tom barton, bbc news.ow is greig baker, canterbury constituency conservatives chairman and author for brexit central. did you feel sorry for theresa may all that down? i think it is a sad situation. —— or let down. constituency association chairs had made their views very clear. i think the imminent national convention played a very large part on the timing of the announcement. we take no pleasure in her resignation although i do think it was the right thing to do. why would anyone want herjob? doesn't thing to do. why would anyone want her job? doesn't that thought thing to do. why would anyone want herjob? doesn't that thought or question?? i certainly herjob? doesn't that thought or question? ? i certainly wouldn't, herjob? doesn't that thought or question?? i certainly wouldn't, it looks incredibly hard. at the same time, ithink looks incredibly hard. at the same time, i think going into politics and almost any elected office from local councillors up to the very top of the tree is incredibly hard at t

tom barton, bbc news.aking place across europe on the last day of elections for the european parliament. more than 400 million are eligible to vote and results will be announced after the polls close at ten o'clock this evening. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, joins us from brussels. and damian, people here in the uk will learn how the various parties have performed in an election that wasn't meant to take place if brexit had done to plan? yes, that's right. those uk meps who will be selected will take up their seats at the beginning ofjuly and may only be in them for a matter of weeks, with the uk due to be out of the eu by the end of october. but they could still be influential. the rest of the eu, most countries are voting today. this is belgium. voting here is compulsory. the first thing is going to be the overall composition of the european parliament. the expectation is that the big centre parties, the conservative centre—right, socialist ce ntre—left, conservative centre—right, sociali

tom barton, bbc news.tigation is under way as a man and a woman are questioned on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 in an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. the four other children, aged between seven months and 11 years, are not seriously injured. president trump and the first lady melania have arrived injapan this morning for the start of a four—day state visit. mr trump will be the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffith looks ahead to his visit. this is a trip really tailor—made for president trump. we'll see him tomorrow playing golf. we know that's one of his favourite pastimes. later on, a trip to sumo wrestling. we know he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states. a different type, but he will be there with a front row seat at an important competition here in tokyo. and all those

tom barton, bbc news.als say a british man died on saturday on mount everest, bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak. robin haynes fisher reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. an irish man also died on everest yesterday. there have been reports of overcrowding and climbers have been queuing near the summit. jenny kumah has the story. taken just two days ago, this photo shows the queues of people ascending everest, in what's been one of its most deadly weeks. ten people have died in recent days, climbing the world's tallest peak. among them, 44—year—old british man, robin haynes fisher and 56—year—old kevin hynes, from ireland. record numbers are making the ascent, trying to take advantage of a window in the weather conditions. 381 permits have been issued, costing around £9,000 each. but there had been calls for the number of permits to be limited and criticism of the trek operators. the ice wall is a very treacherous part of the mountain, low down it is

enough priority for some viewers, but it was covered on bbc news, including in this report from tom bartonn'tjust a good night for the brexit party. though standing on a clear remaining platform also made a great leap forward. they greens to be the conservatives into fourth place. —— the greens beat the conservatives. a champagne moment for the liberal democrats. coming in second with a 20% of the vote. but the adding together of her main parties and vote share to show a majority over it leave parties as shown in this graphic which appeared on the bbc news website prompted objections from the other side. william speight at the graph did not count the conservatives in the leaves total. the graphic falsely shows that brexit party supporters had other objections. one about the makeup of the studio panel on the overnight programme. about which a twitter user called and posted this... and there were also complaints about this comment from laura kuenssberg. they are clearly going to seek some kind of role, we know that nigel farage is extremely good at making his case to the public in a way that

tom barton, bbc news.nservative mp and former cabinet minister maria miller, who is backing dominic raab for the tory leadership. she joins us from her basingstoke constituency. good afternoon, thanks for being with us on bbc news this afternoon. why dominic raab and not any of the other so far declared?” why dominic raab and not any of the other so far declared? i think we have heard in the candidates, a range of people with huge talents as to but i looking for someone to bring the party together. he is looking to bring brexit but also, really im porta ntly, ta ke looking to bring brexit but also, really importantly, take britain beyond that and painted picture for the sort of britain he thinks and feels is right following our exit from the eu. you say the experience to deliver brexit but he only lasted for months as the brexit secretary. he resigned because he was unhappy with theresa may's deal. that limited experience where he felt he had his hands tied behind his back by number ten, does that qualify

0ur political correspondent, tom barton, takes a look. to serve the country i love.walk away from the top job, the focus now is on who might be the next person to step through the door of number ten as prime minister. he wants the job. so does he. and her. and him. him too. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. of course we've got to deliver brexit, and i will, but we need to win the argument for free enterprise and a free society and do all the other things we need to do to make this country a great place to live. anybody who pretends there's some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there had been a magic solution, it would have been done already. the reason there isn't a magic solution is it's not about the detailed lines in this deal, it's about the way in which people communicate and negotiate. i've worked in iraq, i've worked in afghanistan, i was a professional diplomat, i negotiate. the field is expected to get bigger. good morning. are you running? although environment secretary michael gove hasn't yet said whether he'll be runni

>>for bay area bridges like favorite san mateo bridge tom barton as well and then temperatures are in the 40's and 50's but for your complete forecast a tune. john we'll have a look at what you can expect today and also the rest of the week. close to 05:00am on your wednesday morning, definitely drier than yesterday was looking at the south bay right here. there is a shower to be noted just south of san jose's you're traveling on one oh one to be expecting some rainfall. >>round morgan hill heading towards gilroy here and a little bit. also if you're heading over the ultimate you're looking at some showers just east of livermore under way over to tracy or possibly heading down further south on i 5 this morning. overall this morning is dry though these are just a couple of our lingering showers so do expect a dry and cool start to this morning with all other areas of the bay just looking at some 50's of mix of cloud cover for your morning. but a lot of sunshine and some warmer temperatures than yesterday as we move into the afternoon. >>robin all right, let's check in on the morning co

our political correspondent, tom barton, is here.peaking around this time yesterday, the feud has got wider? yes, eight candidates now, up from five yesterday. a bit of a split emerging between leave and remained for top five of the candidates in the race so far, are expected to announce today, our former leave campaigners during the 2016 referendum, including michael gove who led the campaign along with borisjohnson. three who led the campaign along with boris johnson. three of who led the campaign along with borisjohnson. three of them are former remain campaigners. it's interesting that two of those are making concerned noises about the idea of a no—deal brexit. jeremy hunt, on the other hand, appears to have the passion of the convert, if you like. he is certainly enthusiastic these days about brexit. that question of what candidates think about no—deal is going to prove very important, not just because we have a conservative party membership that is broadly thought to be a very pro—brexit, relaxed about no—deal, in the main. but

our political correspondent tom barton has this report.out of his house and into the leadership race. hi, good morning. good morning. i can confirm that i will be putting my name forward to be prime minister of this country. i believe i am ready to unite the conservative and unionist party. i'm ready to deliver brexit and ready to lead this great country. so, both of the big names of the leave campaign now in the tory leadership campaign. a tantalising prospect, not least because they have history. remember this? for all of boris‘ formidable talents, he was not the right person for that task. borisjohnson‘s leadership campaign torpedoed in 2016. now, three years later, both men are in the race again, joined in a crowded field by six other candidates. among them, former brexit secretary dominic raab, saying today he would try to renegotiate a northern irish backstop, making it clear he would leave without a deal if he couldn't. we weren't resolute enough when we took no deal off the table. i don't want the wto brexit but i think unless you'

that we need to do to make this country a wonderful place to live. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonbout the big issues facing the leadership candidates. there is no getting away from the fact that brexit is, without question, the single biggest issue facing the country at the moment and also, the issue that is going to be hardest for the prime minister, for whoever the new prime minister is, to deal with. all of the candidates who have declared so far with the exception of rory stewart, are eitherformer brexit campaigners like boris johnson, or people likejeremy hunt and matt hancock who despite having campaigned for remain, say they are committed to brexit. this morning we've had one potential candidate, amber rudd, the work and pensions secretary, seen potentially as a front runner or a kingmaker, rule herself out because she says she isn't committed enough to brexit to win the race. we've already heard from two excellent leadership candidates today. i think there will be a field full of great candidates and i've just decided that it's not for me. ithink the party, the members and

tom barton, bbc news, westminster. eu. —— uk staying in the eu. let‘s start with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, who is facing increasing pressure from senior members of his party to back another referendum on brexit, with his own shadow chancellor saying it is the only way through the deadlock. john mcdonnell said the country was now facing the prospect of a "brexit extremist" becoming the next prime minister, meaning the uk faced the prospect of no deal. we are in a situation now, where do we go from here, and we are faced with the potential of a brexiteer extremist almost certainly becoming the leader of the tory party, whether it is borisjohnson or dominic raab or someone of that ilk. so we are faced with the prospect of no deal, which could have catastrophic consequences for our economy. we have got to prevent that. how do we do that? of course a general election but not many tory mps are going to vote for a general election, it would be like turkeys voting for christmas, i think the best is a second referendum, s

let's get the very latest from our political correspondent tom barton who is in westminster now. mably the focus there has already shifted to who will replace theresa may? it was a pretty drawn out and to theresa may's political career, and then without an emotional speech yesterday. attention does not turn away from the prime minister and on to potential candidates to replace her. there are now five names already in the frame, the most high profile is boris johnson, already in the frame, the most high profile is borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary. he is the book—keepers‘s favourites. jeremy hunt, esther mcvey, rory stewart have all said they wanted to run, and then the last 30 minutes matt hancock has put his name forward. there are likely to be lots of other runners and riders, including perhaps michael gove, a leading member of the leave campaign. people like andrea leadsom, who was second choice to become leader of the party when theresa may became prime minister three years ago. sajid javid is also likely to be amongst the contenders. amber rudd has ruled herself out

let's get the very latest from our political correspondent tom barton, who is in westminster now. resumably the focus there has already shifted to who will replace theresa may? that's wright, rachel. after what has been the longest, most drawnout and toa has been the longest, most drawnout and to a political career in modern times, attention today turns away from theresa may and onto her eventual successor. as we have seen, four names are already in the ring, as potentially taking the top job among those boris johnson as potentially taking the top job among those borisjohnson comedy former foreign secretary, seen by bookies as the favourite at the moment. although leadership elections can be incredibly unpredictable. jeremy hunt the current foreign secretary, is that he wants the job as does the former work and pensions secretary esther mcvey and the international development secretary, rory stewart. lots of other names are also likely to end up in the frame. we are expecting to hear from to end up in the frame. we are expecting to hearfrom people to end up in the frame. we are exp

let's speak to political correspondent tom barton, who joins us now from our london newsroom. how the candidates want to deliver brexit is already the key issue in this campaign, isn't it? that is right, and the three candidates who have announced this morning are all prominent brexiteers. of the eight candidates, a huge number who are in the field so a huge number who are in the field so far, five of them backed leave at the referendum in 2016. three of them backed remain. and there are some clear differences starting to emerge. we have not heard detailed policies from all the candidates yet, but yesterday, rory stewart, a former remain campaign, he said if he was pm he would not implement an ideal brexit, saying that would be a disaster. matt hancock, another former remain campaign, said that he would need to be brutally honest about the trade—offs needed in negotiations. by contrast, brexit supporters like andrea leadsom and dominic raabe today are firmly keeping no deal on the table. we have not heard michael gove's pitch yet, we should hear that later on the political pod

let's get the very latest from our political correspondent tom barton, who is in westminster now.ll after all the papers today, the front pages all have pictures of theresa may outside downing street yesterday morning, now the focus has shifted onto who might replace, but also the papers, many of the papers full of what the right way forward is now. labour, of course, want a general election. roger, you are absolutely right. this was the most drawnout, longest, slowest into a political career we've seen in modern times, but absolutely attention now turns squarely away from theresa may and onto who will be her successor. four names are already in the frame. borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary, regarded by many as the favourite, although conservative party leadership elections can be incredibly unread bull affairs. also saying they want the job is jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, esther mcvey, the former work and pensions secretary, and rory stewart, the international development secretary. there are four names there, but we are expecting many, many more to end up are expe

let's get the very latest from our political correspondent tom barton, who is in westminster now. emotional street in dining —— emotional speech in downing street yesterday, all the attention turned away from theresa may and onto whom i take on the top job. there are four people who have already said they want to take on thatjob. the most high profile probably is boris johnson, thatjob. the most high profile probably is borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary. he is the book—keeper is my favourite. also stamping is jeremy hunt, book—keeper is my favourite. also stamping isjeremy hunt, esther mcvey, the former work and pensions secretary, and rory stewart, the international development secretary. we are expecting many other names to end up in the frame as well. among those, the current environment secretary michael booth, who was heavily involved in the leave campaign. andrea leadsom, she was the second choice for party leader when theresa may took the job a couple of years ago, and sajid javid, the home secretary. you will hear much more over the next few days from several of t

let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton, whojoins us now from our london newsroom. know we now have eight candidates, at least, running. how are they going to whittle it all down? ate potentially more to come as well. when the contest formally opens in a couple of weeks' time, mps will have the first assay, holding a series of votes and around by brand eliminating the candidates with the fears to pose until there are only two left. then ballot papers will be set out to the 100 or so papers will be set out to the 100 or so conservative party members across the country— 100,000. so conservative party members across the country—100,000. then it is done to them to decide who will become prime minister. for the first stage of that contest, convincing mps, the challenge will be for candidates to persuade tory mps for brexit that can get approved by brexit, get over that hurdle that theresa may failed to do so spectacularly. the challenge then for the two candidates will be to commence a broadly eurosceptic pro—brexit party membership that they are candidate with the two br

our political correspondent tom barton's reports contains some flashing images.members of a party only launched six weeks ago. the brexit party the clear winners in this election taking almost one third of the vote and 29 meps. brexit! the party's leader saying this could be just the start.“ brexit! the party's leader saying this could be just the start. if we do not leave on october the slst then this because you have seen to date for the brexit party will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for itm repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. it was not just a we are getting ready for it. it was notjust a good night for the brexit party, though standing on a clear remain platform also took great lea ps forward remain platform also took great leaps forward for that the greens beat the conservatives into fourth place. while it was a champagne moment for the liberal democrats coming in second with 20% of the vote. it is the first time in 100 yea rs vote. it is

let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton, who joins us now from oui’ london newsroom.ntal to this race will be the plan on how they leave the eu. firstly, are they distinct from one another? and, what do other tories want? yes, those are the key stories. and this is all coming down to that brexit issue. part of the question here is about how this process plays out, because these candidates have to appeal to two different audiences. in the first insta nce different audiences. in the first instance it is down to mps to whittle down the field of candidates from eight, perhaps eventually more, down to just two. in order to do that the candidates will need to convince mps that their vision for brexit is realistic enough to be approved by parliament. notjust the conservative part of parliament but may be reaching out to labour mps and others as well. so that question around what we think about an ideal brexit very important. but whoever ends up in the final two will have to do appeal to those as well. at that stage, the candidate's brexit credentials will be very important.

our first report comes from our political correspondent tom barton.nted on brexit. we've been very clear we are the strongest remain party the one thing that is clear from this result is that voters don‘t like the tightrope walk brexit compromises that the two main parties have been offering up to now. what then does that mean for the future? well, both for labour and the conservatives, it means that they are going to be under pressure to adopt simpler, clearer positions. for the tories, devastation at the polls is likely to see leadership candidates taking even tougher positions. this is the worst result in our party's history in elections and it's a wake—up call to my colleagues in parliament that we have to deliver on the instructions the british people gave us in 2016 in the brexit referendum. for the labour leadership, the pressure is on the opposite direction — to back another referendum. what you‘re from me today is a commitment that our party is... listening to its supporters. a commitment that the future will of course be put to a public vote