Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at the last election not to raise income tax, National Insurance or vat. Labour and the Liberal Democrats were quick to jump on what they saw as a change of policy, warning that tax rises lie ahead. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. All correspondent is in westminster. Tax was always going to be a big issue. Yes. Tax during a general Election Campaign is a word they dont want to mention. But we are looking for any hints of what might be in statements. Yesterday Philip Hammond suggesting he might want to drop not raising vat, not raising National Insurance, not raise income tax, because he says chances want the flexibility to manage the economy. Those three taxes are big revenue raisers. He said he would rather they were not constrained. The lib dems and labour quick to criticise saying it would hit the pockets of white van man. Cena Tax Bombshell lies ahead. Although labour have said they want the rich to pay more taxes. Saying a Tax Bombshell lies ahead. Cast your mind back, it seems a long time ago now, to the budget in march. Philip hammonds u turn very quickly when he intended to raise National Insurance contributions for the self employed. That was ditched. Some differences between theresa may and Philip Hammond on tax policy. We will have to see where we end up when the manifestos, out in the coming weeks. Thank you. More than 50,000 troops are being deployed across france in preparation for voting in the countrys president ial election after the killing of a Police Officer in paris. All correspondent is in paris at the moment. It looks like life returning to some normality, but security will no doubt play a big role over the coming days. Security is very tight. It has been ramped up. There are Police Walking around in this bustling market. But this is a scene of peruvian normality this morning. A very normality this morning. A very normal saturday morning. This is the market, just a stones throw from notre dame cathedral. Today is a day of political silence. Campaigning ended at midnight. There are no bombardments from politicians. So the french have a chance to breathe after months of relentless political battles. But the events of thursday night, just a couple of miles from here, on everybodys minds. It is visible in the Security Presence all around. Also because people are wondering what kind of effect that will have on this election. Whether it will have an effect on peoples voting intentions, and also what effect it will have on turnout. Whether people will be put off from coming out to vote because of the security threat. Lets bring you one detail about the victim of thursday nights attack. The man policeman was 37. He was actually deployed to the bataclan theatre massacre. He returned there one year later on patrol. He was interviewed by a magazine and he told them, im happy to be here, to defend our civic values, and to say no to terrorists. Six months later he lost his own life. Very poignant dimension to that story. Thanks very much. Mike pence says a Us Naval Strike Group will arrive in waters near north korea in arrive in waters near north korea in a matter of days. There had been confusion earlier this week over whether the Uss Carl Vinson was heading into the sea of japan or not. However in a Press Conference with the australian prime minister, mr pence said the us wanted to show north korea it had the resources to secure the region. All options are on the table. Let me assure you, the United States will continue to work closely with australia, our other allies in the region and with china to bring economic and diplomatic sanctions to bear on the regime in pyongyang until they abandon their nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes. The Sun Newspaper has printed a formal apology to everton footballer ross barkley. Former editor Kelvin Mckenzie compared the footballer to a gorilla in an article for his column. Ross barkleys grandfather is from nigeria but the newspaper says a racial slur was never intended. Kelvin mckenzie remains suspended from the sun. For the First Time Since the Industrial Revolution britain has gone a whole working day without using coal to generate electricity. National grid said the news was a Watershed Moment in attempts to phase out coal by 2025. Taxes on co2 emissions, and the falling cost of renewable energy, have made coal plants less economical in recent years. A nasa probe, flying near the Planet Saturn is about to set its self on a path of destruction, as it runs out of fuel. Cassini will pass the planets moon, titan, this morning. But this will cause it to change course and heading straight for saturns atmosphere where it will be destroyed. Its hoped before its demise, it will be able to make some last minute measurements of the planets rings, rotation, and length of day. From take aways and box sets, to prince georges favourite tv programme, the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge have spoken about their family life together on radio one. The couple were promoting their Mental Health campaign on the stations chart show as our royal correspondent peter hunt reports. Please welcome to radio i the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge. Oh, my god with a destiny to fulfil, some dj ing in the meantime. These are royals bringing their message about Mental Health to a young audience, and a confession about listening habits. I have texted in, yep. Under a different name . Obviously, i wouldnt tell you who i was. Definitely not what are you doing texting in your car . Obviously i stopped in a lay by. I have not texted while driving, because that is illegal. The princely fan, who seeks shout outs, and who was castigated when he missed a royal event for a skiing and clubbing trip, loves going to gigs. Its not something you can really do all the time . No, and you know, ive got in enough trouble with my dancing recently, so its kind of best to keep away from that, to be honest. The price of such airtime, questions that wouldnt have amused victoria, like what takes their fancy for a tv supper. Yeah, im not so good with the spicy food, though. Im not good at spice. If you do a takeaway, they must never believe you when youre ordering it to the palace, right . It doesnt usually get ordered to the palace, chris. Right, isee. We tend to go and pick it up, not ourselves. Ive got you, got you. Go for a little visit around the area. Hes not going to go to chicken cottage, is he . Laughter the professionals changed. The royals remained, and were set to work. The official chart with greg james and the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge go. He had 13 weeks at number one, with shape of you, before harry came along and spoiled his easter. Sounds familiar Laughter Radio bringing together briefly two national institutions, the monarchy and the chart show. So, number one is ed sheeran, shape of you. For a couple facing a life of pomp, this was pure pleasure. When im on holiday, would you mind stepping in . To be honest, we could probably do a betterjob. Peter hunt, bbc news. How do you think they did . Not too bad. It could have been awful. They seemed very relaxed. We will have the weather in a few minutes time. Last december we spoke to the Team Gb Paralympic sprinter libby clegg, who was testing a special pair of goggles to help with her visual impairment. For one family watching it was the breakthrough they were searching for. Their ten year old son charlie has a similar condition, so they contacted the doctors involved and he is now the youngest person on the trial. Well speak to charlie and his mum in a moment but first lets take a look back at libby and her fiance trying out the technology. 0n on one level the goggles act as a big magnifying glass. But there is a lot more. It makes edges of objects sharper and really brings out the contrast between light and shade. Darren was keen to have a go at them, too. Hes also got a form of macular dystrophy. You have a big spot you look really old. You are making me self conscious. Go back to being completely, like. Blind. |j can see my tattoos. Thats mad. Werejoined by charlie, his mum helen and also Elodie Draperi from give vision, the company that developed the technology. Good morning to all of you. Charlie, good morning. Helen, you saw that report, and you thought, do you know what, i think charlie could benefit. It was auntie sarah. She saw it. She jumped onto the phone. We were at school. We didnt see it live. But she said this gadget is going to change charlies life, didnt she . Very long story short. A couple of twea ks, very long story short. A couple of tweaks, contact with kennedy, a trial, and here we are. Contact with elodie, a trial, and here we are. Explain to us your vision, what you see normally and what difference do the goggles make . Without the goggles, everything from far away is way smaller and fuzzier. In the studio, for example, we have the cameras over there, are you able to see the cameras clearly . That is about 12 feet. The writing on the cameras, they would probably be lines with little spaces in. White lines. And with the goggles on, because you use these in the classroom, what difference do they make . The main difference that would make . The main difference that would make is, basically, it zooms in. Its really big. Its not fuzzy. Its really big. Its not fuzzy. Its clear, isnt it . Its really clear and it really helps. Were having a look at you in your classroom. This has made a big difference to you in school, hasnt it . What difference has it made in your lessons, being able to take pa rt your lessons, being able to take part in Normal School life . Its basically, do you want me to help . Before the goggles, any access to the interactive whiteboard, or the normal white board the teacher was using, charlie had no chance. He did not see. He would rely on his classmates, and quite recently a Teaching Assistant that works with him, to help him see what was going on. Now, he sits with his classmates, sometimes without Adult Support at all, and accesses the lesson in real time. Support at all, and accesses the lesson in realtime. Brilliant. The same as everybody else. No delay. No additional things written down next to him. It must be great for you to see a Success Story, to see how it is helping people. It is very rewarding work. In developing this technology, we have enhanced peoples remaining site. People with severe sight impairment. What it does is it improves their visual performance and accuracy. They can see things sharper, they can see things which are further away. They look bulky. I was expecting them to be heavy, but they are not, they are light, what material are they made out of . It depends. We have different types of headsets, because we have Different Levels of magnification. We have almost ten different headsets. We gave the name of our first use, so this is the charlie. It really depends. We gave this the name of our first user, so this is the charlie. Its mostly for people who use a magnifier, or need to enlarge everything, or maybe they dont have very clear vision. It will help them for indoor activities at home, at work, or at school, for indoor activities at home, at work, orat school, like for indoor activities at home, at work, or at school, like charlie. We can see the moment after moment you tried the goggles for the first time. Lets have a look. Are you all right . Are you just really pleased . That brings it home. One is technology, one is the sheer emotion. What was happening . technology, one is the sheer emotion. What was happening . I was crying because id never seen that thing before. In my mind i was thinking this is so cool. The headset made me experience how to see normally like other people do. That was harry in that video, my 11 year old brother. That was harry in that video, my 11yearold brother. Who came in . Harry was just in front playing fifa. Charlie is normally this close. He was sat on the chair, far away, and experiencing it for the first time. What was that like . My voice was all over the place in that clip. We did not expect it to be so life changing for him and just utterly beyond anything that we could have imagined. Lovely to see all of you here this morning. Thank you for coming in this morning. Charlie you are looking very smart this morning. Everyone has said that, even my grandad. Libby clegg, the athlete who has inspired charlie, really wanted to be here but she could not change her training commitments. Instead, she wa nts to training commitments. Instead, she wants to send you a gig, she is sending you some tickets for the para World Championships. She wants to catch up with you. Will you go . Yes. My grandmother wants her autograph because of all the things she has achieved. We will get it when we meet her in the summer. Thank you very much. Here is ben with the weather. A fairly good news story for you on the weather front, as far as the weekend is concerned. Some of us will get off to a decent some of us got off to a decent start, this is a picture from one of our Weather Watchers. But as you can see from the satellite, not sunny for everyone, some cloud around, especially over Northern Scotland bringing showers. Though showers will be persistent over Northern Ireland. Sunny skies across england and wales. Where we do have the cloud it will break up, we will see sunny spells. They keep the showers over Northern Scotland which will also be chilly. This afternoon, apm, south east england, wales, down to the channel islands, through the bristol area, into the west midlands, these areas should see good spells of sunshine. Some spells of sunshine across east anglia and the south east. But the odd chance of catching a shower. Chilly close to the east coast, 8 degrees in sunderland. Northern ireland sticking with a largely cloudy sky. Fairly bright for southern scotland. Northern scotland seeing sunshine and showers. Wintry over higher ground. Breezy and feeling chilly here. Some of these showers across Northern Scotland will continue overnight. Largely dry night, it will get cold enough for A Touch Of Frost, particularly out in the countryside. A chilly start even in the centre of london. Not bad news for the Marathon Runners at the starting line. Things should brighten up through the day and things will warm up into the afternoon for those taking time to finish. Across wales, bright skies and sunshine tomorrow, but north west england clouding over. Similar stories in Northern Ireland and scotland. The odd splash of rain. Heavy rain in the afternoon from Northern Scotland. Just 6 degrees in shetland. And that is the sign of what is to come for the new week. This area of low pressure swinging across northern and Eastern ScotlaNd Swinging Across Northern and Eastern Scotland with windy weather, wet weather, and this cold front pushes south and the floodgates open to a cold blast of wind from the north. Itll be like going in reverse with the seasons. Chilly weather, wintry showers, even some snow to fairly low levels in some places. That is enough to make us cry for other reasons, and not good ones. I got very emotional. The general Election Campaign is just a few days old. 0ne topic already emerging as a key battle ground. The so called triple lock on State Pensions was brought in by the conservative Led Coalition back in 2010. Theresa may has so far refused to guarantee keeping it if she wins the election. While labour has pledged to keep it until 2025. So what is the triple lock . It guarantees that the State Pension will rise in one of three ways. Either the same as average earnings, keeping the increase in pensioners income at the same rate as those in work or in line with the Consumer Price inde