:00:00. > :00:07.Newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron vows to fight the forces
:00:08. > :00:13.He says he wants to ensure that those who voted
:00:14. > :00:16.for Marine Le Pen would "no longer have a reason to vote
:00:17. > :00:21.We'll be getting the latest live from Paris and asking
:00:22. > :00:24.what his election could mean for Britain's Brexit negotiations.
:00:25. > :00:28.Theresa May suggests the Conservatives will again promise
:00:29. > :00:30.to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands" in their
:00:31. > :00:36.Labour targets children's health and says it will ban all junk food
:00:37. > :00:44.Ten tips on how to spot fake news - Facebook launches a national
:00:45. > :00:46.campaign advising what to look out for when deciding if
:00:47. > :00:53.The beach that washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight -
:00:54. > :01:02.And coming up in sport later in the hour on BBC News:
:01:03. > :01:04.Chelsea can take another step towards the title tonight
:01:05. > :01:06.as their midfielder N'Golo Kante wins the Football Writers'
:01:07. > :01:34.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:35. > :01:36.Emmanuel Macron says a new page is being turned
:01:37. > :01:38.in the history of France - after his decisive victory
:01:39. > :01:41.over Marine Le Pen in the presidential election.
:01:42. > :01:43.To the undoubted relief of other European leaders,
:01:44. > :01:46.the pro-EU candidate won by 66% to 34% to become, at 39,
:01:47. > :01:56.It's the first time in decades that the election has been won
:01:57. > :01:59.by someone who's not a member of the two traditional main
:02:00. > :02:09.Our correspondent Christian Fraser is in Paris.
:02:10. > :02:19.Good afternoon. Welcome to Paris. Emmanuel Macron has fulfilled his
:02:20. > :02:25.first ceremonial role here he stood alongside the outgoing president at
:02:26. > :02:30.the tomb of the unknown soldier. Together they marked the 72nd
:02:31. > :02:35.anniversary of victory in Europe. A few years ago Francois Hollande
:02:36. > :02:40.named Emmanuel Macron as his economic advisor. Perhaps this is
:02:41. > :02:45.the moment the apprentice became the master. Francois Hollande put a
:02:46. > :02:50.reassuring hand on the back of Emmanuel Macron. Perhaps he doesn't
:02:51. > :02:54.need that, but it is a reminder of the task he faces. James Reynolds
:02:55. > :02:58.reports. Emmanuel Macron, the election
:02:59. > :03:00.winner, now prepares to lead his This morning in Paris,
:03:01. > :03:07.he joined the outgoing President Francois Hollande at
:03:08. > :03:11.the ceremony to mark VE Day. The horror of the Second
:03:12. > :03:13.World War convinced old enemies France and Germany
:03:14. > :03:16.to form an alliance which then became
:03:17. > :03:21.It's a struggling project which the new
:03:22. > :03:27.Emmanuel Macron now inherits one of the most
:03:28. > :03:28.powerful positions in
:03:29. > :03:33.Europe and all of the symbolism that goes with it.
:03:34. > :03:36.He becomes the youngest French leader since
:03:37. > :03:38.Napoleon whose own battles are remembered here.
:03:39. > :03:40.The crowds knows that the new leader will face
:03:41. > :03:46.French people hope that he will change a lot of
:03:47. > :03:50.things, maybe it will be tough for him but we hope that.
:03:51. > :03:52.TRANSLATION: It's not going to be easy but I hope
:03:53. > :03:57.But above all I hope he won't forget the
:03:58. > :04:01.I'm not sure he's very coherent in his ideas.
:04:02. > :04:05.The idea of being neither from left nor
:04:06. > :04:13.World leaders have sent Mr Macron their congratulations.
:04:14. > :04:15.Theresa May says that she looks forward to
:04:16. > :04:21.working with him on a wide range of shared priorities.
:04:22. > :04:23.Trump says that he too very much looks forward to
:04:24. > :04:28.Germany's Angela Merkel described his election
:04:29. > :04:32.as a victory for a strong and united Europe.
:04:33. > :04:34.And Russia's President Putin calls on France's new leader to
:04:35. > :04:40.bridge the divide between Moscow and Paris.
:04:41. > :04:42.In the hours after the polls closed in between those many
:04:43. > :04:45.telephone calls with world leaders Emmanuel Macron celebrated with his
:04:46. > :04:55.TRANSLATION: What we've done for so many months, there's no
:04:56. > :05:00.comparison, there's no equivalents to that.
:05:01. > :05:04.Everybody was saying to us it was impossible.
:05:05. > :05:10.But they didn't know anything about France.
:05:11. > :05:11.At night Mr Macron's defeated opponent Marine
:05:12. > :05:18.She insist that she is now the main opposition force in France.
:05:19. > :05:20.She'll prepare for the next election in
:05:21. > :05:25.Emmanuel Macron will know that he has little time to
:05:26. > :05:29.He's promised to set the direction of both his country and
:05:30. > :05:51.We have a senior figure with us, the head of the employers association.
:05:52. > :05:55.Good afternoon to you. Is the business community excited by
:05:56. > :06:01.Emmanuel Macron's election? I think it is good news for France and
:06:02. > :06:06.Europe. He is a young guy, probusiness and pro-Europe. I think
:06:07. > :06:13.it is good news. There are 5 million people unemployed in France, one in
:06:14. > :06:19.four Under-25-year-olds. Why will his platform get through when a few
:06:20. > :06:27.years ago he had to water it down. He announced the reforms and he
:06:28. > :06:36.knows the rigidity of the labour in France. I think he has to make more
:06:37. > :06:39.agility and flexibility for companies and more training and
:06:40. > :06:47.education for the people, for the employers. He doesn't have a party.
:06:48. > :06:51.He has a party in En Marche. He said he will force through things with a
:06:52. > :06:56.presidential decree, is that wise? Yes, in this programme, he has been
:06:57. > :07:00.elected with two thirds of the voters, which is big. With that you
:07:01. > :07:03.have to discuss with the unions, but I think he has, he does haven't to
:07:04. > :07:10.wait. We have to do the things and the reforms. Thank you. One line of
:07:11. > :07:17.breaking news for you Emmanuel Macron's inauguration will be on
:07:18. > :07:22.Sunday, which is unusual. But Francois Hollande's time runs out at
:07:23. > :07:31.midnight. Then they will go to see French troops in Mali and the visit
:07:32. > :07:34.to German to meet the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
:07:35. > :07:36.So what will the election of Emmanual Macron mean
:07:37. > :07:40.France is one of the pivotal players in the European Union and Mr Macron
:07:41. > :07:42.will play a key role in upcoming Brexit talks.
:07:43. > :07:45.This morning, President Macron's chief economic adviser told the BBC
:07:46. > :07:47.that Mr Macron would be a hard negotiator, but he wouldn't
:07:48. > :07:50.want to punish Britain for its decision to leave the EU.
:07:51. > :07:52.Chris Morris looks at what kind of negotiating position
:07:53. > :07:59.the new French president is likely to take.
:08:00. > :08:02.So the first thing you need to know about Emmanuel Macron is that he is
:08:03. > :08:08.He campaigned on an overtly pro-EU platform.
:08:09. > :08:11.Is that likely to make him a tough nut to crack when it comes
:08:12. > :08:16.But France was always likely to play that role.
:08:17. > :08:19.If you look at some of the things he said on Brexit during
:08:20. > :08:23.the campaign, though, the language is pretty striking.
:08:24. > :08:27.In one interview he called Brexit a crime and said,
:08:28. > :08:29."What's going to happen is not taking back
:08:30. > :08:34.Let's have a listen to the most recent comments he's made in the
:08:35. > :08:39.What the UK is experiencing is precisely the fact
:08:40. > :08:42.that Brexit is not a walk in the park.
:08:43. > :08:46.That's extremely complicated on a financial basis and that's
:08:47. > :08:50.extremely complicated in terms of organisation and consequences.
:08:51. > :08:52.But don't forget that Brexit is not at
:08:53. > :09:03.He's vowed to reform France and if possible in partnership
:09:04. > :09:05.with Germany to reform the EU, plenty to be
:09:06. > :09:08.Then of course there will be a French parliamentary
:09:09. > :09:11.election in June, so he will be paying far more attention to that
:09:12. > :09:14.than to the start of negotiations on Brexit.
:09:15. > :09:17.But he will campaign for the rights of French citizens in the UK.
:09:18. > :09:20.He would like financial firms to move from London to Paris.
:09:21. > :09:24.And one other issue he's talked about, a
:09:25. > :09:28.reform of the Le Touquet agreement, this is the deal under which British
:09:29. > :09:32.immigration checks take place in Calais on French soil.
:09:33. > :09:35.Now, it's not an EU agreement, it's a bilateral one.
:09:36. > :09:37.But it will play into the Brexit debate and the Prime Minister
:09:38. > :09:40.has been talking about it this morning.
:09:41. > :09:43.And as for the Le Touquet agreement, actually it works for
:09:44. > :09:52.both the benefit of the UK and France.
:09:53. > :09:54.And obviously in the Government that is elected after the
:09:55. > :09:58.8th of June we will be sitting down talking to Mr Macron and others
:09:59. > :10:01.So, plenty of challenges ahead but it is also
:10:02. > :10:05.election of Mr Macron will increase the confidence of EU insiders,
:10:06. > :10:08.especially when you consider what the alternative could have been,
:10:09. > :10:11.however unlikely, a President who would have been fundamentally
:10:12. > :10:14.anti-EU and would have plunged the whole project into chaos.
:10:15. > :10:16.Now, we have heard a lot here about the need
:10:17. > :10:22.It could be that a stronger and more stable EU will be a better
:10:23. > :10:28.negotiating partner for the UK in the months to come.
:10:29. > :10:31.Theresa May has said that leaving the European Union will help the UK
:10:32. > :10:33.achieve a target of reducing annual net migration to the
:10:34. > :10:38.The target, set by David Cameron in 2010, has never been met -
:10:39. > :10:41.and recent figures put annual net migration at 273 thousand -
:10:42. > :10:43.but the BBC understands the pledge will be included
:10:44. > :10:47.in the Conservative election manifesto.
:10:48. > :10:49.Mrs May told supporters migration levels were having
:10:50. > :10:51.an impact on public services and low-paid workers.
:10:52. > :10:58.Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.
:10:59. > :11:02.Immigration, the issue that for many was crucial in
:11:03. > :11:05.last year's EU referendum and 12 months on its back in this year's
:11:06. > :11:13.We will continue to say that we do want to bring net
:11:14. > :11:14.migration down to sustainable levels.
:11:15. > :11:16.We believe that is the tens of thousands.
:11:17. > :11:19.And, of course, once we leave the European Union we will
:11:20. > :11:21.have the opportunity to ensure that we have
:11:22. > :11:22.control of our borders here
:11:23. > :11:30.If all this feels a tad familiar, well, that's because it is.
:11:31. > :11:33.Net migration is the number of people coming to the UK to minus the
:11:34. > :11:38.Here is the Conservative manifesto from 2010.
:11:39. > :11:40.It says we will take steps to take net
:11:41. > :11:42.migration back to tens of thousands a year,
:11:43. > :11:48.Fast forward five years to the 2015 Conservative
:11:49. > :11:52.We will keep our ambition of delivering annual net migration
:11:53. > :12:04.The nearest they came was in 2012 at 177,000.
:12:05. > :12:10.And the furthest was in 2015 at 332,000.
:12:11. > :12:12.The target is unlikely to be met with the current policies
:12:13. > :12:18.So quite aside from the Brexit scenario non-EU net
:12:19. > :12:20.migration currently stands at around 165,000.
:12:21. > :12:29.So that alone is 65,000 over the net migration target.
:12:30. > :12:32.Ukip, crushed in last week's local elections, want to sound much,
:12:33. > :12:34.much tougher than the Tories and have an
:12:35. > :12:40.immigration policy where it would be one in one out.
:12:41. > :12:42.I can announce today that Ukip will go into this election
:12:43. > :12:45.with a policy of balanced migration, which means zero net immigration
:12:46. > :13:01.The SNP and the Liberal Democrats said
:13:02. > :13:15.economic interests should drive immigration policy.
:13:16. > :13:17.Labour accused the Conservatives of a
:13:18. > :13:21.Our assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:13:22. > :13:31.Why is Theresa May sticking to this? It is unusual, usually when
:13:32. > :13:37.politicians get in difficulty, they quibble over the wording or try to
:13:38. > :13:42.sweep it under the carpet. Theresa May is doing the opposite and saying
:13:43. > :13:49.I'm sticking with the pledge, although she has nowhere near
:13:50. > :13:53.meeting it. Net migration is 273,000 and many of her colleagues are
:13:54. > :13:58.saying this is impossible. The reason she is sticking with it is
:13:59. > :14:04.personal I believe because this is a pledge she is identified with. She
:14:05. > :14:09.has never backed off from it. Even when her colleagues said let's take
:14:10. > :14:14.students out of the number. She said, no that, that would be seen as
:14:15. > :14:18.fiddling the figure. She fears if she rips up the pledge it will be
:14:19. > :14:23.seen as her backing down. And politically we know immigration was
:14:24. > :14:28.at the heart of Brexit referendum, I feel she thinks she Hawesn't have
:14:29. > :14:35.the does haven't the scope to back off. But when pressed she did not
:14:36. > :14:40.put a day on this target. The question is, is it a pledge or just
:14:41. > :14:46.an aspiration, an ambition, a promise to be delivered maybe some
:14:47. > :14:50.time in the future. Interesting recording emerging of Liberal
:14:51. > :14:53.Democrat candidate Vince Cable. Yes Vince Cable suggesting that in those
:14:54. > :14:57.constituencies where perhaps the Liberal Democrat candidate didn't
:14:58. > :15:01.really have much of a chance, perhaps a good idea for Liberal
:15:02. > :15:05.Democrat supporters just to back off to let the anti-Tory candidate have
:15:06. > :15:11.a better chance of winning. This of course as we know various Labour and
:15:12. > :15:16.Green politicians also suggesting there should be tackical anti-Tory
:15:17. > :15:21.voting. Questionable how much impact it would have. But one thing is
:15:22. > :15:28.likely is that the Tories will seize on the remarks to say, here is the
:15:29. > :15:32.coalition of chaos, the other parties banding together to propel
:15:33. > :15:35.Jeremy Corbyn into No 10 Downing Street. Thank you.
:15:36. > :15:38.Labour have been setting out plans to tackle childhood obesity -
:15:39. > :15:41.by banning TV adverts for junk food during all programming before
:15:42. > :15:45.At the moment, products high in fat, salt or sugar are banned
:15:46. > :15:47.from being advertised around children's TV programmes.
:15:48. > :15:50.The party says the proposal forms part of a future child health bill
:15:51. > :15:53.that will be outlined in its election manifesto.
:15:54. > :15:59.This is going to be a very green smoothie.
:16:00. > :16:04.Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth being taught how to
:16:05. > :16:08.make a smoothie by pupils at a London school, part of Labour's
:16:09. > :16:10.bid to prove it has the solution for
:16:11. > :16:19.We want to have the healthiest children in the world.
:16:20. > :16:24.Now, yes, that's an ambitious target but to be frank,
:16:25. > :16:26.I'm ambitious for the children of this country.
:16:27. > :16:29.Labour's election pledge is ambitious.
:16:30. > :16:37.It's promising to halve the number of overweight
:16:38. > :16:40.children within ten years, to set up a ?250 million fund to pay for
:16:41. > :16:43.nurses and counsellors in schools and to ban junk food adverts from
:16:44. > :16:45.all TV programmes before the 9pm watershed.
:16:46. > :16:47.That would affect shows including The X Factor
:16:48. > :16:49.and Britain's Got Talent which are popular with children.
:16:50. > :16:51.Labour says it would reduce their exposure to
:16:52. > :16:54.It's a laudable idea but I can't see it
:16:55. > :16:59.making much difference, to be honest.
:17:00. > :17:01.The stuff's still in the supermarkets, it's
:17:02. > :17:04.I don't think it will make a whole lot of difference.
:17:05. > :17:08.I think the kids are eating too much junk anyway.
:17:09. > :17:11.If it's not in their heads they probably
:17:12. > :17:14.won't go looking for it when they are in the supermarket.
:17:15. > :17:16.Advertising is really powerful, isn't it?
:17:17. > :17:20.So, yeah, it probably is a good idea.
:17:21. > :17:26.Labour also promised help for adults today with an end to NHS car park
:17:27. > :17:28.charges for patients, visitors and NHS staff, to be paid for by
:17:29. > :17:35.increasing the tax on private health insurance.
:17:36. > :17:37.If you visit a hospital because you want to look after an
:17:38. > :17:41.elderly relative or give support to a friend, or go there in an
:17:42. > :17:45.emergency I don't think you should be charged for doing so.
:17:46. > :17:48.The Lib Dems said hospital parking charges
:17:49. > :17:53.get to grips with the funding crisis in health.
:17:54. > :17:59.But the Conservatives raised doubts that Labour would be
:18:00. > :18:02.able to deliver free car parks or its promises to improve
:18:03. > :18:03.children's health because, it said, Jeremy
:18:04. > :18:05.Corbyn would risk weakening the economy.
:18:06. > :18:11.The BBC has unveiled details of its General Election
:18:12. > :18:16.David Dimbleby will host two Question Time Specials
:18:17. > :18:20.in which leaders will face audience questions and there will also
:18:21. > :18:23.be a seven-way debate with senior party figures.
:18:24. > :18:26.Our media correspondent David Sillito is here to explain.
:18:27. > :18:36.No empty chairs? Absolutely. Both BBC and ITV from the outset said
:18:37. > :18:40.they wanted there to be an election leaders' debate, remember the one in
:18:41. > :18:45.2010 with David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown. That's not going
:18:46. > :18:49.to happen, as far as we can tell at the moment so far. ITV said they
:18:50. > :18:53.still want to press ahead with a debate but they haven't finalised
:18:54. > :18:58.who will take part. These are the BBC's plans. A series of two
:18:59. > :19:03.Question Time specials, the first featuring Theresa May and Jeremy
:19:04. > :19:06.Corbyn in the same programme but not sharing the stage. They will appear
:19:07. > :19:10.consecutively facing questions from the audience, and then there will be
:19:11. > :19:14.another Question Time special two days later with other party leaders
:19:15. > :19:18.appearing on election questions later in the evening. The leaders
:19:19. > :19:22.will face interviews from Andrew Neil, and also on the one show that
:19:23. > :19:29.will feature Theresa May and her husband Philip as well. And then
:19:30. > :19:35.there will be this seven way debate featuring senior party figures. And
:19:36. > :19:39.also another radio one debate. So that's it, ten hours of coverage on
:19:40. > :19:42.the BBC but not the debate that they wanted to have with the party
:19:43. > :19:47.leaders. David, thank you very much. It is
:19:48. > :19:49.coming up to 1:20pm. The top story this lunchtime.
:19:50. > :19:52.Newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron vows to ensure that those
:19:53. > :19:54.who backed far-right Marine Le Pen would "no longer have a reason
:19:55. > :20:04.I'm standing in the bed of what is, or rather was, the Reveco in
:20:05. > :20:07.Hertfordshire. The dry weather means there is a lot of concern about
:20:08. > :20:10.river levels around the country. The water company here says we can all
:20:11. > :20:13.do our bit to preserve supplies. Coming up in sport in the next 15
:20:14. > :20:16.minutes on BBC News: Maria Sharapova is one win away
:20:17. > :20:24.from a place in Wimbledon qualifying But she faces Eugenie Bouchard in
:20:25. > :20:34.Madrid, woman who wants her banned for life.
:20:35. > :20:37.Facebook has placed adverts in British newspapers with ten tips
:20:38. > :20:40.The website has also closed thousands of accounts
:20:41. > :20:43.linked to false stories - ahead of the general
:20:44. > :20:47.The company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines" and to check
:20:48. > :20:51.The move comes as increasing numbers of people use the site as one
:20:52. > :20:59.This report from our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
:21:00. > :21:04.It's a term that became familiar during last year's American
:21:05. > :21:09.presidential election. Fake news stories made up to make money or act
:21:10. > :21:13.as political propaganda. And its Facebook which has taken much of the
:21:14. > :21:17.blame for spreading stories such as these. Now the social network says
:21:18. > :21:22.it's doing everything it can to tackle the problem in the UK. With
:21:23. > :21:26.these newspaper adverts part of that effort. Facebook says it is to bring
:21:27. > :21:30.up the battle against fake news. It is giving its users a guide to
:21:31. > :21:34.spotting what it calls false news, it is closing tens of thousands of
:21:35. > :21:38.fake UK accounts which might spread misinformation, and it is working
:21:39. > :21:44.with fact checking organisations during the election campaign. So,
:21:45. > :21:48.what happens if a friend shares what you think is a fake news story with
:21:49. > :21:54.you? Well, it's not blindingly obvious but you go here, go down to
:21:55. > :21:58.report post, I think it shouldn't be on Facebook is the choice here, you
:21:59. > :22:04.continue, then you get the option at the bottom of its fake news story.
:22:05. > :22:08.And once you have done that you should end up with an independent
:22:09. > :22:12.fact checking organisation. One of those organisations thinks the
:22:13. > :22:15.social network needs to do more. There is a responsibility for
:22:16. > :22:18.Facebook to look at how do we change Facebook itself to make it easier
:22:19. > :22:22.for people to spot the sites that are not what they are cracked up to
:22:23. > :22:26.be on things that need to be checked out in more detail. Yes, this is
:22:27. > :22:31.good stuff from Facebook but it should only be the beginning. In
:22:32. > :22:34.Germany there is already a drive to combat fake news in the run-up to
:22:35. > :22:38.their elections and with our own general election just over four
:22:39. > :22:42.weeks away the parties know that Facebook a key battle ground. They
:22:43. > :22:47.will have identified exactly the types of voters they would like to
:22:48. > :22:51.target and the types of messages they would like to target them with
:22:52. > :22:54.an Facebook will be the means of delivering those messages. Not only
:22:55. > :22:57.that, Facebook will be the means by which they understand the response
:22:58. > :23:00.to those messages and they will change them and evolve them based on
:23:01. > :23:04.that response. More than 30 million people will get news and political
:23:05. > :23:07.messages from Facebook during the election campaign. A social network
:23:08. > :23:10.says it is doing its best to make sure that what they read isn't fake.
:23:11. > :23:15.Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News. House prices have fallen
:23:16. > :23:17.in the last three months The Halifax mortgage lender says
:23:18. > :23:21.prices fell by 0.2% - the first quarterly fall
:23:22. > :23:23.since November 2012. It's blamed a squeeze
:23:24. > :23:25.on household finances, Our personal finance correspondent
:23:26. > :23:35.Simon Gompertz is here. How significant is this?
:23:36. > :23:39.There are reasons for thinking there is a bit of a turn here because
:23:40. > :23:44.prices have just got so high, so many people couldn't afford them,
:23:45. > :23:48.also prices in the shops as you say, energy bills are squeezing families,
:23:49. > :23:51.who can't afford so much. But it sort of depends who you are and
:23:52. > :23:58.where you are, how you are affected and how this turn will affect you.
:23:59. > :24:01.For instance, new-build properties, flats, the source properties
:24:02. > :24:04.first-time buyers want to buy, they will be much stronger, and then
:24:05. > :24:08.there are other parts of the country, there is Northern Ireland
:24:09. > :24:12.that has been very weak, Yorkshire, the North of England, Wales, whereas
:24:13. > :24:15.in the south of England it is still very strong. But the overall effect
:24:16. > :24:24.is we have seen the average price of a property around ?219,000 down
:24:25. > :24:28.?2500 since the end of last year. We see this three-month on three-month
:24:29. > :24:31.affect, the underlying prices are coming down. Will Bragg continue?
:24:32. > :24:35.Obviously it is hard to tell but there are two things that keep the
:24:36. > :24:38.market at the moment, one is that mortgages are so cheap because
:24:39. > :24:41.interest rates are so low and the other thing is not meant people are
:24:42. > :24:45.putting homes on the market, there is a false market because there are
:24:46. > :24:48.not enough available keeping prices up. Loss of the forecasters expect
:24:49. > :24:51.that by the end of the year we will have seen a slight rise over the
:24:52. > :24:56.year. A lot of people look at London and the south-east and say it is a
:24:57. > :24:59.different case altogether. You hear stories in London of people giving
:25:00. > :25:03.away cars with flats in order to get them moving, there has been a real
:25:04. > :25:06.drop in central London, outer parts of London are holding a better and
:25:07. > :25:09.of course other parts of the country. It is very much a mixed
:25:10. > :25:12.picture still. Simon Gompertz, thank you very much.
:25:13. > :25:14.A two-year-old girl is seriously ill in hospital -
:25:15. > :25:16.after several dogs got into the garden where
:25:17. > :25:20.She suffered injuries to her head and body -
:25:21. > :25:21.but they are described as 'not life-threatening'.
:25:22. > :25:24.Police have seized ten dogs from a nearby house
:25:25. > :25:27.in the Toxteth area of Liverpool - and a 35-year-old man has been
:25:28. > :25:29.arrested on suspicion of having a dangerous dog or dogs
:25:30. > :25:32.Our correspondent Yunus Mulla is at Merseyside Police
:25:33. > :25:46.The two-year-old girl was playing with two other children in a
:25:47. > :25:50.relative's garden at a terraced property in Toxteth when she was
:25:51. > :25:57.attacked by a number of dogs. Now, police say that her aunt managed to
:25:58. > :25:59.fight off the dogs with two the children but the little girl
:26:00. > :26:04.suffered extensive injuries and her condition is described as serious.
:26:05. > :26:06.Those dogs managed to get into the garden from a neighbouring property.
:26:07. > :26:11.Police say they have seized 11 dogs, six puppies and five adult dogs, two
:26:12. > :26:18.of those have been humanely destroyed and they have arrested a
:26:19. > :26:22.35-year-old man on suspicion of having dangerous dogs out of
:26:23. > :26:27.control. They are carrying out a number of inquiries locally and they
:26:28. > :26:30.say that at present the girl's condition although Sirius is not
:26:31. > :26:35.life-threatening. Yunus Mulla, thank you very much. --
:26:36. > :26:42.although serious. For the last 33 years Achill
:26:43. > :26:44.beach in Western Ireland has looked like this -
:26:45. > :26:46.after it was washed away. Now - it looks like this -
:26:47. > :26:49.after hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand were dumped back
:26:50. > :26:51.on the coastline Locals hope there will be a return
:26:52. > :26:56.of hotels, guesthouses and cafes - all forced to shut down
:26:57. > :26:58.after the beach washed away in 1984. Achill Island on the west
:26:59. > :27:02.coast of Ireland has but for the past 30 years this
:27:03. > :27:06.was not one of them. However, nature has now
:27:07. > :27:08.returned Dooagh beach to its Storms in the 1980s stripped
:27:09. > :27:13.the beach, but over ten days ocean currents have deposited
:27:14. > :27:17.thousands of tonnes of sand to recreate its 300-metre
:27:18. > :27:21.white sandy beach. The most probable reason this beach
:27:22. > :27:26.has reformed is due to two things. It's either a change in sediment
:27:27. > :27:30.supply from further up or down the coast that has brought
:27:31. > :27:33.a fresh amount of sediment to Or, it could be due to a change
:27:34. > :27:37.in environmental conditions. Either an alteration
:27:38. > :27:43.in the wave climate, or a series of tides that has
:27:44. > :27:50.provided the ideal conditions for Dooagh beach on Achill
:27:51. > :27:55.Island is just about as far west as you can get
:27:56. > :27:57.in Ireland and Europe. Thousands of tourists
:27:58. > :27:59.visit here every year. Having a new beach has
:28:00. > :28:01.delighted the locals and Yesterday we had gridlock
:28:02. > :28:04.here in the village with cars and camper vans
:28:05. > :28:06.and motorcyclists, and people coming from all over Ireland and the UK
:28:07. > :28:16.to see our miraculous new beach. The people here have always spoke
:28:17. > :28:18.about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down
:28:19. > :28:20.here as kids, and now to have it back for their
:28:21. > :28:23.kids is absolutely unbelievable. We already have five blue flag
:28:24. > :28:31.beaches. Hopefully if we keep our
:28:32. > :28:33.beach here at Dooagh Now that spring high
:28:34. > :28:36.tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay
:28:37. > :28:40.in place, at least for the summer. But this is the wild
:28:41. > :28:42.Atlantic coast where beach again, but for now people
:28:43. > :28:46.are making the most of this latest There are fears of a drought
:28:47. > :28:51.in the UK this summer - as a lack of rainfall in the last
:28:52. > :28:54.few months has left some rivers and reservoirs
:28:55. > :28:56.with dwindling water levels. This Met Office map of rainfall
:28:57. > :28:59.in April shows that the majority of the UK experienced less than half
:29:00. > :29:02.the average amount - with southern England seeing
:29:03. > :29:06.the driest weather. Andy Moore is in London Colney
:29:07. > :29:11.in Hertfordshire where Affinity Water is the first water
:29:12. > :29:13.company in the country to start advising customers
:29:14. > :29:25.about water usage. Yes, Simon, this is the River Coln
:29:26. > :29:29.in Hertfordshire and the stretch of river is basically bone dry, there
:29:30. > :29:32.is a bit of water behind me but this bit is very dry. People say there is
:29:33. > :29:37.usually a bit of water flowing in here but they have not seen it this
:29:38. > :29:40.dry since the very dry summer of 1976. The bigger problem normally
:29:41. > :29:45.around here is flooding but I think we can show you some pictures from
:29:46. > :29:50.2009 when this part of the river basically became something of a
:29:51. > :29:55.lake. But the current problem of dry weather is something that is being
:29:56. > :29:58.reported in rivers around the country by the Environment Agency.
:29:59. > :30:03.They say they are monitoring the situation. The water company here is
:30:04. > :30:08.Affinity and say they have only had about half the normal amount of
:30:09. > :30:11.rainfall since July 2016. They say they are urging their customers to
:30:12. > :30:15.be careful really. They say they want their customers to save water
:30:16. > :30:18.to help preserve supplies and minimise the possibility of
:30:19. > :30:23.restrictions this summer. One way people can do that is very simple,
:30:24. > :30:27.for example, to turn off the tap when they are brushing their teeth.
:30:28. > :30:32.That one simple measure could save 6500 litres of water. Andy, thank
:30:33. > :30:36.you very much. Loss of interest in the weather,
:30:37. > :30:39.here is Jay Wynne. There is rain on the way lurking in the Atlantic and
:30:40. > :30:44.it will take a few days to get here. Before then the dry story
:30:45. > :30:47.discontinue. This afternoon we have quite a contrast in the weather from
:30:48. > :30:52.west to east. The eastern side of the UK is pretty great, the odd spot
:30:53. > :30:58.of light rain and drizzle for some but further west it is a completely
:30:59. > :31:01.different story. Look at that lovely picture captured in Argyll and Bute
:31:02. > :31:06.by one of our weather Watchers of lots of sunshine. West- East split
:31:07. > :31:08.through the afternoon, the cloud on the eastern side means it is quite
:31:09. > :31:12.chilly and breezy but some cloud will show signs of breaking up,
:31:13. > :31:15.particularly in the north-east of England. We will keep lots of the
:31:16. > :31:18.cloud in the afternoon across the North and north-east of Scotland
:31:19. > :31:22.whereas central and western parts of Scotland have a lovely afternoon, 14
:31:23. > :31:26.or 15 degrees and maybe 16 in Northern Ireland with plenty of
:31:27. > :31:29.sunshine. As the cloud breaks up across the north-east of England it
:31:30. > :31:32.is still quite chilly under the cloud, temperatures may not get into
:31:33. > :31:37.double figures. For the west we have 15 or 16 degrees in the sunshine and
:31:38. > :31:41.the wind is a bit lighter. Further east there is cloud across East
:31:42. > :31:49.Anglia beast, maybe some drizzle but mostly fine and dry. And East.
:31:50. > :31:53.Don't forget the sun is quite strong. When the sun sets this
:31:54. > :31:57.evening it will turn chilly pretty quickly. A fair bit of cloud
:31:58. > :32:01.drifting in on the breeze, maybe the odd spot of drizzle to go with it
:32:02. > :32:08.but dry weather and whether breaks it will turn chilly, in major towns
:32:09. > :32:11.and cities it will be chilly and may even get lower than those
:32:12. > :32:15.temperatures suggest. On Tuesday the key feature is the lack of isobars
:32:16. > :32:19.on the chart. Lighter wind and crucially on the East Coast where we
:32:20. > :32:25.have the nagging breeze coming in from the North Sea recently, we will
:32:26. > :32:28.change the wind direction, so if slightly less cold feel on the
:32:29. > :32:31.eastern side, cloud across England and Wales, some breaks in southern
:32:32. > :32:35.and western areas and Scotland and Northern Ireland will do well
:32:36. > :32:39.tomorrow, some cloud in the Northern Isles, most places fine and dry, the
:32:40. > :32:42.top temperatures in Northern Ireland, 17 or 18 degrees but it
:32:43. > :32:46.will turn chilly heading towards dawn on Wednesday, maybe a touch of
:32:47. > :32:50.frost in the more prone locations. A decent day for most places on
:32:51. > :32:55.Wednesday, drive for the vast majority, some rain in the northern
:32:56. > :32:59.islands, Scotland, variable cloud, sunshine and 16 or 17 degrees. Then
:33:00. > :33:02.we start to see a change, the low pressure system starts to show its
:33:03. > :33:06.hand late Thursday into Friday, some rain moving north, so that could be
:33:07. > :33:10.on the heavy side. Thank you very much, Jay Wynne.
:33:11. > :33:14.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:15. > :33:19.Newly elected President Emmanuel Macron vows that those who backed
:33:20. > :33:21.far right Marine Le Pen would no longer have a reason to vote for
:33:22. > :33:23.extremist position. That's all from the BBC News at
:33:24. > :33:27.One, so it's goodbye from me -