election manifesto. labour say the prime minister is desperate good morning from taunton in somerset, one of the new constituencies in this election. we have been talking to voters about what matters to them most and whether they have decided where they will be putting their cross on the 4th ofjuly. former rugby union player ed slater pays tribute to rob burrow — and says thank you for supporting people with motor neurone disease. in sport, scotland are already there. now, after a royal send—off england are, too. gareth southgate�*s squad arrive at their euros base in germany with the tournament starting on friday. good morning. we are seeing some sunshine today but generally there will be a lot of cloud, some showers. showers especially in

eastern areas and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. it's tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome... katherine, i'm rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party's plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you've just gone through that we've already announced in this campaign — that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes, because i believe in a country where

people's hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn — and in the spring — the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first—time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to send asylum—seekers to rwanda. labour say it all amounts to a desperate wish list from what they call a desperate prime minister. after 14 years of the tories, the money is not there. so no matter what promise rishi sunak makes in his manifesto in the coming days, he's not able to deliver on any of them because he cannot explain where the money is coming from.

the prime minister will be hoping today is a day to win notjust attention — but votes, as well — as he tries to turn his party's fortunes around after a rocky few days. hannah miller, bbc news. we're joined now by our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who's on the campaign trail in northamptonshire. we can speak to him. a nice sunny day. good to see you. how important is today for the conservatives, the launch of their manifesto? it is massively _ launch of their manifesto? it is massively important _ launch of their manifesto? it 3 massively important because the prime minister has not had a good few days, as we all know, but also, evenif few days, as we all know, but also, even if he had had few good days this is a crucial moment where he gets to tell the voter, here is the conservative party programme for government, should they win another term in office. and he wants to use

this opportunity to carve a clear dividing line with the labour party and that line will be on tax. we have talked a lot this campaign about taxes that both parties are promising not to raise and here is the conservative party promising to cut the employee rate of national insurance by 2p and if that sounds familiar it is because they have done it twice in the last year. if this were to happen it would mean over at rishi sunak�*s tenure at the rate of national insurance have been halved from i2% to 6% and he would say that is a sign of the different priorities between his conservative party and keir starmer�*s labour party. forthe party and keir starmer�*s labour party. for the labour party, they have said it is a desperate prime minister making desperate promises and they talk about throwing them kitchen sink at this manifesto was that it kitchen sink at this manifesto was thatitis kitchen sink at this manifesto was that it is notjust about tax, it will have eye—catching policies from earlier in the campaign. banning what they called mickey mouse

degrees, and i think i rishi sunak, he would acknowledge he is desperate to turn around this campaign, to find a way to get some voted to change their minds. today matters because it is a set piece moment where he gets to set out his stall to the country and there are not a lot of those moments left. henry, for now, thank _ lot of those moments left. henry, for now, thank you. _ lot of those moments left. henry, for now, thank you. we _ lot of those moments left. henry, for now, thank you. we will- lot of those moments left. henry, for now, thank you. we willjoin . lot of those moments left. henry, l for now, thank you. we willjoin you a again later. what else is going on with the election? labour say they will ban under—16s from buying highly caffeinated energy drinks, as part of a series of commitments to improve children's health. the party also plan to create an extra 100,000 urgent dental appointments for children, to clear a backlog in england. the liberal democrats are calling for a new fund to support doctors' surgeries in rural and remote areas of the country. they say it forms part of their £1 billion package to improve services and give patients a legal right to see a gp within a week.

we will speak to labour and to the conservatives about their plans as the programme goes on. sally has more of the day's news. the bbc has announced it will air a special tribute to michael mosley on friday evening. the tv presenter�*s body was found in a rocky area of the greek island of symi on sunday — four days after he went missing. 0ur correspondent, joe inwood, is there for us this morning. what can you tell us about what happens next? we what can you tell us about what happens next?— what can you tell us about what happens next? what can you tell us about what ha ens next? ~ , ., ., happens next? we understand that the ostmortem happens next? we understand that the postmortem examination _ happens next? we understand that the postmortem examination is _ happens next? we understand that the postmortem examination is still- postmortem examination is still continuing although we have a pretty clear idea of what it has found so far. a police source yesterday said michael mosley died of natural causes and today the local police chief is reported as saying it was heat exhaustion, which very much tallies with a version of events which has been building. we also discovered that the time of death

was about lipm, roughly two and a half hours after he set off on his walk. we are starting to get really now quite a clear picture of the final moments of michael mosley and what led to his death. the bbc has announced a special half—hour programme and that is reflective of how he was held and his contribution to broadcasting. as we have been speaking about the last couple of days, this huge outpouring of emotion, grief, affection for michael mosley and how he changed lives and help people change their own lives and that is what we will see on friday, a reflection of his work and legacy.— see on friday, a reflection of his work and legacy. see on friday, a reflection of his workand lea . ., , . work and legacy. thank you very much indeed. the parents of a student who went missing after a night out 100 days ago have lodged a formal complaint against police over their handling of the case. jack 0'sullivan�*s family say they've lost all faith in avon and somerset police. the force said officers are determined to do everything they possibly can,

but jack's mother 0bviously we're still in a desperate, desperate position, wanting an answer to where jack is. and i wouldn't want anyone on earth to be faced with what we've dealt with in the last hundred days, because it is horrific. and to think that the people that you possibly would depend on the most in the world have totally let us down... that's what i feel. the united nations security council has voted to support a resolution, drafted by the us, calling for a ceasefire in gaza. israel had already accepted the plan and it has been welcomed by hamas. the proposal sets out conditions for a full and complete ceasefire and the release of hostages held by hamas, in exchange for palestinian prisoners. apple has unveiled new plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its products, at an event held at its california headquarters. apple intelligence will assist users with writing messages

to supplying travel directions to an event saved in the calendar. apple says most of the ai processing would be carried out on the device itself to increase security. hunter biden is waiting for the jury to return a verdict in his federal gun trial in delaware. the son of the us president is accused of lying about his illegal drug use when he bought a hand gun in 2018. he denies the allegations. us scientists have discovered that elephants call to each other using their names. while dolphins and parrots are known to address each other by mimicking sounds, elephants are the first non—human species found to create names for each other, which they express as a series of rumbles. laughter a little bit like us. is laughter alittle bit like us. , ., , a little bit like us. is that me, my tumm ? a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that _ a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that is _ a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that is both _ a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that is both of _ a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that is both of us. - a little bit like us. is that me, my tummy? that is both of us. what| a little bit like us. is that me, my| tummy? that is both of us. what a lovely story- _

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sunshine _ is where we will see the best of the sunshine. temperatures, ten in lerwick— sunshine. temperatures, ten in lerwick to— sunshine. temperatures, ten in lerwick to 17 in cardiff and also plymouth _ lerwick to 17 in cardiff and also plymouth. as we head through the evening _ plymouth. as we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of the showers _ evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade. we will still hang _ showers will fade. we will still hang on— showers will fade. we will still hang on to a few, still a fair bit of cloud — hang on to a few, still a fair bit of cloud around, as well, but where we have _ of cloud around, as well, but where we have broken cloud across rural parts _ we have broken cloud across rural parts of _ we have broken cloud across rural parts of scotland and wales, the temperature could well fall away to 2 or three _ temperature could well fall away to 2 or three degrees, so getting close to frost _ 2 or three degrees, so getting close to frost levels. not everywhere, obviously — to frost levels. not everywhere, obviously. tomorrow, we start off with cloud — obviously. tomorrow, we start off with cloud around, still some showers. _ with cloud around, still some showers, as well, showers across eastern _ showers, as well, showers across eastern areas, decent spells of sunshine — eastern areas, decent spells of sunshine out towards the west. temperatures very similar to what we are looking _ temperatures very similar to what we are looking at today. ignore these 23s, that — are looking at today. ignore these 23s, that is — are looking at today. ignore these 23s, that is absolutely wrong! as we head into _ 23s, that is absolutely wrong! as we head into thursday, we will see more rain coming _ head into thursday, we will see more rain coming ourway. thank you very much indeed. the pressure on public services is a key election issue — and to understand the challenges authorities are facing, we've been

looking at the town of telford. today, we're focusing on social care, as demand for support has yesterday we looked at the justice system and the backlogs there. today, we're focusing on social care, as demand for support has soared in recent years, particularly from people under the age of 65. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. club 17 is a group for people with disabilities and support needs to meet and mingle. or maybe something more. you'vejust got engaged! yes, i have. so when are you going to get married? er, i don't know yet. how did you propose to her? i got down on one knee. did you? yeah. fantastic. and she said yes. yeah, she did. the room is full of the hopes and fears of any young people — though, in their cases, the struggles can be greater. well, i had to leave the town that i was born and grew up in because there was no supported accommodation provision. abby has a condition that causes herjoints to dislocate, leaving her in pain. after a battle, she now

has the care she needs. i spent two years in emergency accommodation, in a shared homeless shelter, because there was disagreements over what care and support i actually needed. so we really had to fight the council to get my care package put in place. in another room, the parents of some of the young people who are struggling to be heard. we just want them to live fulfilled lives. we don't want to be a burden on anybody, but we want them to be treated with equity. and the problem is, our options are so limited. a constant problem is the lack of supported accommodation. ailsa's son is due to finish college next month. i didn't want him to have to come home where he's going to be set back in his development. er... but that's probably what's going to happen because at the moment i still don't have any ideas of where he could move to. when you have a wheelchair and you have mobility issues, you can't, obviously, get up the stairs in a house, so it would need to be accessible.

i know a couple of young people that have had to go to south wales because they haven't got the housing or the support staff, which is — for them parents and that young person that's lived in telford all their lives, having to go all the way there at the weekend is actually a tragedy. around 70% of the council budget in telford is spent on social care. demand for support from people under the age of 65 increased by close to 300% in the five years to 2022—23 — the latest figures. it's far greater than the increase for england as a whole — delivered in part, say the council, by the area's attractiveness. because of some of the really positive services in certain things like special educational needs services, people are attracted to coming in, which means that there's another pressure of people, younger people coming in with high complex needs. but people will need to move into adult social care at some point to maintain their independence going forward.

adding to the pressures is poor lifestyle. care homes say they're seeing people needing support in their 50s due to problems linked to smoking and alcoholism. most of the residents, however, are still the elderly — though the care they are having to provide is changing, and more expensive. people in residential services probably look more like the old nursing threshold used to be, and that people in nursing homes mirror much more of a hospice situation — people tend to come in now at the latter part of their life, so for end—of—life care, or where they have extremely advanced complex nursing and dementia needs. telford — like britain — is both growing and ageing. it's a combination that is increasingly stretching public finances — particularly social care. michael buchanan, bbc news, telford. let's have a look at today's papers.

several of the front pages focus on the conservative manifesto launch. the times reports that the party will pledge to help first time buyers, workers, parents and pensioners by putting tax cuts at the heart of its offer to voters. we will be asking how possible that might be. the mirror focuses on a pledge from labour to improve children's health. we will also be talking about this. it says the party will introduce a ban on the sale of some energy drinks to under 16s, and create thousands more dental appointments for youngsters. the mail leads with the conviction of two 12—year—old boys for murder in an unprovoked attack using a 16—inch machete in wolverhampton last year. the pair, who cannot be named, are believed to be the youngest convicted of the crime since james bulger�*s killers were detained back in 1993. and elsewhere, 2a hours after scotland arrived in germany for the euros, the guardian features an image of england stars trent alexander—arnold and jude bellingham as they head off ahead

of their first match this weekend. the countdown is truly on. really is, it's coming. _ after rob burrow died earlier this month, one of those leading the tributes was the former rugby union player ed slater. we have spoken to him lots of times on the programme. ed was diagnosed with mnd two years ago and says that after the devastating news, rob's bravery helped lead him out of the darkness. we caught up with ed about his own journey — and rob's legacy.

good. we'll go to the end. former rugby union player ed slater was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago. he became friends with rob burrow.

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ed now wants to inspire others living with mnd, and and give them the hope that doddie and rob gave him. in the words of rob burrow, we must still dare to dream. sally nugent, bbc news. thank you to ed for talking to us so honestly about his friend rob burrow. great to see the family there. the euros get under way in just a few days' time — and, as you'd expect during massive tournaments, footy shirts are in high demand. jon's been taking a look at this. i thought you were going to sayjon

has gone to the shops to get one! almost. yes, and it all starts on friday night when germany take on scotland in munich. as the competition heats up, official replica kits become big business — but this year the rise of counterfeit products is raising concern. as legions of fans prepare to head over to the tournament, many will be sporting their brand—new shirt — but a large number of those will not be real. research shows that the trade in counterfeit strips costs nike — who make the england kit — almost £3 billion in revenue each year. and the reason why so many fans buy fake kits — well, it's quite straight forward. this — the official scotland shirt, made by adidas — retails online at £75. but this is a fake one. 0bviously obviously it looks a bit different at the moment but once you add the badges before it is posted, it will be hard to tell the difference. but

there is a big difference in price. look! £13.17 on a popular online marketplace. 0ne buyer, dan, told the bbc he's been buying fake kits online for his family for years. i can get, basically, shirts for all four of my children for the cost of one shirt legitimately. there are children who are demanding, and parents are under a lot of pressure. i'm fortunate to be in a position where i can even afford the copies. i know there are people now who unfortunately are probably struggling even to buy those because money is so tight. but is it illegal to buy a fake kit? like dan has been doing. here's lisa webb from the consumer group which? it is incredibly tempting to buy counterfeit products, fake products, purely because of how cheap they often are. but actually, to do so, you could very well be funding crime like terrorism or slavery.

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official gate we want to hear from you. maybe you have a picture. [30 you. maybe you have a picture. do send that into us and all the usual ways and we will see if we can spot the real ones and the fake ones. hind the real ones and the fake ones. and tell us how — the real ones and the fake ones. fific tell us how much you the real ones and the fake ones. a"ic tell us how much you have paid. include your name and where you are getting in touch from on whatsapp. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the mother of a four—year—old boy from harrow who survived an extremely rare form of eye cancer is urging parents to look out for symptoms of the disease. junior was diagnosed last year with retinoblastoma and had to have his eye removed. symptoms of the cancer include a white glow in the eye — or a lazy eye. don't take no for an answer. if we would have taken no for an answer, we'd still be here now and it could have been a lot worse. even now, just look at your kid's photos. if you notice anything that's different, if you notice

an eye wandering off, if you notice a glow, it might not be cancer, but it could be. and it's best tojust get it checked. an animal rights group has urged the army to withdraw three military horses who were injured after bolting through central london from the trooping the colour ceremony on saturday calling it a risk to both the animals' and the public�*s safety. peta has written to the regiment saying all five horses involved, including these two, quaker and vida, who are still recuperating, should be retired from duty permanently. an elizabeth line passenger has told bbc london he's considering legal action after getting injured at a station. rolf kern gashed his shin trying to board a train at ealing broadway. he says the vertical gap between the platform and the train is too high. it comes weeks after another passenger broke their foot on the same platform. tfl says it is working to ensure all stations remain safe. the sheer fact that the step is approximately 12 to 1a inch high, which is,

ifind, for a modern new line where the government invested so much money, i find this unacceptable. let's take a look at the tubes now then. minor delays on the central line. severe delays on the central line. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. well, it's been a fairly chilly start to the day, but today we are expecting variable cloud, some decent spells of sunshine breaking through, but also some scattered showers developing as well. it's a dry day initially though, you can see those showers developing quite widely. generally light in nature but there may be one or two heavy ones. there will be plenty of dry weather in between, still quite breezy out there as well, and temperatures reaching 1a to 16 celsius. some further showers for a time this evening but they will fade away, becoming dry for a time overnight with some clearer skies. a bit more in the way of cloud by the early hours, one or two spots of drizzle and light rain perhaps, and temperatures dipping down to around seven to ten celsius. it means for tomorrow, then, we are expecting some drier weather, some scattered showers developing

during the day. thursday is also dry to start but then we are expecting an area of low pressure to arrive with some outbreaks of rain. so it is remaining unsettled over the next few days with some scattered showers tomorrow. thursday, while it will be dry during the day, that rain will arrive later into friday as well. and that's your forecast. we've been asking you which issues you'd like us to highlight ahead of the general election. many of you got in touch about leaseholds. this will be discussed on bbc radio london at about 10am. and if there are any other issues you'd like us to look at do get in touch via your voice, your vote on our website. i'll be back in half an with another update. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. it's a big week for parties on the campaign trail as they launch their manifestos, setting out their offer to voters ahead ofjuly the 4th. but is any of it cutting through?

all that documentation, or those panes of information. nina's in taunton this morning to find out. good morning, nina. morning, jon. we are in taunton town centre. this is part of one of the new constituencies, taunton and wellington, created for this election. have a look up here, we have the somerset dragon. you do not have the somerset dragon. you do not have to drive too far out of taunton town centre to be in neil ashton green hills of the somerset country chart —— be in the lush green hills of the somerset countryside. this is doing all right in the face of challenges for high street but if you talk to business owners and people about incomes, and it's the same albums we are hearing up and down the country, how far the money is going and for how long. it is interesting when you look at the

statistics of taunton and wellington, which we like to do do, this place is actually pretty close to mr and mrs average, average levels of education, income and employment. while this might be a new constituency, what happens here when we get those results on the 5th ofjuly might tell a bigger story about the wider uk. we have been out and about speaking with voters. taunton and wellington sits in england's southwest, a mixture of the market towns and surrounding scattered villages. based on the 2019 votes, the conservatives would have a healthy majority here. but since then much has changed. new boundaries mean there'll be fewer rural votes, and many look around their town and feel life has been getting worse. the owner of this soft play centre has been a lifelong conservative, but not any more. ijust don't think i can vote for them at this election, unfortunately, because i need to vote for somebody who's going to be able to put business first and restart and re—engage

the economy and make britain the successful country that it can be. hayley and her partner work in teaching. it's just so tight at the moment with funding. the situations that we work in, the circumstances that we find ourselves in are sometimes a little bit ridiculous, really. but as yet, no education policy has turned either of their heads, and they're not the only ones. in years gone by, i've actually been quite interested in politics, but at the moment i'm feeling fairly disillusioned. and i have to say that i haven't really been keeping up to date with the latest policies or the tv debates because i've just felt like there's quite a lot of noise around it at the minute and just not really been able to engage with what anyone's been saying. a couple of miles south, this is the weir cafe. a different demographic here with different priorities. well, yes, i've always voted conservative, but i think this time

i'll be voting for reform. 0nly because i think that the amount that immigration here has pulled on our resources so much, that we just can't cope with the amount of people using our hospitals and our health centres, dentists. but it seems most roads lead back to how much things are costing, how hard it is to make ends meet. and costsjust rising month on month, not even six monthly. and by lots, you know, our food bills and now our wages, and everything's just soared. 0ur rent has gone up by £500. but karen's vote is still up for grabs, as are so many here. almost halfway through this campaign, every day, every vote counts.

that it does. we have come inside this tea and we have found the political editor for bbc west, lovely to see you. we came down yesterday and got a snapshot, lots of people talking about the money in their pocket. you have spoken to many more voters over this campaign, what is their number one issue? we have what is their number one issue? - have literally heard from hundreds because we have been asking people, what are their big concerns, getting them to approach us. the nhs has been a single biggest subject. whether it is the waiting list for appointments and hospitals, see your gp or an nhs dentist, that has been a real difficulty across somerset in the region as a whole.— a real difficulty across somerset in the region as a whole. yesterday we heard ed davey _ the region as a whole. yesterday we heard ed davey in _ the region as a whole. yesterday we heard ed davey in the _ the region as a whole. yesterday we heard ed davey in the liberal- heard ed davey in the liberal democrats putting front and centre health and social are at their manifesto. that could play well around here yes, they are very canny at looking at how it will play on the ground, health and social are big concerns for a lot of people. so

big concerns for a lot of people. sr they big concerns for a lot of people. 5;r they are big concerns for a lot of people. 55" they are trying to pep up the health service. we they are trying to pep up the health service. ~ . , ., , service. we have spoken to these voters, service. we have spoken to these voters. many _ service. we have spoken to these voters. many of _ service. we have spoken to these voters, many of them _ service. we have spoken to these voters, many of them yet - service. we have spoken to these voters, many of them yet to - service. we have spoken to these | voters, many of them yet to make their minds up, colin is hosting us this morning very kindly and he puts on a good coffee. you said he has fond memories of the prime minister over lockdown and the covid period? yes, for whatever is happening now with the _ yes, for whatever is happening now with the election campaign, the one thin- with the election campaign, the one thing i_ with the election campaign, the one thing i can— with the election campaign, the one thing i can say is that the chances are that _ thing i can say is that the chances are that we — thing i can say is that the chances are that we would not be here as a business _ are that we would not be here as a business had it not been for rishi sunaks— business had it not been for rishi sunak's policies with furlough. we had 28 _ sunak's policies with furlough. we had 28 staff furloughed, 26 came back after covid, and we had some grants. _ back after covid, and we had some grants. we — back after covid, and we had some grants, we got some outside furniture _ grants, we got some outside furniture in the high street so we are allowed to serve people in the opener— are allowed to serve people in the opener and it gave us a good chance to do— opener and it gave us a good chance to do that _ opener and it gave us a good chance to do that. we traded very well once we came _ to do that. we traded very well once we came out— to do that. we traded very well once we came out of lockdown. but to do that. we traded very well once we came out of lockdown.— we came out of lockdown. but it doesnt we came out of lockdown. but it doesn't mean — we came out of lockdown. but it doesn't mean that _ we came out of lockdown. but it

doesn't mean that your - we came out of lockdown. but it doesn't mean that your mind - we came out of lockdown. but it doesn't mean that your mind is| we came out of lockdown. emit it doesn't mean that your mind is made out at this point? i doesn't mean that your mind is made out at this point?— out at this point? i am a bit frustrated _ out at this point? i am a bit frustrated because - out at this point? i am a bit frustrated because i - out at this point? i am a bit frustrated because i have . out at this point? i am a bit. frustrated because i have been watching — frustrated because i have been watching some of debate on the television with notjust watching some of debate on the television with not just the two leaders — television with not just the two leaders but with lots of different politicians, and the biggest frustration for me is theyjust seem to want— frustration for me is theyjust seem to want to — frustration for me is theyjust seem to want to slide each other off all the time — to want to slide each other off all the time. ., ., ., , ., to want to slide each other off all the time. ., ., .,, ., , , ,, the time. you own a small business, ou have the time. you own a small business, you have never _ the time. you own a small business, you have never abated _ the time. you own a small business, you have never abated and _ the time. you own a small business, you have never abated and it - the time. you own a small business, you have never abated and it is - you have never abated and it is looking appealing? no, —— you have never voted? and it is not looking appealing? never voted? and it is not looking a- ealinu? ., never voted? and it is not looking auealina? ., ., �* .. never voted? and it is not looking appealing?— appealing? no, i don't like the divisive nature _ appealing? no, i don't like the divisive nature of— appealing? no, i don't like the divisive nature of how - appealing? no, i don't like the divisive nature of how people | divisive nature of how people campaign. i understand things go on behind the scenes but i want someone who believes in community and will bring people together not separate them. ., ., ., , ., ,, them. you also run a small fitness business but _ them. you also run a small fitness business but work _ them. you also run a small fitness business but work with _ them. you also run a small fitness business but work with community projects. when you hear this word manifesto, a brochure of promises from each party, conservatives saying they will cut national insurance today, does it mean anything?—

insurance today, does it mean anything? insurance today, does it mean an hinu? ., . ., , . ., anything? not particularly! we have not a lot of anything? not particularly! we have got a lot of community _ anything? not particularly! we have got a lot of community projects - got a lot of community projects going _ got a lot of community projects going on. — got a lot of community projects going on. we _ got a lot of community projects going on, we have _ got a lot of community projects going on, we have a _ got a lot of community projects going on, we have a facility- got a lot of community projects going on, we have a facility in i got a lot of community projects| going on, we have a facility in a nearhy— going on, we have a facility in a nearby park— going on, we have a facility in a nearby park but _ going on, we have a facility in a nearby park but we _ going on, we have a facility in a nearby park but we have - going on, we have a facility in a| nearby park but we have noticed going on, we have a facility in a - nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding _ nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding over— nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding over the _ nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding over the years. _ nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding over the years. i— nearby park but we have noticed cuts in funding over the years. i feel- in funding over the years. i feel the current— in funding over the years. i feel the current policy— in funding over the years. i feel the current policy doesn't - in funding over the years. i feel. the current policy doesn't inspire in small— the current policy doesn't inspire in small business. _ the current policy doesn't inspire in small business. i _ the current policy doesn't inspire in small business. i need - the current policy doesn't inspire . in small business. i need something that will_ in small business. i need something that will help — in small business. i need something that will help inspire _ in small business. i need something that will help inspire growth. - in small business. i need something that will help inspire growth. and i in small business. i need something that will help inspire growth. and bi that will help inspire growth. and a riori for that will help inspire growth. and a priority for you _ that will help inspire growth. and a priority for you is — that will help inspire growth. and a priority for you is community i priority for you is community cohesion?— priority for you is community cohesion? ~ , j . ., cohesion? absolutely? we run a community _ cohesion? absolutely? we run a community pop-op _ cohesion? absolutely? we run a community pop-up pubs i cohesion? absolutely? we run a community pop-up pubs where l cohesion? absolutely? we run a i community pop-up pubs where pubs community pop—up pubs where pubs have closed or there was never a pub, when you see people together and the spirit that it brings, there is a lot of friendliness in the community. if we can do this as businesses, we are becoming part social care, we are providing something that the services can't. that is a story we are hearing up and down the country. a closing thought to you, these guys have a

very strong opinions, they have a range of experience, and yet they have no idea where they are going to put their vote, does that feel typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't — typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't knows _ typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't knows out _ typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't knows out there i typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't knows out there and i typical at the moment? there are a lot of don't knows out there and we don't know where they are going to 90, don't know where they are going to go, might be people who voted conservative in the past being unhappy with other government has done, what they do onjuly the 4th? very big question. here we are, jon and sally. it might feel like there has been a long election period already but there is still three weeks in two days to go and as we have been hearing, every single hour of campaigning could well count. thank you very much indeed. there are six candidates standing in the constituency of taunton and wellington. and you can find a full list of candidates for all constituencies across the uk, on the bbc news website. nina get the bestjobs, that looks like a great place for breakfast.

she will be on the side by 9am! you can ut she will be on the side by 9am! you can put your — she will be on the side by 9am! you can put your own postcode into that website and all of can put your own postcode into that website and all of your can put your own postcode into that website and all of your local candidates will come out. three weeks until the election but even sooner for the euros. yes, they will cross their paths together. how is your german geography? it together. how is your german geography?— together. how is your german geography?_ and i together. how is your german i geography?_ and you went geography? it is awful! and you went into thousand — geography? it is awful! and you went into thousand and _ geography? it is awful! and you went into thousand and six _ geography? it is awful! and you went into thousand and six to _ into thousand and six to baden—baden? into thousand and six to baden-baden?- into thousand and six to baden-baden? , ., , baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazin: baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazing in _ baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazing in 2006. _ baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazing in 2006. yes, - baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazing in 2006. yes, you i baden-baden? yes, i did, it was amazing in 2006. yes, you can l baden-baden? yes, i did, it was. amazing in 2006. yes, you can see there are so _ amazing in 2006. yes, you can see there are so many _ amazing in 2006. yes, you can see there are so many places _ amazing in 2006. yes, you can see there are so many places in i amazing in 2006. yes, you can see i there are so many places in germany which are so beautiful but that is an airport. it which are so beautiful but that is an airort. . which are so beautiful but that is an airort. , ., which are so beautiful but that is an airport-— an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that _ an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that if _ an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that if it _ an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that if it has _ an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that if it has got i an airport. it is not beautiful. i heard that if it has got bad i an airport. it is not beautiful. i i heard that if it has got bad before it, it is good, because it means pretty. it, it is good, because it means re . . it, it is good, because it means re _ , ., it, it is good, because it means re . , ., , it, it is good, because it means re _ , ., , ., it, it is good, because it means re . ,., , ., ., pretty. there is a place that we are auoin to pretty. there is a place that we are going to have _ pretty. there is a place that we are going to have to — pretty. there is a place that we are going to have to do _ pretty. there is a place that we are going to have to do learn. - going to have to do learn. blankenhain is the new england base

for the month and a bit. it is right in the middle as much as i know about german geography! both england and scotland are now in germany ahead of euro 2024 with the tournament nowjust three days away. england's base is in blankenhain in central germany but before they left the squad were given a royal send off by prince william who is president of the fa. then after meeting some young fans the players were germany bound as they build up to their opening match against serbia on sunday with the prince's pep talk — well, actually two princes�* pep talk — fresh in their minds. i was on the school run to this morning with the children and i said, "what should i say to the england team when i see them today?" the best bits of advice i got to ask you was to eat twice the amount you normally would eat. so i then had visions of all of you running around like with massive great tummies, and loads of stitches on the pitch. so i think take my youngest�*s advice with a pinch of salt! then at the other end of theirjourney the five star spa and golf resort weimarer land. the place they're hoping to call home for the next five weeks was used by the german

national team recently and apparently they're jealous england locked it down before the hosts had a chance. scotland have settled in already. their german base is a little further south and they've been training for their meeting with the hosts in the opening match of euro 2024 on friday. they're in the foothills of the alps in garmisch—partenkirchen but they'll soon be swapping the peace of bavaria for the buzz of munich and 75,000 fans in the allianz arena. a lot of eyes around the world will be watching the games, will be watching your every move for the next three or four weeks. and you have to enjoy that and you have to embrace it as well. so, we have done amazingly well to get to back to back tournaments. this one, obviously a lot more busy in terms of the experience that we had a few years ago, but it's something we have to enjoy and embrace and i'm sure we will. great britain's charlie dobson has his sights set on the olympics, after taking silver in the 400 metres at the european athletics championships in rome.

it took a personal best to win his first major individual medal. but it wasn't quite enough to beat belgium's alexander doom, who took gold and set a new championship record. with the olympic games less than seven weeks away, dobson will now focus on making it to paris. i couldn't be happier with that, you know. i think i executed the race perfectly, exactly how me and my coach wanted to. yeah, unfortunately it wasn't the gold but i'm more than happy to take silver, especially with a pb like that. one more round of selection, that's the british trials, and then once that's done, stay fit and healthy and we will be in paris to mix it with the top guys, especially some of the ones i have watched in the past, it could be incredible. and it's 40 years since a british woman last won 0lympic gold in a field event. molly caudery could be team gb�*s best hope for quite some time of ending that. she's the world indoor pole vault champion and was favourite for gold in rome. but caudery had to settle for bronze last night admitting afterwards she would have wanted to go a bit higher

than her four metres 73. it was the first day of the grass court season yesterday as we build up to wimbledon and we've already had something that makes us think of tennis tournaments gone by. a heated argument over a line call. katie boulter won the match between two british players beating harriet dart in an epic three hour encounter to begin the defence of her nottingham open title. but midway through the second set, this exchange between dart and the umpire. correction, ball is good, you will play the point. no way! the ball is so far out. this one came off the back for me. no, it didn't. for me, that's how i saw it. this is embarrassing, you're embarrassing yourself. harriet, watch it now. harriet, watch it. if you watch that back, i can promise you, i would bet, i would bet £50,000 that ball was out, honestly i would shake your hand right now. it's a joke how far

that ball was out. £50,000 if you got to bet on a line call, they do not have hawk—eye on every event. that brings up memories of you cannot be serious. whatjohn mcenroe did which was clever was do it closer to the umpire chair microphone so you could hear it more clearly. but she was so annoyed, harriet dart, you could hearfrom some distance away. do harriet dart, you could hear from some distance away.— harriet dart, you could hear from some distance away. do we know if it without? unfortunately _ some distance away. do we know if it without? unfortunately don't i some distance away. do we know if it without? unfortunately don't have i without? unfortunately don't have the technology — without? unfortunately don't have the technology to _ without? unfortunately don't have the technology to show _ without? unfortunately don't have the technology to show it - without? unfortunately don't have the technology to show it but i without? unfortunately don't have the technology to show it but that | the technology to show it but that means it willjust live in the ether contested for ever!— contested for ever! harriet, leave it out! there _ contested for ever! harriet, leave it out! there was _ contested for ever! harriet, leave it out! there was that _ contested for ever! harriet, leave it out! there was that moment i contested for ever! harriet, leave i it out! there was that moment where she 'ust it out! there was that moment where she just went. _ it out! there was that moment where she just went, harriet... _ it out! there was that moment where shejust went, harriet... i— it out! there was that moment where shejust went, harriet... i told i shejust went, harriet... itold ou, shejust went, harriet... itold you. harriet! _ shejust went, harriet... itold you, harriet! we _ shejust went, harriet... itold you, harriet! we have - shejust went, harriet... itold you, harriet! we have had i shejust went, harriet... i told i you, harriet! we have had hawk-eye, you, harriet! we have had hawk—eye, what about the weather i, carol, what about the weather i, carol, what can you tell us? good morning. the weather is changeable, a lot of showers with

it, rain and temperatures low for june. it is not a bad start here in gwyneth, the west will be best today, and if you have an allergen of grass pollen these other levels, wales and southern england are high. we have a northerly flow which is making it feel cool. it is driving and showers in the north, east and west but we have a ridge of high pressure coming in from the west so you will find a lot of the showers through the day will tend to fade, but is parts will hang onto them. —— eastern part will hang onto them. samsung sunshine today but the cloud will spread out, bright spells in between the showers in central and eastern areas with a bit of sunshine at times. there will be more cloudy today them sunshine for the bulk of

the country. feeling cool if you are exposed to the wind, especially along the east coast. ten in the north to 15, maybe 16 or 17 in the south. this evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will tend to fade but we will hang some across central and areas. where the cloud remains broken, across england and wales, temperatures will fall away. that's how we start the day tomorrow, once again we are looking at showers, most of them across central and eastern parts of the country. dry weather, especially out towards the west. we will see some decent sunshine here through the course of tomorrow, and temperatures very similar to what we are looking at today. ten in the north to 17 towards the south. as we head into their savings start to change, we start on a dry and bright note, the cloud will build ahead of the rain

coming in from the atlantic. it will be spreading eastwards through the course of the day. and we need to the irish sea and areas adjacent to it. the wind will then change direction coming from a south—westerly direction, so temperatures 12 to 18 degrees, up just ever so slightly. as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, it remains unsettled. low pressure comes back in with its weather fronts, low pressure comes back in with its weatherfronts, so low pressure comes back in with its weather fronts, so we are looking at showers or longer spells of rain at times. it will not be raining all the time, there will be sunshine in between. but it will be breezy particularly in the south. thank you, carol. let's return to the general election. the labour party has today committed to banning highly caffeinated energy labour say they will ban under—16s from buying highly—caffeinated energy drinks, as part of a series of commitments to improve children's health.

we're joined now by wes streeting, the shadow health secretary. morning, mistreating. so, —— morning, mr streeting. a ban on caffeinated energy drinks for under 16 is, a ban onjunk food adverts before 9pm at night, how will that affect children's health and isn't there already a voluntary code where supermarkets do not sell caffeinated drinks to under 16 is? yes. supermarkets do not sell caffeinated drinks to under 16 is?— drinks to under16 is? yes, and the ke is drinks to under16 is? yes, and the key is voluntary. _ drinks to under16 is? yes, and the key is voluntary. i _ drinks to under16 is? yes, and the key is voluntary. i applaud - key is voluntary. i applaud supermarkets like sainsbury�*s who sought to do the right thing on energy drinks by banning the sale is to under 16, restricting sales in that way. that isn't the case everywhere and the reason we have chosen to take this step on the high caffeine energy drinks over 150 mg per litre is because we have heard very clearly what parents and teachers have told us about the impact that these highly caffeinated

products, if i take a can like this, half a litre, that has more caffeine in it than if five cans of coca—cola. that is really serious in terms of the impact on children's concentration, the impact it has in their sleet, concentration, the impact it has in theirsleet, children concentration, the impact it has in their sleet, children turning up to school absolutely exhausted or wired, worse, unable to concentrate, the impact it has on their sleep. it is bad for children's learning and well—being. we applaud those circumstances supermarkets who have taken the lead on this but we need consistency. what labour are trying to do more broadly on health and well—being is take action on the prevention side, so reducing children's intake on junk food and improving diet and nutrition, make sure we have got good physical activity in our schools, but also making sure that when it comes to treating children's ailments, we

take stronger action whether that is clearing the weighting waiting list backlog with a 100,000 extra appointments a year, extra dentists and mental health support in every school in the country. we are getting the commendation of dealing with the health and well—being crisis facing us today and improving children's health and well—being in the longer term by taking important preventative steps. just the longer term by taking important preventative steps.— preventative steps. just one thing there, 100.000 — preventative steps. just one thing there, 1oo,ooo dental— preventative steps. just one thing i there, 100,000 dental appointments for children, how are you going to make that happen, fund it and how quickly will it happen? we make that happen, fund it and how quickly will it happen?— quickly will it happen? we have committed _ quickly will it happen? we have committed to _ quickly will it happen? we have committed to deliver _ quickly will it happen? we have committed to deliver as i quickly will it happen? we have committed to deliver as the i quickly will it happen? we have| committed to deliver as the first step on rebuilding nhs dentistry, which is, lots of part of the country have dental deserts, the first step will be 700,000 extra emergency dentistry appointments, 100,000 of those will be earmarked for children, and that is part of a

£1.6 billion package we have put forward for the nhs to take action on waiting times. that particular measure will cost £100 million and will help to make sure that those people who are currently in pain and agony are able to get the emergency dentistry access. what we need to do longer term is rebuilt and a rebuilt nhs dentistry and that will need contract reform. i have told the industry that if labour win the next election, and that is still if, that is not taken for granted, on the monday after the election we will have the british dental association in and begin contract reform. there are lots of dentists out there but they are all in the public —— private sector because the nhs doesn't pay properly through the contract so we have got to get some of them back otherwise we will end “p of them back otherwise we will end up with the horrible status quo where those who can afford it are going and those who cannot are going getting left in a poor service for

poor people. that is the wide risk for the nhs if the conservatives have an unprecedented fifth term in office, that is what the future of the nhs will look like when you look at how many people are going private and how long people are waiting at the extent to which people are now voting with their feet and paying for tests and scans out of their own pockets, in some cases even borrowing and getting into debt to pay for treatment, that is not a future for our national health service that labour wants to see. fin service that labour wants to see. on a energy drinks, how far are you prepared to go, will you ban them completely and how would you believe that? ., ., ., ., ., that? no, we are not looking at a comlete that? no, we are not looking at a complete ban- — that? no, we are not looking at a complete ban. when _ that? no, we are not looking at a complete ban. when it _ that? no, we are not looking at a complete ban. when it comes i that? no, we are not looking at a complete ban. when it comes to | complete ban. when it comes to adults, we want to treat people like responsible adults. i'm not interested in wagging my finger and telling people what to do. we want to encourage people in terms of their exercise and in terms of their diet and nutrition to make healthier choices, that is in all of our interests. where we are being far more interventionist is when it

comes to children because when you look at the state of children's health in our country today, i think it should give us really serious cause for concern, whether that is on childhood obesity, whether that is on mental health and well—being, and in terms of the enforcement of this measure which is a ban on sales to under 16s, trading standards will enforce that in the way that they do in things like underage sale of tobacco and retailers caught selling tobacco and retailers caught selling to children will end up facing fines and if they end up in magistrate courts they could have hefty fines. if you flout the law, they can lose their licences as well. we are taking this seriously and i think this is action that parents and teachers will welcome because they are seeing the consequences of kids becoming far too wired and far too dependent on very caffeinated drinks that are impacting on their sleep, their learning, their concentration

and their well—being. we their learning, their concentration and their well-being.— their learning, their concentration and their well-being. we have heard from the institute _ and their well-being. we have heard from the institute for _ and their well-being. we have heard from the institute for fiscal- from the institute for fiscal studies that criticise both you and the conservatives for your unwillingness to consider tax increases to raise the extra money that would be needed for any new government. you say you are not putting up corporation tax and vat, but can you make the same guarantee for capital gains tax, here on this programme now? i for capital gains tax, here on this programme now?— programme now? i can certainly confirm our _ programme now? i can certainly confirm our manifesto _ programme now? i can certainly confirm our manifesto is i programme now? i can certainly confirm our manifesto is out i programme now? i can certainly confirm our manifesto is out on | confirm our manifesto is out on thursday, and i can confirm that not a single policy in that manifesto requires labour to increase capital gains tax is stop the reason we have set out our triple lock on income tax, national insurance and vat is we wanted to send a really strong message to working people who have been absolutely clobbered by the conservatives, who have used those taxes as their first and last resort, always picking the pockets of working people, always pleading poverty on behalf of the wealthy who

labour will ask to pay a bit more to fund our policies, we want to give working people the assurance, because we know people cannot afford it. if you look at keir starmer, angela rayner, tmyself, bridget phillipson, we have all come from working—class families and we know how hard people are struggling and we know that even if people are looking at the state of their schools or local nhs services, they will be hoping, i hope my taxes will not go up to pay for it because i literally cannot afford it right now. that is why the choices we are making are about clamping down on tax avoidance, closing the non—dom loopholes that the government have left in, asking the big oil and gas giants to pay a wee real windfall tax, those are fairer choices and the conservatives are not making their choices. and today the conservatives are setting out their manifesto. i would urge people to look really carefully at this

enormous and desperate attempt to buy people's votes at this election with a whole raft of unfunded spending commitments and tax cuts. this is liz truss's mini budget on steroids and we have seen the damage that underfunded, uncosted spending commitments make a people's bills. that is the big tax bombshell waiting in the conservatives get a fifth term. ., , , fifth term. one of the things they are talkin: fifth term. one of the things they are talking about _ fifth term. one of the things they are talking about is _ fifth term. one of the things they are talking about is a _ fifth term. one of the things they are talking about is a 2p - fifth term. one of the things they are talking about is a 2p cut i fifth term. one of the things they are talking about is a 2p cut or i are talking about is a 2p cut or national insurance. you have mentioned national insurance, would you match that? we mentioned national insurance, would you match that?— you match that? we are not able to make that commitment _ you match that? we are not able to make that commitment today i you match that? we are not able to i make that commitment today because the monies is simply not there. and i think rishi sunak should level with people that the money isn't there. i think you're taking people for the full. they can see that national insurance has been put up a time and again by conservative prime minister and chancellor is to pay the price for their economic recklessness and vandalism. at this stage you look at the state of their campaign, the state of their funding

commitment and the sheer desperation thatis commitment and the sheer desperation that is coming out, re—electing these chances would like to be giving the matches back to the arsonists and saying, go and finish thejob. the choice is between an irresponsible conservative government with an an economic vandalism record and a seven —— labour party with a responsible choice. people keep asking, why won't you find this great policy all that great policy? the truth is the money is not there. there are lots of things we would like to do but unless we know we can deliver it and the country can afford it, we will not include those sorts of policies in the manifesto and that should give people the confidence on thursday when they see labour's manifesto that every promise we make is a promise we can keep a promise you can afford. rishi sunak cannot say that today and if he does, you will know he is lying to you. loafers will know he is lying to you. wes streeting. _ will know he is lying to you. wes streeting, thank _ will know he is lying to you. wes streeting, thank you very much, we will be putting those points to mel

stride he was talking to us for the conservatives at 7:30am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the mother of a four—year—old boy from harrow who survived an extremely rare form of eye cancer is urging parents to look out for symptoms of the disease. junior was diagnosed last year with retinoblastoma and had to have his eye removed. symptoms of the cancer include a white glow in the eye — or a lazy eye. don't take no for an answer. if we would have taken no for an answer, we'd still be here now and it could have been a lot worse. even now, just look at your kid's photos. if you notice anything that's different, if you notice an eye wandering off, if you notice a glow, it might not be cancer, but it could be. and it's best tojust get it checked. an animal rights group has urged the army to withdraw three military horses who were injured after bolting through central london from the trooping the colour

ceremony on saturday, calling it a risk to both the animals' and the public�*s safety. peta has written to the regiment saying all five horses involved, including these two — quaker and vida — who are still recuperating — should be retired from duty permanently. an elizabeth line passenger has told bbc london he's considering legal action after getting injured at a station. rolf kern gashed his shin trying to board a train at ealing broadway. he says the vertical gap between the platform and the train is too high. it comes weeks after another passenger broke their foot on the same platform. tfl says it is working to ensure all stations remain safe. the sheer fact that the step is approximately 12 to 14 inch high, which is, ifind, for a modern new line where the government invested so much money, i find this unacceptable. let's take a look at

the tubes now, then. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. well, it's been a fairly chilly start to the day, but today we are expecting variable cloud, some decent spells of sunshine breaking through, but also some scattered showers developing as well. it's a dry start initially though, you can see those showers developing quite widely. generally light in nature but there may be one or two heavy ones. there will be plenty of dry weather in between, still quite breezy out there as well, and temperatures reaching 14 to 16 celsius. some further showers for a time this evening but they will fade away, becoming dry for a time overnight with some clearer skies. a bit more in the way of cloud by the early hours, one or two spots of drizzle and light rain perhaps, and temperatures dipping down to around seven to ten celsius. it means for tomorrow, then, we are expecting some drier weather, some scattered showers developing during the day. thursday is also dry to start but then we are expecting an area of low pressure to arrive with some outbreaks of rain. so it is remaining unsettled over the next few days with some scattered showers tomorrow. thursday, while it will be dry during the day, that rain will arrive later

into friday as well. and that's your forecast. we've been asking you which issues you'd like us to highlight ahead of the general election. many of you got in touch about leaseholds. well, this will be discussed on bbc radio london atabout10:00. and if there are any other issues you'd like us to look at, do get in touch via your voice, your vote on our website. i'll be back in half an with another update. have a very good morning. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines today. a promise to cut another two pence from national insurance, as the conservatives launch their general election manifesto. labour say the prime minister is desperate. the united nations security council votes to support a us plan calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas. 100 days since bristol student

jack 0'sullivan went missing, his family describe their desperate search for answers. we have to somehow keep going and find the strength to... to get to the bottom of this. in sport, scotland are already there — now, after a royal send—off england are, too. gareth southgate's squad arrived at their euros base in germany with the tournament starting on friday. # chitty chitty bang bang, chitty chitty bang bang, we love you... it's a return to the dance floor for strictly professional amy dowden after her cancer treatment — but there'll be no giovanni in the show�*s 20th anniversary year. but there'll be no giovanni good but there'll be no giovanni morning. for many, we with good morning. for many, we start off with sunshine but the cloud will develop through the day. scattered showers, most in eastern areas. 0nce showers, most in eastern areas. once again it will feel cool. all the details later.

it's tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome... katherine, i'm rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party's plans for another five years in government. 0n the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you've just gone through that we've already announced in this campaign — that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes, because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn — and in the spring — the manifesto will promise to cut it

by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first—time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to send asylum—seekers to rwanda. labour say it all amounts to a desperate wish list from what they call a desperate prime minister. after 14 years of the tories, the money is not there. so no matter what promise rishi sunak makes in his manifesto in the coming days, he's not able to deliver on any of them because he cannot explain where the money is coming from. the prime minister will be hoping today is a day to win notjust attention — but votes, as well — as he tries to turn his

party's fortunes around after a rocky few days. hannah miller, bbc news. we're joined now by our chief political correspondent, he is at silverstone racetrack which is where the conservatives will launch their manifesto. all kinds of metaphors will be included in those packages later on the news, won't they? how important it is today for they? how important it is today for the conservatives after a really tough few days for rishi sunak? well, i will give you a corny metaphor now for free. he well, i will give you a corny metaphor now forfree. he is hoping to use today to turn a corner fast in what has not been an ideal campaign for the conservative party so far. a manifesto launch is a moment where he gets to stop and say to the country, here is his programme for government, should they give him another term in downing street. we know from what

the conservatives and rishi sunak has said overnight that they want to try to carve a clear dividing line with the labour party on tax. tax has featured a lot in this campaign but it has generally been both of the main parties promising not to increase certain taxes. what we will have from the conservative today is a promise to cut the employee rate of national insurance by 2p. if it sounds familiar it is because they have done it twice within the last year. if this were to happen it would take the employee rate from 12% at the start of that batch of cuts to 6%. labour say that is a desperate act of a desperate prime minister. desperate as their word of the day. rishi sunak i think would acknowledge that he is desperate to find a way to see what he sees as the clear choice between him and sir keir starmer, and today is a set piece moment for him to try to set out that choice and he has not got a lot of set piece moments left. thank ou ve lot of set piece moments left. thank

you very much _ lot of set piece moments left. thank you very much indeed. _ lot of set piece moments left. thank you very much indeed. we _ lot of set piece moments left. thank you very much indeed. we will- lot of set piece moments left. thank you very much indeed. we will speak to the conservatives in the next half hour. we havejust to the conservatives in the next half hour. we have just heard from labour who have been telling breakfast they will ban under sixteens from buying highly caffeinated energy drinks as part of a series of commitments to improve children's health. the party says the sale of soft drinks containing more than 150—milligrams of caffeine per litre to under—16s is "not justifiable or acceptable" and affects their ability to learn. in terms of the enforcement of this measure, which is a ban on sales to under 16 is, trading standards will enforce that in the way they do with things like underage sales of alcohol or tobacco. things like underage sales of alcohol ortobacco. so things like underage sales of alcohol or tobacco. so if retailers are caught selling to children then they will face fines. if they end up in front of a magistrate court they could end up with even heftierfines than a fixed penalty notice and of course if people flout the law then they can use their licenses, too. —— they can use their licenses, too. —— they can use their licenses, too. —— they can lose their licenses, as well. we are taking this seriously.

the liberal democrats are calling for a new fund to support doctors' surgeries in rural and remote areas of the country. they say it forms part of their £1 billion package to improve services and give patients a legal right to see a gp within a week. things are really hotting up on the election trail, aren't they? lots of detail coming out over the next few days. sadly it has more of the news. —— sally has more of the news. the bbc has announced it will air a special tribute to michael mosley on friday evening. the tv presenter�*s body was found in a rocky area of the greek island of symi on sunday — four days after he went missing. our correspondent, joe inwood, is there for us this morning. what do we expect to happen next? we what do we expect to happen next? - understand there have been some more reports bordered on the body of michael mosley. this is quite standard, toxicology reports, that sort of thing to confirm all of the

details around how he died. we don't think it is indicative of anything, just a standard process they go through. we got a clear indication yesterday, a police source told us that they have confirmed he died of natural causes with heat being a factor, we think and that is very much in line with what we expected. the other bit of news we got yesterday from the current was the time of death, for pm. that means he passed away about two and a half hours after leaving his wife on that beach —— 4pm. nuttal ties in. you mention this bbc one programme that will be going out at 8pm on friday and will pay tribute to his life and legacy, to the work he has done and the impact he has had on people's lives, both helping people change their lives and helping them change their lives and helping them change their own lives because that is one of the things that has come out in the tributes paid to michael mosley. he was someone who inspired people to think about their health in a

different way and they will be reflecting that in this film on friday. also we are making a documentary which hopefully should be going out later today on iplayer, looking at the events over the last days and pulling it all together. this extraordinary story that has led to the death of michael mosley. thank you very much indeed. that was joe inwood. the un security council has backed a us resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages held by hamas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is in jerusalem this morning. significant development. that's ri . ht. significant development. that's right. diplomatically _ significant development. that's right. diplomatically this i significant development. that's right. diplomatically this was i significant development. that's i right. diplomatically this was very significant because of course at the un security council we have had the us, israel's closest ally, repeatedly blocking resolutions from going through on a ceasefire. it abstained in the one vote that passed in march. now this gives real international endorsement for that plan, a 3—phase plan laid out by

president biden the 31st of may for hostages being released by hamas in gaza and for a ceasefire. the trouble is the difference is on the ground that really remain. the us secretary of state antony blinken who is backing israel today, on heath's eighth tour of the middle east since this war began. he has to try to balance both sides into this deal. although this is being presented very much as a deal that israel has accepted we are not hearing big public endorsement from the israeli leaders on this, and then at the same time, hamas said it welcomed the vote of the un security council but it really wants to make sure that this deal leads to a full withdrawal of troops from gaza, a full end to the war. israel says it military objective is still to defeat hamas in gaza. ., ., ., ,, defeat hamas in gaza. yolande, thank ou. apple has unveiled new plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its products. apple intelligence will assist users with writing messages or supplying travel directions to an event saved

in the calendar. apple says most of the ai processing would be carried out on the device itself to increase security. singapore airlines has offered to pay compensation to passengers who were injured on a london to singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence over myanmar last month. in a social media post, the airline said it was offering to pay £7,800 to those who sustained minor injuries and £19,500 for passengers who were more seriously hurt. in the last few minutes the rate of uk unemployment rose to 4.4% in january to march, up from 4.3% in the previous three months. the office for national statistics says pay, excluding bonuses, grew by 6%. it was a bit warmer this morning. no, it wasn't.

it was a bit warmer this morning. no. it wasn't-— no, it wasn't. trying to be optimistic. _ no, it wasn't. trying to be optimistic. it _ no, it wasn't. trying to be optimistic. it is _ no, it wasn't. trying to be optimistic. it is still- no, it wasn't. trying to be i optimistic. it is still freezing. that is not — optimistic. it is still freezing. that is not the _ optimistic. it is still freezing. that is not the forecast, i optimistic. it is still freezing. | that is not the forecast, carol optimistic. it is still freezing. i that is not the forecast, carol has that. it was really chilly yesterday. that. it was really chilly yesterday-— that. it was really chilly esterda . . , ., yesterday. and this morning, as well. yesterday. and this morning, as well- thank _ yesterday. and this morning, as well. thank you! _ iagree, it i agree, it is a cold start across the board _ i agree, it is a cold start across the board. some of us started this morning _ the board. some of us started this morning at— the board. some of us started this morning at three degrees. today we are looking — morning at three degrees. today we are looking at sunshine, some showers — are looking at sunshine, some showers around. most will be in centrai— showers around. most will be in central and eastern areas, although there _ central and eastern areas, although there are _ central and eastern areas, although there are some in the west at the moment, — there are some in the west at the moment, and feeling cool generally forjune _ moment, and feeling cool generally forjune. not until we get to the end forjune. not until we get to the end of— forjune. not until we get to the end of the — forjune. not until we get to the end of the week things start to warm up end of the week things start to warm up a hit _ end of the week things start to warm up a hit this — end of the week things start to warm up a bit. this morning we have a mixture — up a bit. this morning we have a mixture of— up a bit. this morning we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. cloud _ mixture of sunshine and showers. cloud across central and eastern areas _ cloud across central and eastern areas and — cloud across central and eastern areas and cloud will spread out through— areas and cloud will spread out through the day. you can see how scattered — through the day. you can see how scattered showers are. we have some in the _ scattered showers are. we have some in the west. _ scattered showers are. we have some in the west, but most are in the east _ in the west, but most are in the east and — in the west, but most are in the east and also the north. as we go through— east and also the north. as we go through the rest of the day, you will find — through the rest of the day, you will find with the reach of high pressure — will find with the reach of high pressure building in from the atlantic, _ pressure building in from the atlantic, a lot of the showers in the west— atlantic, a lot of the showers in the west will tend to fade, and here we will_ the west will tend to fade, and here we will see —

the west will tend to fade, and here we will see more sunshine moved to central— we will see more sunshine moved to central and — we will see more sunshine moved to central and eastern areas, more cloud _ central and eastern areas, more cloud this — central and eastern areas, more cloud this afternoon. temperatures, ten to— cloud this afternoon. temperatures, ten to 17— cloud this afternoon. temperatures, ten to 17 degrees but feeling cool in a northerly wind that we still have _ in a northerly wind that we still have as — in a northerly wind that we still have. as we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade _ and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade. we will hang on to areas of cloud _ will fade. we will hang on to areas of cloud and under clear skies in the west— of cloud and under clear skies in the west the temperatures will be that hit— the west the temperatures will be that bit lower, especially localised in rural— that bit lower, especially localised in rural parts of scotland and also wales, _ in rural parts of scotland and also wales, where we could see temperatures drop as low as 2 or three _ temperatures drop as low as 2 or three degrees. that is getting very close _ three degrees. that is getting very close to _ three degrees. that is getting very close to frost levels. tomorrow, a brighter— close to frost levels. tomorrow, a brighter day, still some cloud in the east. — brighter day, still some cloud in the east, still producing some showers. _ the east, still producing some showers, but we will see some decent amounts _ showers, but we will see some decent amounts of— showers, but we will see some decent amounts of sunshine, particularly in the west— amounts of sunshine, particularly in the west and these are our temperatures. very similar to today, ten to— temperatures. very similar to today, ten to 17— temperatures. very similar to today, ten to 17 north to south.— the parents of a student who went missing after a night out 100 days ago have lodged a formal complaint against police over their handling of the case. jack 0'sullivan's family say they've

lost all faith in avon and somerset police. the force said officers are determined to do everything they possibly can. laura jones reports. it is hell. it's, you know, daily it's a challenge to get up and get through the day. another morning without jack. we have to somehow keep going and find the strength to... to get to the bottom of this. it's now 100 days since the bristol student went out to a party and didn't come home. despite frantic efforts to find him, there's no trace, and jack�*s parents and older brother ben now say they've lost all faith in those tasked with investigating his disappearance. i wouldn't want anyone on earth to be faced with what we've dealt with in the last hundred days, because it is horrific. and to think that the people that you possibly would depend on the most in the world have

totally let us down... you're saying that the police have made it worse. that's what i feel. jack�*s family say they believe mistakes were made early on in the search for their son. they say cctv footage of jack was originally missed by the police and only spotted whenjack�*s mum, catherine, asked to view the footage for herself. to have footage of my son in their possession the day after he was missing, and for someone not to see that is...is just ludicrous. jack had gone to school in bristol, before studying and graduating from exeter university. he'd come back to bristol to continue his studies. the night he went missing, he'd been at a house party with friends from his course. he'd left in the early hours of the morning. data shows that his phone was still in use many hours later, but despite repeated requests by his family to try and find out more, they say

the police have drawn a blank. we've been told for weeks and weeks that there is the possibility of the national crime agency to help and provide their resources. but despite asking this for weeks now, there still has been no progress in doing so, for whatever reason. the family was also shocked to find out recently that an error meant jack hadn't been added to a national missing person's register until he'd been gone for two months. the family say that that, on top of everything else, was the final straw, and has resulted in them submitting this four—page formal complaint to the police. but they say despite handing this in nearly two weeks ago, they've still had no response. charlie hedges is a former police officer and missing—persons expert who is now helping the 0'sullivan family. and i'm disappointed that- an organisation that has been part

of my life for most of my life — police service — and i've i always been so pro—police, and for the first time i feel| it was important to support the family in taking - forward a formal complaint against the police - because of the failures i within this organisation. and that is a huge step for me. in a statement, avon and somerset police say... the family's complaint has been recorded, and will now be thoroughly assessed by a trained investigator. they say detectives have carried out an extensive investigation over the past 100 days, but that, sadly, they haven't been able to find jack. they say they fully recognise the distress this has had onjack�*s family, and our thoughts remain very much with them. forjack�*s family, though, the anguish about where he is and what's happened to him goes on. the errors that have cast so much doubt in our mind onto what was done, when it was done, and whether it continues to be done...has caused us untold damage. you know, we...

we have to live with the fact jack�*s not here, but to find... you know, to have in the back of your mind that the people who could be looking for him haven't done it properly is just devastating. laura jones, bbc news in bristol. we'rejoined now by susannah drury from the charity missing people. good morning. thank you forjoining us here on breakfast. you canjust sense, hearing them, seeing them, jack�*s family just desperate for any information they can possibly get. can any family, when somebody is missing, get all the information? will they ever be satisfied? weill. will they ever be satisfied? well, we work with _ will they ever be satisfied? well, we work with families _

will they ever be satisfied? well, we work with families every i will they ever be satisfied? well, we work with families every day i will they ever be satisfied? -ii we work with families every day and some families have a really positive experience of the police and feel that everything that can be done to find their missing loved one is being done, and others who feel let down. and clearly forjack�*s family, they feel let down, they feel incredibly frustrated that opportunities might have been missed to find jack, and my heart really goes out to the family because 100 days of that anguish, of living in that agonising limbo of not knowing what has happened to jack, and having so many unanswered questions, as his mum said, it is really like a living hell. as his mum said, it is really like a living hell-— living hell. how unusual is this situation? _ living hell. how unusual is this situation? what _ living hell. how unusual is this situation? what happened i living hell. how unusual is this situation? what happened to i living hell. how unusual is this i situation? what happened to jack and situation? what happened to jack and for him to still be missing 100 days later. how unusual is that in your experience? later. how unusual is that in your exnerience?_ later. how unusual is that in your exerience? ~ ~ ., ., ,, experience? well, we know that less than one in — experience? well, we know that less than one in 100 _ experience? well, we know that less than one in 100 people _ experience? well, we know that less than one in 100 people who - experience? well, we know that less than one in 100 people who goes - than one in 100 people who goes missing is still missing after a month, so it is unusualfor someone

to be missing for 100 days, like jack, but it is still not uncommon. we know there is about 10,000 people who are long—term missing, so missing for more than a month, in the uk now, so it isn't completely uncommon, and for all of those families, that pain, trauma it gets harder over time.— harder over time. jack's parents have very _ harder over time. jack's parents have very specific _ harder over time. jack's parents have very specific complaints i harder over time. jack's parents . have very specific complaints about the way they think his disappearance has been handled by the police in bristol, but more broadly across the country, either things that other police forces more generally could be doing, either to find people who are missing more quickly or at least to reassure their families that more is being done?— is being done? absolutely, and at missin: is being done? absolutely, and at missing peeple — is being done? absolutely, and at missing people we _ is being done? absolutely, and at missing people we work— is being done? absolutely, and at missing people we work with - is being done? absolutely, and at. missing people we work with families to let them know what to expect from the police. and we work with police,

families and people who have been missing before to launch some principles which are a very clear summary of what people can expect from the police when someone is reported missing. what the police should do. and that is available on our website for any family who is missing someone and we can support them if they feel they are not getting the help that they need. there was a period whenjack was not added to the list of missing people how damaging is that, what limitations was that lead to? it’s limitations was that lead to? it's really hard _ limitations was that lead to? it�*s really hard to say, but obviously going onto the national database means that other forces will be aware of jack's disappearance and if they encounter him they will know he is a missing person. it is really hard to say at this point from my perspective if that would have made a difference or not, but clearly it is part of the process that it

sounds like has been missed early on. sounds like has been missed early on, ,, ., ., sounds like has been missed early on. ,, ., ., ~ sounds like has been missed early on. susannah, for people like jack's famil , on. susannah, for people like jack's family. who — on. susannah, for people like jack's family. who can _ on. susannah, for people like jack's family, who can just _ on. susannah, for people like jack's family, who can just only _ on. susannah, for people like jack's family, who can just only wait - on. susannah, for people like jack's family, who can just only wait and l family, who can just only wait and wait and wait every day for any possible news, what kind of support is there for them? while the police investigate, what help is available for a family in that position? yes. for a family in that position? yes, well, of course _ for a family in that position? yes, well, of course people _ for a family in that position? yes, well, of course people often - for a family in that position? 1a: well, of course people often look to their friends and family and i know that it can be really important to have that support around you but at missing people we can also provide support seven days a week. we are at the end of the phone, people can text us, e—mail us, and we will provide any support that they want. emotional, practical help with the search, and also opportunities to meet otherfamilies search, and also opportunities to meet other families going through similar and really traumatic things to support each other through such a difficult time.— difficult time. susannah drury from missini difficult time. susannah drury from missing people. — difficult time. susannah drury from

missing people, thank _ difficult time. susannah drury from missing people, thank you - difficult time. susannah drury from missing people, thank you for - missing people, thank you for joining us here on breakfast. thank ou. around two million british ex—pats are eligible to vote in the general election onjuly lith after a rule change. in the past, any uk citizen who'd lived abroad for more than 15 years was not allowed to participate — but that's now been scrapped. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has this report. singing. proud tradition echoes through the hills of andalusia. it was here flamenco first stormed onto the stage more than 200 years ago. a [and of distinctive rhythm, and hues of a landscape just made for postcards. and it's long enchanted british visitors, so taken by it all they decided to stay. jill retired to spain in 1998, but once she'd been here 15 years, she lost the right to vote in uk general elections. the recent law change means she can

vote once again next month. i'm very pleased to have some sort of stake in what goes on in the uk again, albeitjust one vote. and having been very frustrated and actually distressed not to have had a vote when the brexit referendum happened, i'm very pleased that things have changed now. and number one from this round is this one. at the weekly quiz at this bar, the vast majority of participants are british. 10% of the population of mijas municipality are from the uk. at the end of the day, i'm british through and through. so therefore i do really like to see what's going on at home. my son lives there, my mother, my family are all in the uk, so it is nice to know what's happening there and it's nice to be able to participate, possibly, to have our opinions. i used to be a teacher and i'm very keen on seeing that teachers' rights are protected and the conditions

in schools, and also the welfare in the national health. i mean, one day i may go back. and of course, hospitals are very important. there are about 9,000 brits living in mijas. many have been here for 15 years or more. they now will be able to cast their ballot at the uk general election. but some expats say even though they have this right, they won't be voting. a good lot of grapes this year, they're very small at the moment. bill anderson, a retired lecturer, has been in spain 22 years and says he feels much more invested here. election in the uk, july 4th. will you be voting in that? no, i won't be voting in it, because i've kind of left the uk behind. spain, mijas, is my home now. i don't even know if i feel i have the right to try to influence what's happening in the uk when i don't live there any

more, and i don't pay taxes there any more. all eligible british expats have until the 18th ofjune to register to vote so that, from afar, they can help shape the british political landscape. nick beake, bbc news, on the costa del sol. that sunshine... we are jealous. that sunshine... we are 'ealous. those that sunshine... we are 'ealous. nose blue * that sunshine... we are 'ealous. those blue skies. h that sunshine... we are 'ealous. those blue skies. it _ that sunshine... we are 'ealous. those blue skies. it will b that sunshine... we are jealous. those blue skies. it will be - that sunshine... we are jealous. i those blue skies. it will be back. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the mother of a four—year—old boy from harrow who survived an extremely rare form of eye cancer is urging parents to look out for symptoms of the disease. junior was diagnosed last year with retinoblastoma and had to have his eye removed. symptoms of the cancer include a white glow in the eye or a lazy eye. don't take no for an answer. if we would have taken no for an answer, we'd still be

here now and it could have been a lot worse. even now, just look at your kid's photos. if you notice anything that's different, if you notice an eye wandering off, if you notice a glow, it might not be cancer, but it could be. and it's best tojust get it checked. an animal rights group has urged the army to withdraw three horses who were injured after bolting through central london from the trooping the colour ceremony on saturday, calling it a risk to both the animals' and the public�*s safety. peta has written to the regiment saying all five horses involved, including these two, quaker and vida, who are still recuperating, should be retired from duty permanently. an elizabeth line passenger has told bbc london he's considering legal action after getting injured at a station. rolf kern gashed his shin trying to board a train at ealing broadway. he says the vertical gap between the platform and the train is too high. it comes weeks after another passenger broke their foot on the same platform. tfl says it is working to ensure all stations remain safe.

the sheer fact that the step is approximately 12 to m inch high, which is, ifind, for a modern new line where the government invested so much money, i find this unacceptable. let's take a look at the tubes now then. minor delays on the central line. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. well, it's been a fairly chilly start to the day, but today we are expecting variable cloud, some decent spells of sunshine breaking through, but also some scattered showers developing as well. it's a dry start initially though, you can see those showers developing quite widely. generally light in nature but there may be one or two heavy ones. there will be plenty of dry weather in between, still quite breezy out there as well, and temperatures reaching 1a to 16 celsius. some further showers for a time this evening but they will fade away, becoming dry for a time overnight with some clearer skies. a bit more in the way of cloud by the early hours, one or two spots of drizzle and light rain perhaps,

and temperatures dipping down to around seven to ten celsius. it means for tomorrow, then, we are expecting some drier weather, some scattered showers developing during the day. thursday is also dry to start but then we are expecting an area of low pressure to arrive with some outbreaks of rain. so it is remaining unsettled over the next few days with some scattered showers tomorrow. thursday, while it will be dry during the day, that rain will arrive later into friday as well. and that's your forecast. we've been asking you which issues you'd like us to highlight ahead of the general election. many of you got in touch about leaseholds. this will be discussed on bbc radio london at about 10am. and if there are any other issues you'd like us to look at do get in touch via your voice, your vote on our website. i'll be back in half an with another update. have a very good morning. good morning, you're watching breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay.

let's focus now on the general election and later today the conservatives are launching their manifesto, setting out their offer to voters. nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking at what could be included. good morning. yes, the manifestos are a big deal. they become the policy bible for whoever is in government. today we get the conservative offering, and we already know a few of the policies that they are pledging. tax cuts, we'll get the details later. introducing a form of national service. tax breaks for first time home—buyers, raising the tax—free pension allowance and allowing higher earners to keep more child benefit payments. there will be more, i'm sure, in the document today. but all of this costs money. so where is it coming from and do the plans add up? well, we already know some of the areas where the conservatives think they can find more cash to fund their policies. firstly, this — collecting more of the tax people already owe. the idea is simple.

that you fund the tax office better and it's able to crack down on tax avoidance. the conservatives think this can raise about £6 billion a year. labour actually have a similar policy. they think it will raise about £5 billion extra. but will it work? well, some of the experts we asked said the figures were uncertain. and as you can see here, another group, the tax policy associates, say it is credible but with a big caveat, and that's that the policy would need to be targeted. so not easy to get to that six billion figure, but not impossible. the bigger pledge the conservatives have is this — reducing welfare spending by £12 billion a year. we asked the conservatives for the numbers and they were adamant that this is possible. but we also spoke to experts who aren't so sure. this is what the institute for fiscal studies said. "it looks difficult in the extreme." another group of experts, the resolution foundation, said it looks extremely

challenging to deliver. so there is already some scepticism about the figures. and by the way, if any of this rings bells, if it sounds familiar, have a look at this. "we found annual savings of 12 billion from welfare, five billion from tackling tax evasion." that's not from today. that's from this man, george osborne, in 2015. and a good chunk of that 12 billion pledge, about a third of the welfare goal, was never collected, according to the government's spending watchdog. so that's worth bearing in mind today. the conservatives have also set themselves some rules which will make it harder to raise money. they are saying no to all of this — raises in income tax, vat, national insurance. add in some of the other rules that they've put in place and that leaves some economists warning we may see a spending squeeze, whether it's labour or the conservatives who are in power after the general election. we'll get the full conservative

manifesto later this morning. we'll be flicking through it all, looking at the policies, looking at the numbers, and there'll be a lot more across the bbc throughout the day. nick eardley with his big screens, and we will speak to mel stride from the government in the next few minutes. ., , ., ., , minutes. their heroes are fast approaching — minutes. their heroes are fast approaching and _ minutes. their heroes are fast approaching and isn't - minutes. their heroes are fast approaching and isn't it - approaching and isn't it interesting, how in germany, where they are hosting the euros, there are already very well liked british players there. i are already very well liked british players there-— are already very well liked british players there. i have only got one big screen — players there. i have only got one big screen but _ players there. i have only got one big screen but i _ players there. i have only got one big screen but i can _ players there. i have only got one big screen but i can show - players there. i have only got one big screen but i can show you - players there. i have only got one big screen but i can show you the| big screen but i can show you the reaction that the england team got when they arrived in their new base. if you think about the way that young fans in particular engage with people at the initial phases, it's true things like computer games and players, not necessarily teams. so harry kane and jude bellingham popular because of their teams. no there was no dancing likejohn mcginn.

but england's reception in blankenhain was still positive. euro 2024 is just three days away now and both england and scotland are now in germany. but before they left gareth southgate's squad were given a royal send off by prince william who is president of the fa. then after meeting some young fans the players were germany bound as they build up to their opening match against serbia on sunday. then at the other end of their journey, the five star spa and golf resort weimarer land. the place they're hoping to call home for the next five weeks was used by the german national team recently and apparently they're jealous england locked it down before the hosts had a chance. the fa have even had the grass made to order. i think the conditions are really good. if you know we have, this is a golf resort, we have m green keepers. but once things change, if your green keeper came and you said, hey, i want grass like wembley stadium, and then they said, hey, if you want it, we can do it. and they changed it. now we have really the same grass

as the wembley stadium. the problem is, i said to you guys, hey, on the 14th ofjuly, you play in berlin on german grass, you have to know! scotland have settled in already. their german base is a little further south and they've been training ahead of their meeting with the hosts in the opening match of euro 2024 on friday. they're in the foothills of the alps in garmisch—partenkirchen but they'll soon be swapping the peace of bavaria for the buzz of munich and 75,000 fans in the allianz arena. that game will mark the beginning of scotland's second euros in a row which one of their senior players suggests will help them cope this time. when you get older, you take things in your stride a lot more. so i think the younger version of me would be thinking about it 21i/7, and, you know, you would almost panic yourself into a situation. but i've seen a lot in football now, you know, there's not much that can surprise me any more.

so you feel a lot calmer in these situations, you see it as a massive opportunity rather than, you know, maybe your younger self could have been daunted a little bit by it. but, you know, you're here, you're a professional footballer, you are playing for your country in the opening game of the euros. so what an opportunity to go and grab it and an exciting time to be a football player. great britain's charlie dobson has his sights set on the olympics after taking silver in the iioo—metres at the european athletics championships in rome. it took a personal best to win his first major individual medal but it wasn't quite enough to beat belgium's alexander doom who took gold and set a new championship record. with the olympic games less than seven weeks away dobson will now focus on making it to paris. and it's li0 years since a british woman last won olympic gold in a field event. molly caudery could be team gb's best hope for quite some time of ending that. she's the world indoor pole vault champion and was favourite for gold in rome but caudery had to settle for bronze last night admitting afterwards she would have wanted to go a bit higher than her four metres 73.

i think the fact that i'm a little disappointed isn't a bad thing. you know, ijust got a bronze medal at the european championships. if i had told myself that a year ago, i would have been absolutely over the moon but i think i have a new expectation of myself. my lastjump was so close but i'm still very happy. bangladesh came so close to causing an upset against south africa at the t20 world cup. the match went down to the wire. bangladesh needed six to win with two balls to go and it looked as though mahmudullah had pulled it off. but there was a fielder waiting to snatch it out of the air right on the boundary. south africa won by four runs which leaves them on the brink of qualifying from their group for the super 8s. and the first day of the grass court season yesterday would have been a comforting sight to a lot of british tennis fans who will have also been familiar with the stand out moment of the day at the nottingham open. a heated argument over a line call. katie boulter won the match between two british players beating harriet dart in an epic three hour

encounter to begin the defence of her nottingham open title. but midway through the second set an exchange between dart and the umpire to conjure up thoughts ofjohn mcenroe and the like from wimbledon down the years. correction, ball is good, you will play the point. no way! the ball is so far out. this one came off the back for me. no, it didn't. for me, that's how i saw it. this is embarrassing, you're embarrassing yourself. harriet, watch it now. harriet, watch it. if you watch that back, i can promise you, i would bet, i would bet £50,000 that ball was out, honestly i would shake your hand right now. it's a joke how far that ball was out. offering £50,000, must have been confident. afterwards she doubled down talking about the fact that the

calls were pretty appalling. and emma raducanu plays a little bit later on in the nottingham open. this is another phrase that british tennis fans are many with, weather permitting! tennis fans are many with, weather -iermittin! �* .,, tennis fans are many with, weather -iermittin! �* ., . permitting! almost as good as, watch it, harriet, that _ permitting! almost as good as, watch it, harriet, that is _ permitting! almost as good as, watch it, harriet, that is a _ permitting! almost as good as, watch it, harriet, that is a good _ permitting! almost as good as, watch it, harriet, that is a good one. - it, harriet, that is a good one. that is like a bumper sticker! let's see what the weather permits with carol. good morning. it is a chilly start to the day, some temperatures as low as three degrees last night. today we have sunshine building to the day but it will feel cool forjune, with a northerly wind. these are the grass pollen levels today, high across wales and southern england. and you can see why we have got the showers, we are in a northerly flow, accentuating the cold feel of the weather. we have a ridge of high pressure building in from the west,

so the showers that we have at the moment in the west will fade as we go through the day. we do have them in the west, north and east at the moment. some of us starting with some sunshine but through the day the cloud will spread out, and we will see further showers develop. chilly along the north sea coastline where we have got the wind, out towards the west as high pressure builds in we will see more sunshine and fewer showers. these are the temperatures ranging from ten in the north to 17 as we sweep down towards the south—west. this evening and overnight many of the showers will fade. large areas of cloud with one or two showers coming out of it, and under clearer skies further west, it will be a chilly night, especially in rural parts of scotland and wales where temperatures could fall away to two or three degrees. that is very close to frost levels. into tomorrow, still a bit more cloud in

eastern areas with a few showers and towards the west, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine as well. temperatures tomorrow, very similar to today. ranging from ten in the north to 17 in the south. the average for this time of year is roughly about 16 in the north to 20 in the south so we are below par this time of year. heading on into thursday, we start on a bright note with some sunshine, but the cloud is going to build as we go through the day ahead of this atlantic weather front coming in and bringing some heavy rain, and at the same time, we are looking at strong winds through the irish sea and areas adjacent to the irish sea and areas adjacent to the irish sea and areas adjacent to the irish sea. we could have gusts of a0 miles an hour. as the rain pushes east, it will start to brighten up across northern ireland. the wind is changing direction to a south—westerly, so these other temperatures, 12 to 18 degrees, it has sneaked up just a little bit but not a lot. into the weekend, low

pressure starts to come back in from the atlantic. the conditions do remain unsettled as we head into the weekend so for the north, we are looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and some merging to give longer spells of rain. temperatures up to 17 degrees. further south a similar story in the sense that we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of them merging. and it will be pretty breezy in the south with highs of up to 18. as it starts feeling autumnal, this seems appropriate! strictly returns to our screens in the autumn for a 20th series and this year's line up is especially notable for two reasons. professional dancer amy dowden is back following treatment for breast cancer but fellow pro, giovanni pernice, will not take part this year. the news comes weeks after he denied reports about his teaching

methods on the show. we're joined now by tv critic scott bryan. good morning, thank you forjoining us. in terms of giovanni, there has been so much speculation but he is not there. ., ., . ., , not there. you are certainly right, the bbc announced _ not there. you are certainly right, the bbc announced the _ not there. you are certainly right, the bbc announced the list - not there. you are certainly right, the bbc announced the list of- not there. you are certainly right, the bbc announced the list of the | the bbc announced the list of the dancers, the professional dancers who will be competing in strictly later this year and giovanni is not going to be on there. he has been on the show since 2015, he did when it along side rose ayling ellis a few years ago and last year he was on with amanda addington who withdrew halfway through the series for personal reason. this news comes weeks after he denied reports about his teaching methods on the show, he said he had been surprised by these

allegations and, quote, rejected any allegations and, quote, rejected any allegation of abusive or threatening behaviour. the bbc has also released a statement in regard to the high profile show and said it would look at any complaints with care and sensitivity at all sides, and this is not long after giovanni penny cheney said he was looking pernice said he was looking forward to clearing his name. i think if there was an investigation, they would have let that be ongoing and therefore he would not be appearing in the programme. i think it would also be the case that there is certainly a window for him to return to the programme in the future, he is not appearing this time around. i was so impressed with your very deft attempt to silence your text messages coming in when you are speaking! it}! messages coming in when you are s-ieakin! . , speaking! of all the times, literally! — speaking! of all the times, literally! l— speaking! of all the times, literally! i bet _ speaking! of all the times, literally! i bet you - speaking! of all the times, literally! i bet you it - speaking! of all the times, literally! i bet you it is - speaking! of all the times, literally! i bet you it is a i speaking! of all the times, . literally! i bet you it is a friend saying, you are on the bbc! yeah,

good to know, thank you! the slow silencing of my laptop. scott good to know, thank you! the slow silencing of my laptop.— silencing of my laptop. scott comi iot silencing of my laptop. scott comi not a silencing of my laptop. scott comi got a text. — silencing of my laptop. scott comi got a text. very — silencing of my laptop. scott comi got a text, very exciting. - silencing of my laptop. scott comi got a text, very exciting. it - silencing of my laptop. scott comi got a text, very exciting. it is - got a text, very exciting. it is like being _ got a text, very exciting. it is like being on _ got a text, very exciting. it is like being on love _ got a text, very exciting. it 3 like being on love island! got a text, very exciting. it is - like being on love island! almost identical i am _ like being on love island! almost identical i am sure! _ like being on love island! almost identical i am sure! the - like being on love island! almost identical i am sure! the great - like being on love island! almost i identical i am sure! the great news we want to spoke speak about is the return of amy dowden.— we want to spoke speak about is the return of amy dowden. yeah, she made a surrise return of amy dowden. yeah, she made a surprise appearance _ return of amy dowden. yeah, she made a surprise appearance in _ return of amy dowden. yeah, she made a surprise appearance in the _ return of amy dowden. yeah, she made a surprise appearance in the finale - a surprise appearance in the finale last year during the programme which was a delight. she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer back in april last year. and she said she would not be able to participating as a professional dancer last year. but now she is absolutely thrilled that she will be able to come this time round, in a statement on instagram, quote, icannot time round, in a statement on instagram, quote, i cannot wait to be back on doing what i love most in

the world, dancing, feeling blessed and more excited than ever, bring it on. this is also a big yearfor strictly, it has now been on for 20 years. i think there is going to be a special programme later in the year looking back at the show, which, i have to say, was not predicted to be a success at the time. i think craig revel horwood referred to it as car crash tv when he first heard the pitch, from the bbc. and it has now ended up being the mainstay and the biggest programme on saturday nights the bbc has ever had. programme on saturday nights the bbc has ever had-— has ever had. great to talk to you, scott, has ever had. great to talk to you, scott. thank _ has ever had. great to talk to you, scott, thank you _ has ever had. great to talk to you, scott, thank you very _ has ever had. great to talk to you, scott, thank you very much - has ever had. great to talk to you, scott, thank you very much for - scott, thank you very much for talking to us.— scott, thank you very much for talkin: to us. ., ., ., , , talking to us. you can go and reply to our talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! _ talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! yes, _ talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! yes, i _ talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! yes, i will _ talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! yes, i will check - talking to us. you can go and reply to your text! yes, i will check my l to your text! yes, i will check my -hone! we are talking about another manifesto. today it is the conservatives who are releasing their plans for what they would do if they win the election. we're joined now by the work and pensions secretary, mel stride.

good morning. you are at silverstone which is where conservatives will launch their manifesto this morning. and we are hearing it will include a promise to cut another 2p from national insurance?— promise to cut another 2p from national insurance? well, we will have to just _ national insurance? well, we will have to just wait _ national insurance? well, we will have to just wait another - national insurance? well, we will have to just wait another few - national insurance? well, we will. have to just wait another few hours, and we will find out for sure because i cannot tell you anything in advance other than making a very clear statement now that we are going to be cutting taxes. and you will need to wait a little bit before you get the final details there. complete contrast to labour, of course, who are going to be increasing taxes, not least with their retirement tax for pensioners, which is going to see millions of pensioners dragged into paying income tax for the first time. we have been _ income tax for the first time. we have been talking to labour and we will continue to talk to labour about their plans, let's talk to you about their plans, let's talk to you about your plans. tax cuts, you say. ijust about your plans. tax cuts, you say. i just wonder, about your plans. tax cuts, you say. ijust wonder, assuming, that is what the briefings are telling us, that you're going to take another 2p from national insurance if you win

the election, if that is what voters really want? because you have done it twice already in the last couple of months, the polls haven't shifted, you are still lagging way behind labour, what makes you think that another cut will convince them, that another cut will convince them, that that will make a difference for you? that that will make a difference for ou? ., , ,., ., that that will make a difference for ou? ., , ., ., , that that will make a difference for ou? ., _., ., ., ,, you? the only poll that matters is iioin to you? the only poll that matters is going to be _ you? the only poll that matters is going to be the — you? the only poll that matters is going to be the general _ you? the only poll that matters is going to be the general election l you? the only poll that matters is l going to be the general election day itself, and there is a way to go before we get there. to answer your question about why it matters, what our cuts so far have done to national insurance, one third reduction, it has been a tax cut for 29 million working people. for an average earner that means £900 less in tax that they are paying and that is already benefiting people in their pay packets right now. so we recognise that we want to get taxes low, we want to support hard—working families, wants to give people financial security going forward. and you only get that when you have got a very clear plan for the economy which we do, which allows us that headroom to make those tax cuts

going forward. i know you will be interviewing labour, iappreciate that, but i think there is going to be a big contrast this week about what we are setting out and a lack of plan from labour, £38.5 billion black hole on the spending front which is going to lead to increased taxes under a labour government. you are talkini taxes under a labour government. you are talking about tax cuts but let's be absolutely clear, because of the freezing of the thresholds you have enforced over the last few years, more people are paying more tax under the conservatives than they were before. so although you are cutting some is overall, a lot of people are paying a lot more. and national insurance specifically, we had the work by the institute for public policy research who say that if you cut it by 2p, it will be wealthier people, in london in the southeast, who see the greatest benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating _ benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating as — benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating as to _ benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating as to what _ benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating as to what might - benefit. how is that fair? you are speculating as to what might be i benefit. how is that fair? you are | speculating as to what might be in the manifesto. on this point about cutting national insurance which we have cut by a third and the

threshold point, if you take an average earner and you combine the effects of those two measures, you actually end up with the lowest level of average earners in over a century. so those who are average earners are paying less marginal tax, even taking into account thresholds, due to our tax cuts of national insurance, the lowest level in half a century. and that is because we are on the side of hard—working people, we want to support them financially and we think that cutting their taxes matters unlike labour who will put them up. matters unlike labour who will put them u. �* , ., them up. and the institute for fiscal studies _ them up. and the institute for fiscal studies is _ them up. and the institute for fiscal studies is a _ them up. and the institute for fiscal studies is a 4.5 - them up. and the institute for fiscal studies is a 4.5 million | fiscal studies is a li.5 million people are being brought in higher rates of tax because of the threshold that has stayed the same since 2021. i wonder whether you are misreading the population. people go about their lives this morning and they dodge the potholes on the road, or they hang on the phone for a doctor's appointment that doesn't come, ortry doctor's appointment that doesn't come, or try to find a dentist who is not available, and they might think times are tough, i cannot

afford it but i would rather pay a little bit more tax or keep paying the same amount of tax and have better public services. fin the same amount of tax and have better public services.— the same amount of tax and have better public services. on this tax oint, better public services. on this tax point. and — better public services. on this tax point, and dimension _ better public services. on this tax point, and dimension to - better public services. on this tax point, and dimension to the - better public services. on this tax point, and dimension to the tax i point, and dimension to the tax burden having increased, it is unsurprising that after having supported the economy through covid, you will remember the furlough scheme that we rolled out to save millions ofjobs and keep people's livelihood is going, getting inflation down and helping people with billions in cost—of—living payment and energy bills, that run up payment and energy bills, that run up a £400 billion bill which has got to be paid down. i think your viewers would expect us to do that. what matters is what happens going forward and at this precise moment we have started to get taxes down, i have outlined the huge tax cuts for working people, 29 million of them, and we will go still further today. i cannot give you the full detail, i am itching to but they are exciting and very meaningful and further tax

cuts under this government. we have got a clear plan for where we are taking the economy, unlike labour who will end up taxing millions of people including many of our most elderly residents.— elderly residents. some details i can iive elderly residents. some details i can give you. — elderly residents. some details i can give you. no- _ elderly residents. some details i can give you, no. you _ elderly residents. some details i can give you, no. you say - elderly residents. some details i can give you, no. you say you i elderly residents. some details i | can give you, no. you say you are going to pay for any tax cuts by cutting the welfare bill. we hear this morning on air that the unemployment rate has risen today to its highest level for 2.5 years, thatis its highest level for 2.5 years, that is going to push the welfare bill up, isn't it? and make these supposed tax cut even more difficult. ., , , supposed tax cut even more difficult. . , , ., supposed tax cut even more difficult. . , , . , difficult. there has been a very sliiht difficult. there has been a very slight increase, _ difficult. there has been a very slight increase, 0.1% _ difficult. there has been a very slight increase, 0.1% in - difficult. there has been a very slight increase, 0.196 in the - slight increase, 0.1% in the unemployment rate. let's focus on that for a second. that is still at a historically relatively low level. it's around half the level of unemployment that we have had under the last labour government where, for example, underthe the last labour government where, for example, under the last labour government, youth unemployment went up government, youth unemployment went up by over 40%, under this government it has come down by

about, over 40%. government it has come down by about, over40%. our record unemployment as it could —— our record on employment is extremely strong. we realise welfare spending is to be brought under control, we have a clear plan for doing that and we know we can make savings on the welfare budget. these have all been dismissed by the labour party in the last 24 hours which tells you something very clear, which is that under the labour party, they will let welfare spending spiral completely out of control. under the last labour government, we had well over1 million people on long—term benefit for almost a decade and that is what you get with a labour government. this government will control welfare spending and cut people taxes. we control welfare spending and cut people taxes-— people taxes. we will see that manifesto _ people taxes. we will see that manifesto a — people taxes. we will see that manifesto a little _ people taxes. we will see that manifesto a little bit _ people taxes. we will see that manifesto a little bit later, - people taxes. we will see that | manifesto a little bit later, mel stride at silverstone, never thought i would say that! thank you for joining us on breakfast.- i would say that! thank you for joining us on breakfast.

they're known for their big eyes, and for being famously sleepy, but over the last 20 years, the number of hazel dormice has declined by as much as 70% across the uk. but it's hoped a new project which sees them re—released into their natural habit — could help to restore the population. nicola haseler has more. these woods are home to bedfordshire's last hazel dormice. and arriving from london zoo are five more pairs to try and strengthen the population. as a species, dormice are an animal that actually lives in the tree and shrub canopy when they're active, they hibernate on the ground over winter and they kind of need diverse woodlands, like the one we stand in now. this is a species in population and range decline. the hedgerow connectivity is perhaps not there that once was. and also climate change does seem to have an impact on them — on their breeding success and their hibernal success, as well. the dormice have had to have a full health check, and spend eight weeks in quarantine so that they don't carry diseases to the existing population. well, the dormice have arrived on theirjourney from london to these bedfordshire woods —

probably a bit tired, having a little sleep in these nest boxes. and i'm not going to tell you, in fact, where we are in bedfordshire, because obviously the wildlife charity has taken great care to ensure that these guys get to live here undisturbed. what we've got here is a woodland with all the right habitat conditions for dormice. they like young woodland with a good understory and lots of scrub in them if they're older woodlands that provide flowers, fruit and insects. the population's doing extremely well within the wood, but it's also doing extremely well around the perimeter and outside of the wood. and that's a really good thing to see because that's the only way that we're going to repopulate the countryside with nature. well, this little guy has passed his health checks. ian's holding him because you need a special licence to handle dormice. he's just coming up to a year old and was bred in captivity,

and he's about to get a taste of his new life. this is known as a soft release. so the hard release, what you do is pretty much we take dormice out and just kind of let them go, actually, and you wouldn't really know what happened to them. but this is a soft release. so what we do is we have these large cages we put up in the woodland. dormice are put into that and that will happen later today. we continue to provide food for the next two months, but obviously the aim is to slowly reduce that so they'll eat a more natural diet. and do you want to hear a dormouse snoring? gentle squeaking. thought so. it's not snoring, it's squeaking! that is not a proper snort! that was a snoring dormouse ending that report by nicola haseler. very cute. we're talking about the price of football shirts this morning and you've been

sharing your thoughts. sean from barrhead got in touch with this picture. can you tell which is real and which is fake? the real one is very expensive, the fake one is rated comparatively. how do you know macau detail the difference? he says the one on the left is fake and the one on the right is real. the price is the real difference, people say they can spend a fraction of the price on a fake. we will talk about that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adoye. the mother of a four—year—old boy from harrow who survived an extremely rare form of eye cancer is urging parents to look out for symptoms of the disease. junior was diagnosed last year with retinoblastoma and had to have his eye removed. symptoms of the cancer include a white glow in the eye, or a lazy eye. don't take no for an answer. if we would have taken no for an answer, we'd still be

here now and it could have been a lot worse. even now, just look at your kid's photos. if you notice anything that's different, if you notice an eye wandering off, if you notice a glow, it might not be cancer, but it could be. and it's best tojust get it checked. an animal—rights group has urged the army to withdraw three horses who were injured after bolting through central london from the trooping the colour ceremony on saturday, calling it a risk to both the animals' and the public�*s safety. peta has written to the regiment saying all five horses involved, including these two — quaker and vida — who are still recuperating — should be retired from duty permanently. let's take a look at the tubes now, then. now onto the weather. variable cloud and sunny spells throughout the day. it will be dry in the morning but scattered light showers will develop in the afternoon. feeling breezy and cool. highs of 16 degrees celsius. i'll be back in half an with another update. have a very good morning. bye— bye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. a promise to cut another two pence from national insurance — as the conservatives launch their general election manifesto. labour say the prime minister is desperate. good morning from taunton in somerset. this town is part of one of the new constituencies from this election. we have been out and about talking to voters about whether they know yet who they want their next prime minister to be. the united nations security council votes to support a us plan calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas. former rugby union player ed slater pays tribute to rob burrow — and says thank you for supporting people with motor neurone disease.

good morning. many of us starting off with some bright skies or even sunny intervals but more cloud developing through the day. further showers, especially in the east, and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. it's tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments.

our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome... katherine, i'm rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party's plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you've just gone through that we've already announced in this campaign — that, yes, does continue to cut people's taxes, because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn — and in the spring — the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first—time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to send asylum—seekers to rwanda.

labour say it all amounts to a desperate wish list from what they call a desperate prime minister. after 14 years of the tories, the money is not there. so no matter what promise rishi sunak makes in his manifesto in the coming days, he's not able to deliver on any of them because he cannot explain where the money is coming from. the prime minister will be hoping today is a day to win notjust attention — but votes, as well — as he tries to turn his party's fortunes around after a rocky few days. hannah miller, bbc news. the conservatives will launch their manifesto at silverstone racetrack. henry is there for the unveiling. from what they were saying a few minutes ago it sounds like tax, tax, tax is the main message. i minutes ago it sounds like tax, tax, tax is the main message.— minutes ago it sounds like tax, tax, tax is the main message. i think you will hear that — tax is the main message. i think you will hear that word _ tax is the main message. i think you

will hear that word an _ tax is the main message. i think you will hear that word an awful - tax is the main message. i think you will hear that word an awful lot - will hear that word an awful lot more today. what rishi sunak will try to do today is car of a clear dividing line with labour on tax. we have actually heard a lot about tax during this campaign but it has mostly been the two main parties competing with each other to say which taxes they will not raise. here you have the conservatives are saying that they will cut tax, national insurance, by 2%. they have done it twice already over the course of the past year and if they did this one it would take it from 12% at the start of that bout of tax—cutting to 6% was not of course labour would say in the broader context of the tax burden being higher than ever, that really doesn't count for very much. the other thing the conservatives will have to do today, rishi sunak will try to do today, is make an argument thatis try to do today, is make an argument that is fresh and forward facing when he is seeking another term in office after 14 years of conservative government. that means 14 years of conservative record to run on on all sorts of issues such

as unemployment which is what you put to mel stride a moment ago. 0k, put to mel stride a moment ago. ok, so there has been a very slight increase. _ ok, so there has been a very slight increase. i— ok, so there has been a very slight increase, i think 0.1%, ok, so there has been a very slight increase, ithink 0.1%, in ok, so there has been a very slight increase, i think 0.1%, in the unemployment rate, but let'sjust focus _ unemployment rate, but let'sjust focus on _ unemployment rate, but let'sjust focus on that for a second. that is still at _ focus on that for a second. that is still at a _ focus on that for a second. that is still at a historically relatively low level. it is around half the level— low level. it is around half the level of— low level. it is around half the level of unemployment that we have had under_ level of unemployment that we have had under the last labour government wherei _ had under the last labour government where, for— had under the last labour government where, for example, underthe last labour_ where, for example, underthe last labour government youth unemployment went up— labour government youth unemployment went up by— labour government youth unemployment went up by over 40%. under this government it has come down by around _ government it has come down by around 40. — government it has come down by around 40, well, over 40%. government it has come down by around 40, well, over40%. so government it has come down by around 40, well, over 40%. so our record _ around 40, well, over 40%. so our record on— around 40, well, over 40%. so our record on employment is extremely strong _ strong. you don't need me strong. — you don't need me to tell you that the conservatives have not had a very good last few days of this general election campaign, but the manifesto launch is a moment to stop, draw a line under that and try and say, here is what the conservative party stands for. and rishi sunak does not have an awful lot of moments like that left. henry, thank you very much indeed.

full coverage of the detail that manifesto as the day goes on. labour say they will ban under—16s from buying highly caffeinated energy drinks, as part of a series of commitments to improve children's health. the party says the sale of soft drinks containing more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per litre to under—16s is "not justifiable or acceptable" and affects their ability to learn. in terms of the enforcement of this measure, which is a ban on sales to under—16, trading standards will enforce that in the way they do with things like underage sales of alcohol or tobacco. so if retailers are caught selling to children, then they will face fines. if they end up in front of a magistrate court, they could end up with even heftier fines than a fixed penalty notice. and, of course, if people flout the law then they can lose their licenses, too. so we are taking this seriously. the liberal democrats are calling for a new fund to support doctors' surgeries in rural and remote areas of the country. they say it forms part

of their £1 billion package to improve services and give patients a legal right to see a gp within a week. a lot of politics this morning, but what else do we need to know? sally. thank you. the un security council has backed a resolution by the united states calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages held by hamas. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and explained why this is an important development. diplomatically this was very significant because of course at the un security council we have had the us, israel's closest ally, repeatedly blocking resolutions from going through on a ceasefire. it abstained in the one vote that passed back in march. now this gives real international endorsement for that plan, a three—phase plan that was laid out by president biden back on the 31st of may for hostages

being released by hamas in gaza and for a ceasefire. the trouble is the differences on the ground that really remain. the us secretary of state antony blinken, who is back in israel again today, he's on his eighth tour of the middle east since this war began, i mean, he has to try to bounce both sides into this deal. although this is being presented very much as a deal that israel has accepted, we are not hearing a big public endorsement from the israeli leaders on this. and then at the same time, hamas said it welcomed the vote of the un security council but it really wants to make sure that this deal leads to a full withdrawal of troops from gaza, a full end to the war. israel is saying its military objective is still to defeat hamas in gaza. the parents of a student who went missing after a night out 100 days ago have lodged a formal complaint against police

over their handling of the case. jack o'sullivan's family say they've lost all faith in avon and somerset police. the force said officers are determined to do everything they possibly can, but jack�*s mother believes mistakes were made early on in the investigation. obviously we're still in a desperate, desperate position, wanting an answer to where jack is. and i wouldn't want anyone on earth to be faced with what we've dealt with in the last hundred days, because it is horrific. and to think that the people that you possibly would depend on the most in the world have totally let us down... that's what i feel. apple has unveiled new plans to integrate artifical intelligence into its products. apple intelligence will assist users with writing messages or supplying travel directions to an event saved in the calendar. apple says most of the ai processing would be carried out on the device itself to increase security. singapore airlines has offered to pay compensation to passengers

who were injured on a london to singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence over myanmar last month. in a social media post, the airline said it was offering to pay £7,800 to those who sustained minor injuries and £19,500 for passengers who were more seriously hurt. hunter biden is waiting for thejury to return a verdict in his federal gun trial in delaware. the son of the us president is accused of lying about his illegal drug use when he bought a hand gun in 2018. he denies the allegations. the bbc has announced it will air a special tribute to michael mosley on friday evening. the tv presenter�*s body was found in a rocky area of the greek island of symi on sunday — four days after he went missing. our correspondentjoe inwood is there for us. morning. inwood is there for us. i know investigations continue morning. i know investigations continue but what happens now? irate

continue but what happens now? we are continue but what happens now? , are waiting for some toxicology reports to be carried out, just a standard procedure, but we have really got a picture now of what caused the death of michael mosley and it was natural causes. that is from a police source close to the coroner. we know he died at 4pm yesterday so we are getting a clearer picture of the last moments of his life. the bbc is putting out a special tribute programme this friday, looking at his life, his legacy and impact he has had. they will also be a news documentary on the iplayer looking at the events of the iplayer looking at the events of the last few days, so a range of programming celebrating the life of this much loved broadcaster. thank ou ve this much loved broadcaster. thank you very much _ this much loved broadcaster. thank you very much indeed. _ carol joins caroljoins us now with the weather. good morning. starting with the pollen levels. if you have an allergy to grass pollen in particular these are today's levels. high across wales and southern england. today is a mixture of

bright spells, sunshine and showers. as we go through the day you will find the cloud will spread out more readily. a lot of the showers will be in the north and the east, driven in on the northerly wind which will accentuate the cool feel full stop temperatures in aberdeen 10 degrees, 13 in norwich. the ridge of high pressure building in from the west will mean a lot of the showers in the west will tend to fade and they will —— they will be a bit more sunshine and not as chilly. heading through the evening and overnight, many showers orfade, through the evening and overnight, many showers or fade, still quite a lot of cloud and a few showers in the east, but to the west under clear skies, the east, but to the west under clearskies, it the east, but to the west under clear skies, it will be quite chilly and in parts of rural scotland and wales, we could see temperatures dip as low as 2 or three degrees. that will be fairly localised but if it is where you are you will certainly notice that first thing in the morning. tomorrow we start off with a lot of dry weather, a fair amount of sunshine. the showers across eastern parts of england and

temperatures not too dissimilar to what we are looking at today, so we have ten in the north to about 16, maybe 17 as we push further south. things then start to change. after a bright and sunny start on thursday the cloud will build in from the west and we will start to see the arrival of some rain. some will be heavy and it will be accompanied by gusty winds. through the irish sea and areas adjacent to the irish sea, we could have gusts of about 40 mph. the wind is changing direction to more of a south—westerly from northerly we have had for the last few days. not feeling quite as cold. mind you, there is not a huge increase in temperatures. 11 in lowick to 17 or 18 as we push that bit further south. beyond that, friday and the weekend, showers, some have emerging to give longer spells of rain. it will get windier in the south. carol, thank you very much.

after rob burrow died earlier this month, one of those leading the tributes was the former rugby union player ed slater. ed was diagnosed with mnd two years ago and says that rob's bravery helped lead him out of the darkness. we caught up with ed about his own journey — and rob's legacy. good. 0k. there we are.

we'll go to the end. former rugby union player ed slater was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago. he became friends with rob burrow.

with doddy weir, rob burrow and

stephen darby leading the way, united in the fight against n and d. hi, how the devil are you? welcome to the _ hi, how the devil are you? welcome to the dream — hi, how the devil are you? welcome to the dream team. _ 0h, here we go. i love that we still congratulate each other every time you do that.

there are currently 5000 people in the uk living with motor neurone disease. it gradually takes away your ability to move and speak. there is no treatment, there is no cure.

ed now wants to inspire others living with mnd, and and give them the hope that doddie and rob gave him.

in the words of rob burrow, we must still dare to dream. and thank you to ed and jo for talking to us about rob burrow, who died just last week. the euros get underway in just a few days time — and as you'd expect during massive tournaments, footy shirts are in high demand. jon's been taking a look at this. have you got yours yet? not yet. have you got yours yet? not yet. have ou have you got yours yet? not yet. have you got — have you got yours yet? not yet. have you got yours? _ have you got yours yet? not yet. have you got yours? may - have you got yours yet? not yet. have you got yours? may be! - yes, and it all starts on friday night when germany take on scotland in munich. as the competition heats up, official replica kits will become big business. many fans will be sporting brand—new shirts — but a lot of them will not be real. can you tell the difference? in fact, research shows that the trade in counterfeit strips costs nike — who make the england kit — almost £3 billion a year.

and the reason why so many fans buy fake kits — well, it's quite straight forward. the price. this, the official scotland shirt made by adidas retails online at £75. that was the official one. this one looks a bit different at the moment but once you have added the badges before it is posted to you, it is almost impossible to tell the difference. this one is fake and costs just £13 online. one buyer, dan, told the bbc he's been buying fake kits online for his family for years. i can get, basically, shirts for all four of my children for the cost of one shirt legitimately. there are children who are demanding, and parents are under a lot of pressure. i'm fortunate to be in a position where i can even afford the copies. i know there are people now who unfortunately are probably struggling even to buy those because money is so tight.

some of you have been getting in touch asking if it is illegal to buy a fake kit. here's lisa webb from the consumer group which? it is incredibly tempting to buy counterfeit products, fake products, purely because of how cheap they often are. but actually, to do so, you could very well be funding crime like terrorism or slavery. it's illegal to sell these items in this country, so buying anything that is counterfeit means you are buying from a criminal. wow. we have one or two shirts with us. but which are real and which i fake? quite a few i fake. we're joined now by seb white, the editor at large of mundial magazine. you have brought your own shirt. that is a reissue. it}!

you have brought your own shirt. that is a reissue.— that is a reissue. of an iconic... this is my _ that is a reissue. of an iconic... this is my first _ that is a reissue. of an iconic... this is my first world _ that is a reissue. of an iconic... this is my first world cup, - that is a reissue. of an iconic... this is my first world cup, italiai this is my first world cup, italia '90. this is my favourite shirt and i bought it for my daughter, she is 11, so she will wear that and she will wear the same shirt that i wore backin will wear the same shirt that i wore back in the day, so to speak. there is an emotional _ back in the day, so to speak. there is an emotional connection - back in the day, so to speak. there is an emotional connection to - back in the day, so to speak. there is an emotional connection to a - is an emotional connection to a football shirt, is an emotional connection to a footballshirt, isn't is an emotional connection to a football shirt, isn't there? absolutely, to all football shirts. you could say we have spent the last ten years writing about those connections in our magazine but it means something straightaway. this isn'tjust means something straightaway. this isn't just a football shirt, means something straightaway. this isn'tjust a football shirt, this was the shirt worn in world in motion that is a struggle so there is a cultural connection.— is a cultural connection. there are so many different _ is a cultural connection. there are so many different versions. - is a cultural connection. there are so many different versions. there| is a cultural connection. there are i so many different versions. there is an awful lot of pressure on fans to feel they have to have it all. $5 a feel they have to have it all. as a father of a _ feel they have to have it all. as a father of a daughter _ feel they have to have it all. as a father of a daughter i _ feel they have to have it all. as a father of a daughter i feel - feel they have to have it all. is — father of a daughter i feel that pressure but there is certainly a lot of pressure and again, notjust home and away shirts or every other

season like it used to be when i was younger, it is so many different types of shirts, international, even a different type of shed now. replica shirt and then team wear a shirt, the one the actual players wear. there is even two different types of the same shirt. the wear. there is even two different types of the same shirt.- types of the same shirt. the key thin is types of the same shirt. the key thing is they _ types of the same shirt. the key thing is they are _ types of the same shirt. the key thing is they are really _ types of the same shirt. the key. thing is they are really expensive. no doubt — thing is they are really expensive. no doubt. they are expensive, they get a lot of use and of course there is a lot of technical expertise and brilliance put into these things but they are expensive. stand brilliance put into these things but they are expensive.— brilliance put into these things but they are expensive. and design and they are expensive. and design and the big manufacturers— they are expensive. and design and the big manufacturers would - they are expensive. and design and the big manufacturers would say . the big manufacturers would say there _ the big manufacturers would say there is— the big manufacturers would say there is a — the big manufacturers would say there is a certain level, they would reassure _ there is a certain level, they would reassure about how it is made, made inappropriate factories but... exactly _ inappropriate factories but... exactl . �* , ., ., inappropriate factories but... exactl. �* ., ., ., , ., exactly. but it is a lot of money to -a . i exactly. but it is a lot of money to pay- i only — exactly. but it is a lot of money to pay- i only have — exactly. but it is a lot of money to pay. i only have one _ exactly. but it is a lot of money to pay. i only have one daughter- exactly. but it is a lot of money to pay. i only have one daughter but| pay. i only have one daughter but when ou pay. i only have one daughter but when you have — pay. i only have one daughter but when you have three _ pay. i only have one daughter but when you have three or _ pay. i only have one daughter but when you have three or four- pay. i only have one daughter but when you have three or four kids | pay. i only have one daughter but. when you have three or four kids and you want when yourself it does add up. you want when yourself it does add u -. you want when yourself it does add u n . ., you want when yourself it does add u -. ., ., , ., , up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one- _ up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one. or— up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one. or is— up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one. or is it? _ up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one. or is it? it _ up. the one i have here in my hands is a psg one. or is it? it is - is a psg one. or is it? it is definitely _

is a psg one. or is it? it is definitely psg _ is a psg one. or is it? it is definitely psg but - is a psg one. or is it? it is definitely psg but not - is a psg one. or is it? it is . definitely psg but not official, is a psg one. or is it? it is - definitely psg but not official, it is fake. it is decent quality, i would highly know the difference if i saw somebody wearing it in the pub and i guess if you can get that for and i guess if you can get that for a tenner you can see the attraction. i can certainly see the attraction and you do not know the difference when you are stood on the terrace or in the pub beer garden, there isn't that... the differences are hard to spot and you have to really have one but also have a real want to compare it to. they are really good, good fakes in terms of the comparison to the original. fakes in terms of the comparison to the original-— the original. with days to go to a hue the original. with days to go to a huge tournament, _ the original. with days to go to a huge tournament, how _ the original. with days to go to a huge tournament, how much - the original. with days to go to a l huge tournament, how much more interest, _ huge tournament, how much more interest, how much more demand do you expect _ interest, how much more demand do you expect there to be quite quickly now for— you expect there to be quite quickly now for international shirts?- now for international shirts? huge. football shirts _ now for international shirts? huge. football shirts are _ now for international shirts? huge. football shirts are all _ now for international shirts? huge. football shirts are all over- now for international shirts? huge. football shirts are all over the - football shirts are all over the place now. mps wear them in parliament, they are on catwalks in the high street, designer brands, they are everywhere. around tournament people want to be seen in that shirt, whether in the gardens or in the stands.—

or in the stands. what you don't think about _ or in the stands. what you don't think about when _ or in the stands. what you don't think about when you _ or in the stands. what you don't think about when you are - or in the stands. what you don't| think about when you are buying or in the stands. what you don't l think about when you are buying a cheap shared online and you want to wear it in the beer garden is what you might be supporting, whether it has come from another part of the world that you might be supporting some illegal trade or connected trade or money—laundering. you some illegal trade or connected trade or money-laundering. you have literall no trade or money-laundering. you have literally no idea, _ trade or money-laundering. you have literally no idea, that _ trade or money-laundering. you have literally no idea, that is _ trade or money-laundering. you have literally no idea, that is the _ literally no idea, that is the thing. there may be questions and some fans will justify thing. there may be questions and some fans willjustify it by saying there are moral questions around, you know, the brands, football clubs as a whole, or federations, you know, the brands, football clubs as a whole, orfederations, but... there is an element of realism and also an element of security there, you know they have been produced to a certain standard. iitruthfzit you know they have been produced to a certain standard.— a certain standard. what are the alternatives _ a certain standard. what are the alternatives for _ a certain standard. what are the alternatives for any _ a certain standard. what are the alternatives for any fans - a certain standard. what are the alternatives for any fans who - a certain standard. what are the - alternatives for any fans who maybe can't afford — alternatives for any fans who maybe can't afford an england shirt, don't want _ can't afford an england shirt, don't want to— can't afford an england shirt, don't want to buy— can't afford an england shirt, don't want to buy a fake one for all the reasons— want to buy a fake one for all the reasons we — want to buy a fake one for all the reasons we have discussed is you might— reasons we have discussed is you might what else could you do? we are livini might what else could you do? we are livin: in a might what else could you do? we are living in a boom _ might what else could you do? we are living in a boom time _ might what else could you do? we are living in a boom time of _ might what else could you do? we are living in a boom time of retro - living in a boom time of retro football shirts, you can get them on all manner of different websites. you can going to charity shops, online marketplaces. there are football shirts anywhere. you have to do a bit more digging, of course,

it is not as simple as logging on. some of those are really expensive, as well. , , . some of those are really expensive, as well. , _, ,, some of those are really expensive, as well. , ,. ,, ., as well. this is a reissue, an official licence _ as well. this is a reissue, an official licence reissue. - as well. this is a reissue, an official licence reissue. i - as well. this is a reissue, an i official licence reissue. i picked that up yesterday, £35, quite affordable, i would argue and you can pretty much get every england shirt there has ever been. this can pretty much get every england shirt there has ever been.- shirt there has ever been. this is the current _ shirt there has ever been. this is the current one _ shirt there has ever been. this is the current one and _ shirt there has ever been. this is the current one and it _ shirt there has ever been. this is the current one and it is - shirt there has ever been. this is the current one and it is real. - shirt there has ever been. this isi the current one and it is real. we bought it, it is paid for, a lot of money. i wonder what will happen to it in the next hour and a half is all i can say. it it in the next hour and a half is all i can say-— it in the next hour and a half is all i can say. it will get swiped. it won't. _ all i can say. it will get swiped. it won't. it _ all i can say. it will get swiped. it won't, it is _ all i can say. it will get swiped. it won't, it is under— all i can say. it will get swiped. it won't, it is under armed - all i can say. it will get swiped. i it won't, it is under armed guard. thank you for coming in. we have been asking this morning if you have a wardrobe full of football shirts are you refusing to pay full price for the official gear? lots of you have already been in touch already. and if you just want to show off your favourite — please send us a picture. tell us your name. the details are on your screen. teii tell us your name. the details are on your screen.— tell us your name. the details are on your screen. tell us who you are and where —

on your screen. tell us who you are and where you _ on your screen. tell us who you are and where you are _ on your screen. tell us who you are and where you are and _ on your screen. tell us who you are and where you are and whether- on your screen. tell us who you are | and where you are and whether your pictures are real or fake. and where you are and whether your pictures are real orfake. we have had some and couldn't tell the difference. it had some and couldn't tell the difference-— had some and couldn't tell the difference._ i - had some and couldn't tell the difference._ i feel| difference. it is difficult. ifeel like i'm in— difference. it is difficult. ifeel like i'm in my _ difference. it is difficult. ifeel like i'm in my son's _ difference. it is difficult. ifeel like i'm in my son's bathroom| difference. it is difficult. ifeel- like i'm in my son's bathroom now. __ my like i'm in my son's bathroom now. —— my son's bedroom. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with helen and gethin. if you find any football shirts feel free to _ if you find any football shirts feel free to send them this way and we can re—purpose them. coming up — the race is on to find the cause of an e.coli outbreak that's affected over 100 people in the uk so far. dr xand explains what we need to know. it could be linked to a dairy product on shelves across the nation. i'll tell you the website to keep an eye on to check if a product has been recalled. also today — with fresh warnings about outdated smoke alarms . leaving homes unprotected, - handyman wayne perrey has advice. if you've had your detector for over ten years, even if it beeps when you press the button, you could still be at risk! i'll show you how easy it is to replace them — and how to get free safety checks. plus, it's a problem that

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if we would have taken no for an answer, we'd still be here now and it could have been a lot worse. even now, just look at your kid's photos. if you notice anything that's different, if you notice an eye wandering off, if you notice a glow, it might not be cancer, but it could be. and it's best tojust get it checked. an animal rights group has urged the army to withdraw three horses who were injured after bolting through central london from the trooping the colour ceremony on saturday, calling it a risk to both the animals' and the public�*s safety. peta has written to the regiment saying all five horses involved, including these two, quaker and vida, who are still recuperating, should be retired from duty permanently. an elizabeth line passenger has told bbc london he's considering legal action after getting injured at a station. rolf kern gashed his shin trying to board a train at ealing broadway. he says the vertical gap between the platform and the train is too high.

it comes weeks after another passenger broke their foot on the same platform. tfl says it is working to ensure all stations remain safe. the sheer fact that the step is approximately 12 to 14 inch high, which is, ifind, for a modern new line where the government invested so much money, i find this unacceptable. let's take a look at the tubes now then. minor delays on the central line. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. well, it's been a fairly chilly start to the day, but today we are expecting variable cloud, some decent spells of sunshine breaking through, but also some scattered showers developing as well. it's a dry start initially though, you can see those showers developing quite widely. generally light in nature but there may be one or two heavy ones. there will be plenty of dry weather in between, still quite breezy out there as well, and temperatures reaching 14 to 16 celsius. some further showers for a time this

evening but they will fade away, becoming dry for a time overnight with some clearer skies. a bit more in the way of cloud by the early hours, one or two spots of drizzle and light rain perhaps, and temperatures dipping down to around seven to ten celsius. it means for tomorrow, then, we are expecting some drier weather, some scattered showers developing during the day. thursday is also dry to start but then we are expecting an area of low pressure to arrive with some outbreaks of rain. so it is remaining unsettled over the next few days with some scattered showers tomorrow. thursday, while it will be dry during the day, that rain will arrive later into friday as well. and that's your forecast. we've been asking you which issues you'd like us to highlight ahead of the general election. many of you got in touch about leaseholds. this will be discussed on bbc radio london at about 10am. and if there are any other issues you'd like us to look at do get in touch via your voice, your vote on our website. i'll be back at 9.15 with another update. good morning, you're watching breakfast with

sally nugent and jon kay. it's a big week for parties on the campaign trail as they launch their manifestos, setting out their offer to voters ahead ofjuly the 4th. but is any of it cutting through? nina's in taunton this morning to find out. she is finding out what voters are saying and how they are feeling halfway through the campaign. good morning. halfway through the campaign. good mornini. ,., ., halfway through the campaign. good mornin _ ,., ., ., halfway through the campaign. good mornini. ., ., ., ., morning. good morning from taunton town centre- — morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this i morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this is i morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this is part i morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this is part of— morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this is part of one i morning. good morning from taunton town centre. this is part of one of i town centre. this is part of one of the new constituencies, taunton and wellington, the town is waking up to a bright morning in more senses than one. have a look at this, the flower market has started, the hubbub is building, you get the sense that the town is doing all right in the face of lots of challenges. if you go in any direction you will hit beautiful —— a somerset hills. there are of positives in his constituency and in many ways this is mr and mrs

average, average levels of employment, higher education, even the salaries arejust employment, higher education, even the salaries are just a few hundred pounds from the national average. but as ever there are issues if you scratch the surface. have been telling me about the distance they have to travel to get health care, public transport available to carry those miles, and of course how far their money are stretching. we have been out and about speaking with voters. taunton and wellington sits in england's southwest, a mixture of the market towns and surrounding scattered villages. based on the 2019 votes, the conservatives would have a healthy majority here. but since then much has changed. new boundaries mean there'll be fewer rural votes, and many look around their town and feel life has been getting worse. the owner of this soft play centre has been a lifelong conservative, but not any more. ijust don't think i can vote for them at this election, unfortunately, because i need to vote for somebody who's going to be able to put business first and restart and re—engage

the economy and make britain the successful country that it can be. hayley and her partner work in teaching. it's just so tight at the moment with funding. the situations that we work in, the circumstances that we find ourselves in are sometimes a little bit ridiculous, really. but as yet, no education policy has turned either of their heads, and they're not the only ones. in years gone by, i've actually been quite interested in politics, but at the moment i'm feeling fairly disillusioned. and i have to say that i haven't really been keeping up to date with the latest policies or the tv debates because i've just felt like there's quite a lot of noise around it at the minute and just not really been able to engage with what anyone's been saying. a couple of miles south, this is the weir cafe. a different demographic here with different priorities. well, yes, i've always voted conservative, but i think this time

i'll be voting for reform. only because i think that the amount that immigration here has pulled on our resources so much, that we just can't cope with the amount of people using our hospitals and our health centres, dentists. but it seems most roads lead back to how much things are costing, how hard it is to make ends meet. and costsjust rising month on month, not even six monthly. and by lots, you know, our food bills and now our wages, and everything's just soared. our rent has gone up by £500. but karen's vote is still up for grabs, as are so many here. almost halfway through this campaign, every day, every vote counts.

indeed, lets delve into some of those issues. we had stumbled across paul, stumbled across him in taunton town centre, it's easy to be doom and gloom economically but there is quite a lot of growth opportunity in this constituency.— quite a lot of growth opportunity in this constituency. yes, some really bi thins this constituency. yes, some really big things to _ this constituency. yes, some really big things to talk i this constituency. yes, some really big things to talk about. i this constituency. yes, some really big things to talk about. on i this constituency. yes, some really big things to talk about. on the i big things to talk about. on the somerset coastline, biggest building site in europe, hinkley point c, a new nuclear plant which is going to be built in the next five years. and just getting going just up the motorway, a big gigafactory, jaguar land rover�*s owners are setting up this gigantic plot with thousands of jobs. it this gigantic plot with thousands of 'obs. , ., jobs. it interesting in hearing about the _ jobs. it interesting in hearing about the distance i jobs. it interesting in hearing about the distance that i jobs. it interesting in hearing. about the distance that people jobs. it interesting in hearing i about the distance that people have to travel for medical appointments here. the nhs and social care is going to play into voters minds, will the lib dem manifesto will have gone down yesterday well? thea;r will the lib dem manifesto will have gone down yesterday well? they would ho -e so gone down yesterday well? they would hope so because _ gone down yesterday well? they would hope so because i— gone down yesterday well? they would hope so because i have i gone down yesterday well? they would hope so because i have talked i gone down yesterday well? they would hope so because i have talked to i hope so because i have talked to voters and it is their number one concern around here. whether it is getting a gp appointment, getting a

hospital appointment, getting a gp appointment, getting a hospitalappointment, or getting a gp appointment, getting a hospital appointment, or getting a dentist on the nhs, all of those have proved very difficult and become a big concern. lets have proved very difficult and become a big concern. have proved very difficult and become a bi concern. , become a big concern. lets meet some voters who we — become a big concern. lets meet some voters who we have _ become a big concern. lets meet some voters who we have asked i become a big concern. lets meet some voters who we have asked to i become a big concern. lets meet some voters who we have asked to come i voters who we have asked to come down this morning. caroline, we will start with you. you run a workwear company. you said to me earlier as a small business earlier, you said, better the devil you know. that's true, and it... i better the devil you know. that's true, and it... we i better the devil you know. that's true, and it... we find i better the devil you know. that's true, and it... we find that i better the devil you know. that's true, and it... we find that with l true, and it... we find that with small business rates, and labour saying they are going to change small business rates relief, that we are concerned what they are going to change it too because we are already paying small business rates as a company. 50 paying small business rates as a com an . ,., paying small business rates as a com-an . ., ~' company. so you are thinking with stickini company. so you are thinking with sticking with _ company. so you are thinking with sticking with conservatives i company. so you are thinking with | sticking with conservatives because you worry about labour winning the national vote? bind you worry about labour winning the national vote ?_ national vote? and i also worry about if we _ national vote? and i also worry about if we vote i national vote? and i also worry about if we vote for i national vote? and i also worry about if we vote for lib i national vote? and i also worry about if we vote for lib dems, | national vote? and i also worry i about if we vote for lib dems, that thatis about if we vote for lib dems, that that is a vote for labour.— that is a vote for labour. paul, nice to see _ that is a vote for labour. paul, nice to see you. i that is a vote for labour. paul, nice to see you. you i that is a vote for labour. paul, nice to see you. you work- that is a vote for labour. paul, nice to see you. you work at i that is a vote for labour. paul, i nice to see you. you work at the couege nice to see you. you work at the college that he went to, which is lovely that you lecture there now. the big thing on your mind, and we

talked about it, is ageing parents and their access to health care. yes, that is a big concern, my parents — yes, that is a big concern, my parents are _ yes, that is a big concern, my parents are from west somerset, a little bit — parents are from west somerset, a little bit out of the way. the time from _ little bit out of the way. the time from taunton is 45 minutes is a concern — from taunton is 45 minutes is a concern for— from taunton is 45 minutes is a concern for me, access to doctor and particularly _ concern for me, access to doctor and particularly as a tourist place, the priority— particularly as a tourist place, the priority for— particularly as a tourist place, the priority for them in terms of getting _ priority for them in terms of getting care. priority for them in terms of getting care-— priority for them in terms of getting care. priority for them in terms of iiettin care. ~ ., getting care. when you look at young --eole ou getting care. when you look at young people you lecture. _ getting care. when you look at young people you lecture, your i getting care. when you look at young people you lecture, your worry i getting care. when you look at young people you lecture, your worry you i people you lecture, your worry you said earlier it was opportunities particularly in the digital sector, is any party standing out to you? not just yet. is any party standing out to you? notjust yet. still undecided. i think— notjust yet. still undecided. i think it— notjust yet. still undecided. i think it is— notjust yet. still undecided. i think it is an exciting time in somerset— think it is an exciting time in somerset particularly, lots going on and a _ somerset particularly, lots going on and a wonderful place to live, lots of good _ and a wonderful place to live, lots of good opportunities but two thirds of good opportunities but two thirds of businesses say they see a skills .ap of businesses say they see a skills gap in _ of businesses say they see a skills gap in digital. sol of businesses say they see a skills gap in digital. so i think which party— gap in digital. so i think which party bridges the gap between education and digital industries is a priority — education and digital industries is a priority. find education and digital industries is ariori . �* education and digital industries is ariori .�* ., , a priority. and you are seeing the im act a priority. and you are seeing the impact on — a priority. and you are seeing the impact on that. — a priority. and you are seeing the impact on that, you i a priority. and you are seeing the impact on that, you work i a priority. and you are seeing the impact on that, you work with i a priority. and you are seeing the i impact on that, you work with people who are isolated and vulnerable, who

struggle with employment. the service users you speak to, what do they want to see from an ex prime minister? �* .. , , they want to see from an ex prime minister? �* .. ,, ., ., .., they want to see from an ex prime minister? �* .. ,, ., ., .. ., minister? access to health care and social care is _ minister? access to health care and social care is a _ minister? access to health care and social care is a big i minister? access to health care and social care is a big issue i minister? access to health care and social care is a big issue but i social care is a big issue but beyond _ social care is a big issue but beyond that— social care is a big issue but beyond that we i social care is a big issue but beyond that we have i social care is a big issue but beyond that we have people social care is a big issue but i beyond that we have people who are in really _ beyond that we have people who are in really difficult _ beyond that we have people who are in really difficult positions, i in really difficult positions, having _ in really difficult positions, having to _ in really difficult positions, having to choose i in really difficult positions, having to choose betweenl in really difficult positions, i having to choose between heating and eating. _ having to choose between heating and eating. so _ having to choose between heating and eating. so for— having to choose between heating and eating, so for them _ having to choose between heating and eating, so for them it— having to choose between heating and eating, so for them it is— having to choose between heating and eating, so for them it is the i having to choose between heating and eating, so for them it is the cost- eating, so for them it is the cost of living — eating, so for them it is the cost of living crisis— eating, so for them it is the cost of living crisis which i eating, so for them it is the cost of living crisis which hasn't i eating, so for them it is the cost of living crisis which hasn't gone| of living crisis which hasn't gone away. _ of living crisis which hasn't gone away. it's— of living crisis which hasn't gone away it's still— of living crisis which hasn't gone away, it's still there. i of living crisis which hasn't gone away, it's still there. what- of living crisis which hasn't gone away, it's still there. what will. away, it's still there. what will the next — away, it's still there. what will the next government i away, it's still there. what will the next government do i away, it's still there. what will the next government do to i away, it's still there. what will- the next government do to support them _ the next government do to support them and _ the next government do to support them and support— the next government do to support them and support their— the next government do to support them and support their families? l them and support their families? journalists — them and support their families? journalists get _ them and support their families? journalists get carried i them and support their families? journalists get carried away- them and support their families? journalists get carried away with| journalists get carried away with these manifesto launches with the brochure of promises from each party, liberal democrats, conservatives later, other families you speak to, do they care? hat you speak to, do they care? not reall , you speak to, do they care? not really. we _ you speak to, do they care? not really, we work i you speak to, do they care? not really, we work with the most vulnerable _ really, we work with the most vulnerable and _ really, we work with the most vulnerable and they— really, we work with the most vulnerable and they are i really, we work with the most i vulnerable and they are focusing on getting _ vulnerable and they are focusing on getting through _ vulnerable and they are focusing on getting through day—to—day- vulnerable and they are focusing on getting through day—to—day they i vulnerable and they are focusing oni getting through day—to—day they are not worried — getting through day—to—day they are not worried about _ getting through day—to—day they are not worried about what i getting through day—to—day they are not worried about what is i getting through day—to—day they are not worried about what is going i getting through day—to—day they are not worried about what is going on l not worried about what is going on behalf— not worried about what is going on behalf above — not worried about what is going on behalf above them. _ not worried about what is going on behalf above them. it i not worried about what is going on behalf above them. it will- not worried about what is going on behalf above them. it will impact i behalf above them. it will impact them _ behalf above them. it will impact them is _ behalf above them. it will impact them is the — behalf above them. it will impact them is the most _ behalf above them. it will impact them is the most vulnerable i behalf above them. it will impact them is the most vulnerable in i them is the most vulnerable in society — them is the most vulnerable in socie . , ., , ., them is the most vulnerable in socie . , .,, ., , society. the people we have spoken to this morning, i society. the people we have spoken to this morning, many i society. the people we have spoken to this morning, many of— society. the people we have spoken to this morning, many of them i society. the people we have spoken to this morning, many of them has| to this morning, many of them has said it is at this election campaign

which is putting them off, it isn't aggressive, mudslinging, tit—for—tat, do find that? —— it is aggressive. tit-for-tat, do find that? -- it is aggressive-— tit-for-tat, do find that? -- it is an aressive. , ., ., , aggressive. yes, one of the comments i hear most — aggressive. yes, one of the comments i hear most commonly i aggressive. yes, one of the comments i hear most commonly is, i aggressive. yes, one of the comments i hear most commonly is, the i i hear most commonly is, the cynicism about it, they are all as bad as each other. people do not like the tone of the debate, they don't like the way politicians go on at each other, the negative style of campaigning that we have. unfortunately that is the reality of politics and election campaigns, and it's only going to intensify. there is a way to _ it's only going to intensify. there is a way to go — it's only going to intensify. there is a way to go yet. i it's only going to intensify. there is a way to go yet. thank i it's only going to intensify. there is a way to go yet. thank you i it's only going to intensify. there is a way to go yet. thank you all| is a way to go yet. thank you all and thank you for giving us such a warm welcome in taunton this morning, part of this new constituency. the keywords this morning have been nhs and social care, but apathy, morning have been nhs and social care, butapathy, discontent, morning have been nhs and social care, but apathy, discontent, and thinking about not voting at all. with three weeks and two days to go, plenty of time if you are watching, potential mps, to get campaigning and get knocking on those doors. wouldn't you say? absolutely. absolutely, we are hearing from so

many people every day that have not made up their minds. there are six candidates standing in the constituency of taunton and wellington. and you can find a full list of candidates for all constituencies across the uk, on the bbc news website. just look up where you live. but our just look up where you live. emit your postcode in and you can find out who you can vote for. the pressure on public services is a key election issue and to understand the challenges authorities are facing, we've been looking at the town of telford. today, we're focusing on social care, as demand for support has soared in recent years, particularly from people under the age of 65. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. club 17 is a group for people with disabilities and support needs to meet and mingle. or maybe something more. you'vejust got engaged! yes, i have.

so when are you going to get married? er, i don't know yet. how did you propose to her? i got down on one knee. did you? yeah. fantastic. and she said yes. yeah, she did. the room is full of the hopes and fears of any young people — though, in their cases, the struggles can be greater. well, i had to leave the town that i was born and grew up in because there was no supported accommodation provision. abby has a condition that causes herjoints to dislocate, leaving her in pain. after a battle, she now has the care she needs. i spent two years in emergency accommodation, in a shared homeless shelter, because there was disagreements over what care and support i actually needed. so we really had to fight the council to get my care package put in place. in another room, the parents of some of the young people who are struggling to be heard. we just want them to live fulfilled lives. we don't want to be a burden

on anybody, but we want them to be treated with equity. and the problem is, our options are so limited. a constant problem is the lack of supported accommodation. elsa's son is due to finish college next month. i didn't want him to have to come home where he's going to be set back in his development. er... but that's probably what's going to happen because at the moment i still don't have any ideas of where he could move to. when you have a wheelchair and you have mobility issues, you can't, obviously, get up the stairs in a house, so it would need to be accessible. i know a couple of young people that have had to go to south wales because they haven't got the housing or the support staff, which is — for them parents and that young person that's lived in telford all their lives, having to go all the way there at the weekend is actually a tragedy. around 70% of the council budget in telford is spent on social care. demand for support from people under the age of 65 increased by close to 300% in the five years

to 2022—23 — the latest figures. it's far greater than the increase for england as a whole — delivered in part, say the council, by the area's attractiveness. because of some of the really positive services in certain things like special educational needs services, people are attracted to coming in, which means that there's another pressure of people, younger people coming in with high complex needs. but people will need to move into adult social care at some point to maintain their independence going forward. adding to the pressures is poor lifestyle. care homes say they're seeing people needing support in their 50s due to problems linked to smoking and alcoholism. most of the residents, however, are still the elderly — though the care they are having to provide is changing, and more expensive. people in residential services probably look more like the old nursing threshold used to be, and that people in nursing homes mirror much more

of a hospice situation — people tend to come in now at the latter part of their life, so for end—of—life care, or where they have extremely advanced complex nursing and dementia needs. telford — like britain — is both growing and ageing. it's a combination that is increasingly stretching public finances — particularly social care. michael buchanan, bbc news, telford. it is 8:47am, you are watching breakfast. we have been tormenting carroll all morning asking her when she can fix the weather, have you done it yet? not quite yet, a bit of work to do on that one! good morning! if you have not been out yet, it is a chilly start. temperatures as low as three degrees in some parts last night. todayit degrees in some parts last night. today it will be sunshine and showers with more cloud building

through the day but temperature —wise, it is still cool forjune. average temperatures should be between 16 and 20, they are lower for the next few days. we do have high pollen levels across wales and southern england, especially grass pollen. we are drawing in this northerly flow, this northerly breeze. it is pulling in showers but it is accentuating the cool feel whereas in the west, we have got a ridge of high pressure building. although there are showers in the west at the moment, you will find a lot of them will tend to fade through the day. showers across central and eastern areas will continue. some of us are starting with sunshine already, the best of the sunshine will be in the west but there will be a lot of cloud around and through the afternoon there will be more cloud and sunshine. the showers persisting in central and eastern areas. temperatures on the low side as i mentioned, 16 to 28 north to south. lower than that today, and it will feel cooler with

the breeze coming in from the north sea along the north coast. into this evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade but we will let with cloud producing one or two showers across central and eastern areas, and then under clear skies in the west it will be another chilly night. in rural parts of scotland and wales temperatures could get down locally to two or three degrees. that is how we start the day tomorrow. a lot of sunshine around and dry weather, particularly in the north and west. you can see across central and eastern parts of england there will be showers at times but we will not all catch one. temperature wise, similar to today. ten to 17 degrees. as we head into thursday, we start on a dry and sunny note, the cloud is going to build in from the west and the next atlantic front comes in bringing in some rain which will be accompanied by gusty winds through the irish sea and areas adjacent to it, because as

much as 40 miles an hour. note the wind direction, northerly for the last few days, it is now coming up from the south—west. that is a more mild direction, not that you would notice it in the temperatures which are 12 to 18 degrees north to south. friday and into the weekend, it remains unsettled with showers and longer spells of rain interspersed with some sunshine and breezy in the south. thank you, carol. in paris this summer, there will be more mums representing great britain at the olympics and paralympics than ever before. while new pregnancy guidance has been introduced since the last games, the bbc has spoken to four athlete mums who say they still feel like the "guinea pigs". our sports news correspondent laura scott has more. they're too young to understand, but there's a thread linking these boys — and their toys. their mums are all elite athletes vying for selection for the olympics

and paralympics this summer. these four are part of a growing number trying to do both. you stop it? but when hockey playerjo pinner became the first in the gb squad to have a baby, she set about forming an athlete mums group chat, which now has 15 members. we're all different sports, and we've all had different pregnancies, different experiences, and i thinkjust that awareness that we're, like, we're not alone. what we've been quite good at is telling each other if there are inconsistencies in how we're being treated, or the benefits or support we're receiving. despite steps to make it easier for athletes to return after having children — like continuing their funding during pregnancy — challenges remain. i don't feel like it's offensive any more. i don't feel like you're going to not be supported. i just don't necessarily think that we've thought of all the right ways in which to support mothers. how have you found that return and how you view your body and how your body has responded to getting back to top—level sport?

it's a journey, isn't it? laughter. i wouldn't say i'm back to where i would want to be, and i thought that i would be back by now. but, again, i think it's one of those things that is so unknown, like, you don't know how your body is going to react. and i didn't know how my body was going to react with having a disability, as well. some feel they've become even better athletes. so i'm actually faster than i was before. really?! amazing! i've actually pb'd all my lifts and most of my tests this year. i certainly came to respect myself in ways where i probably wouldn't have before. so what's the one area they think needs even more focus? pelvic floor is the go—to for me with that question. 24 months postpartum... you still need to be... ..like, if you get a cold and you're coughing loads, you probably will wet yourself and it's like — it sounds awful, but it's a normal thing, and i know there's so many mums — not athletes — out there that just think they have to keep quiet about it,

and you shouldn't. they hope that by highlighting shortcomings in what they experienced, things will be better for the next generation of mothers. the biggest thing for me was making sure that, if i was going to be the guinea pig, no—one else had to go through this same journey and these same issues, which i think british rowing have dealt with really well, like maternity policies coming out. i'm really excited for that to come out, and for other people to also try and do the same journey and see how many mums we end up with on the team. while sporting success still drives them, having their children to come home to has given them a new perspective, and an acceptance that not everything goes to plan. laura scott, bbc news. bring back stronger, love that! maybe having a toddler is like a superpower. its, maybe having a toddler is like a superpower-— maybe having a toddler is like a su--erower. ~ ., ., , ., , superpower. a toddler that blows raspberries _ superpower. a toddler that blows raspberries when i superpower. a toddler that blows raspberries when the i superpower. a toddler that blows raspberries when the tv i superpower. a toddler that blows raspberries when the tv cameras i superpower. a toddler that blows i raspberries when the tv cameras turn up! raspberries when the tv cameras turn u i ! , raspberries when the tv cameras turn u .l , ., ., two spacecraft orbiting mars have spotted early morning

frost on volcanoes close to the planet's equator. scientists had previously thought it was impossible for frost to exist on this part of the red planet. the european space agency's missions found the frost on the tharsis peaks, the tallest volcanoes in the solar system. we're joined now by dr chris copperwheat, who's an astrophysicist at liverpooljohn moores university. good morning. how exciting is this? this is exciting, water on mars is nothing new. we have known that mars is very wet, we have seen evidence of dried up river beds and lakes and that sort of thing. right now there are frozen poles, there are lots of frozen deposit under the surface of mars. this was unexpected, a water cycle we are seeing here. it's like we see on earth, we will learn about the water cycle on school, frosts condense in the early morning and it evaporates. but it says something

about the climate of mars, the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere, which really changes our understanding of climate and informs our potential understanding of life on mars and also human exploration, where we might go when we send humans to mars and simple question, does that mean it would be easier to try and establish life there, or harder? well, easier. when we see water, we look for signs of life near water because we know that on the earth you need water to survive. if we are going to go to mars, ideally, we would make use of the resources that are there when we get there. so ten years ago you might have said the most sensible place for humans to land on mars would have been near the poles. now it looks like there is a significant amount of water around about the equator, it is much easier to land equator, it is much easier to [and there, the climate is better, you don't get a cold winters and cold night so it makes the prospect of human exploration of mars a lot easier. it human exploration of mars a lot easier. . ~ , ,., ~ , .,

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live from london, this is bbc news. the conservatives promise to cut a further two pence from national insurance — as they prepare to launch their manifesto. we are bought the conservative campaign both on a crucial day as they pitch for your vote. labour says the plans are desperate — as they pledge to improve children's access to dentistry. in other news, the un security council votes in favour of a us plan for a full and complete ceasefire in gaza. and apple unveils plans to bring alto it's devices — as it teams up with chatgpt.

hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. the conservatives are launching their election manifesto later, with a promise to cut a further two pence from national insurance. the prime minister rishi sunak said another tory goverment would allow you to keep more of the money you earn. you can see the manifesto launch live here, at around 11:30. labour — who unveil their manifesto later this week — have called the national insurance plan 'the most expensive panic attack in history'. the party will today launch plans for to improve dentistry for children. the liberal democrats lanched their manifesto yesterday with a focus on health and social care. today they're promoting a new rural gp fund. let's start with the conservative manifesto launch — and that promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. thank you!

hoping for a warm welcome... katherine, i'm rishi.