would be to have a debate on what he would be to have a debate on what we all be would be to have a debate on what we all have to offer the country, oui’ programme to we all have to offer the country, our programme to take britain forward. the health secretary, matt hancock, drops out of the conservative leadership race. so far, he hasn't said which of the remaining six candidates he will give his backing to. two years on from the grenfell tower fire, survivors and relatives of the 72 dead come together today to remember the tragedy. the us releases a video which it says proves iran was behind attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman. it claims that iran's revolutionary guards can be seen removing an unexploded mine from the side of one of the vessels. hundreds of passengers are rescued from a train overnight after heavy rain caused a landslide and widespread flooding in northamptonshire.

the weather still causing huge problems for a lot of people, we will have the latestjust before 2pm. let's return to the tory leadership race and the health secretary matt hancock has, this morning, pulled out of the contest. borisjohnson has boris johnson has given borisjohnson has given an extensive interview. i have always been keen on tv debates, i am slightly bewildered by the conversation that has been going on because i think it is important that we have a sensible, grown—up debate. my own observation is that i think in the past when you have had loads of candidates, it can be slightly cacophonous. and i think the public have had quite a lot of blue on blue action, frankly, over the last three yea rs. we action, frankly, over the last three years. we don't necessarily need a lot more of that. so what i think

the best solution would be would be to have a debate on what we all have to have a debate on what we all have to offer the country, our programme to offer the country, our programme to ta ke to offer the country, our programme to take britain forward, my programme to unite the country, and the best time to do that i think it would be after the second ballot on tuesday. and the best forum is the bbc, the proposed bbc debate. i think that is a good idea. there are all sorts of invitations, must have received dozens and dozens of invitations to do hustings here, there and everywhere. and debates of all kinds. as i said, i think they can bea all kinds. as i said, i think they can be a risk of not only a slight cacophony when you have lots of candidates, but also the impression of yet more blue on blue action, when i think what the public want to hear is a serious... mark, what i am saying is i am keen on tv debates, i

did many, many, if people remember, in the run—up to the london mayo elections. i think in the end sort of narcolepsy had descended on the audience. i am of narcolepsy had descended on the audience. iam more of narcolepsy had descended on the audience. i am more than happy to do the bbc tv debate on tuesday. inaudible. i think people will a lwa ys inaudible. i think people will always try to find a kind of a moment when they can say that they have tripped me up or got me or forced me into some gap or indiscretion or error of some kind, but i will continue to be the kind of politician i have been for a very long time, somebody who believes passionately in his ideas, somebody to ta ke passionately in his ideas, somebody to take the country forward, i think we have some fantastic projects

going on to unite the uk with infrastructure, with education, with technology. in a nutshell, what i wa nt to technology. in a nutshell, what i want to do in the uk is due, in a sense, what we did in london, to try to unite our society and bring it together. yes, if sometimes i say things that cause, you know, a fluttering in the ducats or a plastic off the ceiling, if it gets people's attention, if it interest them in politics then i think that is no bad thing. inaudible. that has borisjohnson is no bad thing. inaudible. that has boris johnson speaking on is no bad thing. inaudible. that has borisjohnson speaking on bbc radio fourin borisjohnson speaking on bbc radio four in the last half an hour or so. key among that interview, the news that he will take part on the television debate on tuesday evening. that is the one on tuesday evening, there is one before that. the bbc one is on tuesday evening.

that is after he came under some pressure to do so, all of the other candidates had already agreed to ta ke candidates had already agreed to take part and he was telling the programme that he will now be part of that programme. staying with the tory leadership race, we have been reporting this morning that the health secretary matt hancock has decided to pull out of the contest. in the first round of voting, he came sixth with 20 votes. his withdrawal means there are six candidates now still in the race. he said he is talking to the other contenders but hasn't yet endorsed anyone else at this stage. he has been speaking to our deputy political editor. matt hancock, what have you decided and why?” political editor. matt hancock, what have you decided and why? i have been incredibly encouraged and humbled by the amount of support that i have had in this campaign. i have tried to make the argument that the values that the conservative party needs to hold dear of free

enterprise and support for a free society and being open and optimistic and enthusiastic about the future. but the party clearly is looking for a candidate to deal with the here and now. i very much put myself forward as the candidate focused on the future. so i have decided to withdraw from the race, and instead see how best i can advance those values within the party and the big and difficult task but we have got ahead. a big disappointment to have to pull out this way. naturally, you enter these contests to win. i have also tried to make that happen on the values that i care about, really making the argument about the things that matter. the conservative party a lwa ys matter. the conservative party always needs to be pro—business, pro—enterprise, and i think i have been winning that argument and more

and more candidates are starting to say these things. that we also need to be open and attracting voters from the centre ground, voters who might be voting for other parties like thinking about voting for the labour party and lib dems. now the other candidates are also making those arguing. i feel i have other candidates are also making those arguing. ifeel i have been winning arguments, but it is also clear that where i have put myself forward as a candidate focused on the future, the party has understandably focused on the here and now and how we get through brexit in the next few months. so i have decided to withdraw from the contest. and i will be looking for how i can make those values sing and make sure that the party encapsulates the values that are so important. who are you going to endorse now? who are you going to back? i am talking to all of the candidates, i have set out very clearly on the campaign and now as i withdraw from the campaign what

really matters in terms of being pro—business, pro—enterprise and a politics that bring people together. i will be talking to the other candidates about how they can best do that. what, then, will your focus on, your values as you say, what will the party focus on as it decides who to back?” will the party focus on as it decides who to back? i will be focusing on my dayjob as being health secretary and also on making sure that in this contest it is the ideas of being aspirational, entrepreneurial, pro—enterprise, pro—business, of really valuing every individual in society and having policies to support people to make the most of that. these are the things that i really care about. that is what i will be focused on. when it comes to europe, from everything you have said, the party should not look to someone who is in any way enthusiastic or unaware of the dangers of leaving without a deal? that would be a big warning.

the dangers of leaving without a deal? that would be a big warninglj have deal? that would be a big warning.|j have all been clear that the bigger risk is in parliament, which has made it perfectly obvious in the past that it would have stopped a no—deal brexit. we need to deliver brexit, the best way to do that is with a deal. i have made that case pretty strongly over the past few weeks in this contest, and indeed, over the past few months and years since the referendum. i look forward to supporting the party in order to try to do that and to deliver brexit, and then we can move forward. so you would then urge the party on that to look away from the candidates, boris johnson, dominic raff, who say they will leave on october 31 deal or no deal? i am not saying anything about the other candidates. i think they have admirable qualities. i have always been clear that the party needs to

come together, the government needs to come together ultimately, the country needs to come together after this contest and we need to look forward. i will think about how best we can advance the values that i ca re we can advance the values that i care so much about, and i will make a comment about how to do that in the days to come. you a ticket would be wrong to look at leaving on october 31 deal or no deal, come what may? you will take that would be the wrong way to go. would you urge the party to look away from that? i have always made the case that? i have always made the case that the risk that was demonstrated before the 29th of march, when we we re before the 29th of march, when we were meant to leave, the risk is that parliament stops that from happening, there has always been my argument. i then tried to make the case about what we need to be doing in the future and where we need to be going as a country making sure that post—brexit britain is open and international and engaged with the whole world. and a bastian of

enterprise. the most important thing to you would be to get a deal for as long as that necessarily takes?” think the best way to deliver brexit is with a deal on the 31st of october. meeting our commitments to deliver the result of the referendum ina way deliver the result of the referendum in a way that supports the economy and supports people. and then we can move forward. if it takes longer than that, for you, so be it?|j move forward. if it takes longer than that, for you, so be it? i said on the campaign that i made my case clearly. the thing i really stood for in the campaign was trying to cast this contest forward. it is clear that the party is understandably concentrated on what we need to do right in the here and now. quite final thought on the

magnitude of the choice now facing the conservative party and the country. we are, are we? at a moment of risk, possibly of danger, a defining moment? we stand at a defining moment? we stand at a defining moment? we stand at a defining moment in our country's history, that is true. i am clear about how we need to get through it. we need to deliver brexit, and then we need to cast forward and try to bring the country together.m we need to cast forward and try to bring the country together. is at a moment of risk or danger? it is clearly a n moment of risk or danger? it is clearly an incredibly important moment to get right. it is also very difficult. i am very clear about the values that i have promoted and want to promote. and i think they are very important for the party, but they are also very important for the country as well, bringing the country as well, bringing the country together. ultimately, we also need the, here in poland, the

conservative party to come together after this because that is —— we need the conservative party, here in parliament, to come together after this. what would you say about boris johnson's apparent reluctance to commit toa johnson's apparent reluctance to commit to a debate? i have said all along that all of the contestants should be in the tv debates, i think there should be scrutiny, and i think because of the nature of this contest is that, it isn'tjust to be the leader of the conservative party, it is to be the next prime minister, so that scrutiny is important. what does it say about boris that he has not committed? as i say, all of the contestants should put themselves forward for scrutiny. as you will gather, that was matt hancock speaking just a bit early this morning to john hancock speaking just a bit early this morning tojohn pina before borisjohnson said that he will indeed take part in the bbc

television debate on tuesday evening. matt hancock withdrawing from the conservative party race leaving six candidates still in the running. a couple have been found guilty of murdering a vulnerable young woman in inverclyde more than eighteen years ago. one of them was also found guilty of fraudulently collecting her benefits, worth £182,000. a jury at the high court in glasgow convicted edward cairney and avriljones of killing nineteen—year—old margaret fleming between december 1999 and january 2000. margaret's body has never been found. detective superintendent paul livingstone, the senior investigating officer on the case, gave this statement a short time ago: the conditions in which she lived we re the conditions in which she lived were utterly disgusting. for kenny and jones to continue the charade that she was still alive for all

these years was absolutely abhorrent. one of the reasons being abhorrent. one of the reasons being a financial gain. we will never know just how margaret was killed, what we do know is that she lived her last days in what can only be described as a living hell. she must have felt that she was alone in the world with no one coming to help her which isjust world with no one coming to help her which is just absolutely heartbreaking to think about. all of the detective that worked on this complex enquiry aim to secure justice for margaret, they wanted to be the advocate that margaret never had. margaret was just a young woman when she was murdered, who knows what she might have gone on to achieve in her life had it not been ended so prematurely at the evil and greedy hands of cairney and jones? thank you. the detective speaking outside the high court in the last hour. two people convicted of murder, they have not yet been sentenced. convicted of murdering

margaret fleming. just a reminder of today's headlines. the front runner in the tory leadership race, boris johnson, says he will take part in the bbc tv debate next week. the health secretary, matt hancock, drops out of the conservative leadership race. so far he hasn't said which of the remaining six candidates he will give his backing to. two years on from the grenfell tower fire, survivors and relatives of the 72 dead come together today to remember the tragedy. as we have been hearing, a ban on adverts featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" or those which are likely to cause "serious or widespread offence" has come into force. the ban covers scenarios such as a man with his feet up while a woman cleans, or a woman failing to park a car.

afraid they've lost 11% of their value this morning. the fall comes after reports in the times that it's looking to sell its house building division for between £100 million and £150 million, a price analysts that follow the com pany call ‘disappointing'. oil price falls back after yesterday's sudden spike, following the attack on tankers in the gulf of oman, as traders start to worry about global oversupply. nearly all of us want harmful content taken off social media. we know it's there. almost half of all teenagers have seen something harmful on social media in nthe last month. the problem is — none of us are doing anything about it. the chartered institute of marketing says two thirds of children say they rarely or never report posts, and only 7% say they always do.

it is important to business because it gives social media about reputation which is a marketing tool. we are joined now by leigh hopwood, chair, chartered institute of marketing. let's just get the basic facts right, what do we mean when we talk about harmful images? harmful images are anything from sexually —related or terrorist —related, but it is not just harmful images, it is harmful video content, it is bullying, abuse, there is lots of ways that harmful content is being displayed on social media. why don't people report this? why do such a large number of teenagers see this and know they don't like it and don't do anything? i think there are a number of reasons, to be honest, i don't think social media companies make it easy to report harmful content, and i think they could make it a lot easier by making those report buttons, one, available, and two,

much more accessible. i also think that one of the reasons why i am here today is because we need to make it much more aware to the public that we should be reporting content. i think there or the government should do a public awareness campaign to make sure that we as individuals, as parents are reporting that content and making sure that our children are reporting that content. children are less likely to report content than adults. said the government has now said that if people complain about something, then the social media companies have to take it down. you say that is to be not going to work if we don't better the process of reporting it? absolutely, the governor is putting forward a proposal to say what the social media companies need to do. however, they need to get their technologies in place to be able to respond to what could be a huge wave once they start enabling people to report that

content start enabling people to report that co nte nt far start enabling people to report that content far easier. the business angle is important, because if you area angle is important, because if you are a social media company who wants to attract advertisers, if it has a reputation of doing nothing about harmful images, those advertisers are going to be scared away. there isa are going to be scared away. there is a real incentive for social media companies to keep the place clean, as it were. absolutely. why does it not work? i think the social media companies are obviously focused on their revenues, they want to see their revenues, they want to see their revenues. i think there is such an increase in the number of people that are starting to disengage with social media, and i think the danger is that if social media companies don't embrace what is inevitable, then they will end up disengaging their users. if the users aren't fair, and the companies that are spending money, £52 million a year —— or £52 billion a year,

they will start looking elsewhere. let's look at the market before we go. the drop in kier group is because they are saying they will sell off some of their business. analysts a re sell off some of their business. analysts are saying that the figures are disappointing. we went up as a result of the oil tanker attacks and attention in the middle east, on the other we have concerns about oversupply and a global slowdown in growth. if growth slows down and trade was which we talked about so many times before, if you have that going on and less demand for oil, therefore the oil price is likely to come down. you will see the price really volatile around that, around $60 which could go up or down. that is the business news.

the toy industry is massive — last year 370 million of them were sold in the uk alone. and while unwanted toys do get passed on to younger children, their component parts make them difficult to recycle, meaning many end up in landfill. so how do we get kids to think about the amount of plastic they are playing with, without spoiling their fun? actress and greenpeace campaigner bonnie wright has been investigating in a special report for bbc radio five live.

tell me a little bit about what you're doing here. stitching up the leg of this teddy bear. because you can make it new again. when the fish get trapped and they eat it, we eat the fish. i don't know about you, but i don't want to eat plastic. kids always want the next thing, but they will have that thought and then a lot of them will think, "oh, do i actually need that?" and they are very mindful. i've never really thought about toys as being part of the problem. whether i would restrict her from having a toy because it was made of plastic, i don't know. what do we say to bonnie for coming to our school today? thank you! oh, thanks for having me. do you think i can be an honorary member of your committee? yes! just a genuine concern that they want to use their imagination on how

to solve the issue. i hope that these toy companies maybe think differently about what children want. bonnie wright with that report. shops offering tattoos and piercings pose an infection risk, and laws on who can work in them should be tightened, according to a leading public health charity. the royal society for public health says one in five adults in the uk now have a tattoo, and more should be done to protect them. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. for most people, getting a tattoo or piercing is a straightforward procedure. but there are health risks whenever the barrier that is formed by our skin is broken, and health experts say not enough is being done to prevent infection. the whole desire for body modification is something that has grown in the last couple of decades, as people become more interested in their body image. and that's great, but the

legislation just hasn't caught up, and we would like to see a level playing field, basically. i think it would be useful for anyone in the uk to know that, wherever they're going, they can be assured that the person who is giving them a special procedure such as a tattoo is suitably qualified in infection control, and so that it really does minimise the risk of side effects. the number of shops offering tattoos and piercings has rocketed in recent years, up by more than 170% injust a decade. one in five of us now has a tattoo. but, in a survey of more than 800 people who were tattooed, pierced, or underwent acupuncture or electrolysis in the last couple of years, 18% experienced negative side effects. wales is the only part of the uk where a compulsory licensing scheme for tattoo parlours and others offering similar services is being introduced. today's report says that not enough is being done in the rest

of the country to protect the public from potentially serious infection. much more coming up at 2pm with simon mccoy. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. i think it is pretty fair to say that most of us will probably be glad to see the back of this week with that heavy, persistent rain. for some, in northumberland on wednesday, we had some record—breaking rainfall totals. some of us have seen nearly three months' worth of rain, and it has been quite cold, particularly forjune. but i am pleased to say as we move into next week we will see an improvement. drier for most of us, there is still going to be some rain around, but nowhere near as bad as this week. more sunshine and just feeling that little bit warmer as well. before then, we are still under the influence of low pressure, as you can see quite clearly, and spiralling like a catherine wheel around that low. bands of weather fronts bringing some showery outbreaks of rain.

so the story so far today, we are seeing some rain. it is starting to weaken as it moves its way through the midlands and up into eastern england, and some showers as well through western scotland and northern ireland. that will be the case as we run into the afternoon. some of us will continue to see some spells of sunshine. as a result, it will feel a little warmer, the highest values of 13—20 celsius in the south—east corner. that is 68 fahrenheit. through the night tonight, we will see a band of more persistent rain starting to push in with another frontal system from the west. so we will start off our saturday morning with a little bit of a west—east divide. as this frontal system, still under the influence of that low pressure, continues to threaten. so western areas starting off on saturday cloudy with some rain at times. sheltered eastern areas, you might have some early morning sunshine. eventually clouding over as we go into the afternoon, a few showers ahead of that frontal rain. and it will push its way into eastern england, the midlands, and down to the south coast by the middle of the afternoon. again, a weaker affair by then. showery outbreaks of rain. still that area of low pressure with us on sunday just to the north—west.

and still the potential for some fronts to move in. but generally speaking on sunday, it is a case of sunny spells and scattered showers, most of those showers will be closest to that low up into the north—west. so western areas particularly scotland and northern ireland seeing some pretty heavy showers at times, sheltered south and eastern areas are seeing more sunshine and again a little more in the way of warmth. but i did promise you something a little bit more optimistic as we move into next week. it could get pretty warm in the south. just a blip with some rain through the middle part of the week, but much better than the week we have just seen. take care.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm. leading contender boris johnson says he will take part in a televised debate on the bbc on tuesday. what i think the best solution would be would be to have a debate on what we all have to offer the country, our programme to take britain forward. and then there were six: health secretary matt hancock pulls out of the conservative leadership race. two years after the grenfell tower fire — a service of remembrance is held for the 72 people who lost their lives it is hard to believe that it has happened, even though you know, and you see the death certificates... you find it very hard to accept.