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The European Union. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. May day means a bite and barrows festival in this lancashire village. And people seem keen to peddle their politics. But the election was not the main concern here this morning. A different sort of contest was. Ready to shoot. The tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. And their message that wrecks that negotiations are going to be tough and that theresa may is best placed to handle them sits at the he...

To her suicide. How leading former athletes could be written out of the record books as part of a new anti doping strategy. And the story of the surfer rescued after 30 hours adrift in the irish sea. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. It was an all Madrid Champions League Semifinal Tonight and a familiar face who gave real the lead in the first leg against atletico at the bernabeau. Good evening. The deepening tensions between the Prime Minister and the president of the European Commission ...

Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, ov...

Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, ov...

Today. Britains governing Conservative Party has made dramatic gains in local elections, a month before a general election takes place. As well as winning hundreds of Council Seats, their candidates were elected as mayors in the north east and midlands, traditional strongholds of the opposition labour party. Brexit and the unpopularity of the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn appear to be the main reasons for their success. The conservatives picked up more than 500 extra seats across the country. They ...

And fiona bruce will be here with a round up of the day before the news. But first, its time for newswatch. Hello, welcome to newswatch with me, Paddy Oconnell standing inforsamira. Coming up diane abbott got her maths in a muddle but did bbc news get their sums wrong too and make too muchf it . And Madeline Mccann is a tragic case, but is the bbc obsessed with it . Brexit was always going to loom large over this Election Campaign and this week, it took centre stage. The war of words started on ...

Weather forecast. Despite the presence of low pressure, theres a lot of dry weather on offer. We have had some wonderful pictures and this was plymouth and also aberdeen. Typical, but we will lose the muggy airas we head typical, but we will lose the muggy air as we head into the evening. The rain moving across Northern Ireland into southern and western scotland, turning into big showers. There is more rain hot on its heels, but theres a lot of dry and bright weather. We can follow the progress ...

Improve its ratings in the polls. In sport, chelsea the champions. They can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the Premier League title in Antonio Contes first season in charge. And you just cant stop a brownlee. Johnny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. But will the uk feel the brexit backlash . Well look ahead to tonights event. And helen has...

Improve its ratings in the polls. In sport, chelsea the champions. They can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the Premier League title in Antonio Contes first season in charge. And you just cant stop a brownlee. Johnny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. But will the uk feel the brexit backlash . Well look ahead to tonights event. And helen has...

Improve its ratings in the polls. In sport, chelsea the champions. They can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the Premier League title in Antonio Contes first season in charge. And you just cant stop a brownlee. Johnny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. But will the uk feel the brexit backlash . Well look ahead to tonights event. And helen has...