A delay in plans to tackle Air Pollution until after the election; ministers are accused of Pure Political Expediency. A Special Report from the is stronghold of dabiq where the militants are losing ground. Is were right about one thing though. This is a place of reckoning but its a place of their defeat, they are being driven 100 kilometres from here. And, one of the enduring images of this years London Marathon we speak to the runners who made their own headlines. Good evening. France has now entered a period of intense political campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen the two remaining candidates for the presidency. Its a race thats already transformed the old patterns of french politics with potentially significant consequences for the future of france and the eu. The final Voting Figures for the first round released today gave the centrist mr macron 24 . His rival Marine Le Pen of the National Front took 21. 3 . The outgoing socialist president Francois Hollande said
the ancient nature of scotland as a kingdom, but not turning this into a second coronation and ensuring that this is not in fact referencing scotland as a kingdom because since the act of union in 1707 it isn t. james, we will talk again later and we see how these things develop today, but thank you, james cook our scotland editor. the procession is beginning within the next 15 minutes. then we will pull the events during the afternoon and we will have more for you at 6pm. for now, then, back to you in the studio. studio: thank you. train companies are pressing ahead with plans to close almost all their ticket offices in stations across england. trade unions and charities representing blind people have reacted angrily to the proposals. but rail companies say only 12% of tickets are now bought over the counter. our transport correspondent katy austin reports from reading station.