on his eventual retirement. he says finishing a wimbledon or paris olympics would be fitting. good evening. england passed their first test at the euros in germany with a win against serbia. the only goal, from jude bellingham, reflected a strong england performance in the first half, but the going got tougher in the second half. let s cross straight to our sports editor dan roan, who is in gelsenkirchen for us now. it is interesting, in the build up to this tournament, gareth southgate, ahead of his fourth and possibly final final is in charge, had warned england s fans this would not be easy against a dangerous looking serbian side, and so it proved. # sweet caroline.# lunchtime in gelsenkirchen and england fans already making themselves heard as they flocked, full of euros confidence. we are going to win it. it s coming home, it has to be our year, this year. we say it every time! we re just really excited to be here. can t wait, can t wait to get in that ground. it s our
we begin with some football news. england have beaten serbia in their first game at the european championship in germany. jude bellingham scored the only goal in the first half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka. thesejubilant scenes at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. gareth southgate s side are one of the favourites to win the tournament, having reached the final in the last tournament. our sports editor dan roan was pitchside after the game. they ground out a crucial win. that was the kind of game before southgate that england may have drawn or even lost. it s a fourth time in the four major tournaments thing when i won the crucial opening game. first half, england were really good. bellingham majestic as we heard. sachar as well. after the restart, serbia was much more energetic. there were debates around whether the start. now, let s go to a couple of guys. we actually watched the game with these two guys here. shaq, kai, we re l
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up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
eastern areas and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome. katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. aft