this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at eight. the two men battling to win the tory leadership contest face questioning borisjohnson admits his comments could have played a part in the uk ambassador‘s resignation. he said that what someone had relayed to him had certainly would bea relayed to him had certainly would be a factor. jeremy hunt has again been questioned about the october 31st deadline for britain to leave the eu is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of the eu? i do not believe so, no i do not believe that will be the case. this is why people do not really trust you on this. in a bbc exclusive, theresa may reflects upon her time on office

with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. i think it will be a mixture of pride of having done the job, i think it will be a mixture of pride of having done thejob, but also a degree of disappointment because there was more that i wanted to do. we'll bring you that exclusive interview with the prime minister at nine thirty. the man who stabbed lee pomeroy to death onboard a train has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years. what a contest! after beating by failing to doubt, he faces the defending champion. —— rafael nadal.

pushed johnson said that his comments were misrepresented to the ambassador in washington, and i contributed to his decision to resign from his post, there have been reports that the step down partly because borisjohnson had refused to support him will stop but estherjohnson rejected that version of events, so let's get some reaction now from the two candidates for the conservative party leadership but the bbc‘s andrew, our political correspondent is in westminster and he has been watching those interviews taking place. we will talk in a moment about the development regarding sir kim, borgia main take away from those interviews? i think they were fiery

and that points, you saw both men on the ropes, more forensic interviews that we have seen throughout this campaign, particularly on boris johnson, he has been seeing a lot more public but the scrutiny of interviews like this particular by someone interviews like this particular by someone like andrew o'neill, also shines a light on areas that does candidates do not want to talk about, the main one for boris johnson clearly tonight was sir ken, we saw on the debate that when given the opportunity to say he would keep sir ken and hisjob, he didn't. the next day he announced he was resigning and the bbc has been told that decision was at least in part due to the fact that borisjohnson would not back him and mrjohnson admitted that tonight. he was so dismayed by your failure to do so in it was one of the reasons he

resigned. i was saddened by his resignation and he pointed out that he did not, you may need to check your facts before... i told, itold, did i told, did he say that you, that you played any part in his resignation? i said it was very sad that he resigned and that someone had relayed to him what i had said. did that play a factor in his resignation? he said that someone relayed to him, and it would be a factor. so your lack of support was a factor in his resignation. what i said on that debate was misrepresented. he thinks that it's kim darroch was given a

misrepresentative account of what was said in the debate for the first time mrjohnson said that could have had an impact. and the development is that the police have announced an investigation into those leaked e—mails. investigation into those leaked e-mails. statements within the last half hour from the assistant commissioner saying that the metropolitan police counterterrorism command will take responsibility for taking allegations of criminal breaches and have launched an investigation saying the purported consequences of the leak are satisfied that there has been damaged caused to international relationships and a clear public interest to bringing the person or people responsible to justice. interest to bringing the person or people responsible tojustice. this has been largely a political row in the uk and we are told the damage to the uk and we are told the damage to the uk and the us, president trump is been speaking about it again,

perhaps dialling down some of his rhetoric when it comes to kim darroch. but there investigating this as a criminal matter and that means that this, the stakes have been raised significantly. what about the domestic issues that were covered in the key pledges from both of the candidates? it has been fascinating watching this campaign and seeing men from a party that has spent the last eight years telling us spent the last eight years telling us that we need to tighten the budget, that there is no magic money tree, both of been making fairly lavish spending commitments over the past few weeks. boris johnson pledging to cut taxes and pledges for tax cuts for the port which she repeated tonight about being a priority for his administration if he becomes prime minister, but couple that with of the extra spending he wants to do and for

jeremy hunt, he has pledged a lot of money. some of that will not happen if there is in odell brexit, that is something that would be a challenging situation, but he was pressed over who he was prioritising when he came to tax cuts. if there is no deal, the people that will really need help, it will be those on low incomes. if the pound plummets, all prices are going to go up, those with low incomes will start to struggle and yet you are going to spend13 billion start to struggle and yet you are going to spend 13 billion on a tax cut and nothing for them. what do they need on, my package a odell brexit, it is corporation tax cuts so brexit, it is corporation tax cuts so that businesses can carry on employing people and £6 for farmers and our fishing communities so they don't have to look to make lay off,

and this is support for businesses they can carry on supporting individuals and families. the think he has five hardest in this campaign is brexit and giving a firm pledge to conservatives that the uk would definitely leave by a certain date, that happen tonight, he was pushed repeatedly on whether he could say the uk will definitely be out of the european union bite christmas, he didn't givea european union bite christmas, he didn't give a guarantee as expected for many conservatives, that will set some alarm bells, yes, jeremy hunt wants to deliver brexit, yes, he thinks that he is the man who can get the changes and the deal to the house of commons, but he is not giving them a firm guarantee when that would happen and there are some conservatives who fear that a similar message to theresa may and jeremy hunt may be ready to kick the can again. our reality check

correspondent has been following what they have been saying on brexit and joins us now. brexit was a major pa rt and joins us now. brexit was a major part of both interviews and will be quy part of both interviews and will be guy was a was to have a renegotiated withdrawal agreement for october. at the end of october even though the eu has said consistently that the current deal is not up for renegotiation. in fact, jeremy hunt said he hopes to reach a new deal by the end of september to give him time. to get it through parliament. but don't forget he's part of a government that has already accepted that the withdrawal agreement cannot be reopened. persuading the eu to suddenly change its mind looks like a tall order of towering proportions. but the one thing we know both candidates say they want to change is the backstop plan for the irish border. mr hunt was asked if that would be enough.

i think it would broadly make a deliverable within parliament, i think that certainly, earlier this year that would be the case, but i will be putting together in negotiating team. with what changes would you want?|j what changes would you want? i think thatis what changes would you want? i think that is the main change. it is the only change stability may be other elements. but you cannot tell me? i believe i will put together a negotiation team to put that through parliament. to get any deal but what that means is that, to get any deal done in time, most of the current agreement would have to remain in place. but even then mr hunt refused to guarantee that the uk would be out of the eu by the end of the year, saying he was simply being honest with people. borisjohnson has said mrs may's deal is ‘dead' but he too hasn't got

time to start from scratch. although he has promised to leave by october 31. do or die. but what if a deal was almost done? we will get a deal by october and i think it will be absolutely insane now to say that yet again, we have a phoney deadline and it can be ticked off until it. no one believes you would walk away with the circumstances. it is important that we get ready to leave on october the 315t we get ready to leave on october the 31st come what may. and we will. in the event of ‘no deal‘ mrjohnson wants to use a bit of trade law.

called article 2a of gatt. even though he now admits that both sides would have to agree to do so, and would have to have the outline of a future trade agreement ready. the eu has said that if there's no withdrawal agreement it won't even talk about trade. until other issues are settled. mrjohnson wants to inject a dose of optimism into the brexit talks, mr hunt a dash of entrepreneurial flair. but either of them would face the same problems theresa may has had to grapple with, and the same divided house of commons. and so far there's no sign that the eu is ready to budge all that much. and the british prime minister to replace theresa may, the former foreign secretary and mayor of london is seen as the front runner in the contents ofjeremy hunt and telling people to vote with their heads. joining me now to share their thoughts on the leadership candidates is david cameron's former

political adviser, laura trott, and the conservative commentatorjo anne nadler. they were fairly wide—ranging interviews, who do you think was the most sure—footed tonight? jeremy hunt can be pleased with this performance will stop it was very solid and is quite adept and in a way, it was right at the end of the interview that i thought andrew neil began to unravel his big claims on how effective he had been at the secretary of state for health. boris johnson was typical boris, but he did seem rather evasive and not well tempered, it was an uncomfortable watch, really. iam tempered, it was an uncomfortable watch, really. i am not sure if it would change anyone's mind, those who are pro—boris. but i think of their people wavering, then it seemed to me tonight that if they wa nted seemed to me tonight that if they wanted to firm leadership,

straightforward leadership, jeremy hunt would be there man. how do you regard the confidence levels in the way data put across in their arguments. at times, levels in the way data put across in theirarguments. at times, it levels in the way data put across in their arguments. at times, it did not feel that andrew neil was getting the answers he was trying ha rd to getting the answers he was trying hard to get. what was interesting is jeremy hunt was the most competent i think i've seen him in these interviews. i think he has been quite void in the intelligence from conservative part of members, so if you were expecting at this point, a lot of people are waiting now to see the outcome of these interviews. a slight amount of confidence, more to play for than he thought and he came across as quite assured. boris wasn't comfortable viewing. the only thing i would say is that actually,

there were no, when he is talking about iran, it was not very comfortable, the negotiations there that he did not have the details on but they were no big blunders, but jeremy not being able to guarantee they will be able to come out of the eu by christmas would've not played well with the conservatives. but he did say he was being honest. but with the select group we are talking about, those are worried about his dedication to coming out of the eu altogether, it is quite negative. because brexit said so heavily in all of these interviews, there will be many people who get to vote in this election party election. that are looking beyond brexit, they're looking at what happens when there is another general election. looking at what happens when there is another general electionlj looking at what happens when there is another general election. i think it isa is another general election. i think it is a very important point that jeremy makes about the possibility of going into a general election without having done the deal,

without having done the deal, without having done the deal, without having exited brexit. but given the complete state of meltdown that the labour party is now currently entered into. particularly this week, there may be some conservatives who feel that even if there is a general election, that borisjohnson is the man to take the fight to jeremy corbyn borisjohnson is the man to take the fight tojeremy corbyn and we have began to see a bit of that in the interview, we began to see the combative boris johnson, interview, we began to see the combative borisjohnson, he was quite irritated with the line of questioning as we are going to the interview at he did not respond well to that and he seemed to be looking for ways to avoid the question. and to switch the emphasis onto things that will grammatically accurate, some of andrew neil's questioning, which i think play particularly well. he got into his stride by the end of it and began to see that kind

of borisjohnson that does have the certain appeal and it has been lacking in the conservative leadership during the theresa may period. both of them talked about returning to the withdrawal agreement having some kind of renegotiation to get a deal over the line, even though we do not have long to do it. but the bible neither of them except with the eu have been saying, that's it the eu, they believe they will change their minds of the last minute and they do not want printing to leave about the deal and they wa nt to leave about the deal and they want there to be local room with the new leader, and they said they would listen to any new prime minister. there is a hope that will be the case, whether or not that is true

remains to be seen. and then there's the question put to borisjohnson that you would prorogue parliament. he said that is not what i want to do. he is right that he cannot give away of this negotiation tactics. not only is negotiation tactics of the eu but what sort of political tools is going to bring to bear in westminster and we have been briefed saying that his team are looking to find ways to bring on board those unhappy labour mps find ways to bring on board those unhappy labourmps in find ways to bring on board those unhappy labour mps in other constituencies. if you can get the right constituency within the house of parliament to vote for his deal, then he would not have to prorogue, but he does not have to necessarily rule it out because he trying to appear to be by hook or by crook, no mountain high and that kind of business, we will be out by the 31st and hejust

business, we will be out by the 31st and he just and then words of his own flourish, he is not going to back down from that. how much of a problem is going to be forjeremy hunt, the fact that he was a remainder. huge. absolutely huge. this is something that he is inviting the whole way through this contest. i think he has been fighting that throughout. he has been fighting that the np stage in the member stage, it is because of the member stage, it is because of the theresa may president where she was seen by levers is not really being a true convert to the cause and that is seen as the source of these problems, but he has been dogged by the contest. as a remainder has to put this through, he realises that we have to do this, isn't he better placed to take those who do not want to leave the eu with

them? believe that was the appeal of theresa may, and of course he would contest that he is a remainder, i think he did quite effectively this evening, the democratic mandate was to leave and he is a democrat and thatis to leave and he is a democrat and that is what he has taken upon himself. but i think what is releva nt tory himself. but i think what is relevant tory is the back to back, when you get rid of all the chaff and all of the smoke and mirrors, there's not much difference between these two guys in terms of how they're to approach brexit. there may be, certainly a difference in how they talk about it and certainly a difference in emphasis, and in terms of their tactics, they're both talking about wanting to get in other deal and they're talking about wanting to get in other deal and they‘ re both talking about wanting to get in other deal and they're both talking about how you prepare for no deal in terms of different types of tax cuts and all of the rest of it. we do not

know how many people have voted already, but it could be as much as 70% or 30%, depending on who you are reading. if it is as many as 70% thenit reading. if it is as many as 70% then it is a done deal and boris will have already wanted. if there still enough that have not voted, do you thinkjeremy hunt is enough?” do not think they have done enough forjeremy do not think they have done enough for jeremy hunt to do not think they have done enough forjeremy hunt to put it across. he answered the questions well and he stood up under scrutiny, but was it a game changer? i do not think so because there was nothing massive for the borisjohnson side, and the line about guaranteeing brexit before christmas, you can expect to hear that from the campaign from borisjohnson from now hear that from the campaign from boris johnson from now on. in a bbc exclusive, theresa may reflects upon her time on office

with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. she said she did not recognise herself and the characterisation of critics. as prime minister in ten days' time, with a ‘mixture of pride and disappointment.‘ she said she didn‘t ‘recognise herself‘, in the characterisation of critics, and admitted she‘d ‘underestimated‘ parliament over brexit. she said it was ‘incredibly frustrating,‘ not to have been able to get her brexit deal approved, but she was proud to have served, as prime minister. she‘s been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a rare glimpse and the private world of number ten, time now to reflect. it is, yes. it hardly seems possible. please to have a seat. it is very convenient. any point in time or you can obviously get a call, people can be bringing papers up call, people can be bringing papers up to you, it is really, it is a place of work. the red box is done in the evenings, it was here that i took the phone call about the

terrorist attack in manchester. it is obviously chilling when you get a call like that. there've been so many difficult moments. how did you manage to get through it all? to be honest, i do not know. i guess it was just honest, i do not know. i guess it wasjust me, but honest, i do not know. i guess it was just me, but it‘s important that my husband was hugely supportive and the other important thing was just to keep a vision of what you‘re trying to get to and what you‘re trying to get to and what you‘re trying to get to and what you‘re trying to achieve i was there every moment here at the end of the hard day we just like, moment here at the end of the hard day wejust like, ijust moment here at the end of the hard day we just like, i just wish you we re day we just like, i just wish you were over? there are moments where i thought, i wish we got brexit over the line. i wish we had actually managed to achieve that. i thudded home years prime minister, but it is obviously not the home that we built up obviously not the home that we built up together and i said very much, a place of work. but there are happy

memories because it is an immense privilege to be the prime minister of the united kingdom. it is a huge responsibility. you were accused of being too closed off. this is a difficult question because i do not recognise myself in some of the descriptions that people give of me. nobody likes to be, have descriptions of them that they do not think you‘re right. but that‘s what happens in politics. 20 think you will feel when you leave this building for the last times prime minister? i think a mixture of pride of having done the job minister? i think a mixture of pride of having done thejob but minister? i think a mixture of pride of having done the job but also a degree of disappointment because there was more that i wanted to do. forced out by bus stops in this cabinet room and brexit, why do you think you did not happen?” cabinet room and brexit, why do you think you did not happen? i thought that parliament having voted to give people the choice, 80% of the people

in the general election voted for parties that said they would respect the referendum. what i had underestimated was that there were people who were in positions where some people who had always campaign for brexit that didn‘t vote for the deal because they had a particular vision of brexit and they‘re sticking firmly to that vision and on the other side there were people that did not want to leave with no deal but were not prepared to vote for a deal. i underestimated the unwillingness of parts and some people of parliament to compromise. what about your responsibility? what people say to me is that on one hand, that i stuck to firmly to my redlines and of the other hands, sometimes the same people, some people set a compromise too much. both of these cannot be true. are there anything that you believe you got incorrect? i spent a lot of

time talking to colleagues and trying to understand exactly what it was that was creating problems for them. on both sides, it is incredibly frustrating. what i hope is, my successor has the job of bringing people together. your collea g u es bringing people together. your colleagues around the stable, a lot of them are also quite fond of saying what they thought which is not always the same as what you thought. you must‘ve been furious at the number of lea ks they thought. you must‘ve been furious at the number of leaks they came out of this cabinet. every position that the government took was a collective agreed position, agreed by cabinet. but it must‘ve driven you mad, surely? good cabinet government depends on collective responsibility andi depends on collective responsibility and i believe once we left the eu, the government can give forward over that brexit issue, collective responsibility needs to return. you lost the majority in 2017, do you

not regret and can you say that?” do not regret calling the election, i regret running a campaign that was not really me and there were other things that i leave i should have done the tv debates. you said in yourcampaign, iam done the tv debates. you said in your campaign, i am theresa may and i‘m the best person to be prime minister. do you still feel that there was the case. by definition, i‘m not going to say no i was not the right person. i do believe i was the right person. i do believe i was the right person to take this honour and take the conservative party and iam and take the conservative party and i am proud of the fact that i took an approach to the economy where we will have £20 billion put into the nhs, building new homes or people andi nhs, building new homes or people and i am also proud of giving a voice to the voiceless. of championing some causes that would otherwise be unfashionable. what will you miss? i will miss the opportunity to go and just say thank

you to people of what they are doing for this country and i hope that, whoever they voted for the conservative party or for other parties, whether they have where levers are remainders, i hope that they will feel at that and everything i have done, i have a lwa ys everything i have done, i have always done what i believed to be in the national interest. her picture will still be on the wall of the famous staircase. what do you hope people remember you?” famous staircase. what do you hope people remember you? i hope that people remember you? i hope that people will recognise the second fema prime —— female prime minister. -- female prime minister. so much of what theresa may hope for is unresolved, she is a prime minister who tried.

and you can see laura kuenssberg‘s full interview with theresa may at 2130 on the bbc news channel. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. high—pressure building and across the british isles as things settle down, stilson and eastern england that will fade as a go deeper into the night and by the end of the night, we‘ll probably see more cloud pushing and and so, we have ended the day with some sunshine and will start the day tomorrow with more cloud around both dipping down a little bit lower than recently, it be easierfor sleeping, a lot of clouds to start the day with sunny spells developing quite nicely with pressure that is not become fully established across the uk, so still some showers in northern and eastern scotla nd some showers in northern and eastern scotland with a few developing in northern england to its commitments, when or two in the southeast and most we will avoid them and stay

dry, the breeze from the north is not particularly warm out there but the priest was the north sea coast of the new low cloud or mist will be kept cooler here compared to elsewhere, is looking like a dry sunday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the two men battling to win the tory leadership contest face questioning borisjohnson admits his comments could have played a part in the uk ambassador‘s resignation. he said... something someone had relayed to him would be a factor. jeremy hunt has again been questioned about the october 31st deadline for britain to leave the eu. is there any chance we could still go in at 22020 and still be a member of the eu? i don't believe so, i know. you don't roll it out? i don't

believe that's the case. this is why people don‘t trust you on this. in a bbc exclusive, theresa may reflects upon her time on office with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. i think it‘s a mixture of pride at doing thejob but i think it‘s a mixture of pride at doing the job but also a degree of disappointment because there was more i wanted to do. we‘ll bring you that exclusive interview with the prime minister at 9:30. the man who stabbed lee pomeroy to death onboard a train has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years. roger federer has made it through to the wimbledon final after beating rafael nadel he now faces defending champion, novak djokovic. sport now, here‘s a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.

let‘s get more on the tennis stand to let the great met unsaid a crate this evening. in a wimbledon semifinals treating is detailed and memorable semifinals, roger federer against rabbi on the dollar, 30 a grandson between them and fatter it ta kes a grandson between them and fatter it takes a chance to add to the tally. john has been watching the action at the all england club and we sure are going to miss them when they are gone. yes it seems we have been talking about dominance of the big three throughout this tournament and so it has proved as they reach semifinals and what a treat we were served up once again, it is going to be tougher better and nadal to produce a performance similar to the epic 2008 final but they gave it a good out there on the court when roger took the first set but nadal hit back to hit the second 6—1 b roger took the main remaining two sets he needed to close the national stop nadal producing brilliant

tennis on his way to saving several match points before roger closed the matchup to book his place in yet another wimbledon final. it means he goes on to face and know that, press time they had faced each other and a majorfinal time they had faced each other and a major final since time they had faced each other and a majorfinal since us open in 2015 and speaking afterwards, he was grateful for the support he received out on the centre court as he looks ahead to another showpiece final. novak was supreme again, he sat defending champion, he showed that this week, he's been rock solid start to finish, i hope i can push them to the brink and being in but it's difficult as we know, he's not numberone it's difficult as we know, he's not number one just by chance, he's been so number one just by chance, he's been so good for the last years, and it's of course also a very special match against nadal sol of course also a very special match against nadal so i am very excited to say the least. looking to win back—to—back wimbledon titles once again, he came through the match

against roberto bautista agut four sites dropping the second set of the tournament so far, i novak impressive performance once again from the number one. what pointing out, for brexit didn‘t think you get to this point having book to his stag na nt to this point having book to his stagnant deal, but he jetted to this point having book to his stagnant deal, but hejetted his friends and to support him on centre court but step too far in the end for roberto bautista agut as novak goes through another wimbledon final. remember he was helping to hold all forest titles before knocked out of the french open into semifinals, goes to show what a season he‘s having no surprises once again we see him and find a‘s final. as we know, british ships ended in the singles with andy telling alexei serena williams to the mixed doubles but we had seen silverware one by one british man today, and he lap thorn winning in the quad wheelchair singles double final, he was playing against dylan, they beat david

magner, so winning a doubles title today, huge support as they won the title. interesting to note, he will play his plane partner in the singles tomorrow final game, and meanwhile alfie and gordon beat stephan and nicholas who were the number one seeds in the wheelchair doubles, meaning they also are into the final, once again as they had been winning these events three yea rs been winning these events three years on the bounce now, connecticut for? it‘ll be up a performance is well from them because they face the number two seeds in the final, but great success in the wheelchair doubles there for them as they look to follow up the victory and of course all eyes is well on that when men to come tomorrow, serena williams and action up against simon, we‘ll bring you that result here on bbc news it tomorrow. we

look forward to that. comprehensive guide to everything at wimbledon, as it comes to close this week and cannot be clapp is getting up and writing day like today. first set of group games at the liveable arena, commonwealth champions england played uganda as open, and brent came through winning 64—32, uganda adopted six players in the final quarter after stella was sent off. scotla nd quarter after stella was sent off. scotland i set up in the world rankings, aiming for quite a finals at least, that group is england and we re at least, that group is england and were involved in a closed ball but pulled away for the last week what is the minutes remaining leading 41-26. is the minutes remaining leading 41—26. northern ireland were thrashed by austria this morning defending champions ruthless against 80-24. defending champions ruthless against 80—24. mercedes looks like the team to meet at this weekend‘s british grand prix, good news for lewis hamilton chasing a six win at silver

stand, but he has to be his team—mate first, the driver was nearly faster, second practise for ari and reptile not too far behind them. thomas day had trouble to preserve his fifth place in stage seven, his rivals, all the main content including thomas finished 49 seconds behind the leader. that‘s all sports for now we‘ll have more after nine. a man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train, has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old sun, when he was stabbed 18 times by darren pencille, on the guildford to london service injanuary. the jury at the old bailey rejected pencille‘s claim that he was acting in self defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. our correspondent richard galpin, reports from the old bailey.

it should have been a fun trip together on the train. a father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. but also on board was darren pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked — it escalated rapidly. you bleep heard what i said! put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare you! mr pomeroy, who allegedly had a reputation for starting fights, pursued pencille into the next carriage. pencille was then overheard saying he was going to "kill that man" and seconds later stabbed mr pomeroy 18 times. bleeding profusely, mr pomeroy collapsed. pencille got off the train. from clandon station, he headed here into the fields. but he was soon spotted by a local resident here, who said he looked distressed and that he was sweating.

she asked him if he was ok, and he said he‘d been in an accident. but later in the woodland here, she found a bloodstained hat and called the police. but pencille was already being driven back by his girlfriend, chelsea mitchell, to herflat in farnham, which the following morning was raided by the police. stand still! do not look at me, stand still! both were arrested. today, pencille was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. chelsea mitchell was sentenced to 28 months for assisting an offender. it was solely the actions of a murderer who, when challenged, could only respond with vicious threats and arm himself with that knife, which led to the death of mr lee pomeroy. the court heard that pencille, a paranoid schizophrenic, had panic attacks in public places

such as trains. but the day before the killing, a psychiatrist assessed him, concluding he was not a risk to himself or others. just 2a hours later, darren pencille committed murder. our family has been destroyed by this. if this can happen to a law—abiding 51—year—old man just going about his business on a train in the middle of the day, this terrifies me. summing up today, thejudge summing up today, the judge said actually it‘s a census loss of life. —— senseless. britain has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the gulf, amid rising tensions with iran. the destroyer hms duncan is en route from the mediterranean. it willjoin hms montrose, which earlier this week warned off iranian vessels, attempting to impede a british oil tanker. montrose is scheduled to return to port, for maintenance. a boy has been cleared of murdering a 17—year—old in r manchester,

who was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife. yousef makki, was attacked in hail barns in cheshire. the defendant, who can‘t be named because of his age, admitted possession of the knife, as did another boy. they‘re both to be sentenced, for carrying the weapon. the american r&b singer r kelly has been arrested in chicago on federal charges stemming from previous allegations of sexual abuse of underage girls and child pornography. in recent years, the singer has been accused of a range of sex offences, including sexual assault and sex with a minor. he‘s already pleaded not guilty to more than 20 offences. it was a shocking case of online grooming that led to murder. breck bednar from surrey was “i, when he was lured to his death five years ago, by 18—year—old, lewis daynes, after they met online while gaming. well now a new play called "game over," based on the tragedy

gets it‘s premiere tonight, commissioned by a secondary school in hertfordshire. funded with national lottery money, it‘s attracting worldwide attention, and could become a set drama text for schools. our education editor branwen jeffreys, has been to rehearsals. hi there. i need police and a forensic team to my address, please. what happened? my friend and i got into an altercation, and i‘m the only one who came out alive. breck bednar was murdered in 2014 by someone he thought was a friend. my name is lewis daynes, and i‘m 18 years old. lewis daynes is now serving a life sentence for murder. the story of how breck was groomed online retold in a play. you're so busy. you're always online with my son! playing lewis, you can see how he manipulated and tangled breck, because he was very sophisticated, very clever, and kind ofjust got him into his grasp. lewis says, i‘m clever and i could go places —

why are you holding me back? so what‘s the impact of performing a story so close to their own lives? we spend so much time on our phones, and because there's someone that's disconnected from, like, our real—life group of people, you feel like, "oh, i can tell them stuff, because it's not like i'm ever going to actually see them." do you worry about younger children? because people are going online at a younger age. it‘s made me very aware of my sister. i‘ve become much more, like, protective over what she‘s doing online, because she and her friends like to talk with random people on these forums online. if your mum, for instance, is saying, "i don't really like this, maybe you should step away," to try and listen to the people in your real life, rather than listen to, you know, someone over a screen. he was gradually isolating breck. the play uses the words of friends and family, watching as, through gaming, breck was drawn into lewis‘s influence.

it‘s so extreme, what happened, but the reality of what his mum, what breck‘s mum tried to do, and she did everything, so it just hurts. watching the final rehearsals — for breck‘s mum, a bittersweet legacy of different memories. we didn't have that real—life story to learn by, so as it is, i think it's really important, that i do need to carve out time to try to remember the good things about breck, because he was a really special kid. the play, published in september, will live on in other school productions. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. now on bbc news here‘s samira ahmed with a special edition of newswatch, all about question time. hello and welcome to newswatch

with me, samira ahmed. questions raised every question time, has the programme become more ofa time, has the programme become more of a shouting match than if are impressive be nice debate, and the panelists and audience chose in a fairand panelists and audience chose in a fair and balanced manner. question time, finished its current run last week, the first series presented by fiona, it‘s one of the programmes that news like to be a risk comment ona that news like to be a risk comment on a weekly basis, and that‘s why we are devoting all of the show to examining the state of bbc one black ship debate programme. —— black ship. the pace of change but music apartment are the same. it‘ll be a0 yea rs apartment are the same. it‘ll be a0 years this september since robin presented the first edition of the shell, and that time, controversy has never been far away. arguments have cropped up, notjust around