later in the night, and will thicken later in the night, and the temperatures will be 6—12dc. saturday morning starts with damp weather in northern ireland, then rain spreads into scotland, where it will turn heavy. further south, rain spreads into scotland, where it will turn heavy. furthersouth, dry weather for england and wales, bright and sunny spells, feeling warm. not the warmest of weather in scotla nd warm. not the warmest of weather in scotland with the cloud and rain, but temperatures of 13 celsius. on sunday, a cold front coming through. the weather turns brighter across the north and west later in the day, and the rain turns more shabbily as it transfers east across england late in the day. it is late to arrive in the east of england, so still quite warm, with temperatures up still quite warm, with temperatures up to 20 celsius. the cooler weather will work in by bank holiday monday. we will see sunshine in the next few days, but rain, particularly across north—western areas, and turning cooler as we head into bank holiday monday. that is the latest weather. clive.

let's get a final thought with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. they need to find a new leader and a new prime minister. practically, what happens? we can expect a frantic contest. mps will whittle down may be more than a dozen candidates down to a final two, then it goes out to the tory membership around the country, who will have their say. and that result should be concluded by the end ofjuly. it is worth knowing tonight, changing the boss does not change the dilemmas, and whoever is next in charge here will still face many of the problems and divisions that failed teresa may. laura, thank you. that's it. so, goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are.

good evening from westminster where we are continuing our live coverage of the prime minister's decision to step down.

i'm geeta guru—murthy and for those of you who are hoping to catch up with all today's sports news, we'll bring you sportsday a little late today in about 15 minutes. the prime minister made an emotional statement earlier today. i am proud of the progress we have made over the last three years. we have completed the work that david cameron and george osborne started. the deficit is almost eliminated. our national debt is falling and we are bringing an end to austerity. my focus has been on ensuring that the good jobs of the future will be created in communities across the whole country, notjust in london and the south—east, through our modern industrial strategy. we have helped more people than ever enjoy the security of a job. we are building more homes and helping first—time buyers onto the housing ladder so young people can enjoy the opportunities their parents did. and we are protecting the environment, eliminating plastic waste, tackling climate change and improving air quality.

this is what a decent, moderate and patriotic conservative government, on the common ground of british politics, can achieve. even as we tackle the biggest peacetime challenge any government has faced. i know the conservative party can renew itself in the years ahead, that we can deliver brexit and serve the british people with policies inspired by our values. security, freedom and opportunity. those values have guided me throughout my career. but the unique privilege of this office is to use this platform to give a voice to the voiceless, to fight the burning injustices that still scar our society. that is why i put proper funding for mental health at the heart of our nhs long—term plan. it's why i am ending the postcode lottery for survivors of domestic abuse. it is why the race disparity audit

and gender pay parity reporting are shining a light on inequality so it has nowhere to hide. it is why i set up the independent public enquiry into the tragedy at grenfell tower, to search for the truth, so nothing like it can ever happen again. and so the people who lost their lives that night are never forgotten. because this country is a union. notjust a family of four nations, but a union of people, all of us. whatever our background, the colour of our skin or who we love, we stand together, and together we have a great future. our politics may be under strain but there is so much that is good about this country. so much to be proud of. so much to be optimistic about. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.

the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude, to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. a rare show of emotion from theresa may as she made her way back in number ten. it was clear that there will be a number of leadership contenders including boris johnson, the former foreign secretary, and the former foreign secretary, and the current foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. what comes next is weeks of intensive debate. ben brown spoke to lord heseltine about his thoughts. he said he sympathised with theresa may to a degree but he spoke of his warnings of political turbulence. it is obviously

difficult for anyone leaving that position in those circumstances, it is deeply emotional and one can understand the personal feelings. but the fact of the matter is we have the biggest political and constitutional crisis of my lifetime, in peacetime, facing us, and the issue is as unresolved now as it was yesterday. we are going into a very dangerous and difficult period, particularly for the conservative party. and the sunday announcements about the european election results will showjust how much of a problem, how much of a challenge it is for the conservative party. you are still in the conservative party, although you have had the whip withdrawn because you said you would vote for the liberal democrats because of brexit. where do you think the conservative party stands now, and where is it

going? and if it is borisjohnson who is going to succeed mo, what does that mean for the party the country? —— succeed theresa may. you'll see where the conservative party is on sunday night. it's no secret to anyone, it's going to be devastating. the problem for any new leader is that if they are to have a prospect of making progress and winning a general election, they have to unite the party. the temptation will be for the debate to be, how close do we get to mr farage? the truth is, the closer we get, the more the haemorrhage the centre of politics will compensate for that. so, trying to out farage farage is a dangerous position. there are 5 million conservatives who voted to remain. and they in

large measure will have moved to the lib dems over the course of this year are election or two other splinter parties. —— this euro election. and they aren't coming back if there is a conservative leader pretending they are a mini farage. that's the danger. if you add to that, in the 18—25 —year—old age group, the tories command 5% of the support of that future generation. you realise how deep the problem is. former deputy by minister lord heseltine. a lot of questions now about the future of the conservative party, and as with labour, whether both main parties will stay as one, or whether they will stay as one, or whether they will fracture further in the coming days. that will be dependent on the new conservative leader and what

direction those talks take. they have dominated theresa may's time in office. what now for the brexit negotiations? i spoke to chris morris. when she first became prime minister she campaigned for remain in the referendum but when she took office there wasn't much sense that she was taking the middle ground. herfirst big speech she was taking the middle ground. her first big speech was to the tory party conference in 2016 and she set out a vision of leaving the single market and customs union, ending the free movement of people and the role of the european court ofjustice in the uk, all the while retaining com pletely the uk, all the while retaining completely free trade with the eu in goods and services. critics said this is the have your cake and eat it brexit. those red lines have become familiar but at the time, the speech was greeted with a fair degree of astonishment in other eu capitals because it felt like something that was closing off a lot of potential doors to compromise and it alienate it a lot of pro remain

mps in westminster who also thought that if that's their position, there's little compromise to be had. she triggered article 50, to start the two years of brexit negotiation, ata time the two years of brexit negotiation, at a time when there was no consensus at all in the uk, in parliament or outside, about what brexit actually meant. she didn't set the ground for compromise to begin with. in terms of what she offered this week, she looked as if she was trying to play to every single faction within parliament, and of course many of those people condemned it. again i suppose it was a very late last—minute compromise. when you get to the difficult weeds of the negotiation, after more than a year with the eu, that's when compromise came to the four in the government position, resulting in the withdrawal agreement. by the time the agreement emerged, the divide on brexit had become so entrenched between, we leave,

completely, a clean break or we remain and abandon brexit altogether. that attempt to find compromise was perhaps inevitably doomed. she did perhaps so the seeds of her demise in some ways because she could not fulfil the demands in negotiations with other eu countries. a key question, can they withdrawal agreement being negotiated by whoever wins the tory leadership race? some of them look like they might offer that. they're going to try but i think we've seen this movie before. we know what the eu have said, that the withdrawal agreement, the text is closed, there will be no further renegotiation. the agreement to extend the praxis process until the 31st of october this year contains an agreement that the withdrawal agreement will not be

renegotiated in anyway. whoever wins the leadership can go back to brussels and try again but i find it ha rd to brussels and try again but i find it hard to believe that what the other eu leaders wouldn't offer theresa may they would suddenly offer a new leader because they are saying, i'm in charge now. you get to the position that it is either renegotiate the whole thing, or leave without a deal. we're back to a phrase that we are back to a phrase that we've heard before, i suspect from the new leader, no deal is better than a bad deal, but it doesn't get rid of the choice that needs to be made about what no deal can mean. what boris johnson has said today, you have to have no deal on the table to negotiate a deal. if him or the other potential contenders say they want a time—limit on the backstop, that could be added onto the withdrawal agreement. if you talk to eu officials about the backstop, when they look back i think they perhaps accept that things could have been done differently. but the idea that

a more hardline brexiteer goes to brussels and says you must renegotiate and they suddenly capitulate, it doesn't feel like that's what's about to happen. i think the hope on the eu side is going to be that a tougher brexiteer in numberten going to be that a tougher brexiteer in number ten will find it easier to sell difficult compromises to their supporters. looking around the world, the israeli—palestinian conflict for instance, it is always the hardliners who make the difficult decisions and get agreements made. that could be their hope but once again, we may see opinion in brussels and in london running on very different tracks, which is what we've seen for the last couple of years. if the question comes down to revoke or no deal in whateverform, question comes down to revoke or no deal in whatever form, a question comes down to revoke or no deal in whateverform, a referendum, a decision by future prime minister, 01’ a decision by future prime minister, ora a decision by future prime minister, or a general election campaign, can parliament stop no deal, or is that still the default? how could it stop

it? this has been the subject of intense debate over the last few days. as in the run—up to the 29th of march, the default position is that if nothing changes, you leave without ideal because the legal agreement to stay in runs out on the 3ist agreement to stay in runs out on the 31st of october. then you get into the debate, it gets into arcane rules of procedure. how would mps if they wanted to stop a no deal prime minister pushing through no deal, how could they take control in some way of parliamentary procedure to do that? we saw that happen earlier this year. there are those who say it may be more difficult next time but i suspect that in theory, yes, you have to say you couldn't stop it. i suspect ways can be found in a democratic system for compromise.“

brussels, the european leadership, are faced with a prime minister who is happy with a no—deal brexit, does that fundamentally change the negotiating position? isn't that the point of the brexiteers, they want someone point of the brexiteers, they want someone who is a believer?“ point of the brexiteers, they want someone who is a believer? it is, you can argue that was always david davis's position as brexit secretary, we've got to play a game of chicken, make them believe we are going to leave and overtime the rest of the eu did believe that theresa may would take the uk out with no deal. the other thing about no deal, it is not an end in itself. if you have no deal, eventually you have to talk to the other side again and the other 27 countries have made it clear that if there were no deal, the first thing they would want to talk about with the uk after a no—deal brexit would be the financial settlement, the irish border and citizens' rights, precisely the things at the heart of theresa may's withdrawal agreement.

chris morris there. brexit and the european question has seen offjohn major, david cameron and today, theresa may, who has announced during the seventh as her departure date although she is likely to stay in office while the tory leadership race continues, possibly finalising by the end ofjuly. more from downing street at the top of the hour but now, the sport. hello and welcome to the programme. will it be a treble treble for celtic? or will hearts spoil the bus parade plans? we hearfrom both managers ahead of the scottish cup final at hampden. gb hockey captain alex danson says the serious head injury she sustained has been the biggest

challenge of her life. and just days before the cricket world ccup starts, odi captain eoin morgan is taken to hospital with a finger injury. hello and welcome to the programme. celtic have the chance to pull off an unprecedented domestic treble treble at the scottish cup final this weekend. but in their way stand hearts, and while they haven't beaten celtic yet this season — don't write them off. their manager, craig levin says they're going for the single single. kheredine idessane reports from hampden. walking out with the scottish cup at hampden, but only one of them gets to hold it on saturday. neil lennon is used to lifting silverware. this

cup was his first trophy as a manager. fast forward eight years and he's just delivered manager. fast forward eight years and he'sjust delivered celtic‘s eight consecutive league title following brendan rodgers's surprise departure. his position beyond the weekend remains unclear. it's not about me. the players are on the cusp of something special however we have to play the game, we have to play a very motivated team. some of their players in their first cup final. they may not get the opportunity again. they will be hungry for this. we have to play the game and not the occasion. i am wary of everyone talking about bus parades and all that. what celtic seeks is an unprecedented treble treble, a clean sweep of all three domestic prices for the third year ina domestic prices for the third year in a row. this man has other ideas. we are going for the single single! just as important to us. we've got

re ce nt just as important to us. we've got recent history of beating celtic. we have the big occasion in us, i'm certain of that. i'm thinking about us, our players becoming heroes, legends, whatever term you like to use. legends, whatever term you like to use. when these teams reassemble at hampden at the weekend celtic will be looking to extend an unprecedented stranglehold on scottish domestic football. no other tea m scottish domestic football. no other team has won any domestic honours since may 2016. hearts looking to end that here on saturday. she won olympic gold in rio, but a freak accident has left hockey star alex hanson with a brain injury and wondering whether she'll ever play the game she loves again. as part of the bbc‘s change the game season, sally nugent caught up with alex for an exclusive chat. ten, 11 months ago, the world cup.

10, 11 months ago, the home world cup. all of the team took breaks and we went to kenya, we had dinner, we were waiting to go home and alex told a joke, it's really not that funny but he told a joke and i kind of hit him and iflung my head back and i hit the back of my head on a concrete wall. it was hard, but equally, it wasn't a car crash. i didn't fall from a great height, there was no seemingly huge trauma at the time but i knew something wasn't right. when i came back from kenya, i was in bed for a month. literally in a dark room, couldn't tolerate anything. i wanted to rejoin the team and the team had an away day. all i remember really was talking to my team—mate next to me and i lost the ability to speak, i couldn't say any words. i don't remember much. i went to hospital, i was very unwell. nine months on, i've had a mild traumatic rain injury that i'm still not fully recovered from. when you have a head injury,

you're perhaps not making the best decisions anyway. you don't know that at the time. as a competitor, i am...it‘s not in my dna to tell you i'm not ok. and that's my responsibility, but that's where the guidelines of sports have around there is a concussion, there is a protocol, there is a time. these are so important. as i said, i underreported and i learned the hard way. if this helps people who probably have it to be honest about how you're feeling and what you are going through and explaining that, then it's only in your interest. we are just days away from a home cricket world cup which — if you're to believe the pundits — england have a very good chance of winning. however, their captain eoin morgen was today taken to hosptial with an injury. he's sustained a small flake fracture to his left index finger and won't take part in the warm—up match against australia on saturday, but he is expected to be available for england's opening world cup match. joe wilson reports.

it's never simple. friday at southampton became a scrutiny of eoin morgan's fingers. at this stage of the catching session he seemed ok but later the captain went to hospitalfor an x—ray. but later the captain went to hospital for an x—ray. he's the embodiment of the new england. liam dawson, elsewhere in practice was exercising his spinning fingers, a late addition to the world cup squad. does he feel the culture that morgan has shaped? when i've been around before it has been relaxed and good fun and most of the lads have grown up with each other as well over the years. a very relaxed dressing room, everyone enjoys each other‘s success and pharmacies have shown that. hopefully we can continue over the next six weeks. meanwhile there is a team that have dominated the last 20 years of the world cup, which is winning again, and is finished with soul—searching. yes, here tomorrow, england will play australia in a friendly match. there's no better way to get the competitive edge than a practice

game against england. i think we can talk about it being a practice game, getting some miles in your legs, but when you get over the nine, pride takes over and you want to do well. competitive but respectful come australia have been trying to prove that the balance is possible, which brings us to david warner. he's about to his traditional position, and the centre of attention. the rugby league posts are up at liverpool's anfield stadium as the annual super league festival, the magic weekend, heads for merseyside with six matches over two days. last week wigan travelled to the nou camp in barcalona to play catalans dragons in a bid to sell the game to a new audience. super league as an organisation is relatively new, the team we have here today is six or seven months in situ. it's one of those things we have to get to grips with, what's next after barcelona? where do we go

after anfield? it's something we will do and what we have achieved has been terrific. we've grab peoples attention, we've introduced the sport to new people. we always say that when people see it they become fans and fall enough with it. it's hard to dislike super league because the game is so good. —— and fall in love with it. we have to join it together, a strategy of where it's taking us to and that's what needs to happen next, really. he spent 22 years at arsenal so it's understandable when arsene wenger says he left his heart at the club. despite that, he said had been happy to take a break but that he would return to football soon. i miss competition. i miss arsenal because i left my heart there. i gave my life to the club for 22 years. every minute of my life was dedicated to the club and i miss the values that we developed

inside the club. sometimes when you stop like that it is difficult but it is also an opportunity to do some other things. i'm quite happy with what i left behind me because i had the feeling that it was an important moment in my life, but an interesting one as well. it's the club of my heart and ijust want well. it's the club of my heart and i just want them to play well. when we play well and we win, unhappy, and when we don't play well and don't play when, i'm not happy. philip neville falling to the floor

in shame after being nutmeg. that's worth another look. embarrassing. that's all from sportsday. a lot over the weekend including the play—offs, the pro1li in glasgow and the super league festival, magic weekend. that's all for now. the weather is looking more u nsettled the weather is looking more unsettled as we go into the bank holiday weekend. some warm sunshine today, the best in the eastern side of the uk, more cloud from the atlantic, bringing some showers. some of those showers fading away overnight. rain over northern scotla nd overnight. rain over northern scotland moving through. clear spells over northern ireland and temperatures will be down to six or 7 degrees. pretty mild elsewhere.

cloud from the atlantic into northern ireland bringing rain and drizzle. through the day,, cloud thickening, some rain in the north west of england. cloud increasing over england and wales but we'll hang on to the sunshine and warm weather in the south—east. there could be one or two showers. 22 degrees, cooler under the cloud and rain in the north and getting cool on sunday and monday.

this is bbc this is bbc news. i am vicky young in downing street. it is over. in two weeks' time theresa may will step down as leader of the conservative party but will remain in downing street until the new leader is elected. it is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that i have not been able to deliver brexit. it will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honours the result of the referendum. to succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in she said she left with no ill will

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