You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune 8th. Our Political Correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. Good morning. The truth is that it sta rts good morning. The truth is that it starts officially today, but they have been campaigning already, havent they . Good morning. We have had a fortnight of rallies, claims, counterclaims, already, but today, as you say, the election formally kicks off, and it will go up a gear very visually. Labour are staying on their favourite issue, very visually. Labour are staying on theirfavourite issue, the nhs. They say that if they win the General Election on may eighth, they will pause restructuring of the nhs in england to be it is still a controversial issue around constituencies. They say there will be an immediate halt to merge departments etc if they win. The tories are talking about their strongest hand. Attacking the economic credibility of labour. They have gone through Everything Labour has said in terms of Spending Promises since 2014. They claim there is a £45 billion black hole in there is a £45 billion black hole in the middle of their spending plan. Labour says that could have been done, wait for the manifesto to see what will actually be done and how it is costed. One of the things people will talk about is brexit, of course. And over in brussels, the eus Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, will be speaking. Their there is talk about the divorce bill. It will be a crucial issue over the next few years. One of the controversial things we have already discussed is the brexit bill. How much britain is expected to pay in the course of negotiations in terms of liabilities to the eu and claims we have already to pay. That could be about £60 billion. The Financial Times today is reporting Michel Barnier, the Chief Negotiator, is talking about £100 billion. Ajump. That has not been corroborated by us. That has not been corroborated by us. It isjust that has not been corroborated by us. It is just speculation that has not been corroborated by us. It isjust speculation in that has not been corroborated by us. It is just speculation in a newspaper report. He will make a speech later on and i will be surprised if he talks about the figure. But no doubt it will be a key Sticking Point in the negotiations. Thank you. We will talk to you about that ruby morning. Through the morning. Well be speaking to Polling Expert, Professorjohn Curtice, at around ten past seven. Today marks ten years since the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann. The bbcs Panorama Programme has learnt that portuguese detectives never believed the main British Police theory about what happened to the toddler. The three year old went missing from a Holiday Apartment in praia da luz on the third of may, 2007. Despite Extensive International inquiries, no firm leads have been found and the investigations remain open. It was a huge amount of money. But look at the human factor. A little girl is missing and we dont know why. The Panorama Programme, Madeleine Mccann ten years on, will be on bbc one at nine oclock this evening. And in the next 20 minutes, well be speaking tojon kay, who is in praia da luz speaking to one of the men who was originally questioned about the toddlers disappearance. Detectives have been given more time to question three young women arrested on suspicion of terror offences. The three, two aged 18, and one 19, were detained in east london on monday. The operation was linked to a raid in North West London last week, during which another woman was shot and wounded by police. The england footballer, aaron lennon, is reported to have been detained under the Mental Health act. Police said the 30 year Old Premier League star was taken to hospital for assessment amid concerns for his welfare. His club, everton, say they are supporting lennon as he receives treatment for a stress related illness. They added that his family has asked privacy at this time. Lennons representative, base soccer agency, also tweeted that their support to the winger, who joined everton from tottenham in 2015. New Research Suggests that people who take statins are reporting side effects that are not caused by the cholestoral lowering drugs. Scientists blame a psychological phenomenon where those told about the possible side affects are more likely to develop them, than those not told. The authors of the research say that some people are being put off taking the medication, potentially putting lives at risk. Patients who have had Heart Attacks 01 patients who have had Heart Attacks or keystrokes, who are at risk of having another heart attack, if they are worried about side effects, they remain at very high risk. Or strokes. They are prevented from the benefits. The two contenders in the race to be the next french president will face each other tonight in a televised debate. Centrist, emmanuel macron, and Marine Le Pen of the far right will be questioned for nearly two and a half hours on a range of issues from the economy to terrorism. Marine le pen has the ground to catch up. Shes at about 41 in the polls compared to 59 for mr macron. Voters will have their say on sunday. Smartphone users in the uk can only get a 4g Connection, on average, two thirds of the time, according to a study by the Consumer Group, which. Coverage of the latest generation of Mobile Technology is patchy across the country. 0fcom has told mobile firms that 98 of homes must get 4g reception by the end of this year. We were telling you yesterday about this amazing story. A surfer who was rescued after spending 32 hours in the sea has thanked the heroes who saved him. 22 year old, matthew bryce, from glasgow, was picked up by a coastguard helicopter 13 miles off the argyll coast on monday night after going surfing on sunday morning. He is now receiving treatment for the effects of hypothermia. These are pictures of him being winched to safety. Normally in those kinds of waters, its about two hours you survive. To survive that long is incredible ajudge in San Francisco will decide later today if the taxi hailing app, uber, must stop developing parts of its new Self Driving Car. The company has been accused of Stealing Technology designed by google. Dave lee reports. Pulling over. Uber has been accused of stealing Self Driving Technology by downloading 14,000 files related to the design of the system that helps the design of the system that helps the cars see what is around them. The accused employees created 0tto, a self driving Truck Company bought by uber last year for millions of dollars. Now they want a judge in San Francisco to put in place an injunction on uber using the disputed technology. It could mean then you Self Driving Cars being trialled in cities around the us could be taken off the roads. It could be taken off the roads. It could be taken off the roads. It could be a major setback for uber as it tries to be the First Company making commercial Self Driving Cars and everyday reality. Uber denies using any of googles technology, saying they are just trying to stifle innovation and competition. Bbc news, San Francisco. Here at breakfast, we like to keep you abreast of all the important worldwide panda news. We have quite a high bar, we like to think. With this in mind we thought we should bring you the very latest in panda gymnastics. This is fu shun, a male giant panda cub, who was caught on cctv executing eight Textbook Forward Rolls at a Breeding Centre in south west china. The technique isjust the technique is just beautiful. A little backwards roll out the end. We heard some last week, panda news. This has taken it right up to the new champion i am sure there will be another. And now for the panda league. Just kidding, the Champions League, a bit higher. Sorry, i cant say his name. Cristiano ronaldo. There it is. It was the cristiano show in the bernabeu. A ronaldo hat trick gave real madrid a huge lead over their city Rivals Atletico and took them to the brink of the Champions League final. Sunderland manager, david moyes, has until six oclock this evening to respond to an fa charge after telling a female bbc reporter that she might get a slap. Moyes made the remark after a post match interview in march. Hes said he deeply regrets his comments. World champion and world record holder, colinjackson, says athletics authorities should get their own house in order before they start removing records from athletes like him. A controversial anti doping proposal could see records set before 2005 scrapped. And the two time wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, has posted a photograph on social media to signal her return to the tennis court. Shes been out for four months, after being injured in a knife attack by an intruder in her home. 0ne one of the most Shocking Stories in tennis over the last years. Petra kvitova, great pictures. I hope they make fans as happy as it makes her to be back playing. Just four months i was reading ridiculous statistics about Cristiano Ronaldo. 13 goals in the Champions League semifinals. You say it about the top players, whether they can do it on the big stage. To do it again and again, another hat trick the big stage. To do it again and again, another hattrick Cristiano Ronaldo loves these occasions and a lwa ys ronaldo loves these occasions and always rises to the challenge. He scored eight goals in the last three Champions League matches. Average thank you. Plenty more to come from her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. Her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A bit her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A bit fresh. Her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A bit fresh. For her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A bit fresh. For some her. And you are speaking to Colin Jackson later. A Beautiful Day outside. A bit fresh. For some of us, a Beautiful Day. Dry and sunny. If you want rain as well, well. Scotla nd scotland had a hot day yesterday. This is a beautiful picture. 21 degrees. This morning, a mostly dry start to the day. I say that because there are some showers around. Chilly where we have breaks in the cloud. A beautiful start. The brightest conditions today in scotland, Northern England, and Northern Ireland. We will hang on to the sunshine. For the rest of the uk, cloud and splashes of rain. Across Northern Ireland, a lovely start and a bit nippy. There are some areas of cloud at the moment. They will thin and break. Good in Northern England again. A chilly start but a beautiful one. Further south, back the cloud so big that in the midlands, east anglia, the south east, parts of wales, although, west wales seeing a bright start with some sunshine, as indeed in South West England. Eight oclock, the temperature in the sunshine starting to come up. Further east, you can see where we have the cloud. Moving towards sussex, kent, east anglia, essex, some showers and patchy rain. Through the course of the day, the wind will pick up again as well. It will turn more showery. The cloud will turn more showery. The cloud will drift further west as well. The furthest reaches into the sunshine. Later on, Cloud Building here as well. Northern england, scotland, and Northern Ireland, the warmers, and Northern Ireland, the warmers, and also the sunniest. Along the east coast, chilly, especially in the wind. Warmest. The evening and overnight. Breezy in some central areas. Cloud around. And overnight. Breezy in some centralareas. Cloud around. Still producing showers as well. Further north, clearer skies, producing showers as well. Further north, clearerskies, cold. Rather like yesterday where it was worn by day. The temperature really does drop quite quickly. Tomorrow, we start off with blue skies in the north of the country. Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland. Cloud coming in through southern areas. A noticeable breeze to be breaking up cloud in places. If you are exposed to it, especially on the east coast, cold. Temperatures, 10 15 to be friday, more of the same. The odd area still breezy. The north is the best. Highs of 15. You have guessed, if you are on the east coast, it will be nippy. Not a huge amount of change on the weekend. The chance of rain. Possibly coming into the south west. But it is a big possibly. Thank you very much. See you later. Were to look at some of the front pages this morning. Beginning with the guardian which concentrates on theresa may, what she was doing and eating yesterday. She says she will be bloody difficult and she eating in cornwall yesterday, people saving she looks awkward eating. References to add miliband in the last General Election. It is difficult to eat in front of people. She has to eat, however. It is a public relations, stunt. And what about the tomato sauce . There is no fish. He is actually right on this. Lets talk about the rest of the papers as well, the daily mirror talks about the mccanns ten years since madeline went missing. Many other papers mentioning this story as well. The duke and Duchess Of Cambridge are suing a french magazine over topless photos taken of the duchess in france. That is also mentioned in the express as well. And information about stations as well, doctors warning people to keep on taking their medication. Statins. And here they talk about handouts to scrap all to help convert diesel cars. In the daily mail. Also peddled over egg freezing. In the times, eu tells theresa maybe she cannot lead brexit talks and a picture from the met gala in new york yesterday. 0n the front page of the sun this morning talk about an issue with the new pound coin. It may be worth something, i had been looking inside at this and you can see that people are found many different problems with them. Some have bits sticking out, the most common problem seems to be in the middle falling out. Can you still spend it if it is like that . Well. Theyre trying to get the royal mint to stand the story up. We can ask them. Send us pictures of your polo pounds if you hav