the economy, dealing with their waiting lists, getting british people back to work, setting up great british energy, those are the changes this country desperately needs. and i think so many people are yearning for change, if you want change, you have to vote for it. that was at the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today. their battle bus going off to essex to do more campaigning. that was launched this morning. the conservative party battle bus also lunch today. we can see the image of rishi sunak there. our correspondentjess parker is there. we can see the battle bus behind you. a lot more at the conservative party are offering throughout this election campaign. party are offering throughout this election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister lunching election campaign. yes, we just the prime minister lunching effectivelyl prime minister lunching effectively the battle bus.
rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each, if the conservatives are re elected. my colleaguejess parker has been following the conservatives and gave me this update earlier. i am on the conservative battle bus. it s on its inaugural campaignjourney. and there s a little bit of confusion because, of course, myself and other reporters have been reporting from buses since the campaign began. that was on a different bus. didn t have conservative branding. didn t have the prime minister on board. but we re now on the officially branded bus that was launched earlier today in redcar, and we re continuing to travel across the north east. just to give you a sense of this bus, if the camera will kindly do a little crowd view. this is producerjack bbc producerjack. and then down the aisle there there are other reporters from different broadcasters, from newspapers as well. and of course the idea is that you get to follow the campaign, you get to be in re
campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
locals depicted in scenes from the longest yarn knitting project. they remember the american parachutists landing near their village. translation: well, my parents realised it was d-day, but they were expecting the british, but not the americans. i can still remember my parents. they couldn t believe it. yes, my parents were happy when they saw the americans arrive and the germans flee. antoinette still has her communion dress made from one of the white parachutes the airborne forces left behind. this is paulette on the left with the white bow in her hair. the photograph has been recreated in one of the knitted panels. she tells me what it was like for a young girl from rural france to meet americans for the first time. they crossed the line. they came across the field and they were in front of our yard. they asked us about things we didn t know and they gave us chewing gum and stuff, but we didn t want any. chocolat?
mostly children in 19114. paulette, jacqueline and antoinette are among those locals depicted in scenes from the longest yarn knitting project. they remember the american parachutists landing near their village. translation: well, my parents realised it was d-day, but they were expecting the british, but not the americans. i can still remember my parents. they couldn t believe it. yes, my parents were happy when they saw the americans arrive and the germans flee. antoinette still has her communion dress made from one of the white parachutes the airborne forces left behind. this is paulette on the left with the white bow in her hair. the photograph has been recreated in one of the knitted panels. she tells me what it was like for a young girl from rural france to meet americans for the first time. they crossed the line. they came across the field