hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday. we start with football. france s star studded squad have arrived at their euro 2024 headquarters in germany and they ve got straight down to training. fronted by kylian mbappe, france are many people s favourites to win the tournament. they re second in the world rankings, behind only argentina, who they lost to on penalties in the world cup final two years ago. they begin their campaign against austria on monday. borussia dortmund captain emre can has been given a late call up to the germany squad. the former liverpool man replaces bayern munich s aleksander pavlovic who was forced to pull out with tonsilitis. pavlovic is just 20, and he only made his international debut just over a week ago, but he was named injulian nagelsmann s squad for the tournament. the hosts kick off their campaign on friday against scotland, who are now well settled into their base in the bavarian ski resort of garmisch partenkirchen. midfielder billy g
as many of us look forward to a summer holiday, the cost of being dropped off at the airport is now higher than ever. i ll have the details on how much it s gone up. it s gold in rome for keely hodgkinson. despite struggling with illness, she wins the european 800m title once again, with the olympics just around the corner. after a brighter, sunny start in central and eastern areas, rain in the west will cross us all except for the far east and it will be windy especially in the west. all the details later. it s thursday the 13th ofjune. our main story. labour will publish its election manifesto this morning, with sir keir starmer saying he is putting wealth creation at the heart of his plans for government. he s said there will be no surprises on tax and has ruled out increases in vat, income tax and national insurance. the conservatives have challenged labour to match their own range of tax pledges for families and businesses. our political correspondent damian grammaticas
joining us on sportsday. we start with football. france s star studded squad have arrived at their euro 2024 headquarters in germany and they ve got straight down to training. fronted by kylian mbappe, france are many people s favourites to win the tournament. they re second in the world rankings, behind only argentina, who they lost to on penalties in the world cup final two years ago. they begin their campaign against austria on monday. borussia dortmund captain emre can has been given a late call up to the germany squad. the former liverpool man replaces bayern munich s aleksander pavlovic who was forced to pull out with tonsilitis. pavlovic is just 20, and he only made his international debut just over a week ago, but he was named injulian nagelsmann s squad for the tournament. the hosts kick off their campaign on friday against scotland, who are now well settled into their base in the bavarian ski resort of garmisch partenkirchen. midfielder billy gilmour says the exci
match of the tournament here in three days time. and good morning. remaining in charge at manchester united. after speculation he wouldn t be there next season, the club s board decides erik ten hag will stay on as manager. and she s the queen of funk who s been getting us on the dance floor for more than five decades. we hearfrom chaka khan in her new role as a music festival curator. good morning. it is a cloudy start for many of us this morning. the cloud will hang around in the east where we will see most of the showers. it will brighten up in the west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. iwould have west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday the 12th june. our main story. the green party will launch its election manifesto in brighton and hove today. they re promising a £50 billion a year investment into the nhs and social care. they
france s star studded squad have arrived at their euro 2024 headquarters in germany and they ve got straight down to training. fronted by kylian mbappe, france are many people s favourites to win the tournament they re second in the world rankings, behind only argentina, who they lost to on penalties in the world cup final two years ago. they begin their campaign against austria on monday. borussia dortmund captain, emre can, has been given a late call up to the germany squad. the former liverpool man replaces bayern munich s alexander pavlovic who was forced to pull out with tonsilitis. pavlovic is just 20, and he only made his international debut just over a week ago, but he was named injulian nagelsmann s squad for the tournament. the hosts kick off their campaign on friday against scotland, who are now well settled into their base in the bavarian ski resort of garmisch partenkirchen. midfielder billy gilmour says the excitement is building and he s looking forward t