i always listen to people in croydon, what they're saying, and then take that obviously back to back to parliament. and that's why this kind of incident is troubling you know, i've seen another colleague, mike friar from finchley, had his constituency office burned down just a few months ago. who then who then decided to step down? that's right, can we talk about the farage factor? i mean, obviously the commentariat today andindeed obviously the commentariat today and indeed the polls seem to reflect this idea that it's going to be apocalyptic for the conservatives now to have nigel farage back in the hot seat for reform and running for that seat, it is difficult this , seat, it is difficult this, isn't it? i mean, you're being squeezed in the polls as it is. you had that disastrous mrp poll which suggests you're going to be reduced to 140 seats. that would be worse than in 1906. and yet that poll was conducted before farage announced his candidacy . candidacy. >> well, let's start with nigel farage. nigel farage, i think, has run for parliament now seven, eight times. i've lost trac

let's speak to theo chikomba, our gb news reporter who's live from the fan zone in croydon.probably being covered with beer and certainly soaking up the atmosphere. theo >> yeah, well, the atmosphere here is electric at the moment. only a few minutes away until the england match starts. now, interestingly, for those who may be watching eastenders when they're a bit younger, a shaun williamson who used to play barry on eastenders was on the stage a few moments ago and now they have been singing. it's coming home, so a lot of people are hopeful this evening. england has got one change this evening. conor gallagher, who plays for chelsea, is in the starting line—up, taking over from trent alexander—arnold, who plays for liverpool. >> there have been a lot of talk in the last couple of days about who's going to start, who is going to drop out, so it's going to be a tasty affair this evening. >> but here in croydon the spirits are high. we've been speaking to fans, some who've travelled all the way from australia to come and watch the game here in croydon, so plenty of people are

i'm shondelle and i've come from croydon. so you didn't have farto come, then? no, not at all.iterally about half an hour on the train. the first group of voters are getting acquainted. where are you from? i'm from... well, i'm glaswegian but i live in the hills near macclesfield, in the peak park, and i've lived there for about 30 years. right, your turn now. i'm tom. i live in hamilton in scotland but originally i lived down i in london and surrey, - but i moved up to scotland when i was about 30. you don't sound it. no, i... laughter i'm chidi, i live in bromley in south london. oh, notfar. i've always lived in london. it's going to be an interesting journey. and here is the second group, cosying up in the carriage. hi, i'm april, i come from hertfordshire, so today to get to the station, it only took me about 15 minutes. oh, that's nice. my name is kissy and i come from nottingham. so, getting here, it took around maybe two hours. i took the train up _ from cardiff central to paddington and then i got a taxi, - a london cab, which was pretty cool because it's one - of the t

but also in my own neighbourhood in croydon as well . in croydon as well. >> okay.as chris mentioned, his constituency of croydon south, here are the other candidates in the seat for reform uk . it's bob the seat for reform uk. it's bob bromley. green is elaine garrett liberal democrats, richard howard, workers party of britain, colson hussain, conservative chris philp, independent mark samuel and labour ben taylor. >> yes, and we also mentioned the seat of basildon and billericay in essex . so here are billericay in essex. so here are the candidates standing. they're the candidates standing. they're the british democratic party , the british democratic party, christopher bateman standing for them. reform uk stephen connolly, green, stuart josh howie, labour. alex harrison, conservative. richard holden, trade unionist and socialist coalition party dave murray, liberal democrat edward sainsbury. >> well still to come, we'll be taking a look to britain's newsroom what promises to be a very busy show. but that's next. this gb news. >> now, britain's newsroom is coming

nasa and saadi, from croydon, has been charged with murder of the 34 year old amy grey at durley chineine and her three children have wished prince william a happy 42nd birthday on social media. kate released a photo of the prince of wales jumping into the air while holding hands with george, charlotte and louis on a beach in norfolk. and for the latest story , sign up to gb news alerts story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. >> common herts . >> common herts. >> common herts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2640 and ,1.1821. the price of gold is £1,840.39 per ounce, and the ftse 100 closed the day at 8237 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> well thank you sophia. now, i always say this is my favourite part of the show today with bells and whistles on because hoving into view. michelle dewberry here in west

nasen saadi, from croydon, only spoke to confirm his name, and address during the short hearing at poole was remanded in custody until then. earlier this year, strict rules came into force across britain about the ownership of american xl bully dogs following a number of attacks. however, since the laws were introduced, there have been several more incidents — some fatal — involving the animals. 0ur reporterjayne mccubbin has been looking at the issue. in the space ofjust over a week, a five—year—old boy was treated for head injuries after being attacked in hull. firearms officers are called to a street in caerphilly after a 15—year—old is attacked, and a woman in her 50s is killed in london. scared, you know, the fact that this has happened in our neighbourhood to a lady that obviously was very kind and loving. the fact that that's happened with her own dogs is scary, it's very scary. dog barks behind those injuries and this death is a dog just like this, an xl bully. ian langley, ian price, 17—month—old bella—rae birch, ten—year—old jack lis and grandmother esther martin, they all died

actress dame peggy ashcroft has been remembered with a blue plaque at her childhood home in south croydonn south kensington is back this weekend for its fifth year, organised by imperial college london. the free event celebrates how science and art can help people and nature flourish with one performer combining her passion as a professional ballerina with her expertise in plant pathology for an expressive performance. let's take a look at the tubes now. the district line is part suspended but a good service on other lines. now, on to the weather with georgie. good morning. not really feeling likejune at all, is it at the moment? low pressure, firmly in charge. and, for the next few days, that means the risk of heavy thundery showers and some blustery winds as well. so for this morning, it's a bit of a grey, damp start, some brighter spells. but, as the day goes on, we're going to see a rash of heavy thundery showers spreading from the south west. hitand miss. but if you're caught in one, you'll certainly know about it. with those blustery winds feeling fresh again with highs of 18 celsiu

i mean croydon was going for city status at the time. so let's not underestimate croydon.n the world, one shot on target, seven of those players i think have a chance of starting john stones injured at half time. we don't think it's anything serious, but the fact that he clutches his ankle, gives a bit of a headache to gareth southgate again. the defence the defence looks quite deficient anyway , i look at the deficient anyway, i look at the squad going into that, that tournament. i think that the best chances for them to attack and hope to outscore the opposition, because your defence is weak and because or weaker than it would be normally , and than it would be normally, and you've got a plethora of attacking players, so many, so much so that you can afford to leave out top players like grealish and maddison. but he's just not that kind of manager. >> i've got my wall chart and i'm, you know, half a mind not to bother sticking it up now just quickly can we talk about, rob burrows and the tributes rob b urrow. >> burrow. >> yes that's right. well look the rugby league cha

there are some george's flags everywhere here and whilst driving into croydon there were people's carsyone cars, people's homes. everyone is gearing up to the match tonight, just very quickly. in the last few minutes we've seen pictures of the england team arriving, walking on the pitch and in about ten minutes or so we'll find out who is going to be playing this evening. >> there have been lots of questions in the last couple of days about who's going to start. >> there are lots of good engush >> there are lots of good english players who haven't even had the opportunity to play yet. they'll be hoping to get on the pitch tonight, but what does this match actually mean? england are safe at the moment, but if they do lose this evening, slovenia do go on top of the table. but if england win then of course they remain on top of the table. and of course what it will mean is what are they going to do in the next round? because they'll be up against tough competition. but so far, so good. we'll be speaking to fans here and we'll be hearing them throughout the night here on gb news theo chiko

nasa ansari, from croydon, has been charged with the murder of 34 year old amy grey at durley chine beachn may and the attempted murder of lianne miles at the same location. in wales, workers at tata steel have announced an indefinite strike from the 8th of july in protest over the company's plans to close blast furnaces and cut 2800 jobs. unite who represent more than 1500 members in south wales, says this is the first uk steel worker strike in over 40 years. tata is transitioning to greener steel production, but workers argue it sacrifices their jobs and community. and a gang of cyber criminals has published sensitive nhs data online. stolen from a blood testing company. overnight, a russian cyber crime group known as kylin shared nearly 400gb of private information, including patient names, dates of birth, nhs numbers and blood test results. the health service is investigating the full extent of the breach and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news. by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to . michelle. >> thank you very much for that.

nasen saadi, from croydon, who is also charged with attempted murder, is due to appear before poole magistratestack a football stadium during the olympic games in paris this summer. officials said they acted on evidence that the suspect, an 18—year—old chechen man, was planning an islamist inspired attack on the main stadium in the city of saint etienne. researchers say that a saliva test, to identify men who are most at risk of prostate cancer, could turn the tide on the disease. the team from the institute of cancer research and the royal marsden hospital say preliminary findings show the test is better than a standard blood test. have you ever done something you were proud of, but wished more people had been around to see it? i can't think of anything! like when ou throw i can't think of anything! like when you throw something _ i can't think of anything! like when you throw something into - i can't think of anything! like when you throw something into a - i can't think of anything! like when you throw something into a bin - i can't think of anything! like when you throw something into a bin

there's no service on the overground between west croydon and sydenham.ther front arriving in from the west, bringing with it some outbreaks of showery rain, some mist and murk, and temperatures dipping down to only around 12 to iii celsius, so quite a mild night in store. it means quite a drizzly start to saturday, but it's an improving story with some sunny spells. and sunday, too, should be largely dry with some sunny spells around, although there may be a bit more in the way of cloud at times, the odd shower, and temperatures gradually starting to rise to the start of next week — maybe reaching the high 20s for many. that's your forecast. there's more on our website and on bbc radio london — riz will be talking about taylor swift mania and how it's sweeping the capital. that's it, i'm back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. it's been hailed as a fantastic moment for many people living with cystic fibrosis and their families. new drugs to treat the condition — which were previously deemed too expensive by t

and fulham — constituencies, like chelsea and fulham or— constituencies, like chelsea and fulham or croydonervatives are doing, how will labour is doing. not only in london but across— labour is doing. not only in london but across the country. it is great symbolism — but across the country. it is great symbolism about this constituency, buckingham palace and the palace of westminster is in this constituency. labour— westminster is in this constituency. labour will— westminster is in this constituency. labour will want to win it and the conservatives we want to hold onto it for— conservatives we want to hold onto it for all— conservatives we want to hold onto it for all the — conservatives we want to hold onto it for all the symbolism and because of the _ it for all the symbolism and because of the signal it sends out about the election— of the signal it sends out about the election as — of the signal it sends out about the election as a whole. xbier? of the signal it sends out about the election as a whole.— election as a whole. very briefly, ton , election as a whole. very briefly, tony.

. >> well we the performance we went out in croydon at the fan park yesterday and spoke to see what,ualified and i think well we've qualified and i think we did a very solid job. >> a lot of moaning eamonn. >> a lot of moaning eamonn. >> i think the result is everything and people will say, well, we've qualified, we've got one stage further. i mean how the scots would love to be able to say that and they can't. i know no matter what the performance was, but i think people would be justified in complaining about the performance, i think. >> so, with isabel, i haven't seen this either, but i don't think they would be happy. let's see what they said last night. >> southgate does not know to how play these players. these are world class players who watch him every single week. they are absolutely world class for their teams. you bring them together for the country and you get a performance like that. i'm sorry, not acceptable. not as good as i thought it was going to be. >> but you know, we've come out with a nil nil. we've come out with a nil nil. we've come out with a nil nil. we've co

birmingham, croydon, things like that could become more common in this we see these pressures slow downl members, local activists in north wales with a conservative party is going to be launching its welsh conservative manifesto. we do expect to see... questions hanging over the conservative campaign following recent revelations. for people being looked into over alleged election betting, including two conservative candidates. he was pressed on that, rishi sunak on question time, when he talked to it being incredibly angry and that he would boot out anyone who was found to have broken the rules. i think there are still questions the prime minister will be asked about all of this. when he might want to talk about policy. for the prime minister is just another about policy. for the prime minister isjust another moment about policy. for the prime minister is just another moment where he has been battered around by other events are diverted off talking about policy, the sort of thing is that he wants to be discussing in this election campaign. he would have hoped potentially that last night