spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote these mines are. i mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. you ve then got to clear away the forest. you ve got to dig a track to make them accessible. frankly, digging for gold around here is a pretty difficult operation. the alphonso family own a dozen mining concessions. they dig for treasur
labour s campaign is captured in one word and so far it is a pitch keeping sir keir starmer s party miles ahead in the opinion polls. yesterday, the labour leader pledged to change football governance rules to prevent any super league style breakaways by english clubs. today, the party is highlighting plans to create 350 new banking hubs in britain s towns a move the party claims would bring cash to high streets and help to keep pubs and other shops open. rishi sunak warned voters yesterday not to give labour a blank cheque on polling day. the prime minister knows the situation looks bleak for the tories but said he believes he can win. his tactic is to relentlessly criticise and question labour s tax plans. council tax is the latest focus and the tories say labour should rule out scrapping referenda on council tax hikes an attack labour described as hysterical and desperate. 3, 2, 1. while the two main parties slug it out, the liberal democrat leader ed davey seems to be
wife, amy, his daughter, meredith, his son, nick. may his memory be a blessing thanks to our panel for being here today. thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central start parts right now we are standing by for the announcement of a unprecedented security agreement with ukraine. it is supposed to last ten years, will last ten months if donald trump is elected for the first time since january 6, insurrection, and for the first time since he became a convicted criminal, donald trump returns to capital hill, meeting with republicans looking to rally their support behind closed doors with vp hopefuls, allies and former foes and south florida drowning in a deluge in some spots, almost a what and a half, a rain since just tuesday and even more is on the way. i m farrah cider with kate baldwin, john berman. this is skin, a new central well look, who s here i see that we coordinated without even talking. apologize for you right here.
Checks on borrowers, particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report by the regulator is published this morning. I will have more on that a little later. In Sport England are into the semi finals of the european championships. Jodie taylor scored the winner, as the Lionesses Beat france 1 0. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Todays the day of sunshine and showers, especially in central and Northern Areas. They will be fewer and further between them were yesterday. That leads us into a showery start to the week. Good morning. First, our main story thousands of extra Mental Health workers are to be recruited by the nhs in england. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra one Million People by 2021. The Royal College of nursing has questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such a short space of time. Here is more from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Ministers in england have already acknowledged the treatment offered to