claire gould reporting.this week, here's alex partridge —— here is a full list of those standing. 0nly crossbench hereditaries can vote in this election. there are about 30 of them eligible this time. voting takes place onjuly the 18th, with the result announced the following day. claire gould reporting. now, with a look at what's been happening in the wider world of politics this week, here's alex partridge with our countdown. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau was in edinburgh this week to receive an honorary doctorate, and even tried a scottish accent. british columbia. where we can be free and no man owns the fish. it's football's transfer season, which allowed labour's angela rayner to have some fun at the expense of the government and their deal with the dup. when arlene foster got £1 billion, she must be the most expensive right—winger since cristiano ronaldo. european commission president jean—claudejuncker was a bit upset at the low number of meps who turned out to hear the prime minister of malt

claire gould.a shinn on monday night at 11 for another round—up of the best of the day here at westminster, including questions to the home secretary, amber rudd. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. the weekend was something of a mixed bag across the greater part of scotland and northern ireland, but once we get into england and wales, at times it really did look as glorious as that. can we keep it up for the next few days? well, there will be some sunshine in the forecast. as early as tuesday, some areas will be seeing some significant rainfall, and then later in the week it will turn a wee bit hot and humid from the south. now, as i say, the weekend was something of a mixed bag, especially so in the western side of scotland, and into the first part of monday, i think we'll find some of those conditions slumping into the western side of england, through wales too. not a cold start here, 11! or 15, but with clearer skies across scotland and northern ireland, some of the temperatu

claire gould. on monday night at 11:00 for another round—up of the best of the day here at westminster, including questions to the home secretary, amber rudd. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello once again. sunday is shaping up to be a half decent day for many parts of the british isles, save for parts of scotland, where your impression will be slightly twisted by the fact they will see showers. not a cold start wherever you may begin the day, temperatures possibly in single figures in the glens of eastern scotland. once we got rid of the last of saturday's rains in the south—east, a lot of england and wales enjoys a super day. more cloud for northern ireland, more in the way of showers for scotland. a quick look at some of the detail, not quite unbroken sunshine but much improved for the far west of wales. the far south—west of england and tending into saturday we had all the cloud and a bit of rain as well. a dry day in prospect here for the greater part of england and wales. al

claire gould reporting.k, here's alex partridge with our countdown. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau was in edinburgh this week to receive an honorary doctorate, and even tried a scottish accent. british columbia. where we can be free and no man owns the fish. it's football's transfer season, which allowed labour's angela rayner to have some fun at the expense of the government and their deal with the dup. when arlene foster got £1 billion, she must be the most expensive right—winger since cristiano ronaldo. european commission president jean—claudejuncker was a bit upset at the low number of meps who turned out to hear the prime minister of malta speak. you are ridiculous. in a week dominated at westminster by talk of ties, the best of the week was surely the dup‘s jim shannon and his stars and stripes number, worn to mark the 11th ofjuly. and finally, congratulations to conservative backbencher jacob rees—mogg, who welcomed his sixth child this week. the baby boy is named sixtus dominic boniface chris

claire gould.k, but dojoinjoanna shinn on monday night at 11 for another round—up of the best of the day here at westminster, including questions to the home secretary, amber rudd. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. is that what is saturday looking like across the uk? it does not look that bad at all. for most of us there will be sunshine. the morning maybe cloudy and even a few spots of rain particular across east anglia and the south—east are just a bit of darkness nothing more, the weather is quiet. let's see how we will end the night. just a little damp weather there across the south—east but for most of us dry into the evening. temperature early on saturday morning will be hovering around mid—teens across most of england and wales, scotland and northern ireland are a little fresher. the chilly morning in sport in ireland, possibly a touch of grass frost. this is the morning in the north—west and the weather looks absolutely fine. lots of sunshine around but the weather will be clo

claire gould.n on monday night at 11 for another round—up of the best of the day here at westminster, including questions to the home secretary, amber rudd. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodnight. hello. most of us have seen a bit of sunshine today. the best across england and wales, but more sunny spells during the week to look forward to and a spell of rain on tuesday. after that, it is hot and humid across england and wales, with thunder later in the week. this is the extent of the sunny skies across england and wales. more cloud for northern ireland and scotland, where we have seen the cloud break—up in cornwall, beautiful scenes there, thank you for sending us that picture. this evening, a weak weather front head south across scotla nd weather front head south across scotland and northern ireland, bringing some rain. not too heavy. that weather eventually slides into north west england, wales, the south—west, where there could be hill fog patches overnight. 11—15d for most. tomorrow,

here is claire gould with our countdown.ompared to the passion unleashed in the taiwanese parliament where a debate over infrastructure spending got a bit out of hand. settling their differences on the sport field rather than the battlefield, mps versus journalists in the westminster end of term sportsday. with cross—party working in the tug—of—war and a dispatch box relay decided in a photo finish. a note from the clerks can be invaluable to the speaker. but this week, mr bercow got rather than less than he bargained for. well, that is very helpful. and i mean very helpful. from one of our senior clerks — don't have the details, believe you are correct, we can check. and there was just time for one more election before the end of term, this time in the house of lords where a new hereditary peer was elected. the successful candidate was lord volkes of harridon. someone in parliament was very keen to get home for the holidays on wednesday evening. the situation, lighting wise, has slightly thrown me off. that's right, ministe