this is bbc news. the headlines: the conservative leadership race enters its final hours with voting due to close at 5pm. i think liz truss was the right candidate for thejob. i think she has a very bold economic plan. i do believe in hope and i do hope that rishi absolutely will make a comeback. environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons. a review finds dame cressida dick �*felt intimidated' into stepping down at metropolitan police commissioner after an ultimatum from london mayor sadiq khan. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations

of our republic. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location. good afternoon. it is very nearly over — voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. party members have until 5pm to choose either liz truss or rishi sunak to succeed borisjohnson — the winner will be announced on monday before they take over as prime minister on tuesday. it's been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months.

whoever wins faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... it's fantastic to be here... here, in eastbourne. racking up miles, and, they hope, votes from conservative party members. i think liz truss is the right candidate for the job, - with a bold economic plan. i hope rishi will make a comeback. between them they've made dozens of policy pledges. what i will do from day one is reduce taxes. i'm the candidate in this contest you can say the nhs will be safe

on monday we'll find out which of them will have to deliver on their promises. liz truss is the favourite but it's a grim picture waiting for whoever wins. look, i think they are going to have so many challenges over the coming weeks from the high cost of inflation to the lower value of the pound, we still have challenges from brexit, for many small companies as well. we have so many ongoing issues, so a support package needs to be put in place immediately. the current chancellor, nadhim zahawi, is drawing up plans to present to the new prime minister. they include measures such as targeted reductions in vat and business rates. both candidates have pledged more support for households. this contest is happening because conservative mps no longer believed that borisjohnson should be in office and one of the things that contributed to that was his handling of covid rule breaking in downing street. despite stepping down as prime minister, he still faces an inquiry from a committee of mps into whether he misled parliament with what he said about that. today, a leading lawyer has issued advice commissioned by the prime minister saying the proposed process is unfair.

lord pannick said a decision by the committee, backed by its own lawyer, not to take into account whether mrjohnson intended to mislead, would devalue the currency of contempt and would be likely to have a chilling effect on ministerial comments in the house. there's not going to be any chilling effect, absolute nonsense. the only thing i'd like to stress is wouldn't it be nice if ministers were a bit careful about telling the truth when they came to the house of commons? downing street is getting ready for a change of occupier. one thing is certain — there will be no quiet settling in for the new prime minister. let's get more from our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu. tell us what we can expect next, what's the timeline for finding out about the leadership contest results? ., , ., ., results? today is the last date that if ou are

results? today is the last date that if you are a — results? today is the last date that if you are a conservative _ results? today is the last date that if you are a conservative member. if you are a conservative member because only conservative members can vote in the selection, that closes at 5pm, then we get the results announced on monday around lunchtime as to who has won the contest, liz truss or rishi sunak. liz truss is seen as the front runner and has been seen as that for the last couple of weeks of rishi sunak called himself the underdog at some points so the polling seems to suggest it will be liz truss who becomes the new conservative leader. whoever it is doesn't become prime minister straightaway on monday, they have to wait until tuesday because boris johnson they have to wait until tuesday because borisjohnson has to go and formally give his resignation to the queen. that will happen in balmoral in scotland, it usually happens at the palace but there is a change because of the queen's mobility issues so he will hotfoot it to balmoral and then so will the new

leader of the conservative party and once borisjohnson is out, the new one goes in and is formally appointed prime minister by the queen. they will then head back to london and start arranging their cabinet, getting briefings because they will be the new prime minister and then usually on wednesday there is prime minister's questions so they will need to have a cabinet lined up ready for prime minister's questions at the next day and the biggest issue on their integrate will be the soaring energy bills people are facing because of that increase comes into force in october and both of them have promised help. what people will want to hear as soon as the new prime minister comes into power is exactly what that help will look like and how they can get it. if will look like and how they can get it. ., . it. if we turn to the current prime minister and _ it. if we turn to the current prime minister and the _ it. if we turn to the current prime minister and the inquiry - it. if we turn to the current prime minister and the inquiry over- minister and the inquiry over whether borisjohnson misled parliament over partygate, there was criticism of that inquiry being

floored. what is at the heart of those concerns? it floored. what is at the heart of those concerns?— floored. what is at the heart of those concerns? if you cast your mind back _ those concerns? if you cast your mind back to — those concerns? if you cast your mind back to partygate - those concerns? if you cast your mind back to partygate and - those concerns? if you cast your mind back to partygate and thel mind back to partygate and the breaking of lockdown rules in downing street during the pandemic and various lockdowns, a parliamentary committee decided to look into what borisjohnson said two mps in the house of commons, what statements he made a round evens and whether they had been misleading in any way. the government has commissioned legal advice today and that advice was critical of the process of the committee and how it is doing its investigation into borisjohnson and whether he misled parliament and lord panic who wrote that legal opinion said that process the privileges committee is using is fundamentally flawed and he called it unfair because the bone of contention is whether borisjohnson meant to mislead parliament. lord pannick says if you don't include

that in the inquiry it would be unfair to borisjohnson and could limit what ministers say in parliament because they might be afraid of ending up in contempt of parliament which is a serious breach. we haven't formally heard back from the privileges committee yet and their response to that but looking back at what they have published previously about their terms of reference, it says looking at whether it was intentional would be a key factor but it's not necessarily something they are looking to prove so that is the nuance in what they are looking at but it has been criticised by this legal opinion although chris bryant, the chair of the standards committee, who recused himself from that investigation, said the report doesn't hold water and he doesn't think it should merit much further conversation. indie think it should merit much further conversation.— think it should merit much further conversation. we will have more on this in a moment _ conversation. we will have more on this in a moment but _ conversation. we will have more on this in a moment but thank - conversation. we will have more on this in a moment but thank you - conversation. we will have more on this in a moment but thank you for| this in a moment but thank you for now, rajdeep sandhu.

joining me now is dr hannah white, acting director at the nonpartisan think tank the institute for government. thank you forjoining us. i want to find out what you make of what we have seen of this legal advice. i have seen of this legal advice. i managed to have a quick flick through it and it seems to me it is much as it has been reported, it's a strong opinion but it seems to me a difference between what lord pannick is talking about, primarily trying to apply a legal understanding of contempt to what is a parliamentary process and parliamentary contempt is what parliament decides contempt is, that is if it feels it has been impeded in doing itsjob by someone's actions and that is something for parliament to define something for parliament to define so it's surprising in the first place that we even have this legal opinion and the fact it argues this

isn't how you go about it in a legal senseis isn't how you go about it in a legal sense is maybe slightly missing the point. if sense is maybe slightly missing the oint. ., ., ., ., , point. if we move on to the tory leadership _ point. if we move on to the tory leadership contest, _ point. if we move on to the tory leadership contest, this - point. if we move on to the tory leadership contest, this has - point. if we move on to the tory| leadership contest, this has been point. if we move on to the tory i leadership contest, this has been a drawn—out process as it always is and it feels like it. what effect do you think that has on the party's reputation and government's ability to manage some key issues we have been hearing about like the cost of living crisis? the been hearing about like the cost of living crisis?— living crisis? the 'uxtaposition of a parliamentary — living crisis? the juxtaposition of a parliamentary recess, - living crisis? the juxtaposition of a parliamentary recess, a - living crisis? the juxtaposition of. a parliamentary recess, a prolonged leadership campaign and the cost of living crisis ratcheting up over the summer has been deeply unfortunate. when the timetable was originally put forward people thought it was reasonable that we would have a new prime minister by autumn but that has looked increasingly untenable and has raised these questions in people's minds about whether it was

appropriate in these or any circumstances to take so long to allow the small number of people who are members of the conservative party to make up their minds and leaving everybody else in the absence of a prime minister for that period. it’s absence of a prime minister for that aeriod. �* , ., absence of a prime minister for that eriod. �*, ., , ., absence of a prime minister for that aeriod. �*, ., , ., , . ., ., period. it's a small percentage of the overall— period. it's a small percentage of the overall electorate _ period. it's a small percentage of the overall electorate he - period. it's a small percentage of the overall electorate he gets - period. it's a small percentage of the overall electorate he gets to| the overall electorate he gets to choose, conservative party members. how big a difference is there in terms of what the conservative party membership would seek to have in a new leader and in what the electorate would want? we cannot find that out _ electorate would want? we cannot find that out until _ electorate would want? we cannot find that out until the _ electorate would want? we cannot find that out until the next - electorate would want? we cannoti find that out until the next general election but i do think over time the people who choose to join political parties has changed. it used to be that many more people used to be that many more people used to be that many more people used to join political parties, now it's more of a niche activity and the people who are motivated to do that aren't necessarily representative of the whole

population but i think we becomes prime minister will help the promises they have made to this small electorate are readily transferable to the wider population because they will be facing a general election in the next years. as we mentioned, it's unfortunate timing with the serious issues around the cost of living and so forth wireless leadership contest has gone on. do you think there are ways the process be improved and so in future? it’s ways the process be improved and so in future? 3 , ways the process be improved and so in future? �*, , ., in future? it's up to the conservative _ in future? it's up to the conservative party. - in future? it's up to thei conservative party. the in future? it's up to the - conservative party. the way the constitution works is we say the person who leaves a political party which secured a majority in parliament gets to choose their leader and they can do that in whatever way they choose but the conservative party may want to reflect on whether this has been good for their reputation and whether they would at least want to

reduce the amount of time they have had hustings and allowed the membership of the party to take a view but perhaps they might also decide it would be a more democratic to go back to a situation where mps have at least one electoral mandate from the people, having been elected to parliament, and go back to a situation where they choose the next leader of the party.— leader of the party. thank you, doctor hannah _ leader of the party. thank you, doctor hannah white. - supporters of extinction rebellion have entered the house of commons debating chamber and superglued themselves around the speaker's chair, according to the group's twitter account. they posted this photo of five people inside the chamber holding banners reading 'let the people decide' and 'citizens assembly now�*. parliament is not currently sitting. a report on the resignation of the former metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick says she felt intimidated into stepping down after an ultimatum from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. mr khan has responded by saying the review,

ordered by the government, was clearly biased and ignored the facts. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me now. just remind us of the background to this. , ., ., ., ., this. this arose out of a report which detailed _ this. this arose out of a report which detailed the _ this. this arose out of a report which detailed the whatsapp l this. this arose out of a report - which detailed the whatsapp messages exchanged by police officers at charing cross police station, very racist messages where officers were joking about rape and that report came out after a difficult year for the metropolitan police, not least because one of their serving officers, wayne couzens, had kidnapped and murdered sarah everard so when that report came out in february there was a deterioration of relationships between sadiq khan and dame cressida dick, which led to her stepping down but there were such concern in police circles about how that had happened that they complain to the home secretary, she

commissioned a review by the former inspector of constabulary sir tom windsor in this report is the result of that and it is absolutely coruscating of how the mayor of london, sadiq khan, behaved in getting rid of dame cressida dick. what happens next?— getting rid of dame cressida dick. what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised _ what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that _ what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that he _ what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that he has - what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that he has gone i felt so criticised that he has gone on the offensive, he said sir tom windsor who wrote the report is clearly biased, he accused him of having aligned with the conservative party in the past and of having been a long—term supporter of dame cressida dick so the mayor of london's supporters say the report is not worth the paper it's written on but the report is a long and detailed account of what happened in those days and it is really critical of how the mayor and his team behind, saying they were

unjustifiably politically brutal and the fact that dame cressida dick was given less than an hour to decide whether to resign was unacceptable. essentially she was told she had to attend a meeting and that if she didn't attend that meeting and come up didn't attend that meeting and come up with a defence of her position, he would say he had lost confidence in her and she as a result felt she had to resign and tom windsor says that was not following due process and was inappropriate.— and was inappropriate. daniel sandford. _ and was inappropriate. daniel sandford, thank _ and was inappropriate. daniel sandford, thank you. - the headlines on bbc news... the conservative leadership race enters its final hours with voting due to close at 5pm. environmental campaigners from extinction rebellion and glue themselves to the speakers chair at themselves to the speakers chair at the house of commons. a review finds that dame cressida dick felt intimidated into stepping

down as metropolitan police commissioner after an ultimatum from the mayor of london. wayne couzens, the killer of sarah everard, has appeared in court charged with two further offences of indecent exposure. he'll appear at the old bailey next month. our correspondent simonjones is at westminster magistrates' court. wayne couzens appeared in court via video link from frankland prison in county durham, where he is serving a whole life tariff for the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard last year when he was a serving metropolitan police officer but today at westminster magistrates he faced two more charges. it's alleged that in 2015 he was driving through the centre of dover in kent in a car exposing himself, then it's alleged that five years later in 2020 he was seen by a cyclist going along a

country road between dover and deal emerging from woodland completely naked. it was put to him in court, do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty to these charges? he said he did not wish to indicate a play. the case was adjourned until next month when it will be heard at the old bailey but wayne couzens was already facing four other charges of indecent exposure. it's alleged that before killing sarah everard last year he went to the mcdonald's in swanley, went to the drive through and exposed himself on four different occasions to female members of staff. at a previous court hearing he denied he was guilty of those for charges. president biden has accused his predecessor, donald trump, of damaging democracy and encouraging political violence. in a hard—hitting speech, mr biden warned that the american way of life — and even america's "soul" — is under threat. donald trump has responded by saying president biden must be "insane, orsuffering

from late stage dementia!" our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime—time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with ourselves. too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. it was a full—throated attack on the former president and the campaign donald trump calls make america great again. maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america

where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. mr biden lashed out at those supporters of donald trump that fanned the flames of political violence, the mob that stormed the united states capitol. the speech reflected recent comments by the president where he's described the maga philosophy as semi—fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy. it's just over two months before americans go to the polls to elect new members of congress. this wasjoe biden setting out his stall for what could be a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch, i will not... the will of the american people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence—free claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch

elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. it was a dark message focused on his political opponent, butjoe biden also said he had never been more optimistic about america's future. we are onlyjust beginning, he said. but was it enough to win over some of donald trump's supporters? i have to say, i think biden put himself in a difficult position here, because he's making a bet that the roughly 35% of americans who still believe in this lie that the 2020 election was stolen will never vote for him anyway, so he doesn't need their votes and he can go all—in on this maga republican message. the scene is set for a midterm election campaign like no other, with huge consequences for donald trump's republicans and joe biden's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news.

it was a chilling moment: a would—be assassin aimed a loaded gun at the vice president of argentina, cristina fernandez day keerchner. he held the weapon just inches from her head and pulled the trigger — but somehow no shots were fired. it seems the weapon, loaded with five bullets, jammed. police have arrested a 35—year—old brazilian man and are trying to establish a motive for the attack. keith adams reports. it was the closest of shaves. argentina's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was greeting supporters outside her home in buenos aires when a gunman emerged from the crowd. with the gun just inches from her face, fortune was on her side — the weapon failed to fire, leaving the former president shaken but unharmed. in a televised address later, the current president said the gun was loaded and the trigger had been pulled. translation: cristina is alive - because of a reason that has not yet technically been confirmed.

the gun had five bullets but did not fire, despite being triggered. a man believed to be of brazilian origin, fernando montiel, was arrested at the scene. police say they have yet to identify a motive, with no suggestion the attack is linked to corruption charges cristina fernandez de kirchnerfaces from her time as president. she is accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts in her stronghold of patagonia. politicians from across the region have condemned the assassination attempt and warned that hate has no place in the national debate. keith adams, bbc news. britain's former ambassador to myanmar and her husband have been sentenced to a year in prison by the country's military authorities.

vicky bowman and lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws. the couple were arrested last week in their home in yangon. russia says it will allow international un inspectors to stay permanently at the nuclear plant its forces occupty in eastern ukraine. monitors from the international atomic energy agency arrived at the zaporizhzhia plant on thursday. a russian official said two inspectors would stay on at the facility. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and following developments. this is one of the most difficult missions by the international atomic energy agency, and it's still not clear how much access these inspectors are being given. now we're having news that russia is going to allow a permanent presence of monitors in this complex, presumably to allow them to monitor the activities at this facility. but we still don't have details about what exactly has been agreed.

but this morning we've heard claims and counterclaims from russia in ukraine on the second day of this visit by international monitors. the ukrainian state nuclear operator is accusing russia of essentially staging what it called a pre—planned show and saying that the monitors, the restrictions imposed by russian forces on the monitors mean that they're going to be unable to produce an independent, impartial report. it says that the monitors haven't been given access to parts of the facility where russian forces are stationed. so lots of questions remain about the kind of access these inspections are being given. in turn, the russian defence minister accused russia, accused ukraine of provocation and said ukraine has been shelling the plant and also that it rejected the accusation that

russia has deployed heavy weapons in their facilities. so it shows how challenging the situation is for these monitors and how difficult it is going to be for these inspectors. it's been open for almost two centuries and welcomed an estimated 90 million visitors but tomorrow, bristol zoo — the world's fifth oldest — closes to the public. it will reopen at a new site on the outskirts of the city in two years' time and now the process of moving out its animals begins — from lions and gorillas, to flamingos and butterflies. our reporterjenny kumah has been taking a last look around. archive: back in britain, | at the bristolzoo, several newcomers got a very warm and affectionate welcome i from the public... for decades, bristol zoo has welcomed new generations of species — baby rhinos and rare white tiger cubs just some of the newcomers. and generations of families have been coming here to meet them. families like diana's.

she's been coming here for 85 years and remembers riding wendy the elephant. you had to climb on here, and we all used to go on a ladder, and she used to sway. why was it important for you to come today? it's been part of my life since i was a very small child, and i've brought my grandchildren here and i brought my own children here. and it was always a haven. i'm really sad it's going, but i'm glad that the animals will be freer. like diana, many are making their last visits. more than 80,000 people have come in the zoo's final month. and how long have you been coming here? 0h, since i was a baby, since i was... my son's age. because it was closing, i we thought it would be good for the grandchildren to come and see what i saw when- in the weeks running up to the closure, it's been really busy here, with the zoo even extending its opening hours to meet demand. but it was a general fall in visitor numbers and the pandemic which led to the zoo putting the site up

for sale to cover funding shortfalls. around 70 species are moving to the zoo's more modern and larger sister site here in south gloucestershire. but around 300 creatures are being rehomed by other zoos, like this egyptian tortoise, who is relocating to devon. he's going to get strapped into my car seat, and we've got a two—hourjourney back down to plymouth, and we're going to go straight to the zoo, and he's got a lovely little habitat ready, off—show at the moment while he gets used to our surroundings at dartmoor. but for some of the larger creatures, it's a bit more complex. our flamingos we will move by shipping them all together as a flock. we will move them in a couple of vans. we'll actually put the flamingos loose in the back with padded sides, and they move much more efficiently that way. another challenge the zoo's facing is the rising cost of energy, especially as some enclosures need to be kept at high temperatures. the new zoo will have more energy efficient buildings, much better use of energy and sustainability,

built into the whole zoo. the process of moving will take several months. for now, though, the flamingos are on the move... the parrots are packing their own boxes... and some don't seem that keen to leave. jenny kumah, bbc news. who knew you could move a turtle just by sticking it in a car seat? let's get the weather forecast now. hello. there's something that might feel a bit more autumnal in the weekend weather forecast. we get to see some heavy and perhaps thundery rain at times, always wettest in the west, often quite windy. let's take a look at how things will develop through the rest of the day. with rain settling in across northern ireland and western scotland, through tonight, that rain willjust keep on coming. could start to cause one or two issues into the early hours of saturday. some rain for parts of wales, the south west of england, some showers elsewhere,

windy up to the northeast of the uk. and those are overnight temperatures, it is going to stay mild through the night, 13 to 16 degrees tomorrow. plenty of rain once again for northern ireland, south west scotland, some for west wales and the far south west of england. the odd shower elsewhere but generally speaking, the further north and east you are, there will be more in the way of sunshine and temperatures towards the south east corner up to around 2a degrees. but it will be windy across parts of northeast scotland. sunday more rain, especially in the west of the uk where there will also be some strong winds. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the conservative leadership race enters its final hours, with voting due to close at 5pm i think liz truss was the right candidate for thejob. i i think liz truss was the right candidate for the job. i think she has a very bold economic plan. i do believe in hope _ has a very bold economic plan. i do believe in hope and i believe that richey— believe in hope and i believe that richey absolutely will make a comeback.

environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons. a review finds dame cressida dick 'felt intimidated' into stepping down as metropolitan police commissioner after an ultimatum from london mayor sadiq kahn. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location. in the same location as always we have _ in the same location as always we have our— in the same location as always we have our sports news. england have named _ have our sports news. england have named their 15 have our sports news. england have named their15 man have our sports news. england have named their 15 man squad for the t20 world _ named their 15 man squad for the t20 world cup— named their 15 man squad for the t20 world cup in— named their 15 man squad for the t20 world cup in australia. that named their 15 man squad for the t20 world cup in australia.— world cup in australia. that starts next month- _ world cup in australia. that starts next month. he _ world cup in australia. that starts next month. he has _ world cup in australia. that starts next month. he has been - world cup in australia. that starts next month. he has been left i world cup in australia. that startsi next month. he has been left out, the 32—year—old has played a huge

pine england's revival over the six orseven pine england's revival over the six or seven years. he has had a very poor year with the bat. 50, just once in iit20 pushing scores of eight, 20 and i7 once in iit20 pushing scores of eight, 20 and 17 in the most recent t20 series against africa. he eight, 20 and 17 in the most recent t20 series against africa.— t20 series against africa. he is obviously very _ t20 series against africa. he is obviously very disappointed i t20 series against africa. he: 3 obviously very disappointed and just wants to have a chance to go on show that he is not finished and to make sure that none of us feel that he still is. i still think it's a fantastic player is just the timing has been awful for him. fantastic player is just the timing has been awfulfor him. to fantastic player is just the timing has been awful for him. to lose form at that time, and also do not have a huge amount of time to really stop, reset and then find it again. that has been one of the issues that they have had this year. so no jason roy but there is the 15 man squad. the test captain is in there despite missing all of england's t20 over the past six months. two players are been recalled after injuries, they have missed the whole summer as

well. the world cup starts annick toba before that england heads to pakistan later this month the 1720s. more details on the bbc sport website. we more details on the bbc sport website. ~ ., more details on the bbc sport website. . ., ., ., , . website. we have had more practice ahead of the — website. we have had more practice ahead of the formula _ website. we have had more practice ahead of the formula 1 _ website. we have had more practice ahead of the formula 1 grand - website. we have had more practice ahead of the formula 1 grand prix i ahead of the formula 1 grand prix but the world champions this week and hasn't got off to the best of starts. he had gearbox failurejust ten minutes into the session and practice had to be suspended while they towed his red bull away. leading the standings with eight rounds left of the season george russ and lewis hamilton. they top the time sheets for mercedes. second practice starts in the next half an hour or so. andy murray and jack draper play their third—round matches in the us open in the next few hours for the first time in almost 90 years there are four british men in the last 32. rafa

nadal also made it through he is chasing a third grand slam title of the year. he came from a set down to beat the italian player. he also picked up a nasty cut on his nose. he banged himself with the face with his own racket. they came off the court and he needed to medical treatment. that court and he needed to medical treatment-— treatment. at the beginning i thou . ht treatment. at the beginning i thought i'd — treatment. at the beginning i thought i'd broken _ treatment. at the beginning i thought i'd broken it - treatment. at the beginning i thought i'd broken it because| treatment. at the beginning i | thought i'd broken it because i treatment. at the beginning i i thought i'd broken it because i was shocked. it was very painful and i had lost a little bit that feeling in my head. it seems like it's not broken. i'm not sure yet. but i don't know, i think it is getting bigger and bigger. don't know, i think it is getting biggerand bigger. might make don't know, i think it is getting bigger and bigger. might make serena williams will play her third—round match in singles later tonight. yet she is out of doubles both with her sister venus, first time playing together in four years. they lost in

straight sets to the czech pair. the williams of — straight sets to the czech pair. the williams of 114 _ straight sets to the czech pair. the williams of 114 grams titles together. williams is 41 next year and is expected to retire after her run in new york. venus's future plans are unclear at the moment. that is all the sport at the moment i'll be back with more in the next hour thank you. i'll be back with more in the next hourthank you. in i'll be back with more in the next hour thank you. in towns like blackpool people are worried about how they would pay their bills. but in the middle of an energy crisis many people are more concerned about keeping their own lights on. an evening fuelled by pedal power, bringing the summer holidays to the end, the illumination is providing three funds are thousands of families as energy bills start to mmp ramp up. i mean, we've already spoken to the children about how

christmas might be different. they might not get the big presents they used to, we might do little things. it is a worrying time. you know, you think about we've got pets at home, you know, we have a chameleon that has its tank on 2li/7. you know, even things like that, you are thinking, oh my goodness, that'sjust more pennies going down the pan. things that you never thought would be an issue. yeah, yeah, things you'd never have to worry about. and even as they take in the spectacle of the lights, many here fear this winter will bring much darker times. i have a meter and it used to say, you know, i'd put £10 on, it was going to say i had six days, and now it's down to 4.2. and each week it's getting less and less that my money buys. or your electric is cut off and there's nothing you can do about it. i think it's a terrifying winter ahead for everybody. and this six—mile stretch of promenade is no longer paved with gold, say some businesses who've already noticed people have less cash to spend. how important are the illuminations to you? they are very important. these are what we wait for, the illuminations, i especially the weekends i and especially the fireworks. they really do make - a difference to our season.

among the rush of visitors, many who want the government to set out a clearer path to bring down energy bills. i think it's a bit ridiculous, to be honest. i think in other countries they have asked the energy companies to absorb it themselves. the energy companies seem to make a lot of money. it's not fair. what do you think of them going up? it's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. it's not... we're happy in terms of it's not going to make a massive difference to our life, but it is ridiculous. but for this night at least the illuminations are providing some relief, brightening up a town where some fear they'll struggle to keep the lights on at home. a funeral�*s been held in boston this lunchtime for 9—year—old lilia valutyte who was stabbed while playing outside with her younger sister at the end ofjuly. hundreds of mourners from the local community gathered outside the main church in the town. phillip norton has been there.

it's a very sombre mood. a very sad day of course for boston. this is a day of course for boston. this is a day that the town has come out to support a family and remember the little girl. lilia valutyte, just nine years old and perhaps some of the most poignant images today on the most poignant images today on the saddest day in this town is to see young children, herfriends, her schoolmates standing side by side with adults, with strangers all here to pay their respects. united in grief, the town of boston showing love for a family. on a horse—drawn carriage nine—year—old, lilia valutyte, makes herfinaljourney. valutyte, makes her final journey. this valutyte, makes herfinaljourney. this lincolnshire town had been encouraged to turn out in support of leslie's family and they duly

obliged. ijust felt i ought to be here with everybody else just to pay my respects. it's a very sad day. poor little girl ijust feel sorry for the — poor little girl ijust feel sorry for the family. poor little girl i 'ust feel sorry for the family._ poor little girl i 'ust feel sorry for the family. when you have grandkids _ for the family. when you have grandkids of _ for the family. when you have grandkids of your _ for the family. when you have grandkids of your own, - for the family. when you have grandkids of your own, and i for the family. when you have i grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself — grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself in — grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself in that _ grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself in that mother _ put yourself in that mother situation _ put yourself in that mother situation. it's— put yourself in that mother situation. it's terrible. i situation. it's terrible. i'm _ situation. it's terrible. i'm really— situation. it's terrible. i'm really upset - situation. it's terrible. i'm really upset at i situation. it's terrible. i'm really upset at thei situation. it's terrible. - i'm really upset at the moment, seeing how it is just awful. i can't believe it's boston really. she will never grow up, she'll never have her_ she will never grow up, she'll never have her child years, teenage years, first boyfriend, first holiday, getting _ first boyfriend, first holiday, getting married. none of that will ever happen it isjust so sad. hundreds _ ever happen it isjust so sad. hundreds of people lined the entry route to the church for her funeral. just a few steps away from where the nine—year—old lost her life injuly.

she was playing in the street when she was fatally wounded, she was found with a stab wound to the chest. a 22—year—old man has been charged with her murder. the service here lasted just over half an hour. a mixture of music and readings to remember an innocent young life lost. well, mourners who are at the public service in a short time ago have described it as a beautiful moving and very emotional service. and after the service they have moved on to a private burial service which is being held for herfamily. thousands of families in homes with community heating are not protected by the energy price cap, the maximum amount energy firms can charge most domestic customers. oona shah is a recent graduate who lives in such a flat in north london. she's joins us now from manchester.

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think we are — and how concerned are you? yeah, i think we are really _ and how concerned are you? yeah, i think we are really worried - and how concerned are you? yeah, i think we are really worried because | think we are really worried because in the last six months, nine months we have had about 375 to a 500% increase to our bills and the 1st of august it was up by 500% compared to what it has been the last seven years. so, in the last six months we went from paying about £30 to £50 in november to hitting almost £250 in january and that was before any of this. so it is only going to go up more but we don't know how much so it is just scary. bind more but we don't know how much so it isjust scary-— it isjust scary. and what are you doin: to it isjust scary. and what are you doing to prepare _ it isjust scary. and what are you doing to prepare for _ it isjust scary. and what are you doing to prepare for the - it isjust scary. and what are you i doing to prepare for the increase then? i doing to prepare for the increase then? ., �* doing to prepare for the increase then? ,, �* ., doing to prepare for the increase then? ~' �* ., , then? i think we're doing everything we know how _ then? i think we're doing everything we know how to _ then? i think we're doing everything we know how to do _ then? i think we're doing everything we know how to do and _ then? i think we're doing everything we know how to do and what - then? i think we're doing everything| we know how to do and what people, everyone in the country is doing i suppose. trying to cut down on heating, and taking shorter showers and doing all of the things that we have been told to do. but at the end of the day there is almost nothing

that we can do that will have a very tangible difference. so i guessjust cutting down on spending in general but it is going to be hard either way. but it is going to be hard either wa . �* but it is going to be hard either wa . ~ ., but it is going to be hard either wa . �* ., y ., but it is going to be hard either wa. ., but it is going to be hard either way. and how you feeling about it? because it must _ way. and how you feeling about it? because it must be _ way. and how you feeling about it? because it must be quite _ way. and how you feeling about it? because it must be quite a - way. and how you feeling about it? | because it must be quite a stressful and anxiety causing the situation to be in. i and anxiety causing the situation to be in. ., and anxiety causing the situation to be in. ~' ,., , be in. i think so. i live with my sister and _ be in. i think so. i live with my sister and we _ be in. i think so. i live with my sister and we are _ be in. i think so. i live with my sister and we are both - be in. i think so. i live with my sister and we are both young l be in. i think so. i live with my i sister and we are both young and we don't have huge savings are anything to fall back on. i'm sure it's much harderfor people with to fall back on. i'm sure it's much harder for people with big families of people on pensions are in social housing that is affected by this and don't have the price cap so i think it will be really hard for everyone. and i think we're quite lucky but it will definitely be hard for lots of people. for will definitely be hard for lots of --eole. ., , ., will definitely be hard for lots of --eole. ., ,., , people. for the neighbours of yours who are in the _ people. for the neighbours of yours who are in the same _ people. for the neighbours of yours who are in the same situation. i people. for the neighbours of yours who are in the same situation. how| who are in the same situation. how do they feel about it was maybe spoken to to each other about it? i think there is an initiative does talk to the energy... there are a

group of residents looking at the energy cost with the billing agents in our supplier and energy cost with the billing agents in oursupplierand i energy cost with the billing agents in our supplier and i think everyone is frustrated that that has been fine for the last seven years and suddenly it's going up. and i think people are frustrated, it's annoying that the government is pushing this initiative without really listening to the consumers who they'll be affecting in that kind of thing. and if the bills go _ affecting in that kind of thing. and if the bills go up by as much as what you are fearing. what effect vectors that have on how long you can stay. do we think you have to move out in terms of where you live? think it will affect our careers because we don't, we both came to london because of what we can do in london because of what we can do in london and the opportunities and that kind of thing and i don't really know alternatives are even if

we moved, i might have to move to my parents house but they live in a very rural place i don't have that would work with my career. there are not many options. in terms of, seeing what we want to do with our futures and being stuck where we are. i futures and being stuck where we are. ., futures and being stuck where we are. . ,., , futures and being stuck where we are. . , ., , ., ., are. i am sorry for the situation that ou are. i am sorry for the situation that you are — are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in _ are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in and _ are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in and all- are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in and all i - are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in and all i can i are. i am sorry for the situation that you are in and all i can do | are. i am sorry for the situation l that you are in and all i can do is just hope that the situation doesn't get too much worse in the coming months. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. some breaking news, detectives investigating the fatal explosion at flats in bedford now believe the person who died in the blaze deliberately started, deliberately. the 42—year—old died in the incident on the morning of the lith ofjuly

which resulted in a number of residents having to be evacuated after their flats were badly damaged. chief superintendent for bed bedfordshire police have said they were determined to find the cause while there remain some lab testing to be completed, the very clear indication was that it was a deliberate criminal act of arson targeted at a specific flats. that information has just come through there, some breaking news on the explosion of flats injuly. let's get the headlines. the conservative leadership race enters its final hours — with voting due to close at 5pm. environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons. a review finds dame cressida dick 'felt intimidated' into stepping down at metropolitan police commissioner after an ultimatum from london mayor sadiq kahn

the universities watchdog in england has begun an investigation into possible grade inflation at three unnamed higher education institutions. the office for students say there's been a sharp increase in the awarding of first and upper second—class degrees. in the 2020—2021 academic year, around 38% of students were awarded a first—class degree, that's up from nearly 16% between 2010 and 2011. joining me to discuss this is nick hillman who is director of the higher education policy institute, which is a independent think tank devoted to higher education. thank to higher education. you forjoining us. first of all, thank you forjoining us. first of all, why do you think this is happening, the sharp increase in those particular grades being awarded? . it those particular grades being awarded? -— those particular grades being awarded? . , ., awarded? . it will be free a huge ranue awarded? . it will be free a huge ranae of awarded? . it will be free a huge range of reasons, _ awarded? . it will be free a huge

range of reasons, some - awarded? . it will be free a huge range of reasons, some of- awarded? . it will be free a huge range of reasons, some of them| awarded? . it will be free a huge i range of reasons, some of them might be entirely valid. teaching in universities is a very, very much better than it was when i went to university 30 years ago. our schools are also very much better and so are preparing people betterfor university. but, those numbers that you havejust university. but, those numbers that you have just given are extraordinary. and therefore, some of the explanation might very well be, what is called unexplained and thatis be, what is called unexplained and that is what the regulator wants to discover, wants to go under the skin and does find out more about why it is happening. but and does find out more about why it is happening-— is happening. but how do you establish that, _ is happening. but how do you establish that, this _ is happening. but how do you establish that, this must i is happening. but how do you establish that, this must be l is happening. but how do you i establish that, this must be quite a tricky investigation to carry out? it is unprecedented, really, we have a newish regulator of universities in england called the... it has been tasked with government to do a huge range of things. it is now finding its feet and focusing on which issuesit its feet and focusing on which issues it wants to focus on. grade inflation is clearly going to be one

of them. what they are going to do is go into universities, go to campuses and talk to people, look at the paperwork for courses, look at the paperwork for courses, look at the quality, assurance procedures, the quality, assurance procedures, the marking schemes, the external examination arrangements. all those quite technical things to try and work out why it has happened. but it's going to be a learning process, the office for students of any today announce to their new chief executive is going to be. and this is the sort of area where susan, her name is, the sort of thing she really wants to focus on. the trouble with _ really wants to focus on. the trouble with things _ really wants to focus on. the trouble with things like this whenever there is any concern over grade inflation notjust in universities but other aspects of education. it does mean that students get a bit of a raw deal. because some of the students have worked really hard and now there is this sort of, it undermines their work potentially, doesn't it? it certainly can look like that and look we have been having debates at

grade inflation for gcse and a—level for decades. we are now having the same debate universities. but, there is to —— two sides. if we toughen up and people get fewer first in the future that's cruel. but secondly a first are given out to very large proportions of students. employers cannot make heads or tails, they simply do not know what a first means. when i went to university it was extraordinary to have a first, i certainly didn't get one. if they are given out, not quite like smarties, but very often. they become a bit meaningless. iloathed smarties, but very often. they become a bit meaningless. what is the solution _ become a bit meaningless. what is the solution them _ become a bit meaningless. what is the solution them because - become a bit meaningless. what is the solution them because you i become a bit meaningless. what is. the solution them because you don't want to pinay students just because many of their contemporaries are getting first as well, but a degree has got to mean something. what is the solution? it is has got to mean something. what is the solution?— the solution? it is much harder findin: a the solution? it is much harder finding a solution _ the solution? it is much harder finding a solution for—

the solution? it is much harder. finding a solution for universities and its four schools. because the schools you can just beat up on the exam boards and the marking grades. universities are different, they set their own corsets, they have their own degree awarding powers. every university is if you like, their own exam boards. so it is much harder. you can have self—regulation. universities uk which represents pretty much every university in the uk has committed to crack down on this issue. the office for students, i am sure after they've looked at these three universities will make recommendations, if they do fine problems. and there are things you can do, change marking criteria, beef up your external examination arrangements, where academics from other universities look at your students exam papers. they sort of thing is, change even the algorithm that decides if you get a first or 21, ora that decides if you get a first or 21, or a tutu or even a third. thank ou so 21, or a tutu or even a third. thank you so much _ 21, or a tutu or even a third. thank you so much for— 21, or a tutu or even a third. thank you so much for your _ 21, or a tutu or even a third. thank you so much for your thoughts. i

21, or a tutu or even a third. thank. you so much for your thoughts. from the higher educational policy institute. in the american city ofjackson, mississippi, people are being urged to shower with their mouths closed, in case they get ill from contaminated water. flooding there has damaged the main water treatment facility. louisa pilbeam reports. the water's running at the samuel house, but it's not safe, and mother deneka is scared it will harm her children. i have me and six kids here. i have to constantly remind them, do not brush your teeth with the water, do not wash your face with the water. me, as a parent, i'm going to do whatever it takes for us to survive in this water crisis. they are surviving at home on bottled water and boiling what comes out of the tap, and the children are learning at home in a state of emergency injackson, mississippi, where schools are closed, as are restaurants and businesses. james clipper went two days without water at his apartment. now the water's running but it's not looking good. it's kind of dirty,

the water is kind of dirty. i don't know if there's some rust, whatever the case might be. it's frustrating, everybody is frustrated, you know. thank you for everything, man. in particular, the country. in the majority black southern state, the national guard is giving out water, keeping people alive. some 180,000 residents of the state capital are without it. there are some good workers, doing all this. problems at the ob curtis water plant that supplies the city began after heavy rains caused the pearl river to spill into the streets four days ago. us presidentjoe biden has pledged aid. the biden administration is committed to helping the people of mississippi cope with this current emergency and we are going to continue to work with the state and local government officials to explore, i can tell you, all options. those options need to come quickly for the sake of those who need help now. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.

basement apartments in the south korean capital of seoul, like those featured in the oscar—winning film parasite, are to be phased out by the government there. last month four people were killed when people were trapped inside their homes as flooding hit. the underground dwellings have come to represent south korea's growing inequality and spiralling housing crisis. but as the bbc�*s seoul correspondentjean mackenzie has been finding out — those who live in them fear they'll be left with nowhere to go. under the streets of seoul live hundreds of thousands of people. known as banjiha, these basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. but when seoul experienced its heaviest rain in 100 years, life suddenly imitated art. do you know how high the water came up?

ji—ae has raised her two sons in this banjiha. it's the only place they can afford, with house prices in seoul out of control. but this is now the second time they've been flooded. seoul city is promising to phase out the apartments by creating more social housing — but this promise has been made and broken before. cha jong—gwan only recently moved into his basement, but it was destroyed by the flood. you open a window and what do you see?

his previous apartment was a third of the size. this woman rents her basement the four migrant workers. she and other owners will be offered money to convert them into warehouses. but at nearly 80, she'll struggle.

as people start to rebuild their lives from scratch, moving above ground seems further away than ever. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. let's get the weather. good afternoon, something of a pincer movement moving up from the south. frontal club pushing in from the west. that is associated with the area of low pressure that will dominate through the weekend. this is going to stick to the west of us, spinning around their own frontal systems in our direction. there will be outbreaks of rain but the low stays to the west it will be western

parts that see the wettest of the weather. this is the rain that we are expecting to accumulate through the weekend. even northern ireland in part to scotland show that we could see rainfall totals of 50 to maybe 100 millimetres in some local eyespots. so some heavy thundery rain, that could prose problems in places, always wettest in the west. it will often be quite windy. through the rest of today we will see some rain across northern ireland. some heavy rain starting to develop across western and south—western scotland. a few showers elsewhere but some spells of sunshine elsewhere. we do see some sunshine elsewhere. we do see some sunshine in the south—east of 25 celsius. windy across north—eastern parts of the uk and rain really sets in across northern ireland, western scotland and perhaps pass that wales in the far south—west. overnight temperatures generally between 13 and 16 celsius. it will be mild out there, stays quite windy particularly up towards the

north—east. during tomorrow rosy heavy rain apart across northern ireland, south—west scotland very well indeed rain pushing towards wales in the south—west. there will be showers elsewhere vertically through north—west england, into the parts of the south—east. the generally farther east and north—east you are there will be warm spells of sunshine. highs of 2a celsius. three saturday night, it looks like we're going to see another little area of low pressure developing through the south—west. that will allow for some quite strong winds across south—west england and wales to take us into sunday morning. more rain for northern ireland in western scotland, where the rain will really be piling up by this stage. blustery wind in the south—west also once again up towards the north—east corner and top temperatures between 19 and 25 celsius. that's all for

now. this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: the conservative leadership race enters its final hours — with voting due to close at 5pm. i think liz truss was the right candidate for thejob. i think she has a very bold economic plan. i do believe in hope and i do hope that rishi absolutely will make a comeback. environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location.

i'm really sad it's going but i'm glad the animals will be freer. good afternoon. it is very nearly over — voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. party members have until 5pm to choose either liz truss or rishi sunak to succeed borisjohnson — the winner will be announced on monday before they take over as prime minister on tuesday. it's been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country.

good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... it's fantastic to be here... here, in eastbourne. gosh, it's fantastic to be here... in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, votes from conservative party members. i think liz truss is the right candidate for the job, i with a bold economic plan. i hope rishi will make a comeback. between them they've made dozens of policy pledges. what i will do from day one is reduce taxes. i'm the candidate in this contest who can say the nhs will be safe in my hands. on monday we'll find out which of them will have to deliver on their promises. liz truss is the favourite but it's a grim picture waiting for whoever wins. look, i think we are going to have so many challenges over the coming weeks from the high cost of inflation to the lower value of the pound, we still have challenges from brexit, for many small companies as well. we have so many ongoing issues,

so a support package needs to be put in place immediately. the current chancellor, nadhim zahawi, is drawing up plans to present to the new prime minister. they include measures such as targeted reductions in vat and business rates. both candidates have pledged more support for households. this contest is happening because conservative mps no longer believed that borisjohnson should be in office and one of the things that contributed to that was his handling of covid rule—breaking in downing street. despite stepping down as prime minister, he still faces an inquiry from a committee of mps into whether he misled parliament with what he said about that. today, a leading lawyer has issued advice commissioned by the prime minister saying the proposed process is unfair. —— fundamentally flawed. lord pannick said a decision by the committee, backed by its own lawyer,

it doesn't need proof mrjohnson intended to mislead, would devalue the currency of contempt and would be likely to have a chilling effect on ministerial comments in the house. there's not going to be any chilling effect, absolute nonsense. the only thing i'd like to stress is wouldn't it be nice if ministers were a bit careful about telling the truth when they came to the house of commons? downing street is getting ready for a change of occupier. one thing is certain — there will be no quiet settling in for the new prime minister. our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu has more on the last few hours of voting for conservative members to chose their next leader.

voting closes at 5pm today, then we will get the announcement of who has won, liz truss or rishi sunak. rishi sunak has called himself the underdog in this contest and polling seems to suggest liz truss will become the new conservative leader. whoever it is doesn't become prime minister straightaway on monday, they have to wait until tuesday because borisjohnson has to go and formally give his resignation to the queen. that will happen in balmoral in scotland, it usually happens at buckingham palace but there is a change this time because of the queen's mobility issues so he will hotfoot it to balmoral and then so will the new leader of the conservative party and once borisjohnson is out, the new one goes in and is formally appointed prime minister by the queen.

they will then head back to london and start arranging their cabinet, getting briefings because they will be the new prime minister and then usually on wednesday there is prime minister's questions so they will need to have a cabinet lined up ready for prime minister's questions the next day and the biggest issue on their in—tray will be the soaring energy bills people are facing because of that increase that comes into force in october and both of them have promised help. what people will want to hear as soon as the new prime minister comes into power is exactly what that help will look like and how they can get it. if we turn to the current prime minister and the inquiry over whether borisjohnson misled parliament over partygate, there was criticism of that inquiry being flawed. what is at the heart of those concerns? if you cast your mind back to partygate and the breaking of lockdown rules in downing street

during the pandemic and various lockdowns, a parliamentary committee decided to look into what borisjohnson said to mps in the house of commons, what statements he made around those events and whether they had been misleading in any way. the government has commissioned legal advice today and that advice was critical of the process of the committee and how it is doing its investigation into borisjohnson and whether he misled parliament and lord pannick, who wrote that legal opinion, said that process the privileges committee is using is fundamentally flawed and he called it unfair because the bone of contention is whether borisjohnson meant to mislead parliament. lord pannick says if you don't include that in the inquiry it would be unfair to borisjohnson and could limit what ministers say in parliament because they might be afraid of ending up in contempt of parliament which is a serious breach. we haven't formally heard back from the privileges committee yet and their response to that

but looking back at what they have published previously about their terms of reference, it says looking at whether it was intentional would be a key factor but it's not necessarily something they are looking to prove so that is the nuance in what they are looking at but it has been criticised by this legal opinion, although chris bryant, the chair of the standards committee, who recused himself from that investigation, said the report doesn't hold water and he doesn't think it should merit much further conversation. iam i am pleased to sayjoining me now is the deputy editor of conservative home, henry hill. who do you think out of liz truss and rishi sunak has emerged best in terms of having their public image and reputation

intact because it has been a bitter contest? it intact because it has been a bitter contest? ., , ., �* ~ contest? it has. i don't think either of— contest? it has. i don't think either of them _ contest? it has. i don't think either of them had _ contest? it has. i don't think either of them had a - contest? it has. i don't think i either of them had a reputation is enhanced, rishi sunak has suffered the greater fall from grace, enhanced, rishi sunak has suffered the greaterfall from grace, as february he was the heir apparent and he has comprehensively failed to close the gap in this campaign, he won the norris first round win of anyone since the conservatives brought in the system but liz truss started the second round at the front runner and has done nothing as far as polling suggests but increase that lead but the danger for her as she has offered a lot of hostages to fortune through the campaign, along six weeks of the second round. she promised to deliver a northern powerhouse reign, she has ruled out rationing for energy and once she gets into office there is plenty of scope for what she said to come back to bite her so for the moment she

has come out ahead because she has won about rishi sunak performed better at most hustings but the long—term impact remains to be seen. what are the reasons behind the way the polls have turned out? what has membership been swayed by and you think what the membership is swayed by is similar enough to what the broader public would want in the next conservative leader? ih broader public would want in the next conservative leader? in some wa s what next conservative leader? in some ways what liz _ next conservative leader? in some ways what liz truss _ next conservative leader? in some ways what liz truss has _ next conservative leader? in some ways what liz truss has achieved . next conservative leader? in some i ways what liz truss has achieved the remarkable conjuring trick because she has become the candidate of the right of the conservative party despite the fact by all substantive metrics that belongs to rishi sunak, he came out for brexit as a junior mp while liz truss but remain, he has been on the right of these policies for longer than she has but she has tapped into frustration among conservative party activist that after being in government for 12 years they haven't changed the

country in the way that labour changed between 1997 and 2010 for the conservatives did between 1979 and 1997 so what rishi sunak is offering is steady as she goes, we need to focus on tackling this problem whereas liz truss is offering a more exciting programme offering a more exciting programme of tax cuts and aggressively pursuing a conservative agenda and thatis pursuing a conservative agenda and that is what party members decided they want. that is what party members decided the want. ., . ., ., ., they want. how much damage has all this done to — they want. how much damage has all this done to the _ they want. how much damage has all this done to the conservative - they want. how much damage has all this done to the conservative party? | this done to the conservative party? notjust because it's been a bitter contest but for many people their priority is how they will be able to pay their bills and cope with the cost of living and all this has hamstrung government? absolutely, the wa the hamstrung government? absolutely, the way the conservatives _ hamstrung government? absolutely, the way the conservatives have i hamstrung government? absolutely, the way the conservatives have run . the way the conservatives have run this campaign, even if you accept there should be a membership vote to choose the next tory leader i don't think there is grounds for having a

six—week second round especially not if you are going to open voting early so we have been slogging through the best part of a month of hustings around the country, the incumbent government unable to take major decisions while more than two thirds of tory activists have voted and the outcome is no longer in doubt so it has done damage, we have lost two months in which the government could have been getting ahead of this crisis, we will lose more because liz truss has said she wants to sit down if she wins with the treasury and civil service before she unveiled her plant rather than inflicting something drawn up by 25—year—olds on her campaign team but if we have a difficult winter and the government response isn't up to it, the fact we had this long self—indulgent leadership contest will be some voters remember. hew? will be some voters remember. henry held, thank— will be some voters remember. henry held. thank you _ will be some voters remember. henry held, thank you for _ will be some voters remember. henry held, thank you for your _ will be some voters remember. henry

held, thank you for your thoughts on that. supporters of extinction rebellion have entered the house of commons debating chamber and superglued themselves around the speaker's chair — according to the group's twitter account. they posted this photo of five people inside the chamber holding banners reading 'let the people decide' and 'citizens assembly now�*. parliament is not currently sitting. i have some breaking news to bring you. a new pay offer has been made to council workers to try to end that pay dispute. that is what bbc scotland understands, that the new offer will mean a bigger pay rise for my staff instead of special cost of living payments this year and next. details of the offer are now being scrutinised by the three big council unions. we will of course have more on that as we get it.

detectives investigating a fatal fire in bedford believe it was deliberate. the fat collapsed three flats back injuly. a report on the resignation of the former metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick says she felt intimidated into stepping down — after an ultimatum from the mayor of london sadiq khan. mr khan has responded by saying the review, ordered by the government, was clearly biased and ignored the facts. earlier our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford davies this update. this arose out of a report which detailed the whatsapp messages exchanged by police officers at charing cross police station, very racist messages where officers were joking about rape and that report came out after a difficult year for the metropolitan police, not least because one of their serving officers, wayne couzens, had kidnapped and murdered sarah everard so when that report came out in february there was

was a deterioration of relationships between sadiq khan, mayor of london, and dame cressida dick, which led to her stepping down but there were such concern in police circles about how that had happened that they complained to the home secretary, she commissioned a review by the former inspector of constabulary sir tom windsor and this report is the result of that and it is absolutely coruscating of how the mayor of london, sadiq khan, behaved getting rid of dame cressida dick. what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that he has gone on the offensive, he said sir tom windsor, who wrote the report, is clearly biased, he accused him of having aligned with the conservative party in the past and of having been a long—term supporter of dame cressida dick so the mayor of london's supporters say the report is not worth the paper it's written on but the report is

a long and detailed account of what happened in those days and it is really critical of how the mayor and his team behaved, saying they were unjustifiably politically brutal and the fact that dame cressida dick was given less than an hour to decide whether to resign was unacceptable. essentially she was told she had to attend a meeting and that if she didn't attend that meeting and come up with a defence of her position, he would say he had lost confidence in her and she as a result felt she had to resign and tom windsor says that was not following due process and was inappropriate. president biden has accused his predecessor, donald trump, of damaging democracy and encouraging political violence. in a hard—hitting speech,

mr biden warned that the american way of life — and even america's "soul" — is under threat. donald trump has responded by saying president biden must be "insane, orsuffering from late stage dementia!" our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime—time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with ourselves. too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. it was a full—throated attack on the former president and the campaign donald trump calls "make america great again".

maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. "fan the flames of political violence", the mob that stormed the united states capitol. the speech reflected recent comments by the president where he's described the maga philosophy as semi—fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy. it's just over two months before americans go to the polls to elect new members of congress. this wasjoe biden setting out his stall for what could be a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch, i will not... ..the will of the american

people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence—free claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. it was a dark message focused on his political opponent, butjoe biden also said he had never been more optimistic about america's future. we are onlyjust beginning, he said. but was it enough to win over some of donald trump's supporters? i have to say, i think biden put himself in a difficult position here, because he's making a bet that the roughly 35% of americans who still believe in this lie that the 2020 election was stolen will never vote for him anyway, so he doesn't need their votes and he can go all—in on this maga republican message. the scene is set for a midterm election campaign like no other, with huge consequences for donald trump's republicans and joe biden's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news.

live now to washington and niall stanage, white house columnist at the hill. thank you forjoining us. it was an extraordinary speech, wasn't it? it was, the most frontal attack on former president trump by president biden. the current president has mostly avoided those kind of attacks. in the early days of his presidency he used to refer to the former guy but there was no former quy former guy but there was no former guy last night, he was blasting straight into this critique notjust on donald trump but the republican party that president biden portrayed as integral to tromp. haifa party that president biden portrayed as integral to tromp._ as integral to tromp. how has the town gone — as integral to tromp. how has the town gone down _ as integral to tromp. how has the town gone down among _ as integral to tromp. how has the town gone down among the i as integral to tromp. how has the. town gone down among the public, as integral to tromp. how has the i town gone down among the public, not just among tromp supporters but perhaps those who didn't feel strongly about him or about biden?

it's so difficult to talk about the public because it is such a polarised society in the us right now but in terms of the swathe of the population you were talking about, people in the middle ground, i think the rays on one level of sympathy for the view biden expressed. if you look at polls of the general population, trump is quite unpopular, a majority understands that biden won the election legitimately but a separate question is will this be an animating issue on which people without? we have high inflation and other economic issues, will this topic transcend those concerns, that is a big political question to which we don't yet know the answer. {lin we don't yet know the answer. on that note, is it a canny move to frame the debate of the midterms along these lines or does it perhaps

come across as out of touch with the concerns of everyday americans? there is that at risk of it appearing out of touch but i also think there is a canniness to it in a different way to what we previously discussed. mid—term elections tend to be driven by the base of each party, by each party's capacity to turn out its grass roots supporters. for complex reasons, demographic groups that leaned towards the democrats are less reliable in turning out at midterm elections, may typically turn out more in presidential years so this beachis more in presidential years so this beach is aimed in part at sort supporters of president biden's own party, showing him taking the fight to what he calls maga republicans and trying to fire up the democratic base to ensure the highest level of turnout. ., , ,

base to ensure the highest level of turnout. . , , ., ., turnout. there has been a call for him to apologise _ turnout. there has been a call for him to apologise from _ turnout. there has been a call for him to apologise from republican quarters but what is the reaction from republicans being more in the short term? for from republicans being more in the short term?— from republicans being more in the short term? ., ., , ,, ., ., short term? for example senator ted cruz of texas — short term? for example senator ted cruz of texas accused _ short term? for example senator ted cruz of texas accused president i cruz of texas accused president biden of vilifying his opponents, josh holly from missouri talked in similar terms about this being a menacing language so there is no possibility that this is going to bring the parties together. president biden would have known that going in, he would have known republicans would push back roughly in this way and so for all the call for unity, the rhetorical battle is joined once again.— it was a chilling moment — a would—be assassin aimed a loaded

gun at the vice president of argentina, cristina fernandez de kirchner. he held the weapon just inches from her head and pulled the trigger — but somehow no shots were fired. it seems the weapon, loaded with five bullets, jammed. police have arrested a 35—year—old brazilian man and are trying to establish a motive for the attack. keith adams reports. it was the closest of shaves. argentina's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was greeting supporters outside her home in buenos aires when a gunman emerged from the crowd. with the gun just inches from her face, fortune was on her side — the weapon failed to fire, leaving the former president shaken but unharmed. in a televised address later, the current president said the gun was loaded and the trigger had been pulled. translation: cristina is alive - because of a reason that has not yet technically been confirmed. the gun had five bullets but did not fire, despite being triggered. a man believed to be of brazilian

origin, fernando montiel, was arrested at the scene. police say they have yet to identify a motive, with no suggestion the attack is linked to corruption charges cristina fernandez de kirchnerfaces from her time as president. she is accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts in her stronghold of patagonia. politicians from across the region have condemned the assassination attempt and warned that hate has no place in the national debate. keith adams, bbc news. britain's former ambassador to myanmar and her husband have been sentenced to a year in prison by the country's military authorities. vicky bowman and thein lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws. the couple were arrested last week in their home in yangon. in the american city ofjackson, mississipi, people are being urged to shower with their mouths closed in case they get ill

from contaminated water. flooding there has damaged the main water treatment facility. louisa pilbeam reports. the water's running at the samuel house, but it's not safe, and mother deneka is scared it will harm her children. i have me and six kids here. i have to constantly remind them, do not brush your teeth with the water, do not wash your face with the water. me, as a parent, i'm going to do whatever it takes for us to survive in this water crisis. they are surviving at home on bottled water and boiling what comes out of the tap, and the children are learning at home in a state of emergency injackson, mississippi, where schools are closed, as are restaurants and businesses. james clipper went two days without water at his apartment. now the water's running but it's not looking good. it's kind of dirty, the water is kind of dirty. i don't know if there's some rust, whatever the case might be.

it's frustrating, everybody is frustrated, you know. thank you for everything, man. protecting the country. in the majority black southern state, the national guard is giving out water, keeping people alive. some 180,000 residents of the state capital are without it. y'all are some good workers, doing all this. problems at the ob curtis water plant that supplies the city began after heavy rains caused the pearl river to spill into the streets four days ago. us presidentjoe biden has pledged aid. the biden—harris administration is committed to helping the people of mississippi cope with this current emergency and we are going to continue to work with the state and local government officials to explore, i can tell you, all options. those options need to come quickly for the sake of those who need help now. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. wayne couzens, the killer

of sarah everard, has appeared in court charged with two further offences of indecent exposure. he'll appear at the old bailey next month. our correspondent simonjones is at westminster magistrates' court. wayne couzens appeared in court via video link from frankland prison in county durham, where he is serving a whole life tariff for the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard last year when he was a serving metropolitan police officer but today at westminster magistrates he faced two more charges. it's alleged that in 2015 he was driving through the centre of dover in kent in a car exposing himself, then it's alleged that five years later in 2020 he was seen by a cyclist going along a country road between dover and deal emerging from woodland completely naked. it was put to him in court, "do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty to these charges?" he said he did not wish to indicate a plea.

the case was adjourned until next month when it will be heard at the old bailey but wayne couzens was already facing four other charges of indecent exposure. it's alleged that before killing sarah everard last year, he went to the mcdonald's in swanley, went to the drive—through and exposed himself on four different occasions to female members of staff. at a previous court hearing he denied he was guilty of those four charges. jones reporting there. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there's something that might feel a bit more autumnal in the weekend weather forecast. we'll see some heavy and perhaps thundery rain at times, always wettest in the west, often quite windy. let's take a look at how things will develop through the rest of the day with rain setting in across northern ireland and western scotland through tonight. that rain willjust keep on coming, could start to cause one or two issues into the early

hours of saturday. some rain for parts of wales, the south west of england, some showers elsewhere, windy up to the northeast of the uk. and those are your overnight temperatures, it is going to stay mild through the night, 13 to 16 degrees. tomorrow plenty of rain once again for northern ireland, south west scotland, some for west wales and the far south west of england. the odd shower elsewhere but generally speaking, the further north and east you are, there will be more in the way of sunshine and temperatures towards the south east corner up to around 2a degrees. but it will be windy across parts of north east scotland. sunday more rain, especially in the west of the uk where there will also be some strong winds. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the conservative leadership race enters its final hours with voting due to close at 5pm. i think liz truss was the right candidate for thejob. i think she has a very

bold economic plan. i do believe in hope and i do hope that rishi absolutely will make a comeback. environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england have named their 15—man squad for the t20 world cup in australia that starts next month openerjason roy has been left out. the 32—year—old has played a big part in england's white ball revival but he has a had a poor year with the bat.

he's managed 50 just once in 11 t20 innings and posted scores of 8, 20 and 17 in their most recent t20 series against south africa. is obviously very disappointed and just wants to have a chance to kind of show that he is not finished in international cricket, which none of us feel that he is. i still think he is a fantastic player it's just that the timing has been awful for is a fantastic player it's just that the timing has been awfulfor him. to lose form at that time, and also not to have a huge amount of time to really stop, reset and then find it again. that has been one of the issues that they have had this year. there's the 15 man world cup squad in full. england test captain ben stokes is included despite missing all of england's t20s over the past 18 months. mark wood and chris woakes have been recalled after injuries. the world cup starts on october 16 but before that england head

to pakistan later this month, for seven t20's, they've named a larger squad for that with a few uncapped players . full details on the bbc sport website. it's max verstappen's home race but the world champion's weekend hasn't got off to the best of starts. he had gearbox failurejust 10 minutes into practice and the session had to be suspended while they towed his red bull away. verstappen leads the standings by 93 points from his team—mate sergio perez with 8 rounds left of the season. george russell and lewis hamilton topped the time sheets for mercedes once practice resumed. so second practice is on going but the first session ahead nine days before the start of the rugby union premiership season a number of players, coaches and staff at worcester warriors have taken to social media to further highlight the dire financial situation at the club. overdue wages that were promised on wednesday still haven't been paid.

the club has blamed a complication with the banks automated system after their accounts were frozen by the hmrc. some players have issued breach of contract notices to enable them to leave the club unless they are paid. scrum half olli described the effects. unfortunately described the effects. the last unfortunately the unfortunately the last unfortunately the last few weeks have taken a turn. i have become homeless recently. one of the boys have put me up in the house which shows that the unit how tight we are and hopefully we can get through this together. andy murray and jack draper play their third round matches at the us open in the next few hours, for the first time in almost 90 years, there are four british men in the last 32 in new york. dan evans and cameron norrie also made it through as did rafa nadal, who is chasing a third grand

slam title of the year. he came from a set down to beat the italian fabio fognini — and he also picked up a nasty cut on his nose. looked fairly innocuous but his racquet bounced back off the court onto the bridge of his nose. he needed a medical timeout. at the beginning i thought my nose is broken. it the beginning i was in shock. i lost the feeling in my head, things were a bit out of the world. it seems like it's not broken, i'm not sure, yet. but, i don't know. i think it's getting bigger and bigger. rafa don't know. i think it's getting bigger and bigger.— bigger and bigger. rafa nadal worried about _ bigger and bigger. rafa nadal worried about the _ bigger and bigger. rafa nadal worried about the size - bigger and bigger. rafa nadal worried about the size of- bigger and bigger. rafa nadal worried about the size of his i bigger and bigger. rafa nadal- worried about the size of his nose. that's all the sport for now. that's something we all worry about, thank you ollie. it is very nearly over: voting in the conservative party leadership

contest ends this afternoon. party members have until five o'clock to choose either liz truss or rishi sunak to succeed borisjohnson — the winner will be announced on monday before they take over as prime minister on tuesday. let's speak now with mo hussein, the uk president of the public affairs firm, edelman global advisory. he was a former number 10 adviser. thank you forjoining us. now, of the two candidates who do you think has emerged the best over the past few weeks, months of campaigning. . few weeks, months of campaigning. , i think in terms of presentation me and how they have come across to the public, rishi sunak has been a lot more slicker in terms of the messages and how he is trying to connect with people. but i thing on the flip side of that, liz truss has used the fact that maybe she is not

so slick in her delivery is a good thing, in terms of her wanting to be honest with people. she is pushing the messages around and i think she is really striking a chord with people in terms of the help are going to need coming up in the next few months. whereas richey�*s message is much more about economic competence and trade—offs and i'm just not sure that's what people are really wanting to hear right now. they have both been on a journey compared to the very long campaign that we have seen and when it started many, many weeks ago. edit started many, many weeks ago. of course it is the tory membership you get to vote. but in terms of how this is coming across to the wider public, what do you think they are... what do you think they are hoping for in what liz truss can and will need to deliver on how likely do you think it is that she will meet those expectations? well, this

is a big difference _ meet those expectations? well, this is a big difference between - is a big difference between campaigning and appealing to a very small of society and governing. you have to appeal to many many more voters and people across the country. the biggest issue facing the country right now is the rising energy costs and the cost of living crisis. we haven't had much detail from either candidate and how they choose to address that. that is a deliberate strategy and tactic, they will say that they are not in the job that they don't have access to all of that information, they don't know the scale of the problem. but, what they will have to do very quickly is come up with detailed response for how they are going to help people and i don't think the tax cuts alone are really going to do that. they will have to be more targeted help for people. this goes to the point to whom they now appealing to? there are millions of people in the who have conservative leaning tendencies when it comes to the election, but they are not party

members. so thejob the election, but they are not party members. so the job to the prime minister will be to shift the audience from the members to the wider public. financially, i think some of the things we have heard in the last few weeks, some of the members will be quite disappointed because they will just members will be quite disappointed because they willjust not be priorities going forward for the prime minister. i priorities going forward for the prime minister.— priorities going forward for the prime minister. i am afraid we'll have to leave _ prime minister. i am afraid we'll have to leave it _ prime minister. i am afraid we'll have to leave it there. _ prime minister. i am afraid we'll have to leave it there. thank i prime minister. i am afraid we'll| have to leave it there. thank you for your thoughts this afternoon. in towns like blackpool, people are increasingly worried about how they'll pay their bills this winter. blackpool�*s famous seaside illuminations are officially switched on tonight. but, in the middle of an energy crisis — many people are more concerned about keeping their own lights on. hannah miller reports. an evening fuelled by pedal power, bringing the summer holidays to an end. the illuminations providing free fun for thousands of families energy bill start to ramp up. i mean, we've already spoken to the children about how christmas might be different. they might not get the big presents they used to,

we might do little things. it is a worrying time. you know, you think about we've got pets at home, you know, we have a chameleon that has its tank on 21t/7. you know, even things like that, you are thinking, oh my goodness, that'sjust more pennies going down the pan. things that you never thought would be an issue. yeah, yeah, things you'd never have to worry about. and even as they take in the spectacle of the lights, many here fear this winter will bring much darker times. i have a metre and it used to say, you know, i'd put £10 on, it was going to say i had six days, and now it's down to 4.2. and each week it's getting less and less that my money buys. or your electric is cut off and there's nothing you can do about it. i think it's a terrifying winter ahead for everybody. and this six—mile stretch of promenade is no longer paved with gold, say some businesses who've already noticed people have less cash to spend. how important are the illuminations to you? they are very important. these are what we wait for, the illuminations, i especially the weekends i and especially the fireworks. they really do make -

a difference to our season. among the rush of visitors, many who want the government to set out a clearer path to bring down energy bills. i think it's a bit ridiculous, . i think in other countries they have asked the energy companies to absorb it themselves. the energy companies seem to make a lot of money. it's not fair. what do you think of them going up? it's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. it's not... we're happy in terms of it's not going to make a massive difference to our life, but it is ridiculous. but for this night at least the illuminations are providing some relief, brightening up a town where some fear they'll struggle to keep the lights on at home. a funeral�*s been held in boston for nine—year—old lilia valutyte who was stabbed while playing outside with her younger sister at the end ofjuly. hundreds of mourners from the local community gathered outside

the main church in the town. phillip norton has been there. it's a very sombre mood. a very sad day of course for boston. this is a day that the town has come out to support a family and remember their little girl. lilia valutyte, just nine years old and perhaps some of the most poignant images today on the saddest day in this town is to see young children, herfriends, her schoolmates standing side by side with adults, with strangers all here to pay their respects. united in grief, the town of boston showing love for a family. on a horse—drawn carriage nine—year—old, lilia valutyte, makes her final journey. this lincolnshire town had been encouraged to turn out in support of lilia's family

and they duly obliged. i just felt that i ought to be here with everybody else just to pay my respects. it's a very sad day. poor little girl ijust feel sorry for the family. when you have grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself— in that mother's situation. it's terrible. i'm really upset at the moment, seeing how... it is just awful. i can't believe it's boston really. she will never grow up, she'll never have her child years, teenage years, first boyfriend, first dance, boyfriend, first dance, first kiss, first holiday, getting married. none of that will ever happen it isjust so sad. hundreds of people lined the entry route to the church for her funeral. just a few steps away from where the nine—year—old lost her life injuly. she was playing in the street

when she was fatally wounded, she was found with a stab wound to the chest. a 22—year—old man has been charged with her murder. the service here lasted just over half an hour. a mixture of music and readings to remember an innocent young life lost. well, mourners who are at the public service in a short time ago have described it as a beautiful moving and very emotional service. and after the service they have moved on to a private burial service which is being held for herfamily. the headlines on bbc news... the conservative leadership race enters its final hours, with voting due to close at 5pm. environmental campaigners from the group extinction rebellion glue themselves to the speaker's chair at the house of commons.

president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. an investigation has found wiltshire police missed significant opportunties to bring the killer of becky godden, from swindon, tojustice. christopher halliwell is serving a whole life sentence for her murder and for killing another local woman sian o'callahan. an independent report has found lines of inquiry were not pursued and key evidence was not examined. the force has apologised. will glennon reports from wiltshire. today's report is highly critical of wiltshire police. the independent police conduct investigated after complaints

are made about the inquiry into the murder of becky godden that the investigation found that the murder inquiry was poorly progressed and supervised. reasonable lines of inquiry were not pursued and key evidence was not forensically examined. well, i'm pretty horrified but i knew it was coming because i saw the original 3a page report on the 2nd of november last year. and i have had conversations with mrs karen edwards. and i have been determined, since i took up this role that i needed closure in the most appropriate fashion for karen and in order to see justice done. becky disappeared from swindon in 2003, her murder came to light in 2011 after christopher halliwell was arrested for another murder, that of sian 0'callahan. today, wiltshire police force has apologised to becky's parents for the failures and for the missed opportunities. it is fully accepted the report and it says investigations have

improved and leadership training has been given to officers. wiltshire police has definitely learnt their lessons, and the chief constable has been through a process of management action with me, which is when i point out to him the issue is that their were within the institution, but also in his personal management of what was going on and the investigation. wiltshire police has commissioned an external review of the case to see if there are more investigation opportunities or if there is more learning to be done. the universities watchdog in england has begun an investigation into possible grade inflation at three unnamed higher education institutions. the office for students say there's been a sharp increase in the awarding of first and upper second—class degrees. in the 2020—2021 academic year, around 38% of students were awarded

a first—class degree, that's up from nearly 16% between 2010 and 2011. let's speak now to professor steve west who is the president of universities uk, who represent 140 universities across the uk. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. why do you think this increase in the top degree grade has been happening, what is behind it? was certainly over the pandemic period universities that worked really hard to try and ensure that students and their achievements of students and their achievements of students already recognise. now we all know that that period meant that we needed to change our assessment approaches, we needed to ensure that students were supportive differently as they were studying remotely. and we did in many institutions make adjustments to the assessment approach and also to the way in which you are supporting our students. i think the inflation that

is pretty clear. and universities have already committed working with the office for students and the minister to revert back, as far as we can to a profile that looks similar to 2019. universities have absolutely committed to doing that. see you are saying that this is mainly or purely an effect of the pandemic and the nature of learning during that time?— during that time? there is certainly evidence to — during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest _ during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest that _ during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest that there - during that time? there is certainly| evidence to suggest that there were changes made in order to support students. that was about accepting and understanding of those students were studying in exceptional circumstances and therefore adjustments were made. we can move back and ensure that the algorithms and our assessment approaches fairly represent now, going forward, the change to the way in which our students are going to be studying with us. i think that is very clear and that is a commitment that

universities are working on. i think the enemy and we need to recognise is that many universities have been tracking and monitoring the degree profiles going forward and there has been a huge amount of investment in universities over many years to improve teaching and learning and assessing. and importantly to improve the support the students who have very different learning needs is they progress through the union arrestees. —— universities. this arrestees. -- universities. this investigation _ arrestees. -- universities. this investigation into _ arrestees. -- universities. this investigation into three - arrestees. —— universities. this investigation into three particular ones, how does this investigation work? why is it that some have been targeted in what could be behind that? i targeted in what could be behind that? ., �* , ., targeted in what could be behind that? , , that? i don't understand because i won't have — that? i don't understand because i won't have the _ that? i don't understand because i won't have the full— that? i don't understand because i won't have the full details - that? i don't understand because i won't have the full details of- that? i don't understand because i won't have the full details of the l won't have the full details of the institutions are no that would it be right or proper for me to do so. what we do know is that the office for students profile universities over ten years and share data with us across that ten year period. and

they made some assumptions around what should happen if they took a university's profile ten years ago what would you expect to happen over a ten year period. now, they recognise that their algorithms in their predictions were not perfect. that there were many things that they didn't take into account. but i suspect what they are doing, is able at all of the profiles and the identifying where they believe there is a bit more work to be done to understand the profile of a particular institution as well as the whole sector. i think that is literally there have been identified. but, clearly the officer students will have the detail of that. . ~ , ., ., students will have the detail of that. . ., , . that. thank you for sharing your thou~hts that. thank you for sharing your thoughts on _ that. thank you for sharing your thoughts on that. _ it's been open for almost two centuries and welcomed an estimated 90 million visitors — but tomorrow, bristol zoo — the world's fifth oldest — closes to the public. it will reopen at a new site

on the outskirts of the city in two years' time and now the process of moving out its animals begins — from lions and gorillas, to flamingos and butterflies. earlier we spoke to our correspondent andy howard who has been hanging out with some meerkats at bristol zoo. yes, that is not me. that is my friend over there sitting on this bit of tree. these famous gates will close that 5:30pm tomorrow. it is the one at the unique sights of zoos across anywhere in the world. can you see the nearby chimney pots of the college over there. we are in the college over there. we are in the middle of a residential area. people who live there this hotel as they wake up hearing the sound of they wake up hearing the sound of the animals. it is a permanent safari. it's an iconic area of bristol. but as you say, we are looking to the future now. before we go on that, should we get a bit of old—fashioned bison chick smack this

is where the magic happens. look at them, there they go. as you are feeding now i wonder if i could ask you a few questions about this place and what it means to you? it means a lot to me, i have been here for 22 years i see many changes over the years, it is a very special place obvious sad day tomorrow when it shuts its doors for the final time. you must have known that at some point this was coming, it is a victorian site, did it surprise you how quickly it came in the end? yes, i think labour didn't help as in the end. we heavily rely on people coming in the end. so if we can't get enough people through the gates, that cuts are a bit. but i'm very excited for the future and the ability to build some brand—new exhibits to make them really amassed this, that's really quite exciting. lets talk about the new site, in south gloucestershire, just north of here. 12 times the size, that is

what you would call a modern zoo. absolutely, is a chance to do it differently. we are a city zoo, we've been here a long time, you've got all the natural trees out there and it is more rugged and more natural. the natural landscape will lend itself really well to the new zoo. 5: i: z: lend itself really well to the new zoo. 5:31? ,, . ,., lend itself really well to the new zoo. ;;:::: ,, . ,., , lend itself really well to the new zoo. ,~,:: :: ,, . ,., , . zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment, zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment. what _ zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment, what a _ zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment, what a puzzle _ zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment, what a puzzle to - zoo. 300 species on the site at the moment, what a puzzle to work- zoo. 300 species on the site at the | moment, what a puzzle to work out where they go and which ones you keep, which ones go to other zoos, the spreadsheet must be incredible at the moment?— at the moment? yes, so many spreadsheets. _ at the moment? yes, so many spreadsheets. we _ at the moment? yes, so many spreadsheets. we work - at the moment? yes, so many spreadsheets. we work on - at the moment? yes, so manyj spreadsheets. we work on this at the moment? yes, so many- spreadsheets. we work on this quite a long time ago. all based on the conservation need of those animals and where we are working in the wild. that was an awful lot of work we did at the beginning. but it was quite an exciting work to do. when we worked out which species we couldn't take with us me and myself and the other creators of had the job of finding homes for those other animals. i job of finding homes for those other animals. , , animals. i must tell the millipede sto , animals. i must tell the millipede story. when _ animals. i must tell the millipede story. when they _ animals. i must tell the millipede story, when they were _ animals. i must tell the millipede story, when they were totting - animals. i must tell the millipede story, when they were totting up| animals. i must tell the millipede - story, when they were totting up how many millipedes they had, they did a quick check and it was about 2500.

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this shot, if you have come to - north. i'm going to leave you with | this shot, if you have come to this you anytime of the last few years, there is a shot we need to get the camera. it's this. you have got to go around here and you get your family to stay where you are. and all of a sudden you pop up in there. and look stop someone is there to join me. i will look as well as being a reporter, he seems to be a mere cat whisperer. the queen will miss the gathering on saturday, the popular games that she attends most years. it understands that the decision has been taken for the comfort of the queen who has been suffering from mobility issues since last year. prince charles is still scheduled to attend. now time for a look at the weather with ben. good afternoon. there is quite a big change taking place in our weather right now, a change to something that might feel more autumnal. something of a pincer movement, shower clouds drifting up from the south, frontal cloud pushing in from the west, that is associated with an area

of low pressure that will dominate through the weekend. this low is going to sit to the west of us, spinning around, throwing frontal systems in our direction. there will be outbreaks of rain but as the low stays to the west, it will be western parts that see the wettest of the weather. this is the rain we are expecting to accumulate through the weekend, the dark blue and even green colours across northern ireland and parts of south—west scotland showing that we could see rainfall totals of 50—100mm in localised spots. so, some heavy, thundery rain which could cause a problem in places. always wettest in the west, and it will often be quite windy. through the rest of today, we will see some rain moving across northern ireland, some heavy rain starting to develop across parts of western and south—western scotland. a few showers elsewhere, but some spells of sunshine as well. where we do see some sunshine in the south—east corner, highs of 25 degrees. turning really quite windy across north—eastern parts of the uk overnight tonight. and rain really sets in across northern ireland, western scotland, perhaps parts of wales and the far south—west. overnight temperatures generally

between 13 and 16 degrees, it will be mild out there, stays quite windy, particularly up towards the north—east, and during tomorrow we'll see heavy rain at times across northern ireland, south—west scotland very wet indeed, some rain pushing towards wales and the south—west. there will be some showers elsewhere, particularly through north west england into the midlands, parts of the south—east, but generally speaking, the further east and north—east you are, there will be more dry weather and spells of sunshine, and some relative warmth in the sunshine, highs of 2a degrees. now, through saturday night, it looks like we are going to see another little area of low pressure developing to the south—west, squeezing the isobars together, and that will allow for some quite strong winds across parts of south—west england and wales to take us into sunday morning. more rain for northern ireland and western scotland where the rain will really be piling up by this stage. some wet weather elsewhere, blustery winds in the south—west but also once again up towards north—eastern corner, and top temperatures between 19 and 25 degrees. that's all for now.

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this is bbc news. i'm luxy gopal. the headlines: the conservative leadership race enters its final hours, with voting due to close at 5pm. i think liz truss was the right candidate for thejob. i think she has a very bold economic plan. i do believe in hope and i do hope that rishi absolutely will make a comeback. a parliamentary inquiry into whether borisjohnson a parliamentary inquiry into whether boris johnson misled a parliamentary inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled the house of commons over downing street parties has been described as fundamentally flawed by crossbench peer lord pannick. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. argentina's vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner survives an attempt

to kill her in buenos aires. find is that dame cressida dick felt intimidated into stepping down as metropolitan police commissioner after an ultimatum from london mayor sadiq khan. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move good afternoon. it is very nearly over — voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. party members have until 5pm to choose either liz truss or rishi sunak to succeed borisjohnson — the winner will be announced on monday before they take over as prime minister on tuesday. it's been an often bitter contest,

lasting almost two months. whoever wins faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... it's fantastic to be here... here, in eastbourne. gosh, it's fantastic to be here... in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, votes from conservative party members. i think liz truss is the right candidate for the job, - she has a bold economic plan. i do hope rishi will make a comeback. between them they've made dozens of policy pledges. what i will do from day one is reduce taxes. i'm the candidate in this contest who can say the nhs will be safe in my hands. on monday we'll find out which of them will have

to deliver on their promises. liz truss is the favourite but it's a grim picture waiting for whoever wins. look, i think we are going to have so many challenges over the coming weeks from the high cost of inflation to the lower value of the pound, we still have challenges from brexit, for many small companies as well. we have so many ongoing issues, so a support package needs to be put in place immediately. the current chancellor, nadhim zahawi, is drawing up plans to present to the new prime minister. they include measures such as targeted reductions in vat and business rates. both candidates have pledged more support for households. this contest is happening because conservative mps no longer believed that borisjohnson should be in office and one of the things that contributed to that was his handling of covid rule—breaking in downing street. despite stepping down as prime minister, he still faces an inquiry from a committee of mps into whether he misled parliament with what he said about that. today, a leading lawyer has

issued advice commissioned by the prime minister saying the proposed process is fundamentally flawed. lord pannick said a decision by the committee, backed by its own lawyer, that it doesn't need proof mrjohnson intended to mislead would devalue the currency of contempt and would be likely to have a chilling effect on ministerial comments in the house. there's not going to be any chilling effect, absolute nonsense. the only thing i'd like to stress is wouldn't it be nice if ministers were a bit careful about telling the truth when they came to the house of commons? downing street is getting ready for a change of occupier. one thing is certain — there will be no quiet settling in for the new prime minister. rajdeep sandhu has more on the final hour of voting for conservative members.

todayis today is the last day of voting because only conservative members can choose who was the next prime minister, that closes at 5pm and then we will get the announcement on monday lunchtime of who has one, liz truss or rishi sunak. liz truss has been seen as the front runner for the last number of weeks. rishi sunak has called himself the underdog in this contest and polling seems to suggest liz truss will become the new conservative leader. whoever it is doesn't become prime minister on monday straightaway, they have to wait until tuesday because boris johnson they have to wait until tuesday because borisjohnson has to go and give his resignation to the queen. that will happen in balmoral, it usually happens in buckingham palace but there is a change because of the queen's mobility issues. he will hotfoot it up to balmoral and then so will the new conservative leader

and once borisjohnson is out, the new one goes in and then is formally appointed prime minister by the queen. they will then need to head back to london and get briefings because there will be a new prime minister and then usually on wednesday there is prime minister's questions so they will need a cabinet ready lined up ready for prime minister's questions and the biggest issue under in tray will be the soaring energy bills people are facing because that increase comes into force in october and they have both promised help. what people will want to know is what that help will look like and when we will get it. and in the current inquiry over whether borisjohnson misled

parliament over partygate, there was criticism of that inquiry as being flawed. if you cast your mind back to partygate and the breaking of lockdown rules in downing street during the pandemic and various lockdowns, a parliamentary committee decided to look into what borisjohnson said to mps in the house of commons, what statements he made around those events and whether they had been misleading in any way. the government has commissioned legal advice today and that advice was critical of the process of the committee and how it is doing its investigation into borisjohnson and whether he misled parliament and lord pannick, who wrote that legal opinion, said that process the privileges committee is using is fundamentally flawed and he called it unfair because the bone of contention is whether borisjohnson meant to mislead parliament. lord pannick says if you don't include that in the inquiry it would be unfair to borisjohnson

and could limit what ministers say in parliament because they might be afraid of ending up in contempt of parliament which is a serious breach. we haven't formally heard back from the privileges committee yet and their response to that but looking back at what they have published previously about their terms of reference, it says looking at whether it was intentional would be a key factor but it's not necessarily something they are looking to prove so that is the nuance in what they are looking at but it has been criticised by this legal opinion, although chris bryant, the chair of the standards committee, who recused himself from that investigation, said the report doesn't hold water and he doesn't think it should merit much further conversation. we will come back to that story but

i want to bring you some breaking news that has come to in the past few minutes from glasgow newsroom, two of the big council unions have called off strike action that was due to start next tuesday. the decision by unison and united came after a fresh pay offer from councils. it decision from the other union the gmb is also expected shortly but that pay offer was made this afternoon after intensive talks involving council leaders and the first minister. let's return to our top story about the tory leadership contest and speak to tim montgomerie, founder of conservative home. we won't find out the results until monday but i want to get your take on what you think this debate has done to the conservative party in the eyes of notjust the membership but the wider electorate.

i don't think it has been helpful in any respect. i think it has been too long. in a post—covid age, i am talking to you by zooming today, we could have had three hustings done online rather than all these regional health costings. that would have cut the process into thirds, we could have had a prime minister in place more quickly and the whole town of a race that hasn't changed anything fundamental, the opinion polls suggest liz truss is in exactly the same position in terms of her lead now as at the beginning that has been mean—spirited and hasn't helped the standing of the conservative party and i think one of liz truss's first jobs will conservative party and i think one of liz truss's firstjobs will be to apologise for the conservative party putting the country through this

process. putting the country through this rocess. ., , . , , putting the country through this rocess. . , , , , process. polls have suggested she is ve much process. polls have suggested she is very much the _ process. polls have suggested she is very much the favourite _ process. polls have suggested she is very much the favourite but - process. polls have suggested she is very much the favourite but we - process. polls have suggested she is very much the favourite but we will. very much the favourite but we will find out in about 50 minutes, you are pre—empting the results that you are pre—empting the results that you are right, the polls have as the favourite. do you think liz truss is the best person to beat conservative prime minister? i the best person to beat conservative prime minister?— prime minister? i am being presumptuous _ prime minister? i am being presumptuous but - prime minister? i am being presumptuous but i - prime minister? i am being presumptuous but i will- prime minister? i am beingj presumptuous but i will eat prime minister? i am being - presumptuous but i will eat my hat or anything else you would like to nominate on monday if she isn't leader of the conservative party. we have that on record and will hold you to it, tim. i have that on record and will hold you to it. tim-— you to it, tim. i did back over rishi sunak, _ you to it, tim. i did back over rishi sunak, my _ you to it, tim. i did back over rishi sunak, my personal- you to it, tim. i did back over| rishi sunak, my personal vote you to it, tim. i did back over - rishi sunak, my personal vote went to her but only after i initially supported sajid javid, then tom tugendhat, then kemi badenoch. that is the feeling of a lot of tory members and this will be a challenge for liz truss should she win. she

wasn't the first choice of many people, i don't think. she will win convincingly next monday but i think she needs to approach the job with a certain humility, notjust because the challenges she faces will be so overwhelming that while she may win overwhelmingly among members, she was trailing quite badly at the start of the contest among mps and trailed him by about 20 mps in the final round of mps voting so she has a lot of people still to win over. there are many people who would not have had her as herfirst choice, including yourself, what does that say about her ability to lead the country especially in these difficult times that we are facing with the cost of living crisis, how good a job do you think she will be able to do? i

good a job do you think she will be able to do?— able to do? i don't know and there weren't many _ able to do? i don't know and there weren't many times _ able to do? i don't know and there weren't many times i _ able to do? i don't know and there weren't many times i am - able to do? i don't know and there weren't many times i am more - weren't many times i am more grateful to be a pundit than somebody on the pitch playing and she will win this contest but would anyone really want to win given the inbox she will face? it's perfectly possible but i think in a week, if she put together a cabinet of all the talents, tries to do what boris johnson i don't think ever really did, involve all the big brains, people with experience in her cabinet, i think she will do this on day two or day three offer likely premiership, if she announces the help we are all waiting for especially the poor in our country, to face a winter with some reassurance, it may be that people will be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and that doesn't mean her premiership will be easy but next week hopefully she

will have a bit of a honeymoon because we are all worried, notjust as conservatives but as patriots about the challenges facing the country and we need the new government to succeed. i country and we need the new government to succeed. i want to ask ou about government to succeed. i want to ask you about the — government to succeed. i want to ask you about the inquiry _ government to succeed. i want to ask you about the inquiry into _ government to succeed. i want to ask you about the inquiry into whether . you about the inquiry into whether borisjohnson you about the inquiry into whether boris johnson misled you about the inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled parliament on partygate and the legal advice the government has had that says the inquiry is fundamentally flawed. what do you make of that? i have come on the _ what do you make of that? i have come on the news _ what do you make of that? i have come on the news channel - what do you make of that? i have come on the news channel many| what do you make of that? i have - come on the news channel many times to criticise borisjohnson so i am not his greatest fan, i'm glad his premiership has ended but i am worried about this general approach parliament has two inquiries like this. it doesn't matter whether someone intended to mislead rather than just having inadvertently misled and the trouble is lots of mps have track records of attacking borisjohnson are now about mps have track records of attacking boris johnson are now about to mps have track records of attacking borisjohnson are now about to judge his conduct and i don't think it

will command the confidence of people because so many people are predisposed against him. tim montgomerie, _ predisposed against him. tim montgomerie, thank you, and please get yourself a hat ready for monday just in case. president biden has accused his predecessor, donald trump, of damaging democracy and encouraging political violence. in a hard—hitting speech, mr biden warned that the american way of life — and even america's "soul" — is under threat. donald trump has responded by saying president biden must be "insane, orsuffering from late stage dementia!" our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime—time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with ourselves. too much of what's happening

in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. it was a full—throated attack on the former president and the campaign donald trump calls "make america great again". maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. mr biden lashed out at those supporters of donald trump that "fan the flames of political violence", the mob that stormed the united states capitol. the speech reflected recent comments by the president where he's described the maga philosophy as semi—fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence

is fatal to democracy. it's just over two months before americans go to the polls to elect new members of congress. this wasjoe biden setting out his stall for what could be a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch, i will not... ..the will of the american people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence—free claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. it was a dark message focused on his political opponent, butjoe biden also said he had never been more optimistic about america's future. we are onlyjust beginning, he said. but was it enough to win over some of donald trump's supporters? i have to say, i think biden put himself in a difficult position here, because he's making a bet that the roughly 35% of americans who still believe in this lie that the 2020 election was stolen

will never vote for him anyway, so he doesn't need their votes and he can go all—in on this maga republican message. the scene is set for a midterm election campaign like no other, with huge consequences for donald trump's republicans and joe biden's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. let's speak to tom lobianco, a political reporter at yahoo news and the biographer of former vice president mike pence. thank you forjoining us. in terms of this speech, how remarkable is it when it comes to presidential speeches?— when it comes to presidential seeches? , ., , ,, . . speeches? number one, the substance and content itself _ speeches? number one, the substance and content itself was _ speeches? number one, the substance and content itself was stunning, - and content itself was stunning, almost as stunning as january the 6th and in terms of presidential speeches, but you look at it in the

context around this, biden and his team obviously decided this was the time to lean into this topic and own it. there had been apprehension at the beginning of the administration about 18 or 19 months ago about fighting trump head on and that was reflected in biden's original unwillingness to talk about him by name, obviously he dropped that last night so the democrats and biden's team see a benefit in corralling this energy and putting trump front and centre and keeping him there for the 2022 mid—term elections. what the 2022 mid-term elections. what does that suggest _ the 2022 mid—term elections. what does that suggest about the feeling in the states and among the electorate if this is their fighting ground when it comes to framing the debate for the midterms?— debate for the midterms? what's fascinatin: debate for the midterms? what's fascinating about _ debate for the midterms? what's fascinating about that _ debate for the midterms? what's fascinating about that was - debate for the midterms? what's fascinating about that was just i debate for the midterms? what's fascinating about that was just a l fascinating about that was just a few months ago, 2022 is nothing if

not bonkers so just a few months ago we were all focused on abortion, the us supreme court overturned long—standing federal protections for abortion access and democrats in particular were planning on using that almost singularly to drive up support in the mid—term, typically the way mid—term election works around here is the ruling party that controls the white house tends to lose seats in the house of representatives and may beat the us senate, but what's interesting here is that you see a bit of a sea change and really after the fbi search of trump of�*s residence in mar—a—lago, there was a poll by nbc news a week ago where they said voters think threats to democracy

are the number one issue and not surprising because this has resonated on both sides but has not been something that really drives people to the polls, it's more likely check the box issue and that seems to have changed. iliiui’ith likely check the box issue and that seems to have changed. with speeches like this, isn't — seems to have changed. with speeches like this, isn't it _ seems to have changed. with speeches like this, isn't it often _ seems to have changed. with speeches like this, isn't it often playing _ seems to have changed. with speeches like this, isn't it often playing to - like this, isn't it often playing to the choir because isn't is purely going to reinforce his existing support, it will not win over people from the other camp? h0. support, it will not win over people from the other camp?— support, it will not win over people from the other camp? no, you are not caettin an from the other camp? no, you are not getting any republican _ from the other camp? no, you are not getting any republican votes - from the other camp? no, you are not getting any republican votes with - getting any republican votes with this, if anything you might get some of the old establishment republicans. the way it looks as they are trying to cobble together they are trying to cobble together the 2020 coalition, a smaller group of old guard republicans coming together with centrist moderates and democrats and it remains to be seen if that will work but the other part of this to consider is that its

driving turnout, trying to get your people to the polls and four republicans they have been supremely animated and energised, democrats are more energised now so it's a question can you be based cannot link to the hard left, playing to the partisan instincts and will not increase the leftist turnout in the cycle? it remains to be seen but they don't walk into these things without a tonne of polling behind it. , , ,., it. the society there is so polarised. _ it. the society there is so polarised, like _ it. the society there is so polarised, like it - it. the society there is so polarised, like it is - it. the society there is so polarised, like it is in - it. the society there is so i polarised, like it is in many it. the society there is so - polarised, like it is in many other places, there seems to be this wave of populism that is so polarised already and a speech like will possibly accentuate that further. it could and that is the risk. that's the risk if you were a democrat, you see this a lot in things like the

house chamberjanuary 6th committee, a lot of the apprehension has been of fuelling that far, you see that from establishment democrats, you see at second hand from biden himself, he does not want to refuel that split but in some ways this is a 180. he talked about so my fascism but never leaned into it before. it could be a partisan play for more about, it could exacerbate things and that extremist smaller sliver of the republican party that is hard—core pro trump ultra maga, the question is how does the middle in this country see it? that is where people are playing more to come where does the middle see things? tom, thank you so much for your analysis on that. a report on the resignation of the former metropolitan police

commissioner dame cressida dick says she felt intimidated into stepping down after an ultimatum from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. mr khan has responded by saying the review, ordered by the government, was clearly biased and ignored the facts. earlier our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford gave us this update. this arose out of a report which detailed the whatsapp messages exchanged by police officers at charing cross police station, very racist messages where officers were joking about rape and that report came out after a difficult year for the metropolitan police, not least because one of their serving officers, wayne couzens, had kidnapped and murdered sarah everard so when that report came out in february, there was a deterioration of relationships between sadiq khan, mayor of london, and dame cressida dick, which led to her stepping down but there were such concern in police circles about how that had happened that they complained to the home secretary,

she commissioned a review by the former inspector of constabulary, sir tom windsor, and this report is the result of that and it is absolutely coruscating of how the mayor of london, sadiq khan, behaved in getting rid of dame cressida dick. what happens next? sadiq khan has felt so criticised that he has gone on the offensive, he said sir tom windsor, who wrote the report, is clearly biased, he accused him of having aligned with the conservative party in the past and of having been a long—term supporter of dame cressida dick, so the mayor of london's supporters say the report is not worth the paper it's written on but the report is a long and detailed account of what happened in those days and it is really critical of how the mayor and his team behaved, saying they were unjustifiably

politically brutal and the fact that dame cressida dick was given less than an hour to decide whether to resign was unacceptable. essentially she was told she had to attend a meeting and that if she didn't attend that meeting and come up with a defence of her position, he would say he had lost confidence in her and she as a result felt she had to resign and tom windsor says that was not following due process and was inappropriate. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford and we have an update on the breaking news about the two council unions in scotland having suspended strikes. we can confirm that all three council unions in scotland have suspended strikes planned for next week over pat’- strikes planned for next week over pay. there has been a major breakthrough in negotiations between

the unions and scotland's council leaders. the bbc understands the deal would result in a bigger pay rise for mostar. refuse workers have already taken action across many parts of scotland. —— foremost staff. wayne couzens, the killer of sarah everard, has appeared in court charged with two further offences of indecent exposure. he'll appear at the old bailey next month. our correspondent simonjones is at westminster magistrates' court. wayne couzens appeared in court via video link from frankland prison in county durham, where he is serving a whole life tariff for the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard last year when he was a serving metropolitan police officer but today at westminster magistrates he faced two more charges. it's alleged that in 2015 he was driving through the centre of dover in kent in a car exposing himself, then it's alleged that five years later in 2020 he was seen by a cyclist going along a country road between dover and deal emerging

from woodland completely naked. it was put to him in court, "do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty to these charges?" he said he did not wish to indicate a plea. the case was adjourned until next month when it will be heard at the old bailey but wayne couzens was already facing four other charges of indecent exposure. it's alleged that before killing sarah everard last year, he went to the mcdonald's in swanley, went to the drive—through and exposed himself on four different occasions to female members of staff. at a previous court hearing he denied he was guilty of those four charges. it was a chilling moment — a would—be assassin aimed a loaded gun at the vice president of argentina, cristina fernandez day keerchner. he held the weapon just inches from her head

and pulled the trigger — but somehow no shots were fired. it seems the weapon, loaded with five bullets, jammed. police have arrested a 35—year—old brazilian man and are trying to establish a motive for the attack. keith adams reports. it was the closest of shaves. argentina's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was greeting supporters outside her home in buenos aires when a gunman emerged from the crowd. with the gun just inches from her face, fortune was on her side — the weapon failed to fire, leaving the former president shaken but unharmed. in a televised address later, the current president said the gun was loaded and the trigger had been pulled. translation: cristina is alive - because of a reason that has not yet technically been confirmed. the gun had five bullets but did not fire, despite being triggered. a man believed to be of brazilian origin, fernando montiel,

was arrested at the scene. police say they have yet to identify a motive, with no suggestion the attack is linked to corruption charges cristina fernandez de kirchnerfaces from her time as president. she is accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts in her stronghold of patagonia. politicians from across the region have condemned the assassination attempt and warned that hate has no place in the national debate. keith adams, bbc news. let's have a look at the weather forecast and we have ben here. do you have any good news for the weekend and i leave it to you to decide what constitutes good news? after what we have had rain is good news. the changes already started to take place. the odds

thunderstorm right now across the south of england. could see some across south—west of england, maybe wales. overnight we see rain really starting to set in across parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland. this really will be the wettest area through the weekend. turning windy through the north—east. into tomorrow, this frame will be affecting parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland for a good part of the day. heavy, persistent possibly sundry. the odd shower elsewhere, but some spells of sunshine too. highs of 2a celsius in the south—east corner. still quite windy in scotland. very wet in the west of the uk, not as much rain further east. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines:

the conservative leadership race enters its final hour — with voting due to close at 5pm. i think liz truss is the right person for thejob she i think liz truss is the right person for the job she has a bold economic approach. i person for the job she has a bold economic approach.— person for the job she has a bold economic approach. i still have hope and i economic approach. i still have hope and i believe — economic approach. i still have hope and i believe that _ economic approach. i still have hope and i believe that rishi _ economic approach. i still have hope and i believe that rishi can - economic approach. i still have hope and i believe that rishi can do - economic approach. i still have hope and i believe that rishi can do it. - a parliamentary inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled the house of commons over downing street parties has been described as 'fundamentally flawed in its approach' by a senior lawyer. crossbench peer lord pannick was asked by the government for his legal advice. president biden has accused donald trump and his movement of being a threat to american democracy. the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. some big breaking news in cricket — because england's star batter jonny bairstow has been ruled out of the rest of the summer and the t20 world cup after a golfing accident has left him with a suspected broken leg. bairstow had just been named in england's15—man squad for the world cup in australia which starts next month. another wicket keeper batsmen ben duckett has been added to the test squad for their final match against new zealand next week. the headline news from the t20 squad announcement had been that — openerjason roy has been left out. the 32—year—old has played a big part in england's white ball revival but he's had a poor year with the bat — making only one 50 in 11 — t20 innings, his most recent scores 8, 20 and 17 against south africa. he is obviously very disappointed and just wants to have a chance to go and show that he has not finished

in international cricket which none of us feel that he is. i still think he is a fantastic player is just literally that the timing has been awful for him. literally that the timing has been awfulfor him. to lose literally that the timing has been awful for him. to lose form at that time and also do not have a huge amount of time to really stop, reset and then find it again. that has been one of the issues that they have had this year. we'll know the line up for tomorrow's hundred finals day soon as first the southern brave and trent rockets battle it out in southampton in the women's competition then the men follow. the latest score is... 131-6 131—6 recovering from 132—3 you can watch this on bbc two or follow on the website, the men's game will follow afterwards. $5 the website, the men's game will follow afterwards.— follow afterwards. as well but no wickets lost _ follow afterwards. as well but no wickets lost at _ follow afterwards. as well but no wickets lost at the _ follow afterwards. as well but no wickets lost at the moment. -

max verstappen hasn't had the best of starts ahead of sunday's formula one dutch grand prix, his home race. the world champion and championship leader — had gearbox failurejust 10 minutes into practice and the session had to be suspended while they towed his red bull away. verstappen leads the standings by 93 points from his team—mate sergio perez with 8 rounds left of the season. george russell and lewis hamilton topped the time sheets for mercedes once practice resumed. second practice is under way. with just a week before the start of the rugby union premiership season — a number of players, coaches and staff at worcester warriors have posted videos on social media to further highlight the dire financial situation at the club. overdue wages that were promised on wednesday still haven't been paid. the club has blamed a complication with their banks automated system after their accounts were frozen by the hmrc. some players have issued breach of contract notices to enable

them to leave the club unless they are paid. 20—year—old scrum—half ollie wynn described how he has been affected. i'v e i've loved every moment of being here but unfortunately things have taken a turn last week. we haven't been paid and i have been made homeless recently. fortunately for me one of the older boys is put me “p me one of the older boys is put me up in the house which i am so grateful for. up in the house which i am so gratefulfor. thisjust up in the house which i am so grateful for. this just shows up in the house which i am so gratefulfor. thisjust shows how tight we are as a unit and hopefully we can come through this together. it doesn't get any easier for aston villa manager steven gerrard. they are 19th in the premier league table and have been beaten in the last three games. and this weekend they have manchester city coming to visit villa park. but gerrard says he's just concentrating on what he can control. the word pressure obviously comes when you are on this run of results which is to be expected. i certainly expect that, the only pressure i feel right now is the pressure on myself and that is for me to be the best i can be, for me to prepare the group in the best way and what i expect of the team and my stuff around me, that is the only pressure

i feel. around me, that is the only pressure ifeel. but around me, that is the only pressure i feel. but there are two ways to look of pressure, you theory or you accept it. it's your responsibility and you try bounce back as quick as you can. and you try bounce back as quick as ou can. . , . and you try bounce back as quick as oucan. . ,. ., you can. that is all the sport for now. in towns like blackpool, people are increasingly worried about how they'll pay their bills this winter. blackpool�*s famous seaside illuminations are officially switched on tonight. but, in the middle of an energy crisis — many people are more concerned about keeping their own lights on. hannah miller reports. an evening fuelled by pedal power, bringing the summer holidays to an end. the illuminations providing free fun for thousands of families energy bill start to ramp up. i mean, we've already spoken to the children about how christmas might be different. they might not get the big presents they used to, we might do little things. it is a worrying time. you know, you think about we've got pets at home, you know,

we have a chameleon that has its tank on 21i/7. you know, even things like that, you are thinking, oh my goodness, that'sjust more pennies going down the pan. things that you never thought would be an issue. yeah, yeah, things you'd never have to worry about. and even as they take in the spectacle of the lights, many here fear this winter will bring much darker times. i have a metre and it used to say, you know, i'd put £10 on, it was going to say i had six days, and now it's down to 4.2. and each week it's getting less and less that my money buys. or your electric is cut off and there's nothing you can do about it. i think it's a terrifying winter ahead for everybody. and this six—mile stretch of promenade is no longer paved with gold, say some businesses who've already noticed people have less cash to spend. how important are the illuminations to you? they are very important. these are what we wait for, the illuminations, i especially the weekends - and especially the fireworks. they really do make - a difference to our season. among the rush of visitors, many who want the government to set out a clearer path to bring

down energy bills. i think it's a bit ridiculous. i think in other countries they have asked the energy companies to absorb it themselves. the energy companies seem to make a lot of money. it's not fair. what do you think of them going up? it's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. it's not... we're happy in terms of it's not going to make a massive difference to our life, but it is ridiculous. but for this night at least the illuminations are providing some relief, brightening up a town where some fear they'll struggle to keep the lights on at home. well let's stay with the cost of living and particularly the impact of the rising price cap. thousands of the rising price cap. thousands of homes with community eating aren't covered by the cap which is the maximum amount that energy firms can charge most companies. earlier we heard from somebody told us about her situation.

we heard from somebody told us about her situation-— her situation. because the government _ her situation. because the government are _ her situation. because the government are trying - her situation. because the government are trying to l her situation. because the - government are trying to introduce her situation. because the _ government are trying to introduce a sustainable network. there are some buildings that have one energy supplier to have one supplier for the whole building in order to be more sustainable but that means that it's classed as a commercial building and isn't covered by the price cap. and, yeah, we don't have any choice in our energy supplier. so in effect to you and your neighbours and others in the building just has, as you say, no say in it and the price cap doesn't apply to you. as a result then, what are you expecting to happen to your bills and how concerned are you? yes, i think we are really worried because in the last six months, nine months we have had about 375% to a 500% increased our bills already. on

the 1st of august it was up by 500% compared to what is been for the last seven years. so in the last six months it went from painter £30 and £50 in a month in november, december two almost £250 injanuary. that was before any of this. so it is only going to go up more, i suppose, so we don't how much so it is scary. what are you doing to prepare for that increase? irate what are you doing to prepare for that increase?— that increase? we are doing everything _ that increase? we are doing everything we _ that increase? we are doing everything we know- that increase? we are doing everything we know how - that increase? we are doing everything we know how to l that increase? we are doing i everything we know how to do. that increase? we are doing - everything we know how to do. what everyone in the country is doing, in terms of trying to cut down on eating, taking shorter showers and doing all of the things that we have been told to do. at the end of the day, there is almost nothing we can do that will have a tangible difference so i guessjust do that will have a tangible difference so i guess just cutting down on our spending in general. but it is going to be hard either way. how are you feeling about it because

it must be quite stressful and anxiety causing situation to be in? yes, i think so. i live with my sister and we are both young and we don't have huge savings or anything to fall back on. i am sure it is much harderfor people to fall back on. i am sure it is much harder for people with to fall back on. i am sure it is much harderfor people with big families and people on pensions and people in social housing that is affected by this and don't have the price cap so i think it will be really hard for everyone and i think we're quite lucky. but it will definitely be hard for lots of people. definitely be hard for lots of --eole. �* ., , ., people. and for the neighbours of ours who people. and for the neighbours of yours who are _ people. and for the neighbours of yours who are in _ people. and for the neighbours of yours who are in the _ people. and for the neighbours of yours who are in the same - people. and for the neighbours of i yours who are in the same situation, how do they feel about it, have you spoken to each other about it? i think there is initiative to talk to the... there is a group of residents looking at the energy costs with the billing agent and our supplier, and i think everyone is frustrated that

it has been fine for the last seven years and suddenly it is going up and i think people are just frustrated, it is annoying that the government is pushing this initiative without really listening to the consumers who will be affecting in this kind of thing. if the bills go up by as much as what you are fearing. what effect does it have on how long you can stay, do you think you would have to move out, in terms of where you live? i think it will affect our careers. because we both came to london because of what we can do in london and the opportunities and that kind of thing and i don't really know what alternatives there are, even if we moved, i may have to move in with one of my parents but they both live in a rural place sol one of my parents but they both live in a rural place so i don't have that would work with my career. there are not many options in terms of having... seeing what we want to

do with our futures and then being stuck where we are. the universities watchdog in england has begun an investigation into possible grade inflation at three unnamed higher education institutions. the office for students say there's been a sharp increase in the awarding of first and upper second—class degrees. in the 2020—2021 academic year, around 38% of students were awarded a first—class degree, that's up from nearly 16% between 2010 and 2011. professor steve weston is president of universities uk which represents 140 universities across the country and i asked him why this increase in top grades might be happening. certainly over the pandemic period, universities worked really hard to try and ensure that students and the achievements of students are really recognised. we all know that that period meant that we needed to

change our assessment approaches, we needed to ensure that students were supported differently as they were studying remotely. and we did, in many institutions make adjustments to the assessment approach and also to the assessment approach and also to the assessment approach and also to the way in which we were supporting our students. i think the inflation there is pretty clear and universities have already committed working with the office of student and the minister to revert back, as far as we can to a profile that looks similar to 2019. universities are absolutely committed to doing that. 50 are absolutely committed to doing that. , ., ., are absolutely committed to doing that. i. . . , are absolutely committed to doing that. . . , , that. so you are saying that this is mainl or that. so you are saying that this is mainly or purely — that. so you are saying that this is mainly or purely an _ that. so you are saying that this is mainly or purely an effect - that. so you are saying that this is mainly or purely an effect of- that. so you are saying that this is mainly or purely an effect of the i mainly or purely an effect of the pandemic and the nature of learning during that time?— during that time? there is certainly evidence to — during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest _ during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest that _ during that time? there is certainly evidence to suggest that there - during that time? there is certainly| evidence to suggest that there were changes made in order to support students and that was about accepting and understanding what the students were studying in exceptional circumstances and therefore adjustments were made. and

we can move back and ensure that the algorithms and our assessment approaches fairly represent now, going forward the change to which are students are going to be studying with us. i think that is very clear and that is a commitment that universities are working on. i think the other thing we need to recognise is that many universities have been tracking and monitoring the degree profiles going forward and there has been a huge amount of investment in universities over many years to improve teaching and learning and assessment. and importantly to improve the support for students who have very different learning needs as they progress through universities. and learning needs as they progress through universities.— learning needs as they progress through universities. and what you are suggesting _ through universities. and what you are suggesting is _ through universities. and what you are suggesting is that _ through universities. and what you are suggesting is that it _ through universities. and what you are suggesting is that it would - through universities. and what you are suggesting is that it would be i through universities. and what you | are suggesting is that it would be a wider trend, something that affects all institutions, but this investigation into three particular ones, how does this investigation were? why is it that some have been targeted in what could be behind that? 50 targeted in what could be behind that? ., �*

targeted in what could be behind that? ., , targeted in what could be behind that? ., �* ., , , that? so i don't really fully understand, _ that? so i don't really fully understand, of— that? so i don't really fully understand, of course, - that? so i don't really fully - understand, of course, because i won't have the details of the institutions and neither would it be right or proper for me to do so. what we do know, however, is that the office for students profile universities over ten years and share data with us across that ten year period and they made some assumptions around what should happen, if you took university's profile ten years ago, what would you expect to happen over a 10—year period? they recognise that their algorithms in their predictions were not perfect, there were many things they didn't take into account. but i suspect what they are doing is that they have looked all of the profiles and they are identifying where they believe there is a bit more work to believe there is a bit more work to be done to understand the profile the particular institution as well as the whole sector. i think that is the three that have been identified, but clearly the office of student will have the details of that.

a funeral�*s been held in boston for 9—year—old lilia valutyte who was stabbed while playing outside with her younger sister at the end ofjuly. hundreds of mourners from the local community gathered outside the main church in the town. phillip norton has been there. it's a very sombre mood. a very sad day of course for boston. this is a day that the town has come out to support a family and remember the little girl. lilia valutyte, just nine years old and perhaps some of the most poignant images today on the saddest day in this town is to see young children, herfriends, her schoolmates standing side by side with adults, with strangers all here to pay their respects. united in grief, the town of boston showing love for a family. on a horse—drawn carriage nine—year—old, lilia valutyte, makes her final journey.

this lincolnshire town had been encouraged to turn out in support of lilia's family and they duly obliged. ijust felt i ought to be here with everybody else just to pay my respects. it's a very sad day. poor little girl, ijust feel sorry for the family. when you have grandkids of your own, and kids, you put yourself— in that mother's situation. it's terrible. i'm really upset at the moment, seeing how it is just awful. i can't believe it's boston really. she will never grow up, she'll never have her child years, teenage years, first boyfriend, first dance, first holiday, getting married. none of that will ever happen it isjust so sad. hundreds of people lined the entry route to the church for her funeral. just a few steps away from where the nine—year—old

lost her life injuly. she was playing in the street when she was fatally wounded, she was found with a stab wound to the chest. a 22—year—old man from boston has been charged with her murder. the service here lasted just over half an hour. a mixture of music and readings to remember an innocent young life lost. well, mourners who were at the public service here a short time ago have described it as a beautiful moving and very emotional service. and after the service they have moved on to a private burial service which is being held for herfamily. the time is 4:50pm. speaking of

time, it the time is 4:50pm. speaking of time. it has _ the time is 4:50pm. speaking of time, it has been _ the time is 4:50pm. speaking of time, it has been open _ the time is 4:50pm. speaking of time, it has been open for- the time is 4:50pm. speaking of time, it has been open for two i time, it has been open for two centuries and welcomed an estimated 90 million visitors. but tomorrow, bristol zoo the world's fifth oldest to will close and reopen in a new site in two years' time. and now is in the process of moving at animals from lions to gorillas to flamingos and butterflies. let's speak now to grainne mccabe, head of field conservation at bristol zoowho is at bristol zoo for it's penultimate day. it's the end of an era, isn't it? absolutely. we have been here a long time that we are excited about the future. ~ . , , ,, time that we are excited about the future. . , ,, , , future. what is the process because i imaaine future. what is the process because i imagine it — future. what is the process because i imagine it is _ future. what is the process because i imagine it is not _ future. what is the process because i imagine it is not easy _ future. what is the process because i imagine it is not easy to _ future. what is the process because i imagine it is not easy to move - future. what is the process because i imagine it is not easy to move all. i imagine it is not easy to move all these animals, how are you going to ensure that they are cared for and that it ensure that they are cared for and thatitis ensure that they are cared for and that it is not too stressful a relocation for them? we

that it is not too stressful a relocation for them? we are really fortunate to _ relocation for them? we are really fortunate to have _ relocation for them? we are really fortunate to have such _ relocation for them? we are really fortunate to have such an - relocation for them? we are really| fortunate to have such an excellent team of animal keepers here who have been working closely with these animals to ensure that the process is smooth and not stressful. lots of training goes on behind the scenes. there are a lot of experts who are it is theirjob to ensure that animals are safe around the world. so all of those companies are working closely with us as part of that process. working closely with us as part of that process-— working closely with us as part of that rocess. ., ., . , , , that process. how long has this been in the works? — that process. how long has this been in the works? has _ that process. how long has this been in the works? has this _ that process. how long has this been in the works? has this been - that process. how long has this been in the works? has this been a - that process. how long has this been in the works? has this been a long . in the works? has this been a long time coming, it must have been a really difficult decision to have to make. �* , , ., , really difficult decision to have to make. �* , , make. absolutely. it was definitely a difficult decision, _ make. absolutely. it was definitely a difficult decision, we've - make. absolutely. it was definitely a difficult decision, we've been - a difficult decision, we've been thinking about it over the course of the pandemic. because it had such an enormous impact on all zoos. it was a difficult decision but in the end we felt it was the best decision for us to move forward and we have quite an impressive strategy that we want to work with going forward and that means that this move allows us to do that. �* , . , that. and is there anything in particular— that. and is there anything in particular that _ that. and is there anything in particular that you _ that. and is there anything in

particular that you do - that. and is there anything in particular that you do or - that. and is there anything in| particular that you do or need that. and is there anything in i particular that you do or need to do to help the animals settle in to a new location and cope with the move? yes, so that is part of the training from the animal team will do. to get the news to the crates that they only moved in up to the new site, to get them used to the idea that things will be a little bit different. there will be a period of adjustment of course but thankfully once they get to the new site there will be seeing all those same animal keepers that they are used to and they will still be getting all of their comforts they get here. so while it would be a change, which is difficult for everybody, it will go fine. ~ . . difficult for everybody, it will go fine. . ., ., difficult for everybody, it will go fine. ~ . . ., ., fine. what are some of the more unusual methods _ fine. what are some of the more unusual methods you _ fine. what are some of the more unusual methods you will- fine. what are some of the more unusual methods you will have l fine. what are some of the more| unusual methods you will have to fine. what are some of the more i unusual methods you will have to use for moving the animals? i heard earlier about a turtle having to be put in a car seat to be moved there? obviously some of our bigger animals it's going to be more of a challenge, the owner group and they're going to wonder where the others are. but that is part of that

training process, they will be learning how to go into that crate, they will realise that they are not in their very long and they'll be used to it when it does happen. hopefully it will go smoothly. what hopefully it will go smoothly. what a some of the _ hopefully it will go smoothly. what a some of the things _ hopefully it will go smoothly. what a some of the things that you yourselves have to do. it will be adjustment for yourselves as well, when to? ~ , adjustment for yourselves as well, whento? ~ , �* adjustment for yourselves as well, when to? ~ , ~ ., when to? absolutely. at the moment we are transitioning _ when to? absolutely. at the moment we are transitioning our _ when to? absolutely. at the moment we are transitioning our staff- when to? absolutely. at the moment we are transitioning our staff to i we are transitioning our staff to the site of the new bristol zoo and thatis the site of the new bristol zoo and that is happening in phases. some of us will still be on this site for a few more years while the new site is being developed. for example we teach higher education degrees her and all of our students will have the opportunity to learn on a close fight so we will still be based here with those students. it will also be a chance to explore the new site as well so it will be a bit of a hybrid approach for a few years. i am sure like people. — approach for a few years. i am sure like people, there _ approach for a few years. i am sure like people, there will _ approach for a few years. i am sure like people, there will be _ approach for a few years. i am sure like people, there will be some i like people, there will be some animals who are going to be are to make the adjustment more easily than

others. what do you expect is going to be the animal that is going to struggle the most or need the most time to settle in? that struggle the most or need the most time to settle in?— time to settle in? that is a great cuestion. time to settle in? that is a great question- i _ time to settle in? that is a great question. i think— time to settle in? that is a great question. i think some _ time to settle in? that is a great question. i think some of - time to settle in? that is a great question. i think some of those l time to settle in? that is a great i question. i think some of those more larger more intelligent animals will be more curious than a little more skittish about their new environment at there, again possible that the gorillas might take some more time to adjust. again birds can be sensitive to things that could be a species that is hesitant at the beginning to come out and explore. hopefully over time they will realise that it is a great environment for them. . ~ , ., ., environment for them. thank you for s-teakin environment for them. thank you for speaking to — environment for them. thank you for speaking to us _ environment for them. thank you for speaking to us and _ environment for them. thank you for speaking to us and good _ environment for them. thank you for speaking to us and good luck - environment for them. thank you for speaking to us and good luck with i speaking to us and good luck with the move for yourself and for the animals as well. the header field conservation in bristol zoo. in a moment you have your news at five o'clock. and now we go to bed with the weather.

good afternoon. so read the rest of us it will be quite a soggy afternoon. these pincer movements very had to miss across southern areas today. what we have got is this low spinning in from the west and this will really take up residence through the weekend. this chart shows the rain we are expecting to accumulate through the weekend, northern ireland and south—west scotland, these dark blue and green colours indicating rainfall amounts of 50 to close to 100 millimetres in places. that could cause some localised flash flooding and closures too. wettest in the west and it will often be quite windy as well. where you do see some sunshine, some relative warmth, just as we have seen today,

temperatures into the mid 20 celsius across parts of england. as you go through this evening it will stay mild, quite windy in the north—east of scotland. we will see this rain really setting and across northern ireland and south—west scotland. there is very wet areas as i showed you turning increasingly soggy overnight. there is temperatures not dropping too far, 16 degrees. the south—west scotland if you are travelling in the morning dew bear that in mind it could cause one or two issues. some of that rain fringing into wales, far south—west of england. some sharp showers are likely as well across south of england, the midlands, east anglia to time. some of these could be had the and sundry. if you are in belfastjust the and sundry. if you are in belfast just 16 the and sundry. if you are in belfastjust 16 degrees, if you are in norwich or sunshine with some sunshine highs of 24. three saturday night, also as these isobars squeezed together in a pressure chart that shows we are going to see some really strong winds for a time

around the south—west of england, parts of wales, some of these coasts of the gusts of 40 or 50 mph. it is still raining across parts of south—west scotland, not as much rain getting in the eastern parts. windy in the north also quite blustery again down to the south—west. a range of temperatures, 25 f in norwich. more like 17 in aberdeen. so it is warmer you get yourself into some sunshine but for many of us there will be some wet weather and windy weather at times to take us through this weekend.

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