in the country. but ranil vickrema singha also warned, he would deal firmly, with what he called undemocratic efforts to topple the government. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha the chief leader writer for the observer and giles kenningham political commentator & former conservative party press chief. welcome party press chief. back to you both. let s have a welcome back to you both. let s have a look at the front pages. and then there were two, the i newspaper focusses on the conservative leadership contest as rishi sunak and liz truss face tory mps in the final run off. this was the moment the result was read out. the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, the foreign secretary is the front runner to become prime minster the winner is to be announced in september. but the guardian says the tory party fears
After two years of losses, bps set to reveal its making profits again thanks to the rise in the price of oil. And, can the thrill of the auction room be recreated online . We investigate the digital challenges for the likes of christies and sotherbys. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Bps expected to say its been making a profit in recent months, drawing a line under years of painful cost cutting and transformation as it grappled with low oil prices. Using the oil giants preferred measure of underlying replacement cost profit, last year it made a loss of 2. 6 billion a 55 fall on the year before. The shift in the price of oil on Global Markets was the main reason why the white line shows you the slide. It bottomed out at 27. 88 a Barrel Injanuary 2016. The yellow line shows you bps share price during that time and the effects of the two year slump in the oil market as well as the cost of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. This year bp plans to sell off around 4. 5 billio
You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune
On fake news during the Election Campaign, saying itll do all it can to tackle the problem. In sport, theres hope yet for arsenals season. They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase for the Champions League places. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us, the 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. Good morning. First, our main story. Frances newly elected president , Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the countrys divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterdays election. The pro eu candidate secured 66 of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the countrys 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. Heres our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.
Brexit is a big issue because we are both very staunch remainers. brexit is a big issue because we are both very staunch remainers. If we have a good deal with europe, everything is benefits. Health and education is more important to me than brexit in an ordinary election but at the moment, brexit takes priority. So in the early rounds, brexit might have stolen the show but the old favourites never go away. I think theyre doing fa ntastically away. I think theyre doing fantastically considering how bad it is. Ive never had a problem with the nhs around here. I had my baby ten months ago. The doctors surgeries though, to be fair, if you wa nt surgeries though, to be fair, if you want an appointment, you have to ring up and it could be two or three weeks. Knowing that the nhs is going to be there in five or ten years time is really important to us. Obviously if its not, we will become very americanised and it could be a real struggle. This contest has only just could be a real struggle.