thank you very much, damian grammaticas l conservatives.mian grammaticas at the conservative party conference. now it's time for a look at the weather. several counties in england have seen the wet september on record so it is no surprise that this has led to localised flooding in the roads. the rest ofthe flooding in the roads. the rest of the week — flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good _ flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good news, - flooding in the roads. the rest of the week good news, high i of the week good news, high pressure building in, bringing much needed drier and sunnier weather although the nights will turn chillier again with some mist and fog. high pressure already starting in northern and western areas as we head into wednesday with the influence of low pressure across the far south—east so more of a north—easterly breeze here and more lighter times and a few showers, mainly in the far south—east but elsewhere, after a chilly start with early mist and fog we will see a good deal of sunshine around. the

damian grammaticas, many thanks.erence throughout the day on bbc news. do stay with us for that. on bbc news. do stay with us forthat. plenty on bbc news. do stay with us for that. plenty more to come. see you again tomorrow. hello. flooding continues to cause concern across parts of england. here we've got a weather watcher picture from the manchester area showing some flooding from the river great 0use. and at the moment, here's the latest flooding situation. we do have a number of flood warnings in force. the numbers have come down significantly in the south west, but we have these new flood warnings in northern england to go along with the problems that we have across parts of the midlands. now, today, yes, there is a bit more rain to come and for the most part across eastern england it's quite a steady rain with just a few heavier bursts mixed in. so maybe another ten millimetres of rain to come, something like that as we go through the rest of the day, with the heaviest rain, probably going into east anglia and

here is our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.at, one and a half hours, a couple of hours, early mid afternoon, we will get that result, which of the four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this. and essentially in the four who are there, you have two on the right side of the party in robertjenrick and kemi badenoch, they topped the poll, got first and second in ranking of votes in the last round, and then two slightly more in the centre, james cleverly and tom tugendhat. the feeling is tom tugendhat might be out this time but we will learn that this afternoon. really what you see here is a competition for what does the conservative party wants, what do mps want? do they want to pursue a more rightward direc

let's speak to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. talk us through what will happen?happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time _ happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is _ happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is a - happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is a vote - happen? yes, what we will get| around lunch time is a vote and around lunch time is a vote and a little bit after that, one and a half hours, a couple of hours, early mid afternoon, we will get the results, which of the four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, thatis around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this and in the four who are there, you have two on the right side of the party in robertjenrick and kemi badenoch, they topped the poll for first and second

studio: thank you to damian grammaticas at the conservative party conference. men hoping to become america's next vice president are preparing to go head to head in a live tv debate. both the democratic nominee tim walz and his republican rivaljd vance have been picked — in part — for their mid—western roots in the battle for rural voters, as our reporterjohn sudworth reports from nebraska. in america's great midwest, votes can be hard to find — quite literally. she'll be your friend forever. in nebraska, there are three times as many cows as people. but this is a deeply conservative state, and though sparsely populated, even here, one of donald trump's key messages is resonating. the border. he's going to shut that down. it's just unbelievable to me just to let people walk in. ok. there's people like me ranching down there. he's going to... he's going to deport all these people that should never have been here in the first place. our message to kamala harris is, how dare you call the citizens of your own country bad people because they don't want a flood of il

let�*s speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is in birmingham.interesting. — what did you pick out? what is interesting, you _ what did you pick out? what is interesting, you heard - what did you pick out? what is interesting, you heard two - interesting, you heard two candidates, robertjenrick and james cleverly, and amongst james cleverly, and amongst james cleverly�*s comments, a load of barbed comments, subtly beneath the surface ticking away at the other candidate, and that is because robert jenrick is seen as the front runner. he was a morejunior minister in the last conservative government, and james cleverly occupied more senior positions as foreign secretary and home secretary. robertjenrick resigned over theissue robertjenrick resigned over the issue of immigration controls and he had been seen as a more centrist mp but then shifted. james cleverly said he did not run away from problems, he stood firm on his convictions and did not change them, and he said he would be consistent and would not flip—flop. comments today by robertjenrick a

here�*s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas on how we can expect the day to unfold.he four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this. and essentially in the four who are there, you have two on the right side of the party in robertjenrick and kemi badenoch, they topped the poll, got first and second in ranking of votes in the last round, and then two slightly more in the centre, james cleverly and tom tugendhat. the feeling is tom tugendhat might be out this time but we will learn that this afternoon. really what you see here is a competition for what does the conservative party want, what do mps want? do they want to pursue a more rightward direction, or something different? people might remember this process starting, it may feel to some like it

also at the conference is damian grammaticas in birmingham for us. hello.about been like over the last few days? in many ways it has been _ the last few days? in many ways it has been extraordinary, - the last few days? in many ways it has been extraordinary, that l it has been extraordinary, that figure of 121, you have to go back 150 or 200 years, a crazy amount of time, for the conservatives historic defeat at the last election. a crushing defeat that they suffered. it is a low they have not seen, yet you come here and the mood around here, everybody says this, it is sort of upbeat. you talk to mps, former ministers, party members, and they are all like, we are feeling pretty good. why? the answer to that as a couple of things, one thing people say is the burdens of office have been lifted from them, at the end of their time, lifted from them, at the end of theirtime, many lifted from them, at the end of their time, many of them knew that the electoral situation was dire and they were heading for defeat so it was a gloomy time, full of splits and they fe

damian grammaticas is in westminster.happening today. 121 conservative mps, a tiny electorate, _ happening today. 121 conservative mps, a tiny electorate, which - happening today. 121 conservative mps, a tiny electorate, which the| mps, a tiny electorate, which the party has been reduced to, they are voting. the person who topped the poll last time was robertjenrick who promises a cap on migration. second was kemi badenoch who promises a rethink of the way the country works from the civil service, health service and beyond. the two who tied for third place, tom tugendhat and james cleverly are seen as central and tom to gap plays on his military experience and james cleverly on his role as foreign secretary. mel stride was knocked out last time and had 16 votes, enough to reshape this round. he backs james cleverly saying the party needs a broad appeal. mr cleverley�*s opponents say it needs a fresh start. tomorrow, the final two of those who go through. we fresh start. tomorrow, the final two of those who go through.— fr

our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in westminster.d of this competition merely insight? is the end of this competition merel insiuht? ~ ., merely insight? well, the end of the beauinnin merely insight? well, the end of the beginning is— merely insight? well, the end of the beginning is merely _ merely insight? well, the end of the beginning is merely insight - merely insight? well, the end of the beginning is merely insight becausel beginning is merely insight because we will come as you say, go down to the final to mecca today, that is really the critical choice in front of mps and the real and then comes at the end of the month as the choice goes to members. the results yesterday took quite a lot of people by surprise because it thrust james cleverly, who had been in equal third, write to the front of the pack, he nearly doubled his tally of mps that he had, going from 21 to 39. now, that means he is very close to the threshold, just over 40, that you need to be certain to beat the other two candidates today to get into the final ru

eliminate another candidate from the party's leadership contest today. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas week by week we lose one but how many do we go down to today? we one but how many do we go down to toda ? ~ ., ., ., ., today? we go from four to three today? we go from four to three toda and today? we go from four to three today and it _ today? we go from four to three today and it is _ today? we go from four to three today and it is a _ today? we go from four to three today and it is a reality - today? we go from four to three today and it is a reality show- today? we go from four to three today and it is a reality show butj today and it is a reality show but one in which we have had a whole bunch of rounds in which there was no voting. that was the conservative conference we just had, where all the candidates put themselves forward. now we get to crunch point where those last four whittled down to three today stop two tomorrow and those two will be put forward to the conservative party. the four either, essentially you have a choice for the members. the two who i sort of leading t