it was controversial when royal mail was first loaded in 2013.res have struggled after a good run. some may be tempted to wash their hands of the shares and take a little profit while they can.— while they can. why do you think he — while they can. why do you think he is _ while they can. why do you think he is seeking - while they can. why do you think he is seeking to - while they can. why do you think he is seeking to be i while they can. why do you | think he is seeking to be the owner of the royal mail or the majority shareholder? fix, owner of the royal mail or the majority shareholder?- majority shareholder? a lot of eo - le majority shareholder? a lot of peeple asking _ majority shareholder? a lot of peeple asking a _ majority shareholder? a lot of people asking a question - people asking a question because if you look at the parent company, ids, there are two parts to it, royal mail, letters and parcels here in the uk, which loses money overall, losing money and letters but making money on puzzles. why would he want that when there is lot

we start here in the uk where tens of thousands of former and current royal mail staff may be gettingll any shares they hold in the royal mail's parent company. making the offer is the czech billionaire daniel kretinsky�*s investment group. it is looking to convince other investors to sell the company and wants the 5.5% of shares still owned by royal mail staff to strengthen its hand. mr kretinsky already owns over a quarter of the of the company. he also has stakes in sainsbury and west ham football club. however, the government still has the ability to block this deal given its sensitive and strategic importance to the uk economy.

royal mail are aware of the incident and are conducting urgent inquiries, i mean, is this it?mean, what do you what do you think about all of this? >> well, i don't like people losing their jobs, but i do losing theirjobs, but i do think, you know, serious grounds of disciplinary work, and i just don't understand this trend of modern britain whereby people just don't feel able to do the job for which they're contracted. you know, we saw it with the tfl driver who was shouting free, free palestine a few months ago. you see it now is that you know, this undermines, you know, basic civic and political function in this country. he was contracted to a job and obviously he didn't feel able to do that without, you know, scrawling this kind of graffiti. it appears that allegedly seems and i think this kind of stuff makes reform look like the victims. it backfires massively and it's just wrong. so i don't understand this modern trend. and i think the worrying thing is that is happening elsewhere. >> i think actually there is a good point that people are now. it seems to me, are unable

the electoral management board for scotland said that there have been some difficulties, although royal mailt there's been any backlog. mystery. examples of people going on holiday, they haven't got their postal vote, and it's too late to get a proxy. yeah. so they feel they're disenfranchised. that's right. yeah. um, what are you actually doing on newsnight tonight, by the way? discussing what the word swithering means? will that feature? well, i certainly know now it could be one of the questions our politicians, one of the easier questions our politicians have to answer. but we have scottish leaders here hearing, uh, what a number of voters here make of issues like migration, cost of living crisis, and, indeed, independence. so tonight we have got kate forbes who's out and about, ian murray, who may well be the new secretary of state for scotland if labour wins the election. alex cole—hamilton, who likes to put a flutter on we understand, and has done a few flutters, who is the leader of the liberal democrats in scotland, not a flutter, by the way, on the date of the election. uh miles br

and my understanding also is that these leaflets were distributed by the royal mail.self before, and they have to sort of pass a fit and proper test in order to do so. so they are fine. well, i mean, even if that weren't the case, consumption. >> i mean, i've read the leaflet, it's gender critical views. it's the belief that there are two sexes and they cannot change a belief that are protected under the equality act. i mean, cressida, i don't understand why the police would, would get involved with the expression of perfectly legitimate viewpoints, and particularly when it's a parliamentary candidate that's worrying, isn't it? >> it's extremely worrying. >> it's extremely worrying. >> and you just hope that this is going to be resolved relatively quickly and that it will be a mistake. >> but it's or like an overzealous officer or something. >> exactly. but doesn't that point us? yes. go on. there's a culture in the police that there's some activism and it's clearly not following what's not following the procedures. it's not following the law. >> it's just totally i n

i don't think he's going to, push for public ownership of royal mail and water. the well water. but that's. but i don't think he's going to push for a radical increase in tax. but i think taxes will rise. and there are some on the labour who's side who say yes, the tax take is at a record high for the uk, but it's still four points below germany. it's 11 points below france. that gets us into the really big debate . what's really big debate. what's ultimately what economic social model do we want? and i think sometimes partly because the debate was dragged so far to the left during the corbyn era, people sometimes forget that in between, say the conservatives at one end, liz truss at one end, and sort of corbyn, corbyn, socialism at the other . there's socialism at the other. there's quite a lot of space there. it's a social democracy , really, and a social democracy, really, and there's a big debate to be had about are we going to see sort of tweaks to the anglo—saxon economic model or are we going to over the next decade, if labour have a decade in power, which they might beco

leave them alone, but royal mail has said that people here have three choices. ick up their mail from they can pick up their mail from the depot. or they can nominate another address, maybe in a different part of town that doesn't have this problem of seagulls. but from what i've seen this morning, the problem is pretty much everywhere. there's plenty of seagulls around here. yeah maybe they could just go and pick up their post. >> the people who think it's fine, perhaps they should give it a go and do some post office, deliver some letters themselves. >> jeff, i think they're a wretched menace. >> well, most of the people here agree with you that 99% of the people here think exactly the same. they're wretched menace. and it's not just a problem here. i did a report a couple of weeks ago on bath, when people in bath were finding that, you know, the seagulls were ripping through their all of their rubbish. there was leaving mess all over the streets and over people's cars. so it is a problem. but then there are lots of people that support the seagulls and say, you

she started at a crucial time because the post office was being split off from the royal mail and alsoy horizon was a real risk for us. we questioned if data was being recorded accurately and suggested data problems. now council to the inquiry said this piece of information so early in her tenure was very significant and that alice perkins failed to act on it. is it the case that you know that this note — is it the case that you know that this note is _ is it the case that you know that this note is deeply problematic for you? _ this note is deeply problematic for you? because you did nothing with the information given to you. as soon the information given to you. soon as i the information given to you. as soon as i saw this i realised that this was. — soon as i saw this i realised that this was, looks _ soon as i saw this i realised that this was, looks very— soon as i saw this i realised that this was, looks very different i soon as i saw this i realised that this was, looks very different to| soon as i saw this i realised that i this was, looks very different to me today— this was,

she was made chair when the post office split from royal mail in 2011 the post office inquiry continuesnd the post office received from independent auditors ernst and young, and they raised problems already to do with the horizon it system. this is how the council summarised the advice she was given. she was told horizon was a real risk to the post office, that the auditor questioned whether the horizon system captures data accurately and reference the fact that broad suspects suggest it is a systems problem. this is at the heart of the scandal. whether the horizon it system was robust and reliable as the post office had been suggesting and an outright saying. and whether there were any systemic issues. this is right at the beginning of her ten you are, although alice perkins explained they were so much information she was receiving, there was a learning curve and she did not make the connection is that the inquiry now has been able to make. these are all assertions that she is sure to be challenged on throughout her testimony. sure to be challenged on throughout her testimony-— her tes

what it does show is just how many politicians were having the wool pulled over their eye by the royal mailned to the individuals who had to go to jail , who individuals who had to go to jail, who lost their jobs and their livelihood. it was actually also a scandal for the way in which the establishment covered this up. and ed would say, look, you know, i asked the questions, but if they tell me a lie, how do i know it's a lie? so i think there might be some sympathy that he was put in a pretty difficult situation as many others were, indeed. what about you then ? what attracted about you then? what attracted you to the liberal democrat? cause in the first place, all those years ago, because you started as an sdp person, didn't you? all those years ago, and it was all those years ago. >> i was 18, had to decide how to vote. somebody knocked on my door and they were a liberal at the time. back in the 1980s. if any of your viewers can remember that there was a big thatcherism, you know, she was very unpopular at the time . the very unpopular at the time. the labour party were crazy. they were

she was made chair when the post office split from royal mail in 2011 at the height of the horizon scandaltween 2011 and 2015 and much of that time overlapped with paula venables, the former chief executives and what some postmasters have told me time and time again is they don't want a single person scapegoated over the scandal and that's why every phase of this inquiry and every witness is so important to them and today it's a very high—profile one and that's because the chair was when, not only business priorities were facing a particularly challenging time, you mentioned the split from royal mail, but also issues with the horizon it system were mounting and that's why she has been facing questions about this alleged cover—up and the biggest moment of the day was when the inquiry sought handwritten note of hers from 2011 weeks into herjob and it was summarising a meeting and advice she received from independent auditors and this is how that were summarised about that meeting told her. she was told by this partner that the horizon system is a real risk to the post office, the ultimate qu

royal mail is launching a new set of stamps to mark the 60th display season of the red arrows.t of eight stamps have images of their trademark red, white and blue trails. four stamps showcase their performances above famous landmarks, including the eiffel tower and egyptian pyramids. fantastic. a lot of people love the red arrows. always makes an occasion all the more... spectacular. it feels great. the bank of england will release its latest decision on interest rates at midday — and it's expected to remain unchanged at 5.25%. ben has all the details. a lot of people will be disappointed to hear it is not coming down. we will get confirmation later but you are right. one of the single biggest thing is that effects the finances of millions of households. yesterday i was in a market and people said price rises have slowed but it is the mortgage, borrowing costs that are squeezing finances. we will find out today at 12. that rate directly affects borrowing costs, so mortgage holders and first—time buyers will be watching very closely. so how did we get here? the bank raised its r

and this is the royal mail in liskeard in cornwall, have sent a letter out to the residents saying i'm we can't mail is being delayed. we can't deliver today because our posters are being dive bombed by aggressive seagulls, so we can't get through them because i'm sure that's true. yeah, no, i know i'm not saying quite harry potter isn't the telegraph. of course it's true. no, it is true. >> the thing that amazes me is why this. i'm idea that people seem to want to defend or certain authorities and things want to offend, vermin like seagulls. and that's what they are. they're not. they don't contribute to anything . and yet contribute to anything. and yet they are this incredible protected species. >> well, i mean , and they are >> well, i mean, and they are very noisy as well. and they are big. i mean, you look at you don't want to be dive bombed by an aggressive seagull. >> you can end up, you know, serious injuries. >> yeah, yesterday at the mighty woburn, where i played golf, there was a hole. >> chris. >> chris. >> there's a whole flock of seagulls going up the. where was it? the

all over the country, various councils have royally screwed up the delivery of postal ballots and royal mailis election than usual because rishi sunak decided to hold the election in the middle of the summer, when people and people have already put their holidays. >> yes. >> yes. >> so you know, something that should have been anticipated and this is particularly challenging at this election because there are so many seats that are marginal, you know , loads of marginal, you know, loads of seats. and we saw in, you know, previous by elections as well, you see it from the polling seats that you expect to be safe where there are these thumping 20,000, 30,000 tory majorities, could, you know, come within a handful of votes and switch potentially to labour or the lib dems. so there could be on the night a lot of challenges, a lot of recounts in various seats . so of recounts in various seats. so it's a sort of we're seeing the chaos in advance . chaos in advance. >> i'm very surprised at this, though. i'm not saying it's not true, but for the first time even true, but for the first time ever, i'

>> these two are unbelievable, and whenever i talk about these so-called royals on this segment, i get angry maily they're both boring. neither one of these two has ever said anything interesting, except maybe the most interesting thing was we want to separate ourselves from the royal family. [laughter] and now they're separated, and they're wondering, hey, what happened? you guys did it -- rachel: and they didn't just separate, let's be clear. meghan markle took really clear shots at kate, and they're like, why can't we hang out with kate? she's doing through this, and everything they do ends up in the press. you didn't buy the jam? she'ses selling jam now. [laughter] let's move to the real housewives, which is where meghan should end up. this housewife is kelly bensimon, and she was supposed to get married to this really wealthy, kind of handsome financier, but she's ready to get married and just a few days before she's calling it off because she's, like, she is the one who wants the prenup. >> i don't believe this. rachel: you don't? >> four days before? i think it's an excuse. obviously somet

the mail on sunday charlotte griffiths offers her forensic royal analysis of this whole event after breaktrick christys tonight with bev turner. this is patrick christys. tonight with me. bev turner on. gb news still to come. should nigel farage take part in the upcoming bbc four way leaders debates? but first editor at large of the mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths joins me for tonight's royal dispatch . and tonight's royal dispatch. and what a special royal dispatch it is tonight. we're marking, of course, tomorrow the king's official birthday with trooping the colour parade. i can confirm if you've are just turning on, that the princess of wales will be taking part in the celebrations and a candid statement. she said she is making good progress and has good days and bad days , adding good days and bad days, adding i'm not out of the woods yet. it's going to be the princess's first public appearance since christmas, as she stepped back from official duties since announcing her cancer diagnosis in march. it's also going to be the king's first trooping the colour since his cancer diagno

can sign up to the royal watch newsletter on the bbc news website and that brings you insider stories and that brings you insider stories and expert analysis every week and it is e—mailedvening. well, it's been hot and humid today right across the uk with temperatures well above the seasonal average for many. some of the best of the sunshine and the highest of the temperatures across eastern areas of scotland, such as here in aberdeenshire. but for scotland and northern ireland, we've just seen the warmest day of the week. it will be turning fresher from the north and the west from tomorrow. some showers at times, but the hot, humid air stays towards the south still as we head through the next few days. now, the fresherfeeling conditions come behind this cold front that's going to be sinking southwards and eastwards through tomorrow. it starts to make inroads overnight tonight, just pushing some showers, some outbreaks of rain, more cloud across the western isles and down through northern ireland. it's going to feel muggy, sticky tonight, uncomfortable forsleeping, particularly across parts of east yorkshire, where temperatures may not dip below 16 or 17 degrees celsiu

they also have the royal selfie with taylor swift. the mailent zelensky said nigel farage has been infected with the virus of putin. on the sunday mirror today — "the rishi get richer". whilst some economists have told the observer labour won't get the growth they want without closer eu ties. there's scotland's first minister john swinney on the sunday mail — amid claims the snp have been using taxpayerfunded stamps for campaigning. and the bbc news website, we've been passed a recording of a tory candidate and aide to the home secretary saying the rwanda policy is "crap". a busy news morning. welcome to all of you this morning. philip hammond, do you ever wonder if your party is trying to sabotage its own campaign? it's a difficult campaign to run because it's against the backdrop of the borisjohnson period in government, the liz truss to boggle. my government, the liz truss to boggle. my own personal view is that many voters made up their mind back in 2021-22. -- the liz voters made up their mind back in 2021—22. —— the liz truss debacle. so

mail and author of charles iii: the inside story. the palace are very keen to point out that this is not a return to royal duties for the princess.e way off because her cancer treatment continues. that's right, she has said and they have said, in a personal statement, she said, "i have my good days and i have my bad days." no question today was a good day. i would say this is the most upbeat, probably the happiest day for the monarchy this year. the last time we saw all of them together smiling and in good spirits was last christmas. since then we have had all the dramas, the medical diagnoses. they have been through a lot. there is still a long way to go but what we did see today was that the direction of travel is going the right way. both the king and the princess very much showing that the monarchy are doing their best and united as a family today, a strong family day. it is an international event. it will be watched from an international perspective. but as you say it is a family event, it always feels like a family event, and that image when they are standing on the balcony as the red arrows fly overhead, it is often used a

king's college hospital, the royal brompton, and the evelina london children's hospital as well as other services have been affected. about 6.50 last night, i received an e—mailthat both had exactly the same information on, confirming that due to circumstances beyond their control, blood tests had been cancelled for the foreseeable future. nhs england describe the impact as significant, adding that emergency care continued on the available. it is is thought the incident happened yesterday, some departments were unable to connect to the main server. the it service partner has said sorry to patients impacted by the disruption, recognising the upset it has caused. it is not clear how long the disruption to patients and services will last. helena wilkinson, bbc news. a newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a freezing cold night injanuary is the third child to be left by the same parents. the test revealed baby also is the same sibling of a boy and a girl found 2018 to 19. it was a bitterly cold day injanuary when a baby girl, less than an hour old, was found here in east london. hospital staff called her elsa, after the frozen character. the bbc can now report

king's college hospital, the royal brompton, and the evelina london children's hospital as well as other services have been affected. about 6.50 last night, i received an e—mail confirming that due to circumstances beyond their control, blood tests had been cancelled for the foreseeable future. nhs england describe the impact as significant, adding that emergency care continued to be available. it is is thought the incident happened yesterday, some departments were unable to connect to the main server. the it service partner has said sorry to patients impacted by the disruption, recognising the upset it has caused. it is not clear how long the disruption to patients and services will last. helena wilkinson, bbc news. a newborn baby girl who was found abandoned in east london, on a freezing cold night injanuary, is the third child to be left by the same parents. dna tests established that baby elsa is the sibling of a boy and a girl found in very similar circumstances, in 2017 and 2019. as our correspondent sanchia berg reports, bbc news has been given permission to report these details — after a family courtjudge said the story was of "great public interest.

mail and author of charles iii, the inside story. the palace are very keen to point out that this is not a return to royal duties for the princess.ll some way off because her cancer treatment continues. that's ri . ht, cancer treatment continues. that's riaht, she cancer treatment continues. that's right. she has _ cancer treatment continues. that's right, she has said _ cancer treatment continues. that's right, she has said and _ cancer treatment continues. that's right, she has said and they - cancer treatment continues. that's right, she has said and they have l right, she has said and they have said, _ right, she has said and they have said. in_ right, she has said and they have said. in a — right, she has said and they have said, in a personal statement, she said, in a personal statement, she said i_ said, in a personal statement, she said i have — said, in a personal statement, she said i have my good days and i have my bad _ said i have my good days and i have my bad days. no question today is a -ood my bad days. no question today is a good day _ my bad days. no question today is a good day i— my bad days. no question toda

king's college hospital, the royal brompton, and the evelina london children's hospital as well as other services have been affected. about 6.50 last night, i received an e—mailaid sorry to patients impacted by the disruption, recognising the upset it has caused. it is not clear how long the disruption to patients and services will last. helena wilkinson, bbc news. some of the last surviving veterans who fought in the second world war are in normandy to commemorate 80 years since d—day. it was a turning point in the war, as allied troops landed on the coast of northern france and began the liberation from nazi occupation. john maguire reports. for many of these veterans, their departure from the shores 80 years ago, all as very young man, was their first venture overseas. cheering. excitement and a sense of celebration will, in coming days, turne to commemoration. turn to commemoration. stan ford survived as his ship was sunk by a mini submarine, but many other members of the group were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, 32 guys who never came home. i made that promise to myself that every opportunity i would go

hospital, the royal brompton, and the ever london children's hospital as ours are services as well have been affected. about ten to seven last night, monday evening, i received an e—maileseeable future. ,, :, , : , future. nhs england described the im act as future. nhs england described the impact as significant, _ future. nhs england described the impact as significant, adding i future. nhs england described the impact as significant, adding that. impact as significant, adding that emergency care continued to be available. it is thought the incident happened yesterday. some departments were unable to connect to the main server. the it service partner has said sorry to patients impacted by the disruption. they recognise the upset that it has caused. it is unclear how long the disruption to patients and services will last. time now fill lamela. hello. some decidedly cool air has been sinking southwards across the uk during today. tonight is certainly going to be quite a lot chillier than last night was, and over the next few days, it remains cool and breezy, a mix of sunshine and showers, cold enough over the very highest ground in scotland for some of those showers t

let's speak to robert hardman, daily mail writer and royal commentator and author of "charles iii: newt, _ how she is doing? as dan said, this happened last night, she _ how she is doing? as dan said, this happened last night, she is - happened last night, she is undergoing medical treatment, and we are told _ undergoing medical treatment, and we are told it _ undergoing medical treatment, and we are told it is _ undergoing medical treatment, and we are told it is minor. everyone wishes — are told it is minor. everyone wishes her— are told it is minor. everyone wishes her a speedy recovery and absolutely let's hope she is out soon _ absolutely let's hope she is out soon because she is one of the most active _ soon because she is one of the most active and _ soon because she is one of the most active and enthusiastic members of the royal— active and enthusiastic members of the royal family. year after year when _ the royal family. year after year when they— the royal family. year after year when they do those tallies of royal engagements she is always at already knew the _ engagements s

mail on sunday. charlotte griffiths. morning charlotte, crikey. the last thing the royall with at the moment is another one of their key figurehead members being out of action. do we know anything about what happened? >> well, the irony is, even princess anne doesn't know what's happened. and actually, it's kind of worrying because she just can't really remember what happened. and she was completely alone in the field. so her daughter zara has described her. >> gatcombe park estate, gloucestershire. >> she was at gatcombe park estate and what she's known to do is take evening strolls to check on her horses alone . check on her horses alone. sometimes, right? and zara once described how even if she's been at a royal event, she'll go with her full makeup and hair and pearl earrings just for a walk around the field with her welly boots on and her nice outfit. so she loves doing this. it's obviously something she does regularly. i dread to think how long she was there on her own. yeah, because she was completely on her own and then eventually she was found. i mean, i hope she

. >> i've read with interest your piece in the mail, which was pointing to not only the history of this royal but how that history is intertwined in every aspect of this state. visit >> yes, it is really. i mean, the state visit is a celebration of the closer economic and military ties between the two countries post—brexit. >> really, the britain and japan signed a free trade deal in 2020. and this this state visit was postponed from from 2020 because of covid, but i think for people interested in the royal family, it gives us a real opportunity to compare and contrast two of the world's oldest monarchies , two of the oldest monarchies, two of the most successful royal families. i'd say , but both royal families i'd say, but both royal families have faced a fair bit of turmoil in the last few years, so i think it's interesting that the empress, for example , spent a empress, for example, spent a long time, out of the public eye. she spent 11 years away from public life because of a stress related illness that that was said to have been related to the fact that she couldn't produce a male heir

royal family. >> and of course, we've got two separate protests going on the mail today.e've got a big counter protest right next doon >> yeah. so behind us there are these big yellow flags saying not my king, but they're completely surrounded by adoring pubuc completely surrounded by adoring public who obviously love the royal. i think they're a little bit outnumbered and probably a badidea bit outnumbered and probably a bad idea for them, because who knows, they could all the mob could turn on them if they're not careful. but there is a counter protest, trying to sort of , crowd out the yellow flags, of, crowd out the yellow flags, basically. and they've done quite a good job behind us, actually. >> now, of course, the princess of wales, colonel of the irish guard, charlotte will come back to you shortly. but i was also very lucky enough to speak to the irish guards mascot and his handler, drummer ashley dean. now seamus is an irish wolfhound , and this is what drummer dean said about his role in today's parade. >> he tends to lead all the battalion on on parades. so if

members of the royal marines as they landed in france, holding wreaths before they travelled on to the commemoration ceremony, to thank the fallen for their sacrifice. and the daily mailribes mr mosley, who writes a column for the paper, as its "health guru" and reports that the 67—year—old vanished after going for a walk on a greek island. 17 minutes past six. we have had reports of this walking to the car park at work. something that is on the rise. thefts of mobile phones have been increasing in recent years, making them one of the most stolen items. it happens like this. so quickly. taking people completely unawares. it is brazen. these are just some of the incidents of smartphone thefts that have been captured on camera. this is london — where the metropolitan police say a phone is taken every ten minutes. ben is taking a look at this for us. it is on the rise, anecdotally you hear a lot about it now. yes, i have seen it on the street, walking along, two guys on a bike, snatched the phone out of her hand, she was distraught, and by the time you realise what is going on it is too late to intervene, and of course concerns for your own safety if you were to interven