it is going to be a cold start to tuesday morning. the blue tones return yes, temperatures struggling and falling below freezing in places. so gardeners and growers take note, those young spring plants might need a little help over the next few days. frost not too far away, a good deal of dry but cool weather stays with us. hello. this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. covid certificates are to be trialled by the government in plans to try to restart mass events and foreign travel. new rules for care home visits in england. two people as well as babies and young children will be allowed indoor visits from 12th april. a woman who died after being attacked by 2 dogs who got into her garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer a great grandmother from the west midlands. thousands of people are in central london, protesting against the government s police, cri
in sport.swansea s premier league future is in their own hands, as they win and the teams around them slip up. and louise has the weather. good morning. it s another quiet day of weather mostly dry and yet again, west is best in terms of the sunshine and the warmth. more details from me later on. good morning. first, our main story. with just over a month to go until the general election, the political parties are making key pledges today. labour says if it wins, it will not raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year. the conservatives are planning to reform mental health services, while the liberal democrats are vowing to protect pensions. 0ur political correspondent ellie price, can tell us more. ellie, the parties are making big promises today? absolutely. labour will be pleased with what they see as their pitch to low and middle income earners, that it s on the front pages today. they ve essentially saying they will not raise the standard rate of vat,
it may be a cliche but it sums up the story beautifully, west is best today. as you can see by this picture from preston earlier on. the best of the sunshine in sheltered western areas, we still got that nuisance wind coming in off the north sea driving in more cloud and preventing temperatures from climbing too high. in sheltered western areas we will see decent spells of sunshine. warm further south, if we were to 21 degrees today in northern ireland that will be your warmest day of the year so far. clear skies by day will allow those temperatures to fall away quite sharply in western areas, too much cloud up to the east. in rural spots we could see a touch of light frost first thing, anywhere from north wales, north and west. gardeners and growers take note. the driving continues for the early half of the week with some decent sunny spells and feeling pleasant in the sun. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. labour promise not to raise income tax for those earning less
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
welcome to bbc news. prince harry has revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother, princess diana. in an interview with the daily telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he processed the grief following two years of total chaos . jonathan blake reports. the world watched as prince harry followed his mother s funeral cortege. he was 12 when diana, princess of wales was killed in a car crash. now, after 20 years of struggling to deal with it, prince harry has opened up about the impact diana s death has had on him. i can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work as well. my way of dealing with it was refusing ever to think about my mum, because why would that help? it s only going to make you sad it s not going to bring her back. the prince said takin