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says theresa may will target all labour voters. labour voters with a string of manifesto pledges. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the main political parties have been out canvassing support on the first full weekend of the general election campaign. theresa may says she s grateful for the support her party s received in the local elections but she says she s taking nothing for granted ahead of next month s general election. earlier, the labour leader jeremy corbyn admitted his party faced an historic challenge but said his party was closing the gap on the tories. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. step by step, theresa may is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds of new conservative councillors in her ranks. at this aerospace factory, she toured the floor with the new west midlands mayor. i am taking nothing for granted. i need support across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand, and only a vote for me and my team will ensure britain h ....
and marine le pen in the presidential election. we re live in paris looking ahead to the result, which isn t just significant for the future of france, but also for the european union, as the brexit process unfolds. 82 nigerian schoolgirls are due to meet the country s president after being freed by the islamist militant group, boko haram. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british 0lympian marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and we follow up the 2005 documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials, in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservativ ....
director dustin lance black. good evening from paris, where the polls will close within the next couple of hours, and the people of france will discover who their next president will be. tens of millions of voters have been visiting the polling stations today after a deeply divisive campaign, with emmanuel macron and marine le pen offering radically different visions of the future of this country. tonight s result will also have a direct impact on the future direction of the european union in the years ahead. as the brexit process unfolds, so the relevance of the outcome to france s neighbours is very clear. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has been to a voting station in the capital. you join me at a polling station in paris, at a school. you can see the table by people come to tick up their cards. and then they go to cast their ballot behind the curtains overhear. everywhere, a classic snapshot of the presidential election in france. but in some ways, it is diff ....
could all be a myth. researchers looked at the health record of more than 3 million people, casting doubt on the theory that some people can be healthy, despite being overweight. and she was famous for her trademark headscarf and pinny, now coronation street s hilda ogden s trademark items are going under the hammer, good morning. it s wednesday 17th may. i m annita mcveigh welcome to bbc newsroom live the white house has denied reports that donald trump asked former fbi directorjames comey to stop an investigation into the alleged links between one of his senior advisers and russia. mr comey, who was sacked last week, is said to have recorded the comments in notes taken after a meeting with the president in february. david willis reports. following a meeting of his security advisers back in february, president trump waited for other officials to leave the room before taking then fbi director james comey to one side. the previous day, his national security advisor, mich ....
country, that no other party is making. that we do notjust have to accept what ever do we get back from brexit negotiations but the british people, you, should have the final say. unemployment falls again it s now at its lowest level since 1975. but for the first time in three years pay is lagging behind inflation. the sexist world of horse racing why women looking for a career rarely get to the finishing line. and coming up in sport after maria sharapova is denied wild card entry to the french open, the head of the women s tennis association says they had no grounds to penalise her. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump facing questions about his presidency is nothing new but the latest allegations to emerge look different they look potentially very serious. it s reported that trump asked fbi chiefjames comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex national security adviser and russia. i hope you can let this go, he repor ....