other possible contenders ruled themselves out following the decision of tim farron to stand down. sir vince will be oldest leader of the party in its near 30—year history. more than eight billion tonnes

what did he say, what does he do to what tim farron did?t is going to grow. he has done that in terms of membership. he has to find a way of cutting through, after a general election which to some extent restored a 2—party which to some extent restored a 2— party system. but which to some extent restored a 2—party system. but he's got is the experience that we need in terms of the economy. i know we're not talking about brexit today, but clearly that is the big issue on the block so to speak, and something that he can speak about from day one with a great degree of authority. dirty back—up on brexit a bit? tim farron put it centre stage and made it clear that he wanted a second referendum and they became in anti—brexit party? that it will offer net? identity will because what we are starting to see, particularly as the negotiations start to get into difficulty, partly asa start to get into difficulty, partly as a result of the cabinet not having a defined position on the issue, people are starting to get worried, certainly businesses are ve

sir vince does have a higher profile than his predecessor tim farron.otwork now. friends highlight his experience. he seemed to enjoy his brief stint as interim leader ten years ago. the house has noticed the prime minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from stalin to mr bean. and he was one of the few politicians to predict the financial crisis. although naturally closer to the labour party, sir vince accepted the role of business secretary during the conservative—lib dem coalition. vince cable says british politics is badly lacking common sense and moderation and that is what he is promising to provide. joining me now is polly mackenzie, who was a special advisor to nick clegg when he was deputy prime minister. thank you for being with us. so nobody else wanted the job?m thank you for being with us. so nobody else wanted the job? it is a shame there has not been a leadership election and i, like many others, would have liked jo swinson to feel ready and enthusiastic about putting herself forward, but actually, it is good that every

john bercow said that it was open to tim farron to raise the issue in other ways, saying that he couldd bring the matter to the chamber, that way. mps will hold an emergency debate on proposals to allow universities to increase tuition fees in england. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. photographers and film—makers love them, but, to many in the airline industry, they are a modern menace. airborne drones can have all sort of uses, but there is increasing concern about their potential danger to aircraft. there was disruption at gatwick airport earlier this summer when a drone was spotted flying too close. it led to a runway being closed and five flights being diverted. the incident prompted a conservative mp to call a debate in westminster hall, although he stressed he was not anti—drone. there has been enormous growth in the ownership of drones. 530,000, so i understand, were bought in 2014 alone, and of course the vast majority are for leisure use. when used responsibly, they're a great asset. they encourage interest in aviation and aerodynamics, and lead

the outgoing liberal democrat leader, tim farron, has demanded to know when the government will meetransfer 480 unaccompanied child refugees from europe. he said, so far, 200 have come to the uk. the government's preferred approach is to take children not from countries in europe but from the region where they came from. ministers argue this would counter the pull factor and stop families sending their youngsters on the dangerous journey to europe. but in a concession, after a campaign by the labour peer lord dubs, ministers agreed they would take some unaccompanied children who were already in the eu. tim farron was asking an urgent question about the so—called dubs scheme and the promise to bring 480 youngsters to the uk in this way. i say it's a measly commitment because the uk government could do so much more. freedom of information act requests show that local councils have voluntarily offered to accept 1572 more children in addition to those they already support. does the minister know this? and in light of this information, would the government reopen dubs and take its fair sh

sir vince does have a higher profile than his predecessor tim farron.f stint as interim leader ten years ago. the house has noticed the prime minister‘s remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from stalin to mr bean. and he was one of the few politicians to predict the financial crisis. although naturally closer to the labour party, sir vince accepted the role of business secretary during the conservative—lib dem coalition. vince cable says british politics is badly lacking common sense and moderation. that is what he is promising to provide. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. the former american football star and actor oj simpson is to be released from prison this autumn after serving nine years of a 33—year sentence for armed robbery. mr simpson told the court he had done his time. james cook is in los angeles for us now. just fill us in on the background to all of this. yes, that is right, oj simpson was jailed nine years ago for raiding a hotel room in las vegas to try to read gain some sporting memorabilia from his illustrious career which

sir vince has a higher profile than his predecessor tim farron.rance but he will be needing more than fancy footwork now. friends highlight his experience. he seemed to enjoy his brief stint as interim leader ten years ago. the house has noted the pro minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from stalin to mr bean. and he was one of the few politicians to predict the financial crisis. the naturally closer to the labour party sir vince accepted the role of business secretary during the conservative — lib dem coalition. he says british politics is badly lacking common sense and moderation and that is what he is promising to provide. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening: new figures suggest recorded crime in england and wales has risen by 10%. and coming up, i am here at royal birkdale where it's been a tricky day for the golfers on the first day of the championship. coming in sportsday on bbc news... tom westley will make his england debut in the third test against south afr

sir vince does have a higher profile than his predecessor tim farron.this christmas tv appearance, but he will need more than fancy footwork now. friends highlight his experience. he seemed to enjoy his brief stint as interim leader ten years ago. the house has noticed the prime minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from stalin to mr bean. and he was one of the few politicians to predict the financial crisis. although naturally closer to the labour party, sir vince accepted the role of business secretary during the conservative—lib dem coalition. vince cable says british politics is badly lacking common sense and moderation. that is what he is promising to provide. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. the government's been accused of betraying rail passengers, by scrapping plans to electrify major lines in wales, the midlands and the lake district. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: showing their pedigree — major winners spieth and

and he will become the leader, replacing tim farron. thank you very much.inner circle will be questioned by the two us congressional committees — investigating allegations of russian interference in last year's election. his eldest son, donald junior, and former campaign manager paul manafort, will appear next wednesday. his son—in—law, jared kushner will face questions on monday. mr trump and his allies have denied any collusion. concerns have been raised about the number of adult mental health patients being held in locked rehabilitation wards in england. the care quality commission said it was "surprising" there were around 3,500 people in locked wards, with some patients spending years in such facilities. our health reporter smitha mundasad reports. jeff clarke spent years locked in psychiatric rehabilitation units after developing schizophrenia. psychiatric rehabilitation units after developing schizophreniam was very boring. not a lot to do. people i did not get on with. things add up. it was not a pleasant place to be. he is now back in his community

they talk about a political quagmire, tim farron is talking about how this will bring down theresa mayh the best will in the world, you can see it happening, to cast this will drag on. whether we come out in march 2019, when you see how much they are trying to slow this thing down, i would be very surprised. this is the first ina would be very surprised. this is the first in a series of big brexit bills for a weakened prime minister who has no majority to get stuff through, and labour, the lib dems and the snp can chuck rocks at it, and the snp can chuck rocks at it, and it will cause a massive problem. do they then want to get the public in flamed if they will do that at every single step? more and more people will get upset. it is called sovereignty! yes, but a lot of people have voted for this. taking back control for our parliament! heart attack weight longer for an ambulance. a big shake—up of the 909 service, it will slow things down.l million calls a year which they say will no longer... if you are unconscious or will no longer... if you are unconscious oi’ not will no longer...

he was the only candidate to put themselves forward to replace the party's outgoing leader tim farrone'll be the oldest leader in the party's history. the lead singer of the hard rock band linkin park has died at the age of 41. chester benningon apparently hanged himself, according to the los angeles coroner. linkin park recently released their seventh album, 17 years after their hugely popular album hybrid theory in 2000. earlier i spoke to newsbeat‘s steve holden about chester bennington's life. chester bennington, the lead singer of linkin park, if you grew up in the early to thousands, that's when you enter university, there is a whole generation who grew up on their debut album, hybrid theory. it is still the biggest selling debut album of the 20th century, it sold 30 million copies worldwide. and what linkin park did was used metal and hard rock sounds along with rap and hard rock sounds along with rap and hip—hop to create this brand called new metal. they were one of the pioneers. the most successful band to fuse those together. ever since then they have gone on to sell 60 mil

sir vince does have a higher profile than his predecessor tim farron.ut he will be needing more than fancy footwork now. friends highlight his experience. he seemed to enjoy his brief stint as interim leader ten years ago. the house has noticed the prime minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from stalin to mr bean. and he was one of the few politicians to predict the financial crisis. although naturally closer to the labour party, sir vince accepted the role of business secretary during the conservative—lib dem coalition. vince cable says british politics is badly lacking common sense and moderation and that is what he is promising to provide. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. joining me now from westminster is the party's chief whip and former secretary of state for scotland, alistair carmichael. thank you for being with us. a coronation, not exactly democratic, is it? let's be clear, a correlation is it? let's be clear, a correlation is when somebody gets a job they we re is when somebody gets a job they were born to. there is a

it's not going to be released at all has sparked a lot of anger from various opposition parties tim farron the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats he said that it's utterly shameful that it's not going to be published he said that the government needs to be naming and shaming the states and the institutions that fund terrorism in this country instead of supporting them he's obviously referring to speculation that saudi arabia and the u.k. as of the gulf allies could be named in that report the green party co-leader caroline lucas she said that the statement gives absolutely no clue as to which foreign countries are funding extremism here in the u.k. so you've got the government saying that the report publishing the report would be damaging to national security but as this angry response already demonstrates refusing to make it public has only increased speculation about what's contained within it it's pretty much as vague as it gets it doesn't list a single country it admits that for a small number of extremist organizations here in the u.k. overseas funding is a significant source of

the previous leader tim farron stepped down after the election.nopposed. joining me now is our political correspondent leila nathoo. unopposed as we expected. what's been going on with the party this afternoon? that's right, at 4pm this afternoon? that's right, at 4pm this afternoon the nominations closed for the liberal democrat leadership contest. at that time vince cable was the only one of the party who put himself forward for that role. unopposed he had the backing of all his fellow mps and the requisite number of party members. he was declared the leader with no ballot and no contest. vince cable was introduced by outgoing leader tim farron as the wisest man in parliament. he said he was honoured to ta ke parliament. he said he was honoured to take the role. he has been acting interim leader in the past, deputy leader as well. this is the first time vince cable has gone for the leadership of his party and said he was honoured to take the role. he said in his manifesto, a personal ma nifesto, said in his manifesto, a personal manifesto, talki

conservatives on extending as strikes to syria back then said the outgoing leader of that party tim farron he says the party has basically been juked by the conservatives and he said that the decision to squash the report is utterly shameful that the government needs to be naming and shaming the states and the institutions that fund terrorism in this country instead of supporting them and he's referring of course to the speculation that saudi arabia and other the gulf allies of the u.k. could be named in that report the green party leader. rather caroline lucas she said that the statement gives absolutely no clue as to which foreign country. we. will be. potentially dangerous weather situations specially built receivers are automatically activated to warn of the impending. tests of the signal normally conducted by the national weather service in mount holly new jersey every wednesday between eleven am and noon if there is a threat of severe with during the new test time the test will be postponed to the next weather day reception of this broadcast and especially the warning alarm tone will

the liberal democrat mp tim farron, whose constituency is in south cumbria, said it was fantastic, welltural beauty of the area. has been a glorious weekend of whether for many, is has been a glorious weekend of whetherfor many, is it has been a glorious weekend of whether for many, is it set to last? sunday was a day of mixed fortunes. we had dry, bright weather across england and wales. this was the scene captured by a weather watcher in shropshire. we had fair weather cumulus cloud. some showers around. you can see the clear skies and the cumulus cloud. further north across the country, northern ireland and scotland, there has been more cloud around. here was the scene in coleraine in county londonderry. for northern ireland and central scotland, we keep the cloud and the outbreaks of rain through the evening. slowly creeping southwards and eastwards into the early hours of monday. still a few showers further north. turning pressure, 1112 degrees across parts of scotland, further south still humid, 17 celsius in london first thing. monday morning, some sunshine across many northern a

this is what tim farron, the leader of the liberal democrats in the uk said.the prime minister, must raise issues of freedom of expression and freedom of the press in any trade talks with singapore." how do you respond to that? i don't see you being restrained in asking me any questions. no, i'm not, but that's not really the point, is it? the point is whether you would be prepared to offer guarantees on your treatment of the press at home, here in singapore? whether you would be prepared to talk about wider freedoms for the press in this country? i would not presume to tell you how your press council should operate. why should you presume to tell me how my country should run? we are completely open. we have one of the fastest internet accesses in the world. we have no great wall of the internet. you can get any site in the world you wish. so where's the restriction? so if the government of britain were to make linkages between a trade deal and seeking guarantees about human rights, press freedoms, workers‘ rights, demonstrators‘ rights in this country, your r

he takes over from tim farron who stepped down from the job after the june general election.neral election, regaining it in the election in june. no other candidate stood for thejob. time now for a look at what has been happening in the wider world of politics this week. here is claire gould with our countdown. pmqs might get heated but that is nothing compared to the passion unleashed in the taiwanese parliament where a debate over infrastructure spending got a bit out of hand. settling their differences on the sport field rather than the battlefield, mps versus journalists in the westminster end of term sportsday. with cross—party working in the tug—of—war and a dispatch box relay decided in a photo finish. a note from the clerks can be invaluable to the speaker. but this week, mr bercow got rather than less than he bargained for. well, that is very helpful. and i mean very helpful. from one of our senior clerks — don't have the details, believe you are correct, we can check. and there was just time for one more election before the end of term, this time in the house of lor

it's not going to be released at all has sparked a lot of anger from various opposition parties tim farron the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats he said that it's utterly shameful that it's not going to be published he said that the government needs to be naming and shaming the states and the institutions that fund terrorism in this country instead of supporting them he's obviously referring to speculation that saudi arabia and the case of the gulf allies could be named in that report the green party co-leader caroline lucas she said that the statement gives absolutely no clue as to which foreign countries are funding extremism here in the u.k. so you've got the government saying that the report publishing the report would be damaging to national security but as this angry response already demonstrates refusing to make it public has only increased speculation about what's contained within it it's pretty much as vague as it gets it doesn't list a single country it admits that for a small number of extremist organizations here in the u.k. overseas funding is a significant source of in

way for the twickenham mp and former business secretary to assume the leadership being vacated by tim farronest. . . central london. not much of a contest... it will be a coronation barring any last—minute entries. they have about 20 minutes left until nominations close for love the dem leadership contest, but so far sir vince cable is the only one of his party members who has put himself forward. none have as other colleagues, other well—known names have sought this as an opportunity. sir vince cable thinks that he is ready for this position. he has been acting leader in the past, he has been a deputy leader of the party, he is probably one of their party's will recognise faces, and he thinks they have an opportunity to play our role and brexit. the memo, the lib dems campaign strongly on that the main platform, offering the public a second referendum on the deal at the last election. sir vince cable was previously opposed to that decision but has come round to thinking this is possibly a way of getting, ge says, the country out of a potentially disastrous brexit outcome. within about 20 mi

the liberal democrat mp tim farron, whose constituency is in south cumbria, said it was fantastic, wellhe area. now we all enjoy taking a selfie or two, but here are a few pictures of something not often seen. these images of the rare siberian tiger have been released by the land of the leopard national park in siberia. they have been filmed by an automatic camera that was set up by rangers in the park to monitor the tigers. the park says it offers a rare glimpse into the tiger‘s family life. contrasting weather fortunes take us through sunday evening. sunny spells for much of england and wells about some cloud has built. for scotland and northern ireland more cloud here and northern ireland more cloud here and outbreaks of rain. watch out later this evening for some heavy and possibly thundery showers around parts of east anglia. by the end overnight some of this rain in scotla nd overnight some of this rain in scotland reading into parts of north—west england and north wales. 0ne —— warm night over south england. monday will be scattered showers. especially across parts of east anglia

liberal democrats, he was the only one standing after no other members put themselves forward, tim farronder because he said he was not able to reconcile the demands of his christian faith with leading political party. let's to now to keir starmer, you can be the first person to react to that news. good luck vince, he's got a lot of work to do. fine, a quick short answer. now about brexit what was your reading about what michel barnier and david davies had to say. david davis said talks had been robust, michel barnier said there was a lot more than the uk to come forward with. off i was hoping to hear that had been really good progress. but the differences had been resolved and i was really hoping that we could hear that the next phase, do for october, could be brought forward. that would begin a new relationship to the future. what we did here was concerning, there are still fundamental differences between the two sides. and that is deeply concerning, both about the progress of the talks of course because the clock is ticking but also when it comes to eu citizens in this country and brit

today in an interview with radio 5live the lib dem leader tim farron talked about how he also becamehead off up north and i got a text from my 15—year—old saying, i am really proud of you and i had a cry, then. that was more really the fact that it then. that was more really the fact thatitis then. that was more really the fact that it is nice being reminded that your children love you. couples planning to tie the knot spent lots of time practising their first dance. for one couple from bristol, that process did not go to plan. sharon price and herfiance, andy, try to recreate the classic scene from the 19805 film, dirty dancing. let's ta ke from the 19805 film, dirty dancing. let's take a look at what they were aiming for. # i had the time of my life... # and now let's hearfrom sharon and andy a5 life... # and now let's hearfrom sharon and andy as they look at what actually happened with my colleague, joanna gosling. this is them rewing up joanna gosling. this is them rewing up to make that famous jump from the film dirty dancing. about to get there. and then that. oh, my gosh, what

other possible contenders ruled themselves out following the decision of tim farron to stand down.billion tonnes of plastics have been manufactured since the 1950s according to scientists in the us. that's the equivalent of the weight of a billion elephants, or enough to cover a country the size of argentina. the researchers, from the university of california, say most plastics are used just once; the vast majority ends up in landfill. they hope their findings will now help inform discussions on sustainability. a block of flats with wicker balconies, a dockyard redevelopment and a new college campus are among those in the running to be named the uk's best new building. six buildings have been shortlisted for the prestigious architecture prize. previous winners include the scottish parliament and the gateshead millennium bridge. the winner will be announced in october. the duke and duchess of cambridge will renew their friendly sporting rivalry when they visit the german city of heidelberg today. the royal couple will take to the water in opposing rowing boats for a race. the duke a

not only has the liberal democrat leader tim farron said he will make life hell for the government, bute said they will vote against the legislation, unless there are significant changes. and when you put labour mps together with some conservative rebels, then that opens up conservative rebels, then that opens up the prospect that mrs may could be defeated on this, which would plunge brexit into chaos. and so this morning the brexit minister steve baker was appealing for all mps to work together in the national interest. we will consider what they bring forward, and after we have published the bill and everyone has had a good chance to look at it, we look forward to what they bring forward , look forward to what they bring forward, but this is a bill in the national interest and it is an essential next step as we leave the european union. the labour party manifesto accepted the result of the referendum, so i'm hoping that people will come together in the national interest, support this bill and insure that we are able to leave the european union in a way which is smooth and orderly, and

because already the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, says he is going to make life hell for the governmentntly labour have now signalled they will vote against the whole bill unless there are significant concessions. that means that labour plus tory rebels could be enough to defeat the bill. which is why this morning, the brexit minister steve baker, was appealing for all parties to cooperate over the passage of this legislation. we will consider what they bring forward. after we published the bill and everyone has had a chance to look at that, we look forward to seeing what they bring forward. this isa seeing what they bring forward. this is a bill in the national interest and is an essential next step. the labour party manifesto accepted the result of the referendum. i'm hoping people will come together in the national interest, support this bill and ensure we are able to leave the european union in a way which is smooth and orderly, and which gives individuals and businesses that certainty that the law will have some continuity as we leave. so, why is labour threatening to vote down thi