bearing in mind that the tender spring plants may have to put up with a light frost. it stays dry for the remainder of the week with decent sunny spells. the chance of some rain thursday into friday. hello. this is bbc news the headlines: labour promise not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year, as part of an election personal tax guarantee . theresa may has announced plans to replace the mental health act in england and wales with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the liberal democrats say their manifesto will include a commitment to keep the triple lock on pensions which guarantees they rise by as much as wages, inflation or 2.5% whichever is highest. voters in france go to the polls today in the final round of its presidential election. they re choosing between the centrist, emmanuel macron, and the far right leader, marine le pen. the islamist militant group boko haram has freed 82 scho
cloud further east. in north yorkshire temperatures are just 7 degrees at the moment. chilly in the north east of scotland and england with that breeze and extra cloud meaning even the odd spot of drizzle. as a general guide here, expect 17 or 80 degrees, some spots even warmer. through this evening and tonight, the cloud will continue to feed in across eastern areas and we that made it feel chilly by day in the east it ll actually pull up the temperatures overnight so not as cold in the east as it will be out west with a touch of frost. tomorrow a decent looking day again with again the best of the sunshine in the west and cloud further east. a similar day as well on tuesday. that is your forecast. this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines at 2.30pm: labour promise not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year, as part of an election personal tax guarantee. theresa may has announced plans to replace the mental health act in england and wales with
snowdonia. figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. later in the programme we will find out why. ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. but how have they changed the way we live? i ll be finding out. we ve come to sheffield to hear about a multi million pound plan by the lawn tennis association to revamp grassroots tennis and we re also launching our breakfast summer challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. and sarah has the weather. good morning. we ve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. i will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning, first our main story. a retired court of appealjudge, sir martin moore bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire
champions again, england s cricketrs have won the women s world cup for a fourth time after a thrilling final at lord s. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump s son in law and senior adviser, jared kushner, says he didn t collude, nor know of anyone who did collude, with any foreign government, during donald trump s run for the white house. he s also made it clear he hasn t relied on russian money, to finance business activities in the private sector. in a statement issued before appearing in front of special senate investigations panel, he did admit to four contacts with russian officials, but denied any wrongdoing. our correspondent andy moore has the details. jared kushner, the president s son in law. .. the person of interest has a name, and that name is jared kushner. jared kushner is not used to being centre stage. as one of donald trump s closest advisers, he s been at his side, seen but rarely heard. but he has done some talking with russians
investing hundreds of millions pounds, in battery technology. the international trade secretary liam fox begins post brexit trade talks with the us. and in the next hour paying tribute 20 years on. princes william and harry are joined by friends of their late mother, paying tribute to diana, princess of wales, 20 years after her death. i do regularly, putting george and charlotte to bed, talk about her and remind them there were two grandmothers in their lives. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard have given up their legal fight to take him to america for an experimental treatment. connie yates and chris gard have been fighting for months to prevent doctors at great ormond street hospital from turning off the life support for ten month old charlie but this afternoon the high court heard that they now accepted that no medical treatment could help him. charlie gard s mum told the high court we only wanted to give him a cha