danny savage, bbc news, harrogate.r political editor chris mason for a last word. no shortage of conservative mps saying that time is “p conservative mps saying that time is up for boris johnson conservative mps saying that time is up for borisjohnson and they have said it consistently and yet as you have underlined, this is not a prime minister who is about to throw in the towel. he minister who is about to throw in the towel. , �* �* , ., the towel. he isn't, he's defiant and determined _ the towel. he isn't, he's defiant and determined this _ the towel. he isn't, he's defiant and determined this evening. i the towel. he isn't, he's defiant i and determined this evening. they are reconciled to more resignations tomorrow, probably not from the cabinet but the next rung down from within the government, and they are concerned, they were nervous, very nervous a little earlier on, in those couple of hours after the resignations of those cabinet ministers when plenty were wondering what might happen next, and the prime min

danny savage, bbc news, harrogate. and currently who the new chancellor is, nadhim zahawi. you can also find me on twitter. get in on the conversation. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sallybundockbbc. we have some warmer weather to come for the uk in the days ahead, notably warmer for england and wales. it was a pretty chilly start to tuesday. it's going to be a much milder start to wednesday. we start as we mean to go on. we've sourced our air around an area of high pressure all the way from close to the azores. so through the night, we're actually going to be pulling in mild air all the while on a north—westerly breeze behind a warm weather front. and that weather front will bring some quite heavy rainfora time for scotland and then some quite persistent but lighter rain sets in across western scotland for the day on wednesday, perhapsjust fringing into northernmost england as well. northern ireland hopefully brightening up as the day goes on. best of the sunshine will be across england and wales, but 20 degrees i

in the harrogate league, where i play our- harrogate league, where i play our craft, _ harrogate leaguessions — clubs in the area run weekly fun sessions so _ clubs in the area run weekly fun sessions so there was a lot of opportunity for us to get involved and the _ opportunity for us to get involved and the fa— opportunity for us to get involved and the fa have a lot of initiatives coming _ and the fa have a lot of initiatives coming up. — and the fa have a lot of initiatives coming up, like the women's beginner league _ coming up, like the women's beginner league being started up here, where we are _ league being started up here, where we are asking ladies who have been involved _ we are asking ladies who have been involved in— we are asking ladies who have been involved in football or maybe haven't — involved in football or maybe haven't but would like to have a go, to come _ haven't but would like to have a go, to come and — haven't but would like to have a go, to come and get involved and that will start— to come and get involved and that will start next season the.- to come and g

harrogate hospital in north yorkshire — a national emergency has been declared.there is a risk to life. health chiefs fear the nhs could be overwhelmed. i am worried that we're going to have a surge in attendances over this weekend and into next week, and it's going to put enormous pressure on notjust the emergency department but the system as a whole, both gps, communities, and well into the hospital as well. the whole system is going to become under pressure. at this care home in warwickshire, they are doing all they can to keep residents safe. bill is 81, the former mayor of stratford. each drink he takes is recorded on a hand—held device, meaning hydration levels are constantly monitored. the weather out there is terrible, absolutely terrible. as far as i am concerned, it is something that we have got to be careful of. a fire in a barn in essex, the tinder—dry conditions and extreme temperatures means there's been an increase in fire service call—outs. the conditions for firefighters — a real challenge. unfortunately, i have my shirt and my trousers on undern

harrogate hospital in north yorkshire — a national emergency has been declared. system as a whole, both gps, communities, and well into the hospital as well. the whole system is going to become under pressure. at this care home in warwickshire they are doing all they can to keep residents safe. bill is 81, and a former mayor of stratford. each drink he takes is recorded on a hand—held device, meaning hydration levels are constantly monitored. the weather out there is terrible, absolutely terrible. and as far as i am concerned, it is something that we have got to be careful of. a fire in a barn in essex, the tinder—dry conditions and extreme temperatures means there's been an increase in fire service callouts. the conditions for firefighters a real challenge. unfortunately, i have my shirt and my trousers on underneath as well, so it's incredibly hot, but we do is we make sure we can do everything we can to make sure our crews are supported, that we have plenty of bottled water on the incident ground, and it's just about sort hydrating and standing in the shade we

we have i had colleagues out and about across the country, one in harrogate, and again this morning talkingnson is an i is. he is, but boris johnson is an existential _ is. he is, but boris johnson is an existential threat _ is. he is, but boris johnson is an existential threat to _ is. he is, but boris johnson is an existential threat to the - is. he is, but boris johnson is an existential threat to the future i is. he is, but boris johnson is an| existential threat to the future of the party and we need a viable party for the health of democracy. the country faces huge challenges. what we have seen the past months is government policy dominated by saving big dog and it is time for big dog to go away to a farm and never be seen again. it big dog to go away to a farm and never be seen again.— big dog to go away to a farm and never be seen again. it looked like the house of _ never be seen again. it looked like the house of cards _ never be seen again. it looked like the house of cards would - the house of cards would collapse when those other two big dog resignations came through last night

trains running north and hear out of london to major destinations like edinburgh, york, leeds, hull, harrogatetrains go no faster than 90 mph, in some cases as slow as 20 mph. it's not just some cases as slow as 20 mph. it's notjust the railways, the airports have been disrupted too. have a look at these scene from luton airport yesterday, when it got so hot that the tarmac on the runway became damaged, they had to close it for safety reasons. it reopened after a 6pm but you can imagine there was a huge backlog notjust of flights waiting to depart but also flights that couldn't leave to come into luton. so a big disruption for people travelling by plane as well. let's return to the railways, we can speak to kevin groves from network rail. give us an update, we know a lot of services are not running today, how is it looking from the control side of things? is it looking from the control side of thins? ., . �*, ., of things? you are right, it's going to be a difficult _ of things? you are right, it's going to be a difficult day _ of things? you are right, it's going to be a difficult day for— of

i yeah, i got that a couple of nights ago in harrogate. in the week. brisk winds as well. more details throughout the morning. it's saturday the 23rd ofjuly. our top story. authorities in kent have declared a major incident as long traffic jams build up around dover for the second day running. there are currently three thousand lorries parked on the m20 and lengthy delays within the port of dover itself, as thousands of people try to head abroad. we're also hearing from motorists who are stuck in gridlocked traffic in folkestone as they try to access the eurotunnel. simonjones has the story. a busy night at the port of dover, following a day of huge disruption. and the warning is, be prepared for more this weekend. on friday, the queue stretched for miles. people wanting to get away for the start of the school holidays instead of spending hours going nowhere. after over seven hours for a journey that should have taken really no more than one hour we have finally made it to the port of dover. we haven't had no breakfast or nothing. you know