Summary

  • CPS: No charges over 2015 battle bus

  • One file, for Kent, still being considered

  • Tories: 'Politically motivated complaints'

  • Labour and Lib Dem education pledges

  • The election is on 8 June

  1. The moment being PM dawned on Maypublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    The One Show have found footage of Philip May at a Conservative Party conference in the 1980s. The pair had a chat about who would go on to stand as an MP.

    Mrs May is asked how she felt when it dawned on her that she could be prime minister.

    She said its "dawns on you when you're walking through the door of number 10 for the first time".

    Philip chips in that "it is very humbling". 

  2. Watch: PM asked about Brexit and Eurovisionpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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  3. 'When fake news bites'published at 19:14 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    On fake news, Theresa May says that she and her husband have been victims of it. Years ago it was reported that she would have trouble standing to be an MP because of her new baby, they told the show.

    Theresa and Philip May do not have children. Mrs May said that later that afternoon, she was called by her mother-in-law wondering if she hadn't been told the news.

  4. At home with the Mayspublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Philip May is talking about their home life, saying he's allowed to do "boy" things like take the bin out.

    In the Mays' house there are apparently "girl jobs" and "boy jobs".

  5. Nul points for the UK?published at 19:09 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Theresa May says we're not leaving the Eurovision Song Contest.

    But she adds, with a smile, "I'm not sure how many points we'd get" under the circumstances.

  6. A 'difficult woman'published at 19:02 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    The One Show co-host Matt Baker introduces Theresa May as someone who has been called "a difficult woman".

  7. Action stations!published at 18:58 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    It is all go over at the BBC's New Broadcasting House - Theresa and Philip May are appearing on The One Show very shortly.

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  8. EU 'would make mincemeat' of Corbynpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    There's much comment on Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to confirm in an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the UK would definitely leave the EU regardless of what happened in the Brexit negotiations.

    Brexit Secretary David Davis said: "The chaotic incoherence of Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit means that the 27 other EU countries would make mincemeat of him in the negotiations."

    While Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Tom Brake called the interview Mr Corbyn's "Michael Howard moment".

    You can watch that here, external - if you can bear it.

  9. Grammar schools are May's 'vanity project'published at 18:52 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    The Labour leader has returned to the subject of education on the campaign trail today and dismissed Theresa May's plans for new grammar schools in England as a "vanity project".

    He was speaking to Labour supporters at a campaign event in Morley. 

  10. Labour 'gives a toss'published at 18:45 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh (she played Hayley on Coronation Street) told the crowd at Labour's official campaign launch in Manchester today that Jeremy Corbyn is someone who believes in “a society that truly gives a toss about stuff”.

    It prompted a political sketch of the occasion by The Times' Patrick Kidd. 

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  11. 'Less than 10' Scottish Green candidatespublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Scottish Greens to stand fewer than 10 candidates in general election after fielding 32 in 2015.

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  12. Liverpool mayor's anger at selection decisionpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Labour has selected a candidate for its stronghold seat of Liverpool Walton - and it's not gone down well with one of the unsuccessful candidates.

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    Mr Carden is an aide to Unite union boss Len McCluskey. The decision has triggered an angry reaction from one of the party's key local figures, Liverpool City Mayor Joe Anderson:

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    Liverpool Walton was previously held by Steve Rotheram, who was elected as Liverpool city region's new metro mayor last week.

  13. Clash of campaign veteranspublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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    Sir Eric Pickles and Alan Johnson haggle over the UK general election campaign

    Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Eric Pickles and former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson have enjoyed - or suffered - many election campaigns. 

    The two veterans squared up to each other to discuss how the current campaign is going so far. 

    "I can say I want my side to win without having to cross my fingers," Sir Eric Pickles told Martha Kearney. Theresa May is "scared" of a leaders' debate, replied Alan Johnson.

  14. Pam Ayres: Election is 'rhetoric, hot air, and gas'published at 17:51 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Poet Pam Ayres has been sharing her thoughts on the joy of elections with BBC Oxford.

  15. BuzzFeed answers back over Corbyn claimpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    Against the backdrop of today's campaigning, controversy is swarming about an interview that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn did with BuzzFeed's political editor Jim Waterson.

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  16. Miliband: May should have done a better jobpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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    More from Ed Miliband, the former Labour party leader and arguably the "inspiration" behind Theresa May's promise to cap energy tariffs. 

    He tells ITV News: "Well, I think if they were going to copy my idea, Theresa May should have done a much better job than she has done."

  17. Grammar schools are 'for the few', says Corbynpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

    The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has criticised Conservative plans for new grammar schools in England.

    Speaking on the campaign trail in Ashton-under-Lyne, Mr Corbyn said: "I don't want a ladder for the few, I want a staircase for everyone."

    He told supporters all children were special and deserved the best possible education. 

  18. The man behind the prime ministerpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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    Apparently Philip May is much better at small talk than his wife, Theresa.

    There is still time to find out more about the prime minister's husband before the couple appear on The One Show tonight at 7pm on BBC One.

    Read a profile of Philip here.

  19. Tories called Miliband's energy plan 'dangerous'published at 17:24 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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    Sir Ed Davey, the former secretary for energy and climate change in the coalition government, says Theresa May's energy cap plan is "the wrong plan".

    He says: "That's what the Conservatives themselves said two years ago when I was sitting around the cabinet table with Theresa May, with Ed Clarke with the other ministers pushing this today, they were deeply opposed to it.

    "They said in fact that Ed Miliband's plan was dangerous, it would hit investment and would push up energy bills. And they were right then and are wrong to do this now."

  20. Energy sector needs a revolution, say Greenspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 9 May 2017

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    Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party, thinks the Tories' energy cap proposal "is a kind of step in the right direction" but he thinks the real problem is that there are just six major energy companies.

    "What we really need is a revolution," he says. "Not the big six energy companies but 600, 6,000 energy companies much like they have in other countries like Germany. 

    "You've got local communities taking control of their energy supply, providing really good clean renewable energy which they can then create for their communities or sell back on to others."