she accused him of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her. spain's luis rubiales vows to defend himself over the way he kissed a world cup winner, on the lips following fifa's suspension passengers across engalnd, scotland and wales face bank holiday disruption as rail staff strike over pay and conditions. hello. let's start wih the beraking news of the last hour. nadine dorries, the conservative mp and former minister has resigned her commons seat with a scathing attack on prime minister rishi sunak. with a scathing attack ms dorries had said with a scathing attack she would resign injune — after claiming that downing street had blocked her receiving a peerage — something which number 10 denied. but she had remained as an mp — saying she was continuing to work

for her constituents — despite coming under pressure from other mps to go through with her promise to leave the house of commons. she has also released a resignation statement — saying that rishi sunak has demeaned his office by whipping up a public frenzy against her. and she also accuses mr sunak of running a zombie parliament — with a government which is adrift. and she claims he has squandered the good will of the nation. our political correspondent iain watson gave me the details. well, nadine dorries said she would resign back on june the 14th. she said she would resign with immediate effect. it's well known that nadine dorries is a close ally of the former prime minister borisjohnson. she was culture secretary, of course, in his administration. she was not at all pleased at the way in which she was ejected from office and none too chuffed about the short lived nature

of his successor, liz truss, this time at number ten downing street either. so therefore it is unsurprising that she's taking a swipe at the current prime minister, rishi sunak, in her resignation statement. now, first of all, let's take a look at the timing of what she's done. she says this will allow for a by election to be called when parliament resumes in september. in other words, she is quite keen to see her mid bedfordshire parliamentary seat be contested around the time of the conservative party conference, putting maximum pressure again on rishi sunak, although he may try to of course delay the date of that by election. but opposition parties are already campaigning in her seats and seem to be hopeful of some success, despite the fact that she's got a huge majority of more than 20,000. but let's take a look at the nature of that attack. rishi sunak as i say, not desperately surprising that she'd want to have a bit of a go at him, but nonetheless, she is known for speaking her mind and she certainly doesn't hold back. so let me just give you a few choice quotes

from her resignation statement. she says, you have no mandate from the people. she says to rishi sunak. she says his government is adrift. she says he's squandered the goodwill of the nation. and she's also accused him of orchestrating daily personal attacks. and there is a pitiful low level, which his government, she says, has descended to. now, obviously, we're going to try to get the reaction from downing street to her comments, but she's not somebody who backed rishi sunak�*s first attempt to become leader of the party, never mind his second successful attempt to lead the conservatives. it is well known, i think, that she was displeased about not receiving a peerage. she said her reason for staying on as an mp after initially announcing her resignation and then not following through was because she wanted to find out the reasons why she hadn't been elevated to the house of lords. i'm not sure she's been yet given those reasons, but that's certainly the case. i think that she suspects that the current administration, number ten, had something to do

with it, despite their denials. but she is somebody who writes bestselling books as well as had a seat at the cabinet table. so it is unsurprising that anything she does gets a huge amount of coverage and she certainly knows how to, shall we say, coin a memorable phrase, plenty of them in her resignation statement. luis rubiales has said he will defend himself, after fifa provisionally suspended him as president of spain's football association. his suspension from all football—related activities, came after he refused to resign after being accused of forcibly kissing a winner of the women's world cup on the lips. the spanish football federation accused jenni hermorso of lying about the incident— when she said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by him, following spain's victory over england in sydney. the organisation said it would take legal action against her. more than 80 players have now said they will boycott the games until he quits. earlier our reporter sergi forcada told us more about mr rubiales�* response to fifa's provisional suspension.

well, this is the latest statement by the spanish football federation and in which luis rubiales said we will fight these rate break regulations by fifa. he said this will give him the chance to begin his defence of the truth, histories, prevails and he is also able to prove that he is innocent which is something he has been repeating throughout the past few days saying he didn't do anything wrong in the spanish national team were celebrating the world cup a few days ago. this is obviously the response, the answer to what fifa said earlier, so in another statement saying luis rubiales has now been provisionally suspended and that suspension is going to last for 90 days starting today while there is an ongoing investigation and another

thing fifa is saying as you should refrain through himself or a third party from contacting or trying to contact withjenni party from contacting or trying to contact with jenni hermoso party from contacting or trying to contact withjenni hermoso and that is relevant because a few days ago the spanish football federation said they tried to contactjenni hermoso to talk about this incident and now he fusses while this investigation is going on do not contact her. we know 11 people have resigned so whatmore reaction has not been? fix, whatmore reaction has not been? day of lots of statements, counter statements, reaction so the latest we have now is 11 members of technical staff across women's football now have resigned and they say the attitude in the statement by luis rubiales is unacceptable and it's interesting to see who is part of this resignation letter because the manager of the women's national team is not there. that is one of

the public figures that is now supporting luis rubiales because the men's manager is now also criticising or being quite critical with the president of the spanish football federation which is quite a change because both of them yesterday were applauding luis rubiales when he gave his conference in which he said he had done nothing wrong. lots of things changing and lots of attention in international but specifically spanish media and many wondering when, not if but when we will go. live now to jane purdon — author of �*the homecoming: the lionesses and beyond' and the director of women in football — an organisation which works across the football industry to support women in the sport. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. rubiales has been provisionally suspended, he said he will fight

the accusations. what's your response to his statement? and the situation overall? this has now grown beyond the actions of one man who did something wrong on the pitch and then has compounded that roam through the course of this week firstly by putting pressure on the player to say she consented when she did not give in to that pressure he put out a statement saying she consented anyway which she later said was false and it is this reason he has been banned from contacting her, partly for her own protection so thatis partly for her own protection so that is where the story started and what happens to him will rumble on but it is wider than that with the spanish federation putting out a statement accusing the player of lying and i'm thinking this is not how a properly functional organisation works. if there is a dispute between two employees then there are fair processes to arbitrate that so i think fifa,

uefa, may be the spanish government need to look very hard at what is going on in this federation and the side of it is still fit for purpose of it is to be put in special measures or the like. fifa, the judicial arm separate from their executive arm, have launched disciplinary proceedings and they will run their course and of course he is entitled to fair process the other side of fifa needs to really think about the government's frameworks that they carry down through the national federations to show diverse leadership and how members of staff are treated and all in all i think this is a really critical moment for the industry at the highest level, the fifa level which faces some hard choices about what it really means. fin which faces some hard choices about what it really means.— what it really means. on that, you mention it — what it really means. on that, you mention it has _ what it really means. on that, you mention it has gone _ what it really means. on that, you mention it has gone wide - what it really means. on that, you mention it has gone wide and - what it really means. on that, you| mention it has gone wide and many people have referred this to a spanish football's me too movement.

i think it is. from what i'm reading about in spain, the public have some very strong opinions about this and it seems the majority are coming down on the side of the player. at the heart of this as a player and their team—mate who won the world cup on tv are not one week later and she has been called a liar by her own federation so i'm not surprised people are saying hang on, what is going on. there are questions about what we want our football to look like and how we want to treat our players being asked.— like and how we want to treat our players being asked. moving forward, what changes — players being asked. moving forward, what changes do _ players being asked. moving forward, what changes do you _ players being asked. moving forward, what changes do you want _ players being asked. moving forward, what changes do you want to - players being asked. moving forward, what changes do you want to see - what changes do you want to see taking place in the game? i would like to see — taking place in the game? i would like to see more _ taking place in the game? i would like to see more diverse - taking place in the game? i would. like to see more diverse leadership and more women in the decision—making levels of football and when we talk about diversity, we do notjust mean women, we mean the leadership of football broadly

looking likely populations that are trying to serve so we have to think of ethnicity and other personal characteristics and in this country we have not done a bad job, we have something called the code for spurs exports governance and i would encourage them to take a look at that. looking at how to run a sports organisation and this has to come from the top. peter fifa have some thinking to do and we have heard them say the doors are open and picture issues to fight. they choose this one, decent governance and better treatment of players and looking to fifa to act now. thank ou for looking to fifa to act now. thank you for your _ looking to fifa to act now. thank you for your time, _ looking to fifa to act now. thank you for your time, we _ looking to fifa to act now. thank you for your time, we really - you for your time, we really appreciate it. there's been disruption to rail services across much of england today, as members of the rmt union take part in their latest strike over pay and conditions. there's a reduced timetable in place for much of the country, with some journeys into scotland and wales also affected.

it's on the same day as events, including the notting hill carnival, and the reading and leeds festivals. vivienne nunis reports. it's the first day of the bank holiday weekend, but it's misery for many hoping to get away. 20,000 train workers are on strike. there's also planned engineering works. the end result? reduced services across the three days. meant to be going to manchester to an art exhibition and we bought tickets a long time ago. so yeah, it was a little bit of a shock to find out that our trains were cancelled. no, i understand why they're striking, but from a selfish point of view, it is kind of difficult. i think they've gone on too long and i do think it's time - that they started to sit around a table and sort it out. - today, the rmt union wrote to the rail delivery group, which represents 1a train operators, setting out what it calls a roadmap to end the current deadlock, as well as a backdated pay offer and a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. the letter calls for each train company to set out full details of the changes it is planning to working practices. the industry argues those reforms

are needed to fund pay rises. we want a decent pay rise. we're not greedy. we haven't had an offer that's a clean pay rise without strings attached. and we're not prepared to fund these very modest pay rises through job cuts and cuts to the services that will affect our members but will also affect the travelling public. the rail delivery group has offered rail workers a pay rise of 5% for 2022 and 4% for this year contingent on the proposed reforms. the government and the industry say the rmt should put that offer to its members for a vote. the strike has seen around half of services. cancelled across england, including here at euston, with other services delayed and with the aslef union rejecting a pay offer for train drivers, travellers can expect further strikes ahead after today's walkout by the rmt. train drivers in the aslef union go

on strike next friday. they'll turn down overtime next saturday and that's the same day as another rmt strike. another sticking point is the government's planned ticket office closures, which the union opposes, meaning a resolution to end the strikes still looks a long way off. let's go back to our breaking story. the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, has resigned as the conservative mp for mid bedfordshire. in a statement, she made a scathing attack on rishi sunak, accusing him of "demeaning his office". she had previously said he'd blocked a peerage — something downing street denied. live now to peter kyle, the labour mp for hove. nadine dorries making a series of scathing attacks. give me your reaction to the news we are hearing. it does not surprise me he has gone out in this fashion because the

conservative civil war has been raging for a long time and rishi sunak and nadine dorries and a whole group of others behind them are at war with each other and of course the people who have suffered most are the people who have made bedfordshire, residents, who have been prevented from having the by—election they need because of the refusal to do so. now the need to have the opportunity to have the by—election and allow the civil war to rage the conservative party but the people have told us decisively they want to move forward and leave it behind experiencing the cost of living crisis and the crisis of in the nhs waiting lists and now they will have the final opportunity to have an alternative. we have had hours in place, going back tojune and we have had the voters do so in

they have not done in the past. what they have not done in the past. what do ou they have not done in the past. what do you think — they have not done in the past. what do you think your— they have not done in the past. what do you think your chances are of that seat? the conservative party have held it for a very long time and despite the resignation, it will still be a tall order for labour. they have hurled it for so long that no one alive cannot believe i can remember that when they held it so long no one alive can remember anyone else holding it so this would be a historic moment of the labour party won here but this is not out of the reality of what you've seen in selby and the recent by—election, this is even bigger than that. we have seen a recent poll that was fully independent on the front page of the telegraph a few weeks ago showing the labour party is ahead here. we are ahead because we have a plan to tackle the cost of living challenge which the party are ignoring. they are really impacting people there and of course we have an ultra—hard—working candidate

while they have an empty who is absent. this is a one—off opportunity where the people of mid bedfordshire are open to alternative and it is something the labour party is relishing, we are enjoying the experience of getting out there and listening, engaging with and showing people across mid bedfordshire that we have the hard—working alternative that they really need. but we have the hard-working alternative that they really need.— that they really need. but nadine dorries still _ that they really need. but nadine dorries still had _ that they really need. but nadine dorries still had a _ that they really need. but nadine dorries still had a massive - that they really need. but nadine i dorries still had a massive majority of 20,000 people so what are your plans to beat that? it is of 20,000 people so what are your plans to beat that?— plans to beat that? it is more than 20,000, 25,000. — plans to beat that? it is more than 20,000, 25,000. if— plans to beat that? it is more than 20,000, 25,000. if labour- plans to beat that? it is more than 20,000, 25,000. if labour won | plans to beat that? it is more than 20,000, 25,000. if labour won it| 20,000, 25,000. if labour won it would be the biggest by—election shock notjust would be the biggest by—election shock not just for the would be the biggest by—election shock notjust for the labour party but in the history of democracy and we are out there and have been since the very first day that nadine dorries said she was standing down across all of the villages and towns of midford bedfordshire and selecting a candidate that was

raised there, he lives there and he just wants to serve the community and believe me it is working. we are relishing the chance and the opportunity we have because residents there are listening to us and engaging, and increasingly showing that they want the labour party, i travelled there just a few weeks ago with circular starmer our leader and met residents and it is quite extraordinary for someone who is a labour member of parliament and with circular starmer the labour leader to meet people who have only ever voted conservative in their lives and they are done with the civil war, lives and they are done with the civilwar, done lives and they are done with the civil war, done with the incompetence in running our economy and they are choosing to present the alternative. it's exhilarating for us, we are not complacent or taking anything for granted but we are throwing our hearts and souls at the opportunity we have to connect with people in ways we have never been able to and it is a fight we are absolutely enjoying every moment of.

thank you for your time here. let's get some of the day's other news now. a man has been charged with the murder of donald patience — who was found dead at a property in bury earlier this week. 39—year old ian connell was detained, after reports of a burglary, with a white labradoodle dog being taken. police say mr patience had been dead for several days when his body was found on tuesday. the london fire brigade says several homes have been severely damaged in a blaze at a building in east london. crews spent nearly three hours tackling the fire which took hold at the property, after 6pm on friday. fifteen people were removed from the building uninjured. three eighteen—year—olds and a twenty—four year—old have died in a car crash in county tipperary, in the republic of ireland. they ran into a wall in clonmel on friday evening. irish broadcaster rte understands they were on their way to meet friends to celebrate receiving exam results.

let's hear from our reporter courtney bembridge, who is at the edinburgh fringe festival. we are in the final days of the edinburgh festivalfringe festival. we are in the final days of the edinburgh festival fringe and it's a time when awards are handed out and i have one winner with me, paulfoot, his show out and i have one winner with me, paul foot, his show one, joint winner at the ish awards. paulfoot, his show one, “oint winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie _ winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie ashley, i winner at the ish awards. yes, i want jointly with julie ashley, a | wantjointly withjulie ashley, a hilarious clown, and it is a new award, basically. foryears there has only been one comedy award which has only been one comedy award which has had various names, i do not know what it is called nowadays but this one is called the ish because it is a kind of comedy award ish and also here because they do not have a sponsor. it's a brilliant award all

run by volunteers who are independently going to see the shows and they vote on who they think should be the best one. it is brilliant, really nice people and a great idea and the one disadvantage of it is that the other award has a £10,000 prize for winning and this one, if they had got a sponsor, it would have been £10,000 but they did not get a sponsor so it is actually £10. ~ ., not get a sponsor so it is actually £10. . ., y ., , , not get a sponsor so it is actually £10. . ., _, , , ., it £10. what will you spend it on? it is not even _ £10. what will you spend it on? it is not even £10 _ £10. what will you spend it on? it is not even £10 of— £10. what will you spend it on? it is not even £10 of course - £10. what will you spend it on? it is not even £10 of course because £10. what will you spend it on? it i is not even £10 of course because of his joint withjulia is not even £10 of course because of his joint with julia so is not even £10 of course because of his joint withjulia so £5 each and i was at the award ceremony and no one gave me any money and ijust thought it did not seem like the right thing to say excuse me can i have five quid, please? so i did not even ask so i did not get any money at all. ., . ~ ., , ., ~ at all. now, back to the breaking sto of at all. now, back to the breaking story of the _ at all. now, back to the breaking story of the hour, _ at all. now, back to the breaking story of the hour, the _ at all. now, back to the breaking l story of the hour, the conservative mp and former culture secretary nadine dorries resigning her commons seat with a scathing attack on the prime minister. with me now as our

reporter. tom brada. what has been said? a colourful statement _ what has been said? a colourful statement to _ what has been said? a colourful statement to say _ what has been said? a colourful statement to say the _ what has been said? a colourful statement to say the reason - what has been said? a colourfulj statement to say the reason she what has been said? a colourful- statement to say the reason she does not hold back on on prime minister rishi sunak and i want to pick out a few lines, some of them are quite petty with her taking aim at his personal appearance for example, critically talking about his gleaming smile, his prada shoes, his suave suit all in unflattering terms of the undertone but quite specifically directing her criticism at the prime minister was my political prize and the next general election in the uk is due byjanuary 2025 and she is in the statement pretty pessimistic about the prospects for the conservative party and i should point out she does take and i should point out she does take a small swipe at labour leader secure starmer saying there is no affection for him on the doorstep but she is specifically aiming at rishi sunak and she says your actions have left some 200 and more of my mp colleagues to face and

break an electoral tsunami and the loss of livelihoods because of your impatience to become prime minister you put your personal ambition above the stability of the country and our economy so she clearly holds him responsible for not being able to drum up support for the conservative party. drum up support for the conservative pa . , ., ., party. tells more about the reaction to the resignation _ party. tells more about the reaction to the resignation statement. - party. tells more about the reaction to the resignation statement. quite | to the resignation statement. quite clearl we to the resignation statement. quite clearly we have _ to the resignation statement. quite clearly we have not _ to the resignation statement. quite clearly we have not heard _ to the resignation statement. qt ta: clearly we have not heard from the prime minister was my office yet but it will not be received warmly. this is not what you might say going out gracefully. she is really unfiltered in her attack on the prime minister, both personal and about how we will take the party forward, clearly something the party would like to dampen down and get across, get on top of the labour party i know you just spoke to peter kyle recently and they will relish this because it plays to the advantage that the

conservative party are at odds at the moment-— conservative party are at odds at the moment. ., . , , , the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why _ the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why now? _ the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why now? -- _ the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why now? -- no _ the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why now? -- no doubt - the moment. know that the lib dems as well but why now? -- no doubt it i as well but why now? —— no doubt it will please the lib dems as well. she resigned two months ago but since then there has been a few raw of criticisms because people have put attention on the fact she has not spoken in the commons sincejune 2022 and because of that she has come under increased scrutiny and under a lot of pressure, she does of course bring that up with a statement and holds the prime minister responsible saying he has demeaned his office by opening up the gate to whip up a public frenzy against one of his own mps and he would obviously dispute that but clearly there have been a lot of pressure on her with her not being deemed to be fulfilling her public role. ~ . deemed to be fulfilling her public role.. . . ,, , deemed to be fulfilling her public role. . . . ,, , , m role. what happens next, briefly? we do not know — role. what happens next, briefly? we do not know what _ role. what happens next, briefly? we do not know what happens _ role. what happens next, briefly? we do not know what happens next. - role. what happens next, briefly? we do not know what happens next. we i do not know what happens next. we are looking for a reaction from the conservative party and it's unlikely she has any way back within this particular government and we know she is expected to return to

civilian life at this point but the conservative party will try to put a positive spin on what is quite an explicit statement.— and before we go let's bring you these live pictures from scotland. this is world famous loch ness — where hundreds of people are joining what has been described as the biggest search for the loch ness monster in more than 50 years. two hundred volunteers are planning to help record natural — and any unusual — sights on loch ness from vantage points, on land this weekend. and almost 300 people have signed up to monitor a live stream from the search. it's 90 years since the modern myth of nessie began. thank you forjoining me on bbc news. do stay with us. goodbye.

hello there. part one of the weekend seeing rumbles of thunder and we can expect much of the same for part two of the weekend as well. most of the heavy showers and thunderstorms have had to be the day will fade out this evening and many places turning dry with a lengthy clear skies with some cloud, one a two showers across some western coast and later in the night will see the weather front coming in and under the clear skies it will be fairly cool for the time of year. this weather front very slowly pushes its way eastwards across northern ireland with eventually crossing the irish sea where it will be a very weak feature, no more than a band of clouds over northern ireland for sunday, though it starts bright, we see the cloud built with a light, patchy rain moving in and for scotland, england and wales a day of sunshine and showers with the heaviest across eastern scotland, eastern parts of england with some rumbles of thunder, flashes of lightning as well and top temperatures of 21—22 c otherwise

sightings for most but expect showers for part two of the weekend for both reading and leeds festivals and good sunny spells in between temperatures of 19—20 c and for the notting hill carnival a greater chance of catching shower is on sunday with its largely dry on monday with some good, sunny spells and temperatures in the low 20 celsius. as we had through sunday evening, it looks like the weather front continues to push its way eastwards into western britain with a band of cloud, one of two spots of rain and for most, the showers will fade away and it will be another fairly cool night to come. that is sunday night out of the way, let's head into monday and for many of us monday is a bank holiday and this front will be a very weak feature as it crosses england and wales so patchy cloud and one or two spots of rain on it as it pushes its way eastwards otherwise quite a bit of sunshine around on either side of the front and we will start to see the front and we will start to see the sunshine appearing across

scotland and northern ireland with averages of 21—22 c in the south—east then the high teens further north and west. staying quite showery and settled across the country for this upcoming week other we will see a quieter spell with sunshine and warmth across england and wales for a time.

this is bbc news. the headlines: conservative mp and former culture secretary, nadine dorries, has resigned her parliamentary seat

with a scathing attack on the prime minister rishi sunak. she accused him of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her. 11 members of the coaching staff from spain's women's team have resigned over the behaviour of the country's football federation chief. fifa has provisionally suspended luis rubiales after he refused to resign for kissing a world cup winner on the lips. rail passengers across england, scotland and wales are experiencing disruption today, as 20,000 staff have walked out over pay and working conditions. and the chairman of the british museum, george osborne, says some of the 2000 treasures — estimated to have been stolen from its collection — have already been recovered. now on bbc news, sportsday.