With sam. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. The headlines im sam francis. The headlines at 12 00 to israel first, where Israeli Forces say they believe 100 hostages are still alive in gaza after recovering the bodies of three israelis whod been captured by hamas. Israeli forces say theyve been battling hamas fighters in northern gaza overnight in some of the fiercest engagement since returning to the area a week ago in the south of the territory, militants have also been attacking tanks around rafah. Attacking tanks around rafah. Meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands are expected to to take the streets in the capital this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas. Demonstrators from stop the war and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. A conservative mp has accused his local Water Company of being incompetent after supplies were contaminated by par
the uk home secretary, james cleverly, says conservative plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service if they win the election, would get young people out of their bubble. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. non compliance wouldn t mean prison, but there d be some form of sanction. helen catt reports. the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy, but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year s military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation that we have seen in society. too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble, and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic g
bit later on. they say you never forget how to ride a bike but what about playing the piano? one woman has started tickling the ivories again after a break of 80 years thanks to the help of a teenage volunteer. 90 year old sybil who is blind moved into a care home injanuary, at the same time that aaliyah began volunteering there and they bonded over a shared love of music, as juliette phillips reports. she has never lost her love of music and now rediscovered her passion for performing put up after decade she was inspired to return to the piano i thought, i love doing that lovely music that is. i wish i could ve kept on my piano lessons. playing like that. add be able to be happy in this carers home. add make all the other people happy. since then they pair have become quite the double act for the even losing her eyesight hasn t stopped civil patiently practising to relearn all the notes. never give up in life. never. keep going, if you give up you lost it. what is
southampton lead 1 nil to leeds united in the championship play off final at wembley. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. the home secretary james cleverly says the conservatives plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service if it wins, is about pushing young people out of their comfort zone . the party says it would cost two and half billion pounds a year and would see eighteen year olds join the military for a year or serve the community for a weekend a month for the same period. our political correspondent helen catt has more the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year of military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation we have seen in socie
kenyan vincent ngetich won the men s10k elite race, while ethopia s gotytom gebreslase won the women s race, and of course, as you d imagine, thousands of members of the public took to the streets too. there ll be some tired legs tonight. let s get you up to date with the final day of the aquatics gb diving championships in birmingham now, we ll start with the mens platform and noah williams won gold, this his last dive, but he fell fractionally short of what he needed to assure his place in the event in paris, needing a score of 480 for that, he scored 103.2. heartbreakingly close. but the selectors could still pick him at their discretion for the games. earlier, world championship medallists jack laugher and anthony harding have continued their build up to the paris 2024 olympic games with victory in the synchronised 3m springboard final. the pair have claimed world silver and bronze medals over the last 12 months and achieved a strong score of a21. points for their six ro