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i think amongst all the parties about the impact of these problems with the royal mail, the royal mailaid these concerns are overblown and they don't recognise them in the same way. but there's no question i think this could be an issue going beyond the counting day for this election. on friday. >> people, many people , >> people, many people, particularly elderly people, will be relying on postal votes. this country, of course, has a high proportion of people who use them, but disproportionately perhaps at least apart from maybe some seats disproportionately older people, more conservative leaning people do use postal votes. this could have a disproportionate impact on the conservative party >> it could do some. i haven't seen any actual and quite good to see the research on that. i haven't seen any research yet to show which age group, which demographic, which party supporters are more likely to use postal votes. but yeah, i think it's a concern across the board and certainly given there are, say, 100 seats, to according the mrp polling, which suggests they can go either way with a f

while mary, there is an investigation by royal mail into this sabotage is a strong word . is a strong word. likelihood. it's just the mail in general. i got a christmas card from america. it arrived in february . america. it arrived in february. perhaps the post is just all over the shop. no matter where you go. now, let's go to some more of your views before we're waiting for keir starmer and ben assist on the subject of reform uk , he says so many people seem uk, he says so many people seem to be trying to sabotage reform uk. they're trying to pretend it's something it's not. these people should be ashamed of themselves. this country needs change. i believe it needs reform. people are trying to disrespect democracy. people should be allowed to vote how they want. this feels like a figged they want. this feels like a rigged game against the reform party. and john says this on his political views. it's got nothing to do with the tories record. over the last 14 years, things have been pretty good until inflation went crazy and interest rates went up, tories can't be blamed fo

the government blames the royal mail, and the royal mail blames the government.sands of postal voters be disenfranchised ? and is the disenfranchised? and is the postal voting system now simply too big? find out shortly . too big? find out shortly. meanwhile, reform uk has suffered yet another candidate backing the tories, this time claiming the majority of the party's candidates are racist, misogynistic and bigoted . now misogynistic and bigoted. now labour's migrants plan has faced criticism for not being particularly different to what is being pursued already, save for the fact they intend to scrap the planned rwanda deportations. plus, the reform channel 4 racism row plots thickens, with a gb news exclusive that suggests there was more to the investigation than meets the eye. state of the nafion than meets the eye. state of the nation starts now

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the royal mail, is in urgent talks with the royal mail. they're doing a big sweep of each and every depot so that if there are postal votes there, they are getting out to people and putting on extra staff to get those onto people's doorsteps. so my understanding is local councils have sent out those postal ballots. so it is a royal mail issue rather than a local council issue, and what i would say to your viewers if their postal votes are arriving late, they can still take them to the polling stations on the day if they're worried that they won't get back in time. but there is concern in a few constituencies . not not all and constituencies. not not all and not not not not a huge number that we're picking up. but, where there are, kevin hollinrake is personally, meeting with royal mail to try and get this resolved urgently. >> and i believe some of those constituencies include cabinet members who are competing to try and hold to on their seats. a lot of people would say that this is symbolic, really, of broken britain . broken britain. >>

we obviously need to push royal mail, and we need to have contingency plans.e worry . genuine worry. >> let's speak to our reporter theo chikomba, who's live from a post office. now, good morning theo.so post office. now, good morning theo. so bring us up to speed on this story. do we know roughly how many people register for postal votes ? postal votes? >> well, if we're looking at the last election, i was reading this morning that there was a 20% increase in the 2019 general election, around 1.2 million people are using postal votes, and they were warning the postal service were warning and that this might be an issue when it comes to this election, as many more people are now using this service for a number of reasons. maybe they're going away on houday maybe they're going away on holiday or they simply can't make it on time. on thursday, with only two days left, this is an issue which the post office is being asked to rectify. the post office themselves. they're saying there is no backlog. however, we do understand from reports that there are around 90 con

the government blames the royal mail, and the royal mail blames the government. but will thousands of postal voters be disenfranchised .7 and is the disenfranchised? and is the postal voting system now simply too big? find out shortly . too big? find out shortly. meanwhile, reform uk has suffered yet another candidate backing the tories, this time claiming the majority of the party's candidates are racist, misogynistic and bigoted . now misogynistic and bigoted. now labour's migrants plan has faced criticism for not being particularly different to what is being pursued already, save for the fact they intend to scrap the planned rwanda deportations. plus, the reform channel 4 racism row plots thickens, with a gb news exclusive that suggests there was more to the investigation than meets the eye. state of the nafion than meets the eye. state of the nation starts now . nation starts now. we'll also be discussing an astonishing poll from survation labour on almost 500 seats out of 650. i'll be joined by my panel of 650. i'll be joined by my panel. former editor of the

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things have changed a bit in the 500 years since royal mail was founded by henry viii.d he be trusted with such an historic and important asset? of course, in a way you can be paralysed by the great responsibility that comes from such a tradition, from such a name, from the importance of the company. but the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our little role, which can, however, be very important in the history of royal mail. royal mail is losing money, letter volumes are declining, and its market share in the profitable parcels business has plummeted. mr kretinsky has committed in writing to keep the one—price—goes—anywhere universal service for at least five years, but also made this personal promise. as long as i�*m alive, i completely exclude this, and i�*m sure that anybody who would be my successor would absolutely understand this. so why not put that in writing? because there are two different things. one thing is what is clearly your commitment, and i say this as an absolutely clear,

the telegraph — �*royal mail blamed for postal vote chaos' after the postal minister criticised royalinister kemi badenoch — who's urging people not to vote for reform uk. the daily mail has a warning from a former military of defence chief that britain's forces are not ready for conflict of any scale the ft focuses on the us supreme court handing trump partial immunity over actions as president. time for a look at the weather was hello there. not much change to the weather as we move into tuesday. in fact, the upcoming week will remain pretty unsettled, i think, with low pressure always nearby. it will be breezy, even turning windier across northern areas by the end of the week. some rain at times, mainly in the north and the west, and it will remain on the cool side for earlyjuly. this ridge of high pressure, though, bringing quite a bit of dry weather, i think, on tuesday. we'll start off with quite a bit of sunshine around in northern, central and western areas. more cloud for eastern england, a few spots of rain — that rain will tend to ease down. and then as we head into the aft

the royal mail say there is no backlog- _ first. the royal mail say there is no backlog.t happened. this isn�*t necessarily just the fault of the royal mail, or perhaps some of those in charge of the elections. this is also the fault of the conservative government, who opted to have an election during the school holidays for a huge majority of people in scotland. that is not good enough. ultimately, what they have sought to do is disenfranchise a huge amount of the population in scotland at this election. i think scotland —— people in scotland will look at that very dimly and when it comes to casting their ballot on thursday, hopefully vote for mps that they hopefully vote for mps that they hope will go to westminster and argue for scotland, and of course thatis argue for scotland, and of course that is the snp. the argue for scotland, and of course that is the snp.— argue for scotland, and of course that is the snp. the snp wanting a vote for independence. _ that is the snp. the snp wanting a vote for independence. both i that is the snp. the snp wanting a vote for indep

things have changed a bit in the 500 years since royal mail was founded by henry viii. he be trusted with such an historic and important asset? of course, in a way you can be paralysed by the great responsibility that comes from such a tradition, from such a name, from the importance of, uh, of the company. but the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our little role, which can, however, be very important in the history of royal mail. royal mail is losing money, letter volumes are declining, and its market share in the profitable parcels business has plummeted. mr kretinsky has committed in writing to keep the one—price—goes—anywhere universal service for at least five years, but also made this personal promise. as long as i'm alive, i completely exclude this, and i'm sure that anybody who would be my successor would absolutely understand this. so why not put that in writing? because there are two different things. one thing is what is clearly your commitment, and i say this as an absolutely c

the czech billionaire hoping to buy the uk's postal service, royal mail has pledged to continue deliveringe bbc. he said he was willing to share profits with the company's 150,000 employees, but he's not keen on the idea of employees having a stake in the business. that's a key demand from unions in return for their support. our business editor simonjack started by asking why such an important national asset should be entrusted to him.

the telegraph, royal mail blamed for postal vote chaos.global lead on climate. miliband i news. labour faces up to prospect of far right labour in france with early talks are the times starmer a big majority will be best for britain. and finally, the daily star. oh, balls, those were your front pages. that's all we have time for. my thanks to my guests josh howie and stephen allen . steve howie and stephen allen. steve will be back tomorrow at 11 pm. with leo kearse and chris whitten. if you've been watching at 5 am, stay tuned for breakfast and otherwise been great pleasure to speak to you this evening. have a restful evening sleep good night. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> good evening. here's your latest gb news weather forecast brought to you by the met office. looking ahead to tomorrow, there will be some showery rain around but also some bright sunny spells. but first thing for some it is going to be a bit cloudy and a bit damp because of a frontal system that

the royal mail have got special procedures in l mail have got special procedures in place for it today in the system by the end of today will get to returning officers tomorrow. for anybody who still has their postal vote and are not certain if they have enough time to send it back in the post, they can take it to their local polling station. they will need to fill out a form, but they can take it there. so you could physically carry your postal vote to a polling station. if you have registered for it. vote and it has not come, can you just turn up it has not come, can you just turn up at the polling station and say it has not come, but can i vote? trio. has not come, but can i vote? no, the are has not come, but can i vote? no, they are not _ has not come, but can i vote? no, they are not able _ has not come, but can i vote? no, they are not able to _ has not come, but can i vote? i457, they are not able to do that. if you have applied for it. vote you will not be able to vote in person at the polling station tomorrow, but you can apply for a replacement. ballot pack from your local c

poor performance by royal mail could result in thousands of ballot papers simply not reaching pollingon day, which could seriously impact the outcome of the election itself, experts say. about the main problems ahead of the parliamentary elections in the uk. look, i just did something i’ve never done. the leader of the ruling it’s time for irisha sunak’s conservative party to take an example from the liberal democrats. opinion polls predict a landslide defeat for the tories. their main rival, labor, is likely to win more than half the seats in the house of commons and will be able to form a one-party government. things are so bad for tory that the last reserves have been used. former prime minister theresa may is forced to personally go door to door. so few people believe the conservatives; even the seemingly win-win promise of a large-scale tax cut does not help. therefore in tory election videos mostly throw mud at their competitors, for example a video dedicated to migrants. conservatives claim that labor is rolling out the red carpet for illegal immigrants right on the banks of th

so you used the royal mail delivery. >> that's right.ry potential candidate gets that. you just have to have it printed. so i sorted with my mother one saturday and sunday the 24,000 that were need it. and royal mail of course deliver it. so yes you can see it on the screen. that's the that was the manifesto. well yes you got it. so you got it in your because you're and i real addresses were actually in the published that interested me. >> we were the only two candidates who were willing to admit to our voters where we actually live. >> the bravery is what it was because i think there's a few that just have offices in that constituency and work mostly in london, and sort of pretend it surprises me. >> people aren't more willing to put their address. i don't buy the whole security thing because i did have to attend a briefing. >> did you have to? were you at one of the ones that i was at? >> no, i don't think i was no. >> no, i don't think i was no. >> the briefing of sort of being aware of the public confrontation, and that was a bit of

things have changed a bit in the 500 years since royal mail was founded by henry viii.el kretinsky. so why should he be trusted with such an historic and important asset? of course, in a way you can be paralysed by the great responsibility that comes from such a tradition, from such a name, from the importance of, uh, of the company. but the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our little role, which can, however, be very important in the history of royal mail. royal mail is losing money, letter volumes are declining, and its market share in the profitable parcels business has plummeted. mr kretinsky has committed in writing to keep the one—price—goes—anywhere universal service for at least five years, but also made this personal promise. as long as i'm alive, i completely exclude this, and i'm sure that anybody who would be my successor would absolutely understand this. so why not put that in writing? because there are two different things. one thing is what is clearly your commitment, and i

the czech billionaire bidding to take over royal mail has told the bbc that letters will be delivered6 billion takeover requires government approval, and unions have expressed grave concerns over his plans. the burial operation for 77 pilot wales that died after washing ashore in 0rkney is under way. the animals were found last thursday, in what is thought to have been the largest mass stranding for decades. about a dozen that were still alive were euthanised. four months ago, vaughan gething became wales' first minister. today, he has quit as both leader of the welsh labour party — and, as a result, first minister. he had little choice — earlier in the day, three of his government ministers and his top legal adviser all released statements calling on him to go. ever since he took on the job, he has been dogged by these questions about a £200,000 payment to his campaign from a businessman convicted of environmental offences. then he sacked hannah blythyn as a minister, accusing her of leaking to a news website. last week, the website said, in fact, she was not the source. the prime mi

at this royal mail office they are sorting through completed postal votes to get them to the right place. , .,, , ., counted. some people up to vote b ost counted. some people up to vote by post and get — counted. some people up to vote by post and get them _ counted. some people up to vote by post and get them through - by post and get them through the mail they get a ballot pack they then return the postal vote and it has a clear strip and it all the machines are set “p and it all the machines are set up to up to make that process on the final day we do a final day sweepjust to on the final day we do a final day sweep just to make sure everything that comes through even on the last day can get to the returning officers in london that is 260 different returning officers. the political _ returning officers. the political map - returning officers. the political map has - returning officers. thej political map has been returning officers. the political map has been redrawn for this election to reflect population changes in the number of voters more equal. so you might find your constituenc

royal mail has insisted it does not have a backlog.ion has said it recognises there is pressure on the postal voting system, but it's not aware of any large—scale problems. our scotland reporter katie hunter spoke to the leader of the snp, john swinney, and asked him how concerned he was. i'm very concerned about the situation and there would be practical implications of this election happening in summer holidays and people have applied for postal homes and from the reports i am receiving and also messages and beginning from members of the public for a lot of people, those votes have not arrived and they have been disenfranchised and i think the casual way in which these have been dismissed by the prime minister who called the selection and all it is is frankly, unacceptable. we are joined now by the leader of the scottish labour party, anas sarwar. thank you for talking to us, let us put that question to you about the concerns that you might have about postal votes and how critical could they be the labour party in scotland?— they be

it is worth remembering that during sir vince cable's time, the privatisation of royal mail was going in the past, the inquiry council has asked, was horizon too big to fail? that is one of the central questions here. was that information available and did theyjust not want was that information available and did they just not want to was that information available and did theyjust not want to see a? that's not what's a vince cable is saying, he says it wasn't even flagged up as a potential issue. thank you very much indeed. let's have a listen into the post office inquiry. i have a listen into the post office inuui . . , have a listen into the post office in. ui _ ., , ., ., have a listen into the post office inui . ., ., . inquiry. i was having to decide about the _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export of _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export of weapons l inquiry. i was having to decide | about the export of weapons to inquiry. i was having to decide - about the export of weapons to saudi arabia that were bei

at this royal mail office, they're sorting through completed postal votes to get them to the right placeif somebody opts to vote by post, we will get the postal vote to them. that goes out in something we call a ballot pack. they then return the postal vote and let's get a clear, purple strip in it. all our machines are set up to automate that process. but on the very final day, we do a final—day sweep just to make sure everything that comes through, even on the very last day, we can get to the returning officers. and here in london, that's to 16 different returning officers. most of us vote in person, whether it's at a laundrette, a hairdresser�*s, or at the local hall. and some of us take our best friend. voting is taking place for all 650 seats in the house of commons. the candidate with the most votes in each constituency will be elected as an mp. to secure a majority and form a government, a political party needs to win at least 326 seats. sean curran, bbc news, westminster. throughout the night and into the morning, we'll bring you results. we'll have our reporters at counts across

and that is what the royal mail is to me.don't i don't understand this, but generally i would look and i would say the idea of taking any freight transport off railways is a bad idea. what are railways going to be there for if you're not shifting heavy stuff around ? shifting heavy stuff around? precisely. and mail, for instance, you know , you get on instance, you know, you get on a train in london, you can go to reading or whatever it is, coventry or whatever, you can go there directly to it. i just don't see why this should be encouraged. and this can't be good for trains . good for trains. >> no, it can't be. it can't be good going forward either. for the tracks. labour have said that they're going to renationalise the railways and i'm a strong proponent of that. i'm a strong proponent of that. i think they really have to, but this is really sad. if this is going to happen. and why is the rail royal mail being sold to a czech company? >> precisely. >> precisely. >> i mean, it shouldn't , you >> i mean, it shouldn't, you k

at this royal mail office, they're sorting through completed postal votes to get them to the right placey opts to vote by post, we will get the postal vote to them. that goes out in something we call a ballot back. they then return the postal vote and it's got a clear purple strip in it. all the machines are set up to automate that process. but, on the very final day, we do a final—day sweep just to make sure everything that comes through, even on the very last day, we can get to the returning officers. and here in london, that's to 16 different returning officers. the political map has been redrawn for this election to reflect population changes and make the number of voters more equal. so you might find that your constituency has changed. but wherever you live, today is your opportunity to say what you think, while pets wait patiently outside. hannah miller, bbc news. we will speak to leila later on in the programme but let's turn to another election. we begin the programme with concerns amongst democrats in the united states. while some senior members of the party have been expressing

now, royal mail has hit back at claims there's been a failure to get postal votes sent out to some peoplesome areas, insisting there is no backlog ahead of the general election. on thursday . general election. on thursday. it comes after the post office minister himself, kevin hollinrake, was said to be urgently investigating claims of delays in some constituencies. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is refusing to rule out recounts if some postal votes can't be counted. >> well, look, we cross each bndge >> well, look, we cross each bridge as we get to it. i am concerned about the delays and i think what needs to happen now is everybody needs to pull together to make sure the ballot papers get where they're needed. so that people can exercise their democratic right to vote. so that's where my focus is at the moment . the moment. >> keir starmer, now the chairman of reform uk richard tice, has accused the conservative party of placing a trojan horse set of candidates to spread lies in the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the tories.

royal mail has insisted there's no backlog of postal votes, as some people in scotland say they're stilltheirs. the snp leaderjohn swinney warned they could be "disenfranchised" if their votes can't be filled out and returned on time. the electoral commission says it'll conduct a review after the election. our scotland correspondent katie hunter can tell us more. katie, can we tell how big an issue this might be? well, we started to become aware last week that this was a problem after the majority of scottish schools had broken up. people were saying they had applied for postal ballots before the deadline and they had not turned up, and then were going away on holiday. in terms of numbers, we don't have exact figures, but we know some local councils set up emergency facilities over the weekend so that people could go and collect a replacement postal vote. two of those councils, edinburgh and fife, have said between them they handed out more than 500 replacement packs, but that is just two councils out of 32 in scotland. in terms of the timing of this election, this is something that the

the former ceo of royal mail and a former post office minister, are set to give evidence today at thenquiry. dame moya greene and jo swinson are being asked about the errors in the horizon. it system, which of course led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted of fraud. it comes after yesterday's appearance by the leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey , who was democrats, ed davey, who was also a minister in charge of the service between 2010 and 2012. he apologised for declining a meeting with campaigners . he apologised for declining a meeting with campaigners. sir alan bates . and finally, one alan bates. and finally, one last story for you. turning to the summer heat, there are health warnings in place across parts of england, with temperatures expected today to soar above 30 degrees. the east and west midlands, the south east, eastern england and london are all included in that warning, which is in place until 11:00 tomorrow night. and with many people expected to take to the parks and to the beaches, to enjoy the summer sun. but health experts are warning people to take ca

at this royal mail office, they're sorting through completed postal votes to get them to the right placeebody opts to vote by post, we will get the postal vote to them. that goes out in something we call a ballot pack. they then return the postal vote and it's got a clear, purple strip in it. all our machines are set up to automate that process. but on the very final day, we do a final—day sweep just to make sure everything that comes through, even on the very last day, we can get to the returning officers. and here in london, that's to 16 different returning officers. most of us vote in person, whether it's at a laundrette, a hairdresser�*s, or at the local hall. and some of us take our best friend. voting is taking place for all 650 seats in the house of commons. the candidate with the most votes in each constituency will be elected as an mp. to secure a majority and form a government, a political party needs to win at least 326 seats. sean curran, bbc news, westminster. let me show you the scene live at westminster. as voters head to the polls, you can find all the latest including ho

at this royal mail office, they're sorting through completed postal votes to get them to the right place. if somebody opts to vote by post, we will get the postal vote to them. that goes out and something we call a ballot back. they then return the postal vote and it's got a clear purple strip in it. all our machines are set up to automate that process. but, on the very final day, we do a final—day sweep just to make sure everything that comes through, even on the very last day, we can get to the returning officers. and here in london, that's to 16 different returning officers. the political map has been redrawn for this election to reflect population changes and make the number of voters more equal. so you might find that your constituency has changed. but wherever you live, today is your opportunity to say what you think, while pets wait patiently outside. hannah miller, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in south london. good morning. election day is here but people need to remember a few things to cast their vote. goad things to cast their vote. good morning- _ thi

right at the gates of power in france and the gates of power in france and the daily telegraph, royal maille delays as uncertainty spreads to almost 100 seats. so i mean just scrap postal votes surely. and there's so much controversy over them. another great shot of emma raducanu there, fresh off the back of, you know, a pretty horrendous injuries over the past recent years . and this past recent years. and this story down the bottom here i may not work after six as pm suggests sir keir starmer. well i mean that leads us nicely into our chat now with the press pack. daily express columnist carole malone, broadcaster and journalist benjamin butterworth and the founding chairman for global britain uk. a man bojo. so let's look at that story again, so keir starmer delivered this message to voters earlier today. let's take a quick look at this clip. >> it has to be a summer of change. this campaign, this positive labour campaign is for you. and the fight for change is for you. >> yeah. very good. change, change, change. however speaking about his personal life on virgin radio , sir keir caused

here is one on a royal mail van.flage, so they were turned red, but distinctive pillar box red, some people call it postbox red, and there are 115,000 of them across the uk, but this will be a very special one indeed, and the cipher will remain gold for the rest of its days. we will unveil it, post some letters to the king himself, tell you a little bit more about the fascinating history of the postbox,. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm alison earle. police still haven't been able to question the suspect in the killings of three women in hertfordshire, as he remains in a serious condition in hospital. kyle clifford is wanted over the deaths of carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing commentator john hunt, and their daughters hannah and louise, who died at their home in bushey. detectives confirmed they've found a crossbow. part of the m25 is to close again this weekend as improvement works continue. the stretch between junctions ten and 11 in surrey will

this morning about 8:15 cavalcade came in right up through the royal mail drive to the castle and met minister and deputy first minister. and then travelled here to the parliament buildings where it met. he met the speaker of the house, and he has gone inside and now having meetings , inside and now having meetings, separate meetings with each individual party, trying to reset that relationship, because of course, under the tories here things were, slightly, shall we say, tetchy for want of a better word. but that came along to a lot of things. the rwanda deal, of course, seen a lot of immigrants going south of the border, people here now worried that because labour have come into power and the threat of rwanda is no longer here, that they will come back north across they will come back north across the border into northern ireland. other things that will be on the agenda today, of course, is the legacy bill, like the rwanda bill, keir starmer said that he would do away with the tories legacy bill that was looking at historical, killings. and so forth in northern ireland. and of cours

but also royal mail is saying that it's also now experiencing technical issues across some of its itf this outage. so more and more institutions that we didn't know about being affected by this announcing that they are they are now experiencing their own issues. >> yes. the last thing the nhs needs, isn't it? thank you very much to you both, charlie peters, our national reporter, and simon hunt, thank you very much indeed, business and technology correspondent at the standard. >> well, we are also going to be moving on to a further story. now, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has announced £84 million of new funding for african and middle east countries. this in an attempt to tackle the migration crisis at source to stop illegal migration. >> we must also tackle it at source . so today i am announcing source. so today i am announcing £84 million of new funding for projects across africa and the middle east. >> well, there you go. the word of the prime minister. and speaking at blenheim palace, where leaders have met, or a european political community summit , he european politic

royal mail has insisted it does not have a backlog.or them for investing in a better education system. that from the greens. we like to invite expert eyes to unpick the election as we head towards the finish line for the we had the guardian's whitehall editor in the chief reporter for the saturday mail. thank you both for the let me ask you the same question, here we're two days out. your headline thoughts? it’s question, here we're two days out. your headline thoughts?— your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable — your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where _ your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there _ your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is - your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is far i your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is far into | remarkable where there is far into an election campaign and there's been no movement in the polls at all. compared to the start, apart from the swing towards the reform party. rishi sunak is conservatives

well, the good east park, whether it's carrying or whether it's royal mail on trains, aren't they?s and freight trains to work. >> it's increasing greatly. and actually we need rail. >> don't back onto rail. >> don't back onto rail. >> it's ludicrous. >> it's ludicrous. >> but we talked about this when new labour came in that we must put more freight on the railways and get it off the roads, which is ruining our roads overnight. >> it has happened, but we need to. of course we need to do that more in the future because it's so much more sustainable. >> but to build a station that we don't need exactly, but hopefully we will in the future. >> i mean, i suppose that is the hope, but yes, apparently will cost more than 460 billion to cancel it. so we just need to carry on. >> yeah. how do you justify this? i mean, you know, some parts of the country i end up around, i'm thinking, is it watford or whatever? and i'm driving and i see this bits abandoned. this was hs2, this was hs2. and it seems such a such an awful waste. i mean, i hopeit such an awful waste. i mean, i hope it was the r

.— royal mail is asking dog owners to be more responsible after new figures showed an increase in attacks what a start. the sun is beating down and the temperature has risen. and you can see the queue through the green gate. eventually they will have a wristband before going through security and getting into the ground. the first 1500 are guaranteed show court tickets if they want them. if you had not managed to get tickets through the ballot and sports club, there is a chance depending on when you get here, that you can get in and see your favourites. here, that you can get in and see yourfavourites. the here, that you can get in and see your favourites. the forecast today is one of quite a lot of cloud and some seeing rain. that is the scenario many have currently. bright start in eastern areas with sunshine. as the rain in the west travels towards the east, the cloud will build ahead of it and the rain will build ahead of it and the rain will arrive and then it will brighten up in the west. an outside chance we could see drizzle coming from the thickest cloud in wimbledon but an outsid

does royal mail have all the staff that's necessary?has taken them by surprise. i think everyone's got something to answer to. and councils will need that resource particularly. there's been some across the country that haven't done the printing in time. >> it was like the nhs, isn't it? you've got to look at the areas that get it right and compare them to the areas that get it wrong. i mean, i've had two postal votes actually proxy votes from my parents who were away and it's absolutely it's been brilliant very, very smooth. anyway. all right. here we go. hoban and saint pancras keir starmer's seat. quite a list of candidates for this one, there's your monster raving loony candidate walking on elmo from sesame street. >> they're all there. >> they're all there. >> so there's keir starmer. >> they're all there. >> so there's keir starmer . and >> so there's keir starmer. and as they gather on the stage, let's listen in to the returning officer for a minute . officer for a minute. >> lovely. thank you. >> lovely. thank you. >> thank you

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and, yeah, robert hardman, a brilliant royal writer in the daily mail, and then various political guests the overall kind of thing i felt today was that you get the ritual, which doesn't change, and then the politics that's just changed completely. the house of commons just feels so different. to be discussed. the thing that really struck me was when chris bryant, who is a culture minister in the new government but also an expert on parliamentary procedure... sir chris bryant. sorry if you're listening, sir chris. after everyone was talking about atomic kitten yesterday and gareth southgate, he referenced the sugababes! this is, if you like, the sugababes moment. this is when we push the button. shortly afterwards, after that bit, the kind of fancy bit, came the katy perry moment — roar. the returning roar of politics. boom—boom! less said about her new single, the better. anyway, let's push the button on the new newscast trademark opening titles. a fresh batch has just been delivered right now. newscast. newscast from the bbc. laura kuenssberg: the exit poll is predicting a labour lands

royal family don't want you to know. and charlotte griffiths, editor at large of the mail on sunday. al family. they're enormously popular. the rest of the world are jealous, particularly americans jealous to the back teeth that we have this family. >> it doesn't mean the gift of a blank cheque. and if you look at the cost of the british royal family compared to the european royal families, any other european royal family, it's enormously more expensive. and actually the figure you've quoted fails to take into account, for example, the tax exemptions which they uniquely have, and other royal families don't. the fact is, the figure let's give you a figure 7.9 million was the cost of the civil list for the royal family in 2011, 7.9 million. we're now over 100 million a year. and that's a fantastic increase. and the reason is, is because george osborne, when he was chancellor, decided to change the arrangements under pressure from charles to move the civil list out of the way and to replace it with access to the crown estate. the crown estate is not actually, despite what it says, someth