the economy, dealing with their waiting lists, getting british people back to work, setting up great british energy, those are the changes this country desperately needs. and i think so many people are yearning for change, if you want change, you have to vote for it. that was at the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today. their battle bus going off to essex to do more campaigning. that was launched this morning. the conservative party battle bus also lunch today. we can see the image of rishi sunak there. our correspondentjess parker is there. we can see the battle bus behind you. a lot more at the conservative party are offering throughout this election campaign.— party are offering throughout this election campaign. yes, we 'ust the prime minister * election campaign. yes, we 'ust the prime minister lunching _ election campaign. yes, we just the prime minister lunching effectivelyl prime minister lunching effectively the battle bus. if we move, you can maybe just seal it is slightly obscured at the moment, i think he is meeting your baby. he hasjust launched the conservative party campaign bus, which you can see behind me has some big letters on it, the conservative message "clear plan" bold and secure future plastered over the bus. rishi sunak gave a sort of stump speech, pretty familiar themes that he was outlining during that, so he was talking about how it has been a difficult few years. i have heard him say these things a few times when he addresses crowds because of covid and ukraine, he said he likes to have people's backs, he likes to mention the furlough scheme he had as chancellor, and talking about bringing in or maintaining economic stability. interestingly, this was a slightly new line on the stump speech i have heard, he brought up the diane abbott issue we have are just hearing about there, so i think the conservatives trying to make an attack line out of that row that labour has been going through after diane abbott, veteran labour mp, the first black female mp thought she had been banned from standing for the labour party. now keir starmer has said she can indeed stand. rishi sunak is trying to use that as part of his narrative that he says keir starmer is a weak leader, indecisive, and angela rayner, the deputy, is actually in charge. i'm sure keir starmer would refute all of that. i will try to see where the prime minister is now, maybe we can move a little this way. he is doing a little photo opportunity with activists. , ., ., a little photo opportunity with activists. , . ., ., activists. yes, we had a great view ofthe activists. yes, we had a great view of the prime _ activists. yes, we had a great view of the prime minister. _ activists. yes, we had a great view of the prime minister. he - activists. yes, we had a great view of the prime minister. he was - activists. yes, we had a great view of the prime minister. he wasjust| of the prime minister. he was just taking some selfies, so we were seeing him. he hasjust walked away now. as i think we will struggle... he is going inside, we will struggle to follow him in there. lots of people wanting selfies, some old—fashioned photos as well. just this idea, the levelling up focus, it is a bit of a leaf from the boris johnson school of thought. yes. johnson school of thought. yes, absolutely- _ johnson school of thought. yes, absolutely- i— johnson school of thought. yes, absolutely. i think _ johnson school of thought. yes, absolutely. i think rishi - johnson school of thought. 13:3 absolutely. i think rishi sunak wanted to take lots of photos with people who are conservative activists here today. i will bring you back to the bass given the prime minister has gone inside now. on the levelling up, it is people remember from 2019, something borisjohnson was campaigning back then, of course, to course, to try to be re—elected as prime minister. he talked about it a lot. it seems to have been revived by rishi sunak overnight in the latest campaign policy pledge. what the conservatives are saying is that they are going to invest in a 30 more times, £20 million to each. they have been accused, though, obscuring that money towards conservative areas. ministers are rejecting that claim. but there are question marks over levelling up funds as a whole. there was a committee this year that said... there has been criticism from the labour party who said that communities are feeling tory decline, they put it, and councils which play a role in running local communities have been begging for scraps, but that seems to be the policy they conservatives want to push today, and maybe we will hear later from the prime minister push today, and maybe we will hear laterfrom the prime minister a little more on that. you later from the prime minister a little more on that.— little more on that. you are mentioning _ little more on that. you are mentioning that _ little more on that. you are mentioning that rishi - little more on that. you are| mentioning that rishi sunak little more on that. you are - mentioning that rishi sunak was talking, well, referencing the diane abbott situation for the labour party. angela rayner, when it comes to this, the spending promises that rishi sunak was making, has described it as an unfunded spending commitment sure to be broken as quickly as it was made" so they're having pops at each other. timer;r quickly as it was made" so they're having pops at each other. they are havin: having pops at each other. they are having pops — having pops at each other. they are having pops at _ having pops at each other. they are having pops at each _ having pops at each other. they are having pops at each other, - having pops at each other. they are having pops at each other, that - having pops at each other. they are having pops at each other, that is i having pops at each other, that is certainly true. but at this stage of the campaign where manifestos have not been revealed. maybe they are still being rewritten and polished up still being rewritten and polished up right until the last minute. we do not actually know when all the parties will actually release does manifestos but it will have to be pretty soon. at the moment what you get is at the drip feed of pledges, the others they cost money, the parties will say it is fully costed and they will explain where the money has come from, but it really is that moment where we get the manifestos during the campaign that the numbers have to be, there's usually long index that explains how things will be played for and people scrutinise it line by line —— how things will be paid for. i have heard both conservatives and labour party taking aim at each other in terms of their pledges saying, the other guys, they have not funded these things properly, they will be damaging to the economy. it is a kind of war of narratives as they both try to convince voters are the party that can provide a stable economy and they are the party that has economic credibility. that is a battle of narratives that i am very sure is going to continue throughout the campaign, but an interesting dividing line in terms of their messages between labour and the conservatives, and we can get a really their view of the bus because all of the activists had moved away. what rishi sunak is essentially trying to say is do not change horses midstream. he is trying to get people to stick with him, whereas you will notice when soma keir starmer, the labour later stands up on a podium, usually there is a word right by his head that says a change, so that has a very clear message going on between the two parties, one thing, stick with me, what we're doing, and the other thing, no, it is time to a very different message between the two parties. pa, different message between the two arties. �* ., ., ., , parties. a battle of the narratives and today very — parties. a battle of the narratives and today very much _ parties. a battle of the narratives and today very much a _ parties. a battle of the narratives and today very much a battle - parties. a battle of the narratives and today very much a battle of l parties. a battle of the narratives l and today very much a battle of the buses. jess parker, thank you so much for showing us a little more of the senior in yorkshire, whereas jess was saying, rishi sunak was unveiling that battle bus. she makes the point that your words on the labour party battle bus this morning, so a battle of the narratives as well. of course, as always, lots more on our website, and i will say there will be a list of all the candidates standing in the general election, including their where we saw rishi sunak on their where we saw rishi sunak on the bbc website and that will happen when the nominations close on friday 7th ofjune. much more on our website. let's bring you a story about pharmacists. they say there's growing evidence of a crisis in the supply of medications in the uk, with an increasing use of emergency measures to prescribe alternatives when a drug isn't available. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. pharmacists say the supply of medicines is complicated. it's an international business that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices, and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence — the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there's a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says they've been issued 50 times in the past two years, but in the two years before that, just 15 were issued. a whole range of medicines have been affected — including forangina, epilepsy, adhd, and cystic fibrosis. university student amber lives with cystic fibrosis and is struggling to get medication that helps her digest food. without it, i basically can't eat. also, to try and get the medicine i'm having to drive around for hours and hours to different pharmacies taking these scripts. finishing second year is like carnage for... really stressful for, like, a normal student, but a student that can't eat properly — like, can't find the medicine that keeps me alive — that stress is just unimaginable! pharmacists say they are increasingly having to turn patients away. unfortunately, because of the issues that we're currently facing with medicine shortages, we are having to turn patients away. and we see first hand the stress that it causes for a lot of patients — particularly those who have been on these medicines for a long time, or they're seeking the medicines for their children. and it's heartbreaking for us as health care professionals, as pharmacists, to have to send patients away, or to have to tell them that they're going to have to wait longer to get the medicines. the uk is not the only country in the world experiencing problems with drug supplies — it's a global issue. but the npa says it wants all the main parties in the election to commit to tackling the shortages. dominic hughes, bbc news. former police officers have told the bbc they're concerned about ongoing delays in pension payments. the women are among tens of thousands of workers who were found to be victims of age discrimination when changes were made to their public sector pensions in 2014. older colleagues were protected from the changes. eleanor lawrie reports from bolton. at the time, i was very grateful to be retiring early. sam hodkinson used to be a nightingale police officer — a front—line responder helping victims of sexual assault. i do miss not being in the police, but it's for my own physical and mental wellbeing. serious illness forced the 54—year—old to take early retirement. i was unfortunate enough to be diagnosed ten years ago with breast cancer... ..which required a lot of treatment. she only found out last year she's owed extra pension payments, potentially running into the thousands. itjust makes me feel angry, really. being a police officer is a difficultjob. to find out that, like you say, the pension scheme, there's been a rule regarding it and we are entitled to some more money — ijust hope that, you know, it gets settled soon enough that we can then enjoy the fruits of that. courts have ruled that sam and thousands of other workers are victims of age discrimination. it's after older workers were protected from changes to public sector pensions, but their younger colleagues weren't. officers are supposed to find out what they could get by april, but campaigners like michelle mooney are worried that could be extended. i don't believe that they are going to get the best part of 45,000 officers done between now and the end of march next year. that's going to be a herculean effort. if it was you or anybody else that somebody was owed money to, you would want your money now — not as an airy—fairy, somewhere in the distance, you might or you will get the money that's owed to you. xps — the main police pensions administrator for england and wales — has sent out 252 remedy statements out of over 32,000. in a statement, it said it's fully committed to ensure that all members receive timely settlement of their benefits. sppa — the scottish administrator — said the delay was down to uncertainties about the tax treatment of certain payments. both say they expect to meet the march deadline. how does it feel that you might potentially not get to see that money? sam still doesn't know exactly how much she's owed, and fears she may not live to receive it. although i'm cancer—free at the moment, heaven forbid the cancer comes back, that i don't live to see the benefit of that extra money. eleanor lawrie, bbc news, in bolton. there's a fresh warning about the dangers of mud on beaches after several reports of people getting stuck following extreme weather. the coastguard says there's been a recent increase in incidents — and it's stepping up training for the busy summer ahead. our reporter crispin rolfe joined emergency crews in cleethorpes. racing against time... pumping up the raft. ..and sometimes against the tide. presumably, this would be time critical in an emergency? very time critical. it's about practice. the more we practise to do it, the quicker you can do it. yes, the challenges faced by volunteer coastguard teams along the cleethorpes coast as they go about saving the lives of those who get stuck in its mud. the coastguard teams practise regularly — and they have to because they say that the number of people getting stuck is increasing. yes, we are having an increase in incident numbers and hopefully with our training, kit and equipment, we'll be able to make that intervention that will be a life—saving intervention. it's hard to believe just how difficult it is to move like this, isn't it? you look at the special footwear we wear to get us in and out of the mud compared to your wellingtons and how far you've sunk and how easy we are moving across and you're now stuck. i am stuck. you are stuck. stop! i have to turn around and sit you in a raft because you can't walk back. if you try to pull that out, you'll leave your boot behind. yeah. you're now technically stuck in the mud as a casualty. i know. we need to extract you back in our raft back to the safe zone. so when we dig people out, we're always looking for the bottom of the foot, the heel. see how sloppy it is? don't push down that straight for me and just hold it on top of the mud up. and you've only gone that deep, but you're stuck. of course, even though people know of the dangers, it's all too easy to get caught out, which is why those living up and down the east coast here appreciate what the coastguard does. we're here to help people, not to judge people if they get into distress or they get into the mud. we're here to help you, and that's what the coast guard's about. crispin rolfe, bbc news. next week marks the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings — and ahead of the date we've been telling the stories of some of those involved. our reporterjohn maguire has been to normandy to meet three french women who were young children at the time of liberation. for the people of northern france, years of nazi occupation came to an end with d—day and its aftermath. civilians paid a heavy price in lives and property destroyed as the allies drove the german forces south. the fighting was often brutal. those alive today were mostly children in 19114. paulette, jacqueline and antoinette are among those locals depicted in scenes from the longest yarn knitting project. they remember the american parachutists landing near their village. translation: well, my parents realised it was d-day, _ but they were expecting the british, but not the americans. i can still remember my parents. they couldn't believe it. yes, my parents were happy when they saw the americans arrive and the germans flee. antoinette still has her communion dress made from one of the white parachutes the airborne forces left behind. this is paulette on the left with the white bow in her hair. the photograph has been recreated in one of the knitted panels. she tells me what it was like for a young girl from rural france to meet americans for the first time. they crossed the line. they came across the field and they were in front of our yard. they asked us about things we didn't know and they gave us chewing gum and stuff, but we didn't want any. oh, yes, and chewing gum. we didn't want any because we didn't know them. but they were very nice. here's jacqueline on the left on her family's small farm. life under the germans had been tough for most, and food was scarce. so my mother gave us something to eat, and she was 35, she didn't eat. she always told us that she couldn't see all the young soldiers who were going to be killed to take her own tongue. she couldn't eat lunch that day, and that was the most painful moment of the d—day for me, because i saw my mother unhappy, on the verge of tears. what i remember about the americans is that their bread was very, very white. because we had food restrictions during the war. the americans brought with them weird and wonderful items that the locals had never seen before. mum was walking along the path and saw a bar of soap. there was a shortage. but it wasn't soap, it was dynamite! 0h! my father told her, "don't use that because it's not soap". she realised afterwards. oh, yes, it still happens. when the farmers plough the land, they sometimes still find shells. much of the surrounding countryside was flooded, treacherous for both sides, regardless of combat. the water claimed many lives. when the americans arrived, they went through the marsh and into the water. there were more germans in the area who left. they crossed the water, the marsh and, of course, there were deaths. the girls�* families were anxious to protect them as best they could, but the battle in nearby carentan was fierce, as the americans and germans fought at close quarters. we could hear the machine gun fire. it scared us, yes. i found that very hard. yes, i was scared for the people of carentan. we couldn't see anything, but we could hear the machine gun fire. but during the landings, we were very scared of the germans. they will, they say, always remember the young men who appeared from the sky, left on foot, and changed their destiny. how to explain it? there's always this gratitude in our hearts. when i go to utah beach, every time i imagine it, ialways feel compassion for those young people. d—day was a lifetime away, but remains part of life here every day. we've been talking about it for 80 years now, and there's not a day goes by when we don't talk to each other about it. that's true. 0h, not me. i don't think about that any more. there are wars everywhere today. next week, they will join family, friends and foreigners to pay tribute and to remember those who fought for their freedom. but most of all, to say merci — thank you. john maguire, bbc news, normandy. we will have special coverage of the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings — 80th anniversary of the d—day landings on the 6th ofjune across across the bbc. festival season is almost here in the uk and later this month, thousands of music fans will gather at worthy farm for the world famous glastonbury festival. well, ever since he started rapping as a teenager, chiedu oraka, dreamed of performing there — and he's now finally secured a slot. our reporter natalie bell went to meet him. # different inside # because i'm from a place that's deprived... 21st avenue, north hull estate, hu6. this is where it all started for me. i would say this street is probably the biggest inspiration to my music. growing up on this estate, chiedu, did you ever imagine and picture yourself at glastonbury? i never thought back then that i would be performing at glastonbury. ever since chiedu oraka began rapping as a teenager, one of his biggest dreams has been to perform in front of thousands of people at glastonbury, and in just a few weeks' time that will become a reality. i'm privileged to be in a position to be able to do that, but i've been grafting. like, people might think, "oh, chiedu's just been around for a couple of years." this is like 15 years of graft. i always say my official start—up in the game was 2011 because that's when i released my first cd, when i was like dishing them out on the streets and selling them for £3. humber street sesh 2017 i'm going to say is probably my favourite ever gig. first time people have mosh pitted in one of my performances, so that was crazy. # anything goes, so don't tell me to stick to a genre. # don't limit yourself. # don't let anyone out here ever con ya...# his tracks have now had millions of streams on spotify. now, then, this is room 73, the home studio of me and the lockdown boys. and this is where the magic happens. in this little booth that my mate built for me. thejourney has been mad. when i first started rapping, i got laughed at for rapping. why is a hull guy rapping in a hull accent? people used to take the mickey out of me. # no one makes it round here. # round here we get forgotten... i had to sandwich my performances in between, like, indie bands. i had to just try and get a piece of anywhere that would want to listen to me. and not many people did want to listen to me at first. # i motivate the youth, that's what i'm doing with my art... chiedu says as well as changing people's perceptions of hull with his music, it's also about inspiring the next generation. i feel like it's important to sort of be that inspirational character, especially for the kids on my council estate, to see, like, if chiedu can do it, because he comes from a place like us, then i can do something successful with my life. # this lifestyle's certainly not a walk in the park...# it's a busy few weeks ahead for chiedu as he gets ready for the biggest performance of his career. he'll take to the bbc introducing stage at glastonbury on the 30th ofjune. # and someone asked me, am i ever going to make it? # if there's a glass ceiling, my intention is to break it.# natalie bell with that report, glastonbury taking on the 26th to 30th ofjune. what will the weather be like then? what will the weather be like then? what will the weather be like then? what will the weather be like this weekend? let's find out from simon king. hello again. it's been a fine start to the weekend so far. today, of course, is the 1st ofjune, the start of meteorological summer, and the weekend will see some summer—like weather for many of us. it's been a lovely start here in somerset — from one of our weather watchers with some blue skies. there is some patchy cloud floating around out there and it will continue to do so into the afternoon. the possibility of one or two showers around parts of aberdeenshire, perhaps northern england and across wales, but those will be really very isolated. for most, staying dry. bit of a northerly wind there still across the eastern coast of england, making it feel a bit on the cool side at times. temperatures 15 or 16 celsius. highest temperatures to be found in the west with highs of 19, 20, even 21 celsius. now, through tonight, we'll see some cloud across the far south—east. cloud also thickening in northern ireland and across scotland, but clear skies elsewhere. it could turn quite chilly in the countryside — temperatures perhaps down to five or six celsius. but sunday morning starting off on a largely fine note for most of us. this area of high pressure dominating the weather at the moment. we have got some cloud, though, coming over the top of that, some rain, a weather front starting to move its way in, and that will bring more cloud across scotland and northern ireland. a few spots of rain likely here as well. some sunny spells there towards eastern and southern scotland and across england and wales, although there will be some high level cloud moving southward, making the sunshine turn a little bit hazy from time to time. still pleasant enough, though, and still warm for many of us, especially, actually, towards southern and eastern areas compared to today. temperatures potentially 22 or 23 celsius. now, into next week, high pressure will slowly drift away. we've got a weather front moving its way southward so during monday cloud and some patches of light rain and drizzle moving its way southward across many areas. the sunshine, though, returning across scotland, the far north of england. temperatures still about 17 to 20, 21 celsius. a little bit warmer in north—eastern areas. elsewhere a tad cooler, and we'll continue to see that cooling off slightly throughout the week. colder air moving its way in from the north—west as we go through tuesday and into wednesday. it will turn a bit more unsettled as the week goes on — some showers or some outbreaks of rain at times. but still temperatures in northern parts of 1a, 15 celsius. with the sunshine across england and wales, at times temperatures 17—20 celsius, so still feeling very pleasant. bye— bye. live from london. this is bbc news. ticketmaster's owner, live nation, confirms hackers have accessed customer data. the polls have closed in the last phase of india's general election — with nearly one billion people eligible to vote. could a permanent ceasefire in gaza finally be reached? israel and hamas give broadly positive responses to a new peace proposal. in the uk, the electoral campaign enters its second week, with the political leaders making pledges on wealth and levelling up across the country. and the breakthrough saliva test that could turn the tide on prostate cancer. hello and welcome. we begin with one of history's biggest ever global consumer hacks — the owner of the ticketing website ticketmaster has confirmed that hackers have accessed customer data. live nation entertainment says it's working to mitigate risk to users after the hackers offered personal data for sale on the dark net.