our uk correspondent daniel sandford is at scotland yard. tell us more about this.nt _ tell us more about this. today's statement for _ tell us more about this. today's statement for the _ tell us more about this. today's statement for the metropolitan | statement for the metropolitan police has potentially some quite serious implications. first of all, until now, the force was only involved in investigating its own officers that had been caught up in the betting scandal. it was the gambling commission that was investigating everyone else suspected cheating of at betting by laying bets on the election date using confidential information, to gain an unfair advantage. but now it seems that the metropolitan police has asked to take the lead in any case where another offence beyond cheating at gambling is suspected, and the offence being mentioned is misconduct in public office. that's important, because misconduct in public office is a charge that can be laid against anyone who draws a salary from the public purse. not just police officers but also mps and civil servan

scotland yard leaked names in tory betting scandal . scotland yard leaked names in tory betting scandal. is the accusation here. police accused of revealing identity of those suspected of betting on the election date. there's a graph on the online version of this story, which is lovely. it just shows you the rates of betting on the date of the election. and it's just kind of all over the place. it looks like probably a normal distribution in a graph form, until all of a sudden, bang! there's one day where tons of people drop a couple of hundred quid on it. >> i mean, that's only a couple of hundred quid, though, isn't it? i mean, i understand that people feel it's very shabby, but it's pretty trivial at the same time to be on the front pages with a couple of weeks to go to a general election. >> yeah. i don't even think this is the story that we need to focus on. this is not going to sway that many people, is it? i if i'm being harsh, i would say that your core tory voter is in favour of doing whatever you can, as long as it's technical

scotland yard says it is in vista getting a small number of cases where it is possible that offenses misconduct in public office may have been committed. and we've just one week to go for the general election. most opinion polls suggested the lib dems could become the third-largest party in the house of commons. they won just 11 seats in 2019, but their leader told the bbc he is hopeful that the party finally turning a corner. a week today we will be voting in the u.k. last night in their final televised debate, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer clashed on tax, immigration, and the welfare budget. the prime minister urged voters not to surrender to labor government, while sir keir accused rishi sunak of lying. tonight attention turns to the contest in northern ireland, where the leaders of the parties take the debate stage in belfast. for our u.k. viewers, you will be able to watch it on this channel at 9:00 tonight. let's bring in our island correspondent who is there for us. remind us if you would about the resulting dish that results in 2019 and what is at stake in northern ireland

scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election? it's been nearly two weeks since this age to the prime and as it was a conservative candidate said he made a huge error ofjudgement embedding the date of the general action. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night interviewed by the sun newspaper and several readers it was pretty much odds on the government being asked about the issue. he said the party was also investigating the allegations that his frustration was clear. just be careful, there _ frustration was clear. just be careful, there are _ frustration was clear. just be i careful, there are independent inquiries ongoing, those have not concluded and our being done by very serious bodies, the gambling commission. gambling commission and the police. it's important that no—one says or does anything that compromises the integrity of those investigations. in this morning

scotland yard says it's also investigating a small number of cases where it's possible that offences,ted. and with just one week to go before the general election, most opinion polls suggest that the lib dems could once again become the third—largest party in the house of commons. they won just 11 seats in 2019, but their leader, ed davey, has told the bbc he is hopeful that the party is finally turning a corner. a week today, we will be voting here in the uk. last night, in theirfinal televised debate, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer clashed on tax, immigration and the welfare budget. the prime minister urged voters not to "surrender" to a labour government, while sir keir accused rishi sunak of lying. tonight, attention turns to the contest in northern ireland, where the leaders of the parties take to the debate stage in belfast. for our uk viewers, you will be able to watch it on this channel at 9pm tonight. our ireland correspondent sara girvin is there for us. just remind us if you would first of all about the result in 2019, and what's at stake this next week in northern irelan

the daily telegraph, scotland yard leaked the names on the tory betting scandal.and labour can be part of it, for the first time since 2010 we are asking voting to vote labour. they explain why the record has been packing so keir starmer inside. you may tremble last week we talked about whether the sun would back labour at this election and rather it would matter and i grabbed a few words with the political editor harry cole acted out debate and rebekah brooks the ceo of news uk and when i cite a few words i mean a few words. glass of rose first, yeah? well, no, because i've got to go soon. is the sun going to come out for labour? you'll have to buy the paper every day, watch never mind the ballots, and you'll be the first person to know. and what about yourself? i agree with harry. they were trailing it in or out, i think you could say that. like the answer of a politician. what about the national backing labour? t answer of a politician. what about the national backing labour? i mean the national backing labour? i mean the record. the national backing labour? i

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retired scotland yard detective hamish brown. retired scotland yard detective hamish brown . . we've got to avoid euros. we've got to avoid germany. will we next? welcome back. well, the weather is pretty good in large parts of the country. and apparently lots of england fans have already taken sickies to enjoy the sunshine before tonight's game with slovenia at euro 2024. it's not been a good few days for england, even though they've qualified for the last 16. gary lineker has been very critical of the side. it's a family show so i won't directly quote what he had to say, but manager gareth southgate says he's taking no notice. >> we fully understand everything we do is going to be scrutinised so i'm very comfortable living that life and, but i don't need to engage in external because i'm my own biggest critic and, and i think our players are as well. so there's nothing to be gained from us that's going to help improve us. listening to external criticism . external criticism. >> well, here's a bit of good news for gareth southgate and england ahead of tonight's game . englan

that's peter bleksley former scotland yard detective there.now labour and the conservatives will both leave the nhs with lower spending increases than dunng lower spending increases than during the years of tory austerity. the assessment by the very respected nuffield trust of the cost of nhs policies of both main parties , announced in their main parties, announced in their manifestos last week, says the level of funding increases would leave them struggling to pay existing staff costs , let alone existing staff costs, let alone the bill for massive planned increases in doctors, nurses and other staff in the long term workforce plan that was agreed last year. joining me now is gb news deputy political editor, tom harwood. tom thank you very much for joining tom harwood. tom thank you very much forjoining us again this much for joining us again this afternoon. and, tom, this, this isn't it. what we all kind of expected that, you know, lots of promises in the run up to the election. but how are they going to afford it. doesn't seem like they're

and scotland yard now implicated as well, and even a police officer, they're under investigation.know, how much longer can the prime minister sort of kick this can down the road? >> well, there's an extraordinary story at the telegraph today, saying that it's actually five more police. five police officers are under investigation because we knew that there was the close protection of sunak's close protection of sunak's close protection officer and the telegraph has been told by its sources that the because the cabinet office is conducting its own internal investigation and it says part of it is essentially finding out where the leaks are coming from, which is something that people in westminster have been talking about a lot. so the gambling commission has been ruled out by the cabinet office, apparently as the source of this. and now they're turning to the met, because the met apparently were told before for each of these, things came to light. who you know, including the politicians and the politicians, the names have been leaked . the police have been leaked. the police officer

scotland yard says it will also be investigating a small number of cases where it's possible that offences

scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation.ere's our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it's been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister — who's also a conservative candidate — said he'd made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewed by the sun newspaper and some of its readers, it was pretty much odds—on that the prime minister would be asked about the issue. he said the conservative party was also investigating the allegations, but his frustration was clear. we should just be careful — there are independent inquiries ongoing. those haven't concluded. they're being done by very serious bodies. the gambling commission... craig williams... the gambling commission... ..said that he made a huge error ofjudgement. gambling commission and the

hamish brown, m.b.e. there, former detective inspector at new scotland yard.hat person in our local community, people would just bnng community, people would just bring round their difficult teenagers and just go. joy sought him out and they'd just put them in the kitchen and my mum would go, right, sit down. we're going to have a glass of orange juice. and she was that person and even the local school would get her in because she was a former police officer as well, a former police officer as well, a volunteer police officer. where are those people now in the community? because i think there's a fear, because they'll be safety and they'll be told to mind their own business and they'll be safeguarding issues as well. >> this wretched word that creeps into everything. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> she was head of safeguarding at our high school as well for 20 years, even after we'd left, because she wanted to stay involved in the local community. and we need those people to want. but who's got the time? everyone's working two jobs, you know, she was lucky to

scotland yard says it will also be investigating a small number of cases where it's possible that offencesng misconduct in a public office may have been committed. there's been more bad news for mr sunak. a tory donor has switched his support to reform uk. john hall, the former owner of newcastle united football club, said concern about the level of immigration had prompted his decision to back nigel farage. there is just a week to go before the general election, and all political parties are hitting the campaign trail in a final push to win over voters. last night, they clashed over their plans for tax, immigration and the welfare budget in the final leaders�* debate before polling day. our political correspondent harry farley reports. seven days to go, and it's a sprint to the finish line. leaders are on the road after sir keir starmer and rishi sunak clashed over tax, net zero and immigration. we're an island, why can't we easily close our borders? if keir starmer is your- prime minister, all those illegal migrants will be out on our streets. record numbers have come under this prime mi

thank you for saying that former scotland yard inspector hamish brown md .oining us on the show . now there's lots on the show. now there's lots more still to come between now and six o'clock and i talk to a dutch mep surely by the european union elections where voters across the continent have turned their backs on the traditional parties . the first their backs on the traditional parties. the first is your news headunes parties. the first is your news headlines with san francis. 532 a look at the headlines from the newsroom tonight and first we'll start with some breaking news coming to us out of liverpool crown court this evening where a man who opened fire with an ak—47 machine gun at a cinema complex in the city earlier this year has today been jailed for 14 years . lesley garrett opened 14 years. lesley garrett opened fire at the theatre in the crost area on the third of january . no area on the third of january. no one was injured in that incident . the 49 year old, though, had previously pleaded guilty to weapons offences. and attempted robbery. to e

peter blake is a former scotland yard detective. thank you.s have a look at some more stories coming into the newsroom on this monday morning . and the managing morning. and the managing director of manchester airport has said he's really sorry for the disruption caused to passengers after flights were cancelled due to a major power cut yesterday . may day cut yesterday. may day departures have now resumed. flights are being rescheduled and over the next few days and those departing today , they those departing today, they should not be affected. but nonsense , you'll not be affected nonsense, you'll not be affected today. of course you'll be affected . affected. >> and 15 police officers, an orthodox priest and a security guard have been killed as gunmen opened fire on a synagogue and church in russia's dagestan, according to russian media. five of the gunmen have also been killed and the buildings set on fire. >> the yellow heat health alert will be issued from 8:00 this morning. for most of england, as temperatures look set to soar to 30 de

. >> let's talk to former scotland yard detective peter bleksley.stery, peter. >> yes, it most certainly is. and for the person who's leading the hunt for doctor mosley , they the hunt for doctor mosley, they must quite simply excuse me . must quite simply excuse me. keep all options open. because with the absence of any hard and fast information , anything, fast information, anything, literally anything is a possibility here. >> it's so extraordinary, though, because we are told over and over again that the island is very small and it appears now that they really have searched it. although now they've gone into areas where it would be very unusual for somebody like doctor mosley to go . doctor mosley to go. >> yes. so now they're talking about a cave system which runs for many miles underground. and can fill up with seawater, and it carries the name of the abyss. so that gives you some kind of indication of just how dangerous it might be for anybody who would venture into there. so we've got caves, we've got rugged mountainsides, we've got rugged m

scotland yard leak names in tory batting scandal.identity of those suspected on gambling on the election date. so there we go. those are those are your front pages. all right. okay. i'm going to whizz you back over to my wonderful panel. now i am joined by the fantastic political editor at the express. it's sam lister, journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth, and the founding chairman of global britain uk , chairman of global britain uk, ummon bogle, yeah. i mean , we ummon bogle, yeah. i mean, we have spoken quite a bit on the, yeah. have spoken quite a bit on the, yeah . well, on a few of the yeah. well, on a few of the topics that are on the front pages, really, i'm just wondering which one to focus on, really. i mean, we've done a lot of tax, haven't we? i can't really mention a lot of this holly stuff because it's an active court case, but, yeah. five years of tax rises ahead. migrants in calais wait for labour wins as the daily telegraph shall we focus on that? do you think that migrants are waiting, sam, for a labour v

off of a rocky area beside aghia marina, joining me now , is former joining me now, is former scotland yardective peter bleksley to explain more about what has happened this morning . what has happened this morning. peter, thank you very much for joining me. normally we have a fun chat on here, but obviously talking about incredibly sad news today, what do you make of the latest developments ? the latest developments? >> it's clearly a very sombre finding, whilst doctor mosley has not officially, been declared as deceased, my thoughts obviously are with his wife. his children and everybody who loved him, which included a lot of people. there's been huge outpourings of affection for him today, with many obituaries and very warm words on numerous media outlets with regards to the procedures that will now take place. i understand that the coroner has examined the bodyin the coroner has examined the body in situ. in other words, where it was found, and that the bodyis where it was found, and that the body is now in the process of being removed, to a suitable , being removed, to a suitable, loca

scotland yard has denied reports it leaked the name of some of those involved.ly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister — who's also a conservative candidate — said he'd made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewed by the sun newspaper and some of its readers, it was pretty much odds—on that the prime minister would be asked about the issue. he said the conservative party was also investigating the allegations, but his frustration was clear. we should just be careful — there are independent inquiries ongoing. those haven't concluded. they're being done by very serious bodies. the gambling commission... your aide craig williams... the gambling commission... ..said that he made a huge error ofjudgement. gambling commission and the police. it's important that nobody says or does anything that compromises the integrity of those investigations. then, this morning, the telegraph news

let's talk to former detective superintendent at scotland yard, shabnam chowdhury , shabnam.ause it's just so satisfying to see the bad guys get caught for a change. do you think it was coincidental that there were so many undercover police passing at that moment? >> oh, no. absolutely not, good morning to you both. that is most likely an intelligence led operation . so the likelihood is operation. so the likelihood is there'd been either some sort of a tip off beforehand , or priests a tip off beforehand, or priests had the intelligence that this was going to occur. remember, this was at 4:00 in the morning. but what i would say, it's an absolutely fantastic job. it really gave me a warm feeling of what policing was like two decades ago. this kind of policing was actually the norm, and the reason why it was the norm was because the public used to give information on a regular bafis to give information on a regular basis , because the relationship basis, because the relationship and confidence was so much better , but an absolutely better, but an absolutely fantastic result. l

of the telegraph with claims about the met police leaking this information and denied also by scotland yardleast it shows a stunning lack of judgement , but christopher, of judgement, but christopher, i suspect i sense that the conservatives want to be talking about immigration today, specifically illegal immigration. they're claiming that, migrants are actually waiting, staying put in calais, waiting, staying put in calais, waiting for a labour government if that comes to pass, because then there's no chance of them going to rwanda to. >> that's right. that was a point made by rishi sunak , the point made by rishi sunak, the prime minister, on on a tv debate last night. and supported by reporting by the telegraph today. they've been to talking migrants, waiting in the, in the, the grand synthe camp, in france, they have found people saying we are waiting for a change of government. we've seen evidence that this rwanda plan much attacked by labour and the opposition is working to a degree. you've got migrants moving into southern ireland to avoid being sent to rwanda . and avoid being sent

let's talk to former scotland yard detective peter bleksley, who joins us now with all the worries, peterwith, some of it incredibly serious. and i just find it very, very hard to understand what was going through anyone's mind doing that. i mean, what do you make of it all? >> well, the optics are clearly dreadful. if anybody sees that video in full, it really is shocking. and everybody i've spoken to was really appalled by it, however , what i think we it, however, what i think we need to bear in mind here is that the officer that was driving that vehicle, because this cow had been on the run, so to speak , for a considerable to speak, for a considerable amount of time. the police had been considering a number of tactics that they could use. so the officer here that engages with this cow is called a tactical engagement or tactical contact will be being instructed by a more senior officer in a control room . so it may well be control room. so it may well be that officer that has a lot of questions to answer, because of course, i would like to know, and i'm sure many people would like to

. >> let's talk to former scotland yard detective peter bleksley.ter, i hate i mean, this is so similar to the conversation we were having about michael mosley, isn't it? and i hate to say we don't how that one worked out. i mean, day five, in these conditions, it it doesn't look good, does it ? good, does it? >> no, i'm afraid it doesn't. as ellie alluded to, no battery in his phone, no water over unfamiliar terrain. apparently he had injured his leg, on a cactus and simply didn't know where he was or the right direction to travel. so putting all of those matters together, i'm afraid it paints a rather gloomy picture. and with each and every passing day, i fear that this may well be a story that this may well be a story that does not have a happy ending. >> well , the fifth day of this >> well, the fifth day of this search, peter, is very distressing for so many people, but especially for jay slater's mother. we heard from her yesterday. she thinks that this could also be a story of kidnap, doesn't she? she was talking about a snapchat that she had

. >> former scotland yard detective peter bleksley is here. morning, peter. morning. what do we make of these sort of comments and these sort of claims this long into a missing person's inquiry? >> and of course, they're increasing in number as the days go by. a cctv image, which is barely decipherable, that could or could not have been him watching the euros, the mayor chipping in all of that at the moment appears to be making no difference whatsoever to the guardia civil's theory that they're working on and how they're working on and how they're conducting the search. everything that they've done is in this very hostile terrain where there's gullies and ravines and caves and cactus that'll slice you like a razor. all they're searching all their resources, including helicopters, drones, additional dogs. helicopters, drones, additional dogs . search teams are focusing dogs. search teams are focusing on those kind of areas, and there seems to be no shifting them from that working hypothesis as british police would call it. so for the time being , that's what they're be

scotland couldn't have asked for a higher profile match, taking on the hosts germany in their back yarde opening game. commentator: scotland go two in front. _ a win over spain en route to qualify for their second consecutive euros has given scotland the confidence to defeat anyone. i think we should all be proud that we are here. hopefully, at the end of this tournament, we are proud that we have achieved something a little bit more — something a little bit more special in regards to scottish football. a win or even a draw may be a pipe dream, but it's not the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog. jane dougall, bbc news, munich. yes, the rallying cry from the captain andy robinson almost as loud as the bagpipes itself. he said leave nothing out of there tonight as has their manager steve clarke, his mantra is respect everybody, for no one, and they will need to do that against hosts germany. it was a sea of blue and tartan yesterday, this place, and will be as scotland fans gather in what is notjust for a huge day for them but for the players as well. as we edge closer to the bi

scotland takeover in munich. tens of thousands fill the host's back yard.hampionship. with less than three weeks till polling day, we have another series of snapshots now of how the election looks in different parts of the uk. let's hear from a series of bbc correspondents. in a moment, bbc greater manchester's political reporter kevin fitzpatrick who's in bolton but first, brendan hughes, bbc northern ireland's political reporter in belfast. brendan. northern ireland has a very different political landscape than the rest of the uk and a very different set of political parties here. in total, there are 18 constituencies across northern ireland but one of the key battlegrounds will be here in east belfast. this constituency is home to northern ireland's devolved government at stormont. it also takes in the city's shipyard where the titanic was built, and in more recent years the hit tv series game of thrones was filmed here. this particular �*game of thrones' is largely seen as a contest between two party leaders — gavin robinson, the new leader of the democ

scotland couldn't have asked for a higher profile match, taking on the hosts germany in their back yardopening game. commentator: scotland go two in front. _ a win over spain en route to qualify for their second consecutive euros has given scotland the confidence to defeat anyone. i think we should all be proud that we are here. hopefully, at the end of this tournament, we are proud that we have achieved something a little bit more — something a little bit more special in regards to scottish football. a win or even a draw may be a pipe dream, but it's not the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog. jane dougall, bbc news, munich. we canjoin we can join another band we canjoin another band of we can join another band of scottish fans now. steve snedker is a scotland fan who's made the journey to munich. he has gone with his family, his partner lauren and three children including six—year—old callum, looking very smart! including six-year-old callum, looking very smart!— including six-year-old callum, looking very smart! good morning. callum, you _ looking very smart! good morning. c