liverpool, merseyside. _ hasn't it? yes, indeed. liverpool, merseyside, doesn't _ hasn't it? indeed. liverpool, i merseyside, doesn't have much of a merseyside, doesn�*t have much of a muslim population. there somewhat more here, though the increase is lower. when talking about a large area like this, there is plenty of rural and quite affluent areas around the urban centres of south yorkshire, then the muslim population as a whole is going to be much smaller. one of the things about those local council elections is that once we are talking about individual wards we can end up with places which are very heavily muslim in a way that you wouldn�*t necessarily find in a parliamentary constituency, let alone an area like south yorkshire which again will amalgamate many a parliamentary constituency. so as it were, even if there is a muslim effect going on here it is largely going to disappear across such a wide area. that may be less true in london which is the most ethnically diverse part of the uk. but i think this is not really where we can draw much confusion about what is ver

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the money raised from the shark dive will go to fund alfie's squad sessions in merseyside and beyond.know exactly how you feel. it's for, like, children and adults. it'sjust raised a lot of awareness for our squad. and obviously our squad is very, very close to our hearts. that's going to be accessible from all across the country. i people canjustjoin - in on the tuesday night. i being able to help other people, | not just from the merseyside area but beyond, it's going to be massive for me and everyone involved. - fears conquered, thousands of pounds raised — all in a day's work abi smitton, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we have had thousands of thunderstorms across parts of southern england and south wales this morning, they are easing up but even into the afternoon we still could catch one or two sharp showers across the south. the mist and murk across central and eastern parts of the country pushing towards the north sea, the lion's share of the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland with some showers in northern ireland. th

reveal how the so—called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseysidese. bronagh munro reports. three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. hello. two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately or has anybody got a bit of beef with you? any information�*s better than nothing. no—one from the huyton firm talks. but this time the police have a secret weapon. the encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. detectives can see the messages they're sending each other. the group they're talking about is the stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. that's £1,000,000 worth. it's clear from the messages i've seen that this is a very effective criminal business, high, industr

at six, more than 30 criminals jailed after police on merseyside cracked a crime group's encrypted messagessive interview with a man who was badly injured during a sword attack in east london that left a 14—year—old dead. i thought i was going to die, to be honest, i thought i was going to die, leaving my wife and my child. called for more vaccinations against whooping cough as five babies in england die. pro—palestinian protesters at the eurovision song contest in sweden, as israel's contestant prepares to perform tonight. and making a noise she can now hear — the little girl born deaf who's had her hearing restored in a world first. and coming up on bbc news, calling it the biggest game of the season as aston villa look to shock at the euro up a conference league final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 30 major criminals have been jailed after £1 million worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they w

here in the uk, in merseyside, a brutal organised crime group has been taken down by its own text messages have been jailed after £1 million worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible, but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. bronagh munro reports. three masked men arrive outside a drugs stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. police. two men in the house has been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? sit yourself down. are you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately, or has anyone got a bit of beef with you? any information is better than nothing. no one from the huyton firm talks, but this time the police have a secret weapon. the encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. de

reveal how the so called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseysideeports three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. hello. two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately or has anybody got a bit of beef with you? any information's better than nothing. no—one from the huyton firm talks. but this time the police have a secret weapon. the encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. detectives can see the messages they're sending each other. the group they're talking about is the stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. that's £1,000,000 worth. it's clear from the messages i've seen that this is a very effective criminal business, high, industrialscale trafficking

he really gets the people of merseyside. he really does. i feel he is a scouser.chef at home—baked co—operative bakery in anfield and this is our klopp pie named in honour ofjurgen klopp. it's based around a kind of mixture of steak and ale, and meat and potato, but it's packed with those kind of german, almost pickled ingredients. so even though obviouslyjurgen's leaving the end of the season, which we are devastated about, particularly when we found out, we're going to keep on running the pie. the last couple years we found it's probably been a staple really of what we do. i'm neil pooler, i live in formby, less than half a mile away- from jurgen and ula. in february 2022, i had what'sj called a sudden cardiac arrest. in the period when i was in - hospital, somebody put something through our letterbox. it was a signed liverpool shirt - from themselves and the team squad. to me, it was a sign- of their kindness, if you like, l and their place within the local. community that they did something like that completely unprompted. it means a great deal. "dear steve, f

the huyton firm is named after the part of merseyside where it's based.it supplied massive quantities of heroin and cocaine across the uk. the crime group has been running huyton for 30 years. at the top are two brothers that have remained under the radar all that time. they have a ferocious reputation for violence, and nobody in this area wants to talk to me about them because they're too afraid of what might happen. the brothers seemed untouchable. but that changed four years ago. the prosecutions are all linked to a raid on a stash house where the huyton firm hid drugs. that's the house. that's the house where this all started. 103. hello? police. it's may 2020, and police are responding to a 999 call from the stash house. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. two men have been attacked with a machete and an axe. is it still bleeding? right. but they won't tell the police what happened. any idea who was responsible for it? are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately, or has anybody got a bit of beef with you? any in

the huyton firm is named after the part of merseyside where it's based. supplied massive quantities of heroin and cocaine across the uk. the crime group has been running huyton for 30 years. at the top are two brothers that have remained under the radar all that time. they have a ferocious reputation for violence, and nobody in this area wants to talk to me about them because they're too afraid of what might happen. the brothers seemed untouchable. but that changed four years ago. the prosecutions are all linked to a raid on a stash house where the huyton firm hid drugs. that's the house. that's the house where this all started. 103. hello? police. it's may 2020, and police are responding to a 999 call from the stash house. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. two men have been attacked with a machete and an axe. is it still bleeding? right. but they won't tell the police what happened. any idea who was responsible for it? are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately, or has anybody got a bit of beef with you? any info

joining me now is is claire hamilton political correspondent at bbc merseyside a long—standing labour is the reaction to these numbers? weill. the reaction to these numbers? well, obviously steve _ the reaction to these numbers? well, obviously steve rotherham _ the reaction to these numbers? -ii obviously steve rotherham and his supporters are absolutely delighted. if you look at the numbers, the number of voters, it is a bit of double take because the difference between his result and the number of votes cast for him, 183,000, the next candidate which is the conservatives, 27,000, is absolutely huge so of course there is a delight there. he has increased his vote share. 67% of the vote here so there is delight. it is a safe mayoralty for labour in liverpool but i think there is disappointment from all the parties in the low turnout that the people who did turn out, turned out in big numbers for labour and for steve rotherham but in total across the city region, 23% of people took part in this election and in st helens, which is one of the borough councils which makes up the liverpoo

northern parts of wales, stretching into merseyside, greater manchester, yorkshire, much of the midlandsscotland and northern ireland. some quite heavy showers in eastern scotland at the moment. and as we go on through this evening and overnight, there will be some further patches of rain coming and going, particularly in east scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers for southern wales. pushing into the midlands. could see an odd one for east anglia and southern counties of england, too. on into bank holiday monday, we do start the day with quite extensive cloud cover and it is another day where showers will develop through the afternoon. the showers are going to be much more widespread and they'll be heavier than we've seen over the last couple of days with some thunderstorms around. probably the brightest weather — in the midlands, parts of northern england, maybe parts of east anglia once again. but the south—east could have more persistent rain, particularly towards the south coast. now, on into tuesday, we start to see pressure rising from the west. this is the firs

we could make 20 degrees around the murray first handed merseyside and down towards london area.north sea. this rain coming into the south—west will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales. a lot of cloud around overnight. temperatures typically down to 10 degrees. we start with those areas of rain and they will be moving their way northwards through the day. that rain should move away from scotland. then some sunshine but we will also see some showers. those showers could turn heavy and thundery. the greater risk of those downpours will be across northern england and parts of the midlands. these are the temperatures we are looking at. there are more showers around. the temperatures will not be quite as high. could make 19 across east anglia and the south—east. the thundery areas fading away. the wet weather moving into scotland and then clearing away overnight. on monday, we await more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. low pressure close by bringing some more showers. not quite as wet as it was looking earlier on for bank holiday monday. heavy thundery

the dog to roam unrestrained around the communal area of a block of flats, in the bootle area of merseysidefor two years after pleading guilty to being the owner. an inquiry into why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a major overhaul of maternity and post—natal care in the uk. the report, led by a group of mps, refers to harrowing evidence given by more than 1,000 women. a warning — michael buchanan's report contains detailed descriptions of birth complications from the start. i'm bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust left me there for several hours until someone else came in to clean the room and said, "oh, you're still in here!" and they couldn't beleive it. for decades, women didn't speak about birth injuries. i was being pressured to have an induction when i felt there was no medical proof to do so. the decision was made to have a c—section, and at that point ijust gave my body over. ijust felt, i don't trust these people, but i had to give in. today, on bbc radio 5 live, they most certainly did. the consultant cut to me, my partner and my mum i were pa

we could make 20 celsius around the moray firth, down merseyside and towards london where we are seeingrom the north sea which will bring heavier rain northwards into scotland overnight and rain coming into the southwest will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales so a lot of cloud over night. it's going to be turning wetter overnight, temperatures typically down to 10 celsius or 11 celsius. we start with those two areas of rain, they will be moving northwards through the day, that region should move away from scotland. following that, we will get some sunshine but also some showers. those could turn heavy and thundery. the brighter risk of those slow—moving thundery downpours will be across northern england, parts of the midlands towards norfolk and perhaps suffolk. these are the temperatures, because of the showers, temperatures aren't as high, could make 19 across east anglia and the southeast. those thundery showers are still there into the early evening, they will tend to fade, a wet weather moving northwards into scotland then clearing away overnight. heading into

two brothers from merseyside sat around the kitchen table and built car store, £1 billion sportswearkei and adidas, their kit now worn by formula 1. british companies and workers across the country are pioneering offshore wind and exporting it around the world. already we have built the worlds first floating offshore wind farm, and our interventions have helped reduce the cost of wind energy by around two thirds and increase the side of the —— the sides of the turbines with blades bigger than big ben. you can see the opportunity as well in health care, giving people longer, healthier lives. in denmark, the sm pic drug was created, not only helping to tackle chronic disease globally, but single—handedly grew denmark's entire economy last year. all of this progress should show us that while this is one of the most dangerous period we've ever known, it will also be one of the most transformational. if we make the right choices, if we have a bold and efficient, then we should feel confident, proud and optimistic that britain's future is secure. 0ur britain's future is secure. our country

outbreaks of rain drift westwards across the north midlands, parts of northern england towards merseysideing some warm sunshine, particularly in the highlands where temperatures could climb to 23 degrees. but there is the potential for some quite sharp showers and thunderstorms to break out across western scotland later in the day. same sort of thing for northern ireland, perhaps the far north and northwest of england. then we're into our rain band and to the south of that, some spells of sunshine. highs of 18, 19, maybe 20 degrees, but we will see some fairly heavy showers. now, through thursday night, this lump of wet weather slides away westwards. we'll see some areas of clouds and mist and murk, but through friday, i think most places should get to see at least some spells of sunshine with a scattering of showers breaking out. some of those showers could be on the heavy side, but temperatures again in the sunniest spots up to around 23 degrees. this time, the warmest weather likely to be across the west and the south west of scotland, a little bit cooler in the far north of scotland i

was born in ghana, has lived in the uk for more than 45 years, running his own newsagent�*s in merseysideust pay thousands of pounds to be allowed to stay, and he won't get permanent residence for another decade. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford went to meet him. after living in britain for 47 years, retired newsagent nelson shardey finds himself in an expensive legal tussle with the home office, despite a lifetime of paying taxes and serving his local community. i cannot afford to pay any part of the money they are asking. does it feel fair? in my eye, there is no fairness in this at all. it shouldn't be. there is no fairness at all. he came to britain to study in 1977. he's worked for mother's pride, kipling's cakes and bendix chocolates. he was given a bravery award for tackling a robber armed with a baseball bat. he has two british sons. but when nelson's mother died in ghana five years ago and with his son's help, he applied for a british passport, he discovered the home office thought he had no right to live in the uk. 0fficials asked him to start the expensive ten yea

robert says it is a piece of merseyside's history and he hopes to move it to a museum.that many parents think it's time to widen the musical diet for the nation's toddlers. david sillito reports on those wanting to bring a new sound to our classrooms and playgroups. # the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.... #. the wheels on the bus. a toddler classic, but now a new version. techno version: # the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round... #. basically, i remix nursery rhymes and i turn them into modern sounding mainstage club anthems. # the people on the back go up and down... #. welcome to techno for toddlers. lenny pierce, just one of a number of artists trying to widen the pre—school musical diet. my daughter is one and a half years old. and because i'm a music producer, i was like, "oh, maybe i should try and remix this into something more modern for my tiktok." and then i did that. and then itjust resonated with a lot of parents. it got about almost 2 million streams in just three weeks, which is really, re

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a brutal organised crime group in merseyside has been taken down by its own text messages.after £1 million worth of cocaine were stolen from a violent organised crime group, and the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible and police had cracked their encrypted phone app had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. we have this report. three masked men arrive outside a drugs stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huytons firm's cocaine. police! two men in the house has been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got a mate? sit yourself down. are you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately, or has anyone got a bit of beef with you? any information is better than nothing. no one from the huyton firm talks, but this time the police have a secret weapon. the encryption system the criminals use, called encroch

outbreaks of rain drift westwards across the north midlands, parts of northern england towards merseyside to 23 degrees. but there is the potential for some quite sharp showers and thunderstorms to break out across western scotland later in the day. same sort of thing for northern ireland, perhaps the far north and northwest of england. then we're into our rain band and to the south of that, some spells of sunshine. highs of18, 19, maybe 20 degrees, but we will see some fairly heavy showers. now, through thursday night, this lump of wet weather slides away westwards. we'll see some areas of clouds and mist and murk, but through friday, i think most places should get to see at least some spells of sunshine with a scattering of showers breaking out. some of those showers could be on the heavy side, but temperatures again in the sunniest spots up to around 23 degrees. this time, the warmest weather likely to be across the west and the south west of scotland, a little bit cooler in the far north of scotland into the weekend, low pressure loosens its grip. high pressure tries to build a fairly

outbreaks of rain drift westwards across the north midlands, parts of northern england towards merseyside. there is a potentialfor sharp showers and thunderstorms to break out across western scotland later in the day. same thing for northern ireland, perhaps the far north and northwest england. then we are into the rain band into the south of that, some spells of sunshine, highs of 18—19, maybe 20 degrees, but fairly heavy showers. thursday night, this lump of wet weather slides away westwards, areas of cloud and mist and murk. friday, most places should see at least some spells of sunshine with a scattering of showers, some which could be on the heavy side. temperatures again in the sunniest spots up to around 23 degrees. warmest weather likely crossed the west and the southwest of scotland. a little bit cooler in the far west. high pressure tries to build, and a fairly weak affair at this stage. but it does mean particularly across the northern half of the uk, a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, although the north and west of scotland will be a little bit cooler thanit scotla

but we could make 20 degrees around the murray firth, around the moray firth, perhaps into merseysideht. and this rain coming in to the southwest will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales. so a lot of cloud around overnight. it is going to be turning wetter overnight as well and those temperatures typically down to ten or 11 degrees. so we start with those two areas of rain. you can see they�*re going to be moving their way northwards through the day. that rain should move away from scotland. and then following on from that, we�*ll get some sunshine. we�*ll also see some showers. now, those showers could turn heavy and thundery. the greater risk of those slow moving thundery downpours will be across northern england, parts of the midlands, towards norfolk and perhaps into suffolk as well. these are the temperatures we�*re looking at. because there are more showers around, the temperatures aren�*t going to be quite as high as today. could make 19 though across east anglia and the southeast. those thundery showers still there into the early evening. they will tend to

wasn't like that everywhere — we had some pleasant sunshine northern parts of wales, stretching into merseysidea. the warmest spots seeing temperatures up to 20 celsius — the coolest spots, where cloudy, just 12. and again, we kept cloud for scotland and northern ireland, some quite heavy showers in eastern scotland at the moment. and, as we go on through this evening and overnight, there will be some further patches of rain coming and going, particularly in east scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers for southern wales, pushing into the midlands, could see an odd one for east anglia and southern counties of england, too. on into bank holiday monday, then, we do start the day with quite extensive cloud cover, and it is another day where showers will develop through the afternoon. the showers will be much more widespread, and they'll be heavier than we've seen over the last couple of days, with some thunderstorms around. probably the brightest weather in the midlands, parts of northern england, maybe parts of east anglia once again — but the south—east could have more persiste

outbreaks of rain drift westwards across the north midlands, parts of northern england towards merseysideere temperatures could climb to 23 degrees. but there is the potential for some quite sharp showers and thunderstorms to break out across western scotland later in the day. same sort of thing for northern ireland, perhaps the far north and northwest of england. then we're into our rain band and to the south of that, some spells of sunshine. highs of 18, 19, maybe 20 degrees, but we will see some fairly heavy showers. now, through thursday night, this lump of wet weather slides away westwards. we'll see some areas of clouds and mist and murk, but through friday, i think most places should get to see at least some spells of sunshine with a scattering of showers breaking out. some of those showers could be on the heavy side, but temperatures again in the sunniest spots up to this time, the warmest weather likely to be across the west and the south west of scotland, a little bit cooler in the far north of scotland into the weekend, low pressure loosens its grip. high pressure tries to buil

but we could make 20 degrees around the moray firth, perhaps into merseyside and down towards the londonthwards into scotland overnight. and this rain coming in to the southwest will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales. so a lot of cloud around overnight. it is going to be turning wetter overnight as well and those temperatures typically down to ten or 11 degrees. so we start with those two areas of rain. you can see they're going to be moving their way northwards through the day. that rain should move away from scotland. and then following on from that, we'll get some sunshine. we'll also see some showers. now, those showers could turn heavy and thundery. the greater risk of those slow moving thundery downpours will be across northern england, parts of the midlands, towards norfolk and perhaps into suffolk as well. these are the temperatures we're looking at. because there are more showers around, the temperatures aren't going to be quite as high as today. could make 19 though across east anglia and the southeast. those thundery showers still there into the early eve

we could make 20 degrees around the moray firth, perhaps into merseyside and the london area as wellrthwards into scotland overnight. this rain coming into the south—west will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales. it will turn wetter overnight as well and there's temperatures down to ten or 11. we start with those two areas of rain and they will move their way northwards and eventually move away from scotland. following on from that we will get sunshine and showers. the showers could turn heavy and thundery. the greater risk will be across northern england and the midlands and perhaps into suffolk as well. these are the temperatures. because there are more showers, the temperatures will not be quite as high as today. it could make 19 across east anglia and the south—east. those thundery showers are still there into the early evening. then it clears away overnight. heading into bank holiday monday, we await more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic next week. still got low pressure close by and that will bring more showers. maybe not quite as well as earlier o

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stoppage time on merseyside, a race for the title was about to get its biggest twist. for the title wasut to get its l biggest twist._ back in biggest twist. there it is! back in march, chelsea _ biggest twist. there it is! back in march, chelsea were _ biggest twist. there it is! back in march, chelsea were still- biggest twist. there it is! back in march, chelsea were still on i biggest twist. there it is! back in march, chelsea were still on for. march, chelsea were still on for four trophies. the header means it may now and with none. chelsea have been champions for the last four years running. now, with three left to play, win it, they need a favour full—time manchester city need to make points from two, they face arsenal next, in seventh place aston villa. it hurts this much for chelsea as its emma hayes's last year as coach. for her, the great finale has already been conceded. i think the title is done. of course, mathematically it's not, but i think the title is done in ourjob between now and the end of the season is just to keep pushing until the end, but i think it would be ve

we seen 20 or so percent turnout in some parts of liverpool for example, in merseyside, that is a real do have to remember that _ general election? i think we do have to remember that the _ general election? i think we do have to remember that the conservatives| to remember that the conservatives are in power in the uk, they are the government, and it will be at the next election a referendum on the performance in government over 1a years. there will be the main question on the minds of voters at the next general election. do i think the last 1a years has been effective, that the country has got stronger, that my household finances has got better, or do i think the conservatives have wrecked the economy? and you know, trust labour now, they are much more professional and sensible than they once were and i i think it's time for change and i trust labour to deliver it. the next election will be about the conservative party and their performance in office and i think that's a very good thing. what performance in office and i think that's a very good thing.- that's a very good thing. what

we could make 20 degrees around the moray firth, perhaps into merseyside and the london area.nto the south—west will pivot northwards and eastwards across england and wales. a lot of cloud over night and it will be turning wetter and the temperatures down to ten or 11. we start with those two areas of rain and they will move their weight northwards and the rain moves away from scotland. following on from that we will get some sunshine and showers. some showers could turn heavy and thundery and a greater risk of those slow—moving downpours will be across northern england the midlands and perhaps into suffolk as well. these are the temperatures. because there are the temperatures. because there are more showers the temperatures will not be as be as high as today. it could make 19 across east anglia and the south—east. those thundery showers still there into the early evening. the wet weather moves into scotland and fades away overnight. heading into bank holiday monday we await more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic next week. still got low pressure close by and that wi

so this is 20 stone chess tables, each costing two and a half grand, have been set up around merseysidechester, lancashire and cumbria . they don't include cumbria. they don't include pieces so you got to bring your own pieces and then you can play just a nice little stone table. yeah, you can play in the rain , yeah, you can play in the rain, instead of playing inside. but i mean people are saying 50 grand. >> should we have a quick look? i've got a picture. there they are. there we go. >> chess board look like extraordinary and a half grand for that. >> but this is the thing. i mean, i worked in the public sector, and i'd assume it was like 50 grand per table. public sector procurement is just abysmal. you would not believe just buying a pen or something or, you know, a laptop. it's like, you know, the book catch, is it catch 22? yeah. goes through it. so this is pretty cheap. but you know, people are complaining because the government's levelling up agenda is designed to reduce regional inequality. and instead of, you know , creating jobs and driving know, creating jobs and driving g

the money raised from the shark dive will go to fund alfie�*s squad sessions in merseyside and beyondible from all across the country. people canjustjoin in on the tuesday night. being able to help other people, notjust from the merseyside area but beyond, just going to be massive for me and everyone involved. fears conquered, thousands of pounds raised. all in a day�*s work for alfie�*s squad. abi smitton, bbc news. good luck to alfie as he launches the new part of his campaign. let�*s take a look at today�*s papers. "our hearts are broken" is the headline on the front of the mirror, as it reports on the tributes paid to 14—year—old daniel anjorin, who was killed in a sword attack in north—east london. boy". the record leads on the snp�*sjohn swinney, who is expected to launch his leadership bid today. the telegraph is reporting that police in ireland will be sent to the border in an ongoing row with the uk about migrants — however rishi sunak has urged the irish prime minister not to reinstate checkpoints, which he says could jeopardise the peace process. the guardian is leading on

two brothers from merseyside sat around their kitchen table and built castore, a billion pounds sportswearng of policy change, now worn by david cameron. >> and think if this is the british companies now to electrify the tory election campaign , it ain't doing. it's campaign, it ain't doing. it's not electrifying me. >> you know, i'm we've got a plan a labour haven't, which you've heard a million times before was this to me it's a lot of waffle isn't there? i mean, he's telling us things that we already know. we know about the walls. we know about cyber, cyber targeting . we know about cyber targeting. we know about the russian poisoning. we know about putin cutting off gas , 100 about putin cutting off gas, 100 million people being displaced. what's he actually telling us? a vision is where you talk about the future, not the past. and he's constantly talking about steam trains and people stay up all night. yes, people stay up all night. yes, people stay up all day and night, he said. to watch their favourite teams. what is he talking about? >> i think what he's i think what he's going to

understand that nobody's on the same level, but have a look at schools in areas where i'm from, merseysidelike that. >> these, you know, the roofs are letting in and there's yeah, but that's bad policy. >> they should make them all good. they should raise them up to a standard. absolutely. rather than taking down the ones that are working now. >> i just think everyone should have a fair crack. i agree, i agree, but i don't think that i, you know, people who have money should be able to send people to private schools or people who are struggling to send their kids should also be able to do that. >> and but the state system should also be working and it just isn't. what about isn't it just isn't. what about isn't it just isn't. what about isn't it just isn't , is it? and what just isn't, is it? and what about the pro—palestinian protesters? the marchers? i don't know whether you saw what happened on patrick christys show. they were silent. >> i've been watching this, you know, and again, i'm a comedian. i don't necessarily understand, you know, my i looked at the situation in the middle east

he really gets the people of merseyside. he really does. i feel he is a scouser.round a kind of mixture of steak and ale, and meat and potato, but it's packed with those kind of german, almost pickled ingredients. so even though obviouslyjurgen's leaving the end of the season, which we are devastated about, particularly when we found out, we're going to keep on running the pie. the last couple years we found it's probably been a staple really of what we do. i'm neil pooler, i live in formby, less than half a mile away- from jurgen in ulla. in february 2022, i had what'sj called a sudden cardiac arrest. in the period when i was in - hospital, somebody put something through our letterbox. it was a signed liverpool shirt - from themselves and the team squad. to me, it was a sign- of their kindness, if you like, i and their place within the local i community that they did something like that completely unprompted. it means a great deal. "dear steve, firstly, i hope you don't mind me writing to you. ijust want to get in touch to let you know that you're in my thoughts

she stopped to restjust outside st helen's, in merseyside, last night.t crazy, the relentlessness of that. maybe it's not quite so hot today? it is hard yesterday. good luck. we are with you and will be following your every step. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. a public inquiry into what's been called the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history will announce its findings today. more than 30,000 people were infected with serious illnesses through contaminated blood products in the 19705 and 805. many were treated in london. mark ward was among them and now campaigns to help other victims. i'm thankfully still alive when all those little boys, my friends, are dead. still dying at the rate of now two a week. it's every couple of days i lose a friend, i lose somebody else, and it's getting closer to me. trying to getjustice for everyone, that's what keeps me going. more than 100 vehicles have been donated to ukraine over the past two months through london's ulez scrappage

if you look at places like from where i am from like merseyside which is similar to glasgow and others very important because it will mean better paid, good quality engineering jobs into the future. latte engineering “obs into the future. we have engineering jobs into the future. we have to leave it there but thank you for your time and thanks forjoining us will stop that'sjoin for your time and thanks forjoining us will stop that's join the ministerfor women, us will stop that's join the ministerforwomen, mental us will stop that's join the ministerfor women, mental health and women's health. thank you for being with us and i know you have been patiently waiting but let me ask you first of all about labour's green energy plans, is it the right direction? , ., ., , direction? this government has already been — direction? this government has already been doing _ direction? this government has already been doing much i direction? this government has already been doing much of i direction? this government has| already been doing much of that work. energy production from renewables is ove