ahead: 50,000 police officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the country s presidential election. we put them in the sport because it is quiet. they will be happy. and they have access to our garden and oui’ they have access to our garden and our neighbour ‘s garden. in this spot. a helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in east yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekend s fa cup semi finals at wembley. and ben has the weather. a decent weekend in prospect. plenty of dry weather. even some sunshine. but there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. all of the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might aba
presenting on radioi promoted their mental health campaign. mike s taken to the slopes this week, trying to keep up with 18 year old millie knight, britain s first world champion para skier. in sport chelsea chase the double the premier league leaders take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekend s fa cup semi finals at wembley. and we take a look at the weather with them. plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, but a plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, buta big plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, but a big change on the way for the start of next week. something much colder on the way. i will have all of the details later. thank you very much. good morning. first, our main story. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at the last election not to raise income
personnel and police officers are being deployed across france in preparation for voting in the country s presidential election after the killing of a police officer in paris. terrorism dominated the final day of campaigning on friday, and security has been increased before polls in mainland france open tomorrow. 0ur reporter is in paris. welcome to a busy market. right in the centre of the city. the background to this election is anything but ordinary. tens of thousands of extra security personnel are on the streets all over france. we can see armed police walking around this market at times. a real strange contrast to the normal life revolving all around that security. national security for us that security. national security for us to the top of the political agenda by the events of boast evening when a police officer was shot dead on the champs elysees just a couple of miles from here. the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. armed police a
are you excited? yes. it will keep the grubs down, hopefully. from an animal sanctuary a0 miles away, they finally arrived. 52 hedgehogs, all found sick or injured across the north of england. most of these have come in as babies, and we have hand fed them, hand reared them. this one. this one was in a really bad way when she came in. she was very tiny, very sick. veronica and her husband, frank, run the charity andrew s hedgehog hospital. they believe the village of burton fleming, now considered hedgehog friendly, will give the animals the best chance. 0ur village doesn t have major roads around it, and hedgehogs need to travel and get around different gardens. provided everyone puts a hole in the garden fence, to make sure they can move around, we hope that the numbers will improve. we are going to be putting the hedgehogs in our garden, because i have three little boys who have never seen a live hedgehog before. look at his face. do you like him? assessing hedgehog number
and will gemma arterton and bill nighy be ‘at their finest‘? jason solomons will give his verdict in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. conservative and labour politicians are on the general election trail on the first weekend of the campaign. jeremy corbyn was in cheshire, where he said the party wanted to make the tax system fairer by getting the very wealthy and what he called ‘corporates‘ to pay more. theresa may was in the west midlands. she said the country was facing the most important election in her lifetime and insisted the conservatives were a lower tax party . there s been speculation they may raise taxes if they win the general election. our political correspondent leila nathoojoins me. i suppose the latest is thejeremy corbyn has been speaking again today, this time in crewe. what did he have to say? he s been on a whistle stop tour of the north west rallying his troops. he is appealing to labour s half a million members to labou