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and we are of course in west sussex, a beautiful part of the world. sisters live in sussex and i have an uncle who lived very close to here. so it is a part of the world i know well. like everyone, i imagine, my character is shaped by where i started in life. i grew up in a small town, noti million miles from here. it's a place called 0xted, on the surrey kent border. you should go to 0xted on your 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 foot

then king, bbc news, west sussex. —— ben king, bbc news, west sussex.ucture. schwab helps transform from modest beginnings to a conference attended by top policymakers. the current president of the forum will take over before the next annual meeting in january of 2025. as you heard on newsday — a singapore airlines flight for more on the singapore airlines, you will have more details our life page. i'll see you again soon. bye for now. hey, i'm zof with the catch up. tonight — extreme turbulence on a flight, liverpool becomes taylor time and the oldest liverpool becomes taylor town and the oldest person to go to space. our top story — a man has died and several others are injured after extreme turbulence on a flight from london to singapore. the singapore airlines plane had to divert to bangkok and landed at 3:45pm there. authorities at bangkok airport say the victim was a 73—year—old man from the uk and that it was likely he died from a heart attack. passengers took these pictures shortly after the emergency. imagine how scary this would have been. you

and in chichester and west sussex we _ away. and in chichester and west sussex we will _ away.sex we will see the lib - away. and in chichester and west sussex we will see the lib demsl away. and in chichester and west i sussex we will see the lib dems out in those parts of the country, winchester, chichester, what they call nauseatingly, and any talk of walls, the blue wall as a college, but essentially relatively affluent conservative seats where they believe they have got a really good shout, there are about 80 of them. that is according to lib dem numbers. john swinney, the snp first minister has been trekking up a lot of miles, although i think he was going to fly to shetland but the plane couldn't take off. it is going to fly to shetland but the plane couldn't take off. it is worth sa in: plane couldn't take off. it is worth saving before _ plane couldn't take off. it is worth saying before we _ plane couldn't take off. it is worth saying before we leave _ plane couldn't take off. it is worth saying before we leave this - plane couldn't take off. it is worth i saying befo

and on the south coast in west sussex where they have never won before.ut, five independent candidate standing on a pro—gastric platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a

he's told undecided voters in west sussex that they could trust labour because he's changed the partymananently. he said it will deliver stability if it wins power. he also said labour will carry out a 100—day review of the country's national security, examining the threats it faces. he said britain is facing a choice about its future. i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice at this election. service or self—interest. stability or chaos. a labour party that has changed, or a tory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you can stop the chaos. you can turn the page. you can join with us. and together, we can rebuild our country. thank you so much. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is travelling with the labour leader and joins us live from south east england. interesting that keir starmer should start his campaign with that first major speech, talking to floating voters, undecided voters in particular. voters, undecided voters in particular-— voters, undecided voters

he was speaking in west sussex and promised that a labour government would bring security, stability change. he said voters could trust labour because he has changed the party permanently. our political correspondent iain watson is travelling with the labour leader. that's right, i'm in this part of west sussex, which labour took control of in the local council elections for the first time in its history earlier this month. so sir keir starmer thinks that some people who previously voted conservative perhaps all their lives might now be a bit more receptive to his message. but he also feels that even though he is 20 points ahead in the opinion polls, they also require reassurance that the party has changed, and that is what he sought to give them in that first major speech of the campaign. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they're fed up with the failure, the chaos and the division of the tories, but they still have questions about us. has labour changed enough? do i trust them with my money? 0ur borders?

but as you say, keir starmer, an event on the south coast in west sussex earlier today.. his first major speech was in an area where labour had won control of the local council for the first time in its history. so i think he's very keen to say, look, people here are looking at labour for the first time. people elsewhere across the country should perhaps do the same. interestingly, too, i think he decided to talk more about his own personal life, his own background, something which we're all familiar with since we were following him not just on the campaign trail, but of course, as he became the labour leader four years ago. but he felt it necessary to reintroduce himself to the public and to perhaps people who had voted conservative in the past and only nowjust looking at the relative merits or demerits of him and rishi sunak. so he talked about his own upbringing, not in a traditional labour area, but in the town of oxford in surrey, hardly a true blue area at all. but he pointed out that there are areas of deprivation of poverty in different parts of the country, incl

this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background.re working class, you're scared of debt. you're scared, my mum and dad were scared of debt. so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than go into debt. and they chose the phone bill. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. the labour leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they still have questions about us. has labour changed enough? do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security. my answer is, yes, you can! applause. the challenge for him is can he convert disillusionment from some with the conservatives into votes for him, even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, a lack of enthusiasm for you? we have to ask why people are looking to labour, and i think they're looking to labour because they can see a changed labou

he's been telling undecided voters in west sussex that his party will deliver stability.he labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100—day national security review in government, looking at all of the threats facing britain. he was speaking in the last hour — let's listen back to a little of what he had to say. politics has always been something that happens far away and yet something more profound has changed during the last 1a years of tory government. people now feel more and more of the decisions that affect their community are taken by people who not only live miles away, but have little empathy for their challenges. a politics that is, at best, doing something to people, not with them. and that is worth, as we saw in horrifying detail in westminster last week, those twin injustices, horizon and the impact of blood scandal, is something much, much darker even than that. it is about respect, or, to be precise, the lack of it. that is the canary in the mind of injustice. for a long time now working people have believed that opportunity in britain is stacked ag

sir kay standing there speaking in the last few minutes in west sussex.cross over life to our correspondence. you are listening to that speech he was covering a lot of crowd reintroducing himself to the voters, no less the underside of raters. i voters, no less the underside of raters. ~ , _, voters, no less the underside of raters. ~ , , ., raters. i think this core question of reintroducing _ raters. i think this core question of reintroducing himself, - raters. i think this core question of reintroducing himself, he - raters. i think this core question j of reintroducing himself, he was very frustrated during the pandemic that the government gets lots of coverage and keir starmer first that he was a bit marginalised in the media and people didn't quite get the measure of him. it was interesting that he feels it is necessary now to reintroduce himself to the public. i think that is because he believes that some people who are considering switching their rates from the conservatives are only now looking at him closely. things that we are very familiar wi

have not changed in 90 years at this traditional bakerin 90 years at this traditional baker in west sussex their ingredients has. flower prices, meat prices, energy prices, they are all flower prices, meat prices, energy prices, they are all up. the cost of fat has doubled. the cost of fat has doubled. the put the squeeze on profits at the end is in sight.- at the end is in sight. prices are not continuing _ at the end is in sight. prices are not continuing to - at the end is in sight. prices i are not continuing to increase that much. they are not coming down but it does seem that things are plateauing a little bit when i am happy to see the pressure has eased a little bit and in the next few months we can start the pass that on to our customers and our employees as well which will be brilliant for everyone.— for everyone. official figures tell the same _ for everyone. official figures tell the same story. - for everyone. official figures tell the same story. a big i for everyone. official figures| tell the same story. a big cut in the energy means price for energy is down for most of us

ben king, bbc news, rusting tin, west sussex.en can we expect any move from the bank of england on the cost of borrowing? joining me now is robert wood, chief uk economist at pantheon macroeconomics. a warm welcome to the programme. robert, just on cue, andrew bailey is speaking at the london school of economics, late last night, and he gave quite a few hints, didn't he? he did. the bank of england are very, very close to lowering interest rates here, as you have just shown, the interest rates here, as you havejust shown, the rate interest rates here, as you have just shown, the rate of inflation is going to come back pretty much to their inflation target in data today, and if not today, then probably next month. the bank of england meet onjune 20 to decide interest rates, i think they will lower than one quarter of a percent then. if not, then they are very likely to in august. you've got several of the nine people who set interest rates say they have now seen pretty much enough, and theyjust want inflation to come down to their

he's told undecided voters in west sussex that his party will deliver stability if it wins power.ys labour would carry out a ioo—day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country. i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to surface and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice at this selection, service or self interest. stability or chaos. i labour party that has changed oratory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you can stop the chaos, turn the page, join with us and together we can rebuild our country. thank you so much. applause. our political correspondent iain watson was watching the speech and sent us his analysis of what the labour leader said. sir keir starmer here because for the first time labour took the local council here for the first time in history. equally, he knew even though there is a big lead, there are a lot of votes to be won in the next few weeks and he wanted to try to reassure wavering voters it was not safe

this is a lightning bolt that appeared over portsmouth and a windmill in west sussex was completely lit up. in kent, a storm chaser took this remarkable photo and more thunderstorms may be on the way, elizabeth rizzini can tell us. yes, possibly. you can see the storms tracking in from northern france, frequent lightning, really quite spectacular, around 4000 lightning strikes a recorded across the south of england, some torrential downpours and the line of thundery showers pushing northwards and petering out and may be more thunderstorms for some as we head through this afternoon. there will be a lot of sunshine around as well particularly towards the north and the west so if we take a look at the bigger picture, some thundery showers are possible across wales, the midlands and east anglia. further south it's cooler, drier and quite a lot of cloud around and it's cool and cloudy towards north sea coasts as well with the onshore wind. the best of the sunshine across parts of northern ireland and scotland, where we could get to 22 celsius in the north—west of scotland, the place to be, a

[applause] >> this, the village hall in lansing in west sussex.spoke at his own background. >> if you are working class, scared of, -- my mom and dad were scared of debt -- said that they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than going to bed. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. >> the labor leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. >> whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who have not decided how they will vote in this election. they still have questions about us. as labour changed enough, do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security? my answer is, yes, you can. [applause] >> the challenge for in his can he convert into votes for him even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, lack of enthusiasm for you? >> you have to ask why people are looking to labour. they can see a changed labour party that is absolutely country first, party second. >> they might be looking but are

on the south coast, and west sussex where they never won before.dependent candidates on a pro gaza platform, labor control and alderman greater manchester. he's had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. -- was a black bull to celebrate winning at westminster. winning wasn't surprising. the scale of the victory was. the music for the prime minister, pretty dire then. it rishi sunak was in garrison in north yorkshire. >> it is disappointing to lose good hard-working conservative counselors. i'm grateful for them to all of their service and local government delivering services for local people. but we still got lots of results to come. >> one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of glue, the conservative ben how sure with victory, but not a terri rose at. he won by millie miles last night. it was much closer this time. he had this message for the prime minister. >> and the people behind me may not thinking about voting conservative, they want more progress. they want -- we need to give them the excuse to vote for

both were reported missing from worthing, west sussex, and last seen in gofing west sussex, and last seenn goring by sea on friday morning. it's believed that they're using pubuc it's believed that they're using public transport to travel around the country and may have beenin around the country and may have been in birmingham city centre. we'll bring you an image of those two girls in our next bulletin . now, the proposed bulletin. now, the proposed return of compulsory national service was rejected by a defence minister just days before the tories pledged to make it law. if the party wins the election. andrew murrison insisted that there were no plans to reintroduce the policy and said it could damage morale if potentially unwilling recruits were forced to serve. just two days later. as we now know, rishi sunak outlined plans to make all 18 year olds choose between serving in the army or volunteering in their local community. labour has dismissed the plan as a headline grabbing gimmick. the shadow chancellor says there will be no increases to tax or national insurance under a labour gov

sir keir starmer came to this part of west sussex because here, labour won control of the local councilhis month. he wanted to signal that some people who'd perhaps always voted conservative in the past could now be persuaded to vote labour this time. but equally, he knew, even though there's a big poll lead, there's still a lot of votes to be won in the next few weeks. and he wanted to try to reassure wavering voters that it was now safe to vote for his party. so he concentrated on issues that perhaps conservative voters perhaps more than most would have prioritised in the past, issues such as national security. he committed labour, of course, to support for nato and nuclear weapons, to tackling illegal immigration, with a new border force being set up within 100 days of labour taking power if they win the next election. and above all, that labour could be trusted with the nation's finances and there'd be no increases in income tax. he emphasised those messages, but he also recognised he had to reintroduce himself to the public as the election gets under way, perhaps those only tuning

both were reported missing from worthing, west sussex, and last seen in gofing west sussex, and last seen it's believed that they're using pubuc it's believed that they're using public transport to travel around the country and may have beenin around the country and may have been in birmingham city centre. we'll bring you an image of those two girls in our next bulletin . now, the proposed bulletin. now, the proposed return of compulsory national service was rejected by a defence minister just days before the tories pledged to make it law. if the party wins the election. andrew murrison insisted that there were no plans to reintroduce the policy and said it could damage morale if potentially unwilling

for many, it will stay largely dry with sunshine into the afternoon but in parts of west sussex, whileud that has been moving into the south—west of england through the morning. it will continue to push its way north and east, which will bring in some cloud and some showers. those showers could be quite heavy, perhaps a bit thundery, later in the far south—west, as some sunny spells develop. sunny spells for much of north wales, the midlands, and eastern areas of england. just a small chance of a shower here. thundery showers in the north—east of scotland and maximum temperatures about 15—18 degrees. the warmest weather will be across north wales, the midlands, towards the east of england, where you'll have the best of the sunshine and this is where you'll have the highest pollen levels through today. elsewhere, they will be moderate. bear that in mind if you suffer from hay fever. tonight, showers across eastern scotland, drifting their way a bit further southward. we will see quite a bit of cloud across england and wales tonight. it means it's not going to be quite as cold as last ni

the liberal democrat leader, ed davey, was in chichester harbour in west sussex to announce plans forew water regulator and to highlight his campaign issue of sewage dumping. today's campaign visits have had a more laid—back vibe in an election which is going to be very far from plain sailing. helen catt, bbc news. and a reminder you can follow all the latest on the general election on our website. we're running a live page with continuous updates. you can find that on the bbc news app or bbc.com/news. political rallies are taking place across south africa as parties make their final attempts to win support ahead of wednesday's election. they are seen as the most tightly contested elections since the advent of democracy in 1994. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, has promised to focus on job creation if the governing african national congress is voted back into power next week. the main opposition democratic alliance and two anc break away parties are also holding final rallies over the weekend. let's cross to my colleague catherine byaruhanga who is following events from the

this windmill in west sussex was completely lit up.t's not over yet, is it, there is more on the way? potentially there is indeed. more on the way? potentially there is indeed- let _ more on the way? potentially there is indeed. let me _ more on the way? potentially there is indeed. let me show _ more on the way? potentially there is indeed. let me show you - more on the way? potentially there is indeed. let me show you what i more on the way? potentially there is indeed. let me show you what is| is indeed. let me show you what is happening across the new continent right now. we have a few home—grown showers ourselves but down as you can see across france, there are more showers brewing and i'm going to put the lightning displays on then i was well because there are a real rash of thunderstorms once again, notjust across france but those are the current lightning strikes and, yes, we may well import some more of those coming through during this evening and overnight. we already have our home—grown showers actually at the moment as i wi

we are in west sussex, and it's interesting that he chose this area because in the recent council electionsy have had virtually no presence. in one of the local council is here that was controlled by the conservatives for more than 20 years, it was the lib dems people tend to locally, but now they are turning to labour. so that is why he is coming here to say to people who may need to be convinced that he would make a prime minister they can trust that he can be trusted on key priorities which the electorate has. that is national security, immigration and the nation's finances. it's no mistake on keir starmer�*s part or no coincidence that those other issues where people lacked confidence as swing voters, those who might defect from the conservatives. they lacked confidence in the last labour leader jeremy corbyn, who is now standing as an independent at this election. they worried about national security and how much he would borrow and spend. so labour are doing almost the anti—corbyn approach this time and saying that they will only spend within their means and they won't increase income

it will stay largely dry with sunshine into the afternoon but in parts of west sussex, while sunny thisas been moving into the south—west of england through the morning and that will will head north and east. there's showers could be hungry later in the far south—west. sunny spells for north wales, midlands and the small chance of a shower here. under a showers in the north—east of scotland and maximum temperatures 15—18 degrees. the best of the sunshine in midlands and this is where we will have the highest pollen levels. bear that in mind if you have hay fever. tonight, showers across eastern scotland, drifting away, plan crossing in wales, so it won't be quite as cold as last night. —— cloud crossing in england and wales. this area of low pressure into the low countries and that will clip the south—east of england. we will keep a close eye on that because that will bring heavy and potentially thundery showers on monday. elsewhere, perhaps the odd shower developing but mostly dry for england and wales with sunshine. more card further north into central and southern scotland, showers a

applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background.u're working class, you're scared of debt. my mum and dad were scared of debt, so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than go into debt, and they chose the phone bill. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. the labour leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they still have questions about us. has labour changed 7 do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security? my answer is, yes, you can. the challenge for him is, can he convert disillusionment from some with the conservatives into votes for him, even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, a lack of enthusiasm for you? you have to ask why people are looking to labour, and i think they're looking to labour because they can see a changed labour party, which is absolutel

this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background.king class, you're scared of debt. you're scared, my mum and dad were scared of debt. so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than go into debt. and they chose the phone bill. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. the labour leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they still have questions about us. has labour changed enough? do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security. my answer is, yes, you can! applause. the challenge for him is can he convert disillusionment from some with the conservatives into votes for him, even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, a lack of enthusiasm for you? we have to ask why people are looking to labour, and i think they're looking to labour because they can see a changed labour part

and on the south coast in west sussex where they have never won before.dent candidate standing on a pro—gastric platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. winning wasn't surprising, the scale of labour's victory was. the mood music for the prime minister pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it is disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors _ lose good, hard—working conservative councillors and i'm grateful to them for all_ councillors and i'm grateful to them for all their— councillors and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people — and delivering services for local people. but we still have lots of results — people. but we still have lots of results to — people. but we still have lots

he's been telling undecided voters in west sussex — on the south coast of england — that his party willbility. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100—day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir said m years of conservative "chaos" had damaged trust in politics and british institutions. and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country . i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice at this election. service or self—interest. stability or chaos. a labour party that has changed, or a tory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you can stop the chaos. you can turn the page. you can join with us. and together, we can rebuild our country. thank you so much. the snp leader has told voters that the quickest way to "rid scotland of the tories is to vote snp". speaking at a campaign event in dumfries, john swinney said the party would challenge every conservative seat north of the border. the snp are currently the thi

and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before.n a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in 0ldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. cheering and applause. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. cheering and applause. winning wasn't surprising. the scale of labour's victory was. the mood music for the prime minister pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people, but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the

and in that part of the world, chichester in west sussex, we're going to hear the lib dems out in thoseountry. so much so winchester, chichester, what they call nauseatingly that's not targeted at the lib dems. any talk of walls, i think is not the blue wall, as they call it, but essentially relatively affluent conservative seats where they believe they've got a really good shape. there's about 80 of them, the lib dem say, according to their numbers. john sweeney, the snp first minister, has been tracking up a lot of miles also in the last couple of days, although i think he was trying to fly to shetland, but the plane could not take off because of the fog. but the plane could not take off i mean, it is worth saying before we leave this episode that you can get the number of mps in scotland onto a number of labour members in scotland onto a tandem. so that one of the, you know, one of the big issues in our country of the last 15 years has been the snp eating the labour vote in scotland. yes. and if we are talking about themes and framing that battle ground which we can usefully call sco

and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before.candidates standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester. there's evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. winning wasn't surprising. the scale of labour's victory was. band plays. what's the mood music for the prime minister? pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hardworking conservative councillors, and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the

this is a lightning bolt that appeared over portsmouth and a windmill in west sussex was completely lit strikes a recorded across the south of england, some torrential downpours and the line of thundery showers pushing northwards and petering

lib dem leader ed davey was in chichester harbour in west sussex to announce plans for a new water regulatorlight his campaign issue of sewage dumping. today's campaign visits have had a more laid—back vibe in an election, though, which is going to be very far from plain sailing. helen catt, bbc news. keir starmer says labour would lower the voting age to 16 for general elections if it wins power. in scotland and wales, 16 and i7—year—olds can already vote to elect members of their nation's parliament. sir keir says that should be extended. yes, i want to see 16 and 17—year—olds voting. they can go out and work, they can serve in our armed forces and, of course, if they are out and working they pay tax. and therefore they should have a say over how the money they are paying in is being used. so, yes, i want to see that vote for 16 and 17—year—olds. if you can work, you can pay tax, serve in your armed forces, then you ought to be able to vote. our political correspondent harry farley is following the labour leader in stafford. i am here in stafford, stafford rangers football club, this is ex

the recipes haven't changed in 90 years at this traditional bakery in west sussex, but the cost of theirts has. flour prices, meat prices, energy prices, all up. that's put the squeeze on profits, but the end is in sight. prices aren't continuing to increase that much. they're definitely not coming down. that doesn't happen very often, but it does seem to feel like things are plateauing a little bit, and i'm really hoping to see that the pressure is eased a little bit and in the next few months we can start passing it on to our customer and our employees as well, which is going to be brilliant for everyone. a big cut in the energy price cap meant household bills were down more than a quarter since last april, helping to bring the overall inflation number down. food prices also rose less quickly. i think it's peaked now, i don't find it's gone up any more, but it's increased by about 50% over the last year or two. everywhere i go, even if i pop in- and have a coffee, it's, "how much?" i've changed some of my habits, so i don't buy something that's gone up so much, i change it to something

applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background.orking class, you're scared of debt. my mum and dad were scared of debt, so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than go into debt, and they chose the phone bill. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. the labour leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they still have questions about us. has labour changed enough? do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security? my answer is, yes, you can. the challenge for him is, can he convert disillusionment from some with the conservatives into votes for him, even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, a lack of enthusiasm for you? you have to ask why people are looking to labour, and i think they're looking to labour because they can see a changed labour party, which is absolutel

and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before.ive independent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. winning wasn't surprising, the scale of labour's victory was. music. the mood music for the prime minister pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors, and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory, but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the pr

he was in west sussex, where he promised that his party will deliver stability if it wins power.ged the labour party, dragged it back to service, and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice of this election — service or self—interest, stability or chaos, a labour party that has changed or a tory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you can stop the chaos, you can turn the page, you canjoin us, and together we can rebuild our country. thank you so much. thank you. the liberal democrats have launched their campaign in scotland. the party leader, sir ed davey, said they wouldn't form a coalition with the conservatives but didn't rule out a deal with labour. sir ed also says his party can become the third biggest in the commons after the general election, overtaking the snp. here's a little of what he said on a campaign visit to fife. in many parts of the country, we can do that... we have the amazing susan marie who, already, people think she is the mp, she is so active. if you go to the highlands and islands, if you go to invernes

a care home in sussex was damaged by lightning strikes , according to west sussex fire and rescue.hile yellow weather warnings remain in place across large parts of southern england. the met office said it could bring difficulties to driving conditions and some flooding . and for the latest flooding. and for the latest story , sign up to gb news alerts story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . it's now it's gbnews.com/alerts. it's now it's back to andrew and . bev. back to andrew and. bev. >> morning. morning. 934 this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, i've resolved it. >> well, i've resolved it. >> i've checked on the buckingham palace website. she's nine years old today. princess charlotte. and her formal title is her royal highness princess charlotte of wales. so if you meet her, beverly, you can say to her, you can curtsy if you would like to, and to a nine year old and say, very nice to meet you, your royal highness. >> i wonder what her teachers do at school. you know, a

and on the south coast in ada in west sussex, where they've never won before.ndent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. winning wasn't surprising, the scale of labour's victory was. music. the mood music for the prime minister pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors, and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory, but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the prime minist

he's been telling undecided voters in west sussex in south—east england that his party will deliver stabilitybour party says if elected it will carry out a 100—day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir starmer said m years of conservative "chaos" had damaged trust in politics and british institutions. and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country. i have change this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice at this election, service or self interest, stability or chaos. a labour party that has changed or a tory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you can stop the chaos, you can turn the page, you canjoin with us and together, we can rebuild our country! thank you so much. thank you. tory chairman richard holden described sir keir�*s speech as "wearisome and rambling". meanwhile, the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, says his party could become the third largest in the house of commons afterjuly�*s general election. speaking at the sco