these women look really exhausted. they re coming on one by one. one of the women i see has got a little child with her. summer isn t here yet, and some rivers are already running dry fears that we could be heading into a drought. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, can chelsea relegate middlesbrough and be just one more win away from the premier league title with a victory in their meeting tonight at stamford bridge? good evening from paris, where the president elect, emmanuel macron, has been celebrating his decisive victory over marine le pen in yesterday s election, and he s already started work on forming his government, ahead of his formal inauguration on sunday. he s already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british prime minister, theresa may. mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote, with marine le pen of the front national taking 33.9%. the turnout was 7a%, the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11.5 million people abstained. the transfer
of an anti snp pact in scotland. individuals have to make their own choices and we are not in a case of being able to delegate or mandate anybody to vote in any particular direction. we are the one party standing for scotland in the uk and scotland in the eu that s a powerful message wherever it is that you live. earlier, mr farron visited east dumbartonshire. his core message may be universal in content, but it s carefully distilled across a strictly limited number of target seats in scotland. the bbc has unveiled details of its general election special tv programmes, which will enable the public to question politicians in the run up to the poll on the 8th ofjune. david dimbleby will host two question time specials in which leaders will face audience questions consecutively. our media and arts correspondent david sillito explains what s happening. these are the bbc‘s plans. a series of two question time specials, the first will feature theresa may and jeremy corbyn in th
welcome to bbc news. in france, the president elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his victory over marine le pen in yesterday s election. mr macron got two thirds of the votes cast, but there was a low turnout, and a record number of blank or spoiled ballot papers. he s already started work on forming his government, but faces a tough task as his party, now re named la republique en marche. our europe editor katya adler reports on the day s events. it s been a day of reflection in france. paying tribute to world war ii fallen. taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. france s brand new president elect, here at ve day commemorations, taking his cue from outgoing head of state, francois hollande. france s soon to be youngest ever president looked a little unsure last night, too. rehearsing for his new role, as he prepared for his first public appearance. but by the time he took to the stage, emmanuel macron had a confident, for many controversial, message. to the tune of
impossible not to look at the rise of macron, as remarkable, former investment banker, and you may remember, he resigned last year, from the cabinet of francois hollande, to form his own party. the choice of a country, desperate for change. part of the establishment but never before elected. one of the fresh faces, but who is emmanuel macron? to supporters, the political messiah, from outside the establishment who has worked to power. here is a new man to politics. hoping to get new solutions. a new face. but he went to one of the most prestigious schools, met powerful people, and made millions from investment banks. one of his former colleagues has said that it is partly down to charm, butt out his heart he is secretive. he tells people what they really wa nt secretive. he tells people what they really want to hear. he can be seducive. and he has managed to agree with nearly anyone. that is a talent. his wife has told one journalist that they never let people close. unusual
spread about up on these fells and drinking out of little springs and streams and things like that, which suggests there isn t as much water up there as what there has been in other times. southern england has seen the driest conditions with just over half the average rainfall since last july. restrictions later in the year. and these pictures were taken in northern england over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart in a similar condition. but yorkshire water says there shouldn t be widespread alarm. i think nationally it s been very dry. up in yorkshire it s been a dry winter, probably the driest in the last six years, but we have seen recharge, every other month we ve seen some rainfall but in the last six weeks we have just seen it dry. a few dry months doesn t make a drought, though. it may be bone dry in some of the headwaters of these river catchments but we re a long way from a water crisis. a few miles down the valley, the wharf looks a lot more healthy,