23/04/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Roger Johnson and Tina Dahely A plan

This is Breakfast, with Roger Johnson and Tina Dahely A plan

to introduce four new bank holidays from Labour if it wins the election.

The extra breaks would be UK-wide and fall on the Patron Saint's day

The Conservatives warn a Labour government would damage the economy.

Police investigating an acid attack at a nightclub in east London arrest

a 25-year-old man they'd been seeking in connection

This is the starting line of the 37th London Marathon. Work is going

on furiously here to get things ready because they are expecting

40,000 runners to take part today. Matic makes his mark

as the Premier League leaders beat Tottenham, to reach

the FA Cup final. A rare sight on the railways this

morning as four engines, line up to show the past, present,

and future of rail transport. Good morning. Quite a decent day to

come for many of us today. Spells of sunshine. Brace yourself. A big

change for the start of the new week. Something much colder on the

way. All of the details are coming up. Thank you, Ben.

Labour would introduce four extra UK-wide bank holidays if they win

And it's being reported that the Conservatives will pledge

to cut energy bills for the seven out of ten households that pay

standard variable tariffs households by capping some tariffs.

With the details, here's our political correspondent,

Good morning, everybody. Working hard to get your vote. Jeremy Corbyn

thinks Britain's workers deserve a break, and says if Labour wins the

general election he will try to introduce four new UK wide Bank

Holiday is. They are a devolved matter in Scotland. Jeremy Corbyn

says he would introduce for more in England on the day of St George, St

Patrick's, and St Patrick's Day. And also suggested that they also have

public holidays in devolved areas. He claims the move would help bring

the four Nations of the UK together, as well as giving more people time

off. The party said there was no definitive estimate of the impact

economically of this proposal. Conservatives say that the economy

would be on a permanent holiday is Jeremy Corbyn got in Downing Street.

The Conservatives could be about to make their own retail offer to

voters in the shape of smaller energy bills for families. The

Sunday Times says that the reason may well water Ofgem to cap the gas

and electricity bills for the seven out of ten households that pay

standard variable tariffs, which are usually more expensive than other

plans energy companies offer. Labour has previously said it would force

energy suppliers to put customers on their cheapest tariffs. Ben Wright,

BBC News. UKIP says its manifesto will include

a pledge to ban the full-face veils The party leader, Paul Nuttall,

will launch what he calls an "integration agenda," saying

items of clothing such as the burka and niqab are a barrier to social

harmony and a security risk. He will also propose

outlawing Sharia Law, the religious rules that form part

of Islamic tradition. The boyfriend of TV celebrity,

Ferne McCann, has been arrested in connection with an alleged acid

attack in a nightclub. Arthur Collins, who's 25,

had been sought by police following an incident at the Mangle

club in Hackney last week. Emergency services were wrought to

the Mangle Night Club after some people were brought in contact with

a corrosive element. The Metropolitan Police said Arthur

Collins, 25, from Hertfordshire, was arrested on suspicion of murder. He

is the boyfriend of Ferne McCann, who appeared in the reality TV show,

The Only Way Is Essex. He was taken into custody in north Hampshire,

following an operation from and officers from East Midlands and the

Met Specialist Crime Unit. The Met Police Federation on the one your

old man was charged with seven counts of grievous bodily harm. He

has been named as Andrea Phoenix who will appear before the Thames

Magistrate tomorrow. Polling stations across France will

open in an hour's time in the first round of the country's presidential

election. 11 candidates are running for office, with the race between

the top four contenders considered too close to call ahead of the vote.

Two candidates from this round will go through to a run-off

vote next month, as James Reynolds reports.

No-one wants to miss a single second of the big moment.

These people are running, not for a vote, but for

On the eve of the election, Paris St-Germain played a home game.

It was a final test of the capital's security before the polls opened.

These supporters, French voters, have made it

TRANSLATION: The campaign was very long, and it was contaminated

TRANSLATION: For us, the people down there,

So, no matter who is the president, it doesn't matter.

TRANSLATION: The campaign has been necessary.

We listened to each party's programme.

To the relief of everyone here, the speeches over, the arguments

have been made, and for this entire country, it is now decision time.

For these protesters in Paris, security comes before all else.

The afternoon before the vote, the wives of police officers called

for more support for the security forces.

Their march follows the killing of a police officer

Fear of further attacks means that these, France's polling

50,000 police officers have been deployed to protect voters.

In Bordeaux, election officials make their final, manual checks.

The candidates themselves are now silent, and 47 million French voters

The former tennis player, Ilie Nastase, has been banned

from any further role in the Fed Cup tie between Britain and Romania

after he verbally abused the British captain,

Anne Keothavon, and the British number one, Johanna Konta.

Play was suspended when Konta left the court in tears,

but she later came back to beat her opponent

Pouring of emotion on a tennis court, just not like this. Johanna

Konta was on top against Romania's player, but she was not the only

challenge to be both Konta and the captain felt the crowd overstepped

the mark. The Romanian captain, Ilie Nastase, got involved. Already

facing investigation for comments made about Serena Williams, Ilie

Nastase swore at the pair and officials, before being escorted

away. Play resumed, but only briefly, with Johanna Konta, the

world number seven, visibly distressed. She left the court soon

after with another, Simona Halep are pleading with the crowd. -- Halep,.

Then she returned and wasted no time finishing the match. Johanna Konta

will return, unlike Ilie Nastase. Escorted from the complex, is

accreditation removed. Banned from playing. -- his.

The 37th London Marathon will get under way later this morning.

More than 40,000 people have registered, meaning this year's race

is set to outstrip last year's record number of runners.

Many will be waved off on their 26 mile journey by The Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge, who are expected to be seen cheering on from the sidelines.

Our reporter, Dan Johnson, is in Greenwich for us this morning.

Good morning. After all of the weeks and months of preparation, all of

the runners are taking part in very time has finally come. What is it

like down there at the moment? -- part, their time. Down here there is

a race to get things ready. They are just finishing off building the

start line. A lot of work to do. A huge operation to take care of the

40,000 runners expected here today. That is a record number. It is the

37th London Marathon. You can see the scale of what is needed. 1200

portaloos. These are the hospitality tents were some of the celebrities

will be staying. So many people taking part for different reasons

but be it takes place starting at nine o'clock with the wheelchair

races. Then the men at ten o'clock. Then those with personal reasons.

Many incredible stories around London later this morning. Thank

you. Dan will be keeping us up-to-date through the morning. Good

luck to everyone taking part tell us someone you are following and we

will tell their story here on Breakfast.

Emergency teams have been sent out to contain an oil spill on one of

the Canary Islands, after a ferry crashed into underwater fuel pipes.

Spanish authorities said 13 passengers were injured and five

of the wounded had to be hospitalised.

A two-mile-long slick is threatening the coast around Las Palmas,

on Gran Canaria, and Telde, further to the south.

Fans of Coronation Street will have a chance to own some

of the best-known items from the long-running soap.

The curlers, headscarf and pinny worn by the character,

Hilda Ogden, are to go under the hammer.

They are being sold by the family of Jean Alexander, the actress

who played the sharp-tongued cleaner for almost a quarter of a century,

You can see some of them on the screen. One of the great characters,

she was. You are up-to-date. Let us have a quick look at some of the

front pages of some of the papers. Let me grab them. The Sunday Times.

A picture of the reason may with... I think that is a smile, a grimace,

I am not sure. She is in the West Midlands. She refused three times,

apparently, the possibility of tax rises. That features on a couple of

papers. She is pledging to cap energy bills. That is the Tory

policy this morning. The front page of the Sunday Mirror. Shares are at

their highest double since 1991. An exclusive interview with the Labour

leader. Inside the paper they talk about two bombshell exclusives.

Jeremy Corbyn promising to slash the fatcats and tax the rich. And polls

can tell different things. We know that. Don't put too much into them.

The Mail on Sunday. The Tory lead slashed in half after a tax U-turn.

That is their poll this morning. The Tory lead has fallen by 11 points.

It was 22 earlier in the week. That is an interesting change. Very

quickly. The front page of The Observer. The Lib Dems will not do

coalition deals, eight promised to voters from Tim Farron. --A.

Apparently some have promised to do deals with them but Tim Farron said

no. And now we will find out what is happening with the weather for those

runners at the London Marathon. How was it looking. It is not looking

too bad for today. Something different is on the way in the next

few days so make the most of it. A decent start for many. As we go

through this morning, a chilly start. A frosty start for some. Some

spells of sunshine. High pressure is with us at the moment keeping things

fine. I want to point out is whether fronts up in the north which will

bring rain to northern Scotland. -- these. Told there is heading our

way. A chilly start for the marathon runners. Temperatures in single

digits at the start line. It will warm up through the day as we start

to see more in the way of sunshine. We start with a fair amount of cloud

in East Anglia and the south-east. More cloud the further west you are

across Wales. A decent start for northern England by patchy frost

here and there. Northern Scotland, showers. Wintry winds through the

day. Not a bad start for Northern Ireland but a fair bit of cloud

around. Through the day, the best of the dry weather and sunshine across

England and Wales. High levels of pollen. Things will cloud over in

the north-west. That she and heavy rain in the Northern Isles where

temperatures will get up to seven degrees. -- patchy. Though is

whether fronts are on the March. This is the moving south. It will be

windy here as well. Cold enough for a frost. Not as cold in the south

with more in the way of cloud and some patchy rain. That area of cloud

will sink south across England and Wales. A cloudy day. This is the

cold front. We are introducing cold air from sleet and snow at times.

Deep into the wet, cold air continues its journey south right

across the country. Single-digit temperatures for many, wintry

showers, and overnight frost. Not that unusual for April, but it will

come as a shock to the system. I am not looking forward to that. Thank

you for now. Rail enthusiasts are in for a real

treat this morning, as four engines from four different eras

make their way through They will travel side by side,

in the same direction, to celebrate the past, present

and future of the East Coast Our reporter, Phil Bodmer

is on the platform of York Station Good morning to you. A very exciting

day. It has been described as a once in a lifetime event. As you say,

four trains travelling in parallel. All at the same time. A special

moment. I can tell you that people are gathering here at the station

behind me. Not sure whether you can see it. You are seeing some pictures

of the trains will stop about ten miles north of York, the flying

Scotsman. The locomotive dealt in 1923. The first locomotive to record

100 mph on the east Coast main line. That will run alongside and a chest

of tea, a class 43, another icon of Britain's railways. -- HST. That

will run in turn alongside a brand-new class 100. It will be

introduced next year and run along the east coast mainland. Here at

York station, you can see the big screen where people will be

gathering to watch the spec to call as it unfolds this morning. We are

expecting them to set off at about 615 and they should arrive here at

in York at about eight o'clock. The pictures look spectacular in the

early morning sunshine. Time now to take a look

at the latest cinema releases Hello, and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News. To take us through the

cinema releases this The glamour of old-school Hollywood

is the backdrop for a love story between a starlet and her chauffeur

under the watchful eye of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes

in Warren Beatty's Rules Don't We have the sands of time,

which reveal voices from a hidden mirror in the form

of Gertrude Bell's letters from Baghdad, as read

out by Tilda Swinton And wartime London's rubble provides

the setting for Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy in Their Finest,

as they struggle to produce Warren Beatty, he hasn't

had the best of years! It has been 16 years

since he wrote and directed... As he gets older

is he getting better? This is a vanity project that he

wrote, directed, starred in... It's interesting, he began

at the end of old Hollywood It brought indie cinema

into the fore, destroying This is old Hollywood

where he started out in as an actor. You can imagine him coming

into town like the star It's good on the details

of how a boss like Howard Even presidents wait

on the wealth of Howard Hughes It shows how he used to keep

starlets in various places, the big mansions he kept them in,

they were secretive, But not to Warren

Beatty's Howard Hughes... I decided when I won a talent

contest that maybe I would give Two weeks in Los Angeles,

you are working for Howard Hughes? I hope Howard Hughes doesn't expect

to meet you in a hotel room... I would like to thank

you for my acting classes, ballet classes and the chance

to become a star. Sex is bad because it

could lead to dancing. Movie actresses are supposed

to be sexy, and they're Without Carly Simon here,

some people suggest that Warren Beatty could be talking

about himself in some of this? He has been a figure

in Hollywood, and him playing Howard Hughes recently,

played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator,

he is a strange and shadowy figure Like Indiana Jones,

with a pilot jacket. I think Warren Beatty becomes

obsessed with the mania that Howard Hughes himself was overtaken

by and the film becomes oppressive You think it will be

light and fluffy and full of '50s jazz numbers,

but it isn't. The romance between Lily Collins

and Alden Ehrenreich, it is overshadowed by his ego

in his own film, a Howard I see where he was going

but it is like Oscars night - We've all heard about Lawrence

of Arabia but not many people have heard of Gertrude Bell,

the Queen of the Desert? Yes, maybe we have heard

of Lawrence of Arabia Gertrude Bell never really had hers,

and this documentary There is another film

with Nicole Kidman, but this is a more fitting tribute

through this letters that she left through her

correspondence in the desert. She was the most powerful women

in the British Empire. At the end of World War I,

the borders of Arabia She was very much involved in that

with Winston Churchill, riding into the desert,

a redoubtable British colonial figure, intrepid explorer, part spy,

part stateswoman, part antiquarian. In the Arab world, she learned

Farsi, she understood everything. Magnificently played by

Tilda Swinton, as you would expect. What is well done in

the documentary, directed by two women, they resurrected these

letters, finding brilliant archive footage from Baghdad and Damascus -

all of that stuff we see The Sphinx is an apt figure

as Gertrude Bell stares out. There's footage now from the region

which is war-torn and ravaged. War was always something

in that sand, but there is an elegance to it,

a kind of colonial innocence in that Gertrude Bell's voice

rings out as a lost voice A British film crew

attempting to boost morale In this film, they have

Bill Nighy and Gemma Arterton. They wanted to make authenticity

and optimism shine out to boost Stiff upper lip, chocks

away for Their Finest, This goes back to the 1940s,

Gemma Arterton making her way as a script girl, directing slop

dialogue, the romantic Here she is, elbowing her way

and finding her voice on the set. Even taking on Bill Nighy,

who plays a washed-up An example, a mention

of the clever code. I may say that would be

the first clever thing that Just a dash of humour

and further along... It's the caption at the end

is going to be "He's not listening It's a joke for women

who never think that If you start answering,

the caption would make sense. I will be in my dressing room,

if anyone needs me... Gemma Arterton revealed

on the One Show recently that she used Alex Jones's accent

as a model for that? There is a presenting gig

for her if the Oscars I did not know that was

Alex Jones - very good! She is very good in it,

Gemma Arterton, the rosy-cheeked script girl who becomes the force

of the movie. It is about female voices

coming in while the war People saying, when the war

was finished, that the women would not go back into their little

boxes after this taste of freedom. It is about that, but the film

is good at wartime tailoring It is funny, witty and elegant,

as you would expect from people like Bill Nighy, but the spectre

of death is never far away. There is a mix of romance

and the making of a movie, There is that madness of making

movies which hangs this together. It's interesting -

movies provide shape and structure, and an ending where life at that

time was full of mess and never did. That is why people

loved movies back then. 30 million people per week

went to the movies. It was the revival for the British

people, after a demise beforehand? It would be great if this can get

an audience of 30 million I don't think it will,

but this film is witty, A very good performance

from Gemma Arterton, and neatly tied up by the director,

Lone Scherfig, with People might think it is a women's

picture, but it has depth and elegance, and I love the wartime

tailoring in the costumes. Yes, it is out at most cinemas,

it isn't a horror film in a scary There is this depth going on,

like in The Stepford Wives. A black guy goes to a white

neighbourhood to meet the parents, They do not know that her daughter's

boyfriend is black? And then they find out,

then we realise that maybe they do? It isn't a scary horror film

with scary bits going on. It is a really edgy

bit of US comedy. There is the British

actor Daniel Kaluuya there who is brilliant in it

and Allison Williams, who was in Girls, that just finished

on television this week. If you are missing it,

there is one of them in Get Out. And the best DVD,

The Lady From Shanghai. And Rita Hayworth,

his wife at the time. In this famous film, he cut her hair

and turned her blonde! It's a bit of a mess, this movie,

and the final sequence is a hall of mirrors -

you don't know who There's this scene

which was later spoofed. It is a puzzle but it has

all of the classic things you need Orson Welles does one

of the worst Irish accents. Nevertheless, it has a great

atmosphere and shows that Orson Welles was a fantastic

film-maker but ultimately flawed. That is what you want

from your Orson Welles films. And that is what you want

from Jason Solomons. This is Breakfast,

with Roger Johnson and Tina Daheley. Coming up before 7am,

Ben's got the weather. But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. Labour is attempting

to win over voters ahead of June's General Election,

with the promise of four extra They would fall on the Patron

Saint's Day of each The Conservatives say the British

economy would be on a permanent Meanwhile, reports suggest

the Conservatives will pledge to cut energy bills for the seven out

of ten households that pay The boyfriend of TV celebrity,

Ferne McCann, has been arrested in connection with an alleged acid

attack in a nightclub. 25-year-old, Arthur Collins,

was wanted for questioning by police and had been urged to hand himself

in by The Only Way Is Essex star. A 21-year-old man has been charged

with seven counts of grevious bodily harm in connection with the incident

at the Mangle club in Hackney last Polling stations across France

will open in just under half an hours time in the first round of

the country's presidential election. 11 candidates are running

for office, with the race between the top four contenders

considered too close to call ahead Two candidates from this

round will go through to a run-off The mobile operator, Three,

has apologised for technical problems which prevented some

of its 9.2 million customers from making calls and sending

and receiving texts yesterday. Some users took to Twitter

to complain that their messages had The firm says calls can now be made

and it's working to restore Emergency teams have been sent out

to contain an oil spill on one of the Canary Islands,

after a ferry crashed Spanish authorities said 13

passengers were injured and five of the wounded had

to be hospitalised. A two-mile-long slick is threatening

the coast around Las Palmas, Rail enthusiasts are getting a real

further to the south. Rail enthusiasts are getting a real

treat this morning as four engines from four different eras are making

their way through the Yorkshire countryside. The world-famous Flying

Scotsman is one of them. They are headed in the same direction to

celebrate the past, the present, and the future, of the East Coast Main

Line. Brilliant pictures. Especially if you like trains.

People have told us it is steam, not smoke.

A bit disappointing for one team, though. I wonder whether the players

will be able to pick themselves up and carry on with there Premier

League campaign. A great match, though.

One of them was an absolute stunner by Chelsea.

Patrick Gearey can talk you through it.

Before the rivalry and frenzy, a moment of unity. The Tottenham coach

and former England defender who died this week was remembered and

appreciated. Van Wembley redivided. Up stepped Willian. A polarising

goal. Tottenham came back. Christian Ericsson, the maker, Harry Kane, the

taker. The folk hero. And this started what couldn't be stopped. A

penalty. The ghost of Willian haunting them again. In the frenzied

fog, some can see things others cannot. Dele Alli. 2-2. The Spurs

dominated for a bit with a threat. Then into the net from Eden. This

was eclipsed by Chelsea's individual brilliance. Big players and really

and occasions. This semi had everything. Chelsea could well be

going for the double. BBC News, Wembley. -- brilliant.

It is great to fight for the title. It is great to reach for the final

FA Cup. A great competition. But, yeah, I am pleased for my players

and I also love our fans. We dominated the game completely but

they were more technical than us. We played fantastically. We played in

our away and philosophy. We try to play like we normally play. But it

is true that they were so clinical. It's also Cup weekend in Scotland,

and Aberdeen are the first team through to the final,

their first Scottish Cup final Lots of drama in this one

against the holders Hibernian. Look how quickly Aberdeen

scored their opening goal. You could probably forgive

the defenders for being caught Aberdeen scored again,

which meant Hibs had it all to do. But they did pull it

back and equalise. But look at this, five

minutes left on the clock, and Aberdeen get a winning goal,

after a deflected shot from Jonny They'll face either Celtic

or Rangers in the final. It has been a brilliant season so

far. A disappointment after the last one and we wanted to move forward

from it. We wanted to be here again come the end of the season for

another trophy. So we are looking forward to it.

They've lost again and their chances of staying in the Premier League

They lost 4-0 to Bournemouth yesterday.

Bournemouth move up to 12th in the table with the win.

It's looking bleak for Boro though, they're nine points from safety,

There's been some incredible goals this weekend, just look at this

They beat Watford 2-0 which does their chances of staying

in the Premier League a world of good, they're two points clear

Also in the relegation battle, Swansea's survivals hopes have

They beat Stoke 2-0 which is their first win

In yesterday's other Premier League game,

Everton and West Ham finished goalless.

Some worrying news for Manchester United,

they'll be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo

Both suffered cruciate ligament injuries in the Europa League

quarterfinal on Thursday night against Anderlecht.

Ibrahimovic is United's top scorer with 28 this season.

United are at Burnley this afternoon.

While Liverpool are at Crystal Palace in the day's other

It's that time of the year where teams start moving up

Swindon Town were relegated from League One, while Leyton Orient

drop out of the Football League after 112 years.

They're back after a six year absence following their 2-1 win over

Terry Hawkridge scored both goals for Lincoln in the victory that

secured the National League title in front of their home supporters.

Promotion caps off a remarkable season for the Imps as they also

became the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals

There was disappointment for Manchester City Women yesterday.

They lost the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

They were beaten 3-1 at home by reigning champions Lyon.

There was drama in Great Britain's David Cup tie in Romania.

And the host's captain, former Grand Slam winner,

Ilie Nastase, has been banned from today's matches as a result.

During Johanna Konte's rubber against Sorana Cirstea,

Nastase was sent off after swearing at the umpire and being verbally

abusive to Konta and her captain Anne Keothavong.

Konte was visibly upset by the incident and after some

confusion the match was halted with the Brit 3-1 down

After 25 minutes play resumed and Konte took the match two

Nastase was escorted from the complex.

Heather Watson had lost her rubber earlier on.

What she said to the umpire and referee, you can ask them, it was

enough for her to be warned and then disqualified. But then what he said

directed at both the anaconda and myself, it is not something I am

going to repeat here. -- Johanna Konta. It is not appropriate to say

to any other human in that particular way. That is not what we

have come here for. We came to play a competitive match against Romania

in a fair environment. We certainly do not expect verbal abuse.

Saracens are still on course to retain their European Champions

They beat Munster by 26 points to ten in Dublin

to reach their third final in four years.

Both their tries came in the second half, the second for Chris Wyles,

as they ran out winners at the Aviva Stadium.

They'll face Clermont Auvergne or Leinster in the final in three

weeks' time, that second semi-final is played this afternoon.

Warrington Wolves began the Super League with six defeats

in a row, but they're now unbeaten in five matches.

Wolves came from behind to beat Wakefield Trinity by 20

Tom Lineham's try completed their comeback with two

Courtney Tulloch has made history for Great Britain's gymnasts,

winning their first international rings medal with a silver

at the European Championships in Romania.

This silver adds to an impressive championships for GB's men's team,

which contains none of the competitors from the Rio

I felt a lot more confident out there. I don't really look at anyone

else and fear them. He did an amazing routine, but I know I can

catch him and I have skills to add on to my routine. I can up my

routine. I am not scared. I know I can beat him. I can't wait to go to

the World Championships and we can have another battle.

John Higgins, through to the quarter-finals

Higgins is hoping to win his fifth title at the Crucible.

He came through a high-quality match against Northern Ireland's Mark

Allen, winning it by 13 frames to nine.

My goodness. What a busy Saturday of sport it was. And it all continues

today. Lay it does, indeed. Nowhere busier than the London Marathon.

40,000 expected to take part. These two started running from Birmingham.

London will be their sixth marathon in six states. They have made

?11,500. Also, a message from Christopher. Today we will see this

amazing man complete his challenge of 100 marathons, wait for it, in

100 days. He has raised over ?50,000 so far and still counting. Good

luck. That is from Gary, I should say. The e-mail was from a man

called Christopher. Paul cousins is running dressed as a helicopter for

cancer research. -- Cousins. Should we find out how the preparations are

going in Greenwich? The big preparations. It looks like they

almost have the start line ready. Yes. They are just winching it into

place and have almost finished constructing it. There is not just

one. There are three in Blackheath, south London. It gives you an idea

of how big the scale of operations is. Paul, you just heard about him

running as a helicopter. How are you feeling? All right. It is earlier

than I normally start a marathon. But I am looking forward to it.

Important questions. Why a marathon and why a helicopter. It is the

third marathon I have done for bone cancer research. Why? I like to

dress up and go for a Guinness World Record and get the publicity from

that. It is also to raise awareness of bone cancer research, an

important charity for myself, my friends, and Annie, who lost her

daughter, Mary, only aged 11. You just want to know, what can you do?

I have done several marathons before, but this is the first time I

will be trying to get a record. Amazing. Hoping to break a record.

What is the record? The fastest 3D aircraft. It can be a plain or a

helicopter. I come from a place with a helicopter heritage. -- plane. We

are on the way. It looks quite heavy and awkward to run in. A little bit.

But you put up with it. It is ten kilos in weight. I can't use my arms

too much, but, hey, we are here for the right reasons. You were here

last year and have done this marathon a couple of times. You know

what to expect. What will be tough? The first half is usually OK. You

get across the bridge and there is plenty of support to be after 20

miles, that is the hard part. Then after 23 you know that you are on

the home stretch. You see the Houses of Parliament. Then the crowd comes

out to support all of the runners. It really is a massive rush to get

the cheering. Sometimes abuse, but, you know, it is all part of the fun

of the day, and it really drives people on. Are you ever in doubt of

doing it again? Never. The first time you do it you think it will do

it once. Then you get across the finish line and you just go,

definitely I want to do this again. And I have done other ones since

then, not just London. London is definitely the best one I have ever

done. We wish you all the best getting around because today. So

many great stories like his. 40,000 people ready to run today. That is a

record number. Thank you. people getting in touch. If you want

to send a message to somebody running the London Marathon, send it

in. Somebody trying to run the fastest marathon dressed as a love

heart, someone in Wellington boots and someone in a sleeping bag. A bit

sweaty. We have some tweets. This one is from Herbie, my son Daniel is

running it for Alzheimer's and trying to beat his personal best.

Good luck, Danny. Sally from Hastings is running her 12th

Marathon on. The weather looks good for the

runners we think, Ben. Perfect for running, I suspect. A

bit chilly at the start line. Quite a lot of cloud around that it should

break up as we go on through the day. Temperatures should eventually

get up into the mid teens. Good luck if you are running, the weather

should play all. For the rest of us, not a bad day. Early sunshine with

our Weather Watcher in Norfolk. Sunny spells through the day but a

chilly start out there. That is nothing compared with what is

heading our way as we get through the next three days because up here,

lurking to the north is some pretty cold air. That will eventually be

heading in our direction but as I said, a chilly enough start this

morning but some spells of sunshine. A bit of extra cloud across East

Anglia and the south-east and a fair amount of cloud in Wales. Northern

England starting with spells of sunshine but on the chilly side at

ATM. Five or six degrees. --8 a.m. . More cloud across north-west

Scotland where there is a shower of and as we go on through the day,

across northern parts of Scotland, quite heavy rain developing. More

cloud working in across the bulk of Scotland and Northern Ireland. For

England and Wales, patchy cloud, a small chance of catching a shower.

Remember, the weather fronts I showed you a Aliir, the cold front,

when it is on the march --I showed you earlier. It is introducing some

rain, sleet and hill snow. A chilly night to come. Through tomorrow,

front works its way southwards so more cloud and patchy rain moving

its way across the England and Wales. For Scotland and Northern

Ireland, wintry showers, a mixture of rain, sleet and slow -- snow.

Here, extremely chilly. Just three degrees in Aberdeen tomorrow

afternoon and even in the south where we escape the cold on Monday,

the cold air will reach all areas by Tuesday. Some Sunny spells, some

wintry showers and overnight frost so brace yourself for a cold spell a

head. The news is coming up in a few

moments here on Breakfast. I don't know if you have noticed,

but there seems to have been a lot This week, Click is taking a trip

to Paris, where this weekend, the French take to the polls

in the first round of And curiously, from a technology

point of view, the way we vote seems, if anything,

to be going backwards. In the last election,

France did allow online voting For both the presidential elections

and the legislative elections, in June, it is back

to pen and paper. And that's due to the fear of cyber

attacks, which the French national cyber security agency says

are an extremely high risk. Queues of people, paper voting -

surely there has to be a better way. Well, we asked BBC Newsbeat's

political editor Jonathan Blake Ancient institutions

and modern technology. As elections are held

worldwide throughout 2017, that could radically reshape

the political landscape, most people will cast their vote

in the same way it has been done for decades, using a pencil

and paper to put a cross in a box. One company is working on a way

to make voting more convenient and, they say, more secure,

with an app that lets you register It uses facial biometrics,

and combines that with some sort of government document,

whether it is a passport or driver's licence, to create a digital

identity, which the voter So this is a demonstration version

of the app which Smartmatic have We will start by

registering, first of all. We'll go with driver's licence,

because I have that handy. Once the ID is matched

to your face, the app confirms And we are voting for

Rushfield Borough Council, It's asked me to take a photo,

so if I hold up the camera, the phone will take

a selfie automatically. So here there is a list

of candidates, the same as you would see

on the ballot paper. I don't need to tell

you who I'm voting for, You are asking people to take

a photo of their face, capture an image of

the photo identification. How secure is that information,

where does it go? The digital identity

you create is unique to you, and it stays on your device,

on your personal mobile phone or tablet, whatever

it is you use to create it. You are in control of it

at all times, and you are in control of what pieces of information

you use to create that ID, But concerns about cyber security

mean countries once embracing the use of technology in democracy

are having second thoughts. France has suspended online

voting in elections, this year, saying the risk of cyber

attacks is extremely high. And in the Netherlands,

where the voting system has been computerised since 2008,

this year they are counting But the country that has earned

a reputation as the electronic voting capital of the world

is sticking to its guns. Estonia is almost obsessive

about its digital identity. Here in Estonia, everyone

from the age of 15 carries Using this, and accompanying PIN

numbers, you can access your bank, phone company, energy firm, but also

a lot of official information. You can see this man's name,

address, date of birth, where he went to school,

health records, everything down In Estonia, voting is just another

thing you can do online. Download software, use your ID card

and PIN to make a selection, and vote from the comfort of your

home, or wherever is convenient. Around one in three votes is now

cast online, but officials admit it The internet voter is

a transformed paper voter. Having a novelty, a convenient

method of voting, is not enough to bring people from the "no voting"

zone back to voting, or to voting, because you

need other incentives. Other countries seem reluctant

to follow Estonia's lead. They have identification cards,

and the amount of information they keep in the systems,

it is a very different space to what we have in the UK,

where they don't have a privacy agenda, about protecting

individual citizens. We believe the current paper-and-pen

method is the best way forward, that actually it means that

each individual's vote As technology advances,

calls to digitise democracy will continue, but so will concerns

about cyber security, so the pencil and paper may well

always have its place. And how would you feel

about renting your car Well, believe it or not, here,

there is an app that lets Drivy has been operating

for six years. Over 40,000 car owners have chosen

to list their cars on the platform, mainly in France, Germany,

and Spain, racking up one-and-a-half The app gives me a list of vehicles

available in the designated area And then I can swipe

through pictures and details Yeah, it's basically

Airbnb, but for your car. Right, first impressions

of the Drivy office, But how has this company

persuaded thousands of people I don't know whether it is

because I'm British, but I think it's a crazy idea

to randomly hire my car out Do you not think that no one

will partake of this, because of the risk of damage

and having your car stolen? We definitely knew from the start

that it would sound like a crazy idea to lend your car,

to most people. The question was, would some people

agree it was a good idea, and that it's efficient,

and how do I protect these people who are willing to try,

rather than convince the majority. Do you think there is a reason why

sharing services do very well here? Yeah, I think that France

is special, because it has the right mix of being, like,

still a rich country, where the law is really enforced,

where business is going well, So I think it's the right balance

for sharing economy to thrive. British and Americans are more

scared about lending their cars. I'm not really sure, I don't know,

but I heard that you teach kids And that is something that

I absolutely don't know in France. So maybe less trust of people

you don't know, and less willingness to share time, or things,

with other people. You have been to London,

then, clearly. With Drivy Open, which is our big

technological focus, now, we can geo-locate cars,

see where the car is going, You can use the accelerometer to see

if there were impacts. And basically, the future

which is coming, which is all about connected cars,

and then autonomous, cars is playing huge in our favour,

because increasingly, the amount of data you have

on the car, the control over the way it's driven is going to increase

until it's autonomous, and then whoever is in the car

is no longer a problem, except for sandwich crumbs

or stuff like that. Not that red tape is

always a problem here. One start-up, in a northern suburb

of Paris, has already been given permission to place three

of its pods around the city. So, what on Earth is Agricool

putting inside these second-hand shipping containers that

makes them so desirable? You probably know that fruit sold

in city supermarkets has usually been on a long journey,

over several days, to get there. And that means it has to be

picked before it's ripe, and isn't as sweet or nutritious

as it would be if it was left Well, this is a way of keeping fruit

on the plant, in cities, There you go, four walls

of strawberries bathing Here's all the water that you need,

which is pumped in, and then when it's finished, it's

pumped back out again. Here are your nutrients,

and over here, a box of bumblebees. Did you know you could order

bumblebees by the box? That's where they live,

that's where they travel in and out, and that's where the

pollination happens. Agricool is currently experimenting

with different colours of light and different mixes

of nutrients in order to get Well, inside each shipping

container, we create a real paradise So best air, the CO2 level,

the best lights, with LED lights. We can grow the equivalent of 4000

square metres in only So it is like 120,000

times more productive, using 90% less water,

using no pesticides, actually, and using

only renewable energy. Just to be clear, these shipping

containers won't move, they'll be permanent

fixtures in cities. And with a minutely controlled

climate, a new batch of strawberries can be grown every 11 weeks,

meaning city folk can experience the taste of country

living all year round. And that's it for the short cut

of Click from Paris. Plenty more in the full-length

version which is available to watch on iPlayer right now,

and plenty more from us on Twitter throughout the week,

that's @bbcclick. And everyone back to

mine for strawberries. This is Breakfast, with

Roger Johnson and Tina Dahely A plan A plan to introduce four new bank

holidays from Labour if it The extra breaks would be UK-wide

and fall on the Patron Saint's day The Conservatives warn a Labour

government would damage the economy. A cap on energy bills for millions

of households is expected to be included in the

Conservative manifesto. Tight security across France

as voting begins in the first This is the start line of the 37th

London Marathon where work is furiously getting under way to get

things ready because 40,000 runners are expected to take part. That is a

record number. Matic makes his mark

as the Premier League leaders beat Tottenham, to reach

the FA Cup final. A rare sight on the railways this

morning as four engines, line up to show the past, present,

and future of rail transport. Good morning. Quite a decent day to

come for many of us. Spells of sunshine. Brace yourself. A big

change for the start of the new week. Something much colder on the

way. All of the details are coming up. Thank you very much, Ben.

Labour would introduce four extra UK-wide bank holidays if they win

And it's being reported that the Conservatives will pledge

to cut energy bills for the seven out of ten households that pay

standard variable tariffs households by capping some tariffs.

With the details, here's our political correspondent,

But Jeremy Corbyn thinks Britain's workers deserve a break,

and says if Labour wins the general election he will try and introduce

Bank holidays are a devolved matter in Scotland.

But Jeremy Corbyn says he would introduce four more

in England on St George's Day, St Patrick's Day, and St Andrew's

Day, and St David's Day, and also suggest that they also have

He claims the move would help bring the four nations of the UK together,

as well as giving more people time off.

The party said there was no definitive estimate of the economic

A conservative source said that the economy would be

on a permanent holiday if Jeremy Corbyn got in Downing

The Conservatives could be about to make their own retail offer

to voters in the shape of smaller energy bills for families.

The Sunday Times says that Theresa May will order Ofgem to cap

the gas and electricity bills for the seven out of ten households

that pay standard variable tariffs, which are usually more expensive

than other plans energy companies offer.

Labour has previously said it will force energy suppliers to put

UKIP says its manifesto will include a pledge to ban the full-face veils

The party leader, Paul Nuttall, will launch what he calls

an "integration agenda," saying items of clothing such as the burka

and niqab are a barrier to social harmony and a security risk.

He will also propose outlawing Sharia Law,

the religious rules that form part of Islamic tradition.

Let's speak to our political correspondent, Susana Mendonca,

who joins us now from our London newsroom.

Good morning. Good morning. What can you tell us about this ban from

UKIP? It goes down to the core vote from UKIP. They are talking about a

full ban on the face veil as you see in France and Belgium. They say it

is part of their Integration Agenda. That is not the only thing that fit

into that mould. They are talking about banning Sharia law and people

from not reporting female genital mutilation. And also a ban on postal

voting, which they claim is subject to electoral fraud. Many policies

that may appeal to their core vote. Their key problem is ahead of their

last general election they had a key purpose, to call for a referendum on

leaving the European Union. But we have had that. Theresa May it has

made it clear we are pushing ahead with rigs had. UKIP have in a sense

lost their purpose. -- Brexit. They need other policies that appeal to

others. This is their first weekend of campaigning. All of the parties,

Labour, UKIP, are coming up with eye-catching policies that they hope

will appeal to core voters. Thank you very much indeed. Today is St

George's Day. If Labour's plan was to go ahead, today would be a public

holiday. Polling stations across France

will open in an hour's time in the first round of the country's

presidential election. 11 candidates are running

for office, with the race between the top four contenders

considered too close to call ahead Gavin is live in Paris. It is tight

between the four frontrunners ahead of these out of voting. It is. The

Poles in the last few minutes have opened in France. For the next 12

hours, people can vote. You may see some wandering in and out of the

town hall in central Paris. The situation is interesting. Unlike the

UK where you get a sense of the results coming in by a bout seven

o'clock this evening, in France, they have a prediction. They take

constituencies and use those votes and by eight o'clock some of the

programmes will have the two faces of the people likely to make it

through. It is technically feasible someone gets more than 50% of the

vote and could automatically be announced president. But that is

very unlikely. At the moment the Poles say that we have Marine Le

Pen, she is on the front right, the far left, the centrist candidate,

and will, and Francois Fillon, the Conservative. -- Macron. And there

have been police and about 7000 soldiers on the streets given what

happened recently. Thank you. Gavin in Paris.

The boyfriend of TV celebrity, Ferne McCann, has been arrested

in connection with an alleged acid attack in a nightclub.

Arthur Collins, who's 25, had been sought by police

following an incident at the Mangle club in Hackney last week.

Emergency services were called to the Mangle Night Club

in East London on Easter Monday after some

people were brought in contact with a corrosive substance

A 22-year-old woman and a same-aged man are now blind in one eye.

The Metropolitan Police said Arthur Collins,

25, from Hertfordshire, was arrested on suspicion of murder.

He is the boyfriend of Ferne McCann, who appeared in the reality TV show,

He was taken into custody at an address in the north

following an operation from officers from East Midlands

The Met Police said a 21-year-old man was charged with seven counts

of grievous bodily harm in relation to the alleged incident.

He has been named as Andrea Phoenix, who will appear before

The former tennis player, Ilie Nastase, has been banned

from any further role in the Fed Cup tie between Britain and Romania

after he verbally abused the British captain,

Anne Keothavon, and the British number one, Johanna Konta.

Play was suspended when Konta left the court in tears,

but she later came back to beat her opponent

We are used to outpourings of emotion on a tennis court,

Johanna Konta was on top against Romania's Sarana Sastaya,

Both Konta and her captain felt the crowd overstepped the mark.

The Romanian captain, Ilie Nastase, got involved.

Already facing investigation for comments he made

about Serena Williams, Nastase swore at the British pair

and the officials, before being escorted away.

Play resumed, but only briefly, with Johanna Konta, the world number

She left the court soon after with another, Simona Halep,

After nearly half-an-hour, Konta returned, and wasted no time

Escorted from the complex, his accreditation removed.

The 37th London Marathon will get under way later this morning.

More than 40,000 people have registered, meaning this year's race

is set to outstrip last year's record number of runners.

Many will be waved off on their 26 mile journey by The Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge, who are expected to be seen cheering on from the sidelines.

Our reporter, Dan Johnson, is in Greenwich for us this morning.

Yeah. It is still very busy. Trying to put the last few pieces in place.

They have just finished building the start line. Most feels like it is

ready. The main events start at nine o'clock with the will chair and

women's, then the men's elite at ten, then tens of thousands with

individual targets to achieve, to get around in a time or raising

muggy. There are so many positive stories. -- wheelchair races. It

goes across the Thames, around the eastern, around so many landmarks.

And then The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will start this off. Their

charity, Heads Together, is one of the main charities. This huge

operation is incredible. There are 1200 portaloos. Look at that. That

is one of the poshest portaloos I have ever seen. I will not argue

with you. That look very posh indeed. He is an expert.

The main political parties have spent the weekend setting out

the issues they'll fight the upcoming General Election on.

In 2015, the Green Party won more than a million votes but only

At their campaign launch this week, the Green's called for a living wage

for all, and votes for 16 and 17 year olds.

So, will these policies be enough to return more MPs to Westminster?

Their co-leader, Jonathan Bartley, joins us now.

Thank you for coming in and getting up bright and early. Just while we

were listening to Dan Johnson, we mentioned the two stories today, the

Conservatives capping bills and the four bank holidays of Labour. What

about the Greens. We don't want just the top six, we want 6000. We want

control going to local committees so they can get a return on their

investment and get clean energy in their own area and get it cheap. We

are advocating a three-day weekend. When we put forward bold policies,

Labour tried to keep up and don't quite achieve it. -- try. A four-day

week? That is what we had in the 70s. For the wrong reasons. Do you

remember when we were children, we are at the same age, we were told

they would be a lot of wealth creation and we would have

technological advancements. We have had that, but we have seen no

benefits from that as a community. Who is the economy for? Big

corporations to suck the money out of the economy, or for you and me?

How do you then deal with it? It is well and good to say without those

big companies that generate rocket profit and all of that, the country

is in trouble. -- profits. It is about who you favour. Will you give

tax breaks to corporates, or are the people? We want tax cuts for small

businesses. We want a level playing field and resilient local economies

where money is circulated in the local economy. We have to create

resilient local economies. We are the party of small business. You

have Caroline Lucas, the one MP, the Tory leader, in Brighton. How many

MPs realistically do you expect? -- co-leader. Don't make predictions,

we have learnt that. We are looking at the Isle of Wight, Sheffield,

Bath. We want to see us all over the country. We should have a 24 MPs and

a fair voting system. Proportional representation is the way you want

to go ultimately. You try to do deals with the Lib Dems and other

parties about practically standing down and putting people in different

places. They had said no. It is very interesting, isn't it? The

leadership has said no. Arab door is still open. We think the future of

the country is about the next 50 years. -- our door. These decisions

will be huge and affect everyone. We need to travel beyond party

politics. If the leadership says no, the grassroots people are saying

yes. People are working across the country wanting to do things in

different ways. The only reason we are having this discussion about how

big Theresa May's win is going to be is because Labour is split. But on a

local level with people doing deals, the May has warned of a coalition of

chaos. That is chaos. We could end up with, you know, just chaotic

coalition is. That is no good. than this. That's get past the

soundbites. -- we need to get better than this. People will understand

what you mean but if you are trying to carve up the electoral map, it's

going to be very piecemeal. They will have to be a coalition in order

to get something done. It doesn't have to be that way. You can have a

minority government supported by other parties. We you hold the

government to account. If you don't do X, Y, Z, we won't be supporting

to you. Would you go into a coalition? It is you had one or two

MPs? What we would like is a confidence and supply arrangement. A

red light brass would be proportional representation. That's

how you give people back control. --A red light for us. In remain or

leave every vote counted. We want to give that control back to people by

changing the election system, and that will really change people 's

lives. It's a game changer. Thank you very much indeed for coming in

this morning. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Ben with a look

at this morning's weather. Press yourself, cold weather on the

way as we head into the new week. Make the most of Sunday because for

many of us, it will be another springlike day -- brace yourself.

Here is a lovely sunrise from one of our Weather Watchers. . It is chilly

close to the start line in the London Marathon. The cloud will

break up to give us some sunshine. It will run up to the need teens.

High pressure in charge for most of us but I have to post -- point out

is cold front. To the north of it, that is where the cold areas making

a Nitties on our way to us as we head through the next few days. --

making way. For England and Wales, turning into a decent day. Where we

have cloud at the moment, it will break up. Across the board, it will

be a mixture of sunny spells and patchy cloud. Where we have the

areas of cloud, we can't rule out the odd light shower. The best of

the sunshine lifting towards the mid- teens. There will be more cloud

across Scotland and across the north, windy and wet. As our weather

front approaches, a cold front, it will continue to sink southwards

will top behind it, it starts to open the door to some cold air. Some

showers developing. Touch of frost. A little bit of patchy rain which

will continue to sink southwards tomorrow. This is our weather fund,

our cold front. Anyway to the north of it, we will see wintry showers,

rain, sleet and snow, especially through the hills. Even to lower

levels. Across the northern half of the country, chilly. Three degrees

in Aberdeen. Monday night into Tuesday, the cold air will sink

further in. All of us will feel the chill will of cold weather is not

unusual or April but it will come as a shock. Singledigit temperatures

for many of us with sunshine and a return to overnight frost. Get ready

for the cold snap ahead. Four engines from four different

eras are giving rail enthusiasts in Yorkshire a rare treat this

morning as they rattle along the tracks of the East Coast Main

Line in what has been described Our reporter Phil Bodmer

is on the platform at York They are. That's the good news. It

is fair to say that over the years, this grand Victoria building of York

station has seen many significant moments that surely none like this.

As you mentioned, for generations of trains along the East Coast Main

Line, running in parallel in the same direction at the same time. The

Flying Scotsman, the famous locomotive, it built its name on the

history of the East Coast Main Line. Rolled out of Doncaster in 1923. We

have the HST Class 43 which was manufactured and launched in 1976,

still in service today. The two to five has been running since the late

1980s and next year in 2018, the band -- brand-new Virgin Azuma. They

are all heading to York station and should be with us around eight

o'clock this morning. Bob, one of the curators of the National rail

museum. This is a unique and special occurrence. This hasn't happened

since the 1930s. For trains running together like this. There is a long

history of express passenger travel. This station is seeing trains

roaring through it, taking people to Scotland or down to London since it

was built. It's nice to see it fitting in with this history. Many

people are asking why today. Above all, there has been some engineering

works so they can do it today. It's not easy to fit this event in two

very busy railway. That's what we have here. Earlier in the morning,

we woke up before our breakfast to do it. Prior to that, if you have

seen the Flying Scotsman coming through here on the first non-stop

run in 1928, it would have been the middle of the day. Quite early for

this but great brass are the National Railway Museum to be

involved with that and see this great thing happening. For

enthusiasts, a great photo opportunity. A great photo

opportunity and array of photo opportunity. I can't say, you are

representing the past, present and future of this route and the idea

that we are running into a new type of trained and experienced so it

amazing to mix steam, diesel and electric in this way. Thank you for

coming in today so we can talk to you. It is a special day today. We

are expecting some special trains, the Virgin Azuma and the Flying

Scotsman, they will line up with the InterCity two to five and the HST

class 43. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Time now for a look

at the newspapers. The writer, Paul Vallely

is here to tell us We'll speak to Paul

in just a minute. People see do we believe the

politicians but do we believe the polls? An interesting lesson in the

polls this morning. The Sunday Mirror which you would expect to

have a nice prone Labour poll has a pro- Tory poll. It says that Theresa

May is going to get 50% of the vote -- 60% and will have a thumping

landslide of more than 200 seat which looks pretty alarming the

Labour. -- for Labour. The express stop one in seven Labour voters are

not going to vote labour. The interesting thing is they say that

one third of them are doing it because of the leadership, Jeremy

Corbyn, but a quarter of them are abandoning its because of accent as

well. That is on the basis of this poll, a three figure majority for

the Tories here is the balance. Here is that thing in the mail. It has

poll which says the opposite story falls up the interesting thing about

this poll is it was done on Friday and the others were done on

Thursday, when day. It says the Tory leaders has been slashed in half --

lead. An interesting graph inside which shows how much the Tories have

Tom will then four days and how much Labour has gone up. -- -- tumbled.

Can we rely on the pollsters? The past few years, there was bad PR for

pollsters because they failed to predict the result of the EU

referendum but for newspapers, it is to generate stories, isn't it? Its

gold and newspapers. -- gold for newspapers. Things are more

uncertain in politics now. Nobody knows who will win the French

election. The real uncertainty present situation is genuine. It's

not just generated by polls and newspapers and manoeuvring. We don't

know where we are this time. This will make your tummy rumble this

early. Is it is gone is gone? -- scone. You have the geography map

here. It's not about class, its southern. The majority of people do

actually say sconn wearers the Scottish Tuesday scohn. -- on

Tuesday. -- do say. It is looking at how language has changed over the

years. 50 years ago, the word trap was pronounced trep and the word

that was pronounced pet. -- the word pat. There are regional dialects

here. Words like Calabar. -- calibre. It is the homogenisation of

television and we are not maintaining the regional

distinctions that we were which is a shame, really. To use a sconn or

scohn? -- do you say. We will be on the BBC News Channel soon.

The Andrew Marr Programme is on BBC One this morning

Andrew, what have you got coming up?

Lots of politics, as you would expect. You have seen some stories

about UKIP and the burqa. From Wales, Leanne Wood but my main

interview will be with Jeremy Corbyn. The man who wants to be a

next Prime Minister. Away from politics, but a busy are what coming

up. -- hour. The travel show heads to Spain. Abandoned villages.

This is Breakfast, with Roger Johnson and Tina Daheley.

Coming up before 7am, Ben's got the weather.

But first, a summary of this morning's main news.

Labour is attempting to win over voters ahead

of June's General Election, with the promise of four extra

They would fall on the Patron Saint's Day of each

The Conservatives say the British economy would be on a permanent

Meanwhile, reports suggest the Conservatives will pledge to cut

energy bills for the seven out of ten households that pay

The boyfriend of TV celebrity, Ferne McCann, has been arrested

in connection with an alleged acid attack in a nightclub.

25-year-old, Arthur Collins, was wanted for questioning by police

and had been urged to hand himself in by The Only Way Is Essex star.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with seven counts of grevious bodily

harm in connection with the incident at the Mangle club in Hackney last

Polling stations across France will open in just under half

an hours time in the first round of the country's presidential election.

11 candidates are running for office, with the race

between the top four contenders considered too close to call ahead

Two candidates from this round will go through to a run-off

The mobile operator, Three, has apologised for technical

problems which prevented some of its 9.2 million customers

from making calls and sending and receiving texts yesterday.

Some users took to Twitter to complain that their messages had

The firm says calls can now be made and it's working to restore

Emergency teams have been sent out to contain an oil spill on one

of the Canary Islands, after a ferry crashed

Spanish authorities said 13 passengers were injured and five

of the wounded had to be hospitalised.

A two-mile-long slick is threatening the coast around Las Palmas,

on Gran Canaria, and Telde, further to the south.

Rail enthusiasts are getting a real treat this morning as four engines

Fans of Coronation Street will have a chance to own some

of the best-known items from the long-running soap.

The curlers, headscarf and pinny worn by the character,

Hilda Ogden, are to go under the hammer.

They are being sold by the family of Jean Alexander, the actress

who played the sharp-tongued cleaner for almost a quarter of a century,

One of the greats without a doubt. Now it is time for the sport.

Chelsea are on for a double, it seems. Glory days. They are. A

brilliant match against Tottenham. I say this because there were a few

eyebrows raised before kick-off because Antonio Conte, the Chelsea

manager, left out what we taught were his star players, Eden Hazard

and Diego Costa. Who came on and scored a goal? Eden Hazard. A

brilliant match and a thrilling game between the two sides chasing the

Premier League title. One of them was an absolute

stunner by Chelsea. It is great to reach

for the final FA Cup. But, yeah, I am

pleased for my players We dominated the game

completely but they were more We try to play like

we normally play. But it is true that

they were so clinical. It's also Cup weekend in Scotland,

and Aberdeen are the first team through to the final,

their first Scottish Cup final Lots of drama in this one

against the holders Hibernian. Look how quickly Aberdeen

scored their opening goal. You could probably forgive

the defenders for being caught Aberdeen scored again,

which meant Hibs had it all to do. But they did pull it

back and equalise. But look at this, five

minutes left on the clock, and Aberdeen get a winning goal,

after a deflected shot from Jonny They'll face either Celtic

or Rangers in the final. It has been a brilliant

season so far. After the last disappointment

and we wanted to move forward. We wanted to be here again come

the end of the season They've lost again and their chances

of staying in the Premier League They lost 4-0 to

Bournemouth yesterday. Bournemouth move up to 12th

in the table with the win. It's looking bleak for Boro though,

they're nine points from safety, There's been some incredible goals

this weekend, just look at this They beat Watford 2-0

which does their chances of staying in the Premier League a world

of good, they're two points clear Also in the relegation battle,

Swansea's survivals hopes have They beat Stoke 2-0

which is their first win In yesterday's other

Premier League game, Everton and West Ham

finished goalless. Some worrying news

for Manchester United, they'll be without Zlatan

Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo Both suffered cruciate ligament

injuries in the Europa League quarterfinal on Thursday

night against Anderlecht. Ibrahimovic is United's top scorer

with 28 this season. United are at Burnley

this afternoon. While Liverpool are at

Crystal Palace in the day's other It's that time of the year

where teams start moving up Swindon Town were relegated

from League One, while Leyton Orient drop out of the Football

League after 112 years. They're back after a six year

absence following their 2-1 win over Terry Hawkridge scored both goals

for Lincoln in the victory that secured the National League title

in front of their home supporters. Promotion caps off a remarkable

season for the Imps as they also became the first non-league side

to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals There was disappointment

for Manchester City Women yesterday. They lost the first leg of their

Champions League semi-final. They were beaten 3-1 at home

by reigning champions Lyon. There was drama in Great Britain's

David Cup tie in Romania. And the host's captain,

former Grand Slam winner, Ilie Nastase, has been banned

from today's matches as a result. During Johanna Konte's rubber

against Sorana Cirstea, Nastase was sent off after swearing

at the umpire and being verbally abusive to Konta and her

captain Anne Keothavong. Konte was visibly upset

by the incident and after some confusion the match was halted

with the Brit 3-1 down After 25 minutes play resumed

and Konte took the match two Nastase was escorted

from the complex. Heather Watson had lost

her rubber earlier on. What he said to the umpire

and referee, you can ask them, it was enough for him to be warned

and then disqualified. But then what he said directed

at both Johanna Konta and myself, it is not something I am

going to repeat here. It is not appropriate

to say to any other human That is not what we

have come here for. We came to play a competitive

match against Romania We certainly do not

expect verbal abuse. Saracens are still on course

to retain their European Champions They beat Munster by 26

points to ten in Dublin to reach their third

final in four years. Both their tries came in the second

half, the second for Chris Wyles, as they ran out winners

at the Aviva Stadium. They'll face Clermont Auvergne

or Leinster in the final in three weeks' time, that second semi-final

is played this afternoon. Warrington Wolves began

the Super League with six defeats in a row, but they're now

unbeaten in five matches. Wolves came from behind to beat

Wakefield Trinity by 20 Tom Lineham's try completed

their comeback with two Courtney Tulloch has made history

for Great Britain's gymnasts, winning their first international

rings medal with a silver at the European

Championships in Romania. This silver adds to an impressive

championships for GB's men's team, which contains none

of the competitors from the Rio John Higgins, through

to the quarter-finals Higgins is hoping to win his fifth

title at the Crucible. He came through a high-quality match

against Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, winning it

by 13 frames to nine. What a busy weekend it was. Some

incredible goal scoring over the weekend. Fantastic! That one fall

Hull. Oh my goodness. -- for. Incredible scenes at the Fed Cup as

well. Not the kind of thing you want to see at elite level sport, or

anywhere, really. Very, very, very unfortunate. The marathon quickly.

Have you ever done one? I have never done one. Will I? Probably not. None

of us have done it. We have full admiration for the 40,000 people who

are lining up to take part in the London Marathon today. Many have

been getting in touch. This person's hubby is marathon-ready. She is

wishing him good luck for muscular dystrophy. And Social Enterprise,

that's what's Darryl is running for. And three marathons today from this

man. He started at four o'clock this morning and is off to the start line

for the second. Good luck. Well done, David. And Bernie says good

luck to Emrie Taylor. And Jack Garner has done well to prepare for

the marathon. Good luck to all of you. And now to Dan Johnson who was

at the starting line. Yes. People are starting to gather. I am full of

admiration. I did a part of it yesterday. Only three miles. My legs

are hurting this morning. I could not do anything like a marathon.

Four runners here who are doing today's marathon. It gives you an

idea of the range of people involved. Bronte is the youngest

runner in today's race. Are you excited? I am pretty excited. I am

nervous but grateful for all the support. What made you want to do

it? I am running for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in memory of my best

friend, Leanne. Her wish was to go with me to Florida and I wanted to

do something for her. Are you nervous, confident? In my training I

have gone 16- 17 miles. Only another ten, then. I found I could keep on

going, but I got bored. I hope that the crowd will kind of Jeremy on. I

am sure they will. You got some advice from this man, Ken, the

oldest. 83. You have done every London Marathon. What makes you keep

doing it? The challenger every year to keep yourself fit and free from

injury. I look forward to it every year and I am looking forward to

next year. What advice do you go for a first timer? Take it easy in the

beginning and go slow and you will finish. If you go too quick,

downhill. You must have seen a change a lot from when it started in

1981. It was nothing like this. It was terrible at times. Real chaos.

But now it is magnificent, isn't it? I hope they look after you today

because you deserve it. And tell us your story, guys. Be

-- the inspiration from the royals to run for mental health is so

important. Running is key for mental health. Hopefully they can see the

benefits that I got. Especially at 83! It is not just about the

journey, but getting the discussion open about mental health. We want

mental wealth in people, inner resilience. It is our duty to stand

up and say we have had issues with mental health and have come out the

other side. You can get an understanding around the difficult

situations that anyone can feel. We are virgins of the London Marathon,

can't say that often. We are excited and proud. This has trail blazed

around the world and is phenomenal. That is the headband you are

wearing, Heads Together, supported by The Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge. Yes. We are raising funds. We are helping families of

young people get support they need as well. Thanks a lot, guys. We wish

all of you well. Thousands will be lining the route cheering people on.

So many positive stories around the 26.2 mile course. The women's event

is starting just after 9am and then the men's and masses at ten.

A lot of admiration for him. Going at 83.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

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Here's Ben with a look at this morning's weather.

Today should be a fine spring day for most of us. Make the most of it

because in a couple of days time, you will be wondering where Spring

has gone. Not a bad start here in Lancaster. Quite chilly start in

places, a touch of Frost that we will see some sunny spells. There

are some areas of cloud, thick cloud, across the north of Scotland,

bringing showery rain parts of the south-east also seeing it. A bit

cloudy at the start line of the London Marathon on and on the cool

side but in should brighten up. The temperatures approaching the

mid-teens. For most of us today, that is the story, them patchy

cloud, spells of sunshine. Across Northern Ireland Scotland, the club

will be thickening up this north-west. It will turn windy. This

is how this afternoon is shaping up and across the south-west into

Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east. The cloud breakup to

allow some sunny spells. Equally, a very small chance of catching a

shower. A decent afternoon for northern England as well. Pollen

levels are high. That is the first sign of a big change. The weather

front, a conference sinking southwards. Bringing rain. It is

introducing cold air. A touch of Frost in northern Scotland. Further

south, more in the way of cloud. It won't be a chilly night. Through

tomorrow, the court front is continuing southwards into Northern

Ireland, England and Wales. Patchy rain on that. Wintry showers, rain,

sleet, hail and snow. Even at a modest hills in Scotland. More

persistent rain and snow flooding in and a cold afternoon. Three degrees

in Aberdeen. In the south where you expect -- escape the cold we are

getting into the northerly wind through Monday night and into

Tuesday. Temperatures really struggling over the next few days.

Single digits in places. Spells of sunshine, showers as well. Some of

the showers wintry. Rain, sleet and snow. It will turn milder towards

the end of the week. Cold weather not unusual in April but it will

feel a shock to the system after the spring like whether we have had over

recent days and weeks to prepare yourself, dig out the winter coat.

We're here on the BBC News Channel until nine this morning,

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