mel stride and tom tugendhat. mel stride managed 16 votes, tom tugendhat got 17.t one of those two will go out today. up until today, it looked pretty certain that mel stride was going to lose. but whisper in westminster this afternoon is that actually he's managed to get enough votes to get him through to the next round. and it could be tom tugendhat that ends up going now, why is that? it looks as though priti patel's votes have gone quite a few different ways. you've got a few more votes for robert jenrick, a few more votes for kemi badenoch and then actually you've got quite a few votes for james cleverly. and actually you've got quite a few votes forjames cleverly. and it votes for james cleverly. and it is possible that even some of tom tugendhat voters to sort of one nation, if you like, a little bit from the left of the party, have gone instead, with james cleverly , james cleverly james cleverly, james cleverly and tom tugendhat generally are seen as a sort of two experienced, safe pairs of hands . experienced, safe pairs of hands. and for some people the

mel stride, 16 votes and tom tugendhat 17 votes.o is the result of the ballot, priti patel is eliminated from the contest. and there will be a further ballot on tuesday to reduce the list from five to four candidates. he will then be going to the conservative party conference. thank you very much for your attendance. we look forward to the ballot next week. studio: there we have bob blackman the chair of the 1922 committee announcing the priti patel, the former home secretary is out. she got 1a votes. we miss the very top due to a sound issue so we are not sure at the moment how many votes kemi badenoch got but mel stride, the shadow work and pensions secretary got 16. so as vicky was saying, he was the one who was next after priti patel. let's go back to our deputy political editor. it is goodbye to priti patel in this round. �* , ., ., round. i'm trying to do the maths to _ round. i'm trying to do the maths to work _ round. i'm trying to do the maths to work out - round. i'm trying to do the maths to work out what i round. i'm try

mel stride marginal, marginal, marginal.re primarily up for the left wing candidate. so that's james and tom tugendhat. so you'd expect them to go up and so there are at least three people who could get it at the moment. and i don't know which will the fourth will be who'll be eliminated next time. >> and in brief, tonight, your big night. >> well, i'm going to be talking about germany suddenly modelling itself on you know, the chancellor of germany should be called herr farage, i think from now on, because he wants to close the borders. >> i know they're much too right wing for me. these german politicians. but they. but isn't it amazing? and what they're saying is that the echr can go to hell. >> they don't care about that. and they don't care about free movement. they've got a special exemption because of course, they're germany to close their borders. >> and they and they wrote the rules in the first place for the whole club. it's quite extraordinary. i am done for the evening. back with you tomorrow. let's get the news.

before i had even established what sex mel stride is bupa badenoch mel stride knocked out of tory leadership've got to feel sorry for him though. it's a he. by the way, i've not checked under the hood. looks from a distance to be a he. >> he was the spice girl. >> he was the spice girl. >> he was the spice girl. >> he was the one. yeah, he was the one who was, trotted out every single time there was a media round. he's loyal. he'd turn up and defend the government policy half an hour before the pm does a u—turn on it. and that's the level of taint that actually sticks with you. >> so we're still knocking out these kind of auto runs, but we're down now. everyone thinks badenoch and kendrick are the main two, right? cleverly in third and it tends to and tugendhat in there as well. >> so it tends to be when it gets down to the final stage. this is stretched out like an x factor thing isn't it. but eventually november it will be the party membership who vote and they are not a representative representative demographic of the uk, so they always tend to pick the more right leaning of the two ones.

>> and the result of that mel stride is eliminated from the contest. >> mel stride is out. the final four battle it out to be the next tory leader . robert jenrick next tory leader. robert jenrick leads the race and you think you just fell out of a coconut tree ? just fell out of a coconut tree? it's trump versus harris . live it's trump versus harris. live on gb news at 2 am. we preview it on my panel this evening. it's columnist and broadcaster esther krakue. the glorious return of ex tory deputy chairman jonathan cate hollis and a first timer on my show. anyway, labour activist susie stride. oh, and can you spot the terrifying thing wrong with that aeroplane ? anybody? okay, get aeroplane? anybody? okay, get ready britain. here we go . ready britain. here we go. sir keir shiver and rachel freeze as labour sentenced the elderly to death . next. elderly to death. next. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. just after 9:00, millions of pensioners will lose winter fuel payments after the conservative motion to stop labour's plan to slash the payments was d

five candidates become four, mel stride being the lowest in terms of those ballots cast.itical editor, vicki young who's inside parliament in central lobby for us. tell us more. we didn't hear the results, _ tell us more. we didn't hear the results, unfortunately. l the results, unfortunately. luckily, i have a colleague who is. we have the latest ballot whittling the numbers down from five to four. the result this time around was robertjenrick with 33. he was top last time and remains in that position. again in the same position of second. james cleverly was 21, which i think is the same that he was last time around, tom tugendhat with 21, and as you say, that means that mel stride is eliminated, what this means now as these fours will have a conservative party conference in about three weeks' time. they will get to make their case in front of people there. where there is another process is brought down to two the ballot of conservative party members. it's been a very long process and i think the difference of course with those previous leadership contests which we've ha

mel stride. good morning, mel stride . thanks good morning, mel stride. thanks for joining us.labour scrapping the winter fuel allowance. how will you and your party be voting today ? party be voting today? >> well, we'll be voting firmly against it. it is our motion that we brought to the floor of the house of commons, and i will be leading that debate, and the reason for that is quite simple is that this is a measure that is that this is a measure that is going to deprive millions of pensioners, some of them extremely vulnerable of this, up to £300 payment, much needed at the wintertime. we know that two thirds of pensioners who are living below the poverty line will have the winter fuel payment removed from them as a consequence of what the government is doing. and look, this is a choice. they took a choice when they first came in to give in to their trade union paymasters. when it came to wage settlements, so 22% for the junior doctors, 14% for the train drivers, and so on. and it is entirely wrong that they should be doing those kind of things on the backs of some of the m

, mel stride and kemi badenoch . the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good afternoon. hope you're well. ben leo for in martin daubney this afternoon on gb news now. they've waited seven long years for it, but a landmark report into the grenfell tower disaster shows that the 72 deaths caused by the fire that engulfed the tower block were indeed avoidable. the report also accused the government of ignoring systematic problems with the building's safety, and labelling concerned residents as troublemakers. in response, the prime minister apologised to the families of the victims today and said the country had failed them. let's get the latest from our political correspondent katherine forster. good afternoon catherine. what's the latest , please, afternoon catherine. what's the latest, please, on this pretty harrowing se

i thought mel stride had no chance of winning, but he knew that as well.as just laying down a marker. let me put myself in your shoes briefly. if i was a conservative, i'd be worried about robert jenrick being a front runner because i don't think he's a serious person. he began as a cameroonian moderate at ten or more so years ago. he then became the immigration minister. he then resigned over the immigration policy, which he presided over and now spent his free time on holiday in texas, pointing at borders and having his photograph taken, pointing at borders. now, it's perfectly legitimate to want to be tory leader on the basis of tory votes. but being so open and transparent about it does not lend dignity to him or his campaign. >> but would he be an effective leader of the opposition against laboun leader of the opposition against labour, or do you think none of them would be? >> well, i think the tories and l, >> well, i think the tories and i, you know, i've been through this with labour. the tories are aiming for a rebuild. they're not necessarily th

i thought mel stride was going to be the first, not priti patel.ed, _ priti patel. i was a bit surprised, to - priti patel. i was a bit surprised, to be - priti patel. i was a bitj surprised, to be quite priti patel. i was a bit - surprised, to be quite frank, although i thought it was between those two. i think people felt that priti patel would be a backwards looking choice. she's held a slew of front bench appointments, but not for a while. she hasn't served most recently in rishi sunak�*s administration. she clearly couldn't command enough support today. it's interesting how much expectation management plays a role in the momentum that we see the candidates have. as you say, mel stride came in fifth, but because he had been expected to not even get through today or even to fall before the ballot was held this afternoon, there is a sense now as he calls it mel—mentum. i sense now as he calls it mel-mentum.- sense now as he calls it mel-mentum. ., , ., ., ., mel-mentum. i was aware he had been launched _ mel-mentum. i was aware he had been launch

tom tugendhat, mel stride on 16 and priti patel on 1a.at will break the number down to four. those four will then go to the conservative party conference where they will make their case. then there will be whittled down to two by the mps and at that point when you have the final two it goes out to conservative party members. so these candidates are, at the moment, really making their case to their fellow mps and they do have to be mindful of what tory members want because ultimately they are the ones they were particularly putting pressure on the mps to save vote one way or the other and at the end they will have the final say. at the end they will have the final say-— final say. indeed. robert jenrick out _ final say. indeed. robert jenrick out in _ final say. indeed. robert jenrick out in the - final say. indeed. robert jenrick out in the lead, i final say. indeed. robert. jenrick out in the lead, what we expect to happen next week with mike it we expect to happen next week with mike , ' . ., with mike it is so difficult to tell. someon

the current remaining candidates are robert jenrick, james cleverly, mel stride , kemi badenoch, kemide, kemi badenoch, kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat. over to my panel. sir conor burns, former tory mp for bournemouth west, and joe phillips , who west, and joe phillips, who pressed former press secretary and journalist conor to you first, of course, if you were an mp today, i know who you'd voted for. badenoch, because i saw you at her launch . at her launch. >> no, i'd have voted for kemi badenoch btec because you keep pronouncing she rightly says there is no quite right, quite right. >> touche, i stand corrected. look, the first thing i would reflect on if i was a tory mp today is the person who came first, got 28 votes. >> if that doesn't tell people very graphically about how diminished the conservative party is tonight, that figure gives it to you . and i think my gives it to you. and i think my colleagues in parliament have got a decision to make. do they want to elect someone who wants to challenge why we failed in government in so many places? ask really uncomfortable questio

crucially amongst those 16 mel stride supporters who now need to find a new home.hen we get down to two, it goes to the party membership. i think you'd have to say robert jenrick is probably going to make those two. he's on 32 votes and 41 would absolutely guarantee that you make the last two, but it could be any one of the other three. and they've now got to have half an eye on appealing to the party grassroots. this battle moves out of the tea rooms in the house of commons, moves out of the swi house of commons, moves out of the sw1 postcode , and it's now the sw1 postcode, and it's now going to be down to the 150,000 tory members. >> steve. but it has to go a little bit more to the right, perhaps, you might say the old fashioned political right, with whom robert jenrick is probably the most likely to wear that crown. do you think? >> i think it's quite likely. that's where the tory party will end up. but you have to remember, it took them three leaders until they resolved that last time they were out of office. so tilting that way doesn't necessarily mean it wil

>> it would be astonishing if it was not mel stride. >> so mel stride probably goes out tomorrow.ot five left. mel's votes would be most likely to go to somebody like tom tugendhat, wouldn't they? somebody perceived as being or james. >> i think basically you've got two broad baskets of candidates. you've got tom, mel and james on the on the one nation wing. >> and so if there's somebody of the right who is in fifth place, that person may decide to pull out, or do you think we'll just carry on? >> they might. i think i think based on the soundings i've taken and everything else, that priti patel is in fifth place and therefore she might not have any votes coming from anywhere to get into the final four. and then we've got this very strange sort of interregnum, because before the contest was announced, i thought that we'd only have the final two for conference and the party members would be getting to meeting the people from whom they'd be choosing instead, we're sending four to conference, and then the mps will take two of them away, even if the membership have warmed up to them.

mel stride star is rising?ell, i have to say i watched him do his speech yesterday opposing the winter fuel cuts as shadow work and pensions secretary, and it was a very, very good speech. he was the minister who was wheeled out the most during the general election campaign. he's quite a good tv performer. i think you've both probably interviewed him quite a few times, i reckon he probably does have a chance of a of a very good job in the shadow cabinet, if not shadow chancellor, then, but perhaps another, another big role. of course it will a bit depends on who wins that all important leadership election on the 2nd of november. >> good stuff. thanks very much. appreciate it. olivia. >> let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning . the newsroom this morning. >> well, as we've been discussing this morning after the prisoner release yesterday, news today that thousands could be placed in taxpayer funded hotels as more than 1700 inmates have wa

i think perhaps mel stride, as it were.dacy is giving the left of the tory party someone else to consider. i can't say i expect him to go any farther than this. i suspect that the votes for jane, priti will go pretty much evenly between mrs. badenoch, mrjenrick and pretty much evenly between mrs. badenoch, mr jenrick and that pretty much evenly between mrs. badenoch, mrjenrick and that mr badenoch, mr jenrick and that mr stride. voters will now , having stride. voters will now, having given him a bit of a run switch, probably to a colonel tugendhat. >> it is quite interesting, isn't it, that, i mean, you'd imagine dame pretty's votes will go to a right wing candidate. so therefore jenrick or cleverly, cleverly well, well cleverly used to be on the right where he still is, but mel stride has done so well that people who may have thought about not voting for him because he couldn't do very well, may be tempted to give him a go, sort of steady hand on the tiller. >> i'm just going to break it to you guys that in the normal wor

, mel stride and kemi badenoch . it's kemi badenoch. now it's understood two people have died and four have been injured after and four have been injured after a shooting at a high school in georgia in the us. these are pictures of apalachee high school in barrow county, which was put on lockdown this morning after reports of gunfire there. georgia state police say one person is in custody after the shooting, and the white house has now been briefed on the incident . the family of an eight incident. the family of an eight year old man who died after being assaulted in a park have said. our hearts have been completely broken. bhim koli was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park, braunstone town, near leicester, on sunday and later died in hospital. four of the five children arrested over the murder have been released without charge. a 14 year old boy remains in police custody as investigations continue. the group, aged between 12 and 14, were initially arrested on suspicion of murder after a post—mortem revea

kemi badenoch, james cleverly, priti patel on the far right, tom tugendhat, robertjenrick and also mel strideard from two other candidates. i wonder if you could take us briefly through what priti patel had to say last week. she is seen as somebody who could have a lot of popularity with the conservative grassroots. she is another one who has been at the heart of many of the conservative administrations. she has been talking about the threats from nigel farage and reformed uk. that is really uppermost in a lot of the candidate? mines. some of them and how they approach this field that may be the conservative party has got to move more towards what nigel farage thinks, maybe bring him into the fold. they are all trying to work out how they appealed to those many millions of voters who didn't back the conservatives last time round. ., ., ., , back the conservatives last time round. ., ., .,, ., back the conservatives last time round. ., ., ., , round. tom tugendhat has also been s-ueakin. round. tom tugendhat has also been speaking- he — round. tom tugendhat has also been speaking- he is _ roun

was quite shocking because she's a very recognisable name compared to mel stride. >> yeah, i mean i very surprised that she got knocked out. now the accusations in the sunday times are that jenrick's campaign team lent votes to mel stride to knock patel out in the hope that they can now hoover up her votes. so. but look, all's fair in love and war. politics is a contact sport and there's a lot of rival camps moaning about that. but i think that's all. all fair and square. interesting. a lot of backbiting against jenrick in this interesting piece in the sunday times that might suggest that he's now seen as more. yeah, he is there to be shot at right. he's the front runner. so you have kemi badenoch team rioting complaining about, you know, he's the front runner with the mps, but not with the membership. >> no, i mean, it's a telegraph poll last week found kemi badenoch had 46% of readers support. jenrick was in second place, but he was on 16, 30% less. so it would be weird if kemi badenoch for the membership's point of view doesn't get to the final two. yeah, but let's see. let's hav

why did you just narrowly beat mel stride? >> i didn't just narrowly beat mel stride.ny votes as badenoch or jenrick or cleverly. >> that's not true. i've got exactly the same number as as as cleverly. >> yeah. all right. okay. so you're tying with cleverly. but why do you think this is. why are the mps not convinced by you? i'm the one. >> i'm the one who's gaining momentum. and the reason i'm gaining momentum. >> apparently mel was gaining momentum. and we all know how that ended. >> i mel's a dear friend, you know. and he's got he's got a fantastic voice in the conservative future. but the but you know i'm gaining momentum in this and the reason i am is because people can see that this is a chance that we have to reset the party. look, look at what's your centrist candidate, aren't you? >> you're the one nation, the conservative candidate. >> i'm the one people want. >> i'm the one people want. >> people say, look, we've got to be more right wing. we've got nigel farage. i think, kemi badenoch said, eating our lunch. camilla, you've got reform. are you a bit too wet

the contenders include james cleverly, robert jenrick, dame priti patel, tom tugendhat, mel stride and . an stride and kemi badenoch. an exam board is warning today that gcse students are taking too many exams and spending more than 30 hours in tests. that's among the highest globally. ocr, one of the main exam boards, is calling for a reduction in the number and intensity of exams, proposing a shift towards a more balanced and relevant curriculum that report , backed by various that report, backed by various education figures, comes as the government has launched its own review into curriculum and assessment . anti—fraud assessment. anti—fraud campaigners are warning people to be cautious as they return to their busy schedules after the summer break. that take five to stop fraud campaign suggests that the back to the grind feeling in september can make people more vulnerable to scams, a survey found . nearly half of a survey found. nearly half of people are more likely to lose focus or take risks with financial offers when they're busy . pop up events financial offers when they're bus

sorry, mel stride. if you're watching, i'm sorry. >> that's what people think. >> that's what people think. boring old duffer. >> but what kind of like. genuinely. what is this leader of the conservative party going to do? like, what is it? is it a caretaker? what is it? >> well, exactly. because. >> well, exactly. because. >> because. does anybody think this leader will still be leader at the next general election? well, let's ask the shadow secretary of state for scotland, john lamont. john, good morning to you. perhaps a little unkind to you. perhaps a little unkind to call mel stride a bit of an old duffer, but that's what some people think, the momentum is with robert jenrick, and i think that's where your vote went . that's where your vote went. >> yes, i voted for robert yesterday. i think he's demonstrated over the summer that he's got the drive and the commitment and the vision to take the conservative party forward. we need an effective leader of the opposition to hold this labour government to account. it's clear they have a wobbly start to their firs

t always come no, mel stride hasn't yeah. no, mel stride hasn't ruled himself out.ing to make, which i didn't make so eloquently. but thanks for the correction. right. joining me now on my panel right. joining me now on my panel, danny kelly and also nigel nelson and nigel nelson. i'll come to you, okay. so does anyone care about the tory leadership ? not to be rude. i leadership? not to be rude. i mean, i'm asking . mean, i'm asking. >> well, it's the only show in town at the moment, so we all sort of interested to see who takes over. bear in mind, whoever this leader is probably won't be the leader at the election . so we've probably got election. so we've probably got the way the tory party works . the way the tory party works. we've probably got two or even three leaders to go before we get to the 2029 election. >> okay, danny. short and sweet. >> okay, danny. short and sweet. >> it was interesting listening to michael. he was a great mp for 22 years, lichfield in staffordshire. i used to interview him every now and again for the bbc and the midlands, and you co

robertjenrick, james cleverley, mel stride, dame priti patel, kemi badenoch are also running for theership bid, he was promising a return to honesty. he says that change is needed and he drew upon his background of army experience and reference that at points and he described the withdrawal from afghanistan as wasted chaos. he talked about bringing back an honest responsible state and said his priority would be bringing back prosperity to people and he talked about the emphasis on using private savings in public investment to help rebuild the economy. there is a lot more you can find out about in terms of the leadership race on the bbc news website. take a look and that will go into detail about the candidates standing, we have already had the beds launched by macjames cleverley and not tom tugendhat as well. live from london, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has criticised the uk's decision to suspend some arms pope francis arrives in indonesia at the start of his ground—breaking 12 day trip to asia. ground-breaking 12 day trip to a

mel stride has also declared his candidacy for the role.to remind you, kemi badenoch has said we are expecting her to say that if the conservatives want to become worthy of the british people's trust again we cannotjust sit around pointing out how terrible labour are. fun as it is. hopefully we will be hearing those words from kemi badenoch shortly as she launches her campaign to become the tory candidate for leader of the party. we will cross to that as and when it happens. the way that ofsted decribe schools in england with one or two—words — like "outstanding" or "inadequate" — is being scrapped with immediate effect. last year an inquest found an ofsted inspection had contributed to the suicide of primary headteacher ruth perry, leading to widespread calls for change. the government says giving schools single—words to describe their performance isn't fair oraccurate, but the conservatives say the system is "a vital indicator for parents". here's our education editor branwen jeffreys. after an inspection, caversham primary was due to be

the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . those are the kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now yesterday, 12 illegal immigrants, including six children and a pregnant woman, drowned in the channel off the coast of france when their flimsy dinghy simply ripped into . flimsy dinghy simply ripped into. yet today, the french interior minister, gerald darmanin , laid minister, gerald darmanin, laid the blame. not with the heartless people smugglers or indeed the inept french police, but with britain's soft touch migration rules. do you know what? i reckon he's got a point. in total , 80 were on that death in total, 80 were on that death trap dinghy and they paid people smugglers £1,000 each. now, before yesterday even happened, 30 had already perished in the channel. the

the shadow work and pensions secretary, mel stride, told us this morning he thinks labour are pickinge pockets of pensioners. >> this is a choice. they took a choice when they first came in to give in to their trade union paymasters. when it came to wage settlements , so 22% for the settlements, so 22% for the junior doctors, 14% for the train drivers and so on. and it is entirely wrong that they should be doing those kind of things on the backs of some of the most vulnerable pensioners up and down the country . up and down the country. >> the public inquiry into the crimes of convicted child serial killer nurse lucy letby has begun today at liverpool town hall. the investigation is scrutinising how letby, now serving 15 life sentences, was able to murder to and harm babies at the countess of chester hospital despite repeated warnings to hospital bosses. this week , opening bosses. this week, opening statements will be heard there, with evidence expected to continue until at least december . continue until at least december. pensioners could see a boost of £460 to their state pension

so one of the six candidates, badenoch mel stride. tom tugendhat, james cleverly, so on and so on.s, they'll be whittled to down just two candidates, and the members will then vote. so today we will have then vote. so today we will have the results of the very first tory leadership race. one person is going to be evacuating the process as they say on the apprentice. elsewhere, of course, 12 tragic migrant deaths in the channel yesterday . in the channel yesterday. charlie peters has some more up to date information on unfortunately, more crossings today. mark more crossings. despite the death yesterday, the very brilliant and very busy ben leo is live at three. >> thank you ben. >> thank you ben. >> sounds like a cracking show, doesn't it? it does now, as ben has just said, the breaking news is 100 migrants have crossed the channel today. and that's after the tragedy we saw yesterday where 12 lost their lives, including women and children , a including women and children, a pregnant woman at that, to be honest with you. right. okay. now this calls as france. this comes as france ca

in fifth place was mel stride.kraine's president zelensky has once again called on western allies to supply his country with more air defence systems. it comes after parts of western ukraine came under heavy russian attack last night. at least seven people were killed in the city of lviv, which is less than 50 miles from the border with poland. earlier this week, a missile strike on the city of poltava in central ukraine killed 53 people and injured close to 300. nick beake's report now contains details some viewers may find distressing. smashed by moscow's latest attack, the historic centre of lviv and a family of five destroyed. mum and all three daughters killed in their own home. dad, yaroslav, the only survivor looking on as they carried his girls away. russia said it successfully targeted sites in ukraine's defence industry. in the central city of poltava, the aftermath of yesterday's missile strike at the military academy that killed more than 50, including cadets. there's been grief across ukraine as russia

in fifth place was mel stride. candidates left, leaving party members to pick one of them to be the new leader. treasury calculations seen by the bbc show the state pension is set for an above—inflation rise next april, of more than £400 a year. the news comes amid continuing controversy over its decision to cut winter fuel payments for most pensioners. faisal islam is here. we knew this was coming. we knew the rocess was we knew this was coming. we knew the process was coming. _ we knew this was coming. we knew the process was coming. what _ we knew this was coming. we knew the process was coming. what we _ we knew this was coming. we knew the process was coming. what we are - process was coming. what we are waiting to confirm is exactly how much the state pension will go up next april. it is almost certain that it will be by the percentage increase in earnings, that figure is coming out on tuesday, the figure from may tojuly, around 4%. the internal treasury calculation referred to means that for the new state pe

the former work and pensions minister mel stride was knocked out.bers pick one of the final two to be the new leader in early november. the prince of wales has described the end of princess catherine's chemotherapy treatment as "good news", but added his wife still has "a long way to go". he made the comment during a visit to wales, a day after the release of a personal video from the princess, reflecting on her cancerjourney. prince william was in the town of llanelli, to celebrate welsh sport and culture. next month the king and queen will head to australia and samoa — the king's first foreign royal tour since being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph is outside buckingham palace. and you've been hearing more about what is planned? yes, that's right. buckingham palace haveissued yes, that's right. buckingham palace have issued more details about that 0ctober tour. have issued more details about that 0ctobertour. it have issued more details about that 0ctober tour. it is the king's first visit to a

knocked out and tomorrow we expect tom dickens at to launch his campaign along with dame priti patel, mel strideill bring you full coverage of the tory campaign this week and as it rolls on for the next couple of months. let me bring you some breaking news. the advertising standards authority says it has had hundreds of complaints about ticketmaster adverts for oasis tickets. over the weekend fans criticised the "dynamic pricing" of tickets which saw standing ticket pricing raised from £135 to £355. the asa says that the a50 complaints argue the ads for what tickets would cost and how many were available were misleading. "we're carefully assessing these complaints and, as such, can't comment any further at this time — to emphasise, we are not currently investigating these ads." they are looking at the complaints at the moment. the wreck of the titanic was found 39 years ago — more than 70 years after it sank on its maiden voyage. but the latest expedition to the wreck—site has revealed the liner�*s slow decay — with the famous bow now changed forever. the expedition involved underwater robots —

former work and pensions minister mel stride was eliminated.urney, to well—wishers in wales, on his first public engagement since the release of a personal video narrated by princess catherine yesterday. meanwhile, buckingham palace have released details of king charles and queen camilla's state tour of australia and samoa next month. it will be the king's first formal royal tour overseas since his cancer diagnosis in february. 0ur senior royal corresspondent daniela relph reports. cheering and applause. wherever he went in llanelli, there were cards, well—wishers and questions about his wife. the prince of wales told the crowds catherine had a long journey ahead, but life was looking more positive. i shook his hand and i wished him all the best and i said to give our regards to kate. i said how pleased we were to see that catherine was feeling better and recovering from her treatment, and how much she is loved, how much we all love her. and what did he say to that? thank you — yes, she is better. children sing. a musical welcome at a local pri

the former work and pensions minister mel stride was knocked out.ne of the final two to be the new leader in early november. the tv presenterjeremy kyle has said that he feels 'exonerated' after a coroner ruled that his show was not a "contributory factor" in the death of one of its guests. 63—year—old steve dymond, from portsmouth in hampshire, died of an overdose a week afterfilming for the jeremy kyle show in 2019. he had failed a lie detector test about being unfaithful to his fiancee, and is believed to have taken his own life. at least 19 people have been killed in an overnight israeli strike in gaza according to the hamas—run health ministry. the strike obliterated an area within the designated humanitarian zone for displaced palestinians. the israeli military said it was attacking a "number of hamas terrorists" operating there. the al—mawasi humanitarian zone is in the south—west of gaza. it's being increasingly reduced by the israeli army, and according to the un now spans just 16 square miles. with the latest, here's lucy williamson. they

this was an opposition motion, and mel stride opened it up, criticising the government for this move,ut the winter fuel allowance. we also heard from labour members who expressed their concern but say they did support the government. the government has a huge majority and it is very likely they will win the vote thatis likely they will win the vote that is due in the next few minutes. we have been hearing from liz kendall as well, the work and pensions secretary, replying for the government, and you can see now the mps filing out now to vote. we will be going to my colleague who will bring us up—to—date with what is going on in westminster. live from london. this is bbc news. the first major test for the new uk government, mps, are to vote on a controversial plan, to remove the winterfuel payment, from millions of pensioners. iam i am live in westminster with the government is sticking to its plan, despite concern, all sides, that more pensioners could end up in poverty. american voters gear up to watch the two main presidential candidates, debate head—to—head on live tv. i used to be

28 votes, with the other remaining contenders kemi badenoch, james cleverly, tom tugendhat and mel strideind. >> we're now joined by conservative mp for central suffolk and north ipswich, patrick spencer. patrick, thank you very much for joining us today. so well , what do you make today. so well, what do you make then? what do you make of the race. so far? >> i think it's been a really good race, >> as you said in my introduction, i'm a new mp, so i have not much to compare it to. i wasn't here during the last couple of leadership elections and i didn't see what happened behind the scenes back then , but behind the scenes back then, but i can say that it's been a good hearted , thoughtful, really hearted, thoughtful, really insightful. it's been collegiate. it's been helpful for us backbench mps, a good opportunity to get to know our colleagues, but get to know the people who are vying to be leader of the party. and it's been overwhelmingly positive. so, so far, so good. obviously the result last night was really interesting. i think it was great as a member of team tom that he got throu

leadership contest has been whittled down to four candidates after the former cabinet minister mel stridee me an idea of the sort of reaction there's been in the last hour or so. bill reaction there's been in the last hour or so-_ hour or so. all the camps are talkin: hour or so. all the camps are talking about _ hour or so. all the camps are talking about momentum. i hour or so. all the camps are i talking about momentum. there delighted to read to the top four which gives them the chance to go to the conservative party conference where they will make their case not just to mps but to party members. they are crucial in all of this because eventually when we get down to the last two they will have the final say. they will vote on who becomes the new conservative leader. the four that are left are robert chandler, he came out on top of this round of polling as last time —— kendrick. as i say, they are all talking about momentum. they're pointing to james cleverley who is stuck at the same level of 21 mps, giving him their support the other is saying that it's going their way. there is stil

black hole they say is in the public finances. just a quick word on the tory leadership contest — mel stridee conservative party conference at the end of the month, and there be a beauty parade as it were all getting to give speeches and trying to win over the membership who attend those, and after the conference mps will whittle it down to the final two, then it's those conservative members, those activists who get to decide who out of the final two becomes a leader. p, ~' , ., , out of the final two becomes a leader. . ,, , ., , . out of the final two becomes a leader. p, ~ , ., , . ., leader. thank you very much for that, harry- _ the uk, france, and germany have announced fresh sanctions on iran for supplying russia with ballistic missiles that will be used in ukraine. among the new measures, announced during the us secretary of state visit here to london, are restrictions on iran air's ability to fly to the uk and europe. western officials say these iranian missiles have been used to strike civilian targets in ukraine. uk foreign secretary david lammy said the iranian deliveries marked

the shadow work and pensions secretary, mel stride, told us earlier he thinks labour are picking thers. >> this is a choice. they took a choice when they first came in to give in to their trade union paymasters. when it came to wage settlements, so 22% for the junior doctors, 14% for the train drivers. and so on. and it is entirely wrong that they should be doing those kind of things on the backs of some of the most vulnerable pensioners up and down the country. >> mel stride there, the shadow work and pensions secretary? well, the public inquiry into the crimes of convicted child killer nurse lucy letby begins today at liverpool town hall. the investigation will scrutinise how she, now serving 15 life sentences, was able to murder to and harm babies at the countess of chester hospital despite repeated warnings to hospital bosses. this week. opening statements will be heard with evidence expected to continue until december. and our north—west of england reporter sophie reaper is outside the inquiry for us, it's primary aim, first and foremost will be to try and get some answers for t

mel stride james cleverly, priti patel, we'll have to wait and see.ve to wait and see. >> and then the course, the race goes on now until november. the second. that's when the conservatives will finally have their new leader. do you think this process has taken too long, even though there was a summer recess, there's been a heck of a lot going on. all the things we talked about the riots, the winter fuel allowance, huge amount of political turmoil. do you think that the conservatives should have got this over with quicker so they'd be an effective leader of the opposition in right now to be delivering those blows to sir keir starmer? >> well, i've certainly been told privately some of the candidates do think it's going on too long. and of course, the damaging thing for the conservatives is we've got this huge, very, very significant budget coming from rachel reeves at the end of october. the conservative party will not have the new leader in place. there's plenty of people that think that thatis plenty of people that think that that is a misstep behin

the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now it's time for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia and hello and welcome to headliners. your first look at thursday's newspapers with three available comedians. i'm leo kearse and joining me tonight are kerry marx and jonathan coogan. >> i'm barely available. i'm going on holiday in like two hours. >> where are you going. >> where are you going. >> two hours. go to roads. yeah i've got like a late flight and i've got like a late flight and i've got like a late flight and i've got to like pack and everything and i've got to remember all these stories. i'm stressing out, man. and i'm. it's going to be okay, right.7 >> the most important thing are these stories. of course. i don't care about your packing. you just nee