,that , if‘ai‘ii ilsa "m ifii'il _,.\'_....., a, ' . it‘iiii ilsn‘i‘i ir ft—r . ieie‘ie ii16ii i6 it—6 vii upheaval thatjohn major faced will be as nothing to that which theresa may faces which may well make maastricht look like a walk in the park. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we've already seen temperatures of 31 degrees and it will be the hottest day of the year so far. before you reach 3a it will be the hottestjune before you reach 3a it will be the hottest june day for a0 before you reach 3a it will be the hottestjune day for a0 years. much hotter as well across the midlands, north east england. today we have that sunshine and that makes the difference. we have some cloud formation, and we often get this before big summertime thunderstorms break—out. a clue as to what the weather prospects hold. but for the time being a lot of dry weather around. barely a cloud in the sky for many areas and temperatures pushing up towards 3a. some thunderstorms possible across wales

and northern parts of england through the afternoon. southern scotla nd through the afternoon. southern scotland and northern ireland as well. but northern scotland just quite grey with bursts of rain on and off. following such a hot day another very hot evening coming up. around ten o'clock still around 26 degrees. but there are signs of a change taking place. the hot air is going to get run over the top with colder air coming going to get run over the top with colderaircoming in going to get run over the top with colder air coming in from the atlantic. this makes some big temperature contrasts building in the atmosphere and is a recipe for some pretty lively fireworks later on. there will be some scattered thunderstorms and if you catch one could be torrential rain, and perhaps some hail of well. the atmosphere is pretty chaotic so where are the storms occur is still open to some doubt. but across the wales, the midlands, northern england, that is probably where we

have the first batch of storms overnight. by thursday temperatures will be getting back closer to normalfor many will be getting back closer to normal for many areas. but still pretty warm and still humid across parts of eastern england. after 26 degrees london. by friday, bright skies for many, some showers across north—western areas and temperatures continue to fall away a bit. so closer to average, meaning a more co mforta ble closer to average, meaning a more comfortable night was leaving. for the weekend, dry and bright weather with sunny spells coming and going and temperatures close to average for the time of year. so today is the hottest day of the year so far and perhaps the hottestjune day for a0 yea rs. and perhaps the hottestjune day for a0 years. but it ends with a bang with big thunderstorms on the way for some. keep up—to—date on temperatures on the bbc twitter account. run that that is all from the bbc

news that one, we nowjoin the bbc news that one, we nowjoin the bbc news teams were you are. have a very nice afternoon, bye—bye. you're watching bbc news, i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. it's the second day at royal ascot, the first race is at 2:30. another hot day is forecast, so the dress code is expected to be relaxed again in the royal enclosure at one of the most glamorous meetings in the calendar. let's head straight to the course. clearly richard's code is never quite relaxed, we're still looking for a word for it. good afternoon, and other hot one for punters and runners? backing taylor's jackets we re runners? backing taylor's jackets were be coming coming shortly. it is very warm here at the moment. we are

down from the royal enclosure, having a picnic and a few liquid refreshments before the first race at 2:30pm. the dress code eased in the royal enclosure, meaning gentleman could take off their jackets. that's the first and that's ever happened. damon in these chapters, it is necessary. the queen will be arriving shortly, she has been dispensing her duties at parliament this morning for the state opening. you will be arriving here ina state opening. you will be arriving here in a little while. she hasn't missed while ascot since 1953. the state opening isn't going to stop her missing today either. that first race, off at 2:30pm. everyone getting ready and anticipating day two of the racing. denis skinner's traditional outburst at the state opening of parliament was that the queen should get her skates on because the first race is at 2:30. he realises the importance of that meeting to her down the years. to

the racing, it wasn't a great day for aidan 0'brien the racing, it wasn't a great day for aidan o'brien and all his irish raiders yesterday. a lot of runners, no winners. he does have a horse in the first one today? that has been one of the teams in recent years, this rivalry between godolphin, sheikh mohammed from the emirates and, in, at the rivalry between them. , getting the upper hand recently, but that form was reversed yesterday, they will go head—to—head tomorrow. we're going to see highland reel running againstjack hobbs for godolphin. that'll be a dominant theme again today, as racing gets underway. it'll be interesting to see comes out on top in that one. but for those who follow the names rather than the trainers in the form, there is an interesting one, given the way the queen has been so central in today's

news and at while ascot, queen's trust runs. 0nce news and at while ascot, queen's trust runs. once a look for there. thanks indeed. novak djokovic has been given a wild card to play at eastbourne next week. it's the first time since 2010 that the world number two has played a grass court tournament in the build up to wimbledon. another serb, viktor troicki, is in action as the aegon championships continue at queen's club in london. he lost the first set of his second round match to the american, donald young. the top three seeds, including andy murray, were all knocked out yesterday. coverage is live on bbc two this afternoon. these are live pictures from west london. that is a dual miller againstjo—wilfried tsonga, london. that is a dual miller against jo—wilfried tsonga, very early stages and that is match. murray says he might try and squeeze

in an exhibition tournamentjust gets a match practice. he will confirm that in the next few days. later today, warren gatland will name his lions starting xv for the first test against the all blacks on saturday. it's expected to be very similar to the side that beat the maori all blacks last weekend. but elliott daly, impressed gatland against the chiefs yesterday and he may take the place of george north on the wing. if 0wen farrell recovers from a thigh strain, he could reclaim the fly—half spot from johnny sexton. and it looks as though the the tour captain sam warburton may have to settle for a place on the bench, with peter 0'mahony expected to lead the lions in auckland. he did really well against the maori all blacks. that's all the sport for now, much more on this sport website, you can see how song on at queens. the football league fixtures have been released today as well. if

you follow a team in the township mag or below you can find out when your team is going to play on the sport website. —— if you follow a tea m sport website. —— if you follow a team on the championship. this year's queen's speech, which covers a two—year period instead of the usual one year, finally went ahead after it was postponed following the grenfell tower block fire. the main focus of the speech was brexit and the great repeal bill, with the government claiming it wants to build the widest possible consensus. there were also proposals for new national legislation covering immigration, trade, agriculture and fisheries. there will be a new counter—extremism commissioner to help tackle the growth of extremism in society and online, as well as a review of the counterterrorism strategy and the laws and penalties covering terror offences. there will be new measures to help deal with disasters such as the fire at the grenfell tower in london. a new public advocate will be introduced to act on behalf of the bereaved. industry was also mentioned,

with an announcement of new bills for investment in electric cars, the space industry, and hs2. there will be a new bill to help protect the victims of domestic violence. and mental health treatment will be prioritised within the nhs. here is what the queen said about the government's plans to tackle the rise in extremism. a commission for countering extremism will be established to support the government in stamping out extremist ideology in all its forms. both across society and on the internet. so it is denied a safe space to spread. in the light of the terrorist attacks in manchester and london, my government's counterterrorism strategy will be reviewed to ensure that the police and security services have all the powers they need and that the length of custodial sentences for terrorism related offences are sufficient

to keep the population safe. high on the agenda in the queen's speech was the economy. with pledges to introduce new legislation to encourage new industries. my ministers will strengthen the economy, so that it supports the creation ofjobs and generates the tax revenues needed to invest in the national health service, schools, and other public services. my government will continue to improve the public finances, while keeping taxes low. it will spread prosperity and opportunity across the country, through a new modern industrial strategy. my government will work to attract investment in infrastructure to support economic growth.

legislation will be introduced to ensure the united kingdom remains a world leader in new industries, including electric cars and commercial satellites. a new bill will also be brought forward to deliver the next phase of high—speed rail. earlier, my colleague simon mccoy spoke to the former work and pensions secretary, ian duncan smith, who said brexit is the main focus now. the main point is that philip hammond yesterday made it very clear what that is, which is leaving the single market, leaving the customs union and taking back control. but right now, what will have to happen, is that all the laws that are affected by european law and regulations have to be bound back in to uk law. so there will be an enormous amount of legislation going through the house, which is all domestic, as it were, that will take a long period of time, which is why there is not a lot of room for anything else, frankly. well, this must be the worst scenario, a weakened government, a loss of the overall majority, a weakened prime minister, a labour party sensing blood, saying they will try

to disrupt, if they feel they want to disrupt. you are not in a strong position at all. are you? we are not as strong as we were before we start of the election. fact of life. although we had a much larger vote share and a larger number of people voting for us. the irony is we have a marginal position. but we are not alone in this. we will put our plans forward. the labour party themselves are completely divided over where they are. jeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell, harriet harman, have all said, out the single market, out of the customs union, basically our position. then you have a whole bunch of them from chuka umunna and all the rest saying, no, no, no, we still want to remain in. what you'll get is some pretty fierce debates. but i do believe we will make progress. and it will bind us all into uk law. and meanwhile the negotiations in brussels will continue and hopefully we will get the point where we a good arrangement trade deal and we can leave as good friends, trading and cooperating. not the queen's speech you would have wanted to have delivered if you'd known before the election, and of course, nothing that appeared in the tory manifesto, pretty much.

it was filleted, the manifesto, wasn't it? so, do you have a mandate, do you think, on those issues? you say filleted. actually, there is a slight difference. example, social care. we are bringing forward a consultation process, like the green paper, to actually ask parties to decide together. that is in the long grass, isn't it? it's not, really, no. because i think this is a priority for us. the problem has been that political parties, both labour and conservative, have played games with this. i own up to that and so today. this may be an opportunity now we sit here in a parliament where we don't have an overall majority, to reach a conclusion about how we sustain and support long—term social care in our communities. a real opportunity here, which i think we should now work with. and also there are a whole series of other areas, you know, lots of investment in transport, industry, infrastructure, which are all in the bill. so, not as copious as it might have been before, but that's also dominated by the scale of the european legislation, which makes it very difficult to do too much. not for the reason you would have wished, but one person i was talking to earlier said, actually,

we are about to see a golden age because debate is coming back. well, that always happens when you don't have a whacking, great majority. you see that debate matters. votes matter. in a sense you could argue that is refreshing. the key point is you have to get this stuff through because the clock is ticking. right now we have until the end date, which was a total of two years from march, and that made at that point we are leaving. we have to have an arrangement in place by the time we leave, transitional arrangements, whatever, we need to have an agreement. that means all of this legislation has to be in and done within the next 18 months or so. finally, what do you think michel barnier would have made that queen's speech had he been watching? i'm not sure he will be watching, but if he was what you think what you'll see is that this is a government that has a plan for where it's going. it hasn't got an overall majority, but we will have a working majority when the dup sign up, etc, by the way it's not a coalition. it will simply be what is an arrangement that allows them to vote for the things that we need.

and also against any, you know, areas where the opposition wish to try and bring us down. that is the key element of what will happen. i said finally, but, of course, i haven't mentioned the dup, arlene foster, what on earth is going on? well, when you're reaching an agreement with a party, at the scale they are, you always get a bit of manoeuvring around. but the vote doesn't get taken today, it gets taken next week. what you'll find is that this will be resolved and settled and the dup will have what is called a supply and confidence issue. give us the votes when we need them on budgets, queen speeches and other legislation, and on votes of confidence they will be there. that agreement, i believe, will be in place, and i think it will benefit both the people of northern ireland and the people of the united kingdom. iain duncan smith, many thanks for your time, thank you very much. plenty more to come from westminster throughout the afternoon here on bbc news. back to you. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital because of an infection. buckingham palace says it is a "precautionary measure" for treatment arising

from a pre—existing condition. the duke, who is 96, is due to retire from public duties in august. a spokesman said he was disappointed to miss the state 0pening of parliament and royal ascot. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph is outside king edward vii's hospital in central london where the duke of edinburgh is being treated. what can you tell us? i think the tone and wording of that statement is pretty clear in that they don't want to cause any alarm or panic about the condition of the duke of edinburgh. they have said this was an admittance to hospital because of a precautionary measure, due to an infection the duke had picked up. he wouldn't hospital here last night. they say the infection has been linked to a pre—existing condition. it is a case of better safe tha n condition. it is a case of better safe than sorry. he's 96. it is

really hot, he was at royal ascot yesterday, trooping of the colour at the weekend. he could perhaps be treated more intensively at hospital for this infection. he enjoys very good health, but this is the first time in recent times he has been in hospital? he's 96, so looking back over the years, this is a man who is in pretty robust health. but there have been a few moments, particularly over the last four—five yea rs, particularly over the last four—five years, when he has been in hospital. in 2011 a had a problem with a blocked artery that needed a procedure. you may remember the river pageant during the diamond jubilee celebrations, in the pouring rain, he picked up a bladder infection that had to be treated. there was a further bladder infection that year that had to be treated as well. it is as 13, he was treated as well. it is as 13, he was treated at the london clinic for

exploratory surgery on his andaman. -- in 2013. exploratory surgery on his andaman. —— in 2013. there had been a few occasions for hospital visits, but he is in good health as someone who is 96. the palace say he is out of bed at the moment and in good spirits, so they are wanting to send a message to say it's precautionary, it was felt he should come to hospitalfor it was felt he should come to hospital for treatment, but he's it was felt he should come to hospitalfor treatment, but he's not doing too badly. simon mccoy is in westminster. 0n the day the queen's speech set out the government plans, this is where two years instead of the usual one, after the delay for the g re nfell tower one, after the delay for the grenfell tower fire. it covers things like rental fees, grenfell tower fire. it covers things like rentalfees, domestic pile on and car insurance. i am joined by andrea leadsom. the

critics are saying, there's nothing in it, really? that is not true. there are two things going on, first of all, we don't have the parliamentary numbers we hoped to achieve, so very important we listened very carefully to what will come and seaport of the house. secondly, this is an ambitious programme. it has four keep things running through it, the first is brexit. the second is to put forward an ambitious social reform programme to get better opportunities... but not the one you had in your ma nifesto ? not the one you had in your manifesto? no, but still ambitious and things like domestic violence, it isa and things like domestic violence, it is a prosperity, encouraging electric vehicles, space flight and satellites and so on — really exciting economic opportunities. and very importantly, counterterrorism and beating up our ability to deal with counterterrorism and extremism in all its forms. not the queens beat you wanted a couple of weeks ago.

there was an analogy this morning at theresa makers like a scarred back catholic, and everyone's cycling, labour is saying this queens beach means everything and nothing. —— theresa may is like a wounded antelope. you could be looking at the loss of first of all, your leader? i think theresa may has shown remarkable resilience and courage. she's been an an incredibly difficult time. she has been disappointed, as the entire party is, and she has said, she has said in front of the party, she feels responsible and is determined to see us responsible and is determined to see us through this. i mackems diamonds, as in my colleagues are, the back four and deliver a successful brexit for this country and the reforms we think we can get to the house because they will carry that support. i know because of their history, and it is a question you been asked already, whether you

would ask for — whether you would run for the leadership? i have no plans for that. i backed theresa may and hope she will remain as leader for a long time to come. i think she's getting back on the front foot, it has been a difficult few weeks. i think she will take us forward. with the dup? i hope so. i'm not personally party to the discussions, but there is progress and i am optimistic about a deal being reached. plenty more to come from westminster through the afternoon. after the queen's speech, we will be going through the debate starting at 2:30pm. but now the latest business, over to rachel. travis kalanick, chief executive of ride hailing service uber has resigned following demands from five major investors. last week, he said he was taking indefinite leave of absence after a series of scandals hit

the company and he suffered personal tragedy. we'll have more on that in a moment. sterling dipped below $1.26 this morning, on news that theresa may is struggling to make a deal with the dup. but it recovered a little when the bank of england's chief economist andy haldane seemed to suggest that rates could rise later this year — in contradiction to what we heard from the bank of england govenor yesterday. a chinese bike—sharing company has gone out of business after 90% of its bikes went missing in the first five months. wukong bikes said the bulk of its 1,200 two—wheelers were lost or stolen. unlike rivals, the firm did not put gps systems on its bikes and by the time it realised the technology was necessary, money had run out. 0ne company scandal after another, the quick departure of high—level executives, and the boss on an

indefinite leave of absence. five major labour investors decided they had enough, and have forced travis kavanagh, had enough, and have forced travis kava nagh, the had enough, and have forced travis kavanagh, the man who revolutionised the taxi industry, to resign. last week he said he was taking indefinite leave of absence after a series of scandals hit the company. it's battling allegations of harassment, discrimination, and corporate misconduct. he also suffered recent personal tragedy following the sudden death of his mother. chris roebuck, visiting professor of transformational leadership at cass business school said the company now faces the challenge of finding a new boss. this is a classic example of where the person that is the entrepreneur, that sets up the organisation, is potentially not the best person to move it into the next phase of the ipo and growth. especially when you add on all of these scandals he's been subjected to. so what's happened is, he said he would quietly disappear and go and have a little holiday, but the investors are saying, hang on, we don't really think he can keep his fingers out of the pie and we have to formalise this. the question is, who are they going to get to take the role? of course, he will have an influence

as a board member, but this is always the challenge in these situations. obviously, if someone has set up an organisation, they want to still be involved. and there's very few people who will say, actually, hands up, i need to go away, change, improve, and potentially come back. dorsey did that at twitter. it doesn't look... it's not in his character. it's not in his character to do this, so he wants to be in there. the question is, can they find somebody who can control him? what does social mobility mean to you? one of the things businesses are often criticised for is not having an accurate representation of society in their workforce, not employing enough different people. today, the social mobility employer index will rank britain's businesses for the first time on how open they are to accessing talent from all backgrounds. joining us to discuss this is david johnston, chief executive, social mobility foundation. thank you forjoining us. what is

social mobility, and why is it important? social mobility is the ability of an individual to move up in society based on their talents and effort. it's really important we reward people who work hard, rather than people who are just from the best—connected families. than people who are just from the best-connected families. you are interviewed firms from 17 different sectors, collectively, they employ overi million people. what other things did you learn from them about what they see as some ability? we learned a huge amount. we asked about seven different areas of the practices, from working with young people to how people progress within their organisation. the truth is, there's fantastic work going on, but a lot more work to do. huge efforts with young people, over 63,000 young people being reached by initiatives. there's a huge increase in apprenticeships, even bowl or at the levy started. but when you get to

the selection stage, what they prioritise when they're looking at candidates forjobs, prioritise when they're looking at candidates for jobs, there's prioritise when they're looking at candidates forjobs, there's still a lot more to do. at how accomplished or polish people they are, or which in adversity they went to, rather than nepotism to do the job. is anything in the survey that surprise you are companies that went better than expected ? you are companies that went better than expected? thing was surprised us than expected? thing was surprised us apprised of the breadth of interest in this. we got sectors from 17 different areas of the economy, a huge amount of people who wa nt to economy, a huge amount of people who want to make a difference on social mobility has really surprised us. the scale of activity going on has been great, but also the focus — we quote one statistic that 0xford and cambridge have visited over 118 year versus combined. that over representation from such a narrow range of universities were still surprised today. thank you for your time this afternoon. that's all the

business news, i'll be back any afternoon. some of this virus at the grenfell tower fire out to be re—homed some of this virus at the grenfell towerfire out to be re—homed in a housing development where it's prices start with £1.5 million. the government has announced today. the 60 properties are newly built social housing in high street, kensington. the government have confirmed a public enquiry will be held into the fire and have announced an independent public advocate to help bereaved families after major disasters. let's get a look at whether now, here is chris. breaking weather news, it is officially the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures at heathrow airport, dirty to celsius. we're now just heathrow airport, dirty to celsius. we're nowjust 0.7 degrees away from the hottest june date

we're nowjust 0.7 degrees away from the hottestjune date for a0 years. there is the rest of thunderstorms in northern ireland, england and parts of scotland. a steamy night follows. 26 degrees in london at 10pm, soa follows. 26 degrees in london at 10pm, so a difficult one for sleeping. changes on the way. hot air in place, cold air on top that, making an explosive mix, big tempter contrast, building up an atmosphere, lots of energy, some pretty big storms. in the next 2a hours, they could be the late. torrential rain, large winds, large hail in some of those downpours. at risk is southern scotland, england and wales, but the risk extends into eastern counties of england tomorrow. many errors will enjoy pressure conditions moving in from the west, but still pretty warm in sow england. that is your weather, by now. the queen's speech in westminster is dominated by brexit as the government sets out its agenda for

the next two years. it was a scaled state opening, the queen arrived by car instead of carriage for the first time since 197a, to deliver the queen ‘s speech with key m essa g es the queen ‘s speech with key messages on terrorism and brexit. my ministers are committed to working with parliament, the devolved administrations, business and others, to build the widest possible consensus on the country's future outside the european union. 27 bills have been announced, eight concerning brexit. among the other proposals on terror legislation and domestic violence. prince charles accompanied the queen after the duke of edinburgh was admitted to hospital last night for precautionary treatment. very little p°mp precautionary treatment. very little pomp and ceremony because of the timing