i want to thank the wonderful staff at chequers and here at number ten and of course at chequers, andfantastic force here at number ten and of course at chequers, and our fantastic force of detectives, the one group who never leave. above all, i want to thank you, the british public for the immense privilege that you have given me, and i want you to know that, from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served, and the government of the country will be carried on. being prime minister is an education in itself. i have travelled to every part of the united kingdom and, in addition to the beauty of our natural world, i found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways, that i know that, even if things can sometimes seem dark now, ourfuture that, even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. thank you. is golden. thank you all very much. thank vom— is golden. thank you all very much. thank yon-— thank you. let's head live to westminst

is true, the prime minister is entirely within his rights- to hold whatever party he wants to at chequerscult about this. - as long as he is prime minister, he has the right to use - chequers for whatever he... yeah, but what if his calculations about whether to stay on as prime minister, even in a caretaker role, are being decided by the massive sausage roll delivery he's got booked for like the 29th ofjuly. i think that's probably a bit much. i suspect that isn't the case. - . suspect. — he's not having sausage rolls? well, he may, but he's on a fitness kick. - i've suddenlyjust remembered somethina. ., cop 26. yes. it was the third day of cop 26 and i remember on the tuesday night, so it all gone swimmingly, loads of leaders there, loads of presidents, prime ministers. borisjohnson was loving it. cop was going really well. he'd just won a sort of ding—dong with macron over brexit. number 10 were riding really high and somebody i know saw them quaffing lots of champagne into the night in their hotel in glasgow. then i, that night, as i was going to bed, got a call saying, oh, tomorrow m

you hopis| have a few more weeks to enjoy chequers.y this week, we've been promising you sunshine. well, we gradually got there in the end on thursday. after a cloudy start, we had beautiful blue sky and sunshine by the middle of the afternoon. not quite the case, unfortunately, in the far northwest, in highland scotland. still some pretty gray cloud around. and in actual fact, this weather front�*s still going to sit there throughout the day on friday. high pressure is building in and it will gradually drift its way a little bit further eastwards and dominate the scene over the weekend, but it does mean some drizzly rain first thing in the morning to the northwest of scotland and the far north of northern ireland. as we go through the day, there will be plenty of settled, sunny weather. with light winds, temperatures are going to respond quite quickly, so highs of 21 degrees in eastern scotland, 24 perhaps into the midlands, 28 celsius the high — that's 82 fahrenheit — somewhere in the southeast. we now have to start thinking about uv

hosting a private party as well tomorrow at chequers, for some of his supporters.is alex apati from ladbroke�*s to give us an insight into the favourites for the top runners in in the conservative leadership race. we describe it as if it is a horse race, don't we? thank you for joining us on such a hot afternoon. tell is what the odds are for the various contenders.— tell is what the odds are for the various contenders. only one of the only peeple — various contenders. only one of the only peeple in _ various contenders. only one of the only people in the _ various contenders. only one of the only people in the uk _ various contenders. only one of the only people in the uk wearing - various contenders. only one of the only people in the uk wearing a - only people in the uk wearing a shirt. i have treated myself to the top button undone. it is something of a horse race, this time last week i described it almost as the grand national of political betting. we had so many mps throwing their hat into the ring. and it has actually calmed down a little, we have whittled i

tomorrow at chequers for some of his supporters. and 15 others injured in the ukrainian city of dnipro, following a russian missile attack on the country's leading space rocket and satellite factory. ukraine says it needs urgent shipments of long—range artillery and other weapons to slow the advance of russian forces in the east of the country as our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. 0n ukraine's eastern front, they're about to target russian positions. this time, using american—supplied howitzers and ammunition. ukraine, still vastly outgunned. these help, but they can't hang around. western weapons like this have given ukraine an advantage in terms of accuracy and range, but they've also become high—value targets, with russia trying to hunt them down. they prepare to move out quickly, before they become the target. explosions. go, go, go! well, that's a russian reply coming in just now. they fired their shots and, within minutes, russian artillery were responding, shells landing close to us where we are now. explosio

i want to thank the wonderful staff here at chequers, at number 10 and that chequers and our fantastic. and i want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. being prime minister is an education in itself. i've travelled to every part of the united kingdom and in addition to the beauty of our natural world, addition to the beauty of our naturalworld, i've addition to the beauty of our natural world, i've found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all are very much. thank you. prime minister borisjohnson trying to strike a positive note at the end of that statement, when in fact he was announcing the end of his party leadership at the end of his time as prime minister in a few months�* time. but of course the precise timescale for mrjohnson�*s departure from downing street is still a matter of debate t

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i want to thank the wonderful staff here at chequers, here at number 10, and of course at chequers.nd our fantastic prot force detectives, the one group by the way, who never leak. above all, i want to thank you, the british public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. and i want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. being prime minister is an education in itself. i have traveled to every part of the united kingdom and, in addition to the beauty of our natural world, i have found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways, that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. thank you. >> boris johnson was the seventh british prime minister to resign from office in the last 43 years. margaret thatcher, the first female prime minister in british history, after serving 11 years, members of the conservative party challenged he

in response to a spokesperson said the prime minister was working at chequers where he is staying thenot unusual for other ministers to chair cobra meetings, of which i think there will be more in the coming days. then, many ben wright. a three—year—old boy has died after a tractor crash in greater manchester. it happened on farmland in tottington near bury, this afternoon. the child's family flagged down an ambulance while driving him to hospital, but he died en route. president biden is returning to america, after completing his first tour of the middle east since taking office. he insisted his administration would remain engaged in the region, and he's been trying to persuade gulf states to boost oil production, to help cut global prices. 0ur correspondent, anna foster has more details. standing side by side once again. joe biden came here to saudi arabia to mend relations with america's old ally, and the president made a promise not to desert the middle east. we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia or iran. we will seek to build on this moment with a

ben tomorrow at chequers as well for some of his supporters.rsity. he gave me his reaction to last night's debate. it was interesting to see the candidates put through their paces, because to be honest, many of us hadn't really seen a great deal of them before now on live television. and so, you know, there was something there, i think, particularly obviously for party members who are watching out there in the country, that may have swayed some of them. and of course, mps will have been doing so as well. and i think maybe, there might be some change after last night. so what's your assessment, then, of who was weakest and who was strongest? i think rishi sunak probably has done himself a favour there. he played it as the grown—up in the room, someone who had a real grip on the country's economic situation, and he emphasised time and time again he is going to act responsibly, and i think created a bit of a problem for those candidates who are spraying out the idea of tax cuts, and also those who are spraying out the idea that we can somehow cut

at chequers, the prime minister�*s country residence.ndemic and are hoping to hold a celebration at the end of this month at chequers, that has now been cancelled and another venue will be found by the couple. more from downing street later this year on bbc news, let�*s catch up with the weather situation now, it is looking good, here is owyn. hello, everyone. well, we are expecting temperatures to rise significantly over the next couple of days. we�*ve been talking about it for a while now. we�*re seeing more in the way of sunshine. in fact, since first like this morning, we�*ve had some lovely weather watchers�* pictures that have been sent in to us. this is the situation. we have this area of high pressure. what does that look like on the close up view? well, like this, it�*ll introduce more of a breeze as well across northern parts, western parts of scotland, we�*re seeing thicker clouds here through northern ireland, into northern parts of england as well, whereas further south, we�*re seeing more in the way of that sunshine and ind

they had planned a party at chequers — the prime minister's official country residence — but faced criticismstead, it will take place at the cotswolds estate oijb chairman, lord bamford — who's donated millions to the tory party. dozens of people have reportedly been injured during protests by supporters of a powerful iraqi cleric in baghdad, who have stormed the iraqi parliament for the second time in three days. thousands of moqtada sadr�*s backers have been demonstrating in opposition to plans to appoint a new prime minister. mr sadr�*s bloc emerged from elections last october as the biggest parliamentary faction but without a majority. he and his 73 lawmakers quit injune following months of political stalemate, paving the way for a rival political bloc to try and form a government under former prime minister, mohammed al—sudani. children's mental health services are buckling under pressure and putting vulnerable young people at greater risk, according to a new report. the commission on young lives, found less than a quarter of children referred to specialist services started treatment wi

max verstappen has stretched his lead in the formula one standings to 63 points, after taking the chequeredhan he might have expected, after his nearest rival charles leclerc, who had started on pole, lost control of his ferrari whilst leading the race. it's the third time this season he's failed to finish whilst in the lead. there was a good result for mercedes. george russell of britain overtook red bull's sergio perez with just a few laps to go, to make it onto the podium, and lewis hamilton finishing second in his 300th grand prix, but it was a perfect result for the world champion verstappen, with a huge lead in the championship. formula one now heads to hungary next weekend before its summer break. england's one—day decider against south africa has been abandoned, meaning the series finishes 1—1. the tourists won the toss and batted first. they lost their opener janneman malan to david willey forjust 11 in the sixth over, but they recovered well after that, with quinton de kock reaching a quickfire half century. he was on 92. england managed another much needed breakthrough. rassie va

wedding planned at the a prime ministers official residence in buckinghamshire, a large stadium called chequers. i'm at the end of this month. it was a, a ceremony that was postponed from last year. the ashley got married last year, but only with a small gathering of 30 people in the garden of downing street. and they had always planned to have a proper big celebration this summer. so there is some speculation that one of the reasons for his johnson was the hang on in there is because the invitations have been sent out. the reality is though, that there is a lot of consternation about this than liberal democrat lead us at davie has been doing the broadcast rounds this morning of the media saying it's frankly ludicrous that prime minister should be allowed to stay on like this. and that's adding to criticism yesterday, which was to say it was at one cabinet and a saying saying it was beyond credulity. that it was that it would be possible for ballast johnson to stay on. but as i say that in the, in the lack of a formal process to oust him, that there is no way to actually get him out if he's not

downing street say the prime minister is working from chequers and it is not unusual at all for primeing it to the relevant ministers. let's move away from the weather for the moment, and talk about the tory leadership race. we had the debate last night, what has been happening today? a lull, to be honest! a pause. a pause, as they go back through their various attack lines and policies, look at the polling from yesterday, which was interesting, building some sort of picture about what people may be thinking of the five candidates in these relatively early stages of a contest that will be over very quickly. we have five still in the running now. but by wednesday, we will have two left. the third round of the balloting of mps is on monday, there will be another, i think, on tuesday and the final one on wednesday, by which time they will have the final duo who then go forward to a ballot of the wider tory party membership, 175,000 conservatives, over the course of the summer. the attack lines didn't really move yesterday. rishi sunak, former chancellor, of the five, being the one who's

the briton took the chequered flag more than 19 seconds ahead of her nearest rival after streaking clearfromh 39 points. britain's abi pulling also made the podium in third. before we head back to wimbledon, tributes have been paid to the former scotland and rangers goalkeeper andy goram, who has died. he was 58. goram was capped a3 times for his country at football and four times at cricket, the only scottish man to have played for the national side at both sports. he helped rangers win five scottish titles, three scottish cups and two league cups. kheredine idessane looks back at his career. his team—mates just called him the goalie and he was one of scotland is's greatest. whether it was hibs, for scotland or for rangers, is's greatest. whether it was hibs, for scotland orfor rangers, his was the last line of defence. born and raised in lancashire, he played cricket and football for scotland, qualifying for his father, lewis. it's quite hard getting just what they are saying, i can't tell what they're saying i'm getting used to it. ., ., , , , they're saying i'm getting used to it. your d

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the paper reports that the prime minister is hosting a farewell party at chequers tomorrow, and missedgear on the front of the daily express. the paper describes him as the "maverick pm" and reports that he's still flying high in the polls, despite his plan to step down as prime minister in the autumn. the front page of the daily telegraph carries a message from cabinet office minister kit malthouse on the heat wave, who has suggested the next few days "may be a moment to work from home". the paper says government ministers are expecting significant road and rail disruption because of soaring temperatures. i mentioned yesterday, i was supposed to be travelling to brighton for the women's euros finals. they are saying, so they haven't changed the timetable yet, but they are saying expect significant disruption, cancellations, delays on the line, so if you're planning going anywhere by train, particularly in the south of england, the midlands, to the north on tuesday, possibly even tomorrow, actually, and wednesday, then, you know, the likelihood is it won't be a typical service. the war

the briton lead from lights out to the chequered flag, in the race in and around docklands excel arenad us in terms of that party atmosphere and the dj and the game sunday two very much still continuing and action ahead, which started with the victory and the men's wheelchair marathon. middle saddam nations, let me remind you, scotland winning silver and welsh cyclists getting bronze full stop england is favourites in gymnastics. and we have attends finals in the swimming band. whata and we have attends finals in the swimming band. what a response from another swimmer in his breaststroke final. despite fracturing his foot to ten weeks ago. let me show you the medals table. this is how things are looking on day two. early days. australia, enjoying these games,... 0ne australia, enjoying these games,... one of their athletes was here earlier, talking to us. we were hearing about how new zealand were incredible on the track. second on the table, england in the third with those three golds and then, malaysia, two goals for them in at the weightlifting today. a historic day for malaysia and

borisjohnson did not attend that and said he was having a party at chequers according to some reportss disruptive as suggested people won't be happy with the prime minister. there is a debate as to whether children should stay in school or at home because some of the older schools don't have air—conditioning and aren't ready for this. air—conditioning and aren't ready forthis. basically air—conditioning and aren't ready for this. basically it'll be a not good 24 hours for the country. indeed, laboursays good 24 hours for the country. indeed, labour says prime minister missing in action yesterday. anne, are you ready for the go slow over the next few days? i are you ready for the go slow over the next few days?— the next few days? i would like to be. the next few days? i would like to be- unless _ the next few days? i would like to be- unless you — the next few days? i would like to be. unless you have _ the next few days? i would like to be. unless you have taken - the next few days? i would like to | be. unless you have taken holiday you are _ be. unless you have taken holiday you ar

i want to thank the wonderful staff here at chequers and fantastic prop force, detectives, the one grouphe way, who never leave. above all, i want to thank you, the british public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. and i want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. being prime minister is an education in itself. i have traveled to every part of the united kingdom and in addition to the beauty of our natural world, i found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle all problems in new ways -- old problems in new ways that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. thank you. jonathan: nobody is indispensable, including this prime minister. the prime minister of the united kingdom, boris johnson, resigning, tom. telling us just moments ago that we will have a timetable for this leadership handover potentially sometime next week. tom: i felt very for

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as i say, now being hosted by thejcb boss in the cotswolds —— chequers.19705 and '805. laura trant has the details. it was the scandal that infected tens of thousands of people and affected many thousands more. at least 2,400 people died after contracting hiv or hepatitis c in what has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. the treatment was given to patients from the mid—19705 to 1991. su remembers her husband, steve, as she visits his grave in devon. he was infected with hepatitis c and died in 2018. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home, we lost everything we had. why shouldn't i financially, 'cause that's the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost? the purpose of the independent public inquiry is to examine the circumstances in which patients treated by the nhs were given infected blood. the chair, sir brian langstaff, said interim compensation payments of £100,000 should be made without delay, with more possible la

we are told he wants to stay because he wants to have a party at chequers for his wedding.should be? should it be the _ position. head you think it should be? should it be the deputy i position. head you think it should | be? should it be the deputy prime minister, dominic raab? that be? should it be the deputy prime minister, dominic raab?— be? should it be the deputy prime minister, dominic raab? that is for the conservative _ minister, dominic raab? that is for the conservative party _ minister, dominic raab? that is for the conservative party to _ minister, dominic raab? that is for the conservative party to decide. it| the conservative party to decide. it should not be a lying cheat who has let down his party and the public. i should talk to you about the position for the labour party. is it time for the labour party to make a? our reporter is north of preston and ben wallace's constituency. she was talking about the various members of the electorate talking about boris johnson's personality, whether you love him or loath him, his personality katz three. one thing she

i want to thank the wonderful staff here at number 10 and at chequers and our group force, those that i'm just wondering what you're made of the statement itself and did it tell us anything? —— anything new? boris anything? -- anything new? boris johnson is — anything? -- anything new? boris johnson is going _ anything? -- anything new? boris johnson is going to _ anything? -- anything new? boris johnson is going to try _ anything? -- anything new? boris johnson is going to try and - anything? —— anything new? err“; johnson is going to try and stay on until a new leader is found. he will remain in his party... that is certainly his intentions... talking about the conservative party moving and talking about the herd moving. i think they signed there that he will say this is about the conservative party rather than the country, turning his back on him. we know the past 48 hours he has made the argument privately and his allies publicly that he could still win an election, that he thinks he still has the backing. you heard him say he is disappointed to be giving up thisjob. clearly he is

i want to thank the staff here at chequers, at number ten and at chequers, and our fantastic force ofinterests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. being the prime minister is an education in itself. travelled to every part of the united kingdom and in addition to the beauty of our natural world, in addition to the beauty of our naturalworld, ifound in addition to the beauty of our natural world, ifound so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old in new ways, that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. thank you. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news live from downing street. are headlines at three p. news live from downing street. are borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but he's bowing to pressure to go. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful one and when the herd moves, it moves. and my friends, i

she was fantastic and we had the big battle at chequers over brexit.. average airport parking prices last month were up almost 30%, compared to june 2019. but it's car hire that's seen the biggest increase, with rates more than doubling from £222 a week to nearly £500 a week — with the biggest rises in ireland, italy and portugal. she the pound has dropped in value, too, so we're getting a little less euros or dollars for our cash. great, thanks very much. just like at home, inflation is spiking across much of the world, and that means that the prices on the menus are increasing. at this cafe in benidorm, ashley is facing much higher costs, but trying desperately to keep his prices fixed. many of our plates of food, we've not put the prices up, because after such a couple of difficult years in the tourism industry, we're a bit too worried to put the prices up and to scare away the potential customers that we're hoping to gain. so instead, we're taking the hit. if we only put 50 cents on the price of a plate of food, but if you eat out every day and you

instruct to make sure the chequers in the post afternoon because who knows who will be in that seat thisto do. the world is facing a global food crisis in which the - global food crisis in which the poorest nations face catastrophic consequences. will he take all possible action to negotiate and facilitate access to the grain source stranded in ukraine? we have a limited opportunity to avoid famine in developing nations and the uk must play its part using resources at our disposal. tie uk must play its part using resources at our disposal. he is completely _ resources at our disposal. he is completely right. _ resources at our disposal. he is completely right. there - resources at our disposal. he is completely right. there are - resources at our disposal. he is completely right. there are 25. completely right. there are 25 million tonnes of wheat basically held hostage by putin. the equivalent to the annual consumption of many of the least developed countries. we are helping to lift that blockade. notjust by negotiation but by supplying equipment and insurance for commercial ships that

i want to thank the wonderful staff here at chequers, here at number 10, and of course at chequers. and our fantastic prot force detectives, the one group by the way, who never leak. above all, i want to thank you, the british public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. and i want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. being prime minister is an education in itself. i have traveled to every part of the united kingdom and, in addition to the beauty of our natural world, i have found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways, that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. thank you. >> congress returns next week after their july 4 holiday break. the senate's back monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. senators vote later in the week of the nomination of president biden's nominee to serve as director of the bureau of alcohol, tob