Five. Weve waited for years. Prime ministers have come and gone. Careers have risen and fallen. But as the rain poured down on downing street and the nafion down on downing street and the nation looked on expectantly, it finally happened. Someone emailed gb news saying they agreed with benjamin butterworth. The wokeist non gender aligned person in britain is back for more, and his old sparring partner Albie Amankona has jetted back from holiday to join the fun too. But im afraid theres no ben leo this week. Theres no ben leo this week. But lovers of annoyingly overconfident young right wingers need not despair. The one and only Alex Armstrong is present and correct now, keeping a measure of order and making her debut on the show. The brilliant freelance journalist georgia gillooly. Now folks, you all know the drill. We outline our argument about a chosen topic, then we all pile in and the first starts to fly. And of course, we want your views as well. Much more important than ours. Se
Addison. Thanks, darren. Its exactly 602. Our top stories. This hour. The Prime Minister says voters and their families would be at risk under a Labour Government posting in a long thread on x, rishi sunak claimed that labour doesnt have a plan and said that would give, quote, our enemies the chance to take advantage of our weakness. The tories are trying to make security a key dividing line between themselves and sir Keir Starmers party. After pledging to raise defence spending to 2. 5 by 2030, while sir keir starmer says the voting age should be lowered to 16. Both major parties have been pitching their messages to voters on the first weekend of this Election Campaign, with the government focusing on the economy. Speaking to reporters, the labour leader said young people deserve to have a say. I want to see 16 and 17 year olds voting. They can go out and work, they can serve in our armed forces and of course, if they are out and working, forces and of course, if they are out and work
I held him in the very highest regard because of what he gave to me. They gave me my england debut and set me on the road, and i will never forget that. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the latest twist in Donald Trumps confrontation with the heads of americas Intelligence Agencies. Mr trump says the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, called him last night to condemn a leaked report claiming the President Elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. But mr clapper has said hed made no judgment on whether the report was reliable and he rejected mr trumps suggestion that Us Intelligence was responsible for the leak. Our correspondent Christian Fraser has the latest. Eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. But never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. This morning, as is now the norm, he began the day with a tweaked in fa ct, began the day with a tweaked in fact, what mr clapper told reporters is that he
Of the end of world war ii. Bagpipes skirl. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. This is the scene at the National Arboretum in staffordshire, which will host a National Service of remembrance. 0ur headlines today the scramble to beat the quarantine deadline thousands travel through the night to leave france before new restictions come into force. Good morning. In sport, brilliant bayern leave barcelona battered and bruised. After days of anxiety over exam the spanish heavyweights were dismantled 8 2 as the german grades, schools in england are told they wont have to pay to appeal champions claim the biggest ever win in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Good morning. The intense heat has against a level and gcse results. 110w good morning. The intense heat has now gone gcioss a day of commemorations today, to good morning. The intense heat has now gone across the uk, but we still keep a lot of humidity. That is mark the 75th anniversary
Uk government borrowing hits a record monthly high of £55 billion in may, as the coronavirus continued to press heavily on the public finances. Theres a mountain to climb to get back into power, according to a major review of labours 2019 general election defeat, its worst since 1935. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can get in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a one billion pound boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towards a special tutoring programme for the most disadvantaged children. The rest of the money, £650 million, will be available to schools to spend on one to one or Group Tuition for any pupils they think need it. Critics say the plans lack detail and that Early Years Providers and colleges for over 16s have been left out