the mystery of the seven giant tortoises who've been found dead in woodland in devon. and coming up on bbc news — a shock move for wales and gloucester spinner as he quits rugby union to play american football. —— we endure. —— winger. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. we start with some breaking news. in the last few moments, the two deputy chairmen of conservative party have resigned. the news comes as mps are voting on the government's plan to remove asylum seekers to rwanda. let's go straight to our political editor chris mason at westminster.

hello. these two resignations just announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i havejust been announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i have just been sent the letter of resignation sent by lea anderson and also brendan clarke—smith, both deputy chairman of the conservative party, and i must admit, i have not yet read it. and the argument they are making and have been making for the last 2a hours or so is that they think it is right to back some proposed changes to the government's plan as far as rwanda and asylum seekers are concerned. this idea of sending some asylum seekers to east africa. a concern from them and some of their conservative colleagues that the government's latest attempt to make this policy work isn't strong enough, therefore in their view is likely to fail. here is an idea. i will read the resignation letter that they have sent while i bring you the story of the afternoon.

this is kigali, the capital of rwanda in east africa. i was there before christmas, when the home secretary james cleverly paid a visit. he was the latest minister to roll up he was the latest minister to roll up to try to revive the plan to send some asylum seekers there. well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk_ well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk walk— well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk walk on _ well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk walk on a _ well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk walk on a brisk _ well the rwanda plan get through? a brisk walk on a brisk morning. i well the rwanda plan get through? i a brisk walk on a brisk morning. the cabinet met 4000 miles away back in westminster earlier, as tory mps again flaunted a considerable breadth of views on how to finally make the idea a goer. it is nearly two years since the government first talked about sending some migrants to rwanda. how many have been sent since? non—, because the plans have been entangled in the courts, so ministers are having another go stop but a sizeable chunk of conservative mps think the idea still won't work, because it is not tough enough as they see it, and that is at the core of the argument in there today.

robertjenrick was the immigration minister until he resigned over all of this, and is now one of the leading voices arguing the government's plans need to change. the only countries in the world that have fixed — the only countries in the world that have fixed this problem, latterly australia — have fixed this problem, latterly australia and greece, have been willing _ australia and greece, have been willing to — australia and greece, have been willing to take the most robust action— willing to take the most robust action stop are we? well, i am. mrjenrick— action stop are we? well, i am. mrjenrick wants to significantly limit the personal circumstances in which a migrant could avoid being sent to rwanda. another senior conservative, said bill cash, argues the will of parliament must be more important than international law. i strongly urge the government to note the sheer anger and frustration demonstrated in opinion polls and public concern, that we get this bill right and make it work. enter a third to you mayjust have heard of is no longerjust a word even an mp. borisjohnson is no stranger to staring things up. he wrote on social media he backs conservatives proposing changes. the

right course is to adopt the amendments, he said. 0pposition front bench, stephen opposition front bench, stephen kinnock — kinnock. as - kinnock. as for. kinnock. i as for the kinnock. — as for the opposition parties, plenty think the rwanda policy is ridiculous, morally, practically, financially. the labour party is opposed to this bill in its entirety, for the simple reason that we are opposed to the rwanda scheme in its entirety. 0n the snp benches, we will fight this rotten bill all the way, today, tomorrow. — this rotten bill all the way, today, tomorrow, and at any opportunity we -et. tomorrow, and at any opportunity we get nol— tomorrow, and at any opportunity we get not in— tomorrow, and at any opportunity we get. not in our name. and _ get. not in our name. and in— get. not in our name. and in the last few minutes, the illegal migration minister pleaded with his colleagues to back the government, arguing its plan is as good as things get. fiur government, arguing its plan is as good as things get.— government, arguing its plan is as good as things get. our rwanda bill is tou . her, good as things get. our rwanda bill is tougher, tighter, _ good as things get. our rwanda bill is tougher, tighter, it _ good as things get. our rwanda bill is tougher, tighter, it goes - is tougher, tighter, it goes further. we have a plan to stop the boats, and i invite honourable members to —— to back it. the boats, and i invite honourable members to -- to back it. the voting in the various — members to -- to back it. the voting in the various proposed _ members to -- to back it. the voting in the various proposed changes - members to -- to back it. the voting in the various proposed changes is i in the various proposed changes is under way, with results expected over the next half hour or so. chris, you have had a couple of

minutes to read with the two deputy chairmen who resigned have to say. what does it say? yes, it is a joint letter, a couple of pages of a4. thankfully no longer, or i might not have made it to the bottom. they made the argument they came into parliament in order to take back control. remember that brexit slogan of a few years back? and the importance of what they describe as sovereignty, of parliament being able to take key decisions, and as they see it, not be overridden by the actions of the courts, and they make the point, which we have heard from a number of conservative backbenchers this afternoon, that the courts have two previous attempts to make a new law work as far as rwanda is concerned and have failed, and in the view of these now two former deputy chairman, they want to be able to back the changes they think toughen up back the changes they think toughen up the government's plans, because they think that would give it a greater chance of success. that is something government ministers would dispute. they say in their letter to the prime minister that for that

reason, they have to stand down, because there is a convention here at westminster that there is collective responsibility, which is that if you are part of the main team, you have to toe the party line. they are explicitly not doing that now, so they are standing down, and so it is yet another example of how this particular policy is really straining the conservative party, and relatively soon, we should have and relatively soon, we should have a number to put on that, how many are willing to back these changes and defiant rishi sunak, as we await the key vote expected tomorrow night, where the big question will be how many conservative mps are willing to vote down the overall plan. that is the crunch, but what is happening now highlightsjust how much is at stake for the prime minister's authority. chris mason with the very latest from westminster, thank you. the rest of the news now. a senior boss at fujitsu has apologised for the company's role in the post office scandal. hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after money appeared to be missing on the computer system,

called horizon, developed and run by fujitsu. paul patterson, who's head of fujitsu in europe, told mps the company had fallen below its own standards of conduct and had a "moral obligation" to contribute to compensation for the victims. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. good morning, joe. jo hamilton, convicted by the post office but later cleared, on her way into parliament. huge interest, because the company behind the faulty software is finally talking. paul patterson from fujitsu, which has stayed largely silent until now. fujitsu would like to apologise for our part of this appalling miscarriage ofjustice. we were involved from the very start. we did have bugs and errors in the system, and we did help the post office in their prosecutions. and then there's the bill

for compensation. is there a moral obligation, mr patterson, for you to contribute? i think there is a moral obligation for the company to contribute. and i think the right place to determine that is when our responsibility is very clear. he confirmed there were problems from the start and the post office was told. did we take that information and share it with the post office? yes, we did. how the post office then chose to use that information in their prosecutions is entirely on the post office's side. but he was less clear about what fujitsu knew and when. you knew that there were glitches in the system — you knew that there were glitches in the system. why did you sit back and do absolutely nothing about it? i don't know. i really don't know. and on a personal level, i wish i did know. questions, too, for the ceo of the post office, nick reid, who started in 2019. have you seen any evidence that post office executives misled

the courts at any stage? i have not seen any evidence, no. have you seen any evidence that post office ministers misled parliament at any stage? no, i haven't. do you believe that the post office prosecuted the innocent knowing the case to be flawed? i sincerely hope not, but i have not had evidence to that effect. but he did admit that it was possible money wrongly taken from subpostmasters could have ended up as part of executives' pay. jo hamilton was watching it all right behind them. i kind of knew what they were going to say, but he did say he was going to cough up. yeah, yeah, yeah. ish. yeah. so that's good news. it's good news for the taxpayer anyway, isn't it? but we just need this fast tracked. the post office minister told mps he's hoping to have compensation sorted by the end of the summer. the pressure is on to deliver that. more than 200 new potential victims have now come forward as the true

scale of this scandal is still being revealed. in davos, the global boss of fujitsu has just made his first public comments on the scandal to the bbc. would you like to apologise? yeah. — yes, of course, of course. fujitsu has apologised. fujitsu is taking it seriously, he says. his company under real scrutiny now. emma simpson, bbc news. well, the hundreds of subpostmasters who've had their lives turned upside down by the post office scandal have waited for years to hear from fujitsu, the company that installed the faulty software. colletta smith spent the day with one of them. it did have bugs and errors in the systemm — system... is- system... is this the fujitsu system... — is this the fujitsu gueye? scott bought the post office in alderley edge nearly 20 years ago, but he was convicted of theft when he couldn't explain £44,000 of losses showing on the computer system. i think there is a moral obligation for the company to contribute, and i

think... quite pleasing to hear him saying that _ quite pleasing to hear him saying that as _ quite pleasing to hear him saying that. as the first time we have heard — that. as the first time we have heard anything like that from fujitsu, — heard anything like that from fujitsu, and also openly admitting they were — fujitsu, and also openly admitting they were part of the problem. next _ they were part of the problem. next comes the current boss of the post office. we know it is an extremely complex situation... we know it is an extremely complex situation- - -— situation... how does it feel, scots, listening _ situation... how does it feel, scots, listening to _ situation... how does it feel, scots, listening to this? - situation... how does it feel, scots, listening to this? it i situation... how does it feel, scots, listening to this? it is| scots, listening to this? it is sickening. — scots, listening to this? it is sickening, really, _ scots, listening to this? it is sickening, really, you - scots, listening to this? it is sickening, really, you know? he is getting _ sickening, really, you know? he is getting more of a bonus than a lot of people — getting more of a bonus than a lot of people are getting offered for 15 years— of people are getting offered for 15 years and — of people are getting offered for 15 years and a conviction. i years and a conviction. i have _ years and a conviction. i have spent a lot of this last year speaking individually to postmasters. .. nick re says postmasters... nick re says he has met 30 of those who have had convictions overturned. ijust who have had convictions overturned. i just could who have had convictions overturned. ijust could not who have had convictions overturned. i just could not face some who have had convictions overturned. ijust could not face some kind of grovelling — ijust could not face some kind of grovelling apology or something like that, because it's too late for apologies. to double down and try and hat— apologies. to double down and try and hat it — apologies. to double down and try and bat it off with hundreds of millions— and bat it off with hundreds of millions in the court case, i can't see where — millions in the court case, i can't see where surrey could come from, really~ _ really. we need to speed reauy. — we need to speed up as much as we can... it we need to speed up as much as we can... ., ., .,

can... it hollow when he says we are doinu can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything _ can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything we _ can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything we can _ can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything we can to _ can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything we can to speed . can... it hollow when he says we are doing everything we can to speed upj doing everything we can to speed up this process. — doing everything we can to speed up this process, when _ doing everything we can to speed up this process, when we _ doing everything we can to speed up this process, when we know- doing everything we can to speed up this process, when we know they - doing everything we can to speed up| this process, when we know they are poring _ this process, when we know they are poring over— this process, when we know they are poring over every single penny on the claim — poring over every single penny on the claim form. and _ the claim form. and it is having a real mental health— and it is having a real mental health impact— and it is having a real mental health impact for— and it is having a real mental health impact for you, - and it is having a real mental health impact for you, then? | health impact for you, then? it health impact for you, then? it is, — health impact for you, then? it is, and _ health impact for you, then? it is, and it— health impact for you, then? it is, and it is— health impact for you, then? it is, and it is going - health impact for you, then? it is, and it is going on. - health impact for you, then? it is, and it is going on. i- health impact for you, then? i it is, and it is going on. i don't feel— it is, and it is going on. i don't feel i— it is, and it is going on. i don't feel i am — it is, and it is going on. i don't feel i am able to hold down a full-time _ feel i am able to hold down a full—time job, feel i am able to hold down a full—timejob, because i feel i am able to hold down a full—time job, because i don't have the attention. i have heart palpitations. it is embarrassing to adnrit, _ palpitations. it is embarrassing to adnrit, but — palpitations. it is embarrassing to admit, but it is true. scott _ admit, but it is true. scott is _ admit, but it is true. scott is still waiting for compensation. he has gone from owning his own business designing on each fortnight. kalitta smith, bbc news, in macclesfield. 0ur scotland editorjames cook is outside the scottish parliament, where the top prosecutor has apologised for the failings in the system that led to the wrongful conviction of post office branch managers in scotland. tell us more, james. yes, that's right, and there is a difference here, because in scotland, their crown office and

procurator fiscal service persecuted these cases, though they were brought by the post office. we heard from dorothy bain casey, who now is the head of the crown office, saying there had been harmed because then there had been harmed because then there had been harmed because then there had essentially been miscarriages ofjustice here, though she was keen to blame the post office effectively for deceiving the crown. what we don't know is how many people are absolutely definitely involved here. there is a figure of around 100 given by the crown, whose cases apparently involve horizon evidence. today, dorothy bain gave a figure of 54. we also don't know what exactly will happen here in terms of exoneration is. the first minister humza yousaf has suggested he will work with the uk government to ensure that people here are exaggerated, but dorothy bain made clear that she effectively

opposes any idea of mass are quite old. she seemed concerned that guilty people might get off. —— mass acquittals. donald trump is back in court today just hours after he won a landslide victory in his bid to return to the white house. this time, he is being sued for defamation by a woman called ejean carroll for remarks he made about her in 2019. he denies any wrongdoing. it's quite a turnaround from yesterday's iowa caucuses, where republican voters choose who they want to be their presidential candidate. donald trump crushed his main rivals, winning more votes than his two main competitors combined. 0ur north america editor sarah smith is there. what we learned in iowa is firstly that the opinion polls predicting donald trump's enormously were largely correct and more importantly that the republican party still belongs to him. it's not that they want donald trump like policies, they want to trump the man. and it's

not despite his outrageous rhetoric and all his mounting legal problems that they love him, they love him because of all of those things and they really do love him. like because of all of those things and they really do love him.— they really do love him. like the cat that got _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream or - they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream or the - they really do love him. like the l cat that got the cream or the king regaining his crown, donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. knowing he had won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. he is already talking about being back in the white house. 50 talking about being back in the white house.— talking about being back in the white house. ., ., ., u. white house. so we are going to come touether. white house. so we are going to come together- will — white house. so we are going to come together. will going _ white house. so we are going to come together. will going to _ white house. so we are going to come together. will going to drill, _ white house. so we are going to come together. will going to drill, baby, - together. will going to drill, baby, drill right away. drill, baby drill. seal up the border. you drill right away. drill, baby drill. seal up the border.— seal up the border. you can tell donald trump _ seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is _ seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient - seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient to i seal up the border. you can tell. donald trump is impatient to get this nomination ramped up so he can take the fight to joe this nomination ramped up so he can take the fight tojoe biden. he is

not the republican presidential candidate yet, but he might be soon. and he's behaving as though he has already won his party's nomination. i think people want peace and prosperity and strength back, as we had under donald trump, we had strength and we don't have strength in the joe strength and we don't have strength in thejoe biden who is possibly the most incompetent president in the history of our nation.— most incompetent president in the history of our nation. where trumpet rivals ho -e history of our nation. where trumpet rivals hope they _ history of our nation. where trumpet rivals hope they have _ history of our nation. where trumpet rivals hope they have a _ history of our nation. where trumpet rivals hope they have a very - rivals hope they have a very slightly better chance of beating him in new hampshire. —— trump rivals. him in new hampshire. -- trump rivals. ~ ., ., him in new hampshire. -- trump rivals. ~ . ., , ., , ., rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and rivals. we had a strong showing in lowa and now _ rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and now we _ rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and now we can _ rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and now we can look - rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and now we can look at i rivals. we had a strong showing in iowa and now we can look at the l iowa and now we can look at the polls in new hampshire and we are a stone's throw from donald trump. taste stone's throw from donald trump. we have a lot of work to do but i can tell you — have a lot of work to do but i can tell you this, as the next president of the _ tell you this, as the next president of the united states, i am going to -et of the united states, i am going to get the _ of the united states, i am going to get the job done for this country. ron de _ get the job done for this country. ron de santis came a distant second behind trump in iowa and that is a bad look after sinking time, money and most of his hopes into the state. he says he will fight, or maybe that will limp on. donald

trump is moving on to new york, to yet another court hearing today. this case will decide how much he must pay the writer he sexually assaulted decades ago, in damages for defamation. in this election year he has now become very adept at treating courthouses as campaign venues. if treating courthouses as campaign venues. , ., . treating courthouses as campaign venues. ., ., ., ., venues. if you want to hear more about what _ venues. if you want to hear more about what happened _ venues. if you want to hear more about what happened in - venues. if you want to hear more about what happened in iowa i venues. if you want to hear more j about what happened in iowa last night and what it could mean for the rest of the presidential race, there is plenty of detail and analysis available on the pod cast which is available on the pod cast which is available when you find all of the best pod cast, on bbc sounds. the time is 6:19pm. our top story this evening: in the last half hour at the two deputy chairmen of the conservative party have resigned over the government coming up on bbc news —

jack draper overcomes stress and sickness to progress to the second round of the australian open in melbourne, as four out of the five brittons in action win on day three. hospital staff in west yorkshire say they're seeing more injuries inflicted with machete style weapons. doctors at leeds general infirmary say the large blades cause complex hospital staff in west yorkshire say they're seeing more injuries inflicted with machete style weapons. doctors at leeds general infirmary say the large blades cause complex wounds and result in significant trauma for both the victims and those who come to their aid. 0ur correspondent emma glasbey reports from the hospital's major trauma centre just to warn you may find parts of her report distressing. there are distressing in her that show the effects of knife attacks. siren saturday night. this is the major trauma centre at leeds general infirmary. a man has arrived by ambulance. you all right, love? he's been attacked with a knife.

just have a seat there. just sit forwards. let's make sure we're not missing any stab wounds at the back. the man has several wounds across his face. am i dying? no. you sure? we just need to sort yourface, love. he's a chap that hopefully has been quite lucky. so his injuries are all facial injuries without any sort of significant injury to his chest, his abdomen or his pelvis. for emergency staff in west yorkshire dealing with stabbings is not unusual. seeing children with knife wounds is not as rare as it once was. tonight, a 14—year—old has come in with injuries possibly inflicted with a machete. he's told staff he doesn't know who is responsible. we're seeing it increasingly now that young people are advising us that they don't know the assailants. and although it's not that we don't believe them, but sometimes

we wonder whether actually they do and they're scared to tell us who these people actually are. these medics are probably the ones getting the clearest picture on what's really happening with knife crime and how it may be changing over time. most of them are machete wounds. it's a large single blade knife, which is quite heavy on its own, is what people seem to be using now. normal knife would be, it's a small blade, it wouldn't go deep into the organ. with the machete, it's much larger. because of the weapon, the kind of injuries we get are much different. the kind of injuries we get the the kind of injuries we get bbc spent three way ca the the bbc spent three way cairns at the lgi and saw the aftermath attacks on each of those weekends —— three weekends. i feel like a lot of the time when i see it, ijust get. on with it in the situation and ijust work. - whereas when i get home, i find it difficult. _ sometimes. i live on my own, so i don't really have anyone to talk. to, so ijust end up processing

it a lot in my brain _ and just overthinking. ricky has come in on a friday night with a stab wound to his stomach. after an operation to close the wound, the next day he is recovering in hospital ward. i wound, the next day he is recovering in hospital ward.— in hospitalward. i was in pain but the adrenaline _ in hospitalward. i was in pain but the adrenaline kept _ in hospitalward. i was in pain but the adrenaline kept me _ in hospitalward. i was in pain but the adrenaline kept me going i in hospitalward. i was in pain but| the adrenaline kept me going until in hospitalward. i was in pain but. the adrenaline kept me going until i actually realised how much pain i was in. as soon as the adrenaline went out, i was in a lot of pain there. when you see it on telly, you think that will never happen on our street or in our town, just being a quiet town, a small town. not like a city. but it can happen anywhere. people who need to carry knives, i think they are cowards. it's impossible to know what the lasting impact of these attacks can be, whether its physical or emotional. emma glasbey, bbc news, leeds and you can watch 0n the front line: the knife crime emergency right now on bbc iplayer. the mother of an israeli hostage who was accidentally killed last month says "time is running out" for the others.

more than 130 are still being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist organisation by the uk government. iris haim's son was accidentally killed in december by israeli soldiers in gaza. hamas says more than 24,000 people have been killed in gaza since october. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he'd escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they'd left signs saying sos and "help, three hostages" and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames. hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people

and all the soldiers that are killed now, it's just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness, days after yotam's death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn't blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also have families and mothers... and i was worried for them also. she sobs this is what yotam filmed on october 7th. he says the terrorists are in the kibbutz... they killed, burnt and kidnapped. we met iris in november in london as she campaigned for his release. and you still have hope

you will see your sons alive? we must hope. yeah. we must hope. around 130 hostages are still being held. last night, hamas released a video where hostage noa argamani, in the middle, under duress, claims two fellow hostages, yossi sharabi and itay swirsky, have been killed. they're like a psychological terror. they want that we will be afraid all the time, and that's their way to make us weak. at yotam's funeral, a drum kit. their family's last name means life, and iris is determined her sons will have meaning. keeping the human spirit. with a high human spirit, even in a dark place like hamas captivity, he finished his life like a free person. iris haim talking to our

correspondent lucy manning about her son, yotam. mystery surrounds the discovery of seven dead giant taught us is found in woodlands in devon and they are thought to be aldabra giant taught us is that can live up to 100 years. in this forest near exeter, a shocking find. this is one of the seven daughters is found dead. police believe the aldabra is one of the largest species in the world and to find so many dumped in this way is highly unusual. the national trust to own the land say their teams were horrified to discover the animals. five were found near the entrance to the forest last friday and another two were found a few days before that. you would normally only see the cortices in a zoo or nature

documentary, but adrian graham has 27 on his farm in lincoln shed —— these cortices. 27 on his farm in lincoln shed -- these cortices.— these cortices. they wouldn't survive naturally _ these cortices. they wouldn't survive naturally in _ these cortices. they wouldn't survive naturally in the i these cortices. they wouldn't survive naturally in the cold l survive naturally in the cold weather that we are having at the moment and it's very disheartening and soul destroying that such a rare and soul destroying that such a rare and special species has been left to suffer in this way. the and special species has been left to suffer in this way.— suffer in this way. the deaths have left local people — suffer in this way. the deaths have left local people feeling _ suffer in this way. the deaths have left local people feeling shocked i left local people feeling shocked and saddened. it left local people feeling shocked and saddened.— and saddened. it seems quite horrifying _ and saddened. it seems quite horrifying to _ and saddened. it seems quite horrifying to think _ and saddened. it seems quite horrifying to think that - and saddened. it seems quite j horrifying to think that people and saddened. it seems quite i horrifying to think that people have had these — horrifying to think that people have had these and then disposed of them in a way— had these and then disposed of them in a way like that, considering the length _ in a way like that, considering the length of— in a way like that, considering the length of time that they can live. a dreadful— length of time that they can live. a dreadful shame.— length of time that they can live. a dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a roblem dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here. _ dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here, but— dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here, but police _ dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here, but police say - dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here, but police say this i dreadful shame. fly-tipping can be a problem here, but police say this is i problem here, but police say this is one of the strangest incidents they've had to investigate. britain's emma radacanu has returned to the grand slam just months after major surgery. and she's through to the second round after a decisive win. natalie pirks reports. not so long ago, emma raducanu

feared for her sporting future, but here she was back at the last grand slam she'd played in, and once she'd settled into her stride.. stunning from raducanu. ..she pounced on shelby rogers�* mistakes to take the first set with relative ease. the blistering heat of the day had given way to gusty conditions. raducanu was breezing into a second—set lead. breaking rogers�* serve immediately and whilst this opponent might have been evading capture, rogers couldn't put up as much of a fight. raducanu strolling to a 6—3, 6—2 victory in front of adoring fans. well, it's a perfect start to life down under for emma raducanu. going out there today, i think i was a little bit taken aback byjust the support straight from when i walked out. i think it was better than any year i've really had before here, and it was just amazing to see all the signs here, the support. it was pretty incredible.

signatures, selfies, but most importantly, a smile. raducanu is wearing her battle scars with pride. natalie perks, bbc news. weather in a moment — but if you're feeling but back to a breaking story, the fact that two deputy chairmen of the conservative party have resigned over the current plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda.— seekers to rwanda. chris mason has more for us- — seekers to rwanda. chris mason has more for us- in _ seekers to rwanda. chris mason has more for us. in addition _ seekers to rwanda. chris mason has more for us. in addition to _ seekers to rwanda. chris mason has more for us. in addition to the i more for us. in addition to the resignation as it looks like there will be a sacking as well. a conservative mp, jane stevenson, one of the mostjunior ranks on the government ladder voting for some of those proposed changes to the government rwanda plans thus defying the prime minister and defying those who control discipline in the party and therefore is expected to be sacked. let me bring you a number as we work i will put a bit about mps have defied the government tonight in suggesting that the rwanda plan

must toughen, big assault on the prime minister's authority and more votes to come, and we will bring you the latest at ten. taste votes to come, and we will bring you the latest at ten.— the latest at ten. we will get you the latest at ten. we will get you the latest at ten. we will get you the latest weather _ the latest at ten. we will get you the latest weather with chris. i the latest at ten. we will get you the latest weather with chris. a i the latest weather with chris. very cold day again and today we've seen some settling snow across northern ireland and here in northern england although the snow for these areas turned back to rain through the day with colder air in place through the northern half of scotland, the snow stayed as snow, coming down heavily here and we've seen some very large accumulations of snow building up and the top of the league is lerwick at 18 centimetres at the moment and aberdeen not far behind at 12 centimetres. overnight tonight, these showers will get much heavier working into scotland, snow showers and then further southwards, this is storm irene who will be bringing heavy snow to europe, 20 or 30 centimetres and it should just about stay away from our shores but we are

watching it carefully. overnight, the chance of a few patches of rain across england and wales and you might see the odd flurry and from that the main issue is that it turns icy and a widespread frost with lowest temperatures down to —8 and one of the while the snow showers get heavier in northern areas of scotland and they will continue through the day with another good five or ten centimetres expected in places, maybe a bit more in one or two spots in some snow showers as well for northern ireland and some accumulations here possible, particularly over the hills and it's another day where it will stay cold. you might see a few showers for western parts of wales in one or two coming into kent but hopefully the worst of the precipitation should stay in the english channel and in europe. into thursday's forecast, more of the same on another day of sparkling sunshine, freezing cold again and we still have heavy snow showers piling into the west and north of scotland with fewer that accumulations, we expect more disruption. if you are fed up of the cold and snowy weather, look at the

temperatures as we head into the