ed thomas, bbc news, grimsby.g up across the uk. in a moment we'll hear from emily hudson, a political reporter at bbc south. but first let's go to helen richardson, bbc newcastle's political reporter, who is in blyth. helen. thank you, sophie. welcome to life in south—east northumberland. i'm here tonight because this is essentially the first brick that was smashed from labour�*s red ball on the 2019 election, a surprise victory for the conservatives here. voters won over by borisjohnson's talk of levelling up. fast forward to 2024, and it no longer exists, the area has been carved into. the northern part going into the new blyth and ashington seat, a strong labour area, the southern part going into a new seat. that is where the incumbent is standing again, hoping for the election. the question is, has he done enough? there has been investment in this area, a new railway line which is going to be opening soon, but a huge battery factor which was promised, bringing lots ofjobs, hasn't materialised. huge disappoint

not least on high streets like grimsby�*s. crispin rolfe, bbc news.e the gare du nor after a series of fires hit french high—speed rail lines. sncf said it was a massive attack aimed at paralysing network. huge delay and disruption for 800,000 customers impacted. stay with us and follow our live page on the bbc news and at four all the latest on this story. you�*re watching bbc news. assisted dying campaigners say they�*re optimistic a change in the law could come soon as a private members bill on the issue has its first reading in the house of lords later. it�*s the latest in a long line of attempts to give terminally ill people the right to end their lives in england and wales. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. this is an issue which provokes passionate debate. this demonstration was in 2015, on the day mps voted overwhelmingly to reject a bill to allow assisted dying in england and wales. a lot has changed here in the past nine years, not least in the commons. there are 335 first—time mps at westminster. and, crucially, the new prime ministe

not least on high streets like grimsby�*s. crispin rolfe, bbc news. return to our top story. the situation on the ground in paris that has been hit by a massive attack aimed at paralysing the transport network, according to rail company sncf. the french transport minister has condemned what he called coordinated, malicious acts. this is the scene outside one railway station right now. hundreds of thousands of people are impacted today. in the past few minutes, breaking news coming to us from the euro airport, at basel freiburg. it is temporally grounding flights due to what it is called safety reasons for stop it is located in france but operated jointly by france and switzerland and a post on social media says the terminal has been evacuated and closed. it is not clear what is happening there but they are quoting safety reasons. in paris and surrounding areas and here in the uk with the eurostar also impacted there is now a major investigation under way. as you can see now there are already people out on the tracks in several parts of paris looking a

[amu— that help dom who was once a dish packer in grimsby?— packer in grimsby?alth problems and i have seen those people, just this week i went to a constituency of quite similar, on a coastal area, dealing with people with mental health problems. a man there who had tried to commit suicide three times, he is now ready to get a qualification. it is possible and we are determined to do it.— are determined to do it. chris, in work poverty _ are determined to do it. chris, in work poverty has _ are determined to do it. chris, in work poverty has grown - are determined to do it. chris, in work poverty has grown over - are determined to do it. chris, in work poverty has grown over the | are determined to do it. chris, in - work poverty has grown over the last 14 work poverty has grown over the last 1a years. that is the conservative party and successive conservative governments legacy. it can't be something you are proud of. firstly, i think ou something you are proud of. firstly, i think you will _ something you are proud of. firstly, i think you will find _ somethi

by the streets of grimsby. rules. basically you know, don't peddle on the pavement, don't ride on the pavement, don't ride on the pavement, whatever . is this pavement, whatever. is this going to tackle anti—social behaviour? ben habib i mean, you know, having now stood in two elections this year and campaigned in the local elections, i can tell you the biggest problem the electorate have is not people cycling in inappropriate lanes and so on. >> it's almost dystopian listening to what they're planning in grimsby because the real issues are knife crime is up, violent crime is up, syringes are being left all over the place. there's weed every five seconds. barber shops, vaping shops, all money laundering, cash . these are the laundering, cash. these are the big issues. >> hang on. there'll be some barber shop, some vape shops that are not. >> well, let me tell you, in the ten minute walk that i used to have from my hotel in wellingborough to the gym ten minute walk, there would be there were at least ten barber shops a

not least on high streets like grimsby.takingly put back together by a team of engineers in shropshire. our reporterjoan cummins has been to find out more. archive: using a turbo-charged v8 engine, the bulldog - can reach over 170 mph. designed by william towns, the aston martin bulldog was designed to be the fastest production car on the road in 1979. but the intended family of 200 mph bulldogs never materialised. and this model disappeared into obscurity. a0 years later, it was rescued by an american businessman, determined it would finally live up to its potential. it was complete. the engineering aspect of it, that aston martin did was pretty much there, in the original. it had been painted an interesting colour, it had been trimmed interestingly. the fundamentals of it were there. just not necessarily working. teams of engineers in bridgnorth have painstakingly restored the bulldog, displayed it and made sure it reached the magical 200mph on a track. it has been fun. it has been challenging at times and it has been inc

grimsby has gone red again. labour, get in! thank god.but still... it has been scandal- after scandal after scandal. who else could we vote for? and grimsby�*s challenges — deprivation, inequality — are now labour's to solve. but a win is a win. this is leanne's place. a baby bank, food bank, and subsidised bingo. she is seeing more and more families in need. this country isn't the country that it used to be. she voted labour, but onlyjust. just how committed are you to labour? i voted for them. i'm not particularly committed to them. a tactical vote, to get the others out. simple as that? simple as that. labour's to—do list can be found here. the cost of living still hurts. one in four commercial premises are empty in grimsby. many feel let down. every time there is a vote, they're going to do this, they're going to do that, they're going to change this, they're going to change that, but what's happening? nothing. like elsewhere, more than one in two people here who could vote, didn't. did you vote? no. why would you not vote? because i

ed thomas, bbc news, grimsby.ction in 2019, they won only 11 seats. now they have 71. the pa rty�*s success followed a decision to focus resources on target seats, mostly held by the conservatives — many in the south west of england. our political correspondent hannah millar reports now from maidenhead, the seat of the former conservative prime minister theresa may, which is now in the hands of the liberal democrats. # sweet caroline. ..# a series of historic winds that felt... so so good, so good! as the liberal democrats won 71 seats, even more than they managed before going into coalition. ed davey rebuilding the party to become the third biggest in parliament. trust is a very precious commodity. it's hard won. and sometimes, you lose it, and you will have to work very hard to win it back. the party took a swathe of seats across the south—west, including cheltenham, where they defeated justice secretary alex chalk, and tunbridge wells in kent, which has been conservative ever since its creation in 1974. there a

for everyone's safety, cycling is not allowed in grimsby town centre.hat announcement? um, yes, iagree, because lots of old people like me walking about and the cyclists come behind you and you don't know they're there and it's dangerous. do you think that will make a difference? i don't know about that. and it seems others are unsure too, about whether the tannoy will work, including those who had it installed. is this going to do it? i'm hoping so. let's wait and see. you're only hoping? i'm confident. but of course, you know, i can't be responsible - for people's actions. businesses also hope that this extra measure can change the culture on grimsby�*s high street, but they're not convinced. i hope it makes a difference. working inside, you can really see lots of people coming past really quickly on bikes, electric scooters, and it's a huge concern with all the children and the elderly people that constantly are walking down here. excuse me sir, should you be doing that? the law—abiding people will probably take some notice of it, but the idiots that

for your safety, cycling is not allowed in grimsby _ minutes.ou make of that announcement?— can i ask you what you make of that announcement? yes, i agree. there's eo - le announcement? yes, i agree. there's people walking — announcement? yes, i agree. there's people walking about _ announcement? yes, i agree. there's people walking about and _ announcement? yes, i agree. there's people walking about and the - people walking about and the cyclists — people walking about and the cyclists come behind you and you don't _ cyclists come behind you and you don't know — cyclists come behind you and you don't know they are there and it is dangerous — don't know they are there and it is dangerous. do don't know they are there and it is dangerous-— dangerous. do you think that will make a difference? _ dangerous. do you think that will make a difference? i _ dangerous. do you think that will make a difference? i don't i dangerous. do you think that will make a difference? i don't know| make a difference? i don't know about that! _ make a difference? i don

. >> chariots of fire, grimsby. >> chariots of fire, grimsby. >> now that's not a war either, but itproud association with the people of north korea. >> yes. okay so and so what they're doing is taking a trick from i don't know whether it's really anything to do with north korea other than there was that business recently of north korea and south korea playing messages to each other at the border, telling each other the wrong . telling each other the wrong. >> they play music and they used speakers and stuff. >> they used speakers. yes. so this is that they didn't invent using speakers, did they? oh, it's so north korea, they use speakers and they're playing stuff like, i love the fat man or don't go to south korea. >> what do you do? i imagine it's true. >> it is a ridiculous idea that using speakers is a korean invention. yes, of course not. >> where they make them . >> where they make them. >> where they make them. >> oh, right. is that right? you're making up facts now . so you're making up facts now. so the idea is they're going to play the idea is they're going to play on a loo

we also went to peterborough, which has been transformed by immigration, and we went to grimsby, a town crisis. there's nothing here. it's gone. can politics fix this? no, not at all. we were actually on the way to a different story when we got the phone call — rishi sunak�*s going to call an election. we had to rip up our plans. we had to go to bury, test the temperature there. it was a real bellwether seat, bury north. and what was really telling when we got to bury north was that there are certain issues that people really do care about, and that maybe this election was going to be the election where policy mattered. yeah, general election. what's your reaction? thank god. about time. summer general election. sooner the better, please. whoever ticks the most boxes for me, they're for me. 15,14,13,12,11,| ten, nine, eight... clive, laura, good luck. enjoy it. ..seven, six, five... coming to eight, next. stop talking. ..four, three, two... show me the figures. three, two, one. cut. cue laura. and as big ben strikes ten, the exit poll is predicting a labour landslide. put vis three in t

you know, they say that grimsby looks a little bit like beijing in a certain light actually.o something else . benjamin netanyahu's visit else. benjamin netanyahu's visit to the united states has provoked a series of reactions , provoked a series of reactions, mostly unwelcome as the israeli prime minister had thousands of maggots dumped at the washington hotel where he was staying by pro—palestine protesters. i mean, it's disgusting, isn't it? thousands of demonstrators showed their contempt towards netanyahu's visit in their own unique way, one which included the burning of the american flag, one which included the burning of other things as well. just take a look at this. well, netanyahu also gave quite a brilliant takedown of the old queers for palestine brigade. >> some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming gays for gaza. they might as well hold up signs saying chickens for kfc. >> yeah, he's right, isn't he? and everyone knows they're right, apart from arguably gays for gaza. but right. coming up, prince harry continues his woe is me war on the tabloids. >> does

you know, they say that grimsby looks a little bit like beijing in a certain light actually.nto something else . benjamin netanyahu's visit else. benjamin netanyahu's visit to the united states has provoked a series of reactions , provoked a series of reactions, mostly unwelcome as the israeli prime minister had thousands of maggots dumped at the washington hotel where he was staying by pro—palestine protesters. i mean, it's disgusting, isn't it? thousands of demonstrators showed their contempt towards netanyahu's visit in their own unique way, one which included the burning of the american flag, one which included the burning of other things as well. just take a look at this. well, netanyahu also gave quite a brilliant takedown of the old queers for palestine brigade. >> some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming gays for gaza. they might as well hold up signs saying chickens for kfc. >> yeah, he's right, isn't he? and everyone knows they're right, apart from arguably gays for gaza. but right. coming up, prince harry continues his woe is me war on the tabloids. >> do

now we owe that to the next generation in grimsby i met apprentices working on onshore offshore wind, doing. they were maintaining the turbines out to sea on a two week rota , really sea on a two week rota, really keen to play their part in the clean energy revolution and their apprentices like that. the next generation of jobs across the country . and this is key to the country. and this is key to the country. and this is key to the decade of national renewal that this country needs . that this country needs. stewarding our energy resources for the benefit of the whole nation, for years to come. powering britain from the seabeds of the north sea to the celtic sea. and i want to be clear, we will work with our counterparts in scotland every step of the way. as a grown up government , in the service of government, in the service of working people across the entire united kingdom, scotland will lead the clean energy revolution . lead the clean energy revolution. gb energy will be headquartered in scotland and i know everyone ispeak in scotland and i know everyone i speak to seems to hav

>> well, in grimsby, they're going to trial this new system where they're going to be blasting out the think this will actually have any impact? >> will it reduce anti—social behaviour? do you support it or not? >> it's a great idea, but most people probably have their headphones on. michelle dewberry dewbs& co six till seven. always a pleasure. fantastic. see you later navalny. get in touch with me @gbnews. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your messages a later in the i'm martin daubney on gb welcome back. your time is 538. i'm martin daubney on gb news now . last week, we on gb news now. last week, we covered the disorder in the lead suburb of harehills. police face significant violence , including significant violence, including attacks with bricks and missiles. while responding to a child protection matter. now, very shortly, i'll speak to a grooming gang survivor who is now working as a community journalist , now working as a community journalist, and she'd been doing some fantastic work in the wake of those riots . and here she is of those riots. and

programme called �*janetjackson: life in the spotlight�*, now on bbc iplayer a ten—year—old boy from grimsbyer holidays he is putting up bird boxes, feeding stations, to protect wildlife and our reporter has a story. it just looks different, story. itjust looks different, like really different to how it used to look. there are loads of houses everywhere, there is builders stuff. it used to be all fields, open, wild life. it makes me feel sad. ten—year—old brodie is worried about the consequences of building thousands of new homes right across the country and how that will affect wildlife. , ., the country and how that will affect wildlife. , . ., . wildlife. they are getting forced out of their _ wildlife. they are getting forced out of their homes _ wildlife. they are getting forced out of their homes and - wildlife. they are getting forced out of their homes and if- wildlife. they are getting forced out of their homes and if there l out of their homes and if there isn't any wildlife around, they are having to run and cross roads and some of them are not making it across so it is impacting