this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world... houses destroyed, hundreds evacuated from their homes — the aftermath of the wildfires in the uk from yesterday's record—breaking heatwave. i was sunbathing in my garden and then a massive black cloud has come across. i looked up, that side was on fire and within an hour it had spread all the way to our house. in europe, wildfires rage across the continent after days of excess heat with warnings that there's still worse to come. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka, demonstrators stage a silent protest after parliamentarians pick the country's new president. prices in the uk are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years — inflationjumped to 9.1i%injune.

three will become two — conservative mps in the uk get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party's leader and the country's next prime minister. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, faces a confidence vote — in a political crisis that could bring down his government and trigger early elections. and the moment when the parents of britain's newest world athletics champion saw him win gold at the world championships in oregon. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk is coping with the aftermath of dozens of wildfires and blazes in homes

which broke out in yesterday's record—breaking heat, with fire crews working through the night to get them under control. dozens of buildings were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses and a church after spreading from nearby grassland. the speed at which fires were spreading was put down to tinderbox dry conditions — on a day that saw 33 locations break the previous record temperature of 38.7 degrees celsius, and a new record of 40.3 degrees set in lincolnshire. here's our correspondent david lumb. when it's as hot as this, even the smallest spark can trigger a huge blaze. wennington in the east of london. flames soon ripping through homes. it was like a scene from the blitz or war of the worlds. windows popping out

everywhere, explosions. it was pretty frightening, really, all round, really. but i'm just pleased there were no fatalities. i was told that i needed to leave and so i left and went to my local church, because we've got a community church. after spending a few minutes in the church, then we realised the church ground was also on fire so we were told to evacuate the church. i was sunbathing in my garden and then a massive black cloud has come across, i looked up, that side was on fire and within an hour it had spread all the way to our house. we've got a field outside our house that is on fire, all of our cars have gone. luckily, i've now got the animals and the kid out and just waiting for an update on the house. yesterday the uk recorded temperatures over a0 celsius for the first time. by the afternoon london fire brigade had received more than 1600 calls for assistance. the mayor of london said the service

was under immense pressure. one london fire brigade source told the bbc demand was so high that at one point that wasn't a single fire appliance available to respond to calls because they were already committed. it wasn't just the capital struggling. 1a fire and rescue services declared major incidents, including north and south yorkshire. really, really challenging, and the crews have worked really hard, along with our neighbouring brigade, who have given us assistance. we have had a pump from derbyshire helping out this afternoon. the crews have worked really hard to bring the incident to a conclusion. in dartford, a fire burned fiercely next to the a2. and this was the scene in milton keynes where a fire damaged a nursery and several homes. there are concerns that with the grass dry and temperature

high, conditions forfires remain. people have been urged not to have barbecues or bonfires due to the unprecedented challenges facing crews. david lumb, bbc news. the mayor of london sadiq khan told the bbc about the extent of the fires in the city. he said 41 properties were destroyed. yesterday it was the busiest day for the fire service in london since the second world war. on a normal day they may receive about 350 calls, on a busy day around 500, yesterday we received more than 2600 calls. at the same time fire brigade were fighting fires some requiring 30 engines, some requiring 15, some 12, some ten. in total 41 properties have been lost, 16 firefighters were injured, thankfully all are ok, two had to go to hospital. it shows the consequences of climate change, with temperatures

exceeding a0 celsius. it's not rained for more than a month and the grass is incredibly dry, like tinder, and it can catch fire very and the fire spreads very fast, and one of the great things about london is the amount of green spaces we have but one of the consequences of green spaces impinging properties is where there are these grass fires they can spread quickly and damage properties. some of these fires were because of the behaviour of us human beings inadvertently. leaving a match here, it could be because a glass bottle is on the dry grass and it magnifies the rays and a spark leads to a fire starting. most of the fires were grass fires. what you normally see are fires in this country in national

parks or on the moors, we don't usually see these fires in london. they are akin to california or the south of france and this is my point, these are not normal. if we were speaking ten or 15 years ago we would talk about a heatwave occurring every ten years with temperatures in the mid 20s. if you look at the 12 hottest days ever in this country all of them have occurred post—2003 and yesterday we were post—40c. the chief medical officer is saying this is a potential threat to life, all of our lives, notjust those who are old and vulnerable. for the first time in our history the met office issued a red alert, level four warning. that shows the seriousness of this, which is why we should be dealing with the consequences and making sure we adapt our cities and make sure the fire service has the kit they need, we have cool places across our city and also deal with the causes and tackle climate change. our reporter matt graveling is at wennington for us now. have you been able to talk to people who may have lost their homes?

good morning. yes, i've spoken to people. i will say why it wasted here by this road close sign is because you will have onlyjust started letting cars through after the fire yesterday which happened around two o'clock here. we've been told by the local council, they think about eight houses were destroyed but they expect many more will be destroyed when they go around and survey the village. i've spoken to local people, one young lad earlier, alfie, said he believed the fire started in his neighbour's garden because his brother saw compost in pots starting to smoke and all of a sudden the grass went up and all of a sudden the grass went up and the fence went up as well and within minutes his own house went up. we are waiting for the fire investigation to do their own investigation to do their own investigation and find out exactly what happened. alfie told me he was not able to save anything from his house other than his dog, his parents lost everything including eight chickens. he also told me one

of his friends try to salvage some of his friends try to salvage some of his friends try to salvage some of his stuff and take it down the road to his own house which then in turn also got destroyed. a very heartbreaking story. i am going to bring in the local mp. first and foremost, just your reaction to this. it foremost, “ust your reaction to this. , foremost, 'ust your reaction to this. , ., . , foremost, 'ust your reaction to this. , ., . ., foremost, 'ust your reaction to this. , ., . , ., ., foremost, 'ust your reaction to this. , ., . ., ., ., this. it is tragic. i spoke to a lot ofthe this. it is tragic. i spoke to a lot of the families, _ this. it is tragic. i spoke to a lot of the families, not _ this. it is tragic. i spoke to a lot of the families, not just - this. it is tragic. i spoke to a lot of the families, not just this - of the families, not just this incident, _ of the families, not just this incident, by the way, just down the road we _ incident, by the way, just down the road we lost 14 houses overnight in dagenham — road we lost 14 houses overnight in dagenham. family friends of mine have lost— dagenham. family friends of mine have lost their homes. notjust bricks_ have lost their homes. notjust bricks and _ have lost their homes. notjust bricks and mortar, it is where they brought— bricks and mortar, it is where they brought their families up so there is a lot— brought their families up so there is a lot of— brought their families up so there is a lot of trauma involved so we've -ot is a lot of trauma involved so we've got to— is a lot of trauma involved so we've got to be _ is a lot of trauma involved so we've got to be on— is a lot of trauma involved so we've got to be on site with the council and other— got to be on site with the council and other public services, mental health. _ and other public services, mental health, overthe and other public services, mental health, over the next days and weeks to make _ health, over the next days and weeks to make sure we are there for people because _ to make sure we are there for people because this — to make sure we are there for people because this is a deeply traumatic experience for many. we _ experience for many. we are _ experience for many. we are hearing from the scientist because of global warming we expect more prolonged and intense heat waves. with that in mind potentially

more of this. what does the government have to do now to try to mitigate this?— mitigate this? we've got to listen and learn. mitigate this? we've got to listen and team we _ mitigate this? we've got to listen and learn. we experienced - and learn. we experienced temperatures 1.5 degrees higher than ever before. this is london. we are surrounded — ever before. this is london. we are surrounded by fields, it was a tinderbox _ surrounded by fields, it was a tinderbox that went up in dagenham is much _ tinderbox that went up in dagenham is much more urban, this is london and we _ is much more urban, this is london and we are — is much more urban, this is london and we are experiencing this. there was another— and we are experiencing this. there was another incident in upminster where _ was another incident in upminster where fires are raging and other incidents— where fires are raging and other incidents were cutting through the afternoon — incidents were cutting through the afternoon and evening. we have to diagnose _ afternoon and evening. we have to diagnose what is going on and listen to the _ diagnose what is going on and listen to the experts and called to account bubiic _ to the experts and called to account public policy makers to ensure we -et public policy makers to ensure we get on _ public policy makers to ensure we get on top — public policy makers to ensure we get on top of this, you can get ahead — get on top of this, you can get ahead of— get on top of this, you can get ahead of it _ get on top of this, you can get ahead of it because the evidence suggests— ahead of it because the evidence suggests this is going to happen again— suggests this is going to happen again and again. i don't want my constituents ever to have to experience something like this again — again. we've heard again. — we've heard more than 40 homes across london were destroyed, and there are also fires across england. these people have lost everything at

a time when the cost of living is going up, what support our people affected by this going to get immediately?— affected by this going to get immediatel ? ., , ., ., immediately? immediately we had an emergency response group _ immediately? immediately we had an emergency response group meeting l emergency response group meeting yesterday afternoon in both borrowers and we set up emergency rest facilities in haven inc and at dagenham football club and we have -ot dagenham football club and we have got food _ dagenham football club and we have got food there. i am on hand with my team _ got food there. i am on hand with my team to _ got food there. i am on hand with my team to make sure they get repairs, insurance _ team to make sure they get repairs, insurance advice, there needs to be longer— insurance advice, there needs to be longer term — insurance advice, there needs to be longer term accommodation sorted out, public— longer term accommodation sorted out, public health response including mental health because there _ including mental health because there is— including mental health because there is lots of trauma involved. we -ot there is lots of trauma involved. we got to— there is lots of trauma involved. we got to make — there is lots of trauma involved. we got to make sure the public services are there _ got to make sure the public services are there and i'm determined to be there— are there and i'm determined to be there for— are there and i'm determined to be there for my constituents.- are there and i'm determined to be there for my constituents. thank you very much. — there for my constituents. thank you very much. john- _ there for my constituents. thank you very much, john. the _ there for my constituents. thank you very much, john. the earlier - there for my constituents. thank you very much, john. the earlier one - there for my constituents. thank you very much, john. the earlier one of. very much, john. the earlier one of the people stood here have left and we don't know if they've gone back into the village to see if they can salvage any belongings but earlier one of the family told me they had to pay for their own hotel out of their own pocket and today they will

be looking for somewhere else to stay, perhaps with family. one of those who had to evacuate their homes was toni afoke from dagenham — i spoke to him in the last hour i was trying to enjoy the heatwave and there was some commotion in our neighbourhood and being the nosy neighbour i am i asked people what was going on and it was not until i saw loads of black smoke outside my front door and the next thing know police are screaming saying you need to evacuate and i was thinking, is it afire? no one knew. then they told us at the park to cross the street is in flames and we have to evacuate now. i had to wake up everyone in my family, my mum is in hospital bed at the moment so i thought can be ——we call the ambulance? but we did not have time

wejust had to grab everyone and go and we couldn't take anything with us. do you know if your home is all right or not? i've spoken to some of my neighbours. my hope apparently there is just soot around, i think my home is fine. i've not gone back yet. i know across my street, some people have lost everything which is two seconds away from me and some of my other neighbours have lost. it's a horrible situation but i am just thankful supposedly that my home is ok. when do you think you are going back? i want to go back soon because we are waiting for an update because i know one of my friends who lives on the street before us, they were back last night but they are further away from the fire, so we are waiting for an update on when we can go back. fair enough. when you came out on your house with your family, could you see the flames? what did you see or smell? it was a horrible smell.

there was so much smoke coming across. when i came out it was a sea of black smoke across the whole neighbourhood. i could not see any of the flames but i could see the fire brigade spraying water on the flames, and i went back a later on that night and saw some flames in another park across the park when it was originally. it was just crazy. temperatures across western europe are showing signs of easing on wednesday — but the threat caused by wildfires is not. more than 30 fires are still raging in spain, portugal, france and greece. azadeh moshiri has the latest. across europe, wildfires have continued to rip through the continent's forests. the damage is clear in france. summer campsites have been destroyed. the country has seen tens of thousands of hectares burned and tens of thousands

of people evacuated. north of athens, in greece, green hills were covered in smoke, as authorities reported 39 wildfires in just 24 hours. some residents were so close to the fires, they found it hard to breathe. in spain, more than 30 wildfires continued to ravage parts of the country, edging closer to residential areas. the country's prime minister paid a visit to one of the hardest—hit regions, in galicia. translation: so far this year, - 70,000 hectares have already been burned across this country. to give us an idea, this is almost double the number of hectares that have been burnt, on average, over the last decade. heatwaves are happening more frequently, becoming more severe and causing temperatures some countries have never seen before. as climate scientists continue to warn world leaders about the urgent need to cut emissions, these fires have made sure the issue

is front and centre, for the time being. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the united states is also enduring temperatures which have been described as in some cases dangerously high. thousands of acres of grassland has been destroyed in texas by wildfires. temperatures in oklahoma city are predicted to hit 43 degress celsius and forecasters say the extreme heat will last into next week. the us national weather services says more than 100 million people are living under excessivewarnings or heat advisories this week. the new president of sri lanka has been elected by mps there. ranil wickremesinghe became the acting president last week, following the resignation of his predecessor over the severe economic crisis in the country.

he will stay in the post until 2024. so what do we know about ranil wickremesinghe? he's a lawyer who has served as sri lanka's prime minister a record six times. this is the moment he was announced as the new president. he has a reputation as a shrewd operator earning him the nickname the fox — this may count in his favour as he seeks a way out of the country's devastating economic crisis. but he may not be able to quell mass protests as he's deeply unpopular with the public. earlier this month demonstrators set fire to his house demanding he resign as prime minister — a step he said he was willing to take. anbarasan ethirajan sent this update from the sri lankan capital colombo. a remarkable victory for mr ranil wickremesinghe. he has secured about 134 votes with a clear majority of 52. that was more than people here had expected and as soon as mr wickremesinghe's election was announced, a group

of protesters here shouted a slogan saying go home, ranil. that is the first name of mr wickremesinghe. the protest movement, which has been holding demonstrations for months, they have opposed ranil wickremesinghe's nomination, saying that he has been too close to the rajapaksa family. but in response to the victory, while speaking in parliament, ranil wickremesinghe has said that his election will spell an end to divisions on the island. both camps, the camp of the rival candidate, dullus ala happeruma, they are working really hard overnight to get the maximum support. but now mr wickremesinghe has the major challenge of rebuilding the economy and bring in this country together. there are too many divisions here in this island nation. it is not a normal election. this is not a normal situation sri lanka is going through — it is an unprecedented economic crisis. they're basically bankrupt, no money, and that is what led to protests to start three months ago. and then huge crowds forced

into the house of the president gotabaya rajapaksa and he fled the country and resigned. the country needs money to buy fuel, food and medicine. and they are already asking the imf to provide them with an emergency loan which means mr wickremesinghe should start to talk with the imf, continue the negotiations with them to get this emergency loan. second, they have an external debt of $51 billion, they need to sit with the international creditors to re—structure the loan and also get the money back on track so the hardships of the common people can be reduced. inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — rose to 9.4% in the uk injune. it's a fresh 40 year record. it's been driven by petrol, energy and food costs. the figure comes a day after public sector workers were offered below—inflation pay awards. and there are fears that inflation could reach 11% this year. the chief secretary to the treasury, simon clarke, said it was a critical

issue for families up and down the country, but that external factors such as the war in ukraine and pandemic lockdowns were to blame. we are confident, and the bank of england is confident we will see a marked improvement in 2023. in the meantime, the government is putting in place a £37 billion package of support for families up and down the country which is precisely designed to help with the undoubted pressures the situation is throwing up — nobody underestimates how challenging this is and we are determined we will do our full part as the government to look after the british people at a time when global events are really taking a toll here at home. with prices continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years, families around the country are thinking about how they are going to manage. today we're in derby to see what ways this community has found to cope with rising prices.

we go to visit a food hub set inside and willing to say they are seeing ever more people needing help. they will come in and say that they just cannot afford to make ends meet. how do you feel when you hear that? it makes me quite angry.— it makes me quite angry. today and is takin: it makes me quite angry. today and is taking out — it makes me quite angry. today and is taking out a _ it makes me quite angry. today and is taking out a delivery _ it makes me quite angry. today and is taking out a delivery to _ is taking out a delivery to pensioners christine and mel. they receive partial when the need, grateful for this and the government rebate they have already had on their energy bills. that rebate they have already had on their energy bills.— rebate they have already had on their energy bills. at the moment it is not too bad _ their energy bills. at the moment it is not too bad because _ their energy bills. at the moment it is not too bad because i _ their energy bills. at the moment it is not too bad because i can - their energy bills. at the moment it is not too bad because i can still - is not too bad because i can still make something out of nothing but eventually if it gets any worse we will probably have trouble. it will probably have trouble. it depends how severe winter is going to be _ depends how severe winter is going to be and _ depends how severe winter is going to be and how much inflation is going _ to be and how much inflation is going to — to be and how much inflation is going to be, balancing the two out, we just— going to be, balancing the two out, we just don't know, we are in unknown _ we just don't know, we are in unknown territory. back _ unknown territory. back at the centre, wayne says some of the customers he serves are

already desperate.— of the customers he serves are already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals — already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals on _ already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals on the _ already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals on the phone _ already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals on the phone it - already desperate. we've had a lot of referrals on the phone it says i of referrals on the phone it says absolutely no foods in the house whatsoever for days that had no foods over three or four days, say. they cannot afford to pay their electric or gas and some things cannot afford to heat the food we give them. so it is affecting what you give people? so it is affecting what you give eo - le? , , so it is affecting what you give --eole? , , ~ so it is affecting what you give --eole? , , �* ., so it is affecting what you give heole? , , �* ., ., so it is affecting what you give --eole? , , ~ ., ., , people? definitely. a lot of people stuff ou people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can _ people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can do — people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can do with _ people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can do with the _ people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can do with the kettle - people? definitely. a lot of people stuff you can do with the kettle or| stuff you can do with the kettle or the microwave. as the local vicar drops in to offer his support, he says rising inflation is an ever growing concern. i inflation is an ever growing concern-— inflation is an ever growing concern. ~ 2 ., concern. i think it's a catastrophe of monumental— concern. i think it's a catastrophe of monumental proportions - concern. i think it's a catastrophe of monumental proportions and l concern. i think it's a catastrophe i of monumental proportions and over the next _ of monumental proportions and over the next few weeks in particular into the — the next few weeks in particular into the winter, i simply cannot even _ into the winter, i simply cannot even begin to predict how people are --oin even begin to predict how people are going to _ even begin to predict how people are going to live in any shape or form that is— going to live in any shape or form that is humane. there is real palpable _ that is humane. there is real palpable level of fear at the moment. as - moment. as people here strive to moment. — as people here strive to make ends meet this summer, the cost of living

is only expected to rise further. and organisations like this are already working flat out. in a few hours, conservative mps will take part in the final vote to choose the two mps who will be presented to approx 160,000 party membership and become the next prime minister. former chancellor rishi sunak is likely to make it through having won the support of 118 mps in the last round, with the battle for second place between foreign secretary liz truss and trade minister penny mordaunt. yesterday, kemi badenoch became the latest mp to be eliminated. this is what she had to say when speaking outside her home a short while ago. it was an incredible experience, i learnt so much and i was happy to finally get a chance to have my say. obviously i'm disappointed but mainly for all the people who really

backed and supported me. it was quite overwhelming. i am disappointed for them i was not able to make it over the line. who are you backing now? i to make it over the line. who are you backing now? i am not the clothing- _ who are you backing now? i am not the clothing- i _ who are you backing now? i am not the clothing. i know— who are you backing now? i am not the clothing. i know i _ who are you backing now? i am not the clothing. i know i will— who are you backing now? i am not the clothing. i know i will be - the clothing. i know i will be voting for but i think the right thing to do is make sure whoever wins in the end supported so i will not be declaring. thank you. the penny mordaunt camp, currently in second place with mps, some of them have been saying publicly and privately they believe rishi sunak would rather take on liz truss and the rishi sunak campaign team has got lots of ammo to deploy on liz truss should she get into the final two. i am not endorsing any of these

allegations but simply giving you an idea of the atmosphere at westminster as the three camps try to make sure they've got enough support by one o'clock this afternoon when mps begin to vote. we will get the result at four o'clock. it certainly has not entirely been a wholesome race so far with various briefings against candidates in the papers. a couple of contentious tv debates already. at the moment, liz truss is currently in third place but with kemi badenoch going out with 59 votes going spare, it looks as though she has the ability to overtake penny mordaunt for that second place but of course as you were hinting at, there will be lots of discussion behind the scenes and lots of potential horse trading between the candidates. the polling of conservative party members has pretty much consistently shown if rishi sunak is up against liz truss or penny mordaunt, liz truss or penny mordaunt will beat him. can we trust those polls? i don't think we can. they are a useful snapshot,

and they are being deployed by some of the campaigns to say they are best take on rishi sunak and attractive to voters more widely. the penny mordaunt camp got off to flying start and then she came under scrutiny, would be the polite term. she took a bit of a battering in the press. then some of her momentum began to tail off. the view would be if members get a month or so to think about this and hustings around the country, the bbc debate as well on monday, perhaps the membership might think again and might think rishi sunak looks like the more potentially attractive option and from his camp's view, they would rather the membership

do not get their ballot papers too soon and people are given enough time to weigh up the merits and demerits of each candidate. but if you look at the situation at the moment, it looks like amongst mps rishi sunak is well ahead but amongst party members he would struggle. women on average live four years longer than men but they spend more of their life in good health. a new government strategy has been published covering anything from periods to the menopause to try to improve care for women and girls. they say some people open up to their hairdresser more than they do to their close friends. that's definitely true for zoe and her clients. most of the time, i'm the agony aunt, but now they're having to listen to me and my problems. zoe has had endometriosis

since she was a teenager. it can cause severe pain and heavy bleeding. for years, though, doctors told her shejust had bad periods. "you will be all right, it's just normal," and it's not normal. i don't think being in pain is normal. you're talking about really personal things and if you have to have an examination, it's a lot _ it's embarrassing, isn't it? i used to have periods that would last for months and months on end and you've just told, it's unlucky. that's just not fair, is it? that went on for ten years and, in the end, it was easily sorted when sharon had a coilfitted — a procedure that took ten minutes. victoria finds it so hard to get help that she is just ignoring her problem — a prolapse. part of the uterus is coming out. coming out? oh, my word, you poorthing. do you think you have been given enough options by the doctors? no, not really. let's face it.

this sense of women's voices not being heard came through loud and clear when the government asked for views on women's health in england. to give you some context, recent consultations like this had around 7,000 responses and this one had almost 100,000. almost all women, and the vast majority, say health professionals did not listen to them. older teenagers say their main health concern is periods. for women in their 20s, the focus shifts to gynaecological conditions. next, pregnancy and fertility are highlighted, because as women age, their needs change. menopause is the next big question, and for the over—60s, the spotlight is on healthy ageing. one key part of this government strategy is to encourage women's health hubs — to deal with everything from puberty, to the perimenopause and beyond. i'm going to put the implant in your arm now. there is really nothing on that scale yet, but in liverpool,

they have started a hub focusing on contraception, and it's working. the service has seen a 30% increase in patients getting long—acting contraception fitted. we really want to roll out more services beyond contraceptions. there's an awful lot of good gluing this together but now we need funding, support, education, so we can make this happen. women's health has been affected by the pandemic too. since it started, gynaecology waiting lists in england have gone up by 79%. the average is 49%. here in westminster, the government says this strategy will help women across the course of their lives, but there's also an acknowledgement that it won't be a quick fix. i don't think there is an overnight solution to changing culture and it does take time to change hearts and minds. it's the start of the process. we have some low—hanging fruit we can make some quick wins on, but this isn'tjust going to be something that is an announcement today and not going to happen in the future. we are serious about this. so what will the

low—hanging fruit to be? there is a plan for better access to ivf, more training for medical students, an aim for the nhs website to be world class on women's health. one thing that there isn't is a lot of new money. there's also a question about keeping up the momentum on this. i'm really concerned about the timing, and this coming just before the recess. it was a shame we didn't get it a couple of months ago, where you could see the time to push this through, and in some ways, it might even create more frustration because we'll have another couple of months and then we will be picking up with a new government. this isn't the first women's health strategy in the uk. scotland's plan came out last year. wales has had a women's health implementation group for four years. northern ireland doesn't have a specific strategy. so, are you happy about it? back in liverpool, what's the verdict in the salon? i think it's good they're doing something and i think slowly but surely, women's voices are getting louder. although we might wait, i think

eventually, it may be better, better for our daughters and their daughters. but what about us? what about us? that's the thing. it's nice that we are getting - a voice, our voices are being heard, it'sjust going to take time. yeah, that's how i feel. fingers crossed, girls. yeah? there's ongoing disruption on the railways this morning, caused by the heatwave. dozens of trains have been cancelled and this fire damage to the east coast main line at sandy is expected to keep the route between london and peterborough closed until at least midday. simon calder is at king's cross, and said that depsite the weather cooling down, things were far from running smoothly. let's go to king's cross and talk to some deals. our correspondent katie

austin. tell us how it is looking. good morning, yes. inside king's cross station, people are turning up and hoping to get on a train, but they are turning up to see a special notice on the departure board saying there are no trains here until about midday, there has been serious disruption over the past couple of days and there were no trains running from king's cross up to leeds and york yesterday, but there was also a fire that happened next to the tracks and spread across the tracks between here in london and peterborough and there is still repair work ongoing and that means no trains from here this morning. it is not the only place where there is ongoing disruption, there has also been a lot of delays, cancellations out of london euston this morning and avanti west coast out of london euston this morning and ava nti west coast says out of london euston this morning and avanti west coast says that still major disruption across its network, following a lot of incidents with the overhead power cables yesterday which needed fixing. train companies say a lot of work has been going on over night to

try and fix problems but, at the moment, there are still repair is ongoing in some places and there are not currently i am told any direct services operating between london and scotland. one example is there are still rail replacement buses in operation between preston and carlisle. although yesterday and the day before is when we saw perhaps the most serious disruption because of that heat that was just hotter than the rails, the infrastructure in this country has been designed to cope with, that is still a knock—on effect today both with ongoing repairs and in some cases, simply trains and train crew being out of position because of what happened over the past couple of days. thank ou ve over the past couple of days. thank you very much. _ over the past couple of days. thank you very much. katy _ over the past couple of days. thank you very much, katy austin. - over the past couple of days. thank you very much, katy austin. thank| you very much, katy austin. thank you. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has decided to withdraw his resignation and instead called for a new pact of confidence from parliament.

he said there was an "unprecedented" call from italians for him to stay in office and polls show most italians do back him and don't want early elections. last week, draghi tendered his resignation after his coalition government looked on the brink of collapse. but the president rejected it, asking him to seek a solution to the crisis. the senate will vote on mr draghi's speech later in the day. united states intelligence believes russia is laying the groundwork to annexe more ukrainian territory. occupied regions could hold sham referenda as early as september. with the conflict now largely a stalemate, people are returning to their homes in the capital, kyiv, but finding they have been destroyed by missiles. the government has promised millions of dollars in repairs, but some residents have taken matters into their own hands, as anastasiya gribanova reports. this building is famous in ukraine. a residential tower block struck early one saturday morning by russian rockets. it was once home to 400 families.

it's hard to imagine that this used to be somebody�*s home. that was the bedroom. and over here, where i'm standing, this was probably the living room, where a family would sit together over a nice meal orjust watching tv after a long working day. and over there, there was the kitchen, and there is still some food left on the table. this peaceful life was gone in an instant. and what people here, the residents of this building, are trying to do is to put it all back together. constantin and his family of three moved in two months before the strike. all of them were at home when the rocket hit. translation: i was here on the sofa, there was the tv and i was just watching the news. suddenly, there was a huge bang, there was smoke everywhere, shards of glass were flying around,

lots of dust. i was thrown back towards the kitchen. our daughter was in the corridor, the blast went through the mattress, pillows and duvets over her. as more and more people return to the capital, they are arriving home to find their world in pieces. residents are urgently having to find more money to repair their homes. constantin and his neighbours have already managed to raise $51,000 in donations, all thanks to a crowdfunder run by olena. translation: the money donated is controlled by us, the residents, we will only use it to repair our homes. olena also says the rebuilding effort has bought people closer together. translation: we have now become good friends, i like like imagining what it will be like when everyone returns. this house will be filled with chatter and children's laughter. anastasiya gribanova,

bbc news, kyiv. the european commission is expected to outline proposals for eu countries to reduce their gas consumption by up to 15%. there are concerns russia could reduce or stop supplies to the eu this winter. moscow has already significantly cut supplies to a dozen eu members. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. europe may be in the middle of this heatwave, but there are pretty dire predictions about what might happen in the winter. specifically, that president putin may choose to reduce further the amount of russian gas flowing to eu countries, or even stop supplies altogether, in the worst—case scenario. so that is why the european commission, the executive arm of the european union, is going to outline some proposals in a couple of hours or so. and among them will be the suggestion that individual eu countries will cut their consumption of gas by around 15%.

that's the figure we're hearing, it's still to be confirmed, but that's the ballpark figure. now, this would be something voluntary that the 27 countries would sign up to. butjust talking to commission sources last night, they say they're seriously considering making this mandatory. so in other words, forcing eu countries to cut the amount of gas they use. that is easier said than done, though. and although the commission later today might talk about using a legal mechanism to do this, crucially, as is often the case, they need the individual say—so of the member states, so they need to be on board if this is going to happen. we can get more now and the fires that led fire services across the uk to declare major incidents. the speed at which they spread was put down to tinderbox conditions amongst record high conditions. jonathan smith is the assistant missioner for the london fire brigade. mayor of london confirmed how busy your

members, your staff wear yesterday. but tell our audience around the world what it was like. yesterday was unprecedented _ world what it was like. yesterday was unprecedented in _ world what it was like. yesterday was unprecedented in terms - world what it was like. yesterday was unprecedented in terms of i world what it was like. yesterday i was unprecedented in terms of the activity the london fire brigade had to respond to, which was part of the rationale for the declaration of a major incident at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. so what we saw where a number of significant incident spread right across the capital. 15 serious majorfires, in addition to our day—to—day workload we are expected to deal with. and underneath that, we had a large number of small scale, but still challenging, wildfires and grassland fires which were caused primarily by the tinderbox conditions we were operating in. ourfirefighters and officers and control staff worked above and beyond yesterday in extraordinarily punishing conditions, we have never seen before 40 degrees heat for our fire crews to operate in. we had 16 firefighters who had heat —related

injuries, two of whom were taken to hospital, but i am pleased to say have now been discharged. so yesterday was unprecedented in terms of the challenge we faced. but we were able to respond to all of those incidents. the situation now is much calmer and we have been able to rescind the major incident declaration, which we did earlier this morning. we have fire crews out and about across london still making sure we don't suffer from things like recognition, because the ground are still very, very dry. we are also doing a big piece of work around community reassurance, to make sure people know the fire brigade are there to assist. but yes, yesterday was a really challenging day notjust for the london fire brigade, but emergency services up and down the country. definitely, and the spreading was down to those very, very dry conditions. do you know why some of these fires started?— these fires started? welcome each one of these _ these fires started? welcome each one of these incidents _ these fires started? welcome each one of these incidents will - these fires started? welcome each one of these incidents will be - one of these incidents will be individually assessed and investigated by our fire

investigation teams. they will be a combination of factors, some of them will be down to human error, some just down to the sheer heat generated yesterday. and we will investigate all of those incidents to make sure we get a full picture of why the fires occurred in the first place, but what we can say with some certainty is the heat and the dry conditions we experienced over the last week in particular, the last two days, created the perfect scenario for these rapidly spreading fires across grassland and woodland and forestry in particular, and it was the speed of these fires which was a particular challenge for us to deal with. so which was a particular challenge for us to deal with.— us to deal with. so what is your advice, us to deal with. so what is your advice. what — us to deal with. so what is your advice, what do _ us to deal with. so what is your advice, what do you _ us to deal with. so what is your advice, what do you want - us to deal with. so what is your advice, what do you want to - us to deal with. so what is your| advice, what do you want to say us to deal with. so what is your i advice, what do you want to say to viewers watching now in terms of, i mean, the temperatures have eased a bit, but generally to make sure this doesn't happen again? by, bit, but generally to make sure this doesn't happen again? as liat bit, but generally to make sure this doesn't happen again?— doesn't happen again? a lot of the advice we have _ doesn't happen again? a lot of the advice we have been _ doesn't happen again? a lot of the advice we have been pushing i doesn't happen again? a lot of the advice we have been pushing out l doesn't happen again? a lot of the i advice we have been pushing out over the course of the last 24 to 36 hours has been around making sure people think about their behaviour,

to take pressure away from the emergency services. that means doing simple things like not having barbecues out in wide—open spaces or in grassland and parkland in particular. to make sure people are taking real care when it comes to extinguishing cigarettes, to make sure there is no careless discarding of smoking materials. to even think about how we discard rubbish as well because when you have got broken glass and bottles in particular, they can reflect the light from the sun, which can also cause a spark to set off one of these fires. so we really are asking people to think about and moderate their behaviour over the course of the next 12 to 24 hours in particular. because the ground is still very, very dry. yes, we have had a bit of a drop in the temperature, but the situation still remains critical in terms of making sure that people don't do anything that puts additional pressure on the emergency services.— that puts additional pressure on the emergency services. thank you very much for talking _ emergency services. thank you very much for talking to _ emergency services. thank you very much for talking to us. _ emergency services. thank you very much for talking to us. thanks i emergency services. thank you very much for talking to us. thanks for i much for talking to us. thanks for your time.

now to washington, where 17 democratic members of congress have been arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the supreme court. the group includes alexandria ocasio—cortez, a prominent member of the democratic party. the congresswoman and her colleagues have been led away by police after blocking a nearby street as part of a civil disobedience rally. our north america correspondent peter bowes told us what the significance of the protest is. this was actually quite a small protest. in all, about 35 people were arrested. about 50% of those were members of congress. 17, in all. and i think what the purpose of this was was to simply keep this issue in the headlines. and it succeeded in doing that. there have been many other protests ever since the supreme court's ruling a few weeks ago much bigger than this one. but there's a concern amongst some democrats, and especially those in the progressive wing of the party, that the administration could have perhaps done more.

it could have responded more strongly to what the supreme court did. although mr biden has said on several occasions that to some extent, his hands are tied and there's very little he could do now. perhaps looking ahead to the november elections and, from his perspective, hoping that more democrats are elected and then meaningful legislation can be passed. it could be got through both houses that could guarantee abortion rights across the country. the headlines on bbc news: houses destroyed, hundreds evacuated from their homes — the aftermath of the wildfires in the uk from yesterday's in europe, wildfires rage across the continent after days of excess heat with warnings that there's still worse to come. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka, demonstrators stage a silent protest after parliamentarians pick the country's new president.

nearly a million people have cancelled their subscriptions with netflix in the past three months. but the streaming giant had expected to lose twice that number, after years of growth. the company is being hit by a busier marketplace and rising costs, as our north america technology reporterjames clayton explains. if you're old enough, you'll remember this — going to an actual physical shop and renting out dvds. how quaint. companies like blockbusters died because of the growth of an upstart — netflix. first, you could order dvds online. but in 2007, it started offering something very different — streaming content. the model was wildly successful. netflix was a phenomenon. tv was dead. it was all about subscriptions. well, not quite. netflix was the big disruptor in the category. and what it's facing right now is, it's facing disruption itself. here in silicon valley, netflix has just released its new audience figures for the last quarter and they're not especially good. they lost a million subscribers

in the last three months. so, what's gone wrong? for one, there is simply loads of competition — disney+, amazon prime, hbo max, apple tv, to name but a few — and that competition has created a brutal spending war. the top—eight streamers are predicted to spend more than $100 billion on content this year. netflix has come up with some monster hits in recent times. think squid games, the crown. and netflix productions were nominated for 27 oscars this year. the company is still making good content. but the cost—of—living crisis has led to belt—tightening, with families across the world looking at streaming services as a potential saving. many other households don't have a netflix account at all, but share the login of friends orfamily. one study found that netflix was losing $25 billion a year from people watching netflix on someone else's account. but netflix has known about this problem for years and hasn't been able to stop it from happening. instead, netflix is now looking

at adverts as a potential solution. our research shows, we did a survey in may amongst netflix subscribers, about 9% of uk online adults who don't currently subscribe to netflix indicated that they would consider subscribing to netflix if it offered a cheaper, ad—supported tier. netflix knows that to survive, it has to change. if not, one day, it could be another blockbusters. james clayton, bbc news, silicon valley. bestjudge has ordered twitter�*s lawsuit against elon musk should go to court in summer. twitter is now suing him for not going through with his lawsuit. he walked away from his 44 billion dodd —— 44 billion dollar bid injuly.

a uk ticket—holder has scooped a record jackpot of 195 million pounds on the euro millions lottery. it is being described as the biggest ever uk lottery win ever. it was only two months ago thatjoe and jess thwaite celebrated their immense good fortune. their numbers had come up, and they had won £184 million in the euromillions lottery. but now, they seem almost like paupers, as an even bigger jackpot is about to be claimed. in the latest draw, a uk ticket holder has won £195 million. that's worth around $234 million. in a statement, camelot said:.

..millions of dollars, so get those tickets out! of course, the best part of 200 million is a lot of money, but it pales in comparison with some other lottery jackpot winners. in america, these sort of big pay—outs are not that unusual. a mother of two, mavis, received a cheque for more than $758 million five years ago. and spain's el gordo, or the fat one, is an annual christmas tradition that has a prize fund of nearly 3—billion euros, although the winnings are spread around in much smaller numbers. as for the latest lucky winner, they willjoin a long line people celebrating with champagne and a big cheque. it could be you. it almost certainly won't be... but you never know. tim allman, bbc news.

as well as days out or trips abroad becoming more affordable, kids clubs will also be suspended. fiur becoming more affordable, kids clubs will also be suspended.— will also be suspended. our midlands correspondent _ will also be suspended. our midlands correspondent has _ will also be suspended. our midlands correspondent has more. _ breakfast club at firs primary school in derby. and the smiles suggest the meal is a hit — sometimes, literally. oh, sorry, pal. any child can come to the school early for breakfast, for free. a scheme that's been running here for five years now. what is your favourite thing to have at breakfast? bagels. you can get anything at the back there, like bagels, cereals. sometimes, you have milkshakes. i like that you canjust sit with your friends, i get some breakfast, chat about things. . and what about the food? what do you like to eat from breakfast club? i like the bagels. everybody loves the bagels here. i just like that they're really buttery and stuff. but there are worries. at the end of the week, breakfast club and the school will be shut, and parents will have to grapple with how to make ends meet over

the summer holidays, with the cost—of—living crisis eating into their household budgets. yes, i am anxious and very worried about affording everything. what sort of things will you miss out on, in order to help fund stuff for your children? maybe having different meals to the children, maybe skipping meals and stuff like that. you would skip meals, in order to fund food for your children? yes. the children are more important than me. this summer might be, let's play in the garden. let's play in the garden for six weeks! have you ever felt things being as tight family —— for families as they are at the moment? no, definitely not. even though we've got a mix of some, obviously, parents who aren't - working and some who are, - and even the ones who are working now are feeling the struggle. local businesswoman kavita oberoi helped to set up the breakfast club scheme here, but is now trying to expand it to help families over the holidays. we've identified 77 families in this school that would benefit from that, but we're only a few days away

from the start of the summer, so we are looking to work with other agencies and charities so that food parcels could be made available on a weekly basis. the city council says help is available over the summerforfamilies with school—age children. well, we've got the holidays activity food fund, which is providing activities for young people, who are normally having free school meals. and it's got activities from arts, drama, education, sports, etc, all across the range and providing a mealfor them during the holidays. do you feel that you're providing enough support? is that enough? i think there's always room to do more. so we do have a number of other funds that we're hoping to do and working with people that are struggling. meanwhile, the government says it's protecting the most vulnerable families with at least £1,200 of direct payments, starting with more than £300 currently being distributed with the summer holidays on the horizon. but for many parents, the next few weeks will be tougher

than any previous summer. navtejjohal, bbc news, derby. new york city was struck by heavy rain when the weather broke, a van has been captured being swallowed up by a sinkhole. as a powerful thunderstorm hit and lead to rushing water under and above ground. this is the moment a van plunged into a whitening hole on the ground. my goodness. typically, sinkholes are more common in wetter locations. let's look at these pictures from oregon, where the world athletics championships are taking place, not the track itself, this is the dad, and you will see the mum in a minute, a britain's jake wightman, watching him take a surprise gold

medal in the men's1500m, his dad geoff was commentating. and that was jake crossing the line. and there is his mum with the flag. legging it up to see her husband. so stunning for that family. that is it from me for now, more news on the hour. have a lovely day, night. after yesterday's heat, temperature is a good ten to 15 degrees lower for many of us than we saw yesterday. these are the values we achieved in coningsby, 40.3 celsius, making it provisionally the hottest temperature ever recorded in the uk.

and shower hill in scotland also broke the scottish temperature record, today we have weather fronts crossing producing a lot of cloud cover some thunderstorms, more to come. from the colours, the yellow instead of amber, you can see something not as hot in the west. but we do have a fair bit of cloud, with thunderstorms developing across parts of central and south—eastern england in particular. the met office has a warning out for this. and across the pennines through the vale of york and lincolnshire, we could see some, but not all of us will. towards the west, there will be variable clouds, but we will see silly skies and one or two showers, and it will feel humid, hot in the south with highs of 29. this evening and overnight, cloud and scotland sinks out the crust england and east wales, picking up for the odd shower. breezy in the north and the east and clear skies in the west, where temperatures will be lower. —— generally lower than the snake so a more comfortable night for sleeping. into thursday, high pressure still

dominates. fairly quiet at times, quite a bit of cloud around. a lower risk of a thunderstorm. this cloud across england produces the odd shower here and there. but brighter skies for south—west england, wales, some sunshine in northern ireland and scotland. but breezy down the north sea coastline. here, temperatures up to 20 or 22 degrees, but the top temperature likely to be 25 and in belfast, we are looking at 18 degrees. into friday, still a fairly cloudy day, we start with outbreaks of rain. that turns more showery through the day and again, they could turn thundery. because showers are there, not all of us can see them. temperatures ranging from 13 in the north to 21 in the midlands and 24 towards london. into the weekend, a greater chance of catching rain in the north and west. further south and east, dry and getting warmer. we could see 31, possibly 32 in the south east on

sunday.

this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos and these are the latest headlines at 11... houses destroyed, hundreds evacuated from their homes — the aftermath of the wildfires from yesterday's record—breaking heatwave. i was sunbathing in my garden and then a massive black cloud has come across. i looked up, that side was on fire and within an hour it had spread all the way to our house. cani can i begin by thanking the london fire brigade, heroic firefighters, working — fire brigade, heroic firefighters, working their socks off yesterday. yesterday was the busiest day for the fire service in london since the second world war. prices are rising at their fastest rate for 40 years —

uk inflationjumped to 9.4% injune. as pa rt of as part of the bbc�*s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two — conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party's leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka, demonstrators stage a silent protest after parliamentarians pick the country's new president. and the moment when the parents of britain's newest world athletics champion saw him win gold at the world championships in oregon. are

the uk is coping with the aftermath of dozens of wildfires, and blazes in homes, which broke out in yesterday's record—breaking heat, with firecrews working through the night to get them under control. dozens of buildings were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses and a church after spreading from nearby grassland. the speed at which fires were spreading was put down to tinderbox dry conditions — on a day that saw 33 locations break the previous record temperature of 38.7 degrees celsius, and a new record of 40.3 degrees set in lincolnshire. here's our correspondent david lumb. when it's as hot as this, even the smallest spark can trigger a huge blaze. wennington in the east of london. flames soon ripping through homes.

it was like a scene from the blitz or war of the worlds. windows popping out everywhere, explosions. it was pretty frightening, really, all round, really. but i'm just pleased there were no fatalities. i was told that i needed to leave and so i left and went to my local church, because we've got a community church. after spending a few minutes in the church, then we realised the church ground was also on fire so we were told to evacuate the church. i was sunbathing in my garden and then a massive black cloud has come across, i looked up, that side was on fire and within an hour it had spread all the way to our house. we've got a field outside our house that is on fire, all of our cars have gone. luckily, i've now got the animals and the kid out and just waiting for an update on the house. yesterday the uk recorded temperatures over 40 celsius for the first time. by the afternoon london fire brigade had received more than

1600 calls for assistance. the mayor of london said the service was under immense pressure. one london fire brigade source told the bbc demand was so high that at one point there wasn't a single fire appliance available to respond to calls because they were already committed. it wasn't just the capital struggling. 14 fire and rescue services declared major incidents, including north and south yorkshire. really, really challenging, and the crews have worked really hard, along with our neighbouring brigade, who have given us assistance. we have had a pump from derbyshire helping out this afternoon. the crews have worked really hard to bring the incident to a conclusion. in dartford, a fire burned fiercely next to the a2. and this was the scene in milton keynes where a fire damaged a nursery and several homes.

there are concerns that with the grass dry and temperature high, conditions forfires remain. people have been urged not to have barbecues or bonfires due to the unprecedented challenges facing crews. david lumb, bbc news. earlier, the mayor of london sadiq khan, told the bbc about the extent of the fires in the city. he said 41 properties were destroyed. yesterday was the busiest day for the fire service in london since the second world war. on a normal day they may receive about 350 calls, on a busy day around 500, yesterday we received more than 2600 calls. at the same time, the fire brigade were fighting fires, some requiring 30 engines, some requiring 15, some 12, some ten. in total, 41 properties have been

lost, 16 firefighters were injured, thankfully all are ok, two had to go to hospital. it shows the consequences of climate change, with temperatures exceeding 40 celsius. it's not rained for more than a month and the grass is incredibly dry, like tinder, and it can catch fire very easily and the fire spreads very fast, and one of the great things about london is the amount of green spaces we have but one of the consequences of green spaces impinging properties is where there are these grass fires it can spread quickly and damage properties. some of these fires were because of the behaviour of us human beings inadvertently. leaving a match here, it could be because a glass bottle is on the dry grass and it magnifies the rays and a spark leads to a fire starting. most of the fires were grass fires. what you normally see are fires in this country in national parks or on the moors,

we don't usually see these fires in london. they are akin to california or the south of france and this is my point, this are not normal. if we were speaking ten or 15 years ago we would talk about a heatwave occurring every ten years with temperatures in the mid 20s. if you look at the 12 hottest days ever in this country all of them have occurred post—2003 and yesterday we were post—40c. the chief medical officer is saying this is a potential threat to life, all of our lives, notjust those who are old and vulnerable. for the first time in our history the met office issued a red alert, level four warning. that shows the seriousness of this, which is why we should be dealing with the consequences and making sure we adapt our cities and make sure the fire service has the kit they need, we have cool places across our city and also deal with the causes and tackle climate change. one of those who had to evacuate their home

in dagenham was toni afoke. i was trying to enjoy the heatwave and there was some commotion in our neighbourhood and being the nosy neighbour i am i was peeking around and see what was going on and it was not until i saw loads of black smoke outside my front door and the next thing know police are screaming saying you need to evacuate and i was thinking, is it a fire? no one knew. then they told us at the park across the street is in flames and we have to evacuate now. i had to wake up everyone in my family, my mum is in a hospital bed at the moment so i thought can we call the ambulance? but we did not have time wejust had to grab everyone and go and we couldn't take anything with us.

one of those affected areas was west yorkshire, lets speak now to dave walton who is deputy chief fire officer for west yorkshire fire & rescue service. how bad was it for you and your crew yesterday? it was an extraordinary day. something we were preparing for and we knew it was coming, we had extra staff on an extra control staff but it was something the likes of which i in more than 30 years have never seen and some that many of my colleagues in west yorkshire and around the country have never seen before. it was a game changer in respect of fires in the urban and suburban environments and how they impact on communities. a lot of us can understand dry conditions, if there is a spark or something, it could easily escalate but how do these fires actually begin in the first place? i think there is a multitude of reasons. i heard the mayor talking about london not having a lot of mirror land, in west yorkshire we do have that and we have a successful

campaign that educates people about the dangers of barbecues and campfires on a mirror land but what we saw with these barbecues, campfires, garden fires, discarded cigarettes, glass bottles, because of the extreme temperature and the extreme dry spell everything is just a little bit easier to happen, it is much easierfor it a little bit easier to happen, it is much easier for it to happen. a little bit easier to happen, it is much easierfor it to happen. a hot barbecue in a tin foil tray on the ground is enough to set it on fire. it does not inflame our embers to get out, it can spread just through the sheet on the ground. i saw get out, it can spread just through the sheet on the ground. i saw you shared a tweet _ the sheet on the ground. i saw you shared a tweet from _ the sheet on the ground. i saw you shared a tweet from someone i the sheet on the ground. i saw you i shared a tweet from someone else's photo of what seem to be a barbecue started a fire. the temptation is so strong, when the weather is hot and sunny for people to enjoy it. but it sounds like what you are saying is the worst possible thing you can do in terms of putting pressure on the fire service and risking leaves is

going do that barbecue? it fire service and risking leaves is going do that barbecue?- going do that barbecue? it has absolutely _ going do that barbecue? it has absolutely catastrophic - absolutely catastrophic consequences. we are not trying to spoil people's fun, we are trying to protect our staff and the natural environment. instead of having a barbecue, take a cold picnic, enjoy the open space but take a picnic and be responsible with your other behaviours. because we are experiencing extreme dry and hot conditions and if anybody thinks once one of these fires starts they can put it out or stamp it out they are very much mistaken. it will spread as quickly as wildfire and they will not stop it. when the fire service faces a high level of the man i assume what normally happens is you ask enabling service to help out —— height level of demand. was that an option yesterday was everyone at full stretch? it was more than getting a sense, in a situation like this we have pre—existing arrangements with

neighbouring services and when you get into these arrangements we make calls and talk to each other at a strategic level about how things are going and what have you got spare but our neighbours did not have spare resources and neither did their neighbours. everybody was working at full capacity and beyond and if you take the 999 calls coming in, there is a process whereby if one fire control is receiving more calls than they can deal with they are passed on to another fire control. what happened yesterday was everybody was receiving more calls than they could handle and the calls were getting passed all around the country and then they have to get past back to the service that is going to respond. at every level both in the operation response side of things and also the fire control 999 receiving centre side of things everybody was busy and stretched far

beyond anything approaching what is considered normal or extreme capacity. dave, thank you very much indeed. david walton from west yorkshire fire and rescue service, deputy chief fire officer. network rail is launching a resilience task force in the wake of the record—breaking temperatures. it says this will be led by independent experts to investigate the approach to resilience during hot weather. in other words, to resilience during hot weather. in otherwords, how to resilience during hot weather. in other words, how they can keep the trains and tracks operational in a way they were not able to in many cases this week. they have said the review will consider four key areas, each focused on gathering lessons from different parts of notjust this country but other countries and how they deal with extreme temperatures, the like of which

we've been experiencing this week. that breaking news coming into us, network rail lodging a task force to look at making the railway network more resilient —— launching a task force there is ongoing disruption on the railways here in the uk this morning, caused by the heatwave. dozens of trains have been cancelled and this fire damage to the east coast main line at sandy, is expected to keep the route between london and peterborough closed until at least midday. our correspondent katy austin is king's cross for us now. just how bad is the disruption today? just how bad is the disruption toda ? , , ., ., , today? the disruption we are seeing today? the disruption we are seeing toda is a today? the disruption we are seeing today is a knock-on _ today? the disruption we are seeing today is a knock-on effect _ today? the disruption we are seeing today is a knock-on effect from i today? the disruption we are seeing today is a knock-on effect from the | today is a knock—on effect from the past couple of days. basically the infrastructure we have on the rail network was not designed or engineer for the kind of high temperatures we have seen. that led not only to

reduce timetables but delays and cancellations over the past couple of days and despite speed restrictions that were meant to reduce the risk of problems there are various issues like tracks buckling and signalling problems and trouble with overhead power lines. there are also a number of fires along some routes including one between king's cross and peterborough yesterday. that is, the needed is needed is the main reason trains still are not running out of king's cross this morning. we have been told not to expect services to resume out of here until about midday. as we've been stood here this morning that have been quite a few people still turning up at the station. i don't know if you can see, it is pretty crowded on the main concourse and they've been turning up to find a special notice on the departure board saying no trains until midday. this is not the only place with disruption, lots of delays and cancellations out of london euston station as well this morning and across the avanti west

coast network. still lots of disruption. across the picture up there have not been any direct trains between london and scotland this morning. the hope is things will improve as the day goes on but so much damage caused over the past day or so as there is really extreme temperatures hit, although the of network rail's teams have worked through the night, but everything has yet been repaired and even when things are fixed, the disruption we've seen can mean trains and crews are in the wrong place. still a lot of knock—on impacts being felt today around the rail network although in places trains are running and more back to normal.— places trains are running and more back to normal. thank you very much for the back to normal. thank you very much forthe undate- _ i'm joined now by our weather presenter tomasz schafernaker. are we over at the worst of it? we are. are we over at the worst of it? - are. certainly in the short term. we

know that because the computer models indicate, let's call it slightly fresher air even that we can still reach 30 celsius or more this coming weekend in some parts of the country particularly south and south—east but certainly nothing extreme for at least another ten days or so we think at this stage. in terms of the rest of this summer, do we know whether we will see any more heatwaves like they want this week? ,, , ., ., week? still in the first half of the summer and _ week? still in the first half of the summer and statistically - week? still in the first half of the summer and statistically if i week? still in the first half of the summer and statistically if you i week? still in the first half of the i summer and statistically if you look back at some of the previous years when records have been broken that has been in august so we really are in the hottest period of the year right now. and computer models suggest within the next ten days to two weeks or so we could see again a very hot weather across western europe and france are certainly in line for some extreme temperatures in the coming couple of weeks and

whether that comes our way or very close to the south still we are unsure but i cannot say we are out of the woods when it comes to heatwaves. not this extreme. what we had was utterly extraordinary. even 35 would be pretty bad for us. in terms of the time frame, how far out can you say with certainty when the temperatures, is it a matter of days or weeks you can give people a heads up? days or weeks you can give people a heads u? . v . days or weeks you can give people a heads u? ., �*, ., ., , heads up? that's a really good question- _ heads up? that's a really good question- in — heads up? that's a really good question. in some _ heads up? that's a really good question. in some instances i heads up? that's a really good| question. in some instances we heads up? that's a really good i question. in some instances we have little confidence with what is going to happen in the next five or six days but this heatwave was very well forecast. we had a pretty good idea to weeks in advance temperatures could be approaching or exceeding 30 celsius and within a week or so we saw computer models suggesting 40 or so on our soil which is absolutely extraordinary. the computer models are getting better but we look at so many of them and there are differences between them, so we take

an educated guess and what the ensemble of the forecast, that gives us the confidence. within a week to ten days is a good period to give us an idea. you set a week to ten days, i will ask something that goes completely against that and longer term and future years. is it possible to say how frequently we will see extra hot years like this one? temperatures like this are notjust in the uk but in the arctic we had an extra temperature, which was recorded in canada within the last year or so. we often talk about 100 year, 1000 year return period. these records are being broken more and more frequently, within my life then we broke all—time uk record multiple times. we broke it three years ago. i would not be surprised if we approach the high 30s 40 again in a couple of years. we may not for

another ten or 20 years but one thing is for sure, another ten or 20 years but one thing is forsure, it another ten or 20 years but one thing is for sure, it is happening more and more frequently. 40 celsius in decades to come will be almost the norm for a very hot spell. what should we do to prepare? we're caettin to what should we do to prepare? we're getting to the — what should we do to prepare? we're getting to the stage _ what should we do to prepare? we're getting to the stage where _ what should we do to prepare? -- getting to the stage where we are going to have to adapt our infrastructure the future. there is no way about it. you cannot sleep in a 45 degrees and a loft or whatever, you will have to mitigate that. that is what we are heading for, that is the course we are taking. our very sober warning. thank you very much. in a few hours, conservative mps will take part in the final vote to choose the two mps who will be presented to approx 160k party membership and become the next prime minister. former chancellor rishi sunak is likely to make it through having won the support of 118 mps in the last round,

with the battle for second place between foreign secretary liz truss and trade minister penny mordaunt. i am joined now richard holden, a rishi sunak supporter who is in college green. he into this final round of voting you must be pretty confident of rishi going through into the final two? fingers crossed but every vote will count at this stage. it'll be right down to the wire and i'm speaking to colleagues and trying to get them over the line. there has been 60 votes redistributed yesterday and i hope many of those as possible, to join rishi's side. we know it you're supporting mr sue night but who would you like to see him up against in the final two? ——| him up against in the final two? —— i know it you're supporting rishi sunak. i -- i know it you're supporting rishi sunak. ., �* ,, ., -- i know it you're supporting rishi sunak. ., �* ~' ., �* sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good _ sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good fist _ sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good fist of _ sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good fist of a _ sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good fist of a fight i sunak. i don't mind. i know he'll make a good fist of a fight in i sunak. i don't mind. i know he'llj make a good fist of a fight in the final two. make a good fist of a fight in the finaltwo. i make a good fist of a fight in the final two. i think he is the best

policy platform of anybody, sought inflation and then move on tax cuts, great policy today about energy security and how we want to expand offshore wind and invest in nuclear energy, that is very sensible looking at long—term energy security. he has a long—term plan. i do not mind who he is up against, i think he has the policy is to beat them. i would think he has the policy is to beat them. iwould not think he has the policy is to beat them. i would not back him if i did not think he did. how do you think he fared in the last of the tv debates? he was quite aggressive when given the chance to ask a question, particularly his question to his fellow candidates but would you advise him to take a similar approach in the next head—to—head debate against whoever head—to—head debate against whoever he is up against or perhaps soften his approach? i he is up against or perhaps soften his approach?— he is up against or perhaps soften his approach? he is up against or perhaps soften his a- roach? ~ ., his approach? i think what we saw in both the tv — his approach? i think what we saw in both the tv debate _ his approach? i think what we saw in both the tv debate is _ his approach? i think what we saw in both the tv debate is one _ his approach? i think what we saw in both the tv debate is one person i both the tv debate is one person emerged as somebody who can hit been prime minister the one with boots on the ground and that was rishi sunak.

i don't think any of the other candidates really came close to him and i think that is what we need to seek, we are electing a new prime minister, the party membership will be selecting one of two candidates to be the prime minister injust a few weeks' time and we need a person to hit the ground and understand what is going on. genuinely in the tv debate it was pretty clear rishi came across as that person. he's clearly got what it takes and that is what i want him to focus on, reinforcing to people if you want to seek the next black minister who can hit the ground that person is rishi sunak —— if you want to see the next prime minister who can hit the ground running. do you think beyond the party voters may think he is to the current administration and he would not be a sufficiently fresh start? i administration and he would not be a sufficiently fresh start?— sufficiently fresh start? i think --eole sufficiently fresh start? i think people can — sufficiently fresh start? i think people can see _ sufficiently fresh start? i think people can see the _ sufficiently fresh start? i think people can see the differencel people can see the difference between rishi and boris. i did a

poll in my own constituency and they are very supportive on the ground, first set came out on top amongst a broad spectrum of people, conservative voters and also people thinking voting conservative in the future. whether it is seats like mine in north west durham or in seats in the south of england or scotland, wales, ithink seats in the south of england or scotland, wales, i think rishi can bring together the broadest conservative coalition to take on keir starmer and backed up by the lib dems and possibly propped up by the snp at the next election, i think is best placed to do that which is why i am supporting him. richard holden, conservative mp and rishi sunak supporter, thank you very much. with prices continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years,

inflation rose to 9.4% injune, a fresh 40 year high, being driven by petrol, energy and food cost. it comes a day after public sector workers were offered below inflation pay awards and there are fears inflation could reach 11% this year. the chief secretary to the treasury simon clarke said it was a critical issue forfamilies. but that external factors such as the war in ukraine and pandemic lockdowns were to blame. we are confident, and the bank of england is confident we will see a marked improvement in 2023. in the meantime, the government is putting in place a £37 billion package of support for families up and down the country which is precisely designed to help with the undoubted pressures the situation is throwing up — nobody underestimates how challenging this is and we are determined we will do our full part as the government to look after the british people at a time when global events are really taking a toll here at home.

with prices continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years, families around the country are thinking about how they are going to manage. today we're in derby to see what ways this community has found to cope with rising prices. joining me from there is our business correspondent, victoria fritz. over to you. yes, this is a problem all across the country. families are facing a real squeeze on their incomes, incomes are very much not keeping up with inflation, 9.4%, the highest in more than 40 years and people are making tough choices. you join me at a community primary school, they are about to serve lunch. that's an about to serve lunch. that's an about 20 minutes, they've been busy preparing the food here for lots of the students here and also the staff as well and people are making quite tricky choices about what to do and

what to serve. joining me is the deputy head teacher and also gemma, who works as a teaching assistant and also as a parent with a little one at the school. jackie, tell me about the school, who have you got here and what are the families facing?— the families facing? we've got a hu . e the families facing? we've got a huge range _ the families facing? we've got a huge range of— the families facing? we've got a huge range of families. - the families facing? we've got a huge range of families. we i the families facing? we've got a j huge range of families. we have around _ huge range of families. we have around 340 children currently, 60% of those _ around 340 children currently, 60% of those children are entitled to the pupil— of those children are entitled to the pupil premium grant which means at some _ the pupil premium grant which means at some point in the last six years they've _ at some point in the last six years they've been entitled to free school meals _ they've been entitled to free school meals. there are a mix, lots of working — meals. there are a mix, lots of working families but it's a struggle for everyone. what are you seeing in terms of demand for school meals? school meals have _ demand for school meals? school meals have always _ demand for school meals? school meals have always gone - demand for school meals? school meals have always gone well i demand for school meals? school meals have always gone well but | demand for school meals? school i meals have always gone well but our breakfast _ meals have always gone well but our breakfast club is seen a massive increase — breakfast club is seen a massive increase in— breakfast club is seen a massive increase in the amount of children attending — increase in the amount of children attending. up from 60 children to the high _ attending. up from 60 children to the high 905 now. and with our school— the high 905 now. and with our

school meals demand has also ri5en. the free _ school meals demand has also ri5en. the free school meal percentage tell5 the free school meal percentage tells us — the free school meal percentage tells us about the increase and 60% now did _ tells us about the increase and 60% now did not — tells us about the increase and 60% now did not used to be as high as that, _ now did not used to be as high as that, that — now did not used to be as high as that, that is — now did not used to be as high as that, that is increasing. in that, that is increasing. in terms— that, that is increasing. in terms of the food you can offer, you have cottage pie today, i've seen the fruit and things, is it making a difference, what you can offer? because all this cost money and we know food bills are rising for everyone. it and we know food bills are rising for everyone-— and we know food bills are rising for everyone. it definitely does and the ranae for everyone. it definitely does and the range we _ for everyone. it definitely does and the range we can _ for everyone. it definitely does and the range we can offer _ for everyone. it definitely does and the range we can offer is _ for everyone. it definitely does and | the range we can offer is important. there _ the range we can offer is important. there are _ the range we can offer is important. there are definitely elements of fruit and — there are definitely elements of fruit and vegetables that we give the children for every meal. we also thought— the children for every meal. we also thought about at the break time5 got children— thought about at the break time5 got children in— thought about at the break time5 got children in key stage one and foundation of the government fund free school fruit. we feel it is important so we've budgeted and given— important so we've budgeted and given that there are key stage two children— given that there are key stage two children as well. gemma, i know you've got a ten—year—old at the school and three other kids, four kids, teaching assistant, how are you finding your budget? assistant, how are you finding your budaet? ~ �* , ., ., budget? we're definitely having to rioritise budget? we're definitely having to

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yes. other electric has doubled, more _ yes. other electric has doubled, more -- — yes. other electric has doubled, more -- to— yes. other electric has doubled, more -- to our— yes. other electric has doubled, more —— to our electric- yes. other electric has doubled, more —— to our electric has i yes. other electric has doubled, i more —— to our electric has doubled, more _ more —— to our electric has doubled, more than _ more —— to our electric has doubled, more than doubled _ more —— to our electric has doubled, more than doubled and _ more —— to our electric has doubled, more than doubled and set - more —— to our electric has doubled, more than doubled and set to - more —— to our electric has doubled, more than doubled and set to rise i more than doubled and set to rise again— more than doubled and set to rise again in— more than doubled and set to rise again in october— more than doubled and set to rise again in october so— more than doubled and set to rise again in october so that _ more than doubled and set to rise again in october so that concern5| more than doubled and set to rise i again in october so that concerns me again in october so that concerns me a lot, _ again in october so that concerns me a lot, having — again in october so that concerns me a lot, having to— again in october so that concerns me a lot, having to prioritise _ again in october so that concerns me a lot, having to prioritise what - again in october so that concerns me a lot, having to prioritise what you i a lot, having to prioritise what you use in— a lot, having to prioritise what you use in your— a lot, having to prioritise what you use in your house. _ use in your house. i use in your house.

i know— use in your house. i know you're i use in your house. i i know you're running use in your house. - i know you're running some in your house — i know you're running some clubs in your hose — i know you're running some clubs in the school for after school, how are the school for after school, how are the kids coping and how are you finding the parents? the children are resilient. _ finding the parents? the children are resilient. especially - finding the parents? the children are resilient. especially at - finding the parents? the children are resilient. especially at our . are resilient. especially at our schooh — are resilient. especially at our school. they are resilient. the parents — school. they are resilient. the parents as_ school. they are resilient. the parents as well, just be able to offer_ parents as well, just be able to offer those breakfast clubs and the after school clubs helps parents. the after — after school clubs helps parents. the after school clubs are free so that helps — the after school clubs are free so that helps parents and the breakfast club is _ that helps parents and the breakfast club is really cheap for what is offered — offered. jackie, thinking about offered. — jackie, thinking about what the school is offering, do you get the sense parents are keeping kids here longer as a result of a just been cheaper to keep them at school than at home? i cheaper to keep them at school than at home? .. cheaper to keep them at school than at home? ~ . , ., at home? i think it varies. for breakfast _ at home? i think it varies. for breakfast club _ at home? i think it varies. for breakfast club i _ at home? i think it varies. for breakfast club i note - at home? i think it varies. for breakfast club i note with - at home? i think it varies. for breakfast club i note with our| breakfast club i note with our families— breakfast club i note with our families that are very large we've .ot families that are very large we've got several children in families four, _ got several children in families four, five. _ got several children in families four, five, six and beyond so it could _ four, five, six and beyond so it could well_ four, five, six and beyond so it could well be some of that please enter_ could well be some of that please enter the — could well be some of that please enter the factor of if it is cheaper to feed _ enter the factor of if it is cheaper to feed them at here or at home. ——

plays— to feed them at here or at home. —— plays into _ to feed them at here or at home. —— plays into the — to feed them at here or at home. —— plays into the factor. here the king of cereal, — plays into the factor. here the king of cereal, toast and fruit. it's a combination of factors —— here they can have _ combination of factors —— here they can have cereal, toast and fruit. it supports _ can have cereal, toast and fruit. it supports parents who need to go to work or— supports parents who need to go to work or those on night shift, for example. — work or those on night shift, for example, so they can get that extra steeo _ sleep. thank you so steep~ — thank you so much for your time today. all the tables are laid out, ready for that kids and we've got some hungry people arriving in 20 minutes' time and it looks like they're in for a treat. i hope to save some for you. now it's time for a look at the weather. yesterday, for the first time in the uk, we had temperaturesjust over a0 degrees. today it is going to be ten or 15 degrees cooler. we started

with thunderstorms and we will see further storms develop through the afternoon. heading up towards the pennines, yorkshire and lincolnshire. brighter skies in scotland and northern ireland but feeling humid especially in the south—east where it is still going to be hot. not as hot in the north and west. tonight, cloud travelling out of scotland will move into england and parts of east wales. they can offer the other spot of rain. clearskies they can offer the other spot of rain. clear skies in the west and breezy in scotland with temperatures falling away at that bit more tonight than they did last night. tomorrow we shall have all this cloud around, still some spots of rain across parts of england. brighter skies towards the west in the north where we could see the other shower. top temperature of 25 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos and these are the headlines... houses destroyed, hundreds evacuated from their homes —

the aftermath of the wildfires from yesterday's record—breaking heatwave. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years — uk inflationjumped to 9.a% injune. three will become two — conservative mp5 get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party's leader and the next prime minister. sport and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hi ben, good morning, we're going to start at the athletics world championships, because it was an historic night in oregon for the british team — as jake wightman won gold

in the 1500 metres. he's the first british man to win a world title in that event since steve cram in 1983. our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. 0n on top of the podium and on top of the world. forjake whiteman and british athletics, a golden night. the 28—year—old has impressed all summer but on the biggest stage, could he rise to the occasion? just watch this. jake whiteman has another go! he overtook the limbic champion on the final bend. still, his rivals queued up behind him but he woke stubbornly, stunningly held on for. g ., .. he woke stubbornly, stunningly held on for. g ., ~ . . he woke stubbornly, stunningly held on for. g . ~ . . u, he woke stubbornly, stunningly held onfor. . . , on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. _ on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. he _ on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. he has _ on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. he has got _ on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. he has got to - on for. jake whiteman could become the roach and. he has got to stay - the roach and. he has got to stay strong and he is going to do it! gold forjake whiteman. essen strong and he is going to do it! gold forjake whiteman. even here, it seemed. — gold forjake whiteman. even here, it seemed, could _ gold forjake whiteman. even here, it seemed, could scarcely _ gold forjake whiteman. even here, it seemed, could scarcely believe i it seemed, could scarcely believe it. he was tenth at last years 0lympics. what a transformation?

what a moment forjake whiteman. just when it mattered, he has produced the performance of his life in britain has a new world champion. i was hoping i had done enough to hang on and i kept expecting somebody else to come past so it was only when i crossed the line that i realised, i think i've done something here. have i missed counted the laps or missed somebody across the line? it's still very much going to take a while to settle in. . much going to take a while to settle in. , ., . ., in. yet this. commentating on the race inside — in. yet this. commentating on the race inside the _ in. yet this. commentating on the race inside the stadium _ in. yet this. commentating on the race inside the stadium was - in. yet this. commentating on the race inside the stadium was none| race inside the stadium was none other than his dad who is also his coach. to commentate on your son winning a world title, how did you even go about doing that? i winning a world title, how did you even go about doing that?- even go about doing that? i have been doing _ even go about doing that? i have been doing it _ even go about doing that? i have been doing it at _ even go about doing that? i have been doing it at school _ even go about doing that? i have been doing it at school sports - even go about doing that? i have | been doing it at school sports day since he was i! and my wife was his pe teacher, so we have just taken him to slightly bigger stadiums and medals. it was surreal watching at because you are thinking, i know that lad, he has a familiar look!

the last 100 and —— 1,000 private admitted champion. i the last100 and --1,000 private admitted champion.— admitted champion. i couldn't be ha ier admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for— admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, _ admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, he _ admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, he is _ admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, he is one - admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, he is one of - admitted champion. i couldn't be happier for him, he is one of the | happier for him, he is one of the nicest _ happier for him, he is one of the nicest guys — happier for him, he is one of the nicest guys in the best athletes i have _ nicest guys in the best athletes i have run— nicest guys in the best athletes i have runjust because of how he raises — have runjust because of how he raises it— have runjust because of how he raises. it doesn't matter what else he does _ raises. it doesn't matter what else he does in — raises. it doesn't matter what else he does in the rest of his career, he does in the rest of his career, he wiii— he does in the rest of his career, he will never forget this. a he does in the rest of his career, he will never forget this.- he does in the rest of his career, he will never forget this. a day of elation and _ he will never forget this. a day of elation and emotion _ he will never forget this. a day of elation and emotion and - he will never forget this. a day of elation and emotion and an - elation and emotion and an unforgettable one forjake whiteman. the quarter—final of the women's euros kick off tonight with england taking on spain in brighton. the lionesses trained in yesterday's heat, without manager sarina wiegman who missed last week's match againt northern ireland after testing positive for covid. she's still unsure if she'll be able to attend this evening. we do our plan, we know our strengths, we know our opponents very well. we also know that there they are more favoured to win. what

we are focusing on is that we have a game against spain. we did well in the group stage but we don't have anything yet and we just focus on the next game and that is spain and they are a very good team. we are a very good good team to be want to play the best game we can and hopefully that will bring us the win. england white ball captain jos buttler says his side "haven't played to their potential yet this summer", after losing to south africa in their first one day international. it's a 5th defeat in 7 matches this summer and it was also ben stoke's last 0d! for his country. a century from rassie van der dussen helped the tourists to 333 for 5 from their 50 overs. england started their reply well, jason roy and jonnie bairstow�*s opening partnership putting on more than 100 for the first wicket. but after that england faltered, ben stokes was out forjust five in his final game. he recieved a standing ovation from the durham crowd. but england were eventually all out, well short of their target. the sides meet again at old trafford on friday.

that's all the sport for now. this is the parents of jake whiteman. this is his dad, as we were hearing. just watching the moment that his son became a world champion. look at that, arms in the air! almost in disbelief. but he has seen the whole journey, he has air! almost in disbelief. but he has seen the wholejourney, he has been there every step of the way, literally. i think that is his mum there. look at that! a really touching moment there to see for his parents who have been involved in the very beginning?— parents who have been involved in the very beginning? absolutely, what a nieht for the very beginning? absolutely, what

a night for the _ the very beginning? absolutely, what a night for the family. _ the very beginning? absolutely, what a night for the family. a _ the very beginning? absolutely, what a night for the family. a family - a night for the family. a family where athleticsjust a night for the family. a family where athletics just runs through the family so much. the dad commentating onjake's performance in the stadium and his mum, she was a former runner. she is a pe teacher but she used to run for britain in the commonwealth games in 1986. athletics really is throughout the family. they would have gone to argon in the eye to states with some hope that he really could get a medal on this huge world stage but i don't think they would have perhaps thought he would take the gold. that was such a strong field in that 1,500 metres final. the olympic champion, he was in there and jake whiteman took him on that final bend on the final lap. when he won that 0lympic on the final lap. when he won that olympic gold, jake whiteman finished tenth in that final so an incredible change of events. a great night for the family and of course, british athletics. his the family and of course, british athletics. . ., �* . the family and of course, british athletics. , . �*, ., ,

athletics. his dad's words were, that is my _ athletics. his dad's words were, that is my son. _ athletics. his dad's words were, that is my son, and _ athletics. his dad's words were, that is my son, and i _ athletics. his dad's words were, that is my son, and i coach - athletics. his dad's words were, j that is my son, and i coach him, athletics. his dad's words were, - that is my son, and i coach him, and he is the world champion! but something many people can say. i cure much. people have just started letting cars around. we have been told by the local council they think eight houses were destroyed. they expect many more to be destroyed when they finally go around and survey the village. i have been speaking to local people and one young lad earlier said to me that he believes that the fire started on his neighbour's garden because his brother saw compost in a pot starting to smoke and all of a

sudden he said the grass went up and also the fence went up as well and within minutes, his own house went up. we are waiting for the fire investigation to do their own investigation to do their own investigation and find out exactly what did happen but he told me he was not able to say anything from his house other than his dog. his parents lost everything including eight chickens. he also told me that one of his friends tried to salvage some of his staff and take it half a mile down the road to his own house, which then in turn also got destroyed. a very heartbreaking story here in islington today. john is the local mp. first and foremost, your reaction to this? it is is the local mp. first and foremost, your reaction to this?— your reaction to this? it is tragic. i have your reaction to this? it is tragic. i have been _ your reaction to this? it is tragic. i have been talking _ your reaction to this? it is tragic. i have been talking to _ your reaction to this? it is tragic. i have been talking to the - your reaction to this? it is tragic. l i have been talking to the families. it is notjust this instant by the way, down the road, we lost 1a houses overnight in dagenham. family friends of mine have lost their homes. it is notjust the bricks and mortar, it is where they brought theirfamilies up, so there is a lot

of trauma involved in this. we have got to be onside with the council, with other puppet services, with health and mental health over the next days and weeks to make sure we are there for people because this is are there for people because this is a deeply traumatic experience. iutuie a deeply traumatic experience. we are hearing that because we are expecting more heatwaves so with that in mind, potentially seeing more of this. what does the government now have to do to try to bid to get this smack we have to listen and learn. iutuie bid to get this smack we have to listen and learn. we experienced temperatures — listen and learn. we experienced temperatures a _ listen and learn. we experienced temperatures a degree _ listen and learn. we experienced temperatures a degree and - listen and learn. we experienced temperatures a degree and a - listen and learn. we experienced| temperatures a degree and a half higher than ever. this is london. it was a tinderbox but went up from 12:00 yesterday. dagenham is a more urban setting. and we are experiencing these instances stop other incidents were occurring yesterday afternoon and evening so we have to diagnose what is going on, we have to listen to the experts and we have to call to account public policymakers to get on top of

this. we have to get ahead of it because all the evidence suggests this is going to happen again and i don't want my constituency to ever have to experience anything i guess again. iutuie have to experience anything i guess aeain. e ., have to experience anything i guess aeain. e . . have to experience anything i guess aeain.~ . . ., ., again. we have heard across london more than 40 _ again. we have heard across london more than 40 homes _ again. we have heard across london more than 40 homes were - again. we have heard across london| more than 40 homes were destroyed again. we have heard across london i more than 40 homes were destroyed in more than a0 homes were destroyed in total, that could rise. fires also are crossing and as well. these people have lost everything when a time when the cost of living is going up and people don't have money in the bank. what support are people going to get immediately you think? we had a meeting yesterday on both boroughs, we have set up emergency rest facilities in dagenham football club. we have food there. i'm on hand with my teams to make sure they get support in terms of repairs, insurance advice. there need to be longer term accommodation sorted out and public health responses including mental health because there's a lot of trauma involved, to support the families. we have to mix that the puppet services are there for them in their hour of need and i am determined to be there for my

constituents will top earlier, other people here have left and have gone back to see if they can salvage any belongings but earlier one of the families told me they had to pay for their own hotel out of their own pocket last night and today they will be looking for somewhere else to stay, possibly with family. the co—leader of the green party joins me now. this puts the issue of climate change and attacking it front and centre but once these temperatures are disappeared and the fires are put out, is there a risk that we just carry on as normal and forget by this conversation?- forget by this conversation? there is a risk of — forget by this conversation? there is a risk of that _ forget by this conversation? there is a risk of that and _ forget by this conversation? there is a risk of that and we _ forget by this conversation? there is a risk of that and we need - forget by this conversation? there is a risk of that and we need to - is a risk of that and we need to absolutely avoid that but i want to start off by saying that the immediate focus has got to be on supporting the very people we have just been hearing about who in east london and many parts of the country have lost their homes and everything and the focus needs to be on how

those people can be supported. but as you say, we need to ask the question, how do we keep the focus on this broader issue? with1 degrees of warming which is what we currently had about preindustrial levels, we are already seeing wildfires across the country and of course the level of temperature that the global politicians are aiming for is higher than that so we know we are going to see more of these freak weather events even if we take the action that is needed to to reduce carbon emissions urgently. the focus has got to be on how to be planned for those events and we have seen successive governments asleep at the wheel when we have been warned by scientists for decades that these extreme events will happen and there could have been a farmer planning put in place to reduce the impact on people and we had to have more focus on that now. you say government is asleep at the wheel but the current government has a target for all the uk's illiteracy to come from clean energy sources by

2035, it has legislative japan the sale of petrol and diesel cars completed by 2030. these are big decisions that will have a big impact on peoples lives. it is an easy thing to say, the government is asleep at the wheel, but things are being done, and they?— being done, and they? well, let us look at what _ being done, and they? well, let us look at what the _ being done, and they? well, let us look at what the high _ being done, and they? well, let us look at what the high court - being done, and they? well, let us look at what the high court has - being done, and they? well, let us| look at what the high court has said this week, becausejust look at what the high court has said this week, because just this week, the government has lost a case in the government has lost a case in the high court which ruled that its own strategy for delivering its carbon targets was unlawful and the reason of the high court said that was that it had set a target for achieving that zero and that is good that we have that, but the policies that we have that, but the policies that need to be in place to show how you can actually make that happen are just not there. the government is not able to show how it is going to deliver net zero carbon emissions in a way that is going to avoid the worst effects of climate change as well as planning the extreme weather events that are happening more. we are not seeing the action that is

neededin are not seeing the action that is needed in the conservative leadership challengers had to be pushed into saying they would support the net zero commitment but the question is, it is one thing to support that in principle, but other policies in theirjimmy could happen? £27 billion on a road building, new licences and incentives for oil and gas exploration but these are taking us in the wrong direction when what we could be doing is putting ourfocus on measures that not only bring down carbon emissions but help with the extreme weather issues as well. if we insulate peoples homes, it keeps homes cool in the winter and warm in the winter of things like that that you mention, inch comes, isuppose it comes down to which is the most pressing emergency, several that people are facing. the pressing emergency, several that people are facing.— people are facing. the cost of livin: is people are facing. the cost of living is with _ people are facing. the cost of living is with us _ people are facing. the cost of living is with us now. - people are facing. the cost of living is with us now. even . people are facing. the cost of living is with us now. even if. living is with us now. even if people are willing and eager to do their bit to tackle climate change and say, we want to insulate our

homes, if they cannot afford to put food on the table and fuel in their car to get to work, which they need to do, that is going to take a lower priority, isn't it for them? i am priority, isn't it for them? i am deel priority, isn't it for them? i am deeply concerned _ priority, isn't it for them? i am deeply concerned about - priority, isn't it for them? i am deeply concerned about the . priority, isn't it for them? i —n deeply concerned about the cost of living crisis and the impact that is having on ordinary people and there needs to be far more action to support people financially right now. the government has not gone anywhere near enough in supporting people on low and middle incomes and the green party has been calling for that. we need to attack the root causes of this. one of which is the rocketing fuel bills, both electricity and gas. the underlying cause of which is we have the luckiest homes in europe and we are not paying anywhere near enough attention on the clean renewable energy. we need to put much more focus on these things that can actually tackle the root cause of growing fuel bills also.

the threat caused by wildfires is not easing. more than 30 fires are still raging in spain, portugal, france and greece. in the uk, the number of places has surged after temperatures topped a0 celsius for the first time ever. the country has seen tens of thousands of hectares burned and tens of thousands of people evacuated. north of athens, in greece, green hills were covered in smoke, as authorities reported 39 wildfires in just 2a hours. some residents were so close to the fires, they found it hard to breathe. the country has seen tens of thousands of hectares burned

in spain, more than 30 wildfires continued to ravage parts of the country, edging closer to residential areas. the country's prime minister paid a visit to one of the hardest—hit regions, in galicia. translation: so far this year, - 70,000 hectares have already been burned across this country. to give us an idea, this is almost double the number of hectares that have been burnt, on average, over the last decade. heatwaves are happening more frequently, becoming more severe and causing temperatures some countries have never seen before. as climate scientists continue to warn world leaders about the urgent need to cut emissions, these fires have made sure the issue is front and centre, for the time being. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the new president of sri lanka has been elected by mps there. ranil wickremesinghe became the acting president last week, following the resignation of his predecessor over the severe economic crisis in the country. he will stay in the post until 202a.

anbarasan ethirajan sent this update from the sri lankan capital colombo. a remarkable victory for mr ranil wickremesinghe. he has secured about 13a votes with a clear majority of 52. that was more than people here had expected and as soon as ranil wickremesinghe's election was announced, a group of protesters here shouted a slogan saying go home, ranil. that is the first name of mr wickremesinghe. the protest movement into an which has been performing demonstrations for months, they have opposed to ranil wickremesinghe's nomination, saying that he has been too close to the rajapaksa family. but in response to the victory, while speaking in parliament, ranil wickremesinghe has said that his election will spell an end to divisions on the island. both camps, the camp of the rival candidate, dullus ala happeruma,

they are working really hard overnight to get the maximum support. but now ranil wickremesinghe has the major challenge of rebuilding the economy and bring in this country together. there are two new divisions here in this island nation. it is not a normal election. this is not a normal situation sri lanka is going through — it is an unprecedented economic crisis. they're basically bankrupt, no money and that is what led to protests to start three months ago. and then huge crowds forced into the house of the president mahinda rajapaksa and he fled the country and resigned. the country needs money to buy fuel, food and medicine. and they are already asking the imf to provide them with an emergency loan which means ranil wickremesinghe should start to talk with the imf continue the negotiations at them to get this emergency loan. second, they have an external debt of $51 billion, said need to sit with the international creditors to re—structure the loan and also get the money back on track said

the hardships of the common people can be reduced. borisjohnson will boris johnson will take part borisjohnson will take part in his final prime minister's questions shortly. 0ur correspondence is at westminster for us. shortly. our correspondence is at westminster for us.— westminster for us. what can we exect? westminster for us. what can we expect? in _ westminster for us. what can we expect? in some _ westminster for us. what can we expect? in some ways, - westminster for us. what can we expect? in some ways, this - westminster for us. what can we expect? in some ways, this is . westminster for us. what can we expect? in some ways, this is a i westminster for us. what can we i expect? in some ways, this is a bit of a sideshow. borisjohnson's last prime minister's questions in office. it was less than two weeks ago that he resigned, setting off this frantic leadership contest that we are witnessing now. we are actually in the last hour ahead of the final boat in the conservative party leadership context to replace borisjohnson. there will be some frantic hustling around between the leadership candidates in this last hour before it begins at 1pm when all tory mps will get to select the candidate they think should get through to the last two. that will

then go to the membership of the conservative party who will then have another month or so to pick the winner who will become the next prime minister. borisjohnson will have a sendoff today, i imagine, in the commons. sir keir starmer, the labour leader, is likely to take aim, as he did last week, at boris johnson's rivals and talk about their records. there has been talk in labour about the fighting amongst leadership contenders and i think labour are very happy that that plays out. iutuie labour are very happy that that oh sout.~ , labour are very happy that that plays out-— labour are very happy that that lasout. ,, plays out. we say this is the last prime minister's _ plays out. we say this is the last prime minister's questions. - plays out. we say this is the last prime minister's questions. the| plays out. we say this is the last - prime minister's questions. the new prime minister's questions. the new prime minister's questions. the new prime minister under takeover until september, whoever that may be. what goes on in the meantime during the recess? presumably this is notjust gardening leave for the prime minister now?— gardening leave for the prime minister now? absolutely not. parliament — minister now? absolutely not. parliament here _ minister now? absolutely not. parliament here goes - minister now? absolutely not. parliament here goes on - minister now? absolutely not. parliament here goes on its i minister now? absolutely not. - parliament here goes on its summer break so the parliamentary timetable comes to an end at the end of this

week but it is not as if the government disappears. there is a cabinet and government disappears. there is a cabinetand an government disappears. there is a cabinet and an interim government. borisjohnson will still be prime minister over the summer. cabinet ministers also be in charge, making announcements there will be less frenetic activity around here but there will be this strange interim period over the summer when the government and mp5 will be less visible because parliament isn't in session but there still will be the business of government to get on with but of course many cabinet ministers who are in post at the moment don't know whether they will have a job come september when a new prime minister will take over and is likely to bring their own team in. there will be this strange limbo and i think the action will move as devoting as over here, which happens at 3pm, the announcement we expect shortly after, so as soon as that happens, parliament will no longer be the focus of this leadership race in the conversation goes out to the country and goes out to the

conservative membership, so you can expect the final two candidates to p0p up expect the final two candidates to pop up over the course of the summer in different parts of the country, trying to appeal to those conservative party members. we have the former chancellor, rishi sunak, whose resignation facilitated really boris johnson's whose resignation facilitated really borisjohnson's resignation among boris johnson's resignation among other things. borisjohnson's resignation among other things. we have the foreign secretary, liz truss and penny mordaunt, the former defence secretary. rishi sunak has been the leader in this competition so far, getting 118 volts from tory mps. penny mordaunt and liz truss are vying really for second place. that is what is all to play for at the moment, who will be the contender facing rishi sunak in this conservative leadership contest. hello again. after yesterday's heat, today we are looking at temperatures 10—15 c lower for many a man we saw yesterday.

these are the values we achieved, in coningsby, a0.3 celsius. making it provisionally the hottest temperature ever recorded in the uk. and charter hall in scotland, also broke the scottish temperature record. today we got weather fronts crossing us producing a lot of cloud, we've had thunderstorms and there are more to come. you can see from the yellow instead of amber, not as hot coming into the west. a fair bit of cloud, thunderstorms developing across parts of central and south—eastern england in particular, the met office has a warning out for this. and also across the pennines and the vale of york and lincolnshire we could see some but not all of us will. towards the west, although there will be a variable amounts of cloud we will see some sunny skies and just one or two showers and feeling humid, hot in the south with highs of 29. through this evening and overnight cloud in scotland sinking southwards across england and eastern wales. thick enough for the odd shower. breezy in the north and the east. clear skies in the west

with temperatures that bit lower but generally lower than last night. a more comfortable night for sleeping. as we head into thursday high pressure still dominating our weather. fairly quiet, at times quite a bit of cloud. lower risk of a thunderstorm. this cloud across england will produce the odd shower here and they are but brighter skies for south—west england, wales will see some sunshine and northern ireland and scotland as well but breezy down at the north sea coastline. temperatures reaching 22 celsius but at the top temperature likely to be 25 in belfast we're looking at 18 celsius. into friday. still fairly cloudy. we start with outbreaks of rain. that will turn more showery through the day and again could turn thundery as well but because they are showers not all of us will see them. temperatures ranging from 13 in the north to 21 in the midlands, 2a as we push down towards london. into the weekend and a greater chance of catching some rain

in the north and the west. further south and east it'll be dry and is getting warmer. we could see 31 or possibly 32 in the south—east on sunday.

this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos and these are the latest headlines... houses destroyed, hundreds evacuated from their homes — the aftermath of the wildfires from yesterday's record—breaking heatwave. i was sunbathing in my garden and then a massive black cloud has come across. i looked up, that side was on fire and within an hour it had spread all the way to our house. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years — uk inflationjumped to 9.a% injune. three will become two — conservative mp5 get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party's leader and the next prime minister.

end of an era — borisjohnson takes his last prime minister's questions as the contest for a new leader continues. we'll bring you that live. welcome to that programme. any minute now borisjohnson will be standing up in the house of commons for his last prime minister's questions. after the recess of course, the winner of the conservative leadership contest will be announced and they will be the new leader of the party and of the country. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. we've got this final prime minister's questions due to start imminently. a big moment in politics, this. imminently. a big moment in politics. this-—

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legacy, and those views will be sincerely— legacy, and those views will be sincerely and passionately held, but i sincerely and passionately held, but i remind _ sincerely and passionately held, but i remind members that our constituents and others around the world _ constituents and others around the world watch these proceedings. lets us conduct _ world watch these proceedings. lets us conduct them in a respectful manner, — us conduct them in a respectful manner, focusing on issues and policies — manner, focusing on issues and policies rather than personalities. i policies rather than personalities. i take _ policies rather than personalities. i take this — policies rather than personalities. i take this opportunity to remind members — i take this opportunity to remind members of the words of esk in may. the template in moderation, i expect to see _ the template in moderation, ! expect to see that— the template in moderation, i expect to see that reflected today in the proceedings. i now call kim leadbeater.— proceedings. i now call kim leadbeater. ,, , ., , ., ~ leadbeater. question number one, mr seaker. leadbeater. question number one, mr speaker- thank— leadbeater. question number one, mr speaker. thank you. _ leadbeater. question number one, mr speaker. thank you. today _ leadbeater. question number one, mr speaker. thank you. today marks - leadbeater. question number one, mr speaker. thank you. today marks the | speaker. thank you. today marks the 40th speaker. thank you. today marks the lt0th anniversary _ speaker. thank you. today marks the 40th anniversary of _ speaker. thank you. today marks the 40th anniversary of the _ speaker. thank you. today marks the 40th anniversary of the bombings - speaker. thank you. today marks the 40th anniversary of the bombings in i a0th anniversary of the bombings in hyde park and regent's park and tomorrow sees the 50th anniversary of bloody friday. such terror by the provisional ira was barbaric and shameful, bringing untold grief to countless families and our thoughts are with all of those who lost loved

ones during the troubles. we remain determined to help build a better shed future for all the people of northern ireland. i have spoken to the chair of the national fire council last night and this morning about the heroic work of firefighters in recent days. i know the whole house will want to thank them and all our front line services who have been working hard to keep us safe. my right honourable friend the chancellor of the duchy of that will make a statement later. i know colleagues wish to join me in wishing the lioness is well in their quarterfinal match against spain in brighton this evening and i know the house will want to congratulate jake wightman who produced a stunning run to take gold in the 1500 metres in the world championships in oregon. last week i told the house that this was possibly does last week was possibly my last b&qs. this week probably, certainly will be. my last

pm qs from this dispatch box. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i will have further such meetings later today.- house i will have further such meetings later today. thank you. summer recess _ meetings later today. thank you. summer recess gives _ meetings later today. thank you. summer recess gives all - summer recess gives all parliamentarians an opportunity to reflect on our ability to uphold openness, selfishness, accountability and leadership. these are fine principles, but public trust in politicians is at an all—time low. will he use the next few weeks to personally consider why this could be? as the unedifying fight for hisjob this could be? as the unedifying fight for his job continues, if those who are vying to replace him where to draw and his wise council does if those who are vying to replace him what it draw on his wise council, and why wouldn't they, what

advice would he give it to ensure the people we serve receive via better than they have from this government? i better than they have from this government?— better than they have from this government? i am afraid i didn't euite government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch _ government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch the _ government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch the last _ government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch the last bit _ government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch the last bit of - government? i am afraid i didn't quite catch the last bit of the - quite catch the last bit of the honourable lady's question but i will be using... i will be using the next few weeks to do what i think the people of this country would expect and that is a forward the agenda on which we were elected in 2019 and of which i think the labour party particularly fear the conservative party and that is the agenda... that is the agenda of uniting and levelling up and making sure we invest in places that for decades where betrayed by labour and left behind. that is what the conservatives will do and that is why we are going to win again. rusiate's war in ukraine continues. now turkey has withdrawn its opposition to sweden and finland joining nato. what assessment does

my right honourable friend make about the short and long—term securities of europe now this has happened? i securities of europe now this has happened?— securities of europe now this has ha-oened? ~ , .,., ., happened? i think my honourable friend for that _ happened? i think my honourable friend for that excellent _ happened? i think my honourable j friend for that excellent question. the accession of both countries, i think, will be good for them, i think, will be good for them, i think it will encourage... it will make all of our allies are safer and i think it will make the whole of the euro atlantic security area stronger and i am proud of the role that the uk has played in that accession. brute that the uk has played in that accession-— that the uk has played in that accession. . ., .., ., ., accession. we now come to the leader ofthe accession. we now come to the leader of the opposition. _ accession. we now come to the leader of the opposition, keir _ accession. we now come to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. - accession. we now come to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. can . of the opposition, keir starmer. can i start b of the opposition, keir starmer. ce”! i start by saying to the prime minister that i do know that the relationship between a prime minister and leader of the opposition is never easy. this one has proved no exception to the rule. i would like to take this opportunity to wish him, his wife and his family the best for the future. can i also put on record our

gratitude to the fire and rescue services for all their courageous work yesterday in extreme temperatures. all our thoughts are with those affected by the fires, particularly those who have lost their homes. ijoined a prime minister in his comments about the bombings in hyde park and the ira bombings. i alsojoin him in his comments about the lionesses. the coverage starts at 7:30pm on bbc one and i'm sure the whole country it will be roaring them on, and for anyone who doesn't fancy football, east enders is on. so if you would rather watch outrageous characters taking lumps out of themselves, you have a choice. albert square while the tory leadership debates on catch up. on that topic... why... why does the prime minister think that those vying to replace him decided to pull out of the sky debate last night?

well... mr speaker, i... out of the sky debate last night? well... mrspeaker, i... i out of the sky debate last night? well... mrspeaker, i... lam out of the sky debate last night? well... mr speaker, i... lam not following this thing particularly closely does laughter but my love my impression is that there has been quite a lot of debate already and i think the public... i think the public, they are having an ample opportunity to view the talent... any one of which... anyone of which were, as i said before, like some household detergents, would wipe the floor with labour. i mean... today happens to bejust about the anniversary of the exit from lockdown last year, and do you remember... do you remember what he said? i will remind you. he said it was reckless, and it was because we were able to take that decision, supported by every single one of those conservative candidates, opposed by him, that we had the

fastest economic growth in the g7, we are now able to help families up and down the country. if we'd listened to him it wouldn't have been possible and i don't think they will be listening to him, either. well, i am will be listening to him, either. well, lam impressed he will be listening to him, either. well, i am impressed he managed to get through that with a straight face, actually. ithink get through that with a straight face, actually. i think the truth is this. they organised the tv debates because they thought it would be a great chance for the public to hear from the candidates first hand. then disaster struck because of the public actually heard from the candidates first hand. but i am interested in what he makes of the battle for his job. so let me start with the simple one. does the prime minister agree with his former chancellor that plans are put forward by the other candidates are, in his words... "nothing more than the fantasy economics of unfunded spending promises"?— spending promises"? well, mr seaker, spending promises"? well, mr speaker. they _

spending promises"? well, mr speaker, they know _ spending promises"? well, mr speaker, they know all - spending promises"? well, mr speaker, they know all about i spending promises"? well, mr- speaker, they know all about fantasy economics. they have already committed to £9a billion of extra tax and spending, which every household in this country would have to pay for it to the tune of about £2100 stop it is thanks to the former chancellor's management of the economy, this government's management of the economy, we had growth in may of zero point... 0.5%. we had more people in paid employment at any point in the history of this country, mr speaker. i am proud to be leaving office right now with unemployment at work neara right now with unemployment at work near a 50 year low, mr speaker. but when they left office it was at 8%. that is the difference between them and us. mr that is the difference between them and us. ~ ,,, ., ~ , that is the difference between them and us. ~ , and us. mr speaker, every labour oelede and us. mr speaker, every labour pledge made _ and us. mr speaker, every labour pledge made under— and us. mr speaker, every labour pledge made under my _ and us. mr speaker, every labourj pledge made under my leadership and us. mr speaker, every labour. pledge made under my leadership is fully costed. those vying to love those vying —— back those vying to replace him have racked up £330

billion of unfunded spending commitments. but i do note that the prime minister did not agree with his former chancellor. so what about his former chancellor. so what about his foreign secretary? she was withering about the government's economic record. she said, again her words," if rishi has got this great plan for growth, why haven't we seen it in the last two and a half years at the treasury?" that is a fair question, isn't it, prime minister? mr speaker, i think everybody would agree that what you saw in the last two and a half years was because of the pandemic. the biggest fall in output does the biggest fall in output does the biggest fall in output by 300 years, which this government dealt with and dealt with magnificently by distributing vaccines are faster than any other european governments, faster than

any other major economy, which would not have been possible if we had listened to him! that is why, mr speaker, we have the fiscal fire power necessary to help families up and down the country, making tax cuts for virtually everybody paid national insurance contributions, the difference between labour and the difference between labour and the conservatives does there is a crucial philosophical difference. under labour, families on low incomes get most of their income from benefits. under us they get most of it from earnings because we believe injobs, jobs, jobs. that is the difference, mr speaker. mr the difference, mr speaker. is’i' speaker, the difference, mr speaker. is’i speaker, inflation is up again this morning. millions are struggling with the cost—of—living crisis. he has decided to come down from his gold wallpapered bunker for one last time to tell us that everything is fine. i will miss the delusion. his foreign secretary didn't stop there. she also said that the former chancellor's 15 tax rises are leading the country into recession.

and the memberfor leading the country into recession. and the member for portsmouth leading the country into recession. and the memberfor portsmouth north was even more scathing. she said, again her words, "our public services are in a desperate state. we cannot continue with what we have been doing because it clearly isn't working." has the prime minister told her who has been running our public services for the last 12 years? public services for the last 12 ears? . . public services for the last 12 ears? , , �*., years? this is absolutely... again, he is doing — years? this is absolutely... again, he is doing this _ years? this is absolutely... again, he is doing this completely - he is doing this completely satirical... this is the government does this is the government that is, technology. he talks about public services, what really matters in this country right now is getting their appointments, their operations, fixing the covid backlogs. that is what we are doing. fixing the ambulances, that is what he should be talking about and that is why we voted through, that is why we passed the £39 billion health and care levy, which they opposed. every

time something needs to be done, mr speaker, they try to oppose it. there is a great pointless human bollard, that is what he is a. if only it were satirical! it is what the future candidates think of his... mr speaker does same occur we want to get through pmqs because quite a few of you wanted to catch my eye. i appreciate they might not want to hear what their future leader thinks of their record in government but i think the country needs to know. it is what the candidates think of the record. among the mudslinging, there was one important point, because the memberfor was one important point, because the member for saffron was one important point, because the memberfor saffron walden was one important point, because the member for saffron walden claimed that she warned the former chancellor that it was handing taxpayer money directly to fraudsters in covid loans. she says

he dismissed her worries and that, as a result, he cost the taxpayer £17 billion. does the prime minister think that she is telling the truth? this is the last—gasp from captain hindsight. at least to me. i remember, they were the party who were so desperate for us to be powering their friends to ppe, they wanted a football agent and a theatrical costume your to supply ppe. we had to get that stuff at record speed. we produced £a08 billion worth of support for families and businesses up and down the country, and the only reason we were able to do it at such speed is because we managed the economy in a sensible and moderate way. and labour, every time they have left

office, it's been unemployment higher, they are economically illiterate and they would wreck the economy. i illiterate and they would wreck the econom . ~' illiterate and they would wreck the econom . ~ , ,., .., economy. i think the message coming out of this leadership _ economy. i think the message coming out of this leadership contest - economy. i think the message coming out of this leadership contest is - out of this leadership contest is pretty clear. they got us into this mess and they have no idea how to get us out of it. the foreign secretary says, we can't go on with our current economic policy. the memberfor our current economic policy. the member for portsmouth north our current economic policy. the memberfor portsmouth north bemoaned the fact that what we have been doing has not been good enough. and the memberfor saffron doing has not been good enough. and the member for saffron walden properly puts it best when she simply asked, why should the public trust us? we haven't exactly covered ourselves in glory. their words, their future leader's words. they have tracked every part of their record in government, from dental care and ambulance response times to the highest taxes in 70 years. what message does it candidate to be prime minister can't find a single decent thing to say about him, about each other or their

record in government? what about him, about each other or their record in government?— about him, about each other or their record in government? what does he sa about record in government? what does he say about him _ record in government? what does he say about him that _ record in government? what does he say about him that no _ record in government? what does he say about him that no one _ record in government? what does he say about him that no one can - record in government? what does he say about him that no one can name | record in government? what does he | say about him that no one can name a single policy, after three years in labour opposition, apart from putting up taxes? he is one of those pointless plastic bollards you found around a deserted road works on a motorway. we got brexit done, he voted against it a8 times. we got this country through covid when he would have kept us in lockdown. we are fixing social care, and they have no plan and no ideas of their own. we are now bringing forward measures, in the face of strikes, to outlaw wildcat strikes. i can tell you, to outlaw wildcat strikes, and i can tell you what he does that funny flapping gesture. because, mr

speaker, he has got the union barons pulling his strings, £100 million, mr speaker. we restored our democracy and our independence, we have got this country through covid and i am proud to say that, when it comes to tackling climate change or sticking up for ukraine, we have led the world on the international stage, and i want to thank my friends and colleagues on these benches for everything they have done. mr benches for everything they have done. ~ ,,, . ~ benches for everything they have done. ~ .~ ,, , , done. mr speaker, in september, it will be 25 years _ done. mr speaker, in september, it will be 25 years since _ done. mr speaker, in september, it will be 25 years since the _ done. mr speaker, in september, it will be 25 years since the 25th - will be 25 years since the 25th anniversary of the referendum on devolution in both scotland and wales. one in 20 people in england in the nhs have been waiting for more than a year. in wales, that's one in five. and school leavers in wales, 75% of them say they don't

have enough capital to maintain their existing buildings. in this final opportunity at the dispatch box, will the prime minister and the ministerfor the union box, will the prime minister and the minister for the union agree that, in terms of wales at least, devolution has been a disaster. i want devolution to work and i have had some good conversations with mark drakeford, but the devolved authorities, particularly labour in wales, need to do theirjob properly. wales, need to do their “ob properly.�* wales, need to do their “ob --roerl. ., ., , properly. can i 'oin you in wishing all the properly. can i 'oin you in wishing an the best — properly. can i 'oin you in wishing all the best in — properly. can ijoin you in wishing all the best in his _ properly. can ijoin you in wishing all the best in his impending - all the best in his impending retirement to james mackay? he has been a friend to many of us throughout this house and we congratulate him for his service. i alsojoined the prime minister in congratulating jake wightman for his success overnight in winning1500 metres at the world championships. a fantastic achievement. this week has seen historic records set across the

uk, but let's look at the prime minister was not a record—breaking efforts in office. his brexit slashed £31 billion from the economy, the biggest fall in living standards since the 19705, people's pay in real terms falling at the fastest rate on record, with the worst economic growth forecast in the g20 outside russia and the highest inflation in a0 years. personally, i'd like to thank the prime minister in his capacity as minister of the union for driving support for independence to new heights. westminster is holding scotland back. the economy is failing and this prime minister has driven us to the brink of a recession. isn't it the case that the prime minister's legacy orcas catastrophic mismanagement has paved the way to the end of the union? that's not what i observe, and he

talks about records, i'd point to the fastest vaccine roulette in europe, lowest unemployment for 50 years, lowest youth unemployment, fastest growth in the g7 last year. as for the snp record, just look at where they are. i'm afraid to say scottish school standards are not what they should be, because of the failure of the snp. they are failing people tragically addicted to drugs, and in scotland the people of scotland are facing another £900 million in tax because of the mismanagement of the snp. the prime minister might — mismanagement of the snp. the prime minister might believe _ mismanagement of the snp. the prime minister might believe that _ mismanagement of the snp. the prime minister might believe that nonsense i minister might believe that nonsense by the people of scotland don't, because they know that our nhs is the best performing in the uk, and education standards under the snp are moving in the right direction. mr speaker...

i hope that the prime minister has time to reflect on his conduct in office with all his new spare time and i genuinely hope he find some peace of mind. the fact is that, as well as a record—breaker, the prime minister is a rule breaker, illegally shut to dull parliament, partying through the pandemic, handing out ppe contracts to cronies, unilaterally changing the ministerial code and does not forget, mr speaker, the prime minister is still under investigation because he can't be trusted to tell the truth. shameful, disgraceful and a complete waste of scotland's time. this is how the people of scotland will remember this prime minister. isn't it the case that the prime minister and this government should have had its last day a long time ago? quite

simply, downing street is no place for a lawbreaker. fin simply, downing street is no place for a lawbreaker.— simply, downing street is no place for a lawbreaker. on the point, the ersonal for a lawbreaker. on the point, the personal abuse. — for a lawbreaker. on the point, the personal abuse, i— for a lawbreaker. on the point, the personal abuse, i think _ for a lawbreaker. on the point, the personal abuse, i think he - for a lawbreaker. on the point, the personal abuse, i think he is - personal abuse, i think he is talking tots, but when he is up, when he has retired to his craft, which may be all too soon, i hope he will reflect on his long—running campaign to break up the greatest country in the world, and i hope he will reflect on the pointlessness of what he is trying to do and think instead about the priorities of the people in scotland, about their education, about crime, and about the burden of taxation that they are unnecessarily facing. do, the burden of taxation that they are unnecessarily facing.— unnecessarily facing. a long time a . o, unnecessarily facing. a long time ago. when _ unnecessarily facing. a long time ago. when i _ unnecessarily facing. a long time ago, when i trained _ unnecessarily facing. a long time ago, when i trained as _ unnecessarily facing. a long time ago, when i trained as a - unnecessarily facing. a long time ago, when i trained as a pilot, i i ago, when i trained as a pilot, i had the luxury of being able to fly around turbulent storms but what i also had was the ability to rely on

also had was the ability to rely on a team that kept my aircraft airworthy. as the prime minister prepares his new flight plans, but i suggest he might reset his compass to true north and stop off in dudley, where he will always be welcomed with open arms, with sincere affection and where he will be able to see the legacy... i think my honourable _ be able to see the legacy... i think my honourable friend _ be able to see the legacy... i think my honourable friend for— be able to see the legacy... i think my honourable friend for that - my honourable friend for that renewed invitation. i have spent many happy days with him in dudley, and let's hope there are more to come. is and let's hope there are more to come. . ~ . and let's hope there are more to come. . ~ , . , come. is the prime minister leaves office, i come. is the prime minister leaves office. i am — come. is the prime minister leaves office. i am sure — come. is the prime minister leaves office, i am sure the _ come. is the prime minister leaves office, i am sure the whole - come. is the prime minister leaves office, i am sure the whole house i come. is the prime minister leaves| office, i am sure the whole house is looking forward to him completing his book on shakespeare. we will wait to read what he really thinks about tragic figures brought down by their vaulting ambition. or scheming politicians who conspire to bring down a thai radical leader. test a

tyrannical leader. the candidates now plotting to take his place or profess they would be a fresh start, a clean breakfrom his government, does the prime minister not agree with me that a fresh start and a clean break would require a new mandate from the british people? and, before they strut and fret their hour upon the stage, there should be a general election. weill. should be a general election. well, mr speaker. _ should be a general election. well, mr speaker, polonius, _ should be a general election. well, mr speaker, polonius, that's - should be a general election. well, mr speaker, polonius, that's who he is, more matter with less art, mr speaker. the only thing you need to know, if there were to be a general election, the liberal democrats would rightly get thrashed, because thatis would rightly get thrashed, because that is the moment when the public actually looked with horror at what lib dem policies really are and all

these rural voters will discover the massive green taxes they would like to apply, and the only risk is there could be some kind of crackpot coalition between those guys and the lib dems and the snp to put that into effect. that is what we must prevent. mr; into effect. that is what we must revent. g .., , , , prevent. my constituents feel very let down by _ prevent. my constituents feel very let down by the — prevent. my constituents feel very let down by the mayor _ prevent. my constituents feel very let down by the mayor of - prevent. my constituents feel very let down by the mayor of london. | prevent. my constituents feel very i let down by the mayor of london. he is consulting on cutting 18% of london's buses. the met is in special measures. he is looking to sell notting hill police station to the highest bidder and he is looking to push through a completely unwanted, overdevelopment of south kensington tube station. does my right honourable friend agree with me that londoners deserve way better? ., ., ., . me that londoners deserve way better? ., ., . . me that londoners deserve way better? ., ., ., ., ., better? london once had a mayor who cut crime by — better? london once had a mayor who cut crime by 2596 _ better? london once had a mayor who cut crime by 25% and _ better? london once had a mayor who

cut crime by 25% and cut _ better? london once had a mayor who cut crime by 25% and cut the - cut crime by 25% and cut the moderate by 30% and built twice as many affordable homes as the current incumbent, and what london needs is another conservative mayor. {guild incumbent, and what london needs is another conservative mayor.- another conservative mayor. could i 'ust add a another conservative mayor. could i just add a personal _ another conservative mayor. could i just add a personal note _ another conservative mayor. could i just add a personal note of- another conservative mayor. could i just add a personal note of thanks i just add a personal note of thanks to lord mackay of clashfern, who is retiring? is a highland gentleman and he has been very helpful to me for a number of and he has been very helpful to me fora number ofand i'm for a number of and i'm extremely grateful. the prime minister knows that harnessing willpower, wind power is crucial to the uk. the prime minister also knows that the highlands have faced great historic problems over the years, so i hope the prime minister agrees with me that a green freeport in the cromarty firth is vital to harnessing wind energy, it has full support of the industry and vital for the prosperity of that region.

we are committed to funding a new green freeport in scotland to the tune of £52 million. it wouldn't be possible if the snp got their way and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate _ and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate my _ and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate my friend _ and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate my friend on - and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate my friend on his . and we returned to the eu. can i congratulate my friend on his work to tackle regional inequality in this country for his levelling up agenda? as he rightly reflects with pride this summer on the work of both himself and his government, will he also urge all candidates in this leadership election and all colleagues in this house to further drive forward that levelling up agenda, to tackle inequality wherever it is found within this united kingdom? it is not just it is notjust my right honourable friend, it is an equality of opportunity and that is what levelling up addresses.

very few people in the north of england believe that the levelling up england believe that the levelling up agenda is achieved anything at all. the prime minister has a few days left in office. can he use this to drive through the trans— pennine rail system but we were promised would be finished in 2019, and will not be finished before 2030. it is a shambles and he is responsible. mr speaker, this government is responsible for three new high—speed lines including northern powerhouse real house which no previous government has done. mr; real house which no previous government has done. my right honourable _ government has done. my right honourable friend _ government has done. my right honourable friend rightly - government has done. my right honourable friend rightly paid l honourable friend rightly paid tribute to our hard—working firefighters dealing with the fires over the last for days on this unprecedented weather. will my right honourable friend take action to make sure that more fires can be prevented by getting rid of disposable barbecues and chinese sky lanterns? i

disposable barbecues and chinese sky lanterns? .. , disposable barbecues and chinese sky lanterns? ~' , ., lanterns? i think my other friend for her suggestions. _ lanterns? i think my other friend for her suggestions. the - lanterns? i think my other friend for her suggestions. the key - lanterns? i think my other friend i for her suggestions. the key thing is for people to behave responsibly with the use of these things. his clearly insane to take a disposable barbecue onto dry grass. due to scottish government investment in affordable housing, the scottish child payment and extended free school meals, scotland has the lowest level of child poverty in the uk. in contrast to the north—east which has risen by 50% on the watch of this government. in contrast, the prime minister took over £1000 from the poorest families, so much for levelling up, and there was fighting to replace him have been falling over themselves to propers tax cuts to themselves to propers tax cuts to the wealthy. if the uk is meant to be a voluntary union, does he not recognise that voters in scotland have the right to a referendum so they can choose a fairer future?

mr speaker, we increase the living wage across the whole of the uk by £1000 and we make sure that people on universal credit got their tax bills cut by £1000 and in the last couple of weeks, we cut national insurance contributions by an average of £330 and it was because of the union that we were able to support families up and down the country in scotland with the furlough and other payments to the tune of £a80 billion. can i find my right honourable friend for his commitment to scotland and the entire united kingdom? and to him and the secretary of state for scotland for increasing this ability and involvement of the uk government in scotland over the past few years. does he agree with me that whoever takes his job and whatever comes next, the uk will always be stronger together than it ever would be a part? brilliantly put, i couldn't have put

it better myself. the windrush compensation scheme was launched in april 2019. in the time since, we have seen this prime minister come and go. meanwhile, just one in four applicants have received application so far. it is at least 28 have sadly passed away without receiving compensation. isn't it about time that the government made the scheme independent of the home office and finally providejustice independent of the home office and finally provide justice to the victims before it is too late? mr speaker, i think more people have got compensation and i renew my apologies to the windrush generation for what they have suffered but we have greatly increased the compensation available, we have paid out more than 51 within £ we were he with voluntary groups to make sure people get what they are entitled to but i may say that labour has never apologised for their own part in the windrush scandal.

and i think my right honourable friend, prime minister, for all the rookie has done but can i pay particular thanks to him for the working has done before steel? he has shown his understanding of the challenges still faces and its importance to this nation. he has kept every promise he has made to me on steel and i want to thank him very much for his work on that. does he agree that the future of steel is always safest under a conservative government? yes, mr speaker, and i think herfor everything she has done to champion at uk steel, a vital national industry. this prime minister has been the very embodiment of the excess of the ministerial code and 1's trust is broken, it is hard to rebuild. the trust of the good friday agreement between the governments and these islands has been systematically destroyed in the last six years and people across the island of ireland, whether unused or nationalist or

neither, have looked on in horror at the degradation of the law, the deterioration of angle irish relationships and the input string of the far right. many of us will work to try to restore those revision ships and ensure the decent people of britain and ireland live entwined lives for many years to come. can i ask the prime minister if he is capable of any self reflection, does he have any regrets of his legacy of damaging our fragile shared society and all the people of northern ireland? i completed this with that. the whole objective of the northern ireland protocol bill that we passed was to support the belfast good friday agreement, to support the balance of those in symmetry of those and i am very pleased that it got its advance into the house of lords with no amendments. in recalling the situation the prime minister inherited injuly 2019, a parliament with a majority of term

to frustrate the 2016 referendum, led by a speaker who was just slightly partial and the seemingly impossible situation he found, does he understand that he has the gratitude of my constituents that can identify the wood from the trees and myself for his leadership over the last while? i am very grateful to my right honourable friend and there is a fair amount honourable friend and there is a fairamount of honourable friend and there is a fair amount of void on the opposite bench and that will prevail in the next election. since 201a, the tory party have had more prime ministers and we have had referendums. may i remind the promised of the smith commission report that states, it is agreed by all parties that nothing in this report prevents scotland becoming independent country, so does he believe in a democracy and will he respect the people of scotland boss might wright to self—determination?

i think the people of scotland do not frankly want to be talking about constitutional issues when another referendum when the issues before the country, the cost of living, the educational issues, drugs, crime, are far more pressing. the prime minister spoke earlier about the atrocities carried out by the ira. for decades, many men and women had the courage to put on the queen because my uniform and uphold and order in northern ireland stop one of the prime ministers undoubted achievements is, he brought in the northern ireland legacy bill so that those people who served their country can finally sleep safely in their beds. thank you for that,

prime minister, if i may be so presumptuous on their behalf. you kept your word to them. i would like to thank my old friend for everything he did to campaign on that issue for so long and i'm glad that issue for so long and i'm glad that this government was indeed able to fulfil its promise, notjust to the veterans, but to their families as well, and i would like to menu my thanks to the security services who do so much to keep us safe, but also to those who put on the queen's uniform. the oecd forecast the uk economy with a zero growth and gdp for 2023 however the worst performance in the g7, ireland, switzerland, norway, denmark, netherlands, austria, belgium and finland are all wealthier than the uk. why should scotland not be the same opportunity to seek prosperity in a sovereign, independent nation, standing as an

equal amongst other equal nations? the uk will return to the top of the table soon. because we came out of covid—19 fastest, the growth in may and the people of scotland, don't forget, they are supported by the massive fiscal power of the uk treasury and that is a great advantage. can i place my points on record to the firefighters of cornwall who were also extremely busy and courageous yesterday. can i think the prime ministerfor his courageous yesterday. can i think the prime minister for his support for the people of cornwall, not least with the hosting of the g7 last year and, also thank him for the investment of the shared prosperity fund, an investment of 132 minim pounds, which for a national average of £17 a head, will receivejudging £33 a head and national average of £17 a head, will receive judging £33 a head and will he agree that his enthusiasm for

levelling up every part of the united kingdom need to carry on in the future? she a fantastic champion for coral and we will continue with our programme to support the greater southwest, whether through the 8303, or broadband. kernel has a bridge future with her as a representative. when the prime minister has been on checkers, people in scotland are suffering because of this tory cost of living crisis and we are paying a high price for his disastrous hard brexit imposed against the wishes of scottish people. it is time to end this democracy denial, prime minister. scotland cannot afford to stay shackled to this crumbling union and tory government that we don't four. does the promised not accept that scotland is a democracy? he has no right to overrule the boats of people in scotland and we will have the referendum that we voted for.

this is the country that secured furlough, waxing across the whole of the uk while the snp gets on with overtaxing to the tune of £900 million. that is what they are overtaxing in scotland and we had a referendum, mr speaker, in 201a. i know that my right honourable friend is aware of how important the seafood processing industry is to the grimsby cleethorpes area. however, there is one cloud on the horizon and that is the recently imposed 35% tariff on whitefish, which is causing industry leaders considerable concern, and though they recognise that is important to maintain sanctions against russia, this is causing great concern. would my right honourable friend arrange meetings with me and my honourable friend from grimsby with the property ministers so we can discuss measures on how to mitigate the impact on the industry?

i will lecture he gets a meeting as soon as possible. i think it is very important that we encourage our great fish and chip shops in grimsby cleethorpes and elsewhere to make sure they are notjust using russian fish and chips. as the prime minister limps off into the history books, his name up there in the pantheon of greats, alongside the duke of portland and spencer percival, can he update us on his honours list. how many of his cronies will he honour? can we expect him to surpass harold wilson with a lavender list of dodgy donors, sickest courtiers and pensioners by nature? mr speaker, i pensioners by nature? mr speaker, lam pensioners by nature? mr speaker, i am sure that everybody who has served this government morally and well deserves recognition of some kind but as for the honours list, i am afraid he

will have to contain his excitement. can ijust will have to contain his excitement. can i just say, will have to contain his excitement. can ijust say, we want a good temper— can ijust say, we want a good temper and better moderate language and i temper and better moderate language and i don't _ temper and better moderate language and i don't think we have got it then _ and i don't think we have got it then i— and i don't think we have got it then. i know we didn't. i then. i know we didn't. i would _ then. i know we didn't. i would like to thank the prime minsterfor his support i would like to thank the prime minster for his support for the new city of southend. our brilliant hospital turns 90 next tuesday but our heroic nhs staff are hampered by the size of the a&e department. conservative led capital funding of £8.a million to extant the a&e department was promised five years ago but has not quite arrived. will my right honourable friend encourage the new health secretary to give us the new health secretary to give us the best birthday present ever and in the words of cuba gooding junior, show me the money! i in the words of cuba gooding junior, show me the money!— in the words of cuba gooding junior, show me the money! i think the prime minister has — show me the money! i think the prime minister has got _ show me the money! i think the prime minister has got the _ show me the money! i think the prime minister has got the message! - minister has got the message! i

minister has got the message! i know— minister has got the message! i know the case is under review by the department but it is only possible because of the money that this government is investing. mr speaker, the prime minister will be remembered as a man of his word. 200,000 dead, the highest in europe. this is the truth. they don't like it, do they? let us listen to the truth. a00,000 fewer people injobs and before the pandemic. if you include the self—employed, which the primer doesn't, so will he now keep faith to the 3.7 million people who have taken out student loans since this conservative government was empower, who now face rising inflation in terms of rent, in terms of heating, in terms of eating, who

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high skilled jobs. they are prepared to let them languish on the dole, mr speaker. that is the difference. on behalf of the house, may i thank the prime ministerfor his the prime minister for his three years record of service. on behalf of some of the most vulnerable people in the country, can i thank him for his insistence on rolling out the astrazeneca job which has saved thousands of lives? on behalf of 17.a million people who voted for brexit, may i thank him for restoring people to democracy? on behalf of northern towns, may i thank him for his commitment to

levelling up? most of all, on behalf of the people of ukraine, may i thank him for holding high the torch of freedom and ensuring that that country is not a battle state? for true grit and determination, keep going and funky! i true grit and determination, keep going and funky!— true grit and determination, keep going and funky! i want to thank my riuht going and funky! i want to thank my right honourable _ going and funky! i want to thank my right honourable friend. _ going and funky! i want to thank my right honourable friend. i- going and funky! i want to thank my right honourable friend. i want- going and funky! i want to thank my right honourable friend. i want to i right honourable friend. i want to use the last few seconds, mr speaker, to give some words of advice to my successor, whoever he or she may be. psychos to the americans, sick up for the ukrainians, stick up for freedom and democracy everywhere. cut taxes and deregulatory ever you can to make this the greatest place to live and invest, which it is. i love the treasury, but remember, if we always listened to the treasury, we wouldn't have built the m25 or the

channel tunnel. focus on the road ahead but always remember to check the rear view mirror. and remember above all, it is not twitter that counts. it is the people that sent us here. yes, the last few years have been the greatest privilege of my life and it is true that i held to get the biggest tory majority for a0 years and a huge realignment in uk politics, mr speaker. we transformed our democracy and restored our national independence as my right honourable friend says. i have helped to get this country through a pandemic and helped save another country from barbarism. finally, that is enough to be going on with. mission largely accomplished for now. i want to thank you, mr speaker, all the wonderful staff at the house and my friends and colleagues and my right honourable friend opposite. i want to thank everybody here and asked

love easter, baby! thank you. borisjohnson there, ending his final prime minister's questions before he stands down from the job as prime minister. the mp5 before he stands down from the job as prime minister. the mps in the chamber there, certainly on the conservative side, on the conservative benches, giving him a standing ovation as he leaves the chamber at the end of his final prime minster is questions as the occupant of number 10 downing street. of course, he will remain prime minister but after this week, parliament will go into recess, which is why he will not be facing mps after this as prime minister at any future prime initial questions. it was a wide—ranging session covering many topics from brexit to the heatwave to economic policies of the heatwave to economic policies of the government and the handling of the government and the handling of

the pandemic. on the leadership contest, about who will replace him as conservative leader and be the next prime minister, he said, i am not following it particular closely. perhaps in characteristic boris johnson style more analysis for that for you later. some breaking news that has reached us during that session, the secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy has given the green light to plans for the sizewell c project. the new nuclear power station is to produce reliable, low—carbon electricity to help britain achieve net zero. it is intended that the plant will generate enough low—carbon electricity to supply six million homes. ? we can speak now to our correspondence has more details on this. he has been looking at it. there has certainly been an issue of

not enough energy supply around but not enough energy supply around but not everyone will be celebrating this, will they?— this, will they? no, there are campaigners _ this, will they? no, there are campaigners in _ this, will they? no, there are campaigners in suffolk- this, will they? no, there are campaigners in suffolk on - this, will they? no, there arej campaigners in suffolk on the suffolk coast where this power station will be built who did not want it to happen, they had been campaigning against it on environmental grounds but i think with the government would say is that the simple reality of trying to reach net zero goals of trying to reduce our carbon emissions and to reach the objective of decarbonising our electricity generation by 2035 means that this power plant simply had to go ahead. it will be a 3.2 gigawatt power plant with two reactors in it. just north of the sizewell b power station which is currently operating in suffolk. it will take about ten years to come on stream so this isn't going to be any quick fix for any of our energy problems at the moment. it will be

expensive, very expensive. nuclear is not cheap to build, it is much more expensive than renewable sources of energy at the moment like wind or solar power but the simple reality is that our power grid needs a back—up energy source which it can depend on when it is not wendy or sonny and the low carbon option on thatis sonny and the low carbon option on that is seen as being nuclear at the moment and that is a big part of the reason why sizewell c has been given the go—ahead. the reason why sizewell c has been given the go-ahead-— the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion — the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion to — the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion to build _ the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion to build this. _ the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion to build this. that - the go-ahead. the figure i have seen a £20 billion to build this. that is - a £20 billion to build this. that is the starting point but we have seen elsewhere at hinckley power station, thatis elsewhere at hinckley power station, that is already over budget and behind schedule so there will be a lot of pressure to make sure the mistakes that were repeated in terms of the financing for that and not repeated this time around? that is rieht. i repeated this time around? that is right- lthink— repeated this time around? that is right. | think it — repeated this time around? that is right. i think it is _ repeated this time around? that is right. i think it is widely _ repeated this time around? that is right. i think it is widely expected i right. i think it is widely expected that it may well end up going vastly

above the 20 billion figure that we are seeing quoted at the moment and what is different in the funding mechanism here is that it won't be the company that is building the power station, which is the french company, edf, that takes on the risk. the funding model that has been chosen for this new powers station at sizewell c will see the taxpayers, that is asked, take on the risk of it going or being delayed, the costs spiralling out of control, so this could end up being something that as several pounds to all of our energy bills for the foreseeable future because the costs involved are huge and if it does go into some sort of overspend, which to be frank, history —— mcneely has a history of doing, then all of us as taxpayers are paying for this nuclear power station in sizewell. thank you very much.

nearly a million people have cancelled their subscriptions with netflix in the past three months. but the streaming giant had expected to lose twice this number after years of growth. the company is being hit by a busier marketplace and rising costs, as our north america technology reporterjames clayton explains. if you're old enough, you'll remember this — going to an actual physical shop and renting out dvds. how quaint. companies like blockbusters died because of the growth of an upstart — netflix. first, you could order dvds online. but in 2007, it started offering something very different — streaming content. the model was wildly successful. netflix was a phenomenon. tv was dead. it was all about subscriptions. well, not quite. netflix was the big disruptor in the category. and what it's facing right now is, it's facing disruption itself. here in silicon valley, netflix has just released its new audience figures for the last quarter and they're not especially good. they lost a million subscribers in the last three months. so, what's gone wrong? for one, there is simply

loads of competition — disney+, amazon prime, hbo max, apple tv, to name but a few — and that competition has created a brutal spending war. the top—eight streamers are predicted to spend more than $100 billion on content this year. netflix has come up with some monster hits in recent times. think squid games, the crown. and netflix productions were nominated for 27 oscars this year. the company is still making good content. but the cost—of—living crisis has led to belt—tightening, with families across the world looking at streaming services as a potential saving. many other households don't have a netflix account at all, but share the login of friends orfamily. one study found that netflix was losing $25 billion a year from people watching netflix on someone else's account. but netflix has known about this problem for years and hasn't been able to stop it from happening. instead, netflix is now looking at adverts as a potential solution. our research shows, we did a survey

in may amongst netflix subscribers, about 9% of uk online adults who don't currently subscribe to netflix indicated that they would consider subscribing to netflix if it offered a cheaper, ad—supported tier. netflix knows that to survive, it has to change. if not, one day, it could be another blockbusters. james clayton, bbc news, silicon valley. now it's time for a look at the weather. a lot more comfortable today with the extreme heat gone but the temperatures could still pip 30 degrees in east anglia through the course of this afternoon. certainly high enough to spark off some welcome showers but be warned, some of the showers could be very heavy. it could bring thunder and lightning

as well but most of us will agree, we certainly need rain. it is likely to form across parts of eastern england into the south—east. basically where you can see the higher temperatures here between 26 and may be pushing 30 degrees in east anglia. elsewhere across western areas, a much better day. the storms are very hit and miss. if you look at the weather maps here, just specs of rain but where they occur, they are not very big, the showers, maybe a couple of miles across at most, but the downpours could be sudden, brief and shouldn't last for too long. as the forecast for tonight so cloudy skies eastern areas. out towards the west, it will be clearer. he won in the morning for eastern areas. but with high pressure in charge, the weather is essentially going to be fairly settled across the uk. doesn't mean it is going to be sunny all round.

in fact, farfrom it. in the morning we could see cloud across central and eastern areas, out towards the west. there will be sunshine right from the word go. tomorrow, again, a catch of catching some showers and the odd crack of thunder as well. very normal temperatures for tomorrow, no 205, high teens for many of us. then on friday, again, the chance of catching some welcome showers and welcome rain. again, we don't want to much rain in a short space of time but some of us will even take that at this stage. perhaps some showers also flirting with the south. friday. very pleasant weather conditions around 20 degrees per minibus on friday. there are indications that another hot spell is heading our way, pitifully for the south—east and east anglia. as we head into sunday, temperatures again could exceed 30 degrees.

in record uk temperatures, major incidents were declared across the country as wildfires destroyed everything in their path. firefighters in the capital say yesterday was their busiest day since the second world war. they said it was unsalvageable and, by that point, when we took a step back and we saw it spreading to neighbours' houses, we saw how quick it was going, the marsh was up, we just thought we've got to get everyone out, you know. we'll be finding out about the link between these extreme weather events and climate change. also on the programme. more pressure on households. prices continue to rise at their fastest rate in a0 years, driven by higher food and fuel costs. a new strategy to try to improve health care for women

after a large survey showed more than 80% felt they weren't listened