premier league leaders chelsea are a step closer to a double—winning season, after beating tottenham 4—2 to reach the fa cup final. it was an exciting match and twice spurs had to claw chelsea back. dele alli levelled the game with this to make it 2—2. chelsea's response was unstoppable. a wonder goalfrom nemanja matic. spurs have now lost their last seven fa cup semi—finals in a row. it is great to fight for the title. it is great to reach for the final fa cup. a great competition. but, yeah, i am pleased for my players and i also for ourfans. we dominated the game completely but they were more clinical than us. i feel proud, we played fa nta stically. we played in our way and philosophy. we tried to play like we normally play. but it is true that they were so clinical. in the other fa cup semi—final, arsenal take on manchester city this afternoon. the scottish cup continues this weekend too, and there's an old firm derby at 12 o'clock today. either rangers or celtic will face aberdeen who are already into the final. they were impressive yesterday against hibernian. this is the kick—off. look how quickly aberdeen got their opening goal — just 12 seconds by adam rooney. defenders still settling into position, i think. aberdeen went on to win the match 3—2, and reach theirfirst scottish cup final for 17 years. it has been a brilliant season so far. after the last disappointment and we wanted to move forward. we wanted to be here again come the end of the season for another trophy. so we are looking forward to it. worrying times for middlesbrough — they've lost again, and their chances of staying in the premier league look increasingly unlikely. they lost 4—0 to bournemouth yesterday. bournemouth move up to 12th in the table with the win. it's looking bleak for boro though, they're nine points from safety, and only five games left to play. there's been some incredible goals this weekend, just look at this from sam clucas from hull city. they beat watford 2—0 which does their chances of staying in the premier league the world of good, they're two points clear of the bottom three now. also in the relegation battle are swansea, but they've boosted their survival hopes. they beat stoke 2—0, which is theirfirst win in seven games. in yesterday's other premier league game, everton and west ham finished goalless. it's been confirmed that zlatan ibrahimovic will miss the rest of manchester united's season because of injury. the striker, and defender marcus rojo, both have cruciate ligament injuries, which they picked up in the europa league quarter final on thursday night. so united will have to manage without their top goalscorer ibrahimovic in today's game at burnley. in the day's other premier league match, liverpool are at crystal palace. it's that time of the year where teams start moving up and down the leagues. swindon town were relegated from league one, and leyton orient have dropped out of the football league after 112 years. they'll be replaced by lincoln city. they're back after a six year absence, following their 2—1 win over macclesfield. the victory also secured the national league title, in front of their home supporters. promotion caps off a remarkable season for the lincoln, as they also became the first non—league side to reach the fa cup quarter—finals in more than a century. manchester city women have it all to do in their champions league semi—final. they lost to the holders lyon, 3—1 yesterday. the second leg is next saturday. great britain's fed cup tie against romania has resumed this morning withjohanna konta taking on simona halep in the first of the day's singles ties. konta came onto court, followed by her captain anne keothavong. both women were insulted by the romanian captain ille nestasie yesterday — he has been banned from the rest of the tie and is under investigation. konta struggled early on in the match itself. halep breaking konta's serve in the first game, and she took a 4—love lead in the first set. and this is what's happening right now in romania. konta had a tough start to the match. she lost the first set 6—1 in just 20 minutes. you can watch this on the bbc sport website. saracens are still on course to retain their european champions cup title. they beat munster by 26 points to 10 in dublin to reach their third final in four years. both their tries came in the second half, the second for chris wyles, as they ran out winners at the aviva stadium. they'll face clermont auvergne or leinster in the final in three weeks time — that second semi—final is played this afternoon. courtney tulloch has made history for great britain's gymnasts, winning their first international rings medal with a silver at the european championships in romania. this silver adds to an impressive championships for gb's men's team, which contains none of the competitors from the rio olympics. it means a lot. i have come fourth, and just missing out on the medals. i did not want that to ever happen again, gone back to the gym, trained so hard. i want to keep improving on the rings. hopefully some younger gymnasts can follow in my footsteps and we can become a great nation on the rings. to athletics, where there were familiar scenes for great britain men's 4 x 100m relay team. they've been disqualified in the final at the world relays. they were on course for a medal going into the fourth and final changeover, but debutant ojie edoburun took off too soon and danny talbot couldn't get the baton to him in the required zone. the usa went on to win, justin gatlin powering over the line for the gold medal. iam i am grateful to get the opportunity to represent great britain, but i am disappointed. it is hard to tell what happened right now. i am disappointed. it is not a nice feeling. but like the others said, it is the bigger picture, i am still confident we can get the job done. sad times for the great britain team. the london marathon coverage is on bbc two write—down and we will keep you up—to—date with that throughout the day. that is all for the sport. now, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look at the sunday papers. with me are the deputy europe business editor for the international new york times, preshant rao, and the sunday times‘ foreign editor, peter conradi. let's get you up to speed with the front pages. the mail on sunday claims the conservatives‘ opinion poll lead has been slashed in half because of theresa may's plans over tax and pensions. the sunday mirror claims their survey gives the tories their biggest lead since 1991, with more than 50% of the vote. theresa may parks her battle tanks on labour's lawn, according to the sunday times, as it reports on tory manifesto plan to offer £100 off energy bills for workers. a poll in the the sunday express suggest one in seven labour voters will switch to the tories in the upcoming election. the sunday telegraph has an interview with patrick mclaughlin, chairman of the conservatives, who claims thatjeremy corbyn is not suitable to take on the responsibilities of prime minister. and the observer reports a pledge from lib dem leader, tim farron, that he won't do any coalition deals, saying he wants the liberal democrats be the main opposition. hello to you both. let's plunge straight in with the mail on sunday. tory lead slashed in half after tax u—turn. what u—turn, and which poll? it is extraordinary. other polls elsewhere have the tories well ahead, sort of a8, but the mail on sunday suggests it is down to a0— wa nted sunday suggests it is down to a0— wanted nine. it is a triple the refusing to rule out any tax increases, refusing to contribute to the triple lock on pensions, and the commitment to .7% on aid, which appears to have gone down quite badly with the court tory heartland. the interesting thing about the poll they quote is that the fieldwork for they quote is that the fieldwork for the interviews was done later, yesterday after the story started to bubble about tax. it is a curious one because we know that the chancellor is looking for cash because he told us he was. he had his tax proposal effectively told he could not do it because it broke the last manifesto, so it won't be a surprise if the conservatives has to find some more money and raise taxes to do so. how many of these things are real shockers? to do so. how many of these things are real shocke rs? it to do so. how many of these things are real shockers? it is hard to tell which poll is to be believed. if any! i feel like still we should ta ke if any! i feel like still we should take all of these with a pinch of salt and an understanding that the polls have a margin for error. the mail on sunday does note that this would leave the prime minister with a majority of ag, which is more than she has currently. this is curious, it is the other thing with all of this, the brexit effect on all of the parties. this could revive the liberal democrats we are told, because they are unashamedly pro the eu, but at the same time because the conservatives and labour have been divided over this, some uncertainty about what impact that could have on about what impact that could have on a more conventional election environment. i am sceptical about overall figures because this time round there will be tactical voting going on. there are a lot of domain is who still not happen, and can see situations where you are living in a stitch in c, people are voting tactically, not the way they would normally vote, just to make a point about exit. and the interesting thing about trying to make a comparison is that brexit is something where every vote had the same value, whereas the in situ disease, this country operates things and makes it hard to know where their support is. the dream party is not a huge force in politics, but they were saying they would territory the lean back withdraw to have the lib dems a more successful run at it —— green party. ifa successful run at it —— green party. if a 7000 vote tory majority in one constituency could swing the result, they have two coordinate in some way. let's move on to the observer, which should appeal to both of you because you are reporting for an international audience. because you are reporting for an internationalaudience. how because you are reporting for an international audience. how foreign is this british election? this is a man who could be quite influential in brexit terms. yes, you will be running the european parliament side of brexit, who is critical of theresa may, saying this is a nonsense, that there are pure political considerations that meant she called this debate. of course it was. to some extent he is just stating the obvious. this is what politicians do. precisely, the fact it is coming from a federalist and a belgian to boot means it will not go down well. it is a classic observer story, i can't see it running on the mail on sunday or the sunday times. do you think there is a big risk for politicians from the eu because of the pressure in commenting on the uk election this time round? absolutely, in the run—up to the brexit referendum that incredibly powerful politicians from all over the world, including barack obama, a lot of their comments became toxic. at the same time it is worth noting that these are largely facts, that this was a bitter cold decision, but when it comes down to it there are numerous instances of elections in order to strengthen their hand, but look at greece, it did not change that much. i'm not sure 27 other hunter israeli care. that is an interesting person. the radical prime minister saying i'm going to show that the weak people are on my side and therefore the eu will have to listen to us, but it did not work. dash—macro greek. we know that he is great friends with norman lamont. an awful lot of this is about giving theresa may some wiggle room after the negotiation. the idea that there is a two—year period that takes us into 2019, and then the concern that britain would then be in full pre—election mode, and so if she wins, and nothing is guaranteed, she has an extra two years to deal with that, to maybe get a longer transition period. so you think that could strengthen her hand, if she does not have that fear of a general election immediately after these brexit negotiations? yes, it gives her strength to be weaker, which is a strange thing. the sunday times. this is interesting. theresa may parks her battle tanks on labour's lawn. this was on the news channel yesterday lunchtime. lawn. this was on the news channel yesterday lunchtimelj lawn. this was on the news channel yesterday lunchtime. i guess the campaign has not officially kicked off. the policy fight has started. theresa may, when she first became prime minister, struck everyone as being surprisingly interventionist for a conservative, and this is another example of this. this is a policy we have seen before, except it was a labour policy that was pilloried. now the prime minister potentially suggesting that the odyssey is that the prime minister will use the conservative manifesto to cap the utility bills for those paying standard tariffs which have been dubbed a rip—off. it is interesting how theresa may is looking to peel off some labour vote rs looking to peel off some labour voters where she can. this is your paper's front—page story. it is fascinating. i have seen previous evidence saying that if you put the same policy to voters, they will either supported or won't support it, depending on who offers it. the policy could be identical, but if they don't like the person offering it, it won't help. precisely, it is like you could make a deal with china? richard nixon because he was republican, but the democrats never could. it is a crazy policy. the tories criticised it when ed miliband came up with it, and other people piled in and said it is economic nonsense. why stop at utility bills? why not put a cap on what you pay for food in a supermarket, or in a restaurant, no starter ca n supermarket, or in a restaurant, no starter can cost more than £5 question mark i worked in a country where this kind of stuff went on, called the soviet union, where prices were controlled. i am exaggerating, but it seems odd. we have a privatised energy system, so just make sure there is proper competition. how does it look from your perspective on as a business journalist? i agree. it is hard to understand how you can make this a feasible, working policy. the idea would be theoretically you would promote competition and make it easy for customers to switch so naturally companies would only be able to offer lower prices. unfortunately, this does not seem to have been the case in britain. it is pretty easy to switch. it is basically because we are too lazy. is that true?|j we are too lazy. is that true?” don't know, but it is annoying. you go to don't know, but it is annoying. you gotoa don't know, but it is annoying. you go to a different shop to buy a different product, but the last time i switched my electricity, i don't remember it coming out a different colour or a different flavour, or being more powerful than my previous electricity. it is a pure financial thing. life is too short. we have all got more interesting things to do. well maybe we will have more interesting things to talk about as the pain continues. talking of which. i don't know if we can see this on camera. this is a survey in the mail on sunday, proof that the paper is not taking everything in its opinion polls too seriously. this is one of my favourite things about the british elections, that there is a sense of humour. which type of dog reminds you of party leaders? theresa may is a labrador. tim farron is a poodle, and jeremy corbyn is a stray. a labrador, that is interesting. they are a bit docile, aren't they? she is clearly not a rottweiler. i am not very good on dogs. i have a cat at home. not the best person to ask. there are lots of questions in this survey, covering all kinds of things, including whether voters think theresa may is like helen mirren in the queen. there is a bit of a generational issue. one about albert ste ptoe, generational issue. one about albert steptoe, which probably passed dozens steptoe, which probably passed d oze ns of steptoe, which probably passed dozens of people by. precisely. the mail on sunday know that demographic. but be ready for more of this. have pity for those of us who work in the newspaper industry because there are lots of these inside pages to fill. it will get more and more desperate.” inside pages to fill. it will get more and more desperate. i don't think there is too much pity, but i know there is an election that both of you are excited about which is happening in france as we speak. peter, your paper has been following this. as a weekly paper, there must bea this. as a weekly paper, there must be a dilemma about how you cover this next sunday. we have the first round of voting today, with 11 candidates. the top four are really competing, of whom two will go through to the run—off two weeks from now. so next sunday will be fine because we will be in the middle of it. the interesting thing todayis middle of it. the interesting thing today is that it is so wide open. we have got marine le pen from the national front. emanuel has emerged from nowhere. they are both the front runners, but onlyjust ahead of the traditional conservative who has a welsh wife and a generous expense account, and thejeremy corbyn of french politics. they are both behind. we can see manuel there, he has just both behind. we can see manuel there, he hasjust voted in paris. lots of attention for him, of course one of the front runners. the sunday telegraph has got a very striking photograph to tie in with that election result. yes, the headline is "france on the brink". every time we come into an election, we say this is the most important election the country has ever faced, but france is very interesting in the sense that these two frontrunning candidates, we don't know, if they we re candidates, we don't know, if they were to win, the future of france and the eu, they are big questions that will quickly need to be answered. france's future relations with russia. there are some really big issues at stake that extend far beyond france. the impact of the vote will be felt much further than the borders of that one country. this is an election we should care about? very much so. it is slightly odd for us because it happens in two stages, but it is mathematically possible that we have a run—off between marine le pen on the far right and the candidate on the far left, which would be an extraordinary result. they are both fairly sceptical about the euro. they are both sceptical about the eu. but very different points of view. the last time we had a national front when i in the lead, it was marine le pen's father. some could not bear the thought of him as president. presumably this is a big dilemma. it might be a case of voting for the least worst option.” think if we have what the polls are suggesting, that would be fairly straightforward, although if you we re straightforward, although if you were centre right... i suppose some people on the right that would peel off and go to marine le pen. but the other, nations are very interesting. any last thoughts on that? these four are so tightly trumped. —— clumped. it is hard to tell until you get to the ballot box. thanks to preshant and peter. just a reminder we take a look at tomorrow's front pages every evening at 10.a0pm here on bbc news. goodbye. hello, the next few days will bring usa hello, the next few days will bring us a bit ofa hello, the next few days will bring us a bit of a shock to the system. some colder weather on the way with some frost and wintry showers. some of us got off to a frosty start this morning, not with some sunny spells, things are going to warm up very nicely for most of us through the rest of today, particularly across england and wales, where we are under this influence of high pressure. weather fronts from the north, clouding things over for scotla nd north, clouding things over for scotland and northern ireland. behind these weather fronts cold air is lurking, and that is on its way towards us. more cloud to scotland and northern ireland this often, some rain and strong winds across the far north. across the bulk of england and wales, we keep hold of some spells of sunshine, some patchy cloud, and any lumps of thicker cloud, and any lumps of thicker cloud, don't be surprised if there is the odd light shower. the majority will stay dry. high pollen levels, the best of sunshine lifting temperatures to or 16 degrees. for northern ireland and scotland, cloud and some rain, and heavy rain in the northern isles this afternoon, with some strong winds, gales potentially for a time as this area of low pressure builds. then this cold front pressure builds. then this cold fro nt ta kes pressure builds. then this cold front takes our attention because, as that ms south through tonight, it will take some rain with it, but it will take some rain with it, but it will introduce cold air across the northern half of scotland, say wintry showers and frost. do our cold front continues south, and behind it the skies will brighten. there will also be some wintry showers. a mixture of rain, snow ever higher ground, and even modest hills could see some snow. three degrees the afternoon temperature in aberdeen. even in the south where you escape the chill on monday, tuesday brings that cold air or away across the country. cold northerly wind coming from the arctic map wintry showers at times, and temperatures in single figures for many. it will be a cold and frosty start to the morning. a cold night on tuesday night. wednesday and thursday remaining chilly but milder for the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. jeremy corbyn says labour will create four new uk—wide bank holidays, on the patron saint‘s days of each of the home nations — if he wins the general election. the conservative manifesto is expected to include a cap on energy bills for millions of households. voting has begun in the french presidential election. emmanuel macron has cast his vote. the boyfriend of reality tv star ferne mccann is arrested in connection with an alleged acid attack in a london nightclub. the london marathon has begun. a0,000 runners expected to

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