the tent. that is possibly into the tent. that is possibly what this appointment signals. the other people we have heard from today have said that. it is a brave decision she has made. she kept her powder dry since leaving downing street, the former director of communications, who broke cover to talk about her own experience of working in downing street and how she felt, that they were very dysfunctional, that they were not very inclusive, that they ruled everything with an iron fist, that there was not much negotiation discussion, and everything was rubberstamped and went through them and that made life pretty umpires and that made life pretty umpires and for herand and that made life pretty umpires and for her and others. -- pretty unpleasant. ultimately they are aids, not the prime minister or deputy prime minister? that's how they were acting. looking at the public, they will say while on you carrying the can, you didn't win the vote on your leadership by the margin needed, you need to be walking away, not sacking

your advisers and blaming them. there are rumours theresa may wanted to resign but was persuaded to stay. moving onto the mail on sunday, boris is set to launch bid to bpm as theresa may clings on. his team is circling a wounded leader. that's not a surprise that people, notably the foreign secretary, are thinking about having a shot. literally from when the exit poll came out we started talking about boris on manoeuvres. there was further speculation when he came out and didn't say things supportive of theresa may in the aftermath of the election results. the story inevitably moves on whenever there's a wounded prime minister, it's a sign there is a leadership contest brewing. fires are starting. the one thing we know about boris is it in his dna that he wants to be prime minister, there's no doubt that is

the topjob he wants and he's minister, there's no doubt that is the top job he wants and he's almost willing to trample over anybody to get their. no, it's not a particular surprise that this is the story featuring both in the mail and the sunday times but what is a surprise is the idea he is set to launch it, which suggests something imminent —— mail. i don't know what your soundings are like from mps but certainly conservative mps, especially the more critical ones, of theresa may's premiership, are quite clear this isn't the time to get rid of her and it would be damaging for both country and party and would make the prospect of a general election all the more likely, which of course they feared desperately would lead to a labour government. i'm going to put a cat amongst the pigeons and change the order, we will do the times, the mirrorand order, we will do the times, the mirror and then back to the times. that's what we'll do —— times. i have missed something out. i'm supposed to be honest! we're doing the times next. that is also about

borisjohnson, we the times next. that is also about boris johnson, we must the times next. that is also about borisjohnson, we must call him by his paul mayne, people get quite cross when we give him not his nickname, just his first name —— full name. five ministers urging boris to topple theresa may. he has tweeted today that the mail on sunday is tripe, i am backing theresa may, let's get on with the job so whether these ministers will persuade him? this won't take a lot of persuading for him, this is about timing, when is the right time? how will it look when he does go for it? there's suggestion that he might be looking at having a stalking horse candidate, somebody else makes a challenge to theresa may's premiership first, someone who doesn't think they will win but triggers the leadership contest so the process gets under way, the mps start to consider it, start to vote and at that point boris goes in and says, if you're having a leadership contest, why don't i put my name in the hat and he romps to victory!

that's the most likely thing. others will want to stop him, not everyone will want to stop him, not everyone will want to stop him, not everyone will want him. there are other names like amber rudd and david davis particularly but i want to point out in tim shipman's excellent story, he says although he has had these calls from these five cabinet ministers urging him to stand, he decided on friday challenging may would destabilise the government and catapulting corbyn into downing street and that's what the fear is, if you have a leadership contest you make the possibility of a second general election more likely.|j make the possibility of a second general election more likely. i was talking to a couple of tory contacts today and there is genuine fear among some of them that if there was another general election, which is possible, this one hasn't created a result, they could lose and that's the worst thing, losing tojeremy corbyn and having him in number 10.

the daily mirror exclusive says we might not have to wait that long according tojeremy corbyn. might not have to wait that long according to jeremy corbyn. he thinks he could be prime minister within days, that is what he has told my sunday mirror colleagues. he is of the opinion that theresa may is of the opinion that theresa may is not going to be able to do this, she has stitched together this coalition of crackpots as we memorably dubbed it in the mirror yesterday and is it really going to hold? she's yesterday and is it really going to hold ? she's got yesterday and is it really going to hold? she's got a tiny majority in the commons with the help of the dup. but the party is in turmoil. she's not going to be able to get things through, can she get her queen's speech through unamended quanne a budget? maybe, maybe not, it could fall apart quickly and the leader of the opposition is within his rights to try to form a government. but he doesn't have the numbers either, he can say what he likes to the mirror, even with the support of the snp and the lib dems he doesn't have enough. he is waiting in the wings and snapping at

her heels and there's another revelation today he is already putting together his alternative queen's speech if there was an opportunity for him to put his forward over the one now theresa may must literally be tearing up, the one they had prepared before, there are huge question marks about her policy agenda, for example the grammar school revolution, can she get that through, no, the dup can't vote on education reforms anyway because it is a devolved issue. there's huge question marks about some of those policies. the other thing with labour, suddenly the conservative party are taking jeremy corbyn seriously. so is the parliamentary labour party! that's absolutely true. so is the press, they have laughed at him and mocked him, the conservative party were overjoyed he was the labour leader, they thought they would not him out of the park and suddenly it's not so funny any more and suddenly they are seeing him as a genuine threat who

could genuinely be in downing street if another election happens or even if another election happens or even if it doesn't. suddenly the dynamic has changed. one labour mp told me we are all corbyn easter is now. something they weren't saying a few days ago. there's a sense the party is going to pull behind him because they can sense tory blood, and they now think there's a realistic opportunity they could form the next government whenever the next opportunity arises. labour is more united now than in a long time. let's pull you away from this story. do you want me to do the sunday times? charlie hollis it up? it is connected to the sunday express story we will do in a second —— shall i hold it up. hospitals warn they are terrorist targets. a week since the horrific attack in london bridge and southwark killing eight. how do you protect public buildings?

hospitals and other buildings are open, you just walk in. hospitals and other buildings are open, youjust walk in. but hospitals and other buildings are open, you just walk in. but you hospitals and other buildings are open, youjust walk in. but you have to do, people are using things like kitchen knives, vans and cars, everyday things, you can't ban these things, you can't have armed guards on the front doors of every building sol on the front doors of every building so i don't know how you protect against it. the trick is in the end catching these people before they act. stopping the radicalisation as well, which is the real problem with this happening online, not people meeting people on the streets all going to see hate preachers but sitting in their bedrooms and seeing this hate that mobilises them to commit these terrible atrocities. let's finish on a more positive note that has come out of those awful events of last week because geoff ho, one of your colleagues, he has been writing about his involvement in trying to stop these attackers?|j know in trying to stop these attackers?” know i am biased but even if it

weren't my particular paper i would urge everyone to read geoff's tory. geoff is a trusted colleague and a good friend —— story. what he did this time last week was incredibly brave. now for the first time in his own words he has told the story of what happened to him when he took on the three jihadists what happened to him when he took on the threejihadists in what happened to him when he took on the three jihadists in a pub what happened to him when he took on the threejihadists in a pub in borough market just moments the threejihadists in a pub in borough marketjust moments after he intervened in another fight, stepping in between a bouncer and some troublemakers as he describes it in his own words, he made the fateful decision to follow up that little altercation with a little snifter in another pub rather than getting the train home. that fateful moment led him to walk into what... it's just an unimaginable thing, i don't think many of us could imagine what it would be like. the way he describes what happened, he literally used his own body, his own skill, he is a martial arts expert,

to fend off these attackers. he took the decision very, very consciously that the only way to stop a huge loss of life was to keep these guys talking, to try to distract them, to play for time, to make sure, praying the police were on their way, that they would do as little damage to him as possible as he kept others hiding behind barstools and tables safe. that's exactly what happened. he had his throat slashed. he was very lucky to be alive. i work up to the news on sunday morning he had been very badly injured and was in intensive care —— i woke. we didn't know his prospects but i'm really pleased to tell you he is sitting up in bed, he is accepting visitors, there are queues outside the hospital ward to see him, we are all struggling to see him. if he is watching, best wishes to geoff and speedy recovery. thank you to the gallery crew for following my

front—page bingo. i love that shot from over there! use that again! thank you, that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages online at the bbc news website and we have colleagues that tweet them on twitter every night. all of the papers are there seven days a week and all the additions are posted there and on iplayer if you missed them. thank you to jack and caroline. time for the weather forecast next. good night. good evening. mateen always keeps us on our toes and the weather does as well. different day tomorrow whatever you had today —— mateen. showers more abundant in the north and west and more blustery winds but some will stay completely dry. driving force is this area of low pressure and close to it tonight is

scotla nd pressure and close to it tonight is scotland and northern ireland, showers continuing, this weather front bringing patchy rain and drizzle to east anglia and the south—east but a mild start, 16 or i7. fresher further south—east but a mild start, 16 or i7. fresherfurther north by comparison but still mine a.m. temperatures in the mid teens for many. showers in scotland and northern ireland. some dry weather. some isolated showers. much of northern england, west midlands, wales, the south—west, a big improvement compared to much up—to—date and already feeling warmer than it did give in the sunshine. sunny are much of the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, a great start, lots more cloud and murky in parts of kent and sussex where we will see patchy rain and resolve first thing. that clears, the rest of the day dry, increasing sunshine. —— rain and drizzle. scotland and northern ireland, hard pressed to completely devoid the showers, lots in the afternoon and some heavy with hail and thunder —— completely avoid. dry

at the airshow tomorrow. blustery, sunny spells. sunny spells or the wales fa ns sunny spells. sunny spells or the wales fans going to serbia for the world cup qualifier in belgrade —— sunny spells for. showers in dublin all day long. on sunday night, showers continuing in ireland, much of scotland, northern england, south and east, largely dry. still quite a breeze overnight, keeping temperatures up but by and large a better start to monday morning compared to sunday morning and windy in the central belt of scotland. if you're on the move in the morning rush hour you could see 50 mph at times, on the bridges and the ferry services, could be restrictions, keep checking tomorrow. elsewhere tomorrow on monday, isolated showers, muggy will be dry, windiest in the morning, winds turning lighter and the showers confined to northern scotland and fewer than we saw on sunday —— many. a largely dry day for many on monday. cooler with temperatures in the mid—to—high

teens, low 205, but into wednesday to this area of high pressure builds in an temperatures on the rise. still showers in scotland and northern ireland but more sunshine developing for england and wales. good night. this is bbc news. i'm alpa patel. our top stories: theresa may's efforts to form a working government. a deal, in principle, is agreed with northern ireland's democratic unionists. after the poor showing in the general election, the first casualties. two of the prime minister's top aides resign. fears of a famine, as ethiopia warns it's running out of emergency food aid for millions of people affected by drought. the us helps the philippines remove islamic state militants from marawi. the original caped crusader, adam

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