reviewers katy balls, the deputy political editor at the spectator, and the political commentator, lance price evening. the race to become the next conservative leader and prime minister is officially under way. the names of the ten candidates who have gained enough support from fellow tory mps were announced this evening in westminster. they all now face the first ballot on thursday, when conservative mps will cast their votes. the result of the first round will be known by lunchtime. the candidates will be whittled down further by tory mps in three more ballots , ending on the 20thjune — when just two candidates remain. then the conservative party membership gets its say — around 160,000 of them can vote from the 22nd june. the final result will be announced in the week ofjuly 22nd, when we should have a new prime minister. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a wet monday morning in central london, the first official day of the rest of all of our lives, in a way. time to meet the tribe of tories who want to be the next prime minister. i am an optimist, because i believe in people.

katy balls, who's the deputy political editor at the spectator, and the political commentator, lance pricethat's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house. several weather warnings are in place for parts of south—east and eastern england tonight. that is after a month's eastern england tonight. that is after a months worth of rain fell in the space ofjust a few hours today. the met office said flooding and transport disruption were likely. the bad weather is said to continue until later on this week. let us find out more about the weather prospects. right now we can get the forecast. hello there. monday was a day of contrast. sunny spells and a few isolated showers for scotland and northern ireland. rainfor for scotland and northern ireland. rain for england and wales. but it probably came as welcome news for many. if we take a look at this chart issued by the met office for spring, which illustrates average rainfall anomalies, you can see across eastern england from midlands, down into this outcome it has been particularly dry few months. so th

katy balls, who's the deputy political editor at the spectator, and the political commentator, lance priceow's front pages are already in. let's start with the financial times, which leads on the tory leadership race — it claims borisjohnson remains the frontrunner, butjeremy hunt's campaign is gaining momentum. "the gloves are off" — so says the metro, which focuses on another leadership hopeful, michael gove, and his criticism of his rival borisjohnson. the same story makes the front page of the telegraph. it says mr gove is being accused of "desperation", with his attack on borisjohnson seen as an attempt to deflect questions over his past cocaine use. the guardian leads on mr gove's pledge to govern for "overlooked families and undervalued communities" — as he insists he can still win. a different story in the i. it reports on the bbc‘s announcement, that free tv licences for more than three and a half million pensioners are being scrapped. and the daily mail claims there's a backlash over that new ruling, which comes into force nextjune. so, a varied set of front pages, but the race t

katy balls, who's the deputy political editor at the spectator, and the political commentator, lance price at half past eleven for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc dot co uk forward slash papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to my guests katy and lance. we'll all be back for a second look at the papers in just over half and hour, but for the moment, goodbye. well, monday to draws about a months worth of rainfall to some southern parts of the uk. tuesday is going to bring yet more rain but it looks as though the rainfall is going to be a little bit further north as far as today and tuesday is concerned. the forecast, here's the satellite image first. a lot of clouds swirling around reston parts of europe always eocene thunderstorms in the near continent, heavy rain obviously here in the uk and basically a vortex is formed in western parts of europe, responsible for dragging the colder airfrom the nor