08/05/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

France elects its youngest ever president.

39-year-old Emmanuel Macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory

over the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

At a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters

he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy.

This morning, we're live in Paris, to get French reaction and take

stock of what it means for Brexit negotiations.

The new President was very much a guest Brexit

I'm in a French bakery in London - talking to French voters,

businesses and entrepreneurs based here in the UK.

Good morning, it's Monday the 8th of May.

Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

campaign, saying it'll do all it can to tackle the problem.

In sport, there's hope yet for Arsenal's season.

They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase

good morning. For some of us, the good weather will last. A bit more

cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the North Sea

coastline. I will have more details in about ten minutes.

France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

The pro-EU candidate secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years

old, he will become the country's youngest ever leader.

Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre in Paris,

he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

Here's our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

This is an election victory that will reverberate across Europe.

Emmanuel Macron, liberal, pro-EU, who supports globalisation

and immigration - France's next president.

Mr Macron created his movement just a year ago to give French voters

tired of traditional parties a new choice -

not that the extremes, but in the middle.

TRANSLATION: What we've done for so many months, there

is no comparison, there's no equivalent to that.

Everybody was saying to us it was impossible.

But they didn't know anything about France!

His opponent, the far-right anti-EU Marine Le Pen,

She did, though, secure 11 million votes, a third of those cast.

And she said the fact that she made it to the run-off meant

that her party should now be seen as the

But Mr Macron's vision is a repudiation of populist,

anti-establishment wave that brought Brexit and Donald Trump,

and which Marine Le Pen sought to harness, too.

Above all, this is a victory for Europe's centrists,

and a defeat for Europe's populists and Eurosceptics.

Mr Macron has already said he will work to strengthen the EU,

and EU leaders have rushed to congratulate him.

They see Emmanuel Macron as giving the EU new impetus.

So this win means the UK is about to

negotiate Brexit facing an EU starting to feel confident

that the populist tide may be turning.

We're joined now by our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield.

Hugh, what challenges does Emmanuel Macron face in order

Indeed. We have two acknowledged the astonishing nature of his

achievement. The youngest ever president of France and a man who

has come from absolutely nowhere. His movement, it wasn't even a

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

more than anybody had predicted. A much stronger margin over Marine Le

Pen than anyone thought would happen. He has big challenges ahead.

The first point is to say that many people voted for him just to keep

Marine Le Pen out. It wasn't a vote of attachment to his Liberal,

pro-business report -- reforms. Now he has to govern and to do that, he

needs the majority in Parliament. There are elections in a few weeks

time. He needs to Windows against a fight back from the Socialist and

Republicans, mainstream parties. -- he needs to win those.

The BBC understands that the Conservatives will once

again commit to cutting net migration to the tens of thousands

Yesterday the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say

whether the pledge would be repeated.

Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

It's proved an impossible target so far, what will be

We have had this three times from the Conservatives. They continued to

say. -- they continue to break the promise. Break it by a country mile.

They never got close to that target. The argument from many during the EU

Russia rendering campaign, the reason for that, that government --

the target was missed by so much in recent years that even without any

immigration from the EU, it would have still been broken. It is a huge

challenge for the next government to do something about it. Getting

immigration down is hugely important to so many people.

We will be going through it in fine detail.

A ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before

the 9:00 watershed, is being promised by Labour.

It's part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

The Conservatives say Britain's advertising rules

are already the strictest in the world.

Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, has the details.

Tempting treats - difficult for children to resist.

Bringing down high rates of childhood obesity has long

been a pressing public health concern.

Now Labour says it would tackle the problem by banning junk

The party says in government would stop adverts for

or fat - being broadcast before 9pm.

It says that it would hope to halve childhood obesity

And it is promising a ?250 million annual fund

for children's mental and physical health in England.

The government has already announced a tax on sugary drinks,

and, in a strategy outlined last summer, a voluntary target

for the food and drinks industry to reduce sugar content -

but health campaigners say the measures don't go

The Conservatives have accused Labour of making

unfunded promises, and said that their plan to cut childhood

The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

A two year old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

injuries to her head and body in what's been described

Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

The social media giant Facebook has this morning placed adverts

in national newspapers to provide advice about how to spot

The initiative has been designed to stop the spread of false

stories during the general election campaign.

Here's our Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

It's a term that became familiar during last you's American

presidential election. Fake news stories made up to make money or to

act as political propaganda and it is Facebook which has taken much of

the blame for spreading stories such as these. Now, the social network

says it is doing everything it can to tackle the problem in the UK but

these newspaper adverts are part of these assets. Facebook says it

stepping up the battle against fake news and giving its users a guide to

spotting for stories. It's closing tens of thousands of fake UK

accounts which might spread misinformation. And it's working

with fact checking organisations during the election campaign. There

has already been a determined effort in Germany to use. The spread of

fake stories in the run-up to get elections later this year. -- to

stop the spread. The main political parties in the UK will be directing

much of its advertising budgets at the social network of more than 40

million people. 82 Nigerian schoolgirls -

kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram three years ago -

have met their country's President after being freed

in a prisoner swap. They were among more

than 200 girls taken from their school in

the town of Chibok. The girls were handed over

on Saturday in exchange There are growing fears among UN

negotiators that President Trump will pull the United States out

of Paris Climate Agreement. Delegates from almost 200 countries,

including the US, are meeting in Germany to draft rules

for implementing the deal. A beach that was washed away 33

years ago has re-appeared The Irish beach on Achill Island

disappeared in 1984 after spring storms

washed the sand away. With nothing more than rock

pools left behind, almost all the villages' hotels,

guesthouses and cafes shut down. But hundreds of thousands of tons

of sand were dumped there over ten days in April and locals are hoping

it sticks around long enough for the area to be given

blue-flag status - Quite extraordinary. The sand can

change quite dramatically after a storm. It completely changes the

beach and the beach back. Incredible. A big dump. A big dump

of sand. Katherine is here

now with the sport. A bit of an underwhelming weekend,

wasn't it? Arsenal are still in with a chance

of finishing in the Premier League's top four, and qualifying

for the Champions League. They beat an understrength

Manchester United 2-0 at the Emirates yesterday,

ending United's 25 match unbeaten 1995 Premier League champions

Blackburn Rovers have been relegated from the Championship -

becoming the first team to win the title and then drop

to the third tier. Their win at Brentford

wasn't enough. Newcastle won the title

as Brighton slipped up. Ireland's first ever one day

international at Lord's ended They were beaten by England -

who took the two match series 2-0. And Maria Sharapova wins to set up

a second round meeting with Canada's Eugenie Bouchard

at the Madrid Open. Bouchard has called the Russian

"a cheater", and suggested she should have been banned for life

after testing positive for meldonium That should be a tasty one. No love

lost between the two of them. Eugenie Bouchard used to look up to

her and called her a hero and now she doesn't look up to her any more

and now they face each other on court. You know you said it was an

underwhelming weekend in the Premier League... Moreno were so bored

during the game, he was playing the bottle flip game. You have got these

pictures and you will be able to see them at 630.

What a beautiful day it was, at least where I was, yesterday.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Look at this gorgeous picture that one of our Weather Watcher is sent

in yesterday from the field in Glen Morgan. -- Morgan. These are the

kind of values, 21 Celsius, 22. For some of us, it will be as warm as

that is to go through today. It is still chilly down the east coast of

Scotland. A bit of clout here to start the day. A lot of it will

break up -- cloud. West is best, today, in terms of sunshine. For

Northern Ireland and much of Scotland, another fine day. Cloud is

hugging the South Coast. Through central parts of England and Wales,

some sunshine to look forward to today. Temperatures are looking nice

in the sunshine. As a gift of the south-east, we will hang on to bit

more. We will see them sunny spells. --A bit more cloud. Through the

evening and overnight, we still have the wind that it is turning light.

It will be cold enough for a touch of Frost here and there.

Temperatures will see six, seven, eight. You can expect those cabbages

in towns and cities. As we head into Tuesday, high-pressure well and

truly driving. -- those temperatures. The wind wilful

lighter down the east coast tomorrow so as a result, it won't feel as

cold -- will fall lighter. Having said this, the cloud will break in

parts. We will see sunshine, West is best, again. The temperature range

of eight to about 16. As we start the down Wednesday, when we have had

breaks overnight, it will be called. Overnight, the odd pocket of Frost.

On Wednesday, quite a lot of sunshine and some subtle train --

when changes. The wind changes direction so there will be more

cloud where it has been signing of late in Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Down the east coast, we won't have the nagging easterly that

we have had of late as well. Again, not feeling as call. I could

sunshine as we push further south. -- not feeling as cold. Temperatures

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

little bit more unsettled. We have the weather front moving north but

it is going to have some milder, warmer conditions coming in behind

it. There will be quite a lot of energy in the atmosphere by the time

we get to the end of the week. When it is turning warmer, it won't be

dry. There will be sunny spells, chilly nights, the chance of rain

later and maybe even some thunderstorms thrown in as well. I

will keep you posted on all of that. Send us your pictures of a nice day

on Saturday and we may have time to show that. Even if we don't show

them, we will look at them. White it was nice and other places as well.

You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: A big win for Emmanuel Macron.

The 39-year-old centrist sweeps to victory to become France's

new president, promising to unite and protect the people.

Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

campaign, saying it will do all it can to try and stop rumours

Shall we have a look at the papers? Can I show you this first? And don't

go anywhere, I have a big shock to show you in a few minutes' time.

Facebook talking about fake news -- great shark. Tips for spotting what

they are calling falls news, I am interested in why they are not

calling it fake news but they have done ten tips to spot news which is

not true. False news stories have catchy headlines, all in capital

letters, and shocking claims sound guess what... It is unbelievable.

Emmanuel Macron features on the front page of many of the papers.

The country remains divided. 34% of the vote went to Marine Le Pen, and

around 25% abstentions. Also 12.5% of votes cast were either blank or

spoiled, according to officials. The front page of the Telegraph,

France's new hope puts a cloud over Brexit. We will be talking about

what his election might mean for all of us in the UK and what kind of

Brexit we might get. The Times have the picture, landslide for Emmanuel

Macron. The picture on the front page of the Times, and the Mirror

has gone with... England start betting on his own transfer, and

remember last week we spoke to one of the actresses who played Barbara

Windsor in the programme which was on last night and they have a story

about Barbara Windsor, talking about her own story, the rift with her

father which Samantha was telling us about, which broke her heart. Lots

of papers carrying pictures of Prince Harry and his girlfriend, who

were at a polo match yesterday. They say staying loyal to an insurer can

cost families ?1000 a year, which is an extraordinary amount of money.

Broccoli. I love Rockley, I like raw broccoli. -- I love broccoli. Lots

of pictures of dejected Blackburn fans, relegated from the

championship yesterday. The first team to have won the Premier league

and then dropped down to the third tier of English football. A sad day

for Blackburn fans and an exclusive interview with Tyson Fury, who is

trying to get back into boxing. He is 25 stone, he has to lose seven

stone before he hopes to get back into the ring to fight on an

undercard in July but he has a really important hearing at UK

anti-doping today because he has been accused of taking banned

substances. We will find out later today, or he will find out, we will

find out a few weeks later, what the outcome of the hearing was, and

whether he will be punished and allowed to fight again. He is keen

to fight Anthony Joshua, full of the talk of how that will be the biggest

fight, and what everybody wants to see, and how it will be an easy win.

There is an appetite for that, as well. Anthony Joshua called out

Tyson Fury straight after the fight with Klitschko. He seems to have got

his act together of bit. Can I tell you about Beatrice and Bert

Whitehead? They are both extremely ill, and look what the hospital

staff did. They put their beds together so they can drink a glass

of press ago. -- prosecco. This shark is the largest ever caught in

Europe. It is 107 stone, that is how big it is. It is an absolute beast.

My favourite thing about that story is that it can't be official because

they freed it. Which is nice. Which is just as it should be. It can go

to fight another day. Yes, very good point. I'm glad you have clarified

that. Stone, 107 stone, ?1500 of shark. -- 1500 pounds of shark.

Pensions are likely to be a key issue for many voters in the general

election, with much debate focused around the so called triple lock.

It is the guarantee that the state pension will rise in line

with inflation, average wages or 2.5%, whichever is highest.

So Steph and the BBC's Reality Check team have been looking into just how

I'm sure we have all thought of ways to try and make a bit of extra

money, and make life a bit easier, especially as you are getting older

and thinking about retiring. Now, it can be tough to save for a private

pension, so a lot of people rely on the state one. There are around 13

million people claiming a state pension. It works out at a maximum

of just over ?159 a week marked and that costs over ?90 billion a year,

which is about 12% of the government's total spending. So how

much it goes up by each year is based on something called the triple

lock. So statisticians will look at how much average earnings have gone

up by, and how much inflation, the cost of living, has risen as well.

If either of them are over 2.5% then they will go with the highest. If

they are less than that, then they will increase the state pension by

2.5%. Basically whichever of these three is highest. So this means,

even at times when price rises and the increase in the cost of living

has been close to zero, the state pension has still been going up by

2.5%. Have a look at this graph. Now, since April 2010, the state

pension has gone up to 25%. That compares with earnings going up by

about 14% and the price of inflation by 15%. So there is a big difference

there, isn't there? So if you are retired or close to retiring, then

the system is good news for you. And Barry, you think you deserve this

rise. We need the increase every year. I am 73 years old, and I are

still working. I am going to let you get back to it, thanks Barry. But

for George, it is a different story. You are a lot younger and you are

finding it tough to save for anything. I am 28, I have been

working since I left university and I haven't save much money yet. And

you feel like you will work a long time before you retire. Yes, I think

retirement is a long way away. It is clear the triple lock system divides

the generations. Now, old people are more likely to vote in an election

so it is good for harnessing the grey vote but it is stirring up

inequalities between the young and the old. Is it sustainable? No,

Steph, it is not. It is already costing the country several billion

pounds more to sustain at the moment, and that cost is going to

keep on going up over the decades to come. So the next government is

going to have to make some pretty tough decisions about how and when

it is going to get rid of the triple lock, and what is going to do

instead. Will let you get back to that, Tom. If we don't have that

system, though, what do we do? Because people still need money when

they retire, and it can't be at a fixed rate with everything around is

changing. So one option is to have a double lock system, so get rid of

the 2.5% minimum, and instead go by either how much earnings are

increasing by, or how much the cost of living is rising. This is about

fairness and sustainability. Also, some organisations think the triple

lock system is simply an arbitrary way of setting tension rises, and it

-- if things carry on as they are, it is highly likely the age of

retirement will have to go up. That was Steph looking at the future

of the state pension, and she will be back with us

shortly, turning her attention to the French election

and the impact last night's result She is at a French cafe to tell me a

bit more about their thoughts. She had a rather impressive French

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

As Facebook ramps up it's fight against fake news,

we'll discuss why a crackdown is needed and whether it

Sport climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo

2020 - so we're at the UK's highest climbing wall to find out how GB

athletes are plotting their route to the top.

What are you doing here? And I said, I have got to be somewhere, baby.

The heavyweight of comedy who stumbled into stand-up

because of a dare joins us to explain why he's not afraid

But now a summary of this morning's main news.

France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

The pro-European, centrist secured 66% of the vote

and at just 39 years old, he will become the country's

Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre museum in Paris,

he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

We're joined now by our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield.

Hugh, he has got a big challenge to bring together a divided country?

There is a lot of work to be done. It is an incredible achievement when

you think that a year ago, very few people in France had no idea he was

intending to run the presidency. Three years ago, nobody had ever

heard of him. He has turned his movement into a mass political

formation which led him to this Victory yesterday at a much more

convincing victory that the polls had predicted. A big, big challenge

now had four Emmanuel Macron. Many people who voted for him did not

vote for his project which is a gradual pro-business reform that

they voted to keep out Marine Le Pen. This is a perennial problem in

French politics, that people vote against the far right. It means that

whoever gets elected to not have a majority of people signing up to the

programme. He needs a majority in Parliament, there are elections in

June and he needs to fight back now to turn his movement into a major

force in the Parliament. We will be live in Paris throughout the morning

here on Breakfast. The BBC understands

the Conservatives will once again commit to cutting net migration

to the "tens of thousands" Yesterday the Home

Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say whether the pledge -

which was also in the party's 2010 and 2015 manifestos -

would be repeated. Meanwhile, UKIP says it would cut

net migration to zero Staying with the election campaign -

Labour says it would extend the ban on television adverts

for unhealthy food and sweets The party says its strategy on child

health aims to halve the number of overweight

youngsters within ten years. The Conservatives say Britain's

advertising rules are already The group representing hospitals

and other NHS trusts in England has called for an end to

the cap on pay rises. NHS Providers says

the government's policy of pay restraint over the last seven years

is preventing employers from retaining the staff needed

to deliver safe patient care. We need to fund the NHS properly so

that we're are not asking our staff to try and close the gap between the

demand going through the roof and the funding staying broadly stable

at the way we are trying to close the gap is by asking our staff to do

more and more and more and it just means the jobs have become more

difficult, more stressful, more pressured.

The social networking site, Facebook, is placing adverts

in British newspapers to provide practical advice on how to spot

The website has also closed thousands of accounts linked

to false stories ahead of the general election.

The company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines"

The move comes after it was accused of helping to spread fake news

during last year's US Presidential election.

Here is an example. They top ten tips on how to spot what they are

calling spot -- false news. We will be talking to one of the charities

involved in helping them do that a little bit later here on Breakfast.

There are growing fears among UN negotiators that President Trump

will pull the United States out of Paris Climate Agreement.

Delegates from almost 200 countries, including the US, are meeting

in Germany to draft rules for implementing the deal.

A secret space mission has returned to earth after 2-years.

That's the US military's experimental X-37B space

plane landing yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

According to the American Air Force, it's been conducting unspecified

experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit.

It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

I just want to know more! What has it been doing? You have made it

sound remarkably top-secret. Let's have a big and trained get past the

fake news. Not that it's fake news... Anyway. I've landed myself

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

on Monday. What has happened over the weekend? Not much has happened

over the weekend, I was going to say. It was fairly dull in terms of

football matches. You have been a bit awed in the Premier League over

the past few weeks? -- board. In the past, the teens hated each other,

the pitch was really spicy. This time, it didn't really matter. Jose

Mourinho said he had be given up. Arsene Wenger came out on top and

they said if they can sort themselves out...

Arsenal kept alive their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's

top four with a 2-0 win over an understrength Manchester United

Arsenal took the lead through Granit Xhaka's

deflected shot nine minutes after half time.

Then Danny Welbeck scored against his former club and ended

United's 25 game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

Arsenal are still six points behind fourth place Manchester City -

We want to try to win the Europa league. More important for us then

to finish. We really want to try to win it, win at the trophy. We need

it to give rest to players. Ask what was very short at the time.

We want to win our games. The Premier League is known, some teams

who are safe continue to fight. Let's focus to win our games. You

are not going to be speaking here next season again? You want me to

work for BBC, all? I don't know, I don't know. Nothing new.

Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Southampton.

Liverpool Captain James Milner had a second half penalty saved

Now a couple of things caught our eye in yesterday's

The entertainment was somewhat lacking on the pitch at Anfield

so Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno decided

to make his own entertainment by having a go at the bottle flip

And what do you do if you're on the bench for Arsenal

and your 2-0 up against Manchester United?

You get the Malteasers out and share them out!

Blackburn have been relegated to League One, becoming the first

Premier League winners to drop down to the third tier

They did their best, winning 3-1 against Brentford

on the final day, but it wasn't enough.

Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City, the other sides that

could have been relegated, both won their final matches

Aberdeen have guaranteed themselves second place in the championship.

The goal in injury time means they will finish in at least fourth

place. Liverpool Ladies extended

their lead at the top of Women's Super League One

after beating Birmingham 2-0 Manchester City have two games

in hand on the league leaders and had to come from behind

at Reading - Jade Moore with the pick of the goals

in that one. City went on to win 3-2

thanks to Jill Scott. Elsewhere, Arsenal

won 5-1 at Yeovil. In their first ever one day

international at Lord's - Ireland were beaten

by England by 85 runs. England racked up 328 for six

in their first innings with three batsmen making scores

in the seventies. Ireland battled hard in the chase

but eventually fell well short I went into this and we looked

really strong. You can tell that those guys that have been playing,

it definitely benefited them coming into the international arena. It

sets us up nicely for a really important series against South

Africa. There's an intriguing match

to come at the Madrid Open, as Maria Sharapova and Eugenie

Bouchard are set to go head to head. Sharapova beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

in the first round yesterday. Last week Bouchard said

that the Russian, who's just coming back from a 15 month ban for testing

positive for a banned substance, is a cheat and should have

been banned for life. Will they shake hands over the net?

We will just have to wait and see. That will be tasty. Thank you for

all those pictures of behind the scenes in the football. The football

itself was a particularly exciting so we will show you what goes on in

the pitch. We will have a go at the bottle flip challenge of it later. I

do it occasionally with the kids, but....

Emmanuel Macron has been elected as the next French President.

He has been described as charming and a tactical genius. His critics

say he is vacuous. But what might it mean for French

businesses here and for UK industry, Steph is at a French bakery

in London this morning to find out. Good morning, everyone. It smells

lovely in here. So much fabulous food is coming out. We are in a

French patisserie in London and you can see some of the crap going on.

It smells so nice. -- prep. What will it mean for the French people

who live here? There is about 350,000 French nationals living in

the UK. We do a lot of business, we in points -- import. And to export.

French entrepreneurs, if they are to say. What are your thoughts on this

result overnight? First, like a lot of people, I'm very relieved because

it was important to avoid a real problem. Very relieved that Emmanuel

Macron has been elected. Happy in a way that he has put and shown the

willingness for the future. We needed a change. It wasn't my first

choice, of course. We are going to see how it is going to progress and

how the next elections, which are in a very few weeks, are going to show

these progress and how the other parties are going to show how they

can influence one way or the other, the action he will have. Thoughts?

I'm very happy. I voted for Emmanuel Macron in both rounds. Yesterday I

felt at to be French, to be European. It has happened together.

He wants to be not only working for France which work for itself but

also after all the issues that we are all facing in Europe. Also for

the business. They think it is free trade which is unusual for a French

president. He wants to deal with the crisis of the migrants. I'm sure he

will be the most pragmatic president for Brexit. As an entrepreneur, he

would do business with Britain as well is on the continent. It will

give a sigh of relief. Business as usual, politics as usual is no

longer the case. He wants to gather all the energy are around that.

Himself, he is also an entrepreneur. For me, it is hoped. The hope is

there. It is a challenge that I like to be part of in the economic

sector. What do you feel, as a businesswoman in the UK, what impact

do you think it will have? Part of my clients will leave and reside in

France. A lot of people think about income tax and other tax. They tend

to forget about that one which will go over 17%. It is going to have an

impact on people who are going to be living in France. That is, you

know... Then, the other way, he is going to be able to manage the

progress of businesses. There are some positive thoughts about that. I

agree on that point. How will he gather all the forces? We have seen

20% of the population voting for Mr Melachon. To do something

pro-business? I think that will be a challenge. Of course, it is a

challenge. Remember, he has a strong team around. He has created a

platform outside political deadlock. He has a strong programme, a strong

team. We focus on Emmanuel Macron speaking well but actually, he is

extremely able. His team is extremely able. We have something we

have not had for a long time. In a positive way. In the positive way,

it will carry a loss in Europe and let's face it as well, if it is

positive, people will consume and we will be able to do more business

with them. Thank you both for your time this

morning. We will be talking to lots of people about this. I will leave

you with a picture of some very delicious food. Looks absolutely

lovely in there as well. Great to hear their point of view on BBC

Breakfast. Pass the pain au chocolate, will you?

Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

I think you can dream on about those cakes now that Steph is there. In

five minutes they will be gone. We have some beautiful Weather Watchers

pictures already, this one from Guernsey, a lovely sunrise. A

beautiful Sunrise taken by Paul, and the third one, beautiful blue skies

in Ireland, in Fife. For some of us it is a lovely start to the day. As

we go through the week there will be sunny spells. There will also be

chilly nights, a touch of frost at times, and later in the week there

is the chance of rain. I know some of us are just screaming out for

some rain. What we have is a fair bit of cloud to start with in the

east and across the Midlands. Some of that will melt away. Still some

onshore flow, still feeling cool along the east coast. As we drift

further west we are into the sunshine from the word go and we

will hang onto it as well. Western parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland,

burning up quite nicely. It is the same across central and western

parts of England, and of Wales. Herburger towards the east there is

a bit more cloud around, but it should stay dry. And even where we

have got more cloud around it will also break up at times and we will

see some sunny spells. But if you are under the cloud and in that wind

it will feel cold. As we had through the evening and overnight the wind

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

drizzle, maybe the odd shower, but they will be the exception rather

than the rule, and under the clear skies it will be called in after a

touch of frost here and there. These temperatures are indicative of what

you can expect in towns and cities. As we head on into Tuesday, high

pressure still very much driving our weather, but look at the lack of

isobars. If you live along the east coast you will be delighted to see

that, because it does mean it is not going to feel as cold tomorrow as it

has done for the last week or so. Tomorrow also there will be more

cloud than we are seeing today, and even so there will be some sunshine,

cloud breaking up at times, the lion's share of the sunshine in the

west and also parts the south. Temperatures between about nine and

16 Celsius. Then, as we start the day on Wednesday, a nippy start

where we have had breaks in the cloud by night, temperatures getting

down to minus two Celsius. Where we have the clear skies is where we

have the sunshine first thing, but on Wednesday there is a difference

in the forecast with a change in the wind direction. Across northern and

some central parts of Scotland there will be more cloud and some showers.

We lose this nagging east early we have had down the east coast, so

things brightening up but not feeling as cold, and a fair bit of

sunshine around as well so temperatures between nine and 16.

And in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant. Thank you very much,

see you in half an hour or so. Adverts for junk food will be banned

from popular TV shows, including The X Factor

and Britain's Got Talent, under Labour plans to

tackle childhood obesity. At the moment, products high in fat,

salt or sugar are not allowed to be advertised during

children's programmes. But Labour says, if elected,

it will extend this to everything Let's talk to the Shadow Health

Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth. Good morning to you, Mr Ashworth.

Nice to have you on the programme. I know you are a father yourself. How

old are your kids? Five and three. So you are very qualified to talk

about this, and you will know from your own experience it is not just

about what kids are watching on TV, it is about what parents do, it is

about physical activity, it is about the availability and the price of

food. Yes, there are a number of factors contributing to the obesity

crisis but what I am saying today is our ambition should be nothing less

than having the healthiest children in the world. When you look at all

the different indicators, we are falling down the league tables

compared to other western, wealthy countries. And obesity is becoming a

real crisis. One in five children starting primary school overweight,

one in three children leaving primary school of these, and

ultimately obesity is costing the NHS now ?6 billion. So every viewer

who pay their taxes is paying for this obesity crisis. So we think one

of the big, big initiatives we can take, it is not the only initiative,

but one of the initiatives we can take is to ban the advertising of

junk food. We have already banned in this country for children's TV, but

a lot of the adverts have transferred to The X Factor,

Britain's Got Talent, all brilliant shows, I watch them with my kids,

but every parent knows when you watch the shows with your kids, your

kids say let's get that happy meal at McDonald's, and I do get that

happy meal McDonald's, I understand it. So let's do something to tackle

this obesity crisis. So if you get elected, are your kids not going to

vote for you, because they cannot go to McDonald's any more? The thing

is, it is about moderation. It is the difference between giving your

kids junk food every day of the week and doing it once in awhile. I will

admit I take my kids to. Not every week probably not even every month.

But of course, I take them there. I am not talking about banning Coco

Pops or anything like that, just asking people to think about the

impact, and asking the advertising industry to recognise that by

putting these messages into things like Britain's Got Talent all the

time it is having an effect on children saying they want to eat and

drink this stuff. But also, we have a sugar tax coming in now on sugary

drinks. A lot of food manufacturers are changing the recipes of their

drinks in order to meet that sugar tax. So if food manufacturers will

want to advertise, this won't stop them changing their recipes, of

course. Because what we have a certain requirements about the

levels of sugar and salt and fat in the food that is advertised. But I

think Ribena, I was looking at it, are changing the recipe for the

amount of sugar in their drinks and people and children still like the

taste of Ribena. So manufacturers can change their recipes. On that

point, the Conservative government said there would be a 20% sugar

reduction by 2020, but it would be voluntary. You have mentioned it

there, if you really want to make a difference why don't you make

companies reduce their sugary various things? Because I think it

is about sending signals to society at that you want to change

behaviour. If you go back 30 years ago we put a lot of effort into

encouraging people to be careful with her drinking and two, you know,

give up smoking, and I think attitudes have changed. A vis the

people still smoke and people still drink I think people recognise the

health risks associated in a way in which they did 30 or 40 years ago,

because there has been a lot of campaigning from government on these

issues. We now have obesity crisis. Children who are obese are more

likely to have chronic conditions later in life, obesity is costing

the NHS and Hebron who pays for the NHS, us taxpayers, ?6 billion and

people who develop diabetes as a result of obesity, the NHS is

spending ?10 billion on diabetes. This initiative is good for children

because we want the healthiest children in the world, but it is

also good for the taxpayer. Can I asked you before you go, you talk

about ?250 million a year to help make British youngsters the

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

about reducing the demand on the NHS. And there are two big issues

with the NHS at the moment. The first is the biggest funding squeeze

in its history, that the Conservative sadly have imposed on

the NHS. But there is also increasing demands on the NHS. And

if you can improve the public health of the nation, then they won't be

those demands of the NHS. So we are saying that set up a child health

fund today, to support public health workers. They are the home visitors

who come and visit you when you have had a baby, or school nurses. Those

sorts of professions, so we can put real effort into ensuring our

children do become the healthiest in the world. Thank you very much for

coming on this morning. We will talk about something that might help,

exercise. Along with surfing, skateboarding

baseball and karate, sport climbing will make its Olympic

debut at Tokyo Games in 2020. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is at the UK's highest outdoor climbing wall to find out how GB

athletes are aiming for the top. Tim, you have got three

years to make the team. Go on, Tim, you can do this. Good

morning, yes. We are about five miles from Huddersfield and I am on

what will be the UK's highest climbing wall, as you say. I will

get my bearings, and don't worry, I am completely safe. I am harnessed

up. Tokyo 2020 is going to feature several new sports designed to

appeal to younger people. Surfing, karate and climbing. It is a sign of

the popularity of climbing, and how it has increased so much. Good to

meet you. We should stop meeting like this! This is your climbing

wall, isn't it? Why did you decide to create it, and how big a rise has

been in the popularity of climbing? I think it is fair to say the last

five years has seen a massive growth in indoor climbing walls, that it is

accessible to two -year-olds to 70 -year-olds, it is such a social

environment and you get fit without really trying. And is 36 metres

high, isn't it? It was a dream, we have planned and planned in the last

few years finally got it built this year. It is an awesome achievement

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

using an old building in an unusual way. It had been derelict for a long

time, so to make use of it seemed like a good idea. And I am a novice,

and this morning I have had some training and some safety, and you

can just get on and have a go. You are hoping to spot some future

Olympians, do you think, over the next few years? Lee Mack exactly, we

have a few GB climbers in our next, and ideally they will include some

of the medal winners in 2020. We have 20 metres to go. Later on we

will be speaking to Luke, one of the medal hopefuls. Now I will hand back

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

the UK's highest climbing wall. I am so impressed, Tim. Don't look down,

Tim. Don't look down. So impressive, scrambling! Absolutely brilliant.

Want to stay with him, but we have It is a year and a day since the

Mayor of London took office. Vanessa Feltz will be discussing that.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

France elects its youngest ever president.

39-year-old Emmanuel Macron sweeps to power, with a decisive victory

over the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

At a victory rally in front of thousands of supporters

he promised to unify a divided country and rebuild its economy.

This morning, we're live in Paris, to get French reaction and take

stock of what it means for Brexit negotiations.

The new president is very much against Brexit.

I'm in a French bakery in London - talking to French voters,

businesses and entrepreneurs based here in the UK.

Good morning, it's Monday the 8th of May.

Facebook promises to get tough on fake news during the election

campaign, saying it'll do all it can to tackle the problem.

Several new sports at the Tokyo Olympics, climbing. This is the UK's

heist climbing wall that is about to open in Yorkshire. -- hi yes. --

highest. In sport, there's hope yet

for Arsenal's season. They beat Manchester United

and are still in the chase Yesterday, Northern Ireland had its

warmest day of the year so far. Today, temperatures were to be quite

as high but for many, a fair bit of sunshine around, especially the

further west you are. In the east, said that of cloud and still the

cold wind. I will have more details and about 15 minutes.

France's newly elected President, Emmanuel Macron, has promised

to heal the country's divisions following his resounding victory

over the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's

The pro-EU candidate secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years

old, he will become the country's youngest ever leader.

Speaking at a victory rally outside the Louvre in Paris,

he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity.

Here's our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

This is an election victory that will reverberate across Europe.

Emmanuel Macron, liberal, pro-EU, who supports globalisation

and immigration - France's next president.

Mr Macron created his political movement just a year ago to give

French voters tired of traditional parties a new choice -

not that the extremes, but in the middle.

TRANSLATION: What we've done for so many months,

there's no comparison, there's no equivalent to that.

Everybody was saying to us it was impossible.

But they didn't know anything about France!

His opponent, the far-right anti-EU Marine Le Pen,

She did, though, secure 11 million votes, a third of those cast.

And she said the fact that she made it to the run-off meant

that her party should now be seen as the

But Mr Macron's vision is a repudiation of populist,

anti-establishment wave that brought Brexit and Donald Trump,

and which Marine Le Pen sought to harness, too.

Above all, this is a victory for Europe's centrists,

and a defeat for Europe's populists and Eurosceptics.

Mr Macron has already said he will work to strengthen the EU,

and EU leaders have rushed to congratulate him.

They see Mr Macron giving the EU new impetus.

So this win means the UK is about to negotiate Brexit facing

an EU starting to feel confident that the populist tide

In the next few minutes, we'll get the reaction

Macron is very pro-EU. He says, "If your government decides to organise

Brexit, I will be pretty tough on it." We have to preserve the rest of

the European Union and not to convey the message that you can convey --

decide to leave without any consequences. He has said in past,

the best trade negotiations for Britain? Being in the EU.

A ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before

the 9:00 watershed, is being promised by Labour.

It's part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

The Conservatives say Britain's advertising rules

are already the strictest in the world.

Our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo, has the details.

Tempting treats - difficult for children to resist.

Bringing down high rates of childhood obesity has long

been a pressing public health concern.

Now Labour says it would tackle the problem by banning junk

The party says in government, it would stop adverts for unhealthy

or fat - being broadcast before 9pm.

It says that it would hope to halve childhood obesity

And it is promising a ?250 million annual fund

for children's mental and physical health in England.

The government has already announced a tax on sugary drinks,

and, in a strategy outlined last summer, a voluntary target

for the food and drinks industry to reduce sugar content -

but health campaigners say the measures don't go

The Conservatives have accused Labour of making

unfunded promises, and said that their plan to cut childhood

The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

A two year old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

injuries to her head and body in what's been described

Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

The social media giant Facebook has this morning placed adverts

in national newspapers to provide advice about how to spot

The initiative has been designed to stop the spread of false

stories during the general election campaign.

Here's our Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

It's a term that became familiar during last year's American

Fake news stories made up to make money or to

act as political propaganda and it is Facebook which has taken

much of the blame for spreading stories such as these.

Now, the social network says it's doing everything it can

to tackle the problem in the UK with these newspaper adverts part

Facebook says it's stepping up the battle against fake news

and giving its users a guide to spotting for stories.

It's closing tens of thousands of fake UK accounts

And it's working with fact-checking organisations

There has already been a determined effort in Germany to stop the spread

of fake stories in the run-up to its elections later this year.

But Facebook stands to profit from the general election in the UK.

The main political parties will be directing much of their advertising

budgets at the social network's audience of more

82 Nigerian schoolgirls - kidnapped by the extremist group

Boko Haram three years ago - have met their country's President

after being freed in a prisoner swap.

They were among more than 200 girls taken

from their school in the town of Chibok.

The girls were handed over on Saturday in exchange

There are growing fears among UN negotiators that President Trump

will pull the United States out of Paris Climate Agreement.

Delegates from almost 200 countries, including the US, are meeting

in Germany to draft rules for implementing the deal.

A beach that was washed away 33 years ago has re-appeared

The Irish beach on Achill Island disappeared

in 1984 after spring storms washed the sand away.

With nothing more than rock pools left behind, almost

all the villages' hotels, guesthouses and cafes shut down.

But hundreds of thousands of tons of sand were dumped there over ten

days in April and locals are hoping it sticks around long enough

for the area to be given blue-flag status -

Look at the difference. Incredible, isn't it? Just an amazing story. The

power of the sea. Where has all the sand being? It's been hanging

around, waiting to get back to the beach.

The BBC understands that the Conservatives will once

again commit to cutting net migration to the tens of thousands

Yesterday, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say

whether the pledge would be repeated.

Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

It's proved an impossible target so far, what will be

The promise goes on the back as that beach was seen. If you go back

through the manifestoes as I have been doing this morning and there is

the promise. The 2010 manifesto. What does it say? It says they will

take it back to the 1990s. Fast forward five years. The 2015

manifesto. It says on page 29, key power in the tens of thousands, not

the hundreds of thousands. Enrico another two years and we understand

it will be back again, despite the fact that for the last seven years,

they haven't got anywhere near the meeting at the race -- anywhere

near. It was the first time in two years it had been below 300,000. I

have lovely image of you waking up with all these manifestoes next to

your bed. UKIP also making an announcement

on Immigration today - And remarkably accurate image I

suspect, at the moment. UKIP are also talking migration. They think

they are the only party that can be truly believed and trusted on

migration. They want one in, one out and a ban on unskilled labour. They

speak to the Conservatives' broken promise and argue that if there is

great to be a big Conservative majority after the election, as the

opinion poll suggests they will be, there needs to be a decent number of

UKIP MPs in debt to to ensure the migration target is met. -- in

there. You need your manifestoes at hand.

At 39 years old, Emmanuel Macron will become the youngest ever

A man of determination and ambition, the virtual political newcomer only

set up his En Marche movement last year.

He's a former investment banker, who married his drama teacher,

and claims to offer voters a new vision for France.

Here's all you need to know about the soon to be

Emmanuel Macron was born into a middle-class family in 1977. He is

the eldest of three children. At the age of 15, he met his now wife,

Brigitte. She was his drama teacher. A 24 years his senior, their

relationship has entry to the French public. They married in 2007,

despite the disapproval of his family. Full of confidence and self

belief, Emmanuel Macron said his sights on the world of finance,

making millions as an investment banker. Four years later, he was

appointed into Francois Hollande's government and went on to become the

economy minister. After leaving the Socialist party to stand as an

independent, Emmanuel Macron made the move of lodging his own party En

Marche. On the move. In November, he said he would run for the

presidency, promising to bring the jobs to deprived areas. Last night,

at just 39 years of age, he became frantic Bass youngest ever

president. That is a little bit about the President.

Karin, what's been the reaction in the French newspapers this morning?

You get the sense that there are a fair few people here in Paris who

haven't been to bed yet. The revellers are still going out and

chanting, "Emmanuel Macron Chuck Wright" -- Emmanuel Macron. A very

different picture in other parts of France, of course. That show you a

sense of the reaction in the newspapers. Excuse the rain as it

starts to poor. Liberation, well played, they say on their front

page. A pun on his movement's name, En Marche, victory on the march, and

Les Echo saying the front that there is. -- France that dares. What were

the celebrations like? It was great, of course. But at the end I think we

had a bitter taste in the mouth, because one third of the voters

voted for Marine Le Pen. 10.6 million people voted for the far

right. How aware is Emmanuel Macron of that? He is totally aware of

this, and that people voted for him not just for his platform, but

against the National Front, so he is aware that his mandate is not the

greatest of all the Presidents. And it is not just the -- that

challenge. It is the challenge of not having any members in

Parliament. How will you have the authority and the mandate to carry

out the dramatic reforms he wants to carry out? Usually in France the

majority of is really connected to the President. So if the French

voters vote for a president, they usually give him a majority. So I

think it is going to be a very, very... It is impossible to say, but

it is really possible to say that at the end of the day Emmanuel Macron

gets a majority in the National Assembly. You really think that he

can go from zero to over half of the 577 MPs? Yes. In just six weeks'

time? It is a New Movement, it is big, and it is not going to end

right now. When you say that he wants to bring France behind him,

how will he appealed to people who chose him in this round simply to

keep Marine Le Pen out? I think he needs to convince them by his quick

successes. Needs to have results, results on unemployment, education,

the economy, he has to be very quick on theirs. And I think it is the

only way to convince the people. That an open vision of society is

possible for France. How challenging is it to convince people, at 39, the

youngest president of France the republic has ever known? I think

people don't care much about the age. If the person is smart and

efficient, I think they are going to buy it. You in 2012, the last

presidential election, voted for the Socialist President, Francois

Hollande. And in this campaign you were on Emmanuel Macron's side. What

swayed it for you? I am a centre-left vote, so I voted for

Francois Hollande but at the end his mandate was not a success, so I

decided to change. And to find an alternative, and Emmanuel Macron was

that alternative. You don't believe that in five years' time we might be

here thinking that Emmanuel Macron hasn't achieved anything he wanted

to, because he didn't have the support and didn't manage to

convince France? No, I think he is going to get a majority. If not a

clear one, he will make alliances with other MPs in the Parliament,

from the left, from the right, and get a majority to pass the reforms.

Thank you very much, from the Emmanuel Macron campaign team. And

another on national event is the victory Europe celebrations here, a

national holiday. Emmanuel Macron as President-elect will be standing by

the Arc de Triomphe with the outgoing president, Francois

Hollande. Thank you very much, we will be back with you throughout the

morning and we will have a little bit of a look at the view. You can

see this morning in Paris it is a bit of a great day. A 20 a.m. In

Paris, 7:20am approaching here. And we will find out what the weather

will be doing for us over the course of the next few days. Good morning,

all. I have a beautiful picture from Guernsey sent in by one of our

Weather Watchers, another beaut from Torbay and another one from Fife.

Some of us are getting off to a dry and bright start although generally

speaking there is more cloud across eastern Scotland and England, around

the Midlands, and through the day some of that will melt away. We

still have this cold wind coming in off the North Sea. Drift further

west and we are into the sunshine, and through the afternoon that will

continue. Sunshine across south-west England, temperatures getting up to

13 or 14. It is the same across Wales and as we head through parts

of the Midlands, heading northwards. Don't you just note, Monday morning,

your clicker is stuck once again. I hope it will spring into action, but

while it doesn't, west is best for today, central areas is where we

will have the cloud but in the north and east we will hang on to the

cloud and with a nagging wind coming from the North Sea it will feel

quite cold. Temperatures today, in the east, will range from around

nine to 12 Celsius but as we drift further west we are looking at up to

16. Yesterday Northern Ireland had the highest temperature of this year

so far, reaching 21.1dC. So that was a very pleasant fields of the day.

We don't expect it to be quite as high today. Through the course of

the night there will be some cloud around but where the cloud breaks it

will be cool enough touch of frost here and there, bringing us into

tomorrow. Tomorrow will be cloudier than today but nonetheless there

will be some sunshine around and temperatures in range about ten to

16 Celsius. I will phone the engineers, because goodness knows

what has happened and hopefully me and my chart will be back with some

more pictures in half an hour. Thing is, we are very happy to look at

you, but you are properly right, we need a little bit more. Now it kicks

in! Do you want to carry on? OK. Tomorrow there is more cloud around,

but we will see some brighter breaks, as you can see here but the

other thing is, tomorrow, we don't have this nagging wind any more so

if you are in the east it won't feel as bad. Temperatures between ten and

16. Leading us to a cold start on Wednesday morning, temperatures

hovering around freezing the two Celsius and for Wednesday itself a

lot more sunshine but with the change in the wind it means more

cloud across the north, a few showers and not as cold down the

east coast. A fair bit of sunshine. So at this stage in May, not too

shabby at all, at ten to 16. Do you still need to phone them, or have I

fixed it now? I think I had better phone them. There is no point, they

will just switch it on and off. I'm sure a good kick will sort these

things out. One of the biggest shocks in last

week's local elections was the triumph of the Conservative

candidate to become the metro mayor of Tees Valley,

a traditionally Labour region. But will the party be able

to replicate that success in next Breakfast's Graham Satchell has

been to the constituency of Middlesbrough South

and Cleveland East to find out more. We are in a patchwork constituency.

Rural farmlands and market towns like Guisborough, a now-defunct

steel industry on the coast, and working-class steps in

Middlesbrough. At the crafty cooks baking session for mums and toddlers

there is anger at what the Conservatives have been doing in

power. Seven years of austerity has not sat well with me. Education is

suffering, Health Service suffering, and it is heartbreaking. Helen will

vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I'm tired of hearing that he is unelectable,

because I don't think that he is. I think he has a strong record of

voting the things that I personally agree with. This seat has been

Labour since 1997, but ask a simple question. Who makes the better Prime

Minister, Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn? I would say that is a

no-brainer, Theresa May. The Labour majority has been falling steadily

in this part of the world and most observers the storm clouds ahead.

For the last 20 years, really, it has been falling out of love with

Labour. Over fish and chips, the political editor of the northern

Echo tells me about the shifting tide. Just before Easter the

Conservatives won the local council seat here for the first time from

Labour, with an 8% swing. It is even said that Theresa May had one look

and said we are winning seats in Middlesbrough, let's do this. Let's

go for this election. Dance night at the local social club in

Middlesbrough. Voting Labour here is in the blood. Always vote Labour,

yes. I have never, ever, not voted Labour. Many will still vote Labour,

but there is disillusioned with Jeremy Corbyn, particularly over

Brexit. Two thirds of people you voted to leave the EU. Control your

borders, control immigration, that is what I want. Control our own

laws. Jeremy Corbyn, I think he is... I don't think he is happy with

the Brexit. So, to guarantee we do leave the European Union, for the

first time in their lives, people like John and make will vote

Conservative -- Mick. The hardest thing I have had to do in my life.

If the Labour Party told me if you vote for us I will execute your

mother, I would still vote for them. The only thing we don't know is

Brexit. How many Micks are there from Middlesbrough and across the

country? Enough. And the government will win in a landslide in June.

Jane Eyre, The Lady of Shalott and Frankenstein -

just some of Britain's finest cultural offerings.

But it is feared the grandeur and power of their content is lost

on many children, who haven't studied such works.

We went out in the sun yesterday to see if some children

here in Salford could recite some classic poems.

I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er the velvet

hills. When I saw a crowd. A host of golden daffodils. This overlay, the

trees, -- beside the lake, beneath the trees... In the breeze.

Only a little bit of Hamlet. To be or not to be, that is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind... We have some half price black

tights, TVs, DVD 's, LPs. Trevor Francis tracksuits... We would love

to know what you think, and let us know what bonds you are able to

recite. -- poems. And large swathes Vanessa Feltz is on BBC radio London

with the Breakfast show, and she is talking about mental health. Goodbye

for now. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Thank you to all of you who are

sending in your poems this morning. France's newly elected President,

Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the country's divisions

following his resounding victory over the far-right leader,

Marine Le Pen, in yesterday's The pro-European, centrist

secured 66% of the vote and at just 39 years old,

he will become the country's Speaking at a victory rally outside

the Louvre museum in Paris, he said the task ahead was immense

and made a plea for unity. The BBC understands

the Conservatives will once again commit to cutting net migration

to the 'tens of thousands' Yesterday the Home

Secretary, Amber Rudd, refused to say whether the pledge -

which was also in the party's 2010 and 2015 manifestos -

would be repeated. Meanwhile, UKIP says it would cut

net migration to zero Staying with the election campaign -

Labour says it would extend the ban on television adverts

for unhealthy food and sweets The party says its strategy on child

health aims to halve the number of overweight

youngsters within ten years. The Conservatives say Britain's

advertising rules are already It's about changing behaviour. 30

years ago, we put a lot of effort into encouraging people to curb

their drinking and give up smoking but I think attitudes have changed.

Still smoke and people still drink that recognise the health risks

associated which they might not have 30 or 40 years ago because there

have been a lot of campaigning from the government.

The group representing hospitals and other NHS trusts in England has

called for an end to the cap on pay rises.

NHS Providers says the government's policy of pay

restraint over the last seven years is preventing employers

from retaining the staff needed to deliver safe patient care.

A two-year-old girl is being treated in hospital after suffering serious

injuries to her head and body in what's been described

Police say several animals managed to get into the garden

where she was playing in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.

Ten dogs have been seized from a nearby house and a man living

The social networking site, Facebook, is placing adverts

in British newspapers to provide practical advice on how to spot

The website has also closed thousands of accounts linked

to false stories ahead of the general election.

The company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines"

The move comes after it was accused of helping to spread fake news

during last year's US Presidential election.

A secret space mission has returned to earth after 2-years.

That's the US military's experimental X-37B space

plane landing yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

According to the American Air Force, it's been conducting unspecified

experiments for more than 700 days while in orbit.

It was the fourth and lengthiest mission so far for the secretive

They need to find out what is going on. Somebody called Mulder and

Scully. Coming up on the programme -

Carol has the weather. We will have other maps today. How

dare you downplay Carol! It was a mixed weekend of sport.

Very exciting in the championship. We will get to that. Arsene Wenger

finally beat Jose Mourinho. Or a Jose Mourinho's managed side. He

couldn't resist having a dig. Saying finally, finally I gave Arsenal fans

something to swing their scarves are bout.

Arsenal kept alive their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's

top four with a 2-0 win over an understrength Manchester United

Arsenal took the lead through Granit Xhaka's

deflected shot nine minutes after half time.

Then Danny Welbeck scored against his former club and ended

United's 25 game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

Arsenal are still six points behind fourth place Manchester City -

We want to try to win the Europa league.

More important for us than to finish fourth.

We really want to try to win it, and go to the Champions Leagues

So, we needed to give rest to players.

We want to win our games and when it is possible,

But, the Premier League is known, some teams who are safe continue

to fight and you have seen that with West Ham, you know.

You're not going to be speaking here next season again?

Look, you want me to work for BBC, or?

Arsene Wenger had still not made up his mind.

Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Southampton.

Liverpool Captain James Milner had a second half penalty saved

Now a couple of things caught our eye in yesterday's

The entertainment was somewhat lacking on the pitch at Anfield

so Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno decided

to make his own entertainment by having a go at the bottle flip

And what do you do if you're on the bench for Arsenal

and your 2-0 up against Manchester United?

You get the Malteasers out and share them out!

Only red chocolate bags are allowed. What a way to celebrate, why not?

Blackburn have been relegated to League One, becoming the first

Premier League winners to drop down to the third tier

Emotional scenes on and off the pitch.

They did their best, winning 3-1 against Brentford

on the final day, but it wasn't enough.

Celtic's Scott Sinclair was named PFA Scotland's player

On the pitch Aberdeen have all but guaranteed themselves second

And Rangers will also play Europa League football next season.

They came from behind to beat Partick Thistle 2-1 in injury time.

In their first ever one day international at Lord's -

Ireland were beaten by England by 85 runs.

England racked up 328 for six in their first innings with three

batsmen making scores in the seventies.

Ireland battled hard in the chase but eventually fell well short

There's an intriguing match to come at the Madrid Open,

as Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard are set to go head to head.

Sharapova beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the first round yesterday.

Last week Bouchard said that the Russian, who's just coming

back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance,

is a cheat and should have been banned for life.

The one person who can keep her out of Wimbledon is Eugenie Bouchard who

says she shouldn't be playing tennis at all. The pressure is on. She is

one win away for being automatically into Wimbledon. Did you see the

two-hour marathon attempt? It was a PR stunt. Another company are going

to try it. This guy managed two hours and 35 seconds. An unofficial

record. If you work it out. To run a sub two-hour marathon, that is the

equivalent of running 100 metres in 17 seconds and then repeating that

422 times so in order to run under two hours, marathon, you have to do

that. I know it's not a sprint but that's pretty quick, isn't it? For

two hours! When we were watching the normal London Marathon at home, if

you count, one, two, one, too, how quickly they are moving their legs.

It feels like a sprint, doesn't it? The speed that they travel at. You

only need one second Teia Miles. --1 second a mile.

As we've been hearing, France has a new president.

But how might Emmanuel Macron's victory be felt across the channel,

Steph's at a French bakery in London this morning.

How much have you eaten this morning, Steph? I have only had one

thing this morning. To be fair, I am in food heaven. I added a French

patisserie this morning. I have been watching them making it this

morning. They all up at the crack of dawn getting this setup. It is a

French patisserie here in south London and lots of people are French

who worked here and lots of their customers are as well. There are

about 350,000 French people living in the UK. How are you feeling this

morning? I'm not very happy about the result because I had no feeling

about the two candidates. Do you feel optimistic about the future in

France? I hope. You own is fantastic cafe and bakery. How are you feeling

today? I'm not feeling very good because it was not my favourite bank

God, not Marine Le Pen. -- but, thank God. How do you think your

friends and family and people will be feeling? Let's see because three

years ago, nobody knew him and let's see if he is going to be a good

president that he is very young. We will see. They queue and thank you

for letting us in. -- thank you. We export 1.8 billion pounds things to

France and import as well. It is important to keep the relationship.

We have a doctor of politics. Tell us what this will mean for French

people and what the task of Emmanuel Macron is. He has his work cut out.

A lot of people who wanted him to win in the second round in 20 and to

win in the first. The big problem that he has is getting himself a

Parliamentary majority. He has less than six weeks to do it. He is doing

it with a political party that has only existed for one year. He needs

to get it together because if you can't get his laws through

Parliament and his presidency is over before it is begun. He has been

strong on things like Brexit and not wanting that to happen. Is very pro-

European which is a rarity in the current climate. I don't think he

will be giving any gifts to Therese in May. It'll be interesting to say.

-- to Therese May. What is your reaction as a

businesswoman? I'm quite relieved because we didn't want the extreme

to be ruling France. That is a good point. Also, there is a new changing

politics so that is quite hopeful. Though I didn't really feel that

they wanted to vote for Emmanuel Macron but I did it to avoid the

extreme. We are going to see how it's going to happen and hopefully

the opposition 's are going to be able to say what they have to say in

the next election before the Parliament which is going to be very

soon and hopefully, some of these ideas are going to be implemented as

well. Will it impact your work here, do you think? Of course. Doing

financial planning, we will have a lot of changes in regulation so we

are going to have a lot of things to do, yes, of course. Thank you for

your time this morning. I probably have crumbs all over my face. It was

good to hear their point of view. Thank you very much. We will be live

in Paris a bit later in the programme. I bet Steph knows some

poetry. We should have asked her. They queue for the messages about

poetry. We are talking about that today because people are saying that

it's really important. -- thank you. -- important that we read certain

bits of poetry and music. Thank you for all the suggestions and what

sticks in your mind from when you were at school and making sure that

the teacher drummed it into you and it's still there now. Hamlet is

still with me, always will be. Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning. This morning it is a

chilly start the some of us but there is a fair bit of sunshine to

expect through the course of the day. However, in the east there is

more cloud. As we look at this week ahead, while we have a variety of

sunny spells, chilly nights, a touch of frost at times and later in the

week the chance of rain or indeed some showers, and some of those

could be thundery, not at the start. What we have first thing today is a

fair bit of cloud across eastern areas and the Midlands. Through the

day some of that will melt away but if you are in the east you are still

going to be exposed to that northerly wind. And that will make

it feel cold. If you are in the west, a completely different story.

A lot of sunshine around first thing, temperatures climbing as we

go into the afternoon and the sunshine sticking around for the

afternoon as well. Not just in south-east England, Wales, Northern

Ireland. Yesterday Northern Ireland had its warmest day of the year so

far. Across much of Scotland, again we are looking at a fair bit of

sunshine, except across the north-east. If you have cloud coming

and going through the course of the day, the same across eastern

England. A bit more cloud and don't forget with that northerly breeze,

it will feel chilly if you are exposed to that. Coming south into

the south-east, here we will see some brighter skies coming through

at times. The emphasis is on a lot of cloud. Through the evening and

overnight, the wind turns that bit lighter. More of a gentle breeze.

Still some cloud coming in from the North Sea, producing the odd spot of

drizzle, and we will also see some clearer skies, so once again in

chrome, sheltered areas there is the risk of some frost. That does mean

that tomorrow morning will dawn on a bright note. High-pressure still

firmly in charge of our weather and you can see in this chart there is

hardly a nice bar in sight. So the wind is going to fall light, so if

you are in the east of the UK, the last week or so we have had that

nagging easily northerly wind. It will not feel as cold. But tomorrow,

generally speaking it will be cloudier than we expected to be

today. There will be some sunshine around, however, especially in parts

of the west, once again, or the south, and temperatures getting up

to around 16 Celsius. But as I mentioned, feeling much more

pleasant across the east that it has done. Now, we dawn on Wednesday

morning on a cold night where we have the clear skies, but of course

we have the clearest skies we also have sunshine to start the day. A

bit of a change on Wednesday, largely down to the wind direction.

So across northern Scotland and some parts of western Scotland, there

will be some more cloud around. We will also see some splashes of rain

across the far north-east. Down the east coast, hardly a breath of wind,

so again feeling much more pleasant. And as we drift on towards southern

and western areas, again, this is where we will see the lion's share

of the sunshine. And in that sunshine, temperatures up to 16.

Thank you very much for that. I am glad to see the computer is in fine

working order, as well. Me too, me too. We should have started that

with shall we compare you to a summer's day?

Sonnet 18, Great Expectations, and How Do I love Thee -

some of Britain's finest cultural offerings.

But it is feared their grandeur and power could be lost on many

children who don't study such works as part of the school curriculum.

There are now calls for pupils to be able to memorise and recite classic

poems and books, as a way of improving their cultural knowledge.

We will discuss this in a moment, but first we spoke to some parents

in sunny Salford, to get their thoughts.

You sort of learn a few, don't you? And you might retain a couple of

verses, maybe, of each one. I think it is pretty hard going to learn

entire poems. I think it depends what year it is, because the young

ones might not be into it, they might find it boring. Personally I

don't think you should force people to learn specific things. I think

the joy of reading is the personal discovery. Every form of writing, no

matter whether it is the story or poem, is good to learn in school. If

there is a list of 100, though, it might inform me to think perhaps I

should read that one, but not all of them, necessarily.

Dame Rachel de Souza is the chief executive of 13 schools in Norfolk

and Suffolk, where pupils will study classics from the autumn.

We are also joined by poet Matt Abbott.

Good morning to you both. Thank you very much for joining us. Let's

start with you, first of all. You have made a list, haven't you? How

do you choose from the vast array? Well, with great debate. The

excitement among the teachers and students of compiling that list has

been massive. And really we could make a list of hundreds, because

there are so many fantastic poems and so much fantastic literature out

there in compiling the list is half of the fun. But really what we want

is for our students to read the best that has been said or thought, and

if we can get some way towards that, we are going to really enrich young

lives. You are a poet now, what got you into that in the first place? Is

a classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or what was it? I am into Coleridge

now, but I didn't get into it at school, to be honest. I think

anything that encourages people to read more poetry at school can be a

good thing. And I like the idea of them reciting them as well, because

it is a different way to experience a poem. And for classmates to hear

that classmates residing in, it will help them experience it in a

different way. To be honest I got into it more through music lyrics

and things like that. It was actually after school. So I think

this new measure could be really useful in terms of helping people

get into it in school. So when you tell people you are a poet now, what

sort of reaction do you get? Scrunched up face. The problem is

the way that poetry is taught in school is quite bad. They may be

forced to read a text which doesn't appeal to them, forced to read it in

silence in a classroom, and they are put off poetry for life. It is like

algebra, why would you go back to poetry? But this way of doing it,

getting them to learn it and read a wide range of staff, could be really

useful. Let's get that to some of the things on the list. Geoffrey

Chaucer's prologue from the Canterbury tales. How much relevance

does that have for a child on the 21st century? Well, it is amazing

how much it actually does. One of the key things is that people who

are in the top jobs in this country will have been to schools where they

have learnt these things. If our children are going to be up out

there and competing, they need to have learnt it as well. This is

about equity and making sure they know what people in the cloud know.

So when they are grown up and that a meeting and someone talks about

things being Dickensian or talks about Chaucer, they need to have

those references and know what they mean. It is just enriching. I am the

daughter of a steelworker from Scunthorpe, and I can remember my

mother reading for me the Highwayman Tom and that vocabulary is in my

head, the road was a ribbon of moonlight across the purple moor,

and the highwayman came riding, riding up to the old indoor. It

enriches you forever. It is in your memory and your hearts, really, so I

can just encourage parents to read poetry to their children. We are

going to do it at school, and it will allow students to compete with

the best out there. I suppose that comes back to what you said, in the

performance, that winds people over. At the end of the World Cup, a

player read out Rudyard Kipling's pollen, you will be a man, my son.

And the next day, and the week after that, loads of national newspapers

printed upon in its entirety. And that was a way of engaging the

public in upon which -- in a poem that is incredibly popular. Lots of

amazing spoken word performers, I have been to gigs where they have

been thousands and thousands of teenage girls whose imaginations

have been lit up by the words. It is because they have heard it or seen

it or have watched it, and if you are forced to read something on a

piece of paper you get two or three lines in, you don't really get it,

you stop reading, you just scan it. Whatever you need to do to get

through the lesson. If you hear someone reading it, you think

actually, I get that. Is different reading, the way people read it.

Thank you very much. And we will read some of your comments a bit

later on. Along with surfing, skateboarding,

baseball and karate, climbing will make its Olympic debut

at the Tokyo Games in 2020. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is at the UK's highest outdoor climbing wall, to find out how GB

athletes are aiming for the top. Tim, you've got three

years to make the team. Thank you, I have my highs on Tokyo

2020. There will be several new sports and that the Olympics. So

karate, skateboarding and climbing, and where I am today will be the

UK's highest climbing wall. Some 36 metres, five miles from

Huddersfield, in west Yorkshire. Take a look at the shots from a

little earlier, giving you a sense of the scale of this place. It used

to be an old grain mill, and it has been converted and it reflects the

growing popularity of climbing, and it is the brainchild of a man who I

will hopefully make my way around... Good to see you. We are a bit

tangled up, aren't we? So why did you decide to do this, and how big a