In paris today. A French Police officer was engulfed in flames and seriously burned two more were injured in clashes with protestors. This years may day demonstrations come just six days before the final round of the french president ial election and in a divided nations it is clearly a tense time. The bbcs Lucy Williamson is in paris and i spoke to her a brief time ago. These marches come just six days before the final vote and i expect they are some gauge of the mood in france and it does not look good does it . These may day rallies are an annual event organised by the main unions here. They happen alongside the political rallies and the unions also have taken on something of a politicalflavour today. We saw clashes on the margins on some of the matches, some provocateu rs on some of the matches, some p rovocateu is we on some of the matches, some provocateurs we believe on the margins on one of those events through some Molotov Cocktails towards the police injuring several of them
Heres to you norfolk. A white wine from the broads, beats global competition, to be crowned one of the worlds best. And the legend of king arthur gets the guy richie big screen treatment. Our own knight at the round table mark kermode will be giving it his verdict in the film review at 5 45pm. Its five oclock. Our main story Julian Assange the founder of wikileaks and urged on the belt that prosecutors in sweden have dropped their investigation into Rape Allegations against him. He said in a tweet i do not forgive or forget. He has always denied the charges. The development emerged this morning as the swedish prosecutor announced they would discontinue the investigation into an alleged sex offence committed in 2010. Julian assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy since august 2012. The met police say they would still be obliged arrest him on a lesser charge if he tried to leave. He has now gone back inside the embassy and has not said what he will do next. Victory is howJuli
Of china . The aspiring photographer whose pictures went undiscovered for decades, but have now become the cover art for a new album from the jam. And louise lear has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day, but it is a quieter story in comparison to of late. There will be some coastal showers around, but further inland there will be some sun. Good morning. The Prime Minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. Downing street says too many Family Doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. For days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. Targets missed, major alerts declared. Seniorfigures in the Health Service are sounding doom laden about the future. Now the Prime Minister is turning her attention to Famil
Of china . The aspiring photographer whose pictures went undiscovered for decades, but have now become the cover art for a new album from the jam. And louise lear has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day, but it is a quieter story in comparison to of late. There will be some coastal showers around, but further inland there will be some sun. Good morning. The Prime Minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. Downing street says too many Family Doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. For days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. Targets missed, major alerts declared. Seniorfigures in the Health Service are sounding doom laden about the future. Now the Prime Minister is turning her attention to Famil
Of china . The aspiring photographer whose pictures went undiscovered for decades, but have now become the cover art for a new album from the jam. And louise lear has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day, but it is a quieter story in comparison to of late. There will be some coastal showers around, but further inland there will be some sun. Good morning. The Prime Minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. Downing street says too many Family Doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. For days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. Targets missed, major alerts declared. Seniorfigures in the Health Service are sounding doom laden about the future. Now the Prime Minister is turning her attention to Famil