our economics editor is here with us tonight. he'll be digging into the detail of what's happening with house—building in the uk, and look at what the parties are promising. and also on the programme this evening... greek police say an initial postmortem examination on the body of dr michael mosely shows he died from natural causes. a royal send—off for england's footballers before they head to germany for the euros. and coming up on bbc news, high hopes to england flying out of germany ahead of their journey beginning this weekend. we will have more from their training base. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from oldbury in the black country. at the start of this election campaign, we asked you to get in touch to tell us about the issues

you want the bbc to cover, and time and again, housing came up. peter felix, who lives locally, was one of the many who contacted us through your voice, your vote. he and his partner are both in their 40s. they would love to buy a home together, but can't get onto the housing ladder. the average price paid by a first—time buyer in the uk last year was just over quarter of a million pounds. that's up from £109,000 20 years earlier. the average age of a first—time buyer in the uk is now 33. at the same time, private rental costs have gone up more than 9% in just the last year. so tonight, we're here in the black country to the west of birmingham, where peter now lives with his partner rebecca. 0ur midlands correspondent navtej johal has been to meet them. there's nothing, there's no help. we just want a home. we just want to have our own home.

that's what we'd probably like. peter paints and decorates homes. do you want to hand, pete? please. but he and his partner rebecca are desperate to own one of their own. it's quite depressing that you can go out and earn a decent wage, but not be able to afford to buy a property because your money is going towards the rent. they're in their early 40s and met on a dating app three years ago. it was his personality that kind ofjumped out. said something like, "if you want a lifetime of disappointment," because i thought, i'm not going to lie and say i'm great. i just thought, if you want disappointment, i'm your man. and that persuaded you? it was worded a lot better than that, let's put it that way. they earn around £30,000 a year each and rent this three—bed house in south—west birmingham for nearly £1000 a month. and that's gone up twice injust over a year. what is the biggest obstacle

to you two actually buying a home of your own? deposit. i mean, look, we're not struggling, but at the same time, the rent will keep going up and we know that every time the rent goes up, it means there's less and less in our pocket to put away, to save. and that is why peter got in touch with us via your voice, your vote. in this election, he and rebecca point the parties to focus more on housing and help people like them get on the property ladder. how long do you think it will be before you are actually able to afford a deposit that you can put towards a house? well, at this rate, to get £12,000, it will take us five years. if we put £100 a month away each over five years, that's £12,000. is that the wine? don't look at it. have you seen the cost of your shopping going up? i think our shopping bill has gone up...

what would you say, about an extra £20, £30 a week? we roughly spend about £100 a week on food. and half the time you walk out the supermarket and you look and think, "how have i spent £100? there's hardly anything here." they're calling on the parties to help people in their position so that they don't need as big a deposit. it would be such a help and it would also be a big persuasion into who to vote for. how close are you to just giving up? giving up the idea that you will ever be homeowners? i don't want to give up, i really don't, because i really, really would love to have something of our own. i'm at the opposite end of it, i think. i'm pretty much ready to give up, because itjust feels like we're a losing battle. like we're fighting a losing battle. so, yeah, i'm kind of losing hope of ever owning my own home. navtej is with me.

you are our midlands correspondence, and you have come here because peter contacted us. how typical does his story feel in the midlands in the run—up to the election? ? i suspect a lot of people, notjust in the midlands, were nodding along there. if the responses to our your vote, your voice website have been anything to go by, this is an issue up anything to go by, this is an issue up and down the country. i have been speaking to lots of people about this issue. a young man in shropshire told me he would never be able to afford a property in the village he grew up in. and a couple from leicestershire who moved up from leicestershire who moved up from the south of england who were to find a property they could buy in the west midlands, but it is too expensive for them here, so they are

moving back down south to live with their parents. that's before this issue of housing goes on to things like social housing or mortgage repayments. as you heard there, if there is a party that can offer a compelling offer to voters, there are people out there who would be persuaded to go in their direction. thank you for now. so what are the wider issues in the housing sector across the uk and why aren't we building enough homes? here's our economics editor faisal islam. as the cost of living squeeze from energy and food costs starts to settle, there is no such luck with housing. mortgage and rental costs are still rising, the latter by record amounts. this is a long—term issue, basic supply and demand, as you can see at this new housing development in warwickshire. many of these new homes are going forjust over £300,000. that's bang on the average house price in this country. and we can see how that changed over the past three decades or so. no surprise to see that line going up and up. what has changed has been the relationship with affordability. back in the late �*90s, five years worth of annual average income was more than the average house price.

now it's crossed over, and the gap is massive and looks very difficult to bridge. it's all about house—building. successive governments over the years, over decades, have made big promises on house—building, often not met. this is what's happened for england over the past ten years, broken down per three—month quarter. a similar pattern across the united kingdom. the conservatives made a promise in 2017, a manifesto commitment in 2019, to meet a target of 300,000 homes per year by the mid—2020s, so that's about 75,000 a quarter. it's only even nearly met a single quarter, and that's because of a rush on green targets, but it falls quite sharply in the second half of last year. now, the government argues it has met a separate, lower target of one million new homes in the past parliament, but we don't have the full figures for that yet. the labour party say it will continue that target for the next five years if it wins — 1.5 million new homes over that five—year period. the financial crisis, the pandemic,

rising interest rates and inflation all can be blamed, but mass house—building has only historically been done when government funds it, and the parties seem to agree there isn't the money. in the �*60s, local authorities where building a lot of social housing, in the �*60s, local authorities were building a lot of social housing, and that has died down in the �*90s. and without this push, we can never get enough new builds. and then there's planning. so planning permission has therefore been refused. up and down the country, in lengthy councillors' meetings just like these, now recorded on council websites... applause ..there are the familiar sights and sounds of new homes not being built. planning permission refused repeatedly. the two main parties do differ here. labour says it's willing to build on specific areas of the green belt that are not so green they call the grey belt. ultimately, both for buying and renting, supply not responding to demand means higher housing costs, the most enduring aspect of the cost of living crisis.

and housing is a devolved issue. what can any government do to help people we've been hearing about? yes, people we've been hearing about? housing is devo the yes, housing is devolved, therefore the policy and targets refer mainly to england, and nick robinson has put some of the concerns we have heard today directly to rishi sunak. he gave this rather candid admission about the effects of housing problems. having your own home has got harder under a conservative government, hasn't it? it has got harder, and i want to make sure that it's easier. and what we will do is notjust build homes in the right places, and do that in a way which is sensitive to local communities, but make sure that we support young people into greatjobs so they can save for that deposit. so you heard that from the prime

minister, the conservative party more from the manifesto tomorrow. labour agreed i would argue they will deliver on 1.5 million homes over the next five years if they get into office, and also end what they call the feudal leasehold system, and to on rental reform, which was stopped at the end of the last parliament. the lib dems say the same thing, but they are upping the ante, 380,000 homes a year their promise for the manifesto as will hear later stop in general terms, the most salient issue cutting through as the rise in mortgage rates over the past two years. labour keep going on about the mini budget and liz truss in every debate they possibly can, because from what i hear, they say some of these new estates, the sort of places i went to today, where david cameron got a good hearing five or ten years ago, they say they are getting a hearing

because people remember about the mini budget. the counter argument is that interest rates are a decision for the bank of england, and that would maybe have happened whoever was in government. but a big issue when food and energy prices come down, house prices endure as a cost of living issue. thank you. let's stay with the election. sir ed davey launched the liberal democrats election manifesto today, the first of the main parties to put their pledges on paper. he promised if the lib dems were elected that everyone in england would be entitled to free at—home personal care, the two—child benefit cap would be lifted, and people in england would have the right to see a gp within seven days, or 2a hours if urgent. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young was at the manifesto launch. the ups and downs of being a lib dem leader. sir ed davey was once a cabinet minister, but plunging popularity after being in coalition with the tories left the lib dems in decline. now he's hoping to turn things around. his plan is to recruit more gps and increase wages for care workers, paid for by raising taxes on banks and social media companies.

after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn't shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious, and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs. grabbing attention by throwing yourself down water slides is one thing, but when things get serious after the election, what influence can the liberal democrats realistically expect to have on government policy? you can make a huge difference for your community electing a local champion who is going to campaign for your community. what i am so proud of in this manifesto, i think it's already influencing the debate in this election campaign. the lib dems eventually want to rejoin the eu single market, but they're not shouting loudly about that in their pursuit of tory votes.

what we've seen here today is the liberal democrats' national message, but in reality, their campaign is heavily targeted, focusing on just a few dozen seats where the lib dems say they are the only ones that can beat the conservatives. come on, my sweetheart... the focus on caring is personal for the lib dems leader. in the party's election broadcast, he is seen with his disabled sonjohn. he's also spoken about looking after his mum, who died of cancer when he was 15. i've seen life through the eyes of my son. i could not be more passionate and determined to sort out caring in this country. the lib dems have little chance of making their policies a reality, but they seem to be enjoying the ride. well, maybe not all of them. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. rishi sunak has apologised again and asked for forgiveness after leaving last week's d—day commemorations early. during a campaign visit to horsham in west sussex, he said it hadn't crossed his mind to resign.

in an interview to be broadcast on the bbc this evening, the prime minister said it has been a tough few years, but the election was about the future and the country had turned a corner. 0ur political editor chris mason looks at where the conservatives find themselves a few weeks into the campaign. three days after first saying sorry for leaving the d—day commemorations early, the prime minister was still pleading for mercy this morning. i just hope that veterans and others can find it in their hearts to forgive me for that, and also consider my record when it comes to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? no, of course not. i'm energised about the vision we are putting forward for the country. this campaign is only... not even halfway through yet. for the last few weeks now, the party leaders have been dashing around the country. now, they don't go to places

by accident or on a whim in election campaigns. most of the time they are going to places that they think are on the front line, where a visit from them might just make a difference. here is a look at the geography of rishi sunak�*s scampering around the uk. now, nearly all of these places on the map here are places that elected a conservative mp last time. in other words, he is on the defensive. now, that isn't that much of a surprise given the tories won big time last time. but he's also been popping up in a fair few places that have elected conservative mps for years, decades, even more than a century. take the visit to horsham today, there's also been a visit to macclesfield in cheshire, and a couple of spots in 0xfordshire, as well, henley and thame, and also didcot and wantage. now, the backdrop to this geography are the opinion polls. here is how one leading political

scientist describes them at the moment: now, let's be clear, not a vote has yet been cast, polls suggest things, they don't predict things, but there is huge concern among conservatives about them. and also about nigel farage, the leader of reform uk. what should the conservatives do about him? well, one former cabinet minister, suella braverman, suggesting the tories must embrace nigel farage, welcome him into the fold. here is the view of the prime minister on this topic in a bbc interview here on bbc one this evening. isn't your problem that many conservatives think he's more of a conservative than you are? well, at the end of the day, onjuly 5th, there is only going to be one person that is prime minister. it's keir starmer... but i'm asking about nigel farage. and i'm answering your question.

so, the choice for everybody, there there's only going to be one of two people as prime minister — keir starmer or myself. a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate is just making it more likely that keir starmer is that person. he also suggested the conservatives will promise more tax cuts in their manifesto promises out tomorrow. that may be one of rishi sunak�*s last chances to shift the dial in this campaign. chris mason, bbc news. and you can watch the full rishi sunak interview with nick robinson tonight on panorama at 8pm on bbc one and on iplayer. the labour party has given details of its childcare plan for england, pledging to create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries. it says it will achieve that by turning vacant classrooms in existing primary schools into "school—based nurseries". it says that will cost about £40,000 per classroom which would be paid for via vat being levied on private schools.

as any parent with young children tells you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they are so good for children in their development, making sure that when they arrive at primary school they have got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market, so very good also for the economy. and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. the snp�*s deputy leader kate forbes has said that both a labour and conservative government at westminster would mean more cuts to public services. on a campaign visit to a sawmill in nairn, she said keir starmer�*s party would "persevere with tory austerity". only the snp, she insisted, would stand up for scotland and protect public services. douglas ross has announced he will resign as leader of the scottish conservatives. he will carry on in the role until after the election and will also resign as an msp

if he is re—elected to westminster. it follows a row over mr ross standing as a candidate for aberdeenshire north and moray east instead of david duguid, who has been in hospital and was in effect de—selected. and that's all from us here in 0ldbury, butjust a reminder that we've come here because peter and rebecca asked us to. if you have an issue that you'd like us to talk more about during this campaign, please do contact your vote, your voice and tell us your story. the details are on the bbc app and website. now back to you in the studio, ben. chain, thank you very much indeed. ——jane. an initial post—mortem examination on the body of dr michael mosley has

concluded he died of natural causes on the day he went missing last wednesday. the tv presenter�*s body was found in a rocky area on the greek island of symi yesterday. 0ur correspondent joe inwood is in symi. joe. yes, a police source has told the bbc that the initial postmortem investigation has found that he died of natural causes. as you say, there was no one else involved. it also confirmed that his body was found at 4pm on wednesday. that was about two and a half hours after he set off, leaving his wife on a beach over there, made his way around this bay, going over there and then heading over those cells. in one other development, cctv footage has emerged which the bbc has seen, which was taken from a beach bar just metres away from where he was found. it is upsetting footage, but it shows the last moments of his life. you can see him walking down the hill, clearly in distress. you then gets close to the place where his body was found yesterday. you can be seen to fall to his knees and then disappear from view. can be seen to fall to his knees and then disappearfrom view. as i said, it is upsetting footage, but it

gives us a clearer picture of the last moments of his life. jae. gives us a clearer picture of the last moments of his life. joe, thank ou ve last moments of his life. joe, thank you very much- _ last moments of his life. joe, thank you very much- joe _ last moments of his life. joe, thank you very much. joe inwood. - two 12—year—old boys have been found guilty of murdering a man who was stabbed through the heart with a machete. shawn seesahai died last november after an unprovoked attack in wolverhampton. he was 19 years old. the two boys, who cannot be named, are believed to be the youngest people convicted of murder since james bulger�*s killers were detained in 1993. phil mackie reports. a 12—year—old boy poses with a machete tucked into his tracksuit hours before using it to kill. his victim was shawn seesahai, who'd come to the uk from the caribbean island of anguilla for medical treatment. this was him the night he died, just before he and a friend went to a park where there was an altercation with the two 12—year—olds. it's not really clear what happened, but one of the 12—year—olds produced a machete. shawn and his friend tried to run away, but when his friend turned around, he saw shawn lying there, being kicked and beaten and repeatedly stabbed.

the boys started messaging each other. he first wrote, "i'm scared, man." the second said, "i'm not." and his friend replied, "idrc." which means i don't really care. detectives found the machete under one of their beds, and they were charged with murder. i wouldn't say it something good for a child, like 12—year—old to walk with a machete. kids are dangerous now. and if we don't pay attention to our kids, it will happen every day. because they are so young, during the trial they sat in court next to a family member and someone who could explain what was happening. it's not the first case i have investigated involving a young man losing his life to knife crime, but it is the first time that i have looked at two 12—year—olds as being responsible. it was very similar to another merger in —— it was very similar to another murder in wolverhampton a year earlier. two teenagers attacked roman kanda, thinking he was someone else.

his family want such weapons banned. i actually wrote to the website that sold my brother's murderer the weapon, and he came back to me with, "well, if it's within the law, i'm going to continue to do it." weapons like those used to kill roman and shawn are still legally available to over 18s. but in these cases, they were used by much younger children. i can't see my son any more, you know. i can't see him any more. i just want justice for my son, that's all i want. we simply don't know why two children still not in their teens carried a machete and used it to kill. phil mackie, bbc news, wolverhampton. back to the election now, and in the run up to polling day, we're getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning people where they are. in a moment, we'll hear from pete simson in bristol, but first, let's join sarah sanderson in cleethorpes. sarah.

good evening from cleethorpes, which is a popular tourist resort here in the north—east lincolnshire. this new constituency of great grimsby and cleethorpes will be one to watch because the former constituency of great grimsby was a safe labour seat right up until 2019 when the conservatives took it. that conservatives took it. that conservative candidate who was elected back in 2019, she is standing again this year, as is the former labour mp who was ousted from her seat four and a half years ago. now, the conservatives lost control of north east lincolnshire council in the local elections back in may. 0ne local conservative councillor here a couple of weeks ago defected to reformed uk. he will be standing as their parliamentary candidate. so this area is quite interesting and it will be interesting to see where people place their votes here in north east lincolnshire. and of course to see how the political tide will turn for this new constituency

of great grimsby and cleethorpes. sarah, thank you very much indeed. to bristol now and pete simson. pete, what's the picture there? hello from a place that has a reputation for political rebellion. they rioted here for three days straight back in 1831 over a lack of electoral reform. it is also traditionally a labour stronghold. labour have won all the parliamentary seats here for the past two years. but we have got new boundaries, new constituencies, like many other places this time around. maybe a new bristol rebel amongst them because bristol central, where i am at this evening, its residents very much see themselves as progressive, they are generally pro—immigration, pro—eu, sympathetic to the palestinian cause, and most certainly to the left of the political spectrum. certainly to the left of the politicalspectrum. for certainly to the left of the political spectrum. for that reason, this is a key target for the green party. the greens enjoyed electoral

success here last month in the local elections, they won every council seatin elections, they won every council seat in this constituency. there is no doubt it is a huge challenge for them, but in an election we are told is labour's to lose, and may well be in the small grave of the west country that they have a fight on their hands. country that they have a fight on their hands— country that they have a fight on their hande— country that they have a fight on their hands. pete, thank you very much. and a full list of the candidates standing in the general election is available on the bbc news. the bbc has confirmed that giovanni pernice will not return as a professional dancer for the next series of strictly come dancing. it comes after the 33—year—old denied allegations of abusive or threatening behaviour and said he looks forward to clearing his name. the england squad is about to touch down in germany for the euros. theirfirst game is against serbia on sunday. andy swiss is at their base in blankenhain for us. andy.

yes, ben, welcome to this little town here in the heart of the german countryside. this is where england are bracing themselves for the euros. you can see why. it is a pretty quiet little place, away from all the hype of a major tournament. earlier on today, before they left saint georges park, england were given a royal sendoff by the prince of wales, who is also the president of wales, who is also the president of the football association. in the last few minutes, england have now touched down here in germany. they are staying in a hotel on the outskirts. it has all the sort of luxuries you would expect, a couple of golf courses, a couple of swimming pools, but most importantly it has world—class football facilities. england have a little bit of work to do on the training pitch after that disappointing

defeat to iceland in their final warm up game on friday. but they are confident they will be ready for their opening euros match against serbia on sunday.— their opening euros match against serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much- — serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much- andy — serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much. andy swiss _ serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much. andy swiss reporting . very much. andy swiss reporting there. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. the euros is the start of a summer full of sport, isn't it? i hope the england squad aren't expecting something glorious when they arrive. take a look at this, anywhere that is shaded by yellow is seeing below average temperatures. a northerly wind at the moment, unusualfor june. anywhere in the dark is above average weather for this time of year. now, where the two meet, these two air masses, the dividing line is triggering some really sharp, thundery downpours, stretching from the alps where we have seen flash flooding and large hail and recently, all the way up to poland with some rain on its way to germany. that northerly flow still

very much a feature for the next few days. back closer to home, this afternoon in aberdeen we have only seen a high of 11. it should be around 15. we have also had a frequent rash of sharp showers and gusts of winds of 30 mph. some of those original retreat to the east coast, one or two back running through the irish sea, but under some clearing skies, look at this, just to add insult to injury, it is going to be a pretty chilly night. in rural spots, temperatures could be as low as 4 degrees. we will start off tomorrow relatively sunny, but still quite breezy, still some showers chiefly through eastern scotland, central and eastern england. there will be some out to the west, but that is where we are like to see the best of the breaks in the cloud continuing. and the best of the world. i say that with the small w. temperatures generally below where they should be for this time of year. make the most of wednesday, the best day of the week in terms of drier, brighter weather. still some shells out to the east,

the best of the dry weather out to the best of the dry weather out to the west. then we are likely to see more about whether on its way from thursday as this weather front sweeps its way steadily east. that means cloudy and wet to close out the week. ben. thanks, louise. and that's bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. have a good evening. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. england expects. the squad are given a send off by the fans before their european championship in germany begins. safety first for scotland — their captain andy robertson leaves training, but the management insist he'll be ok for the opener on friday. and all eyes on molly — as the world indoor champion goes for more success at the europeans — we'll be in rome for the latest.