nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
News, leicester manager Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the fa cup replay against derby. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Joining up health and social Care Services in england is one of the governments big ideas for easing the pressures on the health service. But according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients in the community have neither saved money, nor taken pressure off hospitals. The scheme called the Better Care Fund was meant to save the nhs half a billion pounds in its first year. The Department Of Health insists its too soon to judge the success of its plans. Heres our health correspondent, dominic hughes. Bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider nhs is more complicated than it seems. The aim is to prevent people from being admitted to hospital in the first place, but when they are, get them home quicker. Some solutions are simple. This disti
Are returning to the town. Today, im talking about the Housing Market, as new Research Says average asking prices are at a record high. But as sales fall, ill be looking at what is going on. In sport, sanchez shines for arsenal. His winner in extra time sees them book their place in the fa cup final after victory over Manchester City. And this is st davids in south west wales. Well be live there later as the search for the next Uk City Of Culture heats up. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. A taste of winter in the forecast this week with some snow, especially in the north and north east. There will be some sunshine. It is not until the second part of the weekend the weekend that it will warm up. And i will have more details on 50 minutes. Thank you, carol. 15. Good morning. First, our main story. French voters have rejected the two traditional ruling parties, with their candidates being knocked out in the first round of the president ial election. Instead, the pro
Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
Will stay with you. Maybe i was a bit over zealous with my support. No it was wonderful it was needed needed to hit home that he was there. And coming up in the sport on bbc news labelled the best player in history by his manager, lionel messi scored his 500th goal for barcelona in a dramatic el clasico victory at real madrid. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its the biggest political upset in france for 60 years. For the first time neither of frances main left wing or right wing parties has a candidate in the second round of the president ial elections after they were both defeated by two outsiders yesterday. The independent centrist candidate, 39 year old Emmanuel Macron only set up his party a year ago he will become the youngest ever french president if he wins on may 7th. But hes got to beat Marine Le Pen of the Front National, who is campaigning against immigration, globalisation and the eu. Christian fraser is in paris for us this lunchtime. Thank you very much