i'm tom harwood , and i'm june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver under pressure from a studio audience, sir keir starmer admits he would rather jeremy corbyn prime minister than boris johnson and rishi sunak says he's incredibly angry over betting allegations . over betting allegations. >> we'll have the reaction and fears grow as the for search missing teenager jay slater in tenerife enters its fifth day. the 19 year old was on his first houday the 19 year old was on his first holiday without his parents, and the princess of wales has released a touching birthday message for her husband with a new photo of the family leaping in the . in the. air. and we're bringing you a very special good afternoon, britain, right from the heart of westminster. >> yes, you might have noticed our surroundings look a little bit different. and that's because everyone on gb news for the next two days. well, three

days for the weekend, are going to be here in this studio . while to be here in this studio. while the studio, the other studio that you might be more familiar with us being in, it's getting a bit of a lick of paint, a bit of a lick of paint, a little bit of a lick of paint, a little bit of a refresh, which is always nice. >> every now and again. >> every now and again. >> yeah, finally a new sofa i'm hearing, which i think will be, i think everyone @gbnews has been wanting a new sofa for about three years, but there we go. >> hopefully it'll be very comfy indeed. >> yes, but get your thoughts in about. what? the leaders had to say last night, particularly that point where keir starmer finally, finally, finally, after quite a lot of pressure , i must quite a lot of pressure, i must say, admitted that he would have preferred jeremy corbyn to be the prime minister and boris johnson. yes it's a it's a strange, isn't it, because he's sort of been running away from this question for the whole of the election campaign. >> but but when sort of being asked to choose between boris johnson, the man that won the highest share of the vote of any prime minister since margaret thatcher, actually, even a higher share of the vote than, than tony blair achieved in 1997, no, he still went for

corbyn over boris johnson. strange. well, there you go. >> gbnews.com/yoursay please do get in touch on everything from the weather to politics and let us know your thoughts. but first, the headlines. >> tom. emily, thank you very much. good afternoon to you. it's 12:02. the top story this afternoon from the newsroom. well, with less than two weeks to go until the general election on the 4th of july, rishi sunak has accused labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power if they win the election. the prime minister is urging the voters not to sleepwalk into the polls on the 4th of july. and speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales in the last few moments, mr sunak has warned against falling into labour's trap. this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister and who ran on a series of pledges to be

labour leader that he cynically then abandoned my friends because he has such a past, he doesn't deserve to decide your future . well, as we heard from future. well, as we heard from tom and emily at the top of the programme, sir keir starmer has said that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson. the labour leader was facing a grilling from members of the pubuc grilling from members of the public alongside rishi sunak, sir ed davey and the snp's john swinney at last night's bbc question time leader's special. meanwhile, the liberal democrats were pushed on their record dunng were pushed on their record during the coalition government, with the conservatives and the snp leader insisted that independence is essential if scotland is to become, he says, a fairer and more equal country. >> i honestly believe that scotland would be a stronger country and would have better prospects if we were an independent country. that's been my that's been my. that's been my that's been my. that's been my view, my honest view over my

entire adult life. and but i'm a democrat, so i accept that we can't be an independent country until the people of scotland vote for us to be an independent country . country. >> first minister john country. >> first ministerjohn swinney, >> first minister john swinney, they're speaking last night. well, in some lighter election news, tiktok is launching a media literacy hub to help users recognise fake news ahead of the general election. the social media company says it will cover topics such as how to spot misinformation and give tips for consuming a balanced range of news. it follows a decision to roll out a dedicated general election centre on the platform here in the uk. election centre on the platform here in the uk . a man who lied here in the uk. a man who lied about his military achievements when becoming a chief constable in the police force has been found guilty of gross misconduct. nick adley, from northamptonshire police, has been dismissed today after implying that he'd served in the falklands war despite being just 15 years old at the time of the conflict. mr adley has apologised to any veterans that he may have offended . a british

he may have offended. a british tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in spain. police were called to reports of a fight around 30 miles from barcelona in the early hours of this morning. the 31 year old man died outside the oxygene nightclub while another person was taken to hospital. that nightclub now remains cordoned off, though we understand no arrests have been made at this stage here in the uk , a gang of cyber criminals uk, a gang of cyber criminals has published sensitive nhs data onune has published sensitive nhs data online that was stolen from a blood testing company overnight . blood testing company overnight. a russian cyber crime group known as cuillin shared nearly aoogb of known as cuillin shared nearly 400gb of data, including private information, patients names, dates of birth, nhs numbers and even blood test results. the health service, though, says it is now investigating the full extent of that breach. emergency crews are continuing to scour the mountains of tenerife, looking for the missing british teenager, jay slater. the 19 year old disappeared after

telling a friend that he didn't know where he was and needed water before beginning an 11 hour trek back to his hotel helicopter and rescue dogs have now joined that search as it enters the fifth day. some business news for you and the uk's retail sales have improved. last month , with a rebound for last month, with a rebound for clothing and furniture shops. figures from the office for national statistics show. the number of items purchased in may were up 2.9. that's compared to 1.8% in april. were up 2.9. that's compared to 1.8% in april . a global alert 1.8% in april. a global alert over fake versions of the drug ozempic has been issued by the world health organisation . the world health organisation. the medicine has become popular as a weight loss jab despite its main purpose being the treatment of type 2 diabetes. the who says counterfeit versions pose a danger to health and will not help people to lose weight . help people to lose weight. princess catherine and her three children have wished prince william a happy 42nd birthday on

social media. kate released this photo you can see here on your screens of the prince of wales. he's jumping into the screens of the prince of wales. he'sjumping into the air screens of the prince of wales. he's jumping into the air while holding hands with his three children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. that photo, taken on a beach in norfolk by princess catherine and some sport for you. england boss gareth southgate admits that the team do need to raise their levels if they're to live up to their tag as favourites to win the euro 2024 tournament. they were booed by some supporters at full time after yesterday's disappointing one all draw with denmark . yesterday's disappointing one all draw with denmark. england now need one point in their final game in group c against slovenia to guarantee their place in the knockout rounds . place in the knockout rounds. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. com slash alerts. now though, it's back to tom and emily in westminster .

westminster. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 now, following last night's leaders question time, the race for number 10 continues. >> yes, sir keir starmer , he's >> yes, sir keir starmer, he's pledged to put scotland at the heart of government as he seeks to end the snp's dominance over the country and has promised labour will drive economic growth, unlock wealth creation across scotland if he's elected. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak is not in scotland. he's in wales today taking the campaign battle bus over there for the launch of the welsh conservatives manifesto, where he's pledging to build a safer, more secure and more prosperous wales . prosperous wales. >> and the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, is out campaigning on the issue of nhs dentistry. he's announcing a 750 million a year plan to offer more appointments and free check—ups for children. he's also been out defending his party's record in the coalition government . government. >> you know, i've taken two big lessons from that as i've reflected on that. the first is to never make promises you can't keep, and that's why we've costed our manifesto. i think, in more detail than any other party i've been very cautious in

our estimates, so we can deliver on the health and care package. we can deliver on cost of living challenges , but also that i knew challenges, but also that i knew i knew the party had to rebuild trust. and we've been trying to do that over the last few years, listening to people to what their biggest concerns are and they absolutely are on health and care. they are on things like cost living and things like sewage, where we've, as as liberal democrats have led the debate . debate. >> well, that was ed davey speaking there. let's cross to nonh speaking there. let's cross to north wales now and speak to gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine, what are the tories saying in wales ? wales? >> yes. good afternoon , tom and >> yes. good afternoon, tom and emily from north wales. this seat, clwyd north, is a new seat. but back in 2019 and the election before that, the area covered by this was held by the conservatives. it looks highly

likely that labour will take it. in fact, labour are currently projected to take every single conservative seat in wales, so the prime minister here this morning talking, launching the conservative manifesto along with the welsh secretary and the welsh conservative leader in the senate, and really , hammering senate, and really, hammering the same messages that we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to keep you safe. but going to keep you safe. but going really, what i noticed most was on the attack , on most was on the attack, on laboun most was on the attack, on labour, on a way that i haven't really seen before and saying i know you want to send us a message. this is not a by—election. talking about labour saying once they've got power , they will change every power, they will change every rule to make sure they keep it. once you hand labour a blank check, you can't get it back. also talking about, deputy labour leader and angela rayner

and shadow foreign secretary david lammy saying that they had both voted against a nuclear deterrent and trying to scare people too. i think on labour's record here, because of course the devolved assembly is dominated by welsh msps and they sorry miss and they, you know , sorry miss and they, you know, don't have a great record on health, on education. they were flagging that ambulance waits are worse here that waiting lists for over two years. waits are also worse. so really trying to say look what's happening in wales . labour run wales, look wales. labour run wales, look what a mess it is. don't give them the chance to do the same thing here. pressed in questions of course , about the betting of course, about the betting scandal, asked why he hadn't suspended these candidates. of course he is still sticking to that line. there's an ongoing investigation, but that is

hugely, hugely damaging. it's the last thing the conservatives need when they're 20 points behind in the polls. >> yes, catherine, it certainly sounds like the prime minister is , acknowledging that he's the is, acknowledging that he's the underdog here, trying to warn people not to let labour waltz into number 10. it's quite a defensive message . defensive message. >> yes, absolutely . it seemed to >> yes, absolutely. it seemed to be more time devoted to attacking labour and their record here and their record in opposition, then actually saying what their own record is. and i think it marks a shift, doesn't it? because, you know, we don't know nobody's voted. but it looks almost unimaginable that labour don't win a majority. so they're trying now . now whilst they're trying now. now whilst not admitting they're going to lose to pretty much say don't don't give them a massive majority . but whether the majority. but whether the electorate are listening, of

course is entirely another matter. i did ask about the betting scandal. it was also shouted out what about vaughan gething? of course, the welsh first minister, labour lost a vote of confidence only two weeks ago . andrew rt davies, who weeks ago. andrew rt davies, who was the welsh labour conservative leader here, said that he is squatting in downing street, so they're very keen to point out that though they have their own troubles, they're not alone by any means. labour in wales also have a lot of troubles too. >> justin, just before you go , >> justin, just before you go, there seems to be sort of fairground music around you. where are you and what's the hubbub ? hubbub? >> yeah, i'm in some bath warehouse . there's lots of bars warehouse. there's lots of bars behind me, covered in cardboard sinks and so on. and basically there's a speaker to my right which is pumping out fairly genenc

which is pumping out fairly generic , pop music. so, yeah, generic, pop music. so, yeah, i'm sorry about i'm sorry about that, i hope. >> i was hoping there'd be teacups and carousels, but no, it's just it's just a bath stall. well katherine forster, thank you very much for joining us and catch up with you later. >> it does sound a bit, doesn't it? like there's a fairground . it? like there's a fairground. >> yeah, yeah, just imagining mary poppins on a sort of horse going round. >> anyway, i'd love someone to do a live from the teacups. i ed davey has. >> oh, well, there you go. >> oh, well, there you go. >> there you go. well shall we speak to gb news political editor now, christopher hope, who is in westminster for us? >> and, christopher, we've seen what the conservatives have been up to, but of course, perhaps more so than what the labour party is doing in scotland, what the conservatives are doing in wales last night proved to be quite a moment in this campaign. >> that's right. it was the four way grilling of the four leaders of the main parties in this country. of course, nigel farage wasn't even hosting well in the polls, but we saw john swinney,

the snp leader, not under not up for any kind of election in this in this election, because he's not standing as an mp. sir ed davey from the liberal democrats, keir starmer , of democrats, keir starmer, of course, labour and rishi sunak, the prime minister i think the standout moment on on keir starmer is when he said that he would have thought that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson. now that is interesting. i think it goes to the heart of what you really believe, which the tories are trying to draw. draw out what is who is in fact sir keir starmer, he said. didn't he , in terms he said. didn't he, in terms that he would have been a better pm than johnson? look what we got, said sir keir starmer. bofis got, said sir keir starmer. boris johnson, a man who made massive promises, didn't keep them and then had to leave parliament in disgrace. all of thatis parliament in disgrace. all of that is true, of course, but on his defenders would say on the big issues, he got it right. if you look at the ukraine war, he marshalled support for ukraine against russia and also with the covid, vaccine. he led the way on that. and britain with the

glaxo vaccine here. so on the big calls you've got it right. and keir starmer saying there that a man like jeremy corbyn, who questioned russia's involvement in the salisbury poisonings, they're saying he might have been a better pm, a guy who wouldn't even say he would push the nuclear button to defend our country under attack. and that's who he believes . so and that's who he believes. so he's in quite a sticky position, i think, and that's why some of the right wing newspapers today, the right wing newspapers today, the daily mail, the telegraph, have gone after that because it goes to the heart of who, keir starmer is the man who would be prime minister >> yes. he's a very, very uncomfortable, isn't he? being asked about his past allegiances, particularly his, his a view on, on jeremy corbyn very much sort of seizes up, doesn't he? i mean, do you think this question is going to be put to him more and more and more as we get closer to the date? >> well, it will, and it'll be put to him by me tonight. >> well, it will, and it'll be put to him by me tonight . emily, put to him by me tonight. emily, i'm interviewing sir keir starmer for gb news viewers and listeners . and it goes out. it

listeners. and it goes out. it goes out on the channel at 7 pm. so i do urge people to watch that and listen to that. and hopefully we'll ask some of the questions in a very limited time. we have with the labour leader that our viewers and listeners want to hear the answer to. >> well, it's a date for our diary . >> well, it's a date for our diary. christopher hope, 6 pm, we'll 7 pm. sorry i said 6 pm. 7 pm. gb news will tune in for it. christopher hope, thank you very much for joining it. christopher hope, thank you very much forjoining us. you can tune in at 6:00. >> two, just get a bit of a warm up. >> i mean, are you suggesting that people at home don't have gb news just on the tv consistently? i know some of you do. >> i know some of you do have it on. there you go, do let us know. write in. we can tell christopher what you want put to keir starmer, we can ask him. perhaps you have some questions that you think the media so far haven't asked. we were talking a little bit earlier with nana and ben about how it's so important to scrutinise this man. he could be our prime minister and not very long. so, let us know. let us know if there's anything you want us to ask him. >> absolutely. that's sit down

interview, coming with christopher hope, at 7 pm. >> well, as we mentioned, the pubuc >> well, as we mentioned, the public have the chance to put their questions to the party leaders yesterday evening in a bit of a special leader's question time. and here to discuss that with us is deputy political editor at the mail on sunday, anna mihaylova . thank sunday, anna mihaylova. thank you very much indeed for joining us. anna, what did you take from last night? what stood out to you and perhaps your readers? >> well, i mean, the main takeaway is, as chris correctly mentioned, starmer's complete inability still to answer the question on corbyn, it's certainly something that i know a lot of conservative candidates really want. the party and rishi sunak to focus on more, instead , sunak to focus on more, instead, the campaign has very much been focused on tax and attacking labour on tax, but actually the weakest parts of this whole campaign so far for keir starmer were last night that question about corbyn and boris johnson and previously in the sky debate, the question of why did

you why did you serve, in, in, jeremy corbyn's cabinet, and tell people he could win and so i think, you know, it goes to the heart of trust. it goes to the heart of trust. it goes to the heart of what the audience members reflected yesterday to his answers, that he just sounds like he's obfuscating. he doesn't seem to have an answer. >> and yet , would anyone >> and yet, would anyone watching actually be undecided ? watching actually be undecided? and is anyone actually paying that much attention to the seemingly endless stream of debates and interviews and questions it feels like we've asked the same questions again and again and again. asked the same questions again and again and again . we get the and again and again. we get the same answers again and again and again. frankly, this election could have all been over a couple of weeks ago. >> not tonight, 7:00 tonight. christopher hope he's going to be putting your questions to, sir keir. but yes. anna, do you agree with that? there's been so much of this. are people listening? >> well, i mean, i mean, generally, i think a lot of people are fed up with politics in general and politicians and, things like the, the betting

scandal on the election day only just confirms that further people just get a, you know, disillusioned and essentially turn off from all the main parties, and politicians. but i do think, i mean, speaking just anecdotally to candidates on the doorstep, they do say that a lot of voters are still undecided. i mean, these are this the, undecided tories, that are fed up with the government , want to up with the government, want to give them a kicking but aren't necessarily sure whether they're going to actually vote reform on or even give labour a chance or just sit at home. so i do think there's still or certainly people do things think there's a lot to pay for. not not in terms of, affecting the headline result, but in terms of, trying to determine what is essentially left of the conservative party at the end of it. there's a world of difference between uk 1997 and canada 1993, where you have sort of over 100, mps to

build back up from or going right down to sort of minuscule numbers, where the canadian conservatives went down from a majority government to just two. that's right. and obviously, when nigel farage makes that comparison, he's doing that knowing , you know, trying to knowing, you know, trying to essentially influence that result because as, he is trying to position himself as the main opposition. but as you say, there's absolutely no scenario at all where the conservatives will be down to single figures , will be down to single figures, and, and the electoral system is still very much in, in, you know, favours a two party system i >> -- >> well, thank you very much indeed for talking to us this afternoon. enjoy the sunshine. and, anna mikhailova . thank you and, anna mikhailova. thank you very much indeed. this is what the conservatives have been saying to. they've been saying, oh, no, no, no, there are lots of people out there who have not yet decided. of course we don't know how many people those are and which constituencies they might be in and whether they will end up voting conservative if they voted conservative last

time. lots of people may not even may decide to stay at home. who knows? >> there's something called the candidate delusion. oh yes. which is where political candidates, no matter how little their chance of success, always imagine what it would be like if they win. they sort of find the paths and sort of create the narrative by which they can win, and the narrative that the conservative candidates seem to be stuck on right now. is this undecided voter situation? well, some of the polls redistribute to those undecided voters. others don't. and what does that give us? it gives us the difference between a 1997 style landslide labour win, or a 1993 style canadian result, either way, there is a landslide labour win. i find it astonishing that some conservatives sort of try to invoke this myth of the undecided voter, as if it's going to change the material outcome of the election. >> well, hang on, let us know at home. do you think it's all a done deal? tom seems to think so, but but anything could still happen. you know, it's not till july the 4th. let us know your

thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay but coming up, the search for missing teenager jay slater enters its day in tenerife. will the british police now get involved? we'll bring you the latest from jay's hometown this is good afternoon, britain. we're on

gb news. right. good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26. now, the search for missing teen jay slater has now entered its fifth day in tenerife, after he was last heard from on monday morning. >> well, a friend of his has hit out at spanish police, claiming they're not doing enough. >> yes, the 19 year old called a friend to say he was lost with no water and his phone was on 1% battery. well let's cross to our reporter sophie reaper, who's in jay slater's hometown of oswaldtwistle, sophie, this must

be a very trying time for the community. >> absolutely, tom. and that is reflected in the mood here in oswaldtwistle today. the community coming together to hope for jay slater's safe return . the mood here. i heard return. the mood here. i heard one lady earlier explaining to her young daughter what had happened, but how they're still hopeful that jay might come home to oswaldtwistle . there's also to oswaldtwistle. there's also a facebook group with updates, regular updates from friends and family of jay, both who are out in tenerife now and who remain here in his home town. the latest post coming from one of his family friends saying unfortunately there is no update. essentially but then they are drained beyond words. she said i can't say no more, i wish i could, i wish this would end now. this living nightmare. searches are ongoing and we remain positive. and the word positive is the word here in

oswaldtwistle today. yesterday evening, friends and family of jay's' evening, friends and family of jay's, as well as members of the community gathered here at the west end methodist church for a service of hope. and i spoke earlier to the reverend who led that service. here's what he had to tell me at about 7:30. >> and people came in, the church was full, as you said , church was full, as you said, and, and people were just quite sombre , to be fair. they're sombre, to be fair. they're worried and you could tell in the feel of the church it was they were quite worried about what's going on. and the fact it's been a number of days now and we haven't heard or seen , and we haven't heard or seen, varne jay, we just started with talking about what faith is about, and about being hope and about, and about being hope and a light in the darkness. and, and the message is keeping on that, that little bit of light that, that little bit of light that can't be put out, for us, that's jesus. but for us today. is that light of hope that jay will be found and he'll be okay.

>> of course. we have now entered the fifth day of the search for jay experts and family members alike. starting to think perhaps, that it's not looking too good for the 19 year old. but here, there is still hope. as the reverend was saying, there they hope and pray that there is still a light at the end of the tunnel. you can see here behind me the blue fibbons see here behind me the blue ribbons that are scattered all over this small lancashire town, a symbol for this community that they hope and that they pray and they hope and that they pray and they will continue to do so until they hear otherwise, that jay slater will be returned home safely. >> sophie, it is just the most desperate story. of course, there must be people that are very, very worried as each day goes on. are you sensing that that perhaps . i know you're that perhaps. i know you're talking about hope and about light , but the longer talking about hope and about light, but the longer this goes on, the more the more desperate it does become . it does become.

>> absolutely. and of course , >> absolutely. and of course, we're hearing from experts over in tenerife about the extreme weather conditions, the terrain that jay, perhaps would have taken would have been incredibly unfamiliar to him. so there are dangerous signs there. there is extreme concern about him and his well—being. as you said, his battery was on 1. he had no water. he was coming off the back of a night out. there are those extreme concerns and as you say, as the days wear on, that concern will just continue to grow. but there is that small hope that it remains alive here in lancashire . in lancashire. >> well, thank you very much indeed. sophie reaper there. we'll catch up with you a little bit later, but in other news, sporting news. i mean, how did you find the match last night? lacklustre, i think is one word for it. yeah i started watching it and i have to say my eyes did drift away as well. >> yeah, but football. >> yeah, but football. >> big football fan over here. anyway, it was a draw for

england last night against denmark. so will the three lions still bring it home? i still have hope. always have hope. we're going to be joined by a football broadcaster to run through what could happen this. good afternoon britain. we're on . gb news. >> very good afternoon to you from the gb newsroom i'm sam francis. the top stories are just after a half past 12. well, rishi sunak is accusing labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power. if they can to stay in power. if they win the general election. the prime minister is urging voters not to let sir keir starmer waltz into the office without scrutiny. speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales earlier this afternoon, mr sunak warned against falling into labour's trap. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum , who twice brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister and who ran on a series of pledges to be

labour leader that he cynically then abandoned my friends because he has such a past, he doesn't deserve to decide your future . future. >> and staying in wales, labour has also launched its welsh election manifesto today , with election manifesto today, with less than two weeks to go until we head to the polls, first minister vaughan gething is promising to look at developing youth justice and probation in wales, and he's also pledged to restore decision making on economic aid . in other news, economic aid. in other news, a former chief constable in the police has been found guilty of gross misconduct after it emerged that he'd lied about his military career . emerged that he'd lied about his military career. nick emerged that he'd lied about his military career . nick adderley military career. nick adderley has been dismissed from the northamptonshire force after claiming that he'd served in the falklands war, despite being just 15 years old at the time of the conflict. mr adderley has now apologised to any veterans that he may have offended . the that he may have offended. the family and friends of a missing british teenager say they are completely drained as they

continue to search the island of tenerife for him. jay slater disappeared after telling a friend that he didn't know where he was needed. water before beginning an 11 hour trek back to his hotel. we understand that drones, helicopters and sniffer dogs are now involved in the operation to find jay , and cyber operation to find jay, and cyber criminals have published the names , dates of birth and nhs. names, dates of birth and nhs. nhs numbers of patients on the dark web, thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled at guy's and saint thomas and king's college hospital in london, following a hack from a russian group earlier this month. the health service says it's now investigating the full extent of the data breach . for the latest the data breach. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts

right. well. >> good afternoon. britain it's 12:37. and, yes, it was a draw for england last night against denmark. but. but. but gareth southgate's team does remain top of group c after a win against serbia last week. >> the tallest dwarf, slovenia, is now up next on tuesday but with performances so far is there any hope of bringing it home? >> silly question. of course there is . and now we're joined there is. and now we're joined by the sports broadcaster chris skudder chris, that is a silly question. of course england can still do it . still do it. >> yeah, of course they can. they've got four points. it's only the group stage i think we've we've overlooked that over the last sort of 18 hours. it always happens. you know we're very knee jerk about performances. trouble is you know england have got such massive expectation and rightly, rightfully so. you know they they've got on paper the strongest squad just about in this tournament. but of course ,

this tournament. but of course, you know the games are played on grass. and as we saw last night, if it isn't right, you know, you're not going to win the game, they will get through the group. they've got slovenia next tuesday. but the big concern i have two things really. it's all getting a bit toxic . social getting a bit toxic. social media does does that. it was horrendous last night. some of the top players kane, bellingham, foden , declan rice bellingham, foden, declan rice getting slaughtered on social media because of the expectation. and it does feel i have to say like an experiment and it shouldn't feel like an experiment so close to the big knockout games. that's the problem. and gareth southgate, as the coach, has got us sorted out. hisjob and quite rightly, out. his job and quite rightly, he's getting pelters today. you know, if you can't get the best out of your players, you've got a problem. you know, that's where we are right now. they've got a few days to get it right. but you know it's not ideal right now. >> yeah. chris you said about the players getting it on social media, perhaps the person who's got it most is gareth southgate himself. i mean, people are

saying all sorts of things that he, he's, he's sort of lost it that he should even get the sack i >> -- >> yeah. it's not going to happen. but, yeah, it's his to job do. so i mean, listen, i've been listening to the radio this morning and hearing, emmanuel petit, who won the world cup in france in 98, and he was pretty scathing of southgate, thinking that he wasn't really up to the job. listen, it's too late for that. i think what england have got to do, the trouble is with southgate, he's quite rigid in the way he approaches games. he likes to play with a four defenders and then two defensive midfielders in front . defenders and then two defensive midfielders in front. he he doesn't feel comfortable without that and as we saw last night, he tried to change the balance by playing somebody in that position who hadn't been there before. trent alexander—arnold of liverpool. it hasn't worked. in the two games he played that position, so we are going to see changes. position, so we are going to see changes . but you know, for me we changes. but you know, for me we shouldn't be experimenting right now. so and that is southgate's fault. he's got to get it right. we will see changes but it it just feels wrong at the moment

that you know given the talent we came here thinking the defence isn't good enough. the defence isn't good enough. the defence have been okay. so far. but the problem has been the bit on paper that looks so fantastic. those six forward players who you look at them and think, wow, every, every nation here would love to have them , here would love to have them, but they just haven't been playing together. very disjointed . foden and disjointed. foden and bellingham, can they even play in the same team? i'm not so sure. it didn't work last night, didn't work the first time so something has got to give before the slovenia game . the slovenia game. >> well, that's what's so frustrating, isn't it, that you've got fantasy players individually, but somehow they're not being able to pull it off as a team. very frustrating for england and fans i >> -- >> well that's football you know, i mean listen, denmark last night the antithesis of that. last night the antithesis of that . they don't have the talent that. they don't have the talent that. they don't have the talent that england do, but they play as a team. and we've seen i mean denmark won the euros back in 1992. they only got in because yugoslavia were thrown out for political reasons. they came in and won the whole thing, you

know. but by the same token, it can change very quickly. we are only in the group stage. england have almost qualified. they would have got through if they'd won last night but didn't, but they are going to get through and then it all changes. he's just got to find the right balance at the moment. the trouble, the trouble is , and trouble, the trouble is, and this is the same as what we had last time and the previous golden generation, scholes, gerrard and lampard trying to fit them all in the same team. and it doesn't work now. you've got similar levels even higher probably skills. you know bellingham, foden, rice you've got saka there. it's just the balance in midfield which is not working at the moment. he's got to sort it out. some people think it won't happen because, you know he insists on playing all the top players as he got to drop someone. i think maybe that's the case, but who? he won't drop bellingham, he won't drop foden. and i don't think those two necessarily can play together unless bellingham plays further back. but that is to sacrifice a great gift for a player who's had a fantastic season. all right .

season. all right. >> well, thank you very much indeed. chris skudder you're a sports broadcaster. great to get your perspective on on that match, yes. let us know at home what your what you do differently to gareth southgate. how would you make this team work a little better and how and how did you respond watching it the first. >> what was it about half an houn >> what was it about half an hour. that was so exciting. everything was going right. and then suddenly, suddenly things started not going quite so right. >> well, yes, quite some of you have been getting in touch. we spoke to christopher hope a little earlier who's going to be interviewing keir starmer at length this evening . 7:00. set length this evening. 7:00. set your alarm, john's asked . please your alarm, john's asked. please ask keir starmer when you interview him to explain exactly what great british energy is and what great british energy is and what exactly is its function, initially he appeared to trumpet it as an energy generating company generating company, but later said it was a financing organisation. yes, this is true. he did seem to suggest it was generating its own energy. but that, of course, is not what it is, i don't think. but to have that actually spelled out properly would be quite useful, this evening and mike, on these ,

this evening and mike, on these, debates that we've had so many of, he says it's a the frustrating part is that whatever question is asked by the public, the politicians roll out the same stock answers . out the same stock answers. there's no follow up on the question by the person asking. it all seems a little pointless, and i do think that it's those sort of quick events or the debates which just sound bite and sound bite. >> perhaps this is where chris can actually, get a bit deeper when it's when it's an intense sort of conversation, one on one, back and forth , rather than one, back and forth, rather than just this person's question, then that person's question or two politicians with sound bite and sound bite, or seven politicians with sound bite and sound bite and sound bite and autocue and all the rest of it, and it just seems so repetitive and it just seems so repetitive and such nonsense that needs to be some proper germ ism, where there is just that sort of intense interrogation . and intense interrogation. and hopefully christopher hope can, can skewer through to the truth this evening. >> i like i like the head to heads where they just let the

leaders go at each other. do you like that? i think you learn quite a lot because, you know, if the interviewer isn't pressing them on something, well, the other leader certainly is going to. yeah. you know, you get you get more, you get more. >> but they all they all go through the same training, which is you must you know that people are only going to watch for a couple of minutes. you just need to repeat your point and repeat your point and repeat your point and it becomes boring if you want to actually watch the thing. >> okay. well, coming up, it's a happy birthday to prince william. he's celebrating turning 42 years old. princess catherine has released a new photo in honour of the occasion. it's very sweet indeed.

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 13 minutes to one now. welcome back. throughout the election, we're going to be hearing from people across the united kingdom about what really matters to them. >> yes. today we speak to

michael decker. >> hi. michael decker, i'm in my 60s and i live in beautiful crawley issues that are important to me this time are uk manufacturing , housing important to me this time are uk manufacturing, housing and of course gaza. since the early 80s i've grown and typically sold companies. i started out as a thatcher voter. i thought that she was good for the country. the tories were good for the country. after the first gulf war in the 90s, i moved leftwards. the green party obviously has got green in its name. that's attractive, not least because i'm a vegetarian tesla driver. but in all seriousness , they are saying we seriousness, they are saying we will recognise palestine. we will recognise palestine. we will not sell arms to israel. sunak always talks about growth , sunak always talks about growth, but we don't make anything anymore. we make barbourjackets , ice whisky. you know that. that's pretty much about it.

we've got to get back to manufacturing , housing. we have manufacturing, housing. we have to have more housing, particularly social housing. most of it was sold off. we need to be building. it's going to be my first vote ever for the green party. yes, it's a protest vote, but i'm voting for them to do well in the next election, because i think that when people see that people are voting for the green party in this election , next time, they will think, well, actually, maybe they are viable for government . viable for government. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> the green party, michael decker yes, well , the first decker yes, well, the first green party voice. is it interesting? yes. he's had quite the quite the journey. political journey. >> well from thatcher to the greens. it's not that big a step. she was the first world leader to a fly to press the red button on climate change at the un. >> she. >> she. >> no, she wasn't , not a little >> no, she wasn't, not a little bit. >> anyway, today marks the prince of wales's birthday day. >> he celebrates turning 42 today after his trip to germany today after his trip to germany to watch england play in the

euros. >> lucky old him. there he is, looking happy. shall we speak to our royal correspondent, cameron walker, to tell us a little bit more now? cameron, cameron, cameron, we've not we're not only celebrating prince william's birthday, but the princess of wales has released rather a nice message she has. >> she's personally tweeted on the kensington palace twitter account with a lovely photograph, which she took in norfolk last month of prince william and his three children or their three children prince george, princess charlotte, prince louis, now , this is prince louis, now, this is probably the most informal yet brilliant photograph i've ever seen in terms of the royal family. they're clearly jumping off a sand dunes there. it just catches them, i think, in a really like intimate family moment, and it shows the love that they have between the wales family . and the caption was family. and the caption was happy birthday papa. we all love you so much. see kiss as in see for catherine. so it was all very, very informal. >> and did catherine take that photograph? she did . photograph? she did. >> she took the photograph. >> she took the photograph. >> that is remarkable looking. >> that is remarkable looking. >> i mean, that looks like it's a professional photographer. >> well, she is, she has , as we

>> well, she is, she has, as we know, been doing a lot of photography recently. she says she's an amateur photographer. well, she is an amateur photographer because she's not paid for the photographs which she takes, but she has obviously has a number of photographs she's taken over the years. she tends to take the photographs of the royal children for their birthdays, for example. so it's a really kind of lovely message for the princess of wales. also in nine minutes time, westminster abbey are giving prince william a present. they're going to be tolling their bells at 1:00. >> we might be able to hear it from here. quite possibly. >> we're very close by to westminster abbey. >> i wonder if that photo was a one hit wonder, or if she had to, you know, get them back up. >> jump again. what i what i want her to do is release the camera roll where there are just hundreds of failed attempts. >> i mean, i to i suggest it was probably taken the same time as the father's day photograph was taken, which was from that same sand dune, but behind a couple of days ago for, for father's day with prince william and the three children behind there. >> yes, of course, from the back. yes yes, there it is. >> and they're wearing this. yeah. are they wearing. oh, maybe they're not wearing the same thing. well, maybe it's different clothes. so maybe a different clothes. so maybe a different outing, but certainly

june. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah i suspect it was probably taken during the half term break where they went up to amner hall in norfolk on the sandringham estate. that's where they spend most of their holidays . holidays. >> it's also it's also wholesome, isn't it? >> it certainly is lovely. >> it certainly is lovely. >> and buckingham palace is also released. a photograph to mark prince william's birthday. it's a young prince charles, then with a baby prince william from the royal collection trust. so they're all getting in on wishing prince william, the future king, a happy birthday. >> have we heard anything from the prince's brother? >> yes. no, no is the answer to that. i wouldn't expect, i wouldn't wasn't expecting them to. they don't have their own social media accounts. also, when it's prince harry or meghan markle's birthday, the royal family official accounts tend to not tweet about them. so i suspect there's been no pleasantries. >> received a bit of distance? >> received a bit of distance? >> no, you've been at the royal ascot having a lovely time. i have and i must say my favourite bit, i think, was that rendition of god save the king. >> oh yes. with frederica crum, the opera singer. yeah, she she was amazing. great. great voice. she's always the she's also the irish guards charity ambassador.

the princess of wales is the colonel of the irish guards. so she was also at trooping the colour last weekend. and she was just summing up the amazing patriotism , that you see at patriotism, that you see at royal ascot. and also making the point that, okay, you can be wearing top hat and tails, but you could also just have a picnic. so it's absolutely fine. something for everyone at ascot. >> you also managed to find some very nicely dressed ladies. oh yeah, very elegant, lots of lovely hats. >> it was hard to find. not very nicely dressed ladies to be honest. everybody was dressed up to the nines and the champagne and the pimms was flowing, so it was a lovely day out. >> of course, there are many more events in the season to continue, obviously princess catherine is taking it slowly. yes, and we're hearing from her on social media. do we have any clue about when we're next going to see her? >> so they've ruled out, ascot and obviously they ruled out gaa today this week, but they haven't ruled out any further engagements this summer. i suspect we may see her before the summer's out, but it all depends on where she is with her chemotherapy and if she's having a good day or a bad day. like she said in her letter when she said she was going to go to

trooping. >> yes, they're really taking it step by step, which i imagine is very much the sensible thing to do.thank very much the sensible thing to do. thank you so much, cameron, and for bringing us those lovely pictures too. good stuff. i really like those. >> yes. no. wholesome. wholesome. well, that's it for, for this hour. but stay with us because we're going to bring you the very latest updates on jay slater, the missing teenager in tenerife, you won't want to miss it. this is good afternoon, britain on gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news. weather update, another fairly fine day for many of us. sunny spells and still feeling pretty warm in the sunshine, but there is some rain on the way for this evening that's going to be moving in from the west. it's as a result of this weather front pushing into parts of northern ireland and the far northwest of scotland. later on this afternoon , and ahead of it, afternoon, and ahead of it, cloud will build across much of wales into the southwest of cornwall and devon to further

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june. >> i'm emily carver, and i'm tom harwood . harwood. >> now. under pressure from a studio audience, sir keir starmer admits he would rather jeremy corbyn as prime minister than boris johnson . rishi sunak than boris johnson. rishi sunak says he's incredibly angry over tory betting allegations. >> fears grow as the search for missing teenager jay slater enters its fifth day in tenerife . the 19 year old was on his first holiday without his parents, and the princess of wales has released a touching birthday message for her husband, with a new photo of the family leaping into the . family leaping into the. air. >> and just stop oil . it seems >> and just stop oil. it seems they're back now, warning us that they're going to target not only private jets but also airports in order to disrupt summer holidays. there you go. isn't that nice? the times newspaper has learnt this just now, so apparently they will stage a campaign to disrupt

airports during the summer holidays. of course, we know them best for blocking roads, for defacing artworks and the like, but yes . so it looks like like, but yes. so it looks like they're very much upping the ante. apparently the two private jets that they sprayed with this orange powder stuff was just the starter, only a prelude. >> but of course they did break into stansted airport with wire cutters in order to get there. it shows that they'll go to pretty extreme lengths. and i just wonder, are they going to be breaking into more airports in that way at the peak season? for travel, families are hard up against it, so i'm refused to believe that they don't take flights, that's something to put to the next just stop oil activist we speak to. so you haven't been on any holidays, haven't been on any holidays, have you been anywhere? no, no. oh. oh. you went to thailand last year. oh, i remember doing. oh, we'll let you off. we'll let you off because you're an activist. but get this, tom, we're going to be speaking to a druid. yeah later called king arthur. he's got something to say about what just stop oil did to, stonehenge.

>> what makes him a king? >> what makes him a king? >> well, you can ask him that in the monty python once said, it's because he doesn't have mud all over him. >> or words to that effect, well, we're gonna be speaking to him and getting his take on what he saw at stonehenge, because it was. well, there's been a lot of backlash, hasn't there? safe to say, he has. >> certainly has. but all of that to come after your very latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> tom. emily. thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:00 and leading the news this lunchtime, rishi sunakis the news this lunchtime, rishi sunak is accusing labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power if they can to stay in power if they win the general election . they win the general election. the prime minister is urging voters not to sleepwalk to the polls on the 4th of july. speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales, he warned against falling into what he called labour's trap. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum , who twice brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy

corbyn prime minister and who ran on a series of pledges to be labour leader that he cynically then abandoned my friends because he has such a past, he doesn't deserve to decide your future . future. >> sir keir starmer says that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson . the labour leader was johnson. the labour leader was facing a grilling from members of the public last night alongside rishi sunak, sir ed davey and the snp's john swinney. that was at the bbc's question time leaders special in york. the liberal democrats were pushed on their record during the coalition government, with the coalition government, with the conservatives while the snp insisted that independence is essential to scotland if it wants to become a fairer and more equal country. wants to become a fairer and more equal country . opposition more equal country. opposition leaders are accusing the tories of being corrupt, after a string of being corrupt, after a string of people with links to the party have been caught up in allegations of betting on the timing of the general election.

four people are now being investigated by the gambling commission, including laura saunders, the wife of the tories campaign director craig williams. another conservative candidate has also admitted to what he called an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. prime minister rishi sunak says any lawbreakers will be booted out of the party. but the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives aren't learning from their mistakes and he's now calling on the on the candidates involved to be suspended and in some lighter election news, tiktok is launching a media literacy hub to help users recognise fake news ahead of the election on the 4th of july, the social media company says it will cover topics such as how to spot misinformation and give tips for consuming a balanced range of news. it follows an earlier decision to roll out a dedicated general election centre on the platform in the uk . a police platform in the uk. a police chief constable who lied about

serving in the falklands war despite being just 15 years old at the time, has been sacked. today nick adderley, from the northamptonshire force, has been found guilty of gross misconduct for making up his naval rank. his length of service and achievement. mr adderley has apologised to any veterans he's offended . a british tourist has offended. a british tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in spain. police were called to reports of a fight in colina, around 30 miles from barcelona . that was in the early barcelona. that was in the early hours of this morning. the 31 year old man died outside the oxygene nightclub while another person was taken to hospital. the building remains cordoned off, but no arrests have so far been made . and back here in the been made. and back here in the uk, a gang of cyber criminals has published sensitive nhs data onune has published sensitive nhs data online stolen from a blood test company overnight. russian cyber crime group known as cuillin shared nearly 400gb of private information, including patient

names , date of birth, nhs names, date of birth, nhs numbers and even blood test results . the health service says results. the health service says it's now investigating the full extent of that data breach . extent of that data breach. emergency crews are continuing to scour the mountains of tenerife looking for missing british teenager jay slater . the british teenager jay slater. the 19 year old disappeared after telling a friend that he didn't know where he was and needed water before then beginning an 11 hour trek back to his hotel. we understand that helicopters and rescue dogs have now joined the search as it enters its fifth day. uk retail sales improved last month with a rebound for clothing and furniture shops. figures from the office for national statistics show the number of items purchased in may were up 2.9, compared to 1.8% the month before . a global alert over fake before. a global alert over fake versions of the drug ozempic has been issued by the world health organisation. the medicine has become popular as a weight loss jab, despite its main purpose

being the treatment of type 2 diabetes. the who says counterfeit versions could pose a danger to health and won't help people to lose weight . help people to lose weight. princess catherine and her three children have wished prince william a happy 42nd birthday on social media. kate released this photo here. you can see on your screens of the prince of wales jumping into the air while holding hands with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis on the beach of norfolk . and finally, taylor norfolk. and finally, taylor swifts eras tour is expected to bnng swifts eras tour is expected to bring up to £300 million to the economy in the capital when she performs in london later. the us superstar has already played shows in edinburgh, in liverpool and in cardiff. she's now set to headune and in cardiff. she's now set to headline three sold out shows at wembley before returning for five more nights in august. well, a taylor tube map, a taylor trail and special artworks have been created to entertain the 640,000 people expected to attend . for the

expected to attend. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts . just scan the to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . news. com slash alerts. >> welcome back to good afternoon britain on gb news. it's 108. >> it is indeed now during what was an at times heated leader's question time yesterday evening, labour leader sir keir starmer claimed that jeremy corbyn would have been a better prime minister than boris johnson . minister than boris johnson. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak turned on his predecessor , comparing on his predecessor, comparing keir starmer's economic plans to those of liz truss. he also claimed he was incredibly angry to learn that conservative insiders had been betting on the date of the general election. >> well , as date of the general election. >> well, as for sir ed davey, the leader of the liberal democrats, he accepted that his party had been punished by the pubuc party had been punished by the public for breaking its promise on tuition fees back in 2015. but he insisted he'd learnt from

his party's mistakes. >> and the snp leader, john swinney, said that independence would remain his party's primary objective, but also admitted that they had to rebuild trust with voters after a turbulent 12 months. >> well, we can now speak to gb news political editor christopher hope, who is in westminster . christopher, did we westminster. christopher, did we learn much last night ? learn much last night? >> yeah, i think we learnt a bit about , keir starmer. >> yeah, i think we learnt a bit about, keir starmer. i think lester set aside john swinney . i lester set aside john swinney. i think that was interesting. he talked about how the snp would still push for an independence vote at some point in the future. liberal democrat leader ed davey, who's pressed on his response over the post office scandal when he was post office minister back in very early part of the last decade and rishi sunak went on the front foot about this this betting alleged betting scandal engulfing his party. i should say, by the way, this lunchtime he's been asked, did any cabinet ministers put money on the date of the

election? he couldn't answer. and the problem he's got is that on that, on this, this, this betting issue is that the gambling commission has asked for all bets laid between the 1st of may to the 21st of may, from all the betting companies. they're now going through a list of names and any names there which look political are being referred back to the government. so i think this one is not yet finished. and the problem for the pm has got is he has no idea how wide this issue goes . but how wide this issue goes. but anyway, coming to sir keir starmer, that was the moment, i think, when he was asked five times would and eventually said so would jeremy corbyn have been a better prime minister than bofis a better prime minister than boris johnson? he said he thought he would do and that his words are quite interesting because he's makes very clear that he would be a better pm. he said look what we got. boris johnson, a man who made massive promises , who didn't keep them promises, who didn't keep them and then had to leave parliament in disgrace , that's all true. he in disgrace, that's all true. he was chaotic, messy , partygate, was chaotic, messy, partygate, we know all that. but on the big calls, his defenders would say that johnson got the ukraine war response right, marshalling support amongst eu, nato nations

against russia and also on the covid pandemic. he pressed ahead with the vaccine and urged that to happen with the glaxo one, which worked in the end. so i think arguably he's got that a bit. well i'm not sure he's right on that. i mean, jeremy corbyn, of course, the person who wouldn't blame russia for the salisbury poisonings or at least questioned whether it was them and then famously wouldn't commit to saying he had pushed the nuclear trigger to defend our country and he would be better than boris johnson . okay, better than boris johnson. okay, well, let's see what voters think of that. so i think that's an interesting, think of that. so i think that's an interesting , lifting the lid an interesting, lifting the lid really on, on, keir starmer and what he really believes in. and i think the tory party will be making some something out of that, i should say. i'm interviewing keir starmer later for gb news viewers, and it goes live on the channel at 7 pm. so i'll make sure that question is put to the labour leader. >> a very, very interesting stuff , chris. and i suppose >> a very, very interesting stuff, chris. and i suppose one of the big advantages of these sort of sit down interviews compared to perhaps some of these audience shapps is you can get to the detail, you can do

the follow up, i suppose how are you preparing for this evening ? you preparing for this evening? >> well, i've been given, frankly , 12 minutes, tom, so frankly, 12 minutes, tom, so it's not a lot of time, but that's the time which all of the political editors of the main channels are getting with the labour leader as we get towards election day. so i've got to choose my targets , i know that, choose my targets, i know that, i know we've been asking over the past few days, viewers, listeners to send in their questions. i've gone through them, i've noted the very good ones, and i'll try and put them to sir keir starmer. i mean, what would you what would you ask him? so what's your question? and tom and emily, i think i'd ask him. >> keir starmer, why did you take the last labour government to court over their decision to deny welfare benefits to asylum seekers? that's something that sir keir starmer boasted about when he was trying to become labour leader but hasn't spoken about ever since, which i think is a little curious . is a little curious. >> emily, i think you've got to

hammer him on the corbyn question. >> it is where he gets in a bit of a muddle. he gets in a bit of a muddle. other people have been writing in jenny sent in about 20 questions. she wants to know whether starmer would welcome palestinian refugees. she also wants to know why he uses the word safe spaces instead of single—sex spaces. she also wants to know about inheritance tax. so there's a few for you. there's a few to get you going. christopher i know well, there's so many to go after. >> i've got to try and select the ones i think our viewers care about the ulez scheme. will that be expanded across the country, crime, small boats, all sorts of questions. i won't be able to answer. ask them all. on behalf of you guys and also viewers, but i'll do my very best as well because i hope we look forward to it, and again, for those that might have missed the beginning of this conversation, christopher hopes sit down interview with labour leader sir keir starmer tonight on gb news at 7:00. well thanks

very much to christopher for talking through that. sir keir , talking through that. sir keir, had this to say when he was asked about his claim that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson. >> i have changed the labour party because after that election result, we needed to ensure that we had a party which proudly said the country first, party second with a manifesto for change, and that's what we put before the electorate. >> there's a real choice this time round to be carrying on with what we've got. >> the failure of the last 14 years or starting to rebuild the country with a labour government i >> right. well, let's get the thoughts now of former labour defence minister ivor caplin, ivor , is that, is that answer ivor, is that, is that answer really good enough , he does look really good enough, he does look very, very uncomfortable when he's asked about jeremy corbyn. >> he does. but let's just be clear . clear. >> it's five years ago and i don't think that the great pubuc don't think that the great public of the united kingdom are

worried too much about what happened five years ago. what they're interested in is what is going to happen in the next five years. and that's where the labour party has been so accurate with those issues, like cost of living, like the other issues that are really concerning them. and actually, if you look back at last night's 30 minute, thing with, with question time, you know, most of that time was spent with laying out to the public exactly what the labour party will be doing over the next few years. and you can't keep going back. you know, we can't say to, sunak , you we can't say to, sunak, you should be like mrs. thatcher or things like that. you know, this is just time in the past, and i don't think some people might say that either. >> i'm sure there's lots of people telling rishi sunak that he should be more like maggie thatcher. >> so i'm just giving you an opportunity there , for the two

opportunity there, for the two of you. >> but but yeah, but i really don't think that this is a critical matter for the election. >> i think what's critical is for labour to have laid out a proper manifesto, which we've done , to lay out how we're going done, to lay out how we're going to deal with that through , a new to deal with that through, a new chancellor, of course, in rachel . and what on earth happens, over the coming months that you need to deal with as a government ? and i think keir government? and i think keir starmer is ready and raring to go as, prime minister if, when the public do decide on the 4th of july that it should be a labour government . labour government. >> and yet i thought this to me is a little bit confusing. you you were a minister under tony blair. of course . and, it seems blair. of course. and, it seems to me that keir starmer spent most of his time under that government taking the government to court rather than supporting it. he's far to the left of tony blair. he might be slightly to

the right of jeremy corbyn, but he's not the sort of brand of labour centrist that we saw from 1997 to two thousand and seven. tony blair wouldn't countenance putting extra taxes on education or or the top rate of tax going above £0.40 in the pound. this is a very different labour party to the party that tony blair brought to, its success in the late 90s. >> well, as one of the ministers and the only minister in the ministry of defence at the time, i was responsible for a lot of what we had going on in terms of , of, of, of different issues that would have been dealt with by, keir starmer and his team when he was doing that. >> let me just say again that you know, that's talking about even longer than five years ago. that's 15 years ago. and i just think that the key thing from this election in these next 10 or 12 days, whatever it is , is

or 12 days, whatever it is, is about what happens next after what has happened in these last few years, particularly from the conservative party. >> but what i'm trying to say is that keir starmer is much more neil kinnock than he is tony blair. he's much more of that sort of soft left tradition, something that, frankly, the country hasn't seen, since the 1970s, really ? 1970s, really? >> well, i don't want to disappoint you here, tom, but there is no second tony blair and there is no second neil kinnock. keir starmer is in his own right, a serious and, and well, well regarded, individual from what he did previously. and then of course, he came into the house of commons in 2015 and i think from there on he's worked to get to a point where he is satisfied that he could be the next prime minister of the united kingdom. and that's what he is aiming to do. and that's why he's he's done the things

like the manifesto in such a way that it does look like, for once, a pretty decent document. and let's just be honest, as people who are interested in these political things, not many of us actually do read these things all the time. every year or every four years. >> yeah, there you go. one of the one of the accusations i've, you know, as well as we do is that labour will raise taxes and they haven't told us exactly where they might. now, you know how what it's like working in government if, for example , they government if, for example, they need to spend a bit more money or growth isn't as quick as they'd like, which levers do you think they might pull? what would their top tax lever be? >> i think what they've done is they've said on the three main issues of tax. so that's income tax , vat and, and whichever the tax, vat and, and whichever the other one is, i've got it here. social insurance, national insurance, which has been quite

controversial over the last yeah controversial over the last year. so i think those three are satisfactory comments , that, satisfactory comments, that, that they've made. i think what comes into this, though, is other taxes that might have to change. now, that's not unusual. and it's very difficult to say i won't do something in three years time, you know , aeroplane years time, you know, aeroplane tax is one of those issues that might be something that that comes into the equation of what is needed in running the company's economics and also making sure that how we do that, you know, we're talking about capital gains. >> you know, we're talking about council taxes. those are the ones that they haven't, specifically ruled out. those are big taxes. those are, you know , significant taxes just on know, significant taxes just on those two on council tax, of course, that's a matter predominantly for local authorities and how they want to deal with that, that is an issue that can be discussed between

the local government association and the government of the day. >> that happens automatically on, on, on, on other taxes . >> that happens automatically on, on, on, on other taxes. i think there there could be changes, but i don't see that they will want to do very many changes , given what they've said changes, given what they've said in the manifesto and what they've been saying . so we'll they've been saying. so we'll have to see how it goes. and i think there is , you know, one think there is, you know, one thing i would go back to 97 on which tom will at least appreciate is that is that if i go back to 97, the one thing we had to do in that first couple of years was to stick to the principles that gordon brown had laid out, for the government. and i think that's very similar to what will happen here. and there will be a period of time that the government gets in and gets ready to do things, and there will be something we all, we all remember how much the blair government liked spending money. >> we all remember that , but not >> we all remember that, but not for the first time. >> the first term, of course, that golden rule stuck to those

tory spending limits. spend, spend, spend some of some of us wish that the second and the third labour terms had had also stuck to perhaps less profligate spending limits. but i think that's all we've got. time for. really appreciate you. >> i had i had too much spending to do when i got to the ministry of defence. i trust me on that . of defence. i trust me on that. all right. >> all right. thank you very much. ivor caplin, former labour defence minister. always great to chat to ivor. >> yeah. no good stuff. coming up. >> who thinks there might be some other tax rises gone. yeah. >> this is the thing. it's, it's a soft left government. we're about to get. but coming up, we'll bring you the latest on the case of that missing teenager, jay slater. don't go anywhere

>> all right. it's 126. >> all right. it's126. you're watching. good afternoon. britain. now the search for the missing teenager, jay slater has now entered its fifth day in

tenerife after he was last heard from on monday morning. >> a friend of his has hit out at spanish police, claiming that they are not doing enough . they are not doing enough. >> yes. the 19 year old called a friend to say he was lost with no water and his phone was on 1% battery. >> well, let's cross now to our reporter sophie reaper , who's in reporter sophie reaper, who's in jay slater's hometown in lancashire . and sophie, this is lancashire. and sophie, this is every family's every community's nightmare . nightmare. >> absolutely. one can't even imagine what jay's family are experiencing right now. and it's something that is heartbreaking for communities, but it's also something that brings community together. and that is what is happening here in oswaldtwistle and has been happening since monday, when jay first went missing. of course, it's one of those cases, isn't it, where every single detail can be crucial. however it's that that can also potentially derail investigations, derail

investigations. in fact, in the facebook group which now has over almost half a million members, almost half a million people, part of that group wanting to hear the latest updates in the last 15 minutes or so, that facebook group has been muted. one of the admins saying that they will no longer be allowing people to post in that group because they are so sick and tired of people posting conspiracy theories that are essentially just causing trouble for both the family, causing upsets the family, but also could potentially be disruptive to police who are investigating jay's disappearance. however, here in oswaldtwistle, the mood is still all about positivity here. last night, members of the community, as well as jay's family and friends gathered here to spread that message of hope. ispoke to spread that message of hope. i spoke to the reverend who led that service and here's what he had to tell me. >> started about 7:30 and people came in, the church was full as as you said , and, and people

as you said, and, and people were just quite sombre , to be were just quite sombre, to be fair. they're worried and you could tell in the feel of the church it was they were quite worried about what's going on and the fact it's been a number of days now and we haven't heard or seen , found jay, we just or seen, found jay, we just started with talking about what faith is about, and about there being hope and a light in the darkness. and the message is keeping on that, that little bit of light that can't be put out , of light that can't be put out, for us, that's jesus. but for us today is that light of hope that jay will be found and he'll be okay. >> and that light is the thing that's always so important with, with this kind of story. and that's what these blue ribbons are about all along this road running through the heart of oswaldtwistle, these blue fibbons oswaldtwistle, these blue ribbons have been hung up by members of the community who say they still have hope. they still believe there is a light at the end of this tunnel that jay will

be able to be found and brought home safely. >> well, thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest update from jay slater's home town in lancashire , home town in lancashire, terrible story. i hope they do find him soon. i was just wondered about going back to some of your questions actually, that you have for sir keir starmer. it's a shame , 12 starmer. it's a shame, 12 minutes is not a long time, so of course christopher will have to pick and choose what he goes at, but lots of you got some got some good questions coming in. we mentioned that someone wants to know. who is it? john, i think you wanted to know some more detail on this great british energy. what exactly is it? how much will it cost? how much new energy will come from it, also asking about immigration, particularly with regards to illegal immigration, will there be some kind of amnesty for those who have already arrived? how are you going to set up returns agreements ? that's from another agreements? that's from another john.thank agreements? that's from another john. thank you john. and, yes , john. thank you john. and, yes, jenny has got in touch with all

sorts, all sorts of questions and your question would be about the, taking the government to , the, taking the government to, to court, taking the last labour government to court. >> it's interesting. i've been watching these, campaign videos that keir starmer put out back in 2020 when he was trying to be leader of the labour party, highlighting all of the left wing activism he had performed as a lawyer, but it's interesting. he seems to want to run away from those sorts of claims now, but we'll get to more on that as the show goes on. coming up, it's been revealed that some popular suncream brands don't actually work . we'll reveal all the work. we'll reveal all the details on that peculiar story in just a few minutes time, but for now, it's the headlines nightmare for me. sam francis . nightmare for me. sam francis. >> tom. emily, thank you very much and good evening. good evening. good afternoon to you. it's just after half past one. and i just want to bring you a

breaking line that we're getting from leeds this afternoon. we've heard in the last few minutes that a 15 year old boy has been jailed for life for the murder of schoolboy alfie lewis . alfie, of schoolboy alfie lewis. alfie, who was also 15, was stabbed to death in front of pupils leaving a primary school in the horsforth area of leeds last november. bardiya shojai fahd will spend a minimum of 13 years in prison for the murder of alfie lewis . in other news alfie lewis. in other news today, rishi sunak is accusing labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power if they win the general election. the prime minister is urging voters not to let sir keir starmer waltz into office without scrutiny . while speaking without scrutiny. while speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales , mr sunak warned against wales, mr sunak warned against falling for what he called labour's trap. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister and who

ran on a series of pledges to be labour leader that he cynically then abandoned. my friends because he has such a past. he doesn't deserve to decide your future . future. >> and staying in wales, labour has also launched its welsh election manifesto today, with less than two weeks to go until we head to the polls, first minister vaughan gething is promising to look at developing youth justice and probation in wales, and he's also pledged to restore decision making on economic aid . well, as we've economic aid. well, as we've been sharing with you this afternoon, a former police chief constable has been found guilty of gross misconduct after it emerged he lied about his military career. nick adderley has been dismissed from the northamptonshire force after claiming that he'd served in the falklands war, despite being just 15 years old at the time of the conflict. mr adderley's apologised to any veterans that he's offended and opposition

leaders are accusing the tories of being corrupt after a string of being corrupt after a string of people with links to the party have been caught up in allegations of betting on the timing of the general election, four people are now being investigated by the gambling commission , including laura commission, including laura saunders, the wife of the tories campaign director greg williams. another conservative candidate has also admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. well, prime minister rishi sunak says that any lawbreakers in the party will be booted out. but the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives aren't learning from their mistakes . from their mistakes. >> people know the outcome of something and they bet on it. i think that's immoral , and i think that's immoral, and i don't think that looks thinks things right, and too often in this parliament, we've seen the conservative party, its only members of the conservative party looking like they're in it for themselves, not for for in pubuc for themselves, not for for in public service. and what's in the best, best interests of the

country? >> those are your top stories for this half hour. i'll be back at 2:00 with another update until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. common alerts

>> good afternoon. britain it is 1:37 now. several popular suncream brands have failed. safety tests. according to which? magazine. >> yes. this could really be the scandal of the summer. forget the critics. the consumer organisation has carried out checks on 26 brands examining the spf and uva protection offered by each of the products. three lotions from calypso sun, bondi sands and asda were found to offer less protection than

they claimed, but others, including some cheaper options from supermarkets aldi and lidl, passed with flying colours. well, this is good for aldi and lidl, a let's speak to our south west of england reporterjeff west of england reporter jeff moody geoff soaking up some southwest sun, i hope, geoff, this is quite the scandal because i know as a as a as someone with fair skin , i need someone with fair skin, i need to know that my sun cream is actually doing the job. >> exactly. there's not actually a lot of sun down here and the nonh a lot of sun down here and the north devon coast at the moment. >> it's a pretty miserable day. >> it's a pretty miserable day. >> unfortunately, there's not many people on the beach. a few people are walking their dogs and having a little bit of ice cream. haven't seen anyone slap on the sunscreen just yet , but on the sunscreen just yet, but the message from which is that actually those expensive sun creams aren't all that they're cracked up to be. as you say , cracked up to be. as you say, they tested 26 different sunscreens using an international standard method in an independent laboratory , they an independent laboratory, they say, and the ones that really failed muster as to protect sun

lotion spf 30 high, the calypso press and protect spf 30 and bondi sands spt 50 also, the fragrance free sunscreen lotion. none of those met the claims on the package. now, asda, in response, says it really doesn't recognise those results. it's sticking to its guns with regards to its products, calypso says its products have passed the eu regulation, but which says that they barely muster two thirds of the protection that they should do . so if you want they should do. so if you want a sunscreen that works well, go cheap. that seems to be the message from today. lidl's scene sun spray spf 30 that triumphed . sun spray spf 30 that triumphed. and that's only £3.29 for 200ml. so that's the one to go for. or aldi's lacura spf 30 sun lotion, and that's priced at £2.49, which has said quite rightly,

look, this is incredibly concerning, that some big brands have failed the test and did not offer the level of sun protection claimed on the packaging, which goes on to say it is great to see cheaper, top quality sunscreen options available on the high street. but of course there is a serious side to this because of the protection that these sunscreen lotions are supposed to offer people. and with the rise in skin cancer across the uk, and with temperatures rising too, it's never been more important to protect ourselves . the met to protect ourselves. the met office are always saying, aren't they slap on that sunscreen ? but they slap on that sunscreen? but now it's very clear from this report that the sunscreen that you actually pick might not give you actually pick might not give you the protection that it says on the packet. >> so if people at home are worried, if perhaps they're about to jet off on a holiday that hopefully won't be disrupted by extinction rebellion or just stop oil or any of these other groups, what should they do? what should people look out for?

>> what i think the thing to do is to, is to look at the which report. that's the only real way that people are going to find out exactly what is safe and what isn't safe, because you can't rely on the packaging. it's very clear from this report that what they say on the packaging, packaging isn't necessarily what the product actually, actually has in it and the protection that it can offer. so the best advice i think that people can, can take at the moment is just have a quick look at the which website before going on holiday and make a note of the ones that they recommend as the best ones to use . use. >> use. >> well, jeff moodie, thank you very much. from a not quite so sunny north devon, let's hope that the sun can pick up as the summer goes on. summer 9095 on. >> summer goes on. >> i'll poke through. i think quite a lot of the country is actually quite warm today. i mean, the sun's out down here in the in the southeast in the, in london, but i think there are other areas. if someone's got in touch saying in sussex, it's nice and sunny. so you know. yeah. >> no. all over the country . >> no. all over the country. well we'll of course have our, have our all right. all right.

>> okay. yes. is it raining in manchester. >> we'll have our weather update for the whole country. of course at the end of the hour. but coming up, of course, it's the summer solstice and we'll be joined by a druid. yes a real life druid who goes by the name of king arthur, asking him what he thinks about just stop oil recent attack on stonehenge. this is good afternoon, britain on gb news, britain's news channel

good afternoon. britain. it's quarter to two now. thousands of people flocked to stonehenge this morning to celebrate the summer solstice . celebrate the summer solstice. >> solstice? yes. marking the longest daylight day of the yeah longest daylight day of the year. the ancient monument is still open after two just stop oil protesters were arrested

earlier this week for throwing orange powder paints all over the stones . the stones. >> well, english heritage says that the landmark suffers no visible damage, but it could have been so, so different had it rained . well, joining us now it rained. well, joining us now is king arthur. yes, king arthur, senior druid and pagan priest. a priest, rather, thank you for joining priest. a priest, rather, thank you forjoining us, king arthur , you for joining us, king arthur, first of all, what does the summer solstice mean to the druid community? >> it's a day of celebration , >> it's a day of celebration, and it marks the turning of the wheel and the change of the season. it's one of the things that stonehenge was actually built for by ancient man. and so it's where we celebrate the longest , the shortest and the longest, the shortest and the equal days . equal days. >> and when you saw the just stop oil activists had decided to, attack stonehenge . to, attack stonehenge. >> i think he was definitely

counterproductive from their point of view because all it doesis point of view because all it does is alienate people who would have been their natural allies. so it does their cause no favours whatsoever . it's no favours whatsoever. it's total vandalism, and we disapprove of it completely. and that's saying something coming from me because i'm a known protester and a known environmentalist . environmentalist. >> that is that is an interesting point of view there, that actually it's splitting that actually it's splitting that environmental movement there. has there been much discussion about what happened a couple of days ago? because, of course, thousands of people flocked to stonehenge in the early hours of this morning. >> that's that's right. we had a wonderful solstice. we had a wonderful solstice. we had a wonderful time, a brilliant night, many ceremonies took place and, that included the normal rites of passage, such as handfastings , baby namings, handfastings, baby namings, ashes, scattering, etc. but the thing that was on everybody's mind was what happened a couple

of days ago, and everybody was as disgusted . as disgusted. >> and king arthur, explain, explain to those who don't know what exactly is a druid. explain, explain it . explain, explain it. >> a druid is basically the ancient priest cast of these isles. pre—christian priest cast of these isles. they were at one healers. the scientists of the day, law makers, king makers and the priests cast of great britain , and sort of got pushed britain, and sort of got pushed further and further west as the romans, came in and then the anglo—saxons, i suppose i've got to ask, is king arthur your real name ? name? >> my real name is arthur arthur pendragon . i'm generally known pendragon. i'm generally known as king arthur, and i am a druid. king >> was that a choice that you arrived at? sort of . at some arrived at? sort of. at some point in your life, did you

decide to take on this name? did you sort of get interested in in the druid community? >> yes, i did take on this this name. i took it on in 1986. and there's nothing that's strange about that. i mean , look, from about that. i mean, look, from a christian point of view, pope's take on different names , as do take on different names, as do monks. nuns. so it's quite, quite normal within any religious fraternity. and from my point of view, i am a titular head and a chosen chief. so i am chosen to be the head of my order. >> okay? and, what do you think should happen to these, just stop oil activists ? because stop oil activists? because they're they're upping the ante, so they targeted stonehenge the next day. they decided to target the airport to try and attack some private jets there. now, apparently, according to the times newspaper , warning that times newspaper, warning that they're going to try to disrupt, more airports, to try and disrupt, people's summer holidays. what do you think we

need to do with them ? need to do with them? >> i think they need to be prosecuted for vandalism in this case. and for any other offences they commit in other cases. because, like i say, it's not even doing their cause any good. they're alienating too many people by by damaging the valuable works of . art his valuable works of. art his majesty the king, they're alienating the royalists. they're uniting the art lovers. and now they're alienating the pilgrims who turn up at stonehenge . so they're not doing stonehenge. so they're not doing their own any good. and i actually look at it and think, well , you know, is actually look at it and think, well, you know, is this actually look at it and think, well , you know, is this actually well, you know, is this actually their cause? or as somebody put it up to it, just to give it a bad name , and once the bad name, and once the environmentalists have lost the druids, i mean, who do they have? >> well, king arthur, thank you very much for joining >> well, king arthur, thank you very much forjoining us. and talking through all of that. really appreciate your time, i have to say, have you have you ever stayed up for the solstice ,

ever stayed up for the solstice, seeing the seeing the sun rise? >> no, but it is something that i would like to do. actually, it must be quite magical to go down to stonehenge and. and see the sun come up. yeah quite romantic as well, in a way. can i do you think? imagine going on a on a date, sitting there and. yeah, taking in the magnificent magnificence i can just maybe, maybe this is my, stereotypical view, but i imagine, breathing in the air might not be quite so fresh, if you get my drift with, with all sorts of communities that then sort of walk around, i imagine it could be quite a magical experience for many people, intentionally and unintentionally, but, but but of course, that's very diplomatic, very diplomatic of you, you know, skirting around that, weren't you ? weren't you? >> very nicely with expertise, expertise, deftly . expertise, deftly. >> what won't be deft, however, is, of course, what happens if these groups start targeting people's family holidays, which, of course, are all going to take place once schools start to

break up next month. and this is the new threat from just stop oil. no longer is it going after taylor swift, it's going after everyone. everyone. >> well, imagine imagine you've saved up. you've got your jet2, your easyjet, your british airways flights all lined up. you're ready. you've packed your bags, you get to the airport. oh sorry. just up all have decided to sit and glue themselves to the tarmac right in front of your flight. so we're going to have to cancel it. >> sorry guys, but i can imagine the entire airport. it's not just going to be one flight if theyif just going to be one flight if they if they break into an airport with that sort of angle gnnder airport with that sort of angle grinder or whatever they were using for, for stansted a couple of days ago . i mean, one drone, of days ago. i mean, one drone, one drone shut down, gatwick airport for was it one day or two days? it was an entire day. i mean , hundreds huge incident. i mean, hundreds huge incident. yeah, hundreds of flights. and that was just one drone. imagine what's going to happen with fairly dedicated environmental activists. i mean, entire airports could be shut down for quite some time. this could be a

serious , serious incident. serious, serious incident. >> but this is the thing people say, oh, you know, liberals , say, oh, you know, liberals, people who are very liberal and care about civil liberties come out and say, no , you can't out and say, no, you can't possibly ban these groups. you know, it's freedom of speech. they're not they're not terrorists. don't be don't be ridiculous. but actually if you don't clamp down, then as we're seeing , you know, the tactics seeing, you know, the tactics get more and more extreme , don't get more and more extreme, don't they. so i mean, but then people do make the point that the law is as it is. and actually, if the police wanted to clamp down, they could . they could. >> yes. well, and perhaps perhaps there needs to be a bit of proactive policing here. perhaps it would be wise for the police to sort of look at the repeat offenders, because so often it's the same people . often it's the same people. they're part of all of these groups. they all and they just go from protest to protest. they go from protest to protest. they go to prison for a week and come out and then commit another crime. >> i think just stop oil are the most annoying, if that's not a strong enough word, but they do seem to be the most annoying. >> yeah, gluing their hands to the street, blocking roads, you know, even interrupting les miserables. >> i know the cheek, the absolute cheek, absolute cheek.

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2:00 on friday, the 21st of june. i'm tom harwood , and i'm june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver under pressure from a studio audience, sir keir starmer admits he would rather jeremy corbyn prime minister than boris johnson. and rishi sunak says he is incredibly angry over tory betting allegations , and fears grow as allegations, and fears grow as the search for missing teenager jay slater now enters its fifth day. >> the 19 year old was on his first holiday without his parents. >> fears grow in tenerife as the search for the missing teenager, of course, goes on. these are live pictures, that we're looking at now , and swifties are looking at now, and swifties are descending on wembley in their thousands tonight for the first of three london performances of taylor swift's eras tour, which is expected to bring £300 million to the city. >> very jealous. my sister's going .

going. i wish i was going to taylor swift. i know maybe some of you aren't. aren't fans, but maybe. maybe some of you are. actually, she does. she does, everyone seems to like her. this way. >> it is the highest. >> it is the highest. >> everyone is the highest grossing tour in musical history. more than the beatles , history. more than the beatles, more than elton john, more than just about anyone else. you can possibly imagine. more than ed sheeran. i mean, the highest grossing tour in the history of music . music. >> she shifted the gdp of the united states of america with her tour. it's making that much money. very rich woman, very rich woman, but also boosting our economy . apparently people our economy. apparently people are going to be spending 400 odd pounds per person going to this concert. you know , for example, concert. you know, for example, their travel where they're staying, whether they're going to buy some merch, maybe get a new outfit, and of course , the new outfit, and of course, the ticket costs all adds up. so that's a lot of spend, spend,

spendin that's a lot of spend, spend, spend in the economy, which can sometimes be a good thing. >> and yet , in glasgow, she >> and yet, in glasgow, she really worsened the housing crisis because so many people booked out not only hotel rooms , booked out not only hotel rooms, but also airbnbs, that, that people trying to find accommodation were really, really struggling two nights or three nights in glasgow. oh, i don't know. maybe people came and stayed for a bit longer, but of course it all moves around everyone else's plans and pushes up prices. well, mom's a new convert to taylor swift , is she? convert to taylor swift, is she? >> i wouldn't have thought that it would be her top choice, but you know, she thinks some of the lyrics are are quite, amusing. someone some of them. >> someone else who's a big fan of taylor swift. rishi sunak. oh, yeah, many reports that he, does his sort of exercise biking to listening to taylor swift music , well, he does have two music, well, he does have two young girls, doesn't he? so he probably has it playing non—stop anyway. gbnews.com/win i say keep throwing us those questions that you want, christopher. hope to put to, sir keir starmer. lots coming in. we'll, we'll read some of them out in a bit. i think after the headlines.

>> tom. emily, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you . much. and good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 2:03. the top story from the newsroom this afternoon. opposition leaders are accusing the tories of being corrupt after a string of people with links to the party have been caught up in allegations of betting on the timing of the general election for people are being investigated by the gambling commission, including laura saunders, the wife of the tories campaign director. craig williams, another conservative candidate, has also admitted an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. prime minister rishi sunak says any lawbreakers in the party will be booted out. but lib dem leader sir ed davey says the conservatives aren't learning from their mistakes . learning from their mistakes. >> people know the outcome of something and they bet on it. i think that's immoral , and i think that's immoral, and i don't think that looks i think

it's right, and too often in this parliament, we've seen the conservative party, its only members of the conservative party looking like they're in it for themselves, not for in for pubuc for themselves, not for in for public service. and what's in the best, best interests of the country ? country? >> meanwhile, rishi sunak is attempting to move on from the scandal by accusing labour of planning to change every rule they to can stay in power if they to can stay in power if they win the general election. the prime minister's urging voters not to sleepwalk into the polls on the 4th of july, and speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales, he warned against falling into what he calls labour's trap. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum , who twice brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister, and who ran on a series of pledges to be labour leader that he cynically then abandoned my friends because he has such a past, he doesn't deserve to decide. your

future . future. >> and staying with election news, sir keir starmer has said that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson . the labour than boris johnson. the labour leader was facing a grilling from members of the public alongside rishi sunak sir ed davey and john swinney at last night's bbc question time leaders special in york . the leaders special in york. the liberal democrats were pushed on their record during the coalition government, with the conservatives, and the snp insisted that independence is essential if scotland is to become a fairer and more equal country . well, in some other country. well, in some other news today, a boy aged just 14 at the time has been jailed for at the time has been jailed for at least 13 years for murdering another teenager outside a primary school in leeds. bardia shojaee fard has been described in court as being outwardly normal but with a worrying interest in knives. he admitted stabbing alfie lewis one afternoon in the horsforth area of leeds last november, but claimed it was self—defence. the

victim's mum has said she will never forgive his killer. a police chief constable who lied about serving in the falklands war despite being just aged 15 at the time, has been sacked today. nick adderley, from the northamptonshire force, has been found guilty of gross misconduct for making up his naval rank. his length of service and achievement. mr adderley has apologised to any veterans he's offended . emergency crews are offended. emergency crews are continuing to scour the mountains of tenerife looking for the missing british teenager, jay slater. these are live pictures of the scene in tenerife where those searches continue. this afternoon. the 19 year old disappeared after telling a friend that he didn't know where he was and needed water before beginning an 11 hour trek back to his hotel. as you can see there on the screen, pictures of the missing 19 year old. helicopters and rescue dogs , we understand, have now joined the search as it enters its fifth day. a british tourist has

been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in spain. police were called to reports of a fight in cagliari, around 30 miles from barcelona, in the early hours of this morning. the 31 year old victim died outside the oxygene nightclub while another person was taken to hospital . that was taken to hospital. that nightclub now remains cordoned off, though no arrests have so far been made . back here in the far been made. back here in the uk, a gang of cyber criminals has published sensitive nhs data onune has published sensitive nhs data online that was stolen from a blood testing company overnight. a russian cyber crime group known as cuillin shared nearly 4oogb of known as cuillin shared nearly 400gb of private information and that included patient names, dates of birth, nhs numbers and even blood test results. the health service says it's now investigating the full extent of the data breach . uk retail sales the data breach. uk retail sales improved last month, with a rebound for clothing and for furniture shops. figures from the office for national statistics show. the number of items purchased in may were up

2.9. that's compared to 1.8% in april . a global health alert april. a global health alert over fake versions of the drug ozempic, has been issued today by the world health organisation. the medicine has become popular as a weight loss jab, despite its main purpose being the treatment of type 2 diabetes. the who says counterfeit versions could pose a danger to health and will not help people to lose weight. and some royal news princess catherine and her three children have wished prince william a happy 42nd birthday today. have wished prince william a happy 42nd birthday today . kate happy 42nd birthday today. kate released this photo. you can see there on your screen of the prince of wales. he's jumping into the air while holding hands with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. that photo , taken on a beach in photo, taken on a beach in norfolk last month . and finally, norfolk last month. and finally, taylor swift's eras tour is expected to bring up to £300 million to boost the economy in the capital. when she performs in london later today. the us superstar has already played

shows in edinburgh, in liverpool and cardiff, and she's now set to headline three sold out shows at wembley before returning for five more nights in august. well, a taylor tube map, a taylor trail and a special artwork have been created to help entertain the 640,000 people expected to attend this weekend . for the latest stories , weekend. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. you can scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts now, though, it's back to tom and . emily. and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:09. now, the public had the chance to grill party leaders on question time last night. >> yes. labour leader sir keir starmer was challenged quite a bit about his past support for jeremy corbyn. here's what he had to say . had to say. >> let's answer this. yes or no. >> when you said jeremy corbyn would make a good prime minister, did you mean it?

>> look, he would be a better prime minister. well, look. look what we've got. boris johnson, a man who made massive promises, didn't keep them and then had to leave parliament in disgrace . leave parliament in disgrace. >> well, lib dem leader sir ed davey admitted the public had punished his for party their broken promise on tuition fees back in 2015. >> understand why your generation lost faith in us, it was a difficult government to be in. i've explained i had choices whether we came out of it and carp from the sidelines or try to get there and win things. we didn't win everything, and we lost that one, and we got punished at the 2015 election, i lost my seat along with most liberal democrats , actually, and liberal democrats, actually, and john swinney . john swinney. >> he admitted the snp had to rebuild trust with voters after a turbulent 12 months has been a turbulent time and i'd be the first to accept that and to admit that so . admit that so. >> so my party has asked me to lead it through this election

campaign and beyond. the 2026 parliamentary elections to essentially do two things to, first of all, rebuild trust between the electorate and the scottish national party. and i've always worked throughout my political life to build trust and confidence with the electorate that have chosen me. and secondly , to provide the and secondly, to provide the direction that's necessary in the scottish government to change people's lives. >> well, the prime minister, rishi sunak, faced questions about the tory betting scandal . about the tory betting scandal. this was his response. >> well, like you, i was incredibly angry , incredibly incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations . it's angry to learn of these allegations. it's a angry to learn of these allegations . it's a really allegations. it's a really serious matter. it's right that they're being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authorities, including, as fiona said , a including, as fiona said, a criminal investigation by the police . police. >> and the prime minister, he's beenin >> and the prime minister, he's been in wales today launching the conservative manifesto there. we're now joined by welsh conservative fay jones. fay what is it that's different in the

offering for wales as opposed to the united kingdom as a whole? what did the conservatives set out that will be different from what they've already got ? what they've already got? >> well, i think there's two clear things that are really important. >> the first is that we are going to give communities the opportunity to advise and then consent on labour's blanket 20 miles an hour speed limit across wales. and i'm really pleased about that, because i have been the member of for parliament a very rural constituency and once you leave built up areas, you are up to the national speed limit and we have huge problems with speeding, particularly motorbikers . and i'm really motorbikers. and i'm really worried about the amount of people killed on rural roads and 20 miles an hour does absolutely nothing for them. so our manifesto, which we launched today, contains a really important principle about communities consenting. and then the other idea that i would pick out again, i would say this, wouldn't i? because my constituency is heavily rural, but we're going to be looking at animal health from a uk wide

perspective. welsh labour has forced farmers to undergo the absolute torture of bovine tb. it's much, much worse here in wales than it is in england because the welsh labour government completely lacks the backbone to do anything about it. so we are going to take a uk wide approach to animal health and welfare, which will be of huge benefit to the farmers that ihave huge benefit to the farmers that i have represented here in brecon, radnor and. >> but faye, why wasn't this in the uk manifesto? you're a unionist party. this isn't a senate election. this is a uk general election for the uk parliament. why do you need a separate manor festo? is this not just chasing after ideas that are perhaps promoted by other parties chasing after this idea of breaking apart the united kingdom? in some ways ? united kingdom? in some ways? >> well, no. 20 miles an hour and our opposition to welsh labour's blanket 20 mile an hour zone is very much a welsh conservative, plan i an idea. we

are the only ones speaking against it both in the senate and in westminster. plaid cymru are roaming in behind the labour party, same as the liberal democrats. so no , this is our democrats. so no, this is our opportunity to say that we speak with one voice on this issue loudly and clearly against blanket zones of 20 miles an houn blanket zones of 20 miles an hour. so i think this is warmly to be welcomed. and i would point out that this is in our uk manifesto. this is the backing driver's bill, but we are making very clear to voters here in wales that this is the choice that you have. you can stick with the labour party that has, presided over the worst record of public services across the united kingdom. or you can stick with the conservatives in westminster, who will introduce a bill that directly listens to your concerns. half a million people petitioned the welsh parliament over 20 miles an houn parliament over 20 miles an hour, and the welsh labour government has had its fingers in its ears. we are listening. we are bringing forward the backing drivers bill. we will give communities the opportunity to consent on 20 miles an hour.

that will make our communities actually safer. so i think it's absolutely the right thing to do. >> well, if that's the case, fay, why do you think the polls aren't budging? the conservatives still languishing , conservatives still languishing, lang languishing, 20 points behind labour or thereabouts. why is it not changing ? why is it not changing? >> i do think it's a very different situation here in wales. i'm knocking on doors , in wales. i'm knocking on doors, in my constituency in mid wales. and the one thing that's absolutely clear is they do not want a labour mp. and so i'm able to remind them that it's only by voting for me and not going to reform or staying at home, that they will get themselves a loud voice. who will challenge the welsh labour government on their record on pubuc government on their record on public services. we have the stats announced yesterday. we have the highest waiting list in history and that's after 25 years of a labour government . years of a labour government. we've got 25,000 people, 22,000 people waiting over two years for treatment in england. that figure is just over 200 people. so the difference there is stark and i'm what i'm getting on the

doorstep is people cannot tolerate the idea of sending more labour mps to westminster. >> and yet what these special mrp polls seem to suggest is that the conservatives could lose every single seat in wales, despite the turmoil of the welsh labour government. despite the vote of no confidence that the welsh labour first minister suffered. i mean, this is pretty embarrassing, isn't it? >> well, look, there , there is >> well, look, there, there is such disparity in the polls that i've seen over the last few weeks that i don't know which figures to trust. all i can trust is what i'm hearing when people are to talking me. and don't get me wrong, they are pointing out ways in which they are unhappy with us, and they're quite clear about that. but they're also very, very clear that we cannot let keir starmer and the labour party do to the rest of the united kingdom what he has done to wales, the welsh nhs is in crisis and this is don't forget. keir starmer said that wales is his blueprint for

the united kingdom. and i think that should terrify any labour voter in the rest of the united kingdom , because he said it kingdom, because he said it himself. this is what you get when you have labour in power and what you get here in wales. i'm ashamed to say , is the i'm ashamed to say, is the highest waiting list on record, the lowest education standards, lower economic growth. we have farmers protesting the senedd in their thousands. you know, we need to be really, really clear about what we are opening the door to in westminster if these polls are to be believed . polls are to be believed. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. faye jones, welsh conservative, thank you for joining us this afternoon. well don't miss that christopher hopes sit down interview with the labour leader sir keir starmer. >> it's coming tonight at 7:00 right here on gb news keir starmer tonight 7:00 pm. >> yes. get your questions in, see if, christopher will ask them , but back to one of the them, but back to one of the main top stories of today. them, but back to one of the main top stories of today . the main top stories of today. the search for the missing british teenager jay slater is

continuing now into its fifth day in tenerife. >> well, jay hasn't been heard from since monday morning when he called his friend to say he was lost without water and his phone was on 1% battery. >> well, we're joined now by chris elkington, a journalist in tenerife. chris, thank you very much for taking the time out to speak to us, where are we with this now? we're in the fifth day, the search and rescue operation is ongoing. are we any closer to finding him ? closer to finding him? >> it's a huge area that the police and the mountain rescue search teams are having to coven search teams are having to cover. i was actually up at the search area this morning and had a chance to speak to a few of them before they went out into them before they went out into the valleys and obviously into the valleys and obviously into the rural park. and they're very meticulously covering area by area, by area, whether that be flat land, whether it be valleys, whether it be on foot, whether it be by drone or helicopter. and, it's, it's a it's a very rough terrain. it's also a lot cooler up there on

the coast than it is down here in the south, where most of the tourists are in the daytime. at the moment it's around about 17, 18 degrees at night time. it obviously drops the search stops at last light. i mean, they're there as late as they can be to see as much as they can. they can't search during the night because with torches you just miss, anything . it's pitch miss, anything. it's pitch black. and then obviously at first light, they're starting again. so they're doing as much as they can. but at the moment nothing has been found . nothing has been found. >> and i suppose as time goes on, the choices, i suppose, start to narrow and, and it becomes, i suppose it becomes the very difficult decision. at what point does this stop to be a search and rescue operation and perhaps become a recovery operation ? operation? >> yes. i think it's very significant that, jay's mother himself, debbie, has said she doesn't want to go on the search now. she's staying at her apartment in paloma beach in los cristianos . she said that she cristianos. she said that she doesn't want to be the person to discover him if he's not alive.

and that's the first indication that that those sort of thoughts are coming into the family's minds. and yes, desperation is a good word to use because it's getting to that stage now. it's a long time to be out there on your own, in the elements with no water and no battery. so, it's the last chance saloon, really. >> and, chris, there are a lot of armchair police officers, investigators online, giving their hot takes on where they'd look. or, you know, how they'd find him. or there's something about the mystery , am i right in about the mystery, am i right in thinking some steps have been made to try and put that to bed? >> yes. the police have asked people , not to come up and get people, not to come up and get involved in the search. they want to be able to concentrate on the areas they're they're looking at, concentrate on the work they're doing and concentrate on the person they're looking for and not looking after the people who are looking, looking for the person they're looking for. so they've asked people to respectfully leave them to their job. and,

hopefully people are taking taking note . when i was up there taking note. when i was up there this morning, there wasn't too many other people there was obviously, some press and there was obviously some people taking photos , but the search teams photos, but the search teams were, were, were on the case and just on their way out to start looking again. >> well, let's hope that they can, they can get some answers. but chris elkington, journalist in tenerife, really appreciate your time there. i should say . your time there. i should say. been looking at live pictures of tenerife , during that interview tenerife, during that interview as well. >> yes, we have now coming up what jeremy corbyn have been a better prime minister than boris johnson . keir starmer claims he johnson. keir starmer claims he would have been. we'll be debating that

next. well. good afternoon. britain. it's 2:25. now, sir keir starmer

is under a bit of fire after suggesting jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson. >> well , minister than boris johnson. >> well, here's what sir keir had to say today. i have changed the labour party because after that election result we needed to ensure that we had a party which proudly said our country first, party second with a manifesto for change, and that's what we put before the electorate. >> there's a real choice this time around between carrying on with what we've got, the failure of the last 14 years or starting to rebuild the country with a labour government slightly skirting the question, though, he said he needed to change the labour party so it can win an election. >> yeah, that doesn't mean that he needed to change the labour party because he believed the labour party needs to be changed. what does he actually think? >> well, did sir keir starmer make a bit of a mistake by being so unclear about his support for mr corbyn? and in criticising bofis mr corbyn? and in criticising boris johnson? well, joining us now to debate this is former

conservative minister edwina currie and the teacher activist aisha ali khan. thank you very much indeed to you both for coming on. edwina, i'll start with you, did keir starmer make a bit of a bit of a slip up here, there is such a thing as a freudian slip in which you inadvertently say what you really mean . really mean. >> i mean, he changed the party in order to win an election because it was unelectable before. and one of the reasons was that his predecessor, jeremy corbyn, whom he supported very strongly at the time, had allowed anti—semites ism to become rife in the labour party to the point at which they were hounding their own jewish mps and making life extremely difficult for a lot of people, it's a it was a terrible thing to have happen. >> and starmer is right to have made every attempt to root it out. but it does rather sound, in the voices , in the voice that in the voices, in the voice that he's actually uttering himself that he only did it not because he believed that it was wrong

before and that it's a right thing to do. but because he recognised that, the electorate thought that. now that sounds to me a bit insincere and a bit concerned , i must say, concerned, i must say, especially for a man who isn't being insincere . being insincere. >> i am shocked at the accusation. edwina, let's throw that over to aisha, was sir keir starmer being insincere last night , i just starmer being insincere last night, i just want to say that when we are faced with, obviously supporting our party, supporting our potential leaders, it's actually the party that we want to see in power. and i campaigned for. >> i voted forjeremy and i campaigned for. >> i voted for jeremy corbyn both times when he stood for election as the party leader. and then i actually campaigned. i went out of my way. i took lots of time off work to campaign for keir starmer when he, stood for leader as well . he, stood for leader as well. >> so this is the sort of thing that we are constantly faced with as activists, and grassroot campaigners who do we want to be in power basically, and at that

point in 2019, we were when i say we, i'm talking about, fellow labour campaigners and activists like myself, we wanted to see a labour party in power. we wanted to see a labour government. we'd had nine years of conservative rule. we'd had we'd seen austerity measures, we'd seen austerity measures, we'd seen austerity measures, we'd seen the nhs being gutted, we'd seen the nhs being gutted, we'd seen, huge, huge, sort of as a teacher saw lots of changes in the classroom , teachers in the classroom, teachers forced to work for longer hours, less pay cost of living had just, you know, obviously was on the cusp of what you're seeing that getting worse, food banks being opened , up and down the being opened, up and down the country. >> so we were actually, actively campaigning to allow essentially labour policies in. >> yeah. so essentially , i'll >> yeah. so essentially, i'll put this to edwina. it doesn't matter who the leader is , you matter who the leader is, you know, in politics, you've got to be tribal. you've got to just go for the red rosette , that sounds for the red rosette, that sounds like a very short sighted and,

if i may say so, thoughtless, you know, approach to politics. in the end, what the welfare of the country. what's the welfare of our local people? what's the welfare of our community? and not only our community, but other communities as well? the moment you let any kind of racism and anti—semitism is one of the worst, you want the moment you let that loose, you put all sorts of other people at risk. you create or you ferment or you condone in a kind of attitude that says, we just don't like other people because they're other people or because of what they look like. i fought against that all my life, whether it was in politics or anything else, and i would counsel anybody else to think hard about it. it's not just the party label that matters, it's the outcome. and if corbyn had won with all the support that we've just heard about, if corbyn had won, a lot of people in my family , a lot of people in in my family, a lot of people in manchester, a lot of people in london that i know and care about, my cousins would have felt extremely unsafe . they're

felt extremely unsafe. they're feeling unsafe now because there are people in the labour party that are going on and on and on about gaza. and yes , there are about gaza. and yes, there are issues there. of course there are. but we have to feel that everybody is protected and safe in our community. are you should go ahead. >> it really can i just say i myself was investigated by the labour party because i defended margaret hodge. >> i actually defended her online, i've always defended my, my jewish friends. >> i've got many, many jewish friends. >> i was in israel last year myself, so i was one of the first people and the few people that was actively speaking out about the anti—semitism way, way, way before anybody else was because i witnessed it first handin because i witnessed it first hand in bradford when the respect party were in power, with a certain mp who i shall not name. so i myself was fully aware way, way before everybody else what was going on at the grassroots level. >> so i totally accept what you said. >> i totally accept that we had

an issue, a lot of the sort of, supporters and a lot of the campaigners and a lot of the candidates themselves and the posts that they made anti—semitic posts and so on. and i feel that we did turn a corner under keir starmer. there was a hardline approach to rooting anti—semitism out, making people understand that that was acceptable in our party. so i must say that there was a real change in direction when keir starmer became the leader of the party. now obviously we've got okay in politics. everybody has lots and lots of different opinions, whether wide, whether open church, you know, you've got the left and you've got the right and you've got everybody else in between as well. and i think it's important to understand a leader is a figurehead. it's but it's one person. when we as campaigners, when we as activists are seeing people , you activists are seeing people, you know, that are struggling to pay their bills, that are seeing children with special needs being. >> yeah. so it's about voting basically for the labour brand rather than the leader per se. thank you. so much. sorry. we're going to have to wrap it up there. but really great to get

both of you on mish ali khan and of course edwina currie. thank you very much indeed. >> well, coming up, it's been revealed that some popular suncream brands don't actually work . scandal, scandal. we'll work. scandal, scandal. we'll reveal all of those details on that story in just a few minutes. but for now, it's your latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after half past two. the top stories from the newsroom. this afternoon. and i just want to start with a breaking line. that's coming to us from devon this afternoon where in the last few minutes we have heard that a schoolboy who attacked two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at blundell's school in tiverton in devon , has been found guilty at devon, has been found guilty at exeter crown court today of attempted murder. we will bring you more on that story as we get it. there's also another breaking line coming to us from wales this afternoon, where we understand that members of unite at steel giant tata have just

announced an indefinite strike from the 8th of july that will be in protest at planned job cuts at the steel plant there. they are planning to change their working patterns and working process in a move to greener working at the steel plant. we will of course, keep across both of those stories for you from devon and wales throughout the rest of this afternoon, and bring you any more details . in other news, more details. in other news, opposition leaders are accusing the tories of being corrupt after a string of people with links to the party are caught up in allegations of betting on the timing of the general election . timing of the general election. four people are being investigated by the gambling commission , including laura commission, including laura sanders, the wife of the tories campaign director. craig williams, another conservative candidate, has also admitted to what he called an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. prime minister rishi sunak says any lawbreakers in the party will be booted out . the party will be booted out. but lib dem leader sir ed davey says the conservatives aren't

learning from their mistakes. >> people know the outcome of something and they bet on it. i think that's immoral , and i think that's immoral, and i don't think that looks i think it's right , don't think that looks i think it's right, and too often in this parliament, we've seen the conservative party, its only members of the conservative party looking like they're in it for themselves, not for in for pubuc for themselves, not for in for public service. and what's in the best, best interests of the country , sir ed davey there country, sir ed davey there speaking earlier this afternoon. >> well, meanwhile, rishi sunak is attempting to move on from that scandal, accusing labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power if they can to stay in power if they win the general election. the prime minister is urging voters not to sleep walk to the polls on the 4th of july. and speaking at the launch of the conservatives manifesto for wales earlier, he warned against falling into what he called labour's trap. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum , who twice brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister, and who ran on a series of pledges to be

labour leader that he cynically then abandoned my friends because he has such a past, he doesn't deserve to decide your future . future. >> staying in wales, labour has launched its welsh election manifesto today, with less than two weeks to go until we head to the polls, first minister vaughan gething is promising to look at devolving youth justice and probation in wales , and he's and probation in wales, and he's also pledged to restore decision making on economic aid . and a making on economic aid. and a former police chief constable has been found guilty of gross misconduct after it emerged that he'd lied about his military career. nick adderley has been dismissed from the northamptonshire force after claiming that he'd served in the falklands war, despite being just 15 years old at the time . just 15 years old at the time. mr adley's apologised to any veterans that he has offended . veterans that he has offended. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts . just

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>> well. good afternoon. britain. now someone's rocked up into the studio, and we should announce him. probably it's martin daubney. he's up at 3:00. so, what have you got in front of you, then? >> well, the betting scandal rolls on a total lack of leadership is what sir keir starmer says. >> rishi sunak morally bankrupt . >> rishi sunak morally bankrupt. >> rishi sunak morally bankrupt. >> it's what nigel farage is saying. it's like a tenant who's stealing the toilet seat. he said extraordinary words, but is this the new expenses scandal? >> is this like the final days of the major government sleaze, sleaze ? sleaze? >> then it was sex. now it's money. the two things that corrupt ultimately and also ons data just out national debt at

the highest since 1961 2.7 trillion. an extra 15 billion borrowed last month, including £25 billion every single month on benefits. can you believe it? £25 billion a month on benefits and let's go nuclear. it's time to sack gareth southgate. let's face it, he's out of his depth. three lions three. the three lions were muzzled by the minnows. >> the tournament danes let's get rid. >> there is president the ivory coast sacked their gaffer mid—tournament in the africa cup. they went on to win. >> let's bring in some fresh blood. >> let's get rid of southgate. he's hopeless. >> didn't he do quite well last time round? >> that was then. >> that was then. >> this is now. >> this is now. >> he can't get a team together. he's taken experiments during big tournaments . big players who big tournaments. big players who perform at the premier league. they can't perform together. it's like the bad old days of john terry. stevie gee. except our midfield is worth half £1 billion. they'll played off the pole by a bunch of people who

are their understudies. let's go nuclear. let's get rid of the gaffer. >> hang on. we are in the group stages . we're top of our group, stages. we're top of our group, just about top of our group by default. only one who's got who's got a win under our belt, i and frankly , he isn't. isn't i and frankly, he isn't. isn't that the time to do perhaps experimentation at this early stage? >> yeah i agree experiment with a new manager. >> let's biffing keir starmer or rishi sunak at this stage in the election campaign, some arguments in favour of that. >> actually , i think sunak and >> actually, i think sunak and southgate share that dead man walking feeling about them. >> and i think why not act now, bnngin >> and i think why not act now, bring in some fresh blood. i expect to get shouted down, but that's my two pennies worth. >> that's good. you've got to take a stance. sometimes never shying away from controversy and big, bold ideas. >> martin daubney up at three. >> martin daubney up at three. >> yes. >> yes. >> now, in other news, several popular sunscreen brands have failed safety tests, according to which, yes, the consumer organisation carried out checks on 26 brands examining the spf and uva protection offered by

each of the products. well, let's speak to our south west of england reporter, jeff moody, who is on the beach in north devon, which we thought was quite fitting, jeff, tell us how big is this scandal? >> i have on the beach, but there's very little sunshine . in there's very little sunshine. in fact, there's no sunshine at all. there's a lone ice cream van, but the one of the only people who's been there this afternoon to order an ice cream is me, it's actually quite cold here, but we are being told that there is a heatwave on the way. and the met office, as usual, is issuing that warning. whatever you do, slap on the finding out today that it's not quite as simple as we first thought, which magazine analysed 26 different sunscreens using what they describe as an international standard method in an independent laboratory. and they found that a lot of sunscreens, particularly the more expensive brands , totally more expensive brands, totally failed their test. they do not

come anywhere near the standard that it says on the packet. i'll give you the example of the ones that which say are the worst as to protect sun lotion spf 30 high calypso press and protect spf 30 and bondi sands spt 50 and the fragrance free sunscreen lotion, those brands did not meet the claims well. asda says it doesn't recognise these results. it says that there's nothing wrong at all with their products. calypso says that its products. calypso says that its product passes the eu regulations, but which says that they barely muster two thirds of they barely muster two thirds of the protection that they say on the protection that they say on the packet . so where do you go the packet. so where do you go for something that's a bit more guaranteed ? well, according to guaranteed? well, according to which you go cheap little's cn sun spray spf 30 that triumphed and is only £3.99 for 200ml, and

then aldi's lacura spf 30 sun lotion that passed the test as well. and that's only £2.49. so the message here is to go, which is, say has released a statement saying it's incredibly concerning that some of the big brands failed our tests and didn't offer the level of sun protection claimed on the packaging. however, it is great to see cheaper , top quality to see cheaper, top quality sunscreen options available on the high street. so what to do if you can no longer rely on that factor that's written on the labels well, which says don't rely on sunscreen at all, or certainly not only sunscreen , or certainly not only sunscreen, make sure that you wear suitable clothing as well as sunscreen . clothing as well as sunscreen. always go for factor 30 or above , and don't spend any longer in the sun than you would if you didn't have any sunscreen on at all. so pretty confusing advice this morning. >> very much a safety first message. thank you very much indeed, jeff. go and get

yourself another ice cream. why not? not doing a roaring trade today? >> that ice cream man find some druids to hope to pray for some sunshine. it seems like north devon is just about the only part of the country that doesn't have sun today. >> king arthur, king arthur, get in touch after the show. anyway, coming up, thousands are descending on wembley. coming up, thousands are descending on wembley . why? for descending on wembley. why? for taylor swift's eras tour, of course. we're going to be from some swifties, some real life swifties in the growing queue.

us. >> good afternoon. britain at 12 minutes to three. now 640,000 people are expected to descend on wembley stadium over the next few days. for taylor swift's eras tour. >> can you tell he's excited ? >> can you tell he's excited? the eight sold out shows in london are expected to bring a £300 million boost to the caphaps £300 million boost to the capital's economy, and lots of fun and joy to lots of swiftae fans, well, amazingly dedicated

swifties . swifties. >> swift fans are already queuing at wembley and we can cross to our reporter ray addison, who is there at the stadium. ray, what's the atmosphere like there? >> a bit early, aren't they ? >> a bit early, aren't they? >> a bit early, aren't they? >> well, it's pretty hectic down here apparently this is a bit of a big deal. now, for those of you who've never heard of taylor swift like me, she's the one that sang shake it off . that sang shake it off. apparently lucy is my camerawoman today. can you verify that , lucy? yeah, just verify that, lucy? yeah, just give us a little nod from behind the camera . but there's the camera. but there's thousands of people descending down for here the first of three concerts today , tomorrow, the concerts today, tomorrow, the next day. and then she's back in august as well to do five more. now, the venue behind me, wembley, seats around 90,000. so apparently that's all sold out. and as you'd expect, there's a few people wandering around , few people wandering around, selling extra tickets as well. there's a man down there , there's a man down there, begging taylor swift to marry him, but i don't think he's going to be in any luck. this

world tour actually started back in march of last year, started in march of last year, started in the united states. she's done 100 gigs so far, and it is just going to continue and continue with sold out crowds like this. let's pan down right down the end of the road here leading up to wembley is wembley station, and you could just see thousands and you could just see thousands and thousands of these, swifties, these fans coming down and very excited. they are too. now just to explain to you some of the outfits, the outfits relate to the name of the tour, which is the eras tour. it's all about the eras that she brought out her album. so if they're wearing pink, that's about the lover album. if they're wearing red and black, that's about the reputation album. dark blue is for midnights and so on and so on. i could go on. lots of people will go on about this at length, but i did get the chance to chat to some people who were in the vip queue. they've been queuing up since yesterday afternoon. they slept overnight. this is what they had to say to

me yesterday at 3 pm. or less. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you camped up here at 3:00 in the afternoon? >> yeah, yeah, i came . >> yeah, yeah, i came. >> yeah, yeah, i came. >> why? >> why? >> i mean, i was just having a walk. i saw people already here and i was like, okay, never mind . let's just stay here. yeah. since five yesterday. >> wow. what was it like, it was it was fine, to be honest. we all met, everyone's super friendly , so, we're all able to, friendly, so, we're all able to, like, go and get food and everything and come back. >> so that's why i started to camp really early , and i'm camp really early, and i'm actually number one in the queue.i actually number one in the queue. i started camping at 2 pm. in the afternoon. >> that's like the swiftae symbol that i think taylor swift used to wear at her previous tours . right. used to wear at her previous tours. right. is used to wear at her previous tours . right. is that correct? yeah. >> so it has become like a legendary symbol for all of her fans. you can basically see everyone, wearing some way of some form of like this. >> well, this is the midnights bodysuit, we spent how long did we spend , like days? we spend, like days? >> like a very long time hand

beading. >> all of it, but, yeah, loads of people like to dress up as, like, the different eras. so obviously there's quite a few . obviously there's quite a few. >> so as you can see, there are people travelling from all over the world the us, norway, spain . the world the us, norway, spain. we met one family from the united states who've actually come here to wembley to watch the concert because it's cheapen the concert because it's cheaper. the tickets here than to buy them back in their home country . now, i have been country. now, i have been accused as well of not having enough sparkle so i've been given some wristbands here. these are they're all handing them out to each other with all them out to each other with all the names of the different eras on there, and so there's a little bit of sparkle there just to give something back and show a little bit of enthusiasm and willing to people. but plenty of very, very excited people here, doors open for 30 and swifties on stage 730 now, ray, i think every time i read about this toun every time i read about this tour, i see a new extraordinary number, of british pounds that

this is going to add to the economy. >> i mean, this is quite something, isn't it ? something, isn't it? >> i can tell already that it's going to be another magnificent musical moment. >> yeah, i lost i lost the end of you there, tom. but you're saying the amount of money that this is going to bring into the economy, and definitely i think i think i saw, the figure of 300 million, i think maybe just over these few days alone. and yes, i think if we if we know from our experiences here that people are travelling from, other countries where she's not performing or where she's not performing or where the tickets are more expensive, certainly they're coming over the us family that i mentioned to you, not only obviously, are they going to this concert, but they decided to make it into a holiday. so they've booked a two week holiday. they're exploring london and putting some of that money into sadiq khan's coffers. so that is very much needed for the uk economy . the uk economy. >> ray addison, you are in your element . element. >> i think you've been converted to a swiftae. i think that's right. ray have a great time. have a lovely afternoon. maybe

you can nab a ticket off someone who knows, or maybe even grab a date with taylor swift. >> i heard she likes a london boy . boy. >> is that one of her lyrics? >> is that one of her lyrics? >> that's one of her songs. >> that's one of her songs. >> oh, well, there you go. well that's it from us for today, join us back again on monday, 12:00. same time? >> yes. and in the intermediate time. have a wonderful weekend. and if you're in london, do try and avoid the swifties. up next, it's martin. >> no, don't . >> no, don't. >> no, don't. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office . the rest of the day met office. the rest of the day will be sunny and warm for eastern areas . cloudier and eastern areas. cloudier and cooler though in the west. that's because we've got this approaching weather front. it's already brought some rain so far today for parts of northern ireland, now into parts of western scotland and ahead of it. cloud is starting to build and that will continue throughout the rest of the

evening. a spell of wet weather pushing through for parts of wales, southwest england, much of northern england as well through this evening. the east should stay dry this evening, but the cloud will arrive by tomorrow morning. there won't be too much in the way of rain for many central areas, but a lot of cloud around making for another mild night. however, where it does clear up across parts of northern ireland and scotland, it will be a little bit fresher here by tomorrow morning, but there'll be plenty of sunshine, particularly for northern and western areas of scotland . western areas of scotland. temperatures around 13 or 12 degrees first thing, but rurally in parts of northern ireland we could be down as low as five degrees very first thing. but plenty of sunshine. despite that slightly cooler feel across parts of wales. a bit of cloud around, but plenty of sunshine with just to the west of that weather front, so it's already starting to brighten up across southwestern areas of england. by tomorrow morning as well. and that cloud will lift up across eastern areas through the day , eastern areas through the day, but that will also allow a few showers to possibly break out across eastern areas. but for most of us, it should be a dry

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this beautiful friday afternoon . this beautiful friday afternoon. it's 3 pm. or welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's show, the conservative betting scandal deepens , with sir keir starmer deepens, with sir keir starmer accusing rishi sunak of a total lack of leadership, while nigel farage has slammed the tories as morally bankrupt. could this be the death knell for the tories election campaign ? next, as the election campaign? next, as the search for missing british teenager jay slater enters its fifth day, we'll speak to locals in his hometown, plus a journalist in tenerife to try and piece together evidence in the case that's gripping the nation. and at last, the sun's out. but before you splash out on suntan lotion, you'll want to hear the results of a new which report i'll be bringing to you. and there's some fantastic news, because the cheaper stuff is the best part. and as england's three lions were muzzled last night by the great danes , is it night by the great danes, is it time to admit it? england simply

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