it is the focus on ruth davidson.g of the remainers in the conservative party, very much to the left. but can we alljust get along and back remainers? yes, ok. —— back theresa may? it feels like it is not working. it is a kind of beauty pageant in the papers today, various ministers trying to say please vote for me. we will talk about them in a few minutes as well. ruth davidson has been talked up as a potential tory leader. she says she doesn't wa nt tory leader. she says she doesn't want thejob. tory leader. she says she doesn't want the job. and she also needs to get a seat down south, so to speak, as an mp. she is also a darling of the remainers but she did say at co nfe re nce the remainers but she did say at conference that she is not backing a second referendum. lots of remainers will be disappointed by that, because even non— tories find her quite palatable as potential leader. she gave a speech, did she? no, eight think she was speaking to the media. —— i think. eight think she was speaking to the media. -- i

but the —— ruth davidson is a remainer, on the left of the party as well, frankly a week splash for me it is about boris, it is hard to ignore him. but she is urging her party to get by the prime minister, so party to get by the prime minister, so it is not kind of cor blimey for me, she would say that. let's move on to the financial times and philip hammond, the chancellor. he made a speech today, a curious speech, referencing not quite the failure of 2ist—ce ntu ry referencing not quite the failure of 2ist—century capitalism. what did you make of it? it is difficult, he was saying we have to offer change, because jeremy corbyn was saying we have to offer change, becausejeremy corbyn and labour are offering change, he did not say that but that is what he meant, so we cannot be the party of continuity. even though they have been in government for years now. it is difficult when you have been in power for this long to drum difficult when you have been in powerfor this long to drum up any sense of excitement and change, and to suggest you're not good carry on doing what you have been doi

ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish tories with her fiance and their son finn.in office, we have had so very few women as party leaders and so very few women of childbearing age of up to have to have a start —— a heart of stone irrespective of your politics can see that picture and not feel very happy for them. their shears and her partner, many conservatives when they see that photo, they know ruth davidson's while the pill —— wide appeal, they would love her to march south and relieved her party from its very difficult plight, but ruth davidson has said that she will not be doing that any time soon. when you listen to her say that it is one of those situations where you try and see if there is any regal room, she has made it absolutely clear, hasn't she —— wriggle room. made it absolutely clear, hasn't she -- wriggle room. there are many tories who would also hope she would come nowhere near them, as there are who hope she would come and save the day. she would need a seat, and she would not seek to do that before the next scottish election. after that she may

the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has given birth to a boy.er that she and her partnerjen wilson are delighted. congratulations to them. speaking at twitter, you can get in touch with me any time. you're watching bbc news. weather now with nick miller. hello. british summertime ends this weekend as the clocks go back. it has nothing to do with the weather. clearly we are not in summer any more. it will feel that we are not even in autumn, though. cold arctic air in place across the uk. a biting wind. many of us will be dry with crisp, clearsunshine, but there will be some showers about. some of those will be heavy, even wintry and places, too. the air coming all the way from the arctic, all in the blue. and it is a strong wind well. the showers are predominantly in the areas that are exposed to the wind. here is how it looks first thing. these are the starting temperatures. a touch of frost. that is the distribution of the showers. they've been coming in overnight into northern scotland, icy and places, and a bit slushy on higher routes, ice r

the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has given birth to a boy.hs 10 pounds and 1.5 ounces. ruth davidson and her partner jen wilson say they are delighted, and can't wait to get him home. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting tonga's royal family at the end of their visit to the tiny south pacific nation. earlier, the couple, on theirfirst tour as a married couple, wore floral garlands and traditional clothes as they learned about tongan youth projects. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, was there. for a style icon, a new accessory. the welcome for harry and meghan was warm and noisy. and this was just the start. mat—making was just part of the display of tongan culture waiting for the duke and duchess. but first, south pacific chic met royalfashion. was that a shimmy from harry? then a quick whip round the exhibits. no royal tour is complete without a tour of handicrafts and the tongans have really put on a show. this island is tiny but the royal visit has had a huge impact. it's been a long time since tonga was a sliver of empire

ruth davidson and david mondal talk about resigning. tory civil war is going on at the moment.e want to see a solution for this issue. so far we have seen no hint of anything coming out of this that will be in any way acceptable, there is no deal that can bea acceptable, there is no deal that can be a good eel by the goverment‘s on figures on this, every single indicator shows a bad deal, going back to the worst option, which is a new deal. £2500 off household incomes, that is simply not good enough to be staring out at this point. we hear growing talk that we are moving towards a no deal. the french government have published a d raft french government have published a draft no deal bill. but i'm guessing you are draft no deal bill. but i'm guessing you a re pretty draft no deal bill. but i'm guessing you are pretty relaxed about that.|j am you are pretty relaxed about that.” am very relaxed about that. 163 days to go. an act of parliament says we will come out on wto rules, that is how we will trade with most of the world. irresponsible. they are very happy to give £39 billion

the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has given birth to a boy.ner jen wilson are delighted. the chancellor delivers the budget on monday — the last chance to assess the state of the country's finances before leaving the eu. philip hammond is under pressure to balance the books, and bring austerity to an end. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports from the low—pay capital of the uk — scarborough. it's the school holidays and here in yorkshire's biggest seaside resort, the fun starts early. what do you like about scarborough? the sea. you like the sea? she's been in the sea this morning already. the chancellor is not the only one facing a headache over the next few days about how to make the budget stretch. it's quite difficult to entertain them for two weeks so you'd have to put them into a holiday club, which would be between £35 and £50 per day. did you know it was the budget, first of all? no. did you not? idid. locals like dave and simon have heard the promises to boost nhs spending. but aren't convinced they'll feel the imp

a photograph of ruth davidson with a new baby.siderable leader was pregnant. here she is with her bubble of joy. the pregnant. here she is with her bubble ofjoy. the modern conservative party. i guess that is the way many would like to see it. it is going to be the first—ever party leader in britain, or she is the first, to give birth while in office. and she will be taking time office. and she will be taking time off and being the first to do that. he prime minister might be hoping that she will be so busy on her maternity leave that she will forget to rebel over what the government is going to do at the irish border and brexit, which is what she was pretending to do two weeks ago. and this is young finn. what is really interesting is that she has done a good job of adding herself. being this acceptable, fuzzy face of torres. where once you could not get elected as a conservative politician in scotland. and i think she is, well you would note better than me, roundly feared in westminster for being seen as a normal human person. w

so that we can all afford to raise one to ruth davidson on the arrival.ncluded like this... mr deputy speaker, we have turned an important corner and now we must pull together to build the bright, prosperous future that is within britain's grasp if we choose to seize it. embracing change, not hiding from it, building on the inherent strength of the british economy and the indomitable spirit of the british people. mr deputy speaker, under this conservative government, austerity is coming to an end. but discipline will remain. we are at a turning point in our history and we must resolve to go forwards, not backwards and work together to build a britain that we can all be proud of. i commend this statement to the house. philip hammond getting an enthusiastic reaction to his speech, which lasted for a little over an hour and ten minutes. well, the long standing convention of parliament is that the budget speech is replied to not by the shadow chancellor but by the opposition leader. jeremy corbyn disputed the government's big claim. the reality is that whatev

vote again until they gave the side that wants to stay in the eu the answer that it wants and as ruth davidson has rightly pointed out, we cannot tell the scots that they have made a decision to reject independence for regeneration in their referendum and that mask the uk population to vote again on the eu. the idea... the idea of a second vote is infamous but the obvious democratic fragility of the chequers proposals will only intensify such calls and do not believe them, finally, when they say there is no other plan and no alternative. it is not my plan, all these models, excellent though they are, the super canada deal, the free trade deal, they are all derived from the prime minister ‘s own vision at lancaster house. and now therefore is the time truly to ta ke and now therefore is the time truly to take back control and follow that vision, make the elegant, dignified and grateful except the country voted for. this is... this is the moment. this is the moment to do that and there is the moment to do that and there is time. this is the moment. to chuck chequers. to scrap the commission ‘s a

she praised the party for what she said and that people do have opportunity, talking about ruth davidson the leader of the scottish conservatives being pregnant. she also said that sajid javid had become home secretary as the son of a pakistani bus driver. windrush was mentioned briefly. critics will say she airbrushed her responsibilities as far as that is concerned. let's talk about the rest of the speech with our guests. the bbc‘s chief political correspondent hasjoined us. bbc‘s chief political correspondent has joined us. what bbc‘s chief political correspondent hasjoined us. what did you make of it? to relief on her face because compared to last year some of this was just a matter of getting through it. she did better than that. the personal story about her goddaughter, that gave authenticity to this speech in a way we have not heard from her before. the striking things worthy attacks on labour and there were a lot of them and they we re very there were a lot of them and they were very strong. there were a lot of them and they were very strong. there is one thing that unites party.

she has got, according to this report, support from very interesting people like ruth davidson in scotland what nicola sturgeon has been saying this week. this is quite a substantial story. but it is not clear actually how they are going to negotiate these things, this is what is so striking. the comment is week by the professionals, tim shipman who is really the man with the inside track of the the sunday times. he is much more like henry, saying time will tell, we have got a crucial week and we don't really know. we don't know what is going to happen. but what is absolutely clear is how badly this has all been done with mrs may saying we are going to trigger article 50 but we don't quite know what kind of road map we will work to. this is why it is coming home to roost, we are talking mostly about tory newspapers and i see this as symptoms of that high—performance jet aircraft breaking up in midair. they are far too much quarrelling with each other. what of this dup story? i think it's interesting. one thing downing st will not like is arlene foster saying she's ready for no deal, for do

the leader of the scottish conservatives ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy.tnerjen wilson were "delighted" by the baby's safe arrival at edinburgh royal infirmary, saying: "it was wonderful to welcome baby finn into the world this morning. he is beautiful and already very loved." and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the author and broadcaster natalie haynes and deputy political editor at the independent rob merrick — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. good evening. there is certainly a chill in the air this friday evening. and that will remain the case throughout this weekend. a cold wind blowing. there'll be some sunshine, some showers as well. some of these will be heavy and wintry over high ground in the north, and that cold air is coming from a long way north. it's coming all the way from the arctic, brought in our direction by these brisk northerly winds, which will continue as we go through this evening. there'll be a lot of dry weather, some clear, starry skies,

the scottish conservative party leader ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy."delighted" by the safe arrival of finn paul davidson at edinburgh royal infirmary on friday morning. the baby boy weighs 10 pounds, 1.5 ounces. a railcard for millenials will go on sale before the end of the year. up to four million passengers aged between 26 to 30 will be eligible for the card, which was trialled in the spring. the card will offer a third off most fares but it will be digital only, meaning that passengers will need a smartphone to download it. a 45—year—old man's been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from salisbury cathedral. police say alarms were activated after the man attempted to smash a glass box surrounding the historic document, one of four surviving copies. it's thought the magna carta is undamaged and nobody was injured. celebrations are taking place to mark 100 years since stonehenge was given to the nation by a local couple who had bought it at auction forjust £7,000. the prehistoric momument has stood in the wiltshire co

the leader of the scottish conservatives ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy. she and her partnerjen wilson were "delighted" by the baby's safe arrival at edinburgh royal infirmary saying "it was wonderful to welcome baby finn into the world this morning. he is beautiful and already very loved." the headlines on bbc news... a 56—year—old man, named as cesar sayoc, is charged in connection with a mail bombing campaign in the united states. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. the drones used to fly more than half a million pounds worth of drugs into prisons — seven men are jailed in what police are calling a landmark case. now — an hour later than usual due to that news conference in washington about the us mail attacks — it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. this week, why do some marches and demonstrations get more tv coverage than others? hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. did bbc news get the right, next to last weekend's peoples will march and london? an

the times carries the picture of scottish conservative leader ruth davidson and her partnerjen wilsoneads with news the chancellor is due to "slash shop rates" in monday's budget to help struggling retailers. the daily express leads with news that millions of women are in line for a pension boost, following a landmark high court ruling. lloyds bank has been told it must equalise pension benefits for men and women, which could have huge consequences for thousands of companies. welcome back. this is a really interesting story this morning. i had pig skin grafted to my foot, i would have preferred sharp. this is katie ormerod? i picked this because she is a legend of snow sports. the way that she has bounced back, literally katie was one of our potential medal winners, and is still one of our serious rising stars. it was two days before the olympics when she fractured her breast. she went on and broker healed 24 hours later. she has undergone several operations, and just recently she has bounced back. she is saying how, despite what she we nt she is saying how, despite what she went thro

that is why ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives has supported the sense that we arehas said clearly that the prime minister should not sign up to a deal that created border between any part of the united kingdom. the beginnings of a defence from saudi arabia appear to be emerging in the case of missing journalist jamal khashoggi — and the messenger is donald trump. the saudis still deny they had any involvement in the case. but today president trump suggested "rogue killers" could have been responsible for mr khashoggi's death. he made the comment after speaking to the saudi king and just as turkish investigators finally got access to the saudi consulate in istanbul, 13 days after the journalist disappeared. we are going to leave nothing uncovered. the ken firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know, i don't want to get into his side, but it sounded to me like maybe it could have been rogue killers. we will try to get to the bottom of it. his was a flat denial. mr trump has dispatched his secretary of state to riyadh to get answers on the disappearance.

the leader of the scottish conservatives ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy. is morning. he is beautiful and already very loved." now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. we will be shivering this weekend. in fact, it has passed the uk and the airstream is coming all the way from the arctic up today and through the weekend. sunshine and showers on the weekend. sunshine and showers on the cards are today and through the weekend as well, we can see that northerly wind out of the north affecting many of these eastern coasts, bringing showers there. clear whether inland. these are the temperatures at 7pm, five in newcastle, 8—9 in london. tonight, you can imagine the temperatures are only going to drop even further. by the time we get to the early hours of saturday morning we are talking about freezing in most city centres, outside of town it will be below freezing. wintry showers continue across the scottish ales. that means across the scottish ales. that means a saturday is going to be cold, it‘ll be a cold day. this is bbc news — our late

not by words, but the words of ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives. confirm it is single market and customs union, the uk leaving the eu together with no part hived off either in the single market or customs union? when the uk leaves the european union it will be the uk that leaves. we will be leaving the european union to gather. i am very clear there should be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. we have put forward proposals and we can deliver on that and maintain the integrity of our union. of course, what we are looking at in relation to, we made that very clear when the european union made their proposal that would effectively have carved northern ireland away from the rest of the united kingdom, in their backstop proposal. it is because we cannot accept their backstop to a backstop because they continue to want to see that. in fact, what we want to see ina that. in fact, what we want to see in a backstop is a situation where northern ireland businesses can both export freely to great britain and to the european union. that would

she praised the party for what she said and that people do have opportunity, talking about ruth davidson

we had ruth davidson, the old sparring partner of borisjohnson, saying he likes to talk about his timer of london but not so keen to talk about his time as foreign secretary when you was actually involved in brexit and even some of his close colleagues like david davis, saying he is good at the headlines but not so good at policy. this of course before borisjohnson even arrives at conference. what will be interesting is to see the sort of reception he gets and then the sort of reception theresa may and other senior ministers get because i bet you borisjohnson may well get enthusiast it reception —— a more enthusiastic reception from delegates than some of the other names. thanks, norman. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. good morning. indonesia has called for international help to deal with the aftermath of an earthquake and a tsunami. the quake struck the island of sulawesi three days ago, and now officials are scrambling to get food, aid and equipment to the affected area. more than 840 people are known to have died, but there are fea

the person who talks about independence mostly is ruth davidson.policies and achievements. they are 20 points ahead of the tories in the latest poll, and she has got to talk about why they are there. why they are in this dominant position in scottish politics. she has got to claim the credit for the policies. she has got to keep the crowds enthusiastic and looking to the future without promising... timetable for a date. she does not wa nt to timetable for a date. she does not want to hold a referendum until she thinks she can win it. how do you manage to square the circle that labour and the tories in scotland cannot capture? i don't think she can. following that film, i think quite a few of the delegates will be disappointed. she will not announce a referendum, she will take the referendum into the long grass on a second independence referendum. she cannot be blamed for that because she will not have one until she thinks she can win it, and the indications are she will not win it. we have got to keep coming back to the economy. the questions they