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In pictures: planes, trains and…bikes as the parties continue on the campaign trail

Conservative and Labor leaders Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have been keeping pace on the campaign trail with visits to different parts of the country, while ITV confirmed the pair will go head-to-head in a televised debate on Tuesday 4 June.

The Prime Minister’s wife Akshata Murty shared campaigning duties with her husband as she visited Ripon, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey rested his legs while taking a bike ride in the border town of Knighton before of the launch of the party’s campaign in Wales.

Rishi Sunak hosts the media breakfast
The latest day of the general election campaign began with the Prime Minister having breakfast for the media at a cafe in Cornwall (Aaron Chown/PA)
Rishi Sunak at the GWR Rail Traction Maintenance Depot in Penzance, Cornwall
Rishi Sunak followed the fashion trend as he donned an orange jacket for a visit to the GWR traction maintenance depot in Penzance, Cornwall (Aaron Chown/PA)
Akshata Murty at a Royal British Legion care unit in Ripon
The Prime Minister’s wife Akshata Murty also got into the campaign, sharing a laugh with residents during a visit to a Royal British Legion care facility in Ripon (Ian Forsyth/PA)
Akshata Murty talks to a resident at a Royal British Legion centre
There was also time for a quick cuppa during Akshata Murty’s trip to North Yorkshire (Ian Forsyth/PA)
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer takes a selfie with student nurses
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer takes a selfie with student nurses and trainee doctors following a question and answer session during a visit to the Three Counties Medical School in Worcester (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Angela Rayner drives a plane at Stansted Airport
Leave a little… and stop. Labor deputy leader Angela Rayner attempted to pilot an easyJet plane arriving at London Stansted Airport from Amsterdam (Joe Giddens/PA)
Angela Rayner with the ground crew at Stansted Airport
Angela Rayner asks a member of the ground crew what he did after the plane returned safely (Joe Giddens/PA)
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey gets off his bike as he prepares to speak to the people of Knighton during the Welsh General Election campaign (Jacob King/PA)
Rishi Sunak celebrates after being shown how to splice a wire at Wildanet Technical Training Academy in Liskeard
Later in the day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated after apprentice service engineer Kiri James showed him how to splice a wire during his visit to the Wildanet Technical Training Academy in Liskeard, Cornwall (Aaron Chown/PA)
A baby tries to avoid the limelight as Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer visits Worcester City Football Club
No cameras please… A baby tries to avoid the spotlight as Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer visits Worcester City Football Club (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Journalists listen as Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting hold a Q&A with student nurses and trainee doctors in Worcester
Journalists listen as Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting hold a Q&A with student nurses and trainee doctors in Worcester (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

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