Labour promises it wont raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year if they win the elction. The conservatives focus on Mental Health promising another 10,000 staff in england if theyre re elected on june the 8th. Election. Hello and a very warm welcome. It is midnight in paris, where Emmanuel Macron is set to be elected the youngest french president. The results are still being counted, but he looks to have won more than 60 of the vote. In a televised address, he said he understood the anxiety many he said he understood the anxiety ma ny voters he said he understood the anxiety many voters had expressed. Marine le pen claimed her performance was historic, and brans remains divided. 0ur historic, and brans remains divided. Our first historic, and brans remains divided. 0urfirst Report comes historic, and brans remains divided. Our first report comes from katya adler. Emmanuel macron is set to be the youngest had of frances napoleon. Translation i know that there are d
Here at hay festival. Founded in 1987, around the Kitchen Table in wales, the hay festival has been bringing readers, writers, and fingers together for 30 years. And it has evolved into a global celebration of literature, culture, and science. Thinkers together. Tonight, i am delighted to be speaking to Sebastian Barry. He is one of irelands finest writers. In his fiction is often rooted in stories passed down through his family. His latest novel, it days without end, is set in america in the mid 19th century. Novel, days. Iam i am delighted to be hit today to talk to Sebastian Barry, who, lets be honest, does not need an introduction from me. He is a prolific poet, playwright, and novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize or fiction. Novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize orfiction. And the winner of countless other prizes and plaudits for his nine novels and 1a players. Not bad for somebody who could not read or write until he was nine. So, Sebastian Barry, given
Business leaders are gathering just down the road from here to talk about how to create the Business Leaders of tomorrow. Im amongst teams who have been taking part in a competition to set up and run their own business from scratch. In sport, on a great day for the home crowds here at wimbledon. Johanna konta reaches the third round for the first time, as watson, bedene and murray make it four british players through. We step back to 1967 to look at a slice of Wimbledon History 50 years ago, the first Colour Tv Transmission was broadcast. We speak exclusively to the man who made it happen. The skies were throbbing ultramarine. The green was very saturated, and rolled, it was awful. But that was what we wanted. We want colour a lot of it and carol has the weather. We do not expect too many disruptions at wimbledon here today. Some early showers that should pull away. It can completely rule out the risk of a thunderstorm but there will be a lot of dry weather. For the uk as a whole, rein
Growing Leisure Boat Industry. From small, human powered, two giant super yachts. And its one of the highlights of the Sporting Calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the worlds most successful managers Pep Guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. The sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today . It is a day of contrast. While some have frosts, temperatures down to 6, for others it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in15 it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The us President Elect donald trump is due to meet intelligence chiefs today, to discuss claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election. Hes faced criticism from both republicans and democrats about his approach to the allegations, and less than 24 h
Now it is time for the turn of newswatch with samira ahmed looking at the role of language in news headlines. Hello and welcome to the first newswatch of 2017 with me, samira ahmed, where well be rounding up some of the comments youve made about bbc news since we went off air before christmas. Coming up jill saward died this week, but should the bbc news website have described her in its headline as a campaigner rather than as a victim . And the year of Celebrity Deaths ended with several more, including that of George Michael. Did the bbc lose perspective over the extent of its coverage . First, the new year has brought no respite from the Terrorist Attacks that have become a regular feature of news broadcasts. On sunday came the latest atrocity, targeting those enjoying a night out at the reina nightclub in istanbul. News reader less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, Bullets Ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. Another camera showed people