it is a very noisy and very excited time here in cumbernauld.nthusiasm there! the prime minister has warned conservatives considering voting for reform uk that they risk "handing labour a blank cheque" at the general election. rishi sunak�*s comments after one opinion poll put reform ahead of the conservatives for the first time. other polls have the tories second to labour. here's our political editor chris mason. so, here he is. it might only be one poll and it might only be a marginal lead, but it's what's making headlines on the campaign trail today and mr farage is going to find a microphone. that poll from yougov suggests reform uk are ahead of the conservatives. now, we should always be sceptical of one newsworthy poll, but the reason i want to take you to this event today is reform, the poll suggests, have undoubtedly been gaining support in this campaign. they have, it appears, been catching up to the conservatives with labour miles and miles ahead. the election is over. who is going to be the opposition voice to labour in the house of

lorna gordon, bbc news, cumbernauld.qualify for the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time in their history. that ambition has of course been dented here this evening and they know that they will need to at least win one of their two remaining games against switzerland and hungary if they are to achieve that. but while it is a hugely disappointing start, because four of the third placed teams in the six groups can still qualify for the six groups can still qualify for the knockout stages, there is still hope for steve clarke's side if they can recover and bounce back quickly. as for the hosts, germany, they have not performed in recent major tournaments. they have not won a knockout match at a major tournament since 2016, would you believe. they needed to deliver to try to convince the fans around the football mad country to believe and they have done exactly that. it couldn't have really gone any better for the hosts. it could not have gone any worse, of course, for scotland. meanwhile, england play th