thank you, jessica elgot, political correspondent at the guardian, and broadcaster david davies.emperatures had ta ken hello, to start the week, temperatures had taken a little step back backwards compared to recent days. that changed my noticeable way you had clouds and outbreaks of rain. nothing more than a few showers passing through northeast england today. this clot and east england today. this clot and east england in the southeast of england, made a down day for some. yet this clear light coming and and this next area set to move and later tomorrow into tomorrow night. most places will now be dry for most of the night, but —— i was in northern ireland. enough of the brace to stop the temperatures going down to fight, but it will be fairly chilly as tuesday starts low single figures in the coldest spots with a touch of frost here and there. good, sunny spells despite start the day. they will fade, clad in the rain to move into northern ireland for much of the day. most of the places during daylight hours, we will list a drive. very simple compared to today. this weather sys

with me are political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and broadcaster, david davies.orrow's front pages are already in. and the financial times leads with a picture of former labour mps ann coffey and chuka umunna as they — along with five others — announced their resignation from the party. the times reports that the 7 mps claim the labour party had been hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left , was facilitating brexit and had become institutionally antisemitic. the daily telegraph leads with a picture of what it calls the "gang of seven" —saying it understands that at least 7 more labour mps, a conservative minister and three tory mps could be considering joining the independent group too. and that story makes the front of the guardian with a warning from labour's deputy leader tom watson, urging the labour leader to change direction or face a worsening split. the metro leads on the announcement expected tomorrow of the closure of the honda plant in swindon, putting three—and—a—half—thousand jobs at risk. des quinn from the unite trade union says the closu

with me tonight are political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and broadcaster, david daviesll ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson. the headlines tonight. fighting for her right to run — why caster semenya faces the biggest battle of her career. seven becomes eight but will it be chelsea or manchester united in the quarter finals of the fa cup. yes, we are here live under very sta mford yes, we are here live under very stamford bridge are ready and a repeat of last year's final. and stay with us as we bring you the draw for the women's fa cup quarter finals in the programme tonight. also ahead. the £80 million broadcast deal. but could that put the brakes on the rematch everyone wants to see. we'll be live at stamford bridge tonight, we'll be reflecting on the opening day of caster semenya's landmark case and we'll be bringing you the draw for the quarterfinals of the women's fa cup. sara mulkerinns will be making sure everything goes smoothly as those teams are pulled out of the pot later. sara. plenty o

, we'll be taking another look at the papers with the political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgotroadcaster, david davies. good evening. welcome to bbc news. seven mps have taken the drastic step of deciding to leave the labour party, and are forming a new independent group, that will sit in the house of commons. the group said they were resigning over the leadership‘s handling of brexit and anti—semitism. mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, called on them to stand down and face by—elections. just a warning the following report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg has some flashing images. finally, after a frenzy of rumour... ..labour mps with decades of experience between them, making their way into a stifling, cramped london room. where, after months of struggle to make their presence felt, they announced they would be labour mps no more, whether because of anti—semitism. .. the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly failed to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture