i want to thank the board treasurer, volunteer dianne davis and christopher davis, a board member christina -- christina kizer, and dr. sue wong. your generosity extends past the groundbreaking in this official opening. with that, i would also -- one last thing, i need to give a special thank you to park construction. they are the contractors working with public works on this. and in phase one, they have awarded -- contracted 24 business enterprises in the amount of $12.5 million, that is 33% of the contracting cost. [applause] >> of those who are working on this project, 149 workers are from san francisco, so thank you with that, i would like to introduce the former supervisor, animal care and control champion , katy tang. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. as i was telling some people here today, the only thing that will take me out of retirement from attending press conferences is something to do with animals. i am so excited to be here and explain a little bit about how i got involved with animal care and control, and really wanting to see this facility rebuilt. aside from the fact t

i want to thank the board treasurer, volunteer dianne davis and christopher davis, a board member christina -- christina kizer, and dr. sue wong. your generosity extends past the groundbreaking in this official opening. with that, i would also -- one last thing, i need to give a special thank you to park construction. they are the contractors working with public works on this. and in phase one, they have awarded

this present parliament for the county constituency of brecon and radnorshire in the room of christopher paul davies, a recall petition has been successful. chris davies has been re selected as the conservative candidate. the by election will be an early test for the new prime minister, it'll take place just one week after he takes office. that's all for now, but i'll be here at the same time tomorrow for a look back at the whole week in parliament and a look forward to how borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will fare in the lion's den of prime minister's questions. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. thursday was a warm and a sunny day for most of us away from the east coast. but for scotland, wales, northern ireland, you saw your warmest day of the year so far. and today's looking pretty similar — another dry and sunny one with the highest temperatures across the west. that's because we've got high pressure across the country drawing up this hot air from france across western areas. but for the east, you'll notice the yellow colourss there, that's because we've still got more of an ons