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let's have a look at him jumping off this crane in eastbourne . all right, crane in eastbourne.iberal democrat . >> of liberal democrat. >> of liberal democrat. >> just like to remind people that ed davey is 58 years old. but he says that people should take a leap of faith on ed davey and the liberal democrats. there you have it. would you believe i watched bungee jumped? perhaps that's a story for another show . that's a story for another show. coming up next, we're going to be discussing the euros gordon south, a gordon southgate, gareth southgate . does he need gareth southgate. does he need to dispense with the knitwear channel? his inner alex ferguson and go mad at this team? can they produce something better than we saw on sunday against switzerland? this saturday we're going to be speaking to big sam allardyce getting his full verdict in just a moment. welcome back. i was going to speak to big sam allardyce. allardyce about the football, but we can't get hold of him. presumably he is writing his application to the fa as we speak for a second shot at the england manager. w

liberal democrat leader sir ed davey�*s first visit of the day was to eastbourne borough football clubt had been described as an "extreme activity". rather him than me? there he goes. it's the third day of his final battle bus tour of the campaign taking him from john o'groats to lands end as well as south east england. today's policy push is on payments for bereaved families. ed davey was also answering questions and key sponsors are here is what he had to say when asked if public support for the lib dems was just a tactical voting exerciser. our policies have been incredibly popular, but the people who are normally conservative or labour, they like what we are saying on the nhs and care. its they like what we are saying on the nhs and care-— nhs and care. its drawing support from all sides _ nhs and care. its drawing support from all sides of— nhs and care. its drawing support from all sides of the _ nhs and care. its drawing support from all sides of the political- from all sides of the political spectrum. if they want the sewage scandal ended, only the lib dems have policies on tha

the eastbourne champion the big favourite to win that one._ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? - favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? the l jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion? it jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion?— jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we _ defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we will- defending champion? it has to be carlos alcaraz and we will see - defending champion? it has to be| carlos alcaraz and we will see him in court one a little bit later. taking on his opponent you have a qualifier everyone expect you have a qualifier everyone expect you to roll around he dug in deep for a straight set win. this time it will be vekic. an aussie who loves playing on the grass. but alcaraz comes into these championships havi

. >> yeah, i got this at eastbourne. i was in eastbourne the last couple of days.ouple of days ago, and they were having a tennis tournament there and i thought, do they have a big tennis tournament there every year? and it was the same thing. it's like the pre—wimbledon thing. >> okay. is that all right? we've got to do the front pages. let's crack on. so the mail on sunday has brexit. now the retreat begins. the sunday express goes with pm rwanda plan dead and buried. the sunday telegraph blair ally drafted in to drive nhs reform. the observer starmer tells his cabinet now it's time to deliver on our promises. the sunday mirror. we've done it, which is about the football. and finally, the daily star sunday. yes, which is also about the football. those are your front pages. so starting with the sunday mirror, paul, i believe it's coming home. well it's one step closer to home. >> let's put it that way. we've done it, said the sunday mirror. wonderful stuff, nick, as you were watching it, some people, if they were watching 75, may have actually heard me watching it

whitehall editor at the financial times, and the host of the political fix podcasts and an offer in eastbourne, we have 10 bell who's a professor of politics at queen mary university in london, and also in london as peter gig and who was a political commentator on sunday times best selling author of the book, democracy for sale. thank you so much for your time with us on inside story peter. i'll start with you 1st. when you look at the scale and the challenges that the u. k. faces that the speech meet the needs of the british people, and that's kind of the big question people going to be asking on the box of the see did totes on the big themes of the general election. and the beginning seems to be taught to goals. things like house things live trans boards, particularly housing. and it's a king's be. so what you've got is very much an outline of these sorts of 5 bills. it's not saving so many areas. what exactly we're going to be looking at, what we can see and what's very clearly signal is a much more an intervention to space than what you've seen in the past. we've, we've had 14 years of con

white hole editor at the financial times, and a host of the political fix podcasts as an officer in eastbourne, we have tim bell who is a professor of politics, the queen mary university in london, and also in london as peter gig and who's a political commentator and sunday times best selling author of the book, democracy for sale. thank you so much for your time with us on inside story peter. i'll start with you 1st. when you look at the scale and the challenges that the u. k faces that the speech meet the needs of the british people. and that's kind of the big question people going to be asking on the box of the see did coach on the big themes of the general election. and the beginning themes deductibles us. things like house things live transports, particularly housing, and it's a king's b. so what you've got is very much an outline of these starts aside bills. it's not saving so many areas. what exactly we're going to be looking at, what we can see almost very clearly signal is a much more intervention to space than what you've seen in the past. we've, we've had 14 years of concert as gove

white hole editor at the financial times, and a host of the political fix podcasts as an officer in eastbourne, we have tim bell who is a professor of politics, the queen mary university in london, and also in london as peter gig and who's a political commentator and sunday times best selling author of the book, democracy for sale. thank you so much for your time with us on inside story peter. i'll start with you 1st. when you look at the scale and the challenges that the u. k face is that the speech meet the needs of the british people, and that's kind of the big question people going to be asking on the box of the see did totes on the big themes of the general election. and the beginning themes result to holfer's. things like house things live transports, particularly housing. and it's a king's be. so what you've got is very much an outline of these sorts of 5 bills. it's not saving so many areas. what exactly we're going to be looking at. what we can see almost very clearly signal is a much more an intervention to stage. then what you've seen in the past we've, we've had 14 years of concert

lib dem mp for eastbourne, thank ou room. lib dem mp for eastbourne, thank you very _ room.st attempt to quieten critical voices after his lacklustre debate performance. let's go to washington — and speak to our correspondent anthony zurcher. he said he was not going anywhere, he said he was not going anywhere, he was adamant that he is the best man to be donald trump and he was not going to stand aside and that it was time for those who have been critical of his performance of the debates, those who have been calling on him to step aside to join the team and work together to beach donald trump. democrats are coming back to washington, dc this is the first time that democratic lawmakers are getting face to face time and the potential there is that they will have more heated conversations about what to do aboutjoe biden and whether to have a more forceful push to try to get him to stand aside. that letter was a response to what they are sure some of the speculations that are happening here in washington today. joe biden made the case that he views himself as the case that he

court 15 billy harris who has quite the summer reaching the quarterfinals at queen's, the semis at eastbourneut the spaniard wanted in four sets. over on court 17 the crowd that more than their monies worth. his pole is clear that his mother burning germany and it could've been the first british man to win the round in limiting this year. he was too— one up against the number two number 37. the italian took him to five sets in quebec to defeat him. a better day for harriet dart for that the british number two was a second wanted to reach the second round. five ranking points separate her from yan. dart the winner, 6—4. 6= from yan. dart the winner, 6-4. 6- love. i from yan. dart the winner, 6—4. 15» love. i dreamt of coming here since i was a little girl. i'm incredibly grateful to be here. you never know how long it going to play for. i try to enjoy and embrace it as much as possible. fin to enjoy and embrace it as much as ossible. . ., ., ., possible. on court three having to wait a long _ possible. on court three having to wait a long time _ possible. on court three having to wait a long ti

ed davey is on his first visit of the data in eastbourne club.vatives. so, vote tacticall ? �* , ., vote tactically? bungee 'umping over and above the — vote tactically? bungee 'umping over and above the call i vote tactically? bungee 'umping over and above the call of i vote tactically? bungee jumping over and above the call of duty, _ vote tactically? bungee jumping over and above the call of duty, really, i and above the call of duty, really, if you ask me. let's take you from politics to football. england are through to the quarterfinals of the euro is a dramatic last—minute goal. gareth southgate's team moments away being sent home by slovakia until jude bellingham's acrobatic effort in the dying minutes of the game safe the three lions from an early exit. i nearly cried. exit. i nearl cried. �* , exit. inearl cried. v m i nearly cried. it's in! jude bellingham! _ i nearly cried. it's in! jude bellingham! deflected i i nearly cried. it's in! jude i bellingham! deflected back in for i nearly cried. it's in! jude - bellingham! deflected back i

now we have seen some sunshine — that was eastbourne earlier on, and these are the averagejuly maximumrmal for this time of the year. so there's a cooler feel. all our weather is coming in from the atlantic. and whilst we've seen a lot of cloud today, there's more cloud to come in from the atlantic, which will bring some wetter weather as we head into the night. still1 or 2 showers around during the afternoon into the evening, but the wetter weather comes into northern ireland and scotland, moves over the irish sea into northern parts of england. we may even get a bit of rain heading towards the south east as well. so a lot of cloud around tonight before the rain arrives in eastern scotland. temperatures here could just get a little bit lower. most of the rain i think will be in the morning. that will then move away, but it stays quite grey and misty over the hills and coasts in wales. and the south west. a little bit of rain comes back in and then particularly in scotland and northern ireland, it will be followed by some sunshine and some showers, and then the winds start to pick up a

. >> i saw katie training at eastbourne.eek or the week before in the tournament in the run up to wimbledon? she looked very good on form, yeah, it looks really, really fantastic. she won an atp. >> well, a wta title recently and she a huge leicester city fan as well. oh, is she a huge leicester city? >> oh, that's a shame. we can't all be perfect. >> well, there you go. what about the football against harry? >> the football. the football, the football. switzerland england . what's happening? england. what's happening? >> are we going to tell you the weather? we're going to win. this is the thing i don't know. it's we spoke to ramon vargas, former swiss defender and captain. just a couple of hours ago, who's extremely confident about switzerland. it's the first time, i think, that i can ever remember that england are going to play switzerland and go in as underdogs, because everybody seems to think switzerland are going to win this game, which goes i mean, if you look at the evidence and look at how england have been playing

political stunts as he can before polling day today, the lib dem leader took part in a bungee jump in eastbournedavey would explain, there was a hidden meaning behind the move . hidden meaning behind the move. >> well, i'm asking people to do something. many people do something. many people do something they've never done before, which is vote liberal democrat this coming thursday. we're finding a lot of lifelong conservatives considering they don't want to vote conservatives. some young people who've never voted before. and we're saying do something you've never done. i've just done it. i've never done that before, so take the plunge, vote for health and care, which is our top priority unlike anyone else's. a vote for a proper economic policy. vote, tame the sewage scandal and action on climate change. i think we've got policies that will track people who were normally conservative. >> well, good for sir davey. i had a chance to do it at the weekend. the bungee jump. and i bottled it at the last minute. i just thought, no, too much of a wuss. but his jump today followed reports that a frantic,

grass—court season though, reaching the semi—finals in nottingham and claiming herfirst top ten win at eastbournelong as i keep believing and put my game on the court i will be happy with if i leave it all out there and compete as hard as i can. but as for the result, of course, i want to stay here for as long as possible. it's the most amazing place to be. i'm going to push for that. that is my motivation, really. at least it was dry in the queue last night. carol is here. , ., , last night. carol is here. , ., carol is here. this tent has got rivate carol is here. this tent has got private facilities, _ carol is here. this tent has got private facilities, tea _ carol is here. this tent has got private facilities, tea and - carol is here. this tent has got | private facilities, tea and coffee making facilities. i had a shower this morning. what about yourself? not yet. you beat me to it! no wonder i couldn't get in. find not yet. you beat me to it! no wonder i couldn't get in. wonderl couldn't get in. and it wasn't me _ wonderl couldn't get in. and it wasn't me snoring, _ wonderl couldn't get in.

the lib dem position because it's relevant to the conservatives we can now walk from or travel from eastbourneh devon without leaving a lib dem constituency. we've got this swathes, this kind of orange wall now across the south, right the way across the south, right the way across the south of the country, and those people in places like henley , people in places like henley, you know, they weren't. i'm not saying immigration is not an issue. of course it is. but they were concerned about the cost of living, about the state of the nhs, about the economy falling to bits , about the sewage in the to bits, about the sewage in the rivers. that's what was worrying them . so, you know, if the them. so, you know, if the conservatives only concentrate on immigration then they'll have the same result again, >> well, i don't think they did solely focus on immigration. actually, i think it was a little bit unfair. but again, i'm not quite sure what they were focusing on. >> charlotte, i agree with jenrick. i think it's just a simple credibility issue. they just hadn't done a single conservative thing for

i first saw him play at eastbourne. maybe five years ago.ential there. i didn't expect him to get to the semi—final at wimbledon, but he's in there. he's he's involved now. he's up against, alexander zverev who he's lost his last five matches again, that sort of centre court today at 130 emma raducanu up against, lulu radovich. >> she played magnificently yesterday. >> so she's going into this as a wild card . and there are this is wild card. and there are this is eerily similar, which is because because she's had a bad year, she's not seeded well, about three years. >> yeah. yeah. really? so she comes in, and we know that she's got performance inside her. if she can just find it, but she's unseeded, so she comes in on a wild card. >> you think about it. when she won the us open in 2021 at flushing meadow, don't forget she did not drop a set 17 years old. she was a qualifier, so she had to really do it the hard way. and there are signs you mentioned something last hour about sees it about winning the day. yes, it's kind of therapy, isn't it?

. _ are in order of marginality, so wycombe, eastbourne, the most marginal— wycombe, eastbourne, theg basingstoke, dover and deal including basingstoke, doverand deal right down the bottom. in terms of results. _ deal right down the bottom. in terms of results, what have we had in? the one in— of results, what have we had in? the one in eastleigh, a lib dems gain from— one in eastleigh, a lib dems gain from the — one in eastleigh, a lib dems gain from the conservatives, their second -ain from the conservatives, their second gain of— from the conservatives, their second gain of the _ from the conservatives, their second gain of the night after harrogate. let's _ gain of the night after harrogate. let's take — gain of the night after harrogate. let's take a look using our exit poll at — let's take a look using our exit poll at what we think is going to happen, — poll at what we think is going to happen, might well happen given the exit poll~ _ happen, might well happen given the exit poll. luckily can see all the blue _ exit poll. luckily can see all the blue has— exit poll. luckily ca

through scotland down towards cheltenham in the west of england, then down towards the south coast, eastbournee 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 backing sir keir starmer. every vote matters tomorrow. just 130,000 p