like to be seen as an really like to be seen as an umbrella group of that kind of right—wing section of mps. there were certainly members of the er g and the new conservatives and some other groups among the audience today. i think what you can see is that you would probably define them in opposition to their more centrist one nation group of mps. these are definitely mps one nation group of mps. these are definitely mp5 on the right of the conservative party, and it is in some ways a battle for the direction of their party that we have seen being launched today. perhaps over the coming months, but certainly after the next general election, what this is about is steering the direction they think their party should be heading in. d0 direction they think their party should be heading in.- direction they think their party should be heading in. do we have any idea how much _ should be heading in. do we have any idea how much support _ should be heading in. do we have any idea how much support there - should be heading in. do we have any idea how much support there popular| idea how much support there popular conservatives have amongst backbench tory mps? conservatives have amongst backbench to mps? , ., ~ , tory mps? there were tens of mps in attendance today _ tory mps? there were tens of mps in attendance today and _ tory mps? there were tens of mps in attendance today and quite _ tory mps? there were tens of mps in attendance today and quite a - tory mps? there were tens of mps in attendance today and quite a broad i attendance today and quite a broad

swathe. some have been in their positions much longer than others. but i think at the moment there are some mps who might kind of lean slightly towards that right wing of the party but i going to stay pretty firmly behind rishi sunak at the moment, ahead of any kind of general election at the moment. we've heard of the conservative party being previously told that divided parties do not lose that —— do not win elections. they are quite broad on the right of the party in terms of their support. there are definitely mps who would categorically disagree with some of what is being discussed today, which i think we might come onto in a second. there are others who i think i will probably agree with this but i'm not going to say itjust with this but i'm not going to say it just yet. with this but i'm not going to say it 'ust et. ., ., itjust yet. nigel fara' i understand i itjust yet. nigel fara' i understand was in i itjust yet. nigel faraj i understand was in the l itjust yet. nigel faraj i - understand was in the audience itjust yet. nigel faraj i _ understand was in the audience at this event. . ., , understand was in the audience at this event-— this event. that was interesting in and of itself. _ this event. that was interesting in and of itself. he _ this event. that was interesting in and of itself. he was _ this event. that was interesting in and of itself. he was saying - this event. that was interesting in and of itself. he was saying to - this event. that was interesting in and of itself. he was saying to me afterwards when i had a chat with him and asked him if he was

impressed by the fact and what he'd heard, he said he was impressed they're trying. you could see that was damning with faint praise or perhaps a kind of indication that he did like what he had heard. he of course is the man behind the reform party in the uk. reform uk. he has his own political party. he has not ruled out standing in the next general election but has felt had an impact on what happens in seats where there are conservative mps. this is what he had to say immediately after all the speeches had finished this morning. looking at the things they stand for, ithought, well, this is exactly the same as reform. so, i begin to think, well, these people are in a small minority in the parliamentary party. maybe after the election, there will be a coming together in the centre—right of british politics. i would also say this. an hour and five minutes of speeches

and two sentences on immigration, which actually, out of the country, is a massive issue. so, they may be popular conservatives, but they are not populist. what are the bit of political news about the former a chance to learn he has announced that he will not be standing for election at the next general election. he standing for election at the next general election.— standing for election at the next general election. standing for election at the next aeneral election. . , , ., ~ general election. he has been an mp since 2010 and _ general election. he has been an mp since 2010 and what _ general election. he has been an mp since 2010 and what would _ general election. he has been an mp since 2010 and what would generallyi since 2010 and what would generally be seen as a relatively safe conservative seat. we will see who stands in his place, but he was of course the chancellor under liz truss until he was sacked. he was chancellor for 38 days and delivered that infamous mini budget as it was called. it had huge tax cuts on it and lead to turmoil in the markets and lead to turmoil in the markets and huge changes in terms of people's mortgages as well. a man who held great power for a relatively short period of time and now one of several conservative mps who said they will not be standing

at the next general election. thank ou ve at the next general election. thank you very much- _ since the beginning of december, villagers in kilham in yorkshire have been trying to contend with sewage flowing down their streets and into their gardens. it's happening because the local water table is so high and the drains cannot cope. yorkshire water is now running a 24/7 operation to remove water from the village. this report from paul murphy. the village of kilham is under siege. its sewers and drains are struggling to cope. it's been this way since early december, and it's brought misery to many of those living here. just on a practical level, what has life been like for you and for your fellow villagers? yeah, i think we've suffered on west end quite a bit. lots of our neighbours haven't been able to use their downstairs toilets, but we, in fact, had a sewage back—up coming in from the main sewer in the street into our inspection chamber, which filled it almost to the top so that we then couldn't use any of our facilities.

yorkshire water says the problem is that the water table has never been so high, and somehow that water is getting into the sewers, and that system can't cope. now as we all know, we've had huge amounts of rainfall in recent months, and that has led to very high levels of ground water, the stuff stored in the rocks beneath our feet. and in many communities across the east yorkshire wolds, that's caused all sorts of issues with sewage and drainage. that was the flood investigation report 2012 2013. in kilham, the problems were first identified formally at least ten years ago, but the issues are continuing. a lot of elderly people live in the village now and, you know, they've got equally elderly relatives that stay with them or live with them for care. and as a result, they are unable to use their sewage systems, which is probably much more

distressing for them than for some of the younger members of the village. an operation to tanker water out of the village is under way, but it's unclear yet whether this is making a significant difference. paul murphy, bbc look north, kilham. the bbc have spoken to yorkshire water, who say "this excess water is infiltrating the sewer network and affecting its usual operation. we understand how distressing this can be for customers, and we are working hard to support people in the area by using tankers to remove flows from the network." peter butterworth was known to legions of carry on fans for his comic turns in the hit film series — but before acting, he had played an extraordinary part in the second world war. newly released documents have reveal that peter had been a codewriter, and even escaped a german prison camp — inspiring the classic film the great escape. david sillito has been speaking to his son tyler

about the new discoveries. great escape theme. the national archive, and an exhibition of the documents telling the story of world war ii's prisoners of war. you've got a photograph to show me here. including this newly discovered photograph which has hidden behind it a secret. underneath it, hidden letter. oh, this is writing? it is writing, it is indeed. the photo, sent by prisoners, had a secret message in minuscule writing, and the exhibition reveals more about the men behind all of this, including one who went on to become a famous face in british cinema. if you're a fan of the carry on films, you'll recognise him — peter butterworth. welcome to paradise. here in carry on camping. and here, carry on up the khyber. don't worry — we'll save you some strawberry mousse!

that's the new document that's been uncovered, isn't it? yeah, that's right. and for his son, tyler, the gradual release of his wartime records has been a revelation. that's his id paper, isn't it, from stalag luft 3? stalag luft 3 is a famous one, isn't it? yeah, it's, arm, of course, it's the one where the great escape took place from. and also? the wooden horse escape. the wooden horse, for those who've not seen the film, was another famous escape when they tunnelled under a vaulting horse. are you honestly saying that peter butterworth of carry on up the khyber was involved in both the great escape and the wooden horse? yeah. yes, he was. military, me? certainly not! he played the daftest characters. and here he is, part of mi9? yes, well, that's the other side that nobody knew about. he was working for british

intelligence, code writing. you're learning new stuff? yeah, yeah, all the time. here at the national archives, when they keep declassifying things, more things seem to bubble up. it's remarkable. did he talk about this to you? no, no, he didn't. he did suffer from what we all now call post—traumatic stress disorder. but i didn't know — obviously he never said this to my sister and i, but my mother told me about it, about things that happened, especially when they were married, right at the start of their marriage after the war, where he'd suddenly leap out of bed at night and throw himself on the floor and start hiding. and she had to barricade the bedroom door because the staircase was outside, and he would have... and then he'd get back into bed and just go to sleep. my mother would lie there wide awake for the rest of the night. right, here we are, girls. and for fans of the carry ons, it's worth noting there was another prisoner in stalag luft 3 — talbot rothwell, who wrote the carry on scripts. the humour kind of

had its kind of start in this place surrounded by watchtowers and guard dogs. but they worked out what made guys laugh. captain keen. and that was the funny thing. dad played these kind of bumbling characters that were always getting things wrong. and there's this complete flip side of this man that was totally focused, writing code, working with his friends who were tunnelling on the other side of the compound, of the north compound. repent ye, before it is too late! having been through what he'd been through, i'm not surprised he had all sorts of different things going on in his mind and in his life. i mean, my mother told me that when they first bought the house that we grew up in, dad would religiously put on a dressing gown and walk around the garden in the morning, every morning, because he could. because here, he couldn't. those are the sort of things he brought back with him. but i didn't know about this until he was dead.

you... so when he was growing up, dad was just an actor in some gloriously daft films. 50 years on, tyler now knows rather more about his famous father. david sillito, bbc news. ben thompson will be here with bbc news at the top of the hour. now let's have a look at the weather. hello there. good afternoon. it's going to be turning colder across the uk over the next 2a hours with snow in the forecast for some of us, including here in shetland through the day today, blizzard—like conditions here and across the north of scotland, coastal gales, blustery winds too still across the south of england. but here we're likely to stay in the milder air until we get to the end of tonight. and you can see that colder air sinking southwards behind the cold front, marked in blue here, just displacing that yellow, milder air further south. now, there will be some heavy rain

on that cold front pushing southwards across wales through the midlands and into east anglia for the rest of the afternoon. blustery winds ahead of the front to the north. there will be some sunshine around and it will be feeling colder. of course, some snow showers piling into the higher ground of scotland, temperatures ranging between three and perhaps iii degrees celsius. now there'll be some heavy rain through the evening rush hour just clearing away from the south of england there. snow showers piling into western scotland. watch out for some icy stretches here, but there could be icy stretches further south as well as temperatures tend to dip back to low single figures. so a cold night ahead. and tomorrow, much quieter day of weather, much lighter winds. there will be some sunshine for many, but still this legacy of cloud towards the south coast. still some wintry showers, too, just pushing into scotland and perhaps across northern ireland, but feeling colder across the board, 4 to 10 celsius where we keep that milderfeeling air still across the south west of england and the channel islands potentially. and that rain returns. it pushes further northwards

as a warm front as it bumps into that colder air, then it's likely to turn to snow as we head through the first part of thursday morning across northern ireland, wales and into the north midlands, also the north of england, particularly overthe higher ground, milderair towards the south, of course. but this is where we're likely to see the snow widely, 2 to 5 centimetres, even to low levels with the intensity, but 10 to 20 centimetres perhaps over the hills. so, that cold air continues to push further northwards. it's quite a deep area of low pressure will bring some heavy rain to the south and also some strong gusty winds and maybe some blizzard—like conditions for a while, particularly towards eastern areas. that snow moves across scotland, rain towards the south. there will be some strong gusty winds as well and again, a range of temperatures.

live from london, this is bbc news.

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