this is bbc news. nominations have just closed in the race to become the next leader of the conservative party. the candidates will be whittled down to the final two. at half past eight will be talking to conservative representatives around the country who are yet to decide which leadership candidate they will be supporting.

this is the scene live in new york as the fire department are responding to that helicopter crash. a nurse has been rearrested by police regarding the deaths of babies at a neonatal unit. no more free tv licences for 3.5 million pensioners from next year, but the bbc says it will cover the cost for the purist. —— for the least well off. the race to become the next conservative leader and prime minister has begun. ten candidates.

on thursday conservative mps will cast their votes. the candidates will then be whittled down further by tory mps in three more ballots on 18,19, by tory mps in three more ballots on 18, 19, and 20th ofjune. then when two candidates remain at the conservative party membership will finally get its sea. that is around 160,000 people. they will begin casting their ballots from 22nd of june, they have one month to choose between the two candidates. the result will be announced in the week ofjuly the 22nd. that means we should have a new prime minister before parliament breaks for summer. here is a report on the day's events. time to beat the tribe of toadies wanting to become the next by

minister. health secretary, matt hancock. —— time to meet the tribe of conservatives. the country needs to move forward. politics has been stuck in a rut. plenty of others are vying for attention. the man who adi tries to negotiate brexit but quit over the deal is running also. —— that man who already tried. i am the conviction brexiteer with a plan, discipline and focus to lead as out by the end of october. you said you could get a different deal with the eu which they have ruled out again and again. or leave without a deal, which parliament probably would not allow, u nless parliament probably would not allow, unless you really are serious about suspending the house of commons. the one thing i have not done, which

other candidates have, is take things off the table which only wea ken things off the table which only weaken our negotiating position in brussels. the candidates have something in common yarns being ambitious toadies. they have all held office, five are in the current cabinet. —— being ambitious tories. a packed room of the tory establishment. we need tough negotiation not empty rhetoric because having talked to many european leaders i believe if we show determination, ingenuity and confidence there is a deal to be done. he tried to change the brexit deal again. what is it that european leaders are saying to you privately about the possibility of a new deal thatis about the possibility of a new deal that is the opposite of what they say publicly which is that there cannot be won. conversations last

week with angela merkel and cannot be won. conversations last week wii one gela merkel and cannot be won. conversations last week wii one of la merkel and cannot be won. conversations last week wii one of those kel and the engage. one of those braving the rain and the race since none of the other candidates are being realistic. i have still not hurt anybody else set out a credible plan to deliver brexit. i am the only candidate who is honest in saying we need to keep no deal on the table but we are not going to leave on 31st of october. a candidate to quit the cabinet of the brexit insists it can be done. what we need now is a leader that can deliver on brexit by the end of october and then take us into the amazing future that awaits the united kingdom. she is not the only one. esther mcvey, who also designed over europe, said it has to happen. the trust with the public was broken when we did not come out on 29th of march, equally that corrosive uncertainty for business and individuals has come from this never ending, what are we doing? people cannot plan or prepare. you

could hardly move around here for people who want to be prime minister. upstairs, sajid javid. upstairs, sajid javid. what they wa nt upstairs, sajid javid. what they want ultimately is an election winner. it will be tory members and mps, not you or me, who choose the next prime minister. even though this candidate is travelling all around the country making his case. iam the around the country making his case. i am the only person who is not making huge unfunded spending and tax promises. everybody else is competing like a bonanza. michael gove. one of the candidates has already made headlines not from what he would like to do...” has already made headlines not from what he would like to do... i have a proper plan to deliver brexit. i will ensure there is the end to the backstop, i will negotiate a

candidate style agreement with the european union. but on his admission that he took cocaine 20 years ago... i made a mistake, if you make a mistake and lower standards, you should reflect on the mistake. he had strong friends for borisjohnson also. brexit‘s biggest cheerleader, still keeping quiet, that's like it 01’ still keeping quiet, that's like it or not, the race is his to lose. brexit is the dominant issue. our political correspondent has been looking at we are the contenders stand on the issues of brexit and other areas of policy.

the first round of voting is on thursday, and before that many are using campaign launches with the key messages. brexit will be one of the most scrutinised areas. one group argues that the uk must leave the eu on the 31st of october with or without a deal. they include boris johnson, dominic rab, esther mcvey, and sajid javid. those who say they would consider a delay if a deal is close, these includejeremy hunt, and michael gove. to say we should only leave with a deal, matthew hancock and rory stewart. what about life beyond brexit? there is a lively debate about other policies. borisjohnson lively debate about other policies. boris johnson wants a lively debate about other policies. borisjohnson wants a tax cut for those earning over £50,000. he says he would use money currently set aside for a no—deal brexit. jeremy

hunt? one of his pledges is to provide 1.5 million new homes for young people. michael gove, he wants to replace vat with a lower, simpler sales tax. then there is sajid javid, the home secretary, he wants to delay balancing the books and pump money into schools instead. dominic rab wants to raise the national insurance threshold to take the lowest paid out of taxes altogether. matthew hancock wants to increase the national living wage to more than £10 per hour. of course these are just ideas at the moment. if you want to have a closer look at key policies and pledges made by the leadership contenders visit our website. let as talk now to assistant editor of conservative home. thank you for being with us. you regularly do

surveys on the conservative party membership, the people who in the end will be voting on this. 160,000? it is in the ballpark of 150,000 — 160,000. quite a small electorate who will be choosing the next prime minister of the united kingdom. tell us minister of the united kingdom. tell us what is your understanding of who they will vote for? the one thing thatis they will vote for? the one thing that is coming through overwhelmingly is that conservative grassroots, for them, brexit is an existential issue. it is fine having housing policy, tax policy, but that they do not trust you to deliver brexit they will not vote for you. borisjohnson is currently brexit they will not vote for you. boris johnson is currently streets ahead precisely because, whatever else they think of him, they think he is seriously about delivering brexit. is this partly because they feared nigel farage and his new brexit party. the brexit party has sent a bolt of lightning through

this race. any sense that the conservative party had space to reposition, they now have this new party hot on their heels. mps, especially mps that might be facing an imminent election, - want a an imminent election, will want a leader that has the best chance for them holding the seat, on the evidence they think that is boris johnson. assuming boris johnson gets through to the final two, he is pretty much assured to be party leader and prime minister?m pretty much assured to be party leader and prime minister? it is a lwa ys leader and prime minister? it is always dangerous to say that in a conservative leadership contest because famously they always go not according to plan that as it stands if borisjohnson according to plan that as it stands if boris johnson get according to plan that as it stands if borisjohnson get through to the final two, barring an extraordinary performance from his opposite number, he will become the next prime minister. people often say that conservative mps are quite duplicitous. they do not always do what they say they are going to do. and that popular amongst fellow conservative mps. that is true to an extent, but there are a couple of problems. the first is the fact that the anti—norris opinion needs to

find another candidate, the did have that in michael gove, that looks to be losing momentum, now going to jeremy hunt. if they can get somebody in if they coalesce, but they cannot get to people over the line. the other problem is that now that it looks like there will be an imminent general election, boris johnson's star power, ability to win over leave the voters, is bringing over leave the voters, is bringing over mps who did not back in 2016, might not have backed if they thought the next election is in 2022, but do think you will help them hold their seats in an autumn 01’ them hold their seats in an autumn or spring general election. you mention michael gove, do you think those revelations about his cocaine pass, his admission on that, has blown it for his campaign?” pass, his admission on that, has blown it for his campaign? i am not entirely sure. it is important to remember thatjeremy hunt two weeks ago was looking like the front runner of the not borisjohnson

candidate then he spoke to the daily telegraph, his campaign ran out of scheme, michael gove came in, michael gove had a difficult weekend, jeremy hunt has announced new supporters. undecided voters and swing votes may go to his camp and make it difficult for michael gove to get back in the race. they have been talking about all sorts of things, tax cuts, you are saying thatis things, tax cuts, you are saying that is irrelevant, to sway the candidates stand on brexit and specifically if they are prepared to walk away after the 31st without a deal that is crucial. walk away after the 31st without a dealthat is crucial. it walk away after the 31st without a deal that is crucial. it is very important that whoever winds the conservative has policies, especially on housing and tax, in 2017, you can go into an election and the electorate is the site is about something different. unless

party members are convinced about the candidates ideas on brexit nothing else will matter. then we can have a debate on tax and housing. your prediction? boris johnson at this stage. good to talk to you. great analysis. assistant editor of conservative home. thank you for coming in. we are joined now from glasgow by professor john curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. thank you for being with us. tell us what are your thoughts now. the 11 have become ten. do you agree with henry, it is borisjohnson‘s to lose? there is no doubt at the moment that boris johnson lose? there is no doubt at the moment that borisjohnson is ahead. he is ahead with public declarations amongst mps but a lot of mps have not declared. and survey evidence

not declared. and survey evidence not just from conservative not declared. and survey evidence notjust from conservative home but also from you guv is clear that borisjohnson also from you guv is clear that boris johnson starts also from you guv is clear that borisjohnson starts off also from you guv is clear that boris johnson starts off as also from you guv is clear that borisjohnson starts off as being the most popular person amongst the tory membership. dominic rab, perhaps a more hardline brexiteer, perhaps a more hardline brexiteer, perhaps an indication amongst the moods of the conservative membership. around two thirds of them prefer to say, given where we are at, we should just leave without are at, we should just leave without a deal. you have to remember that four fifths of them voted to leave. it will be difficult for anybody who does not identify as it relatively ha rd does not identify as it relatively hard brexiteer. if jeremy does not identify as it relatively hard brexiteer. ifjeremy hunt does make it across the line amongst mps in second place as opposed to michael gove that will probably make boris johnson's michael gove that will probably make borisjohnson‘sjob michael gove that will probably make borisjohnson‘s job easier michael gove that will probably make boris johnson's job easier because jerry had's problem, although he has been trying hard for weeks and

months to generate support in the conservative membership, it is known that he voted to remain, relative to borisjohnson at that he voted to remain, relative to boris johnson at least, that he voted to remain, relative to borisjohnson at least, he is more relu cta nt borisjohnson at least, he is more reluctant on the issue of no deal. and more willing to consider the possibility of extending. it would bea possibility of extending. it would be a fine line that it could be a crucial line. how do you see the final two? it is the final two that are crucial. do you think it is going to be borisjohnson plus jeremy hunt? i am picking up the points thatjeremy hunt perhaps has made some progress. the fact for example that david liddington the deputy prime minister has come out in his favour. this is the area we are given we have got quite a few mps, including matt hancock, sajid javid, with not inconsiderable support, the question is who can

generate momentum, and who can persuade mps who are perhaps doubtful about boris johnson persuade mps who are perhaps doubtful about borisjohnson that they are the person? almost undoubtedly this is the area of the contest. just remember, boris johnson has the tactic of saying as little as possible at the moment. the question will be whether he can continue to do that for notjust the two weeks in which the mps will vote on this but also the four weeks that the conservative membership vote. at one stage she will have to see more in public that he has so far, then the question will be, does he persuade people with his charisma or does he end up blowing it? —— at one stage he will have two c. because boris johnson

stage he will have two c. because borisjohnson is associated with the leave campaign, that is an attribute. he looks like the one person that might be able to persuade some of the brexit party supporters to come back to the conservatives. one survey asked people how they would vote, on a variety of candidates, the only one where the conservative vote went up. another survey asking would you be more likely to vote for the conservatives, only borisjohnson had more support amongst brexit party supporters. that said, there may be a downside. remember that the conservative party did lose some people to the liberal democrats, conservatives of a more remain disposition, borisjohnson would be a loser in that area. so far in terms of surveys, boris johnson seems to be the one person. he is an

out and out brexiteer. he is now willing to contemplate going for no deal. he also is charismatic. he has a history of being successful in elections, not least as mayor of london, and given the situation the conservative party faces, a deal that cannot get through the house of commons, a brexit party breathing down its neck, you can see why boris johnson is attractive. it is still a crucial question if he will make it. he wants to renegotiate the backstop. the question is whether that european union will change their mind at all between now and october or whether borisjohnson will find himself if he does become prime minister with the tough issue of does he dry to go for no deal and risk losing a vote of confidence in the house of commons, or does he

backtrack and go for the extension which at the moment he says he is not interested in. grateful to you as always for your analysis. thank you for being with us. later we will be finding out how this story and other stories of the day are covered in tomorrow's newspapers. we will have a deputy political editor of the spectator, and a political commentator. and a look at the de's other news. at least one person has crashed after a helicopter crashed into a building in midtown new york. the new york governor spoke to reporters ina new york governor spoke to reporters in a short time ago. this is preliminary information. the preliminary information is that it was a helicopter that made a forced landing, emergency landing,

01’ forced landing, emergency landing, or landed on the roof of the building, for one reason or another. there was a fire that happens when the helicopter hit the roof. people who were in that building said they felt the building shake. the fire department believes the fire is under control. there may have been casualties involved in the helicopter. do we know at this point? we do not know. let us go live to new york and join our correspondence there. what is the latest information you have? the pilot we understand has been confirmed dead. the weather in new york today is atrocious. that does not give you an indication, that live picture behind me, of how bad it is. there has been driving rain, low visibility, difficult conditions to fly in. just before two o'clock

local time at this helicopter crash landed on the roof of this 51 story skyscraper. it is near times square. that is a cityscape crowded by tall buildings. at street level it is crowded with tourists. there have been no reports of debris falling on the streets thankfully. there was a fire when the helicopter came down that that was put out fairly quickly. firefighters racing up that's building to deal with that fire and they did it fairly fast. there have been reports of some sort of fuel that was leaking down the side of that skyscraper. at street level a re side of that skyscraper. at street level are a side of that skyscraper. at street level a re a lot side of that skyscraper. at street level are a lot of people were not really aware that anything was going on until they saw this plume of smoke coming from the top of the building. office workers who were inside, however, say they felt the chic of the crash. some said it was like experiencing a small earthquake. —— say they felt the

chic -- earthquake. —— say they felt the chic —— shake of the crash. one fatality confirmed, the pilot of the helicopter on board. new york is a city where there are lots of helicopters in the sky all year round. yes, it is an executive helicopter that took off from newjersey, not the type of aircraft we understand that would be used in tourism. tourism is a l in lower manhattan, especially here in lower manhattan, where i am. where there is a swarm of helicopters in the sky overlooking the financial district, and the brooklyn bridge area and the statue of liberty. in midtown you do not get that level of helicopter activity. indeed, helicopters are not supposed to land on buildings in new york city and less for emergency reasons, or a health emergency on top of hospital. hilly ports on the

east river and hudson river are waterside. —— helicopter landing stages. it is unusual for a helicopter to be operating at a low level in this part of new york city. there is no suggestion at the moment is that this is in any way terror —related. obviously in new york city, a city still traumatised by it 9/11, there is concern when you hear about an incident with any aircraft. thank you for that update. we have got a sports updates now. the women's world cup in france. japan began their quest to reach a third straight final with a 0—0 draw against argentina in group d. japan

won the tournament in 2011. they could not find a goal against an argentina side who never before now had got a single point at that women's world cup. they were delighted with that result which leaves england top of group d, after they defeated scotland yesterday. that was the first of two games being played this evening. these are live pictures you are watching in the second match where canada are taking on cameroon. less pressure on canada at this time around compared to when they were hosts. in the men's game lots of european champion ship qualifiers taking place. republic of ireland started theircampaign place. republic of ireland started their campaign strongly, in action against gibraltar, 1—0 up. west indies and south africa had to settle for a point apiece after their cricket world cup game was abandoned earlier. only 7.5 overs

we re abandoned earlier. only 7.5 overs were bowled. two early wickets were taken. south africa were 21—2 when the game was stopped for rain. the game was eventually called off. better news from the england cap —— england camp where jos better news from the england cap —— england camp wherejos buttler is responding well to treatment for injury. he did not take to the field on saturday against bangladesh. he will be reassessed later this week. ferrari are appealing the penalty handed to sebastian vettel that saw him demoted from first to second at the canadian grand prix. lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel were fighting for the lead for most of the race. the steward said this was u nsafe the race. the steward said this was unsafe and docked there till five

seconds. the adjournment was not best pleased with that decision. and nico rosberg, a former mercedes driver, said he believes it was a fair decision. my father said, 60-40. fair decision. my father said, 60—40. why? fair decision. my father said, 60-40. why? he fair decision. my father said, 60—40. why? he was out of control, he could not do better than that, he is coming from the grass. i said, 0k, is coming from the grass. i said, ok, i know that. so what? you still have to return safely. if you are out of control you are not returning safely. penalty deserved. it is not a valid excuse that you are out of control. the penalty is completely deserved. england's women's head coach simon middleton has named his squad for the european super series in san diego later this month.

the world's top five teams will take part. england opening their campaign against usa on june part. england opening their campaign against usa onjune 28. the england captain believes the standard will be higher in california. you probably would not play their top five sides in the world during a world cup campaign, so it gives as a great chance to see where we are at. we could have a great six nations and we can only play the opposition in front of us but now we are going to play the best teams in the world, it is our chance to show what we are capable of, find out where we are, find out where we need to move on in terms of one year's time. that is all the sport for now. thank you. from next year more than 3.5 million pensioners who have been getting a free television licence will have to

pay for it. the bbc has announced it is scrapping blanket free licenses for the over 75 specs says it will continue to cover the cost of the least well off pensioners. —— for the over 75 days. since the year 2000 licence fee has been free for the over 75 specs not for much longer. in one year more than 3 million people aged 75 and over will have to start paying again because the bbc believes to protect services only those on low incomes or on pension credit should be eligible. that is fair to those over 75 but also to all our audiences where there is no appetite for cats.

in 1999 labour chancellor gordon brown announced free tv licences for the over 75. in 2015 conservative chancellor george osborne said the bbc not the government must pick up the bill. the bbc director general having agreed to take on responsibility asked the public what should happen ina asked the public what should happen in a consultation. there were over 190,000 responses. 48% of people said, keep their scheme as it is. 37% said, reform. 15% said, abolished. the bbc board said some pensioners should therefore have to pay for their licences again. in north london there was a mixed response from pensioners at this exercise class. i do not get pension credit but i am not rich. for me this will be a bit of an effort to afford. i would like quality programmes. by opting for a means

tested measure set by parliament the bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it bbc hopes to avoid the criticism thatitis bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it is making its own judgments about property. currently single pensioners with a weekly income of £167 or less, £255 for a couple, are eligible for pension credits, but the numbers are actually going down. the prime minister blames the bbc for a very disappointing decision. labour blames the government. this isa labour blames the government. this is a broken tory party manifesto pledge from the 2017 general election. they said three tv licences for the duration of this parliament for over 75, this represents a breach of trust. there will be practical help for those affected although bbc managers say they cannot rule out taking legal action against those who do not pay. it is been quite wet already for

some parts of the uk and more rain to come. the focus of potentially thunder he rained developing towards london in the southeast and in the space of a few hours, there could be a months worth of rain. looking at some localised flooding. further north, we saw some sunshine around but some heavy and thundershowers underneath the rain midlands and parts of eastern england where there isa parts of eastern england where there is a chilly afternoon. when will pick up in the overnight, but the rain will eventually move from the southeast of anglian push across the midlands towards wales and southwest will continue to get some outbreaks of rain as well. pretty mild overnight, the showers become fewer for scotland and northern ireland. still in much of the same place on tuesday, affecting more than england, wales and moving away from the southwest, with parts of the midlands. writing up towards the southeast, temperatures will be higher, some of your showers and sunshine in scotland and northern ireland.

hello again, you're watching bbc news. our latest headlines. nominations for the conservative party leadership election have come toa party leadership election have come to a close with ten contenders going forward to the first ballot, which is due to take place on thursday. the candidates will be whittled down to the final two who will face the wider conservative party membership to decide the next leader of the party and the country. in other news, at least one person has died after a helicopter crash landed on top of a high—rise building in midtown new york. free television licenses for three and a half million pension. a nurse has been arrested by police investigating the deaths of babies at the hospital unit.

in the united states, a powerful congressional committee controlled by democrats and said that it has reached an agreement for the department ofjustice to obtain some of the background evidence from a special counsel robert muller who investigated russian interference in the 2016 general election. the inquiry did cleared donald trump's campaign of colluding with russia, but it did not come to a conclusion on obstruction ofjustice. the attorney general said there was no obstruction by the president, let's get more of this for our washington correspondent. the president believes he was completely exonerated by the report. but is this a case of the democrats really trying to give him a bit of a kicking on the whole issue of alleged collusion and the presidential election? it is not the collusion aspect that they are really going after, it is the obstruction of justice really going after, it is the obstruction ofjustice and the reason why they are doing that is

simply because robert mueller did not come to a conclusion if he was able to say that there was definitely not obstruction, he would have done so and he did not. they point to a whole lot of incidents in the report where the president was reported to try to get robert mueller fired, reported to try to get robert muellerfired, to reported to try to get robert mueller fired, to try to influence the inquiry, etc. and they want the background detail on that. there has been a standoff between this committee in congress and the department for six weeks, eight weeks now over this material and it does seem to be some movement and agreement today, that will gets an access to that and that is because the democrats were threatening to go to court and hold the attorney general in contempt. i would caution that this is a sort of outbreak of cooperation and bipartisanship and all of that, we will see how it goes but the threat of going to court is still very much on the table for the democrats point of view. and how

worried would donald trump be by all of this? i do not think you will be that way. he is keeping an eye on things because this particular committee was hearing today from him, involved in the nixon watergate era. he was in the council office of the time and the president tweeted today, calling him a sleaze bag, so he obviously has no watching what's going on and is still irritated that the democrats are going after him on this. it is interesting that the department ofjustice have decided to do some cooperation, which suggests that they don't want to get into a prolonged court battle over this, particularly as the president is about to launch his 2020 campaign down in florida next week. with that in mind, how is his popularity? he has just been in mind, how is his popularity? he hasjust been on in mind, how is his popularity? he has just been on his trip to europe, the state visit in the uk, will he

play well in the states? his approval ratings are really pretty poor still, he has been bumping around the 41—42 mark, really consistently from the beginning of his presidency. sometimes it has dipped lower than that and then surprisingly, given the strong quality of the us economy at the moment, thejobs figures quality of the us economy at the moment, the jobs figures were a bit shockingly disappointing in his latest round of them, but the growth is strong and have been a lot of jobs created. you would expect a president with that kind of record to be in the 50s but he is not. is there anyone emerging on the democrat side who is going to be a potential serious challenger dan? well, joe biden, the former vice president under president obama, he

is in front, but he still has a decent lead but it is still the early days and there is a field of 23 people vying for the democratic nomination but a couple of polls recently have really seen around five of them putting substantial amounts of clear blue water in the case of the democrats over here. between those in the rest were just kind of knocking around on one or 2% mark. for the moment, you havejoe biden in the 20s and then people like bernie sanders, the mayor of indiana, he is the rising star and elizabeth warren, and others. thank you very much for all of this. here, a nurse has been arrested by police

investigating the deaths of 17 babies at a hospital in chester. first arrested lastjuly on suspicion for murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of another six between 2015 and 2016. at the hospital, our correspondent sent us this update from the hospital. she was arrested lastjuly, questioned at her property was searched but she was subsequently ballot, the investigation continued in the situation has stayed the same until this morning until they issued an update saying that the health care professional who they arrested last year has been arrested again on the same charges of suspicion of the same charges of suspicion of the same charges, she was arrested on last year. but in addition, the attempted murder of three additional babies. currently in custody, being questioned by detectives and this is in connection with a long—running investigation here at the chester hospitalfor the investigation here at the chester

hospital for the deaths of 17 babies between 2015 2016. the hospital said it is fully with this investigation and she is in custody at the moment but the statement from the police sums it up this morning saying that the heart of this, there are a number of bereaved families seeking a nswe rs number of bereaved families seeking answers as to what happened to their children and that is with this investigation is about and continues at the moment, please will undoubtedly update us over the next few days. parts of an unfinished new hospital in liverpool which was being built by the collapse constructionjudge being built by the collapse construction judge carillion, structurally unsound and in need of repairs, deliverable hospital was due to open more than two years ago and was found to have three floors which require strengthening. a man and a woman had been convicted of animal cruelty after throwing foxes to hounds in her in 2016. paul

oliver, the master of hounds in the south herefordshire hunt. evidence was obtained by an anti—hunting investigation team, four people have been convicted for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. back to our top story and by the end of next month, the country will have a new prime minister. but only after the contenders have jumped through a series of hoops designed to whittle down the numbers untiljust designed to whittle down the numbers until just two names designed to whittle down the numbers untiljust two names are ready to be put to the conservative party membership. now the ten of them have security backing, what happens next? well, the candidates will face their first secret ballot amongst the conservative mps on thursday, by which point they must have the support of 16 other mps to stay in the race. more secret ballots take place next week with the number of supporting mps, each candidate needs

rising to 32 and they'll continue to vote and being eliminated one by one untiljust vote and being eliminated one by one until just two are vote and being eliminated one by one untiljust two are left. it will know who those two are byjune the 22nd for the party membership which will start voting by post for their top choice. the winning candidate will be announced in the week of july the 22nd. let us recap on who those candidates are who have made it to the next stage. the front runner, boris johnson, it to the next stage. the front runner, borisjohnson, the former mayor of london and foreign secretary. michael dove environment secretary. michael dove environment secretary who ran against boris and the last contest, running again. matt hancock the secretary and another favourite, previous health secretary, jeremy hunt. and also running, sajid javid, the home secretary. dominic, the former

brexit secretary who quit over the withdrawal bill. rory stewart, the international development secretary. former secretary of state for work in pensions who also resigned over the prime minister's deal with the eu and finally mark harper, former chief whip. he has never held a top job in government. we will discuss the various contenders with mike payne, who is chair of the halifax conservative legislation and trends is from halifax. in the telford sharer of the conservative association and dresses from teleport. and we are joined association and dresses from teleport. and we arejoined by association and dresses from teleport. and we are joined by tony harper. we have, i do not know if you have a cross—section of the conservative party membership, but i hope it is by let us see what their

views are. mike, let's come to you first and halifax. various contenders through will you be supporting? i think i have a down to a shortlist of four. headed by boris johnson. on what basis have you chose those four out of the ten. the first thing i do is eliminate those candidates who voted to remain in the eu and the 2016 referendum. so that takes out people likejeremy hunt, rory stewart and matthew hancock. i also then want to eliminate those candidates that have been part of the existing cabinet that are complicit in getting us into the situation. stay on the

line, will talk to your colleagues. who are you going to be supporting? can you tell us? i am torn between all candidates, so out of all the candidates, i am considering boris johnson, jeremy hunt dominic and sajid javid. we have to break the parliamentary deadlock and the arithmetic still remains and i am looking forward to hear more from the candidates that have put themselves forward, how they intend to deliver on brexit and unite our party and ensure that we do not cause a general election. sol party and ensure that we do not cause a general election. so i am acutely aware of the importance of this decision and you know those candidates will intend to deliver brexit and equally set a great clear vision for the conservative party.

and nicola, are you looking for a winner? there may or may not be an election winner and the next few months, but are you looking for someone who is going to be popular in the country? i am indeed. it would take someone who was very charismatic, but equally credible individual and i might charismatic, but equally credible individualand i might tend charismatic, but equally credible individual and i might tend to make myself and very acutely aware of the damage of the lack of delivering brexit and the former counsellor who isa brexit and the former counsellor who is a tragedy of the fact that we had not delivered on brexit, as i think someone that we need is very engaging and quick charismatic and someone who can take on negotiations andl someone who can take on negotiations and i think dominic, with his law background will be a very formidable when speaking to the eu and the charismatic individual that is boris johnson. but equally, i will be looking for someone to have more of a sensibility, such as dominic. so i'm looking for a combination, if i could of dominic and boris, but that individual does not exist. looking

for more detail at this point. stay on the line, because we'll come back to you in a minute. let's go to tony harper, mike payne and nicola make it clear that brexit is very much at the forefront of their minds and they make this decision. this is simple for you? is it all by brexit? no, it is not all about brexit. it is by the next prime minister and the person is going to help policy for the future and someone that the vote rs for the future and someone that the voters could have confidence in. we have to sort out brexit and get that done. you have to be careful with that. we need to also look at the people who are in a better position to deliver on other issues. the main issue for me, which have been sadly neglected over the past, and other

carriers and nottinghamshire county council. for those who brought up this initiative, esther mcvey, she said that she's got more funding into it and that matt hancock who has gotten to social care will need that coming forward and he is looking at stopping the pensions and to sell the homes and insurance alternative. so they are the two main issues for me and social care. it also, borisjohnson is main issues for me and social care. it also, boris johnson is very strong on the foreign state international stage, but for me, we need some of that is strong that is going to tell all the companies that they must negotiate. at the moment, they're not negotiating, the abductor heals and and. another strong player is jeremy abductor heals and and. another strong player isjeremy hunt. and so

out of the four, they will be the ones i'll be looking at. going back to mike payne, of the halifax conservative association. some say that this electorate of the conservative party members, it is about 160,000 people, we do not know exactly, but some people say that is it really right that the next prime minister of the united kingdom has chosen by such a small group of people? we are not necessarilyjust choosing the prime minister, we are choosing the prime minister, we are choosing the prime minister, we are choosing the leader of the conservative party. who, at the moment happens to be the prime minister. we are voting to choose a leader of the party and as such, has to address a lot of issues that are needing to be addressed. but you made it clear that it is all about brexit, surely whoever is going to be prime minister needs to have a whole range of policies on lots of other issues apart from brexit.

absolutely, and brexit is the primary issue but there are lots of other things as well that do have to be addressed. i must admit, i'm not too keen on the candidates saying what they would do in terms of future policy. as i see it, there are no real new initiatives other than the initiatives that we are working on at the moment and there are other vehicles for suggesting conservative policy other than the views of the prime minister. sol think a lot of what has been set or actually been red herrings because they might not actually find themselves in the manifesto anyway. let's go back to nicola, chair of the telford conservative administration. several have admitted to drug taking in the past, michael go over this admission of taking cocaine. to what extent do you think i will bother you and your fellow party members and telford?

with imperial factor in your decision? i think it does affect people plus possible credibility, people plus possible credibility, people want to look up to these individuals that are putting themselves in a critical role to lead the country. it does affect people's trust in those individuals, clearly michael gove is the current subject regard and clearly he has come out with the most regrettable view of his decisions. certainly a formerjustice secretary, that is greatly regrettable. in terms of looking at how credible that makes them, as an ex leader, i think we should be basing it very much on future policies that my colleague greg alludes to a not brexit because now i think, given the severity of some of these issues facing our party and country, that we should look beyond past mistakes and see how they can actually govern and ta ke how they can actually govern and take forward our country and into

the next chapter. when we had boris johnson, promising tax cuts for the better off, is that something that you would weigh heavily as part of the reason possibly for voting for him? or is it all about brexit? the reason possibly for voting for him? or is it all about brexit7m is not all about brexit, i think we need to look much more deeply into domestic policy has been mentioned, the conservative party and the manifesto, we have to make sure we get back to the domestic agenda. obviously, the candidates put forward a proposal to persuade vote rs forward a proposal to persuade voters and members, but i think the much need to look forward and more fundamentally of our job much need to look forward and more fundamentally of ourjob plays in outside of the european union and deeply look at how the conservative party ca n deeply look at how the conservative party can re—identify and re—engage with the voters to create a very strong domestic policies that not just benefit our economy but those living in the uk who are sick and tired of this brexit discussion and wa nt tired of this brexit discussion and want to stick it on with our domestic agenda, as well as hopefully forging trade deals along the world. i'm going to try to nail

you down to one person you're going to vote for. let's go back to harper, would it be if you really had to choose now, give me one name out of the ten that you would like to see as your next party leader. out of the ten that you would like to see as your next party leaderlj wish i could, but i am really undecided. i've got two main groups, one for domestic policies and two for the eu one for domestic policies and two forthe eu and one for domestic policies and two for the eu and getting out of brexit. we've got to get brexit gone. the voters are holding us to account, we we missed the deadline but we have to get someone who is a credible prime minister who is going to look at the policies that will pay off to the people. how are you going to decide next few days? or display to be listening to what they say because you're generally a floating voter. genuinely a floating voter within the guidelines ofjazz, but i like to know their views,

something that had been badly underfunded. but we need to get more people on the street, and also more funding for social care, but we have to get brexit done, that is the immediate priority. if i to get brexit done, that is the immediate priority. ifi had to force you to name one name, would it be? it would not be one name, it would be boris johnson be? it would not be one name, it would be borisjohnson or sajid javid. we need someone to represent the whole country, notjust london in the southeast. what if it is born tojohnson against sajid in the southeast. what if it is born to johnson against sajid javid? would you pick? a combination of both of them. nicola, you're the last one. dominic or boris johnson, what i would like to see from dominic is the charisma to deliver the party possible as manifestos and the party possible as manifestos and the charisma to negotiate a strong

brexit deal and equally what i'll be looking to see from boris johnson brexit deal and equally what i'll be looking to see from borisjohnson is how he intends to take us out of the european union. then to talk to thanks to all of you, just around country, mike payne, nicola, tony harper, talk us through they may or may not vote for in the conservative party leadership race. many thanks to all of you and just to say that on the 18th ofjune, bbc one will be hosting a live election posting for the leadership contenders in that debate will be shaped by your questions, so we'll be asking you to submit the amended baths and have yoursay submit the amended baths and have your say a bbc dot code that uk and include your name and contact, include your name and now than, it is five minutes to nine and every year, thousands of children are admitted to intensive

ca re children are admitted to intensive care with an undiagnosed condition and it takes years to find out what is wrong, but a ground—breaking trial that can find these at an early stage can change that for next year. they were offered to sequenced the entire dna, the genome of all seriously ill children if the cause of their illness is unknown. the research carried out in cambridge can result in faster treatment in the future. this is life at its most vulnerable, made even more perilous when the cause of a baby's sickness is unknown. in some cases it can take months or even years to get a diagnosis, but that is set to change, because of genome sequencing. milly mae and her parents claire and chris each had their genome, their entire genetic code, sequenced, to try to discover why she was having life—threatening seizures. the results showed she has a rare form of epilepsy caused by a single

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this study shows conclusively that whole genome sequencing is of real benefit to patients, speeding up diagnosis and helping to find the right treatment. from next year, throughout england the nhs will offer whole genome testing to all babies and children where the cause of their illness is unknown — the first national health service in the world to do so. parents will no longer have to suffer this agonising diagnostic odyssey of often going to multiple different specialties, repeating the same story, and by having an early diagnosis we can use that time and that professional time much more focused on really thinking about the care of that child as opposed to trying to find the diagnosis. rhys is a healthy five—month—old, but his elder sister seren died atjust 13 weeks from an inherited condition. genome sequencing revealed that katie and ian had each passed

on a rare faulty gene, and inheriting both men she had a fatal condition. knowing the reasons helped her parents cope. there is nothing we could have done. it made no difference to seren, if unfortunately her fate was already determined, but it gave us closure for her and for us and gave us hope for the future as well. hope, but fear too. there was a one in four chance that rhys might have inherited the fatal condition, but another test during pregnancy confirmed he was healthy. it was a hugely emotional moment for everybody. we just sat and cried of happiness, and sadness, because of what we'd gone through with seren. for rhys‘ generation, having your genome sequenced will eventually be the norm, benefiting individuals from cradle to grave, ensuring the treatment they get is right for their unique genetic code and helping researchers find better medicines in future.

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