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his hopes of becoming a three time world heavyweight boxing champion have been dashed after he was knocked out by daniel dubois in the fifth round at london's wembley stadium. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, says she doesn't believe she broke any rules when she stayed in the new york flat of a labour donor. ms rayner told the bbc donations were part of politics and the government was "open and transparent" about the process. the prime minister and senior figures in the government have said they won't accept further donations for clothes, after fierce criticism. the conservatives said there was no justification for sir keir starmer for sir keir starmer receiving gifts. receiving gifts. ms rayner was speaking ms rayner was speaking to laura kuenssberg. to laura kuenssberg. during the election campaign, during the election campaign, outfits? and then outside downing and then outside downing street, keir starmer said time street, keir starmer said time and again, we will return and again, we will return politics to the service of the politics to the service of the people. what part of returning people. what part of returning politics to the service of the politics to the service of the people involves accepting free people involves accepting free

outfits? well, first of all, mps have accepted donations and gifts for years. all mps do it, and what we talked about is making sure that we are open and transparent about that, and that was why the prime minister made sure that he corrected the record when he was advised that he needed to do that. he actively pursued that i'd take that advice, and i think that's the right thing to do, and we want to make sure that the government are transparent, but gifts and donations have been a factor in our political life for some time. we could have a debate about that. you

for some time. we could have a debate about that within the have transparency within the system. have transparency within the s stem. , ., , system. the rules of the rules, but the perception _ system. the rules of the rules, but the perception is _ system. the rules of the rules, but the perception is a - but the perception is a different thing. what part of returning politics of the people involved you are accepting a free stay in a new york apartment on a holiday? first of all, i was on holiday in new york, i paid for my holiday, but as friends do, a friend allowed me to stay. i often allow friends to stay at mine. but where i failed, and went beyond the rules, was because the person had donated to my deputy leadership, who happens to be a friend but as a politician in their own right, i felt i should declare it, politician in their own right, ifelt i should declare it, and ifelt i should declare it, and i did declare it. you were expecting accommodation from wealthy labour donor, whether they were a friend or not. what part of that do thing looks acceptable to people watching this morning? i to people watching this morning?— to people watching this mornin: ? ~' ,., ., morning? i think the important art is, morning? i think the important part is, somebody _ morning? i think the important part is, somebody allowed - morning? i think the important part is, somebody allowed me| morning? i think the important l part is, somebody allowed me to stay at their apartment for a few days. i decided to declare that because that person is a politician, happens to be a friend, and i stayed there for a couple days. ifelt friend, and i stayed there for a couple days. i felt it was important that people knew i

had used the apartment. i don't think that's unusual. people do stay out of the people's apartments. i think it was right and proper that the people could see that relationship and see that i had used that apartment, and i think that's the important thing for me, is, people need to know where those donations are coming from. but one thing that has emerged in the sunday times this morning as you went to new york with someone who was then another labour mp, sam tarry. the rules state that this needs to be registered if part or all of the visit was paid for by someone else, and you didn't register that, so you weren't transparent about that. did you break the rules?— break the rules? well, first of all, i break the rules? well, first of all. i didn't— break the rules? well, first of all. i didn't go _ break the rules? well, first of all, i didn't go to _ break the rules? well, first of all, i didn't go to new- break the rules? well, first of all, i didn't go to new york i all, i didn't go to new york with another person. that person went up to newer, and i met up with them, they met up with a number of friends. it was a personal holiday, and i think i followed rules. in fact, i went above that, they wanted to do that to be transparent about the connection i had about the use of that apartment. but connection i had about the use of that apartment.— of that apartment. but he sta ed of that apartment. but he stayed in _ of that apartment. but he stayed in that _ of that apartment. but he l stayed in that department, of that apartment. but he - stayed in that department, sam tarry, used to be a labour mp, and you didn't declare it. did you break the rules? i don't believe i broke any

rules. i had the use of the apartment and i disclose that i have the use of the apartment. in fact, i think i was overly transparent, because i think it was important, despite it being a personal holiday, because that person as a friend had already donated to me in the past for my deputy leadership bid. 50 past for my deputy leadership bid. , ., past for my deputy leadership bid. ,, ., past for my deputy leadership bid. ., ., y past for my deputy leadership bid. so you are not sorry for that, you — bid. so you are not sorry for that. you are _ bid. so you are not sorry for that, you are not— bid. so you are not sorry for that, you are not saying - bid. so you are not sorry for that, you are not saying to i that, you are not saying to people this morning, maybe that was a misjudgment, maybe i should have declared absolutely everything? because the rules, i willjust read to our viewers: members should register in this category any visit whether accompanying the member or not. it says pretty clearly, if someone else is with you, you are meant to declare it, and you didn't. it says if you are on parliamentary business sorry it is in connection with your parliamentary duties. that's how i understood it. it was a private holiday that i think people —— i think it was important people knew, because i had had a relationship where i had had a relationship where i had had a relationship where i had a donation from that individual, a substantial donation to help me towards becoming deputy leader, because

i had to run my campaign, i thought it was important that people knew i had used their apartment for a couple of days. i paid for the holiday myself. the other person independently paid for there is and whatever they were doing, and i disclosed what i felt was the right thing to do. there is a big difference between taking money to run political campaigns, to pay for leaflets or researchers or the kind of campaigning work that politicians all have to do or stop that's not the same as accepting accommodation for a holiday. it's not the same as taking £2230 worth of clothes directly from a clothing company. that company then getting publicity as a result. now, you did that. are you sorry that you did that? i have reflected on _ sorry that you did that? i have reflected on my _ sorry that you did that? i have reflected on my donations. . sorry that you did that? i have reflected on my donations. i l reflected on my donations. i have been very transparent about the donations i had. i stayed at someone because i can apartment, it wasn't that i had... ~ ., apartment, it wasn't that i had... ~ . ., ~ ., had... we have talked about that. i

had... we have talked about that i did — had... we have talked about that. l did that _ had... we have talked about that. l did that and - had... we have talked about that. i did that and i - that. i did that and i disclosed _ that. i did that and i disclosed it. - that. i did that and i disclosed it. in - that. i did that and i | disclosed it. in terms that. i did that and i - disclosed it. in terms of the donation i a clothing company, again, i put that out in the public domain and make sure that people understood that that people understood that thatis that people understood that that is where i got that clothing from, and i get that people are frustrated, and in particular, in the circumstances we are in, but donations for gifts and hospitality and monetary donations have been a feature of our politics for a long time. people can look it up and see what people have had donations for, the transparency is very important. you donations for, the transparency is very important.— is very important. you are basically _ is very important. you are basically saying _ is very important. you are basically saying to - is very important. you are | basically saying to people, suck this up, we are going to carry on doing it because it has been like this forever? i am not saying that. i get that people are angry and upset... what you are not going to change the rules? i what you are not going to change the rules?- what you are not going to change the rules? i think the transparency _ change the rules? i think the transparency is _ change the rules? i think the transparency is there - change the rules? i think the transparency is there so - change the rules? i think the i transparency is there so people can see that. now, i hear that people are frustrated with that, but we have a system at the moment that says if people

get donations, that has to be declared on the rules have to apply to everybody, and i think thatis apply to everybody, and i think that is correct, so the people can see where you have had donations and where that potential influence is so people can see the transparency.- people can see the transparency. people can see the transaren . �* people can see the transaren .�* ., transparency. but you may have been transparent _ transparency. but you may have been transparent about - transparency. but you may have been transparent about it, - been transparent about it, naturally, some of your donations that turned out to be foreclosed were listed as being generic, so they went completely out there in the domain, but you say you get frustrated. i want to let you know how angry some of our viewers have been and have been over this last week. wendy e—mailed us saying, its extraordinary behaviour to accept clothing donations when the government feels justified to remove winter payments to pensioners. eileen said, it's morally indefensible for politicians to be doing this. clive, who was a labour party member, said ifind it deeply disappointing that labour seems no different to the tories when it comes to freebies. are we expected to believe that the donors get nothing in return?

lord alli gave you individually more than £20,000. what is your promise to give him and return? i promise nothing and gave him nothing in return. the donors that have helped me in the past, what they have done is seen someone who has come from a very working class background, and as you said before, i say it how it is, and i have always tried to fight for people, and since having the honour and privilege of being the deputy prime minister and the secretary of state of housing, i have got a significant number of bills and the kings speech, because i want to improve people's housing. i want to get on with thejob of supporting housing. i want to get on with the job of supporting people, and a feature of our politics at the moment is for me to stand as the deputy leader, and you will be seeing the leadership contest at the moment in the conservative party. they will be getting donations to enable them to continue that work. that is a feature of our politics. that's why transparency is really important. why transparency is really important-— why transparency is really imortant. ., ~ ., why transparency is really imortant. �* ., ~ ., ., important. but lord alli got a downin: important. but lord alli got a downing street _ important. but lord alli got a downing street pass. - important. but lord alli got a downing street pass. they i important. but lord alli got a i downing street pass. they gave incredibly privileged access. i

think a lot of people would imagine that is the kind of thing you would have been absolutely kicking off about if you were still in opposition. who signed off on lord alli getting a pass? well, i don't know, and i didn't see him in that period, in parliament or number ten, so that period, in parliament or numberten, so i that period, in parliament or number ten, so i don't know that. i have been getting on with the job and i certainly don't know who gave him a pass, and it was not because of any donations given to me. i think many people here see a double standard, because many years, the labour party created this story around tory sleaze, cronyism corruption. you yourself said that we need to know what these donors were promised in exchange for their generosity. that was you saying that. �* ,., generosity. that was you saying that. �* h, ., generosity. that was you saying that. ~ ,. ., ., , that. and we saw that vip fast lanes on taxpayers _ that. and we saw that vip fast lanes on taxpayers macro - that. and we saw that vip fast - lanes on taxpayers macro money, billions of pounds wasted during the covid pandemic, these individual donations, nobody has been giving millions of pounds worth of contracts. that is the distinction for me. people were given jobs in executive roles, people were

given contracts worth billions of pounds, when we didn't actually see the benefits of that. but the transparency, you are absolutely right, and i absolutely believe the public want that in terms of where is money coming from.- want that in terms of where is money coming from. lots of our viewers might — money coming from. lots of our viewers might welcome - money coming from. lots of our viewers might welcome the - viewers might welcome the transparency, but they actually look at this and think, why do politicians get free stuff at all, end of story? another photograph has emerged this morning of keir starmer at the football in a corporate box with his chief of staff, sue gray. there has been a lot of finger pointing the last few days at her not having a proper grip of running downing street. there is a lot of chatter here at the conference that she may be part of the problem here. will she still be in herjob by christmas? will she still be in her 'ob by christmas?�* will she still be in her 'ob by christmas?* will she still be in her 'ob by christmas? ., �* , christmas? well, i don't accept sue gray as _ christmas? well, i don't accept sue gray as part _ christmas? well, i don't accept sue gray as part of— christmas? well, i don't accept sue gray as part of the - christmas? well, i don't accept| sue gray as part of the problem at all, actually, and i don't accept the caricature of how number ten is working. we have had a lot of bills to get through. we had the grenfell

phase a report out, which i worked with the prime minister and his chief of staff, they were incredibly supportive of how we take full with that important piece of work. there has been a lot of work where we have been working together to make sure that we get our first steps enacted so we can do at the british people want to see, and that is changed. so i don't accept the caricature. i am in number ten, accept the caricature. i am in numberten, i go in accept the caricature. i am in number ten, i go in at 8am every morning and i do not see that i do not see this caricature that somehow we are fighting over mansions or all at loggerheads with each other. actually, we are all really focused on making sure we deliver, because that's what the people are going to ask in a few years' time, is labour changing the country for the better? and we are determined to answer that question that we are. �* ,, , ._ , to answer that question that we are. ,, , are. and will sue gray still be in herjob _ are. and will sue gray still be in herjob by _ are. and will sue gray still be in herjob by christmas? - are. and will sue gray still be in herjob by christmas? i- in herjob by christmas? i think so, absolutely. she is doing herjob and has a huge amount of respect in the cabinet. it angers me as someone who has been a trade union rep in the person wants

to bring workers' rights that somehow it is located demonise workers in their workplace through the press and the media. i think sue gray has done an exceptionaljob, and we are all working together to achieve for the british people. let's talk about some of the things people want you to get on with now. you are responsible for housing. it's a huge problem for so many of our viewers, so many people in the country. you promised to build 1.5 million homes by the end of this parliament. how many of them will be social housing or council housing? it them will be social housing or council housing?— council housing? it very much de-ends council housing? it very much depends on — council housing? it very much depends on how _ council housing? it very much depends on how they - council housing? it very much depends on how they are - council housing? it very much l depends on how they are built, so there are golden rules for, if you want to go in what i call the grey belt, which we have defined in the national planning policy framework is, which is out for consultation at the moment, and they will be at the moment, and they will be a percentage of affordable housing, but it will depend on the site. but i've also said we want more from 106 notices, which is the affordability test and make sure that developers do what they are going to do

and build those safe and affordable homes of people expect. affordable homes of people exect. �* �* , ., expect. but there's a difference _ expect. but there's a difference between l expect. but there's a - difference between affordable homes and council social housing. i know you care very passionately about this issue. there are more than a million people waiting for social housing. so do you have a target of how many of the new houses were will actually be available for council tenants? i think it's really difficult to put an exact target and that, because as i say, it depends on whether it is through a new town, through access on the site with grey belt, or whether it is an urban site, and are very much depends on the site. but i want to see the biggest wave of council housing for a generation, and that's what i want it to be measured on.— that's what i want it to be measured on. what is a big wave, then? _ measured on. what is a big wave, then? you _ measured on. what is a big wave, then? you have - measured on. what is a big wave, then? you havejust| measured on. what is a big - wave, then? you havejust said you want to be measured, but you want to be measured, but you won't put a target on it or even a proportion. there are a million people waiting for council housing or social housing. can you give us a proportion of what you would expect? because the biggest wave doesn't mean anything without any sense a number on it. ~ .,

it. well, it will mean something, - it. well, it will mean something, because| it. well, it will mean - something, because there are it. well, it will mean _ something, because there are a couple of changes we're making. we will increase significantly the amount of council and social housing. bi; the amount of council and social housing.— the amount of council and social housing. by how much? but as social housing. by how much? ihut as was _ social housing. by how much? but as was said _ social housing. by how much? but as was said before - social housing. by how much? but as was said before around| but as was said before around things like right to buy, we are reviewing that as well and looking at how we can make sure we're not losing council houses at the rate we are now are not replacing them. but we are doing a consultation on that. so there's a number of things we're doing that will fix the system to make sure we get more council and social housing. i want to pursue a bit further on the number, because of there is a target for something you so you care about, often if there is a target for something in government, itjust doesn't happen. government, it 'ust doesn't ha - en. government, it 'ust doesn't ha en. . , ., government, it 'ust doesn't hauen. ., �* government, it 'ust doesn't hauen. ., ., �* , happen. the reason i won't put an exact figure _ happen. the reason i won't put an exact figure on _ happen. the reason i won't put an exact figure on it _ happen. the reason i won't put an exact figure on it is - an exact figure on it is because there are so many moving parts that actually, dependent on where the sites become available, so like i say, my golden rule is for the new towns, i have my rules around the release of green belt, and brownfield sites. they are all very different, and what we have been very clear on is we want to see more social housing, but we also have to stop the amount we are losing at the rate we are and

we are not able to replace them. , ., ., them. so why not get rid of riuht them. so why not get rid of ri . ht to them. so why not get rid of right to buy _ them. so why not get rid of right to buy completely? . them. so why not get rid of i right to buy completely? that is what our guest wants this morning. i is what our guest wants this morning-— morning. i know that, but if ou morning. i know that, but if you have — morning. i know that, but if you have been _ morning. i know that, but if you have been paying - morning. i know that, but if you have been paying for. morning. i know that, but if you have been paying for al morning. i know that, but if - you have been paying for a long time, i don't believe you shouldn't have the right to buy. but there needs to be balanced as well. the changes the previous government made has made it a lot easier with a huge discount for people to buy the social housing, and we just can't replace them, and therefore, i've started a consultation because i believe we should make it more fair to the taxpayer who helped fund social housing so that we don't lose these houses as quickly as we are. �* , ., lose these houses as quickly as we are. �* i. ., ~ we are. but you will make it harder for— we are. but you will make it harder for people _ we are. but you will make it harder for people to - we are. but you will make it harder for people to buy - we are. but you will make it harder for people to buy a l harder for people to buy a council house. you benefited from it yourself.— from it yourself. under the previous — from it yourself. under the previous system. - from it yourself. under the previous system. i - from it yourself. under the previous system. i can't i from it yourself. under the | previous system. i can't tell you what it meant to me. i have lived in council housing on my life. to be able to buy the property was incredibly important. the changes the government made made it so that people could get a bigger

discount quicker, and we can't replace that stock at the moment at the rate we need to, that's why we are consulting to have a fair system that is, if you have lived in the house for a long time, it is yourfamily home, you can get a discount, but it has to be levelled and balanced against replacing that stock. ., , ., ~ , balanced against replacing that stock. ., , ., ~ stock. the housing market is a complicated — stock. the housing market is a complicated thing _ stock. the housing market is a complicated thing and - stock. the housing market is a complicated thing and you i stock. the housing market is a complicated thing and you are| complicated thing and you are bringing in quite a complicated set of reforms, and you kind of hope that it will all come together in a big sort of jigsaw to increase the number of houses that are being built. but if you are falling behind, if you are miles off your ambition of getting 1.5 million new homes built by the end of this parliament, with the government ever actually step in and do it themselves? i don't think i will fall behind. people have underestimated me all my life, they have very clear, and people have been very critical of my mandatory targets, for example, and they are significantly higher for areas, that's because i am making it clear to local authorities working through devolution and housing with our

mayors as well, and with developers to say we have to get britain building, so a lot of the reforms i'm making out on the proposals are about saying we need that housing. we have all spoken about it for a very long time and we are going to deliver it together. bud to deliver it together. and this is the _ to deliver it together. and this is the question. i to deliver it together. and this is the question. you l to deliver it together. and this is the question. you can say, is previous governance have, that we want more houses built, the planning approvals are at a record low at the moment. you are doing consultations, calls for evidence, things that might work in future, but you have no guarantee that they will, so i will ask again: if you fall behind, if it looks like this isn't going to happen, will you do something that governments used to in days gone by? they would get the diggers in the ground and get houses built themselves. that is what some people believe you might have to do. , ., . ~ to do. first, let me tackle some of— to do. first, let me tackle some of the _ to do. first, let me tackle some of the issues - to do. first, let me tackle some of the issues you i to do. first, let me tacklel some of the issues you say about, you are right in terms of house—building has fallen off a cliff, because tories remove the mandatory housing targets which everyone in the

sector has acknowledged has meant we haven't had the houses built. so i believe a lot of the work i did in preparation for the government, i'm working with local authorities and working with the sector, and the feedback i've had is the proposals i'm putting forward. i cannot have it where developers are waiting years to get a planning decision so they can progress, whether that is through growth in industry, and that's why we called in some of those decisions already, or whether that is to housing. we are making the changes so the blockages are taken out. bud blockages are taken out. and ou blockages are taken out. and you hope _ blockages are taken out. and you hope it — blockages are taken out. and you hope it will _ blockages are taken out. and you hope it will work, - blockages are taken out. and you hope it will work, but there is a lot of doubt over whether or not the changes you make will have such a radical impact and actually get speeds in the ground and roofs over people's heads. can you see a day where you as the housing secretary with genuine ambition, clearly, to solve this problem, say, actually, you know what, we have to be more proactive and do it that governments did in times gone by? in governments did in times gone b ? ., , ., ,�* by? in a few years' time, if i still haven't _ by? in a few years' time, if i

still haven't got _ by? in a few years' time, if i still haven't got anywhere, l still haven't got anywhere, which i don't believe will be the case, because these are the biggest set of reforms in the system for a very long time, and i've taken on the blocks that are in the system where the tories wouldn't do that, so i think we will get there, but of course, you review where you are up to when you have to make the tories wouldn't do that, so i think we will get there, but of course, you review where you are up to when you have to make progress, and the reforms i have set out already, i do believe, and it's not because i think so, it's because i've worked very hard with people with skin in the game who do this every day, who have said, i have waited years for a development to go through because of x, y or z, that's why those decisions have been made to say, i want safe, secure, good houses that are being built, but also, i'm going to take away some of the blockages and make the system more efficient to get that growth. we will watch carefully how it

progresses. i want a couple of things. another huge reform labour is bringing in a changing rights for workers. i know that it's a passion of yours. a year ago at this conference, you said i have heard some rumours that we will be watering down our new deal for working people. those rumours persist. will there still be workers' rights from day one as you promise? yes, we will ut day one as you promise? yes, we will put the _ day one as you promise? yes, we will put the legislation _ will put the legislation forward next month. i said we will have the biggest reforms to workers' rights for a generation, and we will bring the legislation forward within the legislation forward within the first 100 days. i'm determined to do that, as you know. i'm one of those people thatis know. i'm one of those people that is absolutely focused. if i have a job to do, i will do it. i've been working with business and the trade unions. i even got them in the same room to deliver on these packages, so when the wheel hits the tarmac, when the aspiration goes into application, is that we are making sure we are able to deliver that, and we will deliver that, and we will deliver that, and we will deliver that, so people will see better workers' rights, the most improved workers' rights regeneration, and as you say, this is kind of a number one

mission, one of the things i feel so passionate about, as someone who worked as a casual worker that didn't have the protections when i first went into the workplace. i know how important this is for many people. important this is for many --eole. ,, important this is for many aeo ale, ., ., important this is for many neale, . ., ., ., people. quite a lot of businesses _ people. quite a lot of businesses are i people. quite a lot of businesses are quite | people. quite a lot of- businesses are quite nervy about it, but we will see when that legislation arrives in the next ten days or so. you will have seen that many people all the revelations about the former harrods boss mohamed fayed. was it a mistake that the cps didn't prosecute him? i think they have said they didn't have the evidence at the time. iam time. i am not familiar with all the details, but what really concerns me, and it seems to come up time and time again, is powerful people who seem to get away with it, that's why the workers' rights, employment rights and our mission and focus on thejudiciary rights and our mission and focus on the judiciary system to improve that especially around violence for women and girls. i think there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make sure that nobody is above the law and can hide in plain sight. if people have

done wrong, that power imbalance you see quite often, we have seen it in westminster, in the bbc, we have seen it now talked about in harrods, we have got find a system that means people are able to come forward, that nobody is above the law and people are able to express. some of what has been said is horrifying, and it seems to have gone on for a very long time, the question for us as government is, how can we make sure women or anyone who is vulnerable is not put in a situation where, because someone is considered very powerful, that they can be challenged. because we have had years and years of people constantly being abused or treated absolutely disgracefully, whereas if someone had intervened earlier, if the person was listened to, we could have prevented that. i think people are very interested in you as a politician, angela rayner. he once said to me and other journalists that you are like john prescott in a skirt stop in the days of blair and brown, he had a reputation of being a sort of thorn in the side and sometimes a pain in the neck for tony blair. are you

prepared to be a pain to make sure labour is doing what you want? i sure labour is doing what you want? ., ., ,., , want? i have learnt sometimes there is a _ want? i have learnt sometimes there is a carrot _ want? i have learnt sometimes there is a carrot and _ want? i have learnt sometimes there is a carrot and stick i there is a carrot and stick approach, and being a pain all the time doesn't necessarily get you what you want to achieve. i've been incredibly focused. it's an incredible honour for me to be a deputy prime minister and be in the job i am in, and they want to make sure people have good, secure homes and good, secure employment, and are really focused on that, and they will be pushy when i need to be pushy, but i will also be collegiate and work with people, because nobody can do it on their own. we are a team. our cabinet is 18. we are 0ur cabinet is 18. we are working with all levers of government to deliver that the people of britain. there are sometimes suggestions you are a bit pushed out are your influences sometimes a bit ignored. what are you willing to do if you feel your influences being ignored? i hear this nonsense on the news that i am being pushed out. i have had this ever since i was

elected as deputy leader! i do not feel i am being pushed out. we workers are really good team we did a lot of that preparation in opposition, and we are working together. for example, if i want good houses, transport and health are important, so i have to work with my colleagues, and we are working together to deliver that. ., that. hello there. if that. hello there. if you _ that. hello there. if you have i that. hello there. if you have been l that. hello there. i if you have been caught that. hello there. _ if you have been caught in some of the thundery rain around this morning, you will know it is pretty wet out there. some places have had as much as 50 millimetres of rain. this was earlier in the day, but i think we will have more showers developing further south. if you are travelling across england and wales for the rest of the day, lots of excess standing water on the road. details of the warnings are on the website. we now have an amber warning. this is for tomorrow from monday present �*s rain, but a large area of england and wales will be affected by that rain, up to 60-80 affected by that rain, up to 60—80 millimetres good for, on top of what we have already

seen through yesterday and today as well. so quite a lot of rain around commissary rain with heavy thunderstorms, torrential downpours, large hail and gusty winds. temperatures as a result of a bit more clout in the sky, a little lower. further north of a good session across western scotland, and into the north west of england, but further east again, misty, low cloud moves and overnight. 0vernight tonight, low—pressure drives all this heavy, thundery rain, just moving a little closer. you can see that rain starting to become a more organised band a really intense rain, but again, a warm and muggy night, fresher in the glens of scotland, further north and west, but a lot of missed and merck around again tomorrow evenin merck around again tomorrow even in the south. but for england and wales tomorrow, real concerns we could see, as i mentioned earlier, a months worth of rain if not more in a few spots on top of what has fallen last night and today, which could result in flooding issues and certainly disruptive

weather around, without thunder and lightning, and temperatures just taking a dip once again further north champion, because a weather front approaches from the north. for monday, it looks like we will see the wettest weather across england and wales. fortuesday, dreyer across england and wales, some heavier rain coming in across this weather front in scotland. from mid week onwards, another area of low pressure rushing off the atlantic. this time, not just off the atlantic. this time, notjust rain. it could be a sting in its tail with some strong winds, so stay tuned if you have plans. is that clears away, it opens the gates to this northerly arctic wind, so it is getting much colder by the end of the week. we do when there is a lot of weather to happen between now and then. warnings are on the website.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel has come under attack from scores of rockets fired

by hezbollah in lebanon, leaving thousands of people seeking shelter in the region. these are lives pictures from the northern israeli city of haifa. meanwhile, israel has also struck lebanon. deputy prime minister angela rayner defends labour's record after rows over rule breaches overshadow labour's message of change. the cps confirms it reviewed an allegation of rape in 2015 but took no action due to a lack of evidence. a mass shooting in the us state of alabama has left at least four people dead and dozens wounded. anti—joshua's hope of becoming three—time champion had been dashed after he was knocked out in the fifth round —— anthony joshua. welcome to the programme.

we start in the middle east, where israel says hezbollah has