�* after this i'm sure bbc verify after this debate — i'm sure bbc verify after this debate will verify that for you. yes, _ debate will verify that for you. yes. we — debate will verify that for you. yes, we have and yes, he is right. this data is from the nuffield trust and this year you can see health spending, just for prices, is set to be more than it's ever been, just higher than it was during the pandemic. one thing to bear in mind though is it has been pointed out that the rate of increase in health spending has slowed under the conservatives, particularly in the austerity year so this could have been higher. let's look at another claim about the nhs. this time the nhs in scotland and the snp leader john swinney. scotland has the best—performing accident—and—emergency system in the united kingdom, and has had for the last ten years. you can see it has gone up in scotland since january 2022, but, yes, for most of the decade in scotland, a smaller proportion of people are waiting more than four hours in a&e compared to england

and to wales. finally, let's look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party's manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it's got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service — but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. "the funding proposal appears to be insufficient." that's for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole — "there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn't raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments." so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website.

sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering, research and life sciences. let's cross like night to fill same. pa rt part of labour�*s offered to scotland to simply that sir keir starmer wants to win more seats here. labour only had one part of that selection. he says that if they get more of those mps can go down to west minister and help form the government. he says those mps could

be at the heart of power. he was here in west lothian talking about labour�*s industrial strategy, saying it could create up to 69,000 more jobs in scotland and high skilled sectors like research and development, engineering, clean energy. also talking about their warm homes plan. it was in the windows factory talking about insulation and the way you can help people to cut their own bills but also create more jobs installing solar panels and so on. he was asked in the interviews afterwards about the allegations about bats having been placed on timing of the general election. the been placed on timing of the general election. ~ , , election. the prime minister is showina election. the prime minister is showing a _ election. the prime minister is showing a total _ election. the prime minister is showing a total lack _ election. the prime minister is showing a total lack of - election. the prime minister is i showing a total lack of leadership on this _ showing a total lack of leadership on this. let's look at what actually happened — on this. let's look at what actually happened. in relation to a general election. — happened. in relation to a general election, the instinct of the stories— election, the instinct of the stories is_ election, the instinct of the stories is not how do we make this

work_ stories is not how do we make this work for— stories is not how do we make this work for the — stories is not how do we make this work for the country, but how do i make _ work for the country, but how do i make some — work for the country, but how do i make some money. that tells you a broeder— make some money. that tells you a broader picture about politics. of course _ broader picture about politics. of course it — broader picture about politics. of course it expel suspend these candidates. if they were mined there would _ candidates. if they were mined there would already be out the door. it is a total— would already be out the door. it is a total lack— would already be out the door. it is a total lack of leadership and it makes — a total lack of leadership and it makes it— a total lack of leadership and it makes it clear that choice at this election. — makes it clear that choice at this election, carrying on with the chaos, — election, carrying on with the chaos, division of the last 14 years. — chaos, division of the last 14 years. and _ chaos, division of the last 14 years, and on top of that this politics— years, and on top of that this politics of— years, and on top of that this politics of self entitlement is one of the _ politics of self entitlement is one of the big — politics of self entitlement is one of the big changes if there will be a labour— of the big changes if there will be a labour government is politics returning — a labour government is politics returning to service. it should be a public _ returning to service. it should be a public service. that is the change we will— public service. that is the change we will bring about. rishi public service. that is the change we will bring about.— public service. that is the change we will bring about. rishi sunak was ruestioned we will bring about. rishi sunak was questioned about _ we will bring about. rishi sunak was questioned about this _ we will bring about. rishi sunak was questioned about this morning - we will bring about. rishi sunak wasj questioned about this morning when he said these are serious allegations that are being looked into. here in scotland, the political picture that sir keir starmer faces is political picture that sir keir starmerfaces is a difficult

political picture that sir keir starmer faces is a difficult one. labour was dominant here in west lothian ten years ago, but they are actually now coming from third place in this election. snp hold a big majority. the conservatives find themselves a third wheel in what was often a binary debate about independence. neighbourhood they can start to build a presence here again. it is a measure notjust of their ambition. they are coming from an awfully long way back in a lot of parts of scotland. we an awfully long way back in a lot of parts of scotland.— an awfully long way back in a lot of parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader— parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader quite _ parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader quite a _ parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader quite a few _ parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader quite a few times - parts of scotland. we have seen the labour leader quite a few times in i labour leader quite a few times in scotland, setting his sights on scotland, setting his sights on scotland for that reason. some people here said they would not

support our conservative administration. labour's argument is that that they wanted majority of their own and it is the symbolic value of winning back former heartland, places like glasgow, fife, and across the lothians where these to have really big majorities. these are seats that's gordon brown, he had a seat in scotland. we have had chancellors like alistair darling, home secretaries likejohn reid, big labourfigures have come from the scottish seat and had prominent roles in westminster. that is what they are promising again. they are saying they could be at the heart of power in westminster. it is good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. a reminder that nick robinson continues his series of interviews with the party leaders tonight. he will be joined by the reform

uk party leader, nigel farage, on panorama. that's at 7.00pm on bbc one and bbc iplayer. you can watch that interview again tonight at 8.30pm here on bbc news the chief constable of northamptonshire police, nick adderley, has been dismissed after a misconduct hearing found he committed gross misconduct by exaggerating his naval achievements when he applied for thejob. the panel concluded he had lied about reaching the rank of lieutenant and being a military negotiator in haiti in the 1980s, while an expert deemed a medal he claimed to have been awarded was "110% fake". mr adderley has also been barred from ever working in the police again. the former general secretary of the sub—postmasters�* union is answering questions at the post office horizon it inquiry today. george thomson, who ran the national federation of subpostmasters, which represents the vast majority of self—employed sub—postmasters, is expected to be asked why the federation didn't do more to look after its members. azadeh moshiri is at

the post office inquiry for us this morning. this is exactly the question that sub—postmaster staffer george thomson. he stood down in 2017, that is when victims allege a cover—up is taking place by the post office. what did george thomson though during that period and why didn't the national federation of sub—postmaster is do more? his answer is that the horizon was robust and it is still robust. not even the bosses of fujitsu, the former chief executives who appeared here a few days ago, use that defence and defended the horizon it system. he also had criticism of sir alan bates, thejustice postmasters alliance and the media saying they painted the wrong picture of horizon

it system, saying it wasn't fit for purpose, something he said it was factually incorrect and it had damaged the brand and post offices around the uk. we did say that the post office was wrong not to tell him about bugs in the system, to not talk about the fact that remote access was possible in these branch accounts and he was furious about what he called shenanigans at the post office. but we have also heard today that he called the claims that sir alan bates was making in 2012 rubbish in an e—mail to paula vennells and he also criticised the fact that an independent investigation into the horizon it system was taking place. but she received six _ system was taking place. but she received six or— system was taking place. but she received six or seven _ system was taking place. but she received six or seven complaintsl received six or seven complaints from _ received six or seven complaints from people. yes, ijust said that. you are _ from people. yes, ijust said that. you are getting in touch with the post office but you're not saying please _ post office but you're not saying please investigate these problems, you're _ please investigate these problems, you're saying you are very

disappointed that there is an independent review going on into horizon — independent review going on into horizon. we independent review going on into horizon. ~ , ., . , horizon. we should have been in the loo on horizon. we should have been in the icon on the — horizon. we should have been in the loop on the decision _ horizon. we should have been in the loop on the decision and _ horizon. we should have been in the loop on the decision and the - loop on the decision and the rationale _ loop on the decision and the rationale for— loop on the decision and the rationale for the _ loop on the decision and the rationale for the decision. ii loop on the decision and the - rationale for the decision. i make no apologies _ rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that _ rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that i _ rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that i am _ rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that i am and - rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that i am and i - rationale for the decision. i make no apologies that i am and i was| rationale for the decision. i makel no apologies that i am and i was a supporter— no apologies that i am and i was a supporter of — no apologies that i am and i was a supporter of the _ no apologies that i am and i was a supporter of the horizon - no apologies that i am and i was a supporter of the horizon system. i no apologies that i am and i was a i supporter of the horizon system. of supporter of the horizon system. iii/rt course, supporter of the horizon system. course, you can imagine the supporter of the horizon system.“ course, you can imagine the reaction from sub—postmasters here. one of them said this added insult to injury. a lawyerfor the them said this added insult to injury. a lawyer for the victims called this a flat earth defence. i caught up with another victim earlier. it caught up with another victim earlier. . , , earlier. it was 'ust the same standard _ earlier. it was just the same standard response - earlier. it was just the same standard response that - earlier. it was just the same standard response that the l earlier. it was just the same - standard response that the system is robust _ standard response that the system is robust and _ standard response that the system is robust and that is why we are all very— robust and that is why we are all very angry, _ robust and that is why we are all very angry, even today now we are sitting _ very angry, even today now we are sitting at _ very angry, even today now we are sitting at the inquiry and so many of us _ sitting at the inquiry and so many of us are — sitting at the inquiry and so many of us are absolutely fuming. they were _ of us are absolutely fuming. they were not— of us are absolutely fuming. they were not supposed to be working hand in hand _ were not supposed to be working hand in hand with _ were not supposed to be working hand in hand with the post office, they

were _ in hand with the post office, they were supposed to be protecting us. where _ were supposed to be protecting us. where were they? another issue is the fun is that the national federation of sub—postmasters was receiving from the post office. the inquiry counsel as george thompson did you get too close to the post office? he rejected that idea, but sub—postmasters here are visibly upset and shocked. sub-postmasters here are visibly upset and shocked.— sub-postmasters here are visibly upset and shocked. thank you very much indeed- _ a gang of cyber criminals causing disruption to several hospitals in london has published sensitive data stolen from an nhs blood testing company. the group has been trying to extort money from synnovis since the hack nearly three weeks ago. they've previously threatened to publish the data unless they got paid. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. overnight, cybercriminals responsible for causing major disruption at london hospitals did what they had been threatening. this is qilin's darknet leak site, where they published almost 400 gigabytes of private information stolen from blood—test company synnovis.

patient names, nhs numbers, date of births, and what tests they've had are in the vast data dump — now online for free for other hackers to download. it's not known if test results are included in the data. the cyberattack earlier this month was one of the worst in the uk in terms of its impact and harm caused to the public. as well as stealing data, hackers scrambled the company's it systems, causing huge disruption to operations and appointments, as doctors tried to find alternative services — leading to several london hospitals declaring a critical incident, and an urgent appeal launched for blood donors. it's a very serious incident, and it's having a profound effect on quite a lot of patients. it has reduced our capacity to deal with patients —

particularly elective patients, rather than emergency patients — and it will take some time to recover that. nhs england say sincejune the 3rd, more than 1,000 planned operations and more than 2,000 outpatient appointments were postponed. qilin usually charge victims a ransom fee to return systems to normal. experts say that would run into tens of millions of pounds. but the publication of this data tells us that, so far, synnovis hasn't paid a ransom. the hackers have claimed the attack was a protest against the uk government not helping out in an unspecified war. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.

my mum has dementia. she was diagnosed at the age of 81, about six years ago now. # i've got you under my skin...# nicola's mother imelda lives in a care home on the wirral. we visit her pretty much every day. like many with experience of the care system, nicola wants fixing it to be a priority for any new government. with no savings, imelda's council pays for her care, but it doesn't cover the actual cost. nicola and her brother pay a £2,200 top up each month, so their mum can stay in the place she knows. what keeps me awake at night is the thought that i now won't have enough in my savings pot to pay if i ever

need to go into care. and therefore, that financial burden will pass to my children. successive governments, they accept that this is crisis. they accept that this is something that has to be addressed, and yet they do nothing. hi, brian! today's open letter to politicians underlines just how worried many are about the pressures on the care system, including councils having to juggle underfunding and increasing demand. have you been doing anything today? coffee morning. in south manchester, 59—year—old brian is paying £500 a month towards his four daily care visits. even though he's on benefits, he's now in debt. i'm behind with me gas- and electric and other bills, we're paying for the care so much. so, it is stressful and it is a worry, j because i've still got to pay- the money back at some point.

his uncontrolled tremor stopped him working as an electrician. everybody needs an electrician. i didn't have worries- like this at all, you know. i since i've got poorly and all this, | it's like, they don't care any more. staff shortages are another major problem, but courtney works for a care company that tries to keep workers by doing things differently. she's paid for the hours she's available, not, as often happens, just for time spent with clients. i love the block hours and now we do above and beyond. so if you have anything over half an hour break, if we realise someone needs a bit more attention or they're a bit more lonely, we then get paid to go back and sit with them. for that to happen more widely, councils would need to change how they buy care. the boss of courtney's company wants a national plan. we need to really recognise the skills that this workforce have got, and and support them

to make that difference. but on the flip side, we've got to pay them properly. and nicola is looking for reassurance that whoever forms the new government will take action. what would you say to politicians? prove that you really want to make a difference. have the courage to do something about it. just do yourjob. # so deep in my heart that you are really a part of me # i've got you...# the british medical association says there are qualified gps who cannot find enough work, despite the high demand for appointments. it says some locum doctors in england are having to turn to otherjobs and called the situation ridiculous. they say the government funding of gp practices in england cruised by just 1.9% above inflation in this financial year and some are cutting back on funding for temporary staff.

which, the consumer group, says three popular types of sun lotion offer less protection than they claim. they say products from calypso sun bondi sand and asked all failed to pass all the checks. calypso son says on of its prospects were well tested. as to reject the claims. bondi science have yet to respond to the claims. temperatures and lack reached more than 50 celsius. muslims travel from all across the world to make that journey. in the searing heat of western saudi arabia, walking for several hours a day, surrounded by many hundreds of thousands of others, performing the five days of the hajj is an arduous undertaking at the best of times. some thrive in the adversity, but each year, hundreds also die of conditions related to heat exhaustion.

it may be months until we get the full picture, but given temperatures reached nearly 52 degrees celsius, there have been fears the number that died this year could be much higher than normal. over the years, the saudi authorities have introduced sprinkler systems, tunnel routes and water stations across the massive pilgrimage area, and issue advice to use umbrellas and avoid walking in the hottest parts of the day. they've also tried to control numbers with strict quotas, but many religiously motivated use unofficial routes to get around them, given it's incumbent on every muslim with the means to go on hajj at least once in their lifetime. aleem maqbool, bbc news. england still have a lot of work to do to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the euros after a disappointing 1—1 draw with denmark.

the team were booed off the pitch at the end of that game. some pundits said it was an overly defensive and lethargic performance. there has been a bit of criticism in the last day of the england manager, gareth southgate, who says the team need to improve ahead of playing slovenia next week. that performance just underlines your anger interact at the moment. there is so much belief among the supporters, the players and the england manager at that incident at long last can win some silverware on the bigger stage of all, but they keep being undermined by these performances. it was clear to see last night that they are not playing at their best. gareth southgate admitted that last night. he is all too aware that the performance

wasn't good enough and you wonder where he will turn out because so much has been made about the attacking talents, the likes ofjude bellingham, harry kane, phil foden and his world beaters they happened 13, yet somehow they don't seem to be gelling. the one positive element to this is that england are still well placed to qualify with four points. with one match to come in the group they switch safely secured their way out of the group, but it is to performances that are the worrying thing and that is something that gareth southgate is going to have to address. there is a large amount of negativity we saw around what happened last night. the last european championship england reached the final, they lost on penalties to italy. this is the exact same scenario that played out at the last euros. england won their opening match, drew their second match before winning their final group game 1—0. that is how it is

played out so far for england and thatis played out so far for england and that is something gareth southgate will stress upon his players. i guess he will hope that things improve and that these performances don't continue to follow a downward trend, because as is often the case with a lack of confidence then comes a lack of belief and performances can quickly spiral and he won't want that to happen. but let's remind ourselves, england are well placed to qualify. around 15,000 people were at stonehenge this morning to watch the summer solstice sunrise. the gathering was allowed to go ahead despite a protest byjust stop oil on wednesday when orange paint was sprayed over parts of the landmark. yeah, they've started to move away now from the stones, but 15,000 people were here overnight watching the sunset and then the glorious sunrise this morning.

it's a very, very special place to many. and to explain more, i chatted earlier to the arch druid of stonehenge and great britain, rollo maughfling. well, it's so special because it, not only in ancient pre—history, marks the time of recognition of the sunrise at summer solstice, marking the solar year — so the people would change gradually from the hunter—gathering societies that were becoming extinct to the agricultural ones — but this revival in this particular century is... i think history might say, is supporting another change, in which we learn how to survive on the planet from an ecological point of view. wonderful. and what does it mean, then, to celebrate it with so many people? because every walk of life is here this morning. yes. well, it's lovely. in 1989, we petitioned to her majesty queen elizabeth when she was still on the throne, under the ancient custom rights of eisteddfod, to be allowed to hold these gatherings legally because they date back to a time in history, 1189, when king richard

i was on the throne, when these gatherings were deemed to have existed since time immemorial — which is a legal definition — and therefore, can exist in perpetuity. so that means, basically, winter and summer solstice is your time to get close to the stones. yes, yes. and what does that mean to you personally? oh, personally, it's absolutely wonderful to see so many lovely people come. and because, for us, we see the divine manifesting in nature. and if you've got shots, i'm sure you have, of the sunrise this morning... we have. ..and the mist and the rest of it, not only is nature absolutely wonderful, but all these people are absolutely wonderful as well. no trouble at all. everybody�*s happy and celebrating. it's terrific. it really was a special occasion. the barriers are now starting to go up behind us. but it was such a wonderful feeling of love, joy, spirituality for those of us here as we watched that sun come up over the horizon just before 10 to 5 this morning — signaled, of course, astronomically the start to summer here in the uk. and what a beautiful

start it has been. the sun continues to shine. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather. hello. we're seeing a bit of a taste of something more summerlike out there at the moment. there's some blue sky and sunshine and we've seen temperatures in the mid 20s on friday. this was the picture in seaford, east sussex, looking over the english channel. heading through the weekend, still relatively dry and settled. temperatures doing quite well for the time of year. some warm sunshine, but also a little bit of rain in the forecast, we're not all going to be seeing it, but as we head through friday, latter part of the afternoon and evening, we've got this rain in the west. so some rain for western scotland, northern ireland, pushing into wales and the south—west of england. further east in the sunnier skies, temperatures at 6.00pm still sitting at around about 23 degrees or so. we're typically looking at the mid to high teens further west, where you've got more cloud and a few spots of rain. a bit of a breeze down towards the south—west this evening too.

overnight tonight, that band of cloud and rain initially in the west will sweep its way eastward, so turning quite murky. a bit of drizzly rain around to start off your saturday morning across central and eastern parts of england, whereas further west, where we had the cloud on friday, we're looking at clearer skies. a mild night, in double figures for most. heading through the day, then, and for many central and eastern parts of england in particular we start with cloud. it should break up. there could be one or two showers, but they're fairly well isolated. further west, plenty of sunshine. we've just got a little bit more cloud filtering into northern ireland and north—west scotland later in the day. temperatures here in the mid teens, but for most of us we're looking at highs of about 19 to 22. so slightly fresher on saturday compared to what we saw on friday. if you suffer from hay fever, you've probably already guessed this — we've got very high levels of pollen across much of the uk through the course of the weekend. through saturday night and into sunday, we have still got the remnants of a frontal system, probably just sitting across central areas. that could bring still quite a bit of cloud to parts of england and wales in particular through sunday morning, tending to break up a little

bit through the day. by sunday afternoon spells of sunshine quite widely and it is looking dry across the board, with light winds. it will feel a bit warmer too. temperatures up to around about 25, possibly 26. further north, it's more widely going to be up in the low 20s. high teens across the north—west of scotland. it stays pretty warm from monday into tuesday for many of us, especially towards the south, but there could be something cooler and more unsettled moving in later tuesday and on into wednesday. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. rishi sunak says he is waiting for the outcome of several investigations before deciding whether to suspend two conservative candidates who allegedly placed bets on the timing of the election. if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, but i will ensure that they are booted out

of the conservative party also. labour's leader sir keir starmer criticised the prime minister and called for the candidates to be suspended. called for the candidates to be summed-— called for the candidates to be susended. , . ., , suspended. the instinct of these tories were _ suspended. the instinct of these tories were in _ suspended. the instinct of these tories were in a _ suspended. the instinct of these tories were in a general- suspended. the instinct of these tories were in a general election suspended. the instinct of these i tories were in a general election is called is not how do we make this work for the country, but how do i make some money. and that tells you of a broader picture about politics, of a broader picture about politics, of course they should suspend these candidates. of course they should suspend these candidates. the chief constable of northamptonshire police is dismissed for lying about his military service. hackers behind a cyber attack on some hospitals in london say they have published sensitive nhs data online. the england football manager has admitted his team is falling short of expectations after drawing 1—1 against denmark at the euros 2024.