i m able to bring you. that is a process that takes some time. so that s where we are at the moment. i think it s fair to say, as things stand, the story has eased off a bit. it s not as dominant and sort of headline making as it was at the tail end of last week. that s not to say it might not flare up again. prime minister has said today, he s been in edinburgh launching the conservative scottish manifesto with douglas ross, the outgoing leader of the scottish conservatives, that he s not aware of any of the conservative candidates who are being looked into. it s intriguing that because i m not sure it d be absolutely certain he would necessarily know, potentially. and of course, there s lots of people in and around politics who may or may not be candidates. so, yeah, that s kind of where we are now. it hasn t gone away. it may not go away, but as things stand it has eased in the nosiness of about i think would be a reasonable summary as we record at what 5.10pm on monday. a
of prime ministerial debate also on the bbc, a week on a week tomorrow, a week on wednesday. so, yeah. i kind of feel like. i ve got that in my phone on the wrong day. 0h, have you.? i thought it was on the friday. yeah. no, there is going to be something i think on the friday too, a week on friday. so, yeah, that s kind of the vibe. that s kind of the vibe i think at the moment. i m going to call this the champagne problems period. oh, yeah? because that s the halfway point on the on the set list for taylor swift s eras tour. is that right? halfway through the concert. right, well, there you go. i think that s entirely zeitgeisty and appropriate and very adam, yeah. right, let s see what else we can shoehorn into this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. and it s chris in the studio. face to face, you re not in the back of a train. so i ve spoken to you on a train, in a car and a pub garden, in a car park. yes. and then there s the boat
with harry maguire already ruled out of the squad through injury, fellow centre halfjohn stones missed training today with an illness adding to england s fitness concerns in defence. the sense that southgate will have to draw on all his experience if he s to finally guide his team to glory. dan roan, bbc news, blankenhain. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. tonight, rishi sunak underfire for the conservative government s record, as keir starmer refuses to rule out a series of tax rises. will any of it shift the dial? good evening. welcome to newsnight, with the best insight into tonight s interviews rishi sunak and sir keir starmer gave to sky s beth rigby and the answers they both gave to an audience of voters in grimsby. we re going to talk live to the home secretary and labour s shadow paymaster general. as soon as we establish communications. we can see them, we cannot quite hear them yet. and later, we ll speak to the deputy leader of the greens. ashraf
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w
match at the euros, we look at the meteoric rise of adam wharton. i want iwanta these teenagers go five days without one. and coming up on bbc news. two and a half weeks after fa cup glory with manchester united, eric ten hag gets the nod from the club s board to remain on as manager. good evening. we start tonight with a close look at one of the big issues of this election campaign crime. for some communities it s a constant worry, and we ve heard through the bbc s your voice your vote that you want politicians to come up with solutions. in cleveland, the police force recorded the highest overall crime rate in england and wales last year they say they are working with people and that crime is now falling. but what does it feel like for communities living underfrequent threat? our uk editor ed thomas has been to middlesbrough to find out. it s brutal round here. it is, it s brutal. crime. you have to be prepared, don t you. if someone s going to stab you, you have to stab