the gambling commission over a bet about the timing of the election. russell george who is a member of the welsh parliament has stepped back from his party s shadow cabinet and says he will co operate fully . wikileaks founderjulian assange leaves prison in britain and flies to an american territory in the pacific after reaching a plea deal with the us. he will not face further prison time after pleading guilty, and he will be free to return to australia, his home country. at least five people are shot dead in kenya as police crack down on protests against tax increases. the kenyan government has announced that the military have now been deployed. and a former fujitsu engineer who helped design the horizon it system tells the post office inquiry that he thought the software worked well, most of the time. garethjenkin gave evidence in the pivotal 2010 trial of seema misra, who was jailed while pregnant. the wikileaks founderjulian assange will land this hour in the us t
morning, morning. let s start by looking at the papers. the sunday times front page likely to please labour, their promise not to raise some key taxes will be in the manifesto. the observer goes on the party s pledge to set up specialist courts for rape cases. nigel farage claims to the express that reform, his party, are the real opposition now. many of the papers carry the worrying story about rescue teams search for the missing tv presenter dr michael mosley, who disappeared while on a greek island on wednesday and there will be coverage of that across the bbc through the day but let s with you three, welcome, turn to the election. it s been a busy weekend, john, you ve been watching on for some time, you gave money to the conservatives that backed boris johnson, you seem keir starmer who has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? his. has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? no, not at all, the have you made up your mind? no,
at the weather with louise. hello there. having just had one of the wettest and dullest springs on record, i m sure if you ve got 12 hours of sunshine, you d take it. that s exactly what we had on wednesday through the isle of man. a chilly day, but a beautiful day in terms of sunshine. slightly different story further north and west, temperatures struggled in parts of scotland to get up into double figures and there was a rash of sharp showers as well. that s because scotland and northern ireland, you re closest to this area of low pressure and a brisk northwesterly wind continues to feed showers in around that low. so we start off on a chilly note first thing on thursday morning. sunny spells and scattered showers through scotland and northern ireland, fairly widespread throughout the day. further south after a cloudy start, the cloud should break up, some sunshine come through. there s always a risk of one or two isolated showers across england and wales, but hopefully the
the invitation was for leaders or leading figures to take part, and tonight, the seven debaters are. for the conservatives, the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. labour s deputy leader, angela rayner. rhun ap iorwerth, the leader of plaid cymru the party of wales. carla denyer, co leader of the green party in england and wales. the liberal democrats deputy leader, daisy cooper. and the scottish national party s westminster leader, stephen flynn. applause the parties drew lots to decide their position on stage. and they stand before an audience chosen by the pollsters savanta. they come from many different backgrounds, reflecting voters from across great britain. they include supporters of the seven parties, as well as some undecided voters.