, an outcome that they argue should translate into

influence in key areas of policy. One of those areas is Brexit where

Nicola Sturgeon wants a seat at the negotiating table. Another is the

prospect of a second independence referendum, winning the election in

Scotland, the SNP say would reinforce their mandate to hold that

vote but also to dictate its timing. The third plank of this manifesto is

an anti-austerity plan. The SNP want to slow down deficit reduction, they

want to release an additional ?180 billion into the economy over the

course of this Parliament to be spent on Public Services. Some of

the other details in there, on pensions they want to protect the

triple lock, on wages they want to inRhys the minimum to a real living

wage that would eventually be more than ?10 an hour and on immigration,

they want all the powers fully devolved to Holyrood. We'll hear

more on that speech from Nicola Sturgeon at 11 o'clock, then voters

will have time to decide what they make of it.

And later this morning we'll speak to the SNP's

Deputy Leader Angus Robertson, that's around 0740.

British Airways says it'll operate a full schedule at Heathrow

and Gatwick today for the first time since the computer failure

on Saturday disrupted flights around the world.

The airline says its IT systems are now back up and running

but significant numbers of passengers are still

without their luggage which could take some time

The former military leader of Panama, General Manuel Noriega,

He was once seen as a key US ally in Latin America.

In 1989, American troops invaded Panama and General Noriega

He went on to spend seventeen years in a US jail, for drug trafficking

Tiger Woods has denied he'd been drinking when he was stopped

whilst driving his car in Florida yesterday morning.

Police charged him with being under the influence of alcohol

but the golfer's blamed an unexpected reaction to some

There are just nine more days until the general election

so Breakfast is back on the road finding out what matters to voters.

Dan is in Llandudno for us this morning.

A few moments ago, I'm sure I saw some sunshine.

At 6 o'clock, there was some rain but we have seen a few shards of

some sunshine. As we look out across the Irish Sea, you can see the wind

turbines in the mid distance. If you fancy a good swim, 70 miles that way

you get yourself to the Isle of Man. All sorts of topics this morning for

you, I want to show you some of the front pages helped by the wonderful

men of North Wales rugby. A round of applause for the men, maze. The

front-page of the Daily Telegraph with Evan. Corbyn ducks terror

challenge, talking about la night's TV debate on Channel 4. And more

news on the terrible story about the keeper killed by the tiger at

Hamerton zoo. The Daily Mirror, cop hunt for the bomber's suitcase. One

of the major stories, the hunt for more information about the

Manchester bomb last week. The Times is being beautifully held by Jacob.

May woos working class with tough line on Brexit. The main picture is

a black-and-white shot of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The

guardian, Corbyn tells Paxman I know dictator in TV debate. Beautifully

held by Tim with his magnificent beard! And the Daily Mail we have

got for you this morning, more terrible news on the zoo girl killed

at Hamerton by the tiger and a picture of John Noakes, the Blue

Peter presenter who it was announced yesterday he died and talking about

some of the TV footage, he climbed Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square,

no safety harness. TV of a by-gone age. One of the reasons we are

talking about poverty here in Wales, which is one of the issues we have

chosen to highlight along with immigration and Brexit, is because

when you look at the figures, they are quite stark. For one in every ?5

that's spent by the Welsh Government, it's spent addressing

above city. It's believed there are 200,000 children living in poverty

in Wales. With that in mind, Graham Satchell's been filming in Wrexham

forrious. Quite a treat for the children in

Wrexham primary school. It's the first time many have been this close

to a pony and it's changing the way some of them think about their

future. What do you think your dream job would be? One was being a

caretaker of horses and one was being an adventurer. It was being a

pilot because I really like flying. What would your dream job be? A

singer. There is no reason these children can't reach their dream but

there are challenges here. Levels of childhood poverty are higher in

Wales than anywhere else in the UK. At the charity the Wrexham warehouse

project, they help young people who're not in education employment

or training, NEAT. We have to go to the bigger cities, Liverpool,

Manchester Birmingham. That's all if England, you can't estay in Wales?

Exactly. No, there isn't anywhere. Reef left school at 16 and struggled

to find a job. There is not much round here. I think that's why a lot

of people go into like drugs and stuff and into prison because

they've got nothing to do when they're growing up because they

can't get the jobs. With help from the project, Reef is now working in

construction. If I didn't have this job, I think I would probably be in

prison now. It did change my life around. The venture playground in

Wrexham sits in one of the least affluent wards in the UK. For

parents with young families, in-work poverty is a real issue. Single

parent, three children. Low income. Survive on Tax Credits really. I

wouldn't be able to eat if we didn't have it. Every time I hear something

about Tax Credits and the changes to them, I panic. No political jokes

now, come on... At the diva house day centre, older people are

thinking about fuel costs, and pensions. The way the situation is

going with cuts, cuts, cuts, people are living on their nerves. Well I

am most of the time living on my nerves. How would you normally vote?

Labour. Labour. Labour. We are in a Labour seat. So what do you think of

Jeremy Corbyn? Rubbish. The thing is, I don't like Corbyn. I mean he

hasn't done anything yet, has he? Mike has never voted Tory in his

life, but will this time. And why are you voting Conservative? I think

they've got the right idea. The Conservatives have got the money,

they create the work. Evelyn can't decide. What if I go and say yes,

I'll vote Conservative and Theresa May lets us down? Five and five...

Tough choices for many in this election with just over a week to

go. I want to see you all next Monday, no excuses... Graham

Satchell BBC News. Let us speak to some of our voters

who we have assembled on the beach. Sean, you have worked in Wrexham

yourself, what kind of things have you seen, I imagine that echoes some

of the things you have seen? I was Wrexham born and bred, I worked in a

venture centre which people may remember from the riots in 2003.

It's a generation app problem, it's not something that will be fixed by

one pot of money. It's something that needs to be invested in for the

long-term and unfortunately it's passed down the general races. Is

there any politics that you have heard from any politicians or

policies that you think could address that? For me personally it's

a problem that Wales needs to address as a country. We are the

poorest country in Western Europe and the only party that is going to

do that is Plaid Cymru. Thank you very much. We should apologise to

Oscar, we have soaked him. BBC Breakfast will be getting a dry

cleaning bill. On the issue of poverty in Wales

particularly, what have you found and how would you like to see that

addressed? The major problem is the fact that there are food banks in

wealthy towns these days and the problem the people have having to

put up with zero hour contracts in their work. There's no guarantee.

It's people who are having to work two, three jobs and then they're

still unable to pay their bills and being forced to go for weekly food

to the food bank. I think the Lib Dems have got it right where they

are saying an extra penny because on the income tax, the thing is we need

to have extra money put into the Health Services and into education.

That is where the poorest are being affected. If you agree with Nia or

Sion or have other issues, you can get in touch.

If you ask Oscar, he'll say it's wet but here is Matt with the rest of

the weather! Sorry. This town offers a special place in

my heart, this is where my nan was born, just behind me on the great

orm. It's an actual limestone head land here in Llandudno and provides

that bit of extra shelter in south-westerly winds, breaking up

the cloud, allowing a bit more sunshine to come through. It's doing

a good job so far. It means things have brightened up

here and there is a sign that things will brighten up for many as we go

through the rest of the day with a bit more sunshine developing. If you

are on a half-term break, good news for you too. Let us take a look at

today. We have showers coming our way, especially to northern and

western parts of the UK. That'll introduce some fresher air and

clearer air. A bit more sunshine as well. The rain in Northern Ireland

will produce the best conditions. Heavy bursts possible. Couldn't rule

out the odd rumble of thunder but only a very slim chance.

The further south and east you are, the morning cloud will break up.

Feeling humid out there. The fresh air will be into parts of Scotland,

Northern Ireland and northern England through the afternoon. As we

take a look around, we have the sunshine out, rain in Shetland. A

few showers in eastern Scotland and a few showers mid afternoon in parts

of northern England as well. Further south, most places will be drying,

showers few and far between. With the sunny breaks, it will still feel

humid. Temperatures could reach 22 or 23, maybe even a bit more.

There'll be some low cloud lingering around the English Channel maybe

affecting parts of the south-west and south and west Wales too.

There'll be some showers in across parts of Wales as we go through the

afternoon. Some sunshine to the north coast and across Northern

Ireland. Northern Ireland should have a fine day once the rain

clears. Tonight, the showers will move south across England and Wales.

Most places staying dry. We hold on to a fair bit of low cloud and humid

weather in southern-most counties. Clearer skies and a fresher night

with cooler conditions into tomorrow morning with temperatures well down

into single figures. That does mean on Wednesday a much brighter day for

many. Still low cloud in the English Channel and southern counties, so

maybe a bit grey at times and humid. Elsewhere, very pleasant.

Temperatures around 17, 18, maybe 19. Into Thursday, rain to parts of

western Scotland, Northern Ireland, but many other areas will be dry and

warming up too. That's how it's looking. Back to Dan.

Here is the BBC Breakfast sofa. We are live in Llandudno looking at

some of the issues in North Wales. Northern Ireland tomorrow and

Scotland on Friday. Delighted to say, one of our sofa guests,

slightly less wet than the poor chap under the gazebo. A Professor from

UK in Changing Europe. Specifically for Wales, how big an issue do you

think Brexit will be for voters here? It's very, very hard to know

for certain. What's certainly happened is that Brexit's led to a

realignment or might be leaning to a realignment in politics in that some

people claim we have a new divide between levers and remainers and

that's altering how people are voting. As you speak to people in

Wales, we are talking about poverty and immigration, does it tend to be

different in terms of the key issues that would affect things in the UK

and I wonder whether some of the things we saw in Manchester would be

at the forefront of people's minds when they go to the polls in nine

days' time. Some things are the same so. Immigration was a real issue,

particularly in South Wales in the referendum. I think that was true

for many leave voters as well. There are specific local issues as well

and the state of local economies throughout Wales has been very, very

important. You see that in England as well. There is a correlation

between areas of industrial decline and big votes for leave. Earlier we

were talking about the main party manifestos and how they were

addressing the issues of devolved power. Your speciality is looking at

Brexit. On that issue, and Theresa May is trying to make sure people

vote on that, that is what her rhetoric will be today, how do you

see that addressed in the main manifesto parties? I wasn't

concerned about what any of the parties said on devolution. It's

tremendously complicated, what happens to powers when they come

back to the UK, who gets to keep them and wield ago cultural policy

is going to matter a lot and the parties don't say anywhere near

enough on that for voters to be well informed. Do you get that speaking

to people as well, they don't know enough or there wasn't enough detail

for the general voter for people that know their stuff as well like

people like you? The general voter doesn't read the manifesto so that

is not an issue but there is a lack of clarity about what devolution

will mean post-Brexit. The wind is picking up and the rain has gone.

Live in Llandudno this morning. We have been in Wrexham and also we are

here in Llandudno Bay. If we show you the beautiful drone out there

this morning, you get a lovely shot of the bay. We have the little orm

and the great orm. Hopefully you can see a lovely shot of Anglesey in the

distance write is where Jane is for us this morning at bow Maris castle.

Good morning, Jane -- bow Maris castle. - Beaumaris Castle.

This is the unfinished masterpiece. Work began way back in 1295. Imagine

out here on the grass at one point there were 2,000 construction

workers who lived and worked here, commissioned by King Edward I to

build this place. The King ran out of money, the castle was never

finished. But King Edward had done this to try to stamp his authority

on the Welsh. But in this general election, really interesting, it

could be the Welsh who stamp their authority on these results. Here is

the reason why: More more marginal constituencies here in Wales than

anywhere else in the country. That means that those marginal

constituencies like this one here, like the one we have been filming in

in Gower, they could contribute brass to a Labour resurgence in this

election or there could be a Labour landslide. It's all to fight for.

These are really interesting times and Labour and Conservatives here

really are drawing the battle lines. Much more on this throughout the

morning, first the news, travel and weather where you are.

Now though it's back to Louise in the studio and Dan in Llandudno.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin in the studio

We'll be back out there soon, but first a summary

BBC News has been told the name of the female zookeeper

in Cambridgeshire who was killed by a tiger yesterday.

Rosa King, who was 33, worked at Hamerton Park Zoo.

It will remain closed today while an investigation continues.

Manchester Victoria Station has reopened after it was damaged

Last night, a week on from the exact time of the bombing,

a vigil was held in St Ann's Square for the 22 people who were killed

by a suicide bomber at the Manchester Arena.

With just over a week to go until the general election,

the Conservatives are focusing on Brexit and Labour childcare.

Last night the leaders of both parties faced questions in a live

Theresa May was questioned by Jeremy Paxman on her U-turn over Brexit.

We gave people the choice Jeremy and the British people decided

to leave the European Union and I think it's important for them

to see their politicians delivering on that choice and respecting

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, defended his stance

This country is badly divided between the richest and the poorest.

You put corporate tax and tax at the top end down,

Are you happy that so many of our children are going to school

So many of our children are going to school hungry?

British Airways says it will operate a full schedule at Heathrow

and Gatwick today for the first time since the computer failure

on Saturday disrupted flights around the world.

The airline says its IT systems are now "back up and running"

but "significant numbers" of passengers are still

without their luggage which could take some time

The former military leader of Panama, General Manuel Noriega,

He was once seen as a key US ally in Latin America.

In 1989, American troops invaded Panama and General Noriega

He went on to spend 17 years in a US jail, for drug trafficking

Tiger Woods has denied he'd been drinking when he was stopped

while driving his car in Florida yesterday morning.

Police charged him with being under the influence of alcohol,

but the golfer has blamed an unexpected reaction to some

Matt will bring you the weather from Llandudno's beach

It started badly, the weather, that is. A little bit of sunshine there

and more details later. It is a vast empty sofa. Talking

about wild celebrations for Huddersfield yesterday, finally in

the Premier League for the first time in their history, they have

played in the top flight before. It's a wonderful picture. Not only

are they in the Premier League, but it's it's the money, given all the

players and their budget is ?12 million, and they are about to get

?170 million at least! That's what promotion to the Premier League is

worth. Congratulations Huddersfield Town

fans. Huddersfield Town will be

a Premier League side for the first time next season after winning

a dramatic Championship playoff After the match finished goalless,

Liam Moore and Jordan Obita missed Christopher Schindler scored

the decisive penalty to send Huddersfield into the top tier

of English football Promotion is worth around

?175 million to the club who will join Brighton and Newcastle

in the Premier League in August. This is a fairytale that's

not usually possible. But they've done it.

We are very, very happy. I'm one of the happiest men

on the planet and I'm so proud and happy for everybody

who is connected and The Arsenal board will hear

today what's been decided After celebrating their FA

Cup win on Saturday. An announcement is expected from

Arsenal later. England were soundly beaten

by South Africa in their final one England's top order crumbled

to 20-6 inside five overs and they never really

recovered from there. South Africa, who are world number

ones, cruised to the target of 154 They now go into the Champions

trophy - their first match South Africa tested our

defensive technique and it wasn't a case of playing too

aggressively or taking the ball on. There was a lot of green grass

there and that cost us the game which is unfortunate,

but there is a huge amount of We've beaten the world

number one 2-1. Tennis and Britain's best

hopes at the French Open Johanna Konta plays

Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan. Andy Murray meanwhile plays

Andrey Kuznetsov hoping to improve his run

on clay this season. He's lost as many

matches as he's won. Although it's frustrating you have

to enjoy this part of what we do as well because you know

the struggles are, you know, part of what make the good

times so enjoyable. I'm struggling a little bit just

now and that will help me get British number three Aljaz Bedene

is considering switching his allegiance back to Slovenia in order

to compete at the Olympics. Bedene, who won his first

round match at the French Open, became a British citizen in 2015

but hasn't managed to overturn a ban that's stopped him playing

for Great Britain in the Davis Cup. A player must have been available

for the Davis Cup to represent that country at the Olympics,

so Bedene is now exploring the possibility of representing

Slovenia in Tokyo in 2020. Novak Djokovic is also

through to the second round. The defending champion,

seeded second in Paris, eased to a straight sets victory

over Spain's Marcel Granollers. Rafa Nadal is bidding for a record

tenth French Open title. He safely negotiated a tricky

looking opening match The fourth seed already has

three clay court titles Meanwhile women's champion

Garbine Muguruza got her defence She eased past the 2010

winner Francesca Schiavone Castleford cemented their place

at the top of Rugby League's super League with a 38-0 thrashing

of Leigh Centurions. Greg Eden kept

up his phenomenal scoring He scored three tries in four

minutes in the first half. His fourth hat-trick in a row

and added another after the break. Castleford are two

points clear of Salford Great Britain struggled once more

in their America's Cup qualifers, losing their fourth

race in a row Sir Ben Ainslie and his crew made

an error around the third turn They'll now take on the other five

teams again over the next few days, We're clearly

disappointed with that. We've got to go away and have a look

at our development programme, our configuration for the coming

days and obviously I masterminded one of the greatest

come backs and he will need not as quite a remarkable achievement this

time, but he will need some form of comeback.

When you get into it, you're totally gripped.

At the 2015 general election the Scottish National Party swept

to power taking all but three of the Scottish Westminster seats.

In just over a week's time, they'll be hoping to maintain their hold.

Later this morning the party launches its manifesto,

proposals include an end to austerity cuts, improvements

in living standards and on the issue of Brexit, it wants to keep Scotland

Let's get more detail now from Deputy Leader,

Thank you for joining us. A few things to ask... Thank you for

having me on. Nicola Sturgeon has talked, hasn't she, about being part

of a progressive alliance. What does that mean? Well, it means if there

is a majority in the House of Commons where we are resist the Tory

excesses of austerity that we will vote with other political parties to

protect the interests of people not just in Scotland, but the rest of

the UK. However, I think it has to be said that there hasn't been a

single opinion poll during this general election campaign that has

suggested that kind of arithmetic is possible. So we're focussed on doing

what we can do to ensure that the maximum number of SNP MPs are

returned in the election because otherwise we won't have the strong

voices which are necessary to stand up for the interests of people in

the face of cuts to the likes of the pension which we expect from the

Tories. OK, just to be clear, if it were to be the case and obviously,

it's nine days before the vote, there were a hung parliament, the

SNP would therefore be supporting a Labour Government? Well, we have no

ambitions to be part of a coalition Government in the UK, but if the

maths of the election result suggests that it is possible to vote

against austerity and to protect pensions and to support the economy

then that's exactly what we would do, but I think we have to deal with

the world as we find it and as I've already said and I think probably

everybody including the dog in the street agrees that the last thing

that we're going to see is a Labour Government or Jeremy Corbyn in

Downing Street. I'm sorry that it is likely to be Theresa May who is

re-elected as Prime Minister and she is going to pursue a very damaging

agen darks not least for pensioners who are going to lose the

triple-lock, who face a dementia tax and an end to winter fuel payments.

I think people need to understand in Scotland given the election is a

straight fight between the SNP and the Tories, it's really important to

re-elect the maximum number of SNP MPs to Westminster to provide the

strong voice working as the effective Opposition at Westminster

given the ineffectiveness of the Labour Party there. You said what

you will stop. You're talking about investment, aren't you, you talk

about an end to austerity, investing in public services, but can you be

clear with me, how will you fund these policies? Well, that's a very

important question and in the SNP manifesto will be we will be

outlining how we plan to do that by a mixture of reprofiling the fiscal

plans of the UK and that would be beneficial not just for Scotland,

but for the rest of the UK. So in effect it's choosing a different

repayment path for the national overdraft and what that does is that

releases ?118 billion. We are in favour of abincrease in the upper

rate of tax from 45 pence to 50 pence across the United Kingdom. We

think that that is socially just and fair and what that does is, it sets

us apart from the other political parties at Westminster who seem to

have pretty much have an austerity consensus and we think how damaging

that is on the weakest in society is not something that we're prepared to

supportment we stand for a different kind of politics, an anti-austerity

agenda and we would be happy to work with people elsewhere the UK to

ensure we dot have the cuts and pressures on the poorest in our

society. Just one last question, what does the SNP offer to those who

Scotland who want to stay as part of the UK? Well, this election isn't an

independence referendum. It's about who is your local MP going to be? Is

it going to be an SNP MP or a Tory MP? There is not an independence

referendum happening now and we're not in favour of a referendum

happening now, but we do think that the end of the Brexit process, when

everybody else is going to have a say on Scotland's future, some

people aren't aware of this, the other 27 member states of the

European Union are going to have to say, have a say on our future. We

think that the people of Scotland should have a say too and what's

important to remember about this, because some people do remember the

fact that this was actually an election issue in Scotland last year

and the party that went to the country and won the election with a

manifesto commitment of the people having a choice in a referendum

actually won that election so, we support the Scottish Parliament and

the Scottish Government which has taken a vote on the issue that

people in Scotland should have a say and whether one is in favour of

independence are not, it's the people who should be able to decide

as democrats surely we shouldn't be saying that people can't have a

choice about their future. Angus Robertson, thank you.

A week on Thursday Britain goes to the polls, and ahead

of the general election, Breakfast has been hitting the road

talking to voters about the issues that matter to them.

Dan is in Llandudno for us this morning discussing among other

And showing us stunning views SWthanks, Dan.

Good morning, Louise. A few more of those stunning views in a moment.

Good morning to you at hom. We will be in Northern Ireland tomorrow.

Scotland on Friday, but as Louise was saying today we're in Llandudno

with the red sofa and it has been range for most of the morning. One

of the secrets of television, we have got a gaggle of Breakfast fans

down here as well. Good morning, everyone. Let's show you the

beautiful pictures from the beach in Llandudno. In the bay. You can see

the sea, the Irish Sea looking gorgeous this morning. We've got the

Great Orm and the Grand Hotel and the longest pier in Wales and a

beautiful view and thank you to the people who are sending in

information about this fine Welsh town including that it's the

birthplace of the great Neville Southall and Kath Wilson says there

are more than 30 shipwrecks out there in Llandudno Bay and Chris

says that he was stung on the foot by a jellyfish under the pier in

1980! More personal. Chris, but nonetheless just as important. We're

going to have five politicians with us later on. Let's have a word with

some of our voters who have come down this morning as well. We have

got a mother and daughter, Hannah and Elizabeth joining us here. Good

morning. Elizabeth, we'll start with you. What sort of issues are

floating your boat going into this general election? What is concerning

you? What are you worried about? My boat is floated by poverty and the

fct it has on our children and their education is spoilt. Their health is

spoilt. And also education in general. The school funding is not

enough for any school even though new measures have been brought out

and there are new policies coming. It's not enough for a basic school.

So that the money for each child should be built up. What about for

you Hannah, did you watch the leaders debate last night? Does

something like that make a difference? It was nice to see

something less biassed. I'm concerned about the fact that 80% of

our media is owned by people who don't even live in this country and

it's implicit in what they want to do. They want to keep certain

governments in power that are going to benefit them financially. My

biggest concern is for the NHS and for education and if we leave the EU

the effect it might have on the universities and it is happening

with the drain brain. I teach A-levels. I had students the day the

Leave vote was announced in tears because they could see how it was

going to affect their futures and they're our future. We have got a

father and son further round here as well. This is Ross and William. Do

you two agree on what you're voting on next week? Dad? Generally, we do,

but basically I'm a Ukip voter, but I will be landing my vote to Theresa

May to get things underway. It has been a year since the referendum

nearly and no one is any further on whether you're for Remain or Leave,

nobody really knows what is happening. Our farmers need to know.

Our fishermen need to know and like in Llandudno, they say 75%

hospitality staff are immigrants. We, Theresa May, should have a

strong hand and she should use it and I'm for a strong real Brexit,

but that isn't to, for the points based immigration system. OK. What

about for you Ross? I believe we need a sensible immigration policy

and that's got to include the people that are in the NHSment they need

the certainty that they are going to be able to be here and we need them

to be here and it is the same with all the different industries, but I

also believe we shouldn't be sending billions of pounds to Europe

unnecessarily when we have ?1.7 trillion worth of debt and people in

this country in desperate need. Some big issues. I shouldn't have knelt

down because now it will take a while to get up with the old knees!

Would you vote for a party if they guaranteed you free bacon sandwiches

and good weather? No. No. I'm sure many of our viewers would go for

that. On that note we've got Steph and Matt in the Breakfast buttie

van! Come on, Steph, I have been waiting

all morning. Do you want a bacon buttie. Yes. Why don't you do a bit

of work first. Welcome to the promenade in Llandudno.

We have had drizzle. It has eased off and it will be a day when we

will see sunshine. It is a mile start. It will turn fresher from the

north and the west, but with the fresher weather we will see more in

the way of sunshine which will be great news as we go through the next

few days. The fresher weather is coming courtesy of the clouds to the

west of Ireland. That's producing outbreaks of rain across Northern

Ireland at present, pushing its way from west to east, but once that's

gone by mid-morning, sunshine all the way through. The showers are

pushing across Scotland and a few showers into North Wales again as we

go through the second half of the day. You might get drizzle, but it

will break up Into Thursday, we'll see more in the

way of dry weather. It looks like later on we'll see rain push into

Northern Ireland and eventually through western parts of Scotland.

The winds will be coming in from a southerly direction, meaning

temperatures will be back on the up, particularly across Wales and

eastern Scotland. Turning increasingly humid before the day is

out. Temperatures could peak at around 25. So, turning fresher but

turning sunnier for many. Now, that is the forecast. The main thing is,

will I have my bacon butty ready? Come on, Steph. I have a young

apprentice helping me out. Oh, dear! Bacon sandwich, anyone. You can have

Dan's effort or an ice-cream. I'll plump for the ice-cream. Health and

safety issues here. Let's do some work, you crack on. Watch out for

the naked blame. -- naked flame. We are talking about what businesses

and workers in the area want to hear from the politicians in the run-up

to the election so I've gathered some guests here this morning. Sion,

for you, you think there should be more work here to keep you here and

there should be more investment in that? Yes, I think it's about the

quality of the jobs that we have here. There is a lot of retail and

care and support work in the town that I'm from, Denby. But if you

don't have qualifications in that area, that's no use to you, you are

not going to hang around. How hard has it been to get work for you?

I've come back from Cardiff. I've been here two months. I have an

interview tomorrow. Up until that point, I applied for 13 jobs in one

day and wasn't hearing anything back. Really, in one day? Yes, one

day. And do you feel like you might have to leave the area in order to

get work? Well, hopefully tomorrow might go well but it gets to the

point where you think, what am I staying for, maybe I do need to go

back to the city. Let us bring Ross in. Tell us about yourself, you're

working as a barman aren't you? Yes, I graduated from university last

year. I totally agree with what has been said. The only industry I can

go into is tourism and all the jobs are seasonal there. That's not

really what I want to do, I want to progress to a career and want

something I can plan for for the future. Of course. What would get

your vote then, what do you want to hear from the politicians? Something

that would bring industry to North Wales. It's lovely having the

tourists here but we need something more to keep everybody here. We are

getting driven away. People who want to stay are getting driven to the

city. I want to stay here and work here. Ed, put this in context, you

are an economist at Bangor university, so put this in context?

I'm not surprised in what I've heard. It's difficult to get a job.

The structure of the industry in North Wales is different to the rest

of the UK. We haven't got a big service sector economy here. The

main industries are tourism, the agriculture and maybe a bit of

manufacturing, so if you are not working in those areas, your chances

of getting a job are very slim. So it's about investment? Absolutely.

Thank you very much for your time and good luck for your interview,

I'm sure you will nail it. Back to Dan, wherever he might be. Has he

else camed? He has, hasn't he. It's time for the news Travel. Weather.

Where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan

Walker in Llandudno in North Wales. And wait for it - we are on the

road. And I am here with the breakfast buddy/ ice cream van. Oh,

my goodness. I will be talking to workers about what they want to hear

from the election. Do you want that one? And I am here at the gorgeous

Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey Castle to hear how the Welsh electorate is

punching way above its weight when it comes to the influence it might

have on this imminent general election.