good afternoon. the labour leader has said he would order a review of "all aspects" of defence if he wins power. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, jeremy corbyn refused to say whether he'd keep britain's trident nuclear deterrent. but then a party spokesman said the decision to retain trident had been taken, and labour supported that. the conservatives said labour would "dismantle" the uk's defences. our political correspondent, susanna mendonsa, has more. setting out his stall for a snap

election, jeremy corbyn kenned outline labour party policy. this is still an unresolved issue. your defence spokesman says keeping trident in the manifesto. we haven't finished the manifesto yet. we are having that discussion within the labour party and we will produce ma nifesto. labour party and we will produce manifesto. trident is a potentially explosive issue four of labour, where divisions run deep. its leader has long wanted to scrap the party's policy of renewing the nuclear weapons defence system, while its mps back it. just a couple of hours afterjeremy corbyn threw doubt on weather it would be renewed, a labour party spokesperson was forced to contradict him and reconfirm labour's commitment to keep it. the

eu referendum revealed huge fault lines within labour on brexit. immigration was a key issue of reporters then, as it is likely to be in this election. it's an issue jeremy corbyn knows he needs to provide clarity on. the free movement ends when we leave the eu, because that is an intrinsic part of membership of the go. but there is also the question of the new nationals —— eu nationals living in britain, who i think should be given the right to stay. we then work out a system for those who are unable to come here and work, as well as british people are able to go to other parts of the europe to work there. the body is keen to get the focus away from brexit and onto other issues. on grammar schools, he said he did not like selective education. on rebuilding the economy, he repeated his promise set up economy, he repeated his promise set upa economy, he repeated his promise set up a national investment bank to invest in new industries and

infrastructure. and on private service providers and nhs, he said he would phase out those contracts and bringing directly employed staff. but the conservatives say jeremy corbyn cannot be trusted. staff. but the conservatives say jeremy corbyn cannot be trustedm isjust chaos. jeremy corbyn cannot be trustedm is just chaos. jeremy corbyn is putting himself forward as the next prime minister of this country, and what we have seen this morning as we would have a coalition of chaos of jeremy corbyn became prime minister of this country. with just six weeks of this country. with just six weeks of campaigning ahead, labour's leader will be hoping that the voters disagree. the other parties have been laying out some of the issues which are expected to be in their manifestos. for the conservatives, damian green confirmed there'd be some form of limit on energy prices. 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. the conservative's former coalition partners have ruled out supporting a minority government again. the liberal democrat leader

tim farron says the party will not enter a coalition with labour or the conservatives under "any circumstances whatsoever" after the election. we will not be entering into coalition, we don't want any deal whatsoever with labour or the conservatives after this next general election. be absolutely clear, voting lib dem is not a proxy for anything else. voting liberal democrat is a vote against hard brexit, a vote for the people to have the final say, not politicians, and a vote for a decent, strong opposition. and the leader of ukip paul nuttall says the party wants to ban full—face veils worn by a minority of muslim women, claiming it's part of what he calls "an integration agenda". i don't believe you can integrate fully and enjoy the fruits of british society if you cannot see people's faces. look at some of the statistics. 50% of muslim women are

economic ruin it. 22% don't speak good english. we need to make sure these people are fully integrated and you can do that if you are hiding behind a veil. fifty thousand runners, 750 thousand bottles of water, and a couple running the racejust moments after tying the knot. this year's london marathon has had it all — joe wilson's on the mall. here we are about five hours then. marathon running has ethical issues at the top of the sport, real concerns about doping, but here it is unique. these people sharing the streets with world record holders. we can't all run a marathon, but we can all sharing them marathon spirit. ajourney of can all sharing them marathon spirit. a journey of 26 miles can all sharing them marathon spirit. ajourney of 26 miles begins with a single foot, but whose? heads together, the starters and the

masses. it remains a sport two shirt sporting experience like no other. everyone inspires each other. by half past ten, we had a thrilling finish. david weir in the pale blue top was desperately seeking a seventh london marathon victory. if his best years we feared were behind him, do they don't miss the finishing line in front. at 1.i didn't even think i would make the start line, so to come away and when, for me personally, it's amazing. the london marathon is a collection of races, a distinguished unique's women's field. last year's champion was not there. she failed a doping test. up ahead, kenya's mary keitany doping test. up ahead, kenya's mary keita ny ran almost doping test. up ahead, kenya's mary keitany ran almost the entire race on her lawn. westminster was witnessing a victory of human spirit. in a marathon of whether women's race was separate from the

men's this was the fastest time ever recorded. but the race was notjust up recorded. but the race was notjust up against the clock. daniel wanjiru almost there, but who's behind him this should work the gap was small, but it remained. the kenyan beat the ethiopian, the biggest moment of his career. at every mile, the pale blue of heads together promoted so strongly for mental health, it was this year's official charity. but so many ran for so many this year's official charity. but so many ran for so many reasons. this year's official charity. but so many ran for so many reasons. to be pa rt many ran for so many reasons. to be part of it and to finish it remains a goal. a man has been killed by thieves who stole his car from outside his house. michael samwell and his wife were woken in the early hours of this morning by a noise and he went to investigate. shouting was heard outside the property, in chorlton—cum—hardy, and mr samwell was then found injured. he died in hospital a short time later. police believe the 35—year—old sustained his injuries after being run over by his own car. polls opened at eight

‘clock this morning o'clock this morning in the first round of voting in the french presidential elections. turnout so far is slightly up on 2012. security is tight and thousands of police and military have been deployed across the country after a police officer was killed in paris three days ago. our correspondent christian fraser is there: a fascinating evening in prospect for us here. as you say, security very tight up and down the country. 11 candidates, two of them will go through to the final round of the vote a week on sunday. but all eyes on the far right candidate, marine le pen. she was voting this morning. ina le pen. she was voting this morning. in a poll published on friday evening before the campaign finished, she wasjust evening before the campaign finished, she was just two points behind emmanuel macron, the centrist candidate, just 39 years old. he

would be the youngest president in france's yesterday. trailing in third, francois fillon, the former prime minister dogged by corruption allegations. he is still in the race and just ahead, the hard left candidate melenchon, who is still in with a shout. plenty to look forward to, we'll be on bbc news with a special results programme from half past six. the first projections come at seven o'clock. four trains from different eras have travelled side—by—side towards york in an event celebrating the past, present and future of britain's railways. the world's most famous steam locomotive, flying scotsman, wasjoined by an inter city 125 and 225 as well as a new hitachi azuma, which is due to go into service next year. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6.35. from me, for now...goodbye. hello.

you're watching the bbc news channel with nicholas owen. more now on the first weekend of the general election campaign, and the former prime minister tony blair has called on voters not to support candidates who ‘back brexit at any cost‘, regardless of political party. he said 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, ok, 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 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. greater manchester police have begun a murder investigation after a man was killed as thieves stole his car. 35—year—old michael samwell was hit by the vehicle when he went to investigate what was going on outside his house in chorlton. 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. the detective leading the investigation issued this appeal for witnesses. we know that michael's home, 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 is struck by his vehicle. we do not know how many 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 kerb in the ladybarn 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 round about at three o'clock, it's a really quiet place, so anything suspicious would stand out a mile. police in northern ireland say a bomb left at the gates of a primary school in north belfast had the potential to cause widespread carnage. a device was found in an alleyway beside holy cross boy's primary school in ardoyne shortly before midnight. residents in 20 homes in the neighbourhood had to be evacuated while the bomb squad was called in. chief superintendent chris noble said dissident republicans were behind the incident in an attempt to kill police officers. just before midnight yesterday evening, police were on patrol in the area, noted some suspicious activity in the area, and responding

to that activity, found what we know to that activity, found what we know to bea to that activity, found what we know to be a viable device. it's a significant device, more than capable of causing death and serious injury. it was discovered just off herbert street, but poignantly and relevantly, herbert street, but poignantly and releva ntly, right at herbert street, but poignantly and relevantly, right at the gates of holy cross primary school. this no doubt the device was there to kill police officers, but it was left in such a reckless location that it would undoubtedly have led to the death of serious injury of a member of the public had it exploded. from my point of view, this is an attempt, we believe, by violent dissident republicans to kill police officers. but it's very much an anti—community act as well, in terms of where it was located and the way in which it was left. what i call on this any members of the community who saw anything suspicious around midnight yesterday evening to reported to the police either on 100 to one or the crimestoppers number.

all we need are the bits of the jigsaws to understand who was in the area, what people saw, and then detectives can build their investigations. the headlines on bbc news: 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. voting is underway 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 house in manchester. 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. and one selfless runner sacrificed his own race to help an exhausted fellow runner

across the finishing line. live now to our correspondent danjohnson who has all the details. there are so many personal stories behind these runs, the reason why they wanted to be here and take part. it's been a magical day in so many different ways. i've been talking to that runner who was involved in the special magic moment, cotsjust involved in the special magic moment, cots just up the road involved in the special magic moment, cotsjust up the road here ahead of the finish line.|j moment, cotsjust up the road here ahead of the finish line. i came round the final corner and i saw a run out struggling. his legs were collapsing and he tried to get up, he kept falling back down. i'd never met him before, but i went over and told he could do this. but every

time you try to get up, he realised he wasn't going to make it. he was falling from one side to the other, so falling from one side to the other, soi falling from one side to the other, so i said, come on, we can do this together. we'll cross that line together. we'll cross that line together. it was probably 300 metres 01’ together. it was probably 300 metres or less. you sacrificed your own time. that didn't matter, we both wa nted time. that didn't matter, we both wanted to finish the race. we focused on just getting to the line. the crowd were incredible, they were cheering us on. it's the same thing anyone else would've done, ijust help the guy out. he was in need and am glad he got the line and am glad he was ok. is that the kind of spirit you felt around? absolutely. the crowd were amazing. that spirit is what running is about. i was the race for you today? i struggled, to be honest. my calf is hurting, but

i'm glad i got to the finish and helped someone else finish. that made me do. you're obviously a series runner, what made you do it? it's addictive, it's great the ahead and good for your body. after a run, the endorphins that go through you just make me happy. so many great stories like that. everybody has the motivation for taking on that challenge. these guys just crossing the finish line have been running for about five hours, 26.2 miles) london, passed so many big landmarks. we're just down from buckingham palace. the jet landmarks. we're just down from buckingham palace. thejet and duchess of cambridge were at the start line and prince harry is here at the finish to hand out some of the prizes. it is their charity supporting mental health which is one of the focus points of the fundraising effort today. but most runners will be raising money for different charities. millions of pounds will be raised today and they

reckon 40,000 people the finish line today. that a record number taking pa rt today. that a record number taking part in this event, now in its 37th year. now we can speak to david, the man who was helped by fellow runner after finding it very difficult getting to the finishing line. david, good afternoon to you. the first question is, how are you feeling now? i'm feeling absolutely fine. thank you. was this your first marathon? no, i ran my first mark marathon? no, i ran my first mark marathon in manchester last year. how did you get on last year? fine, itjew dream, i ran it in two hours and 40 minutes. at was quick. we

have seen these pictures of you and your obviously struggling at the end. just tell us what it felt like. what happened to you? it's funny, because part of the training is to ove 1120 m e because part of the training is to overcome those things, and i knew from last year that if you get yourself into a dark space, which for me came around the 22 mile mark. how it felt really is that you're just talking to yourself, you telling yourself to keep going, keep moving, don't stop. i could sense but i was reducing myself down to perhaps speed walking. it was the sensation. just keeping my move, keep going on. so you're doing all this, you're talking to yourself the

whole time. i do have to say now, looking back, i realise i was all over the place. i wasn't going in a straight line. but it was just trying to keep putting one foot in front of the other. i don't have much recollection of bird cage, but as we came round the corner, that's when i dropped to the floor for the first time, i think. and when i dropped to the floor for the first time, ithink. and i when i dropped to the floor for the first time, i think. and i think this was when matthew helped me. knowing what he had to go through for all the preparation, for someone to stop their ordinaries to help you, i hope to track him down, to

thank him in person. it was such a decent thing that he did. to be honest, maybe i wasn't clear enough, but i was urging him to move on and not sacrifice his race for me. but he stuck with me, and i think a volunteer also jointly on the other side. literally, to help me up and i tried to keep moving. well done to you both. as you say, matthew did a greatjob. the obvious question, david, will you take part in the marathon next year? i don't know. i will sit down with my very supportive wife and we work something out, but i think it's very unlikely. i was in the medical tent and it was quite scary. the amount of trainingi and it was quite scary. the amount of training i boot into this, i

couldn't have done more. i've been running on average 70 mile —— 75 miles a week, i don't think i can do more. i think i have hit it, i've been running two years. what better way to go than the london marathon? obviously, i am very emotional today, and i'm so grateful to all of the volunteers in the medical centre, who took such good care, but it was never my plan to lay myself on the line. i have two young children, and that was a scary experience, doing something supposedly enjoy. i'm rambling a little bit. that's all right. i'm in an emotional state, i could do with

the steak and chips. the medical tea m the steak and chips. the medical team are filling me full ofjelly beans. i'm looking forward to dinner. from all of us, you got over the finish line, that's the main thing. take good care of yourself. thank you very much, nice to talk to you, nicholas. four trains from four different eras — including the world—famous flying scotsman — are giving rail enthusiasts in yorkshire a rare treat this morning as they are travelling side—by—side along the tracks of the east coast mainline in what has been described as a "once in a lifetime event." our correspondent, phil bodmer, was in york for the event this morning which is also celebrating the "past and future" of the railway. what a sight this is, you canjust hear the band and the papers you have struck up on platform five. you can see the intercity 125 have struck up on platform five. you can see the intercity125 and the 225 next to it. you can see this

tea m 225 next to it. you can see this team of the flying scotsman, which is just about to leave europe station right on cue. the icon of the railways built in doncaster works in 1923 and plied his trade along the east coast main line from 1924. as we get covered in soot and stea m, 1924. as we get covered in soot and steam, let's just talk to the people responsible. robert mcintosh from network rail, you've been instrumental in getting this going. how logistically difficult has it been to arrange all this? over the la st been to arrange all this? over the last year, lots of people said it was too difficult to do, but as you can see, it is a must do event, a fantastic event and thanks to all the partners were making it happen. gary from welcome to yorkshire. business yorkshire at its best. yes,

and you can see from the thousands of people who turned out to watch it. it really has been absolutely splendid. all the partners who have been involved and worked closely on this, it's been a real challenge for all our teams, but they've pulled it off and it's been a really popular thing. i was stalking to the managing director of virgin east coast and he said it could never happen again. we'll do something like this very soon again, don't you worry about that. this draws people together and that says of yorkshire pride. yes, it galvanises communities, it brings communities together. in five days' time, we have the world's biggest bike race happening. you'll see millions of people turn over that again. we do big events in yorkshire and we do them really well now. thanks for allowing us on the platform today to enjoy the experience with you. i

will have to go home now and wipe the soot off. time for a look at the weather with tomasz. it looks like we'll have to get the sick calls out again. notjust the second. look at the beautiful weather in cornwall. these links not looking bad across most of the uk, just scattered cloud. but the changes already starting to take place in the very far north of the british isles. look at the temperature in shetland. but cold it is going to be sinking southwards. starting tonight, the cold front moves through scotland, colder air coming in from the arctic, will start to see wintry showers across the scottish ales. to the south of that, still mild at this stage. watch the cold front with southwards. but as a leading edge of the calder, so anything south of that still relatively mild. to the

north, sunshine and scattered wintry showers, so the week ahead, just an echo of winter heading our way.