this is bbc news. the headlines at two. labour says it still supports the renewal of britain's trident nuclear deterrent — after leaderjeremy corbyn wouldn't say whether it would be in the party's election manifesto. the conservative manifesto is to include a cap on energy bills for millions of households. a man has been killed by thieves who stole his car from outside his house in manchester. i think the main thing for people to realise is this could've happened to absolutely anybody. you hear a noise downstairs, you go and see what it is. french voters go to the polls in the most unpredictable election in yea rs. really kotani has won the london

marathon for the moment. now it's the thousands of amateur runners completing the marathon. personal bests have been hit, records have been broken and millions have been raised for charity. and in half an hour, the week in parliament looks at the week and theresa may's decision to call a surprise general election injune. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour says it still supports the renewal of britain's trident nuclear deterrent. earlierjeremy corbyn wouldn't say whether it would be in the party's election manifesto. the labour leader told the bbc that if his party came to power injune, it would conduct an immediate

strategic defence review. it is still an entirely unresolved question as to what you are going to do. your spokesman has said clearly that keeping trident will be in the labour manifesto. we haven't completed work on the manifesto yet. as you would expect less than 100 hours into this election campaign. so we could be in for a shock? no, no. we are having that discussion within the party and we will produce our manifesto in may. earlier my colleague shaun ley spoke to our political correspondent, susana mendonca, and asked her why trident is such a difficult issue for labour. this issue of trident is a difficult one for the labour party. the pa rty‘s one for the labour party. the party's official position has been that it party's official position has been thatitis party's official position has been that it is in favour of renewing trident. the trouble is thatjeremy

corbyn has made no secret of the fa ct corbyn has made no secret of the fact he doesn't particularly want trident to be renewed. he doesn't think it should be labour policy. the labour party last year voted on this. labour mps decided they wanted to push ahead with trident. the fact thatjeremy corbyn did not commit to it when he was asked earlier today, he said the manifesto was still in the writing stages, that they haven't got round to that yet and he couldn't confirm weather or not it was going to be in the manifesto, is what raises questions. now a labour party spokesman has been in touch and says it is going to be labour party policy. we knew it was existing policy, the manifesto was evidence about weather or notjeremy corbyn got his way. he said party policy is to be made by ratty conference. right now, it is labour's position and he will have to lead into the election on this,

whatever his own personal objects as art. that is how it would seem. we weren't sure of what he said earlier if it would be in the manifesto. what we have been told so far is it is labour policy, see you would expect to see it in the manifesto. it was something the conservatives could use against the labour party, because we've already had their german saying britain would be safer under theresa may. i suppose it's how far people think we have a leader who is in favour of the independent nuclear deterrent, there's always the question of if they reduce it, if they would put their finger on they reduce it, if they would put theirfinger on the they reduce it, if they would put their finger on the button. they reduce it, if they would put theirfinger on the button. denis healey said he would never have done it. michael portillo, former defence minister, says he doesn't support nuclear deterrence. for labour, it isa nuclear deterrence. for labour, it is a particular vulnerability. nuclear deterrence. for labour, it is a particular vulnerabilitym is, because jeremy is a particular vulnerabilitym is, becausejeremy corbyn has been the only labour leader to come out

while he is leader, saying he would not press the nuclear button. so when he said that, the conservatives seized on it and made the point that it's difficult to show people how you would defend the country, if you've already given up on one key point of defence, which would be the pressure of being able to use nuclear weapons against your opponents. jeremy corbyn has already made it clear that he would not use a nuclear deterrent. so it makes having a nuclear deterrent is a moot point, because we know he wouldn't use it. meanwhile, the conservative manifesto will include proposals to cap energy bills. the party says it will take action to limit the gas and electricity bills of about 20 million people on standard variable tariffs if they're returned to office. under the proposal, the energy regulator, ofgem, would impose a cap on the deals which are among the most expensive offered by energy firms.

somehow they're getting a bad deal, and that does involve changing things in the energy markets. to be clear, what we have seen in the sunday times, which is £100 off bills for people on the standard variable tariff, that will definitely be in the manifesto? there will be lots about energy policy in the manifesto. obviously there will be more detail then, but absolutely, i think the people feel that some of the big energy companies have taken advantage of them with the tariffs. ukip says its manifesto will include a pledge to ban the full—face veils worn by some muslim women. the party leader paul nuttall will launch what he calls an "integration agenda", saying items of clothing such as the burqa and niqab are a barrier to social harmony and a security risk. speaking on the andrew marr show this morning, ukip leader indicated that the party may not field candidates in seats in the general election where the sitting mp is a long—standing euro—sceptic. i didn't just say tory

candidates, it could be people like kate hoey as well. this will not be an order which is coming down from the top of the party. i will speak to branches over the coming weeks and we will make decisions. what i don't want to see happen is good brexiteers, not fly by night brexiteers, that campaigned for years for brexit, i don't want to see them lose their seats to remainers. well, meanwhile — the former prime minister tony blair has called on voters not to back general election candidates who ‘back brexit at any cost‘, regardless of political party. he says that brexit was a bigger issue than party allegiance in this election. speaking to radio 4's world this weekend, he said that voters need to know where candidates stand on brexit and that theresa may was pursuing an "unreasonable policy" that was driven by the right of her party. at least, it's up to them what they want to do. i'm not going to advocate

people want to vote tactically. what i'm saying is, they should know, they should vote on an informed basis on this issue. how will you vote? i mean, i'll vote labour. i always vote labour. but the fact is, and there are many excellent labour candidates throughout the country. but that's not the point for me. the point for me is whether i'm labour or i'm not labour, even if there are conservatives and liberal democrats, i will work with anyone to get this argument across in the country. what does that practically mean? how will you work with anyone? it means i think, for those people, and there are lots of us from different political parties involved in the more pro—european movements, some of them have got very large databases of contacts and members, it's very important we mobilise those people in each constituency, to say to the would—be mps that we need to know where you stand on this issue, because if we don't know where you stand, we are effectively giving theresa may a blank cheque, not for

an open negotiation, but one, which is for brexit at any cost, which is not in the interests of the country. later on, mr blair said he felt so passionate about brexit that he is almost tempted to return to british politics. for the first time since i first came into politics, ifeel i look at the british political scene at the moment and i actually almost feel motivated to go right back into it. really? yes, because ijust feel we are just allowing ourselves to be hijacked by what is actually quite a small group of people with a very strong ideology, who, 0k, i accept they managed to win that referendum last year, but they don't seriously, they couldn't seriously be allowed just to take this country where they will. i agree that someone like theresa may, you look at her, she is very sensible, she is very solid, she is a perfectly decent person. i agree with a lot of what she says. what she said about energy costs

today, most people would say freely today, most people would say fair enough. but on this issue, which is the biggest issue of our time and which will have a dramatic impact on our future, on our economy, on living standards and on the younger people of this country, on this issue, she is not reasonable. she is in thrall to that small group on the right and they are taking her and taking us where they want to go. a man has died after being run over by thieves who stole his car in manchester. thirty—five—year—old michael samwell and his wife were woken during the night by a noise outside their house in chorlton, and he went out to investigate. he was found with serious injuries and died later in hospital. police believe he was run over by his own car, a black audi s3, which was taken. in the last hour, the detective leading the investigation issued this appeal for witnesses. we know that michael's holm, which

is in we know that michael's holm, which isina we know that michael's holm, which is in a nice residential area, at around three a.m., he was woken by a noise downstairs. he goes down to see what it is, leaving his wife upstairs. we're not exactly sure what happens next, but what we do know is that michael ends up outside his house, where there is a parking area and he struck by his vehicle. we do not have any times. he suffered multiple injuries and sadly died at 4am this morning. michael's car was stolen, a black audi. driven away from the scene erratically, it hits a cap in the lady byron area, only a couple of miles away, five or ten minutes drive. then it drives a short distance after that, really badly damaged, ultimately abandoned. the driver abandoned the vehicle. what do you think about what has

happened to michael in the circumstances? i think the main thing for people to realise is this could've happened to absolutely anybody. you hear a noise downstairs and you go and see what it is. given what you've said so far, what lines of enquiry are you pursuing at the moment? there are a number of scenes, clearly cranbourne road, residential area, a lot of noise, people would be woken. i appeal to anybody roundabout at three o'clock, it's a really quiet place, saw anything suspicious would stand out anything suspicious would stand out a mile. french voters are going to the polls in the first round of the country's presidential election. 11 candidates are running for office, with the race between the top four contenders considered too close to call ahead of the vote. two candidates from this round will go through to a run—off vote next month. turnout by noon was 28.54% of the electorate — slightly up on the corresponding 2012 figure of 28.29%.

karin giannone is spending the day in paris for us. hello and welcome to one of nearly 900 polling stations across the french capital. they have been open for several hours now. there has been a steady flow of people, and normal life is going on around the polling station. children playing in the street, dogs being walked, people going out for lunch. the atmosphere isn't normal in the sense that the security presence has been ramped up even higher. france's underan ramped up even higher. france's under an ongoing state of emergency and this weekend, 50,000 extra police and 7000 extra army personnel are on the streets. they are an intermittent site here around the polling station. gavin lee has this report on the day so far. sunrise in paris this morning, but will wait

until after sunset to know the result of the most unpredictable and closely fought election in modern times. 0ne closely fought election in modern times. one of the front runners, marine le pen, casting her vote. a few miles along the coast, her biggest rival, and at 39, the youngest candidate, the centre—left emmanuel macron with his wife. this is an unusual election. people coming to cast the vote while france's under a state of emergency after success of terrorist attacks. security in paris isn't always obvious, but plain clothes police are watching and guards are monitoring inside. 50,000 police officers and 7000 soldiers have been deployed across the country to keep forgers safer. i was the first woman who reported here, in this place where i got married 30 years ago.

now it is such a nice day to vote and be responsible. ifeel so secure when i vote. school holes in london are among the many venues around the world were overseas french citizens are casting their forward. 0ut world were overseas french citizens are casting their forward. out of 11 candidates, polls suggest for have a real chance of becoming president. francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon offer a very different vision of the future here. the result is expected later tonight, when the top two candidates will go through to the run—off against each other in the final round in two weeks' time. have been turning out in other parts of paris. hugh schofield has been in the 17 are anti—small, with a happy long queues outside the polling stations. a school beside me he has

been turned into a polling station. i'm not allowed to go and film inside the polling station, but i have been inside personally and i can tell you there are long, long queues of people in there. it's very busy indeed. suggesting that the terrorist attack not far from here, just three days ago, has not had any impact on people's was to turn out and vote. they are seeing at lunchtime it is about 2829%, which is pretty good and broadly in line with past presidential elections. if we go down here, we will see the long line of election. as for all 11 candidates. 11 candidates overall, but only for have any serious chance of getting through to the second round, marine le pen, false elon, emmanuel macron and schomburg melenchon. the key factors are to

see how much tactical voting goes on. there will be some people, i don't know how many, who will be tempted to vote for marine le pen, but he will vote for fillon in order to keep out macron. there will also be people who want to vote for melenchon, but it will fought for micron to prevent eight marine le pen and fillon run—off on me seventh. it is on imponderables like that that this election hinge. and there'll be live coverage of the results of the first round of voting in the french presidential election election tonight at 6:30pm, in france decides here on bbc news. and there's full coverage on our website, and via the mobile app. the headlines on bbc news: labour says it still supports the

renewal of trident afterjeremy corbyn couldn't see whether it could be in that party's election ma nifesto. be in that party's election manifesto. voting is under way in the first round of the french presidential election. candidates emmanuel macron and marine le pen have already cast their votes. a man has been killed by thieves who stole his car in the middle of the night from outside his home in manchester. police in greater manchester are appealing for witnesses after three people, including a pregnant woman, had bleach thrown in their eyes. the woman was walking with a man when the liquid was thrown at them from a passing car on friday night. shortly afterwards, bleach was thrown at a second man on the same road. police say the while the victims suffered "severe discomfort" officers believe they suffered no lasting damage. the boyfriend of tv celebrity ferne mccann has been arrested

in connection with an alleged acid attack in a nightclub. arthur collins, who's 25, had been sought by police following an incident at the mangle club in hackney last week. keith doyle reports. the emergency services were called to the mangle nightclub in dalston in east london on easter monday, after reports that people had come into contact with a corrosive substance and had suffered burns. a 22—year—old woman and a 24—year—old man were both blinded in one eye. last night, the metropolitan olice said arthur collins, last night, the metropolitan police said arthur collins, who is 25 and from hertfordshire, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. he is the boyfriend of ferne mccann, who appeared in a reality tv show the only way is essex. he was taken into custody at an address in the town of rushton in northamptonshire, following an operation by armed officers from east midlands and the met‘s specialist crime and operations unit. the metropolitan police said a 21—year—old man has been charged with seven counts of grievous bodily harm in relation to the alleged incident. he has been named as andre phoenix, who will appear before thames magistrates tomorrow.

keith doyle, bbc news. the mobile phone operator, three, has apologised for technical problems which prevented some of its 9.2 million customers from making calls and sending and receiving texts yesterday. some users took to twitter to complain that their messages had gone to the wrong people. the firm says calls can now be made and it's working to restore a full service. emergency teams have been despatched to contain an oil spill — on one of the canary islands, after a ferry crashed into a pier. a three—kilometre—long slick is threatening the coast around las palmas, on gran canaria, and telede. sarah corker has more. the ferry had just left port when it suddenly lost power. adrift and at the mercy of the sea, it crashed through the harbour wall. 140 passengers were on board the friday night crossing from las palmas to tenerife. after the ordeal, one woman is helped off the ship, but suddenly drops to the floor.

up to five people suffered minor injuries. in daylight, the scale of the damage became clear. the collision damaged fuel pipes, releasing oil into the sea. the nearly two—mile oil spill is focused around las palmas and stretches down the coast to telde, the two main towns on the spanish resort island of gran canaria. and this is what is left of the ship's bow after the collision. on saturday, the government temporarily shut down a water plant to avoid contamination of drinking water, and emergency teams are now working to contain the oil spill. the internationally renowned sculptor sir antony gormley has defended his latest work at its official launch in norfolk. the life—sized figures caused controversy when they were placed on top of buildings at the university of east anglia. students complained they look like real people about to step off. louise hubball reports.

art, supposed to stimulate discussion, but these life—sized sculptures silhouetted on the edge have worried some students. they look like real people about to step off the building. their creator sir antony gormley says that's missing the point. i think, if we're talking about suicide, these works are nothing to do with suicide, they're actually to do with life. and they are placed on the skyline in order to make us think about space and distance. the sculptures have already been displayed in cities around the globe, so why have they come to a university campus? for me, it is an extraordinary privilege to have work that will simplyjust be part of this environment, that is hopefully about the future, that is about young minds grappling with the challenges of today. and it is that academic environment that some argue is ideal

for these works. part of campus life is about debate, and i would be disappointed if there hadn't been a debate. issues around mental health and student well—being are incredibly important to us at the university, and i think it's right these things are being aired. the figures were checked by sir antony gormley today, as the sainsbury centre launches its vision to turn these grounds into a sculpture park. unfamiliar and unsettling to some at the moment, they will be on display here for the next five years. the kenyan runners, daniel wanjiru and mary keitany, have won the men's and women's races in the london marathon. britain's david weir won the men's wheelchair race for a seventh time. the kenyan runners, daniel wanjiru and mary keitany,

have won the men's and women's races in the london marathon. britain's david weir won the men's wheelchair race for a seventh time. 0ur correspondent — danjohnson — is live on the finish line for us now... thousands of amateur runners now arriving. prince harry will hand out prizes later. it is a royal flavour to today, prince william and after work here at the start. the elite race completed earlier, with some records being broken. all these wonderful stories that are behind everybody‘s race today. so much emotion on the finish line, because it isa emotion on the finish line, because it is a test of endurance. david wear, the winner of the wheelchair event, a record seventh win for him and he was telling the earlier how he felt after his race. i've been waiting to win that race for five years. it's a race that i love, it's

the race i with. doing the full marathon, it was the reason i wanted to do. it's the only reason i get up for and to try and do the best performance i can. why does it mean so performance i can. why does it mean so much to you? after rio, i've had a lot of personal things going on in my life, and at one point, i didn't even think i would make the start line, so to come away and when, for me personally, it's an amazing feeling. i've got a lot of people to thank, who got to be strong again and into the shape. my coach, other people. it'sjust and into the shape. my coach, other people. it's just been, and into the shape. my coach, other people. it'sjust been, it's been quite tough since real, so i've got hundreds of people to thank. was it really tough today? to be honest, not today, i felt good in the race. but the build—up, it was tough

me ntally but the build—up, it was tough mentally in the months before. in racing terms, i felt very comfortable today, i felt very strong through the whole race. and it's not been that bad for a number of years. how were the conditions today and the atmosphere? always good. the conditions were great, to be honest. not too windy, not too cold. i thought it might rain a little bit, but it didn't. and the crowd a re always little bit, but it didn't. and the crowd are always great. you cannot beat this marathon around the world. the atmosphere and the support are truly amazing. the wheelchair racers finished first this morning, then the women's elite race came in next. mary keitany from kenya set a new women's record for this marathon. she broke paula radcliffe's record from a few years back. a lot of support around the course and especially here at the finish line. but baking in the men's today was

daniel wanjiru from kenya. just outside last year's record—breaking time of two hours three minutes. two hours and six minutes today. following them, it is the 40,000 amateur runners who are expected to ta ke amateur runners who are expected to take part today, who are still crossing the finish line now, nearly an hourand a crossing the finish line now, nearly an hour and a half after, two and a half hours after the men's race completed, and people still coming in. all these individual stories, all this motivation about why people are here and why they wanted to take on this challenge. as interesting to see their reactions. some people look like they've barely broken sweat, like the enjoy themselves, but other people were broken. there are some sad stories hereabouts is what motivated people, maybe they've lost a loved one and they're running in memory of them. is such a test of endurance, you can see it on their

faces as they cross the line. just think about how they're going to recover. indeed. they include a son of mine, so i've been keeping an eye out for him. time to take a look at the prospect of the weather over the next couple of days. colder weather on the way and even the risk of snow in 12 places. at the risk of snow in 12 places. at the moment, it's still relatively mild, but by the time we get to monday tuesday, some of us could be seeing this our gardens. most of us will not get snow, we willjust feel the chill. and it will be chilly. the satellite picture now shows lots of clear weather out there. scattered fairweather cloud across central and southern areas. most of the uk will stay driver the rest of the uk will stay driver the rest of the day, into the evening hours. still around 13 or 14 degrees in the

south, a lovely enter the day, the winds are like. going into the north, cloud is starting to increase across northern ireland here. spots of rain getting into western and northern ireland. look at the temperature up in shetland. three degrees and then ten in inverness, so degrees and then ten in inverness, so that is a sign of the cold front coming in. that's the leading edge of that arctic air, which means snow across the scottish hills. to the south of that, it will be relatively mild. newcastle southwards, about 8 degrees, a few spots of rain. but a lot colder in scotland. the court front lot colder in scotland. the court fro nt m oves lot colder in scotland. the court front moves fairly slowly. to the south of it, a fair bit of cloud. a bit of sunshine around. some rain, so we bit of sunshine around. some rain, so we might need umbrellas for a time at least. to the north, we have

much brighter weather, and there will be a big temperature contrast. 12 or 13 will be a big temperature contrast. 12 or13 in will be a big temperature contrast. 12 or 13 in the south, three degrees in the north. through the course of monday night into tuesday, that colder it reaches southern areas as well, so when she showers possible almost anywhere. you might get hail further south. the best of the weather on tuesday across the south, but it is in the shade that it will feel particularly chilly as we go through tuesday and wednesday. by thursday, it looks as though things will be warming upjust thursday, it looks as though things will be warming up just a little. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. labour says it still supports the renewal of britain's trident nuclear deterrent, after leader jeremy corbyn wouldn't say whether it would be in the party's election manifesto.