glastonbury looks dry this year. here in kew gardens, lots of sunshine. i will have the weather for you later. it s wednesday the 26th june. with just over a week to go until polling day, the prime minister rishi sunak and labour s sir keir starmer are preparing to go head to head in their final leaders debate of the election later. it comes as members of both main parties continue to face difficult questions about betting allegations. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the second and final head to head clash between rishi sunak and the man who wants hisjob keir starmer takes place tonight on the bbc. and it s worth a bet that one of the topics might just involve gambling. the conservative campaign has been buffeted by allegations that two candidates, two party officials, and now a member of the welsh senedd had bet on a date of the general election, and were facing inquiries from the gambling watchdog. it s an independent process with the gambling commissio
daniel sandford is at the old bailey now. remind us first of what happened in this case. the remind us first of what happened in this case. . . , remind us first of what happened in this case. a, , ., ., , this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten - this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten and - this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten and heri woman constance marten and her partner mark gordon first burst into public attention in january last year when they went on the run and there was a national manhunt launched because police had found a placenta in a burnt out car on the m62 near bolton. eventually constance marten and mark gordon were found on the 27th of february last year in brighton, and unfortunately, their dead baby s unfortunately, their dead ba by s body unfortunately, their dead baby s body was found in a shopping bag in a shed on an allotment in the hall in ri
pointing to the latest figures which suggest they are not waiting, they are crossing in record numbers. this morning those reports were put to home secretary james cleverley, during an immigration debate on lbc. so are voters really meant to believe that people living in camps and on sand dunes are looking at the polling of the next general election in the united kingdom? they absolutely do. the people, those people are doing that. mr cleverly. well, unless you re going to accuse the journalists that went over there and spoke to them of lying, which i think would be a bold call. we know that this is a digital, digitally enabled criminal enterprise. the people smugglers and the people that seek to be smuggled pay very, very close attention to a whole range of things. and it is clear from these quotes that there are there s a cohort of people currently in france who are waiting for rwanda to be taken off the table before coming over here. and these quotes in the telegraph make
will come along. we are 90 minutes away from kick off in cologne. england preparing for theirfinal group game in the european championship, which is against slovenia. in many ways, it s alreadyjob done after results elsewhere last night confirmed that england are through to the last 16 no matter what happens in tonight s game. but they look a long way off that pre tournament tag as favourites. that has dominated the post match analysis in germany, especially after their draw against denmark last time out. our correspondent nesta mcgregor is pitchside. good evening to you. pressure should be all because of qualification already with the game to spare but this is the game to spare and with a not love to take a really good performance into the knockout stages and who ever waits for them there? yeah, you would imagine but before this tournament, people that know the game better than you and i used the game better than you and i used the phrase tournament football is all about res