is actually good in the bacteria is actually good in the long run and so it might see these things changing now around the practices we have around sterilisation. it is also for me a personal celebration of the fact that i have always failed to keep my house tidy. and with having had three children, we have had a ten second rule that has largely become a two—minute rule in terms of food falling on the floor. this may lead toa falling on the floor. this may lead to a more relaxed attitude around germs and children. the scientists who have devoted the last 30 years to this was in the studio earlier on. is the practical assumption now that parents should actuallyjust chill out a little bit on keeping everything neat and clean and he said yes because we evolved in a particular way and yet we have changed our habits so dramatically in the last 20 years or so. and it has much wider implications. it is

an excuse has much wider implications. it is an excuse for people of my generation to say we were brought up when it was okayed to play out in the dort and it did not do as any harm. but this will bring a lot of questions for mothers with young children at the moment as to what they are supposed to do. we are not saying you give up on hygiene altogether. is it all bacteria, some bacteria and is it all cancers? this concentrates on childhood leukaemia. but if it is true for childhood leukaemia, is it true for other cancers as well? it could have far— reaching cancers as well? it could have far—reaching implications for health. big questions about lifestyle in affluent societies and whether that contributes to some other cancers we are seeing. the express. we are interested in the story underneath the royal photograph. for political geeks like yourselves, is it any surprise that after a couple of days of

speculation in the papers that now boris is saying we do not want an election after all? he is stating the obvious, the people of this country have had enough of elections and all the rest of it and they expressed their views last year in the general election. and people may not like that around westminster, people in all parties may not like it because it left a very uncertain position. but no matter how difficult the government find themselves, whatever difficulties they find themselves in, going to they find themselves in, going to the country again is not a solution thatis the country again is not a solution that is good to be very attractive to the electorate but this was caroline 's story on sunday, to give her credit for it. a lot of tory mps andl her credit for it. a lot of tory mps and i was begin to labour mps last week about the same time, during the same story that the tories were thinking this was the way out of their difficulties, notjust thinking this was the way out of their difficulties, not just to thinking this was the way out of their difficulties, notjust to have an election but to ditch the prime ministerand an election but to ditch the prime minister and have a new leader and an election. it is interesting,

boris rules out snap election. i am not sure he necessarily has a say in it. the only person that can call a general election is the prime minister, of which he isn't. yet. the whole purpose of sunday's story was not saying that the prime minister would call a general election, it was that there would have to be a leadership contest first. there was no way that the brexiteers would go to the country with her as prime minister and what it is really is a culmination of real fraction it is really is a culmination of realfraction and it is really is a culmination of real fraction and disappointment in the party. they feel very uneasy with this idea of a backstop. there is concern that they do not have the numbers to see off the labour threat on the customs union and i understand today that the whips have been going around saying to some of those fractious conservative mps, yes, we have got the numbers. that is not what i am hearing and it is not what labour think. there is a

real sense of frustration on both sides of the house but certainly on the tory side. they can see the difficulties and cannot see a way out of it. that is why some people unwisely and unrealistically are clutching at straws. do you think labour would like an election?m would be interesting. we havejust seen the local election results have not been as good as they were thinking. we have the labour live issue, this pop concert where they cannot sell the tickets. there is a sense that the shine is coming off jeremy corbyn. having said that, if you ask them directly, they would say yes. in which case, let's move on to the guardian and we will talk about the labour party. ken livingstone has gone, he has resigned from the labour party. and they would not have wanted to go into any election with the

anti—semitism row still hanging over them. however, does ken livingstone leaving the labour party end the anti—semitism row? leaving the labour party end the anti-semitism row? it certainly doesn't and the way this has been handled is an absolute disgrace from start to finish. he should not have been allowed to piously said that in front of television cameras and pretend he's doing everyone a favour in resigning and bringing an end to this situation. he should have been thrown out of the party a long time ago. it was a lack of leadership thatjeremy ago. it was a lack of leadership that jeremy corbyn did not do so. ago. it was a lack of leadership thatjeremy corbyn did not do so. he goes withjeremy thatjeremy corbyn did not do so. he goes with jeremy corbyn saying, he is terribly sorry to see him go. and that rubs salt into the wounds of those who can genuinely recognise the serious and that seriousness of the serious and that seriousness of the anti—semitism allegations the party is facing. when you talk to labour insiders, do they believe... do they understand the damage this is doing? i think those close to

jeremy corbyn, as has been said, it is not a mistake, jeremy corbyn ‘s language. none of us can think that he's missing something, that he's being apologetic, that somehow that will make it all right with the jewish community because it certainly isn't. those within the party that are not particularly close to the leadership are absolutely appalled by what is going on and they are just literally with their head in their hands. they don't know what has become of the party that they loved so dearly. what is so interesting about this story is that there is a suggestion is has come about because of the threat of shami chakra barty quitting the front bench. she wrote the report in the first place that then became a bit of a whitewash and she got very much criticised for it. what has changed there? that is the question i want to know the answer

to. it does not dojeremy corbyn any favours particularly because he would needed to have pushed ken livingstone to make it look as if he was taking a grip on this issue. what is going on? so do either party wa nt what is going on? so do either party wantan what is going on? so do either party want an election at the moment? not quite yet. let's briefly look at this story, an interesting story in the times and the guardian picking up by it, britain perhaps pursuing friends of vladimir putin who live in places like britain. yes, it is the story that has come around roman abramovich and the fact that his visa seems to have been held up, preventing him from attending the fa cup final. boris has been talking about this and hinting that the uk could start to take tougher action against russian oligarchs but it is fascinating timing because only yesterday or even today a report came out by the foreign affairs select committee suggesting that the uk had been really lacks in its

dealing with sort of russian oligarchs and sort of money—laundering that had been going on around the scene. it is really interesting that they now seem to be looking at this issue but the proof is very much going to be in the pudding and whether or not actually anything happens now. who in this room has a wood—burning stove? mine isa room has a wood—burning stove? mine is a very modern one. it is extremely efficient and minimises the innovations. —— mish and is. this ban is not going to be retroactive. but yes, this is michael gove. he has an eye for a good headline. getting together with jeremy hunt the health secretary. saying that polluting wood—burning stoves are going to be banned in the future. and apparently there has beena peak future. and apparently there has been a peak in popularity, which is why i have now got one. which has

led to some extraordinary figures. there is one figure in years suggesting... they make it sound as if this is true across the whole country, which it cannot be. it contributes 38% of all matter pollution. that must be in those areas where there are a lot of these wood—burning areas where there are a lot of these wood— burning stoves around. areas where there are a lot of these wood-burning stoves around. london and birmingham, there are quite a lot of these wood—burning stoves are on. it is true where they have done studies in other parts of the world, they have reduced childhood asthma, reduced deaths in over 65 through respiratory diseases. it looks like a good idea on paper. interesting that it a good idea on paper. interesting thatitis a good idea on paper. interesting that it is the lead in the daily telegraph because i would imagine there is quite a lot of daily telegraph readers who have these things in their homes. let's move on. finally to the metro.

maybe one or two of you would have wished we had not mentioned bride and joy but here we are. the photo that many of the papers have on the front page. it is a nice family shot. it is lovely. the point of the pictures are to show the changing face of the royal family. and pictures are to show the changing face of the royalfamily. and of course you have meghan and her mother centrestage. and my favourite quote around the whole wedding that sort of described it as harry was doing 15 in a 30 mile—per—hour area in his approach to modernity. this picture kind of shows that. royal weddings, the gift that keeps on giving. and presumably for the rest of the week as well. not too sure about camilla ‘s hat. that is a subject for another day. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.

and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you and goodbye. good evening. we have had a scattering of thunderstorms across england and wales. we will look at those in just a england and wales. we will look at those injust a moment but england and wales. we will look at those in just a moment but through the rest of this week, whilst there will still be warm sunshine around, we still have the risk of more storms and an easterly breeze so it will be cooler around north sea coast. we also had rain across scotla nd coast. we also had rain across scotland and northern ireland earlier on. these are the storms earlier on. these are the storms earlier on. these are the storms earlier on. a real cluster across central southern england. those storms have been drifting their way a little bit further westwards and they are continuing to fade away.

becoming dry across the bulk of england and wales with clear skies. 0ne england and wales with clear skies. one or two showers approaching the far south—east later. the rain is petering out in northern ireland and scotland. low cloud and that will drift down into the north—east of england. not a particularly chilly start. warming up in the sunshine across england and wales. the threat ofa across england and wales. the threat of a shower in the south—east corner early in the morning. much more cloud across the north—east of england. quite low cloud. western fringes of scotland together with northern ireland seeing the crowd filling and breaking and we should get some sunshine. plenty of sunshine for england and wales but a lwa ys sunshine for england and wales but always the threat of catching a few thundery downpours. some good sunshine around as well. another warm day. temperatures not far off those from today. another warm day to come at the chelsea flower show.

not without the risk of a storm at one point or another. but generally dry. we have high pressure in charge. staying fine and dry. as the high pressure continues to build, it will tend to thin and break the cloud more and more across northern ireland and scotland. warmer on wednesday. lots of sunshine for england and wales. a reduced risk of a shower in the south. the temperatures will climb nicely. it is on thursday that we could see more downpours heading northwards across england and wales and fewer showers and a bit more sunshine on the way on friday. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven. tributes begin to the 72 people who lost their lives as a result of the grenfell tower fire as the public inquiry gets underway. it was a day of emotional testimony.

0ne father spoke of his son who was stillborn after his family escaped. you know, at that moment... we felt like our hearts had broken. ken livingstone resigns from the labour party — ahead of a legal hearing about claims of anti—semitism. the duke and duchess of sussex thank everyone involved in their wedding celebrations, as kensington palace releases three official photographs from the big day. and on newsnight on a day of harrowing testimony at the grand