i can tell of, bibby stockholm. tell you that, if you are one of those protesters for and some, some reason you're watching this tonight, do get in touch and tell me why you don't have the chops to actually show your face. if you're so proud of the action that you're taking . and action that you're taking. and also on dewbs & co, i don't just also on dewbs& co, i don't just like to give you problems, i do like to give you problems, i do like to give you problems, i do like to give you solutions. so all of these people that were chanting refugees, welcome, i've got a great idea for you . why got a great idea for you. why don't we try and set up and you can already voluntary over pay extra tax if you're in the camp of refugees . welcome. and i'm of refugees. welcome. and i'm not knocking that. it's a perfectly valid place to be. why don't you say to yourselves, you know what, let's pay a voluntary amount of tax. so all of us that are in favour of putting people in hotels and all the rest of it, you guys can chip in a

. seekers to the bibby stockholm.ed. kevin, i've got a question for you. a lot of people have been saying to me earlier on on my show, how did the mob find out? is there some sort of leak, do you think going on i that's that's exactly the question that i've been asking. >> how the hell did the mob find out what was going on? because i suspect that somebody, somewhere has spoken to the . media about has spoken to the. media about it, because otherwise, how would they know? it's astonishing, but it's absolutely outrage, martin. it really is. you cannot have , a it really is. you cannot have, a mob rule in south east london, in fact, where. >> kevin. frozen kevin's frozen . >> kevin. frozen kevin's frozen. not a problem. what he was about to say was, i think, and i've been inundated with emails all day on my show. you know how did this information leak out? how is it that every time there seems to be a police raid, we saw it before, as i said in june 2022, an immigration van turned up to perfectly legally within the cons

okay, as you bibby stockholm.you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, as you can see, it's an incredibly tense atmosphere here. okay and i just want to just go and, we're just going to go and try and see what people make of it, why they're here and what their main motivations are. so let's go and have a chat with them. >> so here, in solidarity with immigrants, i feel that this really is very much a political this is really political manoeuvring in time for the election. it's about grabbing headunes. election. it's about grabbing headlines . it's not really headlines. it's not really anything serious. and i think the government's idea of sending people to rwanda is really, really appalling . really appalling. >> is it specifically about the bibby stockholm or is it about the whole thing? >> well , gb the whole thing? >> well, gb news the whole thing? >> well , gb news off. >> well, gb news off. >> well, gb news off. >> gb news off.

the coach is due to pick up others along its route towards the south coat towards the bibby stockholmg. it will be interesting to see how long the police will take to decide to move the people and get this road open again. this decide to move the people and get this road open again.— this road open again. this is happening _ this road open again. this is happening right _ this road open again. this is happening right now. - this road open again. this is happening right now. has i this road open again. this is i happening right now. has there this road open again. this is - happening right now. has there been any response yet from any official sources to what's going on? indie any response yet from any official sources to what's going on? we have heard from the _ sources to what's going on? we have heard from the from _ sources to what's going on? we have heard from the from home _ sources to what's going on? we have heard from the from home office - sources to what's going on? we have heard from the from home office to l heard from the from home office to have described this protest a

it's believed the coach was headed to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset , and the bibby stockholm barge and it comes just a day after the home office had confirmed it is starting the process of detaining illegal migrants ahead of the first flight to rwanda, which is due to take off in july. flight to rwanda, which is due to take off in july . a spanish to take off in july. a spanish brazilian dual national has appeared in court today charged with the murder of 14 year old boy in northeast london, daniel anjorin was fatally stabbed in a sword attack on tuesday morning as he was making his way to school. four others were also injured in that attack. 36 year old marcus aurelio arduini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm . voters of grievous bodily harm. voters are continuing to head to the polls today across 107 local authorities in england , where authorities in england, where elections are taking place. there are also votes in mayoral races for dozens of police and crime commissioners. and there's a by—e

they say that the bibby stockholm barge is not a suitable place to house asylum—seekers, they say thatre from this area in peckham have been in a hotel here for a while. they've built up relations in the local community and they simply don't want to go, but as you can see, the coach is now moving off, it's been moved off in the distance, accompanied by a lot of police officers, and then just behind it, if wejust police officers, and then just behind it, if we just walk over here, you can see actually some of these couples that are taking place, police moving into make sure that coach can get away. some of the protesters not wanting to be moved. so you can see some pretty dramatic scenes here at the moment, and you've got scuffles there between the campaigners of the protesters, and also the police there. there has been quite high tensions here, a lot of people taking part not wanting to speak to us, they've been chanting, and as you can see, they are sitting down in the road once again now, the coach has been allowed to make its way out of this area. it is unclear how long this is actu

we're heanng the bibby stockholm barge.it's not just that kate forbes has said she will not be standing to be the next first minister. there's another half of her announcement that perhaps shows where all of this is going. she's endorsed john swinney. curious. curious because they are quite different. they are quite different. they are quite different political vie whether it's on climate change, whether it's on climate change, whether it's on climate change, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on fiscal prudence and tax rates, i'm sure there are many other issues where they differ. so that's quite interesting. she's endorsed john swinney, the continuity nicola sturgeon humza yousaf candidate for the top job. >> but what could have been going on behind the scenes? what might kate forbes have extracted as her price from john swinney ? as her price from john swinney? could it be a senior government post? could it be like one of these deals that were d

the home office insist the bibby stockholm barge is safe, secure and appropriate. without any passengers. simonjones, bbc news, peckham. our top story this evening: john swinney is the man who looks set to be scotland's new first minster after days of political chaos. still to come, how orangutans have learnt to self—medicate to heal wounds. coming up on bbc news — the semi—finals are underway at the crucible, will this be david gilbert's year? he's playing kyren wilson for a first ever place in the world snooker championship final. british scientists have managed to piece back together the skull of a 75,000—year—old neanderthal woman whose remains were found in a cave in northern iraq. they put together this 3d model after more than 100 bones were put back together like a jigsaw puzzles. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. revealed for the first time — a face from the ancient past. a female neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago. she's been called shanidar z. her face was recreated from this skull. we can say that she's neanderthal from various features,

he's been asked, apparently, to move to the bibby stockholm whilst he's getting processed is a worldnd he and there's been suggestions that elite sports people perhaps be given exceptions when wanting to move to the uk . should there to move to the uk. should there be mark? >> absolutely not. i mean, what's weird here? look, i don't really know much about cycling as a sport, michel, but if this guy is elite as a cyclist, i presume he's 26 years old. so that's roughly at the peak of your athletic career. i would suggest he's presumably only earning a total ton of money. he doesn't need to apply for asylum. he can just apply for immigration. fine. we don't have any problem bringing in 26 year old brazilian footballers to play old brazilian footballers to play for manchester united or arsenal or manchester city, so if this guy can earn a living at this elite site , cling, good this elite site, cling, good luck to him. but if he is claiming that he is only here and can't earn a living and is fleeing persecution, in the fact that you can ride a bicycle should be treated no differently to

all the bibby stockholm for that matter.o give people when they come here in search of asylum from the safety of france, then for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, is this the end of the tory party as we know it? my difficult conversation now, very exciting, because i'll be joined in the studio by married at first sight, star and florist rosalind darlington, also known as roz . and then my mini debate. as roz. and then my mini debate. bofis as roz. and then my mini debate. boris johnson had a mishap with trying to vote in the local elections. we'll find out more later. but first, let's get your latest news with sam francis . latest news with sam francis. >> nana, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. it is exactly 4:00, and the top story this hour. labour has claimed two more victories in the local elections in england. in another blow to the conservatives, andy burnham won the contest in greater manchester, while tracy brabin has been named as the mayor of west yorkshire. ben hawkins win yesterday for

protesters have tried to block the coach sent to collect migrants to be transported to the bibby stockholm barge. the code to temporarily stopped from leaving peckham by those demonstrators. the coach is now left but the protests are continuing. let is go to our corresponding, simonjones. what has been happening over the last hour or so? the situation remains pretty tense. there are a lot of protesters and a lot of police. we can walk appear and get and a lot of police. we can walk appearand geta and a lot of police. we can walk appear and get a bit closer. at about eight o'clock this morning, a coach turned up to take a small group of asylum seekers from a hotel that they had been staying in here in south—east london and protesters arrived and basically block the coach from leaving saying that the people didn't want to go to the bibby stockholm barge. they said they had become members of the community here. the coach was stopped from leaving. you can see one of the police vehicles here. the police have been moving people are trying to move people away from the road. after the coach was st

he received a letter saying that he had to leave the hotel and was being moved on to bibby stockholm.r getting shipped to bibby stockholm, maybe the next step is rwanda bill and frightens me. for organisations like the lewisham donation hub, they see asylum seekers as friends, lawrence who runs the charity, tells me they volunteer here frequently. and their loss will leave a huge hole in the community. they are here every day when we put in those i emergency requests for help. they're always - the ones that respond. their ability to - deliver help for all hours and all days is - unmatched and we can't really understand why the _ home office has not recognised the impact to our service - when the home office itself is referring people to us. i the metropolitan police told us a number of their officers were assaulted and 45 people were arrested. including one for a racially aggravated public order offence. that person was not part of the protest. the government has committed to reducing the reliance on hotels in housing asylum seekers, due to the huge cost. but this has come with its ch

the home office insist the bibby stockholm barge is safe, secure and appropriate.d the protests as "intimidatory and aggressive". but the coach eventually left, without any passengers. simonjones, bbc news, peckham. to india next, where the general election is under way. all this week, the bbc has been speaking to influential voting blocs. amongst them, more than 18 million new, first—time voters heading to the polls. here's samira hussain. this is really delicious. are you talking with your friends about the election? and what are you guys talking about? decrease in the constitutional rights of indian people. major issue facing in this election is confusion to which party i need to vote. this is my first thought. so i don't want to waste that vote by giving a corrupted party. yeah. everything is kind of... everyone is doing that, - working for their own benefit. what is something that you want to see changed in your country? due to the lack of a financial structure, the wealth distribution is unequal. the right to vote is a constitutional right for me. i don't wan

the bus was supposed to take seven migrants, we understand, to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset, butlly left without them on board. downing streets called the protests as unacceptable . a the protests as unacceptable. a samurai sword attacker has appeared in court today charged with the murder of a 14 year old schoolboy in north—east london. daniel anjorin was fatally stabbed on tuesday morning as he made his way to school. marcus monzo, a spanish brazilian dual national, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and injuring four other people when he broke into a house where a family was sleeping. the 36 year old has been remanded in custody and is next due to appear at the old bailey. custody and is next due to appear at the old bailey . well appear at the old bailey. well voters are continuing to head to the polls tonight in a series of local elections in many parts of england and wales , seats are up england and wales, seats are up for grabs on 107 local authorities , while there are authorities, while there are also votes for mayors. some police commissioners . and pol

they don't want this bus to take migrants from a london hotel to the bibby stockholm.d the question is to what extent is this the sign of things to come? we saw the footage break yesterday of the home office rounding up those who have been earmarked to go to rwanda with these protests . now, rwanda with these protests. now, on those, on those that are even going to go to the bibby stockholm, what more could we expect for those that have been earmarked to get on flights to rwanda? it could be a real moment of resistance and a test for this government. yeah. but also today, north of the border , also today, north of the border, we're expecting, a will she won't she moment will kate forbes this afternoon throw her hat into the ring to be the next snp leader? of course, in your airtime we've seen, john swinney declare mr exciting mr exciting. will he be coronated will this be a coronation or will he have a challenger. >> yes, because kate forbes is more popular with the general scottish public. is she not? but will the snp allow her to be leader, or will they just go with

. >> police have arrested 45 people today as a coach bound for bibby stockholm, which is not a folk band migrants on board, a mob blocked its path and attacked police officers. the scotland yard have confirmed this afternoon they've arrested people for offences including obstructing the highway and one for racially aggravated public order offence. every time, every single time we see this. i mean , i get see this. i mean, i get conflicted when i read these stories because i, i believe in the right to protest . i find it the right to protest. i find it difficult the thing when you when you hear about the police being attacked or anyone being attacked, for that matter, what you have to understand is they are only doing their job right. are only doing theirjob right. so they are sent there to protect that lorry. so to put that minibus, that minibus is doing its job. the minibus doesn't have feelings, but the person driving it does and the organisation behind the minibus they do and so i have a i have a bit of an issue there, but there are lots of amusing digs because this is in the mail. so

militant activists blocked a bus taking illegal immigrants from a taxpayer funded hotel to the bibby stockholms. >> oh, gb news off. gb news off. gb news off. gb news. >> so i've had a little look into it and i thought i recognised him from somewhere. he's been at more than a few events recently. we can see him waving a trans flag at another rally , and there's pictures as rally, and there's pictures as well with jewish socialist workers that have emerged. he also helped the bloke who assaulted my cameraman yesterday get away. >> now this individual, this individual is just assaulted a gb news cameraman and is going to be arrested by police as it currently stands. >> as you can see. oh, the police appear to have just let him walk off. well, i'd just like to say a big hello to a chap called john. now, we won't use your full name here because i wouldn't want to instigate a pile on or do anything that might make you feel intimidated, but it turns out that this guy is actually a hr manager at a publishing company. we do know quite a bit about you, john. actually, i wonder whether or not your revol

three people have been charged after protesters blocked a coach taking asylum seekers to the bibby stockholm barge. the met police arrested 45 people after officers were called on thursday morning to peckham, south—east london. the demonstrators could be heard chanting no borders, no nafions be heard chanting no borders, no nations stop deportations , as nations stop deportations, as three have now been charged with obstruction of the highway . obstruction of the highway. motorists are being warned to expect heavy traffic this bank houday expect heavy traffic this bank holiday weekend, according to the rac, around 3 million vehicles will take to the roads today alone, an increase in day trips and short breaks could mean that local routes are congested . also, train strikes congested. also, train strikes between tuesday and the following saturday could lead to most roads being busier than usual. most roads being busier than usual . fuel prices have gone up usual. fuel prices have gone up by an average of £0.10 per litre so far this year. new figures are showing that the typical price for a lit

the bibby stockholm or rafe scampton ? stockholm or rafe scampton? >> i've absolutely no idea.ould train them, given that the british army has gone from 100,000 men to 75,000 men, morale is at an all time low. you couldn't do any form of national service without a massive increase in the army. what sunak should be saying is we need 30,000 of you to volunteer to join the army proper and actually incentivise it. >> nigel farage always a pleasure. thank you very much for joining us on your own show. i'm delighted to stand in for now. coming up, i'll be joined by the co—founder of the muslim debate initiative as we discuss nigel's comments on british muslims welcome back. now, at the start of the show, we asked you , was of the show, we asked you, was nigel farage right? to say muslim voters don't share britain's values? well, here's what you had to say. and william tells us, i totally agree with nigel. we are losing our country and fast. and mick says this . and fast. and mick says this. nigel farage is stating what most people believe. there are thousands of british muslims who d

people that protested to stop the bus from leaving the western hotel in peckham to go to the bibby stockholmeing stockholm. and they're being very sympathetic with the way that asylum seekers are being treated. but it illustrates his dual problem. first of all, getting rwanda off the ground and getting it to work and clearing backlogs and all the rest of it, literally, from a logistical point of view and then there's the practicalities. are we going to see every attempt to deport migrants being kiboshed by protesters? you know, they're outside buses? the next thing we know, there'll be a airports when we've seen a lot of direct action, you know, things like just up oil in a different context over the past few years. >> so i know the home office is really worried about this, and they've been trying to do things like you know, practice in secret in terms of when you have people on a plane trying to resist arrest, etc. those kind of things have been going on behind the scenes. there's two issues here. one is about the operationality of the scheme and one is about the deterrent effect. now, i ac

these same people are always involved, whether it's protesting about a migrant bus going to the bibby stockholmit's the environment, whether it's the environment, whether it's the environment, whether it's outside school gates, it's the same groups of agitators every single time . now agitators every single time. now i've got a solution. tell these students that if they take part in pro—palestine protest, their student loan will be revoked. we'll soon find out how many of them are actually students and how many of them are rent a mob. jobless activists . but before jobless activists. but before i get the thoughts of my panel, let me bring in charlie woods. so charlie is a legal student in oxford and he was down at the protest today. charlie, thank you very much. now, i understand that you're working to try to stop this occupation , aren't stop this occupation, aren't you? what's going on? >> well, our primary role is really just to support students and help them understand what their options are. it's actually very difficult, for students to be able to use, particularly the legal system , to de

three people have been charged after protesters blocked a coach taking asylum seekers to the bibby stockholmarrested 45 people after officers were called on thursday morning to peckham, south—east london. the demonstrators could be heard chanting no borders, no nafions be heard chanting no borders, no nations stop deportations. three have now been charged with obstruction of the highway . obstruction of the highway. motorists are being warned to expect heavy traffic this bank houday expect heavy traffic this bank holiday weekend, according to the rac. around 3 million vehicles will take to the roads today alone . an increase in day today alone. an increase in day trips and short breaks could mean that local routes will see heavy traffic. also, train strikes between this coming tuesday and the following saturday could lead to most roads being busier. fuel prices have gone up by an average of £0.10 per litre so far this yeah £0.10 per litre so far this year. new figures show that the typical price for a litre of petrol reached £1.50 in april, whilst diesel came close to £1.58. the rising prices

. >> people object to the bibby stockholm.y is nothing that we can do with these people, is there? that will be accepting of a sort of left wing audience? >> well, there's loads of things that we can can do with these. >> send them back, send them back. that's what we should. >> the first thing we should do is end the policy that prevents refugees from getting jobs, and so they can contribute to the economy as it clusters, as an unsafe country. >> so, you know, do you think we're an unsafe country, sam ? we're an unsafe country, sam? >> sorry i missed that. >> sorry i missed that. >> class doors is an unsafe country. do you think we're an unsafe country? >> i think some of the things we are, the way we're treating refugees is extremely problematic. >> so where are we? unsafe? >> so where are we? unsafe? >> i think we're still a safe country for refugees. if a caught up in courts, i think the dubun caught up in courts, i think the dublin court is i differ from the dublin court on that. >> using the courts as your backup. dublin

maybe they end up on the bibby stockholm . well, i mean, who knows, i think that's it's a fair comment that the defence estate has shrunk quite considerably. but, you know, if we can find accommodation for people coming across the channel to house them while they're processed, i dare say we can find places to process, young people who want to have a go at the armed services. and of course , where services. and of course, where there's a will, there's a way. it can't be a cost, negative or cost , equal. it can't be a cost, negative or cost, equal. but the budget will have to be fine somehow, if that's what the conservative government wishes to do. and of course, predicated on the fact if we will have a conservative government post july the 4th. >> now, stuart, there's been lots of reaction from sir keir starmer so far. he's drawing his bayonet, so to speak, on on national service, having a go at rishi sunak. but to use another military metaphor, it's time for him to show us his medals, isn't it? what do you want to see? it's ok

in south east london, which prevented the home office from sending dozens of migrants to the bibby stockholmnd the guardian has this image, from another protest, this time in the us. this is from the pro—palestine demonstration held at the university of california, following days of similar action at campuses across the country. the paper quotes president biden in its headline saying: "order must prevail". let's bring you up—to—date with the news that is coming through. take that have become the latest act to move concerts from the troubled co—op live arena, which has paused holding events due to technical issues. its rival, the ao arena, will now host the band's five upcoming manchester dates, as well as gigs by keane and the us rapper a boogie wit da hoodie. our reporter graham satchell has more. # a little patience...# take that — the latest band to cancel their gig at the new co—op live arena in manchester. their shows next week will be staged at a rival venue instead. i think everybody in manchester really has been excited for it, and then when something like this happens and it's just