You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune
Plus portuguese Detectives Have told the bbc they never believed Madeleine Mccann was taken during a burglary which went wrong. Its ten years since the three year old disappeared. And claims that rules which limit the amount of time people can spend on bail wont actually make any difference. You feel like youve had a crime done to you by the state and there is no one to done to you by the state and there is no one to answer done to you by the state and there is no one to answer for it. And no apology. That full exclusive report before 10am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well speak to some of the men in this photo. The m men all students at Cambridge University have got together to prove that young black men can go to cambridge. They were admitted in 2015 and they say it was hard, but if we did it, you can too. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this mo
Im shaun ley. This sunday, Emmanuel Macron takes office as president of france. His nascent Political Organisation promises to get frances sluggish economy on the move again. But only if, from nowhere, it can win legislative elections next month. Sylvie goulard, a liberal mep frustrated by previous president s broken promises to reform, has thrown her support behind mr macron. Even if he gains enough Assembly Members to get his way, can a president macron deliver and move france forward, when the Minister Macron he was just months ago could not . Sylvie goulard, welcome to hardtalk, joining us from paris today for this interview. Its an important time for your country, one of the most important of recent years. Let me begin with the question of a mandate. Does macron see his victory, do you believe, as a mandate to change france . Yes, of course he does. The government, because he is absolutely convinced, and so am i, that our country desperately needs reforms, and has also many assets
Im shaun ley. This sunday, Emmanuel Macron takes office as president of france. His nascent Political Organisation promises to get frances sluggish economy on the move again. But only if, from nowhere, it can win legislative elections next month. Sylvie goulard, a liberal mep frustrated by previous president s broken promises to reform, has thrown her support behind mr macron. Even if he gains enough Assembly Members to get his way, can a president macron deliver and move france forward, when the Minister Macron he was just months ago could not . Sylvie goulard, welcome to hardtalk, joining us from paris today for this interview. Its an important time for your country, one of the most important of recent years. Let me begin with the question of a mandate. Does macron see his victory, do you believe, as a mandate to change france . Yes, of course he does. The government, because he is absolutely convinced, and so am i, that our country desperately needs reforms, and has also many assets
Im shaun ley. This sunday, Emmanuel Macron takes office as president of france. His nascent Political Organisation promises to get frances sluggish economy on the move again. But only if, from nowhere, it can win legislative elections next month. Sylvie goulard, a liberal mep frustrated by previous president s broken promises to reform, has thrown her support behind mr macron. Even if he gains enough Assembly Members to get his way, can a president macron deliver and move france forward, when the Minister Macron he was just months ago could not . Sylvie goulard, welcome to hardtalk, joining us from paris today for this interview. Its an important time for your country, one of the most important of recent years. Let me begin with the question of a mandate. Does macron see his victory, do you believe, as a mandate to change france . Yes, of course he does. The government, because he is absolutely convinced, and so am i, that our country desperately needs reforms, and has also many assets