seat. at healthy ma'ority and that surrey seat. �* ., , healthy ma'ority and that surrey seat. �* .i think the lib dem _ seat. a healthy ma'ority, i think the lib dems were_ seat. a healthy majority, i think the lib dems were second - seat. a healthy majority, i think the lib dems were second in . seat. a healthy majority, i think. the lib dems were second in that seat, 18,000 as you say, would be described as healthy in any normal general election. we've had by elections recently were greater majorities than that have been overturned. i haven't had a chance to look at what swing would be needed on those kind of technicalities that we get into, but the pure numbers of 18,000, you know, who knows? it is possible. but it would be, it would certainly have been seen as a kind of safe conservative seat so we'll have to see, as i say, the lib dems in the second whether they are campaigning there. ., ., ~ ., ~ second whether they are campaigning there. . . ~ ., ~ , there. hannah miller, thank you very much for the — there. hannah miller, thank you very much for the latest _ there. hannah m

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in so many parts of the count , surrey. in so many parts of the country. it's — surrey. _ surrey. in so many parts of the country, it's the liberal- surrey. in so many parts of the . country, it's the liberal democrats who can beat the conservatives, and i think people are crying out for change. they want to vote for someone who championed them, their family and community, to sort out the crisis in the nhs and care, to get our economy back on track and end environmental scandals like the sewage scandal. it’s end environmental scandals like the sewage scandal.— sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity _ sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to _ sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to remove - sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to remove the - sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to remove the tory| opportunity to remove the tory government and to put scotland first _ government and to put scotland first that — government and to put scotland first. that is what i will be saying to the _ first. that is what i will be saying to the public. but i a

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the liberal democrats obviously targeting michael gove's seat in surrey heath, they are making the claimchael gove is running scared of him. obviously michael gove would dispute that. but here in the west

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isuppose in surrey, as english as it gets, he said, his hometown. the message was if you grew up in an area like that, beneath the affiliates there were a lot of people struggling, then perhaps other people in similar areas could not look to labour to stand up for them. he concluded his very long speech for a campaign, run 30 minutes, with the commitment that he would fight on behalf of people who perhaps were just looking at sir keir starmer for the first time and wondering whether he could be a future prime minister, trusted on policy and as a person. rishi sunak has dismissed sir keir�*s speech as "waffle", saying "our country needs bold action, not waffle". with me isjonathan ashworth — the labour mp for leicester south and the shadow paymaster general. i will give you the chance to respond to rishi sunak. that i will give you the chance to respond to rishi sunak. that is a bit rich from _ respond to rishi sunak. that is a bit rich from rishi _ respond to rishi sunak. that is a bit rich from rishi sunak - respond to rishi sunak. that is a bit ri

established names such as team bath and surrey storm are not included, but there are two new sides inso announced an increase in wages, increasing the average salary by at least 60%. welljoining us now is the former england captain, geva mentor, currently of the leeds rhinos, who are in the new format. geva, you played for many years in australia, do you think today's announcement will help to close the gap between the sport i think there is time that which we have change physically for us but in particular for have change physically for us but in particularfor i think have change physically for us but in particular for i think it is about closing the gap. i particular for i think it is about closing the gap.— particular for i think it is about closing the gap. i think it's macros in the competition _ closing the gap. i think it's macros in the competition here _ closing the gap. i think it's macros in the competition here trying - closing the gap. i think it's macros in the competition here trying to i in the competition here trying to get athletes into full—time programmes and pushi

i believe he says, as we discussed, i have decided today not to seek to represent surrey heath at thethcoming general election. this election comes almost 20 years after i was first adopted by this fantastic association as your candidate. he goes on to praise his local constituency. he says i'm grateful to them all. this is all the leaders he served under david cameron, who gave me the chance to pursue the education reforms in which i passionately believe theresa may who asked me to support her in challenging times. boris johnson , who delivered brexit and set out the levelling up vision . out the levelling up vision. rishi sunak not much mention of liz truss there, to be fair, but rishi sunak, who asked me to return to government. you miss it? yeah, yeah, he asked me to return to government when i believe my ministerial career had ended. he says that i also know the toll that office can take, as do those closest to me. no one in politics is a conscript. we are volunteers . he conscript. we are volunteers. he says he's proud to watch the reforms that he introduced. bear fruit. he goes

, saying that everyone who lives in surrey is a stockbroker.as called sarah 0 starmer —— said keir starmer, you wouldn't necessarily want to write for him.— starmer, you wouldn't necessarily want to write for him. thank you so much for staying — want to write for him. thank you so much for staying with _ want to write for him. thank you so much for staying with us _ want to write for him. thank you so much for staying with us staying - want to write for him. thank you so much for staying with us staying for that speech. we have got lots more on our website, lots more analysis, including a lot more from our correspondence with the political party leaders travelling. we saw iona wells and ian watson with the conservative and labour party. a much more for the 2024 election on our website. we are now going to turn to the pacific island of papa new guinea. we start this hour in the pacific island of papua new guinea where the government estimates more than 2 thousand people have been buried alive in a landslide that hit on friday. the country's disa

there a story tonight about all the thousands of pounds that have gone to michael gove's seat in surrey liberal democrats did quite well

we're here in surrey.|and the conservatives and so manyj other counties and across the home counties in the south west of- england and many other places, too. if people want to get rid of the conservative mp, j | they need to vote liberal democrat, | and they can get that local champion that will stand up for them. and let's hear from the relatively new leader of the scottish national party, john swinney — although, of course, he's been the leader and that's what i'll be saying to the public. and we'll hear from plenty of other politicians from other parties over the next couple of weeks. i say a couple of weeks, it's more than that. alex, laura had that tantalising titbit about maybe there'll be an emergency finance bill to, like, sneak in one last tax cut before parliament cut before parliament is packed up on friday. i mean, let's see. but we do know there is definitely some stuff that has to happen in parliament in the next few days. yeah, they call it the wash—up... another rain gag! hey, i didn't pla

this is ultimate _ guildford in surrey. felt that petrol was going into the water supply_ that petrol was going into the water supply from that petrol station. this has— supply from that petrol station. this has been going on with residents raising issues about this for several— residents raising issues about this for several years now. thames water say they— for several years now. thames water say they have been monitoring the situation _ say they have been monitoring the situation the years and over the last few— situation the years and over the last few months they have been carrying — last few months they have been carrying out what they have called rigorous _ carrying out what they have called rigorous testing, and just yesterday they found — rigorous testing, and just yesterday they found that those tests indicated a possible deterioration indicated a possible deterioration in quality— indicated a possible deterioration in quality of that drinking water. so, thames water then issued a warning — so, thames water then i

this is the cat that greeted people at chertsey museum in surrey. that is pepper the cat.within the next few months, there will be a general election — you'll choose who leads the country for the next five years. but millions of you in england and wales have been voting today to decide who's in charge of roads, bins, care and crime where you live. those decisions make a huge difference to the communities round the country. but they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians'

keir starmer l talked today of this road in surrey where he grew up.those who seek to govern us seek too to personify however imperfectly in the country they seek to lead. biography, background, beliefs — it is or under scrutiny. i'm talking about this place in surrey is an attempt to take on that label often used by his opponents as an insult when they describe keir starmer as a lefty lawyer from when they describe keir starmer as a lefty lawyerfrom north when they describe keir starmer as a lefty lawyer from north london, when they describe keir starmer as a lefty lawyerfrom north london, with all of the connotations about it metropolitan detachment. so we have spent the day to day with keir starmer, the labour leader, and in the coming days and weeks on this programme, we will spend time with the other major party leaders, too, to try to give you a sense of who they are and what they are all about. chris, thanks so much. chris mason there. in the last hour, it's been announced that the conservatives have suspended their mp lucy allan with immediate

the hyperion at thorpe park in surrey is said to be the fastest in britain and features europe's tallestoop. but in a message posted to social media, the park says that due to unforeseen circumstance forces the new roller coaster will be closed until wednesday. the rest of the park remains open though, and anyone with pre—booked tickets is eligible for a free return visit . and richard sherman, visit. and richard sherman, whose music delighted generations of disney fans, has died at the age of 95. >> read the birds tuppence a bag, tuppence tuppence, along with brother robert , his music with brother robert, his music became inseparable from the mythology behind some of disney's best known classics. >> the duo won two oscars for their work on the classical musical mary poppins. other credits include the jungle book, chitty chitty bang bang and the forever catchy chin up from charlotte's web . for the latest charlotte's web. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to dawn on gb news. sunday. >>

to talk about where he grew up in 0xted, in surrey, an affluent town.ople were struggling. if you can come from an error like that, notjust rate for labour but leave the labour party, it is perfectly safe for people to defect and change their rate in this general election. we saw that to see worse here, change for the labour, change for this accredited coated. we are going to be here and that quite frankly until we are blue in the face.— we are blue in the face. thank you very much — we are blue in the face. thank you very much indeed. _ we are blue in the face. thank you very much indeed. i _ we are blue in the face. thank you very much indeed. i only - we are blue in the face. thank you very much indeed. i only wales, i we are blue in the face. thank you l very much indeed. i only wales, you are clearly on the bus, where are you heading to with the prime minister? we don't know how much we can say because there's offices are going to cut out with the location. how much do we now buy the tory team at the moment, because they are behind public polls at

in fact, it was a beautiful afternoon in surrey with a high of 21 celsius — 70 fahrenheit.real cluster of thundery downpours across eastern scotland and they drifted their way into northeast england, threatening—looking skies to close out wednesday across sunderland. and those showers are continuing to move their way steadily southwards as we go through the day thursday. so, some of the showers will continue to be quite heavy. not too bad a day across much of scotland, and northerly winds still feeding in a few scattered showers here. but there is a greater risk across the east midlands, east anglia, and southeast england by the middle part of the afternoon, seeing some sharp thundery downpours. and if you catch one of them, well, they could bring a lot of heavy rain. now, further west, we will see the best of the sunshine. fewer showers here, 19—20 celsius not out of the question. a pleasant afternoon for northern ireland on the whole, fewer showers generally through scotland. and, if you get more in the way of sunshine, fewer showers here, 19—20 — again, it's quite possib

the father and son from surrey didn't expect to be making this trip together.ctually. it was four years in the making. first two years cancelled due to covid. third year, we had our daughter. and now she's one, so you can't bring a one—year—old to antarctica. so dad had to step in for my... number 12 on my back. substitute. laughter and getting to see these animals in their natural habitat, does it give you a different perspective on the natural world? there's nowhere else like this, and i think itjust has to be a priority to try and protect it. we've got something behind us. what can i see? what is it? what's over there? is it a whale? oh, yeah. just there, look. you see this little one that's, like, in a v—shape? yeah. just there. we're going in. we have to be quiet not to disturb them. going in very, very slowly. this is incredible! there's its tail again! look at that! 0ur small boat encounters 15—metre—long humpback whales feeding on tiny shrimp—like krill that fill these waters. that is beautiful. my word! the penguin. gasping look at that! this really ha

in his statement on social media he said "after nearly 20 years serving the wonderful people of surreyt it is time to leave. that a new generation should lead. " in the statement, which is around two—and—a—half pages long, mr gove says being asked to serve as a minister has been i have today taken the decision to step down as a member of parliament." he said the chance to serve is "wonderful", "but there comes a moment when you know that it is time to leave. that a new generation should lead." in the statement, which is around two—and—a—half pages long, mr gove says being asked to serve as a minister has been "the honour of my life", but adds "i also know the toll office can take, as do those closest to me". he then talks through the achievements he is most proud of from his time in office. he says that he "undoubtedly made mistakes" but tried to "fight for greater social justice" during his time in politics. in his statement he backs rishi sunak�*s leadership. his announcement means 120 mp5 standing down but the statement from michael gove, who will not stand as an mp and the general

you know, in surrey constituencies, places like that.emy hunts seat, for example, you know, labour will put in almost zero effort. leave it to the lib dems and it'll go the other way in parts of the east and west midlands. i suspect. so that's pretty clear. i mean, look, i have to say, i think sir ed davey is one of the least inspiring political leaders i've ever seen. mind you, there is some competition around these days, but, but but despite that , days, but, but but despite that, they'll probably get a low percentage of the overall vote. but they might up their seats quite considerably, and they'll be going for those tory shire seats. >> of course, the nimby seats . >> of course, the nimby seats. well, gb news political correspondent katherine forster spoke with sir keir starmer earlier on about how the labour party are going to tackle the current channel crisis. >> we absolutely have to stop the boats , there's no question the boats, there's no question about that. we shouldn't have anybody making that dangerous journey across the ch

. >> keir starmer today talked about this road in surrey where he grew up. it's about as english as it gets. those who seek to governors seemed to personify however imperfectly of the country they seek to lead. biography, background, beliefs, it is all under scrutiny. christian: while keir starmer was setting out, rishi sunak was defending his claim for mandatory national service for 18-year-olds. during a visit to a football club in buckinghamshire, the prime minister said it was a bold proposal that would strengthen the country's security. plans would include one week of volunteering a month or a year long military placement. we will talk about that in a second. let's bring in the political editor of politics. good to have you with us, adam. sir keir starmer placi himself at the center of the political spectrum today. at times quite a personal speech. what did you make of it? >> you are right, it was an attempt by keir starmer to introduce himself to the public. we know the labour party as a collective has enjoyed big, double digit leads over the conservat

and surrey in the best places available to you. it has been placed dear. in the name of god.lo dear viewers. we present the news at 17:00. the letter of the leader of the revolution addressed to the students who support palestine america was seen by millions of social network users, from political officials to western academic figures reacted to this letter. know that it is worth it. this is written by professor david miller, a professor at the english university, above a letter. a letter signed by the leader of the islamic republic of iran. a letter to those who stood on the right side of history according to the revolutionary leader.

the liberal democrat leader has been in surrey. many parts of the country, it's the liberal democrats who can beat the conservatives, and i think people are crying out for change. they want to vote for someone who championed them, theirfamily and community, to sort out the crisis in the nhs and care, to get our economy back on track and end environmental scandals like the sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to remove the tory government and to put scotland first. that is what i will be saying to the public. but i also have to say that i think this is perhaps the latest act of disrespect from a conservative government, to call an election during the scottish school holidays. tonight, campaigning is already under way. prepare to see plenty of events like this. friends, friends, thank you, it is great to be with you all this evening. elsewhere, from norfolk to london, placards of a different colour, a different message. the promising and persuasion starts here. polling day is six weeks tomorrow. here goes. chris mason, bbc news

now drivers are being warned to only travel on the m25 in surrey if absolutely necessary.rway, with five miles between junctions nine and ten closed to traffic until 6 am. on monday. it's created a 19 mile diversion which is causing delays. it's the first scheduled daytime shutdown of all lanes on the m20 five since it opened in 1986. brits heading to mallorca or ibiza this summer may be rethinking their holiday plans , rethinking their holiday plans, it says. authorities on the balearic islands cracked down on excessive drinking in some tourist hotspots . the move is in tourist hotspots. the move is in response to complaints by locals who've been reporting unacceptable behaviour, including visitors climbing into people's homes. the sale of alcohol will be banned from 930 in the evening until eight in the morning, and the northern lights lit up the skies across britain last night as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit the planet, caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere. they are usually only seen in the far north

annual nikkei met surrey festival in san jose is japantown.where thousands of people turned out for the event to celebrate the japanese american community and this is a look at oakland's lunar new year parade celebrating the year of the dragon. the spectacular parade came back last year after a 30 year. hiatus. san francisco also held its annual chinese new year parade. and joining me now is carl chan, who is the president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. yes and charles zhang with the asian justice movement. thank you so much for joining us today, gentlemen. >guest 1>to see you. >liz>you know, 4 years ago, 2020 the beginning of the pandemic, every single day we will reporting on attacks on the asian community across the bay area men and women. it seems like every day we're being attacked. four years later. how have things changed? have they changed? in >guest 1>fact, you know, >liz>uh, because >guest 1>of the media and also the entire community coming together. were able >liz>to >>battle this, you know, api and like, >liz>you sai

keir starmer talked today of this road in hurst green, in surrey, where he grew up.sh as it gets. those who seek to govern us seek too to attempt to personify, however imperfectly, the country they seek to lead. biography, background, beliefs — it's all under scrutiny. chris mason, bbc news. meanwhile, rishi sunak had been defending the conservative's plan for mandatory national service for 18—year—olds. the prime minister, visiting a football club in buckinghamshire, said it was a "bold" proposal which would foster a culture of service and strengthen the country's security. the proposal would involve one week of volunteering a month, or a year—long military placement. and this modern form of national service will mean that young people get the skills and the opportunities they need, which is going to serve them very well in life. it's going to foster a culture of service, which is going to be incredibly powerful for making our society more cohesive and, in a more uncertain and dangerous world, it's going to strengthen our country's security and resilience. one of ri

in fact, it was a beautiful afternoon in surrey with a high of 21 celsius — 70 fahrenheit. northeast england, threatening—looking skies to close out wednesday across sunderland. and those showers are continuing to move their way steadily southwards as we go through the day thursday. so, some of the showers will continue to be quite heavy. not too bad a day across much of scotland, and northerly winds still feeding in a few scattered showers here. but there is a greater risk across the east midlands, east anglia, and southeast england by the middle part of the afternoon, seeing some sharp thundery downpours. and if you catch one of them, well, they could bring a lot of heavy rain. now, further west, we will see the best of the sunshine. fewer showers here, 19—20 celsius not out of the question. a pleasant afternoon for northern ireland on the whole, fewer showers generally through scotland. and, if you get more in the way of sunshine, fewer showers here, 19—20 — again, it's quite possible in sheltered western areas. now as we go through thursday evening and overnight, those

the keir starmer also made a personal appeal, saying that he was somebody who grew up in surrey in ana that is not traditional labour territory. and he thought that if he can lead labour, others might make a similarjourney. iain can lead labour, others might make a similarjourney-_ similarjourney. iain watson, our olitical similarjourney. iain watson, our political correspondent. - elsewhere, the northern ireland minister, steve baker, has said the new conservative election pledge to introduce a form of national service has been "sprung" on tory party candidates. he suggested he had no say in the policy. under the plan, 18—year—olds would spend 12 months in the armed forces, or undertake community work for 25 days a year. labour says the plan is a "gimmick", but government minister anne marie trevelyan says there is funding for it. the prime minister's set out very clearly that for this programme, he's allocated £2.5 billion towards the end of the parliament when this would be brought in in full, £1 billion from the roughly 6 billion we can get back through tax fraud every year, so th

it's a place called 0xted, on the surrey kent border.r way back if you get time. if you do, what you will see is a place that, in my opinion, is about as english as it gets. a mix of victorian redbrick �*s and pebble dash semis, while all around you have got rolling hills, pastures and the beautiful chalk hills of the north downs. i love going up there. you can make easy money clearing stones for the local farmers. that was my first everjob. you could play football until the cows came home, literally. my first football club was bowled hurst athletic fc. i was very proud of this. we shared our home pitch with the local cows, which may say something about the way i play football. but notjust the beauty or the football, also the quiet, uncomplaining resilience, the togetherness of the countryside. that is the best of british. to be honest, it'sjust that is the best of british. to be honest, it's just as well, that is the best of british. to be honest, it'sjust as well, because you need it. anyone who thinks that hardship in britain is found

he talked about his own upbringing, not in a traditional labour area, but in the town of oxford in surreyrea at all. but he pointed out that there are areas of deprivation of poverty in different parts of the country, including in the countryside. so very much pitching himself to be the leader of the whole country. there are two areas which i think he focused on more than any other, one was to try to, if you like, eliminate the negatives as he saw it from labour's 2019 campaign and convince people who are concerned that labour wouldn't stand up for the nation's defences, that it could be trusted with national security. for those who think it can't be trusted with finances, that it be spending and borrowing and taxing. he wanted to say very clearly that to keep a firm grip on the nation's purse strings, no increase in income tax. and also he had to tackle illegal immigration. that's become quite an issue recently. we're not necessarily expecting flights to go off to rwanda before the election, but it's a big dividing line for the conservatives. and he said they can labour can be trusted to

he talked about growing up in 0xted in surrey, hardly a true blue area but he pointed out that theref deprivation and poverty in different parts of the country, including in the countryside. he pictured himself to be the leader of the whole country. there are two areas he focused on more than any other. one was to eliminate the negatives from labour's 2019 campaign and convince people that won't labour can be trusted with finances. he wanted to say that they would keep a grip on the nation's purse strings, no increase on income tax. also he tackled illegal immigration. we are not expecting flights to go off to rwanda before the election, but it is a big dividing line with the conservatives and he said that labour can be trusted to tackle illegal immigration with a brand—new body set up within 100 immigration with a brand—new body set up within100 days of a new government to get rid of the gangs that are helping people across the channel in small boats. he wanted to say that he too personally could be trusted as a future prime minister. his final rallying cry was a pledge to fight for

the liberal democrat leader's been in surrey.so many parts of the country, it's the liberal democrats who can beat the conservatives, and i think people are crying out for change, and they want to vote for someone who will champion them, theirfamily and community, to sort out the crisis in the nhs and care, to get our economy back on track and to end environmental scandals, like the sewage scandal. it's a welcome opportunity to remove the tory government and to put scotland first, and that's what i will be saying to the public. but i also have to say that i think this is perhaps the latest act of disrespect from a conservative government, to call an election during the scottish school holidays. campaigning's already under way. prepare to see plenty of events like this. friends, friends, thank you, it is great to be with you all this evening. great to be with you all this evening. elsewhere, from norfolk to london, placards of a different colour, a different message. the promising and persuasion starts here. chris mason, bbc news.

keir starmer talked today of this road in hurst green, in surrey, where he grew up.to personify, however imperfectly, the country they seek to lead. biography, background, beliefs — it's all under scrutiny. chris mason, bbc news. russian forces say they have taken two more ukrainian villages in the east of the country — one village in the kharkiv region, and another one in donetsk. ukraine is battling a russian ground offensive which began nearly three weeks ago. meanwhile ukraine's president, volodymyrzelensky, has been visiting spain, which has promised to give ukraine a billion euros' worth of military aid. translation: the biggest. problem we have now is that russia's using more than 3,000 bombs per month towards civilians. we predict that russia could use 3,500 bombs next month. this month, they've used 3,200 — and these bombs will fall over the heads of civilian people who have no weapons. it doesn't matter how much protection the soldiers have, they will not be able to resist. rescue crews in the us state of texas have told the bbc they've witnessed an unprece

where i am in london in surrey and the southwest and some pockets in the north of england like harrogatentioned in scotland in addition to the ones that they currently hold. the snp, interesting, the snp in power in the scottish parliament for so, so long. they go all the way back to 2007. and the opinion polls show they face a real battle particularly in and around glasgow and edinburgh with labour looking resurgent. a real tussle between the snp under john swinney and kate forbes, the deputy leader after humza yousef�*s brief status. that could prove crucial for keir starmer to get a majority. a lot going on between the new look and labour. in a lot going on between the new look and labour. , ., a lot going on between the new look and labour-— a lot going on between the new look and labour. , ., , , , and labour. in terms of the lib dems bus bein: and labour. in terms of the lib dems bus being called _ and labour. in terms of the lib dems bus being called a _ and labour. in terms of the lib dems bus being called a yellowhammer- bus being called a yellowhammer one... a yellowhammer is a

so he talked about growing up also in a nontraditional labour area in surrey.ribed his hometown of oxted. and again, i suppose the message was that if he could grow up in an area like that, where beneath the affluence, there was also a great deal of struggling going on by people who found it difficult to cope with the cost of living, then perhaps other people in similar areas could now look to labour to stand up for them. he concluded his very long speech, i think, for a campaign, around half an hour, with the commitment that he would fight on behalf of people who perhaps were just looking at keir starmer for the first time and wondering not whether he was an opposition leader, but whether he could be a future prime minister, trusted on policy and trusted as a person. rishi sunak has dismissed sir keir�*s speech as "waffle", saying "our country needs bold action, not waffle". i'm joined now by the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. as part of that speech, sir keir announced a 100 a national security review. you

that all said , his surrey seat., the fact that the treasury is still pouring cold water on the idea of hunt standing down, it seems a bit odd if he is just about to stand down. and also i can't really understand why david cameron would be called back from this very important foreign trip where, as we've seen, his face has been plastered all over local albanian towns and grant shapps is being called back to from an important trip. if it's to only announce a change of chancellor. of course, that would be big news, but there wouldn't be much reason for this very important seeming cabinet meeting at 415. >> yeah, really , really >> yeah, really, really important stuff. olivia, thank you very much for joining us. we'll be back with you, of course, a little bit later on. these are the scenes outside number 10 as things stand, just to run over a list of things happening today, compiled by pippa cryer, the political editor of the guardian, sunak didn't deny an early election at prime minister's questions. there's a cabinet

people in more than 600 homes in surrey have been warned not to drink their tap water, after tests carried a historic fuel leak. thames water said it was issuing the advice as a precaution. let's get the latest from frankie mccamley in bramley. what are people being told? good afternoon. from _ what are people being told? good afternoon. from the _ what are people being told? (emf. afternoon. from the corner of a park and ride which is about five miles from the area of bramley which is the area affected in what can only be described as a makeshift water distribution centre. as you can see, cars are steadily coming through. thames water employees are filling up thames water employees are filling up the boots for those 600 homes, households that have been told not to drink the water. they are filling up to drink the water. they are filling up the boots because essentially, they don't know how long this is going to go on for. some people here are angry and others say they are extremely frustrated. they have been raising concerns for years about the quality of water. others tell me that a stre

in fact, it was a beautiful afternoon in surrey with a high of 21 celsius — 70 fahrenheit.atening—looking skies to close out wednesday across sunderland. and those showers are continuing to move their way steadily southwards as we go through the day thursday. so, some of the showers will continue to be quite heavy. not too bad a day across much of scotland, and northerly winds still feeding in a few scattered showers here. but there is a greater risk across the east midlands, east anglia, and southeast england by the middle part of the afternoon, seeing some sharp thundery downpours. and if you catch one of them, well, they could bring a lot of heavy rain. now, further west, we will see the best of the sunshine. fewer showers here, 19—20 celsius not out of the question. a pleasant afternoon for northern ireland on the whole, fewer showers generally through scotland. and, if you get more in the way of sunshine, fewer showers here, 19—20 — again, it's quite possible in sheltered western areas. now as we go through thursday evening and overnight, those showers will ease away.