round the country with a last minute push to win over floating voters. but a conservative cabinet minister has admitted he thinks labour are about to win with what may be the biggest landslide in british political history. also on the programme this lunchtime... hurricane beryl heads towards jamaica. it's already battered several other nations in the caribbean. a mother admits using morphine to end the life of her terminally ill son a0 years ago. i said, "would you like me to remove the pain?" he said, "yes please, mama". and a british dream team at wimbledon. andy murray will play mixed doubles with emma raducanu at this year's tournament. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we'll get the latest from the england camp where all 26 players train

this morning as they prepare for their european championship quarterfinal against switzerland on saturday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. on the eve of the general election, two senior conservatives have publicly said they expect to lose. the work and pensions secretary mel stride has predicted the largest labour majority in history, while former home secretary suella braverman said simply "it's over". all the parties are making a final appeal for votes before the polls open at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. here's our political correspondent ione wells. cheering. the day before the last election, this man was on the cusp of getting a huge tory majority. boris, boris! thank you very much. thank you. former prime minister borisjohnson

brought in at the 11th hour last night to try to give the current prime minister's campaign a boost. good evening, everyone. the day before this election, the mood in tory quarters couldn't feel more different. i totally accept that where the polls are at the moment means that tomorrow is likely to see the largest labour landslide majority, the largest majority that this country has ever seen. much bigger than 1997, bigger even than the national government in 1931. what therefore matters now is what kind of opposition do we have? what kind of ability to scrutinise government is there within parliament? cheering. you might think labour would be delighted by this prediction, but there are concerns in the party that it doesn't help them. it's really voter suppression. it's trying to get people to stay at home rather than to go out and vote. i say if you want change, you have to vote for it. i want people to be part of the change.

i know there are very close constituencies across the country. i don't take anything for granted. i respect the voters and i know that we have to earn every vote until 10 o'clock tomorrow night and we will do that. it's notjust the tories driving this prediction. the race is turning now to who will make the strongest opposition. yes, that is the liberal democrat leader, ed davey, at the wheel. when i think about the next parliament, it's really clear that a united liberal democrats with a strong message on fair deal are ones who could hold whoever�*s in power to account. the conservatives can't. there'd be a failed government. there'd be a failed opposition. they're too divided to hold the next government to account. and, north of the border, the message is the same. the tories are out of the game. they've lost the election south of the border. in scotland, for voters, if they want to stop austerity, stop a labour government imposing more austerity in scotland, they want to protect the scottish interest and make sure we've got a future that's made in scotland for scotland, they've got to vote snp.

the green party says it hopes to win at least four mps to push a labour government to be bolder and braver in delivering real change. reform uk's leader nigel farage says his party can be the real opposition to hold keir starmer to account on immigration. get rid of the tories. yeah. plaid cymru say the tories are finished, but wales could not afford to be sidelined by a labour government. we've had a lot of predictions from parties out and about today, and it is extraordinary that the day before the election, parties are not debating policy but polls. but remember, what really matters is not the polls, it's not the predictions, it's how people actually vote. and the majority of people will be doing that tomorrow. it is only on friday that we will know how many mps each party is going to be sending here to parliament, and who will form the next government. ione wells, bbc news in westminster. our political correspondents are following all the main parties

on their last day of campaigning. in a moment, we'll hear what's been happening with labour, the liberal democrats and the snp but let's start with nick eardley, who is on the conservative battle bus. nick, what's their message today? well, it seems to be focused on a core vote. it is about warning about the size of the potential labour majority, talking about what the conservative see as some of the risks of giving labour what they call unchecked power. ithink risks of giving labour what they call unchecked power. i think that probably tells a story in another itself. there are not many conservative to speak to a penny who are still talking about the prospect of victory. it is a real moment, pretty extraordinary and pretty unprecedented for a senior cabinet minister, someone very close to the prime minister to be saying 2a hours out from polls opening, i think

there is going to be a good chance they will be a stonking labour majority. the question now is about what sort of opposition there is going to be to hold the labour majority to account. this isn't done, there is still venting to happen tomorrow. rishi sunak has been adamant this morning he will keep fighting for every vote. there are not many conservatives who think anything other than a defeat is coming. as we can see from suella braverman in the telegraph today talking about it being game over and blaming rishi sunakfor not doing enough to win voters from the bite. in some ways the battle to do that is already under way. tom symons is with the lib dems.— with the lib dems. thank you. the lib dems are _ with the lib dems. thank you. the lib dems are out _ with the lib dems. thank you. the lib dems are out and _ with the lib dems. thank you. the lib dems are out and about. - with the lib dems. thank you. the lib dems are out and about. the i lib dems are out and about. the finishing — lib dems are out and about. the finishing tape is in sight for ed davey's — finishing tape is in sight for ed davey's1300 finishing tape is in sight for ed davey's 1300 mile tour finishing tape is in sight for ed davey's1300 mile tour of the uk

from _ davey's1300 mile tour of the uk from north— davey's1300 mile tour of the uk from north of scotland right down to cornwall, _ from north of scotland right down to cornwall, ending this afternoon in hertfordshire. this is a speech he is giving — hertfordshire. this is a speech he is giving in — hertfordshire. this is a speech he is giving in winchester. he has given— is giving in winchester. he has given a — is giving in winchester. he has given a speech many times. his summers— given a speech many times. his supporters will be out until probably the close of day to day to try to _ probably the close of day to day to try to win — probably the close of day to day to try to win beds. he has also given us plenty— try to win beds. he has also given us plenty of— try to win beds. he has also given us plenty of time on the battle bus and plenty— us plenty of time on the battle bus and plenty of interviews to talk about — and plenty of interviews to talk about his — and plenty of interviews to talk about his thoughts about policies and politics. today i was trying to ask him _ and politics. today i was trying to ask him what his response would be to have _ ask him what his response would be to have big — ask him what his response would be to have big labour supermajority in the commons. he really would not io in the commons. he really would not go there _ in the commons. he really would not go there in— in the commons. he really would not go there in terms of saying whether he was _ go there in terms of saying whether he was concerned about it has in the past criticised the conservatives fork in _ past criticised the conservatives fork in his— past criticised the conservatives fork in his own words ruining the countrv — fork in his own words ruining the countrv he _ fork in his own words ruining the country. he does say the liberal democrats — country. he does say the liberal democrats would be a proper opposition to the labour party. i also asked — opposition to the labour party. i also asked him, what might happen if the liberat— also asked him, what might happen if the liberal democrats came in third? currently. _ the liberal democrats came in third? currently, they are fourth in the

commons, _ currently, they are fourth in the commons, the fourth biggest party. it commons, the fourth biggest party. it may— commons, the fourth biggest party. it may come inside, they would get some _ it may come inside, they would get some advantages, they will be able to answer— some advantages, they will be able to answer more questions at prime minister's — to answer more questions at prime minister's questions and he said that would be nirvana. the party he would _ that would be nirvana. the party he would be _ that would be nirvana. the party he would be pushing on to fourth with the snp _ katie hunter is with them today. good afternoon from a wet and windy bar head. this is the fourth campaign stop of the day for the snp. they are very much focusing their efforts on the central belt of scotland today. john swinney, his message, is this general election campaign is a foregone conclusion in england, labourwillwin, sir keir starmerwill england, labourwillwin, sir keir starmer will be the next prime minister. there is a very different situation in scotland, the election is too close to call between the snp and labour. just pull some context, in the last general election, the snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour

won just snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour wonjust one. labour are snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour won just one. labour are eyeing snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour wonjust one. labour are eyeing up a big revival here. john swinney snp leader hoping that the good bible doesn't happen. he has only been in thejob as snp doesn't happen. he has only been in the job as snp leader and doesn't happen. he has only been in thejob as snp leader and first ministerfor around eight weeks. he spent five of those on the campaign trail and has one more day to go. our political correspondent jessica parker has been following the labour leader sir keir starmer and his campaign team. she's on the move at the moment but sent us this update a short time ago. sir keir starmer is doing a dash around three nations today — wales, scotland and england. and he's continuing to visit seats that labour did not win at the last general election. it's a sign of that growing confidence within the labour campaign, as we hurtle towards polling day. now on these comments from conservatives that the country could be heading for a massive labour majority.

ironically, it's labour that's really keen to play that down — sir keir starmer telling me earlier that he thought those comments amount to voter suppression because of course labour don't want people to think that this is a done deal and then not bother voting for them. hence why you keep hearing this slogan of, "if you want change, you've got to vote for it". you keep hearing that from sir keir starmer. now, of course, the challenges facing any incoming government are enormous, and the labour campaign has been criticised for being too cautious, even in some areas ambiguous about what it might do in government. but speaking to activists, the mood is certainly one that is upbeat. when sir keir starmer arrived in front of a room of supporters earlier, the applause was loud and it was long. people within the labour campaign feel they could be on the cusp of being in powerfor the first time in 14 years. jess parker reporting there. if you still have questions ahead of tomorrow's election, head to the bbc news

website and app where you'll find details of candidates in your area, guides to party manifestos, interviews with party leaders and links to the recent debates across the bbc. just head to bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app where you'll find our coverage of the general election so far. other news now, and people injamaica have been warned to stock up on food and water and stay indoors, as hurricane beryl bears down on the island, with potential winds of 150 miles per hour. it's due to hitjamaica at around 2pm local time — 8 o'clock this evening in the uk. our reporter thomas magill has more details. union island, just off saint vincent and the grenadines, is the latest part of the caribbean to feel the full force of hurricane beryl, with 90% of its homes either destroyed or damaged. in grenada, it's a similar story, where power lines are down and roofs

have been ripped off buildings by the hurricane's deadly force. its prime minister has been assessing the devastation and says the island of carriacou has been very badly affected. it is almost armageddon like, almost total damage or destruction of all buildings, whether they be public buildings, homes or other private facilities. there is literally no vegetation left anywhere on the island of carriacou. hurricane beryl now threatens jamaica, as a... next in its path is jamaica, where people are being urged to stock up on food, water and candles. beryl is rapidly moving northeast across the atlantic, its power and size visible from space. and this is how it looks in the dominican republic, where high tides, heavy rain and strong winds of more than 240 kilometres per hour have been relentlessly battering its coastline. as some communities

across the region start to assess the damage and devastation, others injamaica and mexico are preparing to batten down the hatches, hoping this category four hurricane will begin to weaken in the coming hours. thomas magill, bbc news. cbs reporter tom hanson is in montego bay injamaica. i guess it is the calm before the storm. tom, do people there feel prepared? the general sense we got yesterday was that people are taking this storm very seriously. we saw a crush of people at the airport trying to get out on some extra flights provided by a variety of air carriers. then we also visited some grocery stores, one had a line snaking from aisle to aisle with people grabbing whatever they could from water bottles to nonperishable

goods. look around! this seems like a typical day. there is no indication this storm is coming just yet but that is expected to dramatically change as the day goes by. you can see around me a lot of stores are closed but deep are still walking about. —— but people. this afternoon is really where we are focusing. that is when the rain and winds are expected to pick up. it will hitjamaica will become very close to jamaica, within striking range, bringing those 125, 130 five miles per hour winds, really powerful conditions here. the other thing we are factoring in a storm surge. we are basically at sea level. you can see the ocean just down the street. that is something we will be watching very closely. this is one of the most destructive

parts of any hurricane system that goes through. right now the sun is out. that will change. we are waiting for that. we are covering it and we will bring it to you live. tom hanson, thank you. the average monthly rent outside of london has hit a record high, of £1,300. that's according to analysis from the property website, rightmove, which found that the average advertised rent across britain is 7% higher than last year. in london, that monthly figure is even steeper at around £2,600. more than 35 charities are calling for the next government to tackle what it says is a crisis in early years funding, with concerns over staffing and a lack of available places for children from birth to five years old. it follows a rise in demand for childcare, because of the expansion of free support for working parents in england. the mother of the missing tourist jay slater says her family

is "absolutely devastated" after the search in tenerife failed to find any trace of him. the 19—year—old from lancashire went missing after a dance music festivaljust over two weeks ago. nicky schiller reports. "words cannot describe the pain and agony we are experiencing. he is our beautiful boy with his whole life ahead of him, and wejust want to find him." the words of jay slater�*s mother, debbie duncan, after searches failed to trace her son. the 19—year—old from lancashire has been missing since the 17th ofjune after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. he was in tenerife to attend a music festival with friends, his first holiday abroad without his parents. helicopters, drones and search dogs were all deployed to try and find him in the steep rocky area. but, over the weekend, the local police called off the search for the apprentice bricklayer. in her statement issued through the british overseas missing

persons charity lbt global, with this new picture of jay, debbie duncan thanked officers who she said had worked tirelessly up the mountains where jay's last phone call was traced. she also hit out at some stories around her son's disappearance, saying... "we are aware of the conspiracy theories and speculation on social media and some websites, and can only describe this as vile. the negative comments are extremely distressing to our family". debbie duncan did say the family had embraced the love and support they'd had from across the globe, but again appealed for privacy and urged the press to allow the spanish police to get on with their investigations. the search for the 19—year—old was officially declared over on sunday, but police have said the case remains open, although officials said they couldn't comment on reports that an airbnb property that jay slater stayed at before he went missing has been searched again by investigators. nicky schiller, bbc news.

the time is 13.18. our top story this afternoon. on the final day of campaigning, parties make a final bid for votes before the general election. and andy murray and emma raducancu are to join forces in the mixed doubles at wimbledon. and coming up on sportsday later on bbc news, we head live to wimbledon in the third day of the championships, ahead of emma raducanu's second round match against elise mertens. britain's andy murray and emma raducanu have announced they'll be pairing up for the mixed doubles at wimbledon. bbc sport'sjo currie joins us now from wimbledon. jo, this is a box office partnership.

when do they play and how far could they get? it isa it is a british blockbuster pairing, and arad acana said in an interview this week hinting at how much she would love to pair up with her hero and her idol andy murray and andy murray must be listening. we know how disappointed and upset he was to pull out of the men's singles tournament yesterday as it struggles tournament yesterday as it struggles to recover from back tournament yesterday as it struggles to recoverfrom back surgery. he is due to play already in the men's doubles with brotherjamie but fans will be delighted to know that with this they will get another chance to see him in action here at the all england club in what will almost certainly be his final wimbledon appearance. andy murray and emma raducanu have been given a wild card for this and emma reddick can is still in singles action and due to play later on. the match may get pushed back from friday but you can almost guarantee that whenever the matches it will be given centre

court billing. this is the parent everyone wanted to see, andy murray may be coming towards the end of his career and emma raducanu at the beginning of hers but they believe that they can do something special here and perhaps even win. what a story that would be. raducanu is also in action in the singles this afternoon. she'll face the belgian elise mertens, who is ranked more than 100 places above her as the world number 33. so, jo, a tough match for raducanu? well if yesterday is anything to go by then people arriving today can be optimistic of more british success. we had six players go through yesterday and today another seven british players in action. but it will be on emma raducanu that most people will be pinning their hopes. the 21—year—old has vowed to leave it all on the line as she takes on elise mertens but it will be a challenging game. ranking just over 100 places above her so even with the court behind her she says it

will be a tough game. and results —wise i have no expectations she said butjust expectations of myself to fight and not let any frustration get to me. now emma roddick cano has appeared in six grand slams and of those six she has never gone beyond the second round. she has been dogged by injury and surgeries and this time last year was not fit enough to play wimbledon so we can expect a player to step out later and at the very least have a big smile on herface. just happy and at the very least have a big smile on her face. just happy to and at the very least have a big smile on herface. just happy to be back playing tennis. smile on her face. just happy to be back playing tennis.— smile on her face. just happy to be back playing tennis. thank you very much. ajudge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the former leader of the democratic unionist party sirjeffrey donaldson to face trial over historical sex offence charges. he appeared in court in newry in county down this morning, along with his wife, who's also been charged. our ireland correspondent chris page is there, with the latest. chris?

this is the second time thatjeffrey donaldson and lady eleanor donelson have appeared in court in person. jeffrey donaldson had been the longest serving mp in northern ireland and resigned as leader of the democratic unionist party after being arrested and charged in march and today both the accused would told they would return to court in the autumn for the trial to be arranged. sirjeffrey donaldson is charged with 18 offences alleged to have been committed between 1985 and 2008. he's accused of one count of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency. there are two alleged victims. sirjeffrey�*s wife, lady eleanor donaldson, is facing five charges of aiding and abetting. they appeared before newry magistrates court for a hearing which lasted three minutes. it was held to decide whether there was enough evidence for the case to go to

the crown court for a trial. during the proceedings, the accused were asked if they wanted to say anything in respect of the charges. sirjeffrey donaldson replied not at this stage. lady eleanor donaldson said no. the districtjudge said he was satisfied there was a case to answer. the date of the next hearing was set for the 10th of september earlier this year. earlier this year, sirjeffrey donaldson said in a letter to his former party that he would be strenuously contesting the accusations. chris page, bbc news, newry. a former chair of the post office has been giving evidence to the inquiry into the faulty horizon it system, which caused hundreds of innocent subpostmasters to be accused of theft and false accounting. tim parker held the post for seven years, and resigned a few days before the inquiry was launched. our business correspondent emma simpson is at the inquiry. emma, what has he been saying?

tim parker was a bit of a big hitter in the business world when he joined the post office as chair and he arrived at a key time when things were really hotting up with growing complaints and press coverage including a key panorama programme. the new post office minister wanted him to do a review of the horizon it problems. this was done and it warned of possible miscarriages of justice but that report was never shown in full to the board. and to take mr parker was asked why. there was no intention _ take mr parker was asked why. there was no intention to _ take mr parker was asked why. there was no intention to hide _ take mr parker was asked why. there was no intention to hide the - take mr parker was asked why. there was no intention to hide the report as such _ was no intention to hide the report as such. people knew about the report — as such. people knew about the report. but it was a legally privileged document and again it is one of— privileged document and again it is one of my— privileged document and again it is one of my regrets that i got that advice _ one of my regrets that i got that advice and — one of my regrets that i got that advice and i took it and that is essentially how the report was conceived.

essentially how the report was conceived-— conceived. now that advice he claimed came _ conceived. now that advice he claimed came from _ conceived. now that advice he claimed came from the - conceived. now that advice he claimed came from the post i conceived. now that advice he - claimed came from the post office top lawyer. he acknowledged that had it been discussed by the board it may have led to a different approach with the subsequent high court action, this was the hugely costly legal battle that the post office went on to lose against the sad postmasters. but mr parker also felt that by that stage it may have needed a judge to actually resolve all the issues.— needed a judge to actually resolve all the issues. ., ,, , ,., ., ,, all the issues. emma simpson, thank ou. police are investigating the cause of a stampede that killed at least 121 people at a religious gathering in northern india. witnesses said thousands of worshippers were trying to leave a hindu prayer meeting when the crush happened. it's thought around 250,000 people were there, more than triple the capacity permitted by the authorities. us presidentjoe biden has blamed jet lag for his poor performance in last week's tv debate against his rival donald trump.

he said he was exhausted from international travel and that he nearly fell asleep on stage during the debate, in which he struggled to finish some of his sentences. some top democrats have publicly voiced their concerns about mr biden's health. people who need specialist foods like gluten—free bread and pasta are paying a third more for their weekly shop than those on a regular diet. that's according to research by the coeliac society, which says some people with the condition are being forced to choose between eating foods that make them feel worse, or going hungry. our business correspondent ben boulos has been looking into this. the cost of an average weekly shop for someone buying gluten free products is 35% higher than a regular shop. that's according to coeliac uk, which supports people with the condition, which means they cannot eat gluten, the protein commonly found

in wheat and other products. the group's research found that gluten free bread was, on average, four and a half times more expensive, and gluten free pasta on average double the price of regular pasta. and gluten free cereals were in many cases even more than twice the price. and it's notjust people living with coeliac disease who require these kinds of products. there are a number of medical conditions that mean some people have to restrict what they eat. like becky. i speak to a huge amount of people and myself, i've been gluten free for 15 years, and it is a real, real struggle. and i think the hardest thing ifind is that gluten free is not a choice. we don't choose to be gluten free, so the fact that we're having to spend so much more on products is just absolutely crazy. you know, we want to be able to just eat those everyday products. we don't want to have to chuck them out of our diets or think about eating stuff that we shouldn't, because it will make us really sick.

so it's, yeah, it'sjust the most frustrating thing. and it goes across the board that, you know, when you're adding in all these free—from products into your basket, that's going to add up and add up and cost a huge amount of money more. so the question is, why are these free—from products often more expensive? when you look at the products themselves, it's the cost of the supply chain. so in the supply chain they are more expensive. so the actual ingredients themselves, the raw ingredients, are more expensive because they are more niche. and then what you also have to think about actually is the downtime. so when you are producing the products, you have to clean down on the manufacturing side, or any factory has to make sure there's no contamination at all. and then when you are manufacturing itself, the runs that you use are much smaller than for a standard product. so if you've got lots of downtime, if you've got low runs and high ingredients, that makes, all in all, for a much more expensive product. the british retail consortium says

retailers have worked hard to stock these items, but they are more expensive to produce and that gets passed on in higher prices. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon: on the final day of campaigning, parties make a final bid for votes before the general election. 0k. tell me what's happened. she rolled off the sofa. just keep checking she's breathing. i am staying on the phone with you. and we'll hear how five—year—old lola kept her cool and dialled 999 when her mum had a seizure. back to the election now, as all the parties make a last—minute appeal for votes on the final day of campaigning. it was six weeks ago

that the prime minister rishi sunak stepped out into a very rainy downing street, to call a surprise summer election. there are 650 seats in the house of commons — and tomorrow voters will decide who gets to represent them in their constituences. polling stations open tomorrow at 7 in the morning and close at 10 at night, when the counting will begin. we're joined now by our political editor chris mason, who's followed every twist and turn over the last month and a half. chris, what have been the stand out moments as far as you're concerned? the first standout moment i think looking towards the skies here is the weather has not much improved from six weeks ago when we got soaking wet in downing street! every prospect that will happen in the next five minutes. so much for a summer election! what stood out to me, i think two things. firstly the opinion polls suggest that the gap

between the labour party and the conservative party has not really shifted. there was quite some expectation beforehand that they might and the conservative party might and the conservative party might be able to narrow the gap but that has not really happen. the other big thing i think was the arrival and the noise around nigel farage and his decision to be a candidate and decision to be the leader of reform uk. those of the two things that at the outset were far from guaranteed and two things that at the outset were farfrom guaranteed and i think the two big things that have set much of the tone and the narrative, the kind of stories that the parties have tried to tell in the past six weeks or so. and the party leaders had very different campaigning styles. they have, taking keir starmerfor the labour party, trying to turn around the business of the history of the labour party that they lose more elections than they win. they

lost the last four elections in a row. in terms of keir starmer and a style, given that poll lead he has been very conscious of holding onto that means as if you like of a poll lead and desperate not to drop it and smash it. how about the conservative party? they are in the equal and opposite place having been in government for a long time and having a long record to defend and having a long record to defend and having a long record to defend and having a capacity to win elections over and over again both in the last decade or so but also historically. but also then dealing with all that turbulence and politics in the last five years. borisjohnson was prime minister that took them to that huge election win in 2019 and when we saw him on the campaign trail for the first time last night it felt like a flashback to quite a long time ago. then there's the scottish national party who have been in government in scotland since 2007 and since 2015 so much of the last decade, they

have been the dominating figures in scottish politics here at westminster. but they expect to be on the slide tomorrow and then the liberal democrats, you may have seen one or two of these zany capers that ed davey has been taking part in in the past six weeks. he's done a bungeejump and fallen the past six weeks. he's done a bungee jump and fallen into water in fact not been able to walk past a paddle without throwing himself into it in the past six weeks! they hope to make gains tomorrow in parts of the country that might not be particularly enamoured by the conservative party but not widely enamoured by the labour party either. ., , ., enamoured by the labour party either. ., ., either. those are your standout moments _ and what about the smaller parties? so we should talk about reform uk, and that return of nigel farage. they have improved in the opinion polls during the campaign but receded a little in the past week or so. they have the capacity to

frighten so many conservative members. it is not likely that they will win many seats tomorrow with the first past the post electoral system meaning you need concentrated geographical support but they still have the capacity to shape the outcome of the election because of the potential they have two poach recent conservative voters in their direction. so that is reform uk, the green party of england and wales, they have done pretty well in local elections in the past couple of years. they had one mp for the recent past. they hope they may be able to leap forward by a couple more if they have a good night in the concentrated pockets of their support. and we should mention plaid cymru as well in wales, they have been featuring in some of those seven way election debates where they have concentrated pockets of support they hope to do well as

well. we should also mention a plethora of other parties not least the northern ireland parties where there is a general electionjust like the rest of the uk but not the collection of parties that you see fighting for seats in great britain. chris, thank you. let's hope you get some sleep in the next 48 hours but i doubt it! still to come on today's programme... we'll meet rebel the black labrador puppy as he graduates to the next stage of becoming a guide dog for the visually impaired. now it's time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll head live to wimbledon as emma raducanu leads the british charge in the second round and she also has a new mixed doubles partner. fully fit for the quarterfinals. we'll get the latest

from the england camp in germany. and have chelsea struck gold with bronze. gold with bronze? the england lioness is heading back to the women's super league. welcome along, play is under way on the third day of wimbledon, rain delayed the start on the outside courts, but everything is on schedule with the rooves on centre and number one courts, let's head to the all england club, chetan pathak who is there for us. more andy murray news? there was murmurin: more andy murray news? there was murmuring whether _ more andy murray news? there was murmuring whether or _ more andy murray news? there was murmuring whether or not - more andy murray news? there was murmuring whether or not andy - more andy murray news? there was . murmuring whether or not andy murray playing in the men's potentially scheduled for thursday with his

brother would see the last we see of him at wimbledon potentially ever. then the news coming through that he will be playing in the next doubles with emma raducanu. it was the news that lifted everyone's soul is around here because as you mention, the rain has been here, we had the outside and then that news that andy murray will play in the next doubles. both of them us open champions. emma raducanu has been so open about how much she idolised andy murray, she is her healing growing up she had his poster on her wall and now she will be playing next doubles with him. he teamed up in the mixed doubles with serena williams, got a lot of people very excited, they got as far as the third round. with the mixed doubles there is a sensor could be a bit of magic and andy murray's run at least goes beyond when we expect him, as for the mixed doubles, they have a wild card, friday and saturday is when the first round begins. it

means more andy murray at this wimbledon, potentially his last. emma raducanu is due later. one of five british women in the second round. we have not seen that for a long time. we round. we have not seen that for a long time-— round. we have not seen that for a long time. we have not and we will see katie boulter_ long time. we have not and we will see katie boulter play _ long time. we have not and we will see katie boulter play emma - long time. we have not and we will see katie boulter play emma dart. | see katie boulter play emma dart. emma raducanu really leading the hopes for today. she will play elise mertens, a wimbledon champion in the doubles. emma raducanu really impressive in her opening—round match. bear in mind since the fairy tale us open when she played six grand slam events and has not made it past the second round. she had fitness and injury issues. what seems smart is escaping the clay—court season to focus on grass. the quarterfinals of eastbourne coming into the championships also you have to put her as a favourite against mertens, 28 years old but she will give her a real test. that

later. two other british women. no wild card, battled through the qualifications to get here, they went of her life in the first round. we will see. the eastbourne champion the big favourite to win that one. anything “um out favourite to win that one. anything jump out in — favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? - favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? the l jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion? it jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion?— jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we will- defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we will see - defending champion? it has to be| carlos alcaraz and we will see him in court one a little bit later. taking on his opponent you have a qualifier everyone expect you have a qualifier everyone expect you to roll around he dug in deep for a straight set win. this time it will be vekic. an aussie who loves playing on the grass. but alcaraz comes into these championships having won the french open. three—time major winner now. he

answered any doubters about whether he could play on the surface with the win over novak djokovic last june. can he back it up? that's the question for him. it is notjust alcaraz that stands out, popcorn match i think later as the all italia one betweenjannick sinner the top seed. transform since last year's wimbledon where he went out with lots of question marks over his future, could he land a punch in alcaraz? he said he had difficult conversations with his campy set him straight in a few things. since then, won the world number one, former finalist. then, won the world number one, formerfinalist. it will then, won the world number one, former finalist. it will be a tough one for berrettini. alcaraz beat him last year. we've now got a couple of rest days at the european championship before the quarterfinals get going on friday. no injury worries for england, they're preparing to face switzerland on saturday in dusseldorf. our reporter alex howell

is with the team. the full england team were back on the pitch today for the first time since they qualified for the quarterfinals against switzerland. the players had an off day yesterday, so no training or media, which means they could spend some time with families or explore the nearby areas. we sanude bellingham in the nearby city of erfurt with his parents. there's still that uefa investigation to be completed into the gesture he made after scoring the equaliser in the round of 16 match against slovakia. gareth southgate has some big decisions to make. centreback marc guehi is suspended for the match on saturday, so potentially lewis dunk or ezri konsa could come in. luke shaw we're going to be hearing from shortly behind us. he can tell us whether he's fit, but he could be an option to come into the defence. turkey's merih demiral is under investigation by uefa for allegedly making a political gesture

as he celebrated his country's victory over austria in the last 16 last night. demiral scored both goals in their 2—1 win in leipzig, and after his second, he made a wolf salute which is associated with a right—wing extremist nationalist group. he said, "i had a specific celebration in mind, "something connected to my turkish identity, iam incredibly "proud to be turkish, and i felt that pride "deeply after scoring. "i wanted to express that, and i'm very happy i did." they play the netherlands next, who beat romania 3—0 in munich last night. liverpool's cody gakpo opened the scoring and then set up donyell malen here for the second, who scored twice in the final ten minutes of the game, putting ronald koeman's side into the quarterfinals for the first time in 16 years. in holland, we have to play well, we have to play- offensive and to win, - it's the most difficult way. but we know that. but i think the whole performance today was outstanding. _ and that is what we need.

to have a chance to continue in the tournament. - this is the level. if you go down in that level, i then we don't reach the final. they are also down to the last 8 at the copa america, and brazil might regret not finishing top of their group. they could only draw 1—1 with colombia in california, which means that they get a tough quarterfinal against uruguay, whilst colombia have panama. former leeds united forward raphinha handed brazil the lead with this marvellous free kick, but they couldn't wrap up the win, which would have seen them top the group. they'll also miss viniciusjunior in the quarterfinals, he's supended, and the brazil boss was really unhappy with a challenge on his star forward that he though should have been a penalty. costa rica needed results to go elsewhere to progress, but brazil getting a point means they miss out on the quarterfinals,

despite this 2—1win over paraguay. the last eight starts on friday, when holders argentina play ecuador. let's stay with football, because england international lucy bronze is set to sign for chelsea. she's a free agent after her contract expired at barcelona, where she won consecutive champions league trophies. she was also a three—time european champion with lyon. she has three women's super league winners medals, two with liverpool and one with manchester city and is expected to sign for the defending champions chelsea on a two—year deal. some other transfer news fulham midfielderjoao palhinha is on his way to bayern munich. palhinha is currently with portugal at the euros, and he'll be playing his club football in germany next season too. bayern and fulham have agreed a deal worth £42 million, plus £4 million in add—ons. the midfielder almostjoined bayern last year but a deal collapsed on deadline day. and finally on sportsday, it was a special evening for "0—year old yoshiko miwa.

as part ofjapanese heritage night celebrations at dodger stadium, she took centre stage miwa is believed to be the second—oldest person living in california, the oldest japanese—american in the country and the oldest survivor of world war ii internment camps. and the dodgers also won on the night as well. englands women are due to be playing new zealand in a one—dayer at the moment, but it's raining in bristol. stay across all of the latest from wimbledon over on the bbc sport website and app, but from me and the rest of the sportsday a fatal dose of morphine more than 40 years ago. antonya cooper says her son hamish, who was seven at the time, was in great pain after months of gruelling cancer treatment. she says she's decided

to tell her story in a bid to change the law on assisted dying and assisted suicide, which are both illegal in the uk. sophie law reports. hamish cooper passed away atjust seven years old. the year was 1981. he had neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that mostly affects children. 43 years on, his mother antonya has chosen to speak out about his death publicly for the first time, prompted by her own diagnosis. i was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. one of the scans, that i was having many of, discovered i had secondaries in my liver. there is very much a limit on my life going forward. we don't know how long. i wonder whether your experience with hamish and everything that happened there, part of that has helped you be so proactive in terms ofjoining dignitas,

being, you know, vocal about your support for assisted dying? do you think that experience has...? very much so, because on hamish's last night when he said he was in a lot of pain, i said, "would you like me to remove the pain?" and he said, "yes, please, mamma." and through his hickman catheter, i gave him a large dose of morphine that did quietly end his life. at that point in our chat, we called it a day. it was an incredible revelation, a secret she'd kept within the family for nearly four decades. i wanted to talk to antonya about the part she played in her son's death in much greater detail, so we chose to come back a few weeks later. he knew somewhere what was going to happen. but i cannot obviously

tell you why or how. i was his mother. he loved his mother, and i totally loved him. and i was not going to let him suffer. and ifeel he really knew where he was going. there is theoretically a potential prison sentence. there is. involved in this. and if they come 43 years after i have allowed hamish to die peacefully, then i would have to face the consequences. but they would have to be quick because i'm dying too. antonya cooper ending that report by sophie law. since the end of last year bbc news has been following the progress of rebel — a black labrador puppy which had been ear—marked as a potential guide

dog for the visually impaired. well, he's now graduated to the next stage of that process, which has meant moving on to a new home. our correspondent sophie long has the story. this is rebel. he's about to leave the family and the house that's been his home for the last 12 months. they said all we know is he's eight weeks. and he's a black lab. we first met rebel at 12 weeks old, when he became a much loved member of the niblock family. since then, they've been everywhere together. but their journey started here on bbc news. sammy is more important to me, and he always will be... when our correspondent sean dilley shared his last days with his guide dog, sammy, it was immensely difficult for him, but the impact it had was huge. it inspired others like the niblocks into action. they were among thousands to volunteer to be guide dog puppy raisers, after sean highlighted the impact of post—pandemic shortages. it was heartbreaking

to watch it, really. itjust made us think, why not sign up when we've got the time, the space and everything just to help make a difference? eight months later, they welcomed rebel into their home and became one of around 2,000 families helping to raise guide dog puppies. they spent their first christmas together, but they also knew it would be their last, as rebel would soon be ready for formal training. as we've watched rebel�*s journey, sean has introduced us to many people for whom, like him, guide dogs are the difference between independence and isolation. ella said that without rio, she would never have been able to study maths at oxford university. she gives me that independence that i do kind of need, and i crave, that i need to live the life i want to lead. she's good for a cuddle at the end of an evening if i've had a bad day. and she's an excellent guide. she's very rarely led me astray. guide dogs show their paces along one of the centre's

obstacle courses... since 1931, around 36,000 guide dogs have been matched with visually impaired people, but when the pandemic hit, the training scheme was suspended for the first time in the charity's history. walkie time! last walk. come on, then. good boy. rebel is now ready for his formal training. jess and evie have just a few more hours before he's collected, and he moves to his new home. the highs, watching him progress, and just the fact that he's even made it to formal training because a lot of them don't. and obviously watching him progress within his training. lows have definitely been, well, these last few days with him, saying goodbye, and a few shoes and things like that, we've lost on the way! good boy. they knew it was coming, but parting was always going to be a bittersweet mixture of pride and pain. definitely emotional, but we're just really proud of him

for even making it this far and hopefully he'll go on and change someone's life. that's what we keep holding on to. as much as he's going to leave a big hole, he's going to really change someone else's life and that's what we signed up to do. rebel will now live with another foster family who will take him to and from puppy school and look after him in the evenings and at weekends. sophie long, bbc news. a five—year—old girl has been given a special bravery award after making a 999 call when her mother suffered a seizure. lola from spalding, in lincolnshire, saw her mum kirsty roll off the sofa but stayed calm to tell call handlers what had happened. here's jake zuckerman. tell me what's happened? she rolled off the sofa. and what's your name, please? um, lola. lola. how old are you, lola? five.

meet lola, a special girl whose calmness and bravery saved the day. in april, her mum became seriously unwell at their family home near spalding, but luckily she knew to call 999. the ambulance man told me what to do, like how to move the stuff out of my way, out of mummy�*s way. and i needed to get her some water. and i needed to make sure that there was nothing around that might hurt her, and i needed to pop a pillow under her head. lola has been given a special bravery award by tim, who took her 999 call. i've had a lot of adults that have been a lot stressier, and it makes my life very difficult if they're stressing, because the first thing we have to do is calm them down, whereas in lola's case didn't need that. it was, she wasjust unbelievable, actually, the way she was so calm with the situation.

just so proud of her. and quite amazed atjust how much she did and how- much she was listening and following what - they told her to do. so, lola, shall we listen . to the call that you made? yes, please. yeah. do you want to press the play? has your mummy had a seizure in the last hour? has she been shaking all over her body? yeah. sojust keep checking she's breathing. i am staying on the phone with you. she is still breathing a little bit. okay. thank you, lola. every time i've heard it, it— - gets me, just how amazing you are. hey? yeah. how do you feel about getting this award? what does it make you feel? uh, proud of myself. you should feel really proud of yourself. where are you going to keep it? uh, on my wall at... on my wall, in my bedroom. so every day i can read it. lola hopes her story will inspire other people.

i feel like all the mummies and kids and daddies watching this, they will feel proud of me and then they will teach their kids how to do this. jake zuckerman, bbc news. children coming home from a school trip might normally expect their family to greet them. but pupils in the channel islands had a rather different welcoming party. cheering. this humpback whale leapt out of the water while children and teachers from jersey were heading back from a trip to sark. students from saint lawrence primary school said seeing the whale was "the absolute highlight". now the weather with chris. well we will take a look at the uk

in a moment but first of all what is an incredibly dangerous looking harry kane which has already caused problems in the caribbean and now is bearing down onjamaica. at the moment winds of 145 miles an hour which will cause structural damage and flooding. then it passes across the cayman isles through thursday morning before heading to the yucatan peninsula in mexico for the popular of course with british holiday—makers. meanwhile in the uk whether a good deal quieter but if you're wondering whether someone has gone you are not the only one. in the next few days temperatures continue to run below average across most parts of the uk. and the reason for that is down to the jet stream position. and this configuration brings in coolair position. and this configuration brings in cool air but also areas of low pressure that in turn bring rain showers and today i'm afraid is no exception. so some of the wettest weather across scotland as we go

through the afternoon, england and wales the odd spot of rain but gradually turning brighter. for northern ireland, wales and south—west england towards the end of the day. temperature is disappointing for earlyjuly and for those watching the tennis at wimbledon probably we could have the odd spot of rain, nothing significant but tomorrow drier and warmer. tonight cloud melting away across england with clear spells following but showers never far away from northern ireland and western scotland where it continues to be quite windy. temperatures around eight, 11 celsius overnight. tomorrow again dominated by low pressure and it is slow moving to the north of scotland and closest to the north of scotland and closest to the low pressure centre we have the strongest wind affecting parts of northern ireland and scotland bringing frequent showers and even longer spells of rain and with those gusts of wind up to 40 miles an hour that will add to the cool field to the weather here. for wales, east

anglia and southern counties of england a brighter day with more sunshine to go around. not feeling too bad in the south—east but a cool day for northern areas of the country. into friday on the weekend another area of low pressure moving across the uk, for friday the first signs of this low pressure is this area of rain working on across southern england, southern parts of wales as well. it could push further north through the day. this time scotland and northern ireland with the brightest weather but even here some passing showers and temperatures continue to be disappointing for the time of year. for saturday the same low pressure bringing more general outbreaks of rain to the northern part of the uk and some that could be really quite heavy. it should be brighter and drierfurther heavy. it should be brighter and drier further south. temperatures still below average at around 14, 19 celsius with little sign of change through the second part of the weekend and even into next week. not great! that's all from today's

bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye. live from london. this is bbc news.

parties make their final pitches to the public on the last full day of general election campaigning. we'll bring you the latest from our teams across the country. two senior conservatives publicly say that they expect to lose the election to labour, with one cabinet secretary predicting the largest labour majority in history. the inquiry into the post office scandal hears evidence from the former chair of the post office. and as part of his wimbledon farewell, andy murray will play with emma raducanu in a super—star mixed doubles partnership. on the eve of the general election, two senior conservatives have publicly said they expect to lose. the work and pensions secretary mel

stride has predicted the largest