good evening from northamptonshire. i am next to— evening from northamptonshire. the — next to the river men, which weaves through the wellingborough and rushden constituency. this town grew off the _ rushden constituency. this town grew off the back_ rushden constituency. this town grew off the back of the shoe and boot industry— off the back of the shoe and boot industry and like many market towns across _ industry and like many market towns across the _ industry and like many market towns across the country, it's struggling to attract— across the country, it's struggling to attract shoppers and businesses. until recently this county was a conservative stronghold but in february — conservative stronghold but in february the wellingborough constituency went to labour. since then there — constituency went to labour. since then there have been boundary changes— then there have been boundary changes and a change to the name of the seat _ changes and a change to the name of the seat. people here, like many across— the seat. people here, like many across the — the sea

, in the county— reporter for northamptonshire, in the county we have had a massive prohlem _ the countyected nationally. in the most recent report, systemic and widespread problems found. why have the family's been let down for so long. _ the family's been let down for so long. what— the family's been let down for so long, what would a conservative government do to help them? thanks, nadia, we government do to help them? thanks, nadia. we want — government do to help them? thanks, nadia, we want to _ government do to help them? thanks, nadia, we want to make _ government do to help them? thanks, nadia, we want to make sure - government do to help them? thanks, nadia, we want to make sure that - nadia, we want to make sure that children everywhere regardless of their backgrounds get all the support and opportunities they need to live thriving lives, when it comes to send, we will raise the figures for northamptonshire. and raise many more free schools, that is in the manifesto, funded, we know provision is to increase. as i said, this is making sure people matter where they grow up in so

the chief constable of northamptonshire police is dismissed for lying about his military service.s falling short of expectations after drawing 1—1 against denmark at the euros 2024.

nick adderly, who was the chief constable of northamptonshire, wore a falklands war medal on his police. 0ur midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. the most senior police officer in his force, dismissed for lying. until today, nick adderley was the chief constable of northamptonshire police and had been an officerfor more than 30 years. but a gross misconduct hearing found he lied about his career to get the job in 2018. the allegations came to light last year after mr adderley�*s ex—wife submitted a complaint over press reports about his naval record. he claimed he had been a military negotiator in haiti, even though he'd never visited the country, had attended the prestigious britannia royal naval college, despite his application being rejected, and implied that he'd served in the falklands war, despite being 15 at the time. all the allegations against him were upheld. i do find it extraordinary that he felt that was an appropriate way to behave. it wasn't at all, and he didn't need to. he was a man with a really good reputation for policing. nick adderley also wore this, a south

until today, nick adderley was the chief constable of northamptonshire police, but a gross misconduct hearing found he lied about his career to get the job. he claimed he had been a military negotiator in haiti, even though he'd never visited the country, had attended the prestigious britannia royal naval college, despite his application being rejected, and implied that he had served in the falklands war, despite being 15 at the time. all the allegations against him were upheld. how did someone like this slip through the net? ido find i do find it extraordinary that he felt that was an appropriate way to behave. it wasn't at all. and he didn't need to. he was a man with a really good reputation for policing. nick adderley also wore this, a south atlantic medal given to falklands war veterans, which was described by a medal expert as 110% a fake. in some countries, it is illegal to do what he's done, and perhaps that might come through now to be an act of parliament, that you cannot impersonate. are you ashamed of him? i'm not ashamed of him, no. he should be ashamed of himself. in its

the chief constable of northamptonshire police is dismissed for lying about his military service.ackers behind a cyber attack on some hospitals in london say they have published sensitive nhs data online. the england football manager has admitted his team is falling short of expectations after drawing i—i of expectations after drawing 1—1 against denmark at the euros 202a. hello. there have been more calls for rishi sunak to suspend his conservative candidates who are being investigated for alleged bets on when the general election would be held. insisting that multiple independent investigations are now under way. independent investigations are now underway. but independent investigations are now under way. but he said last night that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. in the last couple of hours mr snack has been at the launch of the welsh conservatives manifesto. he once again promised to take action against anyone found to have broken gambling laws. there are multile have broken gambling laws. there are multiple investigations _ hav

nick adley, from northamptonshire police, has been dismissed today after implying that he'd served in the falklands war despite being just 15 years old at the time of the conflict. mr adley has apologised to any veterans that he may have offended . a british he may have offended. a british tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in spain. police were called to reports of a fight around 30 miles from barcelona in the early hours of this morning. the 31 year old man died outside the oxygene nightclub while another person was taken to hospital. that nightclub now remains cordoned off, though we understand no arrests have been made at this stage here in the uk , a gang of cyber criminals uk, a gang of cyber criminals has published sensitive nhs data onune has published sensitive nhs data online that was stolen from a blood testing company overnight . blood testing company overnight. a russian cyber crime group known as cuillin shared nearly aoogb of known as cuillin shared nearly 400gb of data, including private information, patients names, dates of birth, nhs numbers and ev

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that is coming to us from northamptonshire police . more on northamptonshire police. more on this breaking story as we get it in other news, the keir starmer set out labour's manifesto today , reaffirming his commitment to no rises to income tax or national insurance. the labour leader put economic growth and stability at the core of his party's plan , promising to end party's plan, promising to end what he called a desperate era of gestures and gimmicks. back on the campaign trail in crewe, he rejected rishi sunak suggestion of higher taxes and said britain will do better under labour. >> it is a manifesto that rejects fundamentally the proposition that britain can't do better than this, that we have to go on in the way we've been going on in the last 14 years. it is a rejection of that . britain can do better, britain will do better . and with our will do better. and with our manifesto and a mandate for a labour government , we will take labour government, we will take our country forward and that will be felt in every community across the country. >> chief secretar

that is coming to us from northamptonshire police . more on northamptonshire police.t it in other news, the keir starmer set out labour's manifesto today , reaffirming his commitment to no rises to income tax or national insurance. the labour leader put economic growth and stability at the core of his party's plan , promising to end party's plan, promising to end what he called a desperate era of gestures and gimmicks. back on the campaign trail in crewe, he rejected rishi sunak suggestion of higher taxes and said britain will do better under labour. >> it is a manifesto that rejects fundamentally the proposition that britain can't do better than this, that we have to go on in the way we've been going on in the last 14 years. it is a rejection of that . britain can do better, britain will do better . and with our will do better. and with our manifesto and a mandate for a labour government , we will take labour government, we will take our country forward and that will be felt in every community across the country. >> chief secretary to the treasury laura trott said la

a northamptonshire police chief constable who lied about his military history, exaggerating his rank,80s. a three—person panel upheld all the allegations against him after a five—day hearing. you�*re live with bbc news. the us supreme court upheld a law that prevents people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning a gun. this is the first major ruling on gun rights since 2022, when the court expanded the right to bear arms. friday�*s ruling passed with an eight to one majority — in a rare legal victory for those in favour of restrictions on firearms. presidentjoe biden welcomed the decision in a statement saying �*as a result of today�*s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as they have for the past three decades. the national domestic violence hotline , a nationwide organisation supporting people experiencing domestic abuse , said in a statement: "prohibiting domestic violence abusers from accessing firearms is common—sense, life—saving, and constitutional. the devastating impact of firearms i

northamptonshire police chief constable nick adderley was dismissed from the force and barred from any futurejobs in policing. doubts about his record first emerged over a falklands war medal that he wore, despite being too young to have served in the conflict. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is in northampton. navtej, what did the panel find? this extraordinary series of events was sparked by a complaint from a member of the public who turned out to be nick adderley�*s ex wife who took issue with media reports about his naval record, and that has led to this, a gross misconduct hearing investigating claims about nick adderley�*s career which include him implying that he had served in the falklands war despite being just 15 at the time, that he had worked as a military negotiator in haiti in the 19805 even though he had never visited the country, and that he had worn military medals that he had not earned and in one case, the south atlantic medal, the falklands war medal, was in the words of one expert, 110% a fake. all of those allegations were proven. the panel dismissed nick a

that's a statement from northamptonshire police to say they've arrested a woman in connection with the now. plaid cymru has also set out its general election manifesto today, offering what it called a "positive vision" for wales. the party's leader, rhun ap iorwerth, said his party would "fight every day" for the billions owed to wales from the cancellation of the high speed 2 rail project. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith was at the launch in cardiff. no election buying of flowers, i guess? there's a big occasion coming, and plaid cymru want voters focused on their finances. it claims wales is being short—changed and needs a new funding model — even though public spending per head here is already higher than the uk average. you want more money for wales — who gets less? of course, this is a uk government decision. as things stand, london gets more than anywhere else within the united kingdom. wales has the need. it needs better public funding than we presently get. i am arguing here for wales, because the needs here are so self—evident. so what would they do with any extra money

nick adderley, of northamptonshire police, claimed he'd reached the rank of lieutenant and that he was military negotiator in haiti in the 19805. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, has claimed that the ukraine war had been "provoked" by europe and nato. mr farage told nick robinson in an edition of the panorama interviews that he'd previously said he admired vladimir putin as a "political operator" but "disliked him as a person". this is the nonsense, you know, you can pick any figure, - current or historical, . and say, you know, did they have good aspects? and if you said, "well, - they were very talented in one area," then suddenly you're the biggest supporter. - yeah, no, but you're right about that, mr farage. and i'm not making that point, of course, we could take anything you say out of context. i'm doing it for a different reason — you want to be prime minister, that's what you want to be. and this is — europe is at war. now when the war happened, the big war, when vladimir putin sent his troops across the border in �*22, you blamed the west, not him, you said... right. ..i

the chief constable of northamptonshire police has been found guilty of gross misconduct.keir starmer was slightly wrong. net migration — which is the number of people arriving minus the number of people leaving — was at a record high last year, you can see it in green there, but it's actually come down a bit. it's still the second—highest on record, but not the highest ever. the labour leader has also said that he will bring levels of net migration down. but this is important context. it's expected to fall anyway. there are different projections — you can see these lines here — but they all involve net migration coming down. experts say that'll happen whoever is in power, partly because of student visas running out and people leaving as a result. next, let's have a look at rishi sunak. he was grilled about the nhs and his record on waiting times. we haven't made as much progress as i would have liked, but because of the things we are doing, what you have seen over this year is waiting lists are now starting to come down. this is what's happened in england. you can see tha

northamptonshire police chief constable nick adderley was dismissed from the force and barred from any

i'm the local democracy reporter for northamptonshire , in the county, northamptonshire, in the countytting enough provision, and not getting the proper education, which has also been reflected nationally , in been reflected nationally, in the most recent report, it found that there were systemic and widespread widespread problems . widespread widespread problems. why have these families been let down for so long? and what would a conservative government do to help them? yeah >> thanks, nadia. and we want to make sure that children in everywhere, and regardless of their backgrounds, get all the support and the opportunities they need to live fulfilling and thriving lives when it comes to send, in particular, we've raised the funding by about 60% overall over this parliament. i don't have the figures off the top of my head for northamptonshire, but what we talked about in the manifesto is to open many more sen free schools , which is in the schools, which is in the manifesto and funded because we know that provision needs to increase and the manifesto makes specific provision for that b

obtained by the bbc shows nearly all of the stock procured from full support healthcare, based in northamptonshirere settings despite being fully compliant when delivered. the government suggested some money had been recouped through recycling. labour has described the deal as a "staggering waste". here'sjon ironmonger. in the new forest last summer, this dump of ppe is part of a much larger consignment. supplied in good order by experienced nhs providers at a total cost to the british taxpayer of £1.8 billion. but we can reveal that around eli; billion worth will never be used. it is the most money wasted on any public covid deal. figures obtained by the bbc show that just over one tenth of the gowns, face masks and goggles procured from full support healthcare have been distributed to care settings. the rest, around 1.6 billion items, have been destroyed or stored pending disposal. today, the health secretary defended the government's actions to secure covid ppe. the whole country wanted us to get the ppe that our front line staff needed both in healthcare and in social care. and we managed to p

and this is after nick adderley, who's a former the chief constable of northamptonshire.me medals from the falklands and he would have been 15 during the, dunng would have been 15 during the, during that war. >> she's getting extra medal for that. probably a boy scouts badge. >> but we used to have a law. >> but we used to have a law. >> we used to. >> we used to. >> yeah. we used to have a law in this country for exactly this offence. it got taken away in 2006, and now i don't really understand why it was taken away. lots of other countries have exactly this law and they should be bringing it back. it makes total sense. and they were going to but of course the government failed to do it. yeah. >> and i know that soldiers really don't like it when people. that's fair enough. >> soldiers. i grew up in portsmouth and obviously the falklands was big for portsmouth. it was a it was a part of my early life. and this sort of thing is very much frowned upon. i don't know if we need to add in new laws. i get why you would want to. one thing i would say is nothing is going to over

that of course takes place at silverstone race circuit in northamptonshire — and it was there that rishithe conservatives�* election manifesto today. as with all manifestos, it was packed with promises, including on tax, housing and immigration. so let's go through some of the main takeaways. on tax — a pledge to reduce national insurance a further 2p in the pound cut plus the abolition of the self—employed rate. with housing a huge concern in this election, the conservatives are promising help forfirst time buyers — they'll abolish stamp duty on homes up to £425,000, plus a new help to buy scheme. the party also says it will halve migration and have regular flights going to rwanda as part of its plan to deport some of those entering the uk illegally. with more on what was in the manifesto, here's our political editor chris mason with his analysis. halfway through this election race, it's the moment for the cardboard boxes. within them, bundles of promises not always kept that set out a party's blueprint for the next five years. so the manifesto is here, so is the cabinet, then the prime

here is the manifesto launched today at civil silverstone racetrack in northamptonshire.u knew a lot about it. we've heard a lot of coverage recent weeks. a few surprises in there. national insurance for self—employed. and a few other areas. but that's about it really. largely known . not as really. largely known. not as bold as some might like it to be. certainly on the right of the party. but elsewhere in election land, we've had a poll out tonight from, from yougov showing that reform uk is now one point behind the tory party reform on 17 points, tories on 18 points, labour 38 points. so 20 points ahead of the tory party. that's that lead is in fixing cement, it seems, since rishi sunak became prime minister liberal democrats up for 15 points. this poll carried out monday tuesday after the lib dem manifesto. so we may see a bump of the tory party, from this manifesto dropping. we haven't yet seen, of course, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk numbers, by the way, up, up reform uk numbers, by the way

the teenager died in northamptonshire in 2019 when his motorbike was hit by a car driven on the wrongf the road by us government employee and sacoolas. she was given an eight month suspended sentence back in 2022 after admitting criminal charges . his admitting criminal charges. his well, in france, emmanuel macron says the country needs a clear majority in government for, quote, serenity and harmony after the president's shock decision to call a snap election. there he made the announcement following defeat to the far right national rally party in european polls, which has also resulted in belgium's prime minister saying he'll resign in. and finally, all pet cats in england now need to be microchipped and registered on a database by the time that they're 20 weeks old. owners who haven't done so will have 21 days to have one implanted, or they could be fined up to £500. the charity cats protection believes over 2 million animals aren't currently chipped . well. aren't currently chipped. well. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your scr

the suspended chief constable of northamptonshire police, who lied about his naval achievements, hasy of gross misconduct. a panel heard how nick adderley exaggerated his rank and service during the falklands war, and even wore a campaign medal. falklands war, and even wore a campaign medal . that's despite campaign medal. that's despite him only being 15 years old at the time of the conflict. he continues to deny the charges against him , claiming he acted against him, claiming he acted with honesty and integrity . with honesty and integrity. police in spain are investigating the violent death of a 31 year old british tourist who's been stabbed to death outside a nightclub near barcelona . it's being reported barcelona. it's being reported the victim was killed during a fight with another group of tourists, leaving another person injured and hospitalised . local injured and hospitalised. local police there are leading that investigation. they're reviewing cctv footage and interviewing other club goers who may have seen that incident unfold. we understand the nightclub is still cordo

, leicester this northamptonshire, leicester this week is to convince people that any politician canicians can make changes. so we've got to explain to them our plans to cut nhs waiting times, tackle antisocial behaviour and set up a new border security command fully costed, fully funded. but people will need convincing and we've got a long way to go till that general election. >> how sorry. how do you convince people then? those people who are middle of the road, you know, your centre ground people who and a lot of them email us and say , the them email us and say, the problem is you vote for, you vote for starmer. you get corbyn or you're a momentum style labour party. how do you convince them that isn't the case now? now diane abbott well, i know he's not part of the party now, but that whole momentum style , very left labour momentum style, very left labour party, how do you convince them that that isn't the case? when diane abbott is now allowed to run under the labour banner ? run under the labour banner? >> well, look, keir has completely changed the labour party from where we

nick adderley, from the northamptonshire force, has been found guilty of gross misconduct for making naval rank, his length of service and various achievements in the military. mr adderley has apologised to any veterans he's offended . as we've been hearing offended. as we've been hearing today, emergency crews are continuing their search across the mountains of tenerife looking for missing british teenager jay slater. the 19 year old disappeared after telling a friend he didn't know where he was and needed water, before beginning an 11 hour trek back to his hotel. we're now hearing that helicopters and rescue dogs have joined that search in tenerife as it enters its fifth day. a british tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub in spain. police were called to reports of a fight around 30 miles from barcelona . around 30 miles from barcelona. that was in the early hours of this morning. the 31 year old victim died outside the oxygene nightclub , while another person nightclub, while another person was taken to hospital. that building remains cordoned off, but we understan

the teenager died in northamptonshire back in 2019 when his motorbike was hit by a car driven on thef the road by us government employee anne sacoolas. she was given an eight month suspended sentence in 2022 after admitting criminal charges . and in france, criminal charges. and in france, emmanuel macron says the country needs a clear majority in government for, quote, serenity and harmony . after the and harmony. after the president's shock decision to call a snap election . he made call a snap election. he made the announcement following defeat to the far right national rally party in european polls, which has also resulted in belgium's prime minister saying that he'll resign . for the that he'll resign. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen right now, or go to gb news. carmela, it's back now to tom and . emily. back now to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon, britain. 12:08. now, the labour party may be riding high in the polls, and that doesn't seem to be budging. but the question turns to how might they govern? there are internal

our miranda richardson, she's there in northamptonshire. miranda. what do you think? nana. push boundanes >> and he's going to push boundaries all the way. >> and at every point, at some point, it's never going to be his fault. >> so i think, yeah, aspects of it he has to be accountable for. >> but also we've got to look, it's definitely overkill. >> you know, it's trying to stop a campaign. >> it's trying to stop , a campaign. >> it's trying to stop, you know, that that situation in november, you know , with the november, you know, with the states just becoming an absolute in fairness, laughingstock again, if it's biden, but yet what do we do if we end up with trump? >> yeah, it's kind of a rock and a hard place, i'll be honest, but, you know, but at least an interesting journey. >> but at least one of them seems sane. right. let's go to bnan seems sane. right. let's go to brian dougal in solihull. brian how are you doing? >> good. >> good. >> miranda, as ever, been very diplomatic, trump pushing boundanesis diplomatic, trump pushing boundaries is definitely the diplomatic

this was the scene in northamptonshire a few minutes ago when mr sunak arrived for the manifesto launchpondent harry farley, who has been on the road with the tory campaign, and now you are in a very different kind of road at silverstone. yes, that's right. the conservatives have chosen silverstone racetrack, the home of the british grand prix, to launch their manifesto, and we are expecting it in the next 30 minutes to get the details of their plans as they seek to win the vote of people watching at home, and then what we are expecting as you say is the headline, the 2p cut to national insurance, the third time they have taken 2p off national insurance. they did it in the autumn, they did it in the spring, and as the chancellorjeremy hunt acknowledged chancellor jeremy hunt acknowledged a chancellorjeremy hunt acknowledged a few weeks ago, neither of those two previous cuts narrowed the gap in the polls between them and labour, so rishi sunak hoping third time lucky as he announces plans to take another 2p off national insurance if the conservatives win the election, because labour hav

joined now by our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who's on the campaign trail in northamptonshire. a nice sunny day. good to see you. how important is today for the conservatives, the launch of their manifesto? it is massively _ launch of their manifesto? it is massively important _ launch of their manifesto? it 3 massively important because the prime minister has not had a good few days, as we all know, but also, evenif few days, as we all know, but also, even if he had had few good days this is a crucial moment where he gets to tell the voter, here is the conservative party programme for government, should they win another term in office. and he wants to use this opportunity to carve a clear dividing line with the labour party and that line will be on tax. we have talked a lot this campaign about taxes that both parties are promising not to raise and here is the conservative party promising to cut the employee rate of national insurance by 2p and if that sounds familiar it is because they have done it twice in the last year. if this were to happen it would mean over at rishi sun

also today, we are alive at the labour campaign, and this is as you can see in northamptonshire. it is the beginning of the last full week of campaigning. and labour wants beginning of the last full week of campaigning. and labourwants to provide an additional 700,000 emergency and urgent dental appointments, that is the main topic of conversation today. and earlier on, we heard from wes streeting, the health secretary who was lead doing those media rounds for labour this morning. he was asked how labour's plans would prevent dentists from leaving the nhs. let's hear now from keir starmer. the leaving the nhs. let's hear now from keir starmer-— keir starmer. the only people who can vote are _ keir starmer. the only people who can vote are those _ keir starmer. the only people who can vote are those aged _ keir starmer. the only people who can vote are those aged 18 - keir starmer. the only people who can vote are those aged 18 and - keir starmer. the only people who l can vote are those aged 18 and over. we think it should be 16 and 17—year—olds as well, because as you will know

i fine start today in northamptonshire, subtitles will resume shortly. sky.day. wrong sunshine again, lifting temperatures to 22 degrees. still looking at the mid to high teens further north. looking into tuesday, a fair amount of dry, settled weather but showers again crop up through the day, perhaps scotland and northern england with the chance of more persistent rain on the south—east for a time. in the sunshine, 21 degrees, but with the showers that temperatures will be pegged back into the mid—teens. into the middle of the week, high pressure trying to build and across the uk, but it is the filling and a low—pressure sandwich because there is no pressure and the south, that will through some showers our way. a lot of dry weather for areas like cardiff, for instance. a few showers around elsewhere interrupting the sunshine, but it will not be a write—off. it will not be as chilly or unsettled as it has been over the last couple of weeks. we were thinking about trying to hook the television up in the garden to watch the tv, but it could be a bit risky! whe

report, which is what coroners do after inquest like this, at one of the things identified in northamptonshire highway code, but members of the diplomatic staff were not getting the same training. when she turned out of that base onto a quite busy road, she drove on the wrong side of the road and there was a head—on collision that led to harry dunlop death. i have his mum here, charlotte. you are quite happy with those recommendations, aren't you? what do you have to say about the whole affair, five years for your family seeking justice, whole affair, five years for your family seekingjustice, do whole affair, five years for your family seeking justice, do you feel you have got to that point now? i think we do. we sought and went after— think we do. we sought and went after and — think we do. we sought and went after and fought for our criminal justice _ after and fought for our criminal justice 18 — after and fought for our criminal justice 18 months ago. what we needed — justice 18 months ago. what we needed to do was carry out the third limb of— needed to do was carry out the third limb of