37th London Marathon. A lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten oclock. There are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. Also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, theyre already top of the Premier League, and now theyre into the fa cup final. A rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines including The Flying Scotsman line up to celebrate the past, present and future of rail transport. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Quite a decent datacom for many of us today. There will be spills of sunshine, but there is a big change for the start of the week. Something much colder on the way. All the details coming up. Good morning, first our main story. Labour is attempting to win over voters ahead ofjunes General Election, with the promise of four extra uk wide Bank Holidays. They would fall on the patron saints day of each of the home nations. The conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanent holiday under labour. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. Good morning, everybody. Good morning working hard to get your vote. Butjeremy corbyn thinks britains workers deserve a break, and says if labour wins the General Election he will try and introduce four new uk wide Bank Holidays. Bank holidays are a devolved matter in scotland. Butjeremy corbyn says he would introduce four more in england on st georges day, st patricks day, and st andrews day, and st davids day, and hell also suggest to devolved administrations they also have public holidays. Labour claims the move would help bring the four nations of the uk together, as well as giving more people time off. The party said there was no definitive estimate of the Economic Impact of this proposal. A conservative source said that the economy would be on a permanent Holiday Ifjeremy Corbyn got near downing street. The conservatives could be about to make their own retail offer to voters in the shape of smaller energy bills for many families. The sunday times says that theresa may is about to order 0fgem to cap the gas and electricity bills for the seven out of ten households that pay standard variable tariffs, which are usually more expensive than other plans Energy Companies offer. Labour has previously said it will force Energy Suppliers to put customers on their cheapest tariffs. Ben wright, bbc news. Ukip says its manifesto will include a pledge to ban the full face veils worn by some muslim women. Lets speak to our Political CorrespondentSusana Mendonca whojoins us now from our london newsroom. This feels like an appeal to ukips core base . I think very much so. If you look at this idea of the burqa plan. That came out years ago, but back then they wanted to push for us to leave they wanted to push for us to leave the eu, but those things are happening. That question about what you gets purposes is quite difficult answer at this stage. If you look at the polling, there is evidence that ukip voters are switching to the conservative party. So they need something to appeal to voters, so you have this burqa ban coming back in and we are talking about Banning Shari law and postal voting, which they say fraud. First week of campaigning, although the parties trying to come up with policies that will appeal to their core fortress. The boyfriend of tv celebrity ferne mccann has been arrested in connection with an alleged acid attack in a nightclub. Arthur collins, whos 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 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 mets 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. Polling stations across france have opened in the last hour for the first round of the countrys president ial election. 11 candidates are running for office, with the race between the top four contenders considered too close to call ahead of the vote. 0ur europe reporter gavin lee is in paris for us this morning. 0ne one of the most unpredictable elections in french history. It really is. And in the last hour, the Polling Stations opened. If you early birds casting therefore this morning. Some people have said, given the terrorist attacks, they didnt want to be on the streets later, but those are few and far between. Already in australia, already in the french american territories, already in hong kong, french voters who have the right to vote, have started casting their forward. The interesting system they have, the first projection to come m, have, the first projection to come in, by about eight oclock tonight, we ta ke in, by about eight oclock tonight, we take a sample of different constituencies around france and they pulled together a rough estimate of what they think will be the result. We should see on the tv screens are two faces who might make it through. There are four candidates out of the 11 that are pretty much neck and neck. We have Marine Le Pen on the far right, Jean Luc Melenchon on the far left, we have macron and fillon, the conservative candidate. We have a lot of security, Tens Of Thousands of Police Across france. The Mobile Operator three has apologised for problems which stopped users sending texts yesterday. Some people took to twitter saying their messages had gone to the wrong people. The operator says it is working to restore full service. Emergency teams have been sent to Emergency Teams have been sent out to contain an oil spill on one an oil spill on one of the canary islands, after a ferry crashed into underwater fuel pipes. Spanish authorities said 13 passengers were injured and five of the wounded had to be hospitalised. A two mile long slick is threatening the coast around las palmas, on gran canaria, and telde, further to the south. The former Tennis Player, ilie nastase has been banned from any further role in the fed cup tie between britain and romania after he verbally abused the british captain, Anne Keothavon, and the british number one, Johanna Konta. Play was suspended when konta left the court in tears but she later came back to beat her opponent in straight sets. Alex gulrajani reports. Were used to outpourings of emotion on a tennis court, just not like this. Johanna konta was on top against romanias sorana cirstea, but she wasnt her only challenge. Both konta and captain Anne Keothavong felt the home crowd had overstepped the mark. Romanian captain ilie nastase then got involved. Already facing an investigation for comments he made about serena williams, nastase swore at the british pair and the officials before being escorted away. Play resumed, but only briefly. Konta, the world number seven, visibly distressed. She left the court soon after, as another romanian player, simona halep, pleaded with the crowd. After nearly half an hour, konta returned and wasted no time in finishing the match. Konta will return, unlike nastase, escorted from the complex, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches. Bleep youre stupid later this morning more than 40 thousand people are expected to take part in the London Marathon. 0ur reporter dan johnson is in greenwich for us this morning. After a ll after all the months of training, maybe people are Feeling Butterflies now . Yes, you can feel the atmosphere building. People are starting to get ready. It has the feel of a starting to get ready. It has the feel ofa mini starting to get ready. It has the feel of a mini festival, there are such a big site, so much going on. These are the trucks that will take the runners bags from the start line to the end, so they can pick up the stuff. Everybody sharing their stories about why theyre here. Lets chat to some people who are running this race. You might be medal winning rowers, running this race. You might be medalwinning rowers, but running this race. You might be medal winning rowers, but what about runners . Are you aiming to win . Winning against helen, maybe. We wont be winning the race today, unfortunately. How much training did you have to do . I think our fitness from rowing will see us through. Are you nervous . A little bit, yes. Its a long way, we drove up here this morning. What would be a good time . Id like to be under four hours, but hopefully closer to three hours and 45 minutes. Add you done any distance like this before . The longest ive gunners a Half Marathon. Im really nervous. I didnt think i would be, but last night, asi didnt think i would be, but last night, as i was getting myself together, i realise what was happening and what was about to do. Sol happening and what was about to do. So i got butterflies in my tummy anyone else. You get a medal. Yes, and its such a great atmosphere. I think its great to have everybody who wants to come out here and read so who wants to come out here and read so much money for charity. Im just loving the atmosphere, its amazing. Hugh is the man in charge today. everything going well . Absolutely. We have brilliant weather for running, its quite overcast at the moment, hopefully the sun would, to be too hot. What is the magic . Just that it be too hot. What is the magic . Just thatitis be too hot. What is the magic . Just that it is a unique event, in that the everyday person can go on the start line with the best athletes in the world, compete on the same stage at the same time, on the same road. That is unique in sport. We cant do it in football or tennis, but here you can do it. The crowds supporting people are amazing. They will you on to get to the finish. 40,000 people this year, that is a huge operation. Yes, the logistical operation, it does take the whole year of planning. There are already conversations about what to improve for next year. In sport, its always marginal gains, lots of little improvements to make big improvements. We like to see were the greatest marathon in the world. All the best and good luck to you quys all the best and good luck to you guys as well. The Wheelchair Race will be first, then the women, then the men. It will be the duke and duchess of gloucester who will be starting the main race, because their Charity Heads is one of the main sponsors. Lets run through a few of your messages. Emma says good luck to her friend whos running for farmers support two. Graham treated good luck to rhiannon. Simon howarth, your Brother Andrew has been in touch. Simon is running for the British Heart Foundation the 50 helium balloons tied to him. Each balloon will have a message about someone suffering from a heart problem. Is added advantage . It might be easier on the knees. But then the drag of 50 balloons on your back is probably considerable. Steve lockha rt got probably considerable. Steve lockhart got in touch on our facebook page, adding a good luck to security services, who will be making sure everyone is safe. Fingers crossed. Be back in london today. Good luck to everyone taking part. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning. Labour says it will introduce for new Bank Holidays across the uk if it wins the General Election, while the conservatives say they will cap energy bills for 17 million households. Arthur collins has been arrested in connection with an alleged acid attack at a nightclub in east london. Heres ben with a look at this mornings weather. It looking for older people taking pa rt it looking for older people taking part in Sporting Endeavours today . How is it looking for the people taking part in Sporting Endeavours today . I should think its a perfect day by that. This is how it started in kent. Quite chilly start for some, but most of should get to see some sunny spells. Rain in northern scotland, many other areas will be dry. Northern ireland and wales and parts of the southee starting off with quite a bit of cloud. As already mentioned, for the marathon, its a story of things gradually brightening up and warming up as we get into the afternoon. Patches of cloud in east anglia down to the south east, parts of wales as well. A mixture of patchy cloud and sunny spells. In northern ireland, things progressively clouded over, with outbreaks of rain. At four oclock this afternoon, patchy cloud and sunny spells in the south. High pollen levels today. Theres just a very small chance of catching a shower. Temperatures up into the mid teens. Northern ireland and scotla nd mid teens. Northern ireland and Scotland Clouding over from the west. Northern scotland will turn very windy and friday weight across the Northern Isles. That is the first sign of quite a big change, this area of low pressure, a cold front sinking southwards. 0pening the door to cold airbrushing in from the door to cold airbrushing in from the north, so temperatures really dropping away in the north of scotland. Into tomorrow, the cold front continues its journey south with cloud of patchy rain. Behind it, the sky is brighter, but wintry showers, a mix of rain, hail, sleet and snow. They may be persistent wintry weather in Eastern Scotland and northern england. Very chilly in the north tomorrow afternoon. The south would escape furlong, because the cold plunge will spread through all alias through monday night introduced equal to leave us with cold and frosty nights. Sunny spells but wintry showers. Temperatures in Northern Areas pegged back into single digits. Cold weather is not unusual in april, but it will come as quite a shock to the system. American airlines has apologised to a passenger and removed an employee from duty after a video showing an onboard clash went viral. A passenger who uploaded a video of the aftermath of the incident said a mother had been struck with a pram as it was forcibly removed by the employee. This is the moment a fellow passenger stood up for the woman. Lets talk to the independents travel editor, simon calder, who is in our london newsroom for us this morning. Its its not exactly clear what happens before from that video that has been uploaded to facebook. How do you interpret the incident . The very sad issue, and just two weeks after the united Air Overbooking scandal, where a passenger was dragged physically from the seat he had booked weeks ahead and was sitting m, booked weeks ahead and was sitting in, from the plane, people may conclude its uncivilised. 0f in, from the plane, people may conclude its uncivilised. Of course there are incidents like this anywhere in the world, but this really has two parts to it. Indeed, over night, the association of professional flight attendants, one of the big Cabin Crew Union s, has said we dont know exactly what the nature of the incident was that precipitated this struggle. But we do know that the large passenger was threatening the flight attendant. Hes has seemed to say, bring it on, which is not appropriate, but certainly, a lot of people i have talked to have said, how was he allowed on the plane . Youre not allowed on the plane . Youre not allowed to threaten anybody and if you do, if you are abusive, if you disorderly, then you get taken off the plane. Another distressing incident, but it does remind us all that there should be plenty of respect on both sides, from the airline to the passengers and vice ve rsa. Airline to the passengers and vice versa. Do you think were hearing more about this, is it any coincidence weve heard this after the doctor was dragged off the plane, to tease and his nose were broken. They apologise for that. Do you think were hearing about these things more, though they were happening anyway . Yes, and so many people have smartphones, which means that any incidents can be around the world before the airline has sorted out what is going to say. Thats the new development. Of course its great we have a contemporaneous record of what happened, but i think there are limits, and it may well be that Airlines Start to say, if you read our terms and conditions, United Airlines says you cannot