there is something in the water in stockport. yes, at a - water in stockport. imagine the levels of excitement are of the scale! how are we doint , excitement are of the scale! how are we doing. sarah? — excitement are of the scale! how are we doing, sarah? i— excitement are of the scale! how are we doing, sarah? i would _ excitement are of the scale! how are we doing, sarah? i would say- excitement are of the scale! how are we doing, sarah? i would say we - excitement are of the scale! how are we doing, sarah? i would say we are | we doing, sarah? i would say we are a bit excited, andouille, gang? yeah! jp a bit excited, andouille, gang? yeah! , ., ., ~ yeah! jp is going to kick off the enal yeah! jp is going to kick off the penalty shoot-out, _ yeah! jp is going to kick off the penalty shoot-out, give - yeah! jp is going to kick off the penalty shoot-out, give as - yeah! jp is going to kick off the | penalty shoot-out, give as your yeah! jp is going to kick off the - penalty shoot-out, give as your bet penalty shoot—out, give as your bet pickford eyes, look a

it in the water in stockport? brute it in the water in stockport?flag, representing the area fantastically.— the flag, representing the area fantastically. are doing so well. prediction? _ fantastically. are doing so well. prediction? i— fantastically. are doing so well. prediction? i think— fantastically. are doing so well. prediction? i think we _ fantastically. are doing so well. prediction? i think we win. i prediction? i think we win. everybody i speak to azi tennis, all these international players, they are desperate for england not to win. i don't know why, everybody seems to hate england, from scotland to spain to germany. you seems to hate england, from scotland to spain to germany.— to spain to germany. you have got the davis cup _ to spain to germany. you have got the davis cup in _ to spain to germany. you have got the davis cup in manchester. i to spain to germany. you have got i the davis cup in manchester. coming back on, how does that feel? i’m back on, how does that feel? i'm reall back on, how does that feel? i�*m! really excited.

. —— live from stockport. this is bbc news.owers alongside the local mp. bill visited and laid flowers alongside the local mr— the local mp. all of our thoughts are with the _ the local mp. all of our thoughts are with the families _ the local mp. all of our thoughts are with the families who - the local mp. all of our thoughts are with the families who have . the local mp. all of our thoughts i are with the families who have been affected, loved ones who have been lost and the children who have been injured. lost and the children who have been in'ured. ., ,, ., , lost and the children who have been in'ured. ., ,, .,, ., injured. taylor swift has also paid tribute after _ injured. taylor swift has also paid tribute after the _ injured. taylor swift has also paid tribute after the stabbing - injured. taylor swift has also paid | tribute after the stabbing occurred at a dance class based around her music. she described her horror at the tragic events. in other news... the radical islamist preacher, anjem choudary, has beenjailed.

it is a quiet residential street here, a really quite area of stockport. —— southport.s here that a man entered the building where that taylor swift themed dance event was taking place. he stabbed people. a number of analyses were called and paramedics, and the injured were taken to a number of hospitals around the north west, including the alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. two children have died and nine others injured. six of those are in a critical condition. two adults are also in a critical condition. police said they tried to protect the children. a17 male was arrested and is being held at the moment on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. also within the last half an hour, taylor swift has paid tribute. she posted on instagram. let me show you what she posted on instagram. she said "the horror of yesterday's attack in southport is washing over me continuously, and i am just completely in shock. the loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there one of the families and the first responders. these were just

you can see some of them behind me, one card just says, love, stockport. children's teddies, one i saw had a poem that was called hope. and i just read at the end, through this devastation with tears can barely cope, love to be ongoing, we cling to future hope. later today there is going to be a vigil at the town hall at six o'clock which a lot of locals are saying will be well attended. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. he has from the nearby village of banks, originally from cardiff. with details of what happened yesterday, my colleague report. a warning, you may find some of the content in his report distressing. in southport they have been bringing flowers, an instinctive response to an incomprehensible act of violence against children on a summer's morning. something like this doesn't happen around here. it is something that is very, like, hit our community very hard i think as well, and obviously it is still very raw as well, everything that is going on. the prime minister's response echoed those from so

incident in stockport.d deeply shocking news emerging from southport. my thoughts are with all of those affected. i would like to thank the police and emergency services for their swift response. i'm being kept updated as the situation develops and this is also what the home secretary said in a statement on x , formerly twitter yvette x, formerly twitter yvette coopen x, formerly twitter yvette cooper. i'm deeply concerned at the very serious incident in southport. all my thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those affected. i spoken to the merseyside police and crime commissioner to convey full support to the police and thanks to the emergency services for responding. and of course, we'll keep you across the latest from southport, where at least eight people have been stabbed in a knife attack. i martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel to. be looked at. >> welcome to state of the nation. >> daily plunge into the stories shaping our country. >> i'm jacob rees—mogg , and >> i'm jacob rees

stockport, a great fairy tale. >> but now we're in real business, meeting with world leaders, going toink the likes of angela rayner will be up for the job? >> of course. i see no reason at all why angela rayner should be up to job. >> well, the lack of experience that alistair just cited. >> well, of course, of course, everyone has. everyone has a lack of experience until they get experience. she has been an mp for a long time. she's been in the opposition for a long time, so she will have an understanding. she'll have met a lot of people in that time. look, it will be up to starmer to decide if she gets the deputy prime minister brief. she's unden prime minister brief. she's under, he's under, she's under no sort of constitutional labour party constitutional obligation to get that role. he can decide not to appoint her a deputy prime minister if he wants to. he can appoint her to quite a sort of a junior shadow cabinet, a cabinet post, if he wants to. and i don't think he even needs to appoint her to the cabinet necessarily, if he doesn't want to. but i think that would be it would b

we've seen some from stockport, some from cumbria.e from all over england are here in southport today, there's also something we've really special that we've seen, we've seen lots of young people dressed as william of orange and queen mary. i think we can show one little girl now dressed as queen mary, how fabulous is that outfit? the best dressed of the day . absolutely, my darling, but day. absolutely, my darling, but we have seen hundreds of children dressed like this in both liverpool and southport this morning. thousands of people parading. we're expecting around 3 or 4000 to parade through southport today as we mark this most special of occasion . occasion. >> thank you sophie, it's wonderful to see you there. i hope you're having a good day and we'll come back to carrickfergus now, where unfortunately, the parade has paused for a moment, but it's now underway again, i'm glad to say, and it will be with us shortly. hopefully. so, gavin, we were talking about the resolutions earlier on and the fact that we have three resolutions

you know, she's from stockport, which is on the other side of the m6, but she knows those people.p in that part of the world, she's a mum, she's a nana. and i would have said actually, if labour wants to be actually, if labour wants to be a team, you know, a government and they want to operate as a team, i'd be saying to angela raynen team, i'd be saying to angela rayner, we really need your help on this, actually. can you get up there? because if angela rayner had stepped in, drop everything. forget the housing for goodness sake. >> you can do it the next day. >> you can do it the next day. >> next day. you know, i think we may be in a position over the summer, actually, where parliament has to be recalled. get angela rayner up there. because if angela rayner had gone, you know what, sudbury? get rid of the reef. i'm going to go over and give that woman a hug.theni to go over and give that woman a hug. then i think it would have been a very different story. forget the men, don't worry about the men. but actually, you know, somebody, they need to have a human connection, a human t

he was born in stockport in greater manchester, now plays for his boyhood club of man city.e scored that wonder goal yesterday for england, which just wasn't enough for spain , who obviously scored two. spain, who obviously scored two. cole palmer started his career despite being a united fan. he started his career in the city under acas academy, working his way up. he of course, now plays for chelsea, so major, major heartbreak for both fan and player alike. now some people who won't be disappointed this morning though, are of course the spanish now rather serendipitously, we bumped into a spanish family here in manchester, of all places this morning, and they reacted with me on how they're feeling this morning after that amazing euros win for them . win for them. >> well, we loved it. we think we deserved to win the european football cup and we are really sorry for england . they they did sorry for england. they they did a great a great match, much better than the previous matches . better than the previous matches. so it was very tough for for, spain to play against, agai

it has to be said as well about events in stockport, southport.nd peter speaking the truth . speaking the truth. >> they understand the anger that people feel . is it? it is that people feel. is it? it is the families of those murdered wee children who are being denied justice. why does the law protect this murderer? as for politicians and political commentators, they are so out of touch. it's horrendous. >> well, we don't know the laws protecting anybody. >> that's the thing. the prime minister's statement last night was appalling, says nick. he was bland, he was soulless. he was unempathetic, it was straight out of the media training playbook. funny enough , nick, i playbook. funny enough, nick, i agree with you, it doesn't say the man doesn't mean it, but he did. you could tell. i'd like to, commend the first responders. tick. you know, the people who live near a tick, you know everything. it just was a list of people. tick tick tick tick tick. and he's not the only politician that does it. they all think that they've got to give credence to ev

and look at many of the players on that pitch last night, they come from places like stockport, washington're incentivised to reach an agreement. it sounds like this is all re agreement. it sounds like this is all pretty definite. _ agreement. it sounds like this is all pretty definite. can _ agreement. it sounds like this is all pretty definite. can we - agreement. it sounds like this is| all pretty definite. can we expect to see this in the kings speech on wednesday?— to see this in the kings speech on wednesday? to see this in the kings speech on wednesda ? ~ ., �* ., ., wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to re-em -t wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what _ wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what the _ wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what the king _ wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what the king is _ wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what the king is going - wednesday? well, i wouldn't want to pre-empt what the king is going to i pre—empt what the king is going to announce, but having made my first visit to bury fc to meet the suppo

the clouds have been building in stockport taking away some of the sunshine. in england and wales, very few showers, most should be dry, lighter winds compared with the north. this evening and overnight, the showers fade temporarily but some will return to southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland and the rest of ireland into tomorrow morning. a bit more fresh tomorrow morning, a few more fresh tomorrow morning, a few more showers in eastern scotland, north england and wales and the south—west, but then lots of dry weather and turning warmer into next week. three years ago, 10—year—old sophie fairall died following a year—long battle with cancer. among the many things she wanted to change about her experience in hospital was the lack of food provision for parents. now, thanks to the work of a charity set up in her name, a new pilot project is aiming to dojust that. we'rejoined now by sophie's mum charlotte in the studio, alongside kirsty lewis, senior matron for acute children's services at wolverhampton hospital, from where she joins us this mo