for york and north yorkshire — a labour mayor for york and north yorkshire. paign to be really proud of. hopeful, optimistic, with a great— proud of. hopeful, optimistic, with a great team here from across the region _ a great team here from across the region. promises that were fully tested _ region. promises that were fully costed and fully funded, serious business — costed and fully funded, serious business experience, not a load of gimmicks — business experience, not a load of gimmicks. and i know that as you put those _ gimmicks. and i know that as you put those pledges into practice, you will deliver four people from harrogate to helmsley, richmond to ripom _ harrogate to helmsley, richmond to ripon, scarborough to selby, and you will make _ ripon, scarborough to selby, and you will make a _ ripon, scarborough to selby, and you will make a fantastic mayor for this regiom _ will make a fantastic mayor for this regiom the — will make a fantastic mayor for this region. the voters have sent a clear message _ region. the voters have sent a clear message today

northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon. the prime minister lives a few miles away, and look who's turned up to rub his nose in it. york and north yorkshire, the wider county so often rock—solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work that they have done.

. >> in north yorkshire this afternoon.me minister lived a few miles away, look who has turned up to rub his nose in it. the wider county so often rocksolid conservative was elected a labor mayor. >> we have had really good results across the country all day long. this is a special moment to become the mayor. than you to the team and the fantastic work they have done. the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people who have voted for change. >> there have been smiles all over the place taking the military town aldershot in hampshire. they did the same in the northeast of england. on the south coast, and west sussex where they never won before. five independent candidates on a pro gaza platform, labor control and alderman greater manchester. he's had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. -- was a black bull to celebrate winning at westminster. winning wasn't surprising. the scale of the victory was. the music for the prime minister, pretty dire then. it rishi sunak was in garrison in n

, the prime minister's a labour mayor in north yorkshire . shire. >> we are going to the house of commons. it's pmqs, amy dowden and scottish first minister. >> i look forward to working constructively with him to deliver for the people of scotland. >> mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house.i addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> kirsten osman, thank you, mr speaken >> last week's prime minister's questions i highlighted the shocking rise in the number of teenagers trying vaping and asked the prime minister if he would take decisive action to stop vape advertising on football strips. >> he declined to do that since then, i have had an exchange with the scottish chief medical officer, professor sir gregor smith, during a session of the tobacco and vapes bill committee, and he said that where i become very uncomfortable and i am not supportive of, is where the massive attraction of sports companies is used in a way th

northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon.he prime minister lives a few miles away, and look who's turned up to rub his nose in it. york and north yorkshire, the wider county so often rock—solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work that they have done. because through the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council in the military town of aldershot in hampshire. labour did the same in hartlepool in the north—east of england. and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before. but five independent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population.

[laughter] i can tell him that the people of north yorkshire, the people of north yorkshire believe in hard work, secure borders, lower taxes and straight talking common sense, mr. speaker. they're not going to get any of that from a virtue signaling lawyer from north london. >> it was great to be where they just revoted to reject the prime minister's proposition. mr. speaker, he's finally found something in common with the british public. no matter where he calls home, all his neighbors are backing this changed labor party and they keep rejecting him because they have sussed him out. they know there's nothing behind the boasts, the gimmicks, the smug smile. he's a dodgy salesman desperate to sell them a dud. now, mr. speaker, 16 days ago when he held a press conference claiming victory on rwanda, he said the next few weeks will be about action. people want deeds, not words. so let's test that. how many small boat crossings have there been since he said that 16 days ago? >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, actually, just before we go into that, he talked about a change -- he talked about a ch

yes, welcome to itself in north yorkshire, a county where traditionally on election night, the conservatived to show in that control, the first when the party nearly lost control in the first ever elections to the new north yorkshire council, then nearly a year ago, where i'm standing now in the seat of selby and ainsty, labour overturned the massive conservative majority, thenjust overturned the massive conservative majority, then just a few weeks ago, labour won the first ever north yorkshire mayoral election. never discount the conservatives, there are still really strong here, but other parties fancy their chances too. up the road in harrogate over the liberal democrats are eyeing a seat, the greens are doing well after a breakthrough on the north yorkshire council elections, and reform are busy at grassroots level and fancy their chances as well. it will be in the early hours ofjuly the 5th when the prime minister arrives at his account, about an hour or so up arrives at his account, about an hour orso up the arrives at his account, about an hour or so up the road from here, where he w

the party's also secured york and north yorkshire . with and north yorkshire.on in the north east, defeating former labour turned independent jamie driscoll. however, the conservatives did manage to retain tees valley, with ben houchen being re—elected. rishi sunak said that result is evidence that people will stick with the tories come the general election. >> keir starmer came here twice, rachel reeves came here three times, but even they couldn't dislodge ben and the fantastic conservative team. right. and they also threw a lot of mud. it needs to be said in this election because they were angry, angry that ben has delivered more for this region in seven years than labour party managed in 30 years. and . managed in 30 years. and. just some breaking news coming to us out of leeds crown court this afternoon, where we've heard that a 15 year old boy has been found guilty of murdering alfie lewis, who was also 15, stabbed to death in full view of pupils leaving a primary school in the horsforth area of leeds. >> that was in last november. the schoolboy, who was

rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire.hard—working conservative councillors and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people, but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the prime minister. the people that i'm hearing that may not be thinking about voting conservative or are currently thinking whether they want to vote conservative at the next general election, they want more progress. they want to give — we need to give them the excuse to vote for us, and we haven't quite given them that excuse yet. and in classic marginal harlow in essex, the conservatives managed to cling on — just. cheering and applause. the liberal democrats' delight in the less—than—subtle photo opportunity. here they are in wincheste

northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon.lives a few miles away, and look who's turned up to rub his nose in it. york and north yorkshire, the wider county so often rock—solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work they have done. because through the the villages of the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council in the military town of aldershot in hampshire, taking nine police and crime commissioner roles from the conservatives, including here in cumbria. and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before. but five independent candidates standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester. there's evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significa

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north yorkshire for his. >> he could have voted in london address in north yorkshire .o voted in london local address in north yorkshire. >> and he was absolutely backing susan. he was out on the campaign trail with her and made it very clear she had his full support, transport secretary sorry, let's just nail this down. >> did he not know? did his team not know that he could also vote in london, or could he just not be bothered ? be bothered? >> i haven't discussed this particular matter with him. i know he voted for by post for his local candidate in north yorkshire at his home address there, and he was out on the campaign trail with susan on a number of occasions and was backing our candidate up and down the country . down the country. >> okay, so we can at least admit, even though we don't know the reasons, that the idea of the reasons, that the idea of the prime minister not voting for his own london mayoral candidate is a shambles . candidate is a shambles. >> no. he voted. he voted at his home address in north yorkshire for the local candidate. there and he was o

because through the villages and the towns of north yorkshire people have voted for change. there have been smiles _ people have voted for change. there have been smiles and _ people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red _ people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council of the military town in aldershot in hampshire. labour did the same in hartlepool in the north—east of england. and on the south coast in west sussex where they have never won before. but, five independent candidate standing on a pro—gastric platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a

northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon.s elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work that they have done. cheering and applause. because through the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council in the military town of aldershot in hampshire. taking nine police and crime commission rolls from the conservatives, including here in cumbria. and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before. but five independent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. cheering and applause. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. cheer

northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon.inister lives a few miles away, and look who's turned up to rub his nose in it. york and north yorkshire, the wider county so often rock—solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work that they have done. because through the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council in the military town in aldershot in hampshire. labour did the same in hartlepool in the north—east of england. and on the south coast in ada in west sussex, where they've never won before. but five independent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, ke

to the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change.r paul, commonly known as chris, labour party, 10,825. there was a red pattern across this patchwork of elections in the parliamentary seat of blackpool south, a massive 26% swing to labour in the by election. but for councils, it wasn't the size of labour's win as much as where they won. from places with big brexit votes, like hartlepool, to the military town of aldershot and rushmoor and the south coast where they won ader for the first time. it wasn't all good news for sir keir starmer. in oldham, independent candidates opposed to labour's stance on gaza meant they lost control of the council. the liberal democrats had big gains to win dorset and tunbridge wells. and picked up seats in other conservative—facing towns in the south, like winchester. let's make this conservative government history. where ed davey tried to argue the tories were like dinosaurs. this is disaster for the conservatives and in so many parts of the country, it'll be conservative mps worried about liberal demo

britain labour's david smith has warned the york and north yorkshire mayoral election. riscoll. we are awaiting a declaration from the east midlands, but labour are claiming they're going to be victorious there. >> so? >> so? >> so? >> so it looks like we're going to have lots of new labour mayors by the sounds of things. and a fair few surviving conservatives clinging on ben houchen, he's clinging on. he did he did reasonably well. >> and perhaps a&e street tomorrow. and who knows whether london will result in an upset? >> well, actually, i'm glad you said that, because it's quite interesting, lots of people saying that, actually, susan hall might actually win the london mayor. i mean, that would be quite something. that would be quite something. that would be quite something. i mean, steve khan's had two terms. he's running for his third. there is no cap on the amount of terms you can. you can have, anyway, should we speak to, gb news. presenter alastair stewart, who is with us, alastair, these latest , results, the london, not latest, results, the london, not the lond

former labour north yorkshire.dviser kevin mayer told us that the party wants to get regional economies moving . economies moving. >> we've got these mayors in position a lot , you know, position a lot, you know, they're pretty much all a clean sweep of labour mayors now at the moment they can work effectively with a strong labour government to drive and embed economic growth in the regions for the first time, really in the last 40 years. so it's pretty significant . it's pretty pretty significant. it's pretty deep. and i think what it what it tends to show is that the thinking of the starmer camp now is looking past an election and actually looking to how they would actually govern the country and bring about real radical change. >> and finally, before we hand back to tom and emily, if you're worried about screen time, well, there's some good news. the internet may actually be good for you. a worldwide report by the oxford internet institute, which analysed 2 million people across 168 countries, found a possible l

ten—year—old leah harrison, who died in a mudslide on a school trip in north yorkshire — her family sayas a happy, bubbly little girl. look at the state of it. we're inside myanmar, with rebel forces battling the military regime. and we speak to manchester city star phil foden, ahead of the fa cup final this weekend. and on newsnight at 10.30pm — we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, we take a first look at what's on tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the party leaders�* general election campaigning marathon has started in earnest — with rishi sunak clocking up the miles in england, wales and scotland — and sir keir starmer heading to labour—target territory in kent. amid the handshakes, placards and babies, the economy and immigration emerged as the main early battle lines, with mr sunak confirming that flights to rwanda to remove people who arrive on small boats won't set off before polling day. meanwhile, nigel farage confirmed he won't stand in the election, but he will help the reform uk campaign. with our first report t

hailing what he calls a truly historic moment, as his party won the mayoral race in york and north yorkshire. in the prime minister's own constituency. meanwhile, the prime minister has insisted he's focusing on the job at hand after those disappointing local election results. the conservatives have lost a number of councils and more than 350 seats across england. however the party managed to retain tees valley, with ben houchen being re—elected there. rishi sunak has said that result is evidence that people will, he says stick with the conservatives, come the general election and the liberal democrats have also made some gains, with party leader sir ed davey pledging to make the conservative government history . conservative government history. >> people from around our great country have had enough of this out—of—touch conservative government >> they've had enough of being taken for granted and being let down. it's time for. taken for granted and being let down. it's time for . change. and down. it's time for. change. and across this country from cheltenham to dorset, from west oxfordshire

there is york and north yorkshire that contains rishi sunak constituency, so that will be interestingre. bolsover ashfield, north east derbyshire, laboun ashfield, north east derbyshire, labour. suppose to be the favourites there, but until we hear the result, which you will in mine and emily's air time, you know, we don't know. >> got loads of great guests on actually during our show we've got, we're going to be hearing from rishi sunak at the top of the show, we're going to have richard tice on to explain what reform are up to, what are they expecting at the general election? have they actually done very well? they're saying they have. we've also got wes streeting on. oh, i think we're going to have to ask him. ask him? >> yes, please. that awful, awful week it had occurred to emily to ask about that. >> it's very on wes streeting. i can't wait to ask him. >> actually, he's done other ones that were bad, though. remember, gloria, before i should go outraged. >> you go disappointed? yes. >> you go disappointed? yes. >> i was going to say. where's tom? he's probably asleep. he should

i think most people thought that york and north yorkshire would be conservative as well.t swathe of this country's cities and broader regions which are going to be governed by labour party politicians. and that's going to happen whatever happens in the general election. they're going to be in theirjobs for the next four years and that will have a big impact on the communities around the country. what's interesting, though, is what happens next for, i mean, both the big parties, but we've talked a lot about the tories and their nightmare in the last couple of days. i think what's also interesting, where do labour go next? when are they going to start giving more clarity on things like their policy on immigration? we asked pat mcfadden about that this morning, answer came there none, although he did say that if they win and there have been migrants who have gone to rwanda, they will not bring them back. so he did say that they would stop the scheme, but he wouldn't say they would bring people back, which was a specific question that we wanted to know the answer to. but we'v

on the prime mr's doorstep _ at north yorkshire on the prime mr's doorstep it— at north yorkshire ono win at the general election, so dorset _ to win at the general election, so dorset was — to win at the general election, so dorset was not one of the battleground areas for us. gk. dorset was not one of the battleground areas for us. ok. in amonust battleground areas for us. ok. in amongst what — battleground areas for us. ok. in amongst what is _ battleground areas for us. ok. in amongst what is clearly - battleground areas for us. ok. in amongst what is clearly a - battleground areas for us. 0k. in| amongst what is clearly a success story, and i say that clearly, because it is, for labour, no question, there are manifestly some problems. can you address for me the problems. can you address for me the problem that seems to have arisen this time around in areas with high muslim populations that you are seeing a manifest drop in people supporting the labour party and they are going elsewhere. it's not necessarily clear where they are going on they could be going to the green party, bu

, the north yorkshire mayor and rishi sunak�*s back yard here in the north, those of the sort of resultsat is the choice people will face. do we have five more years of rishi sunak and this conservative chaos? or do we get the change that we need. to give britain its feature back with a labour government. we its feature back with a labour government.— its feature back with a labour government. ~ ., ., ., government. we want to ask you about one issue that — government. we want to ask you about one issue that has _ government. we want to ask you about one issue that has come _ government. we want to ask you about one issue that has come up _ one issue that has come up repeatedly, is notjust oldham but theissue repeatedly, is notjust oldham but the issue of the war in gaza. they have a stance in that and that impacts people going out to vote. gaza has been an issue, says your colleague wes streeting, how big an issue? , ., , , colleague wes streeting, how big an issue? , . , , ., colleague wes streeting, how big an issue? , ., , ., ,, issue? this has been an issue in some communities, _ is

jonah fisher, has more from knaresborough, in north yorkshire. joanna, over to you.ed they. you may see some paddle borders, we have had a steady stream of swimmers taking a dip but the difference it will make is the water quality here will make is the water quality here will now be tested regularly throughout the summer. ? the environment agency is in charge of testing england's bathing water. bottle is labelled up, for identification at the lab. from may to september it takes samples at more than 400 locations. the water is then tested and given a rating, from excellent, to poor. we are looking for two different types of bacteria, e.coli, and another group called the intestinal enterococci and they are used to indicate the levels of faecal pollution — poo — in the water. last year 96% of the sites met the minimum standards. but there was an increase in the number rated poor, and a fall in those rated excellent. 27 new bathing sites have been announced today and most of them are along rivers, but before you reach for your swimming costume, bear this in mind — design

north yorkshire under the front thing damp and murky through the afternoon.st of the skies, best of the sunshine, highest temperatures were across northern areas of scotland and not much is set to change as we head through the next few days. it will generally stay unsettled showers at times, also some sunny spells but sunniest across northern scotland, cooler and cloudier for eastern facing coasts with plenty of threat and haar moving in from the north sea and a southeasterly wind. here's our area of low pressure just spinning around, sending this front out towards the north and the east. but it's pretty much stationary as we head through tonight. it will still be given some rain at times, but a lot of that rain particularly sharp, perhaps across parts of northern ireland, but some sunny spells as well. best of the sunshine for scotland, where we could get to highs of 23 or even 2a celsius later on through the afternoon on thursday. or even 2a celsius later on through the afternoon. on thursday, the focus of the showers will tend to be across central areas of

also tonight — a ten—year—old girl has been killed in a mudslide in north yorkshire during a school triprs in the world — we speak to england's phil foden. and on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... one of the great performances in a european final — london—born ademola lookman scores a hat trick for atalanta to win the europa league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it's only 24 hours since the prime minister sprung ajuly general election on us all. but campaigning is already in full swing. party leaders are setting off on what will be six frantic weeks of intense campaigning ahead ofjuly fourth. the prime minister has already been to events in england, wales and scotland today. the labour leader, who had no notice of what was to come, travelled to kent. the liberal democrats and the snp have also been setting out their stall. our political editor, chris mason has been

we have been winning in blackpool, north yorkshire, true blue tory territory and tear on the west midlandsith a very many constituencies that match acutely in the general election so all that this is done with a purpose. i want a labour government to serve our country and this is effectively the last stop on the journey to the general election and i am really pleased that we have been able to show we are making progress. we have earned their trust and confidence of voters and we are making progress towards that general are very good set of results for others. you towards that general are very good set of results for others.— set of results for others. you have not one councillors _ set of results for others. you have not one councillors and _ set of results for others. you have not one councillors and mayors . not one councillors and mayors everywhere you want to do. how damaging is that to your prospects prime minister this year. we have one significantly. in prime minister this year. we have one significantly.— one significantly. in all places across the — one significantly. in all place

the ten—year—old girl killed in a mudslide in north yorkshire is named as leah harrison. are vets charging us too much to treat our pets? an investigation is launched to find out. and coming up on bbc news... west ham united have a new boss. they announce thatjulen lopetegui willjoin the club on a two—year contract. good afternoon. party leaders have hit the campaign trail — with six weeks to go till the general election. the prime minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the labour leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. nigel farage said he won't be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. so what happens next? over the next five days, parliament will try to get through unfinished business and pass remaining legislation. it will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this snap summer general election and the people will cast their votes. o

mayor of north yorkshire. >> counterterm northallerton, he's gone nc is labour and for the.nd i was astonished this teatime i thought how can such a beautiful and fabulously wealthy part of england all suddenly decide to vote labour? >> you have to wonder, nicholas owen. the tories have nothing to lose. so getting rid of rid of rishi is a no brainer, isn't it? >> oh no, there's no question at all. they're going to do that. no. no way. as you said, there will be absolute madness. >> but if you know armageddon is certain, why not? >> well i think kitchen sink time. no, no, i no question at all that the sunak will lead them into action. i was interested you said december. did you, did you. was that just a thought or do you think they'll really play the game that long, who can say? perhaps a friend of mine said that perhaps sunak wants to be prime minister for at least two years, and that would take it. >> you've got a sort of target. >> you've got a sort of target. >> 2nd november. >> 2nd november. >> i get through this, i've been told. >> october. yeah before. >> october. yeah

settle larryjones is an on—train tour guide covering the settle to carlisle heritage line in north yorkshireeer group that offer free walks, trails and tours, mainly around the ribblehead area, which is our next stop. thank you. careful, francis, don't get excited! you're not going to run after it, are you? and this is why a lot of people stop here. a 15—minute walk from the station, and you'll be under this impressive victorian structure. the ribblehead viaduct. it's just staggering, isn't it? oh, it's just amazing. you can only really make out how big it is by comparing it to the vans next to it. exactly. 104 foot, 24 arches... ..quarter of a mile long. during the 1980s, british rail threatened to close the settle to carlisle line, mainly because the viaduct was crumbling and the cost to repair it was high for a line with dwindling passenger numbers. a six—year—long campaign to save the railway eventually caused parliament to intervene and banned it from closure. nice one. thanks. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. see you. take care. and now, it's the local community that volunteer

a ten—year—old girl who died in a mudslide in north yorkshire has been named as leah harrison from darlingtonrfamily have paid tribute to her as a �*happy and bubbly�* little girl. her school have called it a heartbreaking tragedy. the mudslide happened at carlton—in—cleveland yesterday fternoon. more now from our north of england correspondent danny savage, at the scene. we are on the northern end of the north york moors national park and if you scan across to your right you can see how high up we are on the hills looking north towards teesside and middlesbrough. this area was sealed off yesterday as that search and rescue operation was under way. we knew yesterday evening that one person had died and details have emerged today about what happened. this was a tragedy that happened on a school trip from what we understand and the victim was leah hardison who was ten years old. she was in mount pleasant primary school in darlington. we understand she was on a school trip and was described as a happy and bubbly girl and in a statement from the school they say she was a much loved part of our sc

he is in his part of the country, in north yorkshire. let’s country, in north yorkshire. conservative councillors, and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people, but we've still got lots of results to come, and there are also things i would point to. harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rally on wednesday, saying that was a place he had to win to be on track to win the general election. that hasn't happened and we are still waiting for the result in the tees valley mayoral election, also an important test.— valley mayoral election, also an imortant test. , ,, .~ . ~ important test. rishi sunak, talking u . important test. rishi sunak, talking u- harlow, important test. rishi sunak, talking up harlow, because _ important test. rishi sunak, talking up harlow, because it _ important test. rishi sunak, talking up harlow, because it was - important test. rishi sunak, talking up harlow, because it was one - important test. rishi sunak, talking up harlow, because it was one of. up ha

primary school student leah harrison has been named as the person who was killed in a mudslide in north yorkshiremountain rescuers were involved in the search for the year six pupil, who got into difficulty near carlton bank yesterday. mount pleasant primary school has described the incident as heartbreaking and says that leah was a much loved part of their community. we understand that counselling is being arranged within the school for both students and staff in scotland. a former scottish health secretary has been suspended from parliament and will lose his salary for 54 days. michael matheson ran up £11,000 in roaming charges on his parliamentary ipad while he was on holiday in morocco last year , later announcing that he year, later announcing that he would cover the costs himself. he revealed the bill had in fact been the result of his children using the device as a wi—fi hotspot to watch football. the punishment was handed down at holyrood earlier today and will now be subject to a vote in the scottish parliament and alan bates, the lead campaigner for justice in the post office scandal, s

the event has been organised by north yorkshire council.nt and thousands of people have turned out today to come along to it. there's lots of different stands where businesses are selling their products. there's also , as you products. there's also, as you mentioned, the fishing industry here as well, promoting , saying here as well, promoting, saying that the lobster and shellfish industry , which is popular at industry, which is popular at the moment in whitby as well, and plenty of live music you might be able to hear in the background, lots of sea shanties going on and actors dressed up doing role play as well, and it's a huge boost for business as well. i spoke to councillor crane earlier from north yorkshire council and this is what he said about the event . what he said about the event. >> the idea is, as i say, to get pride into the people of whitby, but also to encourage more people to come to whitby to enjoy all that it has to offer and to encourage them to come back again and again. and i think these sort of festivals really make

a ten—year—old girl who died in a mudslide in north yorkshire has been named as leah harrison from darlingtonpy and bubbly" little girl. her school called it a heartbreaking tragedy. the mudslide happened at carlton—in—cleveland wednesday afternoon during a school trip. cabinet secretary simon case told the covid inquiry that downing street was "definitely dysfunctional" during the pandemic. he also said messages criticising borisjohnson and colleagues were "raw, in the moment" expressions and not the reality of the government's pandemic response. mr case sent whatsapps saying mrjohnson "cannot lead" and calling officials "pygmies" at the height of the pandemic. he told the inquiry he "deeply regretted" the messages. rishi sunak�*s flagship bill to ban smoking for anyone born after 2009 looks likely to be shelved. parliament will be suspended friday for the campaign and all legislation that isn't already passed automatically gets dropped — regardless of who wins. sunak faced backlash over the bill from his own conservative party. labour previously pledged to bring in the ban if they win the g

warning of heavy rain that could cause a danger to life after a person died in a mudslide in north yorkshirember weather warning is in place for parts of north wales, northwest england, including manchester and in liverpool until midday today . liverpool until midday today. separate yellow warnings for rain have also been issued for the midlands north, northwards and parts of northern ireland and parts of northern ireland and scotland. two. for the latest stories , you can sign up latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> it's 1008 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson bev turner. >> so the election is coming on july the fourth. so joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope, who i believe is travelling with the prime minister's team, and katherine forster who is outside labour party hq. chris you're on a bus. what are you doing ? what are you doing? >> hi, hi. >> hi, hi. >> hi, hi. >> hi, bev. hi, andrea. i'm on a bus going through the east mid

north yorkshire police have asked the public to avoid the area. we'll bring you more as we get it.icted of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years in prison

the prime minister rishi sunak has been campaigning in his constituency of north yorkshire. 0ur politicalspondent jack fenwick has more. he's been talking to veterans in a pub. in truth, it's been a quieter day for the prime minister than the last few days, he had been sitting around the country but we are not expecting to hear any more from him today after this morning which was pretty low— key. he didn't address michael gove and others standing down. what we have heard from the conservatives today is more of a focus on the economy. that comes after the influential think—tank, the institute for fiscal studies, said that the public finances are hanging over this campaign like a dark cloud. we have the chancellorjeremy hunt in an interview with the daily telegraph this morning saying he would be focusing on tax cuts for working people, cuts to national insurance top of the two he has already done. he also talked about tax cuts that would boost growth and tax cuts for people who earn between 100,000 and 125,000 a year. not so much on the conservatives are stepping down which i'm sure will b

if you live in the east midlands, north east or york and north yorkshire area you'll get to elect a mayoral chief constable and police force to account. in blackpool south, voters will be choosing a new mp. the by—election there was triggered by the resignation of the former conservative mp scott benton. he was suspended from parliament for 35 days after being involved in a lobbying scandal. when you vote you'll now have to show photo id. there are 22 acceptable forms of id, including: passports, driving licences, some, bus passes and a blue parking badge. voting closes at 10pm tomorrow and results will start to come in overnight into friday and continue throughout the weekend. thank you. the most powerful telescope in space has captured images of the horsehead nebula, one of the most distinctive objects in our skies. this was the image captured more than a decade ago by the hubble telescope. compare it to this, the latest pictures from nasa's james webb telescope which show red wisps of the horse's mane curling up into space as ultraviolent light evaporates from the dust cloud. into spac

a lot of sunshine to start off the morning here in north yorkshire. we will be seeing some showers.hey could be heavy, thundery and also slow moving too. a little bit of wet weather around, as well, this afternoon across parts of norfolk, into lincolnshire, stretching up through the east midlands with plenty of cloud here. another weather front out towards the south—west of england bringing outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a lot of dry weather around. one or two isolated showers. sunny spells developing, variable amounts of cloud and highs in the best of the sunshine of 20 or 21 degrees celsius. through this evening and overnight, outbreaks of rain will continue to spread their way further northwards. it's quite a wet night to follow with plenty of cloud, a milder night than we saw last night. temperatures for the most part will stay in double figures as we head into sunday morning. on sunday, well, it's quite a disappointingly wet start to the day. we've still got these weather fronts around, so we are likely to see further outbreaks of rain. we'll see some some thundery s

if you live in the east midlands, north east or york and north yorkshire area, you'll get to elect a local chief constable and police force to account. in blackpool south, voters will be choosing a new mp. the by—election there was triggered by the resignation of the former conservative mp scott benton. he was suspended from parliament for 35 days after being involved in a lobbying scandal. when you vote, you'll now have to show photo id. there are 22 acceptable forms of id, including passports, driving licences, some bus passes and a blue parking badge. voting closes at 10pm tomorrow, and results will start to come in overnight into friday and continue throughout the weekend. and finally to a 98—year—old ukrainian woman who walked six miles in her slippers to escape russian shelling in her village. she's been telling her story to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. the moment lidia lomikovska was picked up after there's nothing left, she tells her much—needed ride. this is what lidia left behind. the closer russian forces got, the heavier the artillery fire became. she says