the times agrees and claims mr watson clashed withjeremy corbyn on anti—semitism, brexit and the direction of the party. also leading on labour, but on a different angle, is the mirror — who focus on the parties pledge to pump £150 billion into regions in the north of england. and the sun captures the moment arsenal footballer sead kolasinac prepares to fend off two moped thugs, as one threatens to stab him in the street in north west london. those of the front pages, but your reviewers think of the guardian first, do you want to take this away? would do you think of the analysis here? it is the bomb shall

resignation and his resignation does say that of the supposedly warm words ofjeremy corbyn, it is very telling that i wish to see you in number ten now that the differences have been broad document. strengthening the grip on the party. also worth noting is that they were going to go after tom watson's seat. in the most brexit part of the country where he was a well—known remainder, they were sitting on their hands and momentum did nothing for him and he is heavily tainted from the paedophile scandal where he acted quite scandalously and never apologised. the cocktail of this thing led to him resigning and someone was thing led to him resigning and someone was speculating that maybe you're going to see him go into the jungle, talk about his diet and have a career after this but a big blow for labour and also signifying the

end ofan for labour and also signifying the end of an era. more moderate people leaving the party. there is this continuing lurch to the hard left. for is kind of a comprehensive take there and what stands out for you? how nice part of the letters written by tom watson. do you not think it is in code? they talk about their common interests because a lot has been made about their differences. i think it is interesting that tom watson is leaning on this very positive note not writing a negative letter and she lays out the things that he is going to be doing afterwards and he has his book to plug in the also talks about going after sugar companies, he talks about doing work around relationship of type two diabetes and but i think we can expect is that tom watson is

not going to entirely disappear off the political scene and he is still committed to labour in the selection andl committed to labour in the selection and i think that this, people want this to be more a story than what it is. it is not inconsequential in him standing down, it also seems to be oi'i standing down, it also seems to be on very good terms. he could've said something very differently if you wanted to. let us see what happens in the coming days. he is an operator. have to go over we have so far in terms of speculating what is to come and ijust think that this at the moment is not the story that he predicted it would be. at the moment is not the story that he predicted it would hem at the moment is not the story that he predicted it would be. it is the story. it is the story that he would like out of this departure bit. turning to the other team. it is possible that based just on not

leaving the party. his timing, what do you think about his timing? just as borisjohnson. do you think about his timing? just as boris johnson. the conservatives have had a lot of negative stories forjacob rees mauled making these insensitive comments about. and then we have this also kind of disaster around sky news and there is the telegraph talks by the news that the government in 2015 promised 20,000 homes and none of them have been built. and universal credit that the government used taxpayer money for contains unsubstantiated claims according to the agency. so this moment for boris johnson was supposed to be the moment where he

stood up, launch the campaign and is more of a positive note and it seems that tom watson has cut that off and allow the pages are about tom watson stepping down as the deputy leader and there is still coverage of the conservatives like borisjohnson standing up for what he wants to do for the country but it is overshadowed by this news. what do you make of the timing of this story, the placing on the page?” you make of the timing of this story, the placing on the page? i do not think that they will be upset that the tom watson story is devastating when others had to stand down and resign. but the thing about this list of mentors and balances within bounces and all the moments within bounces and all the moments with each following each other like dominoes. the tories will be looking at this and the public does not follow every twist and turn an election. they have had a bad start, but i do not think it is the realtor

campaign. they cannot afford many more men substitute to this. this campaign has the main message which is to get brexit done which they see asaqi is to get brexit done which they see as a qi with labour and seemingly is trying to face both ways and it's going to be very problematic for jeremy corbyn. c think this headline gets his bounce back despite the fa ct gets his bounce back despite the fact that boris johnson gets his bounce back despite the fact that borisjohnson being less than usual. . they have to get back on the front foot and ironically on some extent, tom watson has shot labour in the flood with the resignation, because what is going on now is turmoil. so boris johnson to get a bit of a breather. this is quite strange because it kind of

obviously is resonating with winston churchill with the victory sign that borisjohnson churchill with the victory sign that boris johnson and yet that was not what boris johnson boris johnson and yet that was not what borisjohnson was saying. boris johnson and yet that was not what boris johnson was saying. borisjohnson was saying what boris johnson was saying. boris johnson was saying was about two referendums and so this suggestion that boris johnson was striking this kind of winston churchill pose actually is inaccurate it's kind of odd that it is taking the front page of the metro and kind of comes after what i mentioned before about this information is being spread in this campaign andl information is being spread in this campaign and i think is interesting about what is happening with the conservatives and will continue to happen of this campaign is that the bbc story about fact checking that some the things borisjohnson has been saying about the nhs in schools and showing actually a lot of what is being said is a reversal of the cuts that have been happening in the past nine years, it is interesting to see the framing of the news stories in the conservatives and also trying to friend the campaign

and against reality, with the metro front page, it doesn't turn up. and also, whose agenda this is. front page, it doesn't turn up. and also, whose agenda this islj front page, it doesn't turn up. and also, whose agenda this is. i think it spreads a wider point about fake news in the selection. if anyone is on top of it, it is not proper fact checking, which really holds people to account. i think you should follow the example of if you have big news in your website, you face a 40 big news in your website, you face a a0 million euros fine and we need more ciccone measures. the russians will be trying to secure the election one way or another. we are going to leave the politics altogether for a going to leave the politics altogetherfor a moment going to leave the politics altogether for a moment and talk to us altogether for a moment and talk to us briefly about this activist story. there's been this whole thing for the police have been underfire. this rebellion saying that the extinction rebellion activists could

receive up to £1 million after winning a battle over the protest and a00 arrests, i have to say that i have a lot of sympathy with the police and when london was brought toa police and when london was brought to a standstill, we need to get to behind the police and back them and this and stop some of the times the protesters are stepping out of line. we already know these protests cost 2a million quid to the taxpayer. we already know these protests cost 24 million quid to the taxpayer. the false imprisonment thing they're trying to pursue. it's coming from this ruling that this ban on the protests, this there was not ok for two people or more to participate in protests has been ruled unlawful and so protests has been ruled unlawful and so this idea that the police are able to stop this kind of protest in able to stop this kind of protest in a country where we have the right to protest. this is where this is coming from and it's notjust about being with the police it's about recognising that the ruling is

happened in the protesters... the figure on the, quite substantially throughout the day, the fact that the decision in court, the price tag for the outcome of that ruling is, if that is accurate. let us look at the front page of the times in the absence rate by calling on sick days, what is that. taking sick days than they used to, comparisons between figures now and the 90s and whether things that is during the end of this article, policy advisers from the institute and development is that this does not really tally with work related stress so we are seeing that go up and the warning is that after the financial crash that

people are fearful of taking time off so they go into it even if they're unwell off so they go into it even if they‘ re unwell and i off so they go into it even if they're unwell and i could be only be one part of this puzzle. a narrative of snowflake millennialist who fall over at the slightest sniffle. i wonder if this reflects the changing nature of the workforce. more people are working flexibly, part—time, workforce. more people are working flexibly, pa rt—time, perhaps workforce. more people are working flexibly, part—time, perhaps there is lessjob flexibly, part—time, perhaps there is less job security, those are people going to work more because thatis people going to work more because that is another narrative. is a fascinating story but you two will be coming back later and we will see you shortly. that's it for the papers this hour. giles and maya will be back at 11.30pm for another look at the papers. and don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it

the next 2a hours looking very wet across parts of england and wales we could see some localised flooding in places that can lead to some travel disruption. we have this next area of low pressure which is going to bring this heavy rain is almost parked itself across the uk during the course of tonight and into tomorrow. it is spreading its way northwards as we speak with some heavy rain and places and we have also got ran across the east of scotla nd also got ran across the east of scotland with some snow and in the hills but generally not quite as cold as what a blessing because there's more cloud and more of a breeze and rain around. that weather front will move forward and across parts of northern england, looks very wet indeed from yorkshire, generally across northern england and into north wales where we could be looking at some localised flooding in some issues there. east northeast wind is making it feel pretty raw and central areas to the north of it and there will be plenty

of sunshine around probably the best for a few showers in scotland, quite blustery and a few showers as well across the southeastern coast areas and they'll be quite blustery across the far southwest and in the south, we might make it 10 degrees, single figures where you are under the cloud of rain, it continues to fall across as of thursday evening and the evening commute here, it begins to wea ke n the evening commute here, it begins to weaken slightly as we move southwards overnight and damages of three to 6 degrees in the southeast with the widespread scotland and northern ireland with some clear skies and the reason for it being a high—pressure building and slowly for the weather fronts, they will hang back a little bit and it could start with a bit of a breeze and a few showers in the east and one or two spells and a cold start will be

across the north and west of uk, so much better down friday for most places, including northern and western union and into wells, but it will be cold and then as we headed into the weekend, really cold start to saturday, some frost and fog around in the next band of rain will start to work its way and it could be some snow on high ground and into scotla nd be some snow on high ground and into scotland and then as we had to sunday, that weather front will slowly ease away again but slow improvement to the day with sunshine increasing in the north and the west.

this is bbc news, i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 11:00pm: borisjohnson launches his party's election campaign, saying his brexit deal delivered everything he campaigned for. let's get out of the rut of the last three years and get on with our work as conservatives of making this country the greatest place in the world to live. tom watson announces his resignation as labour's deputy leader, and says he won't be seeking re—election as an mp. this really is a personal decision. there's never a right time to in politics, but you can leave it longer than you should. the climate campaign group extinction rebellion wins at the high court, asjudges rule that police were wrong