affairs. welcome to you both, thank you very much for giving up your friday night. it is friday, isn't it? yes. because of course the weekend is so easy. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the times — it carries a poll of conservative members, which suggests borisjohnson is the clear favourite to replace theresa may as prime minister. the same story makes the front page of the i, which also says mrs may clashed with the labour leader, after the collapse of cross—party brexit talks. calling an early general election, before delivering brexit, could result in a corbyn governmen, so says the health secretary, matt hancock, in an interview with the daily telegraph. a different story in the financial times. it leads with the plunge in thomas cook's share price, a day after the travel firm issued another profit warning. warning in the guardian — it cites new research, which suggests air pollution may be damaging every organ in the human body.

the daily mail reports on a bbc one documentary to be broadcast this sunday, in which prince william speaks about the issue of mental health. so a varied set of front pages, let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start with boris johnson, shall we? on the times, tory rivals crushed byjohnson. this is a poll that the times has commissioned to? that they have from you guys, and it shows a runaway leader for boris johnson at 39% of support from the conservative party members will stop the next cabinet to make a candidate, dominic raab, charted in the single digits. boris is officially the standout candidate. he's not completely loved. if you look at remain voters, his support drops dramatically within the party. i think the critical thing is that for those who think the person who is likely to win a general election, boris ranks at 70%. that's the big

question, because in order to get brea ks question, because in order to get breaks it over the line in october, is not simply about changing the leader but also about getting a new mandate. and many want to avoid a second referendum, so general election could be on the cards. but because of the weight the next conservative leader is elected, its first up to the mps before gets put to the wider membership. that is borisjohnson's problem. to the wider membership. that is boris johnson's problem. and to the wider membership. that is borisjohnson's problem. and as the times says here, to become leader, johnson needs to finish in the top two places. in a poll of tory mps. the article also talks about how he is seen as a divisive choice to succeed theresa may. there's that contrasting tension not just of breaks it, but also of who will succeed theresa may? at last count, it was something like 18—20

ministers, others x ministers, putting themselves forward. it's quite extraordinary, and of course being watched across the world, not just the eu, and from that point of view, borisjohnson is a known — because of being the mayor of london but also the foreign secretary. because of being the mayor of london but also the foreign secretaryi foreign secretary. but there's a lwa ys foreign secretary. but there's always been and anyone but boris idea, hasn't there? that some people would go out of their way to try to stop him. he certainly a divisive character, so he'll attract those who would do anything to stop him, as well as those who would back him to the hills. sometimes, especially looking at recent histories, it's those polarising characters who find themselves successful one way or another. you love them or hate them. but as you point out, his real challenge will be with the mps — there's some talks of changing the rules to make sure the parties favourite candidate does get on the ballot paper. whether or not they'll be successful, we don't know. again,

i think that 70% figure of someone who's likely to win a general election just can't be overlooked. it's all good and well for the grassroots to support somebody, but going into that general election and looking at the brexit party and how they are clearly taking votes away from the conservative party, they need to be very thoughtful about who could compete with nigel and his pro brexit vision. but whoever succeeds there needs to see brexit through if things don't go theresa may's way in the next week or two. that's right, because as we know — we will come onto ina because as we know — we will come onto in a second about the collapse of the talks today announced by jeremy corbyn. apparently a wrong footing, theresa may's speech, one reporter act as a poll for other broadcasters and apparently stunned meps who we will see in a moment, weren't as it would seem from the photo, were not surprised that she was there. show us the telegraph.

thank you. and there's no doubt, you look at this photograph on the front of the daily telegraph. "i am a tory mep candidate, get me out of here!" that's a good caption for this photograph. it couldn't have been much more low—key, could it? photograph. it couldn't have been much more low—key, could mm photograph. it couldn't have been much more low-key, could it? it was unannounced and low key, it was in a i’ooiti unannounced and low key, it was in a room with two cameras, a reporter and a photographer, and then there was the slip of the tongue. theresa may's used to saying that "we will deliver brexit", but she didn't want to say that. she wanted to say "the conservatives are the only party who can and will deliver brexit". and this was a very highly controlled exercise, the fact that there were i'io exercise, the fact that there were no otherjournalists, there was no public there. and it seems it did catch downing street a little bit, according to the daily telegraph, it surprised them. it's remarkable that

something could be so controlled, journalist not invited into the room, and yet can still fall apart. and i think that that speaks to the morale of the conservative party right now. a picture says a thousand words, but i think this says about 10,000. it's a tough time to be promoting these candidates going into the european elections because the polling is so bad at the moment. they could possibly be looking at single digits. and of course the prime minister has now said she will announce her departure date in the near future. she will hold a meaningful vote for starting a campaign to drop the word meaningful— once you get to the fourth vote, which doesn't look like it will be successful, there's a lot of negativity right now. it's obvious that a new leader can change that overnight. the other part of this front page is the general election could elect jeremy corbyn m, election could elect jeremy corbyn in, so says matt hancock. warning that if they have an election before brea ks that if they have an election before breaks it is delivered, that is what

he thinks might happen, that labour would get into power. he thinks might happen, that labour would get into powerlj he thinks might happen, that labour would get into power. i think he's voicing what a lot of other conservative mps will think as well. and i think that's not really so surprising. but again, it's about these different ministers who are coming out. there campaigning, basically. they are all campaigning and comparing the after theresa may. lets her member, these european elections weren't supposed to be held. interestingly, the uk votes always on a thursday, so it will be the 23rd. other eu countries don't all vote on thursday. so we will only get those results when the last polling station in italy is closed at 11pm local time there, 10pm london time. and although we gather some of the pre—counting can happen, let's see. but the good news for theresa may there is that parliament is in recess. monday is a bank

holiday, and the next time parliament convenes is on forjune. what's happening then? well apart from covering the results of these eu elections, i and many from covering the results of these eu elections, land many other european international and uk colleagues — donald trump, the state visit that is finally happening. and of course that's not enough, so we have the 75th anniversary of the d—day celebrations. and we also have this brexit vote. an extra ordinary week, and what will happen is if she loses it... newsrooms are killing over at the aspect of having to cover it all. we always hear about it being a big week in politics or brexit. but that will actually be legitimate when we say there's big news to come. let's look at the financial times. the fortunes of thomas cook. risks collapse as stock dies. don't you worry. there's not enough room on this giant desk. we like to share. we were talking about

this yesterday. they've got enough money to live on until the end of the month, which is not that far away admittedly. but then again, share price is not looking good? very painful day. the shares were branded worthless, triggering a colla pse branded worthless, triggering a collapse in the value of the uk's old est collapse in the value of the uk's oldest travel business. it lost almost 40% of its value, and it is reported that a pre—tax loss of £1.5 billion has been revealed by auditors this week as well. now the comments in this piece from the financial times are mixed. some say the company is in huge trouble, others say it's gone from massive profit to massive loss, it may be able to yo—yo again. interestingly it's trying to blame this on brexit uncertainty. that may be true to some extent, but the reality is that this is actually quite an old—fashioned form of how one would travel, this package holiday. and in the age of cheap flights to europe,

air b&b, and being able to pick and choose from different websites about cheap hotels, it is not obvious that people feel the need to do these package holidays any more. so i think the company is faking more than uncertainty. or go abroad after the hot weather we had last year. many chose to stay in the uk. that's absolutely right. it's a mixture. they're saying it's both a lack of concerns over traditional package holidays, but i wonder if that's generational? because people for example who have been used to thomas cook holidays, they like to walk into an agency and... not everybody wants to be on the internet. not if you organised it all yourself. but maybe they need to be targeting those people better. i think the reality is this will be an uphill battle as prices come down online. to be on the front of the financial times and have your shares branded worthless, that won't help. where

was his first tour? do you know? know, do you? as viewers of this programme will know, i tend to fly the last to serve flag whenever i can. but thomas cook's first package trip was at leicester to loughborough by train. so i have a great affection for thomas cook. you should do that trip supply i have on a number of occasions. let us look at the guardian. air pollution — what i headline. air pollution damages every organ of the body. that's a scary headline. you would see “— that's a scary headline. you would see —— it would seem a report that just come out is very worrying reading. it's a very global comprehensive review, meaning head to toe, harm from heart, lung disease, diabetes, dementia, liver problems, bladder cancer, brittle bones, damaged skin. it can affect fertility, foetal health and childhood development. and that is

really, really going to worry a lot of people. and i think it's the little people, the children who get very affected because their bodies are much more receptive. and also when you're older, that can really — if you look at the number of people, new analysis indicates 8.8 million deaths —— an early deaths each year. a few years ago, when i was carrying an eu conference about air pollution, and having done all of my homework, i got the speaker to repeat what he said. you can choose what you eat, much harder to choose what you eat, much harder to choose what you eat, much harder to choose what you breathe. and for some people, if they live by a very busy road, how do you get away from it? there's a real postcode lottery about this with the area you're in. i think as the science gets better on this, we are getting evidence of what we already knew, that pumping toxins into the air and inhaling them is clearly very bad for us. but there's good news. the levels of

pollution are falling, and they're falling at a pace that was suggested they make it to legal levels in the future. because of restrictions being put on vehicles coming into the centre? there have been restrictions, there's been lots of innovation on a green energy and electric cars coming in as well. we have two acknowledge these trade—offs, and we want to move to much cleaner air. but we also need to do it in much cleaner air. but we also need to do itina much cleaner air. but we also need to do it in a way that's not going to do it in a way that's not going to upset the lifestyles that people have broadly come to appreciate in 2019. staying with the guardian - tell us about grumpy cat? rest in peace, death of an internet sensation? i have to say it has not been the best friday. it's been difficult to hear the breaking news. ta rta r difficult to hear the breaking news. tartar sauce, as she was actually known, became a viral sensation a few years ago when we also her grumpy face. i think related to it as individuals, just having those bad days. she sadly passed away at the age of seven. and that's very young for a cat. and what was the

cause? urinary tract infection. hoodoo? for icap. .. cats cause? urinary tract infection. hoodoo? for icap... cats have very sensitive kidneys. a big-money owner, who will replace her? did she any kittens? that's harsh. hey... monetizing a legend ? any kittens? that's harsh. hey... monetizing a legend? it's a doggy dog world. the reason she looked grumpy is because she had an under bite. yes, some feline dwarfism? i like that we celebrate the individual and this of cats as we do humans. i'm glad she was loved when she was alive. where were the cat beat —— internet be with all those cat videos? i'm partial to a baby bat eating fruit for breakfast. there's no accounting for taste, is there? the times - i've lost it, you

can help me. page 35 of the times. what's the headline, please? not nice to eat you— cape cod bites back at shark souvenirs. talk about a blizzard of snowflakes in a place that's actually quite sunny right now, cape cod. seaside shops are removing their shark themed merchandise because people are complaining and are concerned that this is not a laughing matter, being eaten by a shark. it's true, it's not. i can hear the jaws music playing... whenever i read about this. this is not been helpful to the shark population around the world either, has it? this obsession with the great white? it hasn't, but come on. is this a common—sense bypass was yellow it seemed like an overreaction. if you say these things are very serious and we shouldn't laugh... last summer,

neurology professor fought off a shark by punching it. you can'tjust help but have a little giggle. don't you —— we all know that that's how you —— we all know that that's how you deal with the shark? that's it for the papers this hour. benedicte paviot and kate andrews will be back at 11:30pm for another look at the papers. and don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to benedicte and kate. we'll all be back at 11.30pm for that second papers review. next — the weather. hello. we have had a largely settled week, pretty warm too, plenty of blue sky around, but things turn a bit cooler and cloudier for many of us through the day on friday. this was the picture in meopham, in kent. quite a lot of cloud around there, some drizzly outbreaks of rain, with still some sunshine on friday, across the more northern parts of uk, but through the weekend, quite an unsettled picture,

fairly showery, but still will be some sunny spells to be enjoyed out there. on saturday, the best of the sunshine will be in the south, well we've got an area of cloud, which is associated with this weather front, that will bring patchy outbreaks of rain into parts of scotland initially through the morning, lots of low cloud, mist, and murk here, some of that patchy rain will drift across northern ireland, and a few spots of rain for northern england as well. during the morning, there will be a bit of sunshine further south across england and wales, but by the afternoon, there will be more of these heavy showers that will start to bubble up, one or two could bring some hail, even the odd rumble of thunder as well. temperature wise, we are looking at around 13—14 for scotland and northern ireland, cooler here compared to recent days, but we could see 19 degrees or so in the sunny spells further south. heading through saturday night and overnight into sunday, we keep quite a bit of cloud around in general, particularly the further north you are, with some patchy rain again in the northwest. further south, some clearer skies, but it will be a frost free start to your sunday morning, with those temperatures generally holding in mid single figures. now moving through the day on sunday, what we've got is a big

area of low pressure across central europe, winds rotating around that, but not particularly windy conditions, and that means things aren't going to be changing in a hurry. now during the day on sunday, many of us start on a dry note, but again, there is quite a bit of cloud around, sunshine breaking through that cloud through the morning, but by the afternoon, there will be again some of these showers dotted around, particularly down the spine of the country. we could see 20 celsius also down towards the southeast, if you can dodge those showers, that will feel quite pleasant. typically in the mid teens further north. and as we have through into the new working week, we keep that low pressure across central europe, pretty unsettled for southern france and italy, for instance, for the uk though, monday brings us another largely dry day, but by the afternoon with it that daytime heating, there will be more showers bubbling up, particularly for eastern england, and i think for eastern scotland through the day on monday. temperature—wise, between around 14—20d, not bad for the time of year, and as we look through the week ahead, most of those showers should fade away, so a relatively dry, settled spell of weather, sunny spells for most of us, and temperatures around 15—20d. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: the prime minister could now ask mps to vote on the best way forward, as labour and the conservatives fail to reach a cross party agreement. in particular, we have not been able to ove rco m e in particular, we have not been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which would reverse it. the government is negotiating with no authority or ability to deliver brexit. also on the programme: more harrowing testimony from the inquests into the london bridge attack. the inquests hear how a young nurse was killed, after rushing to the aid of one of the victims. talks to avert the collapse of british steel resumed today, after the firm secured funds to stay afloat until the end of may.