director dustin lance black. good evening from paris, where the polls will close within the next couple of hours, and the people of france will discover who their next president will be. tens of millions of voters have been visiting the polling stations today after a deeply divisive campaign, with emmanuel macron and marine le pen offering radically different visions of the future of this country. tonight s result will also have a direct impact on the future direction of the european union in the years ahead. as the brexit process unfolds, so the relevance of the outcome to france s neighbours is very clear. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has been to a voting station in the capital. you join me at a polling station in paris, at a school. you can see the table by people come to tick up their cards. and then they go to cast their ballot behind the curtains overhear. everywhere, a classic snapshot of the presidential election in france. but in some ways, it is different.
numbers. i will give you an example. in 1984, we had about 17journeys per day between london and manchester. now we have 47. we have the busiest train lines in europe. about 20% more journeys than france, 60% more than germany. about 20% more journeys than france, 6096 more than germany. that is a response to demand. british rail tailored its demands and services accordingly in the same way. this is not actually a fact that you can point to to say, it is because it is private and it has done better. it is nearly gone merely grown because of endogenous factors. is nearly gone merely grown because of endogenous factorsm terms of the practicalities of this, people may come to this neutral and say, i can remember what british ra i lwa ys say, i can remember what british railways were like, i know what the ra i lwa ys railways were like, i know what the railways are like now. if i am a southern rail customer, i might not like the fact that there have been so like the fact th
in the 19805. she wore the spectacular stone for decades without realising its true value, even wearing it while she washed the dishes. time for a look at the weather. sparkling sunshine, we take an early step from spring into summer. we are not there yet though. in northern ireland and scotland the weather front is close by and some of us have seen some rain so far today, but as we go through the week, look what happens. high pressure builds right across the uk. so when you see that, you though things are settling down. it s becoming dry for most, warm, sunny down. it s becoming dry for most, warm, sunny spells but it s later this week, as the high pressure judges away to the east, it s a nudges away to the east, it s later to the week we drag in on that flow something warmer and hotter from the continent. higher humidity too. today we have got some pleasant sunny spells to be had. here is one view to the east of the pennines. hazy sunshine mind you. to the west, more clo
the snp manifesto calling for a second scottish independence referendum at the end of the brexit process . rolf harris says he s relieved after being formally cleared of indecently assaulting three teenage girls. the mother of zookeeper rosa king who was killed by a tiger says she loved herjob and wouldn t have done anything else. the bbc understands that arsene wenger is to sign a new two year contract with arsenal a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. and back in the top flight after 45 years huddersfield town will celebrate promotion to the premier league with an open top bus parade later. good afternoon. in the last hour it has been announced that the american singer ariana grande will return to manchester this weekend for a benefit concert would nearly two weeks after her gig was attacked in the city killing 22 people. she will bejoined for the the city killing 22 people. she will be joined for the temporary concert bya be joined for the temporary co
reports from the philippines say at least 3a bodies have been recovered from a casino in the capital manila, hours after it was attacked by a gunman. police and fire officials said most of the victims had died of suffocation. the authorities initially feared a terror attack but later said it was likely to have been a bungled robbery. the gunman was found dead in a room at the casino. sarah corker has the latest. as gunshots ring out, chaotic scenes of panic. hundreds of guests and employees run for of panic. hundreds of guests and em ployees ru n for safety of panic. hundreds of guests and employees run for safety from this popular hotel resort close to manila s international airport. security forces arrived at the scene quickly and heavily armed. a lone gunman had burst into the busy casino, firing an assault rifle and setting fire to gaming tables. one person in a nearby building filmed the incident from her balcony early on friday morning. my god you guys, ican hear on fri