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youngest player to make a century for the england under nineteens in the second test against sri lanka at cheltenhamell, rocky's dad could have played a role in convincing ben stokes to return to the hundred for the first time since the competition's first year. the england test captain will play at least four games for the northern superchargers, who are coached by andrew flintoff. ronnie o'sullivan completed a clean sweep for english players over chinese opponents in the quarter finals of snooker�*s shanghai open. the defending champion beat ding junhui, and will take onjudd trump in the last four. and it was an emotional ending to stage 18 at the tour de france for victor campenarts. moments after claiming the biggest win of his career, the belgian celebrated with a video call to his month old baby and partner, who he dedicated his victory to. tadej pogacar retained his overall lead. cameron norrie's preparations for the paris olympics ran into rafael nadal today, with the spaniards straight sets win at the swedish open providing some evidence his fitness and form are improving before his own app

the party took a swathe of seats across the south—west, including cheltenham, where they defeated justicebridge wells in kent, which has been conservative ever since its creation in 197a. there are two main factors in the lib dems' success — the crumbling of the conservative vote in heartlands like here in maidenhead, but also the party's own laser—like focus on places where it had previously come second. their national vote share has barely changed compared to 2019, but the lib dems stacked up votes in key target areas. while people may have laughed at the stunts, behind the scenes there was a serious strategy. how long has this been in the making? we have been working in maidenhead for a long time now. we took control of the council last year. we have been working since 2019 to really cement ourselves in the community so residents that we are known as local champions. at the village hall, kate told us why she supported the lib dems. i used to vote conservative and i'm just so disapppointed in them that it's time for change. do you feel the conservatives lost here or did the lib dems win

this time to— losing his seat in cheltenham. this time to the — losing his seat in cheltenham. right — again. so lots of results for you. all right. thank you. alex chalk, two in the cabinet, this is proving to be a bloodied note for the conservative.— to be a bloodied note for the conservative. . , ,, ., conservative. the chief web simon hart has lost _ conservative. the chief web simon hart has lost his _ conservative. the chief web simon hart has lost his seat. _ conservative. the chief web simon hart has lost his seat. he - conservative. the chief web simon hart has lost his seat. he was - hart has lost his seat. he was trying to hang on. simon hart becomes the latest member of the cabinet to lose his seat. in that short couple of minutes, labour has taken another six seats. and so far tonight they have taken another ten seats in scotland which they will be delighted about. douglas alexander one of the victors. he's heading to our screens right now. thank you for joining us and congratulations on your victory as we commiserate with those losing tonight. the suggestion that

. >> we can reveal a folkestone, cheltenham and chelmsford have all gone for the tories .ies. yes, steve barclay has held his seat. rumours unconfirmed right now , rumours unconfirmed right now, but rumours that iain duncan smith, who was in a very, very difficult fight in chingford and woodford green on a very small majority, may have just clung on there because there's been a split of the left wing vote between the independent candidate who was standing for laboun candidate who was standing for labour, and faiza . yes, and labour, and faiza. yes, and equally, another labour candidate. so that split the vote on the left, perhaps, but we shall see. miriam cates can now speak to us. i believe stephen. >> yes, she can, what do you make , miriam? good to see you. make, miriam? good to see you. by make, miriam? good to see you. by the way, what do you make of grant shapps. i mean, it's long to be fair . grant shapps. i mean, it's long to be fair. it's long been rumoured that if there was a big swing to labour that he would go. but nevertheless, it's still a bit of a shock to l

the party took a swathe of seats across the south—west, including cheltenham, where they defeated justiceling of the conservative vote in heartlands like in maidenhead, but also the party's own laser—like focus on places where it had previously come second. their national vote share has barely changed since 2019, but the lib dems stacked up votes in key target areas. while people may have laughed at the stunts, behind the scenes, there was a serious strategy. how long has this been in the making? we have been working in maidenhead for a long time now. we took control of the council last year. we have been working since 2019 to really cement ourselves in the community so that we are known as local champions. at the village hall, kate told us why she supported the lib dems. i used election. i think the lib dems one. do you feel like the conservatives lost here or did the lib dems win? i think the lib dems one. we are looking forward for the lib dems to do what they should do for the community. whilst there is much to celebrate for the lib dems, they now have plenty to prove if they want the

youngest player to make a century for the england under 19s in their second test against sri lanka at cheltenham hoping to avoid rafael nadal in the men's singles event. the pair met yesterday in sweden — with the spaniard coming out on top — winning in straight sets to book his place in the quarter finals. the tennis gets under way at the olympics in eight days' time. another stage down in the tour de france — and another stage closer to a third title for tadej pogacar. he has retained his overall lead of over three minutes — with just three stages remaining. but the final trial is different, time trial. but stage eighteen belonged to an emotional victor campenarts. moments after claiming the biggest win of his career the belgian celebrated with a video call to his month old baby and partner, who he dedicated his victory to. phoebe gill is only 17 and still studying hard for her a—levels next year but could become one of the most famous faces at the paris olympics, which begin a week today. the teenager will be the youngest british track athlete to take part in the olympic games for more than 4

engine, these things are strong, magnificent beasts and we've stood at the side of a of a racetrack at cheltenhamder past the ground shakes to see three horses thundering down a busy london street. quite a sight to behold, but also to put it to you quite dangerous, i know, but we're used to them being well behaved in the hands of professionals. >> but you've got one trooper maybe looking after six horses or so and that's, then that's difficult to control for all of them. so beware. go into london. yeehaw time for your weather. here's anna shuttleworth . here's anna shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. a bit of a murky start for some southeastern areas this morning. elsewhere, though, it will turn brighter. however, some showers are on the way in the northwest later on today, so the rain from yesterday, all that cloud still hanging about across the southeast through this morning. some drizzly rain as well for parts of east anglia down into kent. two behind

we've had chichester, first time we've had chichester and the lib dem hands since 1923, alex chalk at cheltenhamnge of ministers that we've actually removed through the lib dem targeting and, you know, that's part of the story of tonight. now, you know, reform are complaining. they got, hardly any seats for the number of votes you've got. well, i welcome any converts to proportional representation. >> are you going to work with reform? there is a going to work with reform that for pr you're going to instead of calling an election. >> whatever. many weeks ago it was six weeks ago. should rishi sunak have held a referendum on changing the vote share? because once somebody's in power and they've got a whopping, you know, number of seats like sir keir starmer has, there's no way he's going to change the system. but it could have stood to gain reform got 15% and four seats. >> you got 11% and 70 seats. you're going to give reform some of the seats because actually, proportionally rather ironically, the number of lib dem seats we get is almost exactly going to be the proportion of votes we get . propo

harrogate, eastleigh, chelmsford, cheltenham,...nd support in us, but we are _ their trust and support in us, but we are also— their trust and support in us, but we are also excited.— their trust and support in us, but we are also excited. what are you auoin to we are also excited. what are you going to do _ we are also excited. what are you going to do with _ we are also excited. what are you going to do with it? _ we are also excited. what are you going to do with it? your - we are also excited. what are you | going to do with it? your ambition was to get back to being the third biggest party. you have done that. you promised in the campaign to be more left—wing than labour, basically. but what are you going to do with this new—found power and profile in the house of commons? the first thing we have already called for is _ first thing we have already called for is an— first thing we have already called for is an emergency health and social— for is an emergency health and social care _ for is an emergency health and social care bud

almost a straight swing to the liberal democrats in chichester, alex chalk was always in trouble in cheltenham had to come through glasgow, through north lanarkshire, south lanarkshire, out to renfrewshire. you will see they won all six glasgow seats. i think they will take particular pride in winning back gordon brown's seat in kirkcaldy. douglas alexander in lothian east, and jo swinson was beaten here in 2019, well there is the lib dems revenge. what about wales? this is a different story to scotland. conservatives were defending 12, let me fast forward it, they got rid of the welsh secretary, this was a good one for plaid, and that is the constituency with the oldest boundaries going back to 1535, henry viii, and that is a genuine three—way margin that plaid cymru won, they won four seats overnight. when you look at wales, the vote share is down on a pretty poor performance in 2019. vaughan gething then, so not that clever in wales for labour. a good night of cause for the greens, both adrian ramsay and carla denyer, the co—leaders, are in. labour threw everything at this. thangam debbonai

right up to the northern tip of scotland tojohn 0 groats, and then come through scotland down towards cheltenham stance that ed davey has been doing, which have started to win him the media coverage that is so important for a small party to try and get, but also keeping activists active on the ground by going and seeing them and giving speeches, rousing speeches with those orange diamond placards they have become known for, and getting out the vote will be another issue tomorrow, another big job tomorrow where the party activists go out and find people who say they are going to vote lib dems and make sure they do vote lib dems. thanks to you for the latest from the campaign trail. more from tom a little later. the time is 3:30pm, welcome to bbc news. let's stay with the general election campaign on this, the last day of a full campaigning. the prime minister pretty soon it has been speaking in the last few minutes on the trail in hampshire. it is worth pointing out before we hear from him, he was speaking before the breaking news that we just brought you that the sun newspaper has said it is now