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in sport.swansea s premier league future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. and louise has the weather. good morning. it s another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. more details from me later on. good morning. first, our main story. with just over a month to go until the general election, the political parties are making key pledges today. labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. the conservatives are planning to reform mental health services, while the liberal democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur political correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. ellie, the parties are making big promises today? absolutely. labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that it s on the front pages today. they ve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of ....
make funding pledges to tackle cash shortages in schools in england. the boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. i ll have the details shortly. in sport, the french open s a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but he s through to the third round in madrid. our build up to this year s eurovision song contest starts here the bbc‘s steve rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the world s biggest singing competition. and carol has the weather. good morning. thank you. iam in kew gardens next to the japanese gateway. i will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. good morning. first our main story. president trump has fired the head of ....
of birds underneath the 840 motorway in buckinghamshire. fifa has announced it is investigating paul pogba s £89 million transfer from juventus to manchester united last summer. good morning. it s wednesday, 10th may. i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. we start with breaking news that the crown prosecution service has said no concept of politicians or official would be charged with breaking rules on election campaign spending in 2015. the cbs have been considering file sent by the police for nearly 30 constituencies. the party has insisted administrative errors were to blame for any spending which was incorrectly declared. we have a statement through from the head of special crime at the crown prosecution service. it says, we are files of evidence from 14 police forces in respect of allegations relating to conservative party candidate expenditure during the 2015th general election campaign. we considered whether candidates and election agents working in ....
will face charges over claims they d breached the rules on campaign spending during the last general election. fifa investigates paul pogba s £89 million transfer from juventus to manchester united last summer. and pigs do fly. 50 years after pink floyd s debut album a celebration and exhibition to mark the anniversary. it s 5 o clock, good afternoon. president trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying he d lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. but critics from both sides say the dismissal of james comey smacks of a cover up, to do with the agency s investigation into possible collusion between the trump presidential campaign and russia. from washington, here s rajini vaidyanathan. absolutely explosive news from washington. this is a fox news alert. james comey has been fired. politics in the time of trump is often unpredictable but this was a political bombshell that few saw coming. back in washington today ja ....
and the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the emergency response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the nhs in england and scotland on friday. dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a ‘wake up call‘ blaming them for storing data on software vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. it s thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. in the past half hour the national crime agency has tweeted this saying if you re a victim of #ransomware do not pay! there s no guarantee that access to your files will be res ....