alison little, who s deputy political editor at the daily express, and lucy fisher, senior political correspondent at the times. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, hugh ferris. the headlines tonight: sam warburton is picked to lead his pack of lions to face the mighty all blacks. andy murray back from a wrist injury and winning again. he s through to the third round of the monte carlo masters in his first match in a month. and could 1000 1 outsider rory mcleod dump trump out of the world snooker championship? the pre tournament favourite is just a frame away from a shock defeat. hello again. the british and irish lions squad for the tour to new zealand has been selected. sam warburton will lead them this summer as both he and coach warren gatland try to emulate their success from four years ago. the squad is bigger that the tour to australia, and it might have to be better, too, with the mighty all bl
from the rest of the fed cup after foul mouthed comments which left britonjohanna konta in tears. good afternoon. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune eighth. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today the prime minister to her campaign message to dudley and wonderful to me have spoken for many. i couldn t understand why you cold another election with three yea rs cold another election with three years to go. i once the strongest possible negotiating hand in europe. this general election is notjust about brexit and the parties are writing manifestos for the pledges and promises. the issue of tax
england. for the london marathon, it s looking like a drier picture, but there s the outside chance of light passing shower. monday into tuesday, that wintry theme arrives. we could well see some sweet memory over higher ground and a return to night time frost as those temperatures tumble. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may says the conservatives are a ‘low tax party‘ as she addresses labour claims that she s planning a ‘tax bombshell‘. tight security across france as the country prepares for the first round of the presidential election. more than a hundred afghan soldiers are killed or wounded in one of the worst attacks on an army base in the country. britain s first coal free day since the victorian era the national grid says 2a hours worth of electricity has been generated without using coal for the first time since 1882. and rallies have been held around the world in support of science among the demonstrators, doctor who star peter capaldi.
goal! nemanja maticjames chelsea to within touching distance of the fa cup final itself hammers chelsea. and elation for chelsea as they re through to the fa cup final after a thrilling 4 2 win over spurs at wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn was campaigning in manchester, and promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins on june eighth. here s our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today, the prime minister took her campaign message to dudley and one voter may have spoken for many. i couldn t understand why you called an election with three years to go. i think we need a stronger negotiating hand in europe. the s
her father. he s been a tremendous champion of supporting families, and enabling them to thrive. let s hear from the founder of wikipedia, he has a brand new project which has the purpose of taking on fake news. here isjimmy wales talking to me earlier about the initiative before we get into some questions. everybody has been talking about the problem of fake news, also we see low quality clip bait site which are polluting the internet so that s a fairly clear problem and i think part of the solution is to really look at the business model ofjournalism solution is to really look at the business model of journalism and solution is to really look at the business model ofjournalism and the production model so what i want to do is bring together good serious thoughtful community members like the wikipedia community, with professional journalists who work side by side to create something new, something different, in terms of quality journalism new, something different, in terms of