president a week after his predecessor was arrested in a corruption probe. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the duke and duchess of sussex s highly anticipated tv interview with oprah winfrey is set to air in the us in the next hour. harry and meghan are expected to discuss their new life in the us and their experiences as senior members of the royal family. earlier, the queen spoke of the importance of maintaining a sense of closeness with friends and family. she was among senior royals appearing in a special programme to mark commonwealth day. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. they sing an image of common unity and purpose. yet this is about two different broadcasts and sharply diverging agendas. first, in celebration of the commonwealth. it embraces nearly a third of the world s population and it s been one of the abiding commitments of the queen over the many decades of her reign. tonight, a pre recorded broadcast in which t
37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre 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 ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanen
37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre 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 ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanen
37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre 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 ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanen
Strips the person of their personality. And as ukip call for a ban on full face veils one woman who wears a niqab tells us it will lead to a rise in attacks on muslim women. Hello. Welcome to the programme, throughout the programme, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later, well be talking about scoliosis. If you were watching britains got talent on saturday night, you will have seenjulie, the dancer in the middle, talking about her curvature of the spine. That is what scoliosis is. As a result of discussing that on prime time telly on a saturday night, people are learning about it sometimes for the first time. If youre affected by scolosis, do get in touch this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Voters in france have chosen the two candidates who will go through to the final round of the president ial election in two weeks time. The