more pro—eu. if you believe there might be a minority government at the end of this with corbyn as a prime minister, which is a possibility, then maybe this puts it more in the ballpark.” possibility, then maybe this puts it more in the ballpark. i am not entirely sure that will happen. the french polls got it right last night, bang on. in france. we have said all the non—tory parties have said all the non—tory parties have said they will not do deals. to be fairto labourand this said they will not do deals. to be fair to labour and this is an important point, it is the most recent party when it comes to brexit. all the others are fairly united generally so they have a difficult thing. it is a genuine dilemma. the clear thing they see if they would not accept no deal as a serious option,... unlike theresa may. so a clear demarcation there. christopher, the front page of the i as well, ukip are targeting muslims. they want a ban on the vale and this

is being seen as frankly targeting a particular section of society. this is their social integration announcement today. peter whittle was the deputy chairman and paul nuttall was there today. it was a bit of a messy press conference. they were trying to say they wanted to ban face coverings. i said does that mean beekeepers as well.“ to ban face coverings. i said does that mean beekeepers as well. if you are walking into a big public building ina are walking into a big public building in a beekeepers sit? that isa building in a beekeepers sit? that is a face coverings. you were being facetious? i was just trying is a face coverings. you were being facetious? i wasjust trying to pick apart and they said no, it is not the case, so it is about going after muslim people rather than beekeepers, that was the point of a question. it became a bit of an issue. it is quite divisive. there are a small minority of muslim women who wear burqas and they are saying it is an issue in some communities.

does paul nuttall have a point when he says a majority of muslim women who wear these veils, they are the ones who do not necessarily speak much english, they are the ones who do not have good job opportunities, it isa do not have good job opportunities, it is a way of opening up their lives by removing this barrier that he feels is an important and good thing? it is a really complicated issue. i am thing? it is a really complicated issue. lam no thing? it is a really complicated issue. i am no fan of the vale as it happens, but what you found in france is if you ban the veil, attacks on individual women who are walking the streets become the target of vigilantes groups who feel they are defending the values of the native population against muslim values. it is not the way to go. you can have a debate about the veil. banning should be an absolute last

resort. it is a personal liberty issue. and deciding to fight your culture wars through what women wear is very disgusting. paul nuttall thinks he is ten years ahead of everyone and we will all catch up with him. who knows, it may well be. page five of the express. ukip vows to fight extremism with sharia law, they want to get rid of the local sharia courts in the uk. corbyn has just got backing from the communists for the first time in years they will not feel any candidates. this is the story on the right, rock—solid labour set to crumble in wales. this is fascinating. since the 2015 election, one of the things we have all noticed is politics has become much more complicated when you have different things happening

in different regions of the uk. this is the first poll of what will happen probably in wales, and shows a real collapse for labour support in wales, and the tories are likely to pick up ten seats from labour. wales has been voting quite a lot for ukip in recent years, and if thatis for ukip in recent years, and if that is replicated in other places as well, if all the ukip voters bleed across to the tory party in this coming election, that will hugely boost tourism in seats where they are fighting labour and the lib dems. —— it was hugely boost tories. this poll which shows a good result for the tories is actually something which means good news for the tories in other areas as well where ukip support is going down. wales voted overwhelmingly to leave the european union, so perhaps given labour's thinking on how to deal with the brexit question, the poll may not be much of this prize, but labour have

dominated every election wales says world war i, since 1922. for them to lose now, earthquake. it will be. we have these local elections which everyone forgets about next month which gives us a feeling for where it is going. the tories are chasing votes in the north of england. when you look at how labour has been wiped out in scotland where it was once totally dominant, if the same thing happens in wales, the poor labour party, this is a piece of political history being made if it ends. but as you say, the polls. there are six weeks to go, let's not forget. a lot of campaigning. a remain group seeks to oust pro brexit mps. tony blair pitch rolled to use the jargon in the world at

one yesterday. he wants to get people who are anti—brexit to tactically vote and try and throw out the brexit mp. it is launching tomorrow. this is a guardian exclusive. they say they will hit 20 seats held by big names like iain duncan smith, theresa villiers and kate hoey. this is a real chance to use kate hoey. this is a real chance to use their numbers to reshape parliament and take away the brexit mps. we will move on because there is quite a lot of papers to get through. let's go to the telegraph. pictures of smiling marine le pen. she is stepping down as the leader of the front national to say she is the candidate for all citizens and not just representing the candidate for all citizens and

notjust representing this one political outfit. marine le pen is the daughter ofjohn marine le pen. so the name might be tricky to distance herself. she has been trying to leave the party behind. the origins of this party were with the vichy collaborators, or with the nazi regime. they have a past which is anti—semitic and racist and about how france got out of our cheery which —— algeria which was considered a betrayal of pride. marine le pen has been trying to leave that image behind her. she has fallen out with her father. she leave that image behind her. she has fallen out with herfather. she is saying i am no longer front national lam standing

saying i am no longer front national i am standing as an individual. of course, they will still be the policies of the front national. what happens now is crucial about whether both these candidates micron and a pen can gather enough support from outside their natural support base to be victorious in the second round. 15 years ago, her father was blocked because that tactical vote worked. she wants to avoid the same fate. we know which candidates the —— we know which candidate the financial markets are happy with, mr macron. the ftse and the dax and other markets are all up. he likes free markets, he lacks the european union, he likes free trade. it is the tonic they need. they cannot believe their luck. this could be the end of the brexit revolution sweeping through europe. look at the money going up. massive rises. also,

what they are saying is if the political dangers can be put to one side, some of the economic fundamentals in europe and eurozone are looking more cheerful so allows people to make judgments on the economy again, not on political risks and that is one reason why the markets are going up. the euro zone economy has been doing 0k. the daily mail briefly, gps failing thousands of cancer patients, christopher? mail briefly, gps failing thousands of cancer patients, christopher7m is alarming. gps pick up these issues before they have to take them on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some are on to consultants in hospital. there are saying some are not being caught. this is what gps are for. u nfortu nately, caught. this is what gps are for. unfortunately, it really affects survival rates because if you pick up survival rates because if you pick up cancer survival rates because if you pick up cancer earlier, there are avenues of treatment. i would say no

election. on the front page of the daily mail. they are the biggest selling middle market paper and they think the election is not selling. interesting. the daily telegraph thinks it does sell. we know what out thinks it does sell. we know what our readers like. you are on the ball, christopher hope! on the bottom is the cartoon which we will bring up briefly for our viewers. drum roll, drum roll. here it comes. it says, in the event of nuclear war we must immediately declare a bank holiday. what is that a reference to? it is funny! matt always finds a charming way to bring the stories together. this is the idea that has been wowing between the labour party and the tory party about whether britain should keep the nuclear deterrent and also jeremy should keep the nuclear deterrent and alsojeremy corbyn's main election idea so far that there

would be extra bank holidays. he did say he would keep the strategic defence review if he became prime minister. he did. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. i will be back with more news at the top of the hour. miranda and christopher, thank you. goodbye. good evening. it has been turning colder through the north today today. it was cold enough in northern scotland to see some snow lying on the ground. not unusual for this time of year but fairly unwelcoming late april. the colder

has been coming in behind this area of cloud which has been moving south and bringing some rain with it. still further wintry showers coming in on still further wintry showers coming inona still further wintry showers coming in on a keen breeze. that is blowing cold air all the way down from the arctic and it will spread across all parts overnight and be with us into tomorrow as well. overnight tonight some low temperatures and a widespread frost. most of the wintry showers in northern and eastern areas, one or two out to wards the west and one or two in the midlands, generally speaking, the inland parts of england and wales are mostly dry with clear skies and quite cold. two or three degrees in larger towns and cities. it will be colder than that in rural spots so widespread frost. a mixture of sleet and rain at lower levels and maybe some snow showers in the afternoon. some sunshine to be had across western scotland. in the north—east there will be someone true showers. through many places

there is some showers. it will stay windy for all parts into the afternoon. we will see the showers becoming quite widespread into the afternoon. there could be some lively downpours with hail and thunder. it will feel colder in the wind. a particularly cold feel when they hail showers come along in the afternoon. temporarily it could be down to freezing as we get cold downdraughts. stills and showers dotted around in the evening. it will turn quite cold. a touch of frost for many. a cold start for wednesday that a sunny one for many. the eastern side in particular is at risk of some further showers. as we look towards the end of the week we

will see temperatures creeping up slowly day by day. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00 — as emmanuel macron's prepares to take on marine le pen in the final round of voting for the french presidency, the far right candidate announces she's stepping aside as leader of the front national party. jeremy corbyn says only labour can defeat the conservatives, as he takes his campaign to scotland. tributes have been paid to the former royal naval officer, run down by his own car as it was being stolen. police in manchester are questioning a man over the killing. and on newsnight, in the aftermath of the french preisdential elections, peter mandelson talks about what hope he thinks emmanuel macron gives the left in france and here and talks about his new cross—party movement to defeat pro—brexit mps at the election.