And weve had. Weve had 14 years of going round and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. Chaos and Division Feeding Chaos and division. And that has a cost, a human cost. In milton keynes, i met will, whos a fireman, and he has a simple dream, not an unreasonable dream. He wants to own his own home. Hes got two extra jobs on top of being a fireman, but he still cant afford it because the chaos and division of this government has robbed him of that dream. That is the price that he is paying. Sir keir starmer spent about all those supporters with banners saying change. Strategists always say during a campaign to have a simple message and keep repeating it until voters buy it and then do it some more. Im sure over the next six weeks that is how it is going to play out. More in a moment or two, i hope to speak to laura trott from the conservatives in the next little while but why dont we pause and catch up with some of the Sports Headlines of the day. Lets cross. Hello there. Thank
Of the south east. It does change into sunday, Bank Holiday Monday, the Weather Front crosses the country. We will still have sunshine around, but heavy showers, may be thundery once on sunday, pretty much anywhere as we head into a Bank Holiday Monday it looks like the heaviest of the thundery showers were moved to northern areas. Quite a bit of sunshine in the south, still quite warm into the new week, staying quite unsettled with sunshine at times, but showers or even longer spells. Thanks, stav. And thats bbc news at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Goodbye. Hello, im olly foster. Heres whats coming up on sportsday fantastic phil we hear from the Manchester City and england star on a stellar season that could get even better. Lookman lights up dublin well look back at the Europa League final on a memorable night for atalanta and their london born forward. No luck of the draw for andy murray hes got a tough start at the french open. Also coming up
Profit from betting on those matches. That is absolutely prohibited underfootball association regulations. Meanwhile, west ham have officially appointed Julen Lopategui as their new manager. The former spain, real madrid and most recently wolves coach has been out of a job since leaving the premier league last year. He agreed a deal with west ham earlier this month and succeeds david moyes, who won the Europa Conference League with west ham last year. Fresh from winning the t20 series, englands Women Cricketers have beaten pakistan by in their opening one Day International in derby. Batting first at the county ground, england lost a steady flow of wickets before Alice Capsey Dug in to make 44, her best one Day International score, as the home side finished on 243 9. Sophie ecclestone was then pick of the england bolwers as she took 3 26, on the way to beating pakistan by 37 runs. And thats the sport. Lucy, thank you very much. You are watching the context. It is time for our regular we
You are watching the context. Now its time for europe votes 202a. Elections in the uk, elections in the European Union. Two weeks today, 400 Million People across europe will vote to elect their representatives to the European Parliament. They will choose 720 politicians from 27 countries in what many people consider the most pivotal vote the European Union has staged since members were first elected in 1979. And by the end ofjuly, there will be new parliaments in both the eu and uk, with implications for both sides, for those negotiations post brexit, and in a whole range of areas. Most notably security, migration and trade. Now, for those who dont follow politics in brussels, you should know there are the institutions involved in the legislative process. There is the european commission, that shapes policy, the parliament, directly elected, that debates and vote on those bills, and the council of european leaders, that have an equal say in what is adopted. And at the top of the commi
China has started two days of Military Exercises around taiwan as a strong punishment. The drills come after lai ching te was sworn in as taiwans new president this week and made an Inauguration Speech that china denounced as a confession of independence. The late president Ebrahim Raisi was buried in his North Eastern hometown in the last day of state organised funeral ceremonies. The state media have praised the funeral in mashhad, stressing that millions attended the ceremony. Good evening. As theyjourneyed into work yesterday, recess looming, the mps At Westminster were probably planning for a Long Bank Holiday weekend. So much for that today they were coming to terms with six weeks of frenetic campaigning, many of them already back in their constituencies, the lucky ones with Party Leaders alongside. There will be miles and miles of travel before voting day onjuly 4th. Even if they re are mostly guided by the maps that lead to target seats, not the same maps that we might use. The