And a first best actor oscar for ireland, as Cillian Murphy wins for oppenheimer. Tonight, newsnight comes live from paisley. Once one of the uks industrial powerhouses, were in this historic scottish town with politicians and invited guests to talk about their preoccupations and passions ahead of the general election. Good evening. In seemingly trying to dampen down speculation about her health, it appears the princess of wales may have fanned more flames of conspiracy. Kate has now apologised for any confusion after admitting she edited the First Official photograph shed appeared in since undergoing Abdominal Surgery two months ago. Five Picture Agencies withdrew the image over concerns it had been manipulated. Why it was altered in the first place, we may never know. Kensington palace says the original photo will not be released. Daniela relph is at Windsor Castle for us tonight. Clive, that Controversial Photo was taken here in the grounds of Windsor Castle towards the end of last
we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
Place on ajuly. Today, Party Leaders have hit the Campaign Trail, delivering their message to voters across the uk as the countdown to polling day begins. The Prime Minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives can offer security and economic stability, while The Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. And he promised to rebuild the country. Well be live on the Campaign Trail in a moment or two, will talk to the people political 30s as well. Meanwhile, nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Back to speak to where we are with the polling in the past two weeks. The most recent poll during the month of may, we are looking at labour on 44 , 21 points ahead of the conservatives on 23 , so very substantial lead. This is the biggest lead that weve had at the beginning of our election sincejohn major went to the country back in 1997. The re
Its on. A rain soaked rishi sunak calls the election. Why is he taking the gamble now . Drums a little guitar, please. One, two, three, four. Earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the Dissolution Of Parliament. We will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. Look around our country. The sewage in our rivers. People waiting on trolleys in a e. Crime, virtually unpunished. Mortgages and food prices, through the roof. Its all a direct result of the tory chaos in. Westminster. Show me, show me, show me, show what you got. Immigration is finally coming down and we are stopping the boats with our rwanda partnership. Its on, its on, its on. On the 5th ofjuly, either keir starmer or i will be Prime Minister. He has shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power. Its on, its on ok, now are you ready . Yeah one, two, one, two, three, four. Good evening. It definitely didnt feel like summer when the Prime Minister announced today
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems