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tonight at ten: with two weeks to go until the general election, the leaders of the four main parties face tough questions from an audience of voters. the prime minister was asked about allegations that bets had been placed on the timing of the general election. i was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it's a really serious matter. we'll be getting the very latest reaction from our politcal editor chris mason. also tonight... i've been watching you, and you watching me. the legendry hollywood actor donald sutherland, star of the hunger games films
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and mash, has died at the age of 88. the ball given back to them, though. denmark hold england to a disappointing draw in the euros. and thousands gather at stonehenge on the longest day of the year to celebrate the summer solstice. and in half an hour, bbc london's investigation reveals how taylor swift fans heading to her wembley stadium concerts this weekend could be targeted by scammers. good evening. the prime minister says he was incredibly angry when he found out about allegations over betting on the date of the general election. rishi sunak called it a really serious matter and said that anyone who is found to have broken the rules should face the full force of the law and would be booted out of the conservative party.
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it comes after it emerged that the conservative party's director of campaigning and his wife, a tory candidate, are being looked into by the gambling commission. the prime minister was speaking as the leaders of the four main parties faced an evening of tough questions from voters during a live question time grilling in york. our political editor chris mason is there. yes, chris mason is there. hello, good evening from yorkshire. yes, hello, good evening from yorkshire. this is the first question time leaders permit special on bbc one. there is another one on bbc one wales on monday evening featuring plaid cymru and the third one a week tomorrow which will feature reform uk and the green party of england and wales. what about tonight? a platter of topics in the last couple of hours. the nhs, immigration, trust in leaders and tuition fees, university tuition fees in england. but for the prime minister in the last hour questions
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as well about the alleged conduct of some of his conservative colleagues. familiar music but no panel tonight. one leader, one after another, facing a live audience for half an hour each. and first the prime minister asked about the story we brought you throughout the day. aren't the news emerged of allegations about betting on the election— allegations about betting on the election date the absolute think about— election date the absolute think about the conservative party that we have had _ about the conservative party that we have had to — about the conservative party that we have had to tolerate for years and years _ have had to tolerate for years and ears. ~' have had to tolerate for years and ears. ~ , ., ., , have had to tolerate for years and ears. ~ . _ years. like you, iwas incredibly an: , years. like you, iwas incredibly angry. incredibly _ years. like you, iwas incredibly angry, incredibly angry - years. like you, iwas incredibly angry, incredibly angry to - years. like you, iwas incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn | years. like you, i was incredibly. angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it is a really serious matter. it is right they are being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authority. you are happy not to suspend them, to let them carry on and go on in the election. they have not admitted
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it, no one is saying an admission has been taken about their guilt or innocence, but you are happy for them to go into the election and represent you and the conservatives. fiona, as you said, these investigations are ongoing, but if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only will they face the full consequences of the law, but i will make sure they are booted out of the conservative party. find will make sure they are booted out of the conservative party. and then his idea for — of the conservative party. and then his idea for young _ of the conservative party. and then his idea for young people. - of the conservative party. and then his idea for young people. national| his idea for young people. national service will be _ his idea for young people. national service will be compulsory, - his idea for young people. national service will be compulsory, the - service will be compulsory, the military option will be something people choose to live. how will you make it work? there is all sorts of things people do across europe, whether that is looking at driving licences, access to finance, all sorts of other things.— licences, access to finance, all sorts of other things. access to finance? 50 _ sorts of other things. access to finance? so if— sorts of other things. access to finance? so if people _ sorts of other things. access to finance? so if people don't - sorts of other things. access to | finance? so if people don't want sorts of other things. access to - finance? so if people don't want to do national service you will take their bank cards away?- do national service you will take their bank cards away? there are lots of different _ their bank cards away? there are lots of different models - their bank cards away? there are lots of different models around l lots of different models around europe. they can't get a loan. next, the man who — europe. they can't get a loan. next, the man who polls _ europe. they can't get a loan. next, the man who polls suggest - europe. they can't get a loan. next, the man who polls suggest is - europe. they can't get a loan. next, the man who polls suggest is likely to be prime minister two weeks tomorrow and a sticky wicket over a
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remark he made five years ago about jeremy corbyn. he said he would make a great prime minister, did you mean it? it a great prime minister, did you mean it? ., , �* ., , ., ., a great prime minister, did you mean it? ., �* ., , ., ., ., it? it wasn't a question that would arise because _ it? it wasn't a question that would arise because i _ it? it wasn't a question that would arise because i didn't _ it? it wasn't a question that would arise because i didn't think - it? it wasn't a question that would arise because i didn't think he - arise because i didn't think he would win the election. we arise because i didn't think he would win the election. we all heard ou sa he would win the election. we all heard you say he would — would win the election. we all heard you say he would be _ would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a _ would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great - would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great prime i you say he would be a great prime minister and that is your way of telling people here to vote for him. did you not mean it? i was campaigning for the labour party and iam campaigning for the labour party and i am glad i did. you campaigning for the labour party and i am glad i did-— i am glad i did. you can pay for jeremy corbyn _ i am glad i did. you can pay for jeremy corbyn as _ i am glad i did. you can pay for jeremy corbyn as prime - i am glad i did. you can pay for. jeremy corbyn as prime minister. i jeremy corbyn as prime minister. i was campaigning for the labour party. was campaigning for the labour pa . ., . ., ., , party. the audience laughed at his re eated party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal— party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to _ party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give _ party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give a - party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give a yes - party. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give a yes or i party. the audience laughed at his| repeated refusal to give a yes or no answer. , u, repeated refusal to give a yes or no answer. ,, .., , , ., answer. susan came next. given your severe criticism — answer. susan came next. given your severe criticism of— answer. susan came next. given your severe criticism of the _ severe criticism of the conservatives on the topic of immigration, do you think it is acceptable at this point so near the general_ acceptable at this point so near the general election for your own party not to— general election for your own party not to commit to specific targets around _ not to commit to specific targets around this critical topic? | not to commit to specific targets around this critical topic? i will not ut around this critical topic? i will not put an _ around this critical topic? i will not put an arbitrary _ around this critical topic? i will not put an arbitrary figure - around this critical topic? in ii not put an arbitrary figure on it because every single politician who has put a number on it has never met that number. has put a number on it has never met that number-—
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that number. next, scotland's first minister and _ that number. next, scotland's first minister and scottish _ that number. next, scotland's first minister and scottish national- that number. next, scotland's first| minister and scottish national party leaderjohn swinney. it has been a bumpy time for the snp, not least the arrest of former leader nicola sturgeon and the arrest and charging of her husband peter morrow, the snp's former chief executive over the party was my finances.- snp's former chief executive over the party was my finances. given the recent scandals _ the party was my finances. given the recent scandals and _ the party was my finances. given the recent scandals and dramas - the party was my finances. given the recent scandals and dramas of- the party was my finances. given the recent scandals and dramas of the i recent scandals and dramas of the snp, _ recent scandals and dramas of the snp, how— recent scandals and dramas of the snp, how will you differ from your predecessors and project confidence? the honest_ predecessors and project confidence? the honest answer is we have had a very tough time as a party in the last couple of years and as a consequence of all of those difficulties i am here to lead the scottish national party. the difficulties i am here to lead the scottish national party. the snp say if the win scottish national party. the snp say if they win a — scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority _ scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of _ scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of scottish - if they win a majority of scottish seats next month that would mean negotiations for a second independence referendum should begin. so... if you do not get a majority of scottish seats at westminster, what does that tell you about your mandate to ask for another referendum?— mandate to ask for another referendum? ~ ., ., ., ., referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign _ referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is _ referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is to _ the election campaign is to encourage people to vote for the snp to enable us to deliver on that policy commitment which is right at
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the heart. iliiui’iiiii policy commitment which is right at the heart. ~ , ., policy commitment which is right at the heart. ~ i. ., , the heart. will you answer the iuestion the heart. will you answer the question or — the heart. will you answer the question or not. _ the heart. will you answer the question or not. i _ the heart. will you answer the question or not. i want - the heart. will you answer the question or not. i want people the heart. will you answer the i question or not. i want people to vote for the _ question or not. i want people to vote for the snp. _ question or not. i want people to vote for the snp. next _ question or not. i want people to vote for the snp. next up, - question or not. i want people to vote for the snp. next up, the i vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat _ vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat leader - vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat leader sir - vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat leader sir ed | vote for the snp. next up, the - liberal democrat leader sir ed davey and alison in the audience was not messing about. pare and alison in the audience was not messing about-— and alison in the audience was not messing about. are you not going to bankru -t messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the — messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the country? _ messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the country? thank - messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the country? thank you - messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the country? thank you forj bankrupt the country? thank you for our bankrupt the country? thank you for your question. _ bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, _ bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, the _ bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, the answer i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, the answer isj your question, alison, the answer is no and i think our proposals are responsible, they are fully costed. i think other parties, frankly, are not putting the money in we need to rescue our public services. the liberal democrats' _ rescue our public services. the liberal democrats' record in coalition government still rouse some. take this about university tuition fees in england? haifa some. take this about university tuition fees in england? how can my reneration tuition fees in england? how can my generation trust _ tuition fees in england? how can my generation trust you? _ tuition fees in england? how can my generation trust you? i _ tuition fees in england? how can my generation trust you? i understand l generation trust you? i understand wh our generation trust you? i understand why your generation _ generation trust you? i understand why your generation lost _ generation trust you? i understand why your generation lost faith - generation trust you? i understand why your generation lost faith in i why your generation lost faith in us. it was a difficult government to be in and we got punished. but olitics is be in and we got punished. but politics is not all wallace's, costings and accountability. mr; costings and accountability. my wife, i costings and accountability. iii wife, i met costings and accountability. m wife, i met her costings and accountability. mg wife, i met her on a liberal
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democrat housing policy group. $5 a democrat housing policy group. as a niiht out democrat housing policy group. as a night out that _ democrat housing policy group. as a night out that sounds great. the latest from york. let's talk to chris mason who is joining the latest from york. let's talk to chris mason who isjoining us now. we saw in europe or the row over the allegations of bets on the timing of the general election which is overshadowing the conservatives promo campaign at the moment. it has done today and let me bring you the latest on the story now. we have a good statement tonight from the conservative candidate laura saunders and she says she will be cooperating with the gambling commission, the regulator of the betting industry, and she said she is considering legal action against the bbc and any other publishers who infringe the privacy rights. here is our story. "if you bet on labour, you can never win." so said this conservative party social media video yesterday afternoon, complete with jaunty music. the video has since vanished.
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hi, my name's laura saunders and i'm the conservative party candidate for bristol north west. she has been doing the campaigning thing all over her patch. this is one of her facebook videos. she's also worked for the conservative party since 2015, including at head office in westminster, and here is her husband, tony lee. he is the conservative party's director of campaigning. he took leave of absence from the job yesterday. i can tell how the world will think it looks which is not great, but, you know, i can't get into...i can't know what conversations were had, with whom, at what time. i later found out both laura saunders and tony lee are being looked into by the gambling commission, the regulator, over alleged bets about the timing of the general election. we have approached mr lee and he has not commented. a conservative party spokesman told the bbc,
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"we have been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals. as the gambling commission is an independent body, it wouldn't be proper to comment further until any process is concluded." did you have inside information? the party said something similar last week, when rishi sunak�*s parliamentary aide and conservative candidate craig williams admitted to betting on the timing of the election. i made a huge error ofjudgment, that's for sure, and i apologise. the gambling commission has told us, "currently the commission is investigating the possibility of offences concerning the date of the election. this is an ongoing investigation. we are not confirming or denying the identity of any individuals involved in this investigation." for conservative campaign headquarters, a fortnight from polling day and miles behind in the opinion polls, this, to put it delicately, is the last thing they need.
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chris mason, bbc news. and there's more on the gambling row on newsnight tonight. here's kirsty wark. turn onto newsnight where we will interrogating the tory candidate betting scandal and reviewing rishi sunak�*s response to it on the big question time debate tonight. the legendary hollywood actor donald sutherland has died at the age of 88. in a career which spanned six decades he became one of the most recognisable and most respected actors in hollywood. his son, the actor kiefer sutherland, announced his death calling him one of the most important actors in the history of film. david sillito looks back at his career. tonight's movie has been mash. in 1970, a sprawling, darkly comic film about the korean war came out. i'm drjekyll, actually, this is my friend mr hyde. the hero, a cynical, rebellious,
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heavy drinking, womanising surgeon. everybody was telling me, don't do it. at the end of it, it'll ruin you. we did it in five weeks and it was wonderful. born in canada, he'd studied engineering before switching to acting and working in theatre in britain. four captains, there, hamlet, like a soldier to the stage. mash... ..a thinly veiled satire of vietnam, led to klute... would you mind not doing that? ..with jane fonda. it was the first of three films together... ..and an off—screen relationship. at a moment when a dark and maverick mood was making itself felt in hollywood, donald sutherland, with that piercing gaze, was just the sort of complex leading man it was looking for. take don't look now. a disturbing, ghostly story about grief.
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that brief golden era in the �*70s soon passed. closer than you think. but donald sutherland was never out of work. everything i'm going to tell you is classified top secret. jfk was almost a throwback to the �*70s paranoid conspiracy thriller. why was kennedy killed? and more recently, it was the hunger games, a film that he hoped might inspire a little rebellion... i've been watching you... ..in today's youth. ..and you watching me. yet, despite it all, there was no best actor oscar on his mantelpiece. however, that wasn't, he said, what drove him. it's a love affair, you know. i've made films for fellini, for bertolucci, for chabot, for werner hertzog, for rebecca horn. these people i love, and that love is the greatest award you can ever have in your life.
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and leading the tributes to donald sutherland, his son kiefer. his father, he said, loved what he did and did what he loved and one can ever ask for more than that. a life well lived. the actor donald sutherland, who has died at the age of 88. england have been held to a disappointing draw in their second group stage match against denmark at the euros this afternoon. if england had won they would have been guaranteed a place in the knock—out stages. but the 1—1 draw means they still remain top of the group and in a strong position to qualify for the last sixteen. from germany, here's andy swiss. hoping to make a splash. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in frankfurt, as thousands descended on the city's main square before heading for the stadium and, they hoped, another victory. after their narrow opening win over serbia, england were up against denmark and the anticipation was deafening.
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god save the king sung by the watching prince of wales. could england keep their cool? they struggled to keep their feet at first — kyle walker among a host of players sliding around, but soon it was denmark's turn to slip up and midway through the first half, england pounced. and a good chance for kane! a case of captain fantastic, as harry kane sparked euphoria amongst his team—mates and every england fan. could they now kick on? well, not so, as denmark hit back, and how. that's a good effort, it's a wonderful strike! morten hjulmand with a stunner as the danes began to dominate and england began to toil. after a lethargic first half, could they find some spark? now it's foden. off the post. well, phil foden came oh, so close, but the frustration was plain to see. england rang the changes, captain kane replaced
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by ollie watkins and the substitute almost made an instant impact. but england were still sloppy, sluggish, and in the closing minutes, pierre—emile hojbjerg so nearly made them pay. england held on for a draw butjust listen to those boos. booing. a chorus of disapproval on a grim night for england's players and their manager. clearly not what we would have hoped. there is a huge amount of work, that is evident from the two performances we have given, but we have to stay tight. we understand that people will be disappointed with the performances and rightly so, and we have got to make them better. but faith in england's team and tactics is being sorely tested. i think we've got the talent, i don't think we've got the manager. we have the best attacking players possibly in the whole tournament i and we are not using them well. we are playing too defensive. no initiative, no trying to get on the front foot, just very boring football. england are still top of their group
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but after this, that may seem about the only positive. yes, the one consolation for england is that a draw against slovenia on tuesday will guarantee them a place in the knockout stage but make no mistake, that was a pretty flat performance and those boos at the final whistle will not have made for easy listening. england, remember, i one of the tournament favourites here but on this showing, you wouldn't think so. andy swiss, thank you. the bank of england has held interest rates at 5.25%, their highest level in 16 years, meaning good news for savers and bad news for borrowers. but there are suggestions there could be a cut in rates in the coming months, as economics editor faisal islam explains. ok, so, its four bedrooms... higher mortgage rates, higher interest rates have hit first time buyers like james in coventry, especially, with many having to stretch their terms long into the future.
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we've had to save for effectively another year. it's also understanding the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it's now 30 years long, which is going to put me into retirement age. those mortgage rates have kept on going up this year. for two—year fixes, they actually reached an average ofjust below 6% in recent days. that's partly because the bank of england has been holding off cutting base interest rates this year. today, it again voted against a cut by seven to two, holding it at a 16—year high. the decision to hold today was a close run thing, far closer than a 7—2 vote against a cut sounds. that's because there's a critical group now in the middle who thinks the argument�*s already finely balanced, who are playing down the idea that services inflation is too high and seems to be preparing the ground for a rate cut on the ist of august. major mortgage lenders say it has been volatile. in the past three years, there's been all these crises in terms of people's cost of living,
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15 years of rate rises in 15 months. you might have expected to see a bigger impact on the housing market. for some people, it has been very difficult and if you're coming off a fixed rate at just the wrong time, then some people have had very significant upticks in their repayments. what we're seeing, though, is that that's not necessarily flowing through into arrears and while arrears are starting to tick up across the industry, they are still significantly below the peaks we would have seen post the global financial crisis? but savers get to enjoy these higher rates, at least for a month more. faisal islam, bbc news. a friend of the missing teenager jay slater says she fears he is in "severe danger" in tenerife after he went missing three days ago. police have refocused their search in the north of the island after "discounting" information which took them south. the 19—year—old flew to the canary islands with friends for a music festival. nick garnett reports. they've narrowed the search to one particular valley, the focus of all attention,
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but there's still no sign of jay slater. a holiday in tenerife is a rite of passage for so many young adults. it was no different forjay — a first holiday without parents, nrg, his first music festival with friends, a chance to party. on sunday night he went to where two friends were staying in this remote national park in the north—west of the island. when he left them, he decided to walk home, but that was a ten—hour journey. he rang his friend, lucy. she was the last person to speak to him. it's just the unknown that's so strange. if you look around, there's just mountain after mountain after mountain, everything looks the same. he's never been up here before, it would be so easy for him to get lost. dressed only in a t—shirt and shorts, jay had nothing to drink and his phone ran out of battery in the middle of the call. since then, lucy has been appealing for help on social media and, as a result, locals have come to join the search,
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but there's also been abuse and prank callers. she didn't want us to show her face. all she does want is forjay to be found safe and well. he's not a stupid boy, he would know that he hasn't got a phone or any water, he needs to stay on the road, find a tourist, find a hiker, find a photographer. but he hasn't done that, has he? that hasn't happened, the phone call hasn't happened. no, so i don't know, i don't know what's happened and that's why we need the british police here to come and assist the spanish authorities and make sure that they are doing everything that they can. the spanish rescue teams say they've got the equipment and resources to deal with the search. specialist dog teams and drones are being used to scour the landscape, but as yet nobody knows what's happened to the 19—year—old. nick garnett, bbc news, tenerife. the supreme court has issued a landmarkjudgement which could affect the viability of future fossil fuel projects in the uk. it ruled that when surrey county
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council gave planning permission for new oil wells near gatwick airport, it should have taken into account the climate impact of burning the oil extracted from them. the government has said it will consider the ruling carefully. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. for sarah finch, this is the culmination of yea rs of legal battles. she hopes the decision will prove a landmark. how does it feel to have got to this point? well, it feels surreal. i think i've actually discovered what it feels like to go beyond your wildest dreams. and even though i always thought that we were right in what we were arguing, i never thought that being right necessarily meant that you'd win. the case was about the planning permission awarded in 2019 for an oil well here in the surrey countryside. yep, there is oil under surrey. the supreme court ruled the permission was unlawful because the local authority didn't
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take into account the wider impacts of the oil the project would produce. today'sjudgment here at the supreme court in london doesn't ban future fossil fuel developments in the uk. what it does do is weigh the scales more heavily against them. that's because now the authorities don'tjust have to take into account the impacts of extracting coal, oil and gas — now they also have to take into account the global impacts of burning the stuff as well. the uk is still a significant producer of oil and gas. campaigners say today's judgment could signal the end for some big new projects like the rose bank oil and gas field off the coast of shetland, or the proposed new coal field in cumbria. legal experts say that is not the case. as long as the planning authorities can show they are aware of the wider climate consequences, they could still decide the economic and other benefits outweigh those impacts. justin rowlatt, bbc news,
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the supreme court, london. all through this election, as part of the bbc�*s your voice, your vote, we've been asking people to tell us what issues matter to them. one which keeps coming up is social care. our social affairs editor alison holt has speaking to one couple about the challenges they face. isolated. life on hold. and i just feel like my family are having to do for me because no one else wants to. this is julie sharpe. she lives in rotherham with her husband, sam. i want to hear about a solid plan that would actually work to fix social care. sam isjulie's main carer. she has a range of complex long—term health conditions. they also both have autism. they rely on two daily care visits and four hours respite a week, funded by their council. hi, sam. they contacted us about social care... hi, julie.
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..and it's nhs version, continuing healthcare. it'd be great to talk to you about why you got in touch with us. nobody�*s mentioned continuing healthcare yet. continuing healthcare is basically the same as adult social care. it's just a matter of who funds it. so in my case, the council are saying that my needs are above and beyond what a local authority can provide. oops. julie's body doesn't produce a hormone called cortisol, so she needs regular tablets. if she's unwell or falls, there's a danger she could become unconscious or even die unless she's given an emergency injection. last year she needed four. so it is literally life and death. yep, it's life and death. the council says legally its care workers can't give the injections and they are a health task. currently, if sam isn't withjulie, her risk assessment says a member of the public would need to be sourced. the care worker would bring this member of public into the house
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to be given an information sheet or a youtube video to follow to give me this injection. the couple say they've been waiting 18 months to find out if they'll get nhs care. they want politicians to remove the red tape. there's no one party out there, one saying that they want to help the national health service, one saying that they want to make a national care service. why not make them a national health and care service? the nhs is in crisis because the care system isn't working. they actually need a solid, concrete plan that actually has some credibility. rotherham council and the local nhs say they work closely to support people with complex needs but have different legal frameworks and can't comment on individual cases. and alison is with me. that is the case ofjulie and sam but there are many in the uk struggling with social care so what kind of solutions are the main parties coming up with? there are a lot of people _
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parties coming up with? there are a lot of people in _ parties coming up with? there are a lot of people in difficult _ lot of people in difficult situations with care and i would say there is broad political agreement about the problems, underfunding, lack of staff, increasing demand and we had to say we are talking about the care system in england mainly. it is a devolved matter, the other nations have slightly more generous systems, but they also face similar pressures. the two main parties, there's not a lot of detail on social care the conservatives they would go ahead with an £86,000 cap or limit on care costs that one individual can rack up in their lifetime and labour said they would also introduce that project is scheduled for october 2025 but i have to say that i think both parties may face questions on the costs of that, whether the money is there. laboursays costs of that, whether the money is there. labour says it will set up a national care service within ten years and it wants to drive up quality. the lib dems have had most to say on social care, putting it at the heart of their plans and promising free personal care similar to the system that exists in scotland. to the system that exists in scotland-—
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to the system that exists in scotland. . ., ,, , ., the alliance party of northern ireland, which is neither unionist nor nationalist, has launched its election manifesto in belfast. it is pushing for reform of the devolved government, including changing how the stormont assembly votes on contentious issues. party leader naomi long also called for a new funding formula to increase the amount of public money available to local ministers. alliance mps are going to use any influence we have at westminster to push for that fairer financial deal for northern ireland, a deal that isn't about charity but is about being fair and accounting for what we are owed from treasury, according to our need. the scottish green party have promised a "transformative vision" for the country at their election manifesto launch. they're pledging to introduce a wealth tax on the richest people in the uk, an end to oil and gas companies being able to advertise, and a stop on all subsidies for fossil fuels. two weeks to go until wimbledon and britain's new number one, jack draper, has just claimed
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the biggest victory of his career by beating the top seed and defending wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz at queen's club in london. it's the first time the spanish superstar has lost a match on grass in almost two years. 22—year—old jack draper beat the world number two in straight sets. today is the summer solstice and thousands have gathered at stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year. it's thought stonehenge was built to align with the sun's movements. duncan kennedy is there for us now. a real party atmosphere building tonight, people singing and dancing. it has been a lively couple of days for stonehenge, a place that has been around for 5000 years but it still able to make the news. just yesterday we had those two people from just stop oil who threw powdered paint onto some of the
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stones. english heritage said they had got the paint off these don't and they were not sure if they could get it off all the 50 species of lichen on the stones. wiltshire police say two people have been released on bail. as far as the solstice celebrations are concerned, expected something like 20,000 people here over the next couple of hours and just a couple of hours ago we saw the sun setting here, a beautiful sunset across the fields with many people coming to stonehenge at this time to mark the whole event itself, engage in what they think is a spiritual experience. others are herejust they think is a spiritual experience. others are here just to see the start of summer. the actual weather for the sunrise tomorrow over the stones, the all—important sunrise, that weather is looking pretty good. it all takes place at about 4:52am. english heritage say that if you haven't already come, you can watch it live on their streaming service and they say they are hoping for a peaceful and perhaps even mystical event. duncan
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