�*questioning. a fall in the cost of energy as the latest price cap is announced this morning, but typical household bills are still above pre—pandemic levels. in sport. luke littler wins the premier league darts trophy. and the 17—year—old does it in style, hitting a nine—darter, on his way to beating the world champion luke humphries. it's the british tradition that's a sight to behold — the stage is set for the annual cheese rolling race this bank holiday weekend. we have sunshine this morning. fairly cloudy for most but how long will the dry, settled weather lasts through the bank holiday weekend? all the details in the programme. it's friday the 24th may. our main story. it's the last day for mps to debate and pass bills into law before parliament dissolves next week ahead of the general election. it's as party leaders travelled all four corners of the uk,

launching their campaigns for the weeks to come and setting their pitch to voters. political correspondent harry farley has this report. the campaign is off to a jet—setting start. rishi sunak met supporters in a biscuit factory in derbyshire before a trip to a brewery in barry and then to inverness, where he highlighted signs that he says the economy is turning a corner. inflation has returned to normal. wages have been rising faster than prices. the economy is now growing at a healthy rate. and that's why now is the right time to talk about our future. and my view is we need to have leadership that can provide a clear plan, take bold action to deliver a secure future for everyone in scotland and across the country, especially in these uncertain times. sir keir starmer will also be in scotland later, as the campaigns spread across the length and breadth of the uk. the cost of energy will be a point of division today, with labour promising to bring down energy bills for good. you vote labour, it's a vote to stop the chaos. it's a vote to turn the page.

and it's a vote to rebuild our country together. the conservatives launched their own plan to cut energy bills this morning, claiming labour aren't being honest about the cost of their net—zero policies. as important as what the party leaders said, where they said it was noticeable. ed davey popped up in the liberal democrat target seat of cheltenham. it's time for change and that means the conservatives have to go. and across the country, we've seen so many parts of the country where it's a vote for the liberal democrats that will get rid of the conservative mp. the scottish national party's john swinney set out his stall in edinburgh. we will win our country's independence and win the powers to bring about a better scotland through democratic pressure. so onjuly the 4th, independence day.

away from the campaign trail, today is the last day mps will sit in parliament before the election. several bills, like the one to set up the compensation scheme for victims of infected blood are likely to pass. but others, like the conservative promise to ban no—fault evictions, will not become law before the election. harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. let's go now to political correspondent helen catt. we have seen the first burst of campaigning but before that, business of parliament has to be wrapped up. business of parliament has to be wrapped urn-— business of parliament has to be wrapped up— wrapped up. how will that look? parliament _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying to _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying to get - wrapped up. how will that look? l parliament is trying to get through some of the bills that have not quite become law and there has been negotiating between government and opposition to decide which go through. as you heard harry say, we expect the bill that would set up the compensation body for the infected blood scandal to compensate

victims, that is expected to pass. another expected to go through is the leasehold reform bill, that is the leasehold reform bill, that is the bill that will stop new houses being sold as leasehold but not new flats and would make it easier to extend your lease which we expect to go through. there are big bits of the government agenda which will not be expected to become law in the parliament and one of those is the renters reform bill, a bill that was going to ban those so called no fault of evictions where your landlord can evict without reason. it is understood that will not make it through today's wash up. that was a manifesto commitment from the conservatives in 2019. and the big one that will not make it through as we understand is the tobacco and of —— vapes bill to create a smoke—free

generation making it possible for anyone born after 2009 to buy cigarettes, that will not pass. i understand labour would have backed the last two but in terms of the renters reform bill, a government source suggests amendments from the lords would make it too difficult to passin lords would make it too difficult to pass in the timeframe. 0n the smoke—free generation, both parties talked about backing back. rishi sunak mentioned it in his speech earlier this week when he called the election so it is possible we might see it come back in the manifestos of both. . ~ see it come back in the manifestos of both. ., ,, ,., picking up on business that has been donein picking up on business that has been done in the commons. 0ne bill that was passed yesterday means sub—postmasters in england, wales and northern ireland who were found guilty as part of the horizon it scandal will have their convictions quashed today. it comes as former post office boss paula vennells faces her last day of questioning at the post office inquiry. andy verity has this report.

i am very, very sorry. paula vennells' first public interrogation in nine years on the scandal at the post office began with a warning against self—incrimination and an apology. one thing it hasn't been is an easy ride for her. she was asked, for example, about this moment depicted in the itv docudrama mr bates versus the post office. is it possible to access the system remotely or not? i hope it is that we know it is not possible and that we're able to explain why that is. i need to be able to say no, it is not possible. inquiry counsel, jason beer, challenged her on that. that's an odd way of going about things, isn't it? i beg your pardon? that's an odd way of going about things, isn't it? i want to know the answer to the question. here's the answer to the question. laughter. tell me i'm wrong. yesterday, the inquiry heard that on the 7th ofjuly 2013, the post office pr director, mark davies, sent paula vennells an email advising her how to respond to the interim findings of the forensic accountants'

second sight, warning that if the post office looked at past prosecutions of subpostmasters, it would make front—page news with a ballistic impact. ms vennells replied, "i will take your steer." her email said the most urgent objective was to manage the media. the email that you had sent, to which this is a response, posits shall we look back 12 to 18 months since separation, or should we go back further? why aren't we going back further, five to ten years? and this says you can't do that, you'll be on the front page. that's a grossly improper perspective, isn't it? yes, it is, yes, it is. ahead of a crunch board meeting on the 16th ofjuly 2013, the post office's top lawyer, susan crichton, has testified that she told paula vennells about an expert witness in the trials whose evidence was unsafe and that subpostmasters could sue for malicious prosecution. but instead of being invited to brief the board, she told

the inquiry she was kept out of the board meeting. she was made to wait outside on a chair. yes, and i felt bad about that. sitting there like a naughty schoolgirl? i have no recollection of that whatsoever. that would be very significant information, wouldn't it? it would. were you incompetent, paula vennells? - today, in her last day of evidence, ms vennells will face questions from the lawyers representing subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted or jailed. andy verity, bbc news, at the horizon inquiry. this is an important day for those people who were wrongly convicted? it really is. we always knew it was going to be an important few days at the inquiry but what nobody really knew was that by today, the names of

the wrongfully convicted sub—postmasters would be cleared. it is only because the election was called which leaves limited parliamentary time, the parties agree on which laws get priority and this post office bill was deemed to be one of the most important so it passed parliament yesterday and will get royal assent today. it means the majority of wrongly convicted sub—postmasters will today officially have their convictions cleared, their names will be cleared. i should stress it only applies to england and wales. it does not apply to scotland because it has its own legal system and a separate law will be needed. under this law, not only will it clear the names of those wrongfully convicted, it will entitle them to settle for £600,000 without having to make a formal claim. forthose £600,000 without having to make a formal claim. for those not wrongfully convicted but lost money, topping up the post office's accounts when the system wrongly

showed a shortfall, they will be entitled to £75,000, an enhanced redress as they call it. those who settled for less will be allowed to top that up. at the inquiry, the former post office boss paula vennells will today face a third and final day of questioning, by those representing the sub pass masters. victims have waited years for that opportunity and waited years to have their names cleared and suddenly, in their names cleared and suddenly, in the space of days, things finally seem to be moving quickly. child serial killer lucy letby will find out today if her bid to challenge her convictions at the court of appeal has been successful. the former nurse was sentenced to 1a whole—life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting kill six others. seniorjudges are expected to give their decision on her appeal bid later. in the next hour, 0fgem is expected to announce that the average household energy bill will drop

by around 7%. the change to the energy price cap would mean savings from july for a typical household, but experts think bills could rise again in october. cost of living correspondent colletta smith has more. energy prices are always a hot topic in michelle's salon. bills at home have like tripled. although you hear it's coming down, you've no confidence that it actually will. not significantly for you not to have to save, not to have to budget more. my direct debit certainly hasn't come down, you know. - today's announcement is the second consecutive fall in the price cap within six months. that's great news for everybody. but let's remember that people are still paying on average £400 more now than at the start of the energy crisis. we've got over two million households paying back £3 billion of household energy debt. the idea that this just clears the slate and everyone's

0k is for the birds. would it make a bit of a difference if you paid a bit less? possibly, i don't know. depends how much it takes off monthly. you won't really feel it, would you, to be honest with you. you spread that over a year, you know. anything will make a difference. but it's all part of the vast increases that we are getting at the moment with everything, not just energy. but anything would help. today's news will be a relief for millions of households who have been struggling to pay their high energy bills. and, of course, it comes at a time, through the summer, when most of us expect to spend less on our energy anyway because of the lovely weather we're experiencing. but for a lot of households, they have to have high energy use throughout the whole year. deborah depends on charging her wheelchairs in order to get out and to move around her home. the lowering is still not enough to pay for my wheelchair to be charged every day. and this time, i've had to put my gas and electric bill, energy bill, on my credit card and hopefully pay for it

the following month when i have a bit more money. and whatever the summer holds, there's another increase predicted for the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wigan. the government's target to reduce a record backlog of cases in criminal courts in england and wales cannot be achieved, the national spending watchdog has concluded. the national audit office says the unprecedented delays in bringing cases to trial are hurting victims and risking cases collapsing. ministers had hoped to reduce the backlog of more than 67,000 to 53,000 by next march. more than two—thirds of beer and wine served in uk pubs and bars is short—measured, according to trading standards. in a snapshot survey, the average glass of wine contained 5% less than it should, whilst the average beer was short by li%. the findings comes as the price of alcohol is at an all—time high. four people have died and many more injured after a two—storey building collapsed in palma on the spanish

island of majorca last night. emergency services are trying to reach people trapped in the rubble. the foreign office says there are no reports of british nationals being involved. 0ur reporter simonjones has more. searching through the night for survivors. people were enjoying a drink or something to eat at medusa beach club on playa de palma when part of the building came down, showering debris on those below. many of those hurt were tourists. pictures from the immediate aftermath show ambulances at the scene and the injured being taken away on stretchers. police asked shocked onlookers on the beach, in several different languages, to remain quiet while the emergency services listened for any signs of life in the rubble. majorca is the largest of spain's balearic islands, which attracted 17 million visitors last year. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said his government was ready to offer any support that was needed. he sent his condolences

to the families of those who died. the foreign office in london is in contact with the spanish authorities, although there are currently no reports of any british people being involved. what caused the building to collapse is now under investigation. simon jones, bbc news. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. do we want to know after yesterday? good morning. certainly an improvement in the weather. we saw heavy rain lasting several days for many but this morning a dry story. some have the sunshine. but in some areas more cloud and still a little bit of rain but generally dry today with sunny spells breaking through the cloud if you have it with you first think. the low pressure that brought the wet weather in recent days particularly in the north of

the uk, that is starting to ease away. we have remnants of the system with a lot of cloud. some rain in southern scotland and western northern ireland. and in wales and south—west england a few showers, as well. the best of the sunshine in southern and south—east england and east anglia and the north—east of scotland. top temperatures in the afternoon around 14—19 with the threat of showers in the south—west of england and parts of north—east england and south—east scotland. most should see a choir today. tonight, some fog patches in central areas and by the end of the night, more cloud and rain in east anglia. down to single figures so a fresh start to saturday morning. we have a couple of areas of cloud and rain. 0ne moving in from the south—west and the other from east anglia and

parts of eastern england. but in between these areas where it will be cooler, we should see sunshine and feeling warmer, temperatures up to 21 on saturday. mostly dry and settled on saturday but as we head through the bank holiday weekend, sunday into monday, some showers, hit and miss, you sunday into monday, some showers, hitand miss, you might sunday into monday, some showers, hit and miss, you might catch some heavy and thundery ones so a mix over the next couple of days. let's take a look at today's papers. politics dominates the front pages, with the guardian's showing the prime minister stepping off a plane at inverness airport with the headline "sunak begins election campaign by abandoning flagship policies". the paper claims that bills on a smoking ban and no—fault evictions are likely to be dropped. the conservatives will today pledge to cut green levies on fuel bills, according to the daily mail's splash. it comes as 0fgem will announce

the latest energy price cap in the next hour which is expected to go down by around seven per cent. the times also leads on energy bills, reporting that the conservatives will seek to use net—zero polices to distinguish themselves from labour, accusing keir starmer�*s party of failing to be honest about the costs its environmental pledges will place on households. sometimes i look at who's birthday it is today and it is friday, made the 24th. bob dylan, it is his birthday. 83 years old. the legend thatis birthday. 83 years old. the legend that is bob dylan. is there a link between people? bob dylan is born on this date. we also have eric cantona born on this day, who is 58. and we have dermot 0'leary who is 51.

trying to think of a thread between them? all talented people. all people invited to my celebrity dinner party. big fans of all three. bob dylan and eric cantona at a dinner party. we will talk about this later. astronomers have discovered through a new telescope looking at a distant region of the milky way. what we will talk about later, one has a similar atmosphere to venus. similar they think atmosphere to earth. although many dozens of light years away so i do not think we will get there in our lifetime but comforting to know it is out there. we could live there? potentially hospitable for human life. we will see because we have an expert coming on. we will be able to talk about it in more detail. how do they know from such a

distance? we can ask him. the british army is being accused of sexism after rejecting a teenage applicant because she may have inherited a gene which increases her risk of getting breast cancer. 17—year—old carys holmes passed all the selection tests but was told she still couldn'tjoin. the army is now reviewing her case. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has the story. carys holmes worked hard to get ready for her army selection. it paid off. she passed the tests with flying colours. but then she was told that because of what was described as an extensive history of breast cancer in herfamily, she was being rejected. i quit myjob to train for it and everything, and i just felt so crushed, like, this is it, it's over, i've got no chance now. and i've worked so hard and i proper, like, put all my dedication into getting in and then itjust felt like something so little like that. itjust ruined it all, really upset me, yeah.

extensive family history of breast cancer? hardly extensive. both carys�*s mum and her aunt have had breast cancer and both were found to have the brca1 gene variant that increases the risk of the disease. but carys doesn't even know if she's inherited the faulty gene. having this gene doesn't guarantee she's going to get breast cancer. and even if she did have the gene, she can take steps against that. she can take preventative measures, which will mean her chance of getting the breast cancer will be less than the general population. the medical policy for recruitment into the armed forces does exclude some disorders that can be passed on genetically. for example, huntington's disease, which affects nerve cells in the brain. but they don't seem to exclude anyone with a brca1 gene fault. carys appealed against the initial decision, but that was also rejected. 0ne legal expert thinks this could be discrimination. this is a really surprising decision.

and, on the face of it, if the army is operating a blanket policy of automatically excluding applications from all women who have a history of breast cancer in their family, that would appear, on the face of it, to be unlawful because it's discriminatory. it may even amount to a human—rights violation. and this is at a time when the army really should be doing all that it can to improve its reputation amongst women and encourage more and more young people to join up. so it does seem to be a very serious own—goal on the part of the army. a genetic test would tell carys if she had the faulty brca1 gene. some women who do have the fault opt to have a double mastectomy as a preventative measure, greatly reducing their risk of breast cancer. the founder of a helpline to provide advice to women and men who test positive for the fault says that would barely impact on an army career. carys does have the potential to carry a gene fault. if she chooses to have the test, she will probably have surgery, which will take six weeks out

of her army career. now, if somebody has a baby, that will take 26 weeks, at least, out of their army career. so carys�*s gene fault actually reduces her risk compared with the population risk. because once we've had surgery, we're far less at risk than the rest of the population of developing breast cancer. we contacted the army and a spokesperson told us: "we're reviewing the circumstances of this case and have contacted the individual to explain what's happened and apologise. the issue is now being managed by the army's head of recruiting personally." carys is hoping that she will now be accepted into the army and can at last start the career that she's always dreamed of. dominic hughes, bbc news. an interesting case. implications for lots of women. coming up. the time has rolled around for one

of the country's most bizarre competitions. every year, thousands of people gather in gloucestershire to watch contestants chase, roll and tumble their way down a very steep hill after a wheel of cheese. i love cheese but that is quite a commitment to catching the fromage. it gets you every time. no matter how many times you see it. we will find out what it feels like, literally what it feels like to run down that hill. tumble by tumble. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. pro—israel and pro—palestine supporters have clashed in north london over the decision to show a film about the october the 7th attacks. it comes after grafitti was sprayed

across the phoenix cinema in east london and pro—palestine groups called for the screening to be cancelled. crowds waving israeli flags then staged a counter protest. directors ken loach and mike leigh have resigned as patrons of the cinema for showing the film. police are appealing for witnesses after an e—scooter rider died in hospital nine days after he was involved in a crash in east london. it happened on woolwich manor way in beckton. the man was 27 was found with serious injuries. detectives say no other vehicles were present. £12 million has been awarded to three london universities to support research into cardiovascular disease. imperial college, king's college and university college london will each receive between £3 million and £5 million from the british heart foundation. it's hoped it will help scientists to develop new treatments. tens of thousands of music lovers are descending on luton today for the start of bbc radio 1's big weekend.

stars including raye, becky hill and coldplay will perform in the grounds of stockwood park. it's also shining a light on local talent with a line—up of home—grown artists, including some who grew up nearby. i feel like especially when it comes to luton we've had so much negativity, and it's really on the rise now. we've got the football team doing their thing, premiership, so many good things are happening and i'm glad that the positive side of luton is being showcased more and seen and that perception is changing so i'm really proud of that. they're dotted across the capital and show where well known figures have lived and worked. now we're being invited to pick the next blue plaques. historic england says it wants to hear the stories of inspirational people from all walks of life, including those whose history has been hidden or largely forgotten. you have until the 19th ofjuly to make a nomination. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. we continue with largely fine and dry and settled conditions

to end the week with some spells of sunshine around. and whilst it will be largely dry, there is still the risk though of a shower or two especially as we head through the day across more western parts. there will be some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud into the afternoon a bit more widely, and temperatures again reaching around the mid to high teens with gentle winds. for the evening as well, any showers will tend to fade away. it's dry overnight, clearer skies developing especially by the end of the night, maybe a few patches of mist and fog and temperatures dipping down to around eight to 11 celsius. maybe one or two spots a good degree or two lower. for the rest of the bank holiday weekend, it becomes more unsettled. we are expecting some heavy showers to develop on sunday and bank holiday monday as well but for saturday at least, it should be largely dry and temperatures will climb up to around 21 celsius. it does become a bit cooler later on in the weekend and a bit more unsettled as well. there's more on our website and social media including the teenager born in london who's to become a saint. that's it for now, i'm back

in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhust. it's been the first official day of campaigning, with party leaders crisscrossing the uk, to set out their stall ahead of the general election on the lithjuly. there will be 650 seats up for grabs and throughout this morning on breakfast we're taking a look at three constituencies in particular. the first one we'll take a look at is in the east midlands. ashfield was gained by the conservatives in 2019 with a majority of 5,733. but the mp, lee anderson, has since defected to reform uk. 0ur reporter simon ward has been hearing how constituents are feeling ahead of the election. it's going to be a summer election. the politicians will tell you that brighter days are on the way.

but some people here say the town of sutton—in—ashfield, in nottinghamshire, could do with a lift. ashfield in nottinghamshire can now be considered to be a four way marginal with reform uk, the independent group, labour and the conservatives all hoping to do well here. we must also think about the other seats in the area that have previously turned from labour to the conservatives, bolsover, bassetlaw, mansfield and here in ashfield. and after that shock announcement about a summer general election, people here have been considering what they'd like to hear from the politicians. bus service seems to be ok as long as they don't cancel bus passes. that's the main thing really. but it's just 0aps. what annoys me more than anything is when he puts all these migrants into the hotels. six point, what was it? 6.8 million a day. what could we have done with that? hospitals, i want to change - the hospitals and obviously the nhs and things like that.

care homes. well, i think it really needs a lot of cleaning up, it hasn't been cleaned up for a long time. ashfield needs improvements, does it? yes. there was no great excitement for the election, but it's early days. the campaign will intensify. lee anderson is the reform mp here and he's previously been the conservative mp for ashfield on what's been a long politicaljourney for him. rhea keehn will be the candidate for labour and for the independent group who run the local council here, they have jason zadrozny as their candidate. there's a lot for voters to consider. the other parties haven't yet announced their candidates for this constituency. simon ward, bbc news. we're joined now by leader of the reform party, richard tice. awake of the reform party, richard tice. at morning to y( you,. awake at morning to you, good to see you,. when we pick up on from my

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do you think you will take in everything from the conservatives to give the seat to labour? mr; everything from the conservatives to give the seat to labour?— give the seat to labour? my “0b is to promote — give the seat to labour? my “0b is to promote reform * give the seat to labour? my “0b is to promote reform uk. h give the seat to labour? my “0b is to promote reform uk. we h give the seat to labour? my job is to promote reform uk. we are i give the seat to labour? my job is| to promote reform uk. we are the only party that has got... it is vital we stand all of the seats in england and wales no people have a proper democratic choice. you are looking to field 630 candidates. who will they be? we have candidates. who will they be? , have 500 approved and allocated. we might be more organised than the conservatives, the story is they

have hundreds to allocate. they can't seem to find enough candidates.— can't seem to find enough candidates. �* . ., candidates. are you certain everyone on our candidates. are you certain everyone on your list — candidates. are you certain everyone on your list is — candidates. are you certain everyone on your list is credible _ candidates. are you certain everyone on your list is credible with _ candidates. are you certain everyone on your list is credible with no - on your list is credible with no skeletons in the closet? that they have been vetted, and there are no worrying skeletons in the closet? everyone has been vetted. like all parties, vetting is like an mot, it is valid the day you do it and if someone writes something inappropriate afterwards we are faster than anyone to make an assessment as to whether anyone has stepped over strict guidance. we are giving voters a serious alternative choice. we have to freeze immigration, scrap the lunacyjob destroying net zero that is costing tens of billions of hard earned taxpayers' money. if we want to get better off, if we want faster health care, that is the choice people need to consider.

care, that is the choice people need to consider-— to consider. let's talk about immigration. _ to consider. let's talk about immigration. if _ to consider. let's talk about immigration. if there - to consider. let's talk about immigration. if there was i to consider. let's talk about - immigration. if there was another humanitarian crisis, like we saw in ukraine where british people opened their hearts and homes, what would you do in a similar situation? at what point do you close the door? we sa in what point do you close the door? , say in normal circumstances you should freeze immigration except where you have essential needs for health care —related immigration if required. if there are specific emergency situations like ukraine, of course one applies a level of common sense and that is what we stand for at reform, common sense. what does that mean when we have an nhs heavily reliant on migrant workers and you say you will reduce waiting lists to zero and we have humanitarian crises across the globe. what does common—sense mean in these areas? globe. what does common-sense mean in these areas?— in these areas? common sense, what it means is — in these areas? common sense, what it means is it — in these areas? common sense, what it means is it is _ in these areas? common sense, what it means is it is not _ in these areas? common sense, what it means is it is not common - in these areas? common sense, what it means is it is not common sense i it means is it is not common sense to have one in eight of the working

age population on out of work benefits when big business profits usually by importing cheap overseas labour rather than in training up and employing our own people. in the 80s and 90s, when we grew at 3% a year, we were not having mass immigration and we had much lower waiting lists and trained nurses and doctors. that is what common sense is about rather than enabling big business to make huge profits. common sense if there is an emergency situation like ukraine, you look at the situation at the time. it is common sense also that thejob of the time. it is common sense also that the job of the british government is to look after british citizens and help their quality—of—life get better. with mass immigration, quality—of—life gets worse, housing rents get up and health care is slower with worse outcomes and people's wages are depressed and undercut. . , ., ., , , undercut. that is not common-sense. you are confident _ undercut. that is not common-sense. you are confident jobs _ undercut. that is not common-sense. you are confident jobs in _ undercut. that is not common-sense. you are confident jobs in health i undercut. that is not common-sense. you are confident jobs in health and i you are confidentjobs in health and social care, agriculture, manufacturing could be filled in

good time by british citizens? absolutely. it has worked well in the 80s and 90s. what mass immigration has done is depress british wages and put an acceptable demand on housing. young people suffer the most. young people all over the country having to pay higher rents, cannot get on the housing ladder. 0lder higher rents, cannot get on the housing ladder. older people are suffering because they cannot get faster access to health care because of huge extra pressure on public services and for media and big business to say we need lots of mass immigration, we don't. we need common—sense policies and to train people and make work pay. while you are lowering taxes and training citizens, where will the money come from? for example scra -|n~ money come from? for example scrapping the — money come from? for example scrapping the hugely _ money come from? for example scrapping the hugely expensive i money come from? for example i scrapping the hugely expensive job destroying net zero. for example, the bank of england is voluntarily negligently paying interest on all of the qe money that was printed, 35 billion per year, the treasury and

the chancellor cannot dispute my figures because i am right. this money is being used to enrich city institutions away from the taxpayer rather than pay for what we say which is our plan to get to zero waiting list... which is our plan to get to zero waiting list. . ._ which is our plan to get to zero waiting list... and scrapping net zero. . . waiting list. .. and scrapping net zer0--- it's— waiting list... and scrapping net zero... it's really _ waiting list... and scrapping net zero... it's really critical, - waiting list... and scrapping net zero... it's really critical, we i waiting list... and scrapping net| zero... it's really critical, we are the onl zero. .. it's really critical, we are the only political— zero... it's really critical, we are the only political party _ zero... it's really critical, we are the only political party with i zero... it's really critical, we are the only political party with a i the only political party with a serious plan to health care to get 2-0 serious plan to health care to get 2—0 waiting list. we are optimistic, businesslike and we have a plan. and businesslike and we have a plan. and ou are businesslike and we have a plan. and you are the — businesslike and we have a plan. and you are the only party that does not seem to be concerned with the future of the planet, that is at the forefront of the minds of young voters. ~ , ,., , forefront of the minds of young voters. ~ ,,., , ., , voters. absolutely and here is the oint. net voters. absolutely and here is the point. net zero _ voters. absolutely and here is the point. net zero will— voters. absolutely and here is the point. net zero will make - voters. absolutely and here is the point. net zero will make zero i point. net zero will make zero difference to climate change. the intergovernmental panel on climate change that if you get to do net zero it will make zero difference on the sea level rise. with climate change, we all care about it, the

idea you can stop the power of the sun and volcanoes is ludicrous and anyone who thinks you can is misinformed. if anyone who thinks you can is misinformed.— anyone who thinks you can is misinformed. . ., ., , misinformed. if nigel farage was watchin: misinformed. if nigel farage was watching this _ misinformed. if nigel farage was watching this morning, _ misinformed. if nigel farage was watching this morning, what i misinformed. if nigel farage was i watching this morning, what would you say, come back from the states and campaign? he you say, come back from the states and campaign?— and campaign? he is not in the states, and campaign? he is not in the states. he _ and campaign? he is not in the states. he is— and campaign? he is not in the states, he is here, _ and campaign? he is not in the states, he is here, yesterday. l and campaign? he is not in the i states, he is here, yesterday. he is going to be everywhere all over the country campaigning on the way to save britain is to vote for the common—sense policies. shore save britain is to vote for the common-sense policies. are you disappointed _ common-sense policies. are you disappointed he _ common-sense policies. are you disappointed he is _ common-sense policies. are you disappointed he is not _ common-sense policies. are you disappointed he is not standing l common-sense policies. are you i disappointed he is not standing for you? i disappointed he is not standing for ou? . ., , , , you? i am thrilled to bits he is campaigning _ you? i am thrilled to bits he is campaigning with _ you? i am thrilled to bits he is campaigning with us _ you? i am thrilled to bits he is campaigning with us all - you? i am thrilled to bits he is campaigning with us all over. you? i am thrilled to bits he is i campaigning with us all over the country over the next six weeks and he will have a big impact.— country over the next six weeks and he will have a big impact. thank you for our he will have a big impact. thank you for your time — he will have a big impact. thank you for your time this _ he will have a big impact. thank you for your time this morning. - for your time this morning. mike is here to talk about a young man with a very steady hand. six months ago, we had not heard of luke littler, he was then 16, he is now 17. his opponent luke humphries

says he has already achieved at the age of 17 watts 99% do not achieve in their whole career. another milestone for luke littler. he got a bit of revenge. luke littler got a little bit of revenge last night beating luke humphries in the premier league final, so defeating the man who won the world championship final between the two early this year and he did it in style. can he? can he? yes, you beauty! luke littler has hit a nine dart finish — luke littler has hit a nine dart finish in — luke littler has hit a nine dart finish in the final of the premier league — finish in the final of the premier league of— finish in the final of the premier league of darts. he definitely enjoyed that one! but he enjoyed sealing victory even more, double 20, to make him the premier league champion in the first year he has competed in the competition. he was clearly moved by what this meant. another ground breaking milestone in his incredible year. he said he was really emotional especially because his whole family,

his girlfriend and parents were watching, he went over to thank them and celebrate after this moment, moved to tears there, lifting the trophy, showing the crowd, he has them in his hands because he has achieved so much, he is really popular on the tour, the ground—breaking17—year—olds. it was like two legs in, i needed the toilet so i was just like, come on, just go into the break, get a lead, and i broke luke twice as i said. but he broke me back twice and we went in 5—5. and like i said, i wasjust saying to myself, you're on it till the end now. because i go to new york on monday but before that, watch united in the fa cup, and now ijust can't wait to go to new york, see what happens there and just have a holiday for a week. 0nto football and what a season it's been for phil foden, the man of the moment for manchester city. player of the year in the premier league after winning the title for the fourth consecutive time. he could win the fa cup for the third time tomorrow and he only turns 2a next week, ahead of a summer when he'll be a huge part

of england's euros campaign. the quality of players that we've got is, yeah, unbelievable. i think we are capable of definitely going on and winning it. i think we have shown that in previous tournaments, that we have been so close to doing it. so, yeah, i'mjust looking forward to it, i'm excited. and it must be a headache for gareth picking a team because like you said there, there's so many players that had such good seasons. so it's going to be difficult for him. but i think it's good that we are all in form going into the tournament. west ham say they will stand by and support their player lucas paqueta after he was charged with misconduct by the football association for allegedly seeking to receive a card from the referee. the fa charge implies paqueta was purposely trying to get booked to affect the betting market, in orderfor one or more persons to profit. it is centred around four premier league games, between november 2022 and august 2023. paqueta has also been charged for alleged failure to comply. he has until the 3rd

ofjune to respond. if found guilty, he could be banned for any length of time from six months to life. in a statement on social media, the brazilian denied the charges and said he will fight to clear his name. paqueta added he was extremely surprised and upset that the fa had charged him, adding that he has cooperated with every step of their investigation. ross county will have high hopes this morning of avoiding relegation from the scottish premiership for the second year in a row. captainjack baldwin helped his side claim a 2—1win at championship side raith rovers in the first—leg of their scottish premiership play—off final. the second leg is in dingwall on sunday. england's women beat pakistan by 37 runs in their first one day international in derby. england set a target of 244, with alice capsey the top scorer on 44. pakistan were well set for a surprise victory at 149—4 but fell short, ending on 206—9. the three—match 0di series continues

at taunton on sunday. britain's geraint thomas has just two more opportunities, starting today, to try to finish runner up at the giro d'italia. yesterday's flattish stage was won by belgian sprinter tim merlier. thomas, who's third overall, finished in the main group, alongside runaway race leader tadej pogacar and his rival for second place dani martinez. thomas is 22 seconds behind the colombian, with two competitive stages to go. a big day for him today, he has to make his mark today or tomorrow, but he has it in him, we know. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. looking a little bit grey out there for many of us first thing, this is the picture in

nottinghamshire. quite a lot of cloud across the uk but it will then and break across the day. we are looking at a drier day today, all of the heavy and persistent rain we have seen over the few days, all of thatis have seen over the few days, all of that is easing the way. low pressure attending to phil, moving away, so we have got a remnant still having some cloud in some areas. parts of the north—east of scotland still cloudy. a few showers around, but many of us will avoid them. temperatures 1a to 19. where we see the sunshine coming through it should feel quite pleasant out there. evening and overnight, dry again for most of us, mist and fog patches warming overnight, and through the early hours of saturday,

this area of cloud and rain is knocking on the door of east anglia so it will be moving gradually west. temperatures down amid single figures, a fresh start to your saturday morning. the bank holiday weekend is shaping up with some sunshine and showers, particularly for sunday into monday, and it will feel warmer. this is saturday, a front approaching from the atlantic will spill some more cloud and rain in from the far south—west. cloud and rain pushing in towards the east, lincolnshire, norfolk, but in between these two zones, quite a bit of dry and reasonably warm weather on saturday. in the sunshine, 20 or 21 degrees, for many of us a few degrees cooler around the coast where we have got cloud moving in and some outbreaks of rain. the frontal system pushes east through saturday night and into sunday, so that will bring an unsettled day on sunday. still some sunshine and showers, but as they move east

through the day, there could be the odd thunderstorm in the mix. these showers hit and miss, some sunshine in between but torrential downpours possible. temperatures 15 to 20, a little above average. bank holiday monday, another day of sunshine and showers. by monday at the vast majority of the showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, further south fewer showers but you could still catch one. temperatures 1a to 18 degrees, coming down compared to saturday and sunday. it is unsettled into monday, sunshine and showers, that theme continues into next week. fairly unsettled, some showers will be heavy and thundery. some sunshine particularly into tomorrow. you might not think chasing a wheel of cheese down a very steep hill is a particularly gouda idea,

but this weekend people from across the world will travel to gloucestershire to do just that. the centuries old tradition sees people throwing themselves down the incline, often getting hurt, in a bid to prove they're feta than the rest and bring home the giant double gloucester. we really need a sound effect for those plans. —— those puns. 0ur reporter steve knibbs has more. a—tumbling they go down the one in three gradient chasing a three kilo cheese for 200 yards before often landing with a bump. the biggest challenge, of course, staying on your feet. some run and hope for the best. 0thers roll like the cheese. and when the weather's not so good, there's the option to slide. there's an often talked about moment when defending champion craig brown

was stretchered off the hill. his body had ended up in positions that it probably hadn't been in before, and certainly haven't been in since. let me take you back to 2002 and watch closely. craig had started well, but then, as can happen on the hill, it all went a bit wrong. craig ended up with 22 stitches and plenty of aches and pains. no regrets? none at all. it was good fun. we took a lot of people up there with us because when somebody you know is doing something quite crazy, all yourfriends want to be on board with it. they don't want to do it as such, but they're on board to watch you do it. the thing about this unforgiving hill is that it doesn't matter how hard you try, or what you're wearing, it's so difficultjust to stay on your own two feet. there are plenty of pitfalls on the way down for the competitors, but there is one thing that seems to elicit the most squeals and oohs from the crowd. and that's the famous cheese rolling face plant.

but then look out for one of last year's champions, delaney irving from canada, as she flies into shot. there she goes. and face plants herself into unconsciousness. but don't worry, she was fine. i remember running and then i hurt my head. and then i woke up in the tent. the question is, are you going to come back next year and do it again to reclaim your title? i think i will. despite the injuries. despite the injuries, i think it's worth it. without doubt, the cheese rolling is a sight to behold. a crazy, odd, bewildering, very british tradition. and once more, the stage on cooper's hill is set. oh, the anticipation. steve knibbs, bbc news.

i don't quite know what to say. we're nowjoined by the big cheese himself, 23—time champion chris anderson. we have to start with the big question, why? it’s we have to start with the big question, why?— question, why? it's a local tradition. _ question, why? it's a local tradition. and _ question, why? it's a local tradition. and we - question, why? it's a local tradition. and we just i question, why? it's a local tradition. and we just like | question, why? it's a local. tradition. and we just like to question, why? it's a local- tradition. and we just like to keep tradition. and wejust like to keep it going for the village, to be honest. �* , ., ., ., it going for the village, to be honest. �* ., ., , honest. and you have landed yourself with all sorts — honest. and you have landed yourself with all sorts of _ honest. and you have landed yourself with all sorts of injuries _ honest. and you have landed yourself with all sorts of injuries over - honest. and you have landed yourself with all sorts of injuries over the i with all sorts of injuries over the years, talk us through them. i have broken my — years, talk us through them. i have broken my ankle _ years, talk us through them. i have broken my ankle in _ years, talk us through them. i have broken my ankle in 2005, - years, talk us through them. i have broken my ankle in 2005, when i i years, talk us through them. i have i broken my ankle in 2005, when i won the first cheese. then i bruised my kidneys in 2010. and that's probably the worst injury i have had so far. and you are not a big cheese fan, a big double gloucester fan? and you are not a big cheese fan, a big double gloucesterfan? idol a and you are not a big cheese fan, a big double gloucester fan? not a big double gloucester _ big double gloucester fan? not a big double gloucester fan, _ big double gloucester fan? not a big double gloucester fan, no. - big double gloucester fan? not a big double gloucester fan, no. but i i double gloucesterfan, no. but i always try every one that i win and the rest is given to family and friends. ~ ., ., friends. morning, charlie here. i have been _ friends. morning, charlie here. i have been to — friends. morning, charlie here. i have been to the _ friends. morning, charlie here. i have been to the hill, _ friends. morning, charlie here. i have been to the hill, and i- friends. morning, charlie here. i| have been to the hill, and i know what it is like first hand. and i don't think, maybe you can help us

with this, that hill is so steep. you can see it on television, and you can look at it and think it looks pretty steep, but it is phenomenally steep, isn't it? when you look down, try and give people a sense of what it is like as you launch down.— sense of what it is like as you launch down. so, the first ten metres, when _ launch down. so, the first ten metres, when you _ launch down. so, the first ten metres, when you step i launch down. so, the first ten metres, when you step off, i launch down. so, the first ten metres, when you step off, is launch down. so, the first ten i metres, when you step off, is near vertical. then it sort of levels out a little bit, and then about halfway down, there is a big hole on the left—hand side. but never no matter where you step, there are little pitfalls and trenches. it's a one into gradient. so it's really steep. and how conscious are you, you go down at pace. because you are the best at this, so what is your policy? and while we are talking, we should say, we are seeing people who don't do it as well as you do, they are landing on their heads, face planting, it looks horrendous. how do you manage to stay on your feet and get down? i

do you manage to stay on your feet and get down?— and get down? i 'ust sorta throw m self and get down? i 'ust sorta throw myself into — and get down? i 'ust sorta throw myself into it. i and get down? ijust sorta throw myself into it. and _ and get down? ijust sorta throw myself into it. and basically i and get down? ijust sorta throw myself into it. and basicallyjust| myself into it. and basicallyjust try to run as far as i can, leaning backwards. ijust throw myself into a full. and then ijust get on my feet quicker than everyone else usually and get up and run again. you have shared your top three tips, do you want to go through them? 50. do you want to go through them? so, to start do you want to go through them? 557, to start with, you do you want to go through them? 5513, to start with, you need do you want to go through them? 5r3, to start with, you need to run, if you want to be in with a chance of winning. if you are going too fast, throw yourself into a sort of army role if you can. and then the final one is, try and get yourself back on your feet as quickly as possible and spent the last 20 or 30 metres. that is -- sprint — spent the last 20 or 30 metres. that is -- sprint in _ spent the last 20 or 30 metres. that is -- sprint in the _ spent the last 20 or 30 metres. that is -- sprint in the last _ spent the last 20 or 30 metres. that is —— sprint in the last 20 or 30 metres. we looked at some people turning to a right angle and rolling down on their side hip to hip but

you would not advocate that technique?— you would not advocate that technique? not for myself, i wouldn't- — technique? not for myself, i wouldn't- l— technique? not for myself, i wouldn't. i suppose - technique? not for myself, i wouldn't. i suppose it - technique? not for myself, i| wouldn't. i suppose it throws technique? not for myself, i. wouldn't. i suppose it throws in more opportunity of getting yourself hurt. there are people who have rolled from top to bottom but still won. mr; rolled from top to bottom but still won. 3 , , , ., rolled from top to bottom but still won. 3 , ,, ., ., rolled from top to bottom but still won. 3 , ., ., ., won. my impression from what you are sa in: is won. my impression from what you are saying is caution _ won. my impression from what you are saying is caution is _ won. my impression from what you are saying is caution is a _ won. my impression from what you are saying is caution is a way _ won. my impression from what you are saying is caution is a way that - won. my impression from what you are saying is caution is a way that you i saying is caution is a way that you would get more injured. it sounds like staying on your feet and hurling yourself down, although it might not seem logical, it is more safe, is that right? i might not seem logical, it is more safe, is that right?— might not seem logical, it is more safe, is that right? i would say so, ou have safe, is that right? i would say so, you have just _ safe, is that right? i would say so, you have just got _ safe, is that right? i would say so, you have just got to _ safe, is that right? i would say so, you have just got to throw - safe, is that right? i would say so, j you have just got to throw yourself into it. when you stiffen yourself up into it. when you stiffen yourself up and brace for impact, that is when you tend to get injuries. and i think we find most injuries come from people wearing football boots or rugby boots because the studs in. so i would advise not wearing them. and you have retired at a point

where the current champion is american, and the ladies champion is from canada, is it not time to claim it back for the brits, claim the cheese? i it back for the brits, claim the cheese? , . ~ . cheese? i will be back running at some point. _ cheese? ! will be back running at some point. i— cheese? ! will be back running at some point, i want— cheese? i will be back running at some point, i want to _ cheese? i will be back running at some point, i want to race i cheese? i will be back running at some point, i want to race my i cheese? i will be back running at. some point, i want to race my boy when he is 18. but i will not be racing this year. i'm going abroad in a couple of weeks and i don't want to risk getting injured. and knowing my luck this year would be the year. knowing my luck this year would be the ear. �* , ., knowing my luck this year would be the ear. �* ,, i. knowing my luck this year would be the ear. �* ,, ,, knowing my luck this year would be the ear. �* ., the year. and you let your son do it? he has— the year. and you let your son do it? he has already _ the year. and you let your son do it? he has already ran _ the year. and you let your son do it? he has already ran down - the year. and you let your son do it? he has already ran down it. it? he has already ran down it robabl it? he has already ran down it probably 20 — it? he has already ran down it probably 20 or _ it? he has already ran down it probably 20 or 30 _ it? he has already ran down it probably 20 or 30 times - it? he has already ran down it probably 20 or 30 times when it? he has already ran down it. probably 20 or 30 times when he it? he has already ran down it - probably 20 or 30 times when he goes up probably 20 or 30 times when he goes up there with his friends like i usedit up there with his friends like i used it when i was a kid. lovely talkin: used it when i was a kid. lovely talking to _ used it when i was a kid. lovely talking to you. _ used it when i was a kid. lovely talking to you, we _ used it when i was a kid. lovely talking to you, we will- used it when i was a kid. lovely talking to you, we will look- used it when i was a kid. lovely - talking to you, we will look forward to seeing you as and when you get back on the hill.— back on the hill. en'oy your holiday! * back on the hill. en'oy your holiday! like h back on the hill. en'oy your holiday! like a _ back on the hill. en'oy your holiday! like a lot _ back on the hill. enjoy your holiday! like a lot of - back on the hill. enjoy your| holiday! like a lot of people back on the hill. enjoy your - holiday! like a lot of people who do extreme things, _ holiday! like a lot of people who do extreme things, or— holiday! like a lot of people who do extreme things, or what _ holiday! like a lot of people who do extreme things, or what some - holiday! like a lot of people who do l extreme things, or what some people

might say is quite reckless, he is very pragmatic and businesslike around the whole thing. and very pragmatic and businesslike around the whole thing.- very pragmatic and businesslike around the whole thing. and his son is already up — around the whole thing. and his son is already up their _ around the whole thing. and his son is already up their training _ around the whole thing. and his son is already up their training for- around the whole thing. and his son is already up their training for it, - is already up their training for it, wow. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. pro—israel and pro—palestine supporters have clashed in north london over the decision to show a film about the october the 7th attacks. it comes after grafitti was sprayed across the phoenix cinema in east london and pro—palestine groups called for the screening to be cancelled. crowds waving israeli flags then staged a counter protest. directors ken loach and mike leigh have resigned as patrons of the cinema for showing the film. police are appealing for witnesses after an e—scooter rider died in hospital nine days after he was involved in a crash in east london. it happened on woolwich manor way in beckton. the man was 27 and was found with serious injuries. detectives say: no other vehicles were present.

£12 million has been awarded to three london universities to support research into cardiovascular disease. imperial college, king's college and university college london will each receive the funding from the british heart foundation. it's hoped it will help scientists to develop new treatments. tens of thousands of music lovers are descending on luton today for the start of bbc radio 1's big weekend. stars including raye, becky hill and coldplay will perform in the grounds of stockwood park. it's also shining a light on local talent with a line—up of homegrown artists, including some who grew up nearby. i feel like especially when it comes to luton we've had so much negativity, and it's really on the rise now. so many good things are happening and i'm glad that the positive side of luton is being showcased more and seen and that perception is changing so i'm really proud of that. they're dotted across the capital and show where well known figures have lived and worked. now we're being invited to pick the next blue plaques.

historic england says it wants to hear the stories of inspirational people from all walks of life, including those whose history has been hidden or forgotten. you have until the 19th ofjuly to make a nomination. let's take a look at the tubes now — a good service on all lines. now the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. we continue with largely fine and dry and settled conditions to end the week with some spells of sunshine around. and whilst it will be largely dry, there is still the risk though of a shower or two especially as we head through the day across more western parts. there will be some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud into the afternoon a bit more widely, and temperatures again reaching around the mid to high teens with gentle winds. for the evening as well, any showers will tend to fade away. it's dry overnight, clearer skies developing especially by the end of the night, maybe a few patches of mist and fog and temperatures dipping down to around eight to 11 celsius.

maybe one or two spots a degree or two lower. for the rest of the bank holiday weekend, it becomes more unsettled. we are expecting some heavy showers to develop on sunday and bank holiday monday as well but for saturday at least, it should be largely dry and temperatures will climb up to around 21 celsius. it does become a bit cooler later on in the weekend and a bit more unsettled as well. there's more on our website and on bbc radio london, where riz lateef will be talking about awkward moments. that's it. i'm back in half an hour.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. our headlines. the last day of parliament before the general election and the final chance for mp5 to pass any new laws, as party leaders crisscross the united kingdom in pursuit of your vote. one piece of legislation the passed will clear the names of hundreds of sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted in the it scandal. here, —— paula vennells faces a final day of questioning. a fall in the cost of energy as the latest price cap is announced this morning — but typical household bills

are still above pre—pandemic levels. in sport. premier league darts champion at 17 and luke littler wins it, in style, hitting a nine—darter, on his way to beating the world champion luke humphries. good morning from saddleworth. we are ready to strike up the band. how fabulous is that? we are getting ready for the greatest show on earth. the whit friday contest. a! earth. the whit friday contest. a drier day than in recent days today. we should see sunshine especially in the south. things looking mixed through the bank holiday weekend. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it's friday the 24th may. our main story. it's the last day for mp5 to debate and pass bills into law, before parliament dissolves next week ahead of the general election. party leaders are already travelling to all four corners of the uk in their campaign for votes.

political correspondent harry farley has this report. the campaign is off to a jet—setting start. rishi sunak met supporters in a biscuit factory in derbyshire before a trip to a brewery in barry and then to inverness, where he highlighted signs that he says the economy is turning a corner. inflation has returned to normal. wages have been rising faster than prices. the economy is now growing at a healthy rate. and that's why now is the right time to talk about our future. and my view is we need to have leadership that can provide a clear plan, take hold action to deliver a secure future for everyone in scotland and across the country, especially in these uncertain times. sir keir starmer will also be in scotland later, as the campaigns spread across the length and breadth of the uk. the cost of energy will be a point of division today, with labour promising to bring down energy bills for good. you vote labour, it's a vote to stop the chaos. it's a vote to turn the page.

and it's a vote to rebuild our country together. the conservatives launched their own plan to cut energy bills this morning, claiming labour aren't being honest about the cost of their net—zero policies. as important as what the party leaders said, where they said it was noticeable. ed davey popped up in the liberal democrat target seat of cheltenham. it's time for change and that means the conservatives have to go. and across the country, we've seen so many parts of the country where it's a vote for the liberal democrats that will get rid of the conservative mp. the scottish national party's john swinney set out his stall in edinburgh. we will win our country's independence and win the powers to bring about a better scotland through democratic pressure. so onjuly the 4th, independence day. away from the campaign trail,

today is the last day mps will sit in parliament before the election. several bills, like the one to set up the compensation scheme for victims of infected blood, are likely to pass. but others, like the conservative promise to ban no—fault evictions, will not become law before the election. harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. let's go to political correspondent helen catt. straight out of the blocks with campaigning but bills have to get through parliament before the end of the day and how will today look? it the day and how will today look? it will look busy. the government and opposition negotiated about which bills are going to get pushed through. some of those we expect to pass today include the victims and prisoners bill which will set up compensation body to pay compensation body to pay compensation to victims of the

infected blood scandal and we expect that to get through. the leader of the commons penny mordaunt said there was a clear desire to see that happen. we expect the leasehold reform bill that will stop houses being sold as leasehold, new houses, but not flats, that is expected to pass today. there are some parts of the government agenda not going to make it through as we understand it and they include the renters reform bill which will stop no fault of evictions where your landlord can evictions where your landlord can evict with no reason, that is not going to bars. we understand the tobacco and vapes bill which would have stopped anybody bought from 2009 to ever legally be able to buy cigarettes, creating what rishi sunak called a smoke—free generation. labour sources say they would have backed the last bills but government sources said the problem

with the renters reform bill was amendments in the lords from crossbench peers, who are independent, that they say meant there was not enough time, and on there was not enough time, and on the tobacco and vapes bill they point out from conservative mps, it was a free vote and there had been opposition from some conservative mps and they say they ran out of time but insist rishi sunak is committed to the idea of a smoke—free generation and point to the fact he talked about it when announcing the election on wednesday in downing street as evidence of that. we can pick up about business in the commons. a bill that was passed yesterday means sub—postmaster is in england, wales and northern ireland found guilty as part of the horizon it scandal will have convictions quashed today. paula vennells, her

evidence continues today but this news the wrongful convictions will be quashed today is hugely significant for those caught up in the scandal. significant for those caught up in the scandal-— significant for those caught up in the scandal. , , .., ., the scandal. hugely significant and also something _ the scandal. hugely significant and also something of— the scandal. hugely significant and also something of a _ the scandal. hugely significant and also something of a surprise - the scandal. hugely significant and also something of a surprise given | also something of a surprise given how things have developed. at the start of the week we did not know, sub—postmasters did not know that by friday, their names, wrongful convictions would be quashed. what it means is a very significant day for those wrongly convicted as part of the horizon it scandal, because it will clear them in england, wales, northern ireland and scotland requires —— scotland requires a separate law because it has its own legal system. convictions can have an impact on background checks, the kind ofjobs people will be able to get, applying for a loan, insurance,

even travel to certain countries. imagine the impact it has when they know they have done nothing wrong and their lives have been affected. it is more than symbolic, it will have a real, practical impact with these convictions being quashed. there is a monetary effect of the law and it will allow those wrongfully convicted to settle for £600,000 without making a formal claim. forthose £600,000 without making a formal claim. for those not wrongfully convicted but still lost money by topping up accounts when there was a shortfall, they will be entitled to redress of £75,000. the inquiry hears from paula vennells today and lawyers of the victims questioned her today which is something sub—postmasters have waited years for, waiting years to have their names cleared and in the space of a few days things finally seem to be moving a little more quickly. thank ou.

child serial killer lucy letby will find out today if her bid to challenge her convictions at the court of appeal has been successful. the former nurse was sentenced to m whole—life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. seniorjudges are expected to give their decision on her appeal bid later. in the past few minutes, 0fgem has announced that we'll see they say the price cap will go down. at the moment it is £1690 a year for an average home. that is 2—3 people in a 2—3 bedroomed house. the announcement today means from july until the end of september it will drop again to 1568 for the same household meaning an average saving of £122 across the year. a change to

the price cap would mean savings between july and the end the price cap would mean savings betweenjuly and the end of september but experts think bills could rise again from october. our cost of living correspondence has been taking a look. energy prices are always a hot topic in michelle's salon. bills at home have like tripled. although you hear it's coming down, you've no confidence that it actually will. not significantly for you not to have to save, not to have to budget more. my direct debit certainly hasn't come down, you know. - today's announcement is the second consecutive fall in the price cap within six months. that's great news for everybody. but let's remember that people are still paying on average £400 more now than at the start of the energy crisis. we've got over two million households paying back £3 billion of household energy debt. the idea that this just clears the slate and everyone's ok is for the birds. would it make a bit of a difference if you paid a bit less?

possibly, i don't know. depends how much it takes off monthly. you won't really feel it, would you, to be honest with you. you spread that over a year, you know. anything will make a difference. but it's all part of the vast increases that we are getting at the moment with everything, not just energy. but anything would help. today's news will be a relief for millions of households who have been struggling to pay their high energy bills. and, of course, it comes at a time, through the summer, when most of us expect to spend less on our energy anyway because of the lovely weather we're experiencing. but for a lot of households, they have to have high energy use throughout the whole year. deborah depends on charging her wheelchairs in order to get out and to move around her home. the lowering is still not enough to pay for my wheelchair to be charged every day. and this time, i've had to put my gas and electric bill, energy bill, on my credit card and hopefully pay for it the following month when i have a bit more money.

and whatever the summer holds, there's another increase predicted for the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wigan. the government's target to reduce a record backlog of cases in criminal courts in england and wales cannot be achieved, the national spending watchdog has concluded. the national audit office says the unprecedented delays in bringing cases to trial are hurting victims and risking cases collapsing. ministers had hoped to reduce the backlog of more than 67,000 to 53,000 by next march. more than two—thirds of beer and wine served in uk pubs and bars are not the full measure, according to trading standards. in a snapshot survey, the average glass of wine contained 5% less than it should have, whilst the average beer was short by 1i%. the findings come as the price of alcohol is at an all—time high. four people have died, and many more injured, after a two—storey building collapsed in palma on the spanish island of majorca last night.

emergency services are trying to reach people trapped in the rubble. the foreign office says there are no reports of british nationals being involved. our reporter simonjones has more. searching through the night for survivors. people were enjoying a drink or something to eat at medusa beach club on playa de palma when part of the building came down, showering debris on those below. many of those hurt were tourists. pictures from the immediate aftermath show ambulances at the scene and the injured being taken away on stretchers. police asked shocked onlookers on the beach, in several different languages, to remain quiet while the emergency services listened for any signs of life in the rubble. majorca is the largest of spain's balearic islands, which attracted 17 million visitors last year. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said his government was ready to offer any support that was needed. he sent his condolences

to the families of those who died. the foreign office in london is in contact with the spanish authorities, although there are currently no reports of any british people being involved. what caused the building to collapse is now under investigation. simon jones, bbc news. a blue plaque will be unveiled later at the liverpool birth place of george harrison. historic england has chosen to recognise 12 arnold grove — the two—up two—down victorian terraced house where the beatles star lived until he was nearly seven years old. it will be unveiled by george's widow, olivia, at a ceremony this morning. the neighbours can expect more tourists passing by. that is what happens. how about we look at the weather. it has been changeable, would that be fair? that sums it up. changeable. it has

been really wet for son the past days. things will stay changeable the next few days. there will be some more sunny and dry weather on the cards. this is how many are starting the morning. with cloud. some outbreaks of rain here. the cloud will tend to break up and says sunshine coming through. still some showers but nothing like the persistent heavy rain over the past three days in places. this is the low pressure that brought the rain. it is tending to fill and low—pressure easing the remnants bringing cloud particularly in northern areas. some showers, parts of southern scotland, some in the south—west of england. light rain elsewhere but a much drier picture overall. sunshine in the south of england, east of england.

temperatures 14—19. fairly typical the time of year. tonight, the cloud continues to disperse. a lot of dry weather and with clear spells some fog patches forming particularly in central parts of england and wales. some rain in east anglia early tomorrow. with clear skies, temperatures down to mid—to single figures so a fresh start to saturday but thankfully blue skies and sunshine and lasting through the day for some. sunshine and lasting through the day forsome. not sunshine and lasting through the day for some. not everywhere. sunshine and lasting through the day forsome. not everywhere. rain moving into east anglia and lincolnshire. cooler where you see cloud in coastal areas but inland up to 21. more cloud and rain to the south—west as well. overall, the next couple of days mostly drive. more of a chance of scattered showers on sunday and bank holiday monday. not a wash out through the weekend with some sunshine but the chance of heavy and possibly thundery showers at times. it would

not be a bank holiday monday without taking the raincoat out. with immigration likely to be one of the key issues in the general election, the prime minister has now said there will be no deportation flights to rwanda this side of polling. rishi sunak says they will go if he is re—elected on the lithjuly, but labour has pledged to scrap the plans if they win power. home affairs correspondent tom symonds has had exclusive access to the government's training centre, that's preparing staff to board passengers as part of the scheme. we've agreed not to reveal the location of this facility, which costs the government £6.4 million to rent. the rwanda programme is controversial. there are worries about threats to staff. the home office bought these three scrapped aircraft for specialist training in getting people onto planes. these three planes have different seat layouts to cover all eventualities. there are vehicles simulators set up as different types of vans and minibuses.

it's an expensive ramping up of the government's immigration training to reduce the risks to asylum seekers, but also the risks to the government's rwanda policy itself. just going to take hold of your wrist, ok? ok, happy. we were only allowed to film one exercise. let's just step up. moving a single person who was not resisting onto a plane. yep, you did really well. each detainee requires three escorts. so middle seat for us, please. just put your seat belt on. they'll fly all the way to rwanda. it can obviously be quite challenging, as you'd expect in any form of physical work. but our officers are highly trained and highly skilled across a broad range of tactical options, and we stress, again, the importance of that communication and that de—escalation process to mitigate the need to use any more levels of force. yet they do train for it in what they call the dojo. officers say in their experience,

force is only used rarely. but those who could be sent to rwanda may be more likely to resist because they're being told there's no chance of them being given asylum in the uk. one attempt has been made to take off in 2022 at the military airfield boscombe down. a human rightsjournalist obtained this account of one detainee being taken on board. he began to push back against the two escorts. he was in a waist restraint belt, which was in the secure position. i put my hands either side of his head in order to ensure he did not headbutt either of the escorts or injure himself. in the end, legal action stopped the flight. campaigners believe there's a slim chance that those now facing removal won't resist. they're really distressed. they can't eat, can't sleep. very fearful of being deported to rwanda. their histories of torture and trafficking where they've come from, theirfear of being deported

back there if they were removed to rwanda. this iraqi kurd asylum seeker we've agreed not to identify was also supposed to be on that flight and has been told again he's going to rwanda. translation: i'm emotionally and mentally disturbed - because i don't know the language of the country and i didn't know my whereabouts and i don't know what's going to happen to me. and they come and say to me, they might send me to another country. but the government's aim is to deter riskyjourneys across the channel. we've hired the escorts. we've got an airfield on standby, we've booked the flights. so all of that work is already ongoing. and then the choice of this election is clear, because if i'm re—elected as prime minister on the 5th ofjuly, these flights will go. keir starmer would stop the flights and use law enforcement instead. border security command will bring together hundreds of specialist investigators. the best of the best. from the national crime agency, the border force, immigration enforcement,

the crown prosecution service, and, yes, mi5. and while training continues, you, the voter, will now have the ultimate decision. tom symonds, bbc news. we are going to leave the general election business to one side and talk about a bigger thing. much bigger. it will make the election seem tiny. scientists have discovered an earth—like planet that could potentially support human life, a mere 1i0 light years away. what we can see on the right is an artist's impression of the planet called gliese 12 b. there are different interpretations of what the planet may look like up close. this is in comparison to earth, it is slightly smaller.

we'rejoined now by dr eamonn kerins from thejodrell bank centre for astrophysics. good morning. explain why this is significant. it is the nearest planet to us that has a fair resemblance to earth. it is about the same size as earth. it is as close to its host star so that the host star will radiate about the same heat the sun does on earth. and we know temperatures on earth allow there to be water and therefore allows there to be light. a lot of astronomers are excited about potential, the potentialfor this planet to host water and perhaps lie. it planet to host water and perhaps lie. , ., , , lie. it is roughly the same size as earth and roughly _ lie. it is roughly the same size as earth and roughly a _ lie. it is roughly the same size as earth and roughly a similar - lie. it is roughly the same size as i earth and roughly a similar distance from its sun so the atmosphere is potentially the same to him. it is potentially the same to him. it is about the same _

potentially the same to him. it 3 about the same size as earth, within 10%. oursun about the same size as earth, within 10%. our sun is a larger than average staff. it's is smaller and a lot less hot. this planet, although it is close in, it's a year is about 12 and three quarters days long so if i lived on that planet i would be 1500 years old. and looking very well! forgive my ignorance. in theory, if we were to land you on that planet, would you be ok? we land you on that planet, would you be ok? ~ ., �* ~ ., land you on that planet, would you beok? ~m, �* be ok? we don't know. almost certainly not- — be ok? we don't know. almost certainly not. we _ be ok? we don't know. almost certainly not. we have - be ok? we don't know. almost certainly not. we have adapted | be ok? we don't know. almost - certainly not. we have adapted over, life has adapted over billions of years in human life over millions of years, to the atmosphere we have. therefore we do not know yet if this planet has an atmosphere although there is hope the james webb telescope might be able to tell us.

what does that mean? it does not have an atmosphere? figs what does that mean? it does not have an atmosphere?— what does that mean? it does not have an atmosphere? as in the air that we breathe _ have an atmosphere? as in the air that we breathe is _ have an atmosphere? as in the air that we breathe is part _ have an atmosphere? as in the air that we breathe is part of - have an atmosphere? as in the air that we breathe is part of our - that we breathe is part of our atmosphere. the planet we are looking at, gliese 12 b, we know its size and where it is in relation to its star and it could host water but we do not know if it has anything comparable to the atmosphere on earth that we need to breathe, that life needs to exist. but there is the potential. we can probe planet atmospheres and this system is nearby enough which is one reason why astronomers are excited about how close it is that the james webb telescope and instruments like that could find evidence if it has an atmosphere and what the composition of that atmosphere is. and atmosphere and what the composition of that atmosphere is.— of that atmosphere is. and there is onl a of that atmosphere is. and there is only a handful _ of that atmosphere is. and there is only a handful with _ of that atmosphere is. and there is only a handful with that _ of that atmosphere is. and there is only a handful with that potential. only a handful with that potential as far as we know but 1i0 light years away, what does it mean in terms of practicality of getting there? it is practicality of getting there? it is ri . ht practicality of getting there? it is riaht next practicality of getting there? it is right next door _ practicality of getting there? it 3 right next door in astronomy terms.

it is taking 1i0 light—years which means even travelling at the speed of light, signals take 1i0 years. you could send a communication around the world in seven times in a second if you send it at the speed of light so we are talking an enormous distance but they are very few stars nearer to us than 1i0 light—years away. as you say, there has only been a couple of systems comparable to this, where we have tried to look for evidence of atmosphere. this is the best target yet because it is quite a bright... the best target yet because it is quite a bright. . ._ quite a bright... why is it three colours in _ quite a bright... why is it three colours in that _ quite a bright... why is it three colours in that picture? - quite a bright... why is it three i colours in that picture? obviously an artist's impression. _ colours in that picture? obviously an artist's impression. it - colours in that picture? obviously an artist's impression. it is - colours in that picture? obviously an artist's impression. it is an - an artist's impression. it is an artist's rendition. we do not know what the planet will look like. someone said is there a possibility there are life forms on gliese 12 b looking at us and thinking there might be life there? shit looking at us and thinking there might be life there?— looking at us and thinking there might be life there? at the moment we do not know _

might be life there? at the moment we do not know but _ might be life there? at the moment we do not know but we _ might be life there? at the moment we do not know but we are - might be life there? at the moment we do not know but we are on - might be life there? at the moment we do not know but we are on the i we do not know but we are on the cusp of being able to tell, because when we probe atmospheres, like our atmosphere shows evidence of life. the abundance of oxygen produced by photosynthesis, methane produced by decaying living matter. that sort of abundance produced... they are biomarkers evidence of life on our planet and we are capable of trying to find those signatures in other nearby planets. tote to find those signatures in other nearby planets-— to find those signatures in other nearby planets. we are on a ma'or learnin: nearby planets. we are on a ma'or learning curve. d nearby planets. we are on a ma'or learning curve. thanki nearby planets. we are on a ma'or learning curve. thank you i nearby planets. we are on a ma'or learning curve. thank you very h nearby planets. we are on a major i learning curve. thank you very much. more than 100 brass bands will be descending onto the streets of saddleworth and oldham later. jayne is there for us this morning. good morning. we have taken over the village theatre. a crazy day. 11

villages in the foothills of the pennines, bob is in control and the day will be like what? organised chaos. but fantastic. you don't want to hear from chaos. but fantastic. you don't want to hearfrom me and bar because chaos. but fantastic. you don't want to hear from me and bar because you want to hear... good morning, band. we have three bands and they will play us into the news, travel and weather wherever you are waking up. takeit weather wherever you are waking up. take it away. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. pro—israel and pro—palestine supporters have clashed in north

london over the decision to show a film about the october the 7th attacks. it comes after grafitti was sprayed across the phoenix cinema in east london and pro—palestine groups called for the screening to be cancelled. crowds waving israeli flags then staged a counter protest. directors ken loach and mike leigh have resigned as patrons of the cinema for showing the film. police are appealing for witnesses after an e—scooter rider died in hospital nine days after he was involved in a crash in east london. it happened on woolwich manor way in beckton. the man, who was 27, was found with serious injuries. detectives say no other vehicles were present. £12 million has been awarded to three london universities to support research into cardiovascular disease. imperial college, king's college and university college london will receive the funding from the british heart foundation. it's hoped it will help scientists to develop new treatments. tens of thousands of music lovers are descending on luton today for the start of bbc

radio 1's big weekend. stars including raye, becky hill and coldplay will perform in the grounds of stockwood park. it's also shining a light on local talent with a line—up of home—grown artists, including some who grew up nearby. i feel like especially when it comes to luton we've had so much negativity, and it's really on the rise now. so many good things are happening and i'm glad that the positive side of luton is being showcased more and seen and that perception is changing so i'm really proud of that. they're dotted across the capital and show where well known figures have lived and worked. now we're being invited to pick the next blue plaques. historic england says it wants to hear the stories of inspirational people from all walks of life, including those whose history has been hidden or forgotten. you have until the 19th ofjuly to make a nomination. travel now and let's see how the tube is looking. there's a good service on all lines this morning. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. we continue with largely fine and dry and settled conditions

to end the week with some spells of sunshine around. and whilst it will be largely dry, there is still the risk though of a shower or two especially as we head through the day across more western parts. there will be some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud into the afternoon a bit more widely, and temperatures again reaching around the mid to high teens with gentle winds. for the evening as well, any showers will tend to fade away. it's dry overnight, clearer skies developing especially by the end of the night, maybe a few patches of mist and fog and temperatures dipping down to around eight to 11 celsius. maybe one or two spots a good degree or two lower. for the rest of the bank holiday weekend, it becomes more unsettled. we are expecting some heavy showers to develop on sunday and bank holiday monday as well but for saturday at least, it should be largely dry and temperatures will climb up to around 21 celsius. it does become a bit cooler later on in the weekend and a bit more unsettled as well. there's more on our website and on bbc radio london, where riz lateef will be talking

about awkward moments. that's it, i'm back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhust. it's been the first official day of campaigning, with party leaders crisscrossing the uk, to set out their stall ahead of the general election on the lithjuly. there will be 650 seats up for grabs and on breakfast this morning we're taking a look at three constituencies in particular. we'll take a look at a new constituency which has been formed because of the recent boundary changes. brigg and immingham is in north lincolnshire. it's made up of parts of other constituencies, one of which was known as brigg and goole. the seat was held by the conservatives in the 2019 election with a majority of 21,91i1.

our reporter tim iredale has been getting a sense of what some of the big issues are for voters there. it's market day in brigg. how's business? it's brisk. as political leaders hit the campaign trail, people here have a choice to make. i'm so glad he's announced that there's going to be a general election. this town is part of a brand new constituency. previously it was twinned with goole. now brigg is paired with immingham. but when you talk about election issues round here, overwhelmingly it's the cost of living. why have prices gone up so much? really starting to hurt really badly. i mean, you can go in one day, it will say 50p. you go in the next day it's 75p. just simple things like that. and how do you cope with that? you do a lot ofjuggling if you can, but no, it's very, very hard. i think it's affected a lot

of people, hasn't it? do you find that people are spending less? yeah, definitely. yeah, i find that, i think they're more cautious, aren't they, to what they get. whereas before they'd probably have bought something that necessarily they didn't really, really need, but they would think, oh, well, that's nice, like an ornament or something. but now i don't necessarily need that. i've got other stuff that's more important. definitely, everything's gone up. you know, they've forgot about ordinary people i and it needs to come back. do you know you'll be voting for? i won't vote for any of them any more. | away from the market i asked boutique owner marie to sum up the state of her business. if i'm honest, shocking. been in brigg 13 years. it's been the hardest few months, the last few months, with the cost of living crisis, energy bills skyrocketed. the key question, marie, is what should the politicians be doing about it? oh, they've got to do more

for small businesses. they have to. else there'll be nothing left in the high street. i mean, today it's thursday, it's market day. the town should be busy with footfall. people just haven't got the money. for many people here, it seems the question of who to vote for is proving to be a bit of a puzzle. right, i'm off to do my charity shopjigsaws, and i thoroughly enjoy doing them. that was tim iredale reporting. we're joined now by claire coutinho, secretary of state for energy security and net zero. secretary of state for thank secretary of state for you very much for your time this thank you very much for your time this morning. just in the last few minutes we have had the news of the 7% drop in energy bills from july. that is the decision from 0fgem that has just come on that is the decision from 0fgem that hasjust come on in that is the decision from 0fgem that has just come on in the last few minutes. you will have heard from those voices that the cost of things, energy prices in particular,

are front and centre of many voters' minds. what is it that your government is doing to try to counter some of those concerns? thank you, and when i speak to people across the country, one of the hardest things people have said is their energy bills. that is why at the peak of the crisis we stepped in and paid on average half of people's energy bills and i'm really pleased that today we have seen energy prices come down. this is the second big step down this year so in april prices came down £250 from the average bill, and now we have seen another £122 which will hit people in july so another £122 which will hit people injuly so this is welcome news. but i want to go further and make sure that prices continue to be fair and that prices continue to be fair and thatis that prices continue to be fair and that is why we have set out some details this morning to make sure we have got enough competition in the market driving better deals for people, make sure that we are holding energy brokers, which is where business is mainly get energy

deals from, to account through better regulation, and also ensuring that standing charges, something people talk to me a lot about, are there. ., ., i. , .,, ., there. how do you get people a better deal. _ there. how do you get people a better deal, tell _ there. how do you get people a better deal, tell us _ there. how do you get people a better deal, tell us what - there. how do you get people a better deal, tell us what that i better deal, tell us what that means? ., , ., means? one of the things we are doinu is means? one of the things we are doing is tariff _ means? one of the things we are doing is tariff reform. _ means? one of the things we are doing is tariff reform. at - means? one of the things we are doing is tariff reform. at the i doing is tariff reform. at the moment you get your electricity bill, we want to be able to have people get off peak prices like you get with a rail ticket which could save people something like £900 from an average bill, that would be a really good thing when it comes through. for people to be able to look at different deals and decide which one is better, i want people to be able to compare them easily because at the moment it is much harder to compare energy deals than it is to compare mortgage deals for example. so we want to see better and easier comparison for people to drive competition, and for something like standing charges, 0fgem has had a call for evidence which has had 30,000 responses and we have seen that standing charges have been too

high for people so i want to make sure going forward they are fairer. you will understand why some people might think you have been in office for a long time, the conservative party, with six weeks until the vote, you are saying now is the time that people should get better deals on their energy prices.— on their energy prices. that's not true. on their energy prices. that's not true- over _ on their energy prices. that's not true. over the _ on their energy prices. that's not true. over the entire _ on their energy prices. that's not true. over the entire time - on their energy prices. that's not true. over the entire time of i on their energy prices. that's not true. over the entire time of our| true. over the entire time of our period of government, we have made sure that people, it's easier for people to switch between different deals, we brought in the energy price cap when we had a huge energy crisis stemming from putin's invasion of ukraine across europe, we stepped in unprecedented access to help people with their bills. it was when something like £1500 for the average household, which has never happened before in terms of helping people through. this isjust the next stage. we are in an election now but there is a stark choice for people. the conservatives who are very focused on getting cheaper energy for people, or a

labour party with ed miliband at the helm, where independent experts have said that their plans would raise people's bills and raise people's taxes. �* , ., ., ~ ., taxes. let's look at what adam scorer from — taxes. let's look at what adam scorer from the _ taxes. let's look at what adam scorer from the national- taxes. let's look at what adam | scorer from the national energy action campaign has said to us this morning. in relation to the actual costs, what it feels like for people at home and what the bills are, he wasn't saying that people on average are paying £400 and now —— he was saying that people are paying £400 more now on average than at the start of the crisis which are significant sums. 2 million households are still paying back debt because of the prices that were so high. the idea that this clears the slate, as in, this newjob in the slate, as in, this newjob in the price cap and the measures you are talking about, the idea that this clears the slate is for the birds. and i think a lot of people who are looking at their bills will thinkjust who are looking at their bills will think just that. who are looking at their bills will thinkjust that. l who are looking at their bills will thinkjust that.— think 'ust that. i would not say that thinkjust that. i would not say that this clears _ thinkjust that. i would not say that this clears the _ thinkjust that. i would not say that this clears the slate. i i

thinkjust that. i would not say i that this clears the slate. i know people are still struggling. one of the things i did before politics in parliament is work with deprived people across the country so i know how long lasting cost of living, problems can be with people. that's exactly why we are taking action. at the time of the crisis we stepped in to pay roughly half an average of people's household bills and we have made sure over the period of time that we are putting lots of energy into the system to keep people's ability to access cheap energy and now i want to make sure that people are getting fairer deals as competition is returning to the market. there is a very stark difference now between the labour party and us on this issue because my focus is cheap energy, i want to make sure there is more competition in the market and we are putting cheap energy onto the system, but even independent experts like the tony blair institute have said that labour's plans will not only half an hour energy security, our ability to keep the lights on, but it will raise peoples bills as well. the

reali is raise peoples bills as well. the reality is there _ raise peoples bills as well. the reality is there is _ raise peoples bills as well. the reality is there is a _ raise peoples bills as well. the reality is there is a limit to what you can do about bills going up. you are in no position today, even given your role in government, you cannot guarantee that in the autumn, when people start using more energy, that the prices won't go up. you are in no position to guarantee that, are you? there is every chance that if you? there is every chance that if you were to win the general election campaign, that under your administration, bills may go up again. administration, bills may go up aaain. ., ., , again. there are always in everything _ again. there are always in everything when - again. there are always in everything when it - again. there are always in everything when it comes| again. there are always in l everything when it comes to again. there are always in - everything when it comes to policy to things, external influences, i don't have control about that, but there are things that government can do. one is making sure we are putting more cheap energy onto the system. i am putting more cheap energy onto the system. iam building putting more cheap energy onto the system. i am building a lot of nuclear, i have set out the largest expansion of nuclear in 70 years and we are going to be one of the first country to have small modular reactors, factory built nuclear, which is cheaper and more efficient... which is cheaper and more efficient. . ._ which is cheaper and more efficient... g , ., , ., efficient... my question is, more in a wa , is

efficient... my question is, more in a way. is a — efficient... my question is, more in a way, is a practical _ efficient... my question is, more in a way, is a practical question. i efficient... my question is, more in a way, is a practical question. my l a way, is a practical question. my apologies for interrupting, i want to secure this in relation to domestic bills first. given that we are in a general election situation, what people might want from you as the energy minister is some kind of reassurance that their bills will not go up again. but you are unable to do that. ihla not go up again. but you are unable to do that. ., , ., to do that. no political party would be able to do _ to do that. no political party would be able to do that, _ to do that. no political party would be able to do that, as _ to do that. no political party would be able to do that, as you - to do that. no political party would be able to do that, as you have i be able to do that, as you have said, because there are external influences. but there are two things, what energy you put into the system, and we are committed to putting cheap energy into the system unlike the labour party, and secondly, how people get their bills. the point today is about driving competition, making sure people are getting fairer deals, making sure people get various standing charges. that is something that government can help with that is why i have set out plans i am taking today which is bold action to make sure people can have that security knowing they will get the fairest possible deals.— security knowing they will get the fairest possible deals. many people are lookin: fairest possible deals. many people are looking at _ fairest possible deals. many people are looking at this _ fairest possible deals. many people are looking at this election - are looking at this election campaign and wondering when the conservative party is in relation to

climate change and concerns about the environment. it looms a very large for many people. your record now is that you are lukewarm on issues around saving the planet, you have wrote about rishi sunak has rowed back on a number of key elements, these are policies that have been withdrawn or delays. quotes from the president of cop26, who has said, we have seen mixed messages, unfortunate rhetoric on climate, and chopping and changing on policy from your leader rishi sunak. why are you reluctant to commit as much as labour is in relation to the environment? firstly, let's look at the record. no other major country, if you take the top 20 largest countries in the world, no other country has done as much as us when it comes to climate change. and actually going forward, we are ambitious but what we have

said is, iwant we are ambitious but what we have said is, i want to take a balanced approach. when it is good for the country, for example investment, jobs, opportunities, we have taken steps to go much further and alok sharma has said that himself in the house, we have done well getting investment into the country. when it comes to things which affect people's cost of living, for example cars and boilers, we have decided to take a more measured practical approach because as we have talked about already, it has been a really difficult time for people. what you see again with the labour party if theyjust see again with the labour party if they just want to go further and faster, no matter what the cost is the people. i don't think that is the people. i don't think that is the right approach. i don't think that's the right thing for climate change either and i will tell you why. you have seen in other countries where people have been pushed too far and the costs have been to fight for them, there has been to fight for them, there has been riots and are too high for them, there are riots and protests because there is no public consensus. i want people to be supported and helped, i want us to

meet our targets in a way that is fairfor meet our targets in a way that is fair for people but that is a stark contrast in the next election between our approach which has delivered more than any other major country or the labour approach which independent experts have judged to raise people's bills, and harm energy security. that is not what i think the country needs right now. we will speak to the labour party and ask them those questions and they can account themselves as to what it is they are putting forward. in academia, we appreciate your time this morning. in academia, we appreciate your time this morning-— we will be speaking to sir keir starmer at about half past eight. mike is going to tell us about a young man with a very steady hand. 17—year—old luke littler. that's an extraordinary story to think what he has achieved, six months ago we had not heard of him. haifa has achieved, six months ago we had not heard of him.— has achieved, six months ago we had not heard of him._ 16 l not heard of him. how old is he? 16 when he got — not heard of him. how old is he? 16 when he got to _ not heard of him. how old is he? 16 when he got to the _ not heard of him. how old is he? 16 when he got to the world _ when he got to the world championship final and now 17. when he got to the world championshipfinaland now 17. he

has now won the premier league darts final. unflappable even when nature calls and we know how distracting that can be. i'm not suggesting a need to go anywhere. i wasn't looking at you, charlie! moving on! in front of 14,000 people in london last night, teenager luke littler got a little bit of revenge, beating rival luke humphries in the premier league final. humphries you may remember was the man who won the world championship final between the two earlier the year, but this was littler�*s night. he did it in style too, this was the moment that really got that huge crowd on their feet. a nine dart finish for the 17—year—old, a special moment. he sealed victory shortly after to make him the premier league champion, in the first year he has competed in the competition. he admitted to a little extra urgency mid way through. it was like two legs in, i needed the toilet so i was just like, come on, just go into the break,

get a lead, and i broke luke twice as i said. but he broke me back twice and we went in 5—5. and like i said, i wasjust saying to myself, you're on it till the end now. because i go to new york on monday but before that, watch united in the fa cup, and now ijust can't wait to go to new york, see what happens there and just have a holiday for a week. one player who littler won't be cheering on tomorrow, will be manchester city's man of the moment phil foden, who will be trying to beat littler�*s manchester united, and win the fa cup, for a third time, tomorrow. player of the year in the premier league, after winning the title for the fourth consecutive time. ahead of a couple of months, when he'll be key for england, at the euros, which start three weeks today. and being stilljust 24. his family have been key to his success this year. you need a life away from football. it's important to have a close family when things get tough, when

things are not going right. they have always been there for me, so. important and they have always had my back and they definitely helped me along the way to achieve what have done now. west ham say they will stand by and support their player lucas paqueta, after he was charged with misconduct by the football association for allegedly seeking to receive a card from the referee. the fa charge implies paqueta was purposely trying to get hooked to affect the betting market in orderfor one or more persons to profit. it is centred around four premier league games between november 2022 and august 2023. paqueta has also been charged for alleged failure to comply. he has until the 3rd ofjune to respond. if found guilty, he could be banned for any length of time from six months to life. in a statement on social media, the brazilian denied the charges and said he will fight to clear his name. paqueta added that he was extremely surprised and upset that the fa had charged him, adding that he has cooperated with every step of their investigation.

could the great escape be on for ross county for the second year in a row? they will have high hopes of avoiding relegation from the scottish premiership once again after captainjack baldwin helped his side claim a 2—1 win, at championship side raith rovers, in the first—leg, of their scottish premiership, play—off final. the second leg is in dingwall on sunday. and dundee united women retained their top flight status. they came from behind to beat kilmarnock 2—1 in their one off scottish women's premier league play—off at falkirk stadium. in cricket, england's women beat pakistan by 37 runs in theirfirst one day international in derby. england set a target of 244 with alice capsey the top scorer on 44. pakistan were well set for a surprise victory at 149—4 but fell short ending on 206—9. the three—match odi series continues at taunton on sunday.

i mentioned, two cup finals tomorrow, rangers and celtic and the manchester derby fa cup. trier? manchester derby fa cup. very excitin: , manchester derby fa cup. very exciting. and — manchester derby fa cup. very exciting, and fingers _ manchester derby fa cup. - exciting, and fingers crossed for good weather, sarah can let us know. fingers crossed for those big sporting moments. whether not looking too bad tomorrow. this is what we like to kick of the bank holiday weekend, blue sky and sunshine around. we have not all got it, this is in east sussex, there are blue skies across the south—east and east anglia, cloudier elsewhere, but it will be gradually brightening up. some spells of sunshine but not as wet as it has been in recent days. one or two showers but much drier. low pressure is tending to fill and this is where the front is fizzling away, the remnants bringing powder this

morning. a few spots of rain coming out of the cloud and western parts seeing a few spots of light rain. southern england and east anglia are brightest, but also some clear skies in the north—east of scotland. top temperature is fairly typical for the time of year, feeling pleasantly warm where you see sunny spells coming through, light winds. the cloud tending to filter away, clear spells. overnight we could see a few mist and fog patches forming for central parts of england and wales, by the end of the night rain moving in across east anglia. temperatures getting down into mid single figures in rural spot so a bit of a fresh start to the bank holiday weekend. but looking mixed all in all. best of the weather on saturday, sunshine and showers too much of the weekend, that sums it up. a front is moving

in from the west on saturday, so it will spill some cloud into cornwall and devon in the morning, later in the afternoon patchy rain, we have got cloud and rain heading in across parts of norfolk and lincolnshire but away from those two areas, for the rest of the uk, decent —looking day. 19 or 20 degrees in the sunshine, cooler close to the coast, especially where you have cloud and rain moving in. as we head through saturday and into sunday, the frontal system gets a bit more of the moveon, west to east, bringing a showery story into sunday. not a write off but there will be heavy showers moving through spending west to east. in between the showers, 15 to east. in between the showers, 15 to 20 degrees for most of us on sunday. bank holiday monday brings more of the same, many of us

starting dry with sunny spells but through the day as things warm up there will be showers, some are heavy and thundery. northern england and scotland seek the bulk of the showers during the day but hit and miss. fairly unsettled through next week, so more rain, showers, thunderstorms at time. enjoy the weather today and tomorrow, that is when you will be driest. if you are camping this weekend, you might want to bring a brolly for sunday and monday. that was my face when i think about camping on a bank holiday weekend, thatis camping on a bank holiday weekend, that is the face that sarah did. we a that is the face that sarah did. - a close—up? that is the face that sarah did. we a close-up? she _ that is the face that sarah did. we a close-up? she will— that is the face that sarah did. we a close-up? she will do _ that is the face that sarah did. we a close-up? she will do it - that is the face that sarah did. we a close-up? she will do it again i a close-up? she will do it again later i'm sure! _ for brass band enthusiasts, today is one of the biggest days in the calendar, as more than 100 of them make their way to compete in a 140—year—old whit friday contest. the brass band competition takes place in saddleworth and oldham every year with some bands traveling from overseas to take part.

jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. excitement building? hands up if grass banks make you cry happy tears, but definitely make and us well, nina, am i right? —— definitely me, and you as well? yesterday, i was at my kids concert but the brass section made me cry for other reasons. i but the brass section made me cry for other reasons.— but the brass section made me cry for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. _ for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. bob— for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. bob is— for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. bob is the _ for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. bob is the man i for other reasons. i knew it! let me introduce bob. bob is the man in i introduce bob. bob is the man in control and you have been for 56 years. i control and you have been for 56 ears. . control and you have been for 56 years— you - control and you have been for 56 years._ you look l control and you have been for 56 i years._ you look 20, years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith _ years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith is _ years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith is going _ years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith is going to - years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith is going to give i years. i am feeling it! you look 20, fabulous. keith is going to give us. fabulous. keith is going to give us a tiny blaster, take it away, keith.

love it, how fantastic is that. give us a sense of what today is all about. it us a sense of what today is all about. , ., ., , . ., .,, about. it will be organised chaos, delh will about. it will be organised chaos, delph will have _ about. it will be organised chaos, delph will have one _ about. it will be organised chaos, delph will have one band - about. it will be organised chaos, delph will have one band every i about. it will be organised chaos, | delph will have one band every six minutes or eight hours. that is 80. and then the bands will move on, to other villages, a £60,000 cash prize and the atmosphere is something else? filth and the atmosphere is something else? �* , . . else? oh it's magnificent. the villa . es else? oh it's magnificent. the villages if— else? oh it's magnificent. the villages if they _ else? oh it's magnificent. the villages if they had _ else? oh it's magnificent. the villages if they had to - else? oh it's magnificent. the villages if they had to choose l villages if they had to choose between whit friday and christmas, they would have whit friday. you had a little cavalier _ they would have whit friday. you had a little cavalier -- _ they would have whit friday. you had a little cavalier -- cameo _ they would have whit friday. you had a little cavalier -- cameo role - they would have whit friday. you had a little cavalier -- cameo role in i a little cavalier —— cameo role in the film brassed off? a little cavalier -- cameo role in the film brassed off?— a little cavalier -- cameo role in the film brassed off? yes, we held them, i the film brassed off? yes, we held them. i was _ the film brassed off? yes, we held them, i was the _ the film brassed off? yes, we held them, i was the adjudicator - the film brassed off? yes, we held them, i was the adjudicator and i the film brassed off? yes, we heldj them, i was the adjudicator and my line was, and our winners with 194

points, the grimley colliery band! points, the grimley colliery hand! you still remember! i points, the grimley colliery band! you still remember!— points, the grimley colliery band! you still remember! i have only seen it 150 times! — you still remember! i have only seen it 150 times! i _ you still remember! i have only seen it 150 times! i want _ you still remember! i have only seen it 150 times! i want to _ you still remember! i have only seen it 150 times! i want to introduce i it 150 times! i want to introduce maria and _ it 150 times! i want to introduce maria and james _ it 150 times! i want to introduce maria and james who _ it 150 times! i want to introduce maria and james who are i it 150 times! i want to introduce maria and james who are going | it 150 times! i want to introduce l maria and james who are going to tease into the next little conversation i want to have with this song. do you recognise it? love changes everything. we want to talk about love, tony and tom, the posh and becks of the brass band world, you met at band practice? we becks of the brass band world, you met at band practice?— becks of the brass band world, you met at band practice? we did, yes. we have been _ met at band practice? we did, yes. we have been together _ met at band practice? we did, yes. we have been together coming i met at band practice? we did, yes. we have been together coming upl met at band practice? we did, yes. i we have been together coming up six years. we have been together coming up six ears. �* ~' , we have been together coming up six ears. �* we we have been together coming up six years-— we are - years. and in five weeks? we are caettin years. and in five weeks? we are getting married! _ years. and in five weeks? we are getting married! it's— years. and in five weeks? we are getting married! it's not - years. and in five weeks? we are getting married! it's not too i years. and in five weeks? we are getting married! it's not too late! is this the kind _ getting married! it's not too late! is this the kind of _ getting married! it's not too late! is this the kind of place _ getting married! it's not too late! is this the kind of place where i getting married! it's not too late! | is this the kind of place where love blossoms? it is this the kind of place where love blossoms? , , , , ., blossoms? it must be, plenty of --eole

blossoms? it must be, plenty of people have _ blossoms? it must be, plenty of people have found _ blossoms? it must be, plenty of people have found relationships| blossoms? it must be, plenty of l people have found relationships in brass banding. it'sjust great people have found relationships in brass banding. it's just great to get together with people you love. this is a serious competition, you mean business. it's really quite special that we have got you three band here today, playing together, that doesn't normally happen. haifa that doesn't normally happen. how competitive — that doesn't normally happen. how competitive is _ that doesn't normally happen. how competitive is it, _ that doesn't normally happen. how competitive is it, tom? very competitive, incredibly. we spent the entire — competitive, incredibly. we spent the entire day trying to out bands and get _ the entire day trying to out bands and get the coach in front, yeah! people _ and get the coach in front, yeah! people getting off the coach to register, running ahead of other people. — register, running ahead of other people, like bob says, it is organised chaos.— people, like bob says, it is organised chaos. give us another little blast if _ organised chaos. give us another little blast if you _ organised chaos. give us another little blast if you would. - organised chaos. give us another little blast if you would. listen i organised chaos. give us anotherj little blast if you would. listen to this.

applause absolutely fantastic, i have a wonderful wedding. absolutely fantastic, i have a wonderfulwedding. how absolutely fantastic, i have a wonderful wedding. how brilliant is that, if only we could walk up like this every morning on bbc! you don't want to hearfrom me, let's have another big moment, i will hand back to you and let the band play out, take it away.

fantastic. fantastic. itell you what, it's much harder than it looks, doing brass well. as you will know if you ever witnessed brass being done badly! and abide with me we felt quite emotional. mr; being done badly! and abide with me we felt quite emotional.— we felt quite emotional. my foot was ta -in~ we felt quite emotional. my foot was ta -'n~ a we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little. _ we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little, that _ we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little, that is _ we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little, that is as _ we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little, that is as far - we felt quite emotional. my foot was tapping a little, that is as far as i tapping a little, that is as far as i went. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london i'm alison earle. pro—israel and pro—palestine supporters have clashed in north london over the decision to show a film about the october the 7th attacks. it comes after grafitti was sprayed across the phoenix cinema in east finchley and pro—palestine groups called for the screening to be cancelled. crowds waving israeli flags then staged a counter protest.

directors ken loach and mike leigh have resigned as patrons of the cinema for showing the film. police are appealing for witnesses after an e—scooter rider died in hospital nine days after he was involved in a crash in east london. it happened on woolwich manor way in beckton. the man who was 27 was found with serious injuries. detectives say no other vehicles were present. they are dotted across london and show where well known figures have lived and worked. now we're being invited to pick the next blue plaques. historic england says it wants to hear the stories of inspirational people from all walks of life, you have until the 19th ofjuly to make a nomination. travel now — let's see how the tube is looking. there's a good service on all lines this morning. the weather. mainly dry, but it will turn cloudier with the chance of some rain. that should clear by this evening. expect temperatures today of up to 19 degrees. there's more on our website including the teenager who's to become a saint. that's it for now, i'm back in around half an hour.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. our headlines. the last day of parliament before the general election and the final chance for mp5 to pass any new laws, as party leaders crisscross the united kingdom in pursuit of your vote. a pursuit of your vote. piece of le-islation will today clear

a piece of legislation will today clear hundreds _ a piece of legislation will today clear hundreds of _ a piece of legislation will today clear hundreds of innocent i clear hundreds of innocent sub—postmaster— clear hundreds of innocent sub—postmaster is- clear hundreds of innocent| sub—postmaster is wrongly clear hundreds of innocent _ sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted under— sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted under the _ sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted under the horizon _ sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted under the horizon it— sub—postmaster is wrongly convicted under the horizon it scandal. - under the horizon it scandal. meanwhile _ under the horizon it scandal. meanwhile the _ under the horizon it scandal. meanwhile the former- under the horizon it scandal. meanwhile the former boss i under the horizon it scandal. i meanwhile the former boss paula vennells — meanwhile the former boss paula vennells faces— meanwhile the former boss paula vennells faces a _ meanwhile the former boss paula vennells faces a final _ meanwhile the former boss paula vennells faces a final day - meanwhile the former boss paula vennells faces a final day of i vennells faces a final day of questioning _ a fall in the cost of energy with the latest price cap figure announced this morning — but typical household bills are still above pre—pandemic levels. a personal cause that's close to his heart. alfie boe will be here to tell us about his work with the charity brain tumour research, in memory of his father. a much drier day today. some spells of sunshine. bank holiday weekend, sunny spells, scattered showers, all the details coming up. it's friday the 24th may. our main story. it's the last day for mp5 to debate and pass bills into law, before parliament dissolves next week ahead of the general election. party leaders are already travelling to all four corners of the uk in their campaign for votes. political correspondent

harry farley has this report. the campaign is off to a jet—setting start. rishi sunak met supporters in a biscuit factory in derbyshire before a trip to a brewery in barry and then to inverness, where he highlighted signs that he says the economy is turning a corner. inflation has returned to normal. wages have been rising faster than prices. the economy is now growing at a healthy rate. and that's why now is the right time to talk about our future. and my view is we need to have leadership that can provide a clear plan, take hold action to deliver a secure future for everyone in scotland and across the country, especially in these uncertain times. sir keir starmer will also be in scotland later, as the campaigns spread across the length and breadth of the uk. the cost of energy will be a point of division today, with labour promising to bring down energy bills for good. you vote labour, it's a vote to stop the chaos. it's a vote to turn the page. and it's a vote to rebuild

our country together. the conservatives launched their own plan to cut energy bills this morning, claiming labour aren't being honest about the cost of their net—zero policies. as important as what the party leaders said, where they said it was noticeable. ed davey popped up in the liberal democrat target seat of cheltenham. it's time for change and that means the conservatives have to go. and across the country, we've seen so many parts of the country where it's a vote for the liberal democrats that will get rid of the conservative mp. the scottish national party's john swinney set out his stall in edinburgh. we will win our country's independence and win the powers to bring about a better scotland through democratic pressure. so onjuly the 4th, independence day. away from the campaign trail,

today is the last day mps will sit in parliament before the election. several bills, like the one to set up the compensation scheme for victims of infected blood are likely to pass. but others, like the conservative promise to ban no—fault evictions, will not become law before the election. harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. let's go to political correspondent helen catt. as we head in the reporter scramble across the uk to begin the campaign and a scramble at westminster to make sure bills are passed. this is the last day _ make sure bills are passed. this is the last day to _ make sure bills are passed. this is the last day to get _ make sure bills are passed. this is the last day to get some _ make sure bills are passed. this is the last day to get some of- make sure bills are passed. this is the last day to get some of that i the last day to get some of that legislation through. the government and opposition negotiated which bills they will push through. those that we think are likely to be passed are as you heard in harry's piece, the victims and prisoners bill that will set up the compensation body to compensate

victims of the infected blood scandal and we expect that will pass today. also likely, the leasehold reform bill will pass, the bill which will stop new houses being sold as leaseholds, not new flats, though. that will be debated in the lords and likely it will pass. there are a couple of bills lords and likely it will pass. there are a couple of hills which are big parts of the government agenda that are not expected to become law and passin are not expected to become law and pass in this parliament. they include the renters reform bill. that would have stopped no—fault evictions where a landlord can evict a tenant without giving a reason. that is not going through we understand. also, the government's tobacco and vapes bill, the one that would have made it impossible for anyone born from 2009 onwards to ever legally buy cigarettes. rishi sunak called it a smoke—free generation. i understand labour would have backed the last two. the

government said amendments put down by independent lords in the house of lords made the renters reform bill tricky. and there was a backlash in the conservative party with mp5 itself on that. on the tobacco and vapes bill, a government source says it was a free vote for conservative mps which meant they could vote how they liked and it made it to tricky and they did not have time but they say rishi sunak is committed to the idea and point to him talking about his speech —— talking about it in his speech —— talking about it in his speech —— talking about it in his speech on wednesday as evidence. picking up about business that will be done before mps stop carrying our normal business. one bill that was passed yesterday means sub—postmasters in england, wales and northern ireland — who were found guilty as part of the horizon it scandal — will have their convictions quashed today. it comes as former post office boss

paula vennells faces her last day of questioning at the post office inquiry. i am very, very sorry. paula vennells' first public interrogation in nine years on the scandal at the post office began with a warning against self—incrimination and an apology. one thing it hasn't been is an easy ride for her. she was asked, for example, about this moment depicted in the itv docudrama mr bates versus the post office. is it possible to access - the system remotely or not? i hope it is that we know it is not possible and that we're able i to explain why that is. i need to be able to say no, it is not possible. _ inquiry counsel, jason beer, challenged her on that. that's an odd way of going about things, isn't it? i beg your pardon? it's an odd way of going about things, isn't it? i want to know the answer to the question. here's the answer to the question. laughter. tell me i'm wrong. yesterday, the inquiry heard that on the 7th ofjuly 2013, the post office pr director, mark davies, sent paula vennells an email advising her how to respond

to the interim findings of the forensic accountants' second sight, warning that if the post office looked at past prosecutions of subpostmasters, it would make front—page news with a ballistic impact. ms vennells replied, "i will take your steer." her email said the most urgent objective was to manage the media. the email that you had sent, to which this is a response, posits shall we look back 12 to 18 months since separation, or should we go back further? why aren't we going back further, five to ten years? and this says you can't do that, you'll be on the front page. that's a grossly improper perspective, isn't it? yes, it is, yes, it is. ahead of a crunch board meeting on the 16th ofjuly 2013, the post office's top lawyer, susan crichton, has testified that she told paula vennells about an expert witness in the trials whose evidence was unsafe and that subpostmasters could sue for malicious prosecution.

but instead of being invited to brief the board, she told the inquiry she was kept out of the board meeting. she was made to wait outside on a chair. yes, and i felt bad about that. sitting there like a naughty schoolgirl? she must have felt terrible. today, in her last day of evidence, ms vennells will face questions from the lawyers representing subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted or jailed. andy verity, bbc news, at the horizon inquiry. jeremy corbyn confirmed he will stand injuly�*s general election as an independent candidate. the former labour leader will contest his islington north seat in london, which he has held since 1983. mr corbyn was suspended from the party by sir keir starmer in 2020 over a row on anti—semitism. in the past hour, 0fgem announced that the energy price cap has gone down — that's the amount paid by a typical

household for each unit of energy and standing charge. at the moment, the energy price cap is £1,690 a yearfor an average home — that's two to three people in a two or three—bedroom house. today's announcement means that from july until the end of september, it'll drop to £1,568 a year for that same household, meaning average savings on bills of £122 across a year. but experts think bills could rise again from october. cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been taking a look. energy prices are always a hot topic in michelle's salon. bills at home have like tripled. although you hear it's coming down, you've no confidence that it actually will. not significantly for you not to have to save, not to have to budget more. my direct debit certainly hasn't come down, you know. - today's announcement is the second consecutive fall in the price cap within six months.

that's great news for everybody. but let's remember that people are still paying on average £400 more now than at the start of the energy crisis. we've got over two million households paying back £3 billion of household energy debt. the idea that this just clears the slate and everyone's ok is for the birds. would it make a bit of a difference if you paid a bit less? possibly, i don't know. depends how much it takes off monthly. you won't really feel it, would you, to be honest with you. you spread that over a year, you know. anything will make a difference. but it's all part of the vast increases that we are getting at the moment with everything, not just energy. but anything would help. today's news will be a relief for millions of households who have been struggling to pay their high energy bills. and, of course, it comes at a time, through the summer, when most of us expect to spend less on our energy anyway because of the lovely weather we're experiencing. but for a lot of households, they have to have high energy use throughout the whole year.

deborah depends on charging her wheelchairs in order to get out and to move around her home. the lowering is still not enough to pay for my wheelchair to be charged every day. and this time, i've had to put my gas and electric bill, energy bill, on my credit card and hopefully pay for it the following month when i have a bit more money. and whatever the summer holds, there's another increase predicted for the autumn. colletta smith, bbc news, in wigan. the government's target to reduce a record backlog of cases in criminal courts in england and wales cannot be achieved, the national spending watchdog has concluded. the national audit office says the unprecedented delays in bringing cases to trial are hurting victims and risking cases collapsing. ministers had hoped to reduce the backlog of more than 67,000 to 53,000 by next march. heavy rain is being blamed for a bigger than expected fall in retail sales in april. volumes were down by 2.3%.

bad weather is being blamed for poor footfall. clothing, toys and sporting goods were among the worst sectors affected. four people have died, and many more injured, after a two—storey building collapsed in palma on the spanish island of majorca last night. emergency services are trying to reach people trapped in the rubble. the foreign office says there are no reports of british nationals being involved. our reporter simonjones has more. searching through the night for survivors. people were enjoying a drink or something to eat at medusa beach club on playa de palma when part of the building came down, showering debris on those below. many of those hurt were tourists. pictures from the immediate aftermath show ambulances at the scene and the injured being taken away on stretchers. police asked shocked onlookers on the beach, in several different languages, to remain quiet while the emergency

services listened for any signs of life in the rubble. majorca is the largest of spain's balearic islands, which attracted 17 million visitors last year. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said his government was ready to offer any support that was needed. he sent his condolences to the families of those who died. the foreign office in london is in contact with the spanish authorities, although there are currently no reports of any british people being involved. what caused the building to collapse is now under investigation. simon jones, bbc news. a blue plaque will be unveiled later at the liverpool birth place of george harrison. historic england has chosen to recognise 12 arnold grove — the two—up two—down victorian terraced house, where the beatles star lived until he was nearly seven. it will be unveiled by george's widow, olivia,

at a ceremony this morning. he was born there. lovely. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. how is it looking? good morning. it is looking drier, thankfully. we have had heavy rain over the past days which caused some issues but today most of the rain is fizzling out. we have a lot of cloud. this picture in devon. the cloud will tend to break up with sunny spells coming through. as we head to the bank holiday weekend it is looking mixed. today, low pressure that brought the rain is fizzling out. we still have an old frontal system bringing cloud. and some showers in southern scotland, some in western parts of the british isles. the best of the sunshine in southern england, east anglia. there could be showers lingering in the afternoon across the south—west of england and

towards the north—east of england, south of scotland. sunshine in the north—east of scotland. cloud elsewhere tending to thin. temperatures around 14—19. this evening, most end the day on a dry note. overnight there could be mist patches particularly in central parts of england and wales. at the end of the night, more cloud and rain creeping into east anglia. temperatures in single figures so a fresh start to saturday. more sunshine tomorrow than today. an area of cloud and rain in norfolk, lincolnshire later in the day and cloud and rain in the far south—west. it should feel pleasant in the sunshine. mostly dry and settled. sunday into bank holiday monday, more of a chance of showers, some heavy and pandering. hit and miss up and down through the some heavy and pandering. hit and miss up and down through the bank holiday weekend.

we're used to seeing him performing on stage, but now alfie boe is shedding light on a cause much closer to home. he was just 23 when his father, alf, died from a brain tumour. now, nearly three decades on, he says not enough is being done to fund new treatments. alfie boejoins us, alongside hugh adams from brain tumour research. really interesting this. do you want to start by recollections of your dad and the time he was poorly. mr; dad and the time he was poorly. my dad and the time he was poorly. m dad was full dad and the time he was poorly. m1: dad was full of life, a bighearted, kind soul. then he got struck down with the brain tumour. it was a shock. we did not know how it came about, what caused it. and the decline, to see my father go downhill over the ten months we had left with him was so sad, so depressing. and a lot of people out there go through a similar thing i

went through. when was that? �*1993�*. went through. when was that? 1997. one would imagine _ went through. when was that? 1997. one would imagine in _ went through. when was that? 1997. one would imagine in that time things have moved forward but the sensesit things have moved forward but the senses it has not.— things have moved forward but the senses it has not. certainly not. we are talking — senses it has not. certainly not. we are talking about _ senses it has not. certainly not. we are talking about the _ senses it has not. certainly not. we are talking about the biggest i senses it has not. certainly not. wej are talking about the biggest cancer killer of— are talking about the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40 and _ killer of children and adults under 40 and if— killer of children and adults under 40 and if we are to improve that stark— 40 and if we are to improve that stark fact, — 40 and if we are to improve that stark fact, we need to invest in scientific— stark fact, we need to invest in scientific research, for scientists on the _ scientific research, for scientists on the bench to get it to patients on the bench to get it to patients on the _ on the bench to get it to patients on the bedside and if we invested 1% of the _ on the bedside and if we invested 1% of the national cancer spend, it will not — of the national cancer spend, it will not move the dial along. we are campaigning to work with government and get _ campaigning to work with government and get government money into this. to back_ and get government money into this. to back money charities have put into it _ to back money charities have put into it it — to back money charities have put into it it is— to back money charities have put into it. it is a team effort but has to be _ into it. it is a team effort but has to be done — into it. it is a team effort but has to be done otherwise we will not move _ to be done otherwise we will not move things on. you to be done otherwise we will not move things on.— to be done otherwise we will not move things on. you will know this territory well- _ move things on. you will know this territory well. there _ move things on. you will know this territory well. there is _ move things on. you will know this territory well. there is a _ move things on. you will know this territory well. there is a finite i territory well. there is a finite amount of money in the system and governments look carefully where they put their money. you are

obviously right to say more money is needed for research. but difficult decisions have to be made about how to prioritise. decisions have to be made about how to prioritise-— to prioritise. prioritise is the key word. we want _ to prioritise. prioritise is the key word. we want brain _ to prioritise. prioritise is the key word. we want brain tumour i to prioritise. prioritise is the key word. we want brain tumour is l word. we want brain tumour is categorised as a clinical priority and we — categorised as a clinical priority and we want innovative thought. we are asking _ and we want innovative thought. we are asking for parity of funding. with— are asking for parity of funding. with breast cancer, see what we have done with _ with breast cancer, see what we have done with leukaemia, we can achieve the same _ done with leukaemia, we can achieve the same with brain cancer, only if we fund _ the same with brain cancer, only if we fund to— the same with brain cancer, only if we fund to the same level. why do ou think we fund to the same level. why do you think it — we fund to the same level. why do you think it has _ we fund to the same level. why do you think it has happened, - we fund to the same level. why do you think it has happened, that i we fund to the same level. why do you think it has happened, that it i you think it has happened, that it has had less attention and less money? 1 has had less attention and less mone ? ~ , ., money? ithink it is momentum. if ou are money? ithink it is momentum. if you are looking — money? ithink it is momentum. if you are looking for— money? ithink it is momentum. if you are looking for money - money? ithink it is momentum. if you are looking for money to i money? ithink it is momentum. if you are looking for money to fund | you are looking for money to fund research — you are looking for money to fund research you get money, get progress, — research you get money, get progress, put in for more money and say this— progress, put in for more money and say this is— progress, put in for more money and say this is what we have achieved and what — say this is what we have achieved and what we can achieved with more money— and what we can achieved with more money and _ and what we can achieved with more money and us noble thing happens. it has not _ money and us noble thing happens. it has not happened with brain cancer and that— has not happened with brain cancer and that we have to challenge. also the thing _ and that we have to challenge. also the thing about the long—term advocate. it is important someone

like alfie _ advocate. it is important someone like alfie gets involved and tells a story— like alfie gets involved and tells a story and — like alfie gets involved and tells a story and says this is what happened, i have learned it has not moved _ happened, i have learned it has not moved on _ happened, i have learned it has not moved on in — happened, i have learned it has not moved on in the time since my father passed _ moved on in the time since my father passed and _ moved on in the time since my father passed and i— moved on in the time since my father passed and i am going to do something about it. it is a tremendous day to have alfie with us. . ~' , tremendous day to have alfie with us, ., " , ., tremendous day to have alfie with us. ., ~ , ., ., tremendous day to have alfie with us. talk us through what your family went through- _ us. talk us through what your family went through. it _ us. talk us through what your family went through. it is _ us. talk us through what your family went through. it is an _ us. talk us through what your family went through. it is an aggressive i went through. it is an aggressive form of cancer, or can be. 1 went through. it is an aggressive form of cancer, or can be.- went through. it is an aggressive form of cancer, or can be. i was at music college _ form of cancer, or can be. i was at music college and _ form of cancer, or can be. i was at music college and coming - form of cancer, or can be. i was at music college and coming home i form of cancer, or can be. i was at i music college and coming home every weekend to visit my dad. every single week, there was a dramatic change. it was so quick. it affected him in a major way. change. it was so quick. it affected him in a majorway. his change. it was so quick. it affected him in a major way. his emotions, his stages of the process of declining. it was rapid. do his stages of the process of declining. it was rapid. do you want to tell us about _ declining. it was rapid. do you want to tell us about this _ declining. it was rapid. do you want to tell us about this picture? - declining. it was rapid. do you want to tell us about this picture? this i to tell us about this picture? this was soon after _ to tell us about this picture? this was soon after he _ to tell us about this picture? “in 3 was soon after he came out of hospital. i was home from college again one weekend. i was heartbroken, absolutely heartbroken, because he was everything to me. i

have had more time without him now than i had with him. and the years i had with him i was a teenager, so... things i missed out on where he has not seen my career grow, but the most important thing, he has not seen my children. i never saw him hold my kids, bounce them on his knee. he loved his grandkids. it is things like that that this illness really affects, as well. find things like that that this illness really affects, as well. and because ofthe really affects, as well. and because of the symptoms — really affects, as well. and because of the symptoms of _ really affects, as well. and because of the symptoms of a _ really affects, as well. and because of the symptoms of a brain - really affects, as well. and because j of the symptoms of a brain tumour, it can be conflated with other illnesses. it can be conflated with other illnesses-_ it can be conflated with other illnesses. ., ., , , , illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the _ illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the gp _ illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the gp and _ illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the gp and the _ illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the gp and the gp - illnesses. that was a surprise. he went to the gp and the gp said i illnesses. that was a surprise. he i went to the gp and the gp said alf, you have flu. dismissed it, gave him antibiotics and painkillers. then he complained of chronic headaches. he went for an eye test and the

optician looked in his eye and said i think you have had a stroke, i would like you to go to hospital and have a brain scan and that is when they found the tumour. mitie have a brain scan and that is when they found the tumour. alfie telling a ersonal they found the tumour. alfie telling a personal story _ they found the tumour. alfie telling a personal story and _ they found the tumour. alfie telling a personal story and recalling - they found the tumour. alfie telling a personal story and recalling what| a personal story and recalling what happens then is important, above and beyond the idea of research that goes into it, just more knowledge that more people are aware maybe how hard it is to spot, how easily it can happen. hard it is to spot, how easily it can happen-— hard it is to spot, how easily it can happen. hard it is to spot, how easily it canh--en.'::::f ., , can happen. 100%. people can only su ort a can happen. 10096. people can only support a cause _ can happen. 10096. people can only suaport a cause if _ can happen. 10096. people can only support a cause if they _ can happen. 10096. people can only support a cause if they know - can happen. 10096. people can only support a cause if they know it - support a cause if they know it exists — support a cause if they know it exists. one in three know someone affected _ exists. one in three know someone affected by— exists. one in three know someone affected by a brain tumour. more than _ affected by a brain tumour. more than that— affected by a brain tumour. more than that will know about brain tumour— than that will know about brain tumour concern because of alfie boe. symptoms. _ tumour concern because of alfie boe. symptoms, as befits a complex disease, — symptoms, as befits a complex disease, the symptoms list is complex _ disease, the symptoms list is complex. there are three types, headaches, seizures and focal

symptoms. 75% of people get headaches and 75% of people do not -et a headaches and 75% of people do not get a brain— headaches and 75% of people do not get a brain tumour. fitting is sometimes the first sign. and then focal symptoms where the tumour is in the _ focal symptoms where the tumour is in the brain — focal symptoms where the tumour is in the brain. they are varied and might— in the brain. they are varied and might affect eyesight, hearing, smelt — might affect eyesight, hearing, smelt if— might affect eyesight, hearing, smell. if you have something uniquely— smell. if you have something uniquely complex and difficult, you need to— uniquely complex and difficult, you need to invest in research to understand otherwise you will not -et understand otherwise you will not get closer— understand otherwise you will not get closer to curing it.— get closer to curing it. cancer is not as simple — get closer to curing it. cancer is not as simple as _ get closer to curing it. cancer is not as simple as one _ get closer to curing it. cancer is not as simple as one illness, i get closer to curing it. cancer is not as simple as one illness, it| not as simple as one illness, it takes different forms particularly in the brain and you want to raise awareness on tour. what are you asking audiences to do? fin awareness on tour. what are you asking audiences to do? on tour, we will have collections, _ asking audiences to do? on tour, we will have collections, bucket - will have collections, bucket collections. in the programme, there is a flier where people can download an app and scan things to donate as much as they can. the thing is about this, this illness, it affects young

and old people. it is notjust an old person's illness. it can affect everybody. so my audience is a wide span of age ranges. i want to make people aware of that.— people aware of that. alfie, i dare sa over people aware of that. alfie, i dare say over the _ people aware of that. alfie, i dare say over the years, _ people aware of that. alfie, i dare say over the years, there - people aware of that. alfie, i dare say over the years, there must. people aware of that. alfie, i dare l say over the years, there must have been times when you have been singing and your dad must have been looming large. you sing some emotional songs. looming large. you sing some emotionalsongs. it looming large. you sing some emotional songs. it takes people to places. i did not know this part of your story. places. i did not know this part of yourstory. it places. i did not know this part of your story. it is part of the pot your story. it is part of the pot you are making. i imagine there are times when this is big in your head as you are singing.— as you are singing. yes. i have a son: in as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my _ as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my set— as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my set i _ as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my set i wrote _ as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my set i wrote with - as you are singing. yes. i have a song in my set i wrote with a - song in my set i wrote with a friend. it is called father and it is about him and what he did for me as a dad. it breaks my heart when i sing it and then i go into singing bring him home. i miss him. every

time i go on stage i ask him, dad, give us a hand, before i walk on stage. that is my only ritual and i can guarantee he always does. did he sing? he was a great singer. he always sang around the house. funny little songs. he was great, he was always entertaining. i little songs. he was great, he was always entertaining.— little songs. he was great, he was always entertaining. i read when he declined, always entertaining. i read when he declined. he _ always entertaining. i read when he declined, he kept _ always entertaining. i read when he declined, he kept apologising - always entertaining. i read when he declined, he kept apologising to - declined, he kept apologising to you, which says something about a person, worrying about the impact on theirfamily. person, worrying about the impact on their famil . ., ., , person, worrying about the impact on their family-— their family. that was hard hitting. when he literally _ their family. that was hard hitting. when he literally held _ their family. that was hard hitting. when he literally held my - their family. that was hard hitting. when he literally held my hand. i their family. that was hard hitting. i when he literally held my hand. and i was holding it when he passed away. he was unconscious and could not communicate. but being there at the time, to see him leave and feel him leave, it was incredible. he did apologise for the situation he was in. ~ . , , apologise for the situation he was in. . . , , ., ., , apologise for the situation he was in. . , , ., ~' in. which is 'ust what he was like. we ve in. which isjust what he was like. we very much _ in. which isjust what he was like. we very much appreciate - in. which isjust what he was like. we very much appreciate you - in. which isjust what he was like. i we very much appreciate you sharing the story. it is never easy. a lot

of time has passed, seeing those pictures with your dad. it of time has passed, seeing those pictures with your dad.— pictures with your dad. it was his anniversary _ pictures with your dad. it was his anniversary last _ pictures with your dad. it was his anniversary last weekend - pictures with your dad. it was his anniversary last weekend so i pictures with your dad. it was his anniversary last weekend so it i anniversary last weekend so it always hits home.— anniversary last weekend so it always hits home. sounds like he is with ou always hits home. sounds like he is with you on — always hits home. sounds like he is with you on stage. _ always hits home. sounds like he is with you on stage. and _ always hits home. sounds like he is with you on stage. and thank- always hits home. sounds like he is with you on stage. and thank you . with you on stage. and thank you because it will draw people's attention. alfie boe goes on tour this month where he'll be raising money for brain tumour research. he starts in ipswich on 30th may. i think it is the first time we have had alfie on set and not asked him to sing. i am not going to! you had alfie on set and not asked him to sing. i am not going to!- to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear- _ to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear- i _ to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear. i did _ to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear. i did a _ to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear. i did a duet _ to sing. i am not going to! you are in the clear. i did a duet last i in the clear. i did a duet last time. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. pro—israel and pro—palestine supporters have clashed in north london over the decision to show a film about the october the 7th attacks. it comes after grafitti was sprayed across the phoenix cinema in east finchley and pro—palestine groups called for the screening to be cancelled. crowds waving israeli flags then

staged a counter protest. directors ken loach and mike leigh have resigned as patrons of the cinema for showing the film. a man's been arrested after a stabbing at a medical centre in south london. police were called to the centre on granville road in sidcupjust before 1pm yesterday afternoon. a member of staff was injured on the arm and was taken to hospital. he's now been released. the suspect remains in custody. £12 million has been awarded to three london universities to support research into cardiovascular disease. imperial college, king's college and university college london will receive the funding from the british heart foundation. it's hoped it will help scientists to develop new treatments. tens of thousands of music lovers are descending on luton today for the start of bbc radio 1's big weekend. stars including raye, becky hill and coldplay will perform in the grounds of stockwood park. it's also shining a light on local talent with a line—up of home—grown artists,

including some who grew up nearby. i feel like especially when it comes to luton we've had so much negativity, and it's really on the rise now. so many good things are happening and i'm glad that the positive side of luton is being showcased more and seen and that perception is changing so i'm really proud of that. they're dotted across the capital and show where well known figures have lived and worked. now we're being invited to pick the next blue plaques. historic england says it wants to hear the stories of inspirational people from all walks of life, including those whose history has been hidden or forgotten. you have until the 19th ofjuly to make a nomination. travel now and let's see how the tube is looking. there are severe delays on the overground between surrey quays and clapham junction. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. we continue with largely fine and dry and settled conditions to end the week with some spells of sunshine around. and whilst it will be largely dry, there is still the risk though of a shower or two especially

as we head through the day across more western parts. there will be some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud into the afternoon a bit more widely, and temperatures again reaching around the mid to high teens with gentle winds. for the evening as well, any showers will tend to fade away. it's dry overnight, clearer skies developing especially by the end of the night, maybe a few patches of mist and fog and temperatures dipping down to around eight to ii celsius. maybe one or two spots a degree or two lower. for the rest of the bank holiday weekend, it becomes more unsettled. we are expecting some heavy showers to develop on sunday and bank holiday monday as well but for saturday at least, it should be largely dry and temperatures will climb up to around 21 celsius. it does become a bit cooler later on in the weekend and a bit more unsettled as well. there's more on our website and social media including the teenager born in london who's to become a saint. that's it for now, i'm backjust after nine.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhust. as we head into the second day of campaigning for in the next few minutes, we will be speaking to the labour leader sir keir starmer. it is day one of the general election campaign, yesterday rishi sunak was in all four nations, keir starmer was in kent, we know that change logo which was front and south —— centre of the campaign. we will speak to him in a few moments. yes, and it is the last day of parliament where legislation is going through. let's get a quick look at the weather first. i will not be holding my breath for an improvement.

we had some heavy and persistent rain for many of us but it is a drier picture this morning. some of us have got some sunshine to kick off the bank holiday weekend, this is the coast of east sussex. it will be drier and quite a lot of cloud out there. one or two showers because we have got the remnants of low pressure which has brought all the rain. we have cloud, producing some showers in parts of scotland, but further south some brightness for southern england and east anglia, still the risk of one or two showers into the afternoon. any rain will not be heavy or persistent like recent days, and there will be some brightness breaking through the cloud is specially across the north—east of scotland, south—east england as well. the warmer spots 19 or 20, england as well. the warmer spots 19 or20, but england as well. the warmer spots 19 or 20, but most of us typically in the mid to high teens today. into the mid to high teens today. into the evening hours and overnight, the

cloud is tending to melt away but we will see some mist and fog patches forming in central parts of england and wales but by the end of the night rain is starting to move into the coast of norfolk. a fresh start saturday morning. generally the bank holiday weekend is looking mixed, some sunshine and showers, it will feel a bit warmer into saturday, when the front trying to move in from the west, a bit more cloud in cornwall and devon and later on some rain working in. this area of cloud and rain for rain working in. this area of cloud and rainforthe rain working in. this area of cloud and rain for the likes of norfolk and rain for the likes of norfolk and lincolnshire as well, but for much of the uk it is a brighter day, drier and warmer so we are looking at temperatures a few degrees cooler particularly where we have got cloud and rain. saturday night and into sunday, this frontal system and area of low pressure shifts towards the east. that sets us up for a more

unsettled day on sunday. spells of sunshine, showers developing through the day, some could spark some thunderstorms as well. they will be hit and miss but if you catch one you will know about it. the warmest spotin you will know about it. the warmest spot in the sunshine 20 degrees or so, mid to high teens further north. largely dry for the north—east of scotland and up towards the northern isles. heading into bank holiday monday it will be another day of sunshine and showers, many of us start the day dry, showers will be concentrated across scotland and northern england where they could be heavy and thundery. there could be some further south so hit and miss, temperatures down a notch competitor saturday and sunday but high teens. normal for the saturday and sunday but high teens. normalfor the time of saturday and sunday but high teens. normal for the time of year. further across the week, unsettled, low pressure not far away so still sunshine and the threat of heavy and blustery showers. today and tomorrow at least for most of us it is

looking much drier. we are looking ahead to the fa cup final at wembley tomorrow, sarah, looking good, nice and clear? looking good, i think yeah, not too bad at all. there is some rain not far away but i think it will avoid the area for tomorrow. it’s far away but i think it will avoid the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny — the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny day. — the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny day, fa _ the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny day, fa cup _ the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny day, fa cup final- the area for tomorrow. it's always a lovely sunny day, fa cup final day. | it is 8:34am. as we head into the second day of campaigning for the general election, labour leader sir keir starmer is turning his attention to voters in scotland. hejoins us now from glasgow. ijust want i just want to take you south to islington north for a little while, former labour leaderjeremy corbyn has announced that he will stand for the constituency as an independent, he says, i hope those people who always support labour will understand that i'm here to represent the people of islington north on the same principles i have always had as an mp for this area.

what do you make of the fact that he will be standing there and will inevitably split the labour vote? that's a matter forjeremy, inevitably split the labour vote? that's a matterforjeremy, he has officially made his mind up about that. we will an excellent labour candidate in islington north, as we have got excellent labour candidates across the country. but in the end this election is about a choice, a choice of five more years of the chaos and division we have seen over the last iii years, or turning the page, and rebuilding our country with labour. that is what is on the ballot paper. whether it is in islington north or anywhere else across the country. we understand ou want across the country. we understand you want to _ across the country. we understand you want to turn _ across the country. we understand you want to turn a _ across the country. we understand you want to turn a page _ across the country. we understand you want to turn a page and i across the country. we understand you want to turn a page and make | across the country. we understand l you want to turn a page and make a change but one of the criticisms of labour over the past few years is that you are a party divided, is there a world in which you can contactjeremy corbyn or his allies and say, please stand down, this is not beyond the realms of possibility that the liberal democrats could win the seat? ., ., ~' that the liberal democrats could win the seat? ., ., ~ , , that the liberal democrats could win the seat? , , ., . ., the seat? look, this is a changed labour the seat? look, this is a changed labour party- _ the seat? look, this is a changed

labour party. and _ the seat? look, this is a changed labour party. and we _ the seat? look, this is a changed labour party. and we are - the seat? look, this is a changed labour party. and we are united| the seat? look, this is a changed. labour party. and we are united in understanding that only parties which are strong on the economy, on our defence, on security and borders, are trusted by the british public. only parties that have an absolute clarity about the missions that they want to achieve in government, in my case, ensuring we have got economic growth that is felt across the whole country, we have an nhs notjust back on its feet but fit for the future, that we have got clean power by 2030, great british energy...— british energy... briefly, ifi can... british energy... briefly, ifi can--- it— british energy... briefly, ifi can--- it is— british energy... briefly, ifi can... it is a _ british energy... briefly, ifi can... it is a changed i british energy... briefly, if i| can... it is a changed labour party--- _ can... it is a changed labour party... what _ can... it is a changed labour party... what is _ can... it is a changed labour party... what is important i can... it is a changed labour| party... what is important as can... it is a changed labour- party... what is important as part ofthat party... what is important as part of that change _ party... what is important as part of that change is _ party... what is important as part of that change is the _ party... what is important as part of that change is the unity - party... what is important as part of that change is the unity of i party... what is important as part of that change is the unity of the l of that change is the unity of the party and we know that within the party and we know that within the party there are some senior members, and rainierand party there are some senior members, and rainier and harriet party there are some senior members, and rainierand harriet harman, party there are some senior members, and rainier and harriet harman, who would like —— angela rayner and harriet harman who would like to see diane abbott reinstated, she has apologised and said she made a mistake, is it time to bring her

back? , , , ., back? firstly, i can tell you there is incredible _ back? firstly, i can tell you there is incredible support _ back? firstly, i can tell you there is incredible support in _ back? firstly, i can tell you there is incredible support in the i back? firstly, i can tell you there | is incredible support in the labour party for what we are trying to achieve amongst our members, activists and voters. if you look at the last local election results, we had a by—election with a massive swing to labour up in blackpool, 11 out of 12 mayoral teas. the idea that there is not momentum behind the change labour party needs to be seenin the change labour party needs to be seen in that context. on the question of diane abbott or any other individual, that is subject to party processes, they will be resolved pretty soon because the candidates have to be, the final list has to be announced within a relatively few number of days now. that will be a matter for our national executive committee. what i am focused on is the argument we need to take to the country now over the next six weeks about the choice, because the power of the vote is with those watching your programme, and i would say, if you want to change, and i think many people do

want it after iii years of failure, you have to vote for it. find want it after 14 years of failure, you have to vote for it.- want it after 14 years of failure, you have to vote for it. and we will be hearing — you have to vote for it. and we will be hearing more _ you have to vote for it. and we will be hearing more of— you have to vote for it. and we will be hearing more of that _ you have to vote for it. and we will be hearing more of that debate, i be hearing more of that debate, won't we? are we right in hearing the reports that you will go head—to—head with the prime minister in two live tv debate? lise head-to-head with the prime minister in two live tv debate?— in two live tv debate? live tv debates of _ in two live tv debate? live tv debates of that _ in two live tv debate? live tv debates of that nature - in two live tv debate? live tv debates of that nature are i in two live tv debate? live tv| debates of that nature are part in two live tv debate? live tv i debates of that nature are part and parcel of elections now, so of course there will be live tv debates. but i want to talk for as long as i can to voters directly, and take my message to them and hear from them, and have that discussion with them about the choice that they have. because in the end of the power is with those voters, that is the beauty if you like of our democracy. power returns to the voters. i want to be around the country talking to as many people about the offer we are putting on the table to rebuild our country after a decade of chaos and the client. ,, ., after a decade of chaos and the client. ., ., ~

client. some of them will make their minds u- client. some of them will make their minds up -- — client. some of them will make their minds up -- chaos _ client. some of them will make their minds up -- chaos and _ client. some of them will make their minds up -- chaos and decline. i client. some of them will make their| minds up -- chaos and decline. some minds up —— chaos and decline. some of them will make their minds up on these debates. conservatives have offered you a debate one a week and you have said no.— you have said no. there will be debates. _ you have said no. there will be debates. l— you have said no. there will be debates, i could _ you have said no. there will be debates, i could debate - you have said no. there will be debates, i could debate the i you have said no. there will be i debates, i could debate the prime minister once or 100 times, i know he is going to say everything is fine, the cost of living crisis is over, the nhs is brilliant, nobody is struggling. we hear that every week at prime minister's questions. we have that debate. and i want to talk directly to voters about what labour is offering, and why this is an election which is all about change. an election which is all about chance. �* , an election which is all about chance. 3 . ~ an election which is all about chance. �*, ., ~ ., ., ., change. let's talk about what labour is offerin: change. let's talk about what labour is offering then. _ change. let's talk about what labour is offering then. we _ change. let's talk about what labour is offering then. we have _ change. let's talk about what labour is offering then. we have heard i change. let's talk about what labour is offering then. we have heard the i is offering then. we have heard the new energy price cap this morning will see energy bills go down slightly, not massively, though. what people say to us when we're out and about is, i am skint, i cannot take the kids out or plan a summer holiday, why will labour make that better the electorate? i understand

what ou better the electorate? i understand what you are _ better the electorate? i understand what you are hearing _ better the electorate? i understand what you are hearing that _ better the electorate? i understand what you are hearing that because. better the electorate? i understand what you are hearing that because i am hearing that as well. the price gap is important and we were big advocates of a year ago in the middle of the energy crisis because energy prices were through the roof, people literally couldn't afford it. but the only long—term solution is to set up great british energy, the publicly owned company that we will set up based here in scotland, owned by the taxpayer, making money for the taxpayer, that will bring energy prices down for good. but the other thing about the cost of living crisis, we need to stabilise the economy. that's why rachel reeves has been so strict about her fiscal rules, because we know that if you lose control of the economy, it is working people who pay the price and many people have seen their mortgages go up, it has been part of discussions i have no doubt you have had them, hundreds of pounds a month because of the damage that liz truss and the tories did to the economy. we have to end that chaos, that is the first most important step that i

hope an incoming labour government will be able to achieve so we can reduce that pressure on the cost of living. reduce that pressure on the cost of livina. ~ . reduce that pressure on the cost of living. ., , .,, reduce that pressure on the cost of livin~.~ ., , .,�* living. what people don't necessarily _ living. what people don't necessarily understand i living. what people don'tj necessarily understand is living. what people don't i necessarily understand is how living. what people don't - necessarily understand is how the economic stability is going to work mathematically. tough spending rules, grow the economy, keep taxes, inflation and as is as low as possible while cutting nhs waiting times, it all sounds great but how does it equate?— times, it all sounds great but how does it equate? every single one of the first steps _ does it equate? every single one of the first steps we _ does it equate? every single one of the first steps we set _ does it equate? every single one of the first steps we set out _ does it equate? every single one of the first steps we set out is - does it equate? every single one of the first steps we set out is fully i the first steps we set out is fully funded and costed. let's take waiting lists, they are now a record nearly 8 million which means everybody watching this will either be on a waiting list himself or know someone who is. it has a huge human impact as people wait for replacement hip knees, hips, whatever it is. but it also means our economy is suffering because people who could be at work are not at work. those extra point which we have set out our funding by dealing

with the normal status effectively and properly, ithink with the normal status effectively and properly, i think if you live here you should pay taxes here, but also going after those who avoid that tax, billions of pounds which is not collected, by avoiding tax and i don't agree with that. that's where we would put our energies and get those lists down. you where we would put our energies and get those lists down.— get those lists down. you talk about where ou get those lists down. you talk about where you are _ get those lists down. you talk about where you are going _ get those lists down. you talk about where you are going to _ get those lists down. you talk about where you are going to conserve i get those lists down. you talk about| where you are going to conserve and apply your energy, and you talk of change, that is the key word for you. is there i think that is too much change? some voters say, i don't know where he stands on anything because of a series of u—turns on abolition of tuition fees, climatejustice, human rights when you attacked attacked the attacks on huthi in yemen. i’m when you attacked attacked the attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad ou attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought — attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought that — attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought that up, _ attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought that up, i— attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought that up, i said - attacks on huthi in yemen. i'm glad you brought that up, i said five i you brought that up, i said five years ago tuition fees abolished would be something i would like to see but i still think it is a tuition fee system which is unfair,

it is unfair on those who are at university and it is unfair on universities. after the damage that has been done to the economy and having costed abolishing tuition fees and bring down waiting lists, i am to political choice, i cannot do both because the economy has been so badly damaged. i have chosen that we will deal with the waiting lists and put the nhs back on its feet. those are difficult choices for leaders to make. but it is a reflection of where my priorities are, of course i still want to resolve tuition fees, there are other ways of doing that. but if i cannot afford both, i have got to choose one. i came into politics late but i think many people watching this will know in life, there are lots of things you want to do but when you actually start working out if you can afford them all, you have got to mix a make a difficult choice. so them all, you have got to mix a make a difficult choice.— a difficult choice. so long time, ou are a difficult choice. so long time, you are now — a difficult choice. so long time, you are now looking _ a difficult choice. so long time, you are now looking at -

a difficult choice. so long time, i you are now looking at abolishing tuition fees? ifia. you are now looking at abolishing tuition fees?— tuition fees? no, i think we are lookin: tuition fees? no, i think we are looking at _ tuition fees? no, i think we are looking at alternatives. - tuition fees? no, i think we are looking at alternatives. we i tuition fees? no, i think we are| looking at alternatives. we have tuition fees? no, i think we are i looking at alternatives. we have to looking at alternatives. we have to look at alternatives that because we cannot leave it. i would just like to say, i would much rather make the choices now about what we cannot afford to do and tell people before the election so they know straight from me, i don't think we can afford it, i am from me, i don't think we can afford it, iam not from me, i don't think we can afford it, i am not going to say it. what i will not do is pretend i can do is things and then tell people after the election that it's not going to happen. i think people are fed up to the back teeth with that. you happen. i think people are fed up to the back teeth with that.— the back teeth with that. you are north of the _ the back teeth with that. you are north of the border _ the back teeth with that. you are north of the border this - the back teeth with that. you are j north of the border this morning, talking about painting a clear picture for no voters. the reality of your six pledges is not that many will impact scotland because of devolution. i will impact scotland because of devolution-— devolution. i don't think that's ri . ht. devolution. i don't think that's riuht. if devolution. i don't think that's right- if you — devolution. i don't think that's right. if you look _ devolution. i don't think that's right. if you look at _ devolution. i don't think that's right. if you look at the - devolution. i don't think that's. right. if you look at the number one, which is stabilising the economy, that would have a massive impact in scotland because here in scotland, everybody is impacted by the cost of living crisis as they are across the rest of the country. great british energy, which is an important step, is vital for

scotland and great british energy is actually going to be based here in scotland. i will be launching the scottish campaign later, and reiterating our commitment that this will not only be based in scotland but will create tens of thousands of jobs in scotland. this is going to be a change election. but there isn't any change without scotland so scotland if you like central to my mission to change our country for the better. mission to change our country for the better-— the better. part of a changed government _ the better. part of a changed government is _ the better. part of a changed government is perhaps i the better. part of a changed i government is perhaps keeping the better. part of a changed - government is perhaps keeping hold of some of the policy is that the former government, if you win the keys to number 10, have pledged. the smoking ban that is not going to make it through parliament before the election, will you be reinstating it?— the election, will you be reinstatin: it? . , reinstating it? well, the smoking ban is important, _ reinstating it? well, the smoking ban is important, we _ reinstating it? well, the smoking ban is important, we have - reinstating it? well, the smoking i ban is important, we have supported it, it was supported on a cross—party basis, and probably more by my party than rishi sunak�*s in the end. it didn't get to the end

process that parliament is going through. we are committed to it, so of course we want to take that forward. i hope there is the same cross—party consensus after the election, i suspect there will be. depending on the make—up of parliament. aware we have made a commitment, we will honour the commitments, where we have made them. �* . , commitments, where we have made them. �* ., , , ., ., , them. and finally, it is a long six weeks ahead. — them. and finally, it is a long six weeks ahead, a _ them. and finally, it is a long six weeks ahead, a marathon - them. and finally, it is a long six weeks ahead, a marathon not i them. and finally, it is a long six weeks ahead, a marathon not a l weeks ahead, a marathon not a sprint, it can't all be about politics, what will you be going to get back this weekend? i am politics, what will you be going to get back this weekend? i am looking forward to upholding _ get back this weekend? i am looking forward to upholding the _ get back this weekend? i am looking forward to upholding the idea - get back this weekend? i am looking forward to upholding the idea of i forward to upholding the idea of walking back into my family home and seeing my wife and kids, and when i do so i will put the package of labour leader at the door and become a dad. , ., labour leader at the door and become adad. , ., ., , a dad. trying to compartmentalise doesnt a dad. trying to compartmentalise doesn't always _ a dad. trying to compartmentalise doesn't always work! _ a dad. trying to compartmentalise doesn't always work! it _ a dad. trying to compartmentalise doesn't always work! it doesn't i doesn't always work! it doesn't alwa s! doesn't always work! it doesn't always! thank _ doesn't always work! it doesn't always! thank you _ doesn't always work! it doesn't always! thank you very - doesn't always work! it doesn't always! thank you very much. l doesn't always work! it doesn't i always! thank you very much. thank ou.

ahead of the general election, mps have been scrambling to pass key laws before parliament dissolves next week, including one which will overturn convictions for some former sub—postmasters. those in england, wales and northern ireland who were wrongly convicted as part of the horizon it scandal will have their names cleared today. it comes as the former post office boss paula vennells has arrived at the post office inquiry, in the past half an hour, for her final day of questioning. ben is there for us this morning with some of those who've been affected. good morning. the investigation carries on that today we have the news that those conditions will be quashed, such an important day for those individuals caught up in the scandal —— those convictions will be quashed to. scandal -- those convictions will be quashed ta— scandal -- those convictions will be quashed te— quashed to. yes, a huge week for those who — quashed to. yes, a huge week for those who were _ quashed to. yes, a huge week for those who were the _ quashed to. yes, a huge week for those who were the victims - quashed to. yes, a huge week for those who were the victims of - quashed to. yes, a huge week for. those who were the victims of those wrongful convictions as part of the post of the post office horizon it

system, they have been waiting for years to have their names cleared and the convictions quashed and today that finally happens. meanwhile here at the inquiry paula vennells faces a third and final day of questions, from lawyers representing the sub—postmaster playback. let's speak to a couple of them, jess and scott. what you have seen over the last couple of days, how important has it been to see the former boss of the post of his question and did you get answers? good morning. we did get broken answers_ good morning. we did get broken answers as — good morning. we did get broken answers as always, nothing was solid, _ answers as always, nothing was solid. a — answers as always, nothing was solid, a few tears, we did get an apology— solid, a few tears, we did get an apology which i don't think anybody is going _ apology which i don't think anybody is going to — apology which i don't think anybody is going to accept. but she did apologise. shejust is going to accept. but she did apologise. she just needs to tell the truth — apologise. she just needs to tell the truth. she has her chance today to do— the truth. she has her chance today to do that _ the truth. she has her chance today to do that as— the truth. she has her chance today to do that as well. she knows there was hugs _ to do that as well. she knows there was bugs and glitches and she

admitted that yesterday, those have affected _ admitted that yesterday, those have affected all of us postmasters. it needs— affected all of us postmasters. it needs to — affected all of us postmasters. it needs to be sorted.— needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerued needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerged in _ needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerged in the _ needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerged in the that _ needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerged in the that they - needs to be sorted. yesterday it emerged in the that they had i needs to be sorted. yesterday it| emerged in the that they had the opportunity to review past cases which would have covered both of yours and assess the evidence again but a decision was made not to do that because according to the pr advisor, they wawide about the negative news coverage. how did you feel when you saw that? i negative news coverage. how did you feel when you saw that?— feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised. _ feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised. it _ feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised, it is _ feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised, it is another - feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised, it is another ten - feel when you saw that? i wasn't surprised, it is another ten years for everybody to even get to this point when we hear from her, for everybody to even get to this point when we hearfrom her, she hasn't spoken all these years. nothing is a surprise any more, it isjust more shocking nothing is a surprise any more, it is just more shocking revelations every time. it has ruined ten years, and it is still going on. it would have been cleared up a longtime ago. have been cleared up a long time auo. ., ,

have been cleared up a long time aao_ ., , ., , , ago. today is the day when lawyers who represent _ ago. today is the day when lawyers who represent you _ ago. today is the day when lawyers who represent you and _ ago. today is the day when lawyers who represent you and the - ago. today is the day when lawyers who represent you and the other. who represent you and the other sub—postmaster playback gets to put pressures on your behalf —— supposed —— sub—postmaster sketch to put questions to her, what are you thinking that you want to hear? i want to know who decided to do such an attritional action against us, every time we tried to find anything else, they pulled the rug, it was sweeping us out of the way all the time, i would love to know who initiated all of that. i time, i would love to know who initiated all of that.— initiated all of that. i will leave it to the professionals, - initiated all of that. i will leave it to the professionals, they i initiated all of that. i will leave i it to the professionals, they have -ot it to the professionals, they have got their— it to the professionals, they have got their questions that they want to ask _ got their questions that they want to ask. she needs to answer them, she needs — to ask. she needs to answer them, she needs to— to ask. she needs to answer them, she needs to give us honest answers. i think— she needs to give us honest answers. i think it _ she needs to give us honest answers. i think it has — she needs to give us honest answers. i think it has gone on too long. i have _ i think it has gone on too long. i have been— i think it has gone on too long. i have been waiting 15 years, people have been waiting 15 years, people have been— have been waiting 15 years, people have been waiting 15 years, people have been waiting over 20 years for this day. _ have been waiting over 20 years for this day, let's see what happens. i want this day, let's see what happens. want to this day, let's see what happens. i want to touch on this law that takes

effect from today clearing the names of hundreds of sub—postmasters who work wrongly convicted. jess, you are not convicted but scott, you were, and it took ten years to be quashed, what impact will that wrongful conviction have on the lives of those who has affected? yes, it affects everything, we have got a criminal record so you couldn't get a job. having it overturned en masse, hopefully it will save years. it stays on your e record for seven years, i got a three—month suspended prison sentence but that is on your record for seven years. hopefully those people will not have to have that. the law makes a provision for £600,000 settlement without having to go through the formal claim process, does that go towards writing some of the rungs and the losses that people suffer who have

had problems? for losses that people suffer who have had problems?— losses that people suffer who have had problems? for most people it is not enough. — had problems? for most people it is not enough, even _ had problems? for most people it is not enough, even loss _ had problems? for most people it is not enough, even loss of— had problems? for most people it is not enough, even loss of earnings i had problems? for most people it is not enough, even loss of earnings it | not enough, even loss of earnings it isn't not as much as that. the people who are not affected by that much it might be ok but it is only a small percentage. this much it might be ok but it is only a small percentage.— much it might be ok but it is only a small percentage. as we hear more from paula — small percentage. as we hear more from paula vennells _ small percentage. as we hear more from paula vennells today, - small percentage. as we hear more from paula vennells today, are - small percentage. as we hear more from paula vennells today, are we | from paula vennells today, are we inching closer to somebody taking accountability and responsibility do you feel, or is that still some way off? ,, , ., ., , you feel, or is that still some way off? ,, , , off? still some way off because nobod is off? still some way off because nobody is admitting _ off? still some way off because nobody is admitting to - off? still some way off because j nobody is admitting to anything off? still some way off because - nobody is admitting to anything and they are _ nobody is admitting to anything and they are not going to because they have got— they are not going to because they have got too much protection behind thenr~ _ have got too much protection behind thenr~ they— have got too much protection behind them. they have big lawyers out there _ them. they have big lawyers out there we — them. they have big lawyers out there. we are just a small people. but when — there. we are just a small people. but when i — there. we are just a small people. but when i go back to my story, but i did but when i go back to my story, but i did get— but when i go back to my story, but i did get arrested and all the rest of it. _ i did get arrested and all the rest of it. i_ i did get arrested and all the rest of it, i tried to commit suicide twice — of it, i tried to commit suicide twice my— of it, i tried to commit suicide twice. my children could have been without— twice. my children could have been without a _ twice. my children could have been without a mum. my husband could have been without a wife. my mum could have been— been without a wife. my mum could have been without a daughter, and my

brother— have been without a daughter, and my brother could have been without a sister. _ brother could have been without a sister. att— brother could have been without a sister, all down to her.— sister, all down to her. when you ut it as sister, all down to her. when you put it as starkly _ sister, all down to her. when you put it as starkly as _ sister, all down to her. when you put it as starkly as that, - sister, all down to her. when you put it as starkly as that, it - sister, all down to her. when you put it as starkly as that, it really| put it as starkly as that, it really hits home, the impact it has had. what are your thoughts, scott? she didn't start what are your thoughts, scott? sue: didn't start this, but she presided over the cover—up. she has presided over the cover—up. she has presided over the cover—up for so many people when all they wanted was the truth, and to have this legal nightmare to one side and it is still going on today. likejess says, i don't think we are getting nearer to anyone being prosecuted because they will not admit things and there is an imbalance of power, it is hard to imagine the law catching up with these people. i hope it does, but i will believe it when i see it. i know how hard it is to keep reliving and talking about what you have been through but i really appreciate you doing it for us this morning. scott and yes, thank you very much indeed. —— and jess. this evidence from paula vennells is something that they have waited years for and they

have waited years for their convictions to be quashed and this week suddenly it feels like at last things are starting to move a little more quickly than they have been up until now. thank you very much. clearly emotion is very rule there. full coverage of the ongoing investigation today across the bbc. you might not think chasing a wheel of cheese down a very steep hill is a particularly gouda idea, but this weekend people from across the world will travel to gloucestershire to do just that. are you pleased with that one? i did not write it but _ are you pleased with that one? i did not write it but it _ are you pleased with that one? i did not write it but it does not displease me.— not write it but it does not dislease me. . i. , ., displease me. are you disassociating ourself displease me. are you disassociating yourself with — displease me. are you disassociating yourself with it? _ displease me. are you disassociating yourself with it? i _ displease me. are you disassociating yourself with it? i don't _ displease me. are you disassociating yourself with it? i don't mind, - yourself with it? i don't mind, let's see _ yourself with it? i don't mind, let's see how _ yourself with it? i don't mind, let's see how you _ yourself with it? i don't mind, let's see how you get - yourself with it? i don't mind, let's see how you get on. - the centuries old tradition sees people throwing themselves down the incline often getting hurt in a bid to prove they're feta than the rest and bring home the giant double gloucester. i think ithink mine i think mine was slightly better.

our reporter steve knibbs has more. a—tumbling they go down the one in three gradient chasing a three kilo cheese for 200 yards before often landing with a bump. the biggest challenge, of course, staying on your feet. some run and hope for the best. others roll like the cheese. and when the weather's not so good, there's the option to slide. there's an often talked about moment when defending champion craig brown was stretchered off the hill. his body had ended up in positions that it probably hadn't been in before, and certainly haven't been in since. let me take you back to 2002 and watch closely. craig had started well, but then, as can happen on the hill, it all went a bit wrong. craig ended up with 22 stitches and plenty of aches and pains. no regrets? none at all. it was good fun. we took a lot of people up

there with us because when somebody you know is doing something quite crazy, all yourfriends want to be on board with it. they don't want to do it as such, but they're on board to watch you do it. the thing about this unforgiving hill is that it doesn't matter how hard you try, or what you're wearing, it's so difficultjust to stay on your own two feet. there are plenty of pitfalls on the way down for the competitors, but there is one thing that seems to elicit the most squeals and oohs from the crowd. and that's the famous cheese rolling face plant. but then look out for one of last year's champions, delaney irving from canada, as she flies into shot. there she goes. and face plants herself into unconsciousness. but don't worry, she was fine. i remember running and then i hurt my head. and then i woke up in the tent. the question is, are you going to come back next year and do it again to reclaim your title?

i think i will. despite the injuries. despite the injuries, i think it's worth it. without doubt, the cheese rolling is a sight to behold. a crazy, odd, bewildering, very british tradition. and once more, the stage on cooper's hill is set. oh, the anticipation. steve knibbs, bbc news. there is not a lot i would not do for a wheel of cheese but i draw the line there. ., _, , line there. kind of compelling when ou watch line there. kind of compelling when you watch the _ line there. kind of compelling when you watch the damage _ line there. kind of compelling when you watch the damage people - line there. kind of compelling when you watch the damage people do i line there. kind of compelling when you watch the damage people do to themselves. more than 100 brass bands will be descending onto the streets of saddleworth and oldham today, sounding the horn for the area's 140th whit brass band contest. this is a huge day in this part of

the world, whit friday, the competition amongst a lot of brass bands, more than 130 starts tonight after lipm, bands, more than 130 starts tonight after4pm, but bands, more than 130 starts tonight after lipm, but this morning the walk takes place, right across this area. we have been privileged to this morning because we have had people from oldham brass band performing with delph brass band, and that never normally happens because this is competitive, isn't it? definitely, yes.- is competitive, isn't it? definitely, yes. is competitive, isn't it? definitel , es. ., ., ., definitely, yes. maria moved from switzerland _ definitely, yes. maria moved from switzerland just _ definitely, yes. maria moved from switzerland just to _ definitely, yes. maria moved from switzerland just to come - definitely, yes. maria moved from switzerland just to come here. - switzerland just to come here. amazing! how competitive is it? extremely, every year it is a fight to the _ extremely, every year it is a fight to the death. extremely, every year it is a fight to the death-— to the death. who is going to win this year? _ to the death. who is going to win this year? me! _ to the death. who is going to win this year? me! they _ to the death. who is going to win this year? me! they are - to the death. who is going to win this year? me! they are not - to the death. who is going to win l this year? me! they are not setting u . this year? me! they are not setting u- until this year? me! they are not setting up until bang on 9am because that is a 140—year—old tradition. but what we call the rehearsal in the world of brass band? irate we call the rehearsal in the world of brass band?— we call the rehearsal in the world of brass band? ~ ., ., ., ., of brass band? we are going to have a blow through- _ of brass band? we are going to have a blow through. to _ of brass band? we are going to have a blow through. to take _ of brass band? we are going to have a blow through. to take it _ of brass band? we are going to have a blow through. to take it away, - a blow through. to take it away, cu s.

how awesome is that! let's get the headlines but we will be filming at 9am and we will show you in a short while how fantastic this event is, 11 villages all over the foothills of the pennines, taking part in this important its friday procession. —— whit friday procession. 140 years old, fantastic, that lady kept hold of her handbag throughout!

live from london, this is bbc news. day two of the general election campaign. the labour leader has been making his pitch to voters and has denied reports he is running scared to face rishi sunak on tv. he is auoin to to face rishi sunak on tv. he is going to say _ to face rishi sunak on tv. he is going to say everything - to face rishi sunak on tv. he is going to say everything is - to face rishi sunak on tv. he is going to say everything is fine, | to face rishi sunak on tv. he: 3 going to say everything is fine, the cost of living crisis is over. goad cost of living crisis is over. good mornin: cost of living crisis is over. good morning from — cost of living crisis is over. good morning from northern - cost of living crisis is over. good morning from northern ireland i cost of living crisis is over. good morning from northern ireland where rishi sunak is continuing his whistle—stop tour. we will bring you the latest from the campaign trail. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn says he

will stand as an independent candidate against his own party in his north london constituency. also today, hundreds of sub—postmasters who were found guilty as part of the horizon it scandal have their names cleared today after the law quashing the convictions was approved at westminster. hello, welcome to the programme. todayis hello, welcome to the programme. today is the last day for mp5 to debate and pass bills into law before the general election. party leaders are travelling to all four corners of the uk. the labour leader keir starmer is in scotland. rishi sunak is visiting northern ireland. let's go live and political correspondent nick eardley is travelling with him. we spoke yesterday, your magical mystery tour

continues, where are you off to today?