24/04/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme.

Our top story today - a political earthquake in France.

The two major parties that have ruled the country for decades

have been swept aside - instead, voters will chose

between a relative political novice and an anti-immigration,

Full coverage of the presidential elections

TRANSLATION: I want to become the president of all the people of

France, the president of the Patriots, in the face of threats

from the Nationalists. TRANSLATION: The time has come to get rid of all

the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the people what they

should do. I am the candidate the people.

Also this morning: caring for an elderly

relative 24 hours a day - we've been to meet those who give

up their lives to look after a family member.

Its chips the person of the personality that they really are. I

have lost my best friend -- it strips the person of their

personality. And as Ukip call for a ban

on full face veils - one woman who wears a niqab tells us

it will lead to a rise Throughout the programme,

the latest breaking news and developing stories -

and as always, really A little later, we'll be

talking about scoliosis. If you were watching Britain's Got

Talent on Saturday night, you will have seen Julie, the dancer in the

middle, talking about her curvature of the spine. That is what scoliosis

is. As a result of discussing that on prime-time telly on a Saturday

night, people are learning about it sometimes for the first time.

If you're affected by scolosis, do get in touch this morning -

If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

Voters in France have chosen the two candidates who will go

through to the final round of the presidential

They are the independent centrist, Emmanuel Macron, and the leader

of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen.

It's the first time in six decades that neither of France's main

left-wing or right-wing parties has had a candidate in the run-off

to replace Francois Hollande as French leader.

Our Europe Correspondent, James Reynolds has more.

Emmanuel Macron is France's newcomer, and now the winner of this

He is an insider who's run as an outsider.

The 39-year-old is a pro-EU, pro-business centrist.

He resigned as a minister in order to form his own political movement.

TRANSLATION: I hope that in a fortnight,

His supporters believe that the rest of the country

This is Emmanuel Macron's first election.

The French people still hardly know him.

He is now the favourite to become this country's next president.

Marine Le Pen, the Front National leader, will fight Emmanuel Macron

She won more votes than the party has ever won before.

It matches her father Jean-Marie's achievement 15 years ago in reaching

TRANSLATION: The French people must take this historic opportunity,

because the biggest issue is the globalisation that's putting

In Bastille Square in Paris, some left-wing protesters faced

These demonstrators were angered by the results of this vote.

They, and the rest of the country, will have their final say

These two finalists are offering completely opposite visions of

France in the future? They are indeed. And what is interesting in

all of this is how the old left right divide in French politics has

vote. It is a process which is vote. It is a process which is

arguably happening in other countries as well, but here it is

very stark. The old parties, the Republicans on the right and the

socialists who have dominated politics for 60 years have been

completely clipped by this new divide which, as you say, is between

the global and the national. Marine Le Pen is clearly articulating the

view of the victims or those who have not benefited from

globalisation, the old white working class, who want more protection and

a return to national borders and are very much opposed to the globalised

Europe which has become the norm. And then Emmanuel Macron, who alone

of all the candidates yesterday has taken up the cudgels for Europe in

saying yes, it needs to be changed and reformed, but let's not throw

out the baby with the bath water. out the baby with the bath water.

Let's keep something that is precious to us and will be necessary

for future prosperity. So we do have a very divided country. Although

Emmanuel Macron has emerged as the surprise winner yesterday and must

be regarded as the favourite, if he does become president, he will have

to rule a country in which this dividing line between haves and

have-nots, or beneficiaries and sufferers from the system, will be

very stark indeed. Joanna is in the BBC

Newsroom, with a summary A man's been arrested in connection

with the murder of a former Royal Navy officer thought to have

been run over by his own car. It's thought Michael

Samwell - who was 35 - was killed when he confronted

thieves outside his home in Chorlton in the early

hours of Sunday morning. How did a disturbance at a house

in the early hours end Michael Samwell and his wife

were woken up by a loud noise, and the former Royal Naval Officer

went downstairs to have a look. The exact sequence of events that

followed is not clear, but outside, now cordoned off,

the 35-year-old was run over He was taken to hospital,

where he later died of his injuries. The vehicle was found

abandoned a few miles away. You hear a noise downstairs

and you go and see what it is. It's incredibly tragic

that he has lost his life. This is described as a quiet

corner of Manchester. And gathered in silence,

people came to pay their respects, I am a bit shaken up

because obviously, One theory is they did

break in simply to get If that is the case, it's led

to a far more serious enquiry. Four drivers have admitted falling

asleep while operating trams in Croydon, where seven people

were killed when a tram derailed A investigation for

the Victoria Derbyshire programme has also discovered

a failure with a safety device, known as "a dead man's handle",

that was not reported to the regulator, and three

incidents of speeding Tram Operations Ltd,

which runs the line, said driver fatigue was monitored

and controls were Jeremy Corbyn is promising to repeal

what he calls "vicious" trade union legislation brought

in by the Conservatives The Labour leader is

making his first campaign visit to Scotland today,

where his party is trying to claw back support after huge losses

in the election two years ago. Two men are due to appear in court

today, charged in connection with an acid attack at a nightclub

in east London on Easter Monday, which left two people

blind in one eye. Arthur Collins, who's

24 and the boyfriend of the reality TV star,

Ferne McCann, is facing 14 counts of wounding with intent and one

count of throwing corrosive fluid with intent to cause

grievous bodily harm. The Government will go

to the High Court to try to delay publishing its strategy

for tackling air pollution. Today was the deadline for ministers

to present their plans, but they claim voting rules mean

they can't publish sensitive policies before

the general election. Campaigners say they're trying

to dodge a difficult issue. Tougher punishments for the most

serious cases of speeding have come into force in England

and Wales today. Drivers can now be fined one

and a half times their weekly that means driving over 50 miles

an hour in a 30 zone or And a 12-year-old who was trying

to drive across the entire breadth of Australia has been picked

up by police. The boy was pulled over

already 800 miles into his journey in Broken Hill

in the New South Wales outback on Saturday after a patrol noticed

the car's bumper dragging Police believe he'd planned to keep

going all the way to Perth, That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30. Thank you for your comments about

being carers. Brian says, I gave up my business to care for my mum, who

has Alzheimer's. I didn't want to go into a care home. Jamie says as a

carer, you learn to shut yourself down and work 24 hours a day. Chris

says I was an unpaid care for my dad until he died two years ago. Unpaid

carers have been saving the care system 's fortunes for years. The

saving from my family must be in six figures. And Leanne says your report

looks heartbreaking. Well done, soon. That is the woman we feature

in our film in the next few minutes. You are doing well and it is OK to

feel like running. If you are a carer for a relative, get in touch

and tell us what it is like. Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

and if you text, you will be charged It is going to be Arsenal against

Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Has the pressure eased on Arsene Wenger?

Probably not. Arsenal fans are celebrating, but many are divided on

whether they want Arsene Wenger to carry on as manager. He is out of

contract in the summer, but the big win for him in Wembley. Sergio

Aguero gave City the lead at Wembley before Nacho Monreal equalised for

Arsenal, drilling at the far post from Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross, and

then it went into extra time. 1-1 after 90 minutes. This was Alexi

scrambling in a winner to book Arsenal and FA Cup final day with

Chelsea. Hugely significant for both managers. Arsene Wenger, it is not

often we have seen him smile this season. Seventh in the Premier

League, with so much speculated about his future, but he is on to

win the FA Cup for the seventh time. Not so good for this man, Pep

Guardiola. He will end this season without a trophy, the first time in

his coaching career that he has done that. We expected special things.

The former Barca and Bayern Munich boss, no trophy for him and they

have the Manchester derby on Thursday as well. Barcelona's Lionel

Messi cannot stop scoring. What a game last night. It was a

sensational game. He is a freak of nature, no other way to describe

Lionel Messi. Let's look at the goals from last night. Barcelona

were trailing 1-0 at the Bernabeu, on enemy territory. This was him

levelling up to make it 1-1. It then went to 2-2 with Sergio Ramos sent

off for the home side. Cue an incredible last 15 minutes. That was

Lionel Messi, sticking away his 500th goal! He's still only 29. A

casual 47 goals for this season and more importantly for Barcelona, they

leapfrog Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga title race, which blows

it wide open. And from the London Marathon yesterday, so many amazing

stories, but it was quite a day for the Swansea Harriers running club.

It was. Look at these pictures. 5 million of you watched this. This is

David Wyatt. You may have seen his brother present the sport on this

programme. He was struggling to reach the finishing line. His hero

on the left, Matthew Rees, came to help him. Dave was on for a two-hour

38 finish, and a starting time. He still managed it in under three

hours. I have played football with Dave before and seen him doing

better than that. I texted him last time. He said he has had a big

burger and is feeling much better. He was on BBC Breakfast this morning

and is holding his own press conference, very presidential! But

it is great for Swansea Harriers. Another great story from yesterday

singer that this is Josh Griffiths, 23 years old. Two hours and 14

minutes and 54 seconds. He is going to qualify for the World

Championships. We will hopefully hear from him at ten o'clock. I have

texted him to see if he will come and have a chat. I don't know how

anybody wants a marathon! Amazing if anyone -- for anyone who got to the

end. As the country faces a care crisis,

several charities have told this programme they want social care

to be a top priority Alzheimer's Society,

Independent Age and UK Homecare Association are calling

for political parties to feature the issue high up

on their manifestos, with better funding a key

area they want the next The Government says it's investing

an extra ?2 billion in social care, This morning, we're going

to bring you an insight Sue Jenkins says she's basically

given up her life to care for her mother Patricia,

who is 88 and needs She has dementia, is doubly

incontinent and uses a wheelchair. Our reporter James Longman

has been to meet her. What's it like to spend

your life looking after To sometimes not sleep, not eat,

not really have much We spent 24 hours with 88-year-old

Patricia Jenkins and her daughter She had funding to keep her mum

at home stopped twice by the authorities,

but she is battling on. It's 8am and Sue is getting

Patricia ready for the day. Patricia suffers from Alzheimer's

and is also disabled. She is doubly incontinent

and wheelchair bound. Whilst Sue does have carers

to assist her at different times, her life is wholly dedicated

to looking after her mother. She has a lot of challenging

behaviour, screaming, hitting out... That's part of that illness and it

strips the person of the personality What is it like for you,

for your mum to hit you, The stress on you must

be pretty intense. Yes, it's heartbreaking and it can

make you feel useless. As she is saying that

you are and it can make you quantity As she is saying that

you are and it can make you want to run for the hills

and just run into the night and there have been

many occasions where I just wanted to run off thinking

I was a useless carer. Patricia can't spend more

than a couple of hours away from her daughter before

she becomes too distressed. People watching might just sort

of think, you've given up your life. Very outward going person,

but I take care of my I feel like I'm

constantly dropping you. OK.

All right mummy. Sue has one or two carers

at various times in the week, But even so, her mother

constantly calls for her. It's clear that Sue

is finding the going tough. It's horrible to see her

so distressed like that. She doesn't want to come

back in half the time. You've got a carer here,

but it is up and down, People watching this might sort

of say is it not time And the Government want to encourage

people to stay in their own homes and nurse people in their own homes

and say there is support out there for carers

that there is, but there isn't. It's the most isolating situation

anyone could find themselves in. And your mother I suppose is the one

person you should be able Somewhere inside, but you know,

the person I dearly love and dearly want to talk to about so many things

has left me already and the thought of losing her fills me with complete

dread because my life Do you want to go?

She is shouting for you again. Sweetheart, can you just give us

a little bit of quiet for a minute? All right, we'll get

you changedment all right. We gave Sue a camera to show us

what it's like overnight. She has been highly

agitated all evening and to the point where we had to go

for a walk around midnight. The nights are when things

can get really bad. Her skin needs to be

prepared for the cold air. We tried to speak to Patricia,

but she becomes very agitated with people she doesn't know

and that wasn't possible. OK, we're getting you out,

don't worry about it. Sue sometimes goes

without sleep altogether. Tonight pains in her abdomen have

kept Patricia awake. So we get on and hoist

her into bed now. We've managed to

settle mummy in bed. But she's still a

little bit restless. I've been on the go now all day

with a pretty bad day. Mother in quite a state and anyway,

I'm going to go and get another hot-water bottle and see if I can

get some sleep before It's early morning and

the routine starts again. We tried to change her because she

was incontinent which she has been through the night,

but we couldn't roll her and turn her at all,

she was quite aggressive So we couldn't actually

move her physically. She was resisting and then

grabbing hold of us both and so unfortunately

because of that, because she has been to the toilet it then spread

and we've really been trying to clean her up and it

has been a big clean up Being here, you really get a sense

of what being a carer is like and I mean just on a couple

hours sleep, Sue is up every morning looking after her mother, yes,

she has carers here, but she almost has to manage them

as well and this is her whole life. I mean, just looking

after her mum and it has been It costs over ?2,500 a week

to keep Patricia at home. But Sue says they have twice tried

to stop that funding in order to force her to put Patricia

in a home. She says she feels constantly

hounded by authorities and has been taken to court over payments

she says she isn't liable for. The hours that have been stolen

from me over this court case where I have had to e-mail

after e-mail after e-mail and chase and phone,

it has taken hours away, hours that belong

to my mother and I. Six years ago, Sue's husband

left her when she decided to look I have good friends,

but the friends that don't understand go by the wayside

and you find that having any kind of relationship in my situation

is very difficult too and that can It would take a very understanding

man to understand my situation. Every so often Sue takes

her mother on days out. They can't go too far,

but today it's a trip to the sea. That's for us to drink because we

haven't had any lunch yet. Do you want me to see

if I can put some music on? There are those beautiful tender

moments, the occasional little I think people watching this

and seeing what you go through will ask themselves well,

when does this stop, what happens when it is too much,

when you can't see any enjoyment anymore, when maybe you can't

look after her anymore? Do you even talk

about that with her? I don't talk about it with her. It

is unimaginable that I would never look after. I get the sense of a

carer that's related to the person they're caring for, you might be

better equipped to look after them, but then are you really ready to let

go? No, not really if I'm honest. I don't even want to think about it.

You can see the bond between Sue and her mother and you can see those

glimpses of the woman Patricia clearly was of the there is a lot of

love there, but this whole situation had a big emotional impact

particularly on Sue and you know this is just a woman who really

needs help. Over six million people in the UK

volunteer to care for sick or elderly relatives. Those numbers are

going up and so are the pressures. It's so moving. It is something that

affects so many of you judging by the number of comments we're

receiving. Let's have a look. Karen, "It is

incredibly hard to be a carer. My mum needs everything doing for her.

I share the caring with my brother, mainly over the whole weekendful she

does have carers popping in, but not every day and the carers don't have

enough time to do what's necessary. So I find myself cleaning up after

them. Carers themselves are not looked after enough, not paid enough

and have little respect in their own job." This texter says, "I am a

carer for my son who has special needs as well as other issues. It is

hard work and demanding. You never get time to yourself and when you

do, you're mentally drained." That teen says, "I am a full-time carer

for my mum. She won't let anyone look after her even for a day."

Elaine, "I am puzzled, looking after relatives. The unpaid word suggests

it a state responsibility. Surely it is a family responsibility." Thank

you for those. Keep them coming in. And after 10:30am, we'll be hearing

from people around the UK who care If you do - get in touch and give us

an insight into your day. Ukip says it would ban full veils

worn by some Muslim women 15-year-old Julia Carlile raised

awareness of scoliosis when she danced her way

through to the semi-finals But the surgery available

in the UK to correct it An e-mail from Bethany on this to

say, "Peu was dig knowed with this at eight years old. My curvature was

severe and I had my spinal fusion operation aged ten. My parents

didn't think I would walk againment however, I was determined to exceed

expectations. I got all As and A stars at dance and drama at school

and I have gone on to study per fortunatelying arts and have become

a professional performer and dancer and choreographer." Thank you,

Bethany. Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom,

with a summary of today's news. A former banker will take

on the anti-immigration far right leader Marine Le Pen in the second

round of the French Emmanuel Macron came first

in the vote yesterday. He's seen as a political newcomer

and ran as an independent. It's the first time in six decades

the mainstream parties have not had a candidate in the run-off to become

French president. A man has been arrested

in connection with the murder of a former

Royal Navy officer thought to have It's thought Mike Samwell -

who was 35 - was killed when he confronted

thieves outside his home in the Chorlton area of Manchester

in the early hours Mr Samwell was asleep with his wife

Jessica when the intruders struck. Four drivers have admitted falling

asleep while operating trams in Croydon, where seven people

were killed when a tram derailed A investigation for

the Victoria Derbyshire programme has also discovered

a failure with a safety device, known as "a dead man's handle",

that was not reported to the regulator, and three

incidents of speeding Tram Operations Ltd,

which runs the line, said driver fatigue was monitored

and controls were We'll bring you more on that

investigation after 10 o'clock. Jeremy Corbyn is promising to repeal

what he calls "vicious" trade union legislation,

brought in by the Conservatives, The Labour leader will make

the pledge today to trade union members in Scotland,

where his party's trying to claw back support after huge losses

in the election two years ago. Two men are due to appear in court

today, charged in connection with an acid attack at a nightclub

in east London on Easter Monday, which left two people

blind in one eye. Arthur Collins, who's

24 and the boyfriend of the reality TV star,

Ferne McCann, is facing 14 counts of wounding with intent and one

count of throwing corrosive fluid with intent to cause

grievous bodily harm. That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.00. Time for the latest sport now.

Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey said the team want to win the FA Cup for Arsenal

Wenger. It will be an all London final between Arsenal and Chelsea

next month. They came from behind to take the tie into extra time before

Alexis Sanchez scrambled in that winner. It finished 2-1. Bigelow

Kante has won the professional footballers Association Player of

the Year award. Tottenham's Dele Alli won the Young player prize for

the second successive year. 500 goals now for Lionel Messi in a

Barcelona shirt. His side blue La Liga post by title race open with a

dramatic victory at Real Madrid, Messi with a stoppage time winner.

And they club runner with Swansea Harriers stunned Britain's elite men

at the London Marathon to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in

London. Josh Griffiths, who is 23, finished in two hours, 14 minutes

and 49 seconds on his marathon debut. Victoria Warner speak to him

just after ten. -- Victoria Warner speak to him.

Ukip says its election manifesto will include a pledge to ban

the full face veils worn by some Muslim women.

The party leader, Paul Nuttall, suggested people

who continued to wear a niqab or a burqa would be fined.

A niqab, on the left, allows the eyes to be seen.

So does this policy amount to an attack on Muslims?

Let's bring together Sahar Al Faifi, who's worn

She is a geneticist and assistant Secretary General of the Muslim

Council of Wales and also with us, Liz Jones, who's on Ukip's National

Liz Jones, tell Sahar why you would ban what she is wearing right now.

Two reasons. Firstly, the issue of security. I'm sure you are aware

that on the 21st of May 2005, one of the London bombers endeavoured to

escape by wearing the full niqab. So we have a security issue. I am sure

you are also aware that there was a recent robbery at Selfridges store

in London, where all the robbers wore the niqab. I am also sure you

are aware that there were big issues in student campuses and the

dormitories in Cairo, Jordan and Afghanistan with terrorists entering

those buildings wearing the niqab. So we have a security issue. On that

point, would you ban motorcycle helmets and balaclavas, because we

have had robberies with people wearing those? Using the same logic?

No, because it is about the sharing of public space. You cannot enter

certain public areas. But you can commit a robbery wearing a

motorcycle helmet or balaclava. But you are not saying the ban

motorcycle helmets? No, because there is another element. The second

element is the issue of integration. We have to accept that the move of

the 21st century is towards inclusiveness and cohesion within

the public space. So many people would consider that a woman being

covered would show that she is separated, whether willingly or

unwillingly, from society. In fact, I am sure you are aware that in

2006, Jack Straw, the Labour MP, spoke vociferously against the face

veil and he was supported by Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. In January

2016, David Cameron reiterated that and said public authorities should

have the right to set down reasonable rules with regard to the

wearing of the face veil. Lets let Sahar respond now. Thank you. First

of all, I have to explain why I am wearing the face veil. Firstly, it

is an act of worship. I am a human being on a spiritual journey, trying

to connect with God. That is why I wear it. The narrative that the face

veil somehow undermine security is a false narrative. Muslim women who

choose to wear it are a minority within a minority. And this minority

are more than happy to reveal their identity with an ID card whenever

needed. So security is a false narrative. With the rise of

Islamophobia and the hostile environment around Muslims, there

are politicians making irresponsible comments across the political

spectrum, not only Ukip. It now sits the context that we live to demonise

and scapegoat minorities. And the easiest target for that is the

Muslim woman. If we are talking about empowering Muslim women and

enhancing their integration, surely you should support their right to

express their faith in the way they want. Theresa May said on hijab day

in February, what a woman wears is her choice. So when we have people

telling us it is actually a security issue and undermines integration, we

have to talk to the women who choose to wear it. I am a geneticist. I

participate in public life. I campaign for social justice. But

when you have the far right like Ukip trying to distract the public

from the more important issues like housing, unemployment and creating

jobs for youth using this piece of fabric that I'd choose to wear as

part of my faith, part of my identity. I have to say, it is not a

far issue. As I said, in 2006, Jack Straw... He apologised for it. He

apologised publicly. But he did have the support of Gordon Brown and Tony

Blair. But he said it was a mistake. Please don't talk at once.

I will give each of you the right time. It is not an issue with regard

to religion per se because in 2017, the grand mosque in Mecca bandit. It

is not common to wear it in Iran, Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan.

Britain is a multicultural society. Of course, that is why in the

private sphere, you are free to wear whatever you want. However, because

we are a multicultural nation now, the public sphere has to have

communality so that all segments of society can feel that they belong.

Does communality mean everyone has the look the same? This is a

simulation, not integration. Everyone has the right to express

their faith, their sexual orientation, their belief, their

views, as long as they don't harm anyone. This is how we live today in

a multicultural British society. I am not going to accept to be

assimilated into the larger society for the sake of value to my identity

or my faith. If we are talking about integration, we should create an

equal space for everyone to express whatever they want. Liz Jones, your

leader Paul Nuttall said yes, wear it in the privacy of your own home,

but when you are out and about, you would be fine. How would that work?

That would be a matter for the police to organise. I understand

they have organised in France, where it has been illegal since 2011 to

wear the burqa. I don't know how the police would manage that. That would

be a matter for them. Anti-Muslim sentiment has led to an increase in

physical, verbal and online attacks previously in Britain. Do you think

the same will happen this time? Not at all. There are many Muslims in

this country who would support a burqa ban. We have had well-known

Muslims speaking out. Salman Rushdie has spoken out against it. But would

it lead to an increase in attacks? By banning it? If the face veil was

made a criminal offence, or a low-level offence... What do you

mean? It would be a par with anti-social behaviour, a previous

Labour initiative. If it were at that level, I don't see why it would

result in more attacks, because people would presumably be obeying

the law in which case the faces would be uncovered. How about I

speak to you from my experience? After Brexit, there was a sharp

increase in Islamophobic attacks. I am facing so many Islamophobic

attacks that it has become part of my life because of your

irresponsible comments against Muslims, alienating them all the

time for the sake of getting votes. I will give you an example. I did an

interview with the BBC in response to the proposed anti-extremism laws

by David Cameron and someone passed by, looked fearlessly at the camera

and swore at me, you are an F word bummer, because you and the likes of

you said that I and -- is a Muslim unthreatening society. When people

see politicians like you speaking in the media like this, someone in the

street had the guts to look at the camera and said, you're an F word

bomber. If you are supporting community cohesion, we must reject

hate and bigotry. This is what happens in front of camera. You can

imagine what happens behind it. Someone like me, who is highly

educated, working tirelessly to treat cancer patients, is being

abused in the street. Is that acceptable? Is it acceptable to

discriminate against anyone? It is not acceptable. It is a criminal

offence. Did you report it to the police? Of course. What resulted you

get? The result that they could prosecute him. There is a gap in the

UK law. Muslims are not protected equally as the black and Jewish

community. But that is another discussion. I am saying to you that

irresponsible comments by you contribute to demonising Muslims.

You are a woman and I am a woman was that we should support each other.

If a woman wants to wear a miniskirt, let her wear it. If a

woman wants to wear a face veil, let her wear it. An Egyptian feminist

took the brave step of going into Tahrir Square, and she removed her

face veil in public. That was the launch in Egypt of women's rights. I

am going to post you there. Thank you, both. These are comments from

people watching around the country. Rebekah tweets that the Ukip debate

is embarrassing. It is a blatantly racist attack, no matter how they

dress it up. This Ukip representative should be ashamed.

Alexander says, hardly any crimes occur because someone wore a veil.

Terry says I'm sure there would be better integration if Ukip stopped

trying to force everyone to be like them. Rob - ask the Ukip woman if

face coverings include EDL thugs in balaclavas. Well, it depends where

they are wearing balaclavas. Obviously, there would be allowed

into a bank or department store. But on the street is fine? It is about

being in the public domain. If people find that threatening, it is

an issue. So you are not suggesting banning balaclavas in the street? I

would not suggest putting balaclavas in the manifesto because it is a

double situation. We have the security situation, and if that said

one life, it would be worth doing. The other situation is the

integration situation. Do you think it makes it easy for people to

integrate with EDL thugs wearing balaclavas? Well, how many of those

are there? I have not seen one on my way to this studio today. I have

never seen one in my life, have you? Speaking again in about integration,

let's talk facts. Muslims contribute ?30 billion to

the British economy. 50% of Muslim females or 50% of Muslim students

generally are in university in comparison to 38% of the general

public. This is what I call integration. Liz Jones, I wanted to

get your reaction to the fact that one of the French Presidential

candidates going through to the final round is Marie led pen. How do

you respond to that? I don't know if she is anti-immigration. She wants

to have more secure measures within France and that's a matter for her.

I don't seek to make any comment about her policies. I'm in Britain

and I'm concerned for the British public. Now I will say... Would you

rather she won compared to the independent centrist candidate? I am

not going to get involved with the French election. That would be

impertinent. Do you have an opinion? Not really. It would be impertinent

for me to express. Not really, you have entitled to express an opinion?

I wouldn't like it if she was to make remarks about the British

election. I'm not asking you to tell people who to vote for. I prefer

Marie. She is better looking. Thank you very much for your time.

The MP who said femininst zealots really do want

to have their cake and eat it will now face the leader

of the Women's Equality Party at the ballot box in Shipley

We speak to both candidates in the next hour.

This is an x-ray of someone with scoliosis -

it's where the spine twists and curves to one side.

Most people can live a normal life with it,

but those who need an operation to correct it can end up

It has been brought to wider attention following

this stand out moment on Britain's Got Talent.

This group came together because I've got scoliosis, so...

Scoliosis is like a curvature of the spine.

My one's quite rare because it's more common to, like,

have an accident and get it but I was born with it.

So I have to have surgery soon and after surgery,

I won't be able to dance so this is like my last chance because I've

You've got an amazing attitude. I've got to tell you.

# Like how a single word can make a heart open

# I might only have one match but I can make an explosion

# And all those things I didn't say were wrecking balls inside my brain

# I will scream them loud tonight, Can you hear my voice this time?

# And I don't really care if nobody else believes

# 'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

# I've still got a lot of fight left in me #

It really touched me, so much so that I'm going to go...

15-year-old Julie Carlile is taking part on Britain's Got Talent

in the hope of raising nearly ?80,000 so she can travel

to America and receive another type of surgery

which could cure her completely and will allow her to

This programme has learnt NHS doctors in England already

have the expertise to carry out this operation, known as tethering,

but currently patients are not allowed it.

Let's now talk to Olivia Wingrove. She is 18.

She was diagnosed aged 15 with scoliosis -

His patients include professional dancers and sports stars.

Hello there Molloy. Olivia. Tell our audience what it is like living with

scoliosis. It's quite hard because you're very restricted on what you

can do. Like even day-to-day tasks like walking long-distances and

carrying a heavy bag is very hard and it strains your back. And if I

go to the gym or anything, I can only restrict myself in certain

things because I can only move so much. Right. Is it painful? Yeah, it

is very painful. But I've learnt to cope with the pain. I need to click

my back every now and then as a relief of the pain, but it's if I'm

sitting in one position for say half an hour, you need to move otherwise

it does become very painful. You were diagnosed at 15 Yes. What

triggered it? It is from when I heart had my growth spurt, but they

are not 100% sure. When you were watching this on Britain's Got

Talent on Saturday night, what did you think? I just tried. When she

came on and explained her situation. I didn't know anyone with scoliosis

would be able to do something like that. And the fact that she is

raising awareness and rather successfully so far... Yeah. Is that

helpful to people like yourself with this condition? Yes, because not

many people know about it. I only met one other person with it. I have

written a blog on it to raise awareness because it's like even

Simon Cowell didn't know what it was. No one knows. Sean Molloy thank

you for talking to us. What leads to scoliosis? Well, it's a combination

really of genetic environmental factors. We don't really know the

vast majority scoliosis of adolescent scoliosis and that really

means we don't know what the cause is. So we're left with a lot of

patients who particularly, females in their growth spurt who get a

curvature of their spine and we have to try and do something for them.

Julia on Britain's Got Talent has to go to America to receive this

tethering surgery. What is it and why can't we do it here when

surgeons here have the expertise in England? I think one of the simplest

things for your audience is many, many years ago, if you had a problem

with your hip or knee, you would fuse the hip or knee and that would

lead you to have great disability, you couldn't play tennis or squash

and what we have been left with in spinal surgery, in scoliosis surgery

we still fuse people. The hip replacement and the knee replacement

has come along, what we are trying to do is keep people from being

fused and therefore they have functional spine. So this is

evolutionary in terms of our techniques. So instead of fusing

children like we do at moment we are trying to do a thing called

tethering which is trying to modulate growth or the type of

growth that occurs in the spine as you have seen with the images we

have given to you, they were given from Jason at George's, you can see

there is a lateral curvature of the spine which is what scoliosis is and

the tether or the growth that you can see have been put on the long

side of the spine or the right-hand side of the spine as you look at the

images and what we're hoping to do is the child as they grow, they will

actually grow on the left-hand side of the spine, thereby normalising

the actual spine and straightening what you are seeing is three images.

One preoperatively with a sizeable curve. The middle image shows you

post-operatively, you might look at it and think it hasn't changed much

and you would be right in saying it hasn't changed much, but on the

right-hand side, 12 months done the line, the curvature has reversed and

we have had a cure of the actual scoliosis itself. That's the main

aim. Are patients not getting that in this country or are they? The

most important thing to say is we are cautious in this country like

everybody should be because, of course, the data is not complete. We

don't know if this treatment is going to be a long-standing

treatment for people. It was done first 11 years ago in the United

States and there was a case report, but the larger series which are only

20 and 32 patients were published in 2014 and 2015. There have been 20

cases done at St George's Hospital in London and also we started a

programme here a the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, but for the

time NHS England want to have a look at this and decide how this

treatment maybe commissioned and how the funding stream will be given for

these patients. Thank you very much, Sean. Sean Molloy who is a spinal

surgeon. Actually lots of people live with

scoliosis very successfully and do not need surgery.

The general election will see plenty of new faces in parliament -

and other long serving politicians leaving - including former

Conservative Party chairman Sir Eric Pickles who's been

in British politics for 25 years, but has announced

he won't be seeking re-election in the Brentwood and

We can speak to him now in Chelmsford.

Hello to you. Hello. Why are you leaving? I have decided

that this would be my last Parliament and I decide after

Theresa's shock announcement whether I wanted to do another and I decided

that I didn't, I think it is far better to leave when people are

wondering why you step down than to hang around and wonder why you're

still there are. In the past you have been involved in drafting four

Conservative manifestoes, clearly, you don't know the specifics of what

will be in the next one. I'm in the going to ask you about the specifics

of the next manifesto, but let me ask you what you think voters should

read into your chancellor and the Prime Minister repewsing to rule out

tax rises if the Conservatives do win? I think what we should do as

what we have done in prior elections is to wait for the manifesto and all

will be there. I understand until the manifesto comes out, people are

desperate to look at every nuance of what various people are saying and

by and large, it is best to wait for the manifesto to come out. But it is

interesting from a voter's point of view that so far given several

opportunities both have failed to rule out tax rises? Well, they're

both Conservatives and this is something that I shared in common

and the Conservative Party is committed to reducing taxation.

After all, I think, we have taken vast numbers of people out of paying

tax and many people on low pay, I think they are ?1,000 better off

through the things that we've done. Which makes it even more interesting

that they haven't chosen to rule tax rises out out yet anyway. Let me ask

you about something else. The Work and Pensions Secretary said

yesterday that a future Conservative Government would block a rise in

energy prices which would cut household bills by ?100. Do you

think that kind of intervention in the market could lead to power

shortages? I think that's unlikely, but I can understand why the

Secretary of State is thinking that. Given the various rises that have

happened, to use a technical legal term the energy companies have been

having a laugh. They have been putting up prices without good

reason and I think they deserve what they're going to get. The reason I

ask because the then leader of Labour, Ed Miliband, when he said he

was going to do something similar you said in response, "Power

shortages are now a genuine threat." Well, that was a couple of years

ago. I think we hadn't seen the action of the power companies and I

think we can be reasonably assured that under the Conservatives that we

will be able to deliver a reasonable power bill and we will ensure that

power remains. You worbed for Margaret Thatcher and you worked for

Theresa May. What are the differences? I didn't work for

Margaret Thatcher. I knew Margaret Thatcher. Sorry, I should have said

that. Yeah. Yeah, I knew her. It many ways Theresa May reminds quite

a bit. I have known Theresa for 20 odd years and there is more than a

passing resemblance but Theresa is her own person and just because she

is a female Prime Minister perhaps it isn't that healthy to continually

compare her to Margaret Thatcher who was by any definition a one off.

Right, thank you very much. Thank you for talking to us Eric Pickles.

And he is standing down. Let's get the latest

weather update with Carol. This morning, we have seen some rain

and snow. You can see that we have snow falling in Aberdeenshire. We

have snow showers across eastern Scotland into the far north-east of

England. More cloud will spread south through the course of the

afternoon. The wind will also feature. That will be with us

tonight, blowing for the showers across northern Scotland into

Northern Ireland, parts of Wales and eastern England. Away from this, it

will be a cold night. There will also be frost and the risk of ice on

untreated surfaces. But a beautiful start to the day tomorrow in terms

of sunshine. Still showers at low levels in the north. Still that

bitingly cold northerly wind. Here in there, we could see wintry

flurries. If you are exposed to that northerly wind, it will feel much

colder than those temperatures are suggesting.

Welcome to the programme. Last night's presidential election in

France was historic. Voters abandoned the mainstream

parties and it was a shock - the result has sent shock waves through

the French political system. I mean, it's just a crushing defeat. The

whole French political landscape is being redesigned. Also, after seven

people were killed in a tram derailment in Croydon last year,

four drivers tell this programme they fell asleep while operating

trams on that line. How many drivers do you think have fallen asleep in

the cabin? Most drivers have at some point in their careers.

We will also hear from those who have given up their lives to look

after a family member, as campaigners the last social care

must be a priority in the election. It's the most isolating situation

anyone could find themselves in. And your mother is the one person you

should be able to talk to about that. Yes. And... Can't any more.

Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

Voters in France have chosen the two candidates who will go

through to the final round of the presidential

Emmanuel Macron, who is the leader of a brand new political movement,

will take on the anti-immigration far right leader Marine Le Pen.

It's the first time in six decades the mainstream parties have not had

The two frontrunners addressed supporters as the results

TRANSLATION: I want to become the president of all the people of

France, the president of the Patriots, in the face of the threat

from the Nationalists. TRANSLATION: The time has come to get rid of all

the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they

should do. I am the candidate for the people.

A 21-year-old man's been arrested in Manchester in connection

with the murder of a former Royal Navy officer.

Mike Samwell, who was 35, died yesterday after confronting

intruders who are thought to have struck him with his

Mr Samwell was asleep with his wife and had gone downstairs

to investigate loud noises when it's believed he was killed.

Four drivers say they've fallen asleep while operating trams

in Croydon, where seven people were killed when a tram derailed

An investigation for this programme also found a failure

with a safety device, known as "a dead man's handle",

that was not reported to the regulator and three

incidents of speeding since the crash in November.

Tram Operations Ltd, which runs the line,

said driver fatigue was monitored and controls were

We'll bring you more on that investigation shortly.

Jeremy Corbyn is promising to repeal what he calls "vicious"

trade union legislation, brought in by the Conservatives,

The Labour leader will make the pledge today to trade union

members in Scotland, where his party's trying to claw

back support after huge losses in the election two years ago.

Two men are due to appear in court today, charged in connection

with an acid attack at a nightclub in east London on Easter Monday,

which left two people blind in one eye.

Arthur Collins, who's 24 and the boyfriend

of the reality TV star, Ferne McCann, is facing 14 counts

of wounding with intent and one count of throwing corrosive fluid

with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

The Government will go to the High Court to try to delay

publishing its strategy for tackling air pollution.

Today was the deadline for ministers to present their plans,

but they claim voting rules mean they can't publish

sensitive policies before the general election.

Campaigners say they're trying to dodge a difficult issue

because of nervousness about increasing tax

Tougher punishments for the most serious cases of speeding have come

into force in England and Wales today.

Drivers can now be fined one and a half times their weekly

that means driving over 50 miles an hour in a 30 zone or

And a 12-year-old who was trying to drive across the entire breadth

of Australia has been picked up by police.

The boy was pulled over already 800 miles into his

journey in Broken Hill in the New South Wales outback

on Saturday after a patrol noticed the car's bumper dragging

Police believe he'd planned to keep going all the way to Perth,

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

Do get in touch. Your experiences help inform our conversation. We are

hearing from many of you who care full-time for a relative. John

tweets, I am in the same situation as the brave carer in your film. My

wife is 59 and will need 24 hour care for the rest of her life.

Juliette says, my mum can't move, speak or eat. I feed her through a

tube in her stomach. She needs 24/7 care. I am an unpaid care and

keeping my mum alive and it is very hard. Tony says, I am a full-time

carer for my severely disabled partner, with cerebral palsy. She

will never get better. I have been doing it for 25 years. Constant

interference from the government doesn't help. They should accept

that some people will never ever be able to work, so they should stop

the harassment. Carers save this country billions. I wouldn't change

what I do for the world, but the government could make things easier.

We will talk more about carers after 10.30.

Almost 40,000 runners completed the London Marathon yesterday. There are

always so many inspiring stories, but one has generated huge interest.

The pictures of runner David Wyeth being helped over the line by a

fellow competitor, Matthew Rees, this clip on the BBC Sport Facebook

site alone has been viewed more than 5 million times. David received

medical attention after the race. Thankfully, he was OK after a big

burger, I am told. This morning, the pair were reunited. He was telling

me to go on, but I want to make sure he got to the finish line. I didn't

want him to not make the end. I am so grateful. You say that others

would have stopped, and I am sure you are right, there may have been

others, but you persisted. I told you to go and you still didn't. No

worries. Matthew, who helped David, is a member of the Swansea Harriers

running club. It was a great day for the South Wales team yesterday.

They're one of Josh Griffiths was the first Briton home in a time of

two hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds, in his first marathon. We

can speak to him now. Where have you been hiding, Josh? I am in a hotel

by Tower Bridge. I was supposed to be going home, but my life has taken

a bit of a turn. Let's show you some pictures of the start. Here, you are

good ten metres back from the start. When did it start to click during

the race that you were running past Olympians and that you had a chance

of finishing as the top Briton? Around halfway, before I knew it, I

was in that group. And all of a sudden, I was starting to move away

from the group. It didn't hit me until the later stages that that was

happening. Incredibly, you are self coached, Josh. You are studying a

Masters degree at Cardiff Metropolitan. What kind of training

had you done before this and what were your best times? I had a coach

previously when I was racing on the track, but for the marathon I

decided to coach myself. So last month, I did a half marathon in

Llanelli, where I ran in 65 minutes. And Matthew Rees from Swansea was

also second in that race. Incredible, the fact that you are

now going to the World Championships in London in the summer. If that's

something you definitely want to do? Most certainly. It was not something

I had considered before yesterday, but I can't wait to get started with

it. That is what you train for. Incredible. There are rumours that

you jumped on the Metropolitan Line and the number 63 bus to Tower Hill.

Can you deny those? I got to the start with the masses like the rest!

It is crazy. Congratulations. Josh Griffiths, heading to the World

Athletics Championships in 2017. We will have more headlines at 10.30.

In France, the electorate has given a big two fingers up to

For the first time in almost 60 years, neither of the two big

parties will be in the final run-off for the presidential

Which is basically the equivalent of the Conservatives and Labour

The two candidates who are through to the next

In one corner is Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, who's seen

as a political outsider, having never run an election

campaign before - his new party only started a year ago.

He says he wants to create a new kind of politics,

breaking down the divisions between the traditional

He's up against Marine Le Pen - leader of the National Front,

who wants to slash immigration, clamp down on free trade, and bring

She's the daughter of France's former National Front

leader Jean-Marie Le Pen - a convicted racist.

Let's speak now to Karin Giannone, who is in Paris for us,

tell us about the two candidates who are through to the second

round run-off on May 7th, and a little bit more

Yes, two extremes, particularly in their vision of Europe that you

mentioned. The whole country is trying to come to terms with this

completely changed political landscape. As you were mentioning,

the two main parties are out of the picture completely and the ruling

party, the party of the current president Francois Hollande, only

managed 6% Iniesta the's election. Imagine if that were replicated in

the UK. Emmanuel Macron, the very young centrist candidate at only 39,

is the forward-looking globalist who wants to be in a more federal

Europe, against Marine Le Pen, who wants to close France's borders, end

immigration and bring in protectionist policies. Some are

calling this a referendum for France on Europe because of those wildly

opposing views about the European Union. So the next 13 days are going

to be a critical time. What does the fact that these two are through to

the final round say about French society? You might expect that at a

time of heightened terror threat, with the attack here on Thursday

near the Champs Elysees -- might have turned France towards a more

additional candidate like Francois Fillon, who was running for the

centre-right. Some might have seen him becoming more the choice of the

people as they looked to someone who could reassure them and provide

experience. That hasn't happened. They have gone for Emmanuel Macron,

the untested, unelected former minister, and Marine Le Pen. That is

really being reflected on right now. Many people I have been speaking to

have said there is an anger in French society. There is also hope

reflected in the Macron voters. There is this sense that the parties

who have been in charge for more than 50 years are not doing what

they should be doing, a sense that the elite are in charge and the

ordinary people are being ignored, and that is really coming through in

this election. And I believe you have someone with you? Yes, let's

talk to Ann. We were talking about what you can draw from this result

about what is going on in French people's minds. Why do they opt for

outsiders when they could have had the reassurance and security of a

candidate who has been in politics for decades?

French people wake up with a total new political landscape and they

have to share between different proposals of very different

candidates. We have 2-2 Frances which are divided actually and

probably Emmanuel Macron will have to be more passive with this part of

France which is very critical, very protesting, which have a lot of

anger, rage. You spoke about rage. It's really the term and so the next

two weeks will be very interesting to see how the French people, the

French voters will adapt with this very new political offer. And the

contrast between these two candidates almost seems really a

crossroads, people to chose more integration with the EU or a

withdrawal from the euro at least, completely. It is a new cliff edge.

It will be interesting to British viewers as well. It is interesting

because in France we have lost the traditional between left and right.

We see Europe or non Europe. An open society or closed society and also

with issue as immigration and terrorism also which arrive at the

first position because it concerns a lot of French population. Thank you

very much. So a real contrast in choice now

facing the French people. We have had months of relentless

campaigning. We've got two more weeks of it now. Thank you very

much. Emmanuel Macron described himself as

the patriotic choice for France. TRANSLATION: I want to become the

president of the whole people of France, the president of the

patriots in the face of the threat represented by nationalists.

APPLAUSE The president able to protect, to

transform, and to build up. A president who is able to allow those

who are willing to create, innovate, start work, to do it faster, more

easily. I want to be a president who is going to support and help the

more fragile among us, those who have been upset by life and do that

through help, school, work, solidarity.

Marine Le Pen said a vote for her was for the survival of France.

TRANSLATION: Without forgetting he friends overseas that trusted me and

I'm proud of the confidence they manifested towards me. The time has

come to get rid of the arrogant people who want to dictate to the

population what they should do. I am the candidate for the people. And it

is an appeal to all the sincere patriots wherever they come,

whatever their origin, whatever they voted for in the past round, I

invite them all to join us and to abandon old-fashioned quarrels and

to concentrate on what is the superior interest of our country.

That was really essential. Marine Le Pen.

Four drivers have admitted falling asleep while operating trams

in Croydon, where seven people were killed after a tram

Drivers have told this programme a safety device,

known as "a dead man's handle", failed to activate

Ed Thomas has the story. What have drivers been telling you. The

drivers come forward to say first of all, they are falling asleep in the

cab in charge of a tram and secondly, that they're concerned

over this driver safety device. Victoria, it is difficult to have

sympathy for these drivers, but they say, if they're to go to the

company, they are in fear of being sacked. Now, the people who operate

this tram line, they say driver fatigue is monitored and that these

safety devices are fully functional, but this is the story of those

drivers and the families of those who died who still want to know what

happened. Here, seven people were

killed, over 50 injured. For the first time, we hear

from drivers who have fallen asleep on duty,

their fears over the We reveal the trams still going too

fast, and five months on, Yeah, it's happened

to me once in ten years. This Croydon tram driver

would only speak to us if we protected his identity

and changed his voice. How many drivers do you think have

fallen asleep in the cab? I would say that most drivers have

at some point in their careers. He is admitting what many

would consider gross It is called the traction

brake controller, or TBC, the driving lever that

powers the train. Inside, the safety device known

as the dead man's handle. This driver says when he fell

asleep, it did not work. That was enough to keep the dead

man's handle from being activated. Why aren't drivers telling

the operators what is going on? If we were to come forward and say,

"Excuse me, I fell asleep", But we're talking about

people's lives, here. The most important people

are the passengers. Four drivers have told the BBC

they have fallen asleep in the cab. I woke up about ten metres

after the tram stop. After 16 years,

he retired last year. In 2005, his tram rolled

through George Street. A person was very fortunate

I did not run them over. No, there wasn't any

emergency braking. As we were advised that

it should have done. We have been told of three other

incidents where drivers are believed One was a collision

with buffers at Elmers End. Another was a tram driver

here at Morden Road, spotted sleeping in a moving tram

by ticket inspectors, who had Drivers asked us to watch

the footage again. A tram driver who

appears to be asleep. There's no alarm,

no emergency brakes. Had that been in another

location, that could have The alarm should be sounding

at the tram should be stopping. That is what the video should be

depicting, but it's not. Transport for London

is responsible for the line. We asked why the dead man's handle

in this video didn't activate. I think you will see

that he is in and out He's coming to and starting to doze

and coming to and starting to doze. Why was there no alarm?

Why was there no braking? Well, because, if he were to

completely pass out, if he were to completely lose

consciousness, then But it's OK just to slightly doze

in a tab like we saw in the clip? The company who operates the trams

for TfL, Tram Operations Limited, says driver fatigue is monitored

and on the driver safety device, says it is satisfied the controls

are fully functional. It is important to consider

what these driver safety Designed in part if a driver

collapses after a heart attack. But we have found this guidance

on the regulator's website, It says, "The DSD should be designed

so that it cannot be kept in the operating position other

than by a vigilant tram driver". Drivers have also told us

about specific faults We have obtained this

video of an empty tram, We understand this is an extreme

setting and TfL has now rectified The spring was obviously

broken in the DSD. This former driver didn't

want to be identified. He claims the alarm on the driver

safety device first delayed, then completely failed,

in May 2016. The engineering department knew

about it and they said they were aware of it but it's

completely safe to carry on. I had to raise my voice over

the recorded radio system and say to them if I had a heart attack

or became unconscious, this tram will go through the buffers

at Beckenham Junction at 50 Only when I said that,

they said, "Take it out This man said other

drivers were also aware. Some drivers found it worrying

but they found it amusing in a way, that you could drive

without using your hands. We have also discovered

that the safety regulator wasn't The Office of Rail and Road told us

all DSD failures should They should have pulled the entire

fleet in and tested every single In a statement, the operators,

Tram Operations Limited, said there was not a full failure

of the driver safety device. Passengers were not at risk

and the tram was examined and the fault was rectified

the next day. Transport for London

said despite that fault, We can also reveal at least three

trams have been recorded speeding One was travelling at 65 kilometres

per hour in a 40 zone. Another was speeding close

to the disaster site itself. The operator told us it had

increased speed checks All we know is that this tram

was speeding at 43.5. And still waiting for answers,

the families of those who died, people like this lady,

who lost her husband, Phil. Everyone that was on that tram that

day, it's changed their lives. The others who have managed to walk

away are living nightmares. Investigators are trying

to answer that question, to piece together a disaster that

changed so many lives. Astonishing regarding the equipment.

As a passenger you just want the alarm to activate. You want the

handle to work, don't you? That's why it is difficult to have that

sympathy for drivers who say they're falling asleep and the wife of

somebody who died at Sandilands, she speaks for many, when she says, "I

just want to know." Drivers say take a look at this driver's safety

device. It is not working on some occasions when we are in the trams,

but the operators are saying it is fit for purpose. It is tested. There

is not a problem. The tram drivers should not be falling asleep. Thank

you very much, Ed. Ed Thomas reporting.

If you're watching on BBC Two, in a moment you'll be able to watch

To continue watching our programme turn over

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As a campaign calls for making social care a priority in this

Our top story today - the leader of a brand new French

political movement will take on the anti-immigration far right

leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of

Emmanuel Macron came first in the vote yesterday.

He launched his own centrist movement a year ago, taking

It's the first time in six decades the mainstream parties have not had

We can speak now to two French voters.

We have Davy Rodriguez, a Marine Le Pen supporter.

And Margaux Pech, an Emmanuel Macron supporter.

For our British audience, Margaux, I wonder if you could expect why you

think Monsieur Macron would be right for France? Oh, yes. Emmanuel Macron

is my candidate and I think last night, we chose the renewal of

ideas, of people and a way of doing politics. I think he has a vision

and with his project, we are going to rebuild Europe. This is really

important to us and it is important for your British citizens to

understand that we want to be a leader in Europe and rebuild this

project, because Europe has been on hold for ten years now. This is one

of the biggest objectives. Davy, Marine Le Pen is offering the

complete opposite. She wants a referendum an in-out referendum on

whether France should continue as a member of the European Union, like

we had in Britain. She wants out of the euro and she wants to close the

borders, the polar opposite of what Monsieur Macron is offering. Why do

you say Marine Le Pen should be the next president? That is totally

true. We have to different models of what France could be in a few years.

I think Marine Le Pen is now leading the way to a Frexit in order to have

our own democracy. That is why we are defending two different ideas.

From one side, we have the idea of Emmanuel Macron and on the other

hand you have Marine Le Pen with real renewal. The renewal is not

only about people, it is about ideas, and the ideas of Emmanuel

Macron are the same as Francois Hollande, Francois Fillon and the

other politics in France for 40 years. Margaux, how divided would

you say French people are? I think, yeah, we have some division now in

France about Europe, for example. But the thing is that Emmanuel

Macron wants to bring this country together with a new way through this

century into this open world. Now we see with this election that it is

the end of traditional parties both on the left and right sides. So now

we want to bring new faces to politics. That is what Emmanuel

Macron is doing. I think we have a real vision to bring France to be a

leader in our world. So I think with this campaign, focused on education

and rebuilding Europe, we can bring together French people. We had some

attacks on Emmanuel Macron and people are not realising that his

project is the right one. We saw this last night, because he came

first in the first round of this presidency. And Davy, what chance

does Marine Le Pen have of becoming president in reality? My opinion is

that she has a chance of winning this election. The voters who elect

people, for example, the voters of Francois Fillon want a cultural

division. They want to defend our cultural civilisation and a lot of

them are in favour of limiting immigration. Then you have the

voters of Jean-Luc Melenchon, who also want to defend our tensions and

economy -- they want to defend our pensions. Maybe voters from both

sides will vote for Marine Le Pen. Here, we are defending ideas. We are

not only changing faces, we are changing the model.

With the rest of the news, here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom.

A 21-year-old man's been arrested in Manchester in connection

with the murder of a former Royal Navy officer.

Mike Samwell, who was 35, died yesterday after confronting

intruders who are thought to have struck him with his

Mr Samwell was asleep with his wife and had gone downstairs

to investigate loud noises when it's believed he was killed.

Detective Superintendent John Chadwick is from Manchester police.

This could have happened to anybody. You hear a noise downstairs and you

go and see what it is. It is incredibly tragic. Any information,

we need to hear it. Two men are due to appear in court

today, charged in connection with an acid attack at a nightclub

in east London on Easter Monday, which left two people

blind in one eye. Arthur Collins, who's

24 and the boyfriend of the reality TV star,

Ferne McCann, is facing 14 counts of wounding with intent and one

count of throwing corrosive fluid with intent to cause

grievous bodily harm. The Government will go

to the High Court to try to delay publishing its strategy

for tackling air pollution. Today was the deadline for ministers

to present their plans, but they claim voting rules mean

they can't publish sensitive policies before

the general election. Campaigners say they're trying

to dodge a difficult issue because of nervousness

about increasing tax Tougher punishments for the most

serious cases of speeding have come into force in England

and Wales today. Drivers can now be fined one

and a half times their weekly that means driving over 50 miles

an hour in a 30 zone or That's a summary of the latest

news, join me for BBC Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey

says his team want to win the FA Cup for Arsene Wenger,

who's out of contract It'll be an all London final

between Arsenal and Chelsea They did it the hard way,

coming from behind to take the tie into extra time before

Alexis Sanchez scrambled in a winner N'Golo Kante has won

the Professional Footballers' Association Player

of the Year award. Tottenham's Dele Alli won

the young player prize 500 goals now for Lionel Messi

in a Barcelona shirt. His side blew the La Liga title race

wide open with a dramatic 3-2 victory in El Clasico at Real

Madrid. Messi scored the winner with 12

seconds of stoppage time remaining And a club runner

with Swansea Harriers stunned Britain's elite men

at the London Marathon to qualify for the 2017

World Championships in London. Josh Griffiths, who's 23,

finished in two hours, 14 minutes amd 49 seconds

on his marathon debut. More sport on the BBC News Channel

throughout the afternoon. He is a Conservative MP who tried to

derail legislation to protect women against violence. She is the leader

of a new party which campaigns on gender equality. Now they are going

head to head in the general election. Sophie Walker says she

will stand against Philip Davies in his seat of Shipley. What is it

about this man that makes you cross enough to stand against him?

I am standing for election in Shipley because I want to protect

jobs and pensions. But what is it about Philip Davies that means you

have gone to Shipley? Philip Davies has made the privilege of a local

MP's job into his own personal national platform to espouse

anti-women views. I am running in Shipley because there are a lot of

people in Shipley who are fed up with that job being used to do that

instead of the work for opportunities for all of the

constituents. I want to work for everybody and I want to balance the

way we do that. We are not just investing in physical infrastructure

like roads and bridges, but we are also investing in social

infrastructure jobs. Are you abusing the privilege

of being a constituency MP No, well, I've challenged Sophie

on a number of occasions to give one quote -

I've been an MP for 12 years - one quote from anything I've said

publicly, it's all on the record, where I've asked for women to be

treated less favourably than men. Let's give Sophie Walker

the opportunity. Well, setting aside the fact that

Philip consistently frames feminists as extremists rather

than campaigners for justice, you have to look at his actions,

which are that he attempted to talk out a bill to protect

survivors of violence. He took time out of his constituency

work to give a speech to a conference organised

by an outfit called Justice For Men And Boys,

whose website promotes articles like one entitled 13

Reasons Women Lie About Rape. He also talked down a bill

which would have provided free He has written to the Equality

and Human Rights Commission, asking why it is offensive

for people to wear blackface. So it is your actions

that Sophie is... Well, at least we've clarified it's

nothing I've actually said that has ever asked for women to be treated

less favourably than men. All I have ever asked for,

the speeches that Sophie has taken great exception to,

were ones where I have actually asked that men and women

are treated exactly the same. That if you go before the court,

your gender should be irrelevant. Men and women should

be treated the same. But you did campaign

against the Combating Yes, exactly, and on the basis that

I thought the bill should apply equally to male and female

victims of violence. OK, is that not fair enough,

the bill should apply There is a very specific clause

in that bill that recognises that men and women experience violence

against them differently, It actually makes provision for

sufficient funding and protection Now, our party has got very specific

policies to protect funding to specialist services,

for example, services for men Whereas Philip's party is cutting

funding to those very important services and making it less likely

that many in those positions will I would have much more support

and understanding for what Philip is saying if he could back it up

with positive examples of positive, constructive legislation

that he has presented, rather than this very

negative demolishment Well, I mean, the clue

was in the bill. It was combating

violence against women. It's no good trying to rewrite

history and say that this bill It was called the Combating

Violence Aginst Women Bill. My view was, and I made it perfectly

clear that I would have happily supported the bill if it applied

to men and women equally, if you are a victim of crime,

it should not matter Why didn't you introduce the

Combating Violence Against Men Bill, Well, it is Private Members'

Bills, done by ballot. You can't just come along

with your Private Members' Bill. In my speech on the bill, I said,

let's bring forward a bill, we could have amended the bill

to say, let's have it And so, surely the Women's Equality

Party, if they believe in equality, should be supporting my stance

on saying that we should treat But the outcome of your actions

means that you ended up campaigning against a bill

which would protect women. Well, it was not going

to protect any women. It will not do one thing

to protect a woman. I've argued that what we should do

is actually have the men who commit domestic violence serve the whole

sentence they are given in prison, not let them out halfway through

even if they are still a danger. That would be much more useful

to victims of violence, and let me One thing I campaign

on and I helped Baroness Cox, who is a crossbench human rights

peer, about sharia councils, which I went to a meeting that

Baroness Cox organised where three very brave women actually

gave their testimonies as to how badly they have been

treated at sharia councils. I campaigned to end

sharia councils... The Women's Equality Party have

nothing to say on sharia councils. These are actions that would suggest

that Philip Davies is not OK, so on sharia specifically,

we have been very clear at the Women's Equality Party

that we think there is one form of law in Britain,

and that is British law. Sure, but I'm asking

you about his actions when it comes But I think it is contradictory

to say that you are supporting the discriminatory, rather,

you're combating the discriminatory actions of sharia councils and yet

voting against a law, the bill we have been talking about,

which has specific provisions in it to provide for survivors

of honour-based violence So on the one hand, he is saying one

thing, and on the other, That bill was only about

one particular gender. Clause 2.2 specifically referred

to the different kinds of violence. It was called the Combating

Violence Against Women Bill. If what you wanted to do

was change the title, then why didn't you just

focus on that? I did try and focus on that,

but no one was interested All of these things should apply

equally to men and women. That is all I have ever argued for,

whether it is sharia councils, which discriminate against women,

or this legislation, I will campaign for equality,

irrespective of people's gender. It depends on what you

mean by a feminist. If feminism is about gender

equality, then yes, I would support feminism but what my point is,

that what we are getting with feminism at the moment

is that they want to campaign on areas where women

are disadvantaged, perfectly reasonably, and I will support

them in that. But they don't want to say anything

where men are disadvantaged and as far as I'm concerned,

we should be equally If the definition is that it's about

gender equality, then yes I am. Well, it's about the advocacy

of women's rights. Well, if it's about equality,

I'm interested in equality. That's what I think, that men

and women should be treated... The advocacy of women's

rights on the grounds Yes, I agree with the

quality of the sexes. Well, on that definition,

yes, of course I am. I'm delighted that 24 hours

after I entered this race, Philip Davies is declaring

himself a feminist. And you'll be able to find a full

list of the candidates standing in Shipley on the BBC website once

the other parties have announced. Police in Manchester have arrested

a 21-year-old man in connection with the murder of a former

Royal Navy officer at his home We can speak to correspondent

Dave Guest, who is there. Tell us what you know

about happened to Mike Samwell. Well, it was the early hours of

yesterday morning that Mike, who was 35, awoke to a loud banging noise.

He went to investigate and a short time later he was found with severe

injuries in this parking area beyond the tapes down there. Now, it

appears that someone had been attempting to steal his Audi car and

had run over him in that car causing him serious injuries from which he

sadly died. Now, of course, this is a quiet residential street. It was

the early hours of the morning. It is everybody's worst nightmare what

happened to this man and his family are in a deep state of shock. And

that's the reaction of people who live locally as well? That's right,

yes. Yesterday around 50 people took part in a vigil. They walked from a

local church and came to the street here and laid flowers with messages

of sympathy for Mike and his family at the corner of the road here.

People have been shocked by what's happened. This is a cliche to say,

it is a quiet residential area. It is a reasonably well healed area.

The black Audi was found in a street not far from here, it has been the

subject of forensic investigation as has the parking area behind the

house where Mike lived. Police have described this, I think, as more

than criminal? Yes, yesterday they were really trying to appeal to the

criminal fraternity to say look there is a line that's been crossed

here. A man woken from his bed, in the early hours of the morning, goes

downstairs as anybody might do to see what is happening and ends up

dead in the most terrible of circumstances. The police officer in

charge of this case has said that basically the advice to people is if

you hear a noise downstairs, you shouldn't really go and investigate,

you should stay upstairs and barricade yourself into your bedroom

and dial 999, but the investigating officer said he could understand why

somebody like Mike would want to go and investigate halfs going on.

Mike, as we say, a retired naval officer who was working for a

company, an engineering company in Warrington and his colleagues there

are shocked. The police investigation into this crime is

still very much on going. The 21-year-old man arrested on

suspicion of murder continuing to be questioned this morning. Dave Guest,

reporting live from Manchester, thank you.

Several charities have told this programme they want social care

to be a top election issue over the next few weeks.

This morning we've been hearing from those of you who care full

Rory says he has been a full-time carer for the last 20 years.

, "My day consists of her caring for her 24/7. I don't go out. I haven't

had a holiday in decades. I have no life of my own. I'm 48 years of

abling and I spend every spare minute sitting obthe sofa looking

out of the window watching the world go by. I'm wishing I would die

quickly instead of this long drawn out death of boredom and

loneliness." Heather says, "I care for my mum.

I'm permanently tired. I have low self esteem. I have lost friends and

a relationship is out of the question. I have realised that I

cannot go on as I'm becoming ill. I don't eat. I can't sleep. I've done

this for five years with no thanks and a whole load of stress. Someone

else can have a go rather than criticise me." Dave, "I did this job

for my mum for five years. It destroys your life. Even though you

try your best to do a job that no one else wants to do. There is no

real help out there as the care Stel seems to be broken beyond repair. I

really thought it was just me who was going through this. So I started

recording and videoing most phone calls and visits. Most phone calls,

but I was still alone. I'm trying to get a carer to come and help, trying

to get anyone to help you is impossible from adult social

services, the NHS, to charities." Our reporter James Longman met

Sue Jenkins who's effectively given up her life to care for her mother

Patricia, who is 88 and needs She has dementia, is doubly

incontinent and uses a wheelchair. We played you the full report

earlier - here's a short extract. Let's get mummy changed