he wrote: "the noble lord marshall of goring is frightfully, frightfully boring. in 2008, lord carrington took bbc parliament on a guided tour of one part of the palace of westminster. this was the king's robing room. where the house of lords sat in 1945 because the house of commons chamber had been bombed, and the house of commons sat in the house of lords, and the house of lords was relegated to the king's robing room, which, as you can see, is not very big. but in those days, the house of lords was pretty small, and it accommodated everybody without too much difficulty. lord carrington. now, let's take a look at the wider world of politics. here'sjess ure with our countdown. at five, the royals had their eyes to the skies as the raf celebrated their centenary with a spectacular airshow of red, white and blue. at four, is that air force one? no, it's a giant inflatable baby donald trump flying over parliament square as protesters welcomed the us president. at three, defence minister tobias elwood is not known as a gossip... but he certainly can't hold his water.

the limerick ran, "the noble lord marshall goring is frightfully frightfully boring.lord baker. and that's all we've got time for. so from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello again. yesterday's fresher weather brought an end to a run of remarkable heat, really. somewhere in the uk over the last six days has seen temperatures into the low 30s, with the exception of yesterday's maximum temperature, which was at chivenor, in devon. we only got up to 26 degrees celsius. it was a beautiful day. for the early rises, outbreaks of rain here. the rain getting increasingly heavy across south—west scotland. the rain will be welcome for gardeners at most of us it is a dry start to the day and a fresh feel. the rain intensifies in south—west scotland, after that, it will fizzle out as the moisture gets spread out and it brings a risk of a few showers to wales. apart from that, lots of dry weather with clouds coming and going. high teens. and add northern ireland. the warmest weather for england and wales. if you're planning to watch the foot will at some of the open—air venues, it sho