will otherwise, it stays dry. there will be occasional brighter spells, but on the whole a pretty cloudy day. temperatures up to 90 degrees. that is your weather. today at 5pm — a rallying call from the prime minister as she promises better days ahead for britain. in an upbeat message, she urges conservatives to hold their nerve on brexit as the party conference draws to a close. ours isa ours is a great country. ourfuture is in our hands. together, let us seize it, together, let's build a better britain. the prime minister signals an end to austerity and makes several announcements — including steps to boost housing and new nhs cancer targets. we'll have the latest on those announcements. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... an inquest into the westminster terror attack

is told that it's "possible" pc keith palmer's death could have been prevented if armed officers had been in a different location. the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry descibes being pushed back by thick, black smoke as he tried to escape. time's running out for survivors of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami as rescue teams struggle to reach remote areas that were hit. and the duke and duchess of sussex make their first official visit to the county of their royal titles. it's 5pm. theresa may has insisted she will ‘not let the country down' over brexit. speaking at the conservatives‘

conference in birmingham, mrs may defended her brexit strategy from strong criticism from some of her tory colleagues, including the former foreign secretary, boris johnson. mrs may defended her plans, saying ‘no one wanted a good deal more‘ than her and she appealed to her critics to unite behind her, even if they don't always agree with her. the prime minister also announced a fresh strategy to improve the treatment of cancer, with new diagnostic centres and earlier scans for patients. on housing, the government will allow councils to borrow more money in order to build more homes, scrapping the cap that was brought in six years ago. and mrs may also said that fuel duty is to be frozen for the ninth year in a row, promising that the government is ‘on the side of hard—working families‘. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. after the coughing calamity of last year, theresa may's speech needed to be polished. the set too had to stay solid. mrs may's task — to several sell

again her plan for brexit and map out a path for britain's future outside the eu. but nobody expected this... music: dancing queen. as theresa may revived the robot dance first unveiled in africa in the summer. can ijust say, you will have to excuse me if i do cough during the speech! i have been up all night supergluing the backdrop. she made a case for decency and civility in politics. let's rise above the abuse. let's make a positive case for our values that will cut through the bitterness and bile and let's say it loud and clear, conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us.

before turning to attack the current labour leadership. what has it come to whenjewish families today seriously discuss where they should go ifjeremy corbyn becomes prime minister? when a leading labour mp says his party is institutionally racist? when the leader of the labour party is happy to appear on iranian state tv, but attacks our free media here in britain. that is whatjeremy corbyn has done to the labour party. it is our duty in this conservative party to make sure he can never do it to our country. in the 70th year of the nhs, theresa may said cancer survival rates still lagged behind other countries. she made this pledge...

through our cancer strategy we will increase the early detection raid. of course brexit, theresa may said she was prepared to walk away without a deal and said her plan for post brexit trade was right. so this is our proposal, taking back control of our borders, law and money. good forjobs, good for the union, it delivers on the referendum, it keeps faith with the british people. it is in the national interest. mrs may swatted calls for another referendum. they call it a people's vote. but we had a people's vote and the people chose to leave. theresa may enthused about the possibilities she saw from brexit. i believe that our best days lie ahead of us. and that our future is full of promise. mr may promised to remove the cap on the amount councils can borrow

to build more houses and said the age of austerity was over. solving the housing crisis is the biggest domestic policy challenge of oui’ biggest domestic policy challenge of our generation. it does not make sense to stop councils from playing their part in solving it. so today, ican their part in solving it. so today, i can announce that we are scrapping that cap. she said the age of austerity was over. because you made sacrifices there are better days ahead. so when we have secured a good brexit dealfor britain, at the spending review next year, we will set out our approach for the future. debt as a share of the economy will continue to go down. support for public services will go up. because a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. a confident speech and this was changes little. the outcome of the brexit

negotiation matters a lot. that is what will shape her and the party's future. but this leader looks keen to lead it for some time yet. let's get some more analysis on this from our economics editor, kamal ahmed. he says better days ahead and austerity is over. isn't that simple? it is a bold claim and at the moment i would say no. if you think about the next two years, spending per person on things like schools and libraries and police is still going to fall and the government has announced those cuts will come in over the next two yea rs. will come in over the next two years. £12 billion of benefit cuts have still to be put in place, again over the next two years. theresa may was talking about next year and the next what is called the spending review and she says if i get a good deal on brexit. clearly, there is

economic risk there are certainly the treasury is worried that they need to be cautious on the public finances because of that brexit risk. at the moment, austerity is not over. if there is a good deal, maybe the economy will grow more quickly than expected and there might be more ability to spend more on public services. but to make the claim for right now, it does not seem claim for right now, it does not seem to hold water although to be clear, theresa may was talking about next year and onwards. some key announcements, one of them could be seen as loosening the purse strings on consoles, so that more homes can be built. housing is a key issue for many voters. how significant was that? that will be welcomed by many people who want to see more housing supply in britain and the treasury select committee recommended this ending of the cap on how much councils can borrow at the beginning of this year and nicky morgan is heading that committee, the conservative mp. clearly, borrowing

is just the start of the process of building houses so they have to get planning permission and have to build the things but it would increase supply. the problem for the government and philip hammond is that borrowing sits on the government balance sheet and it adds to the government debt so it makes meeting his fiscal targets rather harder. overall the treasury will be reaching for the aspirin, spending commitments and ruling out tax rises on fuel and not giving them a lot of manoeuvre in the budget which is only three weeks away. thank you very much indeed. the coroner at the inquest into the westminster bridge attack has said it was "possible" pc keith palmer's death could have been prevented if armed officers had been at the carriage gates at the palace of westminster when khalid masood attacked. and he paid tribute to the ‘great dignity‘ of the victims‘ families. our correspondent, richard lister, is at the old bailey. what did the coroner say? a cheque

thejudge three what did the coroner say? a cheque the judge three and a half hours to go through the evidence that was presented for these inquests over the past three weeks so and to deliver his conclusions. it was not surprising when he said all five victims who were fatally injured when khalid masood drove this rented vehicle across westminster bridge, striking about 29 people as well as the four people killed on the bridge, before he crashed the car and went through the front gates of new palace yard and attacked and killed pc keith palmer. it was not asa killed pc keith palmer. it was not as a prize when the coroner said all five victims had been unlawfully killed but he went on to identify failings in the way the attack on pc palmer was dealt with and handled by the metropolitan police. he said that due to shortcomings in the security systems in new palace yard, including the supervision of officers, armed officers did not

know the details of their posts and instructions and had those armed officers, two of them, been stationed near the gates of the palace, it is possible they might have been able to prevent pc palmer from suffering fatal injuries. there we re from suffering fatal injuries. there were none armed officers, lee ashby and nicola sanders, and the guidance in the notes that were on file from the metropolitan police said they should be in close box ready to those gates when they were opened, as they were on that day on the 22nd of march last year and in fact they we re of march last year and in fact they were not in close proximity to those gates for nearly one hour because they thought it was a responsibility to patrol at times further away. the coroner, having identified this failing, said there will be a prevention of future death report and he will gather evidence from interested parties and present a report to the agencies concerned, including the metropolitan police, about how things should be done differently in the future. we have

had a statement from the widow of pc palmer? we have, michelle palmer released a statement talking about her husband as being cheeky and funny man and a man she loved very and someone who her daughter obviously misses greatly and she goes on, how could keith have been left alone on armed, guarding an open gate at one of the most iconic buildings in the world and with one of the country‘s top terrorist targets ? of the country‘s top terrorist targets? she says he was left out of vulnerable location with no protection and she says he is disappointed that the police and her words have not been open about their investigation in relation to those events and she says that i am pleased the coroner found there were shortcomings in the security system but it will not bring his back. richard, thank you very much indeed. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has been speaking with relatives of some of the victims. he has this report on what took place that day. the last calm moments of what had been just another westminster spring day. american tourist kurt cochran

with his wife, melissa. pensioner leslie rhodes returning from hospital. aysha frade texting her husband on her way to pick up her kids from school. andrea cristea, a tourist from romania. and pc keith palmer manning the main gates to parliament. but in 82 seconds of terror, it all changed. by the end of the day, three of them were dead. the other two dying of fatal injuries. the first people to be hit on the bridge were melissa and kurt cochrane. she survived but he was killed. the inquest heard he saved her life by pushing her out of the way of the killer‘s car. knowing that he saved me sure makes me want to make him proud. and recover the best i can and just go on and do what i can for my family and myself. aysha frade‘s death left two

daughters without a mother. speaking publicly for the first time as the inquests end, her husband told me that things have to change in the world of counterterrorism. one thing i absolutely want to do is to ensure that no other family goes through the horrendous pain that myself and my family have gone through. aysha lost her life. it could have been prevented. the killer was khalid masood, who hired a hyundai 4x4 to run down the pedestrians on the bridge and brought large knives to finish off his attack. he was recorded laughing with the hotel receptionist as he made his final preparations. both the police and m15 had been aware he was an extremely

violent man before 2003. in 2004 his phone number was found on wahid mahmood, a member of an al-qaeda bomb plot. he had ongoing contact with another suspect until 2009 and in 2010, m15 intelligence listed him as an extremist. for six years he had contact with members of a banned terrorist group and in 2013 m15 heard he had celebrated the 9/11 attacks. he was briefly an official m15 subject of interest in 2010 but was downgraded and dropped off the radar. john frade thinks mis‘s systems are out of date. it is obvious that even known subjects of interest were still able to carry out their atrocities. and that, quite frankly, isn‘t good enough. khalid masood drove his car onto the pavement on westminster bridge at

just after 2:40pm and almost immediately hit kurt cochrane, knocking him onto the embankment five metres below. he then drove at speed into leslie rhodes and aysha frade, who was then run over by a bus. next, he knocked andrea cristea into the river thames before crashing his car into the fence around parliament and running round to carriage gates. he stabbed keith palmerjust inside the gates before being shot by a close protection officer 82 seconds after the attack began. the armed officers who were supposed to be on the gate were at the other end of new palace yard. it was eight months since a truck attack on pedestrians in nice and three months since a similar attack in berlin. john fred feels london hadn‘t learned from those attacks. we not only need to protect our buildings but we need to protect our people as well. even if possibly a simple railing was there, dividing the pavement and the road, he wouldn‘t have been able to mount

the pavement and all of those victims wouldn‘t have suffered the horrific consequences. and why were there no armed officers at the main gates to parliament, which at that time were always open during the day? the inquest heard that the official instructions were for armed officers to be in close proximity to gates. but the two officers on duty that day said at evidence that they thought for years that their orders were to patrol the whole of the yard. keith palmer‘s sisters and mother say they feel let down by his force. they think the metropolitan police has tried to scapegoat rank and file armed officers for what was a bigger problem. the westminster attack has still up difficult questions for the people that keep us and our democracy safe. but the killer was khalid masood. 52 years old and a father of four. and motivated by his extreme violent islamist ideology.

i feel sorry for his family. i feel sorry for people that feel that way. that think that way. i think if we just could all find a little connection with each other, you know? maybe some of this hate would go away. melissa cochrane ending that report by daniel sandford. the first survivor of the grenfell tower fire to give evidence at the inquiry has been describing the moment he tried to leave his 10th floor flat after his son had woken him up and told him to get out. antonio roncolato, who‘d lived in the flats for 27 years, said he opened his door and was confronted with thick, black smoke. it hurt his eyes and he thought it would kill him. so he didn‘t leave. daniella relph reports from the inquiry. you may find some of the images in her report distressing. he was one of the last residents to be rescued.

antonio roncolato had remained in his flat for around six hours during the fire. it had been his home for 27 years. i swear by almighty god... the first resident to give evidence, he described how he opened the door to his flat as the fire took hold. and was confronted by overpowering thick black smoke. the moment i opened the door, ifelt i had been hit by a gas as well as smoke. so physically it would stop me from breathing. so i said you know, you cannot go out there. that is why i closed promptly and my eyes were crying like, you know, it was really horrible. so that is why i closed the door and i went to rinse my eyes in the bathroom. so basically the flames were there... using a floor plan of his flat, antonio roncolato explained that he could see the cladding alight and flames spreading on the outside of the tower. his son sent him this distressing photo of grenfell ablaze and phoned him,

telling him that he loved him and that he needed to get out. inside the tenth floor flat mr roncolato took his own images of smoke filling the hallway. but he told the inquiry he still decided to stay put as instructed by firefighters. well, very much stay put, somebody is coming to get you. he was very determined in his affirmation, in his words. not to try anything risky, basically. that they were aware that i was there and they would come and get me. this was the day the families started to be heard at the grenfell inquiry. so far the focus has been on the official response to the fire. now it is examining the experience of survivors and those who lost family and friends. rescue workers in indonesia say time is running out to find any more survivors after the earthquake and tsunami which struck last week. 1,400 people are known to have died

and hundreds of thousands more are in desperate need of aid. emergency teams are still trying to reach remote areas. rebecca henschke has sent us this report from the island of sulewesi. survivors pick through the ruins of their homes in one village. five days after the quake and tsunami, no one has come to help them. translation: we have been here since friday. there hasn‘t been any rescue operation. we‘re still looking for the missing people. villages alone. no heavy machinery. hopes of finding people alive are fading. and with huge areas still cut off from power and clean water, those who survived are struggling. nearly 2,000 homes in one area were swallowed as the violence of the earthquake turned the earth to liquid.

it is thought hundreds died here. after days of waiting in a village, this family decided they had to walk to get help at the airport. this is the first water they have had since yesterday. translation: we walked for ten hours through the mountain from our village. we were that desperate for aid. i was so stressed about the children. with the airport now re—opened the military‘s cargo planes can bring in aid. they‘re also taking out traumatised women and children. strong aftershocks continue to be felt here, as families struggle to come to terms with what they have lost. this woman has just got one—year—old fiona to sleep. she has been crying and clinging to her. translation: she says sometimes, where is my mum, i say we're

still looking for her. your mum has gone on a long journey. if she hears a loud noise, she get scared. she is traumatised. this is where fiona‘s home used to be. now, completely submerged with mud. this is also where her mother and younger sibling are buried. fiona was in this area when the earthquake hit. triggering mud slides, sinking houses and completely altering the landscape. fiona was saved by her 11—year—old brother, who carried her awayjust in time. it will take months for people to rebuild their houses, but they may never recover from what they have lost. pret a manger has announced that full ingredient labelling, including allergens, will be introduced to all products

that are freshly made in its shop kitchens. it follows the case of natasha ednan—laperouse, who died after suffering an allergic reaction to a sandwich containing sesame seeds bought from one of its outlets. in a statement pret chief executive clive schlee said he hoped the measures set the company ‘on course to drive change in the industry‘. president trump has mocked the university professor who claims she was sexually assaulted by his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, when they were teenagers. mr trump had previously described dr christine blasey ford as a "very credible witness" after she testified before a senate committee last week. but at a rally in mississippi last night, he ridiculed her account and said it had destroyed thejudge‘s life. how did you get home? i don‘t remember. how did you get there? i don‘t remember. where is the place? i don‘t remember. how many years ago was it? i don‘t know. cheering.

i don‘t know! what neighbourhood was it in? i don‘t know. where is the house? i don‘t know. upstairs, downstairs, where was it? i don‘t know. but i had one beer. that‘s the only thing i remember. and a man‘s life is in tatters. a man‘s life is shattered. laura schwartz is with me. she was a senior official in the clinton white house as director of events. like political commentator. nice to be here. i‘m sorry it is not for a happier news story. i have to tell you, this is repulsive and disgusting and not necessarily on any disgusting and not necessarily on a ny level disgusting and not necessarily on any level from an uninformed person to the most informed, it does not matter. last night was a disgrace, not only with him i‘m playing sexual assault but the crowd behind him

cheering. i assure you and your viewers that does not represent the entirety of america. strange because he said evidence was compelling? funny how he goes for the ratings and he will do one thing one day and something else the other and when you think he hits a new low he will go lower and last night there was a story from the new york times that came out about tax evasion and tax schemes that has affected him a bit soi schemes that has affected him a bit so i don‘t know if he was trying to make us —— make a splash but this was not the way to do it, even if he was not the way to do it, even if he was trying to think constructively. what happens to the brett kavanaugh nomination? the fbi are investigating and we hear that they might complete that very quickly, maybe today? even though they have until friday. how does that go? right now, i think the support is there amongst republicans for this to go through and some say as long as is an investigation we will be

fine and that investigation is going to be at seven days and there were only four people that the white house asked the fbi to interview, brett kava naugh has house asked the fbi to interview, brett kavanaugh has not been interviewed, christine blasey ford, has not been interviewed, so it is having the investigation complete but if those findings are not thorough, i don‘t think you investigation is going to swing those republicans, those three, possible either way from voting. who said that what donald trump said was a disgrace but he does not seem to be losing popularity amongst his co re be losing popularity amongst his core supporters, the people that got him into the white house. he is really confident he will get back in next time round ? really confident he will get back in next time round? done two things, it isa next time round? done two things, it is a mathematical challenge in america because of the electoral couege america because of the electoral college and he got the electoral college, even though hillary clinton won the popular vote and it can be done again, if he hangs onto that

32% of the supporters in the site but i really think this might make a difference. some women republicans are leaving the party, women republicans who voted for him said they will not again so something like this just denigrates notjust the republican name because it is really trump, but it puts that female voter at risk. it will be interesting. the mid—terms are coming up in november and that‘ll be a good litmus test to see if women are leaving the republican party and it will be another test coming up for the election, if he is not impeached before then but i don‘t think that will happen. he won partly last time around because of the weakness of hillary clinton‘s campaign, the flaws in that campaign. iwas campaign, the flaws in that campaign. i was beating him at the next presidential election depend on to the democrats can find to run against him? i think so and it is a wide variety of folks right now. we need to look at american elections as betting a strong person against

another and donald trump, no matter his policies, his strength has stayed with him. the democrats need to look beyond just the policy and benita litt to the personality also. thank you so much for coming in. director of thank you so much for coming in. di rector of events thank you so much for coming in. director of events in the clinton white house. let‘s check that the latest weather forecast the weather started off cloudy today but we have been chipping away at the cloud and sunshine has begun to come out, particularly across southern england and the midlands and eastern in wales. this is the biggest outbreak developing. that cloud will fill in through the evening and overnight so becoming quite grey and gloomy around western coasts with outbreaks of drizzle settling in for some. the south—westerly winds will ensure it isa south—westerly winds will ensure it is a very mild night with temperatures into double figures for most. and looking at the forecast for tomorrow, most of us start on a

cloudy note and look at the patches of fog towards the south but essentially we will keep a cloudy day for much of the day for england and wales and some bright, sunny spells later and at the same time, bigger cloud chris kirkland and northern ireland with outbreaks of rain turning heavier and a header that weather front we will see patches of rain developing across the north of wales and modern england. milder in the south by turning cooler across the far north—west of the uk. a sign of things to come... the prime minister calls on conservatives to unite — as she promises better days ahead for britain in her speech at the end of the party conference. ours isa ours is a great country. ourfuture is in our hands. together, let‘s seize it. together, let‘s build a better britain. the coroner at the inquests into the westminster terror attack says it‘s "possible" pc keith palmer‘s death could have been prevented.

pc palmer‘s widow says her husband was left "in a vulnerable location, with no protection, to die". the widower of aysha frade also responded to the findings. the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry descibes being pushed back by thick black smoke — as he tried to escape. time‘s running out for survivors of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami, as rescue teams struggle to reach remote areas that were hit. chris mitchell has a round—up of all the sports news. b brooks koepka says he‘s "heartbroken" that one of his shots at the ryder cup hit a spectator. the lady in question has lost the sight in her right eye. the american‘s drive on the sixth hole veered off course and struck corine remande. at a news conference today koepka said he heard the news about the extent of the injury on tuesday i‘m looking forward

to speaking with her today or in the next few days, hours, whatever it may be. just having a conversation with her and talking to her. because there‘s nobody that feels worse about this than i do. it‘s a tragic accident, what happened. i mean, i‘m heartbroken. i am all messed up inside. steve bruce has — in the last hour — been sacked as manager of aston villa. the club have won only once in their last eleven games and are twelfth in the championship. bruce, who had been at villa forjust under two years, is the first in the top two divisions to lose hisjob this season. barcelona‘s superstars are in london for their champions league match against tottenham. lionel messi and luis suarez are set to line up tonight in what promises to be a tough examintation for spurs. mauricio pottchetino‘s

side lost their opening match at inter milan — and will be without several key players. mousa dembele, christian eriksen and dele alli are all injured... barca are on a poor run of form domestically..no wins in their last three but everyone knows a team with lionel messi in is a very dangerous one. as players, you want to play against the best players in the world, and messi is certainty that. so yes, he‘s a fantastic player, and i‘m sure we‘ll do our best to stop him from adding to that record in england. but we need to focus on ourselves, as well. you know, we‘ve got some great players. we need to play with energy and attack the game, and hopefully if we do that, we can come out on top. liverpool go to napoli in the cl tonight and the italian side‘s manager carlo ancelotti has been very flattering about his opposition. he‘s called them "one of the strongest teams in europe" — but the liverpool bossjurgen klopp

isn‘t one for flattery. it‘s tactics — it starts already. he is so long in the business, and he wants to try to bring the very nice — the nice fella out of me. and i am here to be ready for a real battle. andrew strauss has stepped down as england‘s director of cricket after three and a half years in the role. strauss had taken a break in may after his wife ruth entered a new period of treatment for cancer. andy flower, who has covered for him, will continue in an interim role before a full—time replacement is found. the former england test captain says 2019 is "potentially the most important the game has had in this country" with the world cup and ashes series on home soil. i would just like to say he has done a fantasticjob, he has been really

good for me. with the planning towards the 2019 world cup and the way that we want to be playing our one—day cricket for test cricket. he has been sensational. he has been a quy has been sensational. he has been a guy where he is very helpful behind the scenes and being an ex—player, he obviously knows the game. but when it comes to the crunch, he leaves it up to the coaches and the players. we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. more now on our top story... theresa may‘s keynote speech closes the tory party conference by announcing the end of austerity and calling for unity to make a success of brexit. we‘ll be speaking to two political commentators for their take on the prime minister‘s performance but first, here‘s what party members in the audience thought. absolutely marvellous, the whole thing was fantastic.

what in particular? well, the thing that austerity is coming to an end. i think that is really important. she just came across very well. she put certain things in pockets, we have done the right things in terms of putting the cap on council borrowing, just happy with it overall. it was excellent. what in particular? just her enthusiasm for the future actually. i am a remain voter and she spoke to me as well. i thought it was brilliant. it was. the wildest i've seen. it was full of promise, of all sorts of policy initiatives which is great about housing. but what struck me was this phrase 'the party for everyone'. it is very uniting for the party and bringing together the ultra—brexiteers and the more remainers in the party. she showed that she can laugh at herself, which i'm in politics, i think it is important to be able to do that. and the place seems to be buzzing. that‘s the views of some of the tory

party delegates. i‘m joined now by kate proctor, political reporter at the evening standard, and katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator. katie, first of all, just the start of that speech she came onto dancing queen by abba. there was a big contrast from last year‘s absolute disaster of the speech. last year's ‘s speech was disastrous, the set fell down, she coughed and someone gate—crashing tried to give her a p 45. gate—crashing tried to give her a p a5. bearing in mind shejust had to give a speech for it to be an improvement but have her coming out and dancing, it had a feel—good factor. she was making fun of herself and i do think she exceeded expectations, partly because

expectations, partly because expectations were low. but she managed to deliver a speech, despite the divisions, that had a feel—good factor. the feel-good factor as you say and then saying, kate, that austerity is over, the good times are coming. what did you make of all that? i'm not quite sure how that is actually going to play out because to me it sounded as if if you back me on brexit and we pushed through with checkers, even though she didn't use the word checkers today, which will end austerity. to me it sounded like a threat to her backbenchers to say that you have to backbenchers to say that you have to back me on brexit because the good times are ahead but only few back me first. i thought the austerity message was a bit of a conflicted one really. we know she is bogged down in brexit frankly but was there a big vision. she tried to talk about the nhs and housing and so on. was there a big vision that we got from her today? i don't refuse a big

vision but the slogan has been opportunity. it seems a bit hollow at times, nobody noticing to know what it means. she did manage to flesh that out of this bit. the conservative party is one that can ta ke conservative party is one that can take people as far as they can with their potential. i think it was quite effective. but there is still a problem that there were not any big policy announcements and that has been a theme of this conference and that is partly because it is very ha rd and that is partly because it is very hard for them to get anything through. they still don't have a majority and nothing can really fix that, which means that she is quite limited in this big vision that she has set. at the end of this week do you think she is stronger as party leader and prime minister or weaker? we have seen borisjohnson making a big speech on the fringe of the conference, we have seen him running through the wheatfield ostensibly ridiculing the prime minister. there

have been some funny moments, i have to say. i think she has come out strongly today. i spoke to some backbenchers before i came here this evening and they‘re thrilled with how it went. she has certainly bought herself sometime. i was expecting boris to launch a leadership bid in his speech yesterday and he didn‘t do it. people are saying he has bottled it and people are waiting for boris to do something. that has been a theme of the conference, waiting for boris to get some direction. that is what some backbenchers want. so i think she has bought some time, it could bea she has bought some time, it could be a matter of days or weeks but i sadly don‘t see any knives out in the next few days. we seem to keep saying that about theresa may that she has bought herself more time and she has bought herself more time and she is still there. that is true. i think she calmed nerves, people were nervous about her suitability as a leader and watches about and i think her performance today, i don't think it will change anyone's mind about whether she should lead the party

into the next and election but perhaps some people who have been downhearted about things will think she is the leader of the now and will get behind. she was appealing for party unity and yet a lot of the delegates in the hall listening to that want a much harder brexit than what she is offering. they do not wa nt what she is offering. they do not want the chequers plan. she didn't mention chequers, she didn‘t use the word at all. do think it was wise? it would give the impression that there is about to be some movement on that from her. if she didn‘t use the word and she has used it so much over the next few weeks, she clings to it all the time. she says co nsta ntly to it all the time. she says constantly that she is working in the national interest and then threw it back to europe to see what they came back with. i think she is very much ina came back with. i think she is very much in a similar position on brexit

i guess as she was before they conference. she has just i guess as she was before they conference. she hasjust come i guess as she was before they conference. she has just come out perhaps as a touch more likeable. she has attacked labour as she is a lwa ys she has attacked labour as she is always likely to do is leader of the conservatives but some people have said that whatever you think of jeremy corbyn he is offering a pretty clear vision to the country and we talked earlier about what vision she or her party is offering. she can she counter labour on that? i think if i was there to criticise her speech i would say there was a lot of time spent talking about jeremy corbyn and actually not positive reasons to vote conservative. i think that would be more effective way of doing it. i think labour's vision was more bold but it felt like the conference before an election, that's because they wanted to be. but the tories, they wanted to be. but the tories, they know that this conference doesn't really mean that much because in the next few months there are going to be such seismic movements on brexit. it is hard to predict and events will overtake, which think is why it has been a

timid conference. and we going to have a general election in the next few months do you think?” have a general election in the next few months do you think? i don't think so, i can‘t see that playing out at all. and you are labour about labour being so geared up and ready to go. i think it was an error or for the conservatives to talk about jeremy corbyn so much. i thought reference in his speech was a big mistake because you don‘t mention someone that much if you are confident in your own party‘s prospects. thank you for your analysis. as we‘ve been hearing, theresa may used her speech to announce new borrowing powers for councils to build more homes. it was a recognition of the problems facing people trying to get on the housing ladder. a bbc survey suggests that people in their 20s are being priced out of renting.

in most parts of britain, renting a one bedroom home requires a third of the average salary. our personalfinance reporter kevin peachey reports from cheltenham. when 25—year—old shop manager morgan moved in with her boyfriend, she knew she had to be particularly nice to her new housemates. myself and my partner are living with his parents at the moment whilst we are saving for a mortgage. the reason why be decided to do that was because we couldn‘t possibly rent and save at the same time. my friends definitely struggle, i think a lot of their money is used up in just their rent alone. this is typical of a sort of accommodation that is offered for young professionals. those friends can expect to pay more than a0% of their salary on rent to live on their own in central cheltenham. despite this cost, letting agents say young professionals are queueing up for flats like this. this typical property goes within a8 hours. the demand for it is incredible, especially one that is furnished like this, itjust suits their needs. but it isn‘tjust here that

young people are feeling the financial squeeze. housing organisations say spending more than 30% of your salary on rent is unaffordable. that means renting a one—bedroom home in your 20s would be unaffordable in two thirds of britain and two people sharing a two—bedroom place would still find it difficult to manage in more than one in ten areas. one answer, say housing charities, is to build more for this young market. new developments like this look perfect for young tenants. new flats right in the centre of cheltenham, but it will be at least a0 years before they get into something like this because, like so many other newly built properties in the town, these are retirement homes. that worries the local council, which wants to attract skilled, young workers to the town. the private sector is failing to deliver, really. .. it is planning to borrow £100 million to provide 500 homes. we are going to build them. we are going to buy them,

we may even buy land and build on that. it‘s as simple as that, really. these will be rented out in the open market for young people and families that need them. the government says a letting‘s fee ban and longer tenancy contracts will help renters in cheltenham and elsewhere, but the trade body for landlords says mortgage and maintenance costs means they can‘t offer rent any cheaper. kevin peachey, bbc news. a man who was arrested in pakistan nearly 13 years after a fire that killed eight family members has been extradited back to the uk. shahid mohammed is accused over a 2002 fire in birkby, huddersfield, that caused the deaths of five young sisters, their mother, uncle and grandmother. he‘ll appear at leeds magistrates‘ court accused of eight counts of murder. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister calls on conservatives to unite — as she promises better days ahead for britain in her speech at the end of the party conference.

an inquest into the westminster terror attack is told that it‘s "possible" pc keith palmer‘s death could have been prevented, if armed officers had been in a different location. pc palmer‘s widow says her husband was left "in a vulnerable location, with no protection, to die". the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry describes being pushed back by thick black smoke as he tried to escape. the duke and duchess of sussex have made their first official visit to the county since they were given their royal titles. earlier, harry and megan visited chichester, bognor and brighton and the royal pair have just left peacehaven, where they visited a youth centre to hear about mental health and emotional welbeing. our correspondent lauren moss is at brighton‘s royal pavillion, and we can talk to her now. lauren, a pretty busy day for the royal couple. yes, very much though

and just a couple of hours ago these grounds around brighton‘s royal pavilion were packed with hundreds of people cheering and shouting prince harry and meghan markle‘s name. it was the royal couple‘s first visit here since their wedding five months ago and everybody who turned out wanted to see them and gave them a warm welcome. it was a very busy day for them, a whirlwind tour but a carefully planned and personal one as well. they started the day in chichester where they went to the historic eads house and saw only the second signed copy of the american declaration of independence. the only other version of that of course is in washington, dc, so indicating close relationships possibly there between sussex and america. further reinforced now by the marriage. then they went to bognor regis and opened they went to bognor regis and opened the university arts and technology.

then they made their way to brighton. they have such a greeting here. they spent lots of time with local schoolchildren outside the pavilion doors. prince harry was crouched down high—fiving them and doing lots of different handshakes and they were so excited to see both him and megan. they then had a tour of the royal pavilion and something of the royal pavilion and something ofa of the royal pavilion and something of a close connection therewith prince harry because one of his a ncestors prince harry because one of his ancestors built the royal pavilion in the 18th century. it was a summer home for king george iv. then the visit took more of an intimate tone really because they spent some time with the survivors network. that is a local charity in brighton but it supports victims across sussex who have been victims of sexual assault, abuse and violence. i have been told by the people there that that meant a lot to the by the people there that that meant a lotto the survivors and by their visit onto peacehaven as well. it is clear that prince harry and meghan markle have spent a lot of time with causes that are close to their

hearts today. the winner of the royal institute of british architects‘ most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced next week. the nominations to become britain‘s best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we‘ll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days and today it‘s the turn of the sultan nazrin shah centre at worcester college in oxford by niall mclaughlin architects. what the client was looking to achieve was a space for lecturers and performances, where the whole community of the college could come together in one space. and in addition what they wanted to do was to engage with the broader community and the city of oxford and extend the intellectual life of the college. we host the oxford literary festival, where people come from all over the country to hear great writers and speakers. it has this beautiful

auditorium in the style of an ancient greek amphitheatre. community spaces available for dance, exercise, play rehearsals. break—out space. so it‘s a building all about reaching out and coming together. i think the thing i hope makes the building special and unique is the idea of a theatre in a beautiful garden setting. many lecture theatres are quite closed in. they are quite contained and they‘re permanently blacked out and we tried to design it so that light comes in from different angles. as you are standing in the lecture theatre, the clear windows are giving you light from the skiy and you can see beyond out onto the illuminated cricket pitch, but also into other shady parts of the garden which are full of dappled light coming through the trees. previously most of us spent most of our time studying in our bedrooms, which can be a bit dark and boring and also quite lonely.

in comparison we can now study in the sultan nazrin shah centre which is a much brighter and we have a social space. it is a nice balance to have. because the sultan nazrin shah centre is in our beautiful historic landscape, sustainability credentials were really important to us. but also resilience against climate change. we‘re on the flood plain but the building is raised up above the flood plain so we are pretty confident it is going to be here for 300 years, just as the college has been in the past. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year‘s riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next wednesday evening between 8:30pm and 9pm. the nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to a british scientist and two americans. sir gregory winter and george smith will share half the prize for their development of new proteins. the scientist frances arnold, was commended for her work

on the evolution of enzymes. the presenter and dj, zoe ball, will become the first woman to host bbc radio 2‘s breakfast show when she takes over from chris evans injanuary. with 9 million listeners a week, it‘s the uk‘s most listened to breakfast show. this morning, zoe ball said she was thrilled but said she didn‘t underestimate the challenge. here‘s our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. your brand—new host is zoe ball. good morning, sorry. the moment millions of listeners found out who will take over one of the biggestjobs in broadcasting. it feels wonderful, i feel so privileged and honoured to be asked and to be the woman that they've asked to do it. i really hope they've given me the job because they think i'm the best one for the job. but, yes, it is exciting all round. there's so much to celebrate. it really is quite wonderful. zoe ball is a familiar voice

to audiences and a familiar successor to chris evans. two decades ago she took over the radio1 breakfast show, nine months after he left the job. it was last month that chris evans revealed that he was leaving the radio 2 breakfast show which he has hosted for eight years. he is one of the biggest paid stars on the bbc at a time when much attention has been focused on the gender pay gap. chris was paid 1.66 million for the show, are you expecting the same? i'm definitely not expecting the same but we have discussed the fee and i'm very happy with what the bbc are paying me. i mean, if it will come out one day, i'm sure these things tend to, i'm hoping that people will say that that's fair. were you adamant that you wanted a woman to do the show?

we were keen to find the best person to do the job and we are fortunate, we are home to some of the biggest music and entertainment stars in the uk. we had a lot of people to look at but we thought zoe was perfect for this role. and the verdict from chris evans? fantastic pick. best person for thejob. zoe says the job is a big challenge and one she‘s looking forward to. liso mzimba, bbc news. good luck to her. let‘s get a look at the weather. let's get a look at the weather. we have finally seen some sunshine breakthrough in places. it is all or nothing really. where the sunshine has come out, this was the scene earlier in the ealing area of london. you can see the extent of the cloud break that initially started off down towards devon, dorset and hampshire. that has

become widespread now across england and wales. it is not going to stay that way overnight because the cloud will reform and rethinking. ultimately quite an murky night with low cloud and fog patches. south—westerly winds continuing to blow it will be mild. temperatures from most between ten and 12 degrees. i‘ll start to thursday, a similar cloudy start of the day but we do have this weather fronts moving in, that will bring heavy rain to scotland and northern ireland as we go through the day. a dampfor ireland as we go through the day. a damp for the western coasts but a lot of cloud elsewhere, fog possible. for scotland and northern ireland cold fronts moving. rain working in here and probably patches of rain across the north of wales, running into northern england as well. south of this it will be dry with occasional bright and sunny

spells. even if we don‘t see much sunshine it will be mild. temperatures from most between 17 and 19 degrees. turning cooler in scotland, a sign of things to come. that cold front has moved southwards, northern england and northern wales, it looks like a wet day here. we‘re into the chilly air, in the south dense fog patches to start the day but mild. temperatures could reach 21 degrees. compare the 21 with just 11 or 12 could reach 21 degrees. compare the 21 withjust 11 or 12 in could reach 21 degrees. compare the 21 with just 11 or 12 in scotland and northern ireland. it is starting to turn much colder here. for the weekend weather prospects, wet and windy across england and wales. dry with plenty of sunshine on saturday elsewhere. a reversal of fortunes on sunday, the rain will be reluctant to clear from south—east england but it looks like being dry with lighter winds elsewhere. mixed fortunes,

before we get there tomorrow will be cloudy with rain to come in the north west. theresa may tries to bring her party together, with a promise of a moderate, patriotic government for everyone. music: dancing queen by abba. no cough and some unexpected dancing as theresa may calls for unity on brexit. if we all go off in different directions, in pursuit of our own visions of the perfect brexit, we risk ending up with no brexit at all. applause she tells the party faithful there‘ll be more for public services as better times lie ahead. a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. applause

it was a confident performance, but has theresa may done enough to unite herfractious party?