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A row's erupted after French state-owned rail operator SNCF launched a bid to run new high speed services from London to Birmingham. It joined forces with Virgin Trains to enter the competition for the West Coast Partnership franchise, which will include services on the existing West Coast route from 2019 and initial HS2 trains between the capital and West Midlands from 2026.

Emerging Opportunities is the only show on your radio dedicated to global emerging markets. Today: is Africa the biggest emerging opportunity? Gavin heads to South Africa to find out.

It's time to talk politics. Today: Labour has unveiled its Brexit stance.

With polls suggesting the pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron will emerge as the comfortable winner over the far-right Marine Le Pen in the final run-off election in France, bondholders have begun snapping up French assets once again. For more, Sarah Lowther was joined by Mike Bell, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan.

Stephen Frost founded Frost Included following the London 2012 Olympic Games, where he was in charge of diversity and inclusivity. His background is in advertising, but he has specialised in diversity training over the last decade. His musical choices include Procul Harum, A-ha and D:ream

With the holiday season just about on its way the team look at how to get the best deal on your spending money without falling victim to fluctuating exchange rates. Plus, what Nationwide is doing to earn the Golden Gloves this week and how to get the best deal on shopping vouchers.

Every week we meet some of the people behind the twitter handles from the UK money blogger community. This time Share Radio's Sara Macham spoke to Andy Webb; a blogger, journalist and trainer on all things money and consumer. His site is becleverwithyourcash.com and he tweets @AndyCleverCash.

Every week around 100 UK money bloggers take to the social media site to kick off the week and share experiences, tips and questions on anything money related. Last night they discussed de-cluttering your home. To find out more Georgie Frost was joined by Hollie Gregersen, whose site is : http://thriftymum.com/.

Today on the agenda, Georgie Frost and Kevin White, Director at Fortem Financial Management discussed how up to three million children in the UK are at risk because families can't afford to feed them during school holidays. Plus they look into why UK shoe repair and key-cutting business Timpson recruits new staff according to which Mr Men characters their personalities resemble. All these stories and more on The News Review.

The Guardian leads with the story that pro-EU campaign group Open Britain is urging voters to unseat prominent Brexit-supporting MPs, including Iain Duncan Smith, Theresa Villiers and Kate Hoey. Meanwhile, in the Telegraph, polls suggest the Conservatives are on course for a historic Commons majority of up to 150 seats.