after a thrilling 4 2 result at wembley puts chelsea within touching distance of the trophy. romania s tennis captain ilie nastase is banned from the fed cup after apparent verbal abuse reduced britain sjohanna konta to tears. and in half an hour, pop up lebanon heads the dangerous bekar valley, a border region with syria, to meet a drugs kingpin. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn, in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune 8th. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today, the prime minister took her campaign message to dudley and one voter may have spoken for many. i couldn t understand
have a look at this! a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines, including the flying scotsman. line up to show the past, present, and future of rail transport. you can see the smoke. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent day to come for many of us today. spells of sunshine. brace yourself. a big change for the start of the new week. something much colder on the way. all of the details are coming up. thank you, ben. good morning. first, our main story. labour would introduce four extra uk wide bank holidays if they win the general election. and it s being reported that the conservatives will pledge to cut energy bills for the seven out of ten households that pay standard variable tariffs households by capping some tariffs. with the details, here s our political correspondent, ben wright. good morning, everybody. working ha rd to good morning, everybody. working hard to get your vote. jeremy corbyn thinks britain s workers deserve a break, and sa
of households is expected to be included in the conservative manifesto. good morning. it s sunday the 23rd of april. also ahead: tight security across france as voting begins in the first round of the presidential election. this is the start line of the 37th london marathon where work is furiously getting under way to get things ready because 40,000 runners are expected to take part. that is a record number. in sport, chelsea are unstoppable. matic makes his mark as the premier league leaders beat tottenham, to reach the fa cup final. have a look at this! a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines, including the flying scotsman. line up to show the past, present, and future of rail transport. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent day to come for many of us. spells of sunshine. brace yourself. a big change for the start of the new week. something much colder on the way. all of the details are coming up. thank you very much, ben. good morning. fir
37th london marathon. a lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten o clock. there are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, they re already top of the premier league, and now they re into the fa cup final. a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines including the flying scotsman line up to celebrate the past, present and future of rail transport. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent datacom for many of us today. there will be spills of sunshine, but there is a big change for the start of the week. something much colder on the way. all the details coming up. good morning, first our main story. labour is attempting to win over voters ahead ofjune‘s general election, with the promise of four extra uk wide bank holidays. they would fall on the patron saint‘s day of each of the home nations. the conservatives have responded by saying the british economy
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 fa