Extra, extra, read all about it now.

Oh, baby.

Extra, extra, read all about it now.

Oh, baby.

Good morning, you, good morning.

It is Scorchio here in Salford.

Very warm already.

Summer is certainly here. Temperatures expected to reach

26 degrees today in the northwest and a week of fine weather ahead. As they're talking heat waves

on the radio and the telly this morning. Heat waves they're talking. How's your weekend been? Has it been

good and restful? Are you

revitalised? I hope you are. At a wonderful time at Solford Community Stadium yesterday with my

friend Terrence watching Solford beat St. Helens 20 points to 18 in an absolute thriller. A thriller, a game of rugby league, good enough to grace any season.

It was an amazing atmosphere, great crack, very warm, the beer went down very well. All right.

Let's talk about the papers then. This is the newspapers podcast, the papers. It is June 24th. So, June 24th, what are we then? We're a little over three weeks then. To the, we're not really. It'll be, we're a little over two weeks, are we not? To this bloomin election. Yeah, two weeks. Yes, that's right. If you say there are seven,

11 days, is that right to the election? Oh, thank God for that. My mind has gone. Brain fog.

I'm using the excuse more and more frequently. Brain fog, it is. Anyway, to the front pages of the newspapers.

The Guardian is where we'll start. Sunak urged to drop candidates as betting

investigation widens. This is the saga of the summer. The saga of the summer. You know that

a number of Tories have been accused of using insider information to make bets with bookmakers that Sunak would call

an election in July. They did so because they were part of meetings where Sunnac told the Conservative

Party that, look, get yourselves ready now for an election in July on July 4th. Some of those present

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