so, islington and in kensington.oint i'm making is that it just it feels incredibly unambitious. and the reason why i think it's unambitious is because both sunak and starmer, what they both have in common is this idea that what the country needs is just stable , chaotic, dull. they just stable, chaotic, dull. they make a sort of a kind of victory out of being boring . so out of being boring. so obsession with tax, obsession with costing and the idea that anyone would do something bold, whether it's in relation to the economy or immigration or anything else, is sort of irresponsible. we don't do that because we're not irresponsible. and so what the conservatives did was they announced all their all of this. as christopher hope said, it's nothing new. they announced all of this apart from the two of the national insurance and was meant to become the manifesto launch, a sort of reiteration of, you know, all of this. we're very sensible. it's all fine. he screwed that up with his d—day idiocy and so now they just look b

police say an islington man has been — campaign.an assange stepped off the plane. a lot of cheering here at the airport where his supporters are are, he has finally made it into australian soil. a moment that so many people, i am going to step back so you can see him... he is there, waving to the media and to the supporters who have come here to see him [and on australian soil. this is a big moment. three cheers forjulian. he is waving to everybody here. as he walks into the airport building. of course, he is here and his family will be here. it looks like he is heading in, his family have come to see him, his father, his wife, who have come to the airport. this is a moment that so many people just did not see, did not think would ever happen, and finally, he is here. for his supporters, for the government who have lobbied so hard to see him. now giving a big hug to his wife, stella. just to let you know we are a few seconds behind you on these pictures. the hug isjust happening right now for us, viewing this. hun tint right now for

of islington north at next week's general election.o's the liberal democrats ? who's the liberal democrats? karen harris, who's conservative? profound nargund, who's labour. and sheridan cates green. and also we have martin nelson, reform uk now. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. and i'll discuss reports that prince william has taken on the disciplinary duties that prince philip once enforced on the family. that prince philip once enforced on the family . does the future on the family. does the future king rule the royal family with an iron rod that's coming next? but first, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour. the driver of a car that crashed into a school, killing two eight year old girls will face no criminal charges. nooria sajjad and selina law died after the crash at their school in wimbledon in july last year. it was found the driver had suffered an epileptic seizure behind the wheel. she's expressed her deepest sorrow and says she has no recollectio

this is about islington. she's in islington. let her run.ou know what the fact is, is that the labour party, the higher ups have a decision. they they make the decision. they they make the decision whether she's running or not. and that's why this country has a very piss poor political system. >> she's not in islington, she's in hackney, north and stoke newington. >> okay. but i'm sorry you were doing so well then and i almost felt wrong . felt wrong. >> the thing i would say about the labour party, though, it isn't the higher ups, is split at the higher ups. you've got the leader of the labour party, which is keir starmer, who's elected leader, but you've also got the union led part of the party, angela, angela rayner and all, all of the people down that channel said no. diane abbott should should run. so straight away before we even get a labour and keir starmer government, we see the break straight down the middle of the party. >> but every political party. sorry, no go on. every political party has breaks. you know, you pick a party. the

anyway, the candidates standing in the constituency of islington nonh in the constituency of islingtonourself to play. >> oh, no. jeremy corbyn, independent ball jostling, independent. vikas agarwal, liberal democrats, karen harris, conservatives. >> praful nargund, labour, shendan >> praful nargund, labour, sheridan cates green and martin nelson reform uk and again, i would like to apologise to my long suffering producers. there we go. coming up. is it indoctrinate ation for a nursery school to adorn its school in pride flags? they are really just infants aren't they? we debate that in the press pack. but what happens next here? on the podcast the fire . yes, but the podcast the fire. yes, but right now nigel farage has a different approach to the housing crisis. >> an 85% of that directly down to immigration. that's why people can't get houses. that's why rents have gone up . why rents have gone up. >> is he right? is mass immigration to blame for the housing crisis, and does it make a blind bit of difference how many houses we build until we've sorted that out ? and we'll also sorte

i lived in islington north for many years. the stranglehold he has on that place is insane.ot of people will be saying , oh yeah, think a lot of people will be saying, oh yeah, i'm think a lot of people will be saying , oh yeah, i'm not going saying, oh yeah, i'm not going to vote for him. i care about anti—semitism and the privacy of the ballot box don't really care, but i'm delighted to see yet another person who is not good for the party being out of the party. >> i just think it's a hilarious story. this i now have to tell you. all of the candidates standing in the constituency nonh standing in the constituency north jeremy corbyn, independent paul jostling, independent vikas agarwal, liberal democrats karen harris , conservative and labour harris, conservative and labour shephard and kate green. we've got martin nelson as well of reform uk now the former manchester united footballer and well known pundit gary neville has converted from right back to left winger relatively recently, vocally backing the labour party for the upcoming election. now to give his pal sir keir

in north islington still think that corbyn is labour.re what's going to happen because people might just vote labour thinking it's corbyn. and i think what that tells us is that there are people who are very interested in politics and keep an eye on it, but most people are not. and so what happens is, you know, they're not really sort of interested in the details. so i think the corbyn situation might be interesting just because people might be voting labour because they think it's corbyn. >> well , that's a fascinating >> well, that's a fascinating thought, isn't it? >> of course, all of the election coverage is going to be covered @gbnews. your only destination. we are your election channel after all. but coming up , election channel after all. but coming up, more newspaper front pages. we've got the sunday times on the way. and in the last word, in an extraordinary political development, are the lib dems going to win more seats than the conservatives? plus elton john backs labour and he backs sir keir starmer . should backs sir keir s

an immersive garden that featured at the chelsea flower show has found a new home in islington.h healing. the horticultural therapy part of our service recognises how difficult speaking about trauma can be. we can see visually, as soon as people step out into the garden, that they quickly will feel at ease, or calmer, safer, in a kind of open environment like this garden. if you're a fan of sir david attenborough, there's a chance to get up close to the tv legend. well, sort of. a new portrait of the conservationist is going on display in central london. the artwork is to mark his four decades as a fellow of the royal society and will be part of their summer science exhibition, which begins next week. let's take a look at the tubes. it looks like a good service all round. now onto the weather with kawser well, today, another hot and humid day. yesterday, we reached the 30 celsius mark in chertsey in surrey. today, we could do it once again with plenty in the way of sunshine around this morning, once any early mist and fog clears. there'll be some patchy cloud bubbling up into th

has pleaded guilty to theft, according to city of london police. 28—year—old sonny stringer, from islingtonu're wearing headphones, you know, if you've got airpods, make sure you've got, like, transparency mode — you can hear what's going on around you — and just being a bit savvy of what you're doing, even if it's just checking up around you. because these bikes, they're electric bikes and you don't hear them — they're completely silent. and when you're in your own world, you're not going to notice anyone coming up round you. a running club that received funding from pride in london says it wants to "highlight the issues in sports for trans and nonbinary runners". it's using the funding to host a new event — known as the queer running club — it'll hold 5k and 10k races in hackney next month. let's take a look at the tubes now. some issues on the piccadilly line — severe delays acton town to uxbridge, with minor delays from acton town to heathrow. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly but bright start this morning. yesterday's cold front cleared overnight. this was sun

the person who's the local islington north, labour leader. there was out campaigning.id in a bush when it turned out that someone had rumbled her. for goodness sake. you know, he would. he would have obviously supported jeremy corbyn. he did support him a couple of times. >> can you imagine, though, patrick, if you even said a year or so ago that that jeremy corbyn be out of the labour party, not allowed to stand. i mean that would have seen quite a shake up. that would be an amazing shake—up exactly. >> isjeremy amazing shake—up exactly. >> is jeremy corbyn you can dislike his policies , but the dislike his policies, but the way that people talk about him is, is as if he's like an enemy of the country and he's done something absolutely terrible. he's not the one that was saying pile the bodies high when people were dying and people's grandparents. he's not the one that was neglectful or all the way through the covid pandemic. he's not the one that has lied time and time and time again when it comes to his promises. bofis when it comes to his promises. boris johnson is

well, the labour party was today notified of the arrest of a party member in islington.ly suspended the individual from membership of the labour party . and they're the labour party. and they're not commenting further. that's a report from the times in the last couple of minutes . raises last couple of minutes. raises questions over, of course , that questions over, of course, that honey pot scandal, that honey trap scandal and what political involvement there was in it. >> and are they going to be forced to comment? not commenting yet, the labour party. but if it's a labour party. but if it's a labour party member that's been arrested, i'm sure they will be asked and asked again. but anyway, before the break we were discussing taxpayers paying for botched surgeries. so you go abroad to have a cosmetic surgery. it goes wrong. you come back to the uk and then you get it fixed on the nhs. is that fair? well, our viewers certainly have a strong view on it . it. >> yes, gordon says, although i don't really agree that the nhs should pick up the tab for correcting botched surg

meanwhile labour has confirmed tonight that a party member has been arrested in islington in london. into the sixteen scam concerning some westminster mps. the police investigation relates to at least 12 men who had received unsolicited text messages in the so—called honeytrap scandal. labour says it has administratively suspended the member from the party and cannot comment further due to the ongoing police investigation . ongoing police investigation. now the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, has maintained his position that a 35% pay rise for junior doctors is a non—starter. but he says he will reopen talks with the bma if

meanwhile labour has confirmed tonight that a party member has been arrested in islington in london. it follows a police investigation into the sixteen scam concerning some westminster mps. the police investigation relates to at least 12 men who had received unsolicited text messages in the so—called honeytrap scandal. labour says it has administratively suspended the member from the party and cannot comment further due to the ongoing police investigation . ongoing police investigation. now the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, has maintained his position that a 35% pay rise for junior doctors is a non—starter. but he says he will reopen talks with the bma if labour wins the general election. meanwhile, nhs leaders are warning of major disruption as a result of the combination of the walkouts and the current heatwave. it will be the 11th walkout by junior doctors from the british medical medical association in england. yellow heat health alerts were in place across the country today and are due to end at 5 pm. tomorrow and just lastly, phil foden has left england's euro 2024 ca

there'll be a islington.nd whether that will split the left wing vote of course, nominations will not close , for nominations will not close, for that seat until the end of the week as they do across the country. so we won't know who the candidates are until that point. >> yeah, she was very upset indeed. so it'll be very interesting to see if she decides to go it alone. go in on an independent ticket. but that's the breaking news. she's decided to resign from labour and has put out a statement to that effect. but of course, chingford and woodford green, of course, as we have mentioned, one of the candidates who is standing in that seat, it's worth mentioning that for the greens, chris brody is standing, iain duncan smith for the conservatives, josh hadley for the liberal democrats, yusuf khan for the workers party of great britain, paul lowry for reform uk and for labour, shama tatler has replaced faiza shaheen. >> so that's the list for that seat. >> well there you go, now more on the breaking news that a c

the current candidate, the independent candidate for islington north but defining himself as to where fundamental, politicians are what it needs. there is one - fundamental, politicians are people, people _ fundamental, politicians are people, people who stand for office and people — people who stand for office and people make mistake but what annoys the public— people make mistake but what annoys the public more than anything is when _ the public more than anything is when you — the public more than anything is when you have made a mistake you do not own _ when you have made a mistake you do not own up— when you have made a mistake you do not own up to — when you have made a mistake you do not own up to it and you do not say actually, _ not own up to it and you do not say actually, what keir starmer could have _ actually, what keir starmer could have said — actually, what keir starmer could have said this i made a judgment at the time _ have said this i made a judgment at the time aboutjeremy have said this i made a judgment at the time about jeremy corbyn and it was wrong — the time

something of which i am a passionate supporter, it has since been hijacked by the woke taliban of islingtonh london. who'll have you believe that you can change your sex? that there are hundreds, if not thousands of genders which can change several times in a day? and there's something called gender neutral, which means you're not anything . testing the you're not anything. testing the boundanes you're not anything. testing the boundaries of reality and science to the limit. you are not anything. wow, that would keep the french existentialists busy for a few months , wouldn't busy for a few months, wouldn't it? this authoritarian cult has seen the likes of best selling author j.k. rowling face daily authorj.k. rowling face daily death and rape threats for stating that there are men and there are women, and that women should continue to have exclusive access to female sports. female changing rooms, female toilets and female only wards in hospital. allow me to quote my friend and colleague andrew doyle, a gay man who therefore speaks . i would argue therefore speaks. i would argue with some a

. >> well, there's a parallel in islington north, of course, where jeremy corbyn is standing as a candidatebour party was caught campaigning for him, hiding behind a garden wall. yeah. >> and that's, that's because there are strict rules. >> if you campaign for a different political party, a different political party, a different candidate against the labour candidate, you you'll be removed from the party. >> yeah. sometimes i just think politics are hiding behind a garden wall. >> we found you. it's behind you.so >> we found you. it's behind you. so she'll be out. the party, right? >> let us know your thoughts this morning. get involved. gbnews.com/yoursay your say. but we're now going to gb news political correspondent katherine forster. how many days do you look at politics, catherine, and think it's completely bonkers when you hear scenarios like this? could the prime minister have handled it differently? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, yes, i think he could have handled it differently. and to be honest, i'm not remotely surprised that these two candidates have been suspended. i think a lot

. >> it's the people in islington.r inner cities, who often end up being shot and knifed . they're being shot and knifed. they're keeping them in business. but i'd never thought of it at racing. i don't go to horse racing. i don't go to horse racing very often, but i've never noticed. i've got to say, a sniffer dog. no, they must be there. >> well, they clearly are extraordinary. well done ray. great, great report that, ray. addison. >> yeah, well, we're going to talking. we're going to ascot. we're better, of course, because it is the glamorous ascot festival. it's not glitzy at all to our royal correspondent cameron walker, who is looking very, very formal in your top hat. >> very dapper and tails. >> very dapper and tails. >> cameron, a big day today, ascot. very popular with the royals, which is why i assume you're there . correct you're there. correct >> thank you both. yes, it certainly is extremely popular with the royals. started by queen anne in the 1700s. they've got the official day one program in my hand, a

meanwhile labour has confirmed tonight that a party member has been arrested in islington in london.ng some westminster mps. the police investigation relates to at least 12 men who had received unsolicited text messages in the so—called honeytrap scandal. labour says it has administratively suspended the member from the party and cannot comment further due to the ongoing police investigation . ongoing police investigation. now the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, has maintained his position that a 35% pay rise for junior doctors is a non—starter. but he says he will reopen talks with the bma if labour wins the general election. meanwhile, nhs leaders are warning of major disruption as a result of the combination of the walkouts and the current heatwave.

blair became prime minister, i think his kids and cherie would have preferred to have stayed in islingtonpolice said that the cost and the inconvenience to other people of now securing this place is going to too be high. and so they had to move into downing street and it said, look, you been there. it's i think a lot of world leaders come to downing street and they get through the famous black doon >> they think, i mean, i've been to the elysee palace and you've got liveried staff in paris. >> i'll tell you, if you go to the moncloa in madrid, if you go to the white house, if you go to the chancellor in, in berlin, we are not it's not a very good working building and it's not a great living building. but i think he's just cares if he wins. he's absolutely determined. just to do the job to return to politics public service. and that means if part of the job is that you've got to live there, you've got to live there. >> alastair campbell is staying with us. he's going to talk about his books. he's written about his books. he's written about getting young people drawn into television, into p

you've got these sort of social sort of islington sect of the party.>> they may not need the unions. they've got, they've got so many seats, they may not need the union support the union, throw money at the party. i get that, but they they will have so many seats then they are so powerful. they may not need to rely on third party groups and organisations. >> they're suffering also from this thing, which is people want to punish the tories , don't to punish the tories, don't they? so they're voting for reform. now we know that no matter pretty much how many people vote for reform, even though there are a point ahead that they'll probably be one seat. so it's actually if you're a tory voter and you want a proper opposition to labour, you actually need to if you're to be tactical and to vote conservative and not give in to this sort of desire to punish them by voting reform. >> well, it depends, though, doesn't it? it depends whether enough people make the shift, doesn't it? because if enough people make the shift, then, as some people are saying, the tor

and what happened to the prolific phone snatcher, 28 year old sonny stringer from islington in northe. okay. they're soon picked up on security cameras heading into the city, where police on the ground begin to chase, reaching the speeds of above 50 mph. members of the public are forced to jump out of the way, and sooner or later, stringer is arrested with 24 mobile phones found on him and he's now pleaded guilty to ten thefts and dangerous driving alongside driving without insurance, so stringer is now due to be sentenced on the 8th of august. so the clip there, there's lots of writing on the screen you can't quite see, but there we go. we've got a cam now of what's going on. there they are. oh, that's the police. it must be the police camera or a camera catching them as they go over. and yet they actually get caught. crikey. thank goodness. how frightening are these people always get away with this stuff. >> oh, somebody's had their phone snatched me the next, next to me, the bus stop. and i live around the corner from blackfriars bridge, so i'm glad he's been caught. >> but that g

bail, the metropolitan police saying on wednesday 26 the police executed a warrant in an address in islingtonr way to britain — in an overcrowded small boat. four other people also died in a crush on the boat. andrew explained how they knew they had found the man behind the fatal smuggling attempt. the aftermath of that terrible incident in which five people in late april died, some of them trampled to death on a small boatjust off the coast in northern france. we decided not only to find and challenge the family and their responsibility for putting these children in that boat. but also we wanted to track down the smuggler. we launched a long investigation that took us from france to belgium to berlin to britain. and finally, we managed to track down the man, the smuggler responsible for putting sara's family on that small boat. and we confronted him here on the streets of luxembourg. excuse me, sir, andrew harding from bbc news. we believe we know who you are. you're a smuggler. you're denying that? we understand you are still in business. you are still smuggling people across the channel. w