so stuff on social media about ruth davidson being worried about ruth davidson being worried about thejust about the infringement of lgbt rights in scotland, that's just not going to happen. the dup are useful in terms of supporting the conservatives on brexit. they are both pro—brexit parties. but the dup don't want the return of a hard border either. they are dramatic, they want a soft border between the north and south for obvious trading purposes. the conservative government, the dup, the irish government, the dup, the irish government, they all wanted. but what the dup don't want, they don't wa nt what the dup don't want, they don't want special status for northern ireland. the dup says that the slippery slope to a united island. and in northern ireland doesn't want to be dragged out of the eu against their will. very interesting to see what emerges. thank you so much for putting your voice box or torture. thank you so much. if you are just if you arejustjoining us, is if you are justjoining us, is worth reminding you that events have moved quickly, both nick timothy and fiona hil

ruth davidson is engaged to be married to her female ruth davidson is engaged to be married to herfemaleay, that she has said that there are things that matter to her more than the party. and amongst those are writes for gay people. she said she received a categorical assurance from mrs may that there would be no delusion by lgbt rights. that is one area where ruth davidson has already got in on the conversation. i think another area that we will see ruth davidson making strong points on will be on brexit. the conservatives in scotla nd brexit. the conservatives in scotland campaigned to remain within the eu. ruth davidson has previously said the uk should have the largest amount of access to the single market possible. so, there's going to be an area there where she will be able to flex muscles. she had a good result here, the best result conservatives have had in scotland since 1983. and she has got some clout. she is definitely part of the reason why theresa may is still in downing street this morning. let's talk about the other aspects of the deal with the dup as well. senior sinn fe

another issue that came to the fore yesterday evening was ruth davidson's concerns about the dup. the dup is against gay marriage on religious grounds. ruth davidson herself is engaged to be married to herfemale partner, so she picked up the phone to theresa may yesterday evening to ask her about this, saying there were things that mattered to her more than the party, one of those being lgbt rights and she said she was given a categoric assurance by the prime minister that there would be no rollback on those rights in great britain, and indeed that they would work to help progress rights in northern ireland. let's hear a little bit more about what she had to say about her conversation with theresa may. i we are the party of equal marriage, having introduced it to the house of commons. we would use our influence to advance those rights in northern ireland, and those are assurances that i received. with these new numbers of conservative mps in scotland, it is thought that ruth davidson could have a bit of lambridge on the prime minister, and one of the issues that mattered to ruth d

no doubt ruth davidson did well but she did well by running away from theresa may.ut breaking away and holding the work of scottish tory mps. she now denies that. i think that's probably true but she is clearly trying to set her authority on the party nationally now. now that she's got that code. it has been lovely having about. in relation tojohn's comments about the dup unfortunately we haven't had representatives of the dup on the programme so we need to caution that the various claims you are making about what they represent. we must express an element of caution. we have not had them on the programme today to talk through what they stand for and what they believe. and we did ask. we did ask them for an interview. so thank you both very much. i am sure we will do that again. let's catch up with the weather. it's nice. if you had stood closer to home in salford you may well have looked at something similar to theirs. this is the scene in the rhondda this morning. it's not looking cheery. why is that? you are not alone if any comfort. in pontypridd. because all th

some of the issues well illustrated by ruth davidson's comments.n some of the dup‘s positions on various issues. some people might find unpalatable and that has become an issue with gay rights, to do with abortion, same—sex marriages let's hear what she had to say. i spoke with the prime minister this morning and i told her there were a things are worried us, one thing is country and the other is gay and transgender rights. i asked for reassurance that if any deal was done with the dup, there would be no recession of lgbti writes. we tried to use it the influence that we have to use it the influence that we have to advance the rights of lgbti people in ireland. northern ireland is the only part of the uk were cannot have same—sex mess marriage. i want categoric assurance from the prime minister on that and i received it. yes, she received a sure answer is when it comes down to it, how comfortable with it for theresa may to be sharing a platform, either metaphorically or literally, with people who say that ruth davidson... they do not approve of her

ruth davidson is in a relationship with her female partner. due to get married to her. so she did raise her concerns with theresa may yesterday. she said there were other things that matter to her more than the party, one of them being lgbt i writes. —— lgbti. she said she received date categorical assurance that there would be no diversion of lgbti that there would be no diversion of lg bti rights that there would be no diversion of lgbti rights in britain, and that the prime minister would try to advance lg bti writes the prime minister would try to advance lgbti writes in northern ireland. she is also looking to use her increased influence over the brexit negotiations. i think she will seek to see she can get negotiations for britain to remain pa rt negotiations for britain to remain part of the single market, that is one of the things she suggested. she said it was important that there is an open brexit that allows for the greatest amount possible of free trade. so the political ‘s landscape has certainly changed here in scotland. —— polit

ruth davidson, if she had not won more seats in scotland, there would not be a conservative governmentn downing street. the interesting thing about her is, she is flexing her muscles, and i think the most significant thing she's doing that on is brexit. this article in the sunday telegraph draws our attention to the fact that she has said she now wants to prioritise the economy and free trade over immigration in the negotiations around brexit. by the way, i completely agree that that is the right approach. if that is her view, i don't think there is a majority now in the house of commons for the kind of hard brexit that basically is a route for the tory party but is a route to trouble for the country as a whole. if the ruth davidsons of this world are starting to flex their muscles, that is a good thing in my view. that was andrew marr with his guests earlier. meanwhile, sir michael fallon has hinted at a lack of collective decision—making under theresa may before the election. he told the andrew marr programme that the election result was not what the party had wanted but now it had t

davidson have come out early and taken a clear stance. -- ruth davidson. so and so, what happens then because the brexit talks are about to begin? this is why britain is entering its most complex post—war period. this will be dependent on ten dups who have the nuclear option to bring it down. it will make it hard for the conservatives to get through any more austerities measures. there is a call for the abolition of the benefits —— bed tax and the conservatives are in opposition to lots of areas. fiscally conservative mps are worried people have forgotten the budget deficit. how will they get that under control? there are huge tension and there is the euro question. the dup want to maintain the customs area and frictionless and borderless areas. in fact, this whole area is opening up in fact, this whole area is opening up again. thank you for being with us up again. thank you for being with us at westminster. we have been trying to assess what people are making of it all as we digester what the election result was. john maguire has been finding out this mo

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, says she has raised concerns with the prime minister about the unionists‘ opposition to gay rights. labour has ended its election campaign on a high. jeremy corbyn‘s party took kensington from the conservatives for the first time in its history, by just 20 votes. this morning, we'll be live at downing street with the latest. and we'll be hearing how people across the uk have been reacting to friday's result. a big services, cut, nhs, social care, education. and i think people are looking for something more positive, it does not have to be that way. they just thought they we re that way. they just thought they were going to win, didn't they? end of story. i think you can forget about brexit. these guys are from norfolk, we are at the kenilworth agricultural show in warwickshire. we've also got great people to introduce you to, to talk us through what has happened over the last 2a hours, and indeed, what happens next. good morning — it's saturday 10th june. we're on college green in westminster for a special programme, as we look

ruth davidson. minutes for questions and a lot of interest. h davidson. ithink the glum faces protest too much with the extended applause. since the 2014 referendum no one in this chamber has called for members on the snp benches to revoke their belief in independence but the issue we have had has been with the first minister who tried to did use the uk's decision to leave the eu to impose another independence referendum. no ones ina another independence referendum. no ones in a generation, no member agreement respecting the result, just a single decision to try to secure nicola sturgeon's place in history, and that decision cost 21 seats and the support of half a million scottish voters in the general election. yes voters and no voters, most people simply don't wa nt voters, most people simply don't want this brought back soon and none of the questions that are raised by brexit are answered by ripping scotland out of our own union of nations, our biggest markets and closest friends, and today's statement will fail to give any assurance to thos

i think ruth davidson is terrific. she had a fantastic, fantastic election. she andjeremy fantastic, fantastic election. she and jeremy corbyn were the winners out of this. and she stood out well in the referendum debate. yes, she did, and she was a manner. i think when she is talk about the hard brexit, here, there are perhaps two things. firstly, she doesn't want us to walk away from the eu. either one that neither does theresa may. the second point is she isjust sort of saying i am here, and i want to be involved, and i think she should be involved, and i think she should be involved, because she is a success, and is one of the tory's raiders access at the moment. —— tories'. —— greatest assets. the dup, which, as we know, is going to in to some sort of relationship with theresa may... they talk about it on tuesday. but i agree with you, they're no deal is no deal, because they want at the very manner in some no deal, because they want at the very manner in some agreement over the border. sojust walking away from the eu is not acceptable to the dup. they a

we shouldn't underestimate the role of ruth davidson in this.he games in scotland with the scottish conservatives, may wouldn't have been able to form a minority government. ruth davidson is in favour of a soft brexit. she wa nts to is in favour of a soft brexit. she wants to focus on the economy so she isn't in the big brexit camp. the front page of the financial times, cameron turns heat on may with call to consult labour for a softer brexit. we'll go on to the guardian. interview with diane abbott on diabetes and life as chief target of a vicious tory campaign. we saw the day before the election, diane abbott was moved temporarily from the home office brief, after a bad interview on sky. they said it was health reasons. now she says she suffers from type two diabetes. in the stress of the campaign have blood sugar levels were all over the place which affected her performance. the irony of that is that the prime minister has, for many years, suffered from a different type of diabetes as well. this whole question of the media, particularly the

i think ruth davidson...moving onto the next story: psycho if you want to see what tory if you want to see what a good tory leader sounds like... her name is bruce. i can spell it. —— roof. kind of brexit is she talking about? and open brexit, what does that mean? i think what theresa may suggested with a close free trade agreement plus an agreement on security was a sensible way forward. but we have had this argument. you don't think that's the end of it? what can i say about ruth davidson. she is very feisty, she's terrific, she won an expert of seats in scotland, can you imagine what would have happened with 306 as opposed to the arms and eight? and she's cross about the dup deal? that's partly her personal life. she is the story of the modern age. i have a huge amount of time for ruth. she needs to be brought into the tent, involved in the negotiations because she is their staff. love bond? love bond. when people are nice to you. that's not a word i expected you to use “— that's not a word i expected you

and as we have seen with what ruth davidson is saying in scotland's is they are socially conservativeund marriage equality, abortion as well. but if you put those to one side for a moment, because they are the ones making the headlines, the single most important thing for the dup is the maintenance of the union with britain. they are brexiteer 's, but they want a soft border because a lot of their trade, particularly in food and agriculture, that kind of thing, goes north and south across the border. so they are in this strange position where they are strong brexiteer is, but they want the open border. there is one thing to remember about them as well. there was a suggestion of having a special status for northern ireland, which sinn fein actually pushed quite strongly. the british government have ruled that out. the irish government certainly haven't argued for it either. it is unlikely to happen. but the reason the dup will put this on their list of asks, the special status being one foot in the single market, one foot out, is because most of their trade is actually with the rest of

if ruth davidson withdrew their support, she is toast. woman walking. that would be strange - you might get the ten dup but then lose the 13 scottish conservatives. we are going to unknown territory, aren't we? we certainly are! it will keep us all very busy. let's focus on another relevant yesterday, which was that theresa may's two toxic aides, as the sunday express calls them, have resigned, nick timothy and fiona hill. all the papers have carried this analysis, that she had a very close clique going in downing street and a centralised way of working. all prime ministers do, but she seems to have taken it to a further level, really, and i think the role of the advisers has been interesting. it has been something that has been known to political insiders for a long time, and i think gradually, in the last few weeks in the run—up to the election, it has emerged quite a powerful role the two of them have played. in the newspapers, nick timothy has been transformed from this sort of very smart, on this year, brilliant guru into failure and

unpicking of the thing ruth davidson about —— said about things changing.ifference for people see from here on? not much has all but as laura said, the test of what has happened in the last 2—3 days will probably be the queen's speech. what would have been with the big fat majority there and banking on the long list of bills that would have been controversial in the commons, more grammar schools, changing the way pensions benefits are distributed, all of that might have been in the queen's speech theresa may was hoping to put forward. it could be completely stripped back. the manifesto has largely been shredded because of the reality of the fact they need to govern now in a minority that with the dup. a lot of that controversial stuff will be the end. i think within westminster, it will feel different. a different sort of government. that is a demand being made by many, tory mps, other cabinet ministers, people like ruth davidson who now have a bigger voice. they want to see more, but if, collective decision—making, less closed minded. there will be that ch

i know she has had assurances, ruth davidson, that thoseissues assurances, ruth davidson, that thoseyou are in a situation where you are desperate to shore up votes on a particular issue, for example, a vote on a brexit deal on the grand repeal bill, for example, how far would she go to guarantee she gets that through the house if it became a confidence issue? it became about her leadership again? she would do pretty much anything, i would imagine, to get that through. they use the expression jump on the bed so many times. we need a different phrase for it. —— jump into. via the observer. she has no mandate. it is up to negotiation. into. via the observer. she has no mandate. it is up to negotiationlj had mandate. it is up to negotiation.” had an interview on friday with david davis. he said this is all about brexit and she wanted to strengthen her hand with this election. how many votes does she need to claim she has the mandate for what happens next? he said to me a majority of one was enough. of course, she does not have a majority of one. there are serious question marks about wh

ruth davidson is demanding it, or suggesting it and even the dup may be more in favour of that.haps including paying into it, that number must be negotiated. so much is still up in the air. it is 50 shades of brexit. and people making statements. go at it slowly and investigate what the going is in brussels and watch your own people are saying put ruth davidson has to be taken very seriously, she said the conservative party. if not for the conservative party. if not for the 13 seats in scotland we would not have, we would have a jeremy corbyn government. so the government would be well advised to take her views on board. let's bring in some reality check, it is the single market and customs union and freedom of movement, this into the issues at the heart of this debate about what ha rd the heart of this debate about what hard and soft brexit is. before theresa may set out her position we we re theresa may set out her position we were talking about this in detail. you can be in the single market without being in the eu. norway is an example. you can be in the customs union withou

we've only had to watch ruth davidson defend the rate cause for goodness sake. we know tory mps will be a rubber stamp for anything theresa may wants to do. whether that's more austerity cuts, welfare cuts, extreme brexit that puts scottish jobs on the line. if we want strong scottish voices, that can only come from the snp. make sure on june 8th you vote snp to get those strong voices. [ applause ] okay. thank you all very much indeed. before we end today, we will do, i'm sure some more photographs here. can i thank all of you for coming here today. but more importantly, can i ask each and every one of you now to leave this hall and get out there and campaign for your local snp candidate. before you leave today, if you can, get out and campaign. and then campaign as hard as you can. there are big challenges ahead for all of us. the decisions taken by westminster government over the next few years will shape our country. let's make sure snp voices are in there standing up for scotland. let's get out, let's win this election. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause

ruth davidson welcomes her new scottish mps. dismissed reports they might break away from the main uk party. i'm reeta chakrabati — the other headlines this lunchtime. police reveal the london bridge terror attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry — but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use — police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. a rescue operation is under way in the mid—atla ntic involving a rescue operation is under way in the mid—atlantic involving the creamery the mid—atlantic involving the creamery to ship, after a yacht got into trouble. and harry kane will be the new england captain as they take on scotland in the world cup qualifier at hampden park. a rescue operation is under way in the mid—atlantic involving the queen mary 2 ship, after a yacht got into trouble. good afternoon from westminster. theresa may's top two downing street aides have resigned in the wake of the conservative election failure. their departure comes

ruth davidson has told theresa may that she must reach out to other parties, work with others on brexitting dilution. we want the best possible trading relationship, tariff free. labour has said we would actually have to have the closest possible relationship, forces possible arrangement, with the customs union, and it is already putting on the table duel for the eu nationals. it is the collaborative approach, but we're not going to much of that. david cameron tried that, going to the eu, we will accept any deal, and we know what happened. the argument, if you offer too much at the start, effectively caving. the cards are on the table. everybody knows this. and the clock is ticking. it has got to be finished by march 2019. i think the confrontational approach, characterising theresa may, entirely wrong. you just talk the referendum is going to the overturned. and the delay to the queen's speech. people getting very excited, i gather it was some confusion as to whether the speech gets written on this royal goat... but the actual reason, they have not concluded arrangements, they do not k

its leader ruth davidson has joined the cabinet today in downing street.iority, rather than controlling immigration. i wanted a face—to—face reformation of the assurances i was given at the weekend that any deal with the dup, weekend that any deal with the dup, we would stand strong in the conservative party to make sure that there was no erosion of lgbt rights in the uk and use the influence that we had to advance lgbt rights and women rights in northern ireland. at the cabinet table there was unanimous support and a suggestion that we may bring forward that. we will not short—term on that. when forward the review of the gender recognition act. just as we showed with turing's law and equal marriage in the house of commons, we want to advance the agenda. i wanted to speak to her about what the election taught us as a party. it taught us that the country want us in government but do not want us to have the majority. it means we must work with others and some of the big issues of the day, and for me, that includes brexit. ruth davidson there talking to laura

that has greeted some unhappiness, particularly amongst people like ruth davidson, the leader of thet to see any backsliding on legislation. i do not think there is much chance on it, quite frankly. interestingly, ruth davidson says today that she believes that the result of the election says that they can at least look again at the tape of brexit they're looking for. scotla nd tape of brexit they're looking for. scotland voted against leaving the european union, so she is in a sense nodding to some of the public opinion up there. it is the first indication from a senior conservative that brexit might need to be different from the one that we we re to be different from the one that we were thinking about four. theresa may, though, still under pressure, isn't she? pressure. it is undoubtably a catastrophic political miscalculation that she has taken in the last seven weeks. she has seemingly blown a 20 point lead in the opinion polls, run a very poor campaign, a couple of missing steps. sure there are things that blew the campaign off track, notably those terrible terrorist attacks. t

may's and why ruth davidson has this approach?country in which people actually want to see more immigration because it's really important that they don't have a decline in population and ruth davidson is a huge advocate for soft brexit, although briefly she was one of the big voices against brexit in the first place and she has got some very important mps up there who theresa may needs, even more than she needs those dup mps. so what ruth davidson says in terms of shifting towards a softer brexit is going to be very, very important and idid going to be very, very important and i did notice the brexit secretary dfs saying the tory position was not that different to the labour position. there was one issue, it was how far you're prepared to go on immigration. andrew? has wrecked the careers of tory leaders for decades and it could still wreck theresa may's position because the party is very deeply split on this and particularly on the immigration stuff and she knows some of the immigration stuff goes down well to the labour voters w

their leader ruth davidson has detoxified the tory brand enough that conservatives now feel comfortable in scotland. but they aren't that far ahead of labour by total share of the vote. they have not become the sole opposition to the snp. the snp had a bad night but they did when 35 seats, over half of the scottish constituencies, with 37%. they enjoy support across the country in the cities and highlands alike. in north east fife the snp won byjust two votes. in a first past the post system a win is a win. here and across scotland. of course it's disappointing we've lost a number of seats but still winning more parliamentary constituencies than all the other parties put together. essentially a westminster election is not a home game for the snp and we won the election nevertheless. it was inevitable the snp would lose votes but they fell further than anyone expected. it feels now as though the tide has turned against their plans for another independence referendum. spanish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the portugal and real madrid foot. cristiano ronaldo, accusing him of tax

ruth davidson is talking about more ( it.nk it is a failed bid for dropping the single market. she knows that she not only saved the union but she actually said theresa may from an even more punishing defeat, had she not got those seats in scotland, she would not have been able to get anywhere near trying to form a majority government. you've got the labour party, green mps, they could all unite together all to make the great repeal bill which we understand will be the centrepiece still of the queen's speech, simply because it has to be, and they could make the passage of that bill which will be in credibly complex very difficult and inflict defeat upon defeat upon defeat. and never mind the lords. never mind the lords because if she had got her manifesto through she would have been able to rely on the salisbury convention. the salisbury convention means that if you have a ma nifesto, convention means that if you have a manifesto, your pledges don't have to go under the same scrutiny by the house of lords as pledges that aren

people talking about ruth davidson coming down from scotland. an mp and i think she is incredible but she is a remainer, so if the eurosceptics but she is a remainer, so if the eurosce ptics want but she is a remainer, so if the eurosceptics want a eurosceptics that isn't her. who are we left with, borisjohnson. that is a prospect that is the only thing stopping those tory leaders from ending her prime ministerial career. they are waiting to have somebody viable to replace her and they don't. between a rock and a hard place because the observer is saying that business would like her to rethink a hard brexit. what is she going to do. the observer is the cheerleader of the soft brexit. talking about no deal, no brexit immediately. if things go the way that angela merkel fears in europe over the next year or so, that may come to pass. mrs merkel is preoccupied with things like migration, the viability of the eurozone and italy above brexit. and her own election as well. that is less of a worry than it was. working in the continental press, it is am

a real triumph for ruth davidson.it much less likely we'll see another scottish independence referendum any time sooi'i. independence referendum any time soon. we have not seen the swingometer, where is it? nick clegg, liberal democrats, 90700 and 56. in politics you live by the sword and you die by the sword. the electorate gives with one hand and ta kes electorate gives with one hand and takes away with the other. will you come back into active politics?|j would have no choice but to do exactly that. i am standing down today as the leader with immediate effect. extraordinarily, labour have done some serious damage to conservative seats in england. the worst possible outcome would be a hung parliament. i would have thought that is enough to go. contrast that with the face of theresa may, the look of a woman defeated, heavily made up as if she had been in tears. at this time more than anything else this country needs a period of stability. are you still a moron? he has performed better than anybody ever expected he co

a contingent of 13 scottish mps, whose leader ruth davidson is calling for an open brexit, the toriesho want a frictionless border in ireland, and a rejuvenated labour party who is now talking about remaining in a reformed single market and customs union. ruth davidson told the prime minister and the government must push for what she called an open brexit. i'm suggesting the conservative party works with those both within the house of commons and indeed with people without, to ensure that as we leave the eu we have a brexit that works with the economy and put that first, and i think there was a real sense around the cabinet table today that, as you would expect, from ce ntre— right politicians, that is the primacy we are looking for. and the leader of the scottish tories also believes the party should be reaching out across the spectrum on brexit. labour agrees, and now appears able to water down no suggestion the uk would be able to leave the single market. we want something that works for britain, for our businesses and communities. that means, as we have said, the benefits of the s

notjust because we have already seen figures like ruth davidson expressing concern about the attitudeacking one side, ie the dup, when of course they will have to reach a deal with sinn fein. the real concern is the deal here at westminster could jeopardise the future of power—sharing in northern ireland. this is really very high sta kes stuff. ireland. this is really very high stakes stuff. we are already hearing concerns being expressed by the irish government. the other side relates to brexit. we are seeing a huge push back from former remain is trying to pick mrs may's approach to brexit, in particular in relation to the threat of walking away with out any deal. and lastly, there is massive may on her to change her personal style and already we have heard from the chairman of the 1922 committee saying this morning she has two adopted a more collegiate approach. that is what conservative mps will want to hear when she appears this afternoon. she wants to talk to colleagues and hear their views before any deal is finalised with the dup. i think it is a very good sign of her recognis

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, says she's raised concerns with the prime ministern campaign on a high. jeremy corbyn's party took kensington from the conservatives for the first time in its history. this morning we'll be live at downing street with the latest.

ruth davidson talking a short time ago.es and find a way to deliver what she calls an open brexit. what that means, we do not yet know. lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us now. . yes, the snp are still the largest party by far here in scotland. but i think it is fairto here in scotland. but i think it is fair to say, most people would say they did not have a good night. with me are three people who have inside knowledge of the political process here in scotland. a former senior advisor for the here in scotland. a former senior advisorfor the snp, here in scotland. a former senior advisor for the snp, an advisor for labour, and a senior adviser to the conservatives. first of all, what do you think went wrong for the snp? well, the campaign north of the border was purely about indyref2. for the rest of the uk, it was about brexit. it was a disappointing night for the snp, there is no doubt about that and a good night for the conservatives in scotland. we would have to step back and say, the snp still won more seats than the o

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has demanded assurances from the prime ministeric unionist party's opposition to gay marriage won't be allowed to shape government policy. the government's chief whip is in belfast for talks with the dup. the metropolitan police has revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a 7.5 tonne lorry to carry out last saturday's attack but the payment was declined. the three left eight people dead when they drove a van donald trump has said he's willing to testify under oath about his conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into links between his election campaign team and russia. and now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: we're in chile exploring a town that was knocked down by nature and how it splitting itself back together again. also coming up on this week's show: it looks incredible... we're dangling over new york in virtual reality. it's the superman experience. doo—d

ruth davidson will come into play., she wasn't advocating any sort of hard border but the dup will want to press hard to guarantee that freedom of movement. it will be green in an exciting way or exciting in a grim way. yes, whichever way... another element of surprise, let me bring you up to date with what's going on in the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, they have sent the tellers home because they are too tired, far too close between labour and the conservatives, you might get the result late this afternoon, it might even be tomorrow. andrew, we have to pinch yourself. tonight has been full of extraordinary, unpredicted events but i never heard that, tellers being sent home because they are too tired. quite a few examples over the night of seats for it has been on a knife edge and in places you wouldn't always expect it to be. the most recent one in richmond park, zach smith won with 40 or so votes but that has been pleaded across the country, the two parties dominated, labour and the tories, look at their

tonight, it has become clear that ruth davidson is not entirely co mforta ble ruth davidson is not entirelyarriage. she is engaged to herfemale same—sex marriage. she is engaged to her female partner same—sex marriage. she is engaged to herfemale partner and same—sex marriage. she is engaged to her female partner and she says she has talked with theresa may to seek a categorical assurance that there will be no dilutions of rights in britain, and she says the prime minister assured her she would seek to advance equal rights in northern ireland. thank you, sarah smith. in wales, the labour party had a strong night, taking back a number of seats from the conservatives they ended up with 28 seats, while the conservatives won eight, and plaid cymru won four. the liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. the conservatives had initially hoped to make gains, especially in those areas which voted strongly to leave the eu. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has more details. in gower this morning, the smiles of welsh labour said it all. the party's leader introducing two of their three new mps here

ruth davidson is not running away from theresa may's policies? no.government in scotland shows they are not stronger for scotland. christine, let me talk about the liberal democrats. a decision has been made on the scottish referendum. you said there is no need for another referendum yet the decision was made on brexit and you want another eu referendum. two very different decisions were made and different starting points and end points. to give the s&p credit they gave a white paper that laid out the deal and it was rejected and once you have rejected the deal there is nowhere else to go. with europe, we never saw anything except a bus with figures on it. people said no. we have no idea what the deal is. once we get the deal, which is where we were with the snp, then the british people have the right to say we are better off where we are. i believe we are better off where we are and as we see how bad the deal is going to be. there will be no good deal. i said the lib dems, labour and conservative have one seat. are you strong enough going on the ant

but the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, demands assurances that the dup's oppositiony marriage will not shape government policy, while several tory mps openly question whether theresa may can remain in office. labour has urged her to "make way" for it to form a government. the metropolitan police have revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry to carry out last weekend's attack — but their credit cards were declined. the three men left eight dead when they drove a van into pedestrians before stabbing people in borough market. president trump has said he is willing to testify under oath about his conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked last month. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into his presidential campaign's links with russia. more from westminster in a few minutes's time, now the sport, the full rundown of the weekend ‘s action with mike. thank you. good morning. it was their toughest test to date, but the british and irish lions have won i

their leader ruth davidson has detoxified the tory brand enough that conservatives now feel comfortablethe sole opposition to the snp. the snp had a bad night but they did when 35 seats, over half

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has demanded assurances from the prime ministerdup‘s opposition to gay marriage won't be allowed to shape government policy. downing street has just announced that the cheap web is in belfast for talks with the dup. the metropolitan police has revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry to carry out last saturday's attack — but the payment was declined. the three left eight people dead when they drove a van into pedestrians before stabbing people in borough market. donald trump has said he's willing to testify under oath about his conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into links between his election campaign team and russia. for more of the event at westminster back to jane hill. a fast—moving day here at westminster. good afternoon from couege westminster. good afternoon from college green if you are just joining us. nick timothy and fiona hill have resigned this afternoon

ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said ms sturgeon was — as she put it — "leakingand confidence". here's our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. but she cannot now march ahead with her plans for an independence referendum, admitting today that voters have rejected that idea and she has had to think again. having listened and reflected, the scottish government will reset the plan that i set out on march the 13th. we will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence referendum immediately. instead, we will, in good faith, redouble our effo rts will, in good faith, redouble our efforts and put our shoulder to the wheel in seeking to influence the brexit talks in a way that protect scotland's interests. she wants to keep open the option of a referendum after the brexit deal is cleared. the tories want her to abandon her plans completely. i'm afraid to say that that statement will fail to give any assurance to those people that this first minister is listening to them. instead, she appears to be in denial about h

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has demanded assurances from the prime minister that the democratic unionist party's opposition to gay marriage won't be allowed to shape government policy. the government's chief whip is in belfast for talks with the dup. the metropolitan police has revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry to carry out last saturday's attack but the payment was declined. donald trump has said he's willing to testify under oath about his conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into links between his election campaign team and russia. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, preparing for the worst in vr. a bunch of new apples. and the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of soft robotics. it is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. it is, but the nature of the terror attacks in the west in the last few years — the increasing use of vehicles, knives an

ruth davidson who is in that political cabinet today the leader of the scottish conservatives, has made theresa may that she thinks it's incredibly important that those kind of equality laws are not in any way watered down and the signs from cabinet ministers has been that that is not on the table. the idea of any arrangement according to sir michael fallon would be about brexit and the economy, it would not be about things about social policy and the like. with me is the conservative mp for stratford on avon nadhim zahawi. a grim few days for you? humbling that the people of stratford decided to wa nt that the people of stratford decided to want me as their member of parliament, but also with a resounding endorsement for the work that myself and my team have done for the past seven years, so i'm humbled and grateful and shall never forget who brought me to this place yet again. are you angry? no. i'm not angry. let's not forget, we are the largest party and with an agreement with the dup, we will have agreement with the dup, we will have a working majority. last time we we re a working

we need to look to the success of ruth davidson in scotland and embrace her positive, outward lookingk watt that the dup may align itself with the conservative party in a confidence and supply arrangement. would that suit you? i think that would be ideal. so you would not mind, and there will be many people, conservative voters and wider voters, who say the dup represents everything that theresa may meant when she talked about a nasty party. they are certainly not our allies of choice. personally i would prefer to do a deal with the lib dems. we actually had a strong and stable coalition for five years with the lib dems. but that is not on the cards. so what is the alternative? it would be giving the keys tojeremy corbyn. we are looking at a party that is homophobic, doesn't really believe in climate change, that talks about creationism. sure, and i abhor all of those things. i mean that could drag the party backwards, away from the young? if it's just confidence supply, which basically means that they back us on the big votes when it counts, they're not going to get their hands on...

ruth davidson, the tory scottish leader, she is a laugh a minute. why doesn't it come out?g media. on the one hand, it is quite refreshing. i sell it to journalists, she doesn't demand the limelight, she does not want to be the front page of the paper and all over the news all the time. she raises when she wants to speak and then goes back again instead of being in the spotlight all the time. but she can occasionally looked uncomfortable as a result. matt, anyone with a certain amount of grey hairs andi anyone with a certain amount of grey hairs and i am one of those has probably been to eightjeremy corbyn rally in the last couple of years and it was interesting seeing him on the stump in this election. he looked as if he was on a campaign rally from ten years ago, 15 years ago, he seemed so natural and so up for it in a way that theresa may just couldn't exhibit.|j for it in a way that theresa may just couldn't exhibit. i think jeremy corbyn has this quite unique ability in politics to draw massive crowds wherever he goes. i think the optics of that were quite important in

but theresa may, in edinburgh with the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson, defended her recordt back at mr corbyn. we have been protecting counterterrorism police, we've provided funding for an uplift in armed policing. we have, from 2015, been protecting police budgets, like isaid. the labour party, jeremy corbyn's front bench, said police budgets could be cut by up to 10%. we said, no, we're going to protect those budgets. but it's also about the powers that you give to the police. and i have been responsible through a number of pieces of legislation that i have introduced, to give extra powers to the police to deal with terrorism. jeremy corbyn has boasted that he is opposed every piece of anti—terror legislation since he came into parliament. but it wasn'tjust labour mrs may had to fend off. the lib dem leader tim farron, took time off preparing breakfast in a cafe, to take aim at the pm, with his own stinging attack. this is a point that we look at how we keep our country and our people safe and as things stand we have a prime minister who told off the police for saying th

the only one i think who were genuinely have a chance is ruth davidson, the leader in scotland but sheg married, she wants to have a child, her life is in scotland and that is where she once the state. i have seen at least two commentators in today's paper saying route, your country and your party need you and of course, they could force a by—election, they could get her in. it is possible. it looks a bit desperate, doesn't it, really? joe johnson would be great, joe against boris, the miliband brothers all over again. but does the country wa nt over again. but does the country want another if tony and running the party ——i want another if tony and running the party —— i suspect possibly not. talking of boris johnson, party —— i suspect possibly not. talking of borisjohnson, he features in the mail on sunday, which i have thrown open on pages 16 and 17, not entirely by accident, this is talking about further plots and this is... well, secret tory battle cry of dd apm, david davies, and we have a photograph of him and borisjohnson and we have a photograph of him and boris johnson with a