what the general public see hours. what the general public see is the spirit and this happens all over the place, it just is the spirit and this happens all over the place, itjust happens there were quite a few cameras trained on that. at that point, capturing that moment. but it happens everywhere up and down the country. the friendship formed, more races to come, maybe next time the good samaritan will even finish ahead, because it was the man on his last legs who officially crossed the line first. but taking part is more important than winning, right? they have already shown that. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz shafernacker winter has returned. i'm going to get out of the way. this picture could almost be green in, but this is shetland, be very far north of the country. some other pictures coming, this is from aberdeen, heavy snow falling. most of us will not be

getting this kind of weather in the next couple of days. but it will be cold, especially at night, with frosts on the way for the wintry showers will make their presence felt across the uk quite widely. hailstorm ‘s as well. the arctic blast sets in. this is what it looks like through the afternoon, be cold front, everywhere to the north of the line is arctic ire >> studio: air. —— arctic air. i would not be surprised if there is some sleet and hail showers coming through. winds have been up to gale force so it feels cold. not so bad in yorkshire. this is the buffer zone between the milderairand the this is the buffer zone between the milder air and the arctic air, and so milder air and the arctic air, and so in the south, if you feel it doesn't feel so cold, that is right, because the cold air has not reached you. it will filter down through the course of the day. in the north it

feels like it is around freezing and in the south it feels like around 11-12. in the south it feels like around 11—12. tonight the cold front has finally gone through and we are in the cold arctic air mass, the skies have cleared. not just the cold arctic air mass, the skies have cleared. notjust snow the cold arctic air mass, the skies have cleared. not just snow showers, these are high will showers and sleet showers. we will call them collectively wintry. pretty chilly tomorrow morning, just a few degrees above freezing even in the middle of town. some showers from the word go in the north, these wintry showers with hailstones, moving to the south, they will be some rumbles of blunder. the temperatures do not look very low, but if you are caught in the hail storm, the temperatures will drop rapidly. and it will feel like it is around freezing. wednesday will start to feel less cold. still a chance of some rain showers and maybe thunderstorms, but it will start to feel a bit less cold. by the time we get to thursday

and friday, the mild atlantic air will settle the kit will feel chilly, but we are not talking about desperately arctic weather. it will feel pretty chilly in the wind and the showers, though. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the race for the french presidency — emmanuel macron — faces the front national‘s marine le pen —after the country's biggest good afternoon, i'm will perry with the latest headlines from the bbc sport centre. newcastle united can be promoted back to the premier league at the first time of asking tonight if they beat preston in the championship at stjames' park. brighton have already secured their place in the top flight next season but rafa benitez‘s side have had a dip in form taking just a single point from their last three games. the other teams, they have to do

something, we have to do ourjob. the only thing that we can control is ourteam. we the only thing that we can control is our team. we have to be sure that these the games, we are concentrating to do ourjob properly and win games. if the results go in favour, much better. try to go up, it does not matter the position, the main thing is to be sure we finish oui’ main thing is to be sure we finish ourjob. manchester united striker zlatan ibrahimovic says "giving up is not an option" after finding out he faces several months on the sidelines with a serious knee injury he picked up against anderlecht in the europa league last week. there had been speculation that the 35—year—old could retire given the nature of the injury. but he's said on social media tody that he "will come back even stronger", claiming injuries won't decide his future in the game. chelsea's n'golo kante says being named the professional footballers' association players' player of the year "means the world" and is a "great honour". kante was instrumental in leicester winning the premier league title last season before joining chelsea in the summer, he could of course win a second successive league title

with chelsea currently four points clear. tottenham's dele alli was named young player of the year by his fellow professionals for the second successive season. barcelona manager luis enrique has described lionel messi as the "best player in history" after he scored his 500th goal for the club as they beat real madrid 3—2 to take them to the top of la liga. messi struck twice in a dramatic el classico, this is this first, real had sergio ramos sent off. it was 2—2 going into the final ten seconds of injury time when lionel messi scored a dramatic winner. barca are now top of the table on goal difference. andy murray will be playing in this week's barcelona open as part of his build up to the french open and to maintain his status as world number one. murray was surprisingly knocked out of the monte carlo masters last week in his first tournament back since recovering from an elbow injury. it was hard to maintain your ranking

at the top of the game, you have some of the best players of all time are playing just now and are playing great tennis this year and a lot of the young ones are starting to play better and better as well. it is going to be tough but i am happy to be fit and healthy again and hopefully i can start playing some good tennis. whilst murray has a bye to the second round, kyle edmund has booked his place in round two after a straight sets win over france'sjeremy chardy. he'll play the austrian dominic thiem next. at the world snooker championship, the world number one mark selby is continuing his second round match against china's xiao guo—dong. selby began with a 10—6 lead this afternoon, and what a start in his first frame of the day wracking up a century break in front of the crucible crowd. these are live pictures from sheffield. best of 25 frames goes into the third round. 11-6,

11—6, selby leads. on the other table barry hawkins is taking on graeme dott. and that's all the sport for now. there's more on all those stories over on the bbc sport website where you can also follow the latest from the crucible in the world snooker championship. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. jeremy corbyn's promising to repeal what he calls "vicious" trade union legislation, introduced by the conservatives, if labour wins the general election. he told the scottish trades union congress in aviemore that their members "were the dna" of the labour party. mr corbyn said that labour are offering a clear alternative to the conservatives in the general election, and that only his party would stand up for workers' rights. the scottish people are facing a crucial choice in this election. the tories are trying to use brexit to turn britain into a low wage tax

haven run in the interests of the powerful. labour will negotiate a brexit that will build on the games won fall workers and the european union, we will putjobs, living standards and human rights first. friends, this is a general election, it is not a referendum. only labour can form a government and offer an alternative that will transform the lives of people in scotland. the truth is that the tories and the snp are obsessed with their power struggles against brussels on westminster when the energy should be used to change and transform our economy, to ensure that no one and no community is left behind. the tories, well, they are tories. they

will always seek to undermine, dilate or simply eliminate all the gains that we won. that is who they are and that is what they do. they act for the powerful and the powerful back them. that is what we are up against, that is what our predecessors were up against. in never stopped them and it will not stop us. much of the media and their friends in the establishment are saying this election is a foregone conclusion. they think there are rules in politics which if you do not follow them, you do not win. you start by doffing your cap to the powerful people, excepting that para meters powerful people, excepting that parameters so nothing can really change. comrades, it is when you start accepting the parameters laid down by others, you cannot really

win. you have to challenge. our movement knows it. it is only by us standing together as the people for the many, not the powerfulfeud standing together as the people for the many, not the powerful feud that we really win. only labour has the policies that will challenge these powerful interests and transform the lives of working people. jeremy corbyn speaking earlier in aviemore. former ukip donor aaron banks has arrived in clacton for a visit today, after he said he will stand for election in the constituency. the trip follows his comments last week when he admitted he "knows nothing" about the essex seaside town. well, earlier our reporter andrew sinclair was in thorpe—le—soken, where arron banks arrived as part of his visit, to explain the reasons behind the trip. he arrived about ten minutes ago. he said he was looking forward to meeting local party members. he is at this hoteljust outside clacton, he is meeting local party members. we think he is going to give them lunch and he is going to tell them

why he would like to stand over ukip candidate. we expect him to go into cla cton candidate. we expect him to go into clacton itself to do a bit of a walk around and actually meet some real voters. as you said, he does not really know this area at all. he told the bbc‘s sunday politics programme yesterday that he has only ever programme yesterday that he has only ever been to clacton once before but he does want to stand here and he said that he thought ukip would not put anyone up against him as a potential candidate. why does he wa nt to potential candidate. why does he want to come here? this all goes back to row which he had a few months ago with the then you keep and the douglas carswell, mr banks fault that he was not a true member of ukip and so he said whenever an election was held, he would personally use his own money to stand against mr carswell. since then, mr carswell has become an independent, he has left you get so perhaps mr banks was right in that respect and since then, the general election has been called. this meeting today is all about working out what the lie of the land will be. ukip was to hold its hustings on

wednesday night to choose their candidate for the general election so mr banks is time to find out what they think about him and now try to find out what he thinks about them. andrew sinclair reporting. the centrist candidate emmanuel macron will take on the far—right‘s marine le pen in the race to become french president. it's the first time in nearly 60 years that neither of france's established political parties have a candidate in the second round. my colleague karin giannone spoke to professor. he said the result was a big political upset. it is a fascinating time giving the result yesterday with the elimination of the candidates of the two traditional main parties. it isa it is a fascinating time to be here. how great and people is. it is absolutely massive if you look the

last six decades. we will know more about the parliamentary elections in june, whether the traditional parties can save some of their deputies, particularly the right, i think they have hopes of saving deputies and whether macron what have parliamentary majority for his package. what are your thoughts on why the french people have opted for these two candidates to go through to the second round? there was a school of thought that wondered if brad france had turned to someone with experience, someone with authority, particularly after the terrorist attack on thursday evening? he did not turn out that way. i think there are different reasons. the left... those fissures came to the service during this election campaign, much to the disadvantaged. on the right, he was about far short of qualifying for the second round so one should not

exaggerate the blow. it is a huge blow but perhaps with another candidate we would have been talking today about the right thing in the second round. ithink today about the right thing in the second round. i think this is the way the right upper stringer, this isa way the right upper stringer, this is a failure of fillon more than a failure of the right. the scandals that have dogged him since the revelations. both accusations that fillon paid his wife. the involvement of his wife. it is still under investigation. now he has failed to qualify for the second round, the prisoners will restart. let's talk about marine le pen. is ita sign let's talk about marine le pen. is it a sign of her detox of addition of the party that she ended up at the break she did? this is a bad result for her. she was up 2896. in the department or an regional elections, the second all go elections, the second all go elections, the second all go elections, the national front did much better so to get 21, 20 2% will be disappointing for her and she will not have any chance of winning

in the second... absolutely no chance of winning? the success of the national front marine le pen is that and their values are in the french debate. in terms of electoral representation, actually getting into power, there have been a fire in many regards. if you like what happened to her father back in 2002, would you say resembled the second round? he was eliminated who got 82%, his rival? people generally expecting marie le pen to do much better but still not triumphed over emmanuel macron. she will not win, she will get somewhere in the 305. she will get some 5upporter5 she will get somewhere in the 305. she will get some supporters and she would at some of these border5 she will get some supporters and she would at some of these borders of fillon. people who drifted away from le pen over the past few weeks will probably go back to le pen. she will do better than her father in the 5econd do better than her father in the second round, no doubt about that.

it will depend on ten out what happen5 over the next few weeks. it will depend on ten out what happen5 over the next few weeksm looks like a stark choice, almost a eu referendum at the moment, looking at these two candidates. it is a choice between a pro—globali5ation and anti—globali5ation, a choice between pro—europe and not, the arrogance , a between pro—europe and not, the arrogance, a high level of incontinent in the party of the national front. france is a very divided society but it is not unique in that respect as we've seen in the uk in recent weeks. that was the best sense of contemporary french politics at queen mary university in london. —— a professor. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: centrist emmanuel macron will face far—right leader marine le pen in the run—off for the french presidency after the first round of voting. jeremy corbyn takes his election campaign to scotland —— telling members of the scottish tuc that he'll fight to protect their right to take industrial action. a man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a former royal navy officer who was hit as his car

was stolen from outside his home in manchester. good afternoon. the business news now. capping household energy bills will not benefit customers — and could lead to higher prices according to one of the uk‘s biggest energy providers. the warning comes after the conservative party said it might intervene to limit energy prices to help the poorest families. shares in gas and electricity firms were hit by the announcement. british gas owner centrica — and sse — both among the biggest fallers on the ftse 100 this morning. philips — the dutch company that makes medical devices and health care products — has reported a big jump in profits for the first three months of the year. that's after it sold off its lighting business last year. profits soared to £219 million , compared with just over i 31 million in the same period last year. jimmy choo is looking for potential

buyers to step forward. the luxury shoe maker is inviting potential offers for a sale of the business. the firm said it had not received any bids yet and was also considering other options. jimmy choo also produces other luxury goods, but sales have slowed in recent years. its footwear is often seen on the red carpet worn by the likes ofjennifer lopez and bella hadid. the euro has strengthened, shares in french banks are up, and the european stock markets are reaching their highest levels for a year. it's all a reaction to the first round of the french presidential election. investors seem relieved — euphoric even — that the centrist emmanuel macron topped the poll — and will go through to the next round against the far—right candidate marine le pen. mr macron is seen as a supporter of the european union and has promised business—friendly reforms if he gets the keys to the elysee palace after may the 7th. let's talk about this in more detail. our correspondent theo leggettjoins us from berenberg bank in the city of london.

why did the markers get quite so excited about a macron? what they are not looking at is the result of the second round of the presidential election in two weeks' time or what is actually happened. what they are looking at is what has not happened because one thing we know now is thatjean—luc melenchon, the hard left candidate will not figure in the presidential run—off. the businesses, very much the worse case scenario had been the possibility that french electors could be given a choice between the national front candidate marie lip pen and the hard left candidate jean—luc melenchon. neither are those are happy about that's plays in europe. what we have now is the potential run or run off between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. he is the head of all of the polls. they are quite happy with

that. as you can see at this graph, the french as this morning are more than 5.5%. that is the definition of a relief rally. we may see that initial burst of enthusiasm tailing offa initial burst of enthusiasm tailing off a little bit over the next couple of weeks because do not forget marine le pen is not be presidential run—off, it is not inconceivable she could win, even if all people say otherwise. at the moment, it seems the markets believe that emmanuel macron, he's the favourite, let's put it that way. what kind of economic policy does he have? what do they feel he might do? well, he wants to make life easier for businesses for a start. he was to reduce the burden of regulation for them. he wants to reduce taxation, he wants to reduce taxation, he wants to reduce taxation on businesses in particular and he wants to reduce public spending, cut down the number of public servants. they have the number of economic reforms in the pipeline. there is a potential hiccup here. do not forget that he will be the president, if few weeks

down the road injune, there will be parliamentary elections to elect the french government. he will then have to work with the prime minister. now, that premise may not come from his own party because his party en marche has only existed for under a year. it does not have the grassroots infrastructure that the other parties have. he may struggle to get the numbers in the french parliament to back up his policies which might mean he may have to live with a candidate from either the republican party or the socialist theory can recover their share of theory can recover their share of the vote. it might make life difficult for him going forward. the first artist to take the palace and the poll say he probably will, after that, yes to work out how he's actually done to govern. thank you very much. british companies are planning to test driverless cars on city roads and motorways in the uk, for the first time. the driven consortium is backed by government funds and led by the artificial intelligence firm oxbotica. it wants to put vehicles through their paces between london and oxford, aiming for a fleets of s vehicles by 2019. goals soccer centres, which operates

five—a—side football pitches, has confirmed it is in takeover talks with rival powerleague. back in 2015 the company posted a loss — early this year it said it has "turned the corner". now a merger was one of what it called a number of "strategic opportunities" it was looking at. us firm ppg has increased its bid for the owners of dulux akzonobel from £21 billion to around £23 billion. it's the second time it's raised the offer price. akzonobel has been trying to repel the bid by announcing plans to spin off its chemicals unit and return most of the proceeds to shareholders. up up 4.5%, looking stronger as a result. a relief rally, theo was calling it. up 3.3%. city are almost

296. calling it. up 3.3%. city are almost 2%. a strong day on all the markets. europe at 84 point 4p. that is all the business news. a tribunal is hearing a misconduct case against a law firm which represented iraqis claiming compensation from the ministry of defence. the case involving leigh day and three of its solicitors is expected to be the longest and most expensive ever heard by the solicitor‘s disciplinary tribunal. the tribunal begun at 12 o'clock — and our legal affaird clive coleman explained the outline of the case before it started. this follows the inquiry, people will remember that the public enquiry into allegations that british oldish mistreated, tortured and killed iraqi dt knees after something known as the battle of danny boy, that was a battle that took place in 20 tovey 2004. in 2014, the report from the inquiry concluded that these allegations of

mistreatment, torture and killings were, andi mistreatment, torture and killings were, and i quit, wholly without foundation, entirely the product of deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility. it found that nine iraqi detainees had been mistreated. the main tribunal charged against the law firm leigh day is that they withheld a document, this was a lesson that showed that these dt knees were in fa ct showed that these dt knees were in fact insurgents and members of the army. withholding of that document aims the main business of business conduct allegations and charges that they face. they also charge with making unauthorised, braehead in payments to a third party for cases brought by iraqis to group referred to them, cases brought that they brought against the ministry of defence and also charged with

seeking damages and maintaining damages claims when it was improper to do so. this tribunal, as you say, is likely to be the longest that the solicitors has ever held, scheduled to last seven weeks in total. leigh day have always been clear, they have always said that the failure to disclose this critical document with a human error but they deny any professional wrongdoing and they will vigorously contest, they say, the 19 charges that they face at the tribunal. tougher punishments for the most serious cases of speeding have come into force in england and wales today. drivers can now be fined one—and—a—half times their weekly wage for the worst offences — that means driving over 50—miles an hour in a 30 zone or 100—miles an hour on a motorway let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather.

it is getting colder and colder already. winter has reached northern pa rt already. winter has reached northern part of the uk. scotland, we had some snow this morning. look at this picture from aberdeen. some stormy seas out there, winds gusting in excess of 50 mph. a little bit further north in shetland, and another one from aberdeenshire. quite a bit of snow but most of us will not be getting that. they will be culled over the next few days. most will get wintry showers, sleet, maybe some hail and some chilly gusts of wind. the colder weather coming in over the next 24 hours from the north, it does not reach the southernmost portion of the uk. here it is rather overcast, some rain around, it is the zero that is engulfed by that cold air stream straight out of the arctic. temperatures struggling, a couple of degrees above freezing the some of these most northern extremities of these most northern extremities of the british isles. some snow falling across the hills. not only some of those wintry showers getting into

scotland, the far north of england, nudging into cumbria, but in the south hey, it is a different story. it is mild. 14 celsius in london, 13 celsius in exeter. to think earlier in the mud it was 25 celsius. how it has changed. it is a transition month. april. this is what it feels like. around freezing so across the north. then tonight, that cold air establish itself across the whole of the uk now so this is the cold front, you can see it is in france and belgium and holland by that stage. the cold air comes in from the north, more wintry showers settling for sure in places across the north, these eastern counties as well. lots of clear whether a row, a chilly morning, maybe a touch of frost around. a little bit too windy for a properfrost to frost around. a little bit too windy for a proper frost to form. a frost around. a little bit too windy for a properfrost to form. a real rush of showers developing almost anywhere across the country tomorrow. certainly northern and central areas, further south critically, thunderstorms around as

well bringing some hail and if you are caught in one of those, those gusts of wind, those downdraughts we get in the storms, it could feel as cold as freezing. really nippy. the sun is strong so out of the shower so will not feel too bad. wednesday, still a risk as showers, but the central and eastern areas. maybe thunder as hail too. their stake into friday, there is a change. the cold air gets pushed into the way and we see the milder atlanta guy coming in. monday, tuesday and wednesday as colder weather and them from thursday, things are going to turn quite a bit milder. that is the natives. —— that is the latest. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2... in their race for the french presidency... in their race for the french presidency...

independent centrist emmanuel macron faces the front national‘s marine le pen in a fortnight after beating both mainstream parties yesterday. a new iraq in french politics but which way will the voters turn? two macron, globalisation and more europe or to marine le pen for security and control of borders? they have 13 days to decide. parties hit the campaign trail here — with jeremy corbyn pledging to strengthen britain's trade unions and fight for working people. only labour will deliver for working people, small businesses, and our most voluble people. none of the rest would even think