at your phone and change the world. strawberries in a massive box. and fancy working in an enormous train station? i don t know if you have noticed, but there seems to have been a lot of election talk of late. this week, click is taking a trip to paris, where this weekend, the french take to the polls in the first round of their presidential election. and curiously, from a technology point of view, the way we vote seems, if anything, to be going backwards. in the last election, france did allow online voting for those living overseas. but not this time. for both the presidential elections and the legislative elections injune, it is back to pen and paper. and that is due to the fear of cyber attacks, which the french national cyber security agency says are an extremely high risk. queues of people, paper voting surely there has to be a better way. well, we asked bbc newsbeat‘s political editor jonathan blake to have a look. ancient institutions and modern technology the
there s high security across france as the country prepares for the first round of its presidential election in just a few hours. 50,000 police officers and 7,000 soldiers are being deployed following the death of a policeman in a shooting on thursday. it s one of the most important and unpredictable elections in recent years. james reynolds reports from paris. no one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running not for a vote, but for a football match. 0n the eve of the election, paris st germain played a home game. it was a final test of the capital s security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that s happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so no matter who is the president, it doesn t matter. it will always be the same for us. translation: the campaign has been nece
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