08/05/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:08. > :00:11.France elects its youngest ever president.

:00:12. > :00:15.39-year-old Emmanuel Macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory

:00:16. > :00:21.over the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

:00:22. > :00:24.At a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters

:00:25. > :00:27.he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy.

:00:28. > :00:30.This morning, we're live in Paris, to get French reaction and take

:00:31. > :00:41.stock of what it means for Brexit negotiations.

:00:42. > :00:46.The new President was very much a guest Brexit

:00:47. > :00:50.I'm in a French bakery in London - talking to French voters,

:00:51. > :01:01.businesses and entrepreneurs based here in the UK.

:01:02. > :01:03.Good morning, it's Monday the 8th of May.

:01:04. > :01:10.Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

:01:11. > :01:14.campaign, saying it'll do all it can to tackle the problem.

:01:15. > :01:16.In sport, there's hope yet for Arsenal's season.

:01:17. > :01:18.They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase

:01:19. > :01:36.good morning. For some of us, the good weather will last. A bit more

:01:37. > :01:43.cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the North Sea

:01:44. > :01:45.coastline. I will have more details in about ten minutes.

:01:46. > :01:49.France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

:01:50. > :01:51.to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

:01:52. > :01:54.over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

:01:55. > :02:00.The pro-EU candidate secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years

:02:01. > :02:03.old, he will become the country's youngest ever leader.

:02:04. > :02:05.Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre in Paris,

:02:06. > :02:09.he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

:02:10. > :02:18.Here's our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

:02:19. > :02:21.This is an election victory that will reverberate across Europe.

:02:22. > :02:25.Emmanuel Macron, liberal, pro-EU, who supports globalisation

:02:26. > :02:30.and immigration - France's next president.

:02:31. > :02:40.Mr Macron created his movement just a year ago to give French voters

:02:41. > :02:43.tired of traditional parties a new choice -

:02:44. > :02:51.not that the extremes, but in the middle.

:02:52. > :02:54.TRANSLATION: What we've done for so many months, there

:02:55. > :02:59.is no comparison, there's no equivalent to that.

:03:00. > :03:02.Everybody was saying to us it was impossible.

:03:03. > :03:06.But they didn't know anything about France!

:03:07. > :03:08.His opponent, the far-right anti-EU Marine Le Pen,

:03:09. > :03:17.She did, though, secure 11 million votes, a third of those cast.

:03:18. > :03:21.And she said the fact that she made it to the run-off meant

:03:22. > :03:23.that her party should now be seen as the

:03:24. > :03:27.But Mr Macron's vision is a repudiation of populist,

:03:28. > :03:29.anti-establishment wave that brought Brexit and Donald Trump,

:03:30. > :03:31.and which Marine Le Pen sought to harness, too.

:03:32. > :03:35.Above all, this is a victory for Europe's centrists,

:03:36. > :03:39.and a defeat for Europe's populists and Eurosceptics.

:03:40. > :03:43.Mr Macron has already said he will work to strengthen the EU,

:03:44. > :03:48.and EU leaders have rushed to congratulate him.

:03:49. > :03:55.They see Emmanuel Macron as giving the EU new impetus.

:03:56. > :03:57.So this win means the UK is about to

:03:58. > :04:00.negotiate Brexit facing an EU starting to feel confident

:04:01. > :04:08.that the populist tide may be turning.

:04:09. > :04:12.We're joined now by our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield.

:04:13. > :04:15.Hugh, what challenges does Emmanuel Macron face in order

:04:16. > :04:27.Indeed. We have two acknowledged the astonishing nature of his

:04:28. > :04:31.achievement. The youngest ever president of France and a man who

:04:32. > :04:35.has come from absolutely nowhere. His movement, it wasn't even a

:04:36. > :04:42.party, a year ago it didn't even exist. He won 66% of the vote. Much

:04:43. > :04:45.more than anybody had predicted. A much stronger margin over Marine Le

:04:46. > :04:51.Pen than anyone thought would happen. He has big challenges ahead.

:04:52. > :04:56.The first point is to say that many people voted for him just to keep

:04:57. > :05:01.Marine Le Pen out. It wasn't a vote of attachment to his Liberal,

:05:02. > :05:06.pro-business report -- reforms. Now he has to govern and to do that, he

:05:07. > :05:11.needs the majority in Parliament. There are elections in a few weeks

:05:12. > :05:15.time. He needs to Windows against a fight back from the Socialist and

:05:16. > :05:24.Republicans, mainstream parties. -- he needs to win those.

:05:25. > :05:26.The BBC understands that the Conservatives will once

:05:27. > :05:29.again commit to cutting net migration to the tens of thousands

:05:30. > :05:33.Yesterday the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say

:05:34. > :05:34.whether the pledge would be repeated.

:05:35. > :05:37.Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

:05:38. > :05:39.It's proved an impossible target so far, what will be

:05:40. > :06:04.We have had this three times from the Conservatives. They continued to

:06:05. > :06:09.say. -- they continue to break the promise. Break it by a country mile.

:06:10. > :06:13.They never got close to that target. The argument from many during the EU

:06:14. > :06:26.Russia rendering campaign, the reason for that, that government --

:06:27. > :06:32.the target was missed by so much in recent years that even without any

:06:33. > :06:37.immigration from the EU, it would have still been broken. It is a huge

:06:38. > :06:48.challenge for the next government to do something about it. Getting

:06:49. > :06:54.immigration down is hugely important to so many people.

:06:55. > :06:57.We will be going through it in fine detail.

:06:58. > :07:00.A ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before

:07:01. > :07:02.the 9:00 watershed, is being promised by Labour.

:07:03. > :07:05.It's part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

:07:06. > :07:06.The Conservatives say Britain's advertising rules

:07:07. > :07:08.are already the strictest in the world.

:07:09. > :07:13.Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, has the details.

:07:14. > :07:25.Tempting treats - difficult for children to resist.

:07:26. > :07:27.Bringing down high rates of childhood obesity has long

:07:28. > :07:29.been a pressing public health concern.

:07:30. > :07:32.Now Labour says it would tackle the problem by banning junk

:07:33. > :07:38.The party says in government would stop adverts for

:07:39. > :07:42.or fat - being broadcast before 9pm.

:07:43. > :07:44.It says that it would hope to halve childhood obesity

:07:45. > :07:48.And it is promising a ?250 million annual fund

:07:49. > :07:51.for children's mental and physical health in England.

:07:52. > :07:54.The government has already announced a tax on sugary drinks,

:07:55. > :07:56.and, in a strategy outlined last summer, a voluntary target

:07:57. > :08:02.for the food and drinks industry to reduce sugar content -

:08:03. > :08:04.but health campaigners say the measures don't go

:08:05. > :08:06.The Conservatives have accused Labour of making

:08:07. > :08:09.unfunded promises, and said that their plan to cut childhood

:08:10. > :08:20.The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

:08:21. > :08:24.called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

:08:25. > :08:35.NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

:08:36. > :08:37.restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

:08:38. > :08:40.from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

:08:41. > :08:44.A two year old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

:08:45. > :08:46.injuries to her head and body in what's been described

:08:47. > :08:50.Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

:08:51. > :08:53.where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

:08:54. > :08:57.Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

:08:58. > :09:00.The social media giant Facebook has this morning placed adverts

:09:01. > :09:03.in national newspapers to provide advice about how to spot

:09:04. > :09:07.The initiative has been designed to stop the spread of false

:09:08. > :09:09.stories during the general election campaign.

:09:10. > :09:15.Here's our Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

:09:16. > :09:20.It's a term that became familiar during last you's American

:09:21. > :09:25.presidential election. Fake news stories made up to make money or to

:09:26. > :09:29.act as political propaganda and it is Facebook which has taken much of

:09:30. > :09:33.the blame for spreading stories such as these. Now, the social network

:09:34. > :09:37.says it is doing everything it can to tackle the problem in the UK but

:09:38. > :09:42.these newspaper adverts are part of these assets. Facebook says it

:09:43. > :09:46.stepping up the battle against fake news and giving its users a guide to

:09:47. > :09:51.spotting for stories. It's closing tens of thousands of fake UK

:09:52. > :09:54.accounts which might spread misinformation. And it's working

:09:55. > :09:59.with fact checking organisations during the election campaign. There

:10:00. > :10:03.has already been a determined effort in Germany to use. The spread of

:10:04. > :10:09.fake stories in the run-up to get elections later this year. -- to

:10:10. > :10:14.stop the spread. The main political parties in the UK will be directing

:10:15. > :10:17.much of its advertising budgets at the social network of more than 40

:10:18. > :10:21.million people. 82 Nigerian schoolgirls -

:10:22. > :10:24.kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram three years ago -

:10:25. > :10:27.have met their country's President after being freed

:10:28. > :10:29.in a prisoner swap. They were among more

:10:30. > :10:31.than 200 girls taken from their school in

:10:32. > :10:33.the town of Chibok. The girls were handed over

:10:34. > :10:37.on Saturday in exchange There are growing fears among UN

:10:38. > :10:44.negotiators that President Trump will pull the United States out

:10:45. > :10:47.of Paris Climate Agreement. Delegates from almost 200 countries,

:10:48. > :10:50.including the US, are meeting in Germany to draft rules

:10:51. > :10:57.for implementing the deal. A beach that was washed away 33

:10:58. > :11:00.years ago has re-appeared The Irish beach on Achill Island

:11:01. > :11:03.disappeared in 1984 after spring storms

:11:04. > :11:05.washed the sand away. With nothing more than rock

:11:06. > :11:08.pools left behind, almost all the villages' hotels,

:11:09. > :11:10.guesthouses and cafes shut down. But hundreds of thousands of tons

:11:11. > :11:14.of sand were dumped there over ten days in April and locals are hoping

:11:15. > :11:17.it sticks around long enough for the area to be given

:11:18. > :11:41.blue-flag status - Quite extraordinary. The sand can

:11:42. > :11:48.change quite dramatically after a storm. It completely changes the

:11:49. > :11:52.beach and the beach back. Incredible. A big dump. A big dump

:11:53. > :11:58.of sand. Katherine is here

:11:59. > :12:00.now with the sport. A bit of an underwhelming weekend,

:12:01. > :12:08.wasn't it? Arsenal are still in with a chance

:12:09. > :12:12.of finishing in the Premier League's top four, and qualifying

:12:13. > :12:14.for the Champions League. They beat an understrength

:12:15. > :12:16.Manchester United 2-0 at the Emirates yesterday,

:12:17. > :12:18.ending United's 25 match unbeaten 1995 Premier League champions

:12:19. > :12:24.Blackburn Rovers have been relegated from the Championship -

:12:25. > :12:27.becoming the first team to win the title and then drop

:12:28. > :12:29.to the third tier. Their win at Brentford

:12:30. > :12:31.wasn't enough. Newcastle won the title

:12:32. > :12:34.as Brighton slipped up. Ireland's first ever one day

:12:35. > :12:36.international at Lord's ended They were beaten by England -

:12:37. > :12:41.who took the two match series 2-0. And Maria Sharapova wins to set up

:12:42. > :12:47.a second round meeting with Canada's Eugenie Bouchard

:12:48. > :12:49.at the Madrid Open. Bouchard has called the Russian

:12:50. > :12:51."a cheater", and suggested she should have been banned for life

:12:52. > :13:03.after testing positive for meldonium That should be a tasty one. No love

:13:04. > :13:11.lost between the two of them. Eugenie Bouchard used to look up to

:13:12. > :13:15.her and called her a hero and now she doesn't look up to her any more

:13:16. > :13:18.and now they face each other on court. You know you said it was an

:13:19. > :13:23.underwhelming weekend in the Premier League... Moreno were so bored

:13:24. > :13:30.during the game, he was playing the bottle flip game. You have got these

:13:31. > :13:34.pictures and you will be able to see them at 630.

:13:35. > :13:37.What a beautiful day it was, at least where I was, yesterday.

:13:38. > :13:42.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:13:43. > :13:47.Look at this gorgeous picture that one of our Weather Watcher is sent

:13:48. > :14:02.in yesterday from the field in Glen Morgan. -- Morgan. These are the

:14:03. > :14:09.kind of values, 21 Celsius, 22. For some of us, it will be as warm as

:14:10. > :14:14.that is to go through today. It is still chilly down the east coast of

:14:15. > :14:20.Scotland. A bit of clout here to start the day. A lot of it will

:14:21. > :14:25.break up -- cloud. West is best, today, in terms of sunshine. For

:14:26. > :14:29.Northern Ireland and much of Scotland, another fine day. Cloud is

:14:30. > :14:33.hugging the South Coast. Through central parts of England and Wales,

:14:34. > :14:38.some sunshine to look forward to today. Temperatures are looking nice

:14:39. > :14:44.in the sunshine. As a gift of the south-east, we will hang on to bit

:14:45. > :14:49.more. We will see them sunny spells. --A bit more cloud. Through the

:14:50. > :14:55.evening and overnight, we still have the wind that it is turning light.

:14:56. > :14:58.It will be cold enough for a touch of Frost here and there.

:14:59. > :15:04.Temperatures will see six, seven, eight. You can expect those cabbages

:15:05. > :15:12.in towns and cities. As we head into Tuesday, high-pressure well and

:15:13. > :15:15.truly driving. -- those temperatures. The wind wilful

:15:16. > :15:21.lighter down the east coast tomorrow so as a result, it won't feel as

:15:22. > :15:30.cold -- will fall lighter. Having said this, the cloud will break in

:15:31. > :15:36.parts. We will see sunshine, West is best, again. The temperature range

:15:37. > :15:40.of eight to about 16. As we start the down Wednesday, when we have had

:15:41. > :15:44.breaks overnight, it will be called. Overnight, the odd pocket of Frost.

:15:45. > :15:49.On Wednesday, quite a lot of sunshine and some subtle train --

:15:50. > :15:54.when changes. The wind changes direction so there will be more

:15:55. > :15:57.cloud where it has been signing of late in Scotland and Northern

:15:58. > :16:01.Ireland. Down the east coast, we won't have the nagging easterly that

:16:02. > :16:06.we have had of late as well. Again, not feeling as call. I could

:16:07. > :16:11.sunshine as we push further south. -- not feeling as cold. Temperatures

:16:12. > :16:15.of 9- 16. What is happening for the rest of the week? It is turning a

:16:16. > :16:19.little bit more unsettled. We have the weather front moving north but

:16:20. > :16:22.it is going to have some milder, warmer conditions coming in behind

:16:23. > :16:26.it. There will be quite a lot of energy in the atmosphere by the time

:16:27. > :16:30.we get to the end of the week. When it is turning warmer, it won't be

:16:31. > :16:33.dry. There will be sunny spells, chilly nights, the chance of rain

:16:34. > :16:35.later and maybe even some thunderstorms thrown in as well. I

:16:36. > :16:52.will keep you posted on all of that. Send us your pictures of a nice day

:16:53. > :16:56.on Saturday and we may have time to show that. Even if we don't show

:16:57. > :16:59.them, we will look at them. White it was nice and other places as well.

:17:00. > :17:01.You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:17:02. > :17:04.The main stories this morning: A big win for Emmanuel Macron.

:17:05. > :17:06.The 39-year-old centrist sweeps to victory to become France's

:17:07. > :17:09.new president, promising to unite and protect the people.

:17:10. > :17:12.Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

:17:13. > :17:15.campaign, saying it will do all it can to try and stop rumours

:17:16. > :17:34.Shall we have a look at the papers? Can I show you this first? And don't

:17:35. > :17:39.go anywhere, I have a big shock to show you in a few minutes' time.

:17:40. > :17:47.Facebook talking about fake news -- great shark. Tips for spotting what

:17:48. > :17:51.they are calling falls news, I am interested in why they are not

:17:52. > :17:59.calling it fake news but they have done ten tips to spot news which is

:18:00. > :18:04.not true. False news stories have catchy headlines, all in capital

:18:05. > :18:09.letters, and shocking claims sound guess what... It is unbelievable.

:18:10. > :18:16.Emmanuel Macron features on the front page of many of the papers.

:18:17. > :18:26.The country remains divided. 34% of the vote went to Marine Le Pen, and

:18:27. > :18:31.around 25% abstentions. Also 12.5% of votes cast were either blank or

:18:32. > :18:37.spoiled, according to officials. The front page of the Telegraph,

:18:38. > :18:42.France's new hope puts a cloud over Brexit. We will be talking about

:18:43. > :18:47.what his election might mean for all of us in the UK and what kind of

:18:48. > :18:50.Brexit we might get. The Times have the picture, landslide for Emmanuel

:18:51. > :18:56.Macron. The picture on the front page of the Times, and the Mirror

:18:57. > :19:01.has gone with... England start betting on his own transfer, and

:19:02. > :19:08.remember last week we spoke to one of the actresses who played Barbara

:19:09. > :19:12.Windsor in the programme which was on last night and they have a story

:19:13. > :19:16.about Barbara Windsor, talking about her own story, the rift with her

:19:17. > :19:21.father which Samantha was telling us about, which broke her heart. Lots

:19:22. > :19:26.of papers carrying pictures of Prince Harry and his girlfriend, who

:19:27. > :19:31.were at a polo match yesterday. They say staying loyal to an insurer can

:19:32. > :19:36.cost families ?1000 a year, which is an extraordinary amount of money.

:19:37. > :19:48.Broccoli. I love Rockley, I like raw broccoli. -- I love broccoli. Lots

:19:49. > :19:52.of pictures of dejected Blackburn fans, relegated from the

:19:53. > :19:57.championship yesterday. The first team to have won the Premier league

:19:58. > :20:06.and then dropped down to the third tier of English football. A sad day

:20:07. > :20:10.for Blackburn fans and an exclusive interview with Tyson Fury, who is

:20:11. > :20:15.trying to get back into boxing. He is 25 stone, he has to lose seven

:20:16. > :20:19.stone before he hopes to get back into the ring to fight on an

:20:20. > :20:22.undercard in July but he has a really important hearing at UK

:20:23. > :20:25.anti-doping today because he has been accused of taking banned

:20:26. > :20:32.substances. We will find out later today, or he will find out, we will

:20:33. > :20:35.find out a few weeks later, what the outcome of the hearing was, and

:20:36. > :20:40.whether he will be punished and allowed to fight again. He is keen

:20:41. > :20:44.to fight Anthony Joshua, full of the talk of how that will be the biggest

:20:45. > :20:49.fight, and what everybody wants to see, and how it will be an easy win.

:20:50. > :20:57.There is an appetite for that, as well. Anthony Joshua called out

:20:58. > :21:05.Tyson Fury straight after the fight with Klitschko. He seems to have got

:21:06. > :21:11.his act together of bit. Can I tell you about Beatrice and Bert

:21:12. > :21:15.Whitehead? They are both extremely ill, and look what the hospital

:21:16. > :21:31.staff did. They put their beds together so they can drink a glass

:21:32. > :21:37.of press ago. -- prosecco. This shark is the largest ever caught in

:21:38. > :21:44.Europe. It is 107 stone, that is how big it is. It is an absolute beast.

:21:45. > :21:50.My favourite thing about that story is that it can't be official because

:21:51. > :21:56.they freed it. Which is nice. Which is just as it should be. It can go

:21:57. > :22:09.to fight another day. Yes, very good point. I'm glad you have clarified

:22:10. > :22:16.that. Stone, 107 stone, ?1500 of shark. -- 1500 pounds of shark.

:22:17. > :22:19.Pensions are likely to be a key issue for many voters in the general

:22:20. > :22:22.election, with much debate focused around the so called triple lock.

:22:23. > :22:26.It is the guarantee that the state pension will rise in line

:22:27. > :22:28.with inflation, average wages or 2.5%, whichever is highest.

:22:29. > :22:32.So Steph and the BBC's Reality Check team have been looking into just how

:22:33. > :22:39.I'm sure we have all thought of ways to try and make a bit of extra

:22:40. > :22:43.money, and make life a bit easier, especially as you are getting older

:22:44. > :22:47.and thinking about retiring. Now, it can be tough to save for a private

:22:48. > :22:52.pension, so a lot of people rely on the state one. There are around 13

:22:53. > :22:57.million people claiming a state pension. It works out at a maximum

:22:58. > :23:02.of just over ?159 a week marked and that costs over ?90 billion a year,

:23:03. > :23:06.which is about 12% of the government's total spending. So how

:23:07. > :23:10.much it goes up by each year is based on something called the triple

:23:11. > :23:13.lock. So statisticians will look at how much average earnings have gone

:23:14. > :23:18.up by, and how much inflation, the cost of living, has risen as well.

:23:19. > :23:22.If either of them are over 2.5% then they will go with the highest. If

:23:23. > :23:26.they are less than that, then they will increase the state pension by

:23:27. > :23:32.2.5%. Basically whichever of these three is highest. So this means,

:23:33. > :23:36.even at times when price rises and the increase in the cost of living

:23:37. > :23:42.has been close to zero, the state pension has still been going up by

:23:43. > :23:47.2.5%. Have a look at this graph. Now, since April 2010, the state

:23:48. > :23:51.pension has gone up to 25%. That compares with earnings going up by

:23:52. > :23:57.about 14% and the price of inflation by 15%. So there is a big difference

:23:58. > :24:01.there, isn't there? So if you are retired or close to retiring, then

:24:02. > :24:05.the system is good news for you. And Barry, you think you deserve this

:24:06. > :24:11.rise. We need the increase every year. I am 73 years old, and I are

:24:12. > :24:15.still working. I am going to let you get back to it, thanks Barry. But

:24:16. > :24:19.for George, it is a different story. You are a lot younger and you are

:24:20. > :24:22.finding it tough to save for anything. I am 28, I have been

:24:23. > :24:27.working since I left university and I haven't save much money yet. And

:24:28. > :24:31.you feel like you will work a long time before you retire. Yes, I think

:24:32. > :24:35.retirement is a long way away. It is clear the triple lock system divides

:24:36. > :24:39.the generations. Now, old people are more likely to vote in an election

:24:40. > :24:44.so it is good for harnessing the grey vote but it is stirring up

:24:45. > :24:49.inequalities between the young and the old. Is it sustainable? No,

:24:50. > :24:52.Steph, it is not. It is already costing the country several billion

:24:53. > :24:56.pounds more to sustain at the moment, and that cost is going to

:24:57. > :24:59.keep on going up over the decades to come. So the next government is

:25:00. > :25:03.going to have to make some pretty tough decisions about how and when

:25:04. > :25:07.it is going to get rid of the triple lock, and what is going to do

:25:08. > :25:11.instead. Will let you get back to that, Tom. If we don't have that

:25:12. > :25:14.system, though, what do we do? Because people still need money when

:25:15. > :25:18.they retire, and it can't be at a fixed rate with everything around is

:25:19. > :25:22.changing. So one option is to have a double lock system, so get rid of

:25:23. > :25:25.the 2.5% minimum, and instead go by either how much earnings are

:25:26. > :25:29.increasing by, or how much the cost of living is rising. This is about

:25:30. > :25:34.fairness and sustainability. Also, some organisations think the triple

:25:35. > :25:42.lock system is simply an arbitrary way of setting tension rises, and it

:25:43. > :25:44.-- if things carry on as they are, it is highly likely the age of

:25:45. > :25:47.retirement will have to go up. That was Steph looking at the future

:25:48. > :25:50.of the state pension, and she will be back with us

:25:51. > :25:53.shortly, turning her attention to the French election

:25:54. > :26:16.and the impact last night's result She is at a French cafe to tell me a

:26:17. > :26:17.bit more about their thoughts. She had a rather impressive French

:26:18. > :29:40.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:29:41. > :29:47.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:29:48. > :29:50.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

:29:51. > :29:55.As Facebook ramps up it's fight against fake news,

:29:56. > :29:57.we'll discuss why a crackdown is needed and whether it

:29:58. > :30:01.Sport climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo

:30:02. > :30:05.2020 - so we're at the UK's highest climbing wall to find out how GB

:30:06. > :30:18.athletes are plotting their route to the top.

:30:19. > :30:26.What are you doing here? And I said, I have got to be somewhere, baby.

:30:27. > :30:28.The heavyweight of comedy who stumbled into stand-up

:30:29. > :30:31.because of a dare joins us to explain why he's not afraid

:30:32. > :30:38.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:39. > :30:40.France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

:30:41. > :30:42.to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

:30:43. > :30:45.over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

:30:46. > :30:47.The pro-European, centrist secured 66% of the vote

:30:48. > :30:50.and at just 39 years old, he will become the country's

:30:51. > :30:54.Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre museum in Paris,

:30:55. > :31:08.he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

:31:09. > :31:10.We're joined now by our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield.

:31:11. > :31:17.Hugh, he has got a big challenge to bring together a divided country?

:31:18. > :31:24.There is a lot of work to be done. It is an incredible achievement when

:31:25. > :31:29.you think that a year ago, very few people in France had no idea he was

:31:30. > :31:34.intending to run the presidency. Three years ago, nobody had ever

:31:35. > :31:37.heard of him. He has turned his movement into a mass political

:31:38. > :31:44.formation which led him to this Victory yesterday at a much more

:31:45. > :31:53.convincing victory that the polls had predicted. A big, big challenge

:31:54. > :31:58.now had four Emmanuel Macron. Many people who voted for him did not

:31:59. > :32:01.vote for his project which is a gradual pro-business reform that

:32:02. > :32:06.they voted to keep out Marine Le Pen. This is a perennial problem in

:32:07. > :32:11.French politics, that people vote against the far right. It means that

:32:12. > :32:15.whoever gets elected to not have a majority of people signing up to the

:32:16. > :32:18.programme. He needs a majority in Parliament, there are elections in

:32:19. > :32:24.June and he needs to fight back now to turn his movement into a major

:32:25. > :32:25.force in the Parliament. We will be live in Paris throughout the morning

:32:26. > :32:26.here on Breakfast. The BBC understands

:32:27. > :32:28.the Conservatives will once again commit to cutting net migration

:32:29. > :32:31.to the "tens of thousands" Yesterday the Home

:32:32. > :32:34.Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say whether the pledge -

:32:35. > :32:38.which was also in the party's 2010 and 2015 manifestos -

:32:39. > :32:40.would be repeated. Meanwhile, UKIP says it would cut

:32:41. > :32:43.net migration to zero Staying with the election campaign -

:32:44. > :32:53.Labour says it would extend the ban on television adverts

:32:54. > :32:55.for unhealthy food and sweets The party says its strategy on child

:32:56. > :32:59.health aims to halve the number of overweight

:33:00. > :33:01.youngsters within ten years. The Conservatives say Britain's

:33:02. > :33:04.advertising rules are already The group representing hospitals

:33:05. > :33:16.and other NHS trusts in England has called for an end to

:33:17. > :33:19.the cap on pay rises. NHS Providers says

:33:20. > :33:21.the government's policy of pay restraint over the last seven years

:33:22. > :33:24.is preventing employers from retaining the staff needed

:33:25. > :33:35.to deliver safe patient care. We need to fund the NHS properly so

:33:36. > :33:39.that we're are not asking our staff to try and close the gap between the

:33:40. > :33:43.demand going through the roof and the funding staying broadly stable

:33:44. > :33:47.at the way we are trying to close the gap is by asking our staff to do

:33:48. > :33:50.more and more and more and it just means the jobs have become more

:33:51. > :33:52.difficult, more stressful, more pressured.

:33:53. > :33:54.The social networking site, Facebook, is placing adverts

:33:55. > :33:57.in British newspapers to provide practical advice on how to spot

:33:58. > :34:00.The website has also closed thousands of accounts linked

:34:01. > :34:02.to false stories ahead of the general election.

:34:03. > :34:05.The company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines"

:34:06. > :34:09.The move comes after it was accused of helping to spread fake news

:34:10. > :34:21.during last year's US Presidential election.

:34:22. > :34:27.Here is an example. They top ten tips on how to spot what they are

:34:28. > :34:31.calling spot -- false news. We will be talking to one of the charities

:34:32. > :34:33.involved in helping them do that a little bit later here on Breakfast.

:34:34. > :34:36.There are growing fears among UN negotiators that President Trump

:34:37. > :34:39.will pull the United States out of Paris Climate Agreement.

:34:40. > :34:41.Delegates from almost 200 countries, including the US, are meeting

:34:42. > :34:47.in Germany to draft rules for implementing the deal.

:34:48. > :34:54.A secret space mission has returned to earth after 2-years.

:34:55. > :34:59.That's the US military's experimental X-37B space

:35:00. > :35:06.plane landing yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

:35:07. > :35:09.According to the American Air Force, it's been conducting unspecified

:35:10. > :35:11.experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit.

:35:12. > :35:15.It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

:35:16. > :35:35.I just want to know more! What has it been doing? You have made it

:35:36. > :35:39.sound remarkably top-secret. Let's have a big and trained get past the

:35:40. > :35:44.fake news. Not that it's fake news... Anyway. I've landed myself

:35:45. > :35:48.in a pit of despair. Move on! I can hear it, move on. It's what happens

:35:49. > :35:55.on Monday. What has happened over the weekend? Not much has happened

:35:56. > :36:02.over the weekend, I was going to say. It was fairly dull in terms of

:36:03. > :36:12.football matches. You have been a bit awed in the Premier League over

:36:13. > :36:16.the past few weeks? -- board. In the past, the teens hated each other,

:36:17. > :36:23.the pitch was really spicy. This time, it didn't really matter. Jose

:36:24. > :36:33.Mourinho said he had be given up. Arsene Wenger came out on top and

:36:34. > :36:34.they said if they can sort themselves out...

:36:35. > :36:37.Arsenal kept alive their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's

:36:38. > :36:40.top four with a 2-0 win over an understrength Manchester United

:36:41. > :36:43.Arsenal took the lead through Granit Xhaka's

:36:44. > :36:45.deflected shot nine minutes after half time.

:36:46. > :36:47.Then Danny Welbeck scored against his former club and ended

:36:48. > :36:50.United's 25 game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

:36:51. > :36:53.Arsenal are still six points behind fourth place Manchester City -

:36:54. > :37:09.We want to try to win the Europa league. More important for us then

:37:10. > :37:17.to finish. We really want to try to win it, win at the trophy. We need

:37:18. > :37:20.it to give rest to players. Ask what was very short at the time.

:37:21. > :37:34.We want to win our games. The Premier League is known, some teams

:37:35. > :37:39.who are safe continue to fight. Let's focus to win our games. You

:37:40. > :37:47.are not going to be speaking here next season again? You want me to

:37:48. > :37:49.work for BBC, all? I don't know, I don't know. Nothing new.

:37:50. > :37:51.Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Southampton.

:37:52. > :37:53.Liverpool Captain James Milner had a second half penalty saved

:37:54. > :38:07.Now a couple of things caught our eye in yesterday's

:38:08. > :38:11.The entertainment was somewhat lacking on the pitch at Anfield

:38:12. > :38:12.so Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno decided

:38:13. > :38:16.to make his own entertainment by having a go at the bottle flip

:38:17. > :38:22.And what do you do if you're on the bench for Arsenal

:38:23. > :38:24.and your 2-0 up against Manchester United?

:38:25. > :38:33.You get the Malteasers out and share them out!

:38:34. > :38:36.Blackburn have been relegated to League One, becoming the first

:38:37. > :38:39.Premier League winners to drop down to the third tier

:38:40. > :38:42.They did their best, winning 3-1 against Brentford

:38:43. > :38:44.on the final day, but it wasn't enough.

:38:45. > :38:46.Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City, the other sides that

:38:47. > :38:49.could have been relegated, both won their final matches

:38:50. > :39:08.Aberdeen have guaranteed themselves second place in the championship.

:39:09. > :39:10.The goal in injury time means they will finish in at least fourth

:39:11. > :39:10.place. Liverpool Ladies extended

:39:11. > :39:12.their lead at the top of Women's Super League One

:39:13. > :39:15.after beating Birmingham 2-0 Manchester City have two games

:39:16. > :39:19.in hand on the league leaders and had to come from behind

:39:20. > :39:22.at Reading - Jade Moore with the pick of the goals

:39:23. > :39:24.in that one. City went on to win 3-2

:39:25. > :39:27.thanks to Jill Scott. Elsewhere, Arsenal

:39:28. > :39:31.won 5-1 at Yeovil. In their first ever one day

:39:32. > :39:34.international at Lord's - Ireland were beaten

:39:35. > :39:36.by England by 85 runs. England racked up 328 for six

:39:37. > :39:39.in their first innings with three batsmen making scores

:39:40. > :39:41.in the seventies. Ireland battled hard in the chase

:39:42. > :39:56.but eventually fell well short I went into this and we looked

:39:57. > :40:00.really strong. You can tell that those guys that have been playing,

:40:01. > :40:05.it definitely benefited them coming into the international arena. It

:40:06. > :40:06.sets us up nicely for a really important series against South

:40:07. > :40:07.Africa. There's an intriguing match

:40:08. > :40:10.to come at the Madrid Open, as Maria Sharapova and Eugenie

:40:11. > :40:14.Bouchard are set to go head to head. Sharapova beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

:40:15. > :40:16.in the first round yesterday. Last week Bouchard said

:40:17. > :40:19.that the Russian, who's just coming back from a 15 month ban for testing

:40:20. > :40:22.positive for a banned substance, is a cheat and should have

:40:23. > :40:33.been banned for life. Will they shake hands over the net?

:40:34. > :40:38.We will just have to wait and see. That will be tasty. Thank you for

:40:39. > :40:43.all those pictures of behind the scenes in the football. The football

:40:44. > :40:48.itself was a particularly exciting so we will show you what goes on in

:40:49. > :40:52.the pitch. We will have a go at the bottle flip challenge of it later. I

:40:53. > :40:52.do it occasionally with the kids, but....

:40:53. > :40:59.Emmanuel Macron has been elected as the next French President.

:41:00. > :41:04.He has been described as charming and a tactical genius. His critics

:41:05. > :41:08.say he is vacuous. But what might it mean for French

:41:09. > :41:11.businesses here and for UK industry, Steph is at a French bakery

:41:12. > :41:26.in London this morning to find out. Good morning, everyone. It smells

:41:27. > :41:34.lovely in here. So much fabulous food is coming out. We are in a

:41:35. > :41:47.French patisserie in London and you can see some of the crap going on.

:41:48. > :41:53.It smells so nice. -- prep. What will it mean for the French people

:41:54. > :41:58.who live here? There is about 350,000 French nationals living in

:41:59. > :42:11.the UK. We do a lot of business, we in points -- import. And to export.

:42:12. > :42:18.French entrepreneurs, if they are to say. What are your thoughts on this

:42:19. > :42:25.result overnight? First, like a lot of people, I'm very relieved because

:42:26. > :42:29.it was important to avoid a real problem. Very relieved that Emmanuel

:42:30. > :42:40.Macron has been elected. Happy in a way that he has put and shown the

:42:41. > :42:46.willingness for the future. We needed a change. It wasn't my first

:42:47. > :42:50.choice, of course. We are going to see how it is going to progress and

:42:51. > :42:55.how the next elections, which are in a very few weeks, are going to show

:42:56. > :42:59.these progress and how the other parties are going to show how they

:43:00. > :43:06.can influence one way or the other, the action he will have. Thoughts?

:43:07. > :43:12.I'm very happy. I voted for Emmanuel Macron in both rounds. Yesterday I

:43:13. > :43:17.felt at to be French, to be European. It has happened together.

:43:18. > :43:22.He wants to be not only working for France which work for itself but

:43:23. > :43:29.also after all the issues that we are all facing in Europe. Also for

:43:30. > :43:34.the business. They think it is free trade which is unusual for a French

:43:35. > :43:39.president. He wants to deal with the crisis of the migrants. I'm sure he

:43:40. > :43:44.will be the most pragmatic president for Brexit. As an entrepreneur, he

:43:45. > :43:51.would do business with Britain as well is on the continent. It will

:43:52. > :43:54.give a sigh of relief. Business as usual, politics as usual is no

:43:55. > :44:00.longer the case. He wants to gather all the energy are around that.

:44:01. > :44:05.Himself, he is also an entrepreneur. For me, it is hoped. The hope is

:44:06. > :44:10.there. It is a challenge that I like to be part of in the economic

:44:11. > :44:15.sector. What do you feel, as a businesswoman in the UK, what impact

:44:16. > :44:25.do you think it will have? Part of my clients will leave and reside in

:44:26. > :44:29.France. A lot of people think about income tax and other tax. They tend

:44:30. > :44:35.to forget about that one which will go over 17%. It is going to have an

:44:36. > :44:43.impact on people who are going to be living in France. That is, you

:44:44. > :44:46.know... Then, the other way, he is going to be able to manage the

:44:47. > :44:51.progress of businesses. There are some positive thoughts about that. I

:44:52. > :45:03.agree on that point. How will he gather all the forces? We have seen

:45:04. > :45:09.20% of the population voting for Mr Melachon. To do something

:45:10. > :45:14.pro-business? I think that will be a challenge. Of course, it is a

:45:15. > :45:19.challenge. Remember, he has a strong team around. He has created a

:45:20. > :45:27.platform outside political deadlock. He has a strong programme, a strong

:45:28. > :45:31.team. We focus on Emmanuel Macron speaking well but actually, he is

:45:32. > :45:37.extremely able. His team is extremely able. We have something we

:45:38. > :45:42.have not had for a long time. In a positive way. In the positive way,

:45:43. > :45:49.it will carry a loss in Europe and let's face it as well, if it is

:45:50. > :45:51.positive, people will consume and we will be able to do more business

:45:52. > :45:58.with them. Thank you both for your time this

:45:59. > :46:02.morning. We will be talking to lots of people about this. I will leave

:46:03. > :46:07.you with a picture of some very delicious food. Looks absolutely

:46:08. > :46:15.lovely in there as well. Great to hear their point of view on BBC

:46:16. > :46:16.Breakfast. Pass the pain au chocolate, will you?

:46:17. > :46:22.Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:46:23. > :46:28.I think you can dream on about those cakes now that Steph is there. In

:46:29. > :46:32.five minutes they will be gone. We have some beautiful Weather Watchers

:46:33. > :46:38.pictures already, this one from Guernsey, a lovely sunrise. A

:46:39. > :46:44.beautiful Sunrise taken by Paul, and the third one, beautiful blue skies

:46:45. > :46:48.in Ireland, in Fife. For some of us it is a lovely start to the day. As

:46:49. > :46:52.we go through the week there will be sunny spells. There will also be

:46:53. > :46:57.chilly nights, a touch of frost at times, and later in the week there

:46:58. > :47:01.is the chance of rain. I know some of us are just screaming out for

:47:02. > :47:05.some rain. What we have is a fair bit of cloud to start with in the

:47:06. > :47:09.east and across the Midlands. Some of that will melt away. Still some

:47:10. > :47:12.onshore flow, still feeling cool along the east coast. As we drift

:47:13. > :47:16.further west we are into the sunshine from the word go and we

:47:17. > :47:19.will hang onto it as well. Western parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland,

:47:20. > :47:24.burning up quite nicely. It is the same across central and western

:47:25. > :47:28.parts of England, and of Wales. Herburger towards the east there is

:47:29. > :47:31.a bit more cloud around, but it should stay dry. And even where we

:47:32. > :47:36.have got more cloud around it will also break up at times and we will

:47:37. > :47:40.see some sunny spells. But if you are under the cloud and in that wind

:47:41. > :47:43.it will feel cold. As we had through the evening and overnight the wind

:47:44. > :47:47.starts to ease, becoming more of a breeze. You could see the odd bit of

:47:48. > :47:51.drizzle, maybe the odd shower, but they will be the exception rather

:47:52. > :47:55.than the rule, and under the clear skies it will be called in after a

:47:56. > :47:58.touch of frost here and there. These temperatures are indicative of what

:47:59. > :48:02.you can expect in towns and cities. As we head on into Tuesday, high

:48:03. > :48:09.pressure still very much driving our weather, but look at the lack of

:48:10. > :48:13.isobars. If you live along the east coast you will be delighted to see

:48:14. > :48:18.that, because it does mean it is not going to feel as cold tomorrow as it

:48:19. > :48:21.has done for the last week or so. Tomorrow also there will be more

:48:22. > :48:25.cloud than we are seeing today, and even so there will be some sunshine,

:48:26. > :48:28.cloud breaking up at times, the lion's share of the sunshine in the

:48:29. > :48:32.west and also parts the south. Temperatures between about nine and

:48:33. > :48:35.16 Celsius. Then, as we start the day on Wednesday, a nippy start

:48:36. > :48:38.where we have had breaks in the cloud by night, temperatures getting

:48:39. > :48:42.down to minus two Celsius. Where we have the clear skies is where we

:48:43. > :48:46.have the sunshine first thing, but on Wednesday there is a difference

:48:47. > :48:49.in the forecast with a change in the wind direction. Across northern and

:48:50. > :48:53.some central parts of Scotland there will be more cloud and some showers.

:48:54. > :48:57.We lose this nagging east early we have had down the east coast, so

:48:58. > :49:01.things brightening up but not feeling as cold, and a fair bit of

:49:02. > :49:04.sunshine around as well so temperatures between nine and 16.

:49:05. > :49:07.And in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant. Thank you very much,

:49:08. > :49:09.see you in half an hour or so. Adverts for junk food will be banned

:49:10. > :49:12.from popular TV shows, including The X Factor

:49:13. > :49:14.and Britain's Got Talent, under Labour plans to

:49:15. > :49:16.tackle childhood obesity. At the moment, products high in fat,

:49:17. > :49:20.salt or sugar are not allowed to be advertised during

:49:21. > :49:21.children's programmes. But Labour says, if elected,

:49:22. > :49:25.it will extend this to everything Let's talk to the Shadow Health

:49:26. > :49:42.Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth. Good morning to you, Mr Ashworth.

:49:43. > :49:46.Nice to have you on the programme. I know you are a father yourself. How

:49:47. > :49:50.old are your kids? Five and three. So you are very qualified to talk

:49:51. > :49:54.about this, and you will know from your own experience it is not just

:49:55. > :49:58.about what kids are watching on TV, it is about what parents do, it is

:49:59. > :50:01.about physical activity, it is about the availability and the price of

:50:02. > :50:05.food. Yes, there are a number of factors contributing to the obesity

:50:06. > :50:13.crisis but what I am saying today is our ambition should be nothing less

:50:14. > :50:16.than having the healthiest children in the world. When you look at all

:50:17. > :50:19.the different indicators, we are falling down the league tables

:50:20. > :50:22.compared to other western, wealthy countries. And obesity is becoming a

:50:23. > :50:24.real crisis. One in five children starting primary school overweight,

:50:25. > :50:28.one in three children leaving primary school of these, and

:50:29. > :50:34.ultimately obesity is costing the NHS now ?6 billion. So every viewer

:50:35. > :50:39.who pay their taxes is paying for this obesity crisis. So we think one

:50:40. > :50:42.of the big, big initiatives we can take, it is not the only initiative,

:50:43. > :50:46.but one of the initiatives we can take is to ban the advertising of

:50:47. > :50:54.junk food. We have already banned in this country for children's TV, but

:50:55. > :50:56.a lot of the adverts have transferred to The X Factor,

:50:57. > :51:00.Britain's Got Talent, all brilliant shows, I watch them with my kids,

:51:01. > :51:04.but every parent knows when you watch the shows with your kids, your

:51:05. > :51:08.kids say let's get that happy meal at McDonald's, and I do get that

:51:09. > :51:14.happy meal McDonald's, I understand it. So let's do something to tackle

:51:15. > :51:18.this obesity crisis. So if you get elected, are your kids not going to

:51:19. > :51:23.vote for you, because they cannot go to McDonald's any more? The thing

:51:24. > :51:27.is, it is about moderation. It is the difference between giving your

:51:28. > :51:31.kids junk food every day of the week and doing it once in awhile. I will

:51:32. > :51:36.admit I take my kids to. Not every week probably not even every month.

:51:37. > :51:39.But of course, I take them there. I am not talking about banning Coco

:51:40. > :51:44.Pops or anything like that, just asking people to think about the

:51:45. > :51:48.impact, and asking the advertising industry to recognise that by

:51:49. > :51:52.putting these messages into things like Britain's Got Talent all the

:51:53. > :51:56.time it is having an effect on children saying they want to eat and

:51:57. > :52:01.drink this stuff. But also, we have a sugar tax coming in now on sugary

:52:02. > :52:05.drinks. A lot of food manufacturers are changing the recipes of their

:52:06. > :52:09.drinks in order to meet that sugar tax. So if food manufacturers will

:52:10. > :52:13.want to advertise, this won't stop them changing their recipes, of

:52:14. > :52:17.course. Because what we have a certain requirements about the

:52:18. > :52:23.levels of sugar and salt and fat in the food that is advertised. But I

:52:24. > :52:26.think Ribena, I was looking at it, are changing the recipe for the

:52:27. > :52:31.amount of sugar in their drinks and people and children still like the

:52:32. > :52:34.taste of Ribena. So manufacturers can change their recipes. On that

:52:35. > :52:39.point, the Conservative government said there would be a 20% sugar

:52:40. > :52:42.reduction by 2020, but it would be voluntary. You have mentioned it

:52:43. > :52:46.there, if you really want to make a difference why don't you make

:52:47. > :52:49.companies reduce their sugary various things? Because I think it

:52:50. > :52:53.is about sending signals to society at that you want to change

:52:54. > :52:56.behaviour. If you go back 30 years ago we put a lot of effort into

:52:57. > :53:00.encouraging people to be careful with her drinking and two, you know,

:53:01. > :53:03.give up smoking, and I think attitudes have changed. A vis the

:53:04. > :53:07.people still smoke and people still drink I think people recognise the

:53:08. > :53:11.health risks associated in a way in which they did 30 or 40 years ago,

:53:12. > :53:15.because there has been a lot of campaigning from government on these

:53:16. > :53:23.issues. We now have obesity crisis. Children who are obese are more

:53:24. > :53:29.likely to have chronic conditions later in life, obesity is costing

:53:30. > :53:32.the NHS and Hebron who pays for the NHS, us taxpayers, ?6 billion and

:53:33. > :53:37.people who develop diabetes as a result of obesity, the NHS is

:53:38. > :53:40.spending ?10 billion on diabetes. This initiative is good for children

:53:41. > :53:44.because we want the healthiest children in the world, but it is

:53:45. > :53:49.also good for the taxpayer. Can I asked you before you go, you talk

:53:50. > :53:52.about ?250 million a year to help make British youngsters the

:53:53. > :53:57.healthiest in the world. This is a drop in the ocean, isn't it? It is

:53:58. > :54:02.about reducing the demand on the NHS. And there are two big issues

:54:03. > :54:05.with the NHS at the moment. The first is the biggest funding squeeze

:54:06. > :54:08.in its history, that the Conservative sadly have imposed on

:54:09. > :54:11.the NHS. But there is also increasing demands on the NHS. And

:54:12. > :54:15.if you can improve the public health of the nation, then they won't be

:54:16. > :54:19.those demands of the NHS. So we are saying that set up a child health

:54:20. > :54:23.fund today, to support public health workers. They are the home visitors

:54:24. > :54:28.who come and visit you when you have had a baby, or school nurses. Those

:54:29. > :54:32.sorts of professions, so we can put real effort into ensuring our

:54:33. > :54:36.children do become the healthiest in the world. Thank you very much for

:54:37. > :54:37.coming on this morning. We will talk about something that might help,

:54:38. > :54:38.exercise. Along with surfing, skateboarding

:54:39. > :54:40.baseball and karate, sport climbing will make its Olympic

:54:41. > :54:43.debut at Tokyo Games in 2020. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

:54:44. > :54:46.is at the UK's highest outdoor climbing wall to find out how GB

:54:47. > :54:49.athletes are aiming for the top. Tim, you have got three

:54:50. > :55:01.years to make the team. Go on, Tim, you can do this. Good

:55:02. > :55:04.morning, yes. We are about five miles from Huddersfield and I am on

:55:05. > :55:09.what will be the UK's highest climbing wall, as you say. I will

:55:10. > :55:14.get my bearings, and don't worry, I am completely safe. I am harnessed

:55:15. > :55:18.up. Tokyo 2020 is going to feature several new sports designed to

:55:19. > :55:25.appeal to younger people. Surfing, karate and climbing. It is a sign of

:55:26. > :55:28.the popularity of climbing, and how it has increased so much. Good to

:55:29. > :55:33.meet you. We should stop meeting like this! This is your climbing

:55:34. > :55:37.wall, isn't it? Why did you decide to create it, and how big a rise has

:55:38. > :55:42.been in the popularity of climbing? I think it is fair to say the last

:55:43. > :55:46.five years has seen a massive growth in indoor climbing walls, that it is

:55:47. > :55:50.accessible to two -year-olds to 70 -year-olds, it is such a social

:55:51. > :55:59.environment and you get fit without really trying. And is 36 metres

:56:00. > :56:02.high, isn't it? It was a dream, we have planned and planned in the last

:56:03. > :56:08.few years finally got it built this year. It is an awesome achievement

:56:09. > :56:12.to get to the top. It was a former grain silo, wasn't it? So you are

:56:13. > :56:18.using an old building in an unusual way. It had been derelict for a long

:56:19. > :56:22.time, so to make use of it seemed like a good idea. And I am a novice,

:56:23. > :56:26.and this morning I have had some training and some safety, and you

:56:27. > :56:29.can just get on and have a go. You are hoping to spot some future

:56:30. > :56:34.Olympians, do you think, over the next few years? Lee Mack exactly, we

:56:35. > :56:40.have a few GB climbers in our next, and ideally they will include some

:56:41. > :56:46.of the medal winners in 2020. We have 20 metres to go. Later on we

:56:47. > :56:50.will be speaking to Luke, one of the medal hopefuls. Now I will hand back

:56:51. > :56:56.to the studio. And wish me luck as I hopefully make my way up the rest of

:56:57. > :57:03.the UK's highest climbing wall. I am so impressed, Tim. Don't look down,

:57:04. > :57:04.Tim. Don't look down. So impressive, scrambling! Absolutely brilliant.

:57:05. > :00:33.Want to stay with him, but we have It is a year and a day since the

:00:34. > :00:36.Mayor of London took office. Vanessa Feltz will be discussing that.

:00:37. > :00:39.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:40. > :00:40.France elects its youngest ever president.

:00:41. > :00:43.39-year-old Emmanuel Macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory

:00:44. > :00:45.over the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

:00:46. > :00:48.At a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters

:00:49. > :00:51.he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy.

:00:52. > :00:54.This morning, we're live in Paris, to get French reaction and take

:00:55. > :01:07.stock of what it means for Brexit negotiations.

:01:08. > :01:14.The new president is very much against Brexit.

:01:15. > :01:17.I'm in a French bakery in London - talking to French voters,

:01:18. > :01:27.businesses and entrepreneurs based here in the UK.

:01:28. > :01:29.Good morning, it's Monday the 8th of May.

:01:30. > :01:33.Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

:01:34. > :01:45.campaign, saying it'll do all it can to tackle the problem.

:01:46. > :01:55.Several new sports at the Tokyo Olympics, climbing. This is the UK's

:01:56. > :02:00.heist climbing wall that is about to open in Yorkshire. -- hi yes. --

:02:01. > :02:02.highest. In sport, there's hope yet

:02:03. > :02:04.for Arsenal's season. They beat Manchester United

:02:05. > :02:22.and are still in the chase Yesterday, Northern Ireland had its

:02:23. > :02:26.warmest day of the year so far. Today, temperatures were to be quite

:02:27. > :02:30.as high but for many, a fair bit of sunshine around, especially the

:02:31. > :02:34.further west you are. In the east, said that of cloud and still the

:02:35. > :02:35.cold wind. I will have more details and about 15 minutes.

:02:36. > :02:39.France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

:02:40. > :02:41.to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

:02:42. > :02:44.over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

:02:45. > :02:48.The pro-EU candidate secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years

:02:49. > :02:50.old, he will become the country's youngest ever leader.

:02:51. > :02:53.Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre in Paris,

:02:54. > :02:56.he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

:02:57. > :03:07.Here's our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

:03:08. > :03:10.This is an election victory that will reverberate across Europe.

:03:11. > :03:16.Emmanuel Macron, liberal, pro-EU, who supports globalisation

:03:17. > :03:18.and immigration - France's next president.

:03:19. > :03:27.Mr Macron created his political movement just a year ago to give

:03:28. > :03:30.French voters tired of traditional parties a new choice -

:03:31. > :03:33.not that the extremes, but in the middle.

:03:34. > :03:35.TRANSLATION: What we've done for so many months,

:03:36. > :03:37.there's no comparison, there's no equivalent to that.

:03:38. > :03:39.Everybody was saying to us it was impossible.

:03:40. > :03:53.But they didn't know anything about France!

:03:54. > :03:55.His opponent, the far-right anti-EU Marine Le Pen,

:03:56. > :03:59.She did, though, secure 11 million votes, a third of those cast.

:04:00. > :04:02.And she said the fact that she made it to the run-off meant

:04:03. > :04:05.that her party should now be seen as the

:04:06. > :04:09.But Mr Macron's vision is a repudiation of populist,

:04:10. > :04:11.anti-establishment wave that brought Brexit and Donald Trump,

:04:12. > :04:13.and which Marine Le Pen sought to harness, too.

:04:14. > :04:16.Above all, this is a victory for Europe's centrists,

:04:17. > :04:18.and a defeat for Europe's populists and Eurosceptics.

:04:19. > :04:21.Mr Macron has already said he will work to strengthen the EU,

:04:22. > :04:23.and EU leaders have rushed to congratulate him.

:04:24. > :04:26.They see Mr Macron giving the EU new impetus.

:04:27. > :04:29.So this win means the UK is about to negotiate Brexit facing

:04:30. > :04:32.an EU starting to feel confident that the populist tide

:04:33. > :05:13.In the next few minutes, we'll get the reaction

:05:14. > :05:21.Macron is very pro-EU. He says, "If your government decides to organise

:05:22. > :05:26.Brexit, I will be pretty tough on it." We have to preserve the rest of

:05:27. > :05:30.the European Union and not to convey the message that you can convey --

:05:31. > :05:37.decide to leave without any consequences. He has said in past,

:05:38. > :05:42.the best trade negotiations for Britain? Being in the EU.

:05:43. > :05:45.A ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before

:05:46. > :05:47.the 9:00 watershed, is being promised by Labour.

:05:48. > :05:50.It's part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

:05:51. > :05:51.The Conservatives say Britain's advertising rules

:05:52. > :05:53.are already the strictest in the world.

:05:54. > :06:00.Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, has the details.

:06:01. > :06:02.Tempting treats - difficult for children to resist.

:06:03. > :06:05.Bringing down high rates of childhood obesity has long

:06:06. > :06:06.been a pressing public health concern.

:06:07. > :06:09.Now Labour says it would tackle the problem by banning junk

:06:10. > :06:16.The party says in government, it would stop adverts for unhealthy

:06:17. > :06:30.or fat - being broadcast before 9pm.

:06:31. > :06:32.It says that it would hope to halve childhood obesity

:06:33. > :06:36.And it is promising a ?250 million annual fund

:06:37. > :06:38.for children's mental and physical health in England.

:06:39. > :06:41.The government has already announced a tax on sugary drinks,

:06:42. > :06:43.and, in a strategy outlined last summer, a voluntary target

:06:44. > :06:47.for the food and drinks industry to reduce sugar content -

:06:48. > :06:49.but health campaigners say the measures don't go

:06:50. > :06:51.The Conservatives have accused Labour of making

:06:52. > :06:54.unfunded promises, and said that their plan to cut childhood

:06:55. > :07:06.The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

:07:07. > :07:09.called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

:07:10. > :07:11.NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

:07:12. > :07:14.restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

:07:15. > :07:20.from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

:07:21. > :07:24.A two year old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

:07:25. > :07:26.injuries to her head and body in what's been described

:07:27. > :07:31.Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

:07:32. > :07:33.where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

:07:34. > :07:37.Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

:07:38. > :07:47.The social media giant Facebook has this morning placed adverts

:07:48. > :07:49.in national newspapers to provide advice about how to spot

:07:50. > :07:53.The initiative has been designed to stop the spread of false

:07:54. > :07:55.stories during the general election campaign.

:07:56. > :08:02.Here's our Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

:08:03. > :08:06.It's a term that became familiar during last year's American

:08:07. > :08:14.Fake news stories made up to make money or to

:08:15. > :08:17.act as political propaganda and it is Facebook which has taken

:08:18. > :08:20.much of the blame for spreading stories such as these.

:08:21. > :08:23.Now, the social network says it's doing everything it can

:08:24. > :08:26.to tackle the problem in the UK with these newspaper adverts part

:08:27. > :08:30.Facebook says it's stepping up the battle against fake news

:08:31. > :08:33.and giving its users a guide to spotting for stories.

:08:34. > :08:35.It's closing tens of thousands of fake UK accounts

:08:36. > :08:38.And it's working with fact-checking organisations

:08:39. > :08:43.There has already been a determined effort in Germany to stop the spread

:08:44. > :08:54.of fake stories in the run-up to its elections later this year.

:08:55. > :08:57.But Facebook stands to profit from the general election in the UK.

:08:58. > :09:00.The main political parties will be directing much of their advertising

:09:01. > :09:02.budgets at the social network's audience of more

:09:03. > :09:12.82 Nigerian schoolgirls - kidnapped by the extremist group

:09:13. > :09:15.Boko Haram three years ago - have met their country's President

:09:16. > :09:17.after being freed in a prisoner swap.

:09:18. > :09:19.They were among more than 200 girls taken

:09:20. > :09:21.from their school in the town of Chibok.

:09:22. > :09:26.The girls were handed over on Saturday in exchange

:09:27. > :09:38.There are growing fears among UN negotiators that President Trump

:09:39. > :09:41.will pull the United States out of Paris Climate Agreement.

:09:42. > :09:43.Delegates from almost 200 countries, including the US, are meeting

:09:44. > :09:49.in Germany to draft rules for implementing the deal.

:09:50. > :09:52.A beach that was washed away 33 years ago has re-appeared

:09:53. > :09:54.The Irish beach on Achill Island disappeared

:09:55. > :09:57.in 1984 after spring storms washed the sand away.

:09:58. > :10:00.With nothing more than rock pools left behind, almost

:10:01. > :10:02.all the villages' hotels, guesthouses and cafes shut down.

:10:03. > :10:05.But hundreds of thousands of tons of sand were dumped there over ten

:10:06. > :10:09.days in April and locals are hoping it sticks around long enough

:10:10. > :10:11.for the area to be given blue-flag status -

:10:12. > :10:31.Look at the difference. Incredible, isn't it? Just an amazing story. The

:10:32. > :10:37.power of the sea. Where has all the sand being? It's been hanging

:10:38. > :10:37.around, waiting to get back to the beach.

:10:38. > :10:39.The BBC understands that the Conservatives will once

:10:40. > :10:43.again commit to cutting net migration to the tens of thousands

:10:44. > :10:46.Yesterday, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say

:10:47. > :10:48.whether the pledge would be repeated.

:10:49. > :10:50.Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

:10:51. > :10:53.It's proved an impossible target so far, what will be

:10:54. > :11:14.The promise goes on the back as that beach was seen. If you go back

:11:15. > :11:20.through the manifestoes as I have been doing this morning and there is

:11:21. > :11:29.the promise. The 2010 manifesto. What does it say? It says they will

:11:30. > :11:40.take it back to the 1990s. Fast forward five years. The 2015

:11:41. > :11:45.manifesto. It says on page 29, key power in the tens of thousands, not

:11:46. > :11:50.the hundreds of thousands. Enrico another two years and we understand

:11:51. > :11:54.it will be back again, despite the fact that for the last seven years,

:11:55. > :12:03.they haven't got anywhere near the meeting at the race -- anywhere

:12:04. > :12:10.near. It was the first time in two years it had been below 300,000. I

:12:11. > :12:12.have lovely image of you waking up with all these manifestoes next to

:12:13. > :12:12.your bed. UKIP also making an announcement

:12:13. > :12:23.on Immigration today - And remarkably accurate image I

:12:24. > :12:28.suspect, at the moment. UKIP are also talking migration. They think

:12:29. > :12:35.they are the only party that can be truly believed and trusted on

:12:36. > :12:41.migration. They want one in, one out and a ban on unskilled labour. They

:12:42. > :12:45.speak to the Conservatives' broken promise and argue that if there is

:12:46. > :12:49.great to be a big Conservative majority after the election, as the

:12:50. > :12:55.opinion poll suggests they will be, there needs to be a decent number of

:12:56. > :13:06.UKIP MPs in debt to to ensure the migration target is met. -- in

:13:07. > :13:07.there. You need your manifestoes at hand.

:13:08. > :13:10.At 39 years old, Emmanuel Macron will become the youngest ever

:13:11. > :13:14.A man of determination and ambition, the virtual political newcomer only

:13:15. > :13:16.set up his En Marche movement last year.

:13:17. > :13:19.He's a former investment banker, who married his drama teacher,

:13:20. > :13:22.and claims to offer voters a new vision for France.

:13:23. > :13:25.Here's all you need to know about the soon to be

:13:26. > :13:41.Emmanuel Macron was born into a middle-class family in 1977. He is

:13:42. > :13:46.the eldest of three children. At the age of 15, he met his now wife,

:13:47. > :13:51.Brigitte. She was his drama teacher. A 24 years his senior, their

:13:52. > :13:55.relationship has entry to the French public. They married in 2007,

:13:56. > :14:01.despite the disapproval of his family. Full of confidence and self

:14:02. > :14:05.belief, Emmanuel Macron said his sights on the world of finance,

:14:06. > :14:09.making millions as an investment banker. Four years later, he was

:14:10. > :14:14.appointed into Francois Hollande's government and went on to become the

:14:15. > :14:18.economy minister. After leaving the Socialist party to stand as an

:14:19. > :14:24.independent, Emmanuel Macron made the move of lodging his own party En

:14:25. > :14:28.Marche. On the move. In November, he said he would run for the

:14:29. > :14:33.presidency, promising to bring the jobs to deprived areas. Last night,

:14:34. > :14:39.at just 39 years of age, he became frantic Bass youngest ever

:14:40. > :14:40.president. That is a little bit about the President.

:14:41. > :14:50.Karin, what's been the reaction in the French newspapers this morning?

:14:51. > :14:56.You get the sense that there are a fair few people here in Paris who

:14:57. > :14:59.haven't been to bed yet. The revellers are still going out and

:15:00. > :15:07.chanting, "Emmanuel Macron Chuck Wright" -- Emmanuel Macron. A very

:15:08. > :15:11.different picture in other parts of France, of course. That show you a

:15:12. > :15:20.sense of the reaction in the newspapers. Excuse the rain as it

:15:21. > :15:29.starts to poor. Liberation, well played, they say on their front

:15:30. > :15:37.page. A pun on his movement's name, En Marche, victory on the march, and

:15:38. > :15:48.Les Echo saying the front that there is. -- France that dares. What were

:15:49. > :15:56.the celebrations like? It was great, of course. But at the end I think we

:15:57. > :16:02.had a bitter taste in the mouth, because one third of the voters

:16:03. > :16:08.voted for Marine Le Pen. 10.6 million people voted for the far

:16:09. > :16:13.right. How aware is Emmanuel Macron of that? He is totally aware of

:16:14. > :16:18.this, and that people voted for him not just for his platform, but

:16:19. > :16:22.against the National Front, so he is aware that his mandate is not the

:16:23. > :16:30.greatest of all the Presidents. And it is not just the -- that

:16:31. > :16:33.challenge. It is the challenge of not having any members in

:16:34. > :16:36.Parliament. How will you have the authority and the mandate to carry

:16:37. > :16:42.out the dramatic reforms he wants to carry out? Usually in France the

:16:43. > :16:47.majority of is really connected to the President. So if the French

:16:48. > :16:51.voters vote for a president, they usually give him a majority. So I

:16:52. > :16:56.think it is going to be a very, very... It is impossible to say, but

:16:57. > :17:02.it is really possible to say that at the end of the day Emmanuel Macron

:17:03. > :17:06.gets a majority in the National Assembly. You really think that he

:17:07. > :17:14.can go from zero to over half of the 577 MPs? Yes. In just six weeks'

:17:15. > :17:18.time? It is a New Movement, it is big, and it is not going to end

:17:19. > :17:22.right now. When you say that he wants to bring France behind him,

:17:23. > :17:26.how will he appealed to people who chose him in this round simply to

:17:27. > :17:32.keep Marine Le Pen out? I think he needs to convince them by his quick

:17:33. > :17:38.successes. Needs to have results, results on unemployment, education,

:17:39. > :17:42.the economy, he has to be very quick on theirs. And I think it is the

:17:43. > :17:48.only way to convince the people. That an open vision of society is

:17:49. > :17:52.possible for France. How challenging is it to convince people, at 39, the

:17:53. > :17:56.youngest president of France the republic has ever known? I think

:17:57. > :18:02.people don't care much about the age. If the person is smart and

:18:03. > :18:08.efficient, I think they are going to buy it. You in 2012, the last

:18:09. > :18:17.presidential election, voted for the Socialist President, Francois

:18:18. > :18:23.Hollande. And in this campaign you were on Emmanuel Macron's side. What

:18:24. > :18:27.swayed it for you? I am a centre-left vote, so I voted for

:18:28. > :18:31.Francois Hollande but at the end his mandate was not a success, so I

:18:32. > :18:36.decided to change. And to find an alternative, and Emmanuel Macron was

:18:37. > :18:40.that alternative. You don't believe that in five years' time we might be

:18:41. > :18:43.here thinking that Emmanuel Macron hasn't achieved anything he wanted

:18:44. > :18:47.to, because he didn't have the support and didn't manage to

:18:48. > :18:51.convince France? No, I think he is going to get a majority. If not a

:18:52. > :18:55.clear one, he will make alliances with other MPs in the Parliament,

:18:56. > :19:00.from the left, from the right, and get a majority to pass the reforms.

:19:01. > :19:05.Thank you very much, from the Emmanuel Macron campaign team. And

:19:06. > :19:10.another on national event is the victory Europe celebrations here, a

:19:11. > :19:13.national holiday. Emmanuel Macron as President-elect will be standing by

:19:14. > :19:19.the Arc de Triomphe with the outgoing president, Francois

:19:20. > :19:23.Hollande. Thank you very much, we will be back with you throughout the

:19:24. > :19:28.morning and we will have a little bit of a look at the view. You can

:19:29. > :19:34.see this morning in Paris it is a bit of a great day. A 20 a.m. In

:19:35. > :19:38.Paris, 7:20am approaching here. And we will find out what the weather

:19:39. > :19:43.will be doing for us over the course of the next few days. Good morning,

:19:44. > :19:47.all. I have a beautiful picture from Guernsey sent in by one of our

:19:48. > :19:52.Weather Watchers, another beaut from Torbay and another one from Fife.

:19:53. > :19:55.Some of us are getting off to a dry and bright start although generally

:19:56. > :19:58.speaking there is more cloud across eastern Scotland and England, around

:19:59. > :20:02.the Midlands, and through the day some of that will melt away. We

:20:03. > :20:07.still have this cold wind coming in off the North Sea. Drift further

:20:08. > :20:10.west and we are into the sunshine, and through the afternoon that will

:20:11. > :20:15.continue. Sunshine across south-west England, temperatures getting up to

:20:16. > :20:18.13 or 14. It is the same across Wales and as we head through parts

:20:19. > :20:22.of the Midlands, heading northwards. Don't you just note, Monday morning,

:20:23. > :20:28.your clicker is stuck once again. I hope it will spring into action, but

:20:29. > :20:32.while it doesn't, west is best for today, central areas is where we

:20:33. > :20:36.will have the cloud but in the north and east we will hang on to the

:20:37. > :20:39.cloud and with a nagging wind coming from the North Sea it will feel

:20:40. > :20:43.quite cold. Temperatures today, in the east, will range from around

:20:44. > :20:48.nine to 12 Celsius but as we drift further west we are looking at up to

:20:49. > :20:53.16. Yesterday Northern Ireland had the highest temperature of this year

:20:54. > :20:58.so far, reaching 21.1dC. So that was a very pleasant fields of the day.

:20:59. > :21:02.We don't expect it to be quite as high today. Through the course of

:21:03. > :21:05.the night there will be some cloud around but where the cloud breaks it

:21:06. > :21:08.will be cool enough touch of frost here and there, bringing us into

:21:09. > :21:11.tomorrow. Tomorrow will be cloudier than today but nonetheless there

:21:12. > :21:17.will be some sunshine around and temperatures in range about ten to

:21:18. > :21:20.16 Celsius. I will phone the engineers, because goodness knows

:21:21. > :21:24.what has happened and hopefully me and my chart will be back with some

:21:25. > :21:29.more pictures in half an hour. Thing is, we are very happy to look at

:21:30. > :21:36.you, but you are properly right, we need a little bit more. Now it kicks

:21:37. > :21:40.in! Do you want to carry on? OK. Tomorrow there is more cloud around,

:21:41. > :21:44.but we will see some brighter breaks, as you can see here but the

:21:45. > :21:49.other thing is, tomorrow, we don't have this nagging wind any more so

:21:50. > :21:53.if you are in the east it won't feel as bad. Temperatures between ten and

:21:54. > :21:56.16. Leading us to a cold start on Wednesday morning, temperatures

:21:57. > :21:59.hovering around freezing the two Celsius and for Wednesday itself a

:22:00. > :22:03.lot more sunshine but with the change in the wind it means more

:22:04. > :22:07.cloud across the north, a few showers and not as cold down the

:22:08. > :22:15.east coast. A fair bit of sunshine. So at this stage in May, not too

:22:16. > :22:21.shabby at all, at ten to 16. Do you still need to phone them, or have I

:22:22. > :22:25.fixed it now? I think I had better phone them. There is no point, they

:22:26. > :22:27.will just switch it on and off. I'm sure a good kick will sort these

:22:28. > :22:28.things out. One of the biggest shocks in last

:22:29. > :22:31.week's local elections was the triumph of the Conservative

:22:32. > :22:34.candidate to become the metro mayor of Tees Valley,

:22:35. > :22:36.a traditionally Labour region. But will the party be able

:22:37. > :22:39.to replicate that success in next Breakfast's Graham Satchell has

:22:40. > :22:42.been to the constituency of Middlesbrough South

:22:43. > :22:59.and Cleveland East to find out more. We are in a patchwork constituency.

:23:00. > :23:04.Rural farmlands and market towns like Guisborough, a now-defunct

:23:05. > :23:09.steel industry on the coast, and working-class steps in

:23:10. > :23:13.Middlesbrough. At the crafty cooks baking session for mums and toddlers

:23:14. > :23:17.there is anger at what the Conservatives have been doing in

:23:18. > :23:22.power. Seven years of austerity has not sat well with me. Education is

:23:23. > :23:27.suffering, Health Service suffering, and it is heartbreaking. Helen will

:23:28. > :23:30.vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I'm tired of hearing that he is unelectable,

:23:31. > :23:34.because I don't think that he is. I think he has a strong record of

:23:35. > :23:39.voting the things that I personally agree with. This seat has been

:23:40. > :23:47.Labour since 1997, but ask a simple question. Who makes the better Prime

:23:48. > :23:51.Minister, Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn? I would say that is a

:23:52. > :23:54.no-brainer, Theresa May. The Labour majority has been falling steadily

:23:55. > :23:58.in this part of the world and most observers the storm clouds ahead.

:23:59. > :24:02.For the last 20 years, really, it has been falling out of love with

:24:03. > :24:05.Labour. Over fish and chips, the political editor of the northern

:24:06. > :24:08.Echo tells me about the shifting tide. Just before Easter the

:24:09. > :24:13.Conservatives won the local council seat here for the first time from

:24:14. > :24:17.Labour, with an 8% swing. It is even said that Theresa May had one look

:24:18. > :24:22.and said we are winning seats in Middlesbrough, let's do this. Let's

:24:23. > :24:26.go for this election. Dance night at the local social club in

:24:27. > :24:33.Middlesbrough. Voting Labour here is in the blood. Always vote Labour,

:24:34. > :24:39.yes. I have never, ever, not voted Labour. Many will still vote Labour,

:24:40. > :24:45.but there is disillusioned with Jeremy Corbyn, particularly over

:24:46. > :24:49.Brexit. Two thirds of people you voted to leave the EU. Control your

:24:50. > :24:54.borders, control immigration, that is what I want. Control our own

:24:55. > :25:01.laws. Jeremy Corbyn, I think he is... I don't think he is happy with

:25:02. > :25:04.the Brexit. So, to guarantee we do leave the European Union, for the

:25:05. > :25:11.first time in their lives, people like John and make will vote

:25:12. > :25:18.Conservative -- Mick. The hardest thing I have had to do in my life.

:25:19. > :25:24.If the Labour Party told me if you vote for us I will execute your

:25:25. > :25:29.mother, I would still vote for them. The only thing we don't know is

:25:30. > :25:37.Brexit. How many Micks are there from Middlesbrough and across the

:25:38. > :25:39.country? Enough. And the government will win in a landslide in June.

:25:40. > :25:41.Jane Eyre, The Lady of Shalott and Frankenstein -

:25:42. > :25:43.just some of Britain's finest cultural offerings.

:25:44. > :25:47.But it is feared the grandeur and power of their content is lost

:25:48. > :25:49.on many children, who haven't studied such works.

:25:50. > :25:52.We went out in the sun yesterday to see if some children

:25:53. > :26:04.here in Salford could recite some classic poems.

:26:05. > :26:17.I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er the velvet

:26:18. > :26:24.hills. When I saw a crowd. A host of golden daffodils. This overlay, the

:26:25. > :26:30.trees, -- beside the lake, beneath the trees... In the breeze.

:26:31. > :26:39.Only a little bit of Hamlet. To be or not to be, that is the question.

:26:40. > :26:48.Whether 'tis nobler in the mind... We have some half price black

:26:49. > :26:55.tights, TVs, DVD 's, LPs. Trevor Francis tracksuits... We would love

:26:56. > :26:57.to know what you think, and let us know what bonds you are able to

:26:58. > :30:33.recite. -- poems. And large swathes Vanessa Feltz is on BBC radio London

:30:34. > :30:34.with the Breakfast show, and she is talking about mental health. Goodbye

:30:35. > :30:39.for now. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:40. > :30:44.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Thank you to all of you who are

:30:45. > :30:48.sending in your poems this morning. France's newly elected President,

:30:49. > :30:50.Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the country's divisions

:30:51. > :30:53.following his resounding victory over the far-right leader,

:30:54. > :30:55.Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's The pro-European, centrist

:30:56. > :30:57.secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years old,

:30:58. > :31:00.he will become the country's Speaking at a victory rally outside

:31:01. > :31:04.the Louvre museum in Paris, he said the task ahead was immense

:31:05. > :31:17.and made a plea for unity. The BBC understands

:31:18. > :31:19.the Conservatives will once again commit to cutting net migration

:31:20. > :31:21.to the 'tens of thousands' Yesterday the Home

:31:22. > :31:25.Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say whether the pledge -

:31:26. > :31:28.which was also in the party's 2010 and 2015 manifestos -

:31:29. > :31:30.would be repeated. Meanwhile, UKIP says it would cut

:31:31. > :31:33.net migration to zero Staying with the election campaign -

:31:34. > :31:47.Labour says it would extend the ban on television adverts

:31:48. > :31:49.for unhealthy food and sweets The party says its strategy on child

:31:50. > :31:53.health aims to halve the number of overweight

:31:54. > :31:55.youngsters within ten years. The Conservatives say Britain's

:31:56. > :32:15.advertising rules are already It's about changing behaviour. 30

:32:16. > :32:19.years ago, we put a lot of effort into encouraging people to curb

:32:20. > :32:24.their drinking and give up smoking but I think attitudes have changed.

:32:25. > :32:29.Still smoke and people still drink that recognise the health risks

:32:30. > :32:33.associated which they might not have 30 or 40 years ago because there

:32:34. > :32:38.have been a lot of campaigning from the government.

:32:39. > :32:41.The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

:32:42. > :32:43.called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

:32:44. > :32:45.NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

:32:46. > :32:48.restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

:32:49. > :32:57.from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

:32:58. > :33:00.A two-year-old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

:33:01. > :33:03.injuries to her head and body in what's been described

:33:04. > :33:06.Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

:33:07. > :33:09.where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

:33:10. > :33:13.Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

:33:14. > :33:16.The social networking site, Facebook, is placing adverts

:33:17. > :33:19.in British newspapers to provide practical advice on how to spot

:33:20. > :33:25.The website has also closed thousands of accounts linked

:33:26. > :33:27.to false stories ahead of the general election.

:33:28. > :33:30.The company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines"

:33:31. > :33:35.The move comes after it was accused of helping to spread fake news

:33:36. > :33:37.during last year's US Presidential election.

:33:38. > :33:51.A secret space mission has returned to earth after 2-years.

:33:52. > :33:53.That's the US military's experimental X-37B space

:33:54. > :33:56.plane landing yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

:33:57. > :33:58.According to the American Air Force, it's been conducting unspecified

:33:59. > :34:01.experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit.

:34:02. > :34:04.It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

:34:05. > :34:26.They need to find out what is going on. Somebody called Mulder and

:34:27. > :34:31.Scully. Coming up on the programme -

:34:32. > :34:40.Carol has the weather. We will have other maps today. How

:34:41. > :34:55.dare you downplay Carol! It was a mixed weekend of sport.

:34:56. > :35:02.Very exciting in the championship. We will get to that. Arsene Wenger

:35:03. > :35:09.finally beat Jose Mourinho. Or a Jose Mourinho's managed side. He

:35:10. > :35:18.couldn't resist having a dig. Saying finally, finally I gave Arsenal fans

:35:19. > :35:18.something to swing their scarves are bout.

:35:19. > :35:21.Arsenal kept alive their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's

:35:22. > :35:24.top four with a 2-0 win over an understrength Manchester United

:35:25. > :35:27.Arsenal took the lead through Granit Xhaka's

:35:28. > :35:29.deflected shot nine minutes after half time.

:35:30. > :35:32.Then Danny Welbeck scored against his former club and ended

:35:33. > :35:34.United's 25 game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

:35:35. > :35:37.Arsenal are still six points behind fourth place Manchester City -

:35:38. > :35:44.We want to try to win the Europa league.

:35:45. > :35:49.More important for us than to finish fourth.

:35:50. > :35:53.We really want to try to win it, and go to the Champions Leagues

:35:54. > :35:57.So, we needed to give rest to players.

:35:58. > :36:04.We want to win our games and when it is possible,

:36:05. > :36:09.But, the Premier League is known, some teams who are safe continue

:36:10. > :36:12.to fight and you have seen that with West Ham, you know.

:36:13. > :36:22.You're not going to be speaking here next season again?

:36:23. > :36:24.Look, you want me to work for BBC, or?

:36:25. > :36:38.Arsene Wenger had still not made up his mind.

:36:39. > :36:40.Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Southampton.

:36:41. > :36:43.Liverpool Captain James Milner had a second half penalty saved

:36:44. > :36:48.Now a couple of things caught our eye in yesterday's

:36:49. > :36:52.The entertainment was somewhat lacking on the pitch at Anfield

:36:53. > :36:57.so Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno decided

:36:58. > :37:00.to make his own entertainment by having a go at the bottle flip

:37:01. > :37:05.And what do you do if you're on the bench for Arsenal

:37:06. > :37:07.and your 2-0 up against Manchester United?

:37:08. > :37:20.You get the Malteasers out and share them out!

:37:21. > :37:28.Only red chocolate bags are allowed. What a way to celebrate, why not?

:37:29. > :37:31.Blackburn have been relegated to League One, becoming the first

:37:32. > :37:34.Premier League winners to drop down to the third tier

:37:35. > :37:43.Emotional scenes on and off the pitch.

:37:44. > :37:45.They did their best, winning 3-1 against Brentford

:37:46. > :37:50.on the final day, but it wasn't enough.

:37:51. > :38:01.Celtic's Scott Sinclair was named PFA Scotland's player

:38:02. > :38:05.On the pitch Aberdeen have all but guaranteed themselves second

:38:06. > :38:10.And Rangers will also play Europa League football next season.

:38:11. > :38:13.They came from behind to beat Partick Thistle 2-1 in injury time.

:38:14. > :38:16.In their first ever one day international at Lord's -

:38:17. > :38:18.Ireland were beaten by England by 85 runs.

:38:19. > :38:21.England racked up 328 for six in their first innings with three

:38:22. > :38:23.batsmen making scores in the seventies.

:38:24. > :38:26.Ireland battled hard in the chase but eventually fell well short

:38:27. > :38:33.There's an intriguing match to come at the Madrid Open,

:38:34. > :38:37.as Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard are set to go head to head.

:38:38. > :38:39.Sharapova beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the first round yesterday.

:38:40. > :38:42.Last week Bouchard said that the Russian, who's just coming

:38:43. > :38:46.back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance,

:38:47. > :38:59.is a cheat and should have been banned for life.

:39:00. > :39:05.The one person who can keep her out of Wimbledon is Eugenie Bouchard who

:39:06. > :39:12.says she shouldn't be playing tennis at all. The pressure is on. She is

:39:13. > :39:19.one win away for being automatically into Wimbledon. Did you see the

:39:20. > :39:26.two-hour marathon attempt? It was a PR stunt. Another company are going

:39:27. > :39:32.to try it. This guy managed two hours and 35 seconds. An unofficial

:39:33. > :39:37.record. If you work it out. To run a sub two-hour marathon, that is the

:39:38. > :39:42.equivalent of running 100 metres in 17 seconds and then repeating that

:39:43. > :39:48.422 times so in order to run under two hours, marathon, you have to do

:39:49. > :39:56.that. I know it's not a sprint but that's pretty quick, isn't it? For

:39:57. > :40:01.two hours! When we were watching the normal London Marathon at home, if

:40:02. > :40:06.you count, one, two, one, too, how quickly they are moving their legs.

:40:07. > :40:18.It feels like a sprint, doesn't it? The speed that they travel at. You

:40:19. > :40:20.only need one second Teia Miles. --1 second a mile.

:40:21. > :40:23.As we've been hearing, France has a new president.

:40:24. > :40:26.But how might Emmanuel Macron's victory be felt across the channel,

:40:27. > :40:29.Steph's at a French bakery in London this morning.

:40:30. > :40:43.How much have you eaten this morning, Steph? I have only had one

:40:44. > :40:50.thing this morning. To be fair, I am in food heaven. I added a French

:40:51. > :40:54.patisserie this morning. I have been watching them making it this

:40:55. > :40:59.morning. They all up at the crack of dawn getting this setup. It is a

:41:00. > :41:03.French patisserie here in south London and lots of people are French

:41:04. > :41:07.who worked here and lots of their customers are as well. There are

:41:08. > :41:13.about 350,000 French people living in the UK. How are you feeling this

:41:14. > :41:23.morning? I'm not very happy about the result because I had no feeling

:41:24. > :41:29.about the two candidates. Do you feel optimistic about the future in

:41:30. > :41:34.France? I hope. You own is fantastic cafe and bakery. How are you feeling

:41:35. > :41:44.today? I'm not feeling very good because it was not my favourite bank

:41:45. > :41:52.God, not Marine Le Pen. -- but, thank God. How do you think your

:41:53. > :41:59.friends and family and people will be feeling? Let's see because three

:42:00. > :42:04.years ago, nobody knew him and let's see if he is going to be a good

:42:05. > :42:14.president that he is very young. We will see. They queue and thank you

:42:15. > :42:21.for letting us in. -- thank you. We export 1.8 billion pounds things to

:42:22. > :42:24.France and import as well. It is important to keep the relationship.

:42:25. > :42:30.We have a doctor of politics. Tell us what this will mean for French

:42:31. > :42:35.people and what the task of Emmanuel Macron is. He has his work cut out.

:42:36. > :42:40.A lot of people who wanted him to win in the second round in 20 and to

:42:41. > :42:44.win in the first. The big problem that he has is getting himself a

:42:45. > :42:49.Parliamentary majority. He has less than six weeks to do it. He is doing

:42:50. > :42:53.it with a political party that has only existed for one year. He needs

:42:54. > :42:55.to get it together because if you can't get his laws through

:42:56. > :43:00.Parliament and his presidency is over before it is begun. He has been

:43:01. > :43:05.strong on things like Brexit and not wanting that to happen. Is very pro-

:43:06. > :43:08.European which is a rarity in the current climate. I don't think he

:43:09. > :43:13.will be giving any gifts to Therese in May. It'll be interesting to say.

:43:14. > :43:30.-- to Therese May. What is your reaction as a

:43:31. > :43:34.businesswoman? I'm quite relieved because we didn't want the extreme

:43:35. > :43:39.to be ruling France. That is a good point. Also, there is a new changing

:43:40. > :43:45.politics so that is quite hopeful. Though I didn't really feel that

:43:46. > :43:51.they wanted to vote for Emmanuel Macron but I did it to avoid the

:43:52. > :43:57.extreme. We are going to see how it's going to happen and hopefully

:43:58. > :44:02.the opposition 's are going to be able to say what they have to say in

:44:03. > :44:07.the next election before the Parliament which is going to be very

:44:08. > :44:13.soon and hopefully, some of these ideas are going to be implemented as

:44:14. > :44:17.well. Will it impact your work here, do you think? Of course. Doing

:44:18. > :44:22.financial planning, we will have a lot of changes in regulation so we

:44:23. > :44:28.are going to have a lot of things to do, yes, of course. Thank you for

:44:29. > :44:34.your time this morning. I probably have crumbs all over my face. It was

:44:35. > :44:40.good to hear their point of view. Thank you very much. We will be live

:44:41. > :44:44.in Paris a bit later in the programme. I bet Steph knows some

:44:45. > :44:48.poetry. We should have asked her. They queue for the messages about

:44:49. > :44:54.poetry. We are talking about that today because people are saying that

:44:55. > :44:59.it's really important. -- thank you. -- important that we read certain

:45:00. > :45:02.bits of poetry and music. Thank you for all the suggestions and what

:45:03. > :45:06.sticks in your mind from when you were at school and making sure that

:45:07. > :45:08.the teacher drummed it into you and it's still there now. Hamlet is

:45:09. > :45:11.still with me, always will be. Here is Carol with a look

:45:12. > :45:19.at this morning's weather. Good morning. This morning it is a

:45:20. > :45:23.chilly start the some of us but there is a fair bit of sunshine to

:45:24. > :45:27.expect through the course of the day. However, in the east there is

:45:28. > :45:31.more cloud. As we look at this week ahead, while we have a variety of

:45:32. > :45:35.sunny spells, chilly nights, a touch of frost at times and later in the

:45:36. > :45:39.week the chance of rain or indeed some showers, and some of those

:45:40. > :45:43.could be thundery, not at the start. What we have first thing today is a

:45:44. > :45:47.fair bit of cloud across eastern areas and the Midlands. Through the

:45:48. > :45:51.day some of that will melt away but if you are in the east you are still

:45:52. > :45:55.going to be exposed to that northerly wind. And that will make

:45:56. > :45:57.it feel cold. If you are in the west, a completely different story.

:45:58. > :46:08.A lot of sunshine around first thing, temperatures climbing as we

:46:09. > :46:12.go into the afternoon and the sunshine sticking around for the

:46:13. > :46:14.afternoon as well. Not just in south-east England, Wales, Northern

:46:15. > :46:18.Ireland. Yesterday Northern Ireland had its warmest day of the year so

:46:19. > :46:21.far. Across much of Scotland, again we are looking at a fair bit of

:46:22. > :46:24.sunshine, except across the north-east. If you have cloud coming

:46:25. > :46:27.and going through the course of the day, the same across eastern

:46:28. > :46:31.England. A bit more cloud and don't forget with that northerly breeze,

:46:32. > :46:34.it will feel chilly if you are exposed to that. Coming south into

:46:35. > :46:38.the south-east, here we will see some brighter skies coming through

:46:39. > :46:41.at times. The emphasis is on a lot of cloud. Through the evening and

:46:42. > :46:44.overnight, the wind turns that bit lighter. More of a gentle breeze.

:46:45. > :46:48.Still some cloud coming in from the North Sea, producing the odd spot of

:46:49. > :46:51.drizzle, and we will also see some clearer skies, so once again in

:46:52. > :46:55.chrome, sheltered areas there is the risk of some frost. That does mean

:46:56. > :46:58.that tomorrow morning will dawn on a bright note. High-pressure still

:46:59. > :47:03.firmly in charge of our weather and you can see in this chart there is

:47:04. > :47:07.hardly a nice bar in sight. So the wind is going to fall light, so if

:47:08. > :47:11.you are in the east of the UK, the last week or so we have had that

:47:12. > :47:14.nagging easily northerly wind. It will not feel as cold. But tomorrow,

:47:15. > :47:17.generally speaking it will be cloudier than we expected to be

:47:18. > :47:21.today. There will be some sunshine around, however, especially in parts

:47:22. > :47:24.of the west, once again, or the south, and temperatures getting up

:47:25. > :47:27.to around 16 Celsius. But as I mentioned, feeling much more

:47:28. > :47:32.pleasant across the east that it has done. Now, we dawn on Wednesday

:47:33. > :47:35.morning on a cold night where we have the clear skies, but of course

:47:36. > :47:39.we have the clearest skies we also have sunshine to start the day. A

:47:40. > :47:44.bit of a change on Wednesday, largely down to the wind direction.

:47:45. > :47:47.So across northern Scotland and some parts of western Scotland, there

:47:48. > :47:51.will be some more cloud around. We will also see some splashes of rain

:47:52. > :47:55.across the far north-east. Down the east coast, hardly a breath of wind,

:47:56. > :47:59.so again feeling much more pleasant. And as we drift on towards southern

:48:00. > :48:03.and western areas, again, this is where we will see the lion's share

:48:04. > :48:08.of the sunshine. And in that sunshine, temperatures up to 16.

:48:09. > :48:14.Thank you very much for that. I am glad to see the computer is in fine

:48:15. > :48:20.working order, as well. Me too, me too. We should have started that

:48:21. > :48:21.with shall we compare you to a summer's day?

:48:22. > :48:24.Sonnet 18, Great Expectations, and How Do I love Thee -

:48:25. > :48:26.some of Britain's finest cultural offerings.

:48:27. > :48:29.But it is feared their grandeur and power could be lost on many

:48:30. > :48:33.children who don't study such works as part of the school curriculum.

:48:34. > :48:36.There are now calls for pupils to be able to memorise and recite classic

:48:37. > :48:39.poems and books, as a way of improving their cultural knowledge.

:48:40. > :48:43.We will discuss this in a moment, but first we spoke to some parents

:48:44. > :48:51.in sunny Salford, to get their thoughts.

:48:52. > :48:59.You sort of learn a few, don't you? And you might retain a couple of

:49:00. > :49:07.verses, maybe, of each one. I think it is pretty hard going to learn

:49:08. > :49:10.entire poems. I think it depends what year it is, because the young

:49:11. > :49:15.ones might not be into it, they might find it boring. Personally I

:49:16. > :49:19.don't think you should force people to learn specific things. I think

:49:20. > :49:28.the joy of reading is the personal discovery. Every form of writing, no

:49:29. > :49:34.matter whether it is the story or poem, is good to learn in school. If

:49:35. > :49:39.there is a list of 100, though, it might inform me to think perhaps I

:49:40. > :49:41.should read that one, but not all of them, necessarily.

:49:42. > :49:45.Dame Rachel de Souza is the chief executive of 13 schools in Norfolk

:49:46. > :49:47.and Suffolk, where pupils will study classics from the autumn.

:49:48. > :49:53.We are also joined by poet Matt Abbott.

:49:54. > :50:02.Good morning to you both. Thank you very much for joining us. Let's

:50:03. > :50:06.start with you, first of all. You have made a list, haven't you? How

:50:07. > :50:10.do you choose from the vast array? Well, with great debate. The

:50:11. > :50:14.excitement among the teachers and students of compiling that list has

:50:15. > :50:17.been massive. And really we could make a list of hundreds, because

:50:18. > :50:22.there are so many fantastic poems and so much fantastic literature out

:50:23. > :50:26.there in compiling the list is half of the fun. But really what we want

:50:27. > :50:30.is for our students to read the best that has been said or thought, and

:50:31. > :50:35.if we can get some way towards that, we are going to really enrich young

:50:36. > :50:40.lives. You are a poet now, what got you into that in the first place? Is

:50:41. > :50:45.a classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or what was it? I am into Coleridge

:50:46. > :50:48.now, but I didn't get into it at school, to be honest. I think

:50:49. > :50:52.anything that encourages people to read more poetry at school can be a

:50:53. > :50:57.good thing. And I like the idea of them reciting them as well, because

:50:58. > :51:00.it is a different way to experience a poem. And for classmates to hear

:51:01. > :51:04.that classmates residing in, it will help them experience it in a

:51:05. > :51:08.different way. To be honest I got into it more through music lyrics

:51:09. > :51:11.and things like that. It was actually after school. So I think

:51:12. > :51:15.this new measure could be really useful in terms of helping people

:51:16. > :51:19.get into it in school. So when you tell people you are a poet now, what

:51:20. > :51:23.sort of reaction do you get? Scrunched up face. The problem is

:51:24. > :51:27.the way that poetry is taught in school is quite bad. They may be

:51:28. > :51:32.forced to read a text which doesn't appeal to them, forced to read it in

:51:33. > :51:36.silence in a classroom, and they are put off poetry for life. It is like

:51:37. > :51:40.algebra, why would you go back to poetry? But this way of doing it,

:51:41. > :51:44.getting them to learn it and read a wide range of staff, could be really

:51:45. > :51:47.useful. Let's get that to some of the things on the list. Geoffrey

:51:48. > :51:53.Chaucer's prologue from the Canterbury tales. How much relevance

:51:54. > :51:56.does that have for a child on the 21st century? Well, it is amazing

:51:57. > :52:01.how much it actually does. One of the key things is that people who

:52:02. > :52:05.are in the top jobs in this country will have been to schools where they

:52:06. > :52:08.have learnt these things. If our children are going to be up out

:52:09. > :52:12.there and competing, they need to have learnt it as well. This is

:52:13. > :52:17.about equity and making sure they know what people in the cloud know.

:52:18. > :52:19.So when they are grown up and that a meeting and someone talks about

:52:20. > :52:23.things being Dickensian or talks about Chaucer, they need to have

:52:24. > :52:27.those references and know what they mean. It is just enriching. I am the

:52:28. > :52:34.daughter of a steelworker from Scunthorpe, and I can remember my

:52:35. > :52:39.mother reading for me the Highwayman Tom and that vocabulary is in my

:52:40. > :52:43.head, the road was a ribbon of moonlight across the purple moor,

:52:44. > :52:49.and the highwayman came riding, riding up to the old indoor. It

:52:50. > :52:53.enriches you forever. It is in your memory and your hearts, really, so I

:52:54. > :52:57.can just encourage parents to read poetry to their children. We are

:52:58. > :53:01.going to do it at school, and it will allow students to compete with

:53:02. > :53:08.the best out there. I suppose that comes back to what you said, in the

:53:09. > :53:17.performance, that winds people over. At the end of the World Cup, a

:53:18. > :53:24.player read out Rudyard Kipling's pollen, you will be a man, my son.

:53:25. > :53:27.And the next day, and the week after that, loads of national newspapers

:53:28. > :53:39.printed upon in its entirety. And that was a way of engaging the

:53:40. > :53:42.public in upon which -- in a poem that is incredibly popular. Lots of

:53:43. > :53:46.amazing spoken word performers, I have been to gigs where they have

:53:47. > :53:51.been thousands and thousands of teenage girls whose imaginations

:53:52. > :53:55.have been lit up by the words. It is because they have heard it or seen

:53:56. > :53:59.it or have watched it, and if you are forced to read something on a

:54:00. > :54:03.piece of paper you get two or three lines in, you don't really get it,

:54:04. > :54:06.you stop reading, you just scan it. Whatever you need to do to get

:54:07. > :54:10.through the lesson. If you hear someone reading it, you think

:54:11. > :54:16.actually, I get that. Is different reading, the way people read it.

:54:17. > :54:18.Thank you very much. And we will read some of your comments a bit

:54:19. > :54:19.later on. Along with surfing, skateboarding,

:54:20. > :54:20.baseball and karate, climbing will make its Olympic debut

:54:21. > :54:24.at the Tokyo Games in 2020. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

:54:25. > :54:26.is at the UK's highest outdoor climbing wall, to find out how GB

:54:27. > :54:30.athletes are aiming for the top. Tim, you've got three

:54:31. > :54:40.years to make the team. Thank you, I have my highs on Tokyo

:54:41. > :54:45.2020. There will be several new sports and that the Olympics. So

:54:46. > :54:50.karate, skateboarding and climbing, and where I am today will be the

:54:51. > :54:55.UK's highest climbing wall. Some 36 metres, five miles from

:54:56. > :55:00.Huddersfield, in west Yorkshire. Take a look at the shots from a

:55:01. > :55:05.little earlier, giving you a sense of the scale of this place. It used

:55:06. > :55:08.to be an old grain mill, and it has been converted and it reflects the

:55:09. > :55:13.growing popularity of climbing, and it is the brainchild of a man who I

:55:14. > :55:18.will hopefully make my way around... Good to see you. We are a bit

:55:19. > :55:23.tangled up, aren't we? So why did you decide to do this, and how big a

:55:24. > :55:29.thing is climbing becoming? I think the last five years we have seen 400

:55:30. > :55:32.plus climbing walls emerged and it is completely accessible. Two

:55:33. > :55:38.-year-olds to 70 -year-olds, anyone can do it. It is very social, a nice

:55:39. > :55:43.way to get fit, and it is relatively risk-free. And why is becoming so

:55:44. > :55:48.popular, do you think? I think at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it is a big

:55:49. > :55:52.move for claiming to be recognised, and sport climbing in general is

:55:53. > :55:59.such an accessible, exciting sport. We are going to have a chat to Luke,

:56:00. > :56:04.who is a hopeful for Tokyo 2020. He is a member of the Team GB climbing

:56:05. > :56:10.team. I will interview him as he climbs. What is it about climbing

:56:11. > :56:17.which you love so much, and how confident are you about Team GB's

:56:18. > :56:22.chances in Tokyo? I think the big thing is freedom, just to be able to

:56:23. > :56:29.go anywhere and do a sport that you are really passionate about. Yes, it

:56:30. > :56:34.is great. As an Olympic discipline, how is it judged? Is that fosters to

:56:35. > :56:37.the top? How will it work at the Olympics? At the Olympics there are

:56:38. > :56:42.three disciplines which made it in. The short, up to about five metres,

:56:43. > :56:47.where it is quite gymnastic, quite powerful. Speed climbing is, as it

:56:48. > :56:51.sounds, the fastest to the top. And lead climbing, which is whether you

:56:52. > :56:59.can get to the top, or who can get the highest on the route. Thank you

:57:00. > :57:03.very much indeed. It is quite a feeling being out there. And normal

:57:04. > :57:08.people are giving it a go, as I am this morning. 400 climbing walls

:57:09. > :57:16.across the UK, and this one is the highest, 36 metres high, higher than

:57:17. > :57:23.the Tower of London. You in the climbing gold medal, times ten! I

:57:24. > :57:26.know lots of people were wondering whether he got to the top. Keep

:57:27. > :00:49.going, we will keep watching. And we will get

:00:50. > :00:53.Vanessa Feltz is talking about the number of holidaymakers

:00:54. > :00:57.France elects its youngest ever leader.

:00:58. > :01:00.39 year old Emmanuel Macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory

:01:01. > :01:04.over the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

:01:05. > :01:07.At a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters

:01:08. > :01:12.he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy.

:01:13. > :01:15.This morning, we're live in Paris - to take stock of what the result

:01:16. > :01:35.The new President is against Brexit. I am in a French patisserie in

:01:36. > :01:36.London talking to people about what impact it could have on

:01:37. > :01:44.negotiations. Good morning it's

:01:45. > :01:47.Monday the 8th of May. Facebook promises to get tough

:01:48. > :01:53.on fake news during the election campaign, saying it'll do all it can

:01:54. > :02:04.to tackle the problem. There will be several new sports at

:02:05. > :02:08.the Tokyo Olympics, climbing is one of them and this is the UK's highest

:02:09. > :02:14.climbing wall in West Yorkshire. We'll be talking to some people

:02:15. > :02:15.hoping to become inspired, who knows, perhaps some medal winners

:02:16. > :02:17.for Team GB. In sport...there's hope yet

:02:18. > :02:19.for Arsenal's season. They beat Manchester United

:02:20. > :02:39.and are still in the chase Sometimes this sad now Paul say

:02:40. > :02:40.after 200 George is there left and I will go -- sometimes this sat now

:02:41. > :02:49.will say there left... Some lovely sunshine per parts of

:02:50. > :02:53.the UK yesterday but is it going to last? Carol

:02:54. > :02:59.it will do for some of us, especially the further west you are.

:03:00. > :03:05.Eastern areas hanging onto a lot of cloud throughout today, the cold

:03:06. > :03:07.feel exacerbated by a northerly wind. I'll have more details in

:03:08. > :03:11.about 15 minutes. France has elected Emmanuel Macron

:03:12. > :03:16.as its next President. He has promised to heal

:03:17. > :03:17.the country's divisions following his resounding victory

:03:18. > :03:19.over the far-right The pro-EU candidate secured

:03:20. > :03:22.66% of the vote and, at just 39 years old,

:03:23. > :03:25.will become the country's Speaking at a victory rally outside

:03:26. > :03:28.the Louvre in Paris, he said the task ahead was "immense"

:03:29. > :03:33.and made a plea for unity. Our Europe Correspondent,

:03:34. > :03:36.Damian Grammaticas was at the Macron This is an election victory that

:03:37. > :03:44.will reverberate across Europe. Emmanuel Macron, liberal, pro-EU,

:03:45. > :03:48.who supports globalisation and immigration -

:03:49. > :03:52.France's next president. Mr Macron created his political

:03:53. > :03:58.movement just a year ago to give French voters tired of traditional

:03:59. > :04:06.parties a new choice - not at the extremes,

:04:07. > :04:10.but in the middle. TRANSLATION: What we've

:04:11. > :04:16.done for so many months, there's no comparison,

:04:17. > :04:19.there's no equivalent to that. Everybody was saying

:04:20. > :04:25.to us it was impossible. But they didn't know

:04:26. > :04:28.anything about France! His opponent, the far-right

:04:29. > :04:30.anti-EU Marine Le Pen, She did, though, secure 11 million

:04:31. > :04:37.votes, a third of those cast. And she said the fact that she made

:04:38. > :04:40.it to the run-off meant that her party should now be

:04:41. > :04:42.seen as the official But Mr Macron's vision

:04:43. > :04:48.is a repudiation of populist, anti-establishment wave that brought

:04:49. > :04:51.Brexit and Donald Trump, and which Marine Le Pen

:04:52. > :04:55.sought to harness, too. Above all, this is a victory

:04:56. > :04:57.for Europe's centrists, and a defeat for Europe's

:04:58. > :05:01.populists and Eurosceptics. Mr Macron has already said

:05:02. > :05:04.he will work to strengthen the EU, and EU leaders have rushed

:05:05. > :05:10.to congratulate him. They see Mr Macron giving

:05:11. > :05:15.the EU new impetus. So this win means the UK

:05:16. > :05:19.is about to negotiate Brexit facing an EU starting to feel confident

:05:20. > :05:21.that the populist tide Take -- dramatic scenes in Paris

:05:22. > :05:39.last night. We're joined now by our

:05:40. > :05:42.Paris Correspondent, Hugh Schofield. Hugh, he has got a big

:05:43. > :05:55.challenge to bring together First of all, you have to hand it to

:05:56. > :06:00.him, a year ago did not even have a political formation behind him at

:06:01. > :06:04.all, that's when he launched this movement, En Marche, and a year

:06:05. > :06:11.later at this triumph, a triumph with a score much larger than had

:06:12. > :06:13.been predicted, two thirds against a third, a huge achievement which

:06:14. > :06:19.everyone recognises but the task ahead is big. One has to recognise

:06:20. > :06:25.that many of the people who voted for him were not voting for his

:06:26. > :06:29.programme but to keep about Marine Le Pen, a perennial problem in

:06:30. > :06:36.French politics, people vote to stop for a ride. That's a problem but

:06:37. > :06:38.another problem is he has to get a majority in parliament, legislative

:06:39. > :06:43.elections in a month and he has to turn his novice formation En Marche

:06:44. > :06:48.into a political party that can control a majority in the lower

:06:49. > :06:53.chamber of the house against a right and left which will be wanting to

:06:54. > :06:59.get their revenge on him in some way and secure their majority in

:07:00. > :07:05.parliament. That's the big challenge ahead but for now, the victory is

:07:06. > :07:13.clear. We saw Marine Le Pen role -- Le Pen dancing after she hadn't won.

:07:14. > :07:15.I think she's saying it's positive from our perspective and we are

:07:16. > :07:19.going to be the main opposition party in France.

:07:20. > :07:22.A ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before

:07:23. > :07:24.the nine o'clock watershed, is being promised by Labour.

:07:25. > :07:26.It's part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

:07:27. > :07:28.The Conservatives say Britain's advertising rules are already

:07:29. > :07:34.Our Political Correspondent, Leila Nathoo, has all the details.

:07:35. > :07:37.Tempting treats - difficult for children to resist.

:07:38. > :07:39.Bringing down high rates of childhood obesity has long been

:07:40. > :07:47.Now Labour says it would tackle the problem by banning junk food ads

:07:48. > :07:59.The party says in government, it would stop TV adverts for unhealthy

:08:00. > :08:02.foods - high in salt, sugar, or fat - being broadcast before 9pm.

:08:03. > :08:05.It says that it would hope to halve childhood obesity rates

:08:06. > :08:08.And it is promising a ?250 million annual fund for children's mental

:08:09. > :08:14.The government has already announced a tax on sugary drinks,

:08:15. > :08:16.and, in a strategy outlined last summer, a voluntary target

:08:17. > :08:20.for the food and drinks industry to reduce sugar content -

:08:21. > :08:24.but health campaigners say the measures don't go far enough.

:08:25. > :08:29.The Conservatives have accused Labour of making unfunded promises,

:08:30. > :08:32.and said that their plan to cut childhood obesity was ambitious.

:08:33. > :08:38.The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

:08:39. > :08:41.called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

:08:42. > :08:45.NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay restraint over

:08:46. > :08:49.the last 7 years is preventing employers from retaining the staff

:08:50. > :08:56.A 2 year old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

:08:57. > :08:59.injuries to her head and body in what's been described

:09:00. > :09:03.Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

:09:04. > :09:06.where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

:09:07. > :09:10.Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

:09:11. > :09:15.The social media giant Facebook has this morning placed adverts

:09:16. > :09:17.in national newspapers to provide advice about how to

:09:18. > :09:22.The initiative has been designed to stop

:09:23. > :09:24.the spread of false stories during the general

:09:25. > :09:33.Here's our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

:09:34. > :09:35.It's a term that became familiar during last year's

:09:36. > :09:42.Fake news stories made up to make money or to act as political

:09:43. > :09:45.propaganda and it is Facebook which has taken much of the blame

:09:46. > :09:52.Now, the social network says it's doing everything it can to tackle

:09:53. > :09:54.the problem in the UK with these newspaper adverts part

:09:55. > :09:59.Facebook says it's stepping up the battle against fake news

:10:00. > :10:08.and giving its users a guide to spotting for stories.

:10:09. > :10:10.and giving its users a guide to spotting false stories.

:10:11. > :10:12.It's closing tens of thousands of fake UK accounts

:10:13. > :10:15.And it's working with fact-checking organisations during

:10:16. > :10:20.There has already been a determined effort in Germany to stop the spread

:10:21. > :10:23.of fake stories in the run-up to its elections later this year.

:10:24. > :10:28.But Facebook stands to profit from the general election in the UK.

:10:29. > :10:31.The main political parties will be directing much of their advertising

:10:32. > :10:33.budgets at the social network's audience of more

:10:34. > :10:47.We'll be talking about that shortly here on BBC Breakfast.

:10:48. > :10:49.82 Nigerian schoolgirls - kidnapped by the extremist group

:10:50. > :10:51.Boko Haram three years ago - have met their country's

:10:52. > :10:53.President after being freed in a prisoner swap.

:10:54. > :10:56.They were among more than 200 girls taken from their school

:10:57. > :10:59.At least a hundred are still being held.

:11:00. > :11:01.The girls were handed over on Saturday in exchange

:11:02. > :11:13.This is my favourite story of the date mainly because I want to know

:11:14. > :11:15.more! A secret space mission has returned

:11:16. > :11:18.to earth after two years. That's the sound of the US

:11:19. > :11:21.military's unmanned X-37B space plane landing yesterday

:11:22. > :11:22.at Nasa's Kennedy Space According to the American Air Force,

:11:23. > :11:26.it's been conducting unspecified It was the fourth and

:11:27. > :11:44.lengthiest mission so far Unspecified experiments... What does

:11:45. > :11:49.that mean? I feel we need more information. But I fear we are not

:11:50. > :11:50.going to get it. It is a secret space mission! Maybe in years to

:11:51. > :12:04.come we will find out about it. It's going to be a busy week of

:12:05. > :12:09.political news. Chris Mason will guide us through it.

:12:10. > :12:11.The BBC understands that the Conservatives will once

:12:12. > :12:13.again commit to cutting net migration to the "tens of thousands"

:12:14. > :12:16.Yesterday the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused

:12:17. > :12:18.to say whether the pledge would be repeated.

:12:19. > :12:20.Let's talk to our Political Correspondent Chris Mason...it's

:12:21. > :12:25.proved an impossible target so far, what will be different this time?

:12:26. > :12:30.You delighted us by dragging out your old copies of Conservative

:12:31. > :12:36.manifestoes. Have you brought them out again? I've then scarring the

:12:37. > :12:40.book shelves again, here we have the 2010 Conservative manifesto, an

:12:41. > :12:45.invitation to join the government of Britain was its title, page 21,

:12:46. > :12:49.talking immigration, will take steps to take net migration back to the

:12:50. > :12:53.level of the 1990s, tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of

:12:54. > :12:58.thousands. They were in government for five years, the target was never

:12:59. > :13:02.met. Flash forward 2015, the manifesto a couple of years ago,

:13:03. > :13:07.David Cameron on the front cover, Theresa May on the front cover as

:13:08. > :13:12.well but not as prominent as the then boss, page 29, a little further

:13:13. > :13:15.into the tone, we keep our ambition of delivering annual net migration

:13:16. > :13:20.in the tens of thousands not the hundreds of thousands. Two years on,

:13:21. > :13:23.promise still not mess, the most recent figures for the office for

:13:24. > :13:31.National statistics a couple of months ago, net migration 273,000,

:13:32. > :13:36.that was the first time in two years the ONS pointed out at the time it'd

:13:37. > :13:40.been below 300,000. Nonetheless they are renewing the target, for the

:13:41. > :13:41.third time in a row that will be in the Conservative manifesto published

:13:42. > :13:46.in the next few weeks. on Immigration today -

:13:47. > :13:58.what are they saying? They are talking about this issue as

:13:59. > :14:03.well and trying to outflank the Conservatives on this, they were

:14:04. > :14:08.nuked in the local elections last week, so many seats tumbling in the

:14:09. > :14:11.direction of the Conservatives, a feeling from Ukip that the

:14:12. > :14:16.Conservatives had parked their tank on the Ukip long but the argument

:14:17. > :14:21.from Ukip is the Conservatives have a track record of not meeting this

:14:22. > :14:26.promise they have made repeatedly. There argument, Ukip, is that it

:14:27. > :14:31.should be won in and one out for immigration and they say as well but

:14:32. > :14:35.she be a five-year ban on unskilled migrants coming to the UK. Yet

:14:36. > :14:38.again, this issue of immigration which matters to so many people

:14:39. > :14:50.likely to be a recurrent topic in the next month. Mr Mason, thank you.

:14:51. > :14:51.Let's talk now about the subject of fake news.

:14:52. > :14:53.Reports of Pope Francis supporting Donald Trump,

:14:54. > :14:56.is just one example of how Facebook was accused of spreading fake

:14:57. > :14:58.news stories during last year's US elections.

:14:59. > :15:00.Now with our own general election just over 4 weeks away,

:15:01. > :15:04.the social media giant says it'll do everything it can to stop fake news

:15:05. > :15:06.stories from spreading during campaigning.

:15:07. > :15:08.This morning, Facebook has published adverts in newspapers, with details

:15:09. > :15:12.Let's talk to Will Moy, he's from the charity Full Fact,

:15:13. > :15:24.which is working with the social media site on this.

:15:25. > :15:30.Macron Good morning. Thank you for joining us. They're calling it a

:15:31. > :15:35.false news. Some people, of course, banding around the term fake news.

:15:36. > :15:38.How do you spot it? We spot it by doing what everyone could do if we

:15:39. > :15:45.have the time to do it which is asking where did you get that from?

:15:46. > :15:50.Can we trust your sources? Do they really say what our researchers say

:15:51. > :15:54.they say? Our researchers will get the sources out for everyone to look

:15:55. > :15:59.at. You talk about the time you spend doing it. The point about any

:16:00. > :16:02.social media site things can get passed around extremely quickly. Is

:16:03. > :16:07.there the time to do that before something that's not true gets out

:16:08. > :16:10.and passed on? Well, that's why we're gearing up for the election

:16:11. > :16:16.and we have been running a crowd funder. We're doubling our team for

:16:17. > :16:20.the election and working with an organisation called First Draft who

:16:21. > :16:24.are experts in how misinformation spreads online, but there are simple

:16:25. > :16:27.things which all of us can do. It's about asking, OK, where is the

:16:28. > :16:32.source? Can I see it? If I can't, why should I trust what I'm seeing?

:16:33. > :16:35.Keeping an eye out for things that look odd. If you see a photo that

:16:36. > :16:39.might have been recycled for another time or a date that didn't look

:16:40. > :16:43.right or a web address that looks like a proper news site and isn't

:16:44. > :16:47.one, it is time to be on your guard and that's something all of us can

:16:48. > :16:51.do. Facebook are talking and you've said the ten different things

:16:52. > :16:55.they're talking about, asking all of us to be on their guard, but what

:16:56. > :17:01.about Facebook, are they doing enough? They are telling us how to

:17:02. > :17:05.spot it, but not what to do about it? We've said to Facebook you can

:17:06. > :17:08.make these questions easier for people on Facebook to answer. So

:17:09. > :17:12.there is a responsibility for Facebook to look at how do we change

:17:13. > :17:16.Facebook itself, to make it easier for people to spot sites that aren't

:17:17. > :17:20.what they're cracked up to be and things that need to be checked out

:17:21. > :17:24.in more detail. So, yes, this is a good start from Facebook. But it

:17:25. > :17:30.should only be the beginning. That's what I wanted to follow up with you.

:17:31. > :17:33.We spot it. They spot it. Do they then take it down and stop it

:17:34. > :17:37.spreading. Can they do that? Will they do that? Will we want them to

:17:38. > :17:40.do that? That's the question. Facebook is something I can share

:17:41. > :17:43.with my friends what I want to share with my friends and I would have a

:17:44. > :17:47.problem with somebody telling me I can't share things with my friends.

:17:48. > :17:50.What worries me though is when governments and politicians are

:17:51. > :17:55.pushing things out and the rest of us can't see. So, what we know at

:17:56. > :17:59.the moment is that lots of political parties and other campaigns will be

:18:00. > :18:02.advertising on Facebook, very, very targeted advertising at certain

:18:03. > :18:06.groups of people. The rest of us won't see what the adverts are or

:18:07. > :18:10.what they say and that means they're going to be hard to scrutinise. So I

:18:11. > :18:13.think there is a next step which can't do in time for this election,

:18:14. > :18:17.but after this election we're going to have a look at the rules of

:18:18. > :18:23.political advertising and make sure they are transparent for all of us

:18:24. > :18:26.to scrutinise. Rory was talking about the different parties will be

:18:27. > :18:30.advertising on these sites so they stand to profit by having those

:18:31. > :18:35.adverts as well, don't they, on the sites? Yes. I mean, that's one of

:18:36. > :18:40.the odd ironies of this and of course, anywhere that has

:18:41. > :18:43.advertising does. That's one reason why I was quite encouraged at this

:18:44. > :18:49.election when it was announced both Facebook and Google came to Full

:18:50. > :18:53.Fact and said, "How can we support you during this election?" That

:18:54. > :18:56.hasn't happened and it is a recognition that it has been

:18:57. > :19:00.important part to play in the election. We've got more to do, but

:19:01. > :19:05.they are beginning to step up in a way that's new. It's good to talk to

:19:06. > :19:18.you. The Director of Full Fact, thank you very much.

:19:19. > :19:21.Tonight, the BBC's Panorama looks at, What Facebook Knows About You,

:19:22. > :19:23.examining the masses of data it holds about us and

:19:24. > :19:34.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:19:35. > :19:40.Normally I love your Weather Watcher pictures, but that's a dull roof

:19:41. > :19:44.shot you've got that That's a beautiful picture. It has been sent

:19:45. > :19:50.in by one of our Weather Watchers. It's from Chester. Down the road

:19:51. > :19:54.from where you are. This one is interest east Sussex. There is more

:19:55. > :19:57.cloud around. It's a grey start. Across some northern and eastern

:19:58. > :20:00.parts of the UK that's what it's like. We have a fair bit of

:20:01. > :20:04.Chancellor George Osborned. We've got cloud around the Midlands, some

:20:05. > :20:07.of that will burn away and we will see sunshine, but we're going to

:20:08. > :20:11.hang on to a fair bit across the north and the east and the chilly

:20:12. > :20:15.feel under the cloud exacerbated by the wind. Drift further west and

:20:16. > :20:19.we're back into the sunshine and temperatures picking up nicely to 16

:20:20. > :20:23.to 18 Celsius in south-west England. The same too across Wales. Some

:20:24. > :20:26.lovely sunshine from the word go and carrying on into the afternoon.

:20:27. > :20:32.Yesterday in Northern Ireland, had its warmest day of the year so far

:20:33. > :20:37.with temperatures getting up to 21.1 Celsius in County Fermanagh. Across

:20:38. > :20:42.north-east Scotland there will be cloud at times. The same as we head

:20:43. > :20:44.down to Lothian and the borders but for the rest of Scotland and

:20:45. > :20:49.Northern England we'll hang on to the sunshine. We have got the cloud

:20:50. > :20:53.towards Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and Derbyshire and the South Coast.

:20:54. > :20:56.At times, it will brighten up. Through this evening and overnight,

:20:57. > :21:00.you'll find the wind eases and becomes more of a gentle breeze.

:21:01. > :21:04.There will be cloud around. Thick enough for drizzle, but equally

:21:05. > :21:08.there will be clear skies and that means in rural areas it is going to

:21:09. > :21:11.be cold. Cold enough for a touch of frost, but where we've got the clear

:21:12. > :21:15.skies by night, we'll start with them first thing in the morning and

:21:16. > :21:18.that means sunshine as high pressure remains firmly in charge of our

:21:19. > :21:23.weather. Just looking at this chart, note the distinct lack of isobars

:21:24. > :21:26.across our shores. If you're in eastern parts of the UK,

:21:27. > :21:31.particularly close to the coast, it's not going to feel as cold as it

:21:32. > :21:35.has done for the last week or so. Tomorrow, generally speaking there

:21:36. > :21:39.will be more cloud around than today especially across England and Wales

:21:40. > :21:42.and also Northern Scotland and in Northern Scotland, more especially

:21:43. > :21:45.the north-east, we're prone to seeing showers or light patchy rain,

:21:46. > :21:51.but the rest of the UK should stay dry. Temperatures between nine and

:21:52. > :21:55.16 Celsius. Then as we head on in through Wednesday. Well, it's going

:21:56. > :21:58.to be cloudy in parts, but where the cloud breaks, it's going to be cold.

:21:59. > :22:02.Cold enough for a touch of frost once again. Wednesday sees a change

:22:03. > :22:07.in the wind direction which means more cloud across Northern Scotland

:22:08. > :22:10.where we have seen a lot of sunshine recently particularly the

:22:11. > :22:14.north-west. Some spots of rain. Again, a distinct lack of wind down

:22:15. > :22:17.the East Coast. Temperatures a little bit higher than they have

:22:18. > :22:21.been as well. So a real change for you. Move away from that and we're

:22:22. > :22:26.back into brighter skies and temperatures once again up to 16

:22:27. > :22:31.Celsius, but Lou and Dan, some of us may well see rain and even some

:22:32. > :22:36.thunderstorms. Thank you, Carol. That roof is going to get a bit wet.

:22:37. > :22:39.A lovely roof. The gorgeous roof you've chosen. It's one of the

:22:40. > :22:51.finest roofs I've ever seen! From that historic

:22:52. > :22:52.French Presidential One of the biggest shocks in last

:22:53. > :22:56.week's local elections was the triumph of the Conservative

:22:57. > :22:58.candidate to become the metro mayor of Tees Valley -

:22:59. > :23:00.historically a Labour region. But will the party be able

:23:01. > :23:03.to replicate that success in next Breakfast's Graham Satchell has

:23:04. > :23:06.been to the constituency of Middlesbrough South

:23:07. > :23:11.and Cleveland East to find out more. Rural farmlands, and market

:23:12. > :23:17.towns like Guisborough, a now-defunct steel industry

:23:18. > :23:23.on the coast, and working-class At the Crafty Cooks Baking Session

:23:24. > :23:29.for mums and toddlers, there is anger at what the Conservatives

:23:30. > :23:32.have been doing in power. Seven years of austerity has

:23:33. > :23:40.not sat well with me. Education is suffering,

:23:41. > :23:42.the Health Service is suffering, I'm tired of hearing

:23:43. > :23:46.that he is unelectable, I think he has a strong record

:23:47. > :23:50.of voting for things that This seat has been Labour since

:23:51. > :23:57.1997, but I asked a simple question. Who makes the better Prime Minister,

:23:58. > :24:00.Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn? The Labour majority has been falling

:24:01. > :24:08.steadily in this part of the world, and most observers see

:24:09. > :24:11.storm clouds ahead. For the last 20 years, really,

:24:12. > :24:14.it has been falling out Over fish and chips,

:24:15. > :24:19.the political editor of the Northern Echo tells me

:24:20. > :24:21.about the shifting tides. Just before Easter,

:24:22. > :24:24.the Conservatives won the local council seat here for the first

:24:25. > :24:34.time, from Labour, with an 8% swing. It is even said that Theresa May had

:24:35. > :24:37.one look and said, "We are winning Let's do this, let's

:24:38. > :24:43.go for this election". Dance night at the local social

:24:44. > :24:45.club in Middlesbrough. I have never, ever,

:24:46. > :24:52.not voted Labour. Many will still vote Labour,

:24:53. > :24:54.but there is disillusion with Jeremy Corbyn,

:24:55. > :24:57.particularly over Brexit. Two-thirds of people

:24:58. > :25:00.here voted to leave the EU. Control your borders,

:25:01. > :25:03.control immigration. I don't think he's

:25:04. > :25:14.happy with the Brexit. So, to guarantee we do

:25:15. > :25:17.leave the European Union, for the first time in their lives,

:25:18. > :25:20.people like John and Mick The hardest thing I've

:25:21. > :25:30.had to do in my life. If the Labour Party told me,

:25:31. > :25:39."If you vote for us I will execute tomorrow", I would

:25:40. > :25:45.still vote for them. The only thing we don't

:25:46. > :25:47.know is Brexit. How many Micks are there

:25:48. > :25:49.from Middlesbrough Enough, and the Government will win

:25:50. > :26:02.in a landslide in June. We have been asking if children

:26:03. > :26:10.should remember famous works. Barbara says, not just many years,

:26:11. > :26:16.Barbara is 65 this year and she says I'm learning Under Milkwood. Another

:26:17. > :26:23.viewer says I have always enjoyed learning famous speeches. Patricia,

:26:24. > :26:31.the poem I read many years ago, I read many years ago, I believe it's

:26:32. > :26:40.by Sarah Churchill. Barry says I can still recite lines from Shakespeare.

:26:41. > :26:44.He learnt it for his O-level 60 years ago.

:26:45. > :26:52.Coming up in a moment on the BBC News Channel is Business Live.

:26:53. > :26:54.Here on Breakfast, climbing make its Olympic

:26:55. > :26:58.So we're at the UK's highest climbing wall in Yorkshire this

:26:59. > :27:01.morning to find out how GB athletes are plotting their route to the top.

:27:02. > :27:06.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:27:07. > :30:28.a maximum of 15. Vanessa Feltz is an BBC Radio London. It has been a year

:30:29. > :30:32.and a day since Addie Khan became Mayor of London and she is

:30:33. > :30:40.discussing how it has been going. -- Sadiq Khan.

:30:41. > :30:42.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:43. > :30:46.France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

:30:47. > :30:48.to heal the country's divisions following his resounding

:30:49. > :30:50.victory over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen,

:30:51. > :30:55.The pro-EU candidate secured 66% of the vote

:30:56. > :30:57.and at just 39 years old, he will become the country's

:30:58. > :31:03.Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre museum in Paris,

:31:04. > :31:10.he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

:31:11. > :31:13.The BBC understands the Conservatives will once again

:31:14. > :31:16.commit to cutting net migration to the tens of thousands if they win

:31:17. > :31:21.Yesterday the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say

:31:22. > :31:25.whether the pledge, which was also in the party's 2010 and 2015

:31:26. > :31:30.Meanwhile, Ukip says it would cut net migration

:31:31. > :31:40.Staying with the election campaign - Labour says it would extend the ban

:31:41. > :31:42.on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets until the nine

:31:43. > :31:45.The Conservatives say Britain already has the strictest

:31:46. > :31:52.But Labour says its strategy aims to halve the number of overweight

:31:53. > :31:58.The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

:31:59. > :32:01.called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

:32:02. > :32:05.NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay restraint over

:32:06. > :32:07.the last seven years is preventing employers from retaining the staff

:32:08. > :32:17.We need to fund the NHS properly so that we are not asking our staff to

:32:18. > :32:22.try and close the gap between the demand going through the roof and

:32:23. > :32:25.the funding staying broadly stable, and the way we are trying to close

:32:26. > :32:29.that gap at the moment is asking our staff to do more and more and more

:32:30. > :32:29.and it just means the jobs are becoming more difficult, more

:32:30. > :32:35.stressful and more pressured. A two year old girl is being treated

:32:36. > :32:38.in hospital after suffering serious injuries to her head and body

:32:39. > :32:40.in what's been described Police say several animals

:32:41. > :32:44.managed to get into the garden where she was playing in the Toxteth

:32:45. > :32:46.area of Liverpool. Ten dogs have been seized

:32:47. > :32:59.from a nearby house and a man living A gang of thieves riding mopeds has

:33:00. > :33:04.knocked over a tourist and broken his leg in a robbery in Westminster.

:33:05. > :33:09.The victim in his 30s was pursued by eight riders on four bikes. CCTV

:33:10. > :33:13.footage shows him running away before being struck and crawling off

:33:14. > :33:19.eventually. Police are appealing for witnesses. Horrible footage.

:33:20. > :33:21.A beach that was washed away 33 years ago has

:33:22. > :33:29.The Irish beach on Achill Island disappeared in 1984

:33:30. > :33:33.after spring storms washed the sand away.

:33:34. > :33:38.With nothing more than rock pools left behind, almost

:33:39. > :33:42.all the village's hotels, guesthouses and cafes shut down.

:33:43. > :33:45.But hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand were dumped there over ten

:33:46. > :33:49.days in April and locals are hoping it sticks around long

:33:50. > :33:53.enough for the area to be given blue-flag status.

:33:54. > :33:59.That difference is unbelievable. Is somebody else missing a beat? If

:34:00. > :34:06.somebody else walking out this morning and asking where the beach

:34:07. > :34:17.has gone? Ten days and a beautiful beach has come back! Coming up:

:34:18. > :34:18.Reginald D Hunter, what are you doing here? I got to be somewhere,

:34:19. > :34:23.baby? The heavyweight of comedy

:34:24. > :34:28.who stumbled into stand-up because of a dare joins us

:34:29. > :34:31.to explain why he's not afraid France has elected its new president

:34:32. > :34:35.but how might that decision affect people and businesses

:34:36. > :34:37.here in the UK? Steph's at a French bakery

:34:38. > :34:40.for us this morning. Singer Lucy Spraggan proved

:34:41. > :34:42.she had the X factor when she appeared as a contestant

:34:43. > :34:45.on the TV talent show. Five years on, she's here to tell us

:34:46. > :35:01.about her fourth album and why it's We are looking at the championships

:35:02. > :35:05.this hour. Everyday is a big day in the Premier League at the moment but

:35:06. > :35:11.it was massive in Championship as well. Congratulations to Newcastle

:35:12. > :35:16.fans and Brighton pipped at the post at the last minute. Heartbreak for

:35:17. > :35:20.Blackburn. All eyes on Nottingham Forest. It was just goal difference

:35:21. > :35:25.that decided it in the end and Blackburn won 3-0 -- 3-1 and they

:35:26. > :35:29.actually needed to win by six goals. Blackburn have been relegated

:35:30. > :35:32.to League One, becoming the first Premier League winners to drop down

:35:33. > :35:34.to the third tier Emotional scenes both

:35:35. > :35:38.on and off the pitch. They did their best,

:35:39. > :35:40.winning 3-1 against Brentford The automatic promotion spots

:35:41. > :35:44.to the Premier League had already been settled

:35:45. > :35:46.but it was Newcastle United A 3-0 win over Barnsley was enough

:35:47. > :35:55.title on the final day. after rivals Brighton conceded

:35:56. > :36:00.a late equaliser at Aston Villa. The Championship is all wrapped up

:36:01. > :36:04.for this season. Arsenal kept alive their hopes

:36:05. > :36:07.of finishing in the Premier League's top four with a 2-0 win over

:36:08. > :36:10.an under-strength Manchester United Arsenal took the lead

:36:11. > :36:12.through Granit Xhaka's deflected shot nine

:36:13. > :36:14.minutes after half time. Then Danny Welbeck scored

:36:15. > :36:16.against his former club and ended United's 25 game unbeaten run

:36:17. > :36:19.in the Premier League. Arsenal are still six points behind

:36:20. > :36:36.fourth place Manchester City We want to win our games and when it

:36:37. > :36:42.is possible. But the Premier League is known for some teams that are

:36:43. > :36:49.safe continuing to fight. So the focus is to win our games. Will you

:36:50. > :36:58.be speaking here next season again? Look, you want me to work for the

:36:59. > :36:59.BBC? I don't know! Nothing new. Perhaps we will see him on the BBC

:37:00. > :37:04.next season! Liverpool

:37:05. > :37:05.drew 0-0 at home to Southampton. Liverpool Captain James Milner had

:37:06. > :37:13.a second half penalty Not much going on in the Premier

:37:14. > :37:18.League on the pitch so this caught our eye off the pitch.

:37:19. > :37:21.The entertainment was somewhat lacking on the pitch at Anfield

:37:22. > :37:23.so Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno decided to make his own

:37:24. > :37:26.entertainment by having a go at the bottle flip challenge.

:37:27. > :37:29.And what do you do if you're on the bench for Arsenal and you're

:37:30. > :37:33.You get the chocolates out and share them out!

:37:34. > :37:41.That is the Arsenal coaching staff having an end of season snack. The

:37:42. > :37:51.lighter way to enjoy chocolate! Can you do the bottle cap flipped? I

:37:52. > :37:56.have done it once. That was just throwing the bottle! This is

:37:57. > :38:01.important. So close! It is not as easy as it looks.

:38:02. > :38:04.Celtic's Scott Sinclair was named PFA Scotland's Player

:38:05. > :38:08.On the pitch Aberdeen have all but guaranteed themselves second

:38:09. > :38:13.And Rangers will also play Europa League football next season.

:38:14. > :38:16.They came from behind to beat Partick Thistle 2-1 in injury time.

:38:17. > :38:18.In their first ever one day international at Lord's,

:38:19. > :38:20.Ireland were beaten by England by 85 runs.

:38:21. > :38:25.in their first innings with three batsmen making scores in the 70s.

:38:26. > :38:27.Ireland battled hard in the chase but eventually fell well

:38:28. > :38:32.There's an intriguing match to come at the Madrid Open,

:38:33. > :38:35.as Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard are set to go head to head.

:38:36. > :38:43.Sharapova beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the first round yesterday.

:38:44. > :38:45.Last week Bouchard said that the Russian, who's just come

:38:46. > :38:48.back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance,

:38:49. > :38:50.is a cheat and should have been banned for life.

:38:51. > :38:58.It will be a spicy one in Madrid. But if Maria Sharapova wins that

:38:59. > :39:02.match, then she has automatically qualify for Wimbledon and she will

:39:03. > :39:05.not need a wild card, which takes the pressure of Wimbledon. Because

:39:06. > :39:08.they would face criticism if they gave her a wild so organisers will

:39:09. > :39:14.probably be hoping that she gets there under her own steam, if at

:39:15. > :39:20.all. It starts in the first two weeks of July. They moved it back a

:39:21. > :39:26.week. I read that it was the latest it had been for yonks. But they

:39:27. > :39:30.didn't use that word! They moved it back so there would be a bigger gap

:39:31. > :39:34.between the French Open in May and Wimbledon to give them an extra week

:39:35. > :39:38.of practice on the grass. It has been a few years since it is the

:39:39. > :39:46.first couple of weeks of July but I will check in case I am wrong. I

:39:47. > :39:48.believe you! Maybe it was fake news? Was it in capital letters? Check the

:39:49. > :39:52.list! At 39 years old, Emmanuel Macron has

:39:53. > :39:54.become the youngest ever A man of determination and ambition,

:39:55. > :39:59.the virtual political newcomer only set up his En Marche

:40:00. > :40:01.movement last year. He's a former investment banker,

:40:02. > :40:03.who married his drama teacher, and claims to offer voters

:40:04. > :40:05.a new vision for France. Here's all you need to know

:40:06. > :40:21.about President Macron. Emmanuel Macron was born into a

:40:22. > :40:26.middle-class family in 1977 in Amiens. He is the eldest of three

:40:27. > :40:32.children. At the age of 15 he met his now wife, Brigitte, and she was

:40:33. > :40:36.his drama teacher. 24 years his senior, their relationship has

:40:37. > :40:42.intrigued the French public. They married in 2007, despite the

:40:43. > :40:45.disapproval of his family. Full of confidence and self belief, Macron

:40:46. > :40:50.set his sights on the world of finance, making millions as an

:40:51. > :40:54.investment banker. Four years later, he was appointed into Francois

:40:55. > :40:59.Hollande's government and went on to become economy minister. After

:41:00. > :41:02.leaving the Socialist Party to stand as an independent, Macron made the

:41:03. > :41:07.radical move of launching his own party, En Marche, meaning on the

:41:08. > :41:11.move. In November he announced he would run for the presidency,

:41:12. > :41:16.promising to bring jobs to deprived areas. Last night, at just 39 years

:41:17. > :41:21.of age, he became France's youngest ever President.

:41:22. > :41:31.Live in Paris. There are so many reasons why he shouldn't have been

:41:32. > :41:35.elected President. The fact that he is so young, the fact he only formed

:41:36. > :41:40.the movement 13 months ago, and yet he is there with an overwhelming

:41:41. > :41:45.proportion of the vote. Yes, it is absolutely meteoric rise. There have

:41:46. > :41:49.been loads of celebrations going on. Paris is a very pro-macron part of

:41:50. > :41:54.France with 90% of people here voting for him. Still the odd

:41:55. > :41:59.straggler on the streets who have not been to bed yet. This is what

:42:00. > :42:04.the newspapers are making of this phenomenon. 39 years old and

:42:05. > :42:08.President. Remarking on the historic nature of his victory. Liberation,

:42:09. > :42:13.the left-wing newspaper, said well played. A picture of the new

:42:14. > :42:18.President-elect. And the France that dares. They have taken a gamble on

:42:19. > :42:22.this 39-year-old, the youngest ever President of the Republic. And

:42:23. > :42:28.finally this one, victory on march, a pun on the movement's name, the

:42:29. > :42:33.movement that he founded just over a year ago. His opponent still managed

:42:34. > :42:38.to get 10.5 million votes. We can see pictures of Marine Le Pen. She

:42:39. > :42:41.doesn't seem to have taken defeat too badly. Pictures of her dancing

:42:42. > :42:47.at the party headquarters following the news that Emmanuel Macron has

:42:48. > :42:55.comprehensive view beaten her. We can talk about this with an expiry

:42:56. > :42:59.eight, a journalist -- with Agnes Poirier, and the Buzzfeed editor in

:43:00. > :43:03.France. Marie Le Pen has doubled the vote that her father got 15 years

:43:04. > :43:10.ago. I think she is trying to hide her pain on the dance floor. And it

:43:11. > :43:17.was American music and not French music and she was hiding. She barred

:43:18. > :43:22.half of the press. It felt like a wake, a funeral. You are absolutely

:43:23. > :43:28.right to say that the third of the French electorate actually voted for

:43:29. > :43:32.her. It means that from today or tomorrow, Emmanuel Macron will have

:43:33. > :43:36.to hit the ground running. We have legislative elections in a month. He

:43:37. > :43:43.doesn't have a party, he has a movement, and he needs a majority.

:43:44. > :43:46.Will he get it? You can be sure that Jean-Luc Melenchon from the far left

:43:47. > :43:50.and Marine Le Pen will work very hard to mobilise against him. What

:43:51. > :43:53.about those challenges? 10 million French people did not vote for

:43:54. > :43:57.Macron and many may have voted for him to keep Marine Le Pen out, and

:43:58. > :44:02.now the fact that Emmanuel Macron doesn't have any MPs in Parliament.

:44:03. > :44:05.That is surely going to be a real challenge to get enough in place to

:44:06. > :44:10.carry out the reforms that he wants to put in place. That is the next

:44:11. > :44:14.step, getting a majority in the Parliament, with the elections in

:44:15. > :44:17.June. And he will have to find some of the answers, whether with the

:44:18. > :44:23.Socialist Party or the right. I think today we have a big recon

:44:24. > :44:28.position of the political world. The Socialist Party is an the verge of

:44:29. > :44:35.breaking down and the right-wing party earlier the same point.

:44:36. > :44:38.Emmanuel Macron took advantage of that and now he has got to find a

:44:39. > :44:44.majority and MPs from the right and the left who wants to join him and

:44:45. > :44:46.be part of his majority. He talked about are divided France. Many

:44:47. > :44:54.people have mentioned how divided France is. How do you unite the two

:44:55. > :45:00.sides? He taught about reconciliation and the French are

:45:01. > :45:03.very unruly people. Marine Le Pen and her party have played an anchor

:45:04. > :45:08.and discontent for 40 years, something that we do very well, so

:45:09. > :45:12.now Macron has a huge challenge ahead of him. The honeymoon has not

:45:13. > :45:17.lasted very long at all. We saw that with Francois Hollande. When he was

:45:18. > :45:21.elected there was big hope in the country and just a few years later

:45:22. > :45:26.he was down in the polls. Macron has the biggest challenge and he hopes

:45:27. > :45:36.to reunite a country that doesn't want to be united. A third of the

:45:37. > :45:42.voters voted for Marine Le Pen and they don't want to work together.

:45:43. > :45:46.Thank you very much. In just an hour, Emmanuel Macron will carry out

:45:47. > :45:50.his first duty as President-elect. Just behind me at the Ardagh

:45:51. > :45:56.Triomphe it is France's victory in Europe today, maybe eighth, and

:45:57. > :46:02.there will be huge commemorations going on there. -- the 8th of May.

:46:03. > :46:05.He's the outspoken American comic who's become a regular on British

:46:06. > :46:08.TV, but Reginald D Hunter says he only got into stand-up

:46:09. > :46:13.Surprisingly, he claims to be only the fourth funniest person

:46:14. > :46:16.in his family and says most of his relatives back

:46:17. > :46:19.home in Georgia don't have a clue about his success.

:46:20. > :46:29.Is that really true? Yes. Who is the funniest? My nephew. Two tours in

:46:30. > :46:35.Afghanistan and Iraq and he has managed to keep his sense of humour.

:46:36. > :46:38.We'll speak to him in a moment but first, here he is in action.

:46:39. > :46:41.And, you know, let me just say, that in Georgia, just,

:46:42. > :46:44.I would just say in the last 18 months home Internet has become

:46:45. > :46:48.prevalent in the rural south for the first time.

:46:49. > :46:50.These mobile phones, these fancy mobile phones

:46:51. > :46:53.that we've been enjoying for ten, 15 years, they've started to get

:46:54. > :46:55.prevalent, but only recently, in the rural south.

:46:56. > :46:58.And that means that my family is actually getting acquainted

:46:59. > :47:04.I actually had family members say to me,

:47:05. > :47:06.man, that was good, man, I thought you was selling drugs.

:47:07. > :47:21.Is it true, your family just don't come in the UK you are extremely

:47:22. > :47:29.well-known, and your family in Georgia don't know that? Not really.

:47:30. > :47:35.I have members who are still on dial up. Really? Seriously, I am from the

:47:36. > :47:41.Rowell Dom South. And you got into comedy because of a dare, who got

:47:42. > :47:51.you it. -- I am from the rural South. My friend told me to go and

:47:52. > :47:56.do the comedy night. I said, I don't know, maybe, and here we are. You

:47:57. > :48:00.did your first gig. Did you know straightaway it was something you

:48:01. > :48:04.would enjoy? I left the gig thinking might have a chance to be pretty

:48:05. > :48:12.good at this. Did get some money? $10. Ten? I thought it was 100. It

:48:13. > :48:19.would be a couple of months before that. Why come to the UK? Originally

:48:20. > :48:27.I wanted to be an actor. I didn't have the nerve to go to Los Angeles

:48:28. > :48:31.or New York. I thought if I went to England I would get some

:48:32. > :48:35.credentials, do an audition, or something. In terms of the British

:48:36. > :48:38.sense of humour. Have you adapted yours? Do you admire the British

:48:39. > :48:42.sense of humour comedy you incorporate that into your act? I

:48:43. > :48:47.don't know if I think of it in those terms. The British sense of

:48:48. > :48:52.humour... British people are the only ones who constantly ask you

:48:53. > :48:59.what they think of your sense of humour. I am a cliche, sorry. My

:49:00. > :49:09.friends who I've known the years here, they said I hadn't mastered

:49:10. > :49:17.the art of sarcasm. You will tour is called Some People Versus Reginald D

:49:18. > :49:22.Hunter. Are those people? Lots of people. Racist Americans on the

:49:23. > :49:28.Internet. I seek them out and look for debate. You do that, you find

:49:29. > :49:36.them, do you? Yeah, just to sharpen the scales. If you can hold your

:49:37. > :49:38.position against somebody who hates the fact you exist, you should be

:49:39. > :49:43.able to handle a regular conversation easy. Did you find

:49:44. > :49:50.yourself getting angry? Can you do that? Are you poking fun? On their

:49:51. > :49:53.arguments? It can go in many different ways. I just want to

:49:54. > :49:57.sharpen myself up sometimes. But sometimes I'll just be looking

:49:58. > :50:04.through. Not getting involved. I'll catch something and I'll be, like,

:50:05. > :50:05.no, no, no, I have to give you a ticket for that one.

:50:06. > :50:08.CHUCKLES It interesting. There are so many

:50:09. > :50:11.different ways of approaching social media and that kind of thing. That

:50:12. > :50:19.is confrontational. But you like that? Competition in Britain... In

:50:20. > :50:22.America, it's, like, you're supposed to beat somebody into the ground

:50:23. > :50:28.from your supposed to pummel them, but here, the first person who slips

:50:29. > :50:34.and says an insult, you won. And I love that about you. If I can

:50:35. > :50:38.provoke a racist to slip and say something and lose his cool, we

:50:39. > :50:40.might keep talking. But deep down we both know I won.

:50:41. > :50:44.CHUCKLES Whenever you are introduced on any

:50:45. > :50:52.programme. They always say, I think we said it, the controversial

:50:53. > :50:56.comedian. Do you see yourself as controversial? I wonder what your

:50:57. > :51:00.family thing. Nobody in my life away into rapt with, they've never called

:51:01. > :51:03.me controversial. Even people who hate my guts and I fallen out with.

:51:04. > :51:10.CHUCKLES You know. I suspect people make

:51:11. > :51:14.money off that. -- nobody in my life that I interact with, they've never

:51:15. > :51:19.called me controversial. You are very well-known the UK. Comedy seems

:51:20. > :51:26.to have had, in the last decade, a massive resurgence. They pack out

:51:27. > :51:32.the O2 Arena, comedians, now. Have you seen a change while you've been

:51:33. > :51:37.giving comedy? When I got on the scene comedy was starting its second

:51:38. > :51:43.big wave. For my lifetime it's always been a big thing. I do

:51:44. > :51:48.believe that in Britain you reward comedians better than we do in

:51:49. > :51:53.America. Comedians over here get reviewed by theatre. It's beautiful.

:51:54. > :51:58.CHUCKLES Though the older comedians, you have

:51:59. > :52:00.an easy TV retirement plan for them. I like that.

:52:01. > :52:04.CHUCKLES Another reason to stay here. We had

:52:05. > :52:08.a conversation on social media last night about you coming on the

:52:09. > :52:11.programme. I mentioned you were going to talk about the French

:52:12. > :52:14.election, as well. When you are looking for new material, how much

:52:15. > :52:17.are you picking up on what is a vibrant political scene both here,

:52:18. > :52:24.in the US, across Europe at the moment? That's the tough thing...

:52:25. > :52:27.When you are working you watch on all the time. And by on all the time

:52:28. > :52:30.comes you cannot watch the news without looking for jokes, you

:52:31. > :52:34.cannot go on a date without looking for jokes, you cannot eat a sandwich

:52:35. > :52:35.without looking for jokes. Exhausting.

:52:36. > :52:40.CHUCKLES Yes, it's second nature. When it is

:52:41. > :52:47.second nature it is kind of a pleasure. I thought we were going to

:52:48. > :52:54.play a clip, can we play a clip? Something that has frustrated you

:52:55. > :52:57.since you were a child. One of my lifelong disappointments, since I

:52:58. > :53:00.was a child, say, for instance, it started when I was in the first

:53:01. > :53:06.grade. My first grade teacher. I said I need to use the bathroom. She

:53:07. > :53:11.said, Reginald, wait a moment, just bear with me. And I went...

:53:12. > :53:19.How you going to ask somebody to bear with you,

:53:20. > :53:34.More about bearing left. Yeah. CHUCKLES

:53:35. > :53:39.Absolutely brilliant. Thank you very much indeed for talking to us. I

:53:40. > :53:49.love the name, as well, it's an illustrious name. Thank you, Louise,

:53:50. > :53:52.I dig yours, too. How long will you be on tour? Until the end of time.

:53:53. > :53:55.LAUGHTER Until the end of time you can see

:53:56. > :54:04.him. Thanks very much, lovely to see you. We are going to have a look at

:54:05. > :54:09.the Arc de Triomphe, looking pretty great, isn't the same to us, Carol?

:54:10. > :54:16.For some it is, actually. A lot of cloud around in this picture. Same

:54:17. > :54:22.in north-eastern areas. Further west, clearer skies. You can see

:54:23. > :54:26.where we have the cloud. Northern and eastern areas, around the

:54:27. > :54:30.Midlands, all towards the West. Much brighter with that sunshine. That's

:54:31. > :54:33.how it will continue through the course of the morning. Having said

:54:34. > :54:37.that, some of the cloud, particularly around the Midlands,

:54:38. > :54:43.will thin and break. The sun will come out. Look at this wind coming

:54:44. > :54:47.from the North Sea up here. So for Eastern counties it'll feel cold.

:54:48. > :54:51.Sunshine from the word go in the West. It will last all day. Temper

:54:52. > :54:56.just getting up to the mid-teens. Similar picture for Wales. Beautiful

:54:57. > :54:59.day in prospect if you like a dry and sunny. Yesterday Northern

:55:00. > :55:05.Ireland had its warmest day so far, 21 Celsius in some areas. Not as

:55:06. > :55:10.high today, but still a lot of sunshine. At times across the

:55:11. > :55:16.north-east we will see a bit more cloud for Scotland. The North East

:55:17. > :55:19.England, some sunshine at times. The Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East

:55:20. > :55:23.Anglia, towards the south-east, and at times around Derbyshire, we will

:55:24. > :55:28.hang onto some cloud. He around there it will break. Through this

:55:29. > :55:31.evening and overnight, the wind will ease, we will see more cloud coming

:55:32. > :55:36.in from the North Sea, drifting towards the West. Some of that will

:55:37. > :55:39.be thick enough for some drizzle. Under clearer skies, in the

:55:40. > :55:45.countryside, it'll be cold, cold enough for a touch frost in prone

:55:46. > :55:49.areas. This represents what you can see in towns and cities. We are

:55:50. > :55:55.being governed by high pressure at the moment. Things are settled.

:55:56. > :55:58.Tomorrow, look at the distinct lack of isobars. If you live along the

:55:59. > :56:02.east coast, where we have had that wind for the last week, it'll feel

:56:03. > :56:07.better. Temperatures will be similar to what they have been. But without

:56:08. > :56:11.the wind it will not feel as cold. Tomorrow will be generally cloudy

:56:12. > :56:14.for most compared with today. Having said that, there will still be

:56:15. > :56:19.sunshine around. Western areas and parts of the self clearing quite

:56:20. > :56:25.nicely. Temperatures between ten and 16 Celsius. Moving on, as we go

:56:26. > :56:28.through the course of the rest of the week, namely the start for some

:56:29. > :56:32.with cloud breaks during the course of Wednesday morning. Weather cloud

:56:33. > :56:37.remains broken that is where we will see the sunshine. But the wind will

:56:38. > :56:40.have changed direction by Wednesday. In north and north-west Scotland,

:56:41. > :56:45.where we have had high temperatures and sunshine, there will be more

:56:46. > :56:49.cloud and splashes of rain. Don't the East Coast, lack of wind, not as

:56:50. > :56:53.cold, temperatures are a touch, feeling more pleasant. Towards the

:56:54. > :56:59.West, we are back into some sunshine with highs up to 14 to 16 Celsius.

:57:00. > :57:03.Towards the end of the week are some of us will see some rain, even some

:57:04. > :57:08.thunderstorms for some. What a way to finish things off.

:57:09. > :57:11.Thanks very much. Good to get an early warning.

:57:12. > :57:14.Absolutely. Along with surfing, skateboarding,

:57:15. > :57:16.baseball and karate, climbing will make its Olympic debut

:57:17. > :57:21.at the Tokyo Games in 2020. We have been trying it out this

:57:22. > :57:27.morning. I say we... Breakfast's Tim Muffett

:57:28. > :57:29.is at the UK's highest outdoor climbing wall to find out how GB

:57:30. > :57:35.athletes are aiming for the top. You have been impressive so far. I

:57:36. > :57:37.like the way you have been interviewing people while scaling a

:57:38. > :57:44.wall. It is all about multi-skill these

:57:45. > :57:49.days. Welcome to west Yorkshire. This is the highest climbing wall in

:57:50. > :57:53.the UK, some 36 metres. It is higher than the Angel of the North and the

:57:54. > :57:56.Tower of London. Have a look at the shots from earlier. Just to give you

:57:57. > :58:09.a sense of perspective and the sheer size of it. It is a former grain

:58:10. > :58:13.silo. I will come up to talk to you, if you can move a leg out of the

:58:14. > :58:20.way. Tell us, why build this? It takes it out of you. It is

:58:21. > :58:24.physically demanding. Why is climbing so popular? It is

:58:25. > :58:29.accessible. It is in the Olympics in 2020. Anyone from two to 18 can get

:58:30. > :58:35.on a wall, get fit, it is super exciting. This site, the idea is you

:58:36. > :58:38.do not need to be an expert. I am not an expert, you might be able to

:58:39. > :58:42.tell from my climbing technique, people can come along, give it a go,

:58:43. > :58:46.and you are looking to spot some future champions, future Olympians,

:58:47. > :58:53.maybe? Absolutely. This part of the world, having so many suitable

:58:54. > :59:00.climbers. This guy behind me come he is a GB athlete already. It shows

:59:01. > :59:04.the talent we have. If you climb up out of the way, we will have a quick

:59:05. > :59:11.chat to loot. He is a member of the Team GB junior climbing team. --

:59:12. > :59:16.quick chat with Luke. Can we speak and climb at the same time? Quite

:59:17. > :59:21.tricky. Why is climbing becoming so popular, why would it make a good

:59:22. > :59:28.Olympic sport, do you think? It is really good to watch. It is a

:59:29. > :59:32.fundamental human movement. And it is cool, as well. It is a good way

:59:33. > :59:37.to keep fit. People really enjoy it, I think. It is going to be part of

:59:38. > :59:41.the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. How does it work as an Olympic sport? The

:59:42. > :59:48.fastest climber, the most complicated climb? All free, really.

:59:49. > :59:54.You have three disciplines. Speed climbing is as it sounds, the

:59:55. > :59:57.fastest to the top. Lead climbing is this, you clipped as you go up, it

:59:58. > :00:02.is whoever can get the highest, or to the top. Then bouldering, which

:00:03. > :00:09.is a lower height, about five metres. It is quite gymnastic and

:00:10. > :00:12.powerful. And the basics of climbing, kind of. I have been

:00:13. > :00:22.clambering up. What do you have to do? How do you make yourself into a

:00:23. > :00:28.successful climber? Enjoy it. Try and forget you are high up off the

:00:29. > :00:32.ground. Embrace it, really. Climb and talk at the same time, shall we?

:00:33. > :00:38.You are excited about Tokyo, no doubt, are you confident about

:00:39. > :00:44.getting a medal for Team GB? I think so. It's hard to say now. But

:00:45. > :00:51.possibly yeah. And you coach youngsters as well, don't you? Yes.

:00:52. > :00:59.It is a good group of kids. They are excited. Best of luck, hope to see

:01:00. > :01:02.you in Tokyo. 36 metres at its maximum height, higher than the

:01:03. > :01:06.Angel of the North, as I said, higher than the tower of London, and

:01:07. > :01:09.it is hoped that this climbing wall will inspire some future Olympians,

:01:10. > :01:14.and maybe some medal success in Tokyo for Team GB.

:01:15. > :01:22.Well played. You have been a superstar. Have you got to the top

:01:23. > :01:31.yet, by the way? Maybe. We have taken breaks. I haven't been on here

:01:32. > :01:36.for three and a quarter hours! Even from RDA you get a beautiful view of

:01:37. > :01:42.the West Yorkshire countryside. -- even from up here. I can't tell you

:01:43. > :01:52.how impressed I am. And in the cameraman has done a great job. And

:01:53. > :01:56.how is Ian holding on? He is suspended very safely in a harness

:01:57. > :02:03.at the moment. We are very grateful to him. So he is also climbing? The

:02:04. > :02:11.whole thing has completely amazed me. You are both brilliant. I

:02:12. > :02:19.thought Tim Osgood but Ian is doing it with one hand and a camera! -- I

:02:20. > :02:29.thought Tim was good. I am not very good with heights and that is making

:02:30. > :02:30.me think about my breakfast! Higher than the Angel of the north!

:02:31. > :02:34.Amazing. Let's return to our top

:02:35. > :02:36.story and the election As well as across the Channel,

:02:37. > :02:41.the result could also have an impact on people

:02:42. > :02:43.and businesses here too. Steph is in London

:02:44. > :02:52.for us this morning. I use serving things in that French

:02:53. > :02:58.bakery? I know! This is a good gig. Tim is climbing and I am surrounded

:02:59. > :03:04.by cakes. This is a lovely French patisserie bakery in London, in

:03:05. > :03:09.Fulham. We are talking about reactions to the French election.

:03:10. > :03:14.350,000 French nationals live in the UK and Elizabeth is one of them, the

:03:15. > :03:19.owner of this bakery. You're very busy so thank you for letting them.

:03:20. > :03:24.How are you feeling? I am not feeling very happy but it is better

:03:25. > :03:31.than Marine Le Pen, because, no way, but we don't know much about Macron.

:03:32. > :03:37.Three years ago nobody knew him but I don't know. You are worried that

:03:38. > :03:42.he doesn't have enough experience? Yes. And what about your friends,

:03:43. > :03:48.family, customers? We are a little bit afraid because we have just had

:03:49. > :03:53.five years of Francois Hollande and now we are going to have five years

:03:54. > :03:57.of Macron, so let's see. It is the unknown. I will let you get on and I

:03:58. > :04:06.will try not to eat anything on my way round. We have a couple of

:04:07. > :04:10.guests here. A French entrepreneur and a lecturer in politics. How are

:04:11. > :04:16.you feeling about it? You are feeling cautiously optimistic?

:04:17. > :04:22.Listen, Macron is the youngest head of state in the west, even in the

:04:23. > :04:25.world. He had spent a very positive message of change and hope. As an

:04:26. > :04:30.entrepreneur we look forward to the future and he has put together a

:04:31. > :04:34.platform of whoever wants to work to change not business as usual and not

:04:35. > :04:42.politics as usual, which I think is very positive. And he has got a lot

:04:43. > :04:47.of challenges to face. Yes, he won the election, which was the easy

:04:48. > :04:50.bit. Apart from sorting out terrorism and the flagging economy,

:04:51. > :04:54.he has got to win a parliamentary election in six weeks, with a

:04:55. > :04:59.political party that was only founded a year ago. Political

:05:00. > :05:04.challenges lie ahead of him. As a businessman, will it impact on your

:05:05. > :05:11.life here? It is such a big change for France. Well, yes. I am running

:05:12. > :05:17.a British business. We have Europe as the main market. Having France

:05:18. > :05:22.being positive and wanting to move, and no longer bloom and nothing

:05:23. > :05:30.happening, will the French consume, be optimistic and invest? That would

:05:31. > :05:34.be great for more opportunities for British businesses. He is pragmatic.

:05:35. > :05:38.He has done deals, he has been a banker, which is good for

:05:39. > :05:43.post-Brexit Britain. He has been quite vocal about Brexit. He is very

:05:44. > :05:47.pro-European which is rare in the political climate. He will not be

:05:48. > :05:51.doing Theresa May any favours and he will discourage other countries from

:05:52. > :05:57.trying to leave the EU in the way that Britain is doing. I can't

:05:58. > :06:00.believe we have only given new one chocolate croissant to share. Shall

:06:01. > :06:07.we ordered another one for me to eat? Another one? I mean my first!

:06:08. > :06:11.Thank you! We'll be speaking to

:06:12. > :06:12.the singer-songwriter But first, let's take a last brief

:06:13. > :07:51.look at the headlines A sunny day today with light winds

:07:52. > :07:55.and a top temperature of 15 but it might feel a bit cooler. I will be

:07:56. > :08:03.back with the lunchtime news. Goodbye. Welcome back.

:08:04. > :08:06.She was the first contestant in X Factor history to secure a top

:08:07. > :08:09.40 single and album before the live shows even began.

:08:10. > :08:11.And with her quirky, original songs, Lucy Spraggan gained

:08:12. > :08:15.an immediate fan base and has just released her fourth album.

:08:16. > :08:28.# You let's take a look.

:08:29. > :08:37.# You're like a modern day Frankenstein

:08:38. > :08:43.# I'd spend a lifetime in the living dead with you

:08:44. > :08:50.# And we'd spend our weekdays howling at the moon

:08:51. > :08:59.# And I put up with your twisted attitude

:09:00. > :09:07.I can't believe it was 2012 when you are on The X Factor. Does it feel

:09:08. > :09:10.like a million years ago? Yes, but it also feels like yesterday because

:09:11. > :09:16.I remember it so well. A lot of stuff has happened since then. Where

:09:17. > :09:20.do we start? You got married. Yes, I have been married for a year.

:09:21. > :09:30.Congratulations. Thank you. And it is lovely. Has it changed the way

:09:31. > :09:34.that you write? I think so, not the way I do it, but what I write about.

:09:35. > :09:42.What goes into marriage, things like that, being an adult in general.

:09:43. > :09:50.There is a song on the album called Grown-up,, which is asking whether I

:09:51. > :09:55.am old now and becoming like my mum! It is mental health week this week

:09:56. > :09:59.and dementia week next week, and there is a song about your

:10:00. > :10:08.grandmother, Barbara. What made you want to write that and what is the

:10:09. > :10:12.message? Before I met Barbara, I didn't know anything about dementia,

:10:13. > :10:16.and after I met her I started writing a song about what I had

:10:17. > :10:21.seen. There was so much passion when my wife's family talk about Barbara

:10:22. > :10:27.and to see who I met was really difficult. I wanted to put something

:10:28. > :10:32.out there so that people could be inspired to learn a bit more about a

:10:33. > :10:38.mention, like I have. It is a horrendous. And it has wide

:10:39. > :10:44.ramifications and families as well. The way that it affects a person, it

:10:45. > :10:49.affects the rest of the family as well. 850,000 people have dementia

:10:50. > :10:52.in the UK at the moment. One person every three minutes develops

:10:53. > :10:56.dementia and it is becoming more and more. We need to do so much more to

:10:57. > :11:03.support people living with dementia and their families as well. And that

:11:04. > :11:09.song is called All That I Have Loved, For Barbara. And you have had

:11:10. > :11:16.your own struggles with mental health. I think everybody has. To

:11:17. > :11:26.speak about it, you are normalising things. When somebody is on the

:11:27. > :11:31.television saying I felt awful once, I feel awful on a regular basis, it

:11:32. > :11:37.helps. It is mental health awareness week, so if anybody fancies giving

:11:38. > :11:41.someone a nudge and asking if they are all right, that is imported this

:11:42. > :11:47.week. And you write all the time, I think? Is it on your phone? How is

:11:48. > :11:51.it for you? In the notes on my phone. If I ever lost that I would

:11:52. > :11:57.be down in the dumps. I do write all the time and when I see certain

:11:58. > :12:02.things and I think it is amazing or inspiring, I just write it down.

:12:03. > :12:06.Remind me what happened on The X Factor in 2012. You left early and

:12:07. > :12:10.you already had an album out before the series had finished. I did my

:12:11. > :12:17.first gig when I was 12, so I have been releasing albums and I had an

:12:18. > :12:22.independent album out. When I left I signed to Colombia and I had my

:12:23. > :12:26.first top ten album and I have had four top 40 albums since. I just

:12:27. > :12:31.like writing. I feel really lucky to be able to come to places like this

:12:32. > :12:34.and come on tour. I feel really lucky. The X Factor has been a

:12:35. > :12:40.phenomenon and it has done amazing things were so many different bands

:12:41. > :12:45.and artists like you and it has been a brilliant thing for music.

:12:46. > :12:49.Definitely. I think it takes a lot of perseverance to get past the

:12:50. > :12:53.first year and actually stick at it. In some ways it is a massive

:12:54. > :12:59.blessing and in other ways you can be seen as an X Factor contestant,

:13:00. > :13:06.and there are 12 every year, so you get put in a pen. But I have felt

:13:07. > :13:10.very lucky to have any break or opportunity that I have got. In this

:13:11. > :13:17.country we are overtly negative about things. When audience figures

:13:18. > :13:23.drop off we ask whether The X Factor has had its day. Do you still watch

:13:24. > :13:26.it? The only time I actually watched it was the year I was on it! But I

:13:27. > :13:33.know about the people that are on it now. I think it is probably time for

:13:34. > :13:35.some fresh things on there, maybe. People that write their own tracks,

:13:36. > :13:44.something, I don't know. Thank you. Lucy's new album is called

:13:45. > :13:47.Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing. That's all from

:13:48. > :13:48.Breakfast this morning. We'll be back from six

:13:49. > :13:51.tomorrow morning. You've told us about the companies

:13:52. > :13:59.you think get it wrong and the customer service

:14:00. > :14:03.that simply isn't up to scratch.