issues are most important following issues are most important for the next five to address, managing the rising cost of living, the next highest is spending on the nhs, which only got 15%. leveling up, which after all it's one of the most important aspects of boris jonnson�*s pitch, 3%, so if that is true and this is to be fair, as far as i can tell, a survey of a poll, i'm not actually sure, i'm just having a hasty luck, whether it is just people in the conservative... previous tory voters. but 3% of them think that that is the most important issue. in a sense, the candidates may be pitching their argument correctly. the? candidates may be pitching their argument correctly.— candidates may be pitching their argument correctly. they may be, but ou also argument correctly. they may be, but you also have — argument correctly. they may be, but you also have to _ argument correctly. they may be, but you also have to remember— argument correctly. they may be, but you also have to remember the - argument correctly. they may be, but you also have to remember the red i you also have to remember the red welcome and the fact is they want to see some _ welcome and the fact is they want to see some results. they went to see three _ see some results. they went to see three elements, rarely, infrastructure investment, investment in skills and productivity in an environment where

real wages— productivity in an environment where real wages in this country have been falling _ real wages in this country have been falling for— real wages in this country have been falling for well over a decade and they also— falling for well over a decade and they also want to see real power developed to their regions for the likes of— developed to their regions for the likes of those in teesside who at the moment has done a good job up there _ the moment has done a good job up there but— the moment has done a good job up there but is— the moment has done a good job up there but is very worried about the fact that _ there but is very worried about the fact that leveling up isjust going to be _ fact that leveling up isjust going to be completely ignored. i do think there are _ to be completely ignored. i do think there are issues, and also, i think they— there are issues, and also, i think they also— there are issues, and also, i think they also need to be talking more generally— they also need to be talking more generally about their overall vision for the country. the moment this has been _ for the country. the moment this has been reduced to a debate around tax, cuts or— been reduced to a debate around tax, cuts or hot— been reduced to a debate around tax, cuts or not cuts at the moment, and ithink— cuts or not cuts at the moment, and ithink there — cuts or not cuts at the moment, and i think there is a lot, it is a much broader vision that i want to hear, and the _ broader vision that i want to hear, and the one — broader vision that i want to hear, and the one thing that rishi sunak has got _ and the one thing that rishi sunak has got to— and the one thing that rishi sunak has got to be careful about is, unfortunately, he went to winchester, and at the six people that have — winchester, and at the six people that have been to winchester, six of them, _ that have been to winchester, six of them, six chancellors, onlyipm that have been to winchester, six of them, six chancellors, only 1pm 200 years— them, six chancellors, only 1pm 200 years ago. _ them, six chancellors, only 1pm 200 years ago. so— them, six chancellors, only 1pm 200 years ago, so unfortunately, he does a lot better — years ago, so unfortunately, he does a lot better-— a lot better. what do you make of the exoress's _ a lot better. what do you make of the express's case? _ a lot better. what do you make of the express's case? my _ a lot better. what do you make of the express's case? my schools . a lot better. what do you make of- the express's case? my schools never had a prime — the express's case? my schools never had a prime minister. _ the express's case? my schools never had a prime minister. maybe - the express's case? my schools never had a prime minister. maybe we - had a prime minister. maybe we should have one.— had a prime minister. maybe we should have one. throw your hat in the rim , should have one. throw your hat in

the ring, susie. _ should have one. throw your hat in the ring, susie. the _ should have one. throw your hat in the ring, susie. the whole - should have one. throw your hat in the ring, susie. the whole thing i the ring, susie. the whole thing about this, _ the ring, susie. the whole thing about this, the _ the ring, susie. the whole thing about this, the front _ the ring, susie. the whole thing about this, the front pages, - about this, the front pages, voters back liz truss to be to kier starmer, and then you read the survey and it is i%. the lead is i%, which is not even a lead, actually, in terms of statistical significance. it is as good as... margin of error, margin of error. what it does say in there, actually, they don't mention it at all, even in the copy, pretty much, is that labour is 11 points ahead of the conservatives in voting retention amongst previous tory voters that they have been surveying. i mean, hello, that is the story, the previous tory voters put labour ii previous tory voters put labour 11 points ahead, and labour hasn't been doing anything very much. the red wall that was just talked about there, they have been let down by labour for generations and the whole reason that boris got that landslide a couple of years ago is because he promised some leveling up, and now even the tory voters are going wide does it matter to us when 10% of us

attempted them, the most important thing is improving trust and integrity and politics, which is perhaps why kier starmer is a bit further ahead in the labour party than the express likes to mention to people. than the express likes to mention to eo - le. than the express likes to mention to --eole. , ., ., people. the star with the headline, are we nearly _ people. the star with the headline, are we nearly there _ people. the star with the headline, are we nearly there yet, _ people. the star with the headline, are we nearly there yet, and - people. the star with the headline, are we nearly there yet, and that l are we nearly there yet, and that mirror chaos, summer getaway with those traditional pictures of the queues of traffic trying to get into dover. ., , ., ., ~ dover. two things at work here, the first is that — dover. two things at work here, the first is that britain _ dover. two things at work here, the first is that britain seems to - dover. two things at work here, the first is that britain seems to have i first is that britain seems to have gotten covid and brexit that seem to have forgotten that brexit and covid are still a thing to exist and are changing the rest of the world community think they no longer affect your life, they are affecting everybody else's. the second is that the people who are in charge of this mass, which is the french government and the british government, are busy doing what they have been doing for, i don't know, about 1000 years, which is pointing fingers at each

other. as though, you know, that william the conqueror was just at hastings and they would be able to fight that all over again. it is ridiculous and it's stupid. we've got major issues with partner agency staff in this country, france has got the same. covid is still affecting not only staffing at points like this at ports and so on, but you've got brexit, which despite the fact that the sun newspapers are reporting today the french are punishing us for brexit, it is not the french punishing you, it is your passport stamped. you now have to have your passport stamped to go to france. we are all very used to driving up to a ferry and driving off the other hand, completely frictionless. driving onto the aerostar, driving up the other end. you can't do that any more because some idiot devoted to have a stamp in a blue passport, and because he wanted that, this is what you have got. throwing covid on top of all of

that, during the fact that it is just complete chaos and lots of different systems because we are governed by children, and this is what you end up with. unfortunately, it is dreadful for those families that set off from home and think about an hour to drive down to the coast, it will be a kick and i've got two kids in the back and end up in the carfor eight hours, no toilets, no water, no food, nothing toilets, no water, no food, nothing to do, and it needs to be better organised logistically to cope with these jams when they happen, but if we just had a government that was capable of cooperating with the french in a way that was grown up and sensible, a bit of a cordial as opposed to a... twit, which is what we have had for six years now, then maybe we would find some way to get over some of that stuff. that would probably make sense, wouldn't it? and the last word to you? i probably make sense, wouldn't it? and the last word to you?- and the last word to you? i think susie makes _ and the last word to you? i think susie makes a _ and the last word to you? i think susie makes a very _ and the last word to you? i think susie makes a very good - and the last word to you? i think susie makes a very good points. | susie makes a very good points. it is a real— susie makes a very good points. it is a real mess, and it's a terrible time _ is a real mess, and it's a terrible time for people going on summer holidays — time for people going on summer holidays ih — time for people going on summer holidays in many cases for a couple of years. _ holidays in many cases for a couple of years. so — holidays in many cases for a couple

of years, so it is a very unsatisfactory situation. the french should _ unsatisfactory situation. the french should have invested more. liz truss has been _ should have invested more. liz truss has been blunt about it, but yes, there _ has been blunt about it, but yes, there are bigger issues as well to deal with— there are bigger issues as well to deal with with the migrants crossings in the channel, and let's face it. _ crossings in the channel, and let's face it. our— crossings in the channel, and let's face it, our relation is with the french are _ face it, our relation is with the french are not positive right now. i'm going — french are not positive right now. i'm going issues in the northern ireland — i'm going issues in the northern ireland protocol. i don't want to be heat the _ ireland protocol. i don't want to be heat the whole brexit argument again and again. _ heat the whole brexit argument again and again, it is not help. i did and we haven't— and again, it is not help. i did and we haven't got time. good, good. from _ we haven't got time. good, good. from the — we haven't got time. good, good. from the article, and susie from the mirror, thank you very much and we will talk again at half past 11 p:m.. more of them are's front pages at half 11 coming up next, sports, weather and i will be back with a full summary of this at the top of the hour. do you stay with us. good evening.

i'm lizzie greenwod—hughes, heer with your lates sports news. england will play sweden in their euro 2022 semifinal next week. the swedes — who are the top ranked side in the tournament, beat belgium tonight 1—0. but they left it very late — linda sembrant scoring in added time with their 32nd goal chance at leigh sports village. so england will now play sweden for a place in the final, that match is on tuesday at sheffield united's bramhall lane stadium. it's going to be an extremely tough game for us. england had been amazing so far in this tournament. i know all the players, they are extremely talented players. so we are going to have to be really onyx. so now is about recovering, getting fresh again and taking them on on tuesday. cricket now. england's men thrashed south africa by 118 runs to level their one day

international cricket series. with the game reduced to just 29 overs per side due to rain at old trafford, england struggled at first with the hat but liam livingstone helped lead the recovery as they set a target of 202. but south africa's run chase never got started, losing their first four wickets forjust six runs including a remakable run out by england captain jos butler. moeen ali finished the job as south africa were all out for just 83. it sets up a series decider at headingley on sunday. england's former top order batter — jonathan trott is the new head coach of afghanistan. he replaces another former england international — graham thorpe who was admitted to hospital with a serious illness in may.since retiring in 2018, trott has worked as a batting coach with england and as warwickshire's assistant coach. his first task is afghanistan's 5 match 20/20 series against ireland next month. rugby leauge now. there were two games in rugby league's super league tonight — hull kr fought back to beat warrington 30 points to 22 and at hull fc after starting well they were crushed by a rampant castleford — who scored eight tries —

de—rrel 0lpherts with four of them in the 16—18 victory. it's hull's third defeat in four. ferrari's carlos sainz was quickest in practise for this weekend's formula one french grand prix but the spaniard will have at least, a ten place grid penalty in the race for using too many engine parts. ferrari were forced to repair his car after it caught fire at the last race. sainz could end up starting sunday's race from the back of the grid if more bits are changed. he was a tenth of a second quicker than his team—mate charles leclerc. championship leader max verstappen was third. george russell was the quickest british driver in fourth. it's taken 19 stages, but there's finally been a home victory in a stage at the tour de france. christophe laporte held off the peloton to pick—up his first grand tour stage win and his team's fifth in the race this year. there was no change in the overall lead though withjonas vinger—go expected to secure the overall victory in tomorrow's time trial. britain's geraint thomas remains third overall.

brooke henderson became the first lpga player to card successive rounds of 64 in a major — to take the lead at the evian championship at the half way stage. the canadian made eight birdies on day two to move to 1a under par — three shots ahead of the us olympic champion nelly korda. the best british player so far is charley hull on seven under. arsenal have signed a second player from manchester city this summer — this time ukrainian left back — 0leksandr zinchenko. the 25—year—old, who plays in midfield for his country, has signed for 30 million pounds on a long term contract. zinchenko said it's a boyhood dream come true because he was a massive fan of arsenal as a child. sadio mane has told the bbc that he left liverpool because he needs a new challenge. the forward, who was yesterday named african footballer of the year, joined bayern munich last month after six seasons at anfield. i spoke with the coach one year ago,

and i talked to him about it. my desire to move, for me, it was the right choice, it wasn'tjust desire to move, for me, it was the right choice, it wasn't just from last year, and i took my decision to leave, because i need a new challenge in my life. if you see my story, i came from a small town, a small village, my life has changed. i went to be challenged all the time, and i took my decision. so far, i think it's the best decision i have taken in my career, because today i'm with one of the best clubs in the world. manchester united manager erik ten hag says there's no change to cristiano ronaldo's situation at the club. the portuguese star hasn't started pre—season training due to a "personal issue". it's thought he wants to play champions league football next season. meanwhile ten hag has also reacted to harry maguire being booed by some fans on the club's pre—season tour.

we heard and we see that if you perform, it slows down, and i think he was 13. i'm impressed by the way they play, i don't think it's a matter to find out if i can understand it. it's about how can we change the team and himself by performing? the president of world athletics — lord coe has said future championships could be moved to protect athletes from extreme heat. he voiced concerns over safety after temperatures hit 32 degrees c at the world championships in oregon this week, and after extreme weather in europe. climate change, it is not going to disappear. — climate change, it is not going to disappear, even some of the more visible _ disappear, even some of the more visible targets that have been sent by governments are not going to make any difference. we have to recognise that we _ any difference. we have to recognise that we may have to do things in our

own way— that we may have to do things in our own way to — that we may have to do things in our own way to protect the athletes from heat conditions. and that's all the sport for now. hello. well, the weather's going to be a bit of a mixed bag this weekend for some of us. some rain, some sunshine. but we do need the rain for our parched gardens. this is what it looks like through the early hours. rain approaching northern ireland, but much of the country dry at this stage and not particularly cold — 16 celsius at 7am in london, around about 13 celsius in newcastle. so bright start across the bulk of the uk, but then that cloud and rain reaches western areas, and this is where most of the rain will fall, although it will be pretty hit and miss, most of it, actually, in western parts of scotland. top temperatures will be in east anglia and the southeast, up to around 26 celsius. and then if you have any plans for saturday night, well, the outbreaks of rain will wax and wane. they'll continue across western areas, but it stays dry across the eastern counties

and further southeast. and the forecast into sunday, turning hot temporarily in east anglia and then after that, a little cooler.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. steve bannon, the former aide to donald trump, has been found guilty of criminal contempt of congress. he tells reporters he remains defiant. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase. i stand with trump and the constitution, and i will never back off that, ever. ukraine and russia sign an agreement to allow the resumption of ukraine's grain exports from ports on the black sea. the un says the deal could help millions avoid hunger. this is an agreement for the world. it will— this is an agreement for the world. it will bring — this is an agreement for the world. it will bring relief for developing countries — it will bring relief for developing countries on the edge of bankruptcy

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