events early by the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg — mr stride said that the prime minister "recognised a mistake" saying he had "apologised unequivocally". let's bring you more now on the breaking news that a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area. the islands mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday, new cctv footage emerged showing him heading towards a path that would have taken him over miles of exposed hillside. the search effort has been widespread and has included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi

and outside the island. mr mosley presented programmes on health, and his books on intermittent fasting for weight loss have sold millions of copies worldwide. his family had said the last few days have been "unbearable." dr michael mosley�*s former co—presenter on trust me i'm a doctor — dr saleyha ahsan joined us earlier. i just want to begin with sending my deepest, sincerest condolences to michael's family, the last few days and today have been horrendous for them. i think, for those of us that worked with michael and know him as the resourceful, inventive man he is, we just hoped that there would be good news at the end of this, just kept thinking he would find a way to make it out and we would have a hell of a story

from him, so even though things were stacked against him as the days rolled on, just kept hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal identification of this body, which we learned had been found today, but the sheer number of people who have expressed concern just shows esteem in which he has been held for many years. definitely. michael is a national treasure. he is so personable. i remember when i was first invited to audition for the programme, it included sitting down and doing an on—screen tape with michael, and when i heard about it, i was nervous, but the moment i arrived and sat down with him in front of the camera, i forgot the cameras were there, and i have been thinking about it a lot today,

that was my first experience of working like that with someone in television and really i can now appreciate that not everyone is able to make other people feel so at ease with lights and cameras in front of them, but then to forget about all of that and just focus on the science, the story and the message we're to get out, he is such a hugely talented man. a former co—presenter on pedal trust me i'm a doctor. we havejust had an update about the discovery of the body. we are now being told that the body. we are now being told that the body found has been examined by the coroner and put on a stretcher so it can be taken to the mortuary. about is approaching the dock close to

where the body where was found and that it will be transferred, we don't know where. perhaps to the mainland or a larger island. as yet, we do not have a formal identification of the remains. here, all the main political parties are out campaigning for the general election. labour has set out plans to relieve pressure on prisons and says it would change the planning rules to boost the prison building programme in england if it wins the general election. meanwhile, the conservatives are pledging to halt the rising cost of welfare by changing the benefits system, ending what rishi sunak has described as "sick note culture". the liberal democrats are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow. our political correspondent jack fenwick told us to what extent we'll see the campaigns ramp up this week. we've had things like the tv debate starting. we've had the big row about this claim from the prime minister that labour would raise taxes. and what we're going

to get in the next week or so is the manifestos from all of the main political parties. and what that generally comes with obviously is a little bit more detail in terms of specific policies. we've heard quite a lot from the conservatives on some of their new policies so far. we're likely to hear similar things from the others, but it also comes with that classic question of how are you going to pay for this? that obviously speaks to the tax row that's been going on and we've seen a flavour of that this morning. nigel farage, for example, was asked this morning what public spending cuts he would make. he said the reform uk will be fleshing that out more tomorrow. and also we've had the snp sort of challenging labour, if you like to, to come clean, as they would say, about exactly what spending cuts may have to happen. because we've heard from economists throughout this campaign that the dark cloud is what one economics group said. the dark cloud hanging over this election, they say, is the state of public finances, and they've called on the main political parties to be more open about how difficult that may be. how difficult is it, then,

for those not in power and haven't been in powerfor a while to really understand what the finances look like if you've not got hold of the books? yeah, that's very difficult. and for example, the labour party today are launching this policy around more prison places, more jails and changing the planning laws to make it easier to build more. that's in a bid to counteract overcrowding in prisons. and we've heard for a number of weeks and months now that the conservative government has been letting people out earlier than they may otherwise have done. because of that. labour are saying as the point you make, that they can't get into all of the details about how they would deal with this sort of thing because they've not seen what the government's seen. so i expect that sort of thing to come up a lot, particularly when labour are asked questions about even more minor details. expect that point about them not being in government to be one that will require a lot. that was our political correspondent. the labour campaign bus has rolled into essex. as you heard, the party is focusing on law and order.

speaking after a campaign event, sir keir starmer was critical of a scheme which releases prisoners early — and says there needs to be reform. well, i am critical of the tories early release scheme because what's happened is that they're releasing early prisoners who should still be in prison and that's a shocking state of affairs and like the many problems that they have left for the country, if we do come into power, we're going to have to fix it. now, that will involve building prisons. that will involve taking tough decisions because the money's been allocated for prison building, but there are tough decisions about planning and getting those prisons up. but what we can't have is a continuation of this total mess on criminaljustice, where you've got prisoners being released early, you've got, if you can believe it, an order, an instruction for the government to the police not to arrest people who need to be arrested. that is such stark evidence of the chaos and division and the failure of the last 14 years and the reason why at this election,

it's all about a choice to continue like that or to turn the page and start rebuilding our country. obviously, in this case, starting with our prisons now, starting with our prisons. the ifs says spending cuts of £18 billion are on the way. unless you raise some taxes, you promise you won't raise income tax, national insurance and vat. but surely something's got to give. can you rule out making spending cuts to public services? let me be crystal clear about this. we will not be raising taxes on working people. that means we won't be raising income tax, national insurance or vat. we will launch our manifesto very soon and that will have no tax surprises in it because all of our plans are fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we've already announced. what we do need to do, just to take up the challenge that's being put to us, is we do need to grow the economy. we do need to make sure that the economy and living standards across the whole

country are growing. and that's why step one in government, if we get to serve our country, will be to stabilise and grow oui’ economy. but can you rule out spending cuts? we are not returning to austerity. we will grow our economy. that will start by stabilising the economy because the tories have lost control of the economy and its working people are paying the price for that. we've got to turn that around, stabilise the economy and then get the growth that we need desperately across the whole country. sir keir starmer, the labour leader. sunday with laura kuenssberg has been hearing from many of the main parties this morning, the work and pensions secretary mel stride defended rishi sunak�*s apology for leaving this week's d—day commemorations early. the prime minister has not run away from this — he has put his hands up, recognised a mistake and apologised. unequivocally, actually — he uses the words "i am sorry". he feels it very deeply, and i know that because i know him quite well and i know how patriotic he was. he of course attended

the events in portsmouth, attended the british—led events in normandy, but he did not attend the international event in normandy, and he accepts that's a mistake. let's speak to tim bale, professor of politics at queen mary university of london. thank you very much forjoining us. we get the manifestos and then it is out with the calculators, i suppose, to see what they can really afford because that is going to hang over all of the parties, isn't it? costing it? yes, it is. we have had a lot of attempts of showing what figures each parties want to put on it. this time i think you will see the independent think tanks be able to really get hold of the spending plans and go through them with a fine tooth comb. only then, i think, will we get some kind of definitive judgment on what it's going to cost

and how they will be funded. the conservatives _ and how they will be funded. the conservatives had a go at this with the £2000 tax rise figure which was actually over four years if the labour party were to get in. even if it is debunked, once the figures are out there, they are still in the minds of people. how do you overturn something that turns out not to be true? . , ., ,., true? that is what the polling shows. true? that is what the polling shows- it _ true? that is what the polling shows. it shows _ true? that is what the polling shows. it shows that - true? that is what the polling shows. it shows that quite . true? that is what the polling shows. it shows that quite a i true? that is what the polling i shows. it shows that quite a few people are uncertain about the labour party's plans. what they can do is just hope that when their manifesto comes out and the independent think tanks go through it, they come up with a rather different number than what the tories have come up with. i think on the other hand, i think the fact that the treasury criticised it that probably has enabled the labour party to fight back in some ways and says this has something to do with

rishi sunak�*s character, he's a liar as they suggest. may have in some ways neutralise that attack, but not completely. we ways neutralise that attack, but not comletel . ~ ., ways neutralise that attack, but not comletel . ~ . , ways neutralise that attack, but not completely-— completely. we heard this morning that stephen _ completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn _ completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn from _ completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn from the - completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn from the snp . completely. we heard this morning l that stephen flynn from the snp and nigel farage leading reform uk, they fully expect sir keir starmer to be the next prime minister. where does that leave the conservatives and the labour party for that matter if you don't want to rest on your laurels? it could be a problem for the labour party in the sense that voters think that they do not really need to come out for the party because it is going to win easily. i think that might affect turn out. so they will have to work very hard to persuade people that they are not being complacent. as for the conservatives, it looks as if they are aiming a bit of a life and death fight with reform uk. it looks as if there might be crossover with the

polls where reform uk go into the lead. i don't think the conservatives will be quite as badly beaten and some people suggest, but it is pretty clear that reform uk particularly with nigel farage —— nigel farage at the lead is going to really be a problem. what nigel farage at the lead is going to really be a problem.— nigel farage at the lead is going to really be a problem. what about this d-da really be a problem. what about this 0-day gaffe — really be a problem. what about this 0-day gaffe from — really be a problem. what about this d-day gaffe from rishi _ really be a problem. what about this d-day gaffe from rishi sunak? - really be a problem. what about this d-day gaffe from rishi sunak? i - d—day gaffe from rishi sunak? i think it really has cut through to the public, the optics were terrible. no one knows how that decision was made, but i think it is something that is going to fuse in people's minds image of rishi sunak which was not very popular at the time, but now it has gone quite negative. the polling coming out next week is going to show that it will be even worse. that is a real problem because voters these days take these things into an account

when they are thinking about which way to vote and issues like the economy and the nhs and immigration. professor tim bale, always good to talk to you. thank you for your time. the snp's westminster leader stephen flynn insisted independence is still his party's number one priority. our position is very clear. page one, line one of our manifesto says — a vote for the snp is a vote for an independent nation. that is what the snp stand for, that is what we believe in and of course, if we win the election, it will be for the uk parliament, it will be for kier starmer, in all likelihood the next prime minister, to then determine whether he will adhere to the democratic wishes of the people of scotland or whether he will simply follow the well trodden path of theresa may or borisjohnson or liz truss or of rishi sunak. by denying the democratic will of the people of scotland. stephen flynn from the snp. i've

been speaking to understand more about patterns of polling. we thou . ht about patterns of polling. - thought very little movement in the polls. it was the lowest. we will have to wait until they come out with new polls and my company will be out tomorrow in the next day. so we can see how nigel farage will affect politics. and also the d—day gaffe from rishi sunak. we are getting a sense that there might be something in favour of the reform uk party. we will have to wait to get a clearer picture, but overall, the overarching theme has been rishi sunakfailing to overarching theme has been rishi sunak failing to narrow the polls. it was thought that he would be able to win back some of the undecided voters, and that is not happening. how unusual is it to go through the country when you're poll ratings are

so low? it country when you're poll ratings are so low? , , . ., ., so low? it is unprecedented to go into the polls _ so low? it is unprecedented to go into the polls when _ so low? it is unprecedented to go into the polls when you're - so low? it is unprecedented to go into the polls when you're 20 - so low? it is unprecedented to go i into the polls when you're 20 points behind. no prime minister has chosen to go to the polls facing so much deficit when they did not absolutely have to. there has been talk that this has caught the conservative party by surprise. it is an unusual campaign to start with. the result might be spectacular as well. we are going to have to wait and see. how much difference _ going to have to wait and see. how much difference does it make once the manifestos are published and we can have a more detailed look at what is being proposed and how it is going to be paid for? we what is being proposed and how it is going to be paid for?— going to be paid for? we have seen that manifesto _ going to be paid for? we have seen that manifesto policies _ going to be paid for? we have seen that manifesto policies can - going to be paid for? we have seen that manifesto policies can make i going to be paid for? we have seen that manifesto policies can make a| that manifesto policies can make a difference. if you think about theresa may's 27 —— 2017 campaign. a lot of that was put down to a very

unpopular manifesto policy which was about the dementia tax. we can see that manifestos can impact the direction. i think they are probably unlikely to impact them in rishi sunak�*s favour. but we hear is that voters are not going to be judging rishi sunak on what he promises to do partly because most of them don't think they will be in power after the election but mostly because voters say we are notjudging you on what you say you're going to do, but what you say you're going to do, but what you say you're going to do, but what you have already done and that is notjust rishi sunak�*s administration, but the previous 1a years. and secondly, we can see that the labour party strategy has been... not about winning new people over, it is about not scaring the horses. i would over, it is about not scaring the horses. iwould imagine over, it is about not scaring the horses. i would imagine we would not see a lot of bold things from the labour party connect i'm not going

to say... it is about not scaring anyone off. i would suspect that unless something goes dramatically wrong for either parties, we are not going to see a huge shift when the manifestos are released to. bbc�*s simonjones is with the labour leader in essex today. the focus is moving to law and order? �* ., . ., order? i'm on the election battle bus. be order? i'm on the election battle bus- be bent _ order? i'm on the election battle bus. be bent visiting _ order? i'm on the election battle bus. be bent visiting places - order? i'm on the election battle bus. be bent visiting places in i bus. be bent visiting places in essex and essex is a vital area for the labour party if they want to gain power in the general election because currently the mps that were there before the parliament was dissolved, all 18 were conservatives. so the labour party really needs to make gains in areas like this one. sir kier starmer gave his speech to local party members in front of a motorbike. and it had a

big sticker on it saying anti—social behaviour and that was really the topic of this morning's visit. sir kier starmer says that the local communities are being terrorised particularly by people who ride around on these bikes causing havoc, creating a lot of noise and he says there will be new powers to allow there will be new powers to allow the authorities to seize these bikes and crush them. the leadership of our team to give out these leaflets with their six first steps if they win power and numberfive is tackling anti—social behaviour. as we were waiting we saw someone ride passed on motor back really loudly at quite a speed. that is an example on what they want to crack down on. we spoke to one local resident was that it really is difficult because people are trying to sleep at night and then you have all these bikers coming out creating a lot of noise

and traffic. and the labour party are saying they want to restore neighbourhood policing so it can be easier and quicker to crack on things like that.— easier and quicker to crack on things like that. simon, thank you very much- _ things like that. simon, thank you very much. that _ things like that. simon, thank you very much. that is _ things like that. simon, thank you very much. that is simon - things like that. simon, thank you very much. that is simon jones i things like that. simon, thank you l very much. that is simon jones with very much. that is simonjones with the labour campaign out on the road. if you are here in the uk will be able to watch the first of a series of panoramic interviews. they will be interviewing the prime minister tomorrow night at eight o'clock. the pressure on public services is a key issue from education to the courts and social care. today we're focusing on schools and their struggle to address a range of social issues beyond teaching. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been to one primary school in telford where teachers are helping with potty training and basic communication. which column do i start with? you add these for me. a simple maths lesson — a familiar part of the school day for most pupils. fantastic. move onto the next one.

but increasingly in classrooms are children who struggle to simply be in school. 50p! in early years, we have a number of children who struggle with basic communication, stringing a sentence together. "please can i go to the toilet?", "can i have a drink?" — they're sentences that we have to teach our children how to say. london academy is a small primary school in a relatively deprived area of telford. almost half the pupils are on free school meals. the lack of communication skills means the school has to teach makaton — a basic form of sign language. but that's not all. we have intimate care plans for a number of our children. we change the children. we also try and teach them how to go to the toilet, as well — so we try to do some of that potty training — but we do have children still in nappies in our early years environment. last september, of the 27 children who joined london academy's reception class, eight were in nappies. louise says her son wasn't potty trained when he started school.

he was quite late in everything, really! he wasn't ready, so... and then we felt when he was ready, then school helped with that. had you tried to get him toilet trained before he came to school? i had, yeah, and he — there wasjust no interest at all from him to try that. the parents have nothing but praise for the school, but a chat with them reveals why schools increasingly struggle to focus solely on educating children. my eldest daughter, i've just — i've pulled her out of school. i home—educate my eldest one now. how old is she? 14. cos she was self—harming, bullying, due to her mental health. right. but now she's at home, she does her work. she's happy, she's eating, she's sleeping. it's great. my wife has borderline personality disorder. oh, right, ok. so there's a lot of stress and emotional mental health. so that was affecting the children, their upbringing, the things that were going on. so we've had help from the social services, help my wife get back to where she wants to be,

but also guide the children into a better life. and that was through the school? through the school, yeah. london academy is part of a 13—school multi—academy trust. its head says long—standing challenges caused by tight budgets have been exacerbated by covid and cost—of—living pressures. coming out of the pandemic, children are quite often more anxious about large social situations because people were out of that for a while — and at quite formative stages in their education and in their own personal development. i think, ultimately, when children are coming to school more hungry, that's probably having a bigger impact as an ongoing thing. i think we would have recovered quicker if it hadn't been for those issues. so this is our food hub. to help its families, the learning community trust has a food bank run by nikki morrison. i went out to do a visit myself. the children in the house were having weetabix with tap water. she leads the trust welfare team, who spend a lot of their time

providing emotional and psychological support to hundreds of pupils. but nikki wonders what'll happen to them once they're older. a lot of support is in place for children through the school system, but when they leave school, that support starts to peter off. somebody's going to have to pick up that group of children when they leave school, and then try to put the support in then to enable them to be productive and functional members of society. the challenges in telford are, of course, nationwide — how to help the many children who can't cope with school cope with life. michael buchanan, bbc news, telford. now it's time for a look at the weather. is here. hello. for some of you, it's been a lovely sunny start to sunday, but we're seeing cloud become more extensive now, and will continue to do so through the rest today, bringing some outbreaks of rain. but there will be a few areas — as i'll show you — sticking with the sunshine. the cloud has been streaming out

to the north atlantic, a weather system just the south of iceland pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the further away you are from that on either side is where you've got the best chance of seeing some sunshine — some of that continuing, southern counties of england — especially towards the southwest — and also the channel islands. north of central belt of scotland, some sunny spells, too, but a few showers and quite a cold and brisk wind. it's in between southern scotland — so northern england, parts of north midlands, north wales — patchy rain or drizzle. the rain becoming more persistent this afternoon to the north and west of northern ireland. 11 to 19, the high. it is going to feel cool under those cloudier, wetter moments. nice enough where you've got the sunshine. now, this evening, rain in northern ireland clears, but it spreads across much of england and wales. not a huge amount of rain, though, for some southern counties. and then later, scotland, northern ireland, clear skies, and if you shelter from that northerly wind, it is going to be a chilly night — temperatures in some sheltered valleys down to around two or three degrees. but here's why things get colder into the start of next week. area of low pressure pushes into scandinavia, opens the door to northerly winds. this weather system is what will be hanging around, though, for monday morning, making it feel

especially cool and miserable for some. parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands, in towards east anglia — outbreaks of rain, gusty winds. that persistent rain lasts into the afternoon for parts of east anglia. away from it, though, sunny spells but a scattering of showers running down that northerly wind, and there'll be more cloud than sunshine between the showers in northern scotland. the showers wintry over the higher ground. 10 to 17 for many, so it's going to be even colder than we'll have had through this weekend, and that run of northerly winds bringing arctic air continues into tuesday, too. so a fresh but bright start to tuesday. even though it's arctic air, you've got the sunshine tempering things — still quite strong, and of course warm things up a little bit — but more cloud into the afternoon will take away some of that sunshine. scattering of showers — central eastern areas most prone on tuesday. best of the drier weather probably through some southern and western parts. again feeling rather chilly — temperatures four or five degrees below average. that continues into wednesday. fewer showers around by then. still some showers later in the week, and it still stays on the cool side. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. a body has been found in the search for tv and radio presenter michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says nearly 300 palestinians were killed during a military operation to rescue four hostages from a refugee camp in central gaza. the eu's top diplomat has strongly condemned the killings. cabinet minister mel stride has expressed his support for the prime minister — saying mr sunak had "apologised unequivocally" for leaving d—day anniversary events early. the labour party has turned the focus of its election campaign to law and order with a pledge to change planning rules to build more prisons in england.

millions of europeans are voting in the biggest and final day of polls for the european parliament as ballots are cast in 21 member states. a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area. the islands mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday, new cctv footage emerged showing him heading towards a path that would have taken him over miles of exposed hillside. the search effort has been widespread and has included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi and outside the island.