morley, deputy leader of rejoin eu party. >> now three children have gone missing after a day out at thorpe parke park in surrey on sunday. >> well, this is very worrying indeed. let's go over to our reporter charlie peters, who is at thorpe park for us, charlie, tell us exactly what we know . tell us exactly what we know. >> all right. >> all right. >> so yesterday at 317, as far as we understand it from surrey police, they said that three children left here at thorpe park from these main gates and went towards staines town centre . those children are malik, aged age seven, amelia, aged nine, and candy , aged 14. now candy, and candy, aged 14. now candy, the 14 year old is being described by surrey police as black, 160cm tall, slim and they said that she was seen wearing black jogging trousers , a white black jogging trousers, a white top, white trainers and was wearing also black glasses and bracelets on both wrists. now she left here at 317 alongside the nine year old amelia, who was seen wearing grey jogging bottoms, a grey top with the word believe on the front and also wearing white traine

i thought it's thorpe park.my chain of logic here, this is not like a snappy one liner. so after we launched the lived our manifesto, ed davey, so after he launched the lib dem manifesto, ed davey, as you correctly said, went to thorpe park, went on a couple of rides. the first manifesto in british politics was the tamworth manifesto, published in 183a by robert peel. robert peel's home is now chessington world of adventures, another theme park. that's the link. get it? that's never going to get there. get it? that would've almost been good, if his first home had been thopre park. yes, that would have been good. that's when i first saw the pictures on social media and i didn't know it was thorpe park. i was like, "is it chessington world of adventures?" because that would be amazing if it was. i mean, amazing to one person, me. anyway, you know what would be amazing though if is if you two listen to my new series, which is on radio four and bbc dounds starting today, it's called understand: uk election. yes, i h

they had been to thorpe park on a day out, one of the country's most popular amusement parks and werewere seen just after three o'clock yesterday heading towards staines north of thorpe park. at the bbc we have seen cctv footage taken in a florist shop in chertsey, just south of thorpe park, and the timestamp on the footage is 3.a8. the florist told us the children were in her shop for about one minute and were asking for directions to the train station. we are expecting more information from surrey police this afternoon but as things stand it's a concerning situation with three children still missing, the youngestjust seven. surrey police putting out an urgent public appeal for information. graham satchell, thank you. the time is 1:16. our top story this afternoon... four retired detectives who ran the first stephen lawrence murder investigation will not face any criminal charges for their actions in the case. and we'll get the latest on sir ian mckellen's condition after he fell off a stage during a performance at london's noel coward theatre. coming up on bbc news, france sweat ove

because he joined ed davey at thorpe park. is christopher gb news, political editor . rides. christopher gb news, political editor. that's why he rides. did you go on zero? >> i'm so busy working for you. so busy at theme park? yes. it sounds like hard work to me. that was my film there. he was literally almost kicking me in the head as he flew. >> i love about you how multitasking you are. you're writing in notebooks, you're filming, filming, you're in the studio talking to me, so look, just give us the top highlights of this manifesto. what was he trying to what's what's the message? he's trying to give the electorate? >> i think it's very interesting. manifesto. it is facing both labour and tory voters because that's what the lib dems do . they define lib dems do. they define themselves against a bigger opponent. so on the labour side, they would end the two limit cap on benefits, they would champion a human rights act and they'll give free school meals for all children in poverty , and add in children in poverty, and add in the 0.7% on aid for the tory voters refor

we will find as i have heard, in thorpe park?very seriously but he does not take himself very seriously. he thinks too many politicians take themselves seriously and we forget we are here to work for the public. i think we will see what he has been up to today. will see what he has been up to toda . ., will see what he has been up to toda. ., ,, .,~i will see what he has been up to toda. ., ,, ., will see what he has been up to toda . ., , , .,~ ., thank today. good to speak to you. thank ou. you today. good to speak to you. thank from you are _ today. good to speak to you. thank you- you are very — today. good to speak to you. thank you. you are very welcome. - you. you are very welcome. take care. douglas ross the leader of the scottish tories is resigning from the role and he said he will stand down as an msp in holyrood if returned to westminster. he has held all three roles since 2019 but said he realises it is not feasible to carry on. while campaigning, the deputy first minister said his priority is westminster and not hol

street in london to enjoying his day at a theme park, and you saw what he had to offer there at thorpe parknd that's actually my film. i filmed on my phone . he even i filmed on my phone. he even conducted some of his media interviews aboard the teacups from the high speeds of the roller coaster at thorpe park to the home of british motor racing. the following day, on tuesday, rishi sunak geared up for his manifesto launch by taking the stage at silverstone, the f1 track, and we will keep cutting taxes in the coming years, meaning that by 2027 we will have halved national insurance to 6. >> that is a tax cut. my friends, worth £1,500 to the average worker. >> and on wednesday he went head to head with labour leader sir keir starmer in a battle of the interviews in front of an audience in grimsby. yougov's reaction poll resulted in a good night's work for labour leader sir keir starmer. night's work for labour leader sir keir starmer . we had a bad sir keir starmer. we had a bad taste in the mouth of the audience, laughed when he mentioned that his father was a toolmaker during one of his an

hi, martin, welcome to thorpe park here.surrey . and, yeah, we are in surrey. and, yeah, we are in blue wall blue, tory country and the lib dems are here, planting their their flags. definitely on tory turf. i mean, anthony brown is right to an extent that normally this document here, this lib dem document, this manifesto, it won't really mean anything in here is going to happen, after the election, unless there's a coalition. at that point, we look back at this document and work out where is the common ground between probably the labour party and the liberal democrats? polls can narrow . we saw it happen in 2017 narrow. we saw it happen in 2017 when the tories were miles ahead .then when the tories were miles ahead . then it was a hung parliament. a deal was done by theresa may with the dup back in 2010. again, another hung, with the dup back in 2010. again, another hung , another again, another hung, another coalition was formed with liberal democrats . so this is liberal democrats. so this is really is a wish list for the

surrey police at thorpe park.'s nine, and malik, who's seven. they were reported missing just after 7:00 last night. the three children were last seen walking towards staines town centre just after a 3:15 yesterday afternoon . police 3:15 yesterday afternoon. police believe they may have travelled to london. they're urging anyone with any information to contact them or crime stoppers to north korea now, where the russian president is due to arrive for his first state visit in 24 years, vladimir putin travelled through the north of russia early this morning, where he's due to continue his journey to pyongyang. he'll hold a meeting with kim jong un, who he's praised for firmly supporting the invasion of ukraine. in a letter published by north korea's state media, mr putin promised to build trade and security system with the isolated country that are, quote, not controlled by the west . and sir ian mckellen is west. and sir ian mckellen is said to be in good spirits after he fell off the stage during a performance in

he was on a big swing type thing at thorpe park , but he launched his park, but he launched his manifestoe print he vowed not only to rejoin the single market, but something deeper as well. is brexit in of being overturned? we break. welcome back. it's 8:19. my name is tom harwood, and this is state of the nation . now, we've state of the nation. now, we've been discussing the results of the european union elections , the european union elections, which resulted in a swell of support for more hardline conservative parties in the bloc. but today, the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, announced the party's election manifesto, which included a whole host of plans including higher taxes on capital gains and an 8 billion package for the nhs. but what did the leader perhaps didn't mention in his speech was the fact that the manifesto includes the party's ambition on something rather controversial to rejoin the european union. well, with me now is mark oaten, the former mp and former chairman of the liberal democrats. mark, thank you for making the time for us this evening, why did ed davey

. >> say it wasn't thorpe park. >> say it wasn't thorpe park. >> he's going to visit. >> he's going to joke, but it's true. >> true. >> true. >> it's going to visit seats that the liberal democrats are hoping to take from the tories and the snp. and no doubt there'll be a few more stunts along the way, now, i was going to say, i mean, it's good that others are picking up his messaging though, because on the front cover of the eye, the pubuc front cover of the eye, the public sends a clear message to labour and the tories save britain's rivers. so something that he's doing is getting through isn't it. yeah. >> yeah. and well i mean i think we're all shocked by it. i mean, you know, every day you suddenly told places that you've known for years and to the idea that henley should be a place for e coli crazy. i mean, that is when you think that someone died of e coli, the first one of the recent thing. it can be a fiendish, horrible illness created by this. yeah. and you remember a few years ago when it was that guy that swam the whole length of the thames as a. >> oh, yeah. i can't rememb

the past few weeks, he has campaigned from a paddleboard on windermere, the spinning tea cups at thorpe parkaign was too earnest, too dominated by brexit. they won just 12 seats. this time no such inhibitions. there are hopes the party could pick up over 20 seats. with some very close races in the south west. blue wall collapsing. what do you make of it, annabelle? but had to be talked about to be irrelevant completely?— talked about to be irrelevant comletel ? ., . ., ., completely? the old adage that there's no such _ completely? the old adage that there's no such thing _ completely? the old adage that there's no such thing as - completely? the old adage that there's no such thing as bad - there's no such thing as bad publicity— there's no such thing as bad publicity but _ there's no such thing as bad publicity but one _ there's no such thing as bad publicity but one has - there's no such thing as bad publicity but one has to - there's no such thing as bad i publicity but one has to wonder there's no such thing as bad - publicity but one has to wonder how seriously— publicity but one has t

. >> we last saw you at, thorpe park. what do you think subpostmasters make of you clowning around?>> well, listen, my heart's gone out to subpostmasters about what's happened with this. the worst miscarriage of justice in british history . over horizon, british history. over horizon, and i've said sorry for the mistakes i made when i was a minister, when i didn't see alan bates straight away. and then when i did see him as the first minister to see him, putting his case to the post office and not seeing through the lies that they told to me other ministers, some most bastards. and to the courts, so i hope they understand that i'm campaigning now, both for, constituents of mine who are subpostmasters who were , who were involved in this. were, who were involved in this. i had a really, really tough time, i'm campaigning for compensation. compensation for all subpostmasters affected , far all subpostmasters affected, far more generous, far more quickly. and i, i supported this inquiry, which is so important to get to the bottom of it. so i hope they've heard that . what i would they'

and, desperately want to go down a fun ride in thorpe park , doesn't fun ride in thorpe park, doesn'tpolling. yeah, he should. he could come back as the official opposition. the way things are looking, it's a great party to be a leader of because you've got no policies. >> you've got no chance of power. yeah. you don't really have to do anything. and mugs all over the country will waste all over the country will waste a vote on you. >> yeah, well they did do something in coalition. >> i mean, they certainly tempered what the tories were doing and introduced various things . the doing and introduced various things. the personal doing and introduced various things . the personal allowance things. the personal allowance at, over 12,000. now that is a lib dem idea. so they were able to actually influence government when they were, when they were in it. the problem was it destroyed their party for ten years after. >> and they also presided over the post office scandal because three successive post office ministers between 2010 and 2015 were lib dem when this scandal was at its worst, and t

when we were at thorpe park, the theme park in south—west london, for the day of the manifesto launchwere. he later told an interviewer that he had been talking about child mental health at the theme park, but he certainly didn't say that to me, so i would question if these are more about what they look like than the substance of policy. but for liberal democrats, that is quite important. they do escape unnoticed because of where they are in the british political system. they would love to have proportional representation and get a better share of the vote, and there he goes again. you get a better share of the vote, and there he goes again.— there he goes again. you have to show strong _ there he goes again. you have to show strong body _ there he goes again. you have to show strong body strength - there he goes again. you have to show strong body strength to - there he goes again. you have to| show strong body strength to hold there he goes again. you have to - show strong body strength to hold up together. sorry, ifind it quite funny. together. sorry, ifind it quite funn . , , ., :

straight after the launch, leader ed davey went to thorpe park — his message, that "british politicsemocrats as well. what have you sent to voters in this _ democrats as well. what have you sent to voters in this area - democrats as well. what have you sent to voters in this area and i democrats as well. what have you | sent to voters in this area and what have you taken away? abs, sent to voters in this area and what have you taken away?— have you taken away? a lot of conversations _ have you taken away? a lot of conversations were _ have you taken away? a lot of conversations were about i have you taken away? a lot of conversations were about the | have you taken away? a lot of i conversations were about the ride they had to go on. people seem to be really pleased. when i talk to young people, there�*s a whole set of issues they raise — nice crime, housing, mental health. 0nly they look at that manifesto, we cover those —— knife crime. let look at that manifesto, we cover those -- knife crime.— look at that manifesto, we cover those -- knife crime. let me ask you another question.

are appealing for information after three children went missing last night after a day out at the thorpe parkhey say they are doing that because of what will happen here this year. they want to stop the plan by tata steel to close both blast furnaces by nearby autumn with a loss of around 2800 jobs. those jobs with a loss of around 2800 jobs. thosejobs going with a loss of around 2800 jobs. those jobs going across the uk but the bulk of them will happen here in port talbot with the closure of the heavy end and tata steel is committed to building an electric arc furnace, a greener way of making steel from strap scrap metal which it will boost your next year. but the union unite wants to see a longer transition period, not switching off this year and restarting the far fewer jobs switching off this year and restarting the far fewerjobs and a couple of years' time so they say thatis couple of years' time so they say that is the reason for this industrial action, to try and change the minds of tata steel and they hope by having this work—to—rule to rule an overtime ban it removes some of the flex

we asked him that for gb news at thorpe park of all places.lls this week, the savanta poll. and he wants them to be champion key issues locally . champion key issues locally. he's not like jo swinson back in 2019, saying jo swinson, i can be your prime minister. i mean, you know, she got 12 mps by the end of it. what a complete farce that was. so i think he's playing quite a clever campaign. he's he's , he's being eye he's he's, he's being eye catching stunts, not taking himself too seriously. at the heart of his campaign is nhs and social care, which arguably is one of the one of the top three issues for most voters. and he's come across as someone who is a decent guy, i think, and the lib dems have been, have been nowhere in public life since 2015, when they lost all those seats and the, the, the difficulties of the coalition. so i think he's done what he could. he's restored the lib dems pride, i think, and probably dozens of mps too, in the next parliament. >> okay. well we shall see. in the only poll that actually counts in ten days or so

i must say i was envious when he was at thorpe park the other day but i think he has done an entire campaigne. we are talking to him later. some _ experiences of care. we are talking to him later. some other— experiences of care. we are talking to him later. some other bodies i experiences of care. we are talking l to him later. some other bodies have aood ideas to him later. some other bodies have good ideas come _ to him later. some other bodies have good ideas come the _ to him later. some other bodies have good ideas come the lib _ to him later. some other bodies have good ideas come the lib dems - to him later. some other bodies have good ideas come the lib dems have i good ideas come the lib dems have good ideas come the lib dems have good ideas, let's work together beyond the heat of the election campaign to do something which has escaped and eluded every single government, whether it has had a labour complexion, conservative, lib dems or snp complexion. you labour complexion, conservative, lib dems or snp complexion.— dems or snp complexion. you have 'ust said dems or snp complexion.

. >> see ed davey to see ed davey in thorpe park. >> he's going to be on something called the rush . hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment, low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight . still tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight . under those breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass. frost first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into sou

three children reported missing after a trip to thorpe park have been found safe. s were not scored, including fit note reform and accelerating the roll—out of universal credit, so the conservatives are correct on that point and labour are one, but this could all benefit from some context. —— labour are wrong. the financial impact of these first two policies, if successfully enacted, would likely be pretty small in the context of £12 billion of targeted welfare savings. the iss says one potentially significant conservative welfare policy that has not been scored by the obr, the tory manifesto pledge to reform disability benefit, and it is true they are protected by the obr to rise sharply over the coming parliament because of a worsening of the population's health, them around £39 billion to £58 billion in 2029, and most of the increase is accounted for by rising personal independence payments payouts which is shown in red. this is a benefit paid to people over 16 with a long—term physical or mental health condition and who might face difficulty in everyday tasks. i

>> well, it wouldn't have been on that stomach churning ride at thorpe park, i can tell you that forwage which the tory party is allowed, the water companies to dump . however, he's companies to dump. however, he's suggested he's been able to capture the news he's showed. >> he's an individual. >> he's an individual. >> he's an individual. >> he's surely got a lighter side, as you said. >> and when you got some dull politicians around like keir starmer, that's quite a nice contrast. >> look , this election is very >> look, this election is very well poised for the lib dems. it's a perfect scenario for us. >> you've got the tories deeply unpopular . unpopular. >> that's one thing. you've got ourselves quite well organised and a good array of policies, and a good array of policies, and you've got the labour party who are dull, uninspiring but also regarded as relatively safe i >>i >> i mean, people cannot be frightened by the tories into voting for the tories because of jeremy corbyn, because he's no longer there. >> keir starmer looks relatively harmless and that's a nice combination

maybe go to thorpe park, eight roller coasters, brand new roller coasters, brand new roller coaster stuck> charlotte. >> charlotte. >> horrendous. charlotte, you're your supplement. >> what's yours? >> what's yours? >> mine is the king charles standing next to kate on the balcony, going shoulder to shoulder. these guys know a lot about image. so they were shoulder to shoulder and she's not out of the woods yet. also posed underneath a tree. it was very deliberate imagery . and it very deliberate imagery. and it goes to show that unlike what prince harry says, this family does rally around their own when it matters. and the narrative that charles is uncaring and that charles is uncaring and that the royals are at war is kind of erroneous, actually, because when it matters. charles was there for kate and he didn't stand next to her on the balcony last year, but he did this year. >> oh, bless his heart. i love them all right. and mine is. this is amazing. a brilliant £400 headset worn for few a few minutes a day can apparently heal a broken heart. oh, isn't that wonderful? it sends electrica

, farage, who is very well known, the way to get cut through for ed davey, maybe it is to go to thorpe park, and bounce on trampolines and whatever he's doing here have reform, made a mistake in the sense that they've gone for a, you know, they're going for a national election. >> yeah, right. even the even these latest polls say, well, they may get seven seats if they done what the lib dems are doing and actually saying we're not going to contest every seat, we're going to concentrate on the ones we think we can win . the ones we think we can win. and they could have perhaps pulled in more seats. >> i completely agree with that. but i think the honest truth is that reforms game here is not to win 20 seats or 30 seats or 40 seats. they're game here is to destroy the current version of the conservative party that's what if you that's what deep down richard tice and nigel farage, what they really want to do is absolutely obliterate the conservatives and push them into a position where maybe they don't come back from this defeat in their current form. and i think there's now a reasonable chanc

and if it's ed davey, jumping off hoverboards and being at thorpe park, then that's what gets them coverage i think they will do coverage. i think they will do really well and they'll do well because they're going to be lots of people in seats where it's a conservative lib dem marginal who vote lib dem as an anti—tory vote. and so i think they'll do well. >> and to be fair, the lib dem vote is targeted in areas where the reform vote they might get more votes per se, but because it's across the country, it's going to be more diluted. >> well that's right. and i think actually, if reform had been and this is where i think the difference is if reform were serious about winning a maximum number of seats, they would have concentrated their efforts in maybe 50 constituencies. instead, they've gone broad. and the reason is because they don't. actually, the truth about reform is they don't care about winning lots of seats. they just want to take as many votes as they can off the tories. and that's a perfectly legitimate aim. but that's what they want to do. the lib dems are being much more targeted

. —— thorpe park. thank you forjoining us this morning.ng. as we heard in that short tape, yourfavourite morning. as we heard in that short tape, your favourite tactic in this campaign has been to attack labour and the tories with that conspiracy of silence. that was a criticism from the independent number crunch as the iss saying that they are not telling the truth about all of their funding plans, but the iss also has a go at your plans, they say your plans for independence would mean higher borrowing and either significant tax rises or spending cuts if scotland was independent. what you say to them on that? i think what we would of course initially say to that is that when we are looking at this general election, there is that conspiracy of silence, £18 billion of public sector cuts which were agreed by both the labour party and the conservative party, a choice that they are making at this election. we of course oppose that. we believe there should be investment in public services, investment in our nhs, and we need to get away from thi

i have been told by our producer that the roller—coaster in question is in thorpe park. election. the pressure on public services is a key election issue, and in an effort to understand the challenges they are understand the challenges they are under we have been exploring some of theissues under we have been exploring some of the issues within specific sectors, from education to social care. let us focus for a moment on criminal justice. oursocial us focus for a moment on criminal justice. our social affairs correspondent has been to telford. why? it currently has some of the longest court delays in england. since i was charging 2019i since i was charging 2019! had two children. his case was full to trial on three separate occasions, if convicted he was facing up to five years in prison. i spoke to all my kids, just in case i spoke to all my kids, just in case i get sent down or whatever. it is just kept getting put back. barristers turn up for some. my co—defendant solicitor, they failed to turn up, so they could not go ahead with the trial, witnesses failed to turn up